Chapter 69: Ice Fire Lake, Spider and Scorpion

  Ziwu Valley is a valley surrounded by mountains, with strange rocks and no tall trees, mostly low shrubs.

  This is the place where the two veins of ice and fire intersect, the valley is divided into two from the middle, with a special temperature difference, one side is as hot as noon, and the other side is as cool as midnight, so it is named as Midnight Noon Valley.

  Inside the valley there are many interconnected caves that extend deep underground, and in these caves live many cave-dwelling monsters.

  Wolf spider, red-tailed scorpion, copperhead snake, iron-toothed mouse and so on.

  Zhang Shan came down from the mountain ridge beside the valley and carefully made his way into the valley.

  Under Ling Yuwei's guidance, they finally arrived at the entrance of a cave located in the middle of the valley.

  "This is the lair of the Ice Fire Nether Spider, from here it extends deep into the ground for a thousand zhang, where there is a lake, and in the lake there is a pair of Twin Flowers. However, a Ninth-Stage Spiritual Beast spider queen occupies that place." Ling Yuwei said softly.

  "Is Master sister sure it's just a 9th rank spirit beast? Not a demon king?" Zhang Shan asked, sizing up the entrance of the cave.

  "There won't be any demon kings in the valley of noon, all the demon beasts that have advanced to demon king will move to the depths of the forest, and cannot live on the outskirts of the ten thousand miles." Ling Yuwei said firmly.

  "Why is this?" Zhang Shan was greatly puzzled.

  "It is said that five thousand years ago, the sect's ancestor and the demon lord of Lin Hai signed a contract, within the ten-thousand-mile radius of the Lin Hai overseas, there cannot be any existence of a demon king. Any spirit beast that advances to become a demon king must migrate to the depths of Lin Hai."

  Zhang Shan exclaimed in surprise: "We humans have actually signed a contract with a demon beast?"

  "Uh-huh, according to the sect's classics, I asked that since the Tianmen Sect was established, we have been hunting and killing demonic beasts in the Mystic Sky Forest, collecting medicinal herbs, while the demonic beasts also constantly attacked the sect's disciples. Five thousand years ago, a great war broke out between humans and demons, and the demon lord from the depths of the forest also joined the battle."

  "At that time, the sect's ancestor, Huaizongfeng, had already reached the realm of Extreme Martial Arts and fought a great battle with the Demon Lord for three days and three nights. The surrounding area within ten thousand miles was filled with desolation, countless demonic beasts were killed or injured, and I asked if the Tianzong sect disciples also suffered heavy casualties."

  "In the end, after both sides suffered heavy losses, Hua Zushi and the Demon Lord made a pact. The Mystic Sky and Ocean entered within ten thousand miles, where no demon king or above could exist, and correspondingly, human martial saints were also forbidden from hunting demons in this area."

  "So that's how it is. In that case, this Linhai Wanli has become a buffer zone between humans and the demon tribe?" Zhang Shan suddenly said.

  "To be precise, it's a buffer zone for the high-level warriors of both tribes, but it's also a place where low-level warriors hunt and kill each other." Ling Yuwei nodded.

  Zhang Shan shook off his sleepiness and started walking into the cave: "I hope that double-birth flower hasn't been eaten by the spider's rear."

  "It shouldn't be, the time for calculation, that Double-Born Flower will take another year to truly mature, eating it now would be a waste, if we eat it after it's fully matured, it might have a chance to advance and become a Demon King."

  "But for me, even a single petal of it now can heal all my wounds."

  Ling Yuwei paused for a moment and then said, "Do you really want to deal with it for my sake? A ninth-grade spiritual beast is equivalent to a Xuanwu realm martial artist. You can't even withstand one of its moves. There's no need for you to do this."

  "Anyway, let's go take a look first. Maybe there's a way to lure it away. If we can't defeat it by force, then we'll think of a clever plan to outsmart it. We can't just stand by and watch you die without doing anything."

  Zhang Shan said with a smile, "However, if it really doesn't work out, I won't force it. At worst, I'll help you take revenge after your death."

  Ling Yuwei snorted and patted his shoulder lightly: "I knew you weren't that kind-hearted."

  "What's wrong with you, you advised me not to go to my death, and now you're blaming me for not being willing to sacrifice for you. You're neither left nor right, what do you want me to do?" Zhang Shan said irritably.

  Ling Yuwei suppressed her smile, resting her head on his shoulder: "Actually, I was thinking that if there's one twin flower, maybe there's a second one too. So I didn't plan to provoke the spider queen, just wanted to go take a look and try my luck."

  Zhang Shan's heart skipped a beat as he said, "Maybe it really does have some effect, even if the year is not enough, at least it should be of some use. First, let's save our lives and then think about what to do with the spider later."

  Thinking of this, his spirits lifted and his footsteps quickened involuntarily.

  The terrain of the cave continued to extend downward, occasionally encountering some first- and second-order spiritual beasts.

  For this low-ranking demon spider, Zhang Shan was basically a sword to destroy, these things' demon crystals are extremely small, in the mortal world they might be worth something, but in the Qitian Sect they're basically worthless.

  There are many forks under the cave, but Ling Yuwei has all the routes recorded on a jade slip, and under her guidance, Zhang Shan does not get lost along the way.

  "It's a bit strange, we've already gone 500 meters deep and haven't encountered even a fourth-order demonic spider, did some team recently sweep through here?" Ling Yuwei spoke up in puzzlement.

  "This is just right, saving us trouble." Zhang Shan laughed and said.

  After walking for a while longer, Ling suddenly sent over a thought: "I sense that the yuanqi is fluctuating below us, it seems like there's a battle going on at our destination."

  "Is it a battle between monsters or is there a warrior down there?" Zhang Shan's heart skipped a beat.

  "This cave's geomagnetic interference is severe, my divine sense has been weakened greatly. Currently, I still can't feel whether it's a human or a demon beast, probably need to get closer to be sure." said the Spirit Tablet.

  "Is that so? Has someone found out about the twin flowers and come to steal them?"

  Zhang Shan thought of a possibility and his feet moved even faster.

  After walking for a while, Ling said again: "It's two spiritual beasts fighting, one should be the spider queen of the Ice Fire Demon Spider, and the other is a ninth-order red-tailed scorpion. Be careful when approaching the host."

  As Zhangshan got closer and closer to his destination, a rumbling sound came from there, and the front of the path faintly revealed a bright light.

  He carefully made his way over and finally reached the entrance of the alley, slowly poking his head out to take a look.

  Outside is a huge cave like a square, surrounded by large and small holes connected to it, the hole where Zhangshan is located is one of them.

  Amidst the thunderous roar, two spiritual beasts were engaged in a desperate struggle.

  They were all one zhang long, one was a giant spider with a jade-like color, and the other was a black giant scorpion, both of which were covered in blood and wounds of various sizes.

  In the cave, there were two places where big and small spider corpses and scorpion corpses lay dead all over the ground.

  Ling Yuwei's breathing quickened slightly as she whispered, "The Double-Born Flower is in the middle of that small lake."

  Zhang Shan shifted his attention away from the two spiritual beasts in the fierce battle and looked towards the center of the cave.

  There was a small lake with a diameter of about 20 zhang on the side, and red molten iron emerged from one side of the small lake. The bright light in the cave came from this.

  On the other side of the lake, a faint chill emerged, with cold and heat presenting two different scenes in the same lake, forming a spectacular sight.

  On the lake, a flower petal in red and white colors, shaped like a twin lotus, is floating on the water surface.

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