Chapter 659: Chapter 280: Passing 5 Palaces, Obtaining 5 Treasures

"Profound Ice Cave?"

Luo Shuqing lay on Fang Shuwen’s back, raising her eyes to look at the three large characters on the door. "Beneath our feet is the Unity Celestial Water, and entering this door leads to the Profound Ice Cave... It seems to be related to the Profound Ice Hall.

"This door at the Kan Water Position gathers both of these elements, all of which are the legacies of the Profound Celestial Sect."

Shui Tianxin added, "If this place was set up by the group of people who destroyed the Profound Celestial Sect back then, it stands to reason that they could obtain the sect’s legacies and use its artifacts to arrange this place."

Fang Shuwen didn’t join their conversation, instead looking at the two people standing in front of the door.

The two men wore urgent expressions, each with a hand placed firmly on the door. However, their lives had ended right there. Covered in solid ice, they were completely frozen.

Fang Shuwen flicked his wrist slightly. With a sweep of his sleeve, the two frozen corpses were sent flying. He then reached out and pressed a single palm down.

THUD.

A muffled explosion rang out as the large doors were instantly pushed open by his Palm Wind. An extreme current of cold air instantly rushed out at their faces. Fang Shuwen pressed his palm down again, dispersing the frigid air, and strode into the room.

"Wh-who is it?"

"Is it... another unlucky fool... who chose this place?"

"G-great!"

As soon as they entered, they heard someone speaking with a shivering voice. Sweeping their gaze around, they saw that the space before them was quite large. Right in the center lay a Cold Pool. A mist-like chill emanated from it, permeating the entire room. Astonishingly, a group of people was sitting cross-legged around this Cold Pool.

As Fang Shuwen looked at them, the man who had said "great" leaped up and rushed straight for the door. However, his meridians had been invaded by the cold. Even though he could stand, his speed was drastically reduced.

By the time he rushed to the doorway, Shui Tianxin had already walked in. The door naturally swung shut behind her.

The man, despite using all his strength, failed to escape before the door closed. He could only slap the door with his hands, weeping bitterly. "N-no... don’t do this, open the door! Let me out... let me out!!"

Fang Shuwen was a bit confused. "Can’t this door be opened?"

The man shook his head. "From the outside... opening it is as easy as flipping your hand... b-but from the inside... it can’t be opened no matter what." Speaking up to this point, he suddenly glared at Fang Shuwen. "Why couldn’t you be a little slower, just a little slower... and I could have made it out!

"You... you just want my life... I’ll take you down with me!!"

His words were filled with despair, and now his mind was clouded by madness. Without even considering who stood before him, he took a step forward, ready to fight Fang Shuwen to the death.

But before he could get close, a white blur flashed. Shui Tianxin blocked Fang Shuwen’s path and flicked her finger.

Celestial Water Divine Finger!

This strike, sliding effortlessly through the imperceptible gaps, instantly broke through the man’s layered Technique defenses and landed squarely on his glabella. The man’s originally pale face instantly swelled and turned purple. His pupils dilated as he died on the spot.

This was Fang Shuwen’s second time seeing this Martial Art. The previous time had been outside Pojun City in the Eastern Domain. The one who used this Martial Art then was Shui Qianliu, and Fang Shuwen had only seen the corpses left behind. Those killed by this technique would swell up and turn purple. Back then, Fang Shuwen hadn’t understood why, but seeing it now, he realized that this Martial Art also contained water poison.

It shared the same origin as the Unity Celestial Water. No wonder the Unity Celestial Water had no effect whatsoever on those who cultivated the Celestial Water Unification Technique.

Seeing this, the others instantly fell silent in fear.

Fang Shuwen scanned the various corners of the room again and asked, "Why are there only you people? Where is everyone else?"

Although there were quite a few people here, far more had entered the ruins; it was impossible for all of them to be gathered here. Even if only a third of them had taken this path, the number of people present was still far lower than expected.

"They found... another path and... l-left," a woman said in a low voice as she stood up.

"Hong Yingqing?" Shui Tianxin glanced at her, recognizing her identity. "Where is your father?"

"My father didn’t travel the same path as me." Hong Yingqing’s expression was somewhat grim.

She was the daughter of Wuyan Island’s Island Master, Hong Zhengwu. However, before landing on the island, something she had said caused Hong Zhengwu’s displeasure. Coupled with the fact that the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror was no trivial matter, Hong Zhengwu naturally wanted to find a way to secure the artifact as quickly as possible. He simply didn’t have the time to look after his daughter.

Thus, she had absolutely no idea where Hong Zhengwu was right now. Falling a step behind, she had been trapped here along with the others.

Fang Shuwen looked around the room. Aside from the Cold Pool, there was also a stone platform on one side of the pool. At the same time, there was another door set into the rock wall.

Luo Shuqing had already slipped off Fang Shuwen’s back by now. She walked up to the door and asked, "Did they leave through this door?"

Hong Yingqing nodded.

"Then why didn’t you leave?" Luo Shuqing asked again.

Hong Yingqing sighed and said, "The other side of this door is even more perilous. We... weren’t confident..."

Shui Tianxin looked thoughtful. The place was permeated with frigid air. Naturally, it didn’t bother her, but the people before her couldn’t hold out much longer in such an environment. Just how dangerous was the other side of the door to make them prefer staying here to freeze to death rather than take a single step forward?

Hong Yingqing stole a glance at Fang Shuwen.

This Human World Demon God was truly their great enemy—his actions were arrogant and overbearing, and his Martial Arts were unrivaled. Such a person, who looked down on everyone else, surely wouldn’t care about the dangers behind that door.

She secretly hoped that Fang Shuwen would charge in and be wounded by the mechanisms and traps inside.

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