An Ying, who had been wandering around the glacier area for more than ten days and still failed to pull out the black ice python, finally became anxious.
It was obviously not a wise idea for a group of thirteen people to gather together to look for the Black Ice Python.
Most of the low-level first-level spiritual beasts in this glacier area were hunted by them during this period of time. In the next few days, it would be difficult for them to encounter those low-level spiritual beasts again.
In order to improve efficiency, An Ying made a bold decision to search separately.
She, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui all came from Lingbao Pavilion, and they held signal batons that could send messages.
Within ten miles, as long as they release a signal, others can see it.
Therefore, after discussing with Pan Tao and Zheng Rui, she decided that the three of them would lead a team to conduct a carpet-like search for the Black Ice Python within ten miles.
Zheng Rui, the weakest, picked four team members first, while she and Pan Tao led three team members each and started to act separately.
Nie Tian, Jiang Miao, and a young man named Guo Qi were on the same team as Pan Tao.
Under the leadership of Pan Tao, the four people chose a direction and went on the road separately with An Ying and Zheng Rui.
As usual, Nie Tian, who carried a large amount of spirit beast meat, followed Pan Tao and others and ate like crazy every day.
When he rested, he immediately used the Qi Refining Technique to continue to open and expand the spiritual sea.
In ten days, he jumped from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level, which gave him a taste of the sweetness.
The advancement from the seventh level to the eighth level requires doubling the size of the spiritual sea, which is already doubled, and then doubling the size again based on the existing level.
This time, he set a time limit of two months for himself. Within two months, he planned to step into the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm with the help of those spirit beast meats!
As for the search for the Black Ice Python, he showed little interest and only focused on his own cultivation every day.
"It's been a day and a half, and we should be seven miles away from An Ying and the others. However, we haven't even encountered a low-level spiritual beast."
Pan Tao, who carefully inspected every ice cave in a short glacier, held a timekeeping device in his hand with a depressed expression.
"Brother Tao, maybe we really don't have any spiritual beasts here." Guo Qi said.
"I wonder what's going on with Sister An Ying and Brother Zheng." Jiang Miao said softly.
At this moment, the four of them were sitting next to the short glacier. They were all a little discouraged because they had not yet harvested anything.
"Like us, we probably couldn't find the shrunken black ice python. Otherwise, they would have released the signal long ago." Pan Tao sighed and shook his head, "We are in this glacier area. Too much time was wasted, maybe Lingyun Sect and Xuanwu Palace have killed the other two second-level spiritual beasts."
"Brother Tao, Yuan Feng and others from Gray Valley entered the depths of the glacier ahead of us. We have been wandering for more than ten days, but we haven't met any of them. Isn't it a bit strange?" Guo Qi asked again.
"There's nothing surprising." Pan Tao shook his head, "This glacier area is actually very big. If Yuan Feng and the others, like us, had always gathered together to search for the black ice python, we would have encountered Their chances are very small. Unless... they also spread out and wander separately within a certain range."
"Only in this way will the chance of everyone meeting each other be greatly improved."
Guo Qi thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right."
"Nie Tian, do you have any good ideas?" Pan Tao suddenly asked.
Nie Tian, who was sitting on the side and eating meat in silence, raised his head slightly, with grease stains on the corners of his mouth. "You can't find it. What can I do?" he responded lazily.
After he knew that spirit beast meat could greatly increase his cultivation speed, he no longer had the slightest interest in searching the black ice python.
His laziness and nonchalant attitude were noticed by Pan Tao and the other two people.
Among the three, Jiang Miao was saved by him. Pan Tao knew that he was extraordinary, so he didn't say anything more.
Only Guo Qi has expressed his dissatisfaction several times, asking Pan Tao to take care of Nie Tian and stop Nie Tian from doing nothing but eating all day long.
Pan Tao laughed off Guo Qi's request and ignored it.
"You two go over there, and Nie Tian and I will have a few words alone." Pan Tao pointed out a direction.
When Guo Qi's eyes moved, he thought Pan Tao wanted to reprimand Nie Tian in private. He chuckled, took Jiang Miao and left.
After they walked away, Pan Tao came to Nie Tian's side, smiled bitterly, and then said: "Nie Tian, please help me."
Nie Tian was speechless.
"Don't think that I come from Lingbao Pavilion, but my life in Lingbao Pavilion is not as easy as you think." Pan Tao said with a sad face, "In fact, Zheng Rui and I are not treated well in the pavilion. See. No matter how hard we work, people say that we rely on the protection of our elders to achieve what we have today."
"The old guys in the cabinet all appreciate people like An Ying, who grew up step by step from subordinate families and were eventually brought in."
"But I have always been looked down upon and looked down upon by them."
Nie Tian was stunned for a moment and then said: "Everyone has their own difficulties. Do you mind being criticized? But if we want to enter a place like Lingyun Sect and your Lingbao Pavilion, do you know how difficult it is?"
"Of course I know." Pan Tao nodded, "But your efforts will eventually be recognized and can be seen by others. And no matter how hard I work, I will be regarded as the help of my ancestors, and I will not feel that I achieved it myself. .”
"The trial in the Qing Fantasy world is very important to me. I must make some achievements to impress them!"
Nie Tian looked helpless, "Tell me, how do you want me to help you?"
Pan Tao's expression was shocked, "If you can find the ground lizard deep underground, then you should be able to find the black ice python in the same way!"
"In my opinion, the black ice python, like the ground lizard, should also be lurking in the dark places that we can't see."
"I don't think we can find it with our eyes. I hope you will search for the black ice python the same way you would search for a ground lizard."
"The glacier area is so big that I can't roughly determine its location. It's very difficult for me to find it." Nie Tian smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Forget it, I'll give you a face and give it a try. If it really doesn't work, Don’t blame me either.”
"Of course!" Pan Tao said quickly.
Next, Nie Tian calmed down, adjusted his breathing rate, and tried to disperse his mental consciousness.
His spiritual consciousness centered on him and extended to all sides.
Wisps of spiritual consciousness, like invisible tentacles, gradually moved away, covering the surrounding area of 40 meters.
After a while, he opened his eyes tiredly, shook his head at Pan Tao, and said, "There's nothing nearby anyway."
"Then let's change places!" Pan Tao shouted.
"Let me... rest for a while." Nie Tian smiled bitterly.
"Okay! I'll wait for you!" Pan Tao completely followed him.
For a period of time after that, Nie Tian followed Pan Tao and the other two people, and they really made a contribution, always sensing their surroundings with their spiritual consciousness.
Every time he exhausted his mental consciousness, he was extremely exhausted, but after falling asleep, he could quickly recover.
Gradually, he discovered that after he overdrew his mental consciousness, his mental power would often be stronger the next time he recovered.
Initially, his range of perception was limited to within forty meters.
Later, as his mental power increased little by little, the range of his perception could already spread to fifty meters away.
This discovery made him feel relieved, who had been extremely reluctant to help Pan Tao find the Black Ice Python.
He regarded the hard work of helping Pan Tao find the Black Ice Python as training - the training of spiritual power.
Guo Qi and Jiang Miao didn't know that Pan Tao had reached a tacit understanding with him. Every time they arrived at a new place, when Pan Tao saw Nie Tian closing his eyes, opening them again after a while, and shaking his head at him, Pan Tao immediately Abandon that area and search elsewhere.
Guo Qi and Jiang Miao were extremely confused. They didn't know what they were doing secretly. They asked Pan Tao, but Pan Tao didn't tell them and told them not to be suspicious.
They all gave up in the end, becoming less and less confident in their search for the Black Ice Python.
On this day, Nie Tian once again experienced spiritual consciousness...
An extremely weak fluctuation of life suddenly came into his heart, and he opened his eyes suddenly.
Pan Tao, who was gradually losing confidence, originally had no illusions anymore, but when he looked at Nie Tian this time, he found that Nie Tian did not shake his head at him unchanged for thousands of years.
"What? Did you find it?!" he asked in a trembling voice.
"It's not the Black Ice Python, it's something else." Nie Tian stood up and pointed in a direction, "It should be... a person."
Pan Tao was obviously a little disappointed, but he still followed Nie Tian's guidance and led the three of them to the location.
The strong smell of blood emanated from behind the ice trees. They crossed the ice trees and saw two teenagers from the Gray Valley, covered in blood, lying on the ice.
One of them had a short sword stuck in his neck and was already dead.
The other person's body was covered with criss-crossing bloodstains, and blood could not stop flowing from those bloodstains.
Blood foam was pouring out of his mouth. He was obviously bleeding too much and was about to die.
When Pan Tao arrived, his dull eyes seemed to light up slightly, and then quickly lost all color.
"He's dead too." Pan Tao's face was extremely solemn.
Walking forward, he lowered his head and saw at a glance that the thumbs of their right hands had been chopped off by sharp blades.
Pan Tao turned pale in horror, as if he had been greatly frightened, and his voice was not right, "Ghost Sect! This is the Ghost Sect's method! Damn it, how did the people of the Ghost Sect enter the Qinghuan Realm?"
Nie Tian looked confused, "What's going on?"
Pan Tao did not answer, but looked around extremely carefully, and then lowered his voice and said, "Go back the same way immediately!"
"Oh." Nie Tian was also made nervous by him, so he followed him and walked quietly towards the way he came.
Along the way, Pan Tao had a stern look on his face, said nothing, and just went on his way.
After walking for a long time, he lit the signal baton when he thought it was safe.
The signal rod shot up into the sky and turned into a black smoke that went straight up into the sky and lingered for a long time.
Half a day later, An Ying and Zheng Rui rushed over excitedly.
"Pan Tao! Have you found the Black Ice Python?" An Ying shouted from a distance with a look of joy.
After they approached, Pan Tao shook his head, his face ashen, "We didn't encounter the Black Ice Python, but we found traces of the Ghost Sect!"
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Zheng Rui screamed.
An Ying was shocked, "Pan Tao! Are you kidding me? This is Qinghuan World, our private secret world of Lingbao Pavilion! And we are in the middle of a trial, how could someone from the Ghost Sect come in?"
"I'm not kidding!" Pan Tao shouted.
As soon as these words came out, An Ying and Zheng Rui's faces were full of fear.