Chapter 38: Ice-Embracing Technique

The Ning clan leader gave a bitter smile: "State your conditions."

For every one Ning Xiaohui stated, his expression darkened by a degree.

After she stated five, the clan leader could no longer endure it and raised his hand to stop her: "Stop, stop for a moment."

Ning Grandmother was very senior and said unhappily: "Stop what? My granddaughter is going to risk her life this time."

The Talisman Hall elder also chimed in: "Clan leader, do you know? The City Lord's Mansion has already exerted force, arranging multiple teams of City Guards to patrol Fire Persimmon Immortal City constantly, starting to strictly investigate cultivators who have cultivated the Five Elements Qi Law."

"Once Xiaohui participates in this competition, it won't just be the danger inside the Magma Xian Gong."

Ning Grandmother snorted coldly: "We are all main line, all our own people, not outsiders from the branch families; what are you being stingy about, clan leader?"

When Unlike Ning Zhuo woke up, it was already noon the next day.

He felt much better.

"Looking at it this way, I need some elixirs that nourish and restore the soul."

Although Unlike Ning Zhuo usually stored many elixirs, there were not many involving the soul.

According to his experience from the first exploration of the Magma Xian Gong, such elixirs would be indispensable in the future.

"It's not just the giant logs in Room Number Two that can weaken the soul."

"When the soul is pulled out and resides in the mechanical wooden puppet, it is also slowly consuming soul power."

"Therefore, the stronger the foundation of the soul, the more beneficial it will be for exploring the Magma Xian Gong."

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought and acted.

He decided to purchase soul-nourishing elixirs at multiple elixir pavilions and medicine shops in the city. And every time he bought them, he would buy other elixirs as a cover.

As a result, halfway there, he heard people complaining that the City Guards were arresting people everywhere.

At the same time, he also saw many notices posted on the walls—the City Lord's Mansion was urgently testing the Five Elements Qi Law, worried that it was a demonic cultivation method disguised as a Daoist one, and for fear of accidents, ordered cultivators in the city to temporarily stop cultivating this method.

Unlike Ning Zhuo changed his plan immediately and didn't dare to go to the elixir pavilions or medicine shops to buy medicine.

When he was rushing back, he heard some rumors that made his heart tighten.

"Meng Chong, Zheng Jian, and Zhou Zhu—all these people have suffered attacks and secret harm?"

"Too terrifying."

"These geniuses, under the heavy protection of their families, would still encounter such things."

"If an ordinary person like me were exposed, it would definitely be even more miserable than them!"

"Mother was so right; I should just hide well."

Unlike Ning Zhuo returned home.

Soul-nourishing elixirs needed to be stored more, but now the wind was too tight, so he decided to slow down for the time being.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had considered the black market.

But ever since the Xian Gong was blown up, his Cang Tie Han Jia had suffered a lot of damage. The appearance of the armor, especially the back, had obvious damage.

The most critical thing was that one of the core components, the Foundation Establishment Pill, had been consumed until only one-tenth remained.

This was Unlike Ning Zhuo's trump card and could not be abused anymore.

"Let's master the spell rewarded by the Xian Gong first."

The spell Unlike Ning Zhuo obtained was called the "Ice-Embracing Technique." After activation, it could freeze the object held in one's arms into ice.

Unlike Ning Zhuo studied it for a while, and his first feeling was that this spell was a bit weak.

He had previously mainly cultivated the "Snow Domain Talisman Canon" and possessed ice-frost type magic power, and had also mastered several spells.

For example, the Ice Spear Technique, Frost Flower Technique, Snowball Technique, etc.

"The biggest drawback of the Ice-Embracing Technique is that it must be used in close-quarters combat to take effect."

"And conventional spells like the Ice Spear Technique and Snowball Technique can basically be used for long-range attacks."

In actual combat, this flaw was very large.

This made Unlike Ning Zhuo even want to use the Ice Spear Technique.

In fact, he had wanted to use it when he was in the Magma Xian Gong.

The problem was he couldn't use it!

Here, we must talk about the differences and connections between cultivation methods and spells.

Cultivation methods are things like the Five Elements Qi Law and the Snow Domain Talisman Canon, mainly used to refine magic power.

Spells are things like the Ice Spear Technique, Frost Flower Technique, and Ice-Embracing Technique, which are methods and techniques for utilizing magic power.

Spells rely on the foundation of cultivation methods.

A cultivator's magic power is divided into categories and varied; ice-attribute magic power cannot use the Fire Dragon Technique, at most it would be the Ice Dragon Technique, Snow Whale Technique, and so on.

After Unlike Ning Zhuo possessed Five Elements magic power, he also tried using spells like the Ice Spear Technique, but they couldn't be activated at all.

Because his magic power contained all five elements, if he wanted to use a single-element spell, he had to extract the corresponding magic power first.

The Ice Spear Technique he had mastered and the Five Elements Qi Law were not compatible.

The spell needed to be improved.

This situation was very common in the cultivation world.

If Unlike Ning Zhuo had switched to another ice-attribute cultivation method, it would be highly likely that he could directly use the previous Ice Spear Technique. It's just that the original version of the spell and the existing magic power would not be perfectly matched, and there would still be quite a bit of loss, still needing modification to achieve perfect compatibility.

The Ice-Embracing Technique was something Unlike Ning Zhuo could use directly.

Because it was a spell that was perfectly compatible with the Five Elements Qi Law itself.

After Unlike Ning Zhuo practiced a few times, the water-attribute part of the Five Elements magic power was extracted separately to activate the Ice-Embracing Technique.

The wooden stool in Unlike Ning Zhuo's arms was covered in frost in an instant. The frost spread rapidly, getting thicker and thicker, and after a few breaths, it froze into a block of ice.

Unlike Ning Zhuo could not hide his look of astonishment: "The power of this Ice-Embracing Technique is actually this strong?"

Compared to conventional spells like the Ice Spear Technique, Snowball Technique, and Frost Flower Technique, the power of the Ice-Embracing Technique was clearly more than a notch higher.

Next, Unlike Ning Zhuo focused on practicing this spell in the underground workshop.

Stools, chairs, mirrors, bricks, etc., were all frozen into ice blocks by him.

He became addicted to practicing.

The floor and corners were all ice lumps of various sizes, freezing all kinds of things. The entire underground workshop was filled with cold air, simply becoming an underground ice cellar.

"When I was in front of the first door, the three options I encountered were spirit stone, hanging ring, and a burst of qi."

"Thinking back carefully, these three options should all be helpful for me to pass the trial."

"There is no need to mention the spirit stone. The hanging ring is estimated to be similar to the Up-and-Down Wishful Rope I made, and the 'A Burst of Qi' spell should be able to allow the mechanical puppet to change direction in the air, or even float and fly for a short time."

"Following this line of thought, the reward options in front of the second door should also be helpful for me to pass the trial."

"There is no need to mention the spirit stone, and I didn't see clearly what the mechanical component was. But judging from the Ice-Embracing Technique spell, I fear that Room Number Three will require me to fight."

Unlike Ning Zhuo analyzed the situation with clear logic. There was also evidence—the Ice-Embracing Technique was a typical attack spell.

"Room Number One requires the cultivator to assemble a mechanical puppet, Room Number Two tests the puppet's ability to jump, run, and dodge, and Room Number Three is likely combat."

"Looking at it this way, the layers of trials in the Magma Xian Gong are also lessons. The Three Sects' Ascendants seem to not only be selecting the excellent but also have the intention of training in mechanical arts."

"Sigh, my soul has almost recovered. It's just that I don't know when I will be able to enter the Xian Gong again."

That night, the exhausted Unlike Ning Zhuo fell into a deep sleep.

He felt something was wrong and wanted to open his eyes, but found it was still pitch black.

After being astonished for a few seconds, he sensed his surroundings and became excited instantly.

"My soul has been pulled out again and entered the Magma Xian Gong!" ===== CHAPTER 39 =====