My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 408: Chapter 192: Ultimate Yin

And as it happened, he had just obtained that mysterious liquid... and that mysterious liquid also happened to have a healing effect.

At the time, he didn’t have a moment to think. His only thought was that every little bit helped, so he drank all of the liquid!

...It was a total last-ditch effort!

But looking back now...

That act had probably saved his life.

Otherwise, he would have...

become a permanent ice sculpture.

With no hope of ever waking up!

’No, that’s not all... My Divine Sense seems to have grown stronger, too.’

’Before, my Divine Sense only reached ten meters... but now...’

With a mere thought, his formidable Divine Sense surged outward, so powerful that it made the spot between his brows throb and ache... Yet in an instant, everything within a hundred-meter radius appeared in his mind!

’...A tenfold increase?’

’...Why?’

Qin Fang was utterly baffled...

You have to understand, Divine Sense was a unique form of power. Apart from practicing specialized Spiritual Sense Leaf Skills, it almost never grew in tandem with one’s Cultivation...

But now...

Subconsciously, Qin Fang visualized the Profound Nether Realm-Breaking Awl through Contemplation.

He was stunned by what he saw...

He could clearly sense that the very nature of the Profound Nether Realm-Breaking Awl had changed.

Though it still looked pitch-black, he was certain... its fundamental property was no longer ’iron’... but ’Profound Ice’!

’...The Ultimate Yin Primordial Power in the Cold Cave even changed my Divine Sense’s attribute?’

’Impossible!’

Divine Sense is pure Spirit. Unlike True Essence, it doesn’t have a Nature to speak of.

’...There must be something I’m not understanding!’

Qin Fang thought.

He sat there stunned for a long while before finally exhaling, his gaze falling upon Old Ox Back across from him, his mind reeling.

’...There’s definitely something wrong with the Cold Cave!’

’Something *very* wrong!’

’At a depth of only seventy meters, in that spot, just by circulating my True Essence, I absorbed such a terrifying amount of Ultimate Yin Primordial Power?’

’...Which means, that coldness...’

’...wasn’t just ’cold’ in the ordinary sense of the word!’

’...It must have been formed entirely from concentrated Ultimate Yin Primordial Power!’

’So what terrifying thing is lurking in the depths of this Cold Cave...?’

Qin Fang found it utterly inconceivable!

’And that mysterious liquid... I used to think it was just some precious Spiritual Liquid for improving my Physique. But now it seems... it was probably prepared specifically for that Ultimate Yin Primordial Power!’

’The Ultimate Yin Primordial Power, plus the mysterious liquid... that’s the correct way to use them!’

’Otherwise, if that Ultimate Yin Primordial Power entered my body on its own, I wouldn’t have stood a chance of survival... my body would have frozen into Ice Crystals.’

’You could say it was that mysterious liquid... that saved my life!’

The more Qin Fang thought about it, the more his scalp tingled.

Even back then, he had felt something was off. The structure of the Cold Cave didn’t seem natural.

It seemed more like it was artificially constructed!

And now, he was almost certain of that judgment!

’Someone placed something under the mountain... and they followed the path of Profound Water... that’s why they left the mysterious liquid at the entrance.’

’They were luring future visitors to explore deeper...’

At this thought, he sucked in a sharp breath.

His scalp tingled.

At the same time, other thoughts flooded his mind...

’What is the deal with this Old Ox Back?’

’One Cold Cave, filled with terrifying Ultimate Yin Primordial Power... someone trying to lure visitors deeper...’

’In the depths of another cave, there’s a Treasure Plant!’

’That Treasure Plant... is obviously no ordinary thing!’

’And a swarm of mutated Giant Bees are guarding it...’

’But looking at it now, the Giant Bees were probably an accident... they must have been drawn there later.’

’With the current strength of my Abyss Water Armor, I could probably handle that swarm of Giant Bees with ease... That’s clearly not on the same level of terror as the Cold Cave.’

’But that Treasure Plant looks extraordinary... it’s in a different league from that Golden Lotus Seedpod or the Demon Orchid seventy meters deep in the Cold Cave...’

’The Cold Cave is artificial... so could that Treasure Plant possibly have formed naturally?’

Gazing at the distant, massive mountain that resembled a reclining ox, Qin Fang found himself lost in a whirlwind of thoughts.

But after a very long time, Qin Fang closed his eyes and let out a long breath...

He couldn’t figure it out.

The terror of the Cold Cave was far beyond his imagination. He was only a True Essence Realm Martial Artist; it would be nearly impossible for him to investigate the truth of the matter.

Once his Cultivation improved, there would be a time to understand.

’I’m still not cautious enough... I just took a stroll past the Ghost Gate.’

A trace of lingering fear finally surfaced in Qin Fang’s heart.

He knew he had been careless.

He had only been thinking that since it was colder at seventy meters, the cultivation effects would be better.

He hadn’t considered at all whether he, in his current weak state, could even handle it!

’In this Extraordinary World, there are far too many terrifying things I don’t yet understand!’

’From now on, I must be more cautious!’

He silently admonished himself.

After a long while, he let out a light breath, calmed his emotions, and didn’t linger. He stood up, and with a slight movement, he was effortlessly floating in the air.

’But the quality of this Infinite Star Armor is really solid.’

’It was frozen for so long, yet there’s not a single wrinkle...’

He glanced down at his clothes; they were still as smooth as new.

’I went back for a day, only to disappear for at least half a year. Xile must be beside itself with worry.’

Thinking of Xile, he gave a wry smile and shook his head. With a flash, he shot through the air.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the shelter below.

Upon entering, he saw a colossal creature lying in front of the bamboo house.

The moment he landed, the colossal creature was startled. Then, with an AWOOF, it pounced on him.

...It was, of course, Xile.

”Stop! Xile! Stop! ... No licking, no licking!!”

More than ten minutes later, Xile was squatting on the ground, panting happily at Qin Fang.

Qin Fang looked exasperated... he’d gotten another slobber-bath from Xile.

Fortunately... Xile was no ordinary creature now, probably either a Demon or an Exotic Species... Its drool didn’t have any strange smell.

”From now on, when I tell you not to lick, you stop licking! You hear me? Or else I’ll give you a smack!”

Qin Fang scolded.

Xile wagged its big tail, panting happily.

It was hard to tell if it understood...

Qin Fang was exasperated, but he wasn’t truly angry with Xile. He went straight to the waterfall to wash up.

After returning to the bamboo house, he glanced at the sky.

’Hmm, even though I took a trip to the Ghost Gate... the rewards have been unexpectedly huge. I guess you could say... I’ve completed my seclusion?’

Qin Fang thought, his expression strange.

’It really was seclusion, and for over half a year at that! The kind where you don’t wake up even once!’

But no matter how you looked at it... he had achieved his goal.

So, it was naturally time to return to the Sect.

’I’ll go check on the Treasure Plant tomorrow... but if my guess is right, that Treasure Plant... is probably not something I can hope to acquire at my current level...’

He thought to himself.

Having just broken out of the ice, he was still reeling from the shock and needed some time to process everything.

「Early the next morning」 Qin Fang headed up Old Ox Back.