The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 504 - 292: Cold Devouring Fish_2
"I’ve never seen this thing personally, but someone once told me that he found this kind of fish and observed it, opening up a whole new perspective for his cultivation journey."
Ning Xiaoxian suddenly spoke: "Is this person Yin Jiu You?"
"Exactly." He spoke gravely.
She couldn’t help but give a bitter smile: "Could it be that this Cold Pond along with the Wu Family Mansion also belongs to him?"
"Very likely. Cold Devouring Fish can only grow in Extremely Yin Land, which is a great supplement for Yin Jiu You’s soul cultivation. The effect of refining it is several times stronger than directly consuming a soul. Tu Jin, you know how to refine it, right?"
Tu Jin spoke solemnly: "As soon as I saw this fish, the method to refine it appeared in my mind."
Changtian said coldly: "The Cultivation Technique you practice originally came from Yin Jiu You, that’s not surprising. Why don’t you try it?"
Tu Jin stayed silent, grasped a Cold Devouring Fish in his hand, ignoring its continual cries, and silently recited a few spells. The Cold Devouring Fish quickly struggled into a white light sphere and was sucked into his mouth.
She stared blankly for a while and couldn’t help asking: "What does it taste like, is it spiky?"
This eerie atmosphere was completely disrupted by her. Qiongqi and Qi Zai held back their laughter, listening to Tu Jin shake his head and say: "What I extracted is pure Soul Power, how could it have a taste? Yin Jiu You is right, consuming Cold Devouring Fish that have swallowed Life Souls can provide soul cultivators with at least five times the Soul Power of regular Life Souls, which is extremely considerable."
She peered around the edge of the pond, only able to see fleeting silhouettes in the blue pond water, the fish were actually transparent in the water. "How many mature Cold Devouring Fish are in this small pond?"
"No less than three hundred thousand."
"What?" She thought she heard wrong, "What did you just say?"
"No less than three hundred thousand!" Tu Jin seemed to be in a good mood, rarely grinning. He had scanned this Cold Pond with his Divine Sense as soon as he entered the door, otherwise, why would he be so excited? In his vision, the souls in the pond were as numerous as the stars in the sky. His estimate was just a rough number.
She was shocked: "Does that mean, here are gathered the souls of at least three hundred thousand dead people?"
Changtian enlightened her: "Not just humans, but also the souls of dead animals and demons. Judging from the architecture of the Wu Family Mansion, this Cold Pond has existed for at least six hundred years. If we estimate that five hundred souls are drawn into the pond waters to feed the Cold Devouring Fish every year, it’s at least three hundred thousand. After all, within thousands of miles around here, each year the death toll of humans, animals, and demons definitely exceeds five hundred."
"This cave, along with the Cold Pond, isn’t naturally formed but was excavated and water diverted by human effort. If there’s dead water in an Extremely Yin Land, then its Yin nature is even heavier. Look at the marks on the ground." Following his words, she saw that the stones on the shore indeed bore extremely deep Array Diagram patterns, "Extremely Yin Land inherently has the ability to attract souls, this Soul Gathering Array amplifies the soul-attracting power tenfold, hence newly deceased souls automatically come here, abandoning Reincarnation. After setting up this cave and Cold Pond, one only needs to introduce fish fry into the pond and wait for the Cold Devouring Fish to mature."
Changtian spoke lightly: "Xiao Xian, what are you waiting for? Collect the pond water along with the Cold Devouring Fish into the God Demon Prison and leave this place as soon as possible. The person who created this Cold Pond invested a lot of effort, it’s impossible for them not to guard it closely. Once he returns, it will be difficult for all of you to leave." He paused, and spoke gravely, "I have a feeling, this person if not Yin Jiu You, is still inextricably linked to him."
She was stunned: "In the God Demon Prison, is there a place to house these fishes? You’re not talking about the Fifth Floor’s Spiritual Spring, right?" That Spiritual Spring supplied her for cooking and use, how could she put these fearsome fishes in there?
"No. The Third Layer of the God Demon Prison has a Water Prison. Just collect them, there’s a place for them."
She breathed a sigh of relief and could not help but be curious. The God Demon Prison even had a Water Prison, how did she not know this before? The previous Prison Director had thought everything through so well. Despite her mixed thoughts, her hands were not idle, reaching into the Cold Pond.
The water temperature was indeed shockingly low. However, compared to the Demon Transformation Spring under Changtian’s seat, it was not the same, she had been used to being tortured by the Unowned Divine Power in the Demon Transformation Spring, her bones and flesh had long since become immune to the mere coldness of the pond water. But when the Cold Devouring Fish saw a living person reach in, they rushed to bite in their ferocity, their fierceness not inferior to that of piranhas.
"Tu Jin!" She quickly withdrew her hand, calling out in annoyance.
As the hostess blew up, Tu Jin could only touch his nose and activate the Soul Capturing Technique. Although there were many creatures in the water, their Divine Souls were weak, and were immediately stunned, floating belly up. Only then could she collect the water and the fish into the God Demon Prison, leaving only a large depression in the cave.
These annoying things, she’d leave to Changtian to deal with. "Uh, looks like I scooped them all up in one go. Do we need to keep some fish as seed?"
"No need. If he can raise Cold Devouring Fish here, there are thousands of Extremely Yin Lands on this Continent, and there must certainly be secret Cold Ponds elsewhere, these fish will not go extinct." Changtian sighed, "Just the Cold Devouring Fish from this one place is enough for Tu Jin to step into the Late Void Refining Stage. The secret feedings in other Extremely Yin Lands’ Cold Ponds, who knows how many there are. Yin Jiu You has left himself many escape routes everywhere, once he’s freed from his bonds a few days later, these vast amounts of Soul Power could be utilized by him." His words carried a sense of urgency.
He had to hurry. By a twist of fate, Yin Jiu You escaped from his confinement at Yuhu Peak ahead of schedule, and ironically, he, Changtian, had also inadvertently contributed to this. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Now, he was fairly certain that this Cold Pond was Yin Jiu You’s masterpiece. Having taken the Cold Devouring Fish away, there was a great danger of exposing themselves under the gaze of this dreaded adversary. The only solution now was to quickly head to the west and awaken his True Body, otherwise, this entire party was in danger. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation ticket and Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
