Chapter 897

Upon hearing this, Wang Wang Tieqiang was slightly startled. The voice sounded like the cry of the little maid named Huang Ying on the ship. But the Shun River might freeze on the surface at other times, but during the flood season, there would never be ice blocks. Not to mention today's weather...

Wang Wang Tieqiang couldn't help but look up at the sky. He saw the fiery red sun at noon, and even though he was only wearing a thin fur coat, he still felt slightly hot and wanted to sweat. Not to mention that there was actually a person in that ice?

Even after running around the pugilistic world for so many years, this was the first time he had heard of such a strange thing. After reaching out and touching the two short iron spears on his back, he walked toward the source of the sound as if possessed.

Once he reached the side of the large ship, he saw at a glance that seven or eight people had gathered there, men and women, maids, servants, and boatmen, huddled together, pointing at something in the river and exclaiming in wonder.

Glancing slightly to the side, sure enough, four or five zhang away from the side of the ship, there was a white thing floating on the river, which was very eye-catching.

Staring intently, it was indeed a crystal-clear block of ice, and there was truly a human figure trapped inside.

"It's really strange. Could it be that someone from before fell into the river and has now floated up from the bottom of the water as the ice melted?" Wang Wang Tieqiang couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise and mutter to himself.

"Brother Wang, what happened?" Footsteps came from behind, and a low, hoarse voice was heard.

"Brother Gao, you're here too." Without turning his head, Wang Wang Tieqiang knew that the person behind him was his old partner of many years, an escort who had practiced hard martial arts for several years and also had some fame in fist and foot techniques.

"Oh, there really is a person in the ice. This is a rare thing." A big man with a bushy beard walked to the side nonchalantly and clicked his tongue in wonder.

"A dead person, no matter how strange, doesn't matter," Wang Wang Tieqiang said coldly and indifferently.

"That's true! At the very least, a dead person can't rob the ship," the big man touched his coarse beard and laughed.

"What are you all shouting about? Don't you know that the Madam has just rested?" A middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar walked out of the cabin. Seeing this situation, his expression sank slightly, and he reprimanded the maids and servants.

This is Master Zhou, who is said to be the confidant of that government official, and it was he who hired Wang Wang Tieqiang and the two of them and traveled on the same ship with those officials' families.

"Master, in the river..." the little maid named Huang Ying pointed at the river surface with her fair, tender fingers, looking a bit timid.

Master Zhou saw Wang Wang Tieqiang and the two of them standing there, originally feeling a bit strange, but seeing the little maid say so, he couldn't help but look over. As a result, seeing the ice block and the human figure in the ice, he naturally had a look of surprise on his face, but then he frowned and said:

"It's just a dead person, there's no point in looking at it. Everyone disperse and go do your work. Do you really want me to call Steward Wang?" When he said the last part, the scholar's tone became a bit more severe.

Upon hearing the three words "Steward Wang," these maids and servants immediately changed their expressions and dispersed in a buzz. The remaining two or three crew members also slipped away secretly.

Wang Wang Tieqiang and the big man looked at each other, feeling that it was not good to stay here, and were about to walk away together. But the big man named Gao Gao Dafeng couldn't help but take another look at the river surface before taking a step, and his figure suddenly froze, and a cry of surprise came from his mouth.

"How is it possible, this person is still alive."

Upon hearing this, Wang Wang Tieqiang and Master Zhou were both startled and looked over as well. However, they didn't find any abnormality; the figure was still motionless in the ice.

The scholar looked at the big man with suspicious eyes.

"I can't be wrong. The person in the ice just moved their eyelids. I really saw it," the big man said affirmatively.

"Brother Gao wouldn't lie to us. It seems that person is really not dead," Wang Wang Tieqiang chose to believe his companion's words without hesitation.

Seeing this, Master Zhou became a bit skeptical.

But after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said:

"Even if that person is truly not dead, it has nothing to do with us. Don't cause any trouble for the Madam and the young ladies. Since other ships haven't bothered, we don't need to ask."

Wang Wang Tieqiang heard this, but he didn't feel any anger or injustice in his heart. That person in the ice looked truly a bit strange, and not letting them on the ship was exactly what he wanted.

After all, having run around the pugilistic world for a long time, his vigilance against these strange things was far stronger than that of ordinary people.

Instead, Gao Gao Dafeng revealed a trace of hesitation on his face.

"Master Zhou, wait! Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, and my mother has always been compassionate. Since this person is not dead, let's save them first," a sweet voice suddenly came from the cabin, and then a beautiful young girl dressed in brocade clothes walked out, followed by the little maid Huang Ying who had just left, who was now following behind with her head lowered and eyes downcast.

It seems it was she who told the young lady about this.

"Second Young Lady! This is not very good. Let a stranger on the ship...?" Master Zhou bowed respectfully when he saw this woman, but his face showed hesitation.

"There's nothing bad about it. Since this person survived such a great disaster in the ice and met us, it can be considered a merit for our family. Anyway, there are many empty rooms on the ship, so just arrange it. Are we so many people afraid of one dying person?" the woman said softly, her brows revealing an unquestionable expression.

"Alright. Since the young lady has ordered it, I will call someone to save the person." The scholar thought for a moment, then had to cup his hands and agree.

The brocade-clad young lady smiled slightly, said nothing more, and walked back to the passenger cabin with the little maid.

But Master Zhou looked at the cabin, his brows locked tightly.

"The two of you heard it too. It seems this person really needs to be saved. But this ice block is so huge, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the two of you," Master Zhou said with a bitter smile.

"It doesn't matter, I don't have anything else, but I still have plenty of strength," Gao Gao Dafeng said nonchalantly.

Wang Wang Tieqiang sized up the giant ice twice more, then nodded slowly, indicating there was no problem.

Not knowing how long he had been in the darkness, after a splitting headache, Han Li finally woke up from his stupor.

But before he could open his eyes, he heard the voice of a young girl in his ears.

"Old Master, when exactly will this person wake up? It's already been two days and two nights, is there really nothing wrong? The young lady has been waiting for my reply!"

"Hmph! What does a little girl like you know? I only know a little about medicine, how would I know when he will wake up? But this person's illness is truly strange. His face is pale and frightening, showing signs of great blood loss, but after taking his pulse, the pulse is unusually strong, as if his body is much stronger than ordinary people. This is truly puzzling to me!" an old voice said, feeling a bit depressed.

"Hehe! I think Old Master probably took the pulse wrong!" the girl seemed very familiar with the old master and actually started to tease him.

"Nonsense, in the past, whenever any of you had a headache or fever, wasn't it me who cured you? When have I ever made a mistake? Perhaps this person has a strange illness that no one has ever seen before, and it's not strange that I, not being a doctor, can't see it." The old man seemed a bit embarrassed but still insisted on saving face.

Hearing this, Han Li felt that he was lying on an extremely comfortable bed, with a thick mattress beneath him and a smooth quilt covering him, his body feeling unusually warm.

Listening to this old man and young girl conversing in the language of Great Jin, Han Li felt a bit at ease.

It seems that not only was he saved by some mortals, but he had finally arrived within the territory of Great Jin. However, his current situation was truly not good!

The moment he woke up, he used his spiritual sense to probe his internal condition, and as a result, he gasped and felt bitter in his heart.

After escaping the pursuit of the Tianlan Saintess and fleeing ten thousand miles away, his unsealing time was up. He immediately jumped into the river, adopted the fake-death technique taught by Great Expansion Divine Monarch, sealed himself in cold ice, and then let the ice block float downstream, which was how he escaped the pursuit of the Mutu people.

But his current physical condition was truly terrible. It was even three times worse than he had expected.

Not only was he physically weak due to the excessive use of the Blood Shadow Escape, which caused a great loss of essence and blood, but the loss of true essence was even more severe, causing his cultivation to plummet several layers again, actually falling to the level of the Qi Condensation stage. In this way, without five or six years of good rest and recovery, he wouldn't be able to recover his original cultivation at all.

Han Li sighed secretly and suddenly remembered something, hurriedly checking the flying swords in his body.

As a result, he found Lady Yin Yue, whose primordial spirit was also extremely weak and in a deep coma, inside one of the flying swords, which made him feel a bit relieved.

But the fact that his second Nascent Soul hadn't returned also gave him a headache.

Although they were too far apart to sense anything accurately, it was clear that the second Nascent Soul hadn't been destroyed by the Mutu master as he had expected; there was still a subtle connection that was neither broken nor continuous, letting him know that this Nascent Soul still existed. But if he couldn't recall this Nascent Soul within a certain number of years, once the other party became independent, the backlash against himself would be predictable.

The only thing that didn't make him panic was that once he recovered his original cultivation, the second Nascent Soul's early-stage cultivation could never be his match. Finding the other party and subduing them again would not be a difficult task for him.

Thinking this in his heart, he suddenly transmitted his voice in his sea of spiritual sense.

"Senior, how long have I been unconscious in the ice before arriving at Great Jin? Are there any Great Jin cultivators nearby?"

"Hmm! You finally woke up. You drifted at the bottom of the river for more than a year. Finally, the magic power attached to the ice was exhausted, and the ice block automatically floated to the surface. However, Han kid, your situation is really not very good," Great Expansion Divine Monarch responded lazily.

"I know my own body's condition is not good. But this time, being able to escape by luck is the greatest fortune among misfortunes, so there's nothing to complain about. After all, in that situation, not everyone could slip away from a Core Formation late-stage cultivator," Han Li smiled, feeling a bit proud instead.

"Hmph, you're quite open-minded! But I haven't asked you yet, why have you never told me about having a Spirit-Connecting Treasure? No wonder there were a few times during closed-door cultivation that you left me outside the cultivation room. I've long wanted to personally study a real Spirit-Connecting Treasure. Enough nonsense, find a chance to take out that small cauldron for me to take a good look at," Great Expansion Divine Monarch's tone changed, sounding a bit depressed.

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