Chapter 104: The Cold Cave

The Heavenly City Sword Sect sits at the western foot of Manglong Mountain, with a sphere of influence of more than a hundred miles, and just the land of the mountain gate sits on the six peaks and the Xiongcheng Xuanwu.

And within the sect's sphere of influence, there are three dangerous places that are famous, namely the Fire Dragon Cave, the Cold Netherworld Cave and the Yin Wind Gorge!

Among them, the Fire Dragon Cave and the Cold Netherworld Cave are only dozens of miles away from Xuanwu City, and they have become the first choice for Sword Sect disciples to hunt demon beasts, mine spirit jade ore, and sharpen the internal strength of the exercises.

Qin Yun stood at the entrance of the Cold Netherworld Cave.

This place is very close to Luoxia Peak, it is only half an hour's walk from Xuanwu City, the cave is located in the innermost part of a valley, and from the outside it is dark and unfathomable.

From time to time, there was a cold and biting yin wind that swept out from the depths of the cave, if it weren't for Qin Yun's success in cultivating the Nine Yang Xuangong, and the Yang Fire True Qi Protector could resist the cold, I am afraid that it would be difficult to stand for a long time at the entrance of the cave.

The Cold Cave is known for its coldness, the passage leading to the underground of the cave is tortuous and complex, like a labyrinth, and there are many demon beasts and spirit beasts hidden in the depths, many of which are powerful and terrifying, and disciples who do not have some strength will never dare to go deep into it.

Qin Yun's request to come to the Cold Netherworld Cave was Shui Wanning's request, and he needed to collect a batch of Ice Condensation Beads.

Ice beads are a specialty of the Cold Netherworld Cave, which is formed by the condensation of the cold and underworld water for a long time, and it is not easy to find and collect, and the price in the Fang Market is very high.

And Shui Wanning needs a lot of Ice Condensing Beads in order for Green Willow to refine the Ice Condensing Pill, and if the Bibo Gong that Green Willow wants to cultivate can be matched with the Ice Condensing Pill, it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

It's just that the price of condensing ice beads to go to Fang City to purchase them is too high, and Shui Wanning's strength in the Cold Netherworld Cave will be greatly limited because of her cultivation of the true technique of Kwai Shui, so she handed over this task to Qin Yun to complete.

Qin Yun happily accepted the order, he had just been promoted to the Sixth Heaven of Qi Refining, and he also needed to consolidate his realm through battle tempering.

For this reason, Qin Yun specially went to the Tianji Palace, and after learning more about the situation inside the Cold Netherworld Cave, he received a task of collecting the Cold Ice Beast Neidan in the Sect Academy, and the lone sword entered the Cold Netherworld Cave alone.

There are not many disciples who enter and leave the Cold Netherworld Cave, and there are also warriors from the Sword Sect guarding the entrance of the cave, who lead the spirit dog and check all the disciples who come out of the cave.

The Fire Dragon Cave and the Cold Netherworld Cave are both owned by the sect, and there are veins of fire spirit jade and ice spirit jade in them.

Although the two places are open to all disciples without restrictions, the spirit jade mined from them must be handed over to the sect, and the sect will compensate with contribution points according to the quantity and quality.

The nose of the spirit dog guarding the entrance of the cave is extremely smart, no matter how well it is hidden on its body, it can sniff out, eliminating the possibility of entrainment and private hiding.

As for other loot such as the Demon Beast Inner Pill and the Ore Elixir, they all belonged to the disciples of the lower cave.

At this point, the Sword Sect is still very kind.

Under the expressionless gaze of the guard warrior, Qin Yun entered the Cold Netherworld Cave for the first time.

A chill to the bones suddenly completely enveloped him, and it felt as if countless tiny sharp needles pierced through his coat and into his skin, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Qin Yun had to urge his true qi to drive away the cold, and his body regained its warmth.

He was awe-inspiring in his heart, this cold cave was worthy of being one of the three dangerous places, and this place was just an entrance, and he really didn't know what kind of terrible situation would be in the depths below.

Taking out a wooden card from his waist pocket, Qin Yun injected true qi into it, and a glimmer of light suddenly flashed on the card.

This is a tracer made from a ten-year-old mahogany tree heart, and it will not get lost in the complex terrain of the cavern, but it can only be used once.

Shui Wanning handed over the task of collecting ice beads to Qin Yun, and was also worried about Qin Yun's safety, so after a thousand instructions, she took out several talismans and asked him to carry them with him in case of emergency.

The Tracer Charm is one of them.

If you are not very familiar with the environment of the Cold Netherworld Cave, it is easy to get lost in the intricate forks in the passage after entering, and even your swordsmanship will not work at this time.

With the tracer turned on, Qin Yun cautiously walked forward.

The Cold Cave is very large, and you can see huge stalactites and condensed frost hanging upside down everywhere, and the cold spring is eerie and terrifying.

The dark rock walls are densely covered with many small silvery-white ores, and it is precisely because of the faint light they emit that the inside of the cave is not out of sight.

On the way, Qin Yun didn't see any demon beasts or even animals, there were many abandoned ores scattered on the ground, and he could see that many places had been excavated, and he could also hear the sound of excavation coming from the depths of the cave.

Many Sword Sect disciples would dig spiritual jade in the Fire Dragon Cave and the Cold Netherworld Cave for many years in order to be able to make up enough to exchange for the contribution of the Gongfa Pill.

There was a fork in the road ahead, Qin Yun casually chose a direction to enter, the depths of the Cold Netherworld Cave extended in all directions, and there were countless connecting passages, and it was said that the deepest part could go straight to the Netherworld Hell.

The deeper he went, the more intense the chill became, and Qin Yun had to use at least thirty percent of his True Qi power to withstand it, which meant that it was impossible for him to stay in the cave for a long time.

So Qin Yun sped up and was not as careful as before.

Along the way, Qin Yun didn't know how many forks he had walked through, he only knew that he was constantly going deeper into the ground.

The cave became more and more cold and quiet, he had seen some fellow disciples enter the cave before, but until now, after walking for more than half an hour, he did not even encounter a ghost shadow, which was enough to see the depth of the cold cave.

Call!

Just as Qin Yun was about to turn into another passage, a blue shadow suddenly burst out of the darkness in the corner and rushed towards him like lightning from the side.

The sneak attacker's attack came very suddenly, but Qin Yun had never given up his vigilance since the moment he entered the cave, and instantly pulled out his long sword to block it.

Laugh at!

The sneak attacker slammed head-on into the blade, a tooth-aching sound as the blade rubbed against the armor.

Qin Yun took two steps back while drawing his sword, and the sneak attacker was bounced to the ground, which also made Qin Yun see its true face clearly.

The sneak attacker was a monster the size of a hound, with a head, bulging eyes, short limbs, a fat body, and a thick layer of ice-blue tortoiseshell-shaped carapace.

The most palpitating thing is that it has a row of sharp teeth on the top and bottom of its mouth, and it can't stop grinding between bites, and white mist spews out of its throat.

Ice Beast!

This is the most common low-level demon beast in the Cold Netherworld Cave, a large number of which haunt various places in the cave, and live by devouring water insects and ice fish in the cave, and they are brave by nature.

A demon beast is a demon beast, even the lowest-level demon beast is not to be taken lightly, and the fangs and teeth of the ice beast are extremely sharp, and they can easily bite through the iron armor.

And it also has a pair of hard ice armor, and the speed of jumping and escaping is very difficult.

Ga!

The Ice Beast Monster screamed and pounced again, with a posture of not giving up without biting Qin Yun's throat, Qin Yun's sword just now obviously didn't make it suffer enough.

Look for death!

A fierce light flashed in Qin Yun's eyes, and the Qinggang Sword stabbed straight out, stabbing into the Ice Beast's violently open mouth with precision and speed.

At the moment when the sword entered the beast's mouth, Qin Yun suddenly burst through the sword body, urging the sword qi to pierce into the opponent's tender mouth without any condensation, penetrating through its head and shattering the solid armor wrapped outside!

The crimson golden sword qi emanated from the back and neck of the Ice Beast, nearly a foot long!

Boom!

Qin Yun's long sword was instantly retracted, and the Ice Beast fell to the ground, rolling a few times and unable to move again.

In the Fang Market of Xuanwu City, there are many disciples who are selling and copying the so-called Fire Dragon Cave, Cold Netherworld Cave, and Yinfeng Gorge Secret Books, many of which have text descriptions and illustrations about the spirit beasts, demon beasts, and elixirs and spiritual objects in the cave.

He only used fifty taels of silver to buy a thick stack, and after looking through it a few times, he had a lot of understanding of the situation in the Cold Cave.

As the most common demon beast in the Cold Netherworld, the Ice Beast is naturally known for its weaknesses.

However, if you want to pierce the throat with a sword at the moment when the ice beast attacks, not everyone can do it, the speed, strength and angle of the sword must be just right, and you must have the confidence and courage to be calm and unhurried.

There is no doubt that Qin Yun did a perfect job.

The only regret was that he had broken through the thick carapace of the Ice Beast, but he had not been able to find the formed Neidan inside.

Many demon beasts and spirit beasts have to live long enough to condense the true inner pill, and this cold ice beast is obviously still very young, so its strength is not very strong.

But Qin Yun didn't care about this little regret, and with a great increase in confidence, he continued to go deeper into the cave.

Ice beasts appeared more and more, at first they were only one or two, but later they formed groups of three or five and launched a continuous attack on Qin Yun, among which there were many guys with bigger heads and more ferocious temperaments.

Qin Yun's speed of advancing greatly decreased, and the pressure he was under also increased exponentially, it was impossible for him to hit the vital point of the Ice Beast with every sword, more often than not, he had to slash the Ice Beast's outer armor and knock it flying and injure it.

The number of cold ice beasts was so large that he felt strange, the Cold Netherworld Cave had been open to the disciples of the Sword Sect for hundreds of years, and there were disciples in and out of the sect every day, so it stands to reason that there should not be many demon beasts in places that are not very deep.

However, the passage that Qin Yun chose seemed to lead to their lair, appearing wave after wave, and they would rather die in battle than retreat.

He vaguely noticed that there might be something strange in this, but the speed of the sword was not the slightest slow, but more and more ferocious and fast.

One after another sword qi tore through the air, the crimson and golden light illuminated the dark space, and the painful roar of the ice beast echoed in the cave for a long time, and more and more corpses fell around Qin Yun's feet.

The fire sword qi is the nemesis of the water ice beast, and Qin Yun's sword qi also contains the power of sharp Gengjin, so even if the ice armor of the ice beast is very hard, it is difficult to resist.

One sword breaks armor, two swords kill, Qin Yun only needs three swords to kill a cold ice beast at most, if he can seize the opportunity, that sword is enough.

But with the kung fu of half a pillar of incense, dozens of ice beasts were killed and injured!