Cultivation Goddess
Chapter 333. Mustika Ice

Jian Heng's hand gestured for Fang Yin to stop at a safe expected point. They looked at each other and nodded.

Fang Yin released energy to protect his body as well as Jian Heng. The Qi enveloping their bodies was currently able to protect themselves from direct and sudden attacks.

Furthermore, Fang Yin cast a protective spell so that what happened in that place did not wreak havoc on the surrounding realms. The person outside the protective spell could not see, hear and feel what was happening inside.

"I've cast the strongest protective spell so as not to attract attention" Fang Yin said.

"Hm." Jian Heng nodded.

Both began to prepare. Feeling no movement from the powerful aura, they agreed to get closer. They put together a step and walked slowly.

Their vigilance grew even more when it had stood right before the powerful essence less than three steps away.

"It seems that this essence has no protector, Yin'er." Jian Heng guessed.

"I'll check it out" Fang Yin said.

Jian Heng looked extremely worried and grabbed Fang Yin's hand then said, "Be careful, Yin'er."

Fang Yin nodded.

The center of that energy essence was on a flat ground and looked as ordinary as the ground around it. Fang Yin crouched down and placed his right palm over the center of that essence.

"Armgh!" fang Yin squealed as she felt her hand being pierced by a sharp object.

Jian Heng immediately moved to help him. He pulled Fang Yin's hand and looked at his palm. There was a puncture wound as big as a pinhole.

"It seems like this wound isn't too deep." Jian Heng blew the wound.

"I think so too, maybe I'm just surprised. It was quite surprising because the thing that pierced me was invisible and could penetrate the protective Qi that enveloped my body," Fang Yin explained.

Their curiosity has not disappeared but the two are again surprised by the strange thing that reappears. They felt the ground around them tremble like an earthquake was happening.

Jian Heng carried Fang Yin moving backwards to avoid the center of essence slowly arising. Judging from its movement like something will arise from within the earth.

They stopped at the boundary where Fang Yin's protective spell was attached.

"Do you know about a secret on this hill, Yin'er?" jian Heng asked.

Fang Yin shook his head then said, "Since childhood I have lived in the palace. Grandpa and grandma always visit me when they miss me. So ... I don't know this area very well."

They could no longer talk and relax. The ground before them started to crack and bring up something strange. A green and large-sized tendril appeared and moved closer to Fang Yin and Jian Heng.

The tendrils kept popping and filled the ground in that place. However, the energy essence center in the middle was still empty.

Fang Yin and Jian Heng jumped up and continued to dispel the tendrils with their energy swords. The cut tendrils grow into new tendrils making the number more and more.

"The "broken outstrip remains alive and becomes a new living vine. What am I supposed to do?" Fang Yin looked extremely panicked and continued to jump to dodge.

"I'll try to use fire." Jian Heng let out flames from both of his palms but before throwing them, both of his hands had been wrapped around by the tendrils moving extremely fast.

The same thing was experienced by Fang Yin. As he was stunned to see Jian Heng, a tendril moved very quickly from the back and wrapped around his body very strongly.

Fang Yin was seen concentrating on taking out his black flames and burning the tendrils binding him. His entire meridians were like closed and obstructed to execute the commands he sent from the core of the mind.

Fang Yin's body was very difficult to move but he did not want to resign. He was seen wriggling as he tried to escape from the twists of the tendrils.

"Yin'er, I'm sorry. I can't protect you very well. I don't seem to deserve you." Jian Heng started to lose hope because he himself was also difficult to let go of himself.

The expression on his face showed despair that forced him to give in to the circumstances. He shouldn't feel like he's the strongest person and can beat anyone.

"Don't blame yourself, Brother Heng. I'm the one who put you in danger. Whatever happens let's face it together." Fang Yin tried to calm down even though his face showed that he was extremely anxious.

A giant flower bud emerged from the center of the essence center. Around the flower is surrounded by ice crystals that form a circle. The flower bud was similar to a white lotus flower with a length twice the height of a human.

The tendril that bound Fang Yin pulled him towards the petal.

"Yin'er! Yin'er!" yelled Jian Heng who remained in his place and could do nothing.

Fang Yin could not control his body and could only accept the circumstances as the tendril continued to pull him close to the bud.

Slowly the flower buds opened and then swallowed Fang Yin's body quickly.

Despite feeling extremely panicked, Fang Yin did not want to panic and made Jian Heng even more anxious. He just stared at his lover who kept shouting with his eyes until the flower buds surrounding him slowly closed back.

Jian Heng lowered his head in limp as he could do nothing. He could only see Fang Yin who had been swallowed by the giant lotus flower that had suddenly appeared.

Fang Yin's legs were like they had been bound at the base of a lotus flower even though there were no tendrils wrapped around it. The tendrils wrapped around his body slowly came loose and came out from within the petals through the gap at the end of the nearly closed petals.

'Yang Hui! Yang Hui! Did you hear me?' Fang Yin summoned the dragon spirit hoping that he would answer.

'You don't have to worry that this flower won't eat you. Already, don't bother me for something as insignificant as this, Yang Hui replied in the core of Fang Yin's mind.

'Shit! Just play away. You should have accompanied me here.' Fang Yin's words were not cared about anymore by Yang Hui.

Fang Yin felt an extremely cold air when he was inside the giant lotus. Ice flowers began to appear on the surface of his skin. The longer the flowers develop into small crystals.

'I'm not using the Snow Cloud Qi. There should not be any symptoms of this nature. Even this energy aura felt so coldly piercing.' Fang Yin could only feel and see the changes in his body without being able to do anything.

Not only did the outside of his body freeze, his blood and internal organs also felt things that were not much different. Fang Yin tried hard to endure it, without his strength he still felt the same way as an ordinary human.

Ice crystals filled the inner space of the lotus flower and wrapped around Fang Yin's body. This state made Fang Yin lose his consciousness and enter his subconscious.

It was as if he was in a dimension of thick snowy land. There's no one else there. As far as the eye could see was only a vast expanse of snow without limits.

Fang Yin walked in any direction and hoped to find a clue. Each dimension has a different mystery. Even in a conscious state he could not guess it especially when his soul was living in it.

'This snow dimension is different from the snow dimension I have. My dimension I can come to consciously with my physical body. Unlike this dimension which only exists in my subconscious.' Fang Yin tried to analyze.

He walked for a while but found nothing. This dimension is like an empty place.

Fang Yin's breath was like a puff of smoke that spread into the air and then turned into soft water spots.

The atmosphere in the world realm was different from the one in the dimensional realm where Fang Yin was. Right now the world was pitch black because night had come. However, in this dimension it looks bright with dim light.

The originally calm sky started to look strange. A swirl of clouds slowly moved down.

The cloud descended roughly twenty steps from where Fang Yin was.

"What's this?" Fang Yin got up and saw what was behind the cloud and snow that covered the air around him.

After completely stopping, a person appeared from within the center of the cloud that had disappeared. A long white-haired woman with a glittering crown on her head. His right hand carried a shining object that was not yet clear.

The woman walked over to the dumbstruck Fang Yin. Until he stopped for a while, Fang Yin was still difficult to master himself.

"Welcome to the descendants of the brave ice tribe" said the woman.

"Welcome, uh, sorry I remembered Brother Da Xia when I saw you." Fang Yin did not know who the woman before him was but his shady face made him sure that he had not come to bring hostility.

"Da Xia's? Sorry I didn't know him. I only recognize you and feel that you are strong enough to accept this heirloom and use it for good." The woman showed me a sparkling mustika.

Fang Yin took a step back. The energy aura from the ice mustika was so powerful it pressed down on his body. He held his trembling chest.

"Don't be afraid! You'll just feel a little pain. We don't have much time, your physical body will die if you stay here too long" said the foreigner.

"Who are you? How can you block my entire ability?" ask Fang Yin.

"That's not hard because I've taken your blood before. I am the guardian spirit of the ice mustika that I have guarded for thousands of years. From today I'll leave it to you."

Fang Yin seemed to be silently thinking. After this he would not stay in the Silver Mountain. How could he possibly take this heirloom out of the region.

If this mustika is contested by ice tribes and glacier tribes, there will be a civil war if there is no justice to put this heritage in the right place.

"Sorry, I will not absorb the energy from this mustika alone. I know you trust me to take care of her, but I can't take it. If you agree, I will make an inscription for this mustika and tie it with the strongest spell. You can guard it without disrupting the function of this mustika radiating its power to the entire population of Silver Mountain." Fang Yin was unwilling to possess the entire power of ice mustika for the sake of his ambition.

"Didn't everyone want great power to conquer the world? With this mustika you can freeze one continent in one snap of a finger."

"Are you influencing me or testing me? I'm not afraid of you even though you've blocked my power." Fang Yin began to show his true nature.

Very little patience. He was always resolute without fear. As long as he was on the right path, he was very confident the blessing of the universe would help him to win.

"Good! This is the answer I want! Remember your promise, I won't let you go before the inscription is there." After saying that the woman suddenly disappeared.

Fang Yin's eyes instantly turned dark and his body felt a cold freeze. Slowly the ice surrounding him disappeared then the lotus petals opened slowly.

Along with the opening of the petals, Fang Yin's body also underwent changes. His hair color turned white with a diamond crown appearing on his head.

A bright shining energy aura illuminated the darkness of the night. Until the petals fully opened Fang Yin's eyes were still closed.

Jian Heng who was originally bowed in grief slowly raised his head and looked towards the bright light that appeared before him. There was a smile on his face though still visible remains of tears on his cheeks.

Previously he felt that he had completely lost Fang Yin.

"Yin'er," he whispered softly.

The tendrils wrapped around Jian Heng's body slowly came loose. The bond that was too strong made her body difficult to move due to numbness. The tendrils moved towards the center of the energy essence and entered the earth with the giant lotus that wrapped around Fang Yin's body.

Fang Yin opened his eyes and saw Jian Heng walking slowly towards him. His hand extended forward and pulled Jian Heng's body closer.

"The pupils of your eyes also turned blue, Yin'er," Jian Heng said as they stood face to face.

Fang Yin who was still half controlled by the ice mustika protective spirit could only nod. He then moved his hand to unlock the protective spell made by him.

"Sister Heng, please help me to pick up the rock that towers over that hill," Fang Yin pointed out.

Jian Heng did not know what Fang Yin wanted, he looked at him cluelessly.

"I want to make an inscription on this energy center," Fang Yin explained later.

"All right, let's do it."

Fang Yin and Jian Heng pulled the stone that was still firmly stuck in the ground. It took a great deal of energy to lift it to the surface and bring it to the center of the energy essence.

The stone was about five meters tall with him less than a meter it moved slowly then fell right at the marked spot.

"Uhuk! Uhukk!" Fang Yin and Jian Heng coughed and gasped.

They bleed fresh from internal injuries. It seemed like the protective lotus tendril had an energy poison that settled in the bodies of the two.

"This rock is still tilted. I'll press it again to get stuck deeper." Fang Yin jumped into the air after wiping the blood at the corner of his lips.

"Wait on! I'll help you," Jian Heng said, jumping after Fang Yin.

They pressed the stone together with limited energy. Expending excess energy will make their situation worse.

After the stone inscription was embedded more than half its size, they then descended.

"I have fulfilled my promise. Now let me get out of here." Fang Yin stored back his energy aura and changed his appearance just like before.

His form changed like his previous self but not with his pupils remaining blue.

"Yin'er, what's really going on?" jian Heng asked curiously.

"I'll tell you on the way home. I must be very worried about us if we don't come back soon." Fang Yin took out a leaf artifact from within his storage ring.

Jian Heng nodded then followed Fang Yin up onto the leaf artifact. They darted across the darkness of night towards the residence of Shi Jun Hui.

After their departure, the stone stele moved slowly up.

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