Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual power, spreading out and condensing into thirty-six translucent chains that acted on top of the iceberg.
With that, the iceberg slowly swam towards the Undead Ancient Ship, gradually approaching over.
As it got closer and closer, the silhouette of the figure inside the iceberg became clearer and clearer.
It was a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a green-coloured armour and holding a beast-printed broken blade. Even though he was already dead, the middle-aged man’s eyes exuded an appalling aura.
“This person must have been quite a powerful character when he was alive.”Huang Yichen said.
Ao Xinyan said, “You can tell this too?”
Huang Yichen said without slowing down, “The green-coloured armour on his body is called the Cuiwei Sacred Armour, and it reaches the level of a Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact.”
“Cuiwei Saint Armour? It is said that only the Cuiwei Martial Saints trained by the Martial Market Chambers are qualified to wear it. To become a Cuiwei Martial Saint, one must at least possess the cultivation of the Earth-Thorizon Realm.”
Ao Xin Yan, as a Saint of the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy, naturally understood what the Cui Wei Martial Saints stood for, each of them was quite terrifying, with great power, representing the peak of the Martial City Money Bank’s battle force.
The ultimate goal of many of the saints who cultivated in the Sacred Academy was to become a Cuiwei Martial Saint, thus entering the top echelons of the Martial Market Money Bank.
“The value of the Cuiwei Saint Armour is comparable to the Ten Saints Blood Armour. Moreover, that Cuiwei Martial Saint’s body definitely has other treasures, this time, we’re rich!”Little Black laughed excitedly.
The iceberg was getting closer and closer, leaving a distance of five hundred metres from the Undead Ancient Ship.
Zhang Ruochen withdrew his spiritual power, his face a little serious as he said, “That Cuiwei Sacred Armour can’t be moved.”
“Why?”Little Black was puzzled.
Huang Yichen, Qing Mo, and Ao Xinyan also revealed puzzled looks, such a treasure, why can’t it be taken away?
“I can’t say, in short, there is just an intention in my heart that tells me that I can’t go and take that Cuiwei Sacred Armour.”
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen added, “Moreover, the seawater in the Yin Yang Sea, even if the temperature is even lower, it will not freeze automatically. Only a living being falling into the sea would cause the surrounding seawater to condense and evolve into an iceberg.”
Ao Xin Yan said, “What the group leader means is that after we break through the iceberg to take the Cui Wei Sacred Armour, the iceberg will disappear, and without it, we won’t be able to enter the Abandoned Deep Sea?”
Zhang Ruochen frowned tightly without saying anything, thinking of something crucial but unable to say it for a while.
Little Black looked quite eager and said, “The big deal is that after taking the Cuiwei Sacred Armour, this Emperor will then throw the corpse of that Cuiwei Martial Saint into the sea, so won’t we be able to condense an iceberg again?”
After saying this, Little Black rushed out and landed on top of the iceberg.
“Little Black, don’t.”Zhang Ruochen said in a deep voice.
“Rumble.”
Little Black landed with a claw, breaking the iceberg into pieces, then, grabbing the corpse of the Cuiwei Martial Saint below, he flew back to the top of the Undead Ancient Ship.
“Hehehe, Zhang Ruochen, you’re too cautious, look, there’s no danger whatsoever.”Little Black laughed.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were very stern as he said, “If all the dangers were seen by you, how can it still be called danger? Since ancient times, there have been countless beings who have broken into into the Abandoned Deep Sea, but how many of them have managed to walk out alive?”
Since, Little Black had already broken through the iceberg, Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to say more and said, “Next time, if you dare to act without permission, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
The Abandoned Deep Sea was simply too dangerous, and not many people had been able to walk out alive since the beginning of time.
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t alone, there was also Huang Yichen, Ao Xinyan, and Qing Mo, and it was imperative to bring them all out alive, and any one of them dying in the Forsaken Deep Sea would make him feel quite guilty.
Therefore, as the leader of a team, Zhang Ruochen had to be careful and not bury everyone’s lives just for the sake of a small advantage.
Any small mistake could be fatal.
Xiao Hei unclipped the Cuiwei Sacred Armour from that Cuiwei Martial Saint’s body and pinched it in his hand, the armour quickly contracted and turned into a palm-sized Martial Saint Token.
Xiao Hei handed the Martial Saint token to Huang Yichen and said: ”You persuade him, it’s not like this Emperor is collecting the Cui Wei Sacred Armour for himself. The treasure is right in front of you but you don’t take it, what an anxious thing that would be.”?Huang Yichen was not polite and took the Martial Saint Token, smiling, “I think Zhang Ruochen has a point.”?Feeling exasperated, Xiao Hei said, “Why?”
Huang Yichen said, “Any living being that dies in the Abandoned Deep Sea ends up being sealed inside an iceberg. In other words, an iceberg represents a living being. As we keep going deeper and deeper into the Forsaken Deep Sea, we will definitely encounter more and more icebergs. There are treasures inside each iceberg, so wouldn’t we have to break open all of them? While we are collecting the treasures, the danger is getting closer and closer to us.”
Little Black was a little unimpressed, if there were other treasures appearing next, could it all pretend it didn’t see them instead of taking them?
It would definitely be suffocated to death.
“Pfft.”
Zhang Ruochen threw the corpse of that Cuiwei Martial Saint back into the sea, and then, in the seawater, a giggling sound resounded.
On the surface of the corpse, a layer of cold ice quickly formed.
The cold ice grew thicker and thicker, and in the end, it condensed back into an ice mountain.
Zhang Ruochen took the lead and flew to the top of the iceberg, maintaining a state of high alert.
Immediately after, Xiao Hei, Huang Yichen, Qing Mo, and Ao Xinyan also boarded the iceberg, and Zhang Ruochen used his spiritual power to control the iceberg, treating it as a “boat”, travelling towards the Abandoned Deep Sea.
After travelling for about 800 miles, densely packed white dots appeared on the surface of the sea in the distance.
As they got closer and closer, the crowd finally saw that every white bright spot was actually an iceberg. The icebergs in front of them, there were at least eight thousand of them, and at a glance, the mountains were stacked one on top of the other, very spectacular.
What was even more shocking was that inside every iceberg was a living being, some were humans, some were savage beasts, and some were surprisingly plants and some rare and strange ancient living beings.
Inside one of the icebergs, there was a three-thousand-metre tall violet-gold ancient tree frozen in ice, emitting a brilliant violet-gold light. That iceberg was quite magnificent, and just the part of it that was exposed to the water was more than seven thousand metres high.
Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them, there were just too many living beings that had been frozen, some of them were still preserved from the ancient times until now, their bodies had not decayed, and they still retained the same appearance as hundreds of thousands of years, or even millions of years ago.
Ao Xin Yan said in awe, “The group leader is right, those who are greedy for treasures will surely die when they enter the Abandoned Deep Sea, there are too many treasures here to take them all.”
There were treasures on the body of every living being that was frozen inside an iceberg, and any cultivator who saw those treasures would surely be moved.
For a cultivator to spend all his energy on collecting treasures, then it would be normal for him to die in the Abandoned Deep Sea.
Everyone understood the reasoning, but there were very few people who could restrain the greed in their hearts.
Once the door of greed was opened, all of them could no longer close it as well.
“This emperor’s, all of it is this emperor’s.”
Xiao Hei was mad with excitement, his eyes turning green as he looked at them, fixating on some treasures inside the iceberg and wanting to rush out to collect them, but he was suppressed by Huang Yichen and Ao Xinyan’s joint efforts.
Zhang Ruochen entered the Abandoned Deep Sea, and apart from helping Xiao Hei retrieve his physical body, he was searching for the recipe for the Six Saints Ascending to Heaven Wine.
According to Xiao Hei, the formula for the Six Sacred Ascending Heavenly Wine was on the body of a Dragon Lich Cat Clan Sacred Beast King. In other words, finding the remains of that Dragon Lich Cat Clan Sacred Beast King would lead to the recipe.
Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual power and probed through that ice mountain, not finding the figure of that Dragon Lich Cat Clan Sacred Beast King.
Thus, he harnessed the iceberg and continued travelling towards the depths of the Forsaken Deep Sea.
“The Undying Blood Clan is catching up!”Huang Yichen said.
Zhang Ruochen glanced behind him, only to see that a blood cloud had appeared on the surface of the sea, rushing rapidly in their direction and soon chasing them to within ten miles of them.
In the blood cloud, the Immortal Blood Race’s Saints were also standing on top of an iceberg.
The Immortal Goddess’s spiritual power was far superior to Zhang Ruochen’s, and naturally, her sailing speed in harnessing the iceberg was much faster, and it was not a surprise that she was able to catch up.
The Immortal Blood Race’s saints were also thrilled when they saw the cluster of icebergs in front of them, and many of them were trembling with excitement.
“Congratulations to Your Highness the Crown Prince, congratulations to Your Highness the Divine Maiden, there is a large number of rare treasures frozen here, any one of them is worth a fortune.”
“This is the heavens favouring the Immortal Blood Clan, obtaining these treasures is enough to increase the Immortal Blood Clan’s overall strength by another large amount.”
……
On the iceberg, the nine Blood Saints flew out and rushed inside the iceberg cluster, they took out their Saint Weapons to smash the iceberg and began to collect the treasures inside.
The Immortal Goddess, Crown Prince Qi Sheng, Crown Prince Devil Heaven, and the three Death Knights, however, remained standing on top of the iceberg, staring at Zhang Ruochen and the others on top of the other iceberg.
Not long ago, Qi Sheng’s defeat at the hands of Zhang Ruochen was indeed a bit grey.
Today, there was no hint of gloom on his body, instead, he looked like he was in the spring breeze and said with a smile, “Zhang Ruochen, all the treasures here belong to my Immortal Blood Clan, do you have any opinions?”
“Those treasures don’t belong to me anyway, what opinion can I have? Just take as much as you want.”Zhang Ruochen was also smiling.
Qi Sheng’s heart thumped, slightly surprised, and at the same time, an unpleasant feeling arose, with Zhang Ruochen’s strong character, he didn’t even compete with him for the treasures?
He remembered that when he was in the Green Dragon Market Realm, in order to fight for the World Spirit, Zhang Ruochen had to battle no matter how powerful an enemy he encountered.
Not normal.
Could it be that Zhang Ruochen didn’t enter the Yin Yang Sea for these treasures?
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first without disturbing you to collect the treasures.”
Zhang Ruochen harnessed the iceberg and continued onwards.
“You think you can leave by voluntarily giving up the treasures here? In my eyes, your life and blood are worth more than all the treasures here combined.”
Qi Sheng’s arm flicked, and with that, the three Death Knights standing behind him turned into three streams of blood-red light that rushed out and landed on top of the three ice mountains, surrounding Zhang Ruochen and the others.
