Light Cultivation
Eps. 91 — Old Man
Jian Chen could confirm with his technique, the ice golem had already disappeared, that technique was one of the high techniques he had in his first life.
Jian Chen's breathing was slightly hunting as the same technique drained a quarter of his entire amount of profound strength. Jian Chen admitted that even though his profound energy already numbered in the hundreds but using high-level light elements was still not enough.
In the first life Jian Chen already had thousands of energies, so it didn't matter if he used his light element continuously.
Jian Chen could see there was a square hole where the golem was wiped out, if the same technique was used by humans then his body had already been charred into dust.
Jian Chen then sheathed back his sword, his gaze fixed on the altar in front of him. After regular breathing he tried to approach the altar.
There was something unique when the distance of Jian Chen and the altar was close, a blue-colored pearl with the size of a fist floated in the air while shining beautifully.
A moment Jian Chen realized this blue pearl was a little familiar in his eyes.
“Is not this pearl the same as red pearl?”
The red pearl that Jian Chen was referring to was the pearl that he destroyed when he was about to die, which was different from the pearl in front of him just color alone.
Jian Chen slowly picked up the pearl floating on the altar using his bare hands, his eyes widened after confirming the truth.
“No way, how there is this pearl here..”.
Jian Chen's breath was restrained, he had heard this glowing pearl was the thing that the 12 Shio Hunters were looking for.
Jian Chen was busy in his mind until it was too late to realize from the ice floor there was an ice splinter already creeping into his feet.
The ice was not as blue as the ice around it but rather pink, Jian Chen hurriedly drained his inner strength but still his feet could not escape from the ice shards.
The ice on his feet kept creeping upward, Jian Chen started to panic as if this ice covered his body then he could die.
Jian Chen hurriedly enveloped his body with a hot light element but the pink ice still did not melt at all.
“You will not be able to melt the ice with your cultivation still weak even with your light element.”
Jian Chen then realized that there was already an old man nearby, the old man had a long beard on his chin but the most unique of him was now floating in the air.
Jian Chen's breath was restrained from seeing it, not because of its flying action but rather the body of the old man looked transparent.
“Hm...You're not afraid of me and say I'm a ghost or something?” The old man was surprised.
If not for his experience Jian Chen would have also argued so, Jian Chen tried to look calm while smiling at the old man.
“Senior Maap if I'm not mistaken, Senior is just the spirit essence of consciousness planted in this place using a special technique.”.
Jian Chen was not the first to see something like this in his past life, the old man could be said to be dead but before he died he used a certain technique that made his consciousness there was left here.
Usually this technique is used to convey a message to his descendants or guard a place like this ice palace.
Jian Chen could feel, the old man in front of him had great strength in his life first.
Jian Chen smiled faintly, “Senior, can you get me out of this ice flake.” Jian Chen pointed at the ice covering his legs.
Jian Chen realized this ice was a technique from such an old man.
“Can't, if you realize I'm just a spirit, it means I don't have any power.…”
Jian Chen gulped. “So Senior, how can I escape from this technique of yours?”
“Actually there is but it's too risky, you see the blue gem in your hand?” Jian Chen was silent before nodding. “Good, you swallowed that blue pearl..”.
“Hah? Senior do you intend to kill me?”
The old man laughed then snapped his finger, in an instant, the previously flat floor sprung up chunks of ice from below.
At a glance the chunk of ice was unusual, Jian Chen narrowed his eyes then realized inside the chunk of ice that there was a human inside. They were dead because they were frozen.
“They are the ones who entered this cave hundreds of years ago, just like you, they have also defeated the ice golems guarding this place but.” The old man breathed the display.
“They froze to death after swallowing the blue pearls and if they did not want to, they would die, too, the pink ice will gnaw it all the way to the head to make their organs freeze and die.”
Jian Chen's face paled, he understood the situation now. “Senior so how can I escape this ice flake in addition to swallowing blue pearls.”.
“Nothing,” that old man shook his head. “that was my trap I set before I died and I can't stop it now that I'm dead. The only way you can live is to swallow that blue pearl.”.
“But Senior is the same as I killed myself..”.
“Actually there is still a chance you can survive even though the opportunity is almost one percent. If in 10 seconds you don't freeze after swallowing that blue pearl then you can escape this trap and if otherwise, you already know right? You'll be like them”
Jian Chen's face grew pale, however he could not die here.
Jian Chen tried to reuse his light element at full strength but still the pink ice could not melt.
“Just for free, there used to be someone here with higher strength than you, namely the Sky Realm. They could do nothing but swallow the blue pearl which in the end remained dead.”
“Senior, I can't die here..”.
“Trust me, I also actually feel sorry to see a young person like you come here, if I can do something then I have helped you out.”
Jian Chen clenched his teeth, he could feel that the old man was not lying. Jian Chen's gaze was directed at the blue pearl in his hand with a feeling of doubt.
“Young man, if you can swallow the pearl then you will get extraordinary powers that never existed in this corner of the world.” The old man said the secret behind the pearl.
The old man's words did not make Jian Chen any better, because he had seen a sea of frozen corpses in front of him and he was not sure he could survive.
Jian Chen had no choice, he closed his eyes before swallowing the blue pearl round and round, Jian Chen's feeling mixed up as the pearl entered his body, for a moment his body suddenly reacted.