Chapter 26: Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid

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Zeng Yi walked around in this natural cave, constantly scanning the surroundings in hopes of finding good treasures. It is said that after surviving a great danger, there will be good fortune. Having just experienced a life and death race, Zeng Yi expected his fortune to come next.

[Item: Strange Stalactite

Note: Highly ornamental.]

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[Item: Jade Stalagmite

Note: Highly ornamental.]

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When encountering something strange, Zeng Yi would use the query function leftover from the system in his body to check their information.

Hmm, this jade stalagmite is not bad. Although it is not useful for myself, it is very beautiful. I can take it and sell it in the big city after leaving the Sunset Forest. Those nobles should love this kind of style.

With that in mind, Zeng Yi drew out his broadsword and dug out the beautiful jade stalagmite from the ground. These were all money!

There were also some unique stones and crystals. Anything that Zeng Yi deemed valuable was stored in his space bracelet.

After being busy for a while, Zeng Yi stopped and found a rock to sit on and rest.

"This is not right? These things don't enhance my strength at all! How come there are no spirit marrow, spirit essence, or spiritual fruits? Could it be that everything I read in novels is fake?" Zeng Yi started to ponder this serious question.

Why am I always looking for valuable treasures? This doesn't make sense.

Moreover, I have traveled into a novel, so the plot in the novel should also happen to me, right?

"Meow~"

Xiao Ju cutely meowed and jumped into Zeng Yi's arms, extending its paw towards Zeng Yi's left wrist.

"Are you hungry?"

Seeing Xiao Ju's actions, Zeng Yi knew that it wanted to eat. Fortunately, he had prepared a lot of grilled fish, enough for himself and Xiao Ju for these few days. He took out a grilled fish from the space bracelet and placed it on the ground. Xiao Ju, upon seeing this, jumped down from Zeng Yi's body with a delighted expression and began to enjoy its dinner.

"We don't know how to get out, so you can only have one fish per meal, understand?" Zeng Yi said to Xiao Ju, but it didn't pay attention to him, only focusing on its grilled fish.

Seeing this, Zeng Yi shook his head helplessly and took out a fruit to munch on. He didn't eat the grilled fish because there were many wild fruits he had picked in the forest inside the space bracelet that could satisfy his appetite and were also nutritious. Only Xiao Ju didn't like to eat them, so Zeng Yi had to leave the grilled fish for it.

Moreover, this magical space bracelet had the function of preserving food. Inside it, time seemed to be frozen. The fruits taken out were as fresh as just picked from the tree, and even the grilled fish eaten by Xiao Ju was still hot.

However, living creatures couldn't be put inside it; otherwise, he wouldn't let Xiao Ju stay on him all the time.

After finishing dinner, Zeng Yi sat for a while and then continued his treasure hunting.

Roaming around the cave, occasionally using the query function to scan for things that could potentially be treasures.

After wandering for a few minutes, Zeng Yi felt a surge of cold air. It wasn't the danger from enemies but real coldness. The temperature had dropped.

There's a treasure!

As the cold air hit his body, Zeng Yi shrank but his eyes radiated with excitement.

It's a treasure! This temperature, it can even make me feel cold, it must be an incredible treasure. Indeed, I have to follow this magical rule. Look, it's here! Hahaha.

Zeng Yi enthusiastically ran towards the direction where the cold air emanated. Soon, he found the target location.

What appeared before his eyes was a small pool, filled with ice-blue liquid. The surface of the liquid was shrouded in visible cold mist, floating in this space. Thin layers of ice had formed on the surrounding stone walls. From this pool of liquid, Zeng Yi could feel a powerful energy.

Xiao Ju seemed unable to bear this cold air and crawled into Zeng Yi's clothes to keep warm.

[Item: Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid

Note: A thousand-year-old cold spirit liquid, containing powerful energy that can be used for auxiliary cultivation or tempering the body.]

After checking the information about the liquid in the pool, Zeng Yi learned about the spirit liquid's properties.

Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid, the name sounded impressive, and its purpose was clear – it could assist the protagonist in enhancing his strength. But couldn't the introduction be more detailed? Is it to be ingested or applied externally? It's difficult for me to operate without knowing!

But still, I have to try it myself.

Thinking this, Zeng Yi approached the pool of Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid.

Standing by the edge of the pool, Zeng Yi squatted down and extended his hand, pointing a finger towards the liquid in the pool. As his fingertip touched the liquid's surface, a bone-chilling coldness pierced him, sending a direct signal to his brain.

So cold! So icy!

As soon as his finger touched the Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid, he quickly pulled it back. The finger was covered with a thin layer of ice.

"How am I supposed to take this orally? If I drink it, won't I be frozen from the inside out?" Seeing this, Zeng Yi couldn't help but curse. Although it was a good treasure, he needed to know how to use it. Just staring at it wouldn't make it any use.

If drinking wasn't feasible, then external application.

Zeng Yi immediately adopted the second plan.

He took out a bamboo cup and reached towards the pool, intending to collect the Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid. However, when he looked inside the cup, the liquid had frozen in the bamboo cup, and the strong spiritual aura had dissipated.

"What the hell is going on?" Zeng Yi became completely puzzled by this situation.

Then, he suddenly remembered the stories he had read on the internet before. It seemed that all the spirit springs, spirit waters, and spirit liquids required special containers for storage.

"So I can't just take this Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid out of the pool? Why do you spiritual things have these bad habits? Isn't this messing with people's mindset?"

This made Zeng Yi feel a little frustrated. He had no idea what kind of vessel he needed to store the Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid, so what should he do?

Could it be a jade vessel?

Thinking like that, Zeng Yi actually thought it might be possible. He then carved a simple vessel with his sword from the jade stalagmite he had collected before to try to contain the Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid.

But...

It was useless too!

This infuriated Zeng Yi, and he threw the jade bowl in his hand. Then he thought about it, picked up the jade bowl again, and put it in the space bracelet. After all, it was made of jade, and he could still make some money by selling it later.

With a troubled expression, Zeng Yi sat on the ground, staring at the pool of Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid in front of him.

So now the question is, why can this pool contain the Millenium Year Cold Spirit Liquid without it losing its spiritual aura?

Looking at this small pool, Zeng Yi couldn't help but raise this question in his mind.

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