There is a vast and boundless white ice field with sparse vegetation. White snowflakes as big as beans are constantly falling from the sky. From time to time, a gust of white cold wind blows, blowing up a large amount of white snowflakes.
Han Changming, Ye Xin, Ye Xue and Mu Ling'er walked slowly forward. Mu Ling'er held in her hand a simple-looking green lotus lamp. The wick was wrapped in a green flame. A thick green fire wall wrapped around the four of them, isolating them from the cold.
They were not moving very fast and their faces were full of vigilance. The reputation of the Immortal Burial Ruins was not given in vain, so they did not dare to be careless.
"According to our current progress, we should be able to leave here and reach our destination in another hour."
Mu Linger said confidently that she had just passed through here not long ago and was familiar with the restrictions here.
"I hope so!"
Han Changming vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
His spiritual sense extended a hundred feet outward, carefully observing everything nearby.
A gust of wind blew, and countless white snowflakes danced in the wind. After a blur, they turned into white icicles, attacking them from all directions.
Mu Linger looked normal. As the dense white ice cones approached the green flames by ten feet, they suddenly turned into white mist. After the mist rose into the air, it quickly turned into ice chips and fell to the ground.
Han Changming couldn't help but look at the green lotus lamp in Mu Linger's hand. The power of this top-grade magic weapon was indeed not small. He wondered where Mu Linger got it from.
Han Changming only has one top-grade magic weapon in his hand, which is already very good. Most Jindan cultivators may not have a top-grade magic weapon.
"Fairy Mu, this treasure of yours is indeed quite powerful. Excuse me, did you get it in the Immortal Burial Ruins?"
Ye Xin asked curiously.
Mu Linger smiled slightly and said, "Yes, there are many treasures here. If we join forces to hunt for treasures, we will definitely gain a lot."
"We only need the Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Grass and a thousand-year-old Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Grass, and then we'll leave. The Immortal Burial Ruins has a bad reputation, so we still have to be a little bit respectful."
Han Changming's voice was calm. There were so many realms or secret places in the world of immortal cultivation. Although treasures were good, one had to be alive to enjoy them.
"It's hard to say about other places, but I've been here once, so there shouldn't be any problems..."
As soon as Mu Linger finished speaking, Han Changming suddenly shouted, "Stop, something is wrong ahead."
Han Changming's eyes turned golden, and he could clearly see some white light faintly visible in the void a hundred feet ahead.
Fortunately, Han Changming mastered a pupil technique, otherwise they would be in trouble.
Mu Linger was slightly stunned. She believed that Han Changming would not do anything without a purpose.
Her eyes glowed red and turned crimson, which was also a pupil technique. There were very few people who were born with spiritual pupils.
Different pupil techniques possess different magical powers.
"Hey, that's weird. I didn't see it when I passed through here just now. Could it be the Mysterious Ice Forbidden Light?"
Mu Linger talked to herself, her eyes filled with doubt.
"Mysterious Ice Forbidden Light? I heard that this kind of restriction can freeze most things. Even if the restriction is weakened, we may not be able to stop it."
Ye Xin said with a frown, her expression becoming serious.
Ye Xue released two monkey puppet beasts and controlled them to walk forward.
After walking a hundred feet, the two monkey puppet beasts froze at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into two ice sculptures that grew larger and larger.
A gust of cold wind whistled past, and countless white snowflakes were blown high into the sky, turning into white ice cones that hit the two white ice sculptures one after another.
After a muffled "bang bang" sound, the two white ice sculptures suddenly shattered into pieces and turned into countless tiny ice chips.
Han Changming looked into the distance and saw white light in some places but not in other places.
"Let's get out of here quickly. Maybe someone has triggered other restrictions, causing these restrictions to appear here. After all, the Immortal Burial Ruins has existed for so many years, and no one knows how many variations there are in the restrictions."
Han Changming's voice was urgent. To be on the safe side, it would be better to leave here immediately.
Mu Linger did not hesitate. Since the restriction had changed, no one could guarantee that there would not be a more powerful restriction ahead. If the bet was right, it would be fine. But if the bet was wrong, she would lose her life.
She shook her sleeves and a beam of white light flew out. It turned out to be a flying boat with white light flowing unsteadily. Upon closer inspection, there was a vague pattern of a flying bird on the boat, which could be vaguely recognized as a white crane. It seemed that this flying magic weapon was seriously damaged.
The four of them jumped onto the white flying boat one after another. Mu Linger made a hand gesture and the white flying boat turned into a beam of white light and flew back along the way it came.
In less than a cup of tea, the four of them exited the white ice field and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Friend Han, I didn't expect that you also mastered the pupil technique. It seems to be even more powerful than mine."
Mu Linger said thoughtfully that if it weren't for the pupil technique, it would be impossible to discover the mysterious ice forbidden light by relying on spiritual sense.
"Fairy Mu, thank you for your praise. I have only learned the basics."
Han Changming said modestly, unwilling to say more.
Boom!
A deafening roar came from the ice field, and a large piece of thick white spiritual light fell from the sky and hung on the ice field. If they hesitated for a moment, they would probably lose their lives.
Mu Linger gasped and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Fairy Mu, is there any other way?"
Han Changming frowned and asked, if there is no other way, then forget it.
"Yes, but there is a golden-eyed fire ape there. If I use a fourth-order formation to trap this monster, there will be no second fourth-order formation when we go to get the treasure. If we lead them away, I'm afraid we will be in danger."
Mu Linger looked embarrassed. She only had one set of fourth-level formation in her hand, which would be gone once it was used up. The ape monsters were extremely strong, and the fourth-level formation might not be able to trap the fourth-level monster apes for long. Once they escaped, it would be troublesome.
"Golden-eyed Fire Ape? If I remember correctly, this kind of spiritual beast likes to brew wine and also likes to drink wine."
Han Changming had a thoughtful expression on his face. He had a top-grade Baijiu Pill in his hand, which might be able to play a role.
"Yes! Why? Do you have good wine? It may not be interested in ordinary spirit wine."
Mu Linger asked, she had tried to use the third-level spirit wine to lure away the golden-eyed fire ape before, but failed, and was almost killed by the fourth-level golden-eyed fire ape.
"You can give it a try. It's okay if you fail. The worst that can happen is that you lose a pill."
Han Changming chuckled and briefly explained his plan.
"Top-grade Baijiu Pill? Fellow Daoist Han, can you refine a top-grade pill?"
Mu Linger was surprised and looked Han Changming up and down. She still underestimated Han Changming.
She already knew Han Changming's identity as an alchemist. There was nothing she could do about it. The Hidden Dragon List was so famous that it was hard for her not to know it.
"I didn't make it. I got it by chance. If I set up a few more formations, maybe I can get through there."
Han Changming said in a deep voice that in addition to Baijiudan, he also had some mellow honey wine.
"Okay, let's give it a try. Let's go."
Mu Linger agreed and walked in another direction, followed closely by Han Changming and the other two.
More than an hour later, they appeared outside a long and narrow valley. On both sides of the valley were steep stone walls covered with green vines, and a large number of exotic flowers and plants grew in the valley.
"Madam Han, come with me to set up the formation. We just need to trap this monster for a while."
Mu Linger gave instructions, took out the formation flags and formation plates, and began to set up the formation, with Ye Xin assisted from the side.
They set up three third-level formations, namely a maze, a trapping formation, and a killing formation, mainly to trap the monster for a period of time.
"Friend Han, we have arranged everything. We can start now. Be careful. This monster has a very sensitive sense of smell. It discovered me when I passed by the entrance of its lair before."
Mu Linger warned.
Han Changming nodded, summoned a monkey puppet beast, handed two pots of mellow honey wine to the monkey puppet beast, and tied the porcelain bottle containing Baijiu Dan to the left leg of the monkey puppet beast.
"go."
Han Changming controlled the monkey puppet beast and walked into the valley, while Mu Linger and the other two used the earth escape technique and hid underground.
The valley is long and narrow. A few hundred steps away in the valley there is a cave several meters in size. Inside the cave.
A red giant ape, more than two meters tall, was lying and snoring beside a pool that was over a hundred meters in size. The red giant ape was covered with red hair. There was some green liquid in the pool, which gave off a strong aroma of wine. There were some fruit cores scattered on the ground.
Suddenly, the red giant ape opened his eyes, and his golden eyeballs flashed with a cold light.
It sniffed a few times, became excited, and suddenly rushed out of the cave and ran outside.
It rushed out of its nest and saw a black giant ape about ten feet tall walking towards it.
The black giant ape held an exquisite wine jug in each of its hands. The lid of the jug was missing, and a rich aroma of wine flew out of the jug.
"roar!"
The golden-eyed fire ape let out a low roar, a fierce look on its face, and a huge fierce light burst out of its body, as if it was using its rank advantage to force the black giant ape to give it the spiritual wine.
The black giant ape turned around and ran away at an extremely fast speed.
Just as the golden giant ape was about to chase, countless yellow earth ropes as thick as an adult's arms suddenly emerged from the ground and entangled the feet of the golden-eyed fire ape. At the same time, a powerful gravity was generated, locking it in place like a magnet.
The Golden-Eyed Fire Ape slapped its chest with its arms and let out a strange roar. A red flame suddenly emerged from its body surface, weakening the gravity a lot. The yellow earth ropes broke and shattered into pieces.
At this time, the black giant ape had already rushed out of the valley.
The golden-eyed fire ape opened its mouth and a thick red flame flew out and hit the black giant ape.
The black giant ape reacted quickly, squatting down with its legs, then jumping several feet high and avoiding the red flames.
Boom!
With a loud bang, red flames hit the ground, and the ground suddenly exploded, leaving a huge pit more than ten feet in size. Flames billowed in the pit, and the rocks showed signs of melting.
Naturally, the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape was unwilling to let go of the wine and chased after him.
The black giant ape was not moving very fast. It staggered after taking a few steps, and some of the spirit wine spilled and fell to the ground.
The air was filled with a strong aroma of alcohol. The Golden-Eyed Fire Ape was furious and was about to cast a spell to attack the Black Giant Ape, but the Black Giant Ape suddenly fell to the ground. With a dull thud, a pill emitting a strong aroma of alcohol rolled out and fell to the ground.
The pill gave off a strong aroma of wine, and the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape quickly discovered the pill with its sensitive sense of smell.
There was some doubt in its look. Compared with other monsters, ape monsters were more intelligent.
The golden-eyed fire ape looked around for any trace of human, but there was too much spirit wine scattered on the ground, and the air was filled with a strong aroma of wine.
Thousands of feet away, Han Changming and three others were hiding underground. Han Changming's eyes flashed with golden light, and Mu Linger's eyes flashed with red light.
As long as the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape takes ten steps forward, they will activate the formation.
"Could it be that it has discovered the formation? Why doesn't it come forward to take the Hundred Wine Pill? Is it not interested in the pill?"
Ye Xue asked in confusion.
"It shouldn't be. We were very careful in setting up the formation, so it's impossible for it to discover it. Maybe I used the formation to trick it before, so it's on guard!"
Mu Linger said with some uncertainty.
The golden-eyed fire ape suddenly let out a strange roar, spewing out thick red flames that hit the ground.
Boom!
A huge explosion was heard, and red flames fell on the ground. Huge pits appeared on the ground and flames shot up into the sky.
The golden-eyed fire ape carefully observed its surroundings, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, it opened its bloody mouth and sucked suddenly. A powerful suction force emerged out of thin air, and a large amount of flying sand, rocks and fallen leaves flew towards it, including the Baijiudan.
Baijiudan flew in front of it, and the suction suddenly disappeared, and Baijiudan fell on its body.
The Golden-Eyed Fire Ape threw the Hundred Wine Pill into his mouth and let out a joyful roar. He did not chase after the monkey puppet beast and returned the same way.
Han Changming and Mu Linger were stunned. They didn't expect the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape to be so alert.
"This is difficult. It ate the Hundred Wine Pill. Fellow Daoist Han, do you have another Hundred Wine Pill?"
Mu Linger asked with a frown.
"No more, just one. Wait a minute. The medicinal power of the top-grade Baijiu Pill is very strong. I don't think it will be easy to refine. When it gets drunk, we can pass through here."
Han Changming suggested that if this approach didn't work, he couldn't think of any other solution.
Half an hour later, Han Changming said, "You guys stay here, I'll go out and take a look. If it's drunk, we'll leave here."
If he uses the earth escape technique to escape underground, he might encounter other fourth-level monsters.
Han Changming returned to the ground and walked carefully into the valley. When he approached the nest of the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape, his heart was in his throat.
Fortunately, the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape did not rush out.
A yellow light appeared near the cave entrance, and a yellow earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the cave entrance. It was the work of the stone spirit.
Han Changming's eyes lit up and his eyeballs turned golden.
With the help of the golden eyes, his eyes could easily penetrate the stone wall and see the golden-eyed fire ape.
The Golden Eyed Fire Ape has fallen asleep. The effect of the top-grade Hundred Wine Pill is indeed quite good. It seems that the Golden Eyed Fire Ape will not be able to wake up for a while.
He made a gesture, and Mu Linger and the other two came out from underground one after another. They put away the formation and walked into the valley carefully. The Golden-Eyed Fire Ape had not woken up and was sleeping soundly.