“Really?” Zhong Wei’s beautiful eyes flashed with an astonishing gleam, not expecting that Ye Chu had actually seen some clues.
Ye Chu nodded, said nothing, and leapt down into it.
There were not many things that could alter a person’s innate talent, and Ye Chu sensed a trace of familiar aura within it. However, he dared not guarantee it, as he could only know for sure after a careful investigation.
Submerging into the deep pool, Ye Chu felt his entire body wrapped in warm spring water, as if he were in a hot spring. Streams of heaven and earth vital energy merged into his body, and he could feel his body undergoing a certain baptism.
However, Ye Chu’s body was already incredibly robust, so the effect of this baptism on him was limited.
Ye Chu kept diving deeper. The further down he went, the deeper the pool seemed. He did not know how many metres he had dived, but the buoyancy was so great that it became difficult for him to descend further.
Ye Chu gritted his teeth and used his strength to drive himself downwards, wanting to rush down, but the buoyancy was too immense, making it virtually impossible for him to push through.
After failing to dive deeper by various means, Ye Chu reluctantly swam back up.
“How was it?” Zhong Wei asked as she watched Ye Chu surface.
Ye Chu shook his head. “This pool is very deep, bottomless. I tried hard to dive down, but I still could not reach the bottom.”
Hearing this, a hint of disappointment appeared in Zhong Wei’s eyes. Watching Ye Chu climb ashore wet, the chill on the bank instantly turned the water on him to ice. “Since it cannot be explored, let it be. It might just be a special pool.”
Ye Chu shook his head, picked up a massive bluestone by the shore, hugged it, and leapt down into the water again. “I will go and have another look!”
With a splash, he leapt into the pool. Weighed down by the bluestone, Ye Chu kept sinking. As he descended, the water pressure grew immense. Ye Chu used his own strength to withstand this pressure, continuing to fall with the stone.
The deeper Ye Chu dived, the stronger that familiar sensation became. This made his heart race with excitement. Could it be that the thing was truly here?
Ye Chu felt his blood surging. Various energies continuously rolled out to protect his entire body as he dived further downwards.
He did not know how long it had been, but in the pitch black water, Ye Chu finally saw a light. This light illuminated the water of the deep pool.
As the light fell upon him, Ye Chu felt his vitality slowly fading away. As his vitality vanished, his hair began to turn white.
However, the continuously ageing Ye Chu was not saddened by this. Instead, he was overjoyed and rushed towards the light regardless of the consequences.
“It really is it, it really is it!” Ye Chu muttered to himself, his heart unable to calm down, his blood boiling.
He had already obtained two of such supreme treasures, and he never expected to encounter another one here.
Ye Chu kept diving deeper. The vitality in his body continuously dissipated due to the rules of the place. As it dissipated, his hair turned white and his skin became as dry as tree bark. But this did not frighten Ye Chu. He had experienced this twice before and was already used to it.
Following the light, Ye Chu finally reached the bottom of the pool. At the bottom, he saw a jade belt. This jade belt was composed of emerald green hidden springs, from which rolling waves of warm aura emanated, while the power of rules eroded his vitality.
When Ye Chu walked next to the emerald green liquid of the jade belt, his entire body was like a man on the verge of death, ready to be buried in the yellow earth in the next instant.
Standing next to the emerald green liquid, Ye Chu waved his arm, and some of the liquid entered his mouth. As infinite vitality replenished his body, following a brief moment of warmth, he felt a bone chilling cold. This coldness surged into his body, threatening to freeze him entirely. All the blood in his body stopped moving at that moment, and his primordial spirit was encased in ice.
Ye Chu stood there like a sculpture. It was a terrifyingly agonising sensation. His entire body was instantly frozen.
Frozen in ice, Ye Chu could not make any move and could only wait for death. Just when he was utterly terrified, a warm aura flowed within his body. As this warm aura spread, the ice seal was finally lifted.
Ye Chu knew that this warm aura came from the other two holy liquids he had consumed. They shared the same rules, which allowed his body to be unsealed.
When Ye Chu regained his freedom, his body was already covered in patches of purple and red frostbite.
Ye Chu used his strength to dispel the coldness within, but his heart was filled with immense relief. If he had not consumed the two holy liquids before, consuming this one would have certainly been fatal.
“What a freezing holy liquid!” Ye Chu stared blankly at the jade belt before him. While excited, he was also terrified by the extreme cold of the holy liquid.
This coldness could completely freeze him to death in an instant. Thinking of the warmth he felt when it first entered his mouth, Ye Chu could not help but think of the phrase, extreme cold begets warmth!
It was obvious that this holy liquid was of the cold attribute. It was only because it was cold to the extreme that it became warm.
Ye Chu continued to drink the holy liquid, and his body was frostbitten time and time again. However, this coldness entering his body helped to baptise his primordial spirit and physical flesh.
This time, it did not strengthen Ye Chu’s innate talent, but rather baptised the purity of his power. Every time his primordial spirit and flesh were frozen, the impurities within were frozen out and then expelled from his body.
Ye Chu was like seawater. With each freezing, his entire body became like fresh water, with all the salt expelled.
Ye Chu became like a block of ice, pure and flawless. His power became incredibly refined. Although his overall strength did not improve in the slightest, and his power even decreased somewhat, its quality became indescribable, improving by more than a whole level.
“The third holy liquid of the Red Dust Female Saint is actually hidden here.” Ye Chu looked at this not very large jade belt. The holy liquid here was different from other places. Elsewhere, the holy liquid was endless, but here, it was only the size of a jade belt.
As Ye Chu drank the holy liquid, his vitality reappeared, his hair began to turn black, and his entire body returned to its previous state.
The repeated baptisms made Ye Chu feel even more refreshed, and his entire body underwent a thorough purification. For a cultivator, every baptism was a heaven defying opportunity. Especially a baptism by holy liquid, which countless people could not experience in a lifetime. Yet, Ye Chu had experienced it three times.
Every experience benefited Ye Chu immensely. This time was no exception. Although the coldness caused him frostbite, the quality of his energy reached an extraordinary level, allowing him to save countless hours in refining his heaven and earth vital energy.
“Three types have already allowed me to transform to this extent. If I could obtain all eight holy liquids of the Red Dust Female Saint, what kind of transformation would that be? By that time, I fear I could truly become a peerless genius, the only one under heaven!”