The Holy Land was one of the most famous places in the Pillheart Sect.
This was because there was an entire vein of crystals buried underneath. This vein had sublimated the spiritual energy in this place to the point that it felt like a different dimension. The very air felt dream-like, misty. It was far denser than regular air. Just by standing inside, the cultivator's body would subconsciously begin to cultivate.
This was the reason why the Holy Land was famous.
"Hahaha, kid, how does it feel to be inside the Holy Land?" Elder Lin's face was filled with joy. It could be seen that he was in a good mood.
Su Ze felt the spiritual energy around him that was constantly surging into his body. He nodded in satisfaction. "This feeling is simply wonderful."
"Kid, you like it, right? Let me tell you, other disciples who enter this place can only stay here for two hours for a thousand points, but you don't have to! What do you think? Doesn't it feel good to be with me?!" Elder Lin was all smiles, and he looked a little smug.
"Of course it's good," Su Ze replied with a smile. He had long heard that Elder Lin was the most amiable of all elders. At this moment, when they interacted, those rumors indeed seemed true.
"Alright, I'm not going to chat with you anymore. Let's get down to business!" The smile on Elder Lin's face disappeared, and it turned into an unprecedented sternness. It could be seen that he treated Su Ze much more strictly than the other disciples, "Since I've said so, it's not a joke for you to get into the top three in the Central Region sect competition. Next, I'll be training you to be a devil. You have to be prepared in advance!"
"I'll definitely do my best." Su Ze's expression also became serious.
"Learn all of these martial arts within a day! Don't even think about sleeping if you don't learn them. Do you understand?" Elder Lin's tone was serious and he didn't have the slightest intention of joking.
Su Ze looked at the five martial arts manuals in his hand and was silent for a moment. Then, without saying a word, he began to flip through them.
"Ah, not bad! You're a promising young man!" Elder Lin said in his heart. He looked at Su Ze with approval in his eyes. What cultivation needed the most was action. It seemed that he didn't need to worry about Su Ze at all.
Once Su Ze flipped through them, he immediately focused on the cultivation technique and didn't have the slightest distraction.
"The first martial art is to test the use of your sword intent. It has no rank. This is my experience of five hundred years. I estimate..." Elder Lin saw that Su Ze was cultivating, he said from the side, "I estimate that you'll need two hours to get started!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ze put down the notebook and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and carefully recounted the contents of the martial art in his mind.
A minute later, he suddenly opened his eyes. Several streams of sword Qi burst out from Su Ze's hands and slowly circled around him.
With Su Ze's command, the sword Qi could change directions continuously, according to his movements.
"Sword Ancestor, is this right?"
Su Ze raised his eyebrows and asked.
"You..." Elder Lin was depressed. Su Ze had done it in the time it took him to speak. When he had figured out this direction and mastered it, it had taken him a week.
But Su Ze had used less than a few minutes! It stabbed him in the heart.
"Elder, why are your hands shaking?" Su Ze noticed it.
Elder Lin put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "It's okay. Since you've got the ball rolling, you can learn the next one!"
"Okay!"
Elder Lin sighed in his heart. He fell silent.
He should reflect on himself. He was just an ordinary person. How could he compare himself with an innate sword physique?
"It's fine! The next sword Qi splitting martial art, Su Ze, that kid, should take a little longer! Right, it can't be that fast anymore!" Elder Lin took a deep breath and thought to himself.
"Elder, is this it?" The sword Qi surrounding Su Ze suddenly split into dozens of sword Qi.
"Yes... Yes." Elder Lin was beginning to sweat. He had only thought about it for a short while when Su Ze learned it again!
"The next one won't be so fast!" Elder Lin took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"It's done."
"..."
...
Late at night, Su Ze dragged his exhausted body back to his residence under Elder Lin's numb gaze.
During this day of cultivation, he had mastered at least ten small sword-style moves, all of which were very practical martial arts.
However, nothing was more fatigued than his mind, which was also the reason why Su Ze was so tired.
On the way back to his residence, Su Ze threw himself on the bed. Before he went to bed, he suddenly looked at the date. Today was the 14th! This meant that tomorrow was the 15th.
"Tomorrow is the Empress's cold wave?" Su Ze raised his eyebrows. So, he was going to be summoned to the Empress again tomorrow?
If the Empress lost control and the cold wave spread to Su Ze, then his life would be in danger!
He would first write down the recipe for the Cold Purging Pill.
Why didn't he directly refine the Cold Purging Pill? It was also to hide his intentions. Later, he would directly take out the Cold Purging Pill to see if the empress had other intentions. That would be interesting.
Therefore, Su Ze chose to approach her with caution.
...
It was the morning of the 15th. Su Ze arrived at Guanghan Palace as promised.
Upon stepping into the palace, Su Ze saw several huge blue and white pillars. There were also many lifelike life-form totems on the pillars.
In the middle of the palace, there was a huge throne. The empress, Mu Wanqing, languished on it.
The empress sensed his presence and slowly opened her eyes. She threw out an interspatial ring and said, "Take this. There are several magic artifacts inside. For safety reasons, you should properly equip it."
As she spoke, a layer of frost suddenly appeared around her and covered the throne with a layer of extreme frost.
"Sect Master, what are you..." Su Ze looked at the Empress's pale face and pretended not to know anything.
"There's no need for you to worry. It's just the excess power of extreme ice exploding out of my body!" The empress gritted her teeth and said.
"Sect Master, do you feel a chill that you've never felt before in your life? And you can't control your power of extreme ice?" Su Ze looked puzzled and uncertain.
The empress raised her eyebrows. There was a trace of doubt in her eyes. She asked softly, "How did you know?"
"It's really like so." Su Ze pretended to be enlightened, "I have seen symptoms similar to the empress's body in a book. That book even listed a pill formula for such symptoms. The pill formula recorded in this pill formula is for your condition!"
"What book? Show it to me." The empress sounded anxious.
"I would like to, but this book was lost a few years ago." Su Ze cupped his hands and said.
"Hey, what about the pill formula? Show it to me!"
"This is what I copied down." Su Ze took out the pill formula that he had prepared beforehand.
The empress immediately took it out from Su Ze's hand.
After seeing the detailed contents of the pill formula, the empress froze on the spot. The extreme ice beside her burst out again and covered half of the palace in ice and snow.