Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 172: Ice Wall

"I’ll do it!"

Bai Yunqi and Yun Mo spoke in unison, then an eagle and a snake exchanged glances. Yun Mo both admired and feared the senior, immediately ducking his head to explain, "That elder said I’ve made little progress in my cultivation, so I wanted to test my strength."

Seeing his fur smoothed showing a submissive attitude, Bai Yunqi stepped back without another word, "Then you do it."

Wan Mingchuan stood behind Yun Mo eager to try, "Does the senior think I’ve wasted the Elixir without being able to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm? After brother Mo finishes, I’ll also give it a try!"

Under everyone’s gaze, Yun Mo mustered all his strength to give a hard fight and regain some face.

After all, he was at the fourth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm as a demon cultivator, considered a mainstay force even among his tribe, how could he be so incompetent?

"Swish swish swish!"

Dozens of Feathered Arrows flew out with a piercing wind sound, but over half broke and fell upon touching the ice wall, while the others stuck to the ice wall but didn’t even make a crack before falling straight down.

"Let me do it, let me do it!" Wan Mingchuan’s enthusiasm broke the slightly awkward situation, Yun Mo’s freshly sprouting fur face turned red, unclear if from shame or anger.

Wan Mingchuan, without even a weapon, stood in front of the ice wall, threw a few military punches then used all his strength to punch with flames, only to hear a muffled "thud", the impact on the ice wall created a slightly larger white dot than his fist, and then nothing more.

"It’s not as painful as I imagined, but I feel this ice wall is strange as if it can dissolve some of the impact energy." He shook his hand trying to describe the sensation accurately.

Bai Yunqi nodded in agreement, "I can see it. Yun Mo’s Feathered Arrow attack spreads out the force and can’t fully concentrate it, so even though the attack power is higher than yours, it didn’t make any noticeable changes;

Your attack power is relatively lower but compensated by the small area of impact with just one punch, the moment it hit the ice wall, the glowing white light disperses and bears the force to prevent cracking the wall.

So..."

He stepped forward, vertical pupils squinted slightly, battle intention surged, "If you want to break the ice wall set by the elder, the smaller the force area, the stronger the burst power required."

Speaking, Bai Yunqi extended his right hand, four fingers together slowly clenched leaving only the thumb, the exertion of Spiritual Power causing the surrounding flowers and grass to flutter automatically, followed by a seemingly light Celestial Treasure Seal placed on the ice wall.

At the moment of contact, crunching sounds came from the ice wall, cracks frantically erupted along the fingerprinted location.

He excelled in magic attacks, couldn’t capitalize on brute force confrontation, thus had to exert all the Spiritual Power he could mobilize on his fingers, facing the flashing white light resistance, his long hair and attire fluttering as if blown by a fierce wind.

However, after persisting for about ten seconds, the ice wall remained intact while his impact force was used to the extreme, only then did he withdraw his strength.

The ice wall full of cracks quickly returned to its normal state.

"Venerable Family, it’s your turn." Bai Yunqi stepped aside intending to compare and test what cultivation Jiang Yuan truly possessed.

Jiang Yuan still held the unremarkable jujube wood stick, casually swung it.

As long as the system judges it as an attack, it can strike with over 1000 damage power, so fancy techniques become pointless, just a simple swing saves time.

"Crunch! Bang!"

The jujube wood stick jabbed into the ice wall, surprisingly penetrating a small portion, huge cracks swiftly spread from the jabbed position until the entire wall, accompanied by tiny cracking noises, with even some ice sand falling.

But the 1000+ attack power augmented by the ring achieved only the current effect; although heavily impacted, the ice wall remained sturdy.

He could only retrieve the stick, gesture with his hand, saying helplessly, "Let’s retreat home and cultivate hard, once we grow stronger in a while we’ll return!"

"Master is truly impressive!" Wan Mingchuan also realized that he and Yun Mo were just supporting actors, today just promoted to a new level, even brother Long struggling with the ice wall was far from breaking it. The master lightly swung a stick and ice chips were falling!

Yun Mo also nodded in agreement, "It seems Mr. Jiang was just a tiny bit away from breaking the ice wall, indeed quite formidable!"

He had some insight and exchanged known realms of Bai Yunqi, feeling Mr. Jiang’s strength should slightly surpass Bai Yunqi.

However, the path of cultivation becomes harsher as one ascends, even being just a sliver away, catching up becomes extremely challenging.

Bai Yunqi accepted his loss openly, although the opponent had weapon augmentation, it wasn’t any divine weapon. Besides appearing effortless and casual, the strike almost shattered the ice wall; in an equal-force battle, Venerable Family could rely on Paperman and Paper Horse Skill for prolonged assault, formidable in both close and ranged combat.

What puzzled him more was exhausting his energy; Spiritual Power oscillating, clashing on the ice wall then rebounding almost blew him away, but Venerable Family just delivered a strike without the slightest Spiritual Power whirlpool emerging, how was it accomplished?

Could his cultivation technique ensure nothing leaks when employing Spiritual Power?

Filled with doubt, he glanced back at the swiftly restoring ice wall when exiting the Ice Cave, intending to break it personally next time!

"Xiao Bai, can you sing?" After sending his disciple and Yun Mo back to their courtyard, Jiang Yuan seriously looked at him and asked.

Bai Yunqi wore a puzzled expression, "Of course... not! I’m not a lark and don’t have any interest in singing, why does Venerable Family ask this?"

"I need a mermaid’s scale, but mermaids appear only when lured by singing at specific times." He explained helplessly, glancing at the task list that required special materials, feeling puzzled.

Could Hu Zhile possibly sing?

Her voice is gentle and pleasant with a fox spirit buff, typically skilled in both singing and dancing, perhaps she can assist, but tonight the wilderness sky appeared ominously dark, might indeed rain, he considered trying first.

Upon arriving at Crescent Lake, Jiang Yuan first cleared the small monsters around, then cast out his fishing rod sitting by the shore refining his Fishing Skill.

"This lake is probably connected to the ocean." Bai Yunqi observing Crescent Lake closely, even swam a lap to conclude, "Mermaids normally live at sea bottom, so you can only rely on luck to encounter them swimming from the connection point to Crescent Lake, to lure them with singing."

Jiang Yuan fortunately reeled in a Jade Fish and asked, "Have you seen a mermaid?"

"I have, but only caught a glimpse from far away." He recalled, adding, "Very beautiful yet bizarre. Mermaids are special types of fish demons, different fish races’ cultivation evolution varies, generally divided into two categories.

One type of fish follows the norm, cultivating into demons, can transform and walk on land, upon sufficient cultivation can leap the dragon gate to transform into a dragon;

The other type doesn’t yearn for land nor transform into dragons, instead cultivating first into merfolk, then becoming more bizarrely beautiful mermaids, almost never coming ashore spending life undersea.

I’ve heard mermaids possess very unique cultivation techniques. Their lifespan is long, some legends say eating their flesh can extend lifespan, or it’s their blood or tears, but I don’t know the specifics.

Rumor has it many cultivators specially hunt mermaids, or during stormy nights one might accidentally encounter mermaids, offering items from the land to exchange for their rare seabed treasures."

Jiang Yuan reeled in another fish, gazed at the sky helplessly, "So just have to hope for quick rain, a rainy day might bring hope of seeing mermaids at Crescent Lake."

Only whether the task’s required mermaid scales are tradable? Can’t possibly have to kill one and peel scales off, right?

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