Catching their breath, the group followed Su Yao's gaze toward the giant tree that the Blood Nightmare Demon-Devouring Tiger had stared at with its dying breath. It was now emanating a faint, chilling glow. Frigid wisps seeped from the cracked bark, condensing into frost flowers in the twilight. Lin Feng tightened his grip on the Ghost Prison Demon Dragon Blade and paced slowly forward, feeling the frozen tremors running up from the ground with every step. When the blade lightly tapped the trunk, the entire giant tree suddenly emitted a sound like turning gears, and the bark slid apart to both sides like a trapdoor, exposing a recess deep within the tree hollow.
Inside the recess, a three-inch-tall glazed bottle lay quietly, holding the Ice Essence Jade Marrow Fluid that looked like a frozen river. The liquid possessed a strange, semi-transparent texture, suspended within countless tiny ice crystals that refracted colorful haloes, as if trapping an aurora in a tiny space. The surface of the jade marrow fluid was covered by a translucent azure film, beneath which faintly flowed silver-white threads resembling ancient totem patterns. When Lin Feng's gaze touched the bottle, those threads suddenly twisted violently, and claw-like ice patterns emerged on the surface of the glazed bottle, as though some giant beast were struggling inside.
"This must be the Ice Essence Jade Marrow Fluid the old man mentioned... though judging by this, it seems to carry an evil air." Nángōng Qiàn'…
Chapter 248