I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 61: Formation (asking for monthly ticket)
The wind was howling, and the light and shadow of the ochre tortoise shell pattern supported a piece of heaven and earth in the snowstorm.

Shen Puning rubbed his hungry stomach and muttered, "I forgot to pick up some firewood. Otherwise, it would be great to make a pot of hot soup to warm myself up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them swallowed their saliva at the same time, even Baozhu and Hongli licked their lips. Shen Puning's cooking skills had spoiled everyone's appetite in the past few days.

Wanli on Xin Wushuang's shoulder was still aloof and usually only willing to eat fresh, bloody raw meat.

Shen Puning's cooking skills were indeed impeccable. In just a few days, Jiang Yi, who had suppressed his appetite for decades, rekindled his desire for food and frequently recalled the delicacies he had eaten in his previous life.

Although fasting is required when reaching the peak of Qi training, high-level cultivators will occasionally eat spiritual fruits and taste fairy tea.

As long as you choose the right ingredients that contain spiritual energy, it’s okay to eat meat a few times.

At this moment, Jiang Yi has learned to indulge his nature, and it is no big deal to do whatever he wants when he feels like it.

"Hongli, go help Puning light the fire and learn how to cook."

Jiang Yi pushed Hongli in front of Shen Puning and said, "It's time to train a personal cook."

Shen Puning's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, isn't Xiao Hongli's tail the source of the fire?"

As he spoke, Shen Puning took out a food cauldron shaped like an alchemy furnace.

Hongli tilted her head in dissatisfaction. She made a contract with Jiang Yi to learn alchemy, not to be a fire-making girl!
Jiang Yi lied seriously, "Cooking and alchemy have the same goal. They both involve tempering with fire. If you can't even control the stove fire, how can you talk about alchemy?"

Shen Puning nodded repeatedly in agreement, "That's right, we all learn to cook first when we start practicing the Dao of Alchemy. Come and try it."

Hong Li looked at the two of them suspiciously, then looked at Xin Wushuang, but saw that the girl turned her face away stiffly.

Jiang Yi patiently added, "The last time we failed to refine the elixir, the problem was the temperature. Since you've learned the Fire Seal and Fire Chain from the Chengling Pill, why not try it with the Food Tripod? Imprint the Fire Seal to control the temperature, and use it to observe the changes in the ingredients. Then, use the Fire Chain to control the intensity of the flame. This is a perfect opportunity to practice!"

Hongli finally understood what was said. She raised her paw and burned a flame pattern on the food cauldron. With a moan, the tail flame landed precisely on the mark. This was indeed much more refined than the previous method of using her tail to randomly burn fire.

"Hongli, you are awesome!" Shen Puning praised, glancing at his lazy and useless Baozhu.

Comparing people will make you angry to death, and comparing monsters with monsters will also make you angry to death!
Shen Puning shook his head and used the Water Condensation Technique to pour water into the cauldron.

Baozhu lies on the ground, humming~
Jiang Yi took out the corpse of a snow macaque and threw it to the corner of the formation, "Wushuang, ask Wanli to eat some too."

Xin Wushuang gently stroked the eagle's head, and Wanli immediately spread his wings and flew over, tearing open the fur with his sharp claws and feasting on it.

Seeing Xin Wushuang taking the initiative to help prepare the ingredients, Jiang Yi distracted himself to sense Hua Gu. It was born from a heavenly calamity and was born to be friendly with wind, rain, thunder and lightning. The cruel environment was a kind of experience for it. At this moment, it was happily cruising in the bone-breaking wind, and it seemed that it could comprehend some mysteries of wind and rain.

Thinking of the blood energy that had come out of the red-eyed demon monkey before, Jiang Yi decisively took out the second-grade spiritual wood that he had used as a pillow for a long time and sat cross-legged in meditation.

"Puning, Wushuang, I'll practice for a while. Please protect me."

"No problem~"

"it is good."

……

On the back mountain of Tiebeishan Mine, the pine branches rustled under the weight of the accumulated snow. Five figures stepped on the knee-deep snow and stopped in front of the collapsed ice cave.

Everyone else was wearing fur-collared cotton coats and had talismans on to keep out the cold, but Zhao Cangyun was the only one wearing a thin black suit, with his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. When the wind and snow approached, they were melted into white mist by his strong fire essence.

"There really is a monster digging a hole in the mountain behind the mine!"

The team leader, Senior Sister Zhou, cast a bright light spell, and a ball of light fell into the cave like a firefly, reflecting phantoms on the dark blue ice wall.

Senior Sister Zhou led the way, Senior Brothers Chen and Su walked in the middle, Shang Shixu and Zhao Cangyun were the rear guard, and they all entered the cave together to explore.

Obvious traces of digging by sharp claws can be seen on the inner wall of the cave, which is not caused by human beings. Preliminary judgment is that it should be the work of monsters with sharp claws such as pangolins or snow macaques.

The group walked around in the cave for about a quarter of an hour, and then the space in front of them suddenly became clear. There were some animal corpses scattered on the ground. It was the common nest of snow macaques.

There was a big hole deep inside, with more than a dozen snow macaque corpses lying around it, leaving obvious signs of a fight.

"Has anyone come to investigate?" Senior Sister Zhou asked doubtfully.

Several people approached the big hole in the ground. It was filled with dark blue ice. There was a crack that slanted downwards, with no end in sight. The biting cold wind whistled like a knife scraping bones.

"Everyone, what do you think? What's going on down there?"

Senior Sister Zhou maintained the Mingguang technique and turned to ask a few people.

Zhao Cangyun said, "What's so difficult about this, Old Shang, you do it!" Shang Shixu sighed lightly, walked forward silently and squatted at the entrance of the cave, and two small insects flew out of his sleeves. They were the traceless eyes he used when he watched Jiang Yi defend the ring before.

After a moment, Shang Shixu said to everyone in a deep voice, "There's a large space below. There are also snow macaque corpses and traces of fighting at the entrance, but no one else is seen."

"No, the temperature inside is too low for my insects to bear. It's also foggy and I can't see clearly. We'd better report this to the sect."

Senior Sister Zhou frowned in thought, while Senior Brothers Chen and Su sneered.

Senior Brother Chen, who was at the ninth level of Qi training, said, "Coward, what's so scary about this? I suggest we go down and take a look."

Senior Brother Su echoed, "That's right. What if there's an opportunity down there? It's said that there are many ancient caves hidden under Ironback Mountain. We've unearthed several of them while digging for black iron ore veins over the years."

Zhao Cangyun stood silently beside Shang Shixu. He didn't care whether he went down or not, but he had to support his brother.

Upon seeing this, several people simultaneously looked at Senior Sister Zhou, who was at the peak of Qi training, waiting for her to make a decision.

After a moment's thought, Senior Sister Zhou said, "Our mission is to investigate. We can't report based on speculation before we've fully understood the situation. We should go down and take a look first. If there's any problem, we can withdraw and report it later. There are three Foundation Establishment Masters from the sect over at the Black Iron Mine, so we can still send a message for help."

Senior Brother Chen cast a mocking look at Zhao Cangyun and Shang Shixu, "If you're afraid, just stay up there. But then, no matter what's down there, it won't have anything to do with you."

Senior Brother Su echoed, "If this mission didn't require five people, we wouldn't want to bring you two inexperienced young men with us on this exploratory mission to earn your contribution. If you refuse to cooperate, we will report the truth after we return."

Zhao Cangyun glared in dissatisfaction, and Shang Shixu grabbed his arm, signaling him not to be impulsive.

Shang Shixu said in a gentle voice, "Thank you for your support and reminder, senior brothers. We will leave it to you to make all the arrangements."

Senior Sister Zhou said, "Let's go down together. This is clearly a nest of snow macaques. I'm worried about leaving just the two of you up there. If we're all together, we can all look after each other."

This time, Senior Brother Chen and Senior Brother Su went down first, Senior Sister Zhou was in the middle, and Zhao Cangyun and Shang Shixu were left to cover the rear.

The five people slid down along the crack in the ice. After landing, they saw an upside-down forest of ice crystals. Each ice crystal was like a frost-hardened sword, and there was a faint red rune glow flashing inside each ice crystal.

There were two missing ones closer to them, and no one knew what had cut them off.

There were still several corpses of snow macaques under their feet, and there were traces of fighting on the ice wall, just as Shang Shixu had discovered.

Through the hazy cold fog, several people saw that below the ice crystal sword was a bottomless abyss filled with cold fog, and nine icicles supported an ice-blue platform.

In the center of the platform sat a corpse wearing a blue Taoist robe, with an old storage bag and a strange lotus pendant hanging on the waist. In his hand was a jade plaque, the patterns on the surface of which flickered rhythmically like breathing, echoing the rune light in the ice crystal above his head.

"Is this the cave dwelling of an ancient cultivator?" Brother Chen's eyes flashed with greed.

Senior Brother Su stumbled forward as if being pulled by an invisible thread. "Go over and take a look."

"and many more!"

Senior Sister Zhou couldn't stop them and could only follow them.

Shang Shixu and Zhao Cangyun stood still, each looking up at their surroundings. This was obviously a large formation, and the corpse was the center of the formation.

What was this large-scale formation meant to suppress? Or was it meant to cultivate something?
"Someone!"

Shang Shixu turned around suddenly and saw two thunder and fire beads rolling out from the crack where they slid down.

boom!
Before Zhao Cangyun drew his swords, the blast of air, carrying broken ice, came crashing down.

The vibration caused the ice crystals hanging upside down on the dome to collapse one by one, hitting the central platform and exploding into blue mist.

Senior Sister Zhou and the other two stopped and looked at the scene in horror.

At the same time, a rumbling sound came from under the platform, and thick cold fog rolled out from under the ice platform with spirals of bone-breaking wind.

"Go back!"

Senior Sister Zhou screamed and fled in panic. The distress talisman she threw out of her sleeve had not flown far before it was frozen into frost by the biting cold wind.

A defensive magic weapon flew out of Brother Chen's sleeve, and half of the light shield was shattered by the bone-breaking wind at first sight. The rushing cold mist penetrated the robes, and Brother Chen's exposed skin was instantly covered with frost.

Senior Brother Su tried to pinch his fingers to draw fire, but frost flowers condensed on his fingertips. The cold air on his face froze the true energy flowing in his meridians at an extremely fast speed.

Zhao Cangyun protected Shang Shixu. The heat waves from the steaming fire essence had just melted the cold fog that was blowing in their faces. The ice layer that continued to collapse behind them was like the claws of a giant beast, hitting the two of them hard.

(End of this chapter)