Chapter 22: Immaculate Pool Water
After the first day, Su Lingxi returned to her courtyard full of energy.
As for why she was full of energy, it was, of course, because she had slept in class all day.
The quality of sleep is always highest in the classroom.
When she returned, the person in charge of the outer court also gave her the Snowfall Sect’s exclusive pale blue robe. Su Lingxi spent some spiritual crystals to get two sets from the person in charge.
One male and one female, just in case.
As the sun set, Xiao Yun also returned home after a busy day.
Seeing Xiao Yun return, Su Lingxi immediately took out two bags of melon seeds and gestured for him to come inside and talk.
Xiao Yun loved melon seeds. It wasn’t that this world didn’t have melon seeds, but it didn’t have the kind made with technology and special ingredients.
“Go on, what is it?”
Xiao Yun silently stuffed a bag of melon seeds into his pocket and opened a new one with his other hand.
Su Lingxi’s inquisitive gaze was too obvious. Xiao Yun could tell at a glance.
“Big Brother Xiao, does our Snowfall Sect have Immaculate Water?”
Xiao Yun was taken aback, not expecting Su Lingxi to ask this question.
“Where did you hear about Immaculate Water?”
“I heard it by chance. Big Brother Xiao wouldn’t happen to not know, would he?”
Hearing the words “don’t know,” Xiao Yun’s expression immediately darkened. “There’s nothing in the Snowfall Sect that I don’t know.”
“It’s fine to tell you. Maybe you’ll have a chance to use it in the future.”
“There’s an Immaculate Pool on our mountain. It’s rumored that the Sect Master and the elders collected it from the Glacial Snow Domain.”
“This divine water is incredibly precious. It can not only temper the body but also speed up the rate at which the spirit gates absorb worldly spiritual energy. Sometimes, it can also be used as an essential ingredient for high-grade pills.”
“But this kind of thing is generally used by the Sect Master and the elders’ personal disciples. We shouldn’t even think about it for now.”
Xiao Yun said a lot in one breath, but he didn’t mention the specific location, only that it was on the mountain.
“Then, Big Brother Xiao, do you know the specific location?”
As soon as he said this, Xiao Yun immediately became nervous. “What are you going to do?”
“I want to get some Immaculate Water to use, because…”
For the next period of time, Su Lingxi told Xiao Yun a story, a story of a filial son trying to extend his elderly mother’s life.
“So… Big Brother Xiao… I really need the Immaculate Water… I’m afraid my mother can’t wait much longer.” Su Lingxi became more and more emotional as she spoke. Her tears, combined with her excellent acting, successfully moved Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun also frowned as he listened. He thought for a moment and then slapped his thigh. “Alright! I went into the inner court once on a mission in my early years and happened to overhear some news.”
“I’ll draw a map for you. You can take it with you then.”
With that, Xiao Yun took out a pen and paper and drew an extremely abstract map. But fortunately, with Xiao Yun’s explanation, Su Lingxi could understand it.
“By the way, if you get caught, don’t give out my name.”
“Don’t worry, Big Brother Xiao. I will never betray you.”
“By the way, let me remind you, it’s not easy to sneak into the inner court. Don’t be fooled by the fact that it’s only separated by a wall. It has a barrier.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. I have my ways.”
With that, Su Lingxi took out the mid-grade spiritual crystals she had treasured from her pocket and handed them to Xiao Yun. “Big Brother Xiao, you’re so good to me. Please accept this small token of my gratitude.”
Xiao Yun looked at Su Lingxi’s eyes and suddenly felt a sense of pitifulness.
He felt as if he had fallen into a dream, a feeling like a beautiful woman was about to repay his kindness by offering herself to him.
Seeing that Xiao Yun was about to drool, Su Lingxi quickly waved her hand in front of him.
Only then did Xiao Yun come to his senses. He looked at the spiritual crystals on the table and unceremoniously put them in his pocket.
“Big Brother will help you as much as I can with this matter. The rest is up to you.”
“Alright!”
At night, Su Lingxi had roughly memorized the map, but she still needed to familiarize herself with some of the routes.
So she couldn’t act rashly for the time being.
“Xiao Bai, you said I have my own way of cultivating. What is it?”
Su Lingxi called out to Xiao Bai and asked about the question from the daytime.
Xiao Bai didn’t speak, but opened the [Self Attributes] in the mall interface. One of the options was to spend a thousand points to upgrade an existing cultivation technique by one level.
Su Lingxi was immediately delighted. “One thousand points to upgrade one level? Then for the seven levels of the Ice Heart Art, I’ll just save up seven thousand points and max it out.”
“I knew you’d try to exploit this loophole. The entry level is one thousand, and it will only get higher as you go. And there’s a cooldown time after each use. The higher the difficulty, the longer the cooldown.”
“Alright.”
It was indeed a system with impeccable logic. Su Lingxi was helpless.
It seemed that she had to spend these thousand points. She didn’t think about it anymore and directly clicked on upgrade.
One thousand points were instantly deducted, leaving two thousand.
Su Lingxi immediately sat down to meditate, preparing to welcome the entry stage of her Ice Heart Art.
The system’s upgrade function was quickly activated. Su Lingxi instantly felt her perception of the ice element become sharper.
With a “buzz,” Su Lingxi’s four spirit gates flashed simultaneously, crazily absorbing the worldly spiritual energy.
A thin layer of ice crystals formed on her skin, and her spiritual meridians also began to undergo some subtle changes.
Her perception seemed to merge with the ice and snow. Before long, she opened her eyes.
A trace of ice blue flashed in her eyes. Resonating with the ice element was the beginning of the entry stage.
Two hours later, the ice crystals on Su Lingxi’s body dissipated, and a tiny ice crystal flashed from her fingertip.
“This feeling is truly wonderful…”
The first level of the Ice Heart Art was called the Beginning of Ice Condensation. Simply being able to control the ice element was considered a pass.
If one mastered it, they could shape ice at will.
“As expected of this young mas… lady with a system.”
Su Lingxi composed herself and slowly sat up from the ground. She opened the system mall again.
The option to upgrade the cultivation technique had turned gray, and there was a line of small text next to it: cooldown of seven days.
It seemed that Xiao Bai hadn’t lied to her. Su Lingxi could accept it.
If there was really no cooldown and she could max it out directly, that would be too heaven-defying.
After doing all this, she went to bed.
For the next few days, Su Lingxi mainly scouted the area and familiarized herself with the routes, but she still attended classes as usual.
The Fifth Elder stopped coming to class from the third day onwards, replaced by some mentors.
This gave Su Lingxi even less reason to go, as she had the system.
She had come to the Snowfall Sect to complete her mission, not to stand out and be a show-off.
A week later, except for the inner court, Su Lingxi had finally finished exploring the routes and had firmly memorized them.
One night, she spent two hundred points to buy a set of night-faring clothes and prepared to set off!
