Translator: Seventh Peril Editor: Anuvrat
“*Woosh——*”
All of a sudden, a huge tornado swept across the valley, all the twilight mist in the valley was completely sucked dry. Before long, five ancient steles appeared within the depths of the valley.
The shape of these steles was almost identical to the one in Song Shaochen’s hands, but it was larger and more complete. On the other hand, the steles were carved with extremely ancient and profound runes.
“Woah——”
In the instant, the runes on the steles lit up one after another. Soon, among the runes on the five steles, there were endless flashes of light. These lights quickly gathered together and formed a gigantic spatial vortex. At the center of the vortex, one could vaguely see countless ancient pavilions.
“The Innate Temple has appeared!”
When everyone saw this bizarre scene, almost everyone instantly reacted. Their hearts were rapidly beating, gradually their eyes turned crimson. No one had thought that this Innate Temple would actually not exist in Qingxuan Mountain Range. Qingxuan Mountain Range was just one of the entrances to the Innate Temple. And the place where the Innate Temple was located, was impressively a world of its own!
However, this scene caused the crimson glint in everyone’s eyes to become even more intense. The more mysterious the Innate Temple was, the better it might be!
“Charge!”
Suddenly, someone bellowed out in a low voice, and the entire scene erupted into action. Countless figures instantly scuttled out, and like locusts, they dove into the huge vortex.
When Ye Zhong saw this scene, a hint of burning passion appeared in his eyes for the first time. Originally, he really didn’t put this Innate Temple in his eyes, but at this moment, his interest was piqued. Because, this Innate Temple actually existed in a world of its own. Just this point alone showed that the Innate Temple was probably not as simple as it seemed in the legends! The things that were hidden in such a place might be beyond his expectation.
The most important thing for Ye Zhong now was to become stronger. Now that such a great opportunity presented itself, no matter what he could not afford to miss it!
“*Phew——*”
Ye Zhong let out a long sigh, smiled, and said softly, “Senior Sister, let’s go too.”
Su Yu also nodded her head and frowned, “From the looks of it, the Innate Temple is definitely out of everyone’s expectations. Perhaps it is equivalent to a dragon’s lagoon or a tiger’s lair [1], it will not be easy to obtain something good, so be careful.”
The moment she said that, Su Yu waved her hand and the two of them shot out at the same time, pouncing towards the direction of the vortex of light in the center of the valley, where countless people were gathered.
“*Woosh——*”
The moment he pounced over, the surrounding space became white and then returned to normal.
When Ye Zhong opened his eyes once again, there was a flash of surprise in them.
At this moment, a lake of ice appeared before him.
The lake was incomprehensibly large, but above the lake, there were pieces of huge Profound Ice with a radius of several hundred feet floating around. At this moment, he was at the edge of a piece of Profound Ice. At this moment, there were reflections of light on the surface of the Profound Ice. Every time a light shone; a figure would appear.
It was obvious that this spatial vortex had used something similar to random teleportation to teleport them to this place. At this moment, Su Yu was not by Ye Zhong’s side, but was most likely teleported to another part of the Innate Temple.
However, Ye Zhong was not too worried about that. Su Yu was no weaker than him. In any case, as a powerhouse at Fourth Layer of Body Tempering would have no problem protecting herself in this place.
In the next moment, Ye Zhong scanned across the huge frozen lake once. Then, he discovered that there were quite a few figures appearing on the other ice blocks. Obviously, this place was one of the gathering points after entering the Innate Temple.
“Looks like I have to think of a way to obtain a set of the temple entrance map……”
Ye Zhong scanned the area for a moment before seeing an ancient building in the distance. Presumably, that was the center of this Innate Temple. However, with just a glance, Ye Zhong understood that if he did not have the entrance map, it would be impossible for him to reach the important place of the Innate Temple.
As he thought of this, Ye Zhong’s gaze slowly swept across the people around him. The entrance map was currently in Su Yu’s hands, so the thing he needed to do now was to seize a map from other people.
“Huh!? What is that thing!?”
Just as Ye Zhong was about to make his move, there was a sudden cry of surprise not far away.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhong hesitated for a moment, then moved his body as he dashed towards the center of the frozen lake. At the center of the lake, he could see icy-blue lotuses on and around an ancient stone platform. The leaves of the lotuses were all icy-blue, but only their roots were purple.
On top of these icy-blue lotuses, was an extremely dense amount of cold Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. It was as if at this moment, even the air had been frozen.
“This is……”
Ye Zhong looked at these icy-blue lotuses and was slightly stunned at first. Then, a look of disbelief surfaced on his face. “Purple Frost Profound Lotus!?”
Purple Frost Profound Lotus, an extremely rare Spirit Herb. Normally, only at the intersection of extreme cold and extreme heat would it condense the dual power of Flame and Frost into a Spirit Herb! This kind of Spirit Herb was extremely effective on any powerhouse of the Nine Layers of Body Tempering Realm! It could be said that the Dual Spiritual Qi of Yin and Yang was the best tonic for cultivation!
Such a treasure was expensive even in the auction house. Even before Ye Zhong reincarnated, he would have been extremely tempted by such a treasure. However, he had not expected to see so many Purple Frost Profound Lotuses floating above the frozen lake right now! This scene was simply unbelievable!
“That’s a Purple Frost Profound Lotus!?”
At that moment, other than Ye Zhong, there were quite a few other exclamations of surprise. Apparently, other than him, quite a few people had recognized the Purple Frost Profound Lotus!
Those who did not recognize this Purple Frost Profound Lotus were slightly stunned when they heard this name. Then, disbelief surfaced in their eyes! After that, every single one of their eyes burned with passion. It was obvious that many people had heard of the Purple Frost Profound Lotus before! If someone could obtain this item, then it would be of great benefit to their cultivation at the Nine Layers of Body Tempering Realm, and even to their future breakthrough to the Innate Martial Dao Realm! The name of the Innate Temple was indeed well-deserved of its reputation!
Ye Zhong licked his lips as well. His gaze swept across the bunch of Purple Frost Profound Lotus, his eyes burning with passion. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat!
The Purple Frost Profound Lotus was nothing to him. Although it was a good item for cultivation, it might not be anything good for someone like him who cultivated the Secret Art of Six Paths Buried Sword! However, there was something else that was extremely important to him! It was that another treasure of Heaven and Earth that might appear together with these Purple Frost Profound Lotuses! The Spirit Herb that was most useful to him was——the Purple Wood Spirit Root!
According to Ye Zhong’s knowledge, the Purple Wood Spirit Root was the Spirit Herb that appeared along with the Purple Frost Profound Lotus, because it grew from the Essence and Spiritual Qi of the Purple Frost Profound Lotus. Although Ye Zhong knew about the existence of the Purple Wood Spirit Root should be in the Southern Border Region, from the looks of it, the Purple Wood Spirit Root should be in this place!
With that in mind, Ye Zhong’s gaze landed on the bottom of the stone platform. The Purple Wood Spirit Root should be at the junction of the Purple Frost Profound Lotus’s rhizomes, and it was likely that even with so many Purple Frost Profound Lotus, they could nurture and yield only one Purple Wood Spirit Root!
But that’s enough! As long as he was able to obtain that Purple Wood Spirit Root, then Ye Zhong had great confidence that he would be able to advance to the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering in the shortest time possible!
And if he had advanced to the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering, in this competition for the inheritance of the Innate Temple, Ye Zhong had a little more card up his sleeves! Although there were some secret techniques of his Master that could only be cultivated after reaching the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering, if he managed to obtain enough Purple Frost Profound Lotuses, perhaps he would be able to forcefully cultivate some of them! This will give countless benefits for the competition for the Innate Temple!
As expected, this trip to the Innate Temple had not been in vain!
Just as Ye Zhong was thinking of sprinting forward to pluck them out, he heard a shout from behind him, and a figure rushed forward in a flash!
“Hahaha, Purple Frost Profound Lotus! With so many Purple Frost Profound Lotuses, your father [2] ‘s luck is really too good!”
“*Woosh——*”
The person should have the strength at the Third Layer of Body Tempering. He practically in an instant swept close to the surface of the water as he grabbed onto the closest Purple Frost Profound Lotus in front of everyone’s eyes. Then, he was trying to jump onto the stone platform. However, just as he was about to succeed, a shadow suddenly flashed in the middle of the frozen lake.
“Aargh——”
A mournful scream rang out and the figure was instantly dragged into the frozen lake. Those who were originally about to make a move had a drastic change in expression!
Even Ye Zhong’s expression changed drastically. The Innate Temple was indeed a dangerous place, filled with dangers in every nook and corner!
TL note(s):
[1] “a dragon’s lagoon or a tiger’s lair” referring to “where dragons live and dens of tigers are deadly” means “a dangerous location”.
[2] 老子 (lǎozi) literally means “father”, but here implying the first person pronoun or I in an arrogant manner.