And then she took the Bai Shan Bag in her hand, carefully searching through it.

Su Mo carried her on his back, swiftly heading in one direction.

Before long, Little Situ heard a voice in her ears.

At first, it was intermittent, and she could only catch a few words like 'life' 'immortal' 'minister' 'fear'.

The closer they got, the clearer it became.

Thus, more words emerged like 'Emperor Xuan' 'Heavenly Tablet'.

It wasn't until they reached a closer distance that Little Situ finally understood the message completely.

It was someone repeating a phrase over and over.

[Emperor Xuan commands, with the power of the Heavenly Tablet, to forge the Immortal Pill.]

[The ministers tried to dissuade him, claiming that completing the pill would bring calamity.]

[The emperor was enraged, causing bloodshed in the Imperial Court.]

[Later, a Hidden Doctor was appointed as the Saint, tasked with crafting a Divine Pill in Da Xuan's Armory.]

[The Saint, in fear, did not finish the pill and fled overseas with the Heavenly Tablet...]

As the two approached, the cold surged and boiled ever more fiercely.

But the ice shards here were different from before.

Previously, the ice shards would directly pierce from the ground to the cavern ceiling above.

However, the ice shards here scattered in all directions.

The enormous ice shards were thick at the base and sharp at the tip.

Many human corpses hung in between.

Upon close inspection, one could see that these were clad in the attire of the Dragon Wood Island disciples.

Beyond this blooming 'Ice Crystal Bouquet', further inside, the first thing they saw was a Cold Pond.

In such an environment, the water in the pond still occasionally rippled.

Clearly, it had not frozen over.

An ethereal mist spread into the void around.

Scattered around the Cold Pond were countless pieces of Cold Jade, piled up like fragmented rocks.

The person speaking was in the Cold Pond.

Leaning against a stone emitting cold air.

His hair and beard were all white, his hair covering his face, making it impossible to see his features.

His voice rigidly repeating the previous words.

With no intonation, only a hint of trembling could be detected.

Little Situ furrowed her brows, wondering who this might be, but Su Mo suddenly moved his foot.

Immediately following, they heard the violent sound of wind breaking over their heads. As they looked up sharply, they saw a giant ice shard falling from mid-air, crashing heavily down onto the spot where they stood.

This ice was exceptionally hard, and upon impact, it didn't shatter but instead plunged straight into the ground.

But it didn't end there.

As Su Mo paused, looking up again, another ice shard came down.

He immediately dodged around it, the thundering sound echoing continuously in their ears.

After several instances, Su Mo's brow furrowed.

He stopped dodging, raised his hand, and just as an ice shard fell close to within half a foot from his palm, it halted in mid-air.

Su Mo clenched his hand in the void, and with a cracking sound, the ice shard shattered instantly in his grasp.

The air was filled with ice fragments, scattered like stars, and with a flick of Su Mo's sleeve, they shot towards the center of the Cold Pond like dense arrows.

All but two fragments were flicked away by Su Mo's Finger Flicking Technique.

Amidst a rustling sound, the water above the Cold Pond surged up, forming an impenetrable ice wall.

The endless debris crashed against it, producing a continuous cracking noise.

Yet it could not damage the ice wall.

But just as one might think this ice wall could block all fragments, two ice shards came flying one after the other.

The first ice shard spiraled towards the ice wall.

In an instant, it penetrated, seemingly about to hit the person in the Cold Pond.

The person suddenly looked up, revealing an elderly face.

Immediately raising a hand, a blade of ice had already formed in the palm.

As the blade flashed, the ice shard and his ice blade together turned into fine powder.

But at that moment, a sudden flash of blood appeared on his left shoulder.

It was the second ice shard Su Mo had just launched, piercing through.

The old man with white hair and beard seemed a bit surprised, looking at his shoulder, his expression turning fierce.

He suddenly tilted his head back and let out a bellow:

"Law!!!!"

"Evil Law?"

Su Mo and Little Situ both were stunned.

This old man turned out to be Evil Law?

Evil Law would certainly not be just one…

But their preconceived notion led them to believe Evil Law couldn't speak.

However, this old man clearly spoke well.

The unexpected attack was thought to be merely a reflex to intruders, yet they didn't expect that the ice shard, hurled with Su Mo's Finger Flicking Technique and piercing the shoulder, would cause the old man to issue a howl like Evil Law.

They then realized, this guy… turned out to be Evil Law too!?

This left Su Mo a bit speechless for a moment.

He hadn't seen ordinary Evil Law, but this one in front of him was evidently different from the usual kind.

Just from what he said earlier, it was almost clear as day the entire origin of Dragon Wood Island.

Emperor Xuan of the Da Xuan Dynasty wanted eternal life.

Thus, he commanded the Medical Saint of the Hidden Medical Sect to create the Elixir of Immortality.

The ministers of the Da Xuan Dynasty opposed it, but Emperor Xuan insisted, willing to kill any opposers, even at the cost of bloodshed in the Imperial Court, showing his firm determination.

Eventually, the Medical Saint of the Hidden Medical Sect set about concocting the elixir in Da Xuan's Armory.

But before the elixir was completed, he fled with the Heavenly Tablet.

After that, it's hard to say what happened.

Logically, he shouldn't have fled to the Hidden Medical Sect.

That would only mean certain death.

But did he, instead, end up on Dragon Wood Island?

It's hard to say.

Yet, combining it with what he said earlier, it becomes clear that the past Gai Huatuo spoke of was not just that Emperor Xuan fabricated a reason to annihilate the Hidden Medical Sect for the Xuan Needle Nine Forms.

Rather, it was because the Saint of the Hidden Medical Sect did not want to create the Elixir of Immortality for Emperor Xuan.

This led to the sect's doom.

Now the question arises…

If this person in front of them wasn't an Evil Law, there might still be a chance for Su Mo to communicate.

To let Su Mo understand what he really knows.

What is the history of Dragon Wood Island?

But as it turns out, he is indeed an Evil Law…

Su Mo sighed: "Well then, let's fight first and talk later."

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ps: I really let everyone down, Chun Jie broke the promise, a single update was planned for yesterday, and I wanted to resume today, but my condition deteriorated in the afternoon. I became completely disoriented... Although forcing it isn't impossible to write, I still believe quality should come before quantity.

Under such circumstances, the content I would produce might not be worthy of your subscription.

So, for today, there will be a single update again, tomorrow things should return to normal.

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I apologize!

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