Chapter 569: All Treasures Have Their Place
Holding the crystal vial, Song You murmured to himself, “Beyond Mount Tian, there lies another Mount Tian, divine glacial lake, imbued with millennia of chilling ice spiritual resonance...”
The icy qi and spiritual resonance sealed within this crystal vial were truly extraordinary. Compared to the True Fire spiritual resonance at the mouth of Flame Mountain wielded by Flaming Sun True Lord, it was not inferior. In fact, it surpassed Song You’s own fire techniques.
Though this chill had been borrowed by that pot-bellied monk—perhaps for the purpose of collecting rare treasures—when he unleashed it, Song You had been caught off guard.
But even if he had been fully prepared, using only fire-based techniques alone would not have been enough to resist it. Even if Flaming Sun True Lord had come in person, he would have struggled to suppress it immediately. The only way to overcome it would have been through attrition, exhausting the vial’s supply of icy qi until it was spent.
Fortunately, the myriad techniques of this world are endlessly varied and marvelously profound. One need not always meet force with force in a clash of magic. Sometimes, a clever detour, a subtle trick, or an approach that targets a weakness can suffice. Even the most formidable power can be undone by a seemingly insignificant method.
Just like what Song You had done earlier.
With nothing more than a simple illusion and a decoy, he had fooled the inexperienced great demon of the Western Regions and tricked him into expending the vial’s icy qi entirely.
Still, the crystal vial wasn’t without its flaws.
While it could borrow or contain the icy qi, it came from a far-off land. The chill had its limits, and the spiritual resonance lacked a proper vessel to anchor itself. Once the vial hit the ground, the spiritual resonance quickly began to dissipate and fade. The ice that followed lacked the potency it had before. As such, the Daoist had been able to dispel it with his Dashu spiritual energy.
“Heaven and earth truly are full of wonders...”
Had he not left the mountain and ventured out into the world, how could he have ever witnessed the blazing True Fire of the Fire God at the mouth of Flame Mountain? And how else could he have seen this naturally nurtured icy qi from the Mount Tian region, accumulated over eons?
It made one wonder: up there on Mount Tian, within the divine lakes and glaciers, what kind of marvelous form or origin must this glacial spiritual resonance take?