Li Yan remained motionless, but continued to keep the thick black mist on his palm, and the purple light flashed and disappeared into the purple flag in front of Li Yan, as if it was sucked into it during its rotation. After a moment, the small flag stopped rotating, and there was no more purple light flying around the cave, and the small flag was quietly suspended in the air.
Then two more blue rays of light flew out from the black fog and hit the ground outside the cave entrance. First, the cave trembled slightly, and a big door appeared from the wall. Then a ball of yellow light rose from the ground. After the yellow light dissipated, a small pit appeared on the ground. Four storage bags and a palm-sized crystal ice block lay quietly in the pit. In the middle of the ice block was an elongated object that was about thicker than an adult's thumb and only about two inches long.
Li Yan ignored the four storage bags and looked carefully at the small ice block. The object embedded in the middle of the ice block looked like a tiny bamboo shoot with subtle patterns on it, like a piece of wrapped bamboo shoot leaves.
Li Yan looked down at the ball of black mist in his hand and nodded in satisfaction. The Snow Spirit Master was indeed a sensible person. He delayed the burning of the Yang Fire, and he did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he opened the three formations in the cave, revealing the treasures hidden.
After all this was done, no more sound came out of the black fog, and the spirit of the Snow Spirit seemed to have become silent, waiting for Li Yan's final decision. Li Yan took a step out from the ice seat, and then slowly walked to the entrance of the cave. He first scanned it repeatedly with his spiritual sense several times, and did not find anything unusual. He stretched out his hand and the ice flew into his palm.
Looking at the tiny bamboo shoot-like object embedded in the center, its surface is milky white, which is similar to the color of stalactites in some deep caves in the mountains of Li Yan's hometown. This kind of natural treasure should have been stored in a special jade bottle or magic weapon, but there is no master of refining in the melting cave, so it should be preserved by borrowing ice.
"The Rongsun was obtained from the previous generation of the Snow Spirit Master. Such a precious thing has its roots cut off and is preserved in this way. I don't know if its effect has been lost." Li Yan couldn't help but worry, but he didn't rush to break the ice and take out the Rongsun. Instead, he just held it in his hand and observed it carefully, as if he was appreciating a treasure.
After a long while, Li Yan slowly raised his head, with no joy or sadness on his face. His gaze then fell on the four storage bags in the pit. During this process, the Snow Spirit's main spirit did not make any sound.
The thick black mist on one hand of Li Yan temporarily delayed the yang fire from further burning the spirit. With the other hand holding an ice cube, his spiritual sense swept through the four storage bags one by one. Then Li Yan was convinced of what the Snow Spirit Lord said. He did not do anything to them. There were only traces of having been sacrificed by someone. His spiritual sense easily penetrated into the storage bags. Except for spirit stones and some jade slips, there were no things like porcelain bottles for elixirs. There was not even a spiritual weapon, let alone magic weapons.
Li Yan didn't care, but stretched out his spiritual sense, and thirteen jade slips flew out from the storage bag, and then floated in the air. Soon, a smile appeared on Li Yan's face. He easily found a jade slip, which contained the control methods of the three formations.
"Big Dragon Elephant Formation" and a defensive formation, and an illusion formation. Li Yan naturally looked at the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" first, and soon saw the extraordinaryness of the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" from the control formula, and then checked the introduction of the other two formations, which could only be said to be good.
The "Great Dragon Elephant Formation" is an integrated offensive and defensive formation that is actually made with the souls of ten purple dragon elephants. Li Yan knew that the Purple Dragon Elephant was an ancient alien species, and it was said that it could only exist in some extremely remote places. Thousands of years ago, there was a Nascent Soul elder at the Lingchong Peak of the sect who had a Purple Dragon Elephant as his spiritual pet. This beast could tear dragons and tigers apart alive and had infinite strength, but its strongest aspect was defense.
When the Nascent Soul elder was fighting against someone, the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant could even withstand a blow from the Nascent Soul cultivator without being damaged. After resisting, the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant would immediately launch a close and brutal attack, catching the opponent off guard. At this time, the Nascent Soul elder of Lingchong Peak would take the opportunity to attack, and basically would severely injure the opponent of the same level, and could even wait for an opportunity to kill the opponent's Nascent Soul.
This Nascent Soul Elder is a major threat to both the Pure Land Sect and the Taixuan Sect. Only the Ten-Step Courtyard Sword Cultivators can use long-range attacks to curb his attack. But if he hides behind the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant, even the sword cultivators will not be able to kill the beast quickly, because the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant will not stand there waiting to be beaten, not to mention that there is a Nascent Soul Master to share the protection for it.
"Ten souls of purple dragon elephants are being sacrificed at once. What a powerful sect. Which ancient sect did this fallen cultivator come from? I know that there are many ancient sects that are good at formations in the area under the jurisdiction of the Wangliang Sect alone, but some have declined, and some are too deeply hidden. But just from the fact that such a large formation can be given to a foundation-building cultivator, this sect has either declined to the point of losing talent, or the status of this cultivator is very important in the sect, so this formation is given to him to enhance his combat effectiveness. But this jade slip only records the control method, and does not record the relevant source." Li Yan couldn't help but think in his heart.
When he used the Sky Stealing Pad to enter before, the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" had not yet been activated, so he did not know the specific power of this formation. Although there was no Purple God Dragon Elephant alive, there were ten Purple God Dragon Elephant spirits controlling the formation, which made Li Yan full of expectations. "Daoyou, I have given away everything, so you..." Just as Li Yan was thinking, the indifferent voice of the Snow Spirit Lord came from the thick black mist in his hand. This voice seemed to remind Li Yan, and also seemed to be waiting for his final outcome. If Li Yan regretted at this time, then he would be helpless.
Li Yan glanced at the black mist in his hand and didn't say anything. His spiritual sense moved and he put the jade slip engraved with "Great Dragon Elephant Formation" and the small purple flag floating in the distance into the storage bag on his waist. The remaining jade slips that he had not looked at carefully were shot back into the four storage bags in the pit. Not a single one was put in the wrong place and they all returned to where they came from.
Li Yan was careful and thoughtful. After he solved the current problem, he would match the jade slip with the storage bag to see if he could make any other discoveries.
Li Yan did not answer the words of the Snow Spirit Master, but just moved his eyes to the ice in his other hand. This time, he urged the spiritual power in his hand, and cracks began to appear on the ice. Many ice fragments fell from his palm. Just when the ice was about to completely break, Li Yan suddenly condensed his spiritual power and stopped urging the spiritual power. Only a small piece of ice bar of the same size was left in the palm of his hand. The outer ice layer no longer collapsed, and only a thin layer was still applied on it.
At this moment, the black mist in his right hand surged, and a faint light shot out from it. At the same time, Li Yan sneered, "Daoyou, where are you going?" The faint light was exactly the spirit of the Snow Spirit Lord. At this moment, his face was full of panic and despair. He actually abandoned the demon core and let the spirit escape alone.
When Li Yan's voice sounded, he had already opened his mouth and sprayed a stream of red flames from his mouth, like an arrow from the sky, directly hitting the spirit that had already shot to the entrance of the cave. Then there was a shrill scream. If the ghost light hit by the flames met the lamp oil of fire, it would instantly burn. The spirit of the Snow Spirit only had time to let out a scream before it stopped abruptly. A stream of blue smoke flashed in the air, and then it drifted away. There was no sound in the cave anymore.
All this happened suddenly, but Li Yan stood still from beginning to end, without the slightest surprise on his face, but instead a hint of sarcasm. He really wanted to let go of this spirit spirit. Anyway, he was not too eager for the demon core of the Snow Spirit Lord. He admired the decisiveness shown by the Snow Spirit Lord before. However, this Snow Spirit Lord was too clever and wanted to lure him into a trap. How could Li Yan be a person who easily believed what others said
He withdrew his gaze from the cave entrance, opened his mouth and inhaled, and the flame transformed from spiritual power flew back into Li Yan's mouth. Li Yan had a wooden expression on his face, and then looked down at his left palm, where there was a bamboo shoot-shaped ice bar that was only wrapped in a thin layer of ice. Li Yan gently threw it into the air, and then flicked his left sleeve, as if time was going back, the ice chips that had just fallen from his palm shot back from the ground again, and then wrapped themselves around the bamboo shoot-shaped ice bar layer by layer. At this moment, the bamboo shoot-shaped thing in the ice bar seemed to wriggle, and a faint sound was heard.
Li Yan only heard one word "help...", and then he forcibly closed his six senses. Then the ice debris on the ground condensed on the ice strips at a faster speed, but the bamboo shoots in it squirmed even faster.
But in just a moment the ice bar turned into a palm-sized ice cube again, and the bamboo shoot-like thing inside it became quiet again.
Seeing that the ice bar had returned to its original shape, Li Yan still looked solemn. He slapped the storage bag again, and several talismans flew out. He pressed them on the ice. Only at this moment did Li Yan breathe a sigh of relief.
"What on earth is this thing? Both its shape and its initial aura are exactly the same as the 'Melting Bamboo Shoots' recorded in the classics. It is definitely not something that can be sealed by a second-level monster. The fluctuating aura on its body is chilling, so powerful that I have no confidence that I can deal with it! And this ice block is also weird. It is very easy to damage it from the outside, but it can seal this unknown thing." Looking at the ice block with the talisman still floating in the air and the milky white bamboo-like object embedded in the middle, Li Yan still had lingering fears.
Since it has been re-sealed, Li Yan temporarily ignored the ice of unknown origin and looked at the black fog surging on his right hand. As his spiritual power circulated, the thick black fog slowly disappeared, revealing a ball of blue phantom fire with a red edge. That was the demon core of the Snow Spirit Lord, which was what Cheng Wenming and the other two wanted. However, this ball of blue phantom fire was no longer agitated, and it just allowed the Yang fire on the edge to intertwine with it.
Feeling the scorching fire on the outside and the cold fire on the inside, Li Yan's consciousness moved, and a jade box flew out from the dirt. This jade box was given by Su Hong. At the beginning, Su Hong knew that Li Yan was going out to look for treasure, but different properties of natural treasures required different magic tools or jade objects to hold them, and Li Yan could be said to be unprepared. With Su Hong's identity, of course she always had these things on hand, and they were very complete. She gave Li Yan dozens of magic tools and jade boxes without hesitation, and explained the relevant properties and uses one by one.
The core of the Snow Spirit's main demon is the extreme fire. Li Yan certainly knows what to use to store it. If it weren't for the jade boxes given by Su Hong, he would know it, but he might not be able to keep it properly.