That day, Zhu Ziyang stopped by an ice lake on the third level of the Extremely North Land. He was very surprised because this was the Extremely North Core Circle, where the average temperature was only fifty degrees below zero, yet there was a lake, a lake that wasn't frozen!
The lake wasn't large, an irregular circle less than a hundred meters in diameter, and in the center of the lake, there was also a small island less than ten meters in diameter.
Zhu Ziyang cautiously approached the lake. He was very surprised to find that the lake water was transparent and clear, yet he couldn't see the bottom, as if there were no substances in the water. The small island in the center of the lake was the part of an iceberg that emerged from the water. The peak was less than a meter from the lake surface, and in the very center, there seemed to be a large tree!
Such an unusual place immediately made Zhu Ziyang wary, but curiosity also grew. The Silver Dragon Wolf's memories did not mention this lake.
"Ziyang, the water in this lake seems to be unrooted water!" Electrolux said, his voice filled with shock and surprise.
"Unrooted water? Teacher, are you sure?" Zhu Ziyang, hearing this, also showed an incredulous expression, looking at the lake in front of him with scrutiny and doubt.
"Can't you confirm it by verifying it?" Electrolux said.
"You're right." Zhu Ziyang nodded, then stretched out his hand, placing it five centimeters above the lake surface. He instantly released the Ultimate Ice's cold air. The cold air, like a sharp sword, pierced into the mirror-like lake without causing a single ripple.
"It really is unrooted water!" Both Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux gasped.
Unrooted water, a miraculous substance that only existed in legends, actually appeared before their eyes. So-called unrooted water refers to water without a source. All water in this World has a source, whether it's sky water, ground water, or sea water. Water without a source has only one possibility: water formed purely from elemental power. Therefore, unrooted water is also called pure water.
The water in this lake was actually all pure water. What terrifying elemental control must it take to create this! Only Heaven and Earth could create it!
Legend has it that unrooted water is an important material for refining artifacts and the mother liquor for nurturing Heaven and Earth spirits.
While Zhu Ziyang was shocked, he also developed a strong interest in the mysterious small island in the center of the lake. He pondered for a moment and finally decided to explore the island in the lake. Returning empty-handed from a treasure mountain was not Zhu Ziyang's style.
Of course, he didn't act rashly but first sent the Lich King to scout ahead.
The Lich King immediately acted. He easily flew to the island, encountering no danger along the way, and then circled the island, finding no Spirit Beasts. This surprised Zhu Ziyang but also left him a bit puzzled. Such a treasure land, yet no Spirit Beasts occupied it. This was truly a bit strange.
However, he didn't delve deeper. After all, such a treasure land could also have just formed. Why couldn't he be the first to discover it? Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang, escorted by the Hell Knight, crossed the lake and arrived at the island in the center of the lake.
The island wasn't large, and its terrain was quite interesting. It was high on the sides and low in the middle. The ground around the island was raised, like a railing, enclosing the central space of the island. In the center of the island was a flat open space. Nothing could be seen on the open space except for a large tree, four to five meters tall, in the very center. The tree was entirely ice-white, its branches were also ice-white, and its leaves were silver-white. This was a tree completely carved from ice and snow.
Zhu Ziyang stood on the island, saw the ice tree, and immediately understood its origin and purpose. The ice tree was a barrier!
He flew directly above the ice tree and landed on it. A bone-chilling cold shot from his feet straight to his head. As an Ultimate Ice wielder, Zhu Ziyang hadn't felt such cold in a long time. He couldn't help but shiver, then his eyes lit up, greedily looking at the barrier beneath his feet.
There must be treasure within the barrier!
Without hesitation, he immediately began to deal with the ice tree barrier. He stepped back a few paces, then had the Hell Knight and the Lich King take action. The two Titled Douluo-level undead creatures simultaneously released energy, impacting the ice tree barrier. The ice tree barrier immediately began to melt from the top.
The barrier melted slowly. After an hour, it barely revealed a passage just wide enough for one person. Zhu Ziyang was dissatisfied with this but could do nothing, as the energy controlled by the Hell Knight and the Lich King was not spirit power energy, so they naturally couldn't effectively dismantle this barrier condensed from spirit power.
Looking at the passage that could accommodate one person, Zhu Ziyang stopped the actions of the Hell Knight and the Lich King, then had the Lich King enter the barrier through the passage to investigate.
The Lich King was diligent and without hesitation immediately entered. Zhu Ziyang and the Hell Knight stood outside the barrier, waiting for news from the Lich King.
After about half an hour, the Lich King emerged from the barrier. From its appearance, it had not encountered any combat. In fact, this was true. The Lich King told Zhu Ziyang that it had not encountered any creatures within the barrier, only some plants it didn't recognize and an ice house. No living beings had emerged from the ice house either.
After hearing the Lich King's report, Zhu Ziyang decided to enter the barrier and investigate personally.
Passing through the barrier passage and entering the barrier, Zhu Ziyang finally saw the full view of the island. On the flat ground, to his surprise, many plants grew. These plants had green leaves, bloomed huge white flowers with brown-yellow stamens, emitting a faint fragrance.
"There are so many Snow Lotuses!" Zhu Ziyang said with a surprised expression, "No wonder I didn't see a single Snow Lotus along the way; it turns out they were all brought here!"
His words were naturally a joke, but they also indicated the abundance of Snow Lotuses here. Zhu Ziyang discovered that these Snow Lotuses were arranged very regularly. The most numerous hundred-year Snow Lotuses were on the outermost side, followed by Thousand-Year Snow Lotuses, and then ten-thousand-year Snow Lotuses. There were over a hundred hundred-year Snow Lotuses, about twenty to thirty Thousand-Year Snow Lotuses, and as for ten-thousand-year Snow Lotuses, Zhu Ziyang also saw eight or nine.
Such a quantity of Snow Lotuses, if they appeared on the market, would undoubtedly cause a huge stir and be snatched up, especially the ten-thousand-year Snow Lotuses, which were definitely top-tier spirit herbs, a holy product for nourishment, rarely encountered!
"Strange, with such a dense growth, it should form a hundred-thousand-year Imperial Grade Snow Lotus, so why isn't there one?" Zhu Ziyang said, puzzled, "Or, is it there!"
His gaze fell on an ice house deep within the Snow Lotus cluster. The ice house was next to the ice tree and was also entirely carved from ice, looking very much like a work of art.
Zhu Ziyang slowly approached the ice house. With each step closer, he could feel a faint life aura emanating from within the ice house. There was someone in the ice house, or perhaps a Spirit Beast, but the life aura was weak, like a newborn child, yet also like an old person nearing their end, very contradictory and strange.
Soon, Zhu Ziyang arrived outside the ice house. The life aura from within the ice house became even more apparent. He was about to push open the ice house door when he suddenly heard a "crack," as if something had broken. Then, the next second, the ice house in front of Zhu Ziyang shattered with a roar, and a pure white stream of air rushed out before the ice house broke, flying straight towards outside the barrier.
"What is that!" Zhu Ziyang was startled by the sudden change. After retreating a few steps, he immediately saw the stream of air trying to escape and shouted without hesitation: "Hell Knight, Lich King, stop it!"
At the barrier passage, the Lich King and the Hell Knight immediately released energy, blocking the barrier entrance. Seeing its exit blocked, the pure white stream of air immediately stopped, then turned and flew towards the ice tree. It wanted to close the barrier!
Zhu Ziyang immediately understood the pure white stream of air's intention. While anxious, he immediately prepared to use the silver dragon wolf right arm bone's Spirit Ability to stop the stream of air.
However, just then, Electrolux suddenly floated out from Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea. Then, he raised his illusory right hand and gently squeezed the pure white stream of air. Instantly, the originally extremely fast pure white stream of air was grasped in his hand, obediently, not moving at all.
Zhu Ziyang was stunned by Electrolux's move, showing an expression of admiration, and said, "Teacher, you are amazing!"
"Hahaha! Just a trick!" Electrolux was very pleased by his disciple's worshipful praise and said, "If this stream of air only had a soul left and hadn't formed a physical body, I wouldn't have been able to catch it so easily."
"What exactly is this?" Zhu Ziyang's gaze fell on the pure white stream of air. Besides possessing a faint life aura, the stream of air also emitted an extreme cold.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be an embryo!" Electrolux said, with a surprised expression.