264: Icebergs are also treasure mountains

Next.

The 300 Trainees arrived at the foot of the snow mountain and scattered.

"Xiao Weiqing, want to go together?"

Irina walked up and asked.

"Sure. Dongfang Xuan, Su Yunfei, you guys come too."

"Alright."

It would be foolish not to rely on someone like Xiao Weiqing.

In front of the snow mountain, the four of them looked like ants, and the mountain itself was very steep.

"Is this... ice crystal?"

Su Yunfei touched a handful of the white substance on the ground.

"Yeah, it gets harder the higher you go."

"The things higher up are better."

The snow mountain before them was not a snow mountain in the strict sense; the entire mountain was covered in ice crystals. The higher one went, the harder the ice crystals became, even freezing into a single solid block that was incredibly hard.

Treasures were buried beneath the ice crystals.

The white dots in their hands represented the number of times they could climb the mountain. What they could obtain depended entirely on their strength. If they didn't have enough attempts, they could buy more. The price for the first two times was acceptable, but for subsequent ones, it depended on their own judgment.

If they discovered precious treasures, it wouldn't be impossible to spend divine charm to buy more attempts.

Of course, they might also end up empty-handed.

"I'll go first, you guys wait."

Xiao Weiqing retreated a hundred meters, then sprinted, rushing rapidly up the mountain.

At the same time, his Mental Energy burst forth to sense the ground beneath him. These ice crystals seemed somewhat special; with Xiao Weiqing's level 50+ Mental Energy, he could only probe 10 meters deep.

Furthermore, he discovered that the higher he went, the less friction there was, and he felt like he could fall at any moment.

He climbed a thousand meters in one go.

He remembered the specific locations of items under the ice crystals along the way.

Then he climbed another 200 meters before stopping. Xiao Weiqing's goal was above 1000 meters; anything above 1000 meters contained divine charm treasure beneath it.

"It's right here."

He thrust one hand directly into the ice crystal.

Digging.

The ice crystals were bone-chillingly cold and incredibly hard.

"Hmm? Are these ice crystals recovering?"

Seeing this, Xiao Weiqing transformed his thick Spiritual Qi into a protective aura and kept thrusting his hand in.

For a moment, ice crystals splattered everywhere.

Gradually, the cold air seeped through his skin into his flesh, making Xiao Weiqing shiver.

"This is too cold, it's only been a few minutes."

Having dug less than three meters, Xiao Weiqing felt his hand was almost losing sensation.

He dug for another half a minute.

Finally.

A touch of green appeared; it was a small blade of grass. Xiao Weiqing didn't look closely and yanked it out.

Just as Xiao Weiqing pulled up the grass, a repulsive force suddenly struck him.

Immediately.

Xiao Weiqing couldn't stand at all, so he had to steady himself and slide down the mountain.

Glancing to the left and right, he saw many people rolling and crawling, losing their footing and rolling straight down. Along the way, they were wrapped in ice crystals, forming snowballs that grew larger as they rolled.

"Help!"

"Catch me~~"

People at the foot of the mountain saw the large snowballs several meters in diameter and scrambled to avoid them, fearing they would be hit. The Trainee rolled further and further away, disappearing over the horizon after a while, with no knowing when they would return.

"Good heavens, we definitely can't do that." Su Yunfei felt a lingering fear after seeing this.

"Xiao Weiqing, did you dig up anything?"

"Yeah, a blade of grass."

Xiao Weiqing opened his palm to reveal a two-inch-tall blade of grass with three leaves that were emerald green and translucent, like jade.

"This is?"

"A divine charm treasure?"

Su Yunfei exclaimed, sensing the pure energy within it.

"Correct, three leaves, nearly 190 units of divine charm. The information was right; this is definitely a treasure mountain."

Xiao Weiqing still had 5 attempts. Even if he could only get 190 units of divine charm treasure each time, he could still obtain 1000 units of divine charm treasure.

"Xiao Weiqing, what does it feel like up there? Is there anything to watch out for?"

"It's very cold, cold to the bone. The blood in my hands almost stopped flowing, and they haven't recovered yet."

"Everything else is similar to the information. The higher you go, the less friction there is, making it hard to stand. The ice crystals are thicker and harder, and the speed at which the ice crystals recover also increases with height."

"Also, after obtaining a treasure, you will be repelled and won't be able to continue digging for others."

"This really doesn't let us exploit any loopholes," Su Yunfei complained.

He had been thinking about just going up and not coming down, digging slowly, since there was no rule about how long one attempt could last.

Xiao Weiqing nodded and suggested:

"Su Yunfei, you can try the 500-meter height directly."

"Dongfang Xuan, you can try the 800-meter height first. Irina, I don't know your specific strength, but the 1000-meter height should be no problem."

The three of them nodded.

Su Yunfei had 5 attempts, Dongfang Xuan had 6, and Irina also had 6. They could try once first to see the situation.

Subsequently, the three of them climbed the mountain in turn, and all of them had gains.

Irina obtained a White Lotus Fruit, a 150-unit divine charm treasure.

Dongfang Xuan also harvested 110 units of divine charm substance, a yellow crystal.

The most interesting one was Su Yunfei, who actually brought back a cactus.

How could there be a cactus on an ice mountain?

"What are you looking at?"

"My cactus contains 70 units of divine charm."

Su Yunfei didn't care that his palm was pricked with several needle marks. Last time he went to the Denier Civilization Ruins, he worked himself to death to earn 100 units of divine charm. This time, coming to the Four Seasons Ruins, he got 70 units of divine charm in just half a day; he had high hopes of earning back his entry fee.

Half an hour later.

Xiao Weiqing had completely recovered.

He sprinted again.

This time, Xiao Weiqing rushed 1400 meters in one go. Sensing the massive energy beneath the ice crystals with his Mental Energy, he immediately stopped, nailed his feet firmly to the snow mountain, and began digging.

Xiao Weiqing's hands turned into blurs.

A large hole was visibly dug into the snow mountain. In less than five minutes, Xiao Weiqing's entire body was embedded in the mountain.

Five meters beneath the ice crystals.

After 8 minutes of effort, Xiao Weiqing finally saw a touch of red.

A seed shaped like a dragon fruit, the size of a fist.

Xiao Weiqing grabbed it, tucked it into his clothes, and used his hands and feet to crawl out of the pit. The one-meter-diameter opening had already begun to recover, almost burying Xiao Weiqing.

He successfully descended the mountain.

Xiao Weiqing's hands were stiff; he couldn't even close his fingers together.

"Xiao Weiqing, what did you get this time?"

"A seed, containing about 220 units of divine charm."

"Impressive."

Su Yunfei was filled with envy.

The three of them were ultimately quite a bit weaker than Xiao Weiqing; an hour had passed since their last climb, and their body stiffness still hadn't recovered.

"We need to hurry; the sun is about to set."

"Yeah, we should be able to climb one more time."

After the sun set.

The winter region of the Fourth Realm Secret Realm became even colder, far beyond what Xiao Weiqing and the others could resist.

Another half hour passed.

The four of them successfully climbed the mountain, and each brought a treasure down.

"Thanks, Xiao Weiqing."

Irina said.

Xiao Weiqing climbed the snow mountain first every time, using his powerful Mental Energy to precisely judge the locations of the treasures, which saved them a lot of trouble.

As for Xiao Weiqing himself, he had gains from all three climbs, with each one being more than the last.

190 units, 220 units, 240 units.

The height Xiao Weiqing climbed also got higher and higher, reaching 1500 meters on the third time. But he couldn't go any higher, otherwise, even if he could detect the treasure, he wouldn't be able to dig it out; it was just too cold up there.

"Let's head back first."

The last ray of sunlight vanished.

It was getting colder and colder at the foot of the snow mountain, and everyone had to return to the base to spend the night.

At night.

Inside the base, the 300+ Trainees were divided into three camps.

The people from Daxia were the most numerous.

Everyone exchanged useful information, and inevitably, there was also comparison and bragging.

Xiao Weiqing was alone in his room.

He sat cross-legged.

Laid out on the floor were the three divine charm treasures he had obtained during the day.

"Panel!"

Realm: Fourth Realm

Extraordinary Talent: Samadhi True Fire (Samadhi True Fire Spirit Refining Art)

Mental Energy: 58.1

Spiritual Qi: Spiritual Vein

Physique: immaculate

Samadhi True Fire: (9952 / 10000) strands

Innate Skill: ...

"Today is the day."