Chapter 37: Activating the Sacred Cold River Physique

The moment the flowing light entered their bodies, the injured clansmen felt a gentle yet immensely vast vitality spreading through their limbs and bones. The numbing, itchy sensation in their fractured meridians and bones signaled healing, while their depleted dantians were instantly replenished with spiritual energy.

Within the span of a few breaths, the previously severely wounded clansmen were able to stand freely, and some even achieved breakthroughs in bottlenecks that had plagued them for years!

"This... what kind of miraculous healing power is this!" Luo Zhennan, feeling a vitality several times stronger than before, was so shocked he could barely speak.

[Luo family loyalty +8, current loyalty 98/100]

Ye Chentian stood back and said calmly, "A minor technique, not worth mentioning." He took a jade bottle from his storage ring. "Inside are ten 'Spirit Vein Purification Pills.' Crush one and dissolve it into the well every day; it will completely reverse the exhaustion of the Luo family's spirit veins."

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Luo Zhennan took the bottle with both hands. When his fingertips touched the icy surface, they trembled with excitement.

"Is this the benevolence of Sect Master Ye?! With these spirit pills, not only will our Luo family's spirit veins recover, but they will be a hundred times stronger than before!" His heart was filled with visions of the family's future.

Ye Chentian turned to Luo Ningshuang. "Follow me. I will impart the core mental cultivation method of the 'Cangming Profound Ice Canon' to you."

The girl possessed the Cold River Sacred Body, naturally resonating with ice-type spiritual energy, making her a perfect match for this technique. Now that he had acquired the Cold River Sacred Body himself, one ice and one water would complement each other perfectly; with a little polishing, she would become a powerful assistant.

Ye Chentian led Luo Ningshuang into the inner chamber.

Once the master and disciple were inside, Luo Zhennan immediately gathered the elders and ordered in a low voice, "Immediately select thirty clean-handed, steady-minded disciples. Regardless of age, as long as they are diligent and reliable, they shall accompany Sect Master Ye’s people to the Xuantian Sect in three days! Tell them that being able to serve as a menial disciple at the Xuantian Sect is a blessing earned over eight lifetimes. They must be cautious in word and deed and not bring shame to the Sect Master!" This was a matter concerning the future of the Luo family, and not a single mistake could be tolerated!

Inside the chamber.

Ye Chentian looked at Luo Ningshuang’s teary, shocked eyes and held out the jade slip of the "Cangming Profound Ice Canon." "Take it. This technique... this technique is for you."

Luo Ningshuang’s fingertips trembled slightly. The moment she received the jade slip, it felt as though she were holding a frozen galaxy.

A low-grade King-tier technique! A peerless manual that might not even have three equivalents in the entire Great Qian Dynasty—and her master was gifting it to her just like that?

"M-Master..." Her voice choked. When she looked up, her eyes were shimmering with water, filled with both awe at the rarity of the technique and bewilderment at such a generous gift. "This is too precious... a King-tier technique... how could this disciple possibly deserve such an honor..."

"Your Cold River Sacred Body deserves a better inheritance." Ye Chentian interrupted her, tapping his finger lightly to inject spiritual energy into the jade slip.

The originally plain jade surface suddenly lit up, revealing dense, profound runes. "The 'Cangming Profound Ice Canon' will not only aid your cultivation but also trigger the potential of your sacred body. You will understand its wonders in time."

The moment Luo Ningshuang clutched the jade slip tightly and silently vowed, "I shall not fail the Master's trust"—

[Ding! Detected that the host has gifted a King-tier technique to a disciple with Sacred-tier aptitude. Triggering the "Hundred-fold Return" mechanism!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: High-grade King-tier technique "Profound Ming Ice Prison Scripture" x1, Sacred-tier spiritual material "Extreme Cold Ice Soul" x10, Cold River Sacred Body Complete Awakening Chart x1, Water Element Law Fragments x5!]

Ye Chentian was secretly surprised; the power of the hundred-fold return was truly astonishing.

A high-grade King-tier technique was two levels above the low-grade, sufficient to allow a water-element cultivator to reach the threshold of the Transformation God Realm. The Extreme Cold Ice Soul was the core material for forging Sacred-tier artifacts, and combined with the Cold River Sacred Body chart, it would undoubtedly accelerate Luo Ningshuang’s growth several times over.

Ye Chentian’s gaze fell on Luo Ningshuang. Seeing her hands still trembling and the water-type spiritual energy around her swirling in disorder due to her excitement, he immediately ordered the system, "Activate her Cold River Sacred Body, using the resources just returned."

[Ding! Order received! Consuming 1 Cold River Sacred Body Complete Awakening Chart and 3 Extreme Cold Ice Souls. Commencing activation of the Sacred Body for Luo Ningshuang!]

As the system prompt finished, three brilliant ice-blue light orbs shot from Ye Chentian’s fingertips. Like three concentrated miniature glaciers, they precisely submerged into Luo Ningshuang’s brow, dantian, and heart.

"Ugh..." Luo Ningshuang felt her entire body jolt, as if three polar peaks had suddenly exploded within her. Piercing coldness and vast vitality surged through her limbs and bones simultaneously.

She instinctively began to circulate the "Cangming Profound Ice Canon," only to find that the technique's spiritual energy was automatically merging with the ice-blue light orbs, transforming into countless ice-crystal threads that began to frantically scour her meridians.

The sacred body mark, previously hidden deep within her flesh and blood, was completely awakened.

Her skin took on a translucent, icy-jade luster, and fine water-patterned runes appeared in her eyes. Even her breathing carried the "rustling" sound of ice crystals forming.

"This is..." Luo Ningshuang looked at her hands in shock. Where her fingertips grazed, the air condensed into crystalline ice flowers, and as those flowers hit the ground, they turned into droplets of liquid containing pure spiritual energy.

She could clearly feel the water-type spirit veins within a hundred miles responding to her aura, as if a single thought from her could stir the rivers and overturn the seas.

Watching the ice-blue halo rising around her, Ye Chentian spoke calmly, "Feel the power of the sacred body. Do not resist."

With a wave of his hand, he produced three more Extreme Cold Ice Souls and flicked them onto her acupoints.

Those ice souls melted upon contact, turning into even purer ice-type spiritual energy to help her stabilize her surging aura.

Her cultivation, which had been stuck at the peak of the third level of the Nascent Soul, surged like a broken dam under the impetus of the awakening sacred body.

Fourth level, fifth level... it did not slow until it reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul.

[Ding! Luo Ningshuang’s Cold River Sacred Body has been successfully awakened! Obtained passive skill "Water Affinity" (can establish connections with any water-type spirit vein) and active skill "Ice-Sealing Domain" (deploys an ice-sealing barrier with a diameter of ten miles centered on herself)!]

Luo Ningshuang slowly opened her eyes, ice light swirling within them, and she bowed deeply to Ye Chentian.

Everything was a gift from Ye Chentian; without him, she would not be who she was today!

As Ye Chentian was about to set off with Luo Ningshuang, the system prompt rang in his mind:

[Ding! Triggered side quest: Thoroughly investigate the remnants of the Qingxu Sect and eradicate the hidden threat to the Luo family.]

[Quest Reward: Sect Fortune Blessing (increases cultivation speed of sect disciples by 100%), random enlightenment of a supernatural skill.]

A sharp light flashed in Ye Chentian’s eyes. He said to Luo Ningshuang, "The matter of the Qingxu Sect is not yet over. There are a few fish that slipped through the net that need to be cleared out. It’s perfect; we’ll drag them all out and finish them off so they don't cause trouble later."

"You familiarize yourself with the technique and stabilize your sacred body state. Tomorrow, we will go to the Qingxu Sect and wipe out these clowns in one go."

"Yes, Master!"

Luo Ningshuang nodded heavily, her fingers trembling with excitement as she clutched the jade slip.

The awakening of her sacred body had bolstered her confidence. She was now absolutely certain that as long as she followed her master, she would be able to unravel all conspiracies and protect the Luo family.