I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 314: Condensing the Cold Water

"Elder, I have a question," Ling Xueqing was about to ask, but Lin Qing interrupted her and said, "Alright, we can think about it after we leave here. For now, it's best for both of us to restore our cultivation. It seems like you haven't been cultivating for very long."

"Indeed, Elder. I have been gifted since I was young, so it only took me a little over a hundred years to reach the Purple Mansion stage."

"That's impressive."

Lin Qing nodded involuntarily. Even an ordinary female cultivator he randomly encountered was so powerful. Compared to them, the Zhao Kingdom in the cultivation world was truly remote and backward.

After that, they didn't say anything else and began restoring their spiritual power.

Half a day later, both of them had fully recovered their spiritual power, but they couldn't figure out how to deal with the motionless octopus monster outside.

As for this cave, Lin Qing had already examined it. He didn't know what it was made of, but the entire cave was extremely solid from top to bottom. It was impossible to dig a passage.

At this moment, Lin Qing furrowed his brows. If things continued like this, he might be trapped here and unable to escape.

Although he could freely go out through the blue light curtain, he would have to face the octopus monster outside. He couldn't deal with it on the water's surface, let alone underwater. With its huge size and the environment that suited it perfectly, Lin Qing admitted that he didn't have a good solution for the time being.

"Mmm!"

Suddenly, Lin Qing thought of something and his face brightened.

He came here to obtain the extraordinary water for refining treasures, and now he was surrounded by water. Wouldn't this water be delivered to his doorstep? Why not take this opportunity to refine the water and wait until the treasure was completed? With the power of the treasure, even if he couldn't kill the octopus monster, he could still escape smoothly.

As for the spiritual energy consumed during this process, although there was no spiritual vein here, Lin Qing had brought over a storage bag with over a hundred thousand spirit stones. He had also taken the storage bags from the two people earlier, which contained a considerable amount of spirit stones. It should be enough no matter how much he used.

With this in mind, Lin Qing calmed down.

Seeing Lin Qing like this, Ling Xueqing thought he had found a way to escape, so she immediately asked. Lin Qing didn't hide anything and told her his method. When Ling Xueqing heard that Lin Qing wanted to refine treasures using the water, she was momentarily stunned, and then hesitantly asked about the time it would take.

Lin Qing didn't know about the time. In his opinion, the stronger the treasure, the better. He even planned to absorb the water into the treasure bead and then refine it. Wouldn't that be even better?

Hearing that Lin Qing didn't know the time either, Ling Xueqing was clearly disappointed. However, at this moment, Lin Qing gave her the Phosphorescent Fire Beast he had obtained earlier. She was overjoyed and immediately began cultivating. As she said, the Yin Cold Qi in the Phosphorescent Fire Beast was much more effective for her cultivation than ordinary elixirs.

Lin Qing didn't pay attention to her and started trying to condense the water from the Cold Water Abyss.

In Lin Qing's plan, he first needed to use the Condensing Water Divine Ability to condense the water, then merge it into the treasure bead. After a certain period of time, he would refine the treasure bead, maximizing its power.

At this moment, Lin Qing began to attempt condensation. The blue light curtain could not stop him. He reached his hand outside while keeping his eyes on the distant octopus monster. Seeing that it showed no intention of approaching, Lin Qing felt relieved and started using his Water Condensation Divine Ability to condense water.

In theory, it should be easier to condense water while being in the water. However, during his battle with the octopus monster just now, Lin Qing discovered that his Water Condensation Divine Ability was greatly restricted here.

Now, when he used it again, as expected, no matter how much spiritual power Lin Qing exerted, he could only condense water within a radius of one zhang. Moreover, it was more difficult than outside. It took him quite a while to retract his extended hand.

In his hand was a fist-sized water ball, which was the result of condensing water within a one zhang radius. Its color had turned somewhat bluish-black.

Not only did the color change, but the feeling in Lin Qing's hand was also different from when he condensed water outside. The water in the Coldwater Abyss, after condensation, had a considerable weight. Although Lin Qing was at the Gold Core stage and it didn't require much effort, it was enough to surprise him.

He then tried to merge the water ball into the pearl, which turned out to be even more unexpected.

Although it successfully merged, in terms of speed, it would take a while.

While merging, Lin Qing glanced at the Coldwater Abyss outside with a hint of helplessness. If he could overcome the difficulty of condensing water, the slow merging was something he couldn't solve. The idea of quickly merging the water into the pearl was now impossible to achieve. It would definitely take a lot of time.

As for directly placing the pearl into the Coldwater Abyss and letting it absorb water, Lin Qing had also considered it. However, since it involved his own treasure, he naturally wanted it to be more powerful. Moreover, although it was dangerous at the moment, it hadn't reached that point yet.

After a while, the condensed water ball was finally merged into the pearl, while the ordinary water inside the pearl had already been released into a lake by Lin Qing before.

He extended his hand again, watching as a water ball slowly formed in his hand. Lin Qing's gaze became firm.

Although the time he had stepped onto the path of cultivation couldn't be compared to some old monsters, it had been quite a while. He was already 266 years old this year, and his mental state had long surpassed that of an ordinary person. Now, in the Coldwater Abyss, facing a treasure that might accompany him for hundreds of years, he had made up his mind. If it couldn't be done in one day, he would spend ten days. If ten days weren't enough, he would spend a hundred days. He was determined to refine a powerful treasure here.

As for the safety of his family, if he were in the Chu Kingdom, he might still worry about suddenly disappearing and whether it would arouse suspicion. But his family was only in the Zhao Kingdom, and relying on the several Purple Mansion experts in his family was more than enough.

After a while, the second water ball was merged into the pearl. Although two water balls were continuously merged, the water outside remained endless, without any change. But Lin Qing didn't think about it. He had already started condensing the third one.

When Lin Qing condensed the water ball and then integrated it into the pearl, Ling Xueqing, who was cultivating, occasionally looked on curiously. But after understanding that Lin Qing was refining a treasure to escape, she also settled down.

It probably wouldn't take long to escape now.

In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.

Lin Qing continued to condense water balls day after day. After these ten years, although the water outside was still filled with the Coldwater Abyss, if viewed from above, it had decreased by almost half compared to before, covering an area of a hundred li in radius.

This was all thanks to Lin Qing. In these ten years, he never stopped condensing water for a single day, but he had already consumed forty thousand spiritual stones.

Of course, the results were remarkable. Within his pearl, a considerable lake had formed from the condensed water balls. The water in the Coldwater Abyss was already cold and heavier than ordinary water, but the lake formed by the condensed water balls had reached a level that Lin Qing didn't dare to try. It also had a significant restrictive effect on his divine sense.

(End of this chapter)