I am Master Maoshan

Chapter 2184 Shuiyuexin

"No!" Xu Baoer exclaimed, "Brother, your identity is extraordinary. How can you take risks yourself? Besides, the Catholic Temple and the Wasteland God Realm are eyeing you covetously. If you make any mistakes..."

"Military Advisor Chu is too important to me. He has helped me so much. Now his life is in danger. How can I just sit back and watch?" Liu Jun paused. "I will go there secretly and announce to the public that I am in seclusion for cultivation. The daily affairs of the Platinum Divine Domain will be handled by the cabinet for the time being. For other important matters, please contact Saint Yan Li."

Xu Baoer knew that she couldn't dissuade him, so she took out a jade talisman from her medicine bag and handed it to Liu Jun: "This is the 'cold avoidance talisman', which can resist the cold and poisonous air of Hanyue Lake. Please be careful, brother, if you can't return within three days..."

"I will definitely come back." Liu Jun took the jade talisman with a firm look in his eyes, "Until I come back, Military Advisor Chu will leave it to you."

That night, Liu Jun transformed himself into an ordinary monk, quietly left the Palace of the God King, and rushed towards the forbidden area. What he didn't know was that shortly after he left, Sima Yan secretly met with the messenger of the Temple of the Lord, and Zhou Yan of the Fiery Army also received some mysterious instructions.
At the same time, Chu Liuying, who was lying on the sickbed, suddenly trembled slightly, as if he was about to wake up, but was dragged back into the abyss of coma by the raging toxins in his body. Xu Baoer stood by, constantly adjusting the treatment plan, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

In the direction of the forbidden area, a black shadow passed through the night sky and moved rapidly towards the direction of Hanyuetan. Liu Jun didn't know what kind of danger was waiting for him, but he had only one thought in his mind: rescue his military advisor at all costs, otherwise, he would be in great trouble if he had to deal with the memorials himself in the future.

The biting cold wind cut across Liu Jun's cheeks like a knife, and the white breath he exhaled condensed into tiny ice crystals in the air.

Three miles away from Hanyuetan, the surrounding temperature has dropped sharply to more than ten degrees below zero. The dry grass underfoot is covered with a thin layer of frost, and it makes a slight crackling sound when stepped on.

"This damn place, no wonder no one wants to come." Liu Jun cursed in a low voice, and took out a talisman with a faint blue light from his arms - it was the cold-proof talisman that Xu Baoer had given him before leaving. The cinnabar lines on the talisman paper flowed slowly like a living thing, emitting gentle heat, isolating the biting cold.

The further they walked, the more humid the air became. A layer of frost formed on Liu Jun's eyebrows and eyelashes, and his breathing became heavy.

He had to circulate the spiritual energy in his body through his meridians to barely keep his hands and feet flexible. In the distance, a silver-white light came into view - Hanyuetan was here.

The surface of the lake was as calm as a mirror, reflecting the gray sky. Strangely, the water was not frozen, but instead glowed with a strange blue light, flowing slowly as if it had life. There was no grass growing by the lake, only a few blackened boulders scattered around.

Liu Jun squatted down and gently touched the water with his fingers, then immediately retracted his fingers. "Hiss--" He felt a piercing pain at his fingertips. He looked down and saw that the part that had touched the water had turned white, as if it had been frostbitten. He quickly used his spiritual power to dispel the cold, and was secretly shocked: this water was several times colder than the rumors said.

"The Tianxin Lotus should be at the bottom of the pond," Liu Jun muttered to himself, taking out a jade bottle from his bag, pouring out three red pills, and swallowing them. The pills entered his stomach and immediately turned into three streams of warm currents flowing to his limbs and bones. This was the "Yan Yang Pill" he had made when he was free, which could greatly improve his ability to resist cold in a short period of time.

After everything was ready, Liu Jun took a deep breath and jumped into the pool.

The biting cold instantly surrounded him. Even with the dual protection of the Cold-avoiding Talisman and the Flaming Sun Pill, Liu Jun still felt that the blood in his body was about to coagulate. He clenched his teeth, urged the spiritual power in his body to form a shield, and slowly dived to the bottom of the pool.

The water in the pond was strangely clear, with extremely high visibility. After sinking about ten feet, Liu Jun suddenly felt something strange about the current, and instinctively dodged to the left. A white shadow brushed past his shoulder, bringing up a string of bubbles. Looking closely, he saw a giant snow-white python, as thick as a bucket, with ice-like patterns all over its scales.

"Ice Python!" Liu Jun's heart tightened. This aura was not weak. It was at least equivalent to the strength of a human cultivator in the middle stage of the Half-Step God King realm.

The giant python missed the first attack, so it twisted its body and pounced again, opening its bloody mouth and revealing its sharp fangs.

At the critical moment, Liu Jun drew the Dark Sword from his waist. The Nether Fire attached to the sword body. The sword tip cut through the water and collided with the cold air sprayed by the Ice Python, exploding a ball of white mist in the water.

"boom!"

The shockwave pushed Liu Jun back several feet, and his back hit the wall of the pool. The Ice Python was not feeling well either, and was hit by the aftermath of the Dark Sword, with the scales on its abdomen charred black. It let out a silent roar, and its eyes turned from blue to red, obviously enraged.

Liu Jun knew that he couldn't fight for long. The environment of Hanyue Lake was too suppressive to the fire element's spiritual power. His spiritual power consumption was more than three times the usual. He had to fight quickly!

He made a spell with his left hand, held the sword with his right hand, and chanted the spell. The patterns on the dark sword lit up one by one, and a fist-sized dark fireball condensed on the tip of the sword. At the same time, the ice python also finished gathering strength, and a solid ice arrow shot out from its mouth.

"Go!" The nether fireball flew out of the sword and turned into a mini blue fire dragon in the water, colliding with the ice arrow. Unexpectedly, the fire dragon was not offset by the ice arrow, but swallowed it and continued to move forward, hitting the ice python's vital point.

"Boom!"

The water in the pool shook violently, and the shock wave cracked the surrounding rocks. The ice python rolled over in pain, and finally sank to the bottom of the pool with its belly facing up. Liu Jun didn't dare to be careless, and swam over to kill it with a sword. After confirming that it was completely dead, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lucky, this beast just laid eggs, its strength has been greatly reduced." Liu Jun noticed that there were fresh scars on the abdomen of the Ice Python, which should be left by the recent egg laying. He skillfully cut open the python's abdomen, took out a blue inner pill the size of a pigeon egg, and carefully put it away. This is an excellent material for refining cold-resistant pills.

After diving for about 20 meters, the scene at the bottom of the pool gradually became clear. The light here was dim, but Liu Jun had a divine eye, so he could still see the surrounding environment clearly. The bottom of the pool was covered with white fine sand, with a few clusters of glowing algae dotted among them like stars.

Suddenly, Liu Jun's eyes were attracted by something unusual - there was a raised platform in the middle of the pool, with a faint human figure on it! He approached cautiously and found that there was a woman lying on the platform, trapped in thick black ice.

The woman was in her early twenties, dressed in white, with a beautiful face and long hair that flowed like a waterfall. The most eye-catching thing was that there was a lotus mark between her eyebrows, which was emitting a faint blue light. Even more shocking was that there was a crystal clear lotus floating on the woman's chest, only the size of a palm, but breathtakingly beautiful.

"Heavenly Heart Lotus!" Liu Jun's heartbeat quickened. He had never expected the legendary elixir to appear in this way. But what concerned him more was the woman who was frozen in ice. Who was she? Why was she here? Why was the Heavenly Heart Lotus on her?

Just as Liu Jun was hesitating about how to take the lotus, something strange happened! The lotus mark on the woman's forehead suddenly lit up, and a wave of spiritual consciousness was transmitted directly into Liu Jun's mind:
"help me."

Liu Jun was shocked. This woman was still alive! She had been sealed in the black ice for who knows how many years, but her consciousness was still alive! He carefully observed the seal and found that the black ice was covered with fine cracks, which seemed to be broken at any time. The Tianxin Lotus was just above the woman's heart, and there seemed to be a spiritual connection between the two.

"I'm sorry." Liu Jun whispered, raised the Dark Sword, and carefully stabbed at the black ice. As soon as the tip of the sword touched the ice, another strange change occurred!
The entire Hanyue Lake suddenly shook violently, and the water in the lake spun wildly, forming a huge whirlpool. Liu Jun barely managed to grab the edge of the platform to avoid being swept away. At the same time, the cracks on the black ice expanded rapidly, making a tooth-grinding cracking sound.

"Not good!" Liu Jun realized that he might have triggered some kind of restriction. He made a prompt decision, grabbed the Tianxin Lotus with his left hand, and held the sword in his right hand to be on guard. Just as his fingers were about to touch the lotus, a white light shot out from the bottom of the pool and rushed straight to his face!

Liu Jun hastily blocked with his sword, but was knocked away by the huge impact force, and his back hit the wall of the pool again. His throat felt sweet and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Looking closely, a white dragon ten times larger than the ice python was rising from the deepest part of the pool, staring at him with its lantern-like eyes.

"Here comes the big guy, we are done for now." Liu Jun's face was solemn. This was the condensed breath of the demon beast, equivalent to the peak of the late half-step God King realm of human cultivators, far beyond what he could contend with now. The dragon swam slowly, and the water in the pond froze wherever it passed, forming an ice path.

Just when Liu Jun was about to fight to the death, a crisp "crack" sound came from behind him - the black ice was completely shattered! The woman in white slowly opened her eyes, and her eyes were as clear and cold as the water of Hanyue Lake. She raised her jade hand lightly, and the Tianxin Lotus automatically flew into her palm.

“After so many years,” the woman’s voice was ethereal but chilling, “Finally someone was able to break this damn seal.”

Seeing this, the dragon let out a silent roar, abandoned Liu Jun and rushed straight towards the woman. The woman was not in a hurry, and pressed the Tianxin Lotus against her heart, and the lotus slowly merged into her body. As this process progressed, her aura rose steadily, and in a blink of an eye it reached a strength that suffocated Liu Jun.

"Shui Yuexin is here, how dare you, the evil creature, be so presumptuous!" The woman - Liu Jun now knew her name was Shui Yuexin - shouted coldly, raised her hand and shot out a beam of blue light. Wherever the light passed, the water in the pond solidified instantly, and the huge body of the Ice Dragon was frozen in mid-air, maintaining the posture of attacking.

Liu Jun stared at all this in amazement, his brain almost stopped functioning. Shui Yuexin turned to look at him, the coldness in her eyes slightly lessened: "Boy, thank you for breaking the seal. In return, I can grant you one wish."

"I" Liu Jun was about to speak, when suddenly cracks appeared on the ice layer of the Ice Dragon. The monster was actually trying to break free! Shui Yuexin frowned slightly: "It seems that I have been sleeping for too long and my strength has not recovered yet." She looked at Liu Jun, "Please buy me half an incense stick of time. I need to completely fuse the Tianxin Lotus."

Without waiting for Liu Jun to answer, Shui Yuexin had already sat cross-legged, her hands forming seals on her dantian, a faint green halo emanating from her body. She closed her eyes tightly, a lotus mark faintly appeared between her eyebrows, and her internal energy surged like a river, refining the Tianxin Lotus she had just swallowed with all her strength. This thousand-year-old elixir melted as soon as it entered her stomach, turning into boiling spiritual energy that rushed through her meridians, causing her fair skin to flush with an unusual blush.

At this moment, a crisp "crack" sound came from deep in the ice cave. The three-meter-thick black ice exploded, and the broken ice flew like arrows. A white ice dragon broke through the ice, its lantern-sized vertical pupils locked onto the two of them, and it opened its mouth to spew out a bone-chilling cold mist. Wherever it passed, even the air condensed into fine ice crystals.

"Hey? Wait a minute!" Liu Jun was quick to grab Shui Yuexin's slender wrist. It was cold and smooth to the touch, but with a burning temperature. He then realized that the woman's sleeves were already soaked with sweat, and it was obvious that the refining process was not easy.