My Xiuxian painting style is not right

Chapter 168 Secret Realm Crisis

The deep cave entrance was like the mouth of a giant beast. When Chen Yu stepped in, he felt a chill in his face, which made him shiver.

The light of the night pearl seemed dim in the cave, and everything around was shrouded in a hazy mist.

"Ahem," Lin Qingxue followed behind him and coughed twice, "This secret realm is much colder than outside."

She tightened her white fox fur coat, and the white breath she exhaled quickly condensed into tiny ice crystals in the air.

Shangguan Wan'er also walked in. She held the long sword across her chest and surveyed the surroundings warily: "Everyone be careful, there's no telling what dangers might be in here."

Her lips turned a little purple as she spoke.

Liu Ruyan was the last one to come in. She gently waved the red folding fan in her hand, and a warm current emanated from the fan, dispelling the cold air around her.

"Oh, it's really chilly here," she said with a smile, "luckily I'm prepared."

Tie Niu complained in a muffled voice, "This damn place is so cold."

He rubbed his thick palms, but they still felt a little cold.

Chen Yu, holding up the night-shining pearl, led the way forward. The cave twisted and turned, and after about a quarter of an hour, the view suddenly opened up.

They arrived in a vast world of ice and snow. Towering ice crystal trees emitted a faint blue light, the ground was covered with thick snow, and the air was filled with a biting chill.

All kinds of bizarre ice sculptures stand in the snow, some look like eagles spreading their wings to fly, some look like giant wolves howling to the sky, and some look like dancing fairies, all of which are lifelike.

"Wow, so beautiful!" Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed. It was the first time she saw such a strange sight.

Liu Ruyan was also dazzled: "This place is more beautiful than I imagined."

Even the usually taciturn Tie Niu couldn't help but exclaim: "This place is really nice."

Chen Yu looked around. Although the scenery was beautiful, he remained alert.

"Although this place is beautiful, everyone still needs to be careful. This place is definitely not simple."

"Chen Yu is right," Lin Qingxue also said, "There must be many dangers hidden in this secret realm."

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook, and a crack appeared in the snow. The crack grew bigger and bigger, eventually forming a huge hole.

A huge ice crystal spider crawled out from the cave.

This ice crystal spider is as big as a cow. Its entire body is crystal clear, and its eight sharp spider legs are flashing with cold light.

It has a pair of huge compound eyes on its head, emitting a faint green light, which looks very creepy.

"Be careful!" Chen Yu shouted and protected Lin Qingxue and Shangguan Wan'er behind him.

Liu Ruyan also put away her smile, and the folding fan in her hand turned into a long flaming whip, ready to fight at any time.

Tie Niu gripped the giant axe tightly in his hand, a glint of excitement flashing in his eyes: "Finally, I can stretch my muscles!"

The ice crystal spider let out a sharp hiss, kicked its eight legs on the ground, and pounced towards Chen Yu and others.

"Everyone, come together!" Chen Yu shouted, summoned his flying sword, and rushed forward.

Chen Yu's flying sword turned into a silver light and pierced the ice crystal spider's eyes.

The ice crystal spider seemed to sense the danger and turned its huge head to avoid the fatal blow.

The flying sword pierced its hard shell, making a crisp "ding" sound, but failed to break its defense.

"What a hard shell!" Chen Yu was shocked. The defense of this ice crystal spider was far beyond his imagination.

Lin Qingxue shook her wrist, and the ice-blue whip flew out like a snake and wrapped around one of the ice crystal spider's legs.

The long whip was so cold that it instantly froze the spider's legs into ice.

The ice crystal spider felt pain and let out an angry hiss, then swept its other leg towards Lin Qingxue.

Seeing this, Chen Yu quickly pulled Lin Qingxue behind him and swung his sword to block the attack of the spider's legs.

"boom!"

The spider's legs collided with the flying sword, making a loud noise. Chen Yu felt a huge force coming, and his body involuntarily retreated.

"Chen Yu!" Lin Qingxue exclaimed and hurried forward to support him.

Shangguan Wan'er seized the opportunity, her figure flashed, and she appeared on the side of the ice crystal spider. The long sword in her hand turned into a flash of lightning and stabbed into its abdomen.

The abdomen of the ice crystal spider was its weakest point of defense, and Shangguan Wan'er's sword accurately pierced the target.

"puff!"

The sound of a long sword piercing into flesh was heard, and the ice crystal spider let out a painful wail. Its huge body shook a few times and it almost fell to the ground.

Liu Ruyan seized the opportunity, and the flaming whip in her hand turned into a fire dragon, which lashed the ice crystal spider fiercely.

"boom!"

The flaming whip was so hot that it instantly melted the ice spider's shell, leaving a charred mark.

The ice spider struggled painfully, trying to escape the attacks of the crowd, but its movements became slower and slower, and it was obvious that it was seriously injured.

Tie Niu had not found a chance to attack, and he was so anxious that he scratched his head. When he saw the ice crystal spider was injured, he suddenly became excited.

"Haha, it's my turn!"

Tie Niu roared, raised the giant axe in his hand, and chopped it down hard on the ice crystal spider's head.

"Crack!"

The giant axe chopped down the ice crystal spider's head with the force of splitting mountains and splitting rocks.

The ice crystal spider's head was instantly split in half, and green liquid splashed out.

"boom!"

The huge body of the ice crystal spider fell to the ground with a loud bang, stirring up ice and snow all over the sky.

"Huh, it's finally solved." Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"This ice crystal spider is really troublesome." Lin Qingxue said with some fear.

"Yeah, luckily we worked well together, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said.

"Hehe, my old friend is really awesome. He solved it with just one axe."

Tie Niu said proudly.

"Just blow it! If we hadn't injured it first, would you have succeeded?"

Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile.

"Okay, everyone, stop talking and quickly see what treasures this spider has."

Chen Yu said.

Upon hearing this, everyone came forward to check.

In addition to the hard shell, the body of the ice crystal spider also contains some ice-attribute materials, which are precious materials for refining magic weapons.

Chen Yu put away these materials, then walked to the head of the ice crystal spider, pried open its mouth with his flying sword, and took out a fist-sized ice-blue bead from it.

This bead is crystal clear and exudes a rich ice-attribute aura. It is obvious that it is not an ordinary item.

"What is this?" Lin Qingxue asked curiously.

"It should be the inner elixir of the ice crystal spider." Chen Yu said, "This is a good thing. It can be used to refine pills and also to improve cultivation."

"Then let's divide it." Liu Ruyan suggested.

"it is good."

Everyone had no objection and divided the Ice Crystal Spider's inner elixir and other materials equally.

Chen Yu played with the ice-blue inner elixir in his hand. He felt a chill in his touch. The surface of the inner elixir was as smooth as a mirror, and faint traces of cold air could be seen flowing through it.

"How do we divide this thing?" Tie Niu asked in a muffled voice, his eyes fixed on the inner elixir in Chen Yu's hand, like a hungry wolf staring at a piece of fat meat.

Chen Yu glanced at him and said, "Simple, one for each person." As he said that, he took out a small knife from his cloth bag. He bought this knife from a street stall before crossing over, and he didn't expect it to come in handy in this world.

He raised his knife and cut the inner elixir into five parts, which were basically the same size.

"Here, this is yours." Chen Yu handed one of them to Tie Niu.

Tie Niu took it and chuckled, "Brother Chen is really considerate."

He swallowed the inner elixir directly, and no one knew how he digested it.

Chen Yu then distributed the remaining inner elixir to Lin Qingxue, Shangguan Wan'er and Liu Ruyan.

Lin Qingxue took the inner elixir, nodded slightly, said nothing, and put it away.

Shangguan Wan'er thanked her and put away the inner elixir. Liu Ruyan took the inner elixir and flirted with Chen Yu, "Thank you, sir."

After dividing the inner elixir, Chen Yu collected other materials from the ice crystal spider. Although these materials were not as precious as the inner elixir, they were also good things for refining magic weapons.

He stuffed all the materials into the cloth bag, which bulged like a pillow filled with cotton.

"Okay, now that everything has been distributed, let's continue walking." Chen Yu patted the cloth bag and said.

"Wait," Lin Qingxue pointed to a patch of snow below the Ice Crystal Spider's corpse, "There seems to be something there."

Chen Yu looked in the direction of Lin Qingxue's finger and saw a hint of green in the snow, which was particularly eye-catching among the white snow.

"Let's go and take a look." Chen Yu said, leading the way over.

After pushing aside the snow, a plant appeared before everyone's eyes. The plant was completely white, with only a small green flower growing on the top, emitting a faint fragrance.

"Is this... the soul-returning grass?" Shangguan Wan'er said in surprise.

Chen Yu took out the ancient book that Mr. Zhang gave him, compared it carefully, and confirmed that this plant was undoubtedly the Soul-Resurrection Grass.

"Haha, it's really hard to find anything even if you try hard to find it. It takes no effort at all to get it."

Chen Yu said excitedly that he didn't expect to find the soul-returning grass by accident.

"Chen Yu, be careful!" Just as Chen Yu was about to reach out to pick the soul-returning grass, Lin Qingxue suddenly reminded him.

Chen Yu's heart trembled, and he quickly retreated. The moment he retreated, a sharp icicle shot out from where he had just stood, piercing deep into the snow.

"What is that?" Chen Yu looked around vigilantly.

"There!" Tie Niu shouted, pointing to an ice sculpture not far away.

Chen Yu looked in the direction of Tie Niu's finger and saw that the ice sculpture was actually moving.

The ice sculpture slowly melted, revealing a small creature.

This creature was less than three feet tall, snow-white in color, with a huge head and a single eye that shone with a green light.

It held an ice cone in its hand, which was the weapon it had used to attack Chen Yu just now.

"Snow monster?" Chen Yu looked at the creature with confusion in his heart. This creature was completely different from the snow monsters they had encountered before.

"This isn't a snow monster," Lin Qingxue said. "This is an ice spirit, a demonic beast that lives in extremely cold places. It has a ferocious temperament and specializes in ice-attribute magic."

"Ice spirit?" Chen Yu's heart trembled. It seemed that this secret realm was more dangerous than he had imagined.

The ice spirit let out a sharp cry and shot the ice cone in its hand towards Chen Yu again.

Chen Yu dodged sideways and swung his sword at the ice spirit.

"Ding!" The flying sword hit the ice spirit, and it actually made a sound of metal clashing.

"So hard!" Chen Yu thought to himself that it was not good. The defense of this ice spirit was so high.

The ice spirit screamed, and with a flash of its body, it actually avoided Chen Yu's attack.

It was extremely fast, shuttling back and forth in the snow like a flash of white lightning.

"This little thing is quite agile." Chen Yu frowned. Although this ice spirit is small in size, its speed and defense are very high, making it difficult to deal with.

"I'll do it!" Tie Niu roared and rushed forward waving a huge axe.

The ice spirit dodged Tie Niu's giant axe with a flash of his body, then jumped up and stabbed Tie Niu's chest with the ice spike in his hand.

Tie Niu was unable to react in time and was about to be pierced by the ice spike.

"Be careful!" Chen Yu shouted hurriedly.

At the critical moment, Lin Qingxue made her move. With a flick of her wrist, the ice-blue whip flew out like a snake, wrapping around the ice spirit and slamming it to the ground.

The ice spirit let out a scream and struggled to get up, but Lin Qingxue's long whip was tightly wrapped around it, making it unable to move.

Seeing this, Tie Niu raised his giant axe and chopped it hard at the ice spirit's head.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the ice spirit's head was split in half, and green liquid splashed out.

"Hehe, my buddy is still the best." Tie Niu said proudly.

"Okay, stop blowing it," Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at him, "If Qingxue hadn't controlled it, would you have been able to succeed?"

Tie Niu scratched his head and grinned foolishly.

Chen Yu walked to the ice spirit's body and examined it carefully. He found a thumb-sized ice crystal in the ice spirit's body, emitting a faint chill.

"This is the inner elixir of the ice spirit," Lin Qingxue explained. "Although it's not as precious as the inner elixir of the ice crystal spider, it's still a good treasure."

Chen Yu put away the ice spirit's inner elixir, and then looked at the soul-returning grass again.

"There seems to be something around this soul-returning grass." Shangguan Wan'er said, pointing to the snow around the soul-returning grass.

Chen Yu took a closer look and found that the snow around the Soul-Returning Grass was darker in color than other places, and it emitted a faint chill.

"There seems to be something underneath." Chen Yu said.

He squatted down and gently pushed away the snow with his hands, and a fist-sized hole appeared before his eyes.

The entrance to the cave was pitch black and I couldn't see what was inside.

Chen Yu took out a night-shining pearl from his cloth bag and threw it into the cave entrance.

The light of the night pearl illuminated the entrance of the cave, and Chen Yu could see clearly what was inside.

Below the cave entrance is a small space with a small pool of water. The water in the pool is light blue and emits a biting cold.

"Is this... an ice spring?" Chen Yu said in surprise.

"That's right," Lin Qingxue said, "This should be the ice spring of the Yin-Yang Spring of Ice and Fire."

"Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring?" Chen Yu was stunned, and then he remembered that Old Zhang once said that the Soul-Returning Grass needs the water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring to exert its medicinal effect.

"So, there is a fire spring here?" Chen Yu asked.

"It should be nearby," Lin Qingxue said, "Let's look for it."

Everyone searched carefully nearby and soon found another cave entrance not far away.

Chen Yu threw the night pearl into the cave entrance, and saw that there was also a small space below the cave entrance. There was a small pool of water in the space. The water in the pool was red and emitted a scorching temperature.

"It's indeed a fire spring!" Chen Yu said excitedly.

"That's great. Now we can pick the soul-returning grass." Shangguan Wan'er said happily.

Chen Yu carefully picked the soul-returning grass, and then watered it with water from the ice spring and the fire spring respectively.

After the Soul-Returning Grass absorbed the water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring, its green flowers gradually turned white and emitted a strong medicinal fragrance.

"Okay, now we can use it to refine pills." Chen Yu put away the Soul-Returning Grass and said.

"Chen Yu, you're truly amazing," Liu Ruyan said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to actually find the Soul-Returning Grass."

"Hehe, it's just luck." Chen Yu scratched his head and said with a smile.

"Alright, let's get out of here quickly," Lin Qingxue said, "I don't know what other dangers there are in this secret realm."

Everyone nodded in agreement and followed Chen Yu out of the secret realm.