Chapter 137

It had already turned into frost-covered soil, with ice crystals everywhere.

A scarred beast darted and twisted within the chilling air.

But the next moment.

A massive ice sword suddenly surged out of the dense cold, pinning it hard against the ground.

Roar!

The beast let out a low growl.

Yet the cold entered its body, quickly turning it into an ice statue before shattering it completely.

Meng Zhangqing's figure slowly appeared, landing before the beast's corpse.

His condition did not look very good either.

His upper garments were almost completely torn, leaving only tattered strips hanging, while numerous claw marks covered his skin.

Fortunately, they were not deep.

Just some superficial scratches.

"What you say comes true."

Meng Zhangqing took out new clothes and changed.

This beast was named the Silver-Wind Purple-Lo Weasel.

Its most skilled technique was the art of ambush and assassination.

Its speed was extremely fast.

Had he not raised the Sword Step to the Perfection Realm, and had the cold not affected its speed, he truly would not have been able to react in time.

But even so.

His physical body was still grazed a few times.

"I must hurry to raise my body-refining cultivation base."

Although his offensive power was already extremely formidable, encountering this kind of assassination-style opponent still required relying on his own defense.

Respond to all changes with unchanging stillness.

Thinking this, Meng Zhangqing walked to the jade platform.

He saw a box placed upon the jade platform.

It looked quite large.

Meng Zhangqing opened it, and what came into view were two stones emitting a white glow.

"What is this?"

Meng Zhangqing was instantly stunned.

Up until now, what he had encountered were basically elixirs and spiritual herbs.

Stones?

This was the first time he had seen such a thing.

"Ore?"

Meng Zhangqing frowned slightly.

He picked one up to examine it closely.

It looked somewhat like ore, but it seemed to contain a strange power.

"Never mind, I will study it later."

Meng Zhangqing stored it away, then turned and left, preparing to go to another opportunity point.

Not long after he left.

Two figures walked into the world within the mountain belly.

Their statures were both extremely tall.

Their physiques were even more robust and strong.

They were precisely the Shi brothers whom Meng Zhangqing had been 'thinking of'.

"Why has this place been visited by someone too?"

Shi Yao looked at the melting ice crystals around him, broke off a piece with his right hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and crunched it loudly, "Along the way, there were three or four, and they were all empty inside."

"It must have been done by the same person; those places all retained some cold air, consistent with this one."

Shi Guang scanned left and right.

Perhaps feeling a bit thirsty, he also broke off a piece and began to eat.

"Then this person is quite powerful; one person could slaughter so many level-three beasts."

Shi Yao felt he hadn't eaten enough and broke off a few more pieces.

"Hmm, he is a strong one."

Shi Guang nodded.

Immediately, his nose twitched slightly, as if sensing something.

The ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded.

He rushed forward, arriving before the jade platform.

Shi Yao hurriedly followed.

"This is..."

The jade box stood wide open; although it was empty inside, Shi Guang's eyes still shone brightly, "The scent of Marrow Stone!"

"Marrow Stone!"

Shi Yao immediately took a deep breath, "Indeed it is!"

"Seems this is the place the stinky old man wanted us to come to, but someone's already snatched the peach."

Smack!

"Don't misuse idioms; it's 'the swift get the prize'!"

Shi Guang slapped him to correct him.

"Is that right?"

"Of course."

"Fine, you're impressive,"

Shi Yao muttered a few words, "So what now? The item's already taken. Should we go snatch it back?"

"Mind your manners. Mom said we can't turn our fists on our own people,"

Shi Guang said, "We can trade something else with him."

"What if he refuses to trade?"

Shi Yao asked.

"He shouldn't. To ordinary people, marrow stone is just ore, useless. But for us Stone People, this is far more useful than any elixir."

Shi Guang thought for a moment and said.

"Alright."

Since his brother was smarter than him, he could only listen to his brother in all matters.

"Let's go. That person shouldn't have gone far; we might catch up."

"Good!"

The two immediately rushed toward the entrance.

—

Fourth day.

Though the secret realm was dangerous and the demonic beasts had become exceptionally powerful,

those who entered were disciples cultivated by the Xuan Sect.

Not those scattered cultivators from the outside.

Their foundation of strength was there.

If one person couldn't do it, they formed teams; thus, the light-red opportunity points began to be swiftly conquered one by one.

By now, almost all had been cleared.

Only when they arrived at the deep-red opportunity points did they discover those were gone too.

Completely clean.

Assuming the top geniuses had already taken them, they all hurried toward the final opportunity point.