Chapter 60: Treasure Trove!

  Seeing this not-so-large platform still had a small path, Ye Wen became even more curious, wondering where the path led.

  Although he has now climbed to a place close to the summit of Mount Shu, there is still some distance from the real summit. Originally thought that there was only one platform for people to rest here, but unexpectedly there was another vast space inside: "I don't know if the small road behind is a larger space or a dead end?"

  Ye Wen had always hoped for something more, something special. After seeing so many things, he couldn't help but have a certain longing for the extraordinary. As a university student of the new era, Ye Wen originally thought that those things were just everyone's wild imagination, but now that he had even experienced something as bizarre as transmigration and possession, having an adventure seemed to be more fitting for a main character like him.

  Although he already had a ring that could summon the secret book, Ye Wen had discovered through more than a year of observation that the help the ring could bring to himself was still very limited, especially in terms of increasing his strength. This ring had almost no effect on him, its only function being to let him not worry about having no strong power methods to use.

  As for when one can obtain a higher-level martial arts technique, the ring doesn't care and it's up to one's own efforts to complete the 'upgrade' process. It can be said that in terms of increasing strength, most of it still relies on one's own efforts.

  How long will it take for one to become a master by relying solely on their own efforts and self-cultivation?

  Not to mention anything else, just taking the internal skill as an example, the Quanzhen Heart Method is indeed good, and it's one of the best martial arts for beginners. It's most suitable for laying the foundation, but how long will it take to achieve great success?

  In the original book, Guo Jing's internal strength was not greatly accomplished until the end of The Shooting Eagle. He was only among the best of the new generation of experts and still had a certain gap with those top-level experts of the older generation. Moreover, this gap was only made up during the period of The Divine Eagle.

  The two books have a time difference of at least ten years, and it cannot be ignored that Guo Jing's strange encounters are not inferior to those of the YY protagonists.

  Let's talk about Jin Yong's other books (because Ye Wen is currently practicing mostly Jinpai martial arts, so he didn't think of anywhere else). In "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", except for Qiao Feng who relied on himself to practice bit by bit, the other two main characters basically had their cheat codes turned on from start to finish when playing with others. However, Qiao Feng was already over 30 years old when he first appeared, and he had been practicing martial arts since childhood, plus his exceptional talent led to such achievements.

  In the Divine Condor Residence, Yang Guo encountered one strange event after another, many of which were coincidences that made people jealous! Perhaps the only person who was happier than Yang Guo was Duan Yu, who traveled the world collecting internal energy to strengthen himself. However, even with all these strange events, it took Yang Guo at least several years to truly possess powerful combat skills.

  "For years, I wonder if the Shu Shan Sect still exists?"

  Ye Wen could determine that if he couldn't greatly enhance his own strength once again, after a few years, the Shu Shan Sect might become nothing but a distant memory, everything turning to dust. The Tian Le Gang's huge threat was like an axe hanging over his head, always making him feel that the axe would fall at any moment.

  Some people might think Ye Wen is overthinking, and maybe Tian Le Bang didn't take Shu Shan Pai seriously. But to Ye Wen, the more it's like this, the more dangerous Shu Shan Pai becomes.

  Because this means that the Shushan Sect is not worth worrying about, others can destroy them if they want. Even if the Tianle Gang doesn't come to attack them, perhaps some other powerful sect will come and wipe out the Shushan Sect. Maybe it's the Jile Gang? Or maybe it's the Changle Gang?

  In this case, as the Shu Shan Sect becomes more and more well-known to people, it will become increasingly severe. In short, Ye Wen found that if he didn't think of a way out, the Shu Shan Sect would always be dancing on the edge of a cliff, possibly crashing to a point where nothing was left.

  Taking a deep breath to calm his slightly excited mood, Ye Wen stepped out of the narrow path. The winding path he had just walked on was very narrow and could barely allow one person to pass through. With the road twisting and turning, Ye Wen even felt a sense of losing direction after walking for a while.

  With this final step out, Ye Wen walked into a spacious area, no longer feeling the oppressive sensation brought by the narrow space earlier, making him feel much better.

  What surprised him even more was that as soon as he stepped in, the internal energy within his body began to stir, and the deep breath he took earlier seemed to have elevated his inner strength.

  At the same time, a refreshing air rushed into his lungs, and the cool feeling made his head shake. Ye Wen felt that he had never been so comfortable all day today, even the fatigue caused by practicing sword and climbing mountains earlier was swept away. His spirit and energy suddenly reached their best state, which surprised Ye Wen greatly.

  It was just a daze, and Ye Wen realized that this place was probably a place of abundant spiritual energy, also known as a blessed land, most suitable for the cultivation of internal family kung fu.

  The internal force cultivated through Neijia Kung Fu, the source of energy is not only the energy absorbed from food intake, but also the heavenly yuanqi that enters the body with each breath. However, very little of this heavenly yuanqi can be stored in the body and utilized by the practitioner; if a lot could be stored, it would probably not be called martial arts anymore.

  Breathing in a place with abundant spiritual energy, the heavenly and earthly primal energy absorbed is not comparable to that of ordinary places. Practicing internal skills in such a place naturally yields twice the result with half the effort. Others may only need to practice for one year, yet they may achieve better results than others who have practiced for two or three years with great diligence.

  Ye Wen had already discovered that during this period, cultivating on Mount Shu was much faster than cultivating at the foot of the mountain. He had long suspected that Mount Shu was a place rich in spiritual energy, but at that time, although there were some effects, they were not obvious, so Ye Wen didn't pay much attention to it.

  Now that he's here, Ye Wen realizes that he has really stumbled upon a treasure land! Especially the platform leading to this place, the only way up is behind the Shu Shan Sect. The other sides are all cliffs and steep walls, unless someone can fly, there's no way to get up here.

  That is to say, Ye Wen's casual circle had encircled this piece of treasure land into the Shu Mountain Sect. He believed that as long as he could cultivate here for a while, his internal strength would definitely be able to make another big breakthrough. If he combined it with that heavy sword, the effect would probably be even better.

  It was just thinking of the heavy sword, Ye Wen immediately thought that the sword was too heavy, and he was afraid that if he carried it on his back, he would not be able to climb up here again. After all, with his own lightness skill, climbing onto the platform was already a struggle, and the last section still relied on vines to climb up. If he had relied solely on his lightness skill, he would have definitely been unable to come up.

  But this didn't stump him; thinking of Teng Ye's words, he thought to use the rope to pull the heavy sword up, and it wasn't too much trouble either.

  Looking around, Ye Wen suddenly realized that he had forgotten to explore the environment here. Only now did he think of taking stock. Upon looking around, he discovered that this was a secluded valley, with sheer cliffs on all sides, seemingly connecting directly to the sky. Such a place, if not for that winding small path, would be difficult to fly out of even with wings, and outsiders would have no hope of entering.

  The valley wasn't as barren as the outside, but rather had many plants, with flowers, grass and trees all tenderly green and vibrant, like in early spring. This made Ye Wen a bit surprised, but thinking about the unique environment of this place, he guessed that these plants weren't affected by the seasons outside, which is why they were like this.

  He walked a few steps further in and arrived at the pool, which occupied about one-third of the entire Valley of Extremes. A layer of mist floated on top of the water, and Ye Wen secretly wondered: "Could this be a hot spring?"

  He simply reached in and immediately felt a sudden chill, hastily withdrew his hand, and then used the other hand to tidy up.

  "I thought it was a hot spring, but unexpectedly it's so cold!"

  The mist on the water was not due to the heat of the water evaporating, but because the moisture in the air was affected by the cold air in this pool and condensed together. It looked like steam, and at this time, although it had already entered autumn, the sweltering heat of summer had not yet dissipated, so Ye Wencai made such a mistaken judgment.

  "It's just that the water in this pool is a bit too cold!" Just now, Ye Wenjun was caught off guard and almost froze his hand. If he hadn't quickly withdrawn it and circulated his internal energy to drive out the chill, things might have been bad for him.

  Right thinking about why there is such a cold spring here, couldn't figure it out when Ye Wen noticed that this pool actually leads to a mountain wall, and the mountain wall has an entrance. The dark entrance is covered with many trees and bushes, and you can't see what's inside at all. If Ye Wen hadn't come to the edge of the pool, he might not have seen the entrance.

  Ye Wen was about to continue walking forward when he suddenly saw a wooden sign standing not far in front of him. The sign was obviously erected by someone, and there were even clear words on it.

  Tell the young master of the Xu family: I, an old man, was being pursued and killed, and in my haste to escape, I inadvertently discovered this place. This land is a rare treasure in the world, not only is it rich in spiritual energy, but there is also a cold spring here, the pool water is extremely cold, ordinary people who enter the water will inevitably be invaded by the cold poison, damaging their internal organs and dying of illness. However, for those who cultivate internal skills, using this spring to cultivate internal skills can achieve rapid progress, and one will not be affected by external evils.

  You can find this place, thinking that your inner strength has made some progress, and you can use this cold spring to practice your skills! Remember, at first, only practice on the outside, don't go inside. This pool is formed by the accumulation of water flowing out of the cold spring, it's unknown how long it took to form this pool, the cold air has dissipated slightly, just right for you to bear, if you go inside, it's all new spring, the cold air pierces the bone, once in, you will surely die! Remember!

  Besides, a spiritual fruit grows next to the cold spring. It's a bright red fruit, with properties that are opposite to those of the cold spring, being extremely yang and hot. I had only heard a little about this fruit, but didn't expect to find it here. If my internal injuries could be healed because of it, I wouldn't have left it for you. Unfortunately, the fruit isn't ripe yet, so picking it would be useless. Remember, when the fruit is completely bright red, it's ripe, but if there's even a bit of green on it, don't pick it, or eating it will be useless and might even harm you.

  The red fruit can increase cultivation and dispel the cold poison of this spring.

  Be careful, there is a strange object guarding the spiritual fruit. I only saw from afar that it was a giant snake, and the snake guards the red fruit day and night without leaving. It seems that if you want to get the fruit, you will need to kill this long worm.

  This kind of spiritual object is all treasure, Xu family's child, if you kill it, don't waste the heaven's gift, and also don't let go of this long insect's descendants, they will be very helpful for your cultivation. Just remember that after the snake head, two inches later there is a red circle, that is the sign of this object.

  As for my identity, you don't need to know. If you have a conscience, just remember that I, who cultivated the Ice Frost Palm of the Heavenly Mountains, died from severe injuries after being struck by its full force.

  The old man's final stroke!

  After reading the words carved on the wooden board, Ye Wen took a deep breath: "Damn, this encounter is too powerful! This is a treasure land, it's simply a treasure trove!"