The Cave of Ethereal Crystals

Li Tian came out of his closed door cultivation but this time he was utterly disappointed with himself as he couldnt complete the target he set for himself and he even started feeling uneasy recently like something major was happening outside which concerned him.

Thus he came out of his room and had decided that he will try to find the source of this uneasiness and also to go outside to gain some practical experience because as his strength grows he will also have to start to master on how to control his strength.

For this he even recieved permission from his family to which they didnt oppose at all because now he was a nascent soul realm cultivator and there are not many things which can injure him badly and even if he faces something dangerous he has many treasures to keep him safe and without harm.

As he was making his way towards the outside world suddenly a voice came "Young Master we have completed the task you gave us regarding collecting the information about the saintess Xu Ye" he was the leader of the group which Li Tian sent away earlier to collect information about Xu Ye.

"She mostly stays inside they Ice Palace and rarely comes out she doesnt have any friends or companions there is only one master who has taken care of her from start and she considers her like her mother but she is not her real mother and that master is the vice sect leader of Ice Palace but we acquired a piece of information that after every two month she comes out of the sect and goes to an forest where people go to train but everytime she just goes towards a certain point where she hunts the The child of Ice Fox and collects their ice essence which may be due to her constitution but we dont know what she does with that thing"

"Got it keep a watch on their sect and also go to that forest and find the adult ice fox and report me about their strength as soon as possible" said Li Tian

"Will do as you say young master" said the informant while bowing and then suddenly disappearing from the sights.

Soon Li Tian also left the manor and made his way towards an cave which was The Cave of Ethereal Crystals and it was well known in the area but there were very few people who would be willing to go in that and not many had the qualifications for that also as only people above core formation realm can enter that cave but one needs to be well versed with arrays and formations otherwise they would be inviting their deaths.

Well its not necessary for one to possess all these knowledge instead they can have abnormal physical capabilities and very high mental power to resist illusions. If one can fulfill these conditions then they could easily enter the cave but the tricky part is in the end as in the information provided by people who cleared this were that there are several paths leading to the end room and once entered then they cannot go back on their path.

So due to this no one knows what the highest quality of item one can receive inside that cave. Soon he came to the entrance of the cave and from it one could sense the profound amount of qi which was in it.

Then without wasting any time he entered the cave and just after entering he looked down and saw many small sized lizards these were called Azure Lizard they were scattered around the whole area but almost 90 percent of them were using their skills of camouflage and couldnt be perceived by normal eyes but Li Tian was different and he easily saw through their tricks at once.

Upon noticing someone's arrival in the cave the cave they immediately erased their presence and tried to blend with the environment while continuing their movements to surround him and then directly attack from all directions. These creatures although they were not that strong and only had the cultivation of 10th level foundation realm but their adept thinking ability and their ability to camouflage and their venom made them a force to reckoned with.

If one is not careful then they can even kill a peak core formation realm cultivator but they only had bad luck today as they were facing Li Tian who had absolute physical strength with an ancient primordial body which made it immune to low level poison like mistleaf toxin. Only some medium level and all high level venom can harm him now.

Suddenly all the lizards froze in place due to being the forest since birth they knew the feeling of oppression or what it feels like to be the prey or predator and usually in this cave they considered themselves as the predator and other as their prey but in this moment they realized that they were the prey.

Some lizards fled the scene but some unlucky lizards were left there and suddenly saw what real strength felt like because in front of them suddenly a small void crack opened not more than 1m long but suddenly the energy which came from its sent shivers to them.

The lizard nearby were instantly sucked in and soon all the others followed suit it seemed the the void was like a hole which would engulf everything which came in front of it.

"Huff.." even opening such a small void gap became taxing for Li Tian and he was already tired he couldnt even maintain this was even 20 seconds so this just shows how strong and difficult mastering space control is. The more he saw this the more he was amazed by his mother that how could she easily control such a tricky thing.

"After eating few pills and resting for about he went inside the cave but it didnt take him too long to reach the last stage as now he was in front of numerous small roads but he could only choose one among this.

Regarding his journey till the inner most room He wasnt much affected by the things and trap as most formations were easily broken due to his insane physical strength and regarding the illusions that were never a problem for him as he possessed the mental strength of two lifetimes so already his mental strength was above the normal level which proved very efficient in breaking the illusions.

The rest monsters were not much of a challenge for him either as the highest among them were only two Stonespine Basilisk which were 4th stage of core formation realm.