Chapter 688 The Coldest Place

One year of sailing.

There weren't many major events this year.

However, the consumption of high-quality spirit stones was extremely high, with 50 high-quality spirit stones consumed in just one year.

And this is just the situation where the formation has not been activated.

If the fourth-level formation is activated, 100 million high-quality spirit stones may not last for more than a month.

Things have changed recently.

The further the Survivor went, the colder Zhang Xuan felt the weather became.

Since he started practicing Buddhism, the cold or hot weather has basically no effect on him.

But this is too cold.

Fortunately, he has a physical cultivation level comparable to that of a Nascent Soul, otherwise, with his cultivation level of the late Golden Core stage, he might not be able to hold on.

He had already seen Xu Anming and Xue Zhihao wrapped in thick fur.

That day, Zhang Xuan made another pot of meat soup for everyone.

Xu Anming exhaled white air, held a bowl of meat soup in both hands, and drank it all in one breath.

"It's finally a little warmer, Fellow Daoist Hanekawa, where on earth is this place and why is it so cold?" Xu Anming asked as he poured himself another bowl of broth.

Hanekawa took a sip of the hot soup and exhaled:

"This is the Bingling Sea in the Chaoxi Sea, a very cold place. I heard that a Yuanying cultivator once froze to death here."

Xu Anming was shocked: "Nascent Soul cultivators were all frozen to death? We have reached the Nascent Soul stage and are no longer afraid of water, fire, cold or heat, but how can we still freeze to death?"

"It will get colder as we go forward, so everyone should be prepared."

"Can't we just bypass the Ice Sea? Don't let us freeze into nine ice sculptures before we even reach the Sea of Oblivion."

"If we take a detour, it will take at least 30 more years. This is the shortest route, and we have the Survivor with us. If it's too cold, we can activate the fourth-level defense formation to keep out the cold."

"Activating the fourth-level defense formation consumes a large amount of spirit stones. Without spirit stones, our ship will be unable to move forward."

Hanekawa laughed and said, "Fortunately our captain has a lot of spirit stones, hehe..."

Zhang Xuan also held a bowl of meat soup and said, "How long will it take to cross the Ice Sea? I'm afraid if it takes too long, I won't have enough spirit stones to burn."

"As for the time... it's uncertain. It could be a few months or even decades. It depends on luck."

"Haven't you been here before?" Zhang Xuan asked, even putting down the broth.

"Never came."

"Didn't you say you went to the Sea of Oblivion many times when you were a captain?"

“Yes, there were many times, but we always took detours.”

"So you've never been to the Ice Sea?"

"Yes……"

"Then why didn't you take a detour this time?"

"I've already said it just now. If we take a detour, it will take another 30 years or even 50 years, and - my life is running out. I don't think Fellow Daoist Moyuan is willing to wait any longer, right, Fellow Daoist Moyuan?" Hanekawa looked at Moyuan.

Mo Yuan glanced at the depths of the Ice Sea and said, "I must seize the opportunity to become a god, and the sooner the better."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Xu Anming and Xue Zhihao took the opportunity to drink a few more bowls of broth.

The Survivor was moving forward quickly, and the temperature was getting lower and lower.

Occasionally, Zhang Xuan could still see floating ice on the Chaoxi Sea.

This is new.

After all, the sea water in the Chaoxi Sea is not ordinary sea water.

Strangely enough, if the seawater in the Chaoxi Sea leaves the Chaoxi Sea and is taken outside, it is no different from ordinary water.

However, this Chaoxi Sea area seems to have a special energy field.

Once in this place, the sea water in the Chaoxi Sea cannot burn it or be extinguished by lightning.

The waters became extremely corrosive, especially dissolving flesh.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't hold on.

But the strange thing is that the sea water actually froze here.

It can be seen that the coldest place is not just a name.

The icicles ahead were getting bigger and bigger.

At first it was just intermittent thumb-sized icicles.

Gradually, I began to see icicles as big as millstones.

Next, look at the house size.

The other crew members began to use their internal energy to resist the cold.

The true energy in the bodies of Nascent Soul cultivators and fourth-level monsters is like a vast ocean. It consumes some but is quickly replenished.

However, Zhang Xuan is only in the late stage of the Golden Core, and the true essence stored in his Golden Core is definitely not as good as those of these veteran Nascent Soul cultivators.

"We can't go on like this. We're almost freezing to death."

Zhang Xuan was wearing the skin of a third-level monster and was shivering with cold.

"Refine a magic weapon with fire attribute."

Zhang Xuan suddenly had an idea and came up with a solution.

When he was in the underground mine, he collected a large amount of high-level fire-attribute spiritual ores, which now came in handy.

He took out more than ninety pieces of third-level fire-attributed ancient spiritual ore. The small ones were the size of a thumb, and the large ones were no bigger than a fist.

He also took out five pieces of third-level monster skins from the storage ring.

All of them were included in the Soldier Tree Treasure Map.

The roots of the treasure tree entangled these spiritual materials.

The phantom of the nine-clawed chibi beast appeared.

"100 spiritual materials from the Great Wilderness Realm, such as the Fire Soul Stone, Nine Flame Divine Crystal, and Eight-foot Flame Saltpeter, can be used to forge an ancient treasure, consuming 550 million mid-grade spiritual stones."

Henry Zhang was shocked.

The spirit stones consumed in refining the ancient treasure this time were only 50 medium-grade spirit stones less than the last time the Zhentian Sword was refined.

You know, the Zhentian Sword has reached the level of imitating spiritual treasures.

This also means that the magic weapon refined this time is at least of top quality.

Now Zhang Xuan has no shortage of spirit stones, so he directly took out 550 million medium-grade spirit stones and threw them in without blinking an eye.

The nine-clawed Chi beast swallowed up all the spirit stones in one gulp, turning them into tens of millions of Dao patterns and returning to the leaves of the treasure tree.

The roots of the treasure tree quickly absorbed and dissolved all 100 spiritual materials.

A bright red flower blooms on the branch of the treasure tree.

The flowers bloom for a moment, and then the petals fall away.

A deep red fruit grows.

"Squeak..."

The husk peels off.

Henry Zhang was excited.

"You must create a treasure for me to keep warm!"

The treasure tree seemed to be connected with Zhang Xuan's mind. After peeling off the shell, a robe made of 100 spiritual materials of different colors appeared inside.

"Bai Na robe!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

The Baina robe fell into his hands.

"Try the warmth first."

Zhang Xuan put on the Baina robe tremblingly.

After putting on this Bai Na robe, the whole body seemed to be enveloped by fire.

Even most of the surrounding cold air was isolated.

Zhang Xuan immediately felt warm.

The biting coldness disappeared in an instant.

In addition to being able to resist the severe cold, this Bai Na robe can also provide him with more refined fire-attributed spiritual energy.

Refining the fire-attributed true essence can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"This top-grade ancient treasure is truly amazing!" Zhang Xuan was overjoyed.