The corner of the black robe in Chu Tian’s hand had vanished.
Just moments ago, when Chu Tian had first spotted it, the corner was submerged in water.
As he pulled it up, that section instantly turned into ice particles.
One could only imagine how frigid the water in the cold pond was.
He figured even a bottle would shatter from the cold.
Strangely, the water itself did not freeze.
"I’ll teach you a secret method to store it in your divine platform!"
After Daotian spoke, a method for circulating soul power suddenly appeared in Chu Tian's mind.
"Uh..." he was stunned. Wasn’t this the ability he’d envied the Ma family for?
Without a second thought for Luo Yicheng beside him, he circulated his soul according to the secret method.
With a thought, swish...
The black robe in his hand disappeared.
Chu Tian's eyes lit up, and his consciousness entered his divine platform.
The vanished black robe was now lying on the island in the lake within his divine platform.
"Haha... From now on, I won't need a backpack for my travels."
His consciousness flickered, controlling his body as he rushed into the Luo water cold pond cave.
The moment he entered, his eyebrows and hair were once again coated in a layer of frost.
The icy aura felt like knives slashing at his body.
Upon reaching this place, he distinctly felt his divine sense circulating at a much slower pace.
He arrived by the edge of the cold pond and directed his intent towards the Luo water.
"Hm?"
The water pool showed no change; instead, his mind ached, nearly causing him to collapse.
"Use the secret method to open the gate of your divine platform in the outside world, then absorb it..."
Daotian, from within the chaotic world, was speechless, seeing Chu Tian attempt to envelop the entire water pool with his divine sense.
He was trying to move the entire pond into his divine platform.
Chu Tian, his body swaying, seemed to realize his foolishness and quickly activated the secret method Daotian had implanted in his mind.
However, in this place, his soul power circulated at a speed reduced by more than tenfold.
After a while, a portal slowly materialized above the cold pond.
The moment it appeared, before Chu Tian could even react, the vines and branches that had been entwined around his divine gate the first time he entered his divine platform began to surge rapidly.
Ssss...
They directly pierced into the water pool.
What was happening?
Chu Tian was stunned, but he immediately sensed that his soul power was strengthening.
Could it be... related to these vines?
In the next second, his divine gate expanded astonishingly.
From its initial size of about a meter, it instantly swelled to around three meters.
It gradually stopped growing at this size.
"Hurry and absorb, what are you thinking about?"
Daotian urged from within his mind.
"Oh..." Chu Tian snapped out of his shock.
He circulated the secret method, and a suction force emanated from within the divine gate.
Swoosh...
Beneath the divine gate, above the water pool, a pillar of water shot skyward.
It directly pierced into the divine gate.
Within Chu Tian's divine platform, a pillar of water descended from the heavens and plunged forcefully into his soul lake.
Ssss...
The instant the water pillar contacted the lake water, it was like liquid nitrogen poured into water.
Boundless cold white mist billowed forth.
Chu Tian’s brain ached, feeling as though his brain cells were about to freeze.
"Endure it... Absorb as much as you can!" Daotian cautioned.
Hearing this, Chu Tian cursed inwardly, "Damn it..."
It hurt so much.
After a few seconds, within such a frigid cave, sweat beaded on Chu Tian's forehead.
However, he stubbornly maintained the suction of his divine gate.
If Daotian called it good stuff, it must be good stuff.
This was the first time the old fellow had acted like this.
One minute... five minutes... ten minutes... half an hour...
Chu Tian gave it his all, enduring the explosive pain in his head for a full fifty minutes.
The water level in the cold pond had dropped by a full five meters.
"That's enough... Any more and your head will explode!"
Daotian shouted excitedly.
He hadn't expected Chu Tian to be able to endure for so long.
This showed that Chu Tian's willpower far exceeded his imagination.
At this moment, Chu Tian's divine platform was shrouded in white mist, making it impossible to see anything.
Even the temperature had dropped by an unknown amount.
After Daotian's shout, he persisted for a while longer before finally feeling unable to continue.
He slowly retracted his divine platform.
Shaking, he exited the cold pond cave.
Luo Yicheng had already disappeared somewhere.
Chu Tian, dazed, walked towards the outside of the forbidden area.
In his current state, he didn't notice that the previously bright sky had turned a hazy yellow.
He forced down the intense pain and cold in his mind.
He walked out of the valley of the Luo family’s forbidden area.
Looking down from the mountain, the chaotic martial arts arena he had seen before was now silent.
Not a soul was present.
Upon closer inspection, a faint red barrier was covering the entire martial arts arena.
"Where did everyone go?"
Chu Tian quickened his pace, rushing down the mountain.
He first dashed to the entrance of the Luo family’s small world.
He found that the stone path’s end did not have the gate he had seen upon entering.
Clearly, the entrance had been sealed.
He turned and headed straight for the Ma family’s former residence.
At the same time, he spread out his divine sense.
Swish...
His divine sense expanded, reaching a radius of five hundred meters.
It had increased fivefold.
When his divine sense covered the location of the Ma family's residence, his heart relaxed.
He sensed familiar presences, and quite a few new people were there.
He sped up and leaped over the wall.
Roar...
He was greeted by a golden divine dragon.
Chu Tian raised his hand to block.
With a swish, the divine dragon before him vanished, replaced by Aunt Ma, Ma Lingling.
"Chu Tian, where did you go..."
Her face was filled with concern.
"Uh... I went to the Luo family's inner territory!"
He didn't mention the forbidden area.
"Did you find Luo Yiyi?" Ma Lingling sized him up from behind.
Chu Tian's eyes dimmed, and he slowly shook his head.
"Brother Tian, come quickly and help me!"
"Brother Tian, please save my grandfather!"
Just then, two people rushed out from inside, Lin Yu and Qi Shushu.
Chu Tian was stunned; he instantly understood what Lin Yu meant.
He followed them into the main hall.
What greeted his eyes was a group of people.
Zhang Chengcheng, still dressed as a man.
Qin Yao, Qin Xiaorou, Song Qingshan, and others were all present.
Even Hua Ruzhi and her father, the Hua family head, were there.
They were all surrounding an old man, who was Qi Shushu's grandfather, Qi Zhengyi.
At that moment, he was barely breathing, on the verge of death.
"Brother Tian, I can only keep him alive for now. I can't completely remove the mixed poison he ingested."
"Can you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chu Tian understood.
"Ancient Tree Form... Activate!"
Buzz...
A towering ancient tree unfurled behind Chu Tian, resembling a ginseng baby.
Hm?
Chu Tian suddenly felt that his Ancient Tree Form had undergone a subtle change.
He couldn't pinpoint exactly what had changed.
After considering, he extended his palm and silently recited...
Skill: Nature's Mend!
This was a dispelling skill from a healing druid, capable of removing all magical, curse, and poison effects.
A sphere of energy, surrounded by swirling emerald green and silver-white mist, appeared.
Everyone in the room looked at Chu Tian with a strange expression.
This was... his fourth form, was it?
In the room, only Qin Yao was staring at the ancient tree phantom behind Chu Tian.
She frowned, lost in thought...