After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 65 Ice Lotus
Give these insects and beasts a little shock!

The ice puck struck the insect beast's head, exploding instantly and turning into flames that burned on its body. Since refining pills, the control over spiritual energy conversion has become much more refined. Although it cannot yet achieve various elemental conversions, it has grasped the basics of water-to-fire transformation.

The water sphere bursts open and turns into flames. The damage isn't very high, but it can be used to catch people off guard. As your cultivation level increases, the damage of the transformed flames will also increase.

Insects fear fire. When their bodies are burned by flames, they can only pupa out and try to extinguish the flames with snow. However, flames formed from spiritual energy are not so easy to extinguish.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she gathered her strength and unleashed her sword technique. The spirit sword, carrying immense power, hurtled towards the ice surface.

——Crack!
A crack appeared on the ice, enraging the insect beasts. They gathered together and spat foul-smelling venom into the air, corroding the surface of the spirit umbrella.

The venom fell onto the ice, but the ice, the fluffy flowers, and the insects themselves remained unharmed and uncorroded.

Lin Yan immediately came up with a solution! She used her spiritual power to wrap around the huge block of ice, shielding herself and the Red Enchantress. Even without the spirit umbrella, she could still resist the poison.

The spirit umbrella was completely destroyed, and she threw it to the ground. She continuously made hand seals, and countless energy blades flew out, slashing straight down.

If it weren't for the far north, there would be no need for such a hard fight; they could have simply gathered flames and burned everything away.

Seeing that their attacks were ineffective, the insects became even more frenzied, spraying venom more violently in an attempt to break through Lin Yan's defenses.

Just then, a gigantic insect suddenly sprouted a pair of wings. Its obese body twisted and sprang up as if it were spring-loaded, with its wings providing some propulsion to lift it into the air. However, its body was so fat that its wings were smaller than its body, making it look even uglier than a moth as it fluttered about.

With a clear objective, it pounced on Lin Yan in the sky, spraying green venom from its mouth at the same time.

She used her spiritual power to envelop the ice and resist the venom. With her hands moving quickly, she formed hand seals, and several blades of energy flew towards the fluttering insect.

The giant insect's body was slashed open, green blood splattering everywhere, more densely than rain. Lin Yan reversed her hands, strengthening the protective shield around herself to prevent the venom from attacking.

This insect was just sent to its death, hoping to spray out its powerful venom and catch me off guard. Unfortunately for me, I couldn't let my guard down while I was out there.

She used her Mountain-Moving Technique, employing her spiritual power to transport a massive ice boulder from elsewhere and slam it down on the fluffy flowers. The insects and beasts seemed to sense this and rushed to protect the flowers. She herself also gathered her strength again, attacking the ice surface with her Heavenly Grade Spiritual Sword.

——Snap! Snap!

The ice surface cracked open with even larger fissures, but the ice layer in the heart was not as thick and could be easily broken by itself.

Finding a crack in the ice where she could get into the water, Lin Yan immediately prepared to set up an array, using a fire array to continuously provide heat and slow down the freezing of the ice. This way, even if the ice at the exit wasn't too thick, she could easily break through it once she got the Ice Lotus.

While fighting the insectoid beasts, I had already planned how to obtain the Ice Lotus and how to escape; I had even designed the route. I don't fight battles without any preparation.

Lin Yan changed her hand gestures, and several small water spheres instantly condensed in the air. Under the extreme cold, the water spheres all turned into ice spheres. Dozens of small ice spheres crashed down on the area where the insect beasts were gathered, then exploded, turning into flames to continue burning...

While the flames were frantically trying to extinguish the fire and protect the velvet flowers, she quickly adjusted the array plate, descended on her sword, and placed it. A wave of heat spread out afterward. She took out several talismans, wrapped them in spiritual energy, and flicked them out, the talismans being precisely affixed to different positions.

Lin Yan took out several more mid-grade spirit stones and placed them in different positions, connecting them with spiritual power to complete a defensive formation.

This was a simple array within an array. The array outside the array plate was a basic defensive array, which could be constructed using spirit stones. The defensive array could withstand the attacks of the insect beasts for a while, forming the second layer of the array. She completed all of this in less than three minutes. She placed the rabbit on the array plate, instructing it to guard the array, and then broke through the thin layer of ice that had just formed, jumping into the lake.

A protective barrier of spiritual energy formed around her, preventing the river water from passing through. Lin Yan quickly replenished her spiritual energy and then used the force of the water flow to propel herself toward the skull hand bone.

The barrier rippled with light due to the fluctuations, giving it a trailing effect, like a mermaid swimming in water.

The ice lotus is so close...

——GuluGulu.

A dramatic change occurred in the lake; numerous colorful bubbles rose from the water and converged towards the giant skull. A powerful pressure descended, causing him to lose his footing and nearly destroying the barrier he was trying to maintain.

Blue ghostly flames flickered in the skull's eyes, and the ice lotus bloomed with dazzling light. It then floated to the skull's heart, and a deep voice came from it.

"How dare these petty scoundrels invade!"

Oh no! I've accidentally messed with a big one!

In the novel, it is written that Venerable Lingyun obtained the Ice Lotus quite smoothly. He only killed a few demonic beasts, brought the Ice Lotus back, and was not injured at all!
It's really bad that they pull this stunt when it's my turn.

Think quickly, what reason can you use to fool me!
"Senior! Senior! I saw the velvet flowers above stealing the life force of the Ice Lotus, and I felt pity for them, so I came down to take the Ice Lotus away. I have a wood spirit root and am quite knowledgeable about cultivating spirit plants!"

"Expertise my ass!" He did plan to find a place to use as a cave dwelling and plant some spiritual plants, but he hadn't even taken any action yet. He knew absolutely nothing about planting and maintaining spiritual plants.

The skeleton was asleep before, but it's awake now. Could it be that I accidentally broke some seal while going into the lake, causing it to awaken?
"Oh?"

Seeing that the skeleton stopped attacking, Lin Yan felt hopeful and immediately expressed that she had truly felt pity for the Ice Lotus and really wanted to take it away and nurture it.

Regardless of whether the other party believed it or not, she eventually came to believe it anyway.

"Very well, since you cherish this flower, then swear that you will take it away and care for it carefully. You must never devour it, sell it, or use it for alchemy or weapon crafting! As long as you live, it will live on. Even after you pass away, you must find a good place to nurture it."

Ah this...

Alright, this skeleton is stronger than me, and who knows what tricks she has up her sleeve. A desperate fight might win her, but she'd definitely be seriously injured. Being seriously injured in the far north is no good; she might just become someone else's experience point. Agreeing is more advantageous…

“Fine, I swear. If I break this oath, may I be struck down by heaven and earth and die without a burial place.”

After Lin Yan made the vow, the water rippled, and a golden hue disappeared into her palm, signifying that the vow had been successfully made.

A flowerpot and a bracelet flew through the spiritual energy barrier into his hand. The skull dissipated, followed by a cracking sound as the ice layer shattered and dissipated.

(Update time 12:30-2:00. It will only be earlier, not later.) After finishing cutting the oranges, I need to go back to collecting trash bottles. I will like and reply to all book reviews. If I don't reply in time, it means that I am collecting bottles.

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