Chapter 52: Absolute Zero

Having been in this world for so many years, Long Xuan was no longer the novice he once was.

He often arranged for avatars to go to the market to find places with books, and then used the Original Realm to copy this scene, letting the avatars enter the illusion to read all the books.

When the time came, the avatars would return the learning results to the main body, so Long Xuan, despite being unlearned and never reading books, was very knowledgeable and basically understood a little bit of everything.

Others might not be able to judge Thousand-Year Ice Marrow accurately, but he definitely wouldn't make a mistake.

With a feeling of anticipation, Long Xuan walked into the cave abode under the guidance of the youth.

Along the way, the youth held a silver token and led him into the cave abode without obstruction.

To avoid being disturbed by demon cultivators, the outside of the cave was covered with various arrays. Only by carrying something called an Array Token could one move through the arrays without obstruction.

The Array Token is equivalent to the key to open the array. Those without the Array Token who rashly break into the array will be blasted to death. This is also the reason why the youth had been waiting for Long Xuan outside the cave.

At first, Long Xuan was still a little worried. What if he and Master Jin didn't see eye to eye and got angry? Wouldn't he be very dangerous if he were in his array?

Should he use a "urination escape" and let the avatar replace him to go in?

However, when he quickly scanned the vicinity with the Eye of Heavenly Mechanism, such a thought was dispelled.

His golden finger could see where the array bases were buried. Once any change occurred, he could violently break them from the inside.

Moreover, his Eye of Heavenly Mechanism had a slight penetrating ability. Array bases generally wouldn't be buried very deep, and he could magnify the array patterns of this great array and present them in his eyes.

What does this mean?

This means that in his microscopic world, the array in his eyes is equivalent to software that can directly see the code, and he could crack it very easily.

What's more, this is Di Xin's array. He could be considered to have studied under Di Xin, so he was too familiar with the arrays she set up.

He had inadvertently developed another ability for the Eye of Heavenly Mechanism. He knew deeply how terrifying an ability to freely destroy the mountain-protecting arrays of various clans was.

"Little Friend Long, you finally came. You made me wait so long. Please come in, please come in. The wine and dishes have already been prepared. Let's eat and chat!"

As soon as he entered the cave abode, a burly man covered in muscles greeted him with a beaming smile, thick eyebrows and big eyes, very enthusiastic.

This person was the quite famous Master Jin, a muscular man covered in muscles. Most artifact refiners are of this build.

"How could I dare not come to Master Jin's invitation? To tell you the truth, I was just eating at the Qian Family Restaurant. Hearing that you were going to host a banquet to treat me, I didn't even finish my meal and jumped out of the window to rush over. I must save my stomach."

"This is not a joke. If you don't believe me, go to the Qian Family Restaurant and ask."

"Hahaha... Please come in! Please come in!"

The two walked toward the depths of the cave abode while chatting and laughing. The cave abode was very large, and the decoration was not simple. Many secret chambers were chiseled out. Long Xuan walked for a long time before reaching the huge hall.

There were several disciples of Master Jin busy in the hall. Obviously, Master Jin had quite a few disciples.

Long Xuan was not polite either and sat directly at the dining table. Obviously, Master Jin's "long wait" was a polite remark. There wasn't a single dish on the stone table, so how could he make him wait long?

You must know that he rushed over without stopping the first time he received the news.

Long Xuan didn't point it out and continued to chat with Master Jin, but after talking for a long time, he didn't see Master Jin's intention to take out the Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. Long Xuan was anxious, so he went straight to the point and said, "While the dishes haven't been served yet, Master Jin might as well take out that piece of Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and let me see it first!"

"Haha! Little friend is impatient. Alright, this thing is very cold. If you take it out while eating, don't even think about eating hot dishes."

Master Jin laughed loudly, then put on thick gloves and took out a blue crystal stone that looked like ice from his storage bag. The crystal stone was crystal clear, and although it was beautiful, it emitted terrifyingly extreme cold air.

Its appearance immediately caused the temperature in the cave abode to plummet, as if in an ice cellar.

Even across the table, Long Xuan could feel the cold air that chilled him to the bone marrow, making him unable to help but shiver. From this, one could imagine how much cold air Master Jin, who was holding the Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, had to endure.

No wonder he had to wear gloves. If he didn't wear gloves with such exaggerated cold air, his hands would definitely be frozen stiff.

Even before Long Xuan held it in his hand to look carefully, he knew that this piece of Thousand-Year Ice Marrow was definitely real. A fake could never cause such terrifying power.

In his past life, high temperature could be infinitely high, but low temperature could only reach minus two hundred degrees at the lowest, which was already called absolute zero.

But in this world, this limit was completely broken. The strange power of this world made low temperature have no limit. Minus one million degrees, ten million degrees were all possible.

Even Thousand-Year Ice Marrow could break the absolute zero of his past life. Long Xuan dared not imagine how low the temperature would be once the Ice God Flame was refined.

His heart was beating wildly. Looking at the progress of the Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, he was even more excited.

【99.9999%】

What this number means is that once the progress of the Thousand-Year Ice Marrow infinitely approaches 100%, it means it is about to advance into Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

One thousand years is Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years is also Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. Can they be the same?

As long as he buys this piece of Thousand-Year Ice Marrow back and stores it in a special environment for a few days, he is equivalent to buying a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow back at the price of buying Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. He gets excited just thinking about it.

According to this progress, he estimated that he wouldn't need to wait long to obtain a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. His luck was simply heaven-defying.

Although the Ice God Flame formula said to use Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, if Thousand-Year Ice Marrow were replaced with Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, the cold flame would only become more terrifying and could never become worse. He had truly picked up a treasure today.

Although Long Xuan was ecstatic in his heart, he still understood negotiation techniques. He had been showing no change in expression, but he couldn't be too indifferent either, or he would be overacting.

"Is this the legendary Thousand-Year Ice Marrow? The appearance is indeed extraordinary. Bring it here for me to see and let me help you check if it's true or false." Long Xuan said calmly.

"Here..." Master Jin smiled.

Since he was in his own home, Master Jin was naturally not afraid that Long Xuan would take his treasure and run, so he generously placed the Thousand-Year Ice Marrow on the stone table.

In an instant, the stone table actually formed a thin layer of ice, which made Long Xuan feel horrified in his heart.

With such terrifying power, he dared not touch it even more.

He had no need to identify it at all; the progress had already told him whether it was true or false. So Long Xuan stood up, studied it for a while, raised his head, and looked at Master Jin:

"We scattered cultivators have never seen the world and haven't systematically learned treasure appraisal knowledge. I can't be sure whether this piece of Thousand-Year Ice Marrow is true or false."

"But I'd rather kill by mistake than let go. I plan to take it down. Master Jin, name a price!" Long Xuan had a tangled and hesitant look, and finally said.

"Haha, you dare to spend a big price to buy something you're not sure about. It seems your guts are indeed very big."

"However, even if you're not sure, I will sell it as a real product. You must be mentally prepared for my price."

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