Chapter 5 The Nine Orifices Above

  Being able to recruit Jin Deya as his guard was an unexpected delight for Lei Xingfeng. Such a great master, even within the secret door, it's hard to come by. At first, he was assigned only two guards who reached the eighth ring of true body, and the cultivation of others was much lower, which required him to slowly cultivate them.

  At first, Miao Ling's guardian was the most powerful Hong Jie, who was also the true body of the Eight Rings. Later, relying on the imprint ring obtained by Miao Ling, she finally advanced to the Nine Rings. Therefore, the guardians of these secret door disciples are mostly their own cultivation, relying on the help of their sect, and possessing a certain number of imprint rings can cultivate a nine-ring master.

  Hammerhead and Axeman also rushed into the room, both of them shivering with cold, seeing the large copper pot stewing on the charcoal basin, their eyes lit up.

  "Eat... haha, yes, there's delicious food... got it... got it..."

  Hammerhead stuttered as he spoke, his teeth chattering nonstop. Lei Xingfeng asked curiously, "Hammerhead, you can also get this cold?"

  "Cut the crap," said Kuang Fu Dao, "we may not be afraid of the cold like you are, but... we still shiver with cold..."

  "Come on, just...hurry up and get a basin...first drink some thick soup, it's too cold!"

  Lei Xingfeng took out two large basins and directly lifted the large copper pot, pouring both dishes and soup into the two basins, saying: "First eat some..."

  Two people hugged a large basin, scalding thick soup, instantly made the two people refreshed, and the two buried their heads to eat.

  After a while, Hammerhead said: "The frame is already set up, just pour water on it and it's done."

  Kuang Fu Dao said: "There are already many ice blocks in the frame. As long as water is poured on them, they will freeze."

  Lei Xingfeng knew that building a house here was easy, just set up the metal frame, add some crushed ice inside, pour water on it, and it would freeze immediately, filling all the gaps. After some minor repairs, you could get a wall, which was a unique way of building houses here.

  "Alright, now that the Hammerhead and Berserkers have finished eating, Xin Zhaolun said: "Let's go water them. This requires some skill. Hmm, I'm sure everyone in the Wheel of Storage has collected a lot of water, right?"

  Lei Xingfeng had stored a lot of water, and he always understood one thing: water seemed abundant everywhere, but once it was lacking, it would be absolutely fatal. Therefore, in the Wheel Storage Space, he had been hiding a large amount of clear water.

  This is a common sense for cultivators. Any cultivator, especially those who have reached the True Person level, will store large amounts of clear water in their wheel storage space.

  "Uh, I have plenty of clear water."

  Xin Zhaolun nodded and said: "Let's go out, directly mobilize the clear water from the wheel storage space, and complete the corridor outside."

  Lei Xingfeng started putting on a thick, sturdy leather coat, wrapping his entire body in it. He wasn't stupid; just looking at Hammerhead and Crazy Axe shivering with cold, he knew how freezing it was outside.

  Xin Zhaolun said: "It's too cold, let's go back to the room to warm up a bit, no need to force it. We'll take turns going out, not all at once. I'll come first, then Daxia, Lao Ying, Laohu, you guys follow later, and A Feng will be last. By that time, it should be almost done, just need to do some patching up."

  Everyone responded in unison, and Xin Zhaolun walked out of the room.

  About twenty minutes later, Xin Zhaolun came back trembling. Jin Deya went out and persisted for a shorter time than Xin Zhaolun, returning in just ten minutes. Then it was Crazy Eagle's and Shi Hu's turn. When Shi Hu returned, he said: "It's basically done, haha, and I've filled in the loopholes pretty much. Just have Ah Feng check it out."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "I'm okay now, I'll go with Ah Feng to take a look."

  Hammer and battle-axe also went out together.

  Lei Xingfeng stepped out of the house and saw an ice wall in front of him. This was a passageway about two meters wide, enclosed by ice walls, built along the house in a circle, connecting all the rooms together. Since it was basically sealed, there was no wind in the corridor, and as long as there was no wind, it wouldn't be too cold.

  Lei Xingfeng only needs to find the place with air leaks, pour water on it and can completely seal it off. This task is very easy, after a few trips back and forth, the corridor was thoroughly repaired. Through the icy wall, you can see the raging wind and snow outside, the snow on the ground cannot be stored at all, before it even hits the ground, it's blown back into the sky by the strong winds.

  There were no open doors in the corridor, which means these buildings had been sealed off.

  Xin Zhaolun specially went to Miao Ling's room and told her that he knew.

  Lei Xingfeng also walked into Miao Ling's room, he just took a glance and couldn't help but laugh.

  Four charcoal basins, front and back, left and right, Miao Ling sat in the middle, a big pile of fur, she just exposed a small head, on top of her head there was also a large leather hat, even so, she was still shivering constantly, seeing Xin Zhaodun and Lei Xingfeng come in, she said: "Cold... Brother, it's so cold..."

  "Eight Martial Sisters, they've added a corridor outside, it shouldn't be too cold now."

  Miao Lingdao said: "It's still cold... I regret it so much, I shouldn't have come..."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Just get through this short period of time, and the cold will pass. The coldest time in Hanyabao is just this period, after that it will be much better."

  Lei Xingfeng said, "With this corridor, the room will be much warmer. Even on the coldest days, I think we can all get through it. If not, we can send Eighth Sister to the underground."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "The position underground has been fixed by someone long ago, before we came... it's impossible to get the empty space there."

  Miao Lingdao said: "Hong Jie will come over in a while, she'll help me start the fire again and burn two basins of charcoal."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "The ventilation hole must not be blocked, you have burned too much charcoal."

  Miao Lingdao said: "Hong Jie later added two more ventilation flues, there should be no problem."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "When Hong Jie comes later, let her accompany you for the time being. If there is any danger, move to another room immediately. After the ring corridor is built, you don't have to worry about coming to our room. Don't be too hard on yourself." As a senior brother, he has the responsibility of ensuring his junior sister and brother return safely.

  Miao Lingdao said: "I know, brother, don't worry, I will always be with Hong Jie."

  Xin Zhaolun stood up and said, "It's good this way. Also, on those truly cold days, we will gather everyone together to get through it. Those are the most dangerous days, but also the best time for cultivation."

  Bring back Leixing Peak, Xinzhaolun said: "A peak, this period of time, although can't go out, still cold to death, but this period of time... can be said is golden time segment, because this time is the best cultivation time, this is also why there are so many high-level cultivators who don't want to leave the reason, you must seize the time to cultivate, strive to cultivate to six rings, hmm, with your qualifications, should completely no problem.

  Lei Xingfeng came to the charcoal basin and sat down, he sighed and said: "Senior brother, I have been cultivating for these few days, and I have indeed felt it, it is faster than usual, however...I still can't advance in rank, not that I couldn't advance in rank, but rather I shouldn't advance in rank."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Why?"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Do you still remember the Star Python Record I got at the auction? It's a ancient cultivator's method of condensing thunder seals, it's very mysterious and requires many materials. There are several materials that I haven't found yet, the most frustrating thing is that there are three materials that I don't even know what they are."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "Is there such a thing? Hmm, so to speak, the power of this Lei Yin is different?" He reacted extremely quickly and immediately understood why Lei Xingfeng was unwilling to advance immediately.

  Lei Xingfeng nodded and said, "Yes, if I had advanced normally, the last auction would have been enough. As long as I persisted in advancing, it would have been fine. But now that I've suppressed it, if I advance again, I'll be at a great disadvantage."

  Xin Zhaolun said: "What materials are missing?"

  Lei Xingfeng handed a single to Xin Zhaolun and said, "Brother, take a look." He looked at Xin Zhaolun with great expectation. If he could help him solve the problem, it would save him a lot of time and effort.

  Xin Zhaolun took the list, glanced at it briefly, and saw that there were only eight materials in total. After finishing reading, he smiled and said: "I have them all! Two of them are too precious, I also don't have much stock, hmm, these two, how many do you want?"

  Lei Xingfeng glanced at the two materials marked by Xin Zhaolun and suddenly let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Not much, each one won't exceed two catties... hmm, this one only needs half a catty."

  Xin Zhaolun said, "Alright, I'll lend it to you for now, but you have to find a way to get it back to me later." He knew that Lei Xingfeng was in urgent need of it and could temporarily spare it. After all, the materials he needed to upgrade wouldn't be available until after his promotion, so even if he kept them on hand, they wouldn't be of much use for the time being.

  Lei Xingfeng was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, brother!" This favor is going to be a big one.

  Xin Zhaolun carefully took out eight materials and handed them over to Lei Xingfeng in the required quantity.

  Lei Xingfeng did not expect Xin Zhaolun to have accumulated so many varieties of materials, and he curiously asked: "Senior brother, how many materials have you collected?"

  Xin Zhaolun smiled slightly and said, "I've spent over 30 years collecting materials, I don't have a thousand kinds, but I have around eight or nine hundred. Ah Feng, when we were in the True Person stage, we didn't need to use too many materials, but once we advanced to the True King stage, the material consumption was frightening. You're just starting out now and haven't received any tasks from your sect yet, but when you reach the 7th or 8th ring, your master will give you a task to collect materials. At that time, you can take advantage of the opportunity to stockpile materials for yourself."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Master will give orders to collect materials?"

  Xin Zhaolun smiled and said, "Ah Feng, the master doesn't have to keep paying out without getting anything in return. When he took you on as a disciple, it was with the expectation that once you grew to a certain level, you would repay him. This is beneficial for both parties."

  Lei Xingfeng said: "With Master's level of skill, can't even collect enough materials?"

  ………