"Finally, it's done…"
Li Dixian wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief.
The difficulty of brewing Ice Flame Immortal Dew exceeded his imagination.
Even with the experience of brewing Snake Saliva Rice Soul, he had gone through countless failures.
"But it's worth it."
"Ultimately, I got what I wished for."
His gaze fell on the immortal dew before him, and the wine worm in Li Dixian's stomach was already stirring restlessly.
The wine liquid was semi-transparent and glass-like, with its left half ice-blue and its right half crimson, slowly swirling like a Tai Chi yin-yang symbol when still.
And because of its unpredictable temperature,
Li Dixian took a piece of profound stone from beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, dug out a simple stone cup, and poured it in.
"You've made me so greedy!"
"Let me have a taste first!"
He reached out a finger, and his Martial Soul power surged from his fingertip, lifting the red and blue intertwined immortal brew into the air and directly into his mouth.
"Hmm?!"
The moment the wine touched his tongue,
Li Dixian's eyes suddenly widened. A strange sulfurous flame burst forth in his throat like surging magma, and a scorching sensation spread wantonly in his mouth.
Never having tasted such a flavor before, he couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
However,
When that "flame" slid into his stomach, it instantly transformed into an icy current.
It was so cold that he shivered, and his lips and teeth were filled with the clear, cool scent of pine.
The words "good wine" were still in his mouth when a sudden change occurred!
After entering his stomach, the wine liquid actually split into two, transforming into crimson flames and frost, which violently clashed in his meridians!
The two violent energies dissipated after colliding.
Immediately, a layer of ice crystals and magma patterns condensed on his meridians.
"This should be the process of cultivating the Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body!"
"The 'Brewing Records' state that the Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body is extremely formidable, so one must drink Ice Flame Immortal Dew for three consecutive years to successfully cultivate it!"
"But, I won't need that long!"
"By using Ice Flame Immortal Dew as a medicinal primer, simultaneously consuming Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and fierce flame apricot delight, and then immersing myself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for body tempering, I can forge the most perfect Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body!"
A flash of sword light appeared.
Two peerless immortal flowers fell from their stems.
Li Dixian didn't hesitate, stuffing both immortal herbs into his mouth.
Then, holding the profound stone wine cup, he leaped into the distinct boundary of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Plop—
The moment he hit the water,
Li Dixian grunted.
Intense pain surged like a sudden downpour from the heavens.
The extreme cold froze his blood, and his internal organs were covered in frost, while his meridians felt as if they were being burned by Underground Fire, and his skin began to carbonize and peel off horrifically.
The medicinal power of the fierce flame apricot delight and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, catalyzed by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, transformed into two immense ice and fire energies, wildly colliding within his body.
Crack—
Crack—
His bones, unable to bear the burden, developed cracks.
The energies of ice and fire poured through the bone fissures, repeatedly flushing them.
Pain!
Bone-deep and heart-piercing!
It hurt so much that his soul almost dispersed!
Li Dixian used his last shred of clarity, laboriously raising his arm, his carbonized skin flaking off.
But he still drank the Ice Flame Immortal Dew in one gulp.
Blazing flames and chilling frost savagely fought within his body.
More and more ice crystals and lava patterns were branded onto his already semi-transparent meridians.
That riddled body, amidst the destruction of ice and fire and the repair of the immortal dew, actually reached a subtle balance.
Time flowed silently.
Li Dixian's body, undergoing a rebirth-like transformation in this ultimate ice and fire tempering.
At the same time, touched by Li Dixian's aura, a chrysalis intertwined with ice-blue and fiery-red, suspended on a branch above the spring eye, also gently trembled… The morning light dispelled the starry sky.
The starry sky, in turn, sent off the morning light.
Three days passed in a flash.
In the two-sided spring, where scalding and freezing intertwined, Li Dixian sat cross-legged, silent as a withered tree.
If one were to look inward at this moment, they would be horrified to see:
The meridians on his left half of his body were crimson, surging like magma, while those on his right half were deep blue, frozen like a glacier.
A vast energy, a fusion of ice and fire, formed a red and blue intertwined light cocoon, enveloping him.
Whoosh—
A gentle breeze brushed past.
Crack—
Crack—
Cracking sounds occurred almost simultaneously.
The light cocoon in the spring eye and the chrysalis on the tree both simultaneously developed spiderweb-like cracks on their surfaces.
The light cocoon peeled off in pieces, revealing a perfect body inside, as white as jade and with well-proportioned muscles and bones.
On the branch, a butterfly emerged from the chrysalis, spreading its enchanting ice-blue and fiery-red wings.
Li Dixian's skin, flesh, bones, internal organs, and meridians all faintly revealed magnificent red and blue intertwined spirit patterns.
His face was serene and peaceful; the boiling hot spring and the intensely cold spring were now like warm water to him.
With each breath, he alternately exhaled frosty mist and sparks of fire.
His eyes suddenly snapped open!
His left pupil was crimson like a furnace, and his right pupil was ice-blue like an abyss!
The anomaly flashed and then instantly returned to normal!
Splash—
Li Dixian slowly rose from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The butterfly on the tree elegantly spread its wings, lightly flew down, and danced around him.
Li Dixian's lips curved slightly, and he naturally extended a finger; the butterfly obediently perched on his fingertip.
"We have both undergone transformation, so we are fated."
"Gathering and dispersing are like floating clouds; coming and going are as one wishes. May you be unburdened and roam freely across heaven and earth."
"Go."
The butterfly flapped its wings, circled him twice, and finally transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the vast sky.
Li Dixian walked out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
One step.
His left foot landed, and the footprint turned to scorched earth.
Another step.
His right foot stepped down, and the footprint solidified into frost.
It wasn't until he walked to the wooden house and put on the plain white robe he had prepared earlier that the various anomalies gradually subsided.
He looked at his fair hands.
With a slight thought, red and blue spirit patterns flickered beneath his skin.
"The Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body… is complete."
Without external ice and fire attribute attacks at this moment,
Li Dixian couldn't truly comprehend how profound the physique of "immunity to and absorption of ice and fire energy" actually was.
But just being able to soak in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well like a hot spring was a clear indication.
Not only that… a powerful wave of Martial Soul power emanated from his body.
Li Dixian's Martial Soul power had already reached level twenty-nine.
Li Dixian casually made a gesture.
He brought in a piece of profound stone that had been scoured by ice and fire.
His five fingers slowly closed, and the profound stone, harder than fine iron, actually crumbled into dust in his palm, scattering with the wind.
"In terms of physical strength alone, an ordinary Soul Sect is no match for me."
Li Dixian was very satisfied with this Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body.
A happy heart calls for fine wine to celebrate.
"Heh, my Wine Spirit should be upgraded too!"
Li Dixian poured the half-cup of Ice Flame Immortal Dew he had set aside into the clear spring wine pot.
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
At the mouth of the pot, ice and fire colored rays of light flickered erratically.
A rich wine aroma, solid as substance and containing extreme cold and warmth, instantly filled the mountain hollow.
And on the lustrous, jade-like celadon pot, a Tai Chi symbol, half ice-blue and half crimson, slowly emerged.
Li Dixian casually lifted the hem of his white robe and sat on the bank of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He immersed one foot in the hot spring and the other in the cold spring.
He eagerly raised the pot and drank heartily.
In an instant,
All sorts of flavors, accompanied by an ineffable mellow fragrance, rushed straight to his spiritual platform.
"Good wine, good wine!"
He swayed his feet, immersed in ice and fire, drinking sip after sip, completely lost in himself.
At this moment, his Wine Spirit was a rare potent liquor in the world, and even Li Dixian, this wine enthusiast, was soon blurry-eyed with intoxication.
A myriad of emotions surged in his heart.
Ultimately, they settled on the unforgettable experience of cultivating the Meltfrost Spirit Vein Body.
On his forehead, a tiny Azure Lotus Sword imprint quietly appeared, with ice-blue and fiery-red glimmer flickering on either side of the sword edge.
Clang—!
A clear sword cry suddenly erupted.
The Azure Lotus Sword actually manifested on its own.
Then, the sword edge turned and directly submerged into the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Gazing at the Azure Lotus Sword hidden beneath the two-sided spring, and savoring the tempering of ice and fire he had just experienced, a spark of inspiration flashed through Li Dixian's mind.
His movement of raising the pot to drink froze.
He let the ice and fire colored wine flow down the corners of his mouth.
He sat there dazedly by the spring, where ice and fire merged.
In his eyes, the eternal clash, yet co-existence, of the ice and fire marvel was reflected.
The sun rose and the moon set, and another two days passed.
Li Dixian was dispirited, his eyes bloodshot.
As the saying goes, one cannot live without becoming a demon.
There was still a principle he hadn't understood, and he had fallen into a kind of confusion.
On this day,
A strong wind swept through the mountain hollow.
It stirred up a vortex in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
At the junction of the hot spring and the cold spring, the crimson flames and ice frost did not annihilate each other, but instead formed a spiraling column of chaotic energy.
The wild wind tousled his hair. As Li Dixian witnessed this scene, the scattered light in his eyes gradually brightened.
He suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly.
"Hahahahaha!"
"I understand! I understand!"
"Water and fire clashing? How absurd!"
"People only see water and fire clashing, but they don't see…"
"Frost burning into mist, flames condensing into crystals; yin and yang as mutual roots are the ultimate truth of heaven and earth!"
"The second form of Azure Lotus Sword Song is right before my eyes!"
It's too hard to write, there's still one chapter being written… I took the morning off…