Chapter 6: The Mysterious Pool

  In the distance, a white figure was jumping along the forest path, like a bullet, rising and falling, extremely fast, and arrived at Timur's forest in the blink of an eye.

  "A loud shout mixed with true energy rang out. The young man in white clothes looked cold and indifferent, scanning the surroundings."

  "Here, here." A figure emerged from the iron forest, panting and gasping for breath, carrying a hatchet in hand and a bundle of branches on his back, with the appearance of a young woodcutter - it was Lin Ling.

  "Hū" put down the branches behind him, Lin deeply inhaled a breath of air, and sat down on the ground with a thud, finally managing to catch up.

  The young man looked at Ling Lin, who was sitting on the ground, with disdain. He picked up a black iron branch next to him, weighed it for a moment, as if checking its weight, and after feeling satisfied, he coldly threw out a pill, rolled up the branch, and disappeared into the small path from which he came, seemingly unwilling to say another word.

  After the young man left, Ling Lin finally stood up. At this time, he was no longer panting and his face was rosy, with a sharp gaze that made him look full of energy. That's right, everything before was just an act. A normal fourth-level martial artist would take two days to complete this hundred-jin task, but Ling Lin finished it in one day. To avoid raising suspicion, he could only pretend to be exhausted.

  The pill was tossed into the mouth, and in an instant, a faint fragrance flashed through the throat, and a warm feeling emerged from all five internal organs, and the hunger also disappeared.

  "Pi Gu Dan", this is the diet of outer sect disciples. One Pi Gu Dan can sustain a person's energy needs for one day.

  ……

  At night, the stars were shining brightly, and the bright moon was hanging high. The faint silver light filled the entire mountain forest. However, Ling Lin didn't have the heart to appreciate this beauty at this time, he was carefully hurrying on his way.

  In about three or four minutes, a steep cliff appeared in front of him. He carefully jumped down along some protruding rocks on the cliff, which were not obvious but happened to form a hidden path.

  As for this stone road, Ling Lin was not too unfamiliar with it. When he first discovered this place, in order to get familiar with the area, he walked back and forth several times. Therefore, while being cautious, nothing unexpected happened, and then a hidden cave behind several giant rocks appeared before him.

  The cave is extremely hidden, and with the surrounding boulders blocking it, if you don't intentionally search for it, you won't notice it. And to think that someone would intentionally search for it, I suppose there's no one who would be so bored as to do such a thing.

  Jumping into the cave, a cold and gloomy air suddenly came, and Ling Lin shivered with a chill. The temperature inside and outside the cave differed by tens of degrees, as if they were two different worlds!

  The cave is not very large, and except for a pool of water about 2-3 meters in diameter in the center of the cave, there are no other special features.

  As he walked into the pool, all he saw was the clear water filling it. On the surface of the water, a faint chill lingered, and at first glance, there seemed to be nothing special about it. However, Ling Lin didn't dare underestimate it in the slightest; he knew just how terrifyingly low the temperature of this pool actually was.

  "Plop", with a few quick movements, Ling Lin shed his clothes and took a deep breath before plunging in. "Hiss... it's so cold", despite being mentally prepared, the chill was still bone-deep, like a knife scraping against his skin, making Ling Lin grit his teeth and gasp for air. Enduring the pain, he calmed down and began to slowly circulate the "Ling Spirit Technique".

  This cave was discovered by chance when Ling Lin stood on a giant iron tree today, overlooking the distance. I suppose only he can stand on the iron tree to overlook the distance and have such a elegant interest.

  Because every time he cultivates, he has to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy, but the speed of absorption is far from keeping up with the rapid intake. Slowly, the spiritual energy accumulates in his body, and the compressed spiritual energy becomes more and more abundant, making his body like a huge fireball. Ling Lin has a sense of crisis, every time he cultivates, he fears that the compressed spiritual energy in his body will explode, and this pool of water can undoubtedly greatly reduce this possibility.

  As Linglin's cultivation progressed, a large amount of spiritual energy began to gather. Above the pool, the faint cold air that was originally floating had been dispersed by the large amount of spiritual energy, and at this time, a thick layer of spiritual energy surrounded the small pool like a cloud of fog.

  "It really works", Lin Ling's heart was filled with joy as he was battered by the cold air. As expected, cultivating in this cold place had effectively reduced his body's heat. What surprised Lin Ling even more was that his speed of absorbing spiritual energy had also greatly increased. A thread of spiritual energy entered his body and a part of it transformed into a protective aura, while another part spread to all the places where his body had been frozen by the cold air... His body, which had been frozen stiff by the cold air, was slowly warming up.

  Gradually, the biting cold dissipated, and in his body, the spiritual energy and cold energy silently maintained a balance. Ling Lin could feel that under this condition, his body was becoming stronger step by step.

  "When you cultivate to the Xiantian realm, you can refine your marrow and transform your essence, possessing yuan power. That's when you're a true cultivator!" Ling Lin's eyes gleamed with determination and obsession, "Xiantian is not far from me now!"

  The original power, the most important thing in cultivation, is a special energy that cultivators convert from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into their own bodies. It's said that those who cultivate to a high level can cause mountains to collapse and lands to split with just a raise of their hand or a stomp of their foot, and some can even change the weather. For Ling Lin, who is still in the initial stage, such immense power is really too hard to imagine.

  In a secluded mountain cave, Ling Lin was quietly cultivating, her reflection in the pool water faintly visible amidst the spiritual energy.

  Ling Lin, immersed in his cultivation, was unaware. At the bottom of the pool, a dark world. A small corner that had been covered by silt for years and was quietly silent was gradually no longer quiet.

  Above the pool, the spiritual energy is somewhat chaotic. At this time, the spiritual energy seems to be pulled by two huge forces, and gradually, it can't bear the weight, breaking into two parts. One part still flows towards Linglin, while the other part slowly drills down to the bottom of the pool.

  About ten minutes later, the bottom of the pool began to shake violently, mud flew everywhere, and a flash of cold light appeared.

  Ling Lin was startled awake by the sudden vibration. Feeling the increasingly intense shaking at the bottom of the pool, Ling Lin's heart skipped a beat: "It can't be that some ferocious beast is down there and is about to wake up."

  He hastily climbed up and looked at the pool, which was somewhat murky now, a great change from its previous state. He thought about whether he should leave this place. However, his curiosity tempted him to stay and take a look at what was at the bottom of the pool.

  Gritting his teeth, Ling Lin retreated backwards, leaning against the entrance of the cave and stopping in his tracks.

  In the dimly lit cave, along with the mysterious water pool's ripples. Ling Lin's heart also seemed to have reached his throat, tensely staring at the water pool, not even daring to blink, afraid of missing something.

  A gleam of cold light flashed, like a streak of lightning, and the dark cave was suddenly illuminated. Then, an unimaginably sharp aura swept in. The Dark Path exclaimed "Not good", Ling Lin flipped over, narrowly avoiding it by a hair's breadth.

  "It's really dangerous." Ling Lin got up from the ground and looked inside the cave, a huge crack appeared in his line of sight. Neat and smooth, just like a piece of tofu cut by a knife.

  In an instant, Ling Lin felt cold sweat on his back, "If this cut was made on my body, I'm afraid I would have started my third life", Ling Lin thought to himself mockingly, he was still too weak...