Ningshuai's injuries were serious. His entire body was covered in ice. This wasn't an ordinary ice crystal, it was bone-chilling. Just a little bit would be enough to freeze an ordinary person's blood.
Ningshuai's ears were dripping with ice as he screamed: "Can I still be saved?
Can I still be saved? "
After the two alchemists examined him, they frowned at the same time. One of the older alchemists stroked his beard and said, "You've been struck by the Pure Jade Cold Qi. A normal cultivator would freeze to death if they came into contact with a wisp of it."
"It's over, it's over, I've touched more than ten strands. Looks like I can't be saved, even a man made of steel would be frozen."
Ningshuai's eyes were filled with tears. His lips were full of blood that was frozen by the cold energy. The blood turned into a crystalline lump just like a blood diamond.
"This cold energy is one level stronger than the Nether Fire Talisman. According to the ancient records, the Jin Dynasty doesn't have this type of cold energy. It's only found at the bottom of the Jade Pure Sea. It's very difficult to obtain this type of cold energy from there. I didn't expect someone to use it during the competition.
Could it be a monster from the Jade Pure Sea? "
Feng Feiyun had read the books collected by the Feng Clan. Though it couldn't compare to the collections of those old clans, he still knew a lot of secrets.
Ningshuai nodded and put on a sad expression: "Yes!
The Jade Pure Sea is millions of miles away from the Jin Dynasty. Not many people have been able to cross this place since the ancient times. "
"So who defeated you?"
Feng Feiyun's eyes turned serious. He felt that something was wrong. Someone actually brought something from another place to the Jin Dynasty.
Keep in mind that these territories were actually connected but they were called separate due to the impassable chasms between them. Even an Enlightened Being would have a hard time crossing them. One was the Desolate Forest, filled with spirit beasts and ferocious birds. Another was the Death Desert, countless times larger than Jin's territory. It was a land of death where humans couldn't cross. Another was the Dark Fiend Realm, filled with all sorts of monsters and beasts. Humans would die without leaving a single speck behind.
These were actually the territories of human nations, and the dynasties that were inhabited by humans were actually very small, like islands in the vast ocean.
Feng Feiyun still hadn't figured out where the five dynasties stood.
Feiyun had never heard of the Five Great Dynasties in the human kingdoms before. This meant that the Five Great Dynasties were very small and remote compared to the vast human kingdoms.
Compared to the real divine kingdoms of the human world, the Jin Dynasty was like a barren and remote village. There were countless villages like this in a divine kingdom, just like a drop of water in the ocean.
Moreover, Jade Purity Ocean was extremely far from Jin. Even an Enlightened Being would need several hundred years to travel by air without using the wormhole teleportation formation. Moreover, they might fall in some ancient chasms or swamps, or they might fall into the stomachs of ghosts and evil corpses.
The distance between the Jin Dynasty and the Jade Pure Sea was only the distance between two "villages", just a corner of the human world.
Several cultivators from the Jade Pure Sea had passed by this place and left behind ancient records.
'Who the hell could actually cross such a large area to come to the Jin Dynasty?' Feng Feiyun wondered.
The difficulty of crossing a large territory was simply like an ant crawling from an ancient city to another ancient city thousands of miles away. The difficulty was simply indescribable.
"No one!
No one could defeat me!
The one who lost was the opponent. "Ningshuai said.
"..." Feng Feiyun was a bit speechless: "Don't tell me that you used this cold energy yourself and wounded yourself?"
Ningshuai had an awkward expression: "I didn't expect it to be so powerful this time …"
"Where did you get it from?" Feng Feiyun almost lifted him up from the stone bed.
"An old man gave it to me." Ningshuai answered.
"Is there such a good thing in this world?
Do you believe me when I say that I can throw you outside right now? "
Feng Feiyun lifted half of Ningshuai's body up. Chunks of ice fell to the stone bed, creating cracking sounds.
"Don't!
Don't!
Fine!
I'll admit it, I stole it. "
"Who did you steal it from?" Feng Feiyun let go and put him back down.
"An old man.
Not long ago, I saw that old man worshipping a statue by the Jin River. Looking at his strange clothes, it was obvious that he was a foreigner. Foreigners are easy to bully!
Thus, she couldn't help but search his body. She only found a bottle of Pure Jade Cold Qi. She didn't find anything else. What a f * cking miserable old man.
I thought he was quite pitiful and wanted to return the bottle to him, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye and I couldn't find him again. "Ningshuai shook his head and sighed." That's right, Li Qiye.
"Which statue?" Feng Feiyun asked.
"Outside the convent, there's a 1,874-meter tall statue of the goddess." Ningshuai answered.
Shui Yueting!
Feng Feiyun fell into silence. If Ningshuai's words were true, then this old man should be an ascetic cultivator. Such a person was a peerless sage and wouldn't stay in the same place. He traveled through the veins of the earth and the Divine Wilderness, rarely appearing in places with people.
Why would such an ascetic cultivator stop to worship Shui Yueting's statue? Could it be that outside of the Jin Dynasty, there were other statues like this in other distant territories?
If a person believed in Buddhism, then even if they were in another country, they would still stop and worship.
Feng Feiyun was a bit disappointed. There was no way he would see this old man again. An ascetic cultivator's cultivation was extremely high. Once they started, they wouldn't stop. They must have left the Jin Dynasty by now and crossed the treacherous mountains and rivers to reach another area.
Others were only passing by the Jin Dynasty.
Even though Ningshuai was injured by the cold energy, it was only the surface of his flesh. His bones, organs, and dantian weren't harmed. After taking a third-ranked spirit pill, the ice on his body began to melt. His body quickly regained its vitality with a healthy glow.
"Haha!
One who survives a great disaster is bound to be blessed. I'm in the top twenty-five now, the next battles will be even more difficult. "
Ningshuai and Feng Feiyun left the side chamber. It was noon at this moment. The gentle winter sun shone down and melted the snow in the imperial city. The city walls shone brightly.
There was not a single speck of dust in the air. Standing on top of the white jade steps, one could see the imperial city and the ancient buildings in the distance.
An immortal rainbow traversed the sky. It was multi-colored and looked like a divine bridge floating in the sky above the imperial city.
The weather at the capital hadn't been this good since the beginning of winter.
Twenty-five prodigies gathered on the Heaven stage.
All of them were extremely talented after going through many rounds of selection. Each of them won over the crowd with their battle prowess.
The only exception would be Feng Feiyun. He didn't even have to fight a single match before entering the top twenty-five.
"Many people are watching you." Ningshuai said.
Feiyun chuckled, "Let's see then."
Feng Feiyun was too lucky today. He skipped two rounds in a row so it was inevitable that he would be the center of attention.
However, no one doubted his strength. After all, he had caught Potian's sword with his bare hands in the Supreme Beauty Pavilion. This news had spread far and wide, and many people wanted to see him fight with his full strength.
There were quite a few familiar faces among the twenty-five people, including Long Qingyang, the freaking ladyboy. His looks were extraordinary, and whenever he fought, there would always be many spectators below the stage.
"Fuck, don't let me fight that ladyboy or I'll just give up." Ningshuai murmured.
At the same time, the official announced: "Heaven stage, Big-headed Buddha against Long Qingyang."
Feng Feiyun wanted to laugh, but he held it in.
Ningshuai's face turned green when he saw Long Qingyang turn around and smile at him. Ningshuai's thighs trembled so much that he almost fell to the ground.
There were twelve groups this time. Feng Feiyun skipped again.
Finally, someone protested. It was Long Qingyang. His voice was even more pleasant than a girl's: "Why is it always Feng Ergou skipping every round? Isn't his luck a bit too good?"
"He can enter the top ten without even fighting. This is simply too unfair." Someone else spoke up.
Princess Luofu stood before the bronze cauldron and spoke in a dignified manner: "The balls are picked randomly with the supervision of the three directors. No one can cheat.
Moreover, if I had chosen a candidate for the Fuma, there wouldn't have been such a situation. However, this princess chose Dongfang Jingshui as a candidate for the Fuma, yet he insisted on fighting. This is something this princess doesn't want to see. "
Potian said: "It can't be skipped forever. No matter how great one's luck is, they won't be able to win if they aren't strong enough." Feng Feiyun said: "If anyone doesn't like it, Your Highness can pick again."
"Right, right, let's pick again." Ningshuai didn't want to fight Long Qingyang.