Long Feng finally arrived at the location where the blue light had appeared.
He immediately noticed that he wasn’t the only one who had been attracted by the strange phenomenon.
An open area appeared before him, dozens of cultivators were already gathered there, and more were continuously arriving from different directions.
Clearly, they had also noticed the strange blue light illuminating the sky.
Among the crowd, he quickly noticed several familiar robes, as some of the cultivators present were disciples of his own sect.
Long Feng walked toward one of them.
"Brother, what happened here?"
The disciple turned around and looked at him.
When he saw Long Feng’s inner disciple robes, his expression became slightly friendlier. The disciple didn’t think too much about it and immediately explained.
"That blue light suddenly appeared from this place. It seems to have come from inside that cave."
He pointed his finger towards a direction.
Long Feng looked at that place and found a large cave entrance. It seemed that the strange phenomenon had caused the entrance to the cave to reveal itself.
"Then why hasn’t anyone entered yet?"
Hearing his reply, the disciple gave a bitter smile.
"Do you think we don’t want to go in? But there is an extremely terrifying cold energy coming from inside. Anyone who gets too close will feel as if their body is about to freeze."
Long Feng’s expression became serious. So that was why no one had entered yet.
There were Third-Rank and Fourth-Rank beasts in this region, so most of the cultivators here were also at the True Spirit Realm.
However, there were also several Golden Core Realm cultivators among them. Cultivators at this level, were became inner disciples in the sect.
He casually glanced around and found out many people wore inner disciple robes like him.
Just then, a commotion break out as someone noticed that the terrifying cold energy coming from the cave began to weaken.
"It’s getting weaker!"
Several cultivators looked excited. They had also noticed that the cold wind gradually became less intense.
Some impatient people could no longer wait and immediately rushed inside.
But Long Feng didn’t move, neither did the strongest Golden Core Realm cultivators. They were all waiting for these cannon folders to test the depth.
There was no reason to rush inside blindly. Once the cold energy weakened further, the Golden Core Realm cultivators finally moved.
The deeper they went, the more uneven the ground became. The cave seemed to extend deep beneath the earth.
After walking for some time, Long Feng suddenly stopped. Looking at the scene in front of him, his eyes widened in surprise.
A massive karst cave appeared before him, with countless stalactites hung upside down from the ceiling. The sight was extremely spectacular.
Suddenly, someone shouted loudly, attracting many nearby people’s attention.
"Look! There’s something dripping from that stalactite!"
Several drops of creamy liquid slowly dripped from a stalactite hanging from the ceiling.
The moment the liquid fell, a pure energy spread throughout the cave, followed by a faint fragrance filled the air.
"It’s the thousand year old stalactite!"
The moment these words were spoken, the entire cave became chaotic. Everyone immediately became excited.
Stalactite was an extremely rare natural treasure, that was made by condensing pure spiritual energy for many years. The older the stalactite, the more precious it is.
A mortal who consumed a single drop could greatly extend their lifespan and become immune to many diseases.
For cultivators, its benefits were even greater. A single drop could increase their cultivation and strengthen their physical body.
If a cultivator accumulated enough Stalactite over time, it could even help cleanse their body and improve their foundation.
Hearing that it was thousand year old stalactite, several cultivators immediately rushed forward.
"Give it to me!"
"Get lost! That’s mine!"
The first few drops of Stalactite immediately caused a fierce struggle.
Long Feng remained standing where he was. He didn’t participate in gang fight, instead, his eyes swept across the cave.
There were only a few drops here. Fighting over them was meaningless. If Stalactite had appeared in this place, there was a high possibility that more existed deeper inside.
There was no need to fight over a few drops.
Like him, the powerful Golden Core Realm experts also seemed to have reached the same conclusion. None of them fought for the few drops either.
Instead, they began searching for a larger source.
As they walked more deeper, the scene ahead changed.
Two massive peaks blocked their path. It looked as if the entire belly of the mountain had been split apart by a single sword strike.
In the middle of the two peaks, was a bottomless abyss.
A terrifying cold energy hurricane continuously churned within it, chilling winds surged upward from the abyss, even Long Feng’s expression became serious.
The two peaks were extremely wide. They stretched nearly a hundred meters. And there was only a tiny stone bridge between them.
The bridge was barely the width of a palm. It was the only path to the other side.
Long Feng’s gaze shifted toward the opposite side. Through the thick mist and violent winds, he could vaguely see something.
"The light is coming from over there."
Several beams of blue light penetrated through the mist and shot toward the sky.
"The treasure is on the other side!"
"Let’s go!"
Someone immediately stepped forward. He cautiously placed one foot on the stone bridge. The moment he stepped onto it—
Whoosh!
A terrifying wind swept through the abyss.
Most people immediately stopped, the stone bridge was far too narrow. And the abyss beneath it was filled with terrifying hurricanes.
If someone was swept down, they would certainly die.
The cultivator at the front was only at the Second Level of the True Spirit Realm.
He cautiously moved forward. But Just after walking a dozen meters, he finally couldn’t control anymore and the fierce hurricane hitted him.
"Come back!"
"Quickly!"
Several cultivators shouted at him.
The man’s body immediately began swaying violently. He desperately grabbed onto the stone bridge with both hands.
"Ah!"
But the hurricane enveloped his body. In an instant, his flesh began freezing. His body was covered in ice.
In less than a breath, the man had completely transformed into an ice sculpture. His frozen fingers slowly released the stone bridge and his body fell into the bottomless abyss.
Silence!
A complete silence.
Everyone stared at the scene in horror. Many cultivators immediately abandoned the thought of crossing.
Long Feng’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
He immediately released his soul power. As a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, his soul power was considerably stronger than that of ordinary cultivators at the same cultivation level.
Now after condensing Soul Dominating Mark, his senses were more refined than before.
His soul power spread toward the opposite side. But the moment it came into contact with the terrifying cold energy, it was dispersed.
"This cold energy is strange."
He couldn’t probe what was on the other side, but one thing was certain, the Stalactites were there.
Even he couldn’t hide his greed for such treasure. Stalactite was indeed an extremely valuable treasure.
There was almost always a trace of impurities remaining in pills. No matter how skilled an alchemist was, completely eliminating all impurities was nearly impossible.
Long-term consumption of pills would cause these impurities to accumulate inside a cultivator’s body. Over time, they could block the meridians and harm the body’s foundation. His previous blocked meridians were also result of this.
This was one of the reasons why many cultivators needed to periodically cleanse their bodies and refine their marrow.
Unfortunately, pills capable of cleansing and refining the marrow were extremely rare, but Stalactite possessed a similar effect.
If Long Feng could obtain a large amount of it, he wouldn’t need to worry about the impurities accumulated in his body for a long time.
It could even help him strengthen his foundation while cultivating. Therefore, he absolutely wanted it.
Everyone’s gaze remained fixed upon the abyss. The black hurricane continuously churned.
Time slowly passed and an hour went by.
"Have you noticed? The hurricane seems to calm down for a period every hour; we should be able to cross safely during this time."
Several cultivators immediately looked toward the abyss. The terrifying hurricane had weakened considerably.
"You’re right!"
"It has become much weaker!"
Some observant cultivators had even taken out pens and paper to record the movement of the hurricane.
Long Feng nodded slightly. He had already noticed this. The hurricane wasn’t constantly powerful. It seemed to follow a specific pattern.
Every hour, there was a short period when it weakened. This was the opportunity to cross.
As the hurricane weakened, the thick mist gradually dispersed. The scene on the other side finally became visible.
"It’s Stalactites over there!"
"Look! There are so many!"
"Oh my god! How rare is this sight!"
The entire cave instantly erupted into chaos. Previously, the thick black mist had blocked everyone’s vision. Now that it had dispersed, everyone could clearly see the other side.
Countless stalactites hung from the ceiling, and beneath them was a small pit filled with a clear, milky-white liquid.
The expressions of the Golden Core Realm cultivators immediately became fiery. Even the high-level True Spirit Realm cultivators became extremely excited.
With a few drops of this thousand year old Stalactite, they could break through to the Golden Core Realm!
Only the low-level True Spirit Realm cultivators began retreating.
The hurricane had only weakened, it hadn’t completely disappeared. High-level True Spirit Realm cultivators might have a chance to cross. But low-level cultivators, they would probably die.