The Night King: The Asura
Ch-227's chat. The lake in the ice
Jia Zhen's body felt like it was being hit by something very big the moment he landed on the stone, the water coming down very heavily, making his body feel like it was going to crumble right then and there.
Although it felt very painful, but Jia Zhen tried to survive and not shout, he did not want to look weak in front of his teacher, especially if both parents until they found out about it.
Therefore, Jia Zhen made up his resolve to stay afloat regardless of the risk, his desire to protect his family and boast of his parents, being the only encouragement for him at this time.
In order to withstand the pressure of the water that continued to fall on his body, Jia Zhen then released his strength to the maximum level, although not completely restrained, but the strength he released was enough to help.
After that, Jia Zhen sat cross-legged on the stone, then closed his eyes and began to meditate as instructed by his teacher.
But before actually starting his meditation, in his heart Jia Zhen mentioned the name of his father and mother, hoping that both of them would give his blessing.
"Dad, mother, I swear I won't let you down with my practice!"
Lao Tzu, who was still by the lake, could hear the vow spoken by Jia Zhen clearly, at the same time, a smile was etched beautifully on his lips and right then and there, a smile, he felt proud that Jia Zhen had become his disciple.
"Lin Feng, Luo Ning, if only you had heard his vow, I'm sure your hearts would have trembled by it."
"As a teacher, I'm really proud to have him as a student, and I'm sure, you're proud to be the parents of this amazing child" he murmured, then disappear from there.
***
Two days later.
Xie Ling who had previously been ordered to buy some herbs into the city, finally returned after getting all those orders, there was something he got by buying in the medicine pavilion and there was also something he got from the auction.
When he returned to Lao Tzu's house, Xie Ling immediately asked for his sister's whereabouts, because since he came the child was completely invisible, and after Lao Tzu said that his sister was undergoing special training, he said, Xie Ling asked the same thing.
"You take it easy, Ling'er. Teacher has prepared special training for you as well" said Lao Tzu, then took Xie Ling away from his home.
A moment later, the two of them had been on a land filled with ice, or rather, a land that was indeed composed of extremely cold ice.
"Teacher, where is this?" asked Xie Ling who was starting to shiver in the cold.
"The Ice Land of the Northern region of the Nirvana Realm" replied Lao Tzu.
"I-I thought teacher would take me to Zhen'er's place."
Lao Tzu shook his head slowly, "Your strengths are different, your potential is different, so the training ground must adjust" Lao Tzu said.
After that, Lao Tzu asked Xie Ling to use the power of his earth flame, in order to keep his body from the cold temperatures on the land, after it was finished, Lao Tzu then took Xie Ling to a lake.
Despite being on a very cold land of ice, the vast lake does not appear to be affected by cold temperatures at all, this can be proven from the lake water that does not freeze even though it is surrounded by ice.
"This is the lake that will be your training ground" said Lao Tzu, then removed a piece of meat from his storage ring.
Lao Tzu then used his power to make the meat float in the air, then he made the meat float up the lake, then lowered it slowly to touch the lake water.
"This is just to prove how cold the water temperature in this lake is, so do not let you underestimate it just because the water is not frozen" said Lao Tzu.
"Now, go to the ice in the middle of the lake, cultivate there, don't stop before you can jump into the lake and get out safely."
Similar to Jia Zhen, Xie Ling also showed the same expression when she heard the training given by her teacher, but she did not say anything and jumped straight into the ice in the middle of the lake.
Despite already protecting his body with the power of the sky fire, but due to the extremely cold temperature, Xie Ling could still feel a chill that started to freeze his blood flow.
"Don't underestimate me!" he said, then released the power of the earth flame to the maximum stage.
Slowly but surely, the cold temperature that had pierced into him, began to disappear and was replaced by the warm feeling brought about by the power of the sky fire.
After his state had completely improved, Xie Ling then sat down on the chunk of ice and began to meditate, but not long after she closed her eyes, her entire body was instantly enveloped by the fairly thick ice.
"Hopefully you can get through this exercise, because if you succeed, then your strength will increase to a higher stage" muttered Lao Tzu, then disappeared from there.
***
Sacred Land.
The days went by again, Xie Long's life had now become much calmer, as no more trouble came to him and at this time, Xie Long, it was, Huanran and Xiao Xue were trekking through the vast desert of the Sacred Land.
"Master, there seems to be an enemy in front" Xiao Xue said.
"You're right! I also sensed their existence, and it seems like they are just a bunch of these desert-dwelling Beasts" Xie Long said.
"Then, do we have to say hello to them?" asked Xiao Xue.
"Their strength is quite strong and the number is also quite a lot, I'm sure their soul crystals will be of use to me."
"Good, Master!"
Xiao Xue then increased her flying speed, in order for them to immediately reach the place where the Beasts were referring to Xie Long, and sure enough, in just a matter of seconds, the three of them had already reached their destination.
"Master, let me force them out of their place!"
"Please" said Xie Long.
With Xie Long's permission, Xiao Xue then used her strength to attract the attention of the Beasts hiding under the sand, and unmitigatedly, the Beast was, the attack he made also managed to make some Beasts lose their lives.
"They're coming!"
Not long after, from within the sand appeared dozens of black scorpions of enormous body size, at each end of its tail, there was a fireball burning and emitting an unusually hot aura.
"Time to hunt!" xie Long said, then jumped down from Xiao Xue's back