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Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Ice Feather (Subscribe please!)
Li Quanqing caressed the drowsy back of the Treasure Light Toad, which immediately squinted its eyes in comfort, its air sac making noises.
"Gua Gua! Gua Gua!"
This mystic creature feeds on treasure aura, thus it loves to stay by the side of rich cultivators, devouring the treasure aura to cultivate.
"Unexpectedly, this is a female toad."
Li Quanqing smiled slightly; most of the Spiritual Beasts he raised were male, females were indeed rare.
He counted the Copper Coin bumps on the back of the Treasure Light Toad, totaling over forty, small and rounded, displaying a dark gold luster.
According to those who faced robbery, as long as they put the treasure in front of the Treasure Light Toad, it could actively discern the value of the treasure.
The more treasure aura the item contained, the more Copper Coins would light up.
"Let’s try it!"
Li Quanqing took out the Green Carp Sword and placed it in front of the golden toad, poking its round belly.
"Gua Gua!"
The Treasure Light Toad lazily called out as it looked at the Green Carp Sword flashing green, lighting up five or six Copper Coins on its back.
"So few, you little one are quite picky."
Li Quanqing laughed and then took out a Top Grade Magic Artifact, the Azure Scale Shield, heavy like a turtle shell with sharp edges.
"Gua!!"
The Treasure Light Toad called out, finally showing some interest, lighting up thirteen Copper Coins, shining brightly.
"Let’s continue!"
Li Quanqing took out his most treasured Sea Suppressing Bell, a true treasure at the Spiritual Artifact Level.
Sure enough, the next second, the Treasure Light Toad loudly called out, its gem-like big eyes frighteningly bright.
It directly jumped up from the ground, holding onto the fist-sized small bell tightly, indulgingly squinting its eyes, absorbing a thread of treasure aura for cultivation, exhaling clouds.
The Copper Coins on its back were already lighting up more than thirty, gleaming brilliantly.
"Let go, you can’t play with this thing!"
The teenager, afraid that the Sea Suppressing Bell might lose too much treasure aura and encounter some mishap, hurriedly flicked his fingers on it.
But the Treasure Light Toad was holding on too tightly, using all four webbed feet, its big belly tightly pressed against the bell surface, leaving no gap.
Li Quanqing didn’t dare to use too much force, worried about squashing the Treasure Light Toad dead, carefully searched for a moment, and took out a purple-rich Jade.
"Gua Gua Gua!!"
Seeing the Top-Grade Spirit Stone, the Treasure Light Toad trembled excitedly as if it saw a mountain of gold in front of it.
All forty-plus Copper Coins lit up!
It disdainfully threw away the Sea Suppressing Bell, leaping with its hind legs, ready to clutch the Thunder Spirit Stone tightly.
Li Quanqing naturally wouldn’t let it get its way.
With a booming sound, using his mana, the purple Spirit Stone shone, emitting a silver-purple electric arc.
The Treasure Light Toad screamed terribly, directly struck by the lightning, rolling on the ground.
However, this Spiritual Beast’s temperament was very tough, repeatedly rushing up, enduring dozens of strikes.
Only then did it become docile and honest, spitting out strands of black smoke, looking very sad.
The Treasure Light Toad lay limply in the young man’s palm, its skin surface streaming with electric currents, twitching occasionally, its whole body shivering.
"After all, it’s not raised from young, adult Demon Beasts have a wild nature, need to be slowly refined."
Li Quanqing collected the Sea Suppressing Bell and Thunder Spirit Stone, began scavenging on the island, and finally found an underground vault below the sleeping chambers of the three brothers.
"So poor!"
Looking at slightly over two thousand Spirit Stones, and also seven or eight Low-Grade Magic Artifacts, few sea spiritual materials, and Demon Beast materials, he felt somewhat disappointed.
After all being a Loose Cultivator, without the habit of saving money, whatever treasures they obtained would either be used by themselves or traded with others.
"The most valuable treasures must have been carried by Big Boss Bai, getting these is not bad already."
Li Quanqing comforted himself, scavenging all the spoils of war.
"Gua Gua!"
Just then, the Treasure Light Toad suddenly called out and jumped down from his shoulder, squatting in front of a wall continuously calling.
"Hmm? Something’s off?"
Li Quanqing examined the wall, only after careful inspection did he notice a faint astonishing chill emitting.
"A hidden door? A secret passage?"
Li Quanqing touched the cool stone wall, and with a booming sound, directly pummeled it with his fist.
The extreme brute force crushed any mechanism or trap.
Rocks tumbled, dust rose, revealing a narrow secret passage just wide enough for one person, leading to a certain chamber.
Crack, crack!
Alarming coldness surged like a tidal wave, exploding forth instantaneously with a stunningly swift spread. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
In the blink of an eye, it formed layers of stark white frost that seemed capable of freezing everything with its bone-chilling cold.
They spread along the walls like icy serpents, wherever they went, they enveloped everything with extreme coldness.
"So cold!"
Li Quanqing couldn’t help but shiver as the cold hit him, forming a layer of frost on his eyebrows.
This astounding chill reminded him of the terrifying snow disaster from years ago.
What is inside this secret chamber?
Filled with curiosity, Li Quanqing stepped inside.
Eventually, on a stone platform covered with a thick layer of ice, he spotted an ice-blue...
Feather?
The feather lay quietly within the ice, its color as deep as the ocean and as pure as ice crystals, breathtakingly beautiful.
"Gua, gua!"
The Treasure Light Toad hid behind him, continuously croaking loudly.
It gazed at the Ice Feather on the stone platform, its copper coins all lit up with a mixture of anticipation and fear.
It was a fear stemming from a bloodline suppression, trembling and not daring to draw near.
Yet, the rich, sweet aura of treasure from the feather slowly diffused into the air, tantalizing the toad immensely!
"It looks like this is a feather left by a Great Demon? What a treasure!"
Li Quanqing’s eyes sparkled with excitement as he reached out eagerly to grab it.
Cree!
Just as his hand was about to touch the feather, a sharp cry of a bird suddenly resounded by his ear.
The sound was piercing, as if it could shatter gold and crack stones, powerful enough to puncture the skies and echo through the clouds!
It was as if he saw a massive beast-like bird swooping at him, with surges of cold wave and a burst of blue light that almost froze one’s soul and consciousness, overwhelming the heavens and the earth!
Dang—
At the critical moment, the Sea Suppressing Bell suddenly emitted a bright light.
The wave patterns engraved on the bell seemed to come alive, with lines flowing like lively water, starting to surge slowly, emitting a deafening roar of the ocean.
At the same time, the soul’s Mind Sword transformed into a bright sword light that flew out, formless and intangible, yet emitting a powerful aura.
It moved like lightning, quickly traversing the chamber, with the ice layers hardly able to obstruct it.
Wherever the bright sword light passed, all suppressive effects and illusions shattered and vanished without a trace.
The massive pressure brought by the beast-like bird shattered instantly under the impact of the sword light, like fragile glass.
Li Quanqing felt a relief in his heart as if he had awakened from a terrible nightmare.
"Phew~ what a bizarre feather!"
Li Quanqing regained his senses and realized his entire arm was covered with a thick layer of ice, painfully cold.
Such remnants of the Great Demon’s will were terrifying!
What kind of Great Demon could leave such a treasured item?
Fortunately, the illusion wasn’t too strong and could be easily broken with another person’s soft call.
Li Quanqing struggled free from the ice, cautiously picked up the feather, and instantly, a layer of frost surged out, spreading from his palm towards his chest and over his whole body.
Even prepared and with his strong physique, he felt a bone-chilling cold.
The cold was like numerous sharp ice needles piercing deep into his skin, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably and his blood was nearly frozen into shards.
His face slightly changed color as he hurriedly tossed the feather into the Storage Bag.
Unexpectedly, just as Li Quanqing had placed the feather inside the Storage Bag, the next moment, a thick layer of ice formed on the surface of the bag.
The ice spread and the Storage Bag made sounds of being overburdened, nearly destroyed by the powerful cold, and could burst at any moment.
Seeing this, Li Quanqing hurriedly took the feather back out.
Looking at the feather emitting an ice-blue glow in his hand, he understood why the brothers had specially dug out a secret chamber to keep this treasured feather.
The cold emitted by the feather was too strong for a regular Storage Bag to handle.
After pondering for a moment, Li Quanqing decided to try again.
Azure Sea Magic Power surged like a raging tide, enveloping the ice-blue feather layer by layer.
Eventually, it condensed into a human-head-sized blue ice ball, finally slowing down the onslaught of the coldness.
Li Quanqing then took out another Storage Bag from the Third Elder, a top-class Magical Artifact made of tougher material, containing a hundred feet of space.
He placed the feather into a corner of the Storage Bag and after observing for a while, finally heaved a sigh of relief.
The Ice Feather did not cause any further issues, and he left the secret chamber contentedly with the Treasure Light Toad.
