Chapter 451

In less than an hour, Tang Wulin and the others arrived at Dragon City in the northern part of the Tianhun Empire.

Dragon City in the northern region of the Tianhun Empire could already be considered a first-tier city; located near the far north, due to its special geographical conditions, it does not receive much attention from the Tianhun Imperial Family.

The city is represented by two sects: one is the Earth Dragon Sect, whose members all possess the Lesser Dragon Martial Soul, and the other is the Heaven Dragon Sect, whose members all possess the True Dragon Martial Soul.

If Tang Wulin remembers correctly, the captain of the Heaven Dragon Sect in the previous tournament possessed the pure Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and was extremely strong.

Among the strong warriors gathered by this Shilake Summons, there are two Honored Douluo‑level experts from the Heaven Dragon Sect; although this sect is not as strong as the traditional powerful sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, it can still be considered a first‑rate sect.

The Heaven Dragon Sect occupies the southern part of the city, while the Earth Dragon Sect occupies the northern part; they have always kept to themselves, and the goal of Tang Wulin's group this time is naturally the headquarters of the Earth Dragon Sect in the north.

Under Nan ShuiShui's guidance, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong arrived at the rear garden of the Earth Dragon Sect. Nan ShuiShui pointed to a well in the backyard and said, "This is the place. This is a cold spring; the spring water contains abundant spiritual energy, which nourishes the bodies of soul masters. However, only the successive heads of the Earth Dragon Sect know that beneath this cold spring there is actually a cave dwelling, which we have isolated with a mechanism."

"Inside that cave dwelling there are many strange minerals, but the temperature inside is so low that even Honored Douluo‑level ancestors could not stay long. Once an ancestor chipped out a small mineral from within; it contained a rich ice‑attribute aura and itself showed metallic properties, so the ancestors have always believed that within the cave dwelling there is a vein of ice‑attribute rare metal."

"As for the exact situation, we don't know."

Saying this, she looked at Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

"I've heard you two are very strong; staying down there should be no problem. If the minerals below are useful to you, go ahead and mine them."

"All right, thank you, Senior Nan."

Tang Wulin did not decline; he took Huo Yutong's delicate little hand and they jumped down together.

The water in the well was very cold, below zero degrees, yet strangely it did not freeze. Tang Wulin could feel that the spring water contained abundant ice‑attribute elements, very pure—no wonder Nan ShuiShui said the spring water had a nourishing effect.

The deeper they went, the lower the water temperature became; through Huo Yutong's already‑unfolded spiritual detection they could tell the spring was about thirty meters deep, and at the deepest point the temperature dropped to a level even Honored Douluo‑level experts could hardly endure.

This cold was nothing to Huo Yutong, who possessed the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, nor even to Tang Wulin; nevertheless Huo Yutong activated her Ice Emperor Armor, enveloping Tang Wulin's body to shield him from the chill.

Tang Wulin's eyes flickered; after being busy with all kinds of things for so long, he finally felt Huo Yutong's all‑encompassing tenderness again, which warmed his heart even in this icy deep spring.

However, now that they were beneath this frozen spring, it was not the time for lingering; they would have to wait until the Earth Dragon Sect's affairs were settled first.

The cave dwelling Nan ShuiShui mentioned lay at a depth of twenty‑five to thirty meters; with Tang Wulin's and Huo Yutong's speed, they reached that depth in no time.

The walls around the cold spring were icy and slick, feeling like Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow; Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong continued descending while searching for the cave entrance.

The cave entrance is said to be naturally formed; this place was originally not a well but a natural spring eye. After the Earth Dragon Sect took over, they specially built a well for it.

When the Earth Dragon Gate was first built, they installed a mechanism here; if not for the Earth Dragon Gate's gate master, finding this mechanism would be nearly impossible. Soon, Tang Wulin spotted a small protrusion on the cave wall—an ordinary person would likely try to press it down, but Tang Wulin had already obtained the mechanism's details from Nan ShuiShui beforehand, so he naturally did not do that.

He gently pulled upward, and on the stone wall opposite side, as detected by his mental probe, an inconspicuous indentation appeared.

Tang Wulin pressed hard on the indentation, and with a sound of the mechanism activating, the stone walls of the well began to shake rapidly.

Looking back, a door only wide enough for one person silently opened.

Strangely, as the door opened, a terrifying chill surged out; if not for Huo Yutong's Ice Emperor Body Shield isolating the cold, even Tang Wulin might have felt cold.

He couldn't help but be startled; the temperature was too low—even the Super Douluo who possessed the Cold Passage Crow martial soul and had gone with him to the Ming Dou Shanmai last time could not easily produce such cold, which is why it's said that even Honored Douluo-level powerhouses cannot stay long.

It seems this trip was indeed the right choice.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong exchanged a glance, nodded lightly, and one after the other passed through the door.

Although it was clearly a cold spring outside, the door seemed to possess a strange power that completely blocked the spring water; when Tang Wulin slipped in, the cold spring water clinging to him was entirely dried by that strange power, and his whole body instantly became dry.

Along with the dryness came that extreme chill.

This cave is not too large; inside, unknown ores are densely packed, the temperature extremely low—indeed, aside from his simulated battle with Huo Yutong, Tang Wulin has never in his life encountered such a degree of cold.

This temperature is roughly equivalent to the domain skill released by an ice-attribute Super Douluo around level ninety-seven.

"Truly, it captures the essence of heaven and earth; I never imagined I would live to see the day of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave."

With a long sigh, a snow-white figure emerged from beside Huo Yutong; the Snow Emperor gazed at these strange crystals, his face filled with sigh.

Following closely behind her, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, Lingxiang Dark Soul Plum, and even Ilex all appeared in this cave.

Huo Yutong asked, "Snow Emperor, is this the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave you spoke of?"

Unexpectedly, the Snow Emperor shook his head.

"No, these are not the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow; these crystals are the attendant metallic Ice Extreme Divine Crystal of the Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow. However, given the abundance of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal here, it indicates that there must be Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow nearby."

She looked at the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal on the cave's stone wall, and a hint of sorrow inevitably appeared in her eyes.

(End of chapter)