Chapter 140: Gu Yue Qing Shu vs Bai Ning Bing (Part 1)

第一百四十节：古月青书VS白凝冰（上）

Translator: Skyfarrow Editor: Skyfarrow

The time Bai Ning Bing took to break out of the ice was shorter than anyone had imagined.

白凝冰破冰而出的时间，比任何人预料的都更早一些。

With a loud crack, the ice crystal began to fracture, the cracks intensifying until it completely broke from within.

冰晶先是开裂，一道道的裂纹扩大蔓延，然后彻底地破裂开来。

The clan elder, Gu Yue Qing Shu, Gu Yue Yao Hong and the others, totaling up to five altogether, had surrounded him. Gu Yue Fang Zheng was standing far away on the mountain slope, staring at the battle from a higher ground while staying vigilant. Once a Bai clan Gu Master group appears, he has to send out a warning immediately.

家老、古月青书、古月药红等五人，已经将他团团围在中央。而古月方正则站在远处的山坡上，一边居高临下地遥遥地观战，一边警戒。一旦有白家的蛊师小组出现，他就要第一时间出声示警。

“Bai Ning Bing, you dare to kill the Gu Masters in our clan, breaking the three clan alliance openly. Paying a life for a life is natural law! What else do you have to say?” the clan elder said with a haughty snort.

“白凝冰，你竟敢杀了我族中的蛊师，公然违背三寨盟约。杀人偿命，天经地义！你还有什么话好说？”家老冷哼一声道。

Bai Ning Bing did not pay him any mind, staying quiet and staring at his right arm instead.

白凝冰并不理他，而是低头看向自己的右臂。

His left arm floundered in vain, grasping nothing as it was reaching for something that wasn’t even there in the first place.

他徒劳地伸出左手，但在身体的右侧，他只握到了一片虚无的空气。

He started to frown, his face dim like water as lightning started to nurture between his eyes.

他的眉头渐渐皱起，脸色阴沉如水，眉眼间孕育着雷霆电闪。

“Actually forcing me to lose off my right arm, this guy is called Fang Yuan, right…” Listening to Xiong Li and Qing Shu’s words, he had already learned Fang Yuan’s name.

“居然逼得我自断右臂，那个家伙，是叫做方源吧……”从熊力以及青书等人的称呼中，白凝冰已经得知方源的名字。

Muttering, Bai Ning Bing’s pair of crystal blue eyes was filled with extremely callous killing intent.

说到这里，白凝冰一对蓝晶的双眸中充斥着极端冷酷的杀机。

His body emanated the oppressive aura of a Rank three Gu Master. As Fang Yuan had predicted earlier, with the capabilities to seal his own cultivation, Bai Ning Bing was also able to release the restrictions on it. It was just that in the battle earlier, he did not have sufficient time to unlock it.

他浑身散发着三转蛊师的气息，正如方源所料，他能压制修为，自然也能解开这种封锁。只是在之前的战斗中，他一直没有足够的时间，来解除这种桎梏。

Now, the white silver primeval essence of Rank three filled his aperture fully. The dense primeval essence placed great pressure on his surrounding aperture walls; Bai Ning Bing knew that he was moving towards the path of destruction.

如今三转的白银真元，将他的空窍充斥得全满。沉重的真元，带给周围窍壁巨大的压迫力，白凝冰知道：此刻的自己正在向毁灭前行。

A Gu Master’s aperture produced primeval essence, and the primeval essence in turn, nurtures the aperture.

蛊师的空窍中产生真元，反过来真元也会温养空窍。

The truth being, as long as the primeval essence exists within the aperture, it acts as a form of nurturing towards the aperture. It is just that this effect is not very evident, far less effective than the Gu Master using the primeval essence to do so.

事实上。只要真元存在于空窍当中，对于窍壁就有一种温养的效果。只是这种效果，并不明显，远没有蛊师主动消耗真元来的突出。

This was similar to how a still sea water would still have a corrosive effect towards surrounding rocks, but this effect is less evident than the waves hitting on the rocks.

就如平静的海水，仍旧会对周围的礁石产生侵蚀效用。只是这种效果，没有海浪拍击礁石明显罢了。

But to the Northern Dark Ice Soul physique, after attaining Rank three, even if they do not expend primeval essence, as long as the primeval essence is stored in the aperture, the nurturing effect would be the same as if a Gu Master was actively using the primeval essence to nurture their aperture.

但对于北冥冰魄体来讲，达到三转后。哪怕不主动消耗真元，只要真元存于空窍，温养窍壁的效果。就如同寻常蛊师主动消耗而温养的一样。

This is the secret behind the Northern Dark Ice Soul physique’s ability to raise a Gu Master’s cultivation at rocket speed.

这就是北冥冰魄体，能令蛊师修行飞速提升的奥秘所在。

Moreover, this nurturing effect would become stronger as the primeval essence is refined. At Rank four, as long as primeval essence exists within the aperture, they would nourish the aperture and the effect would be several times better than a regular Gu Master using primeval essence to nurture their aperture.

而且这种温养的效果，会随着真元的提升。而越来越强。到了四转，只要有真元存在于空窍当中，就能温养空窍，效果比寻常蛊师主动消耗真元还要好上数倍。

With ordinary Gu Masters, the higher their cultivation, the slower the speed of cultivation. However, the ten extreme physiques were the opposite — the higher the cultivation, the stronger their aptitude and the faster their cultivation, until they explode into oblivion.

普通的蛊师，境界越高，修行的提升速度就越慢。但十绝体恰恰相反，越往后，资质就越强大，修行就越快。直至蛊师自爆毁灭。

As an analogy, it is similar to a person in free fall, dependent on the posture and qualities of that person, they would continue to accelerate as they descended, albeit dying a horrible death once they reach the ground.

打个形象的比方，就如同有人从高空自由落体。越往下。他的速度就越快，等到他掉在地上，摔得就越惨。

The ten extreme physiques’ cultivation technique is falling from the highest point with the most suited conditions to fall faster than anyone else. As their cultivation gets faster and faster, it only gives them the temporary glory that they attain before they face the threat of death approaching. Like a meteor landing on Earth, moving toward its own destruction; the point where it shines the brightest comes only at the very moment where it burns up completely in the atmosphere.

十绝体的修行，就是从最高处往下掉落。修行的速度越来越快，但是带来的只是掉落过程中的短暂辉煌。以及死亡将临的恐惧。宛若流星坠地，飞蛾扑火，当达到最辉煌的时刻，就是他陨灭之时。

Earlier, the reason Bai Ning Bing had diluted his white silver primeval essence into red steel primeval essence was for because of this.

先前白凝冰主动将白银真元，稀释成赤铁真元，就是如此缘由。

Right now, his aperture was completely filled with white silver primeval essence again, and he could feel that every second, his cultivation was steadily rising and improving.

如今自己的空窍中。再次填满了白银真元，白凝冰每分每秒都能感觉到，自己的修行在一点一滴的积累和进步。

“Actually forcing me to use the white silver primeval essence, and even making me go as far as to sacrifice the Frost Demon Gu! Where is Fang Yuan?” Bai Ning Bing’s killing intent intensified as he asked. His blue iris swept across the surroundings, but could not find a trace of Fang Yuan.

“居然逼迫我不得不使用白银真元，甚至还牺牲了霜妖蛊！方源人呢？”白凝冰杀机越加浓郁，一边问道，一边蓝眸扫视，却没有发现方源的身影。

The Frost Demon Gu that he sacrificed was a Rank three Gu worm, one that he only managed to refine after three failures and consuming a large amount of resources. Now that it was gone, it is truly a waste.

他自爆的霜妖蛊，可是三转蛊虫。是他先后失败了三次，耗费了大量的资源，这才合炼成功的。如今自爆了，甚是可惜。

Although Bai Ning Bing is Rank three, it only happened recently, and even with the clan’s support, he could not hog all the resources to himself. Thus, he only had two Rank three Gu worms. Now that the Frost Demon Gu is gone, he only had the Blue Bird Ice Coffin Gu left.

白凝冰虽然晋升了三转，但是时间并不久。尽管有家族的培养，但是资源到底是不可能给他一人独享。因此三转蛊虫，只有两只。如今牺牲了霜妖蛊，就只剩下蓝鸟冰棺蛊了。

The more he thought about it, the more he felt angered! Since the start of his youth, he had never suffered such a loss!

他越想越是痛恨，从小到大，他还从未吃过这么大的亏！

If Fang Yuan was here, he’d have attacked in a frenzy with no one able to stop him.

如果方源在此，他早就疯狂进攻了，什么人也阻挡不了他。

Bai Ning Bing’s disregard caused the Gu Yue clan elder to feel greatly humiliated.

白凝冰的无视，让古月一族的家老感到莫大的耻辱。

“Arrogant young lad, eat my moonblade slash!” He shouted, and jumped.

“目中无人的小子，吃老夫一记月刀斩！”他大喝一声，飞扑而上。

“Hmph!” Bai Ning Bing’s left arm swept, and the frost air that gushed out formed into a long ice blade.

“哼！”白凝冰左臂一甩，喷涌的寒气瞬间形成一柄修长的冰刃。

The original ice blade he created was only over a meter long, but now it was two meters in length, with an even deadlier edge and greater frost energy.

他原先凝练的冰刃，只有一米多长，但是如今却长达两米，并且冰刃更加锋锐，寒气四溢。

Ching!

锵。

The Clan elder raised both hands shining with moonlight to collide with the ice blade, emitting a metallic noise.

家老高举的双手，闪烁着月光。和冰刃碰撞在一起，发出金铁相交的争鸣之音。

The Clan elder’s face was full of shock however as he took a step back, and both his palms clapped together and slashed out.

老人的脸上涌现出惊异之色，后退一步，双手成掌合并在一起，斜斜劈出。

Golden moon slash!

金月斩！

A curved moonblade, over a meter long with a golden body, emitted a dominating aura as it flew out.

一记弯弯的月刃，足以一米多长，通体黄金的颜色，显露出一丝霸道的气息，瞬间飞射而出。

The golden moonlight reflected on Bai Ning Bing’s pale face. He laughed as he raised the ice blade in his left hand, attacking head on.

金色的月光映照在白凝冰苍白的脸上，他冷然一笑，举起左手中的冰刃，猛地挥劈过去。

Clank!

锵！

Moonblade and ice blade colliding, the golden moon disappeared, and the ice blade broke into small fragments of ice.

月刃和冰刃相撞，金月消失，冰刃亦碎裂成一小块一小块的琐细冰片。

“This is a battle between Rank three Gu Masters? Really strong, not only the ice blade, but also that golden moonblade, I cannot block either!” Far away, Fang Zheng watched in fascination, with his lacking knowledge.

“这就是三转蛊师之间的战斗么？果真好强。不管是冰刃，还是那金色的月刃，我都抵挡不住！”远处，方正看得目眩神迷，一知半解。

“How can this be? A Rank two Ice Blade Gu, managing to block my Rank three Moonhand blade, as well as the golden moon!” Clan elder stared with bulging eyes, disbelief in his tone.

“怎么可能？明明是二转的冰刃蛊，居然先后挡住老夫的三转月手刀，以及黄金月！”家老则瞪圆了双眼，语气显得难以置信。

The Northern Dark Ice Soul physique had a strengthening effect towards Ice Gu, a variation of water-type Gu. In addition, this boost grew stronger as the Gu Master’s cultivation rose.

北冥冰魄体，对于冰、水相关的蛊虫，都有增幅之作用。并且这种增幅，随着蛊师的修为越高，程度越巨大。

Bai Ning Bing, at Rank three in cultivation, can make a Rank two Gu worm display Rank three power. When he is Rank four, if he used a Rank four Gu worm, it would have an effect that can even surpass Rank five.

白凝冰三转修为时，能将二转的蛊虫用出三转的威能。当他四转时，使用四转的蛊虫，效果甚至能赶超五转。

Firstly, he suppressed his cultivation, thus only the effect of recovering primeval essence remained. Now that his limiter was off and he was back to Rank three, the Northern Dark Ice Soul physique’s true ability was starting to show up.

先前白凝冰压制住修为，只有真元的恢复能力保留下来。如今他解除压制，回到三转修为，北冥冰魄体的风采才算是真正的展现出来。

“Hmph, old man, you don’t know a lot of things.” Bai Ning Bing’s feet paused, holding his ice blade horizontally, as he started to rotate.

“哼，老东西，你不知道的东西还很多呢。”白凝冰脚下一顿，手中冰刃平伸，开始疯狂自转。

Huhuhu……

呼呼呼……

The intense sound of the wind enveloped him as he became faster and faster.

剧烈的风声中，他越转越快。

Howl!

吼！

The wind seemed to have transformed into a beast howl, a five meter sword storm forming after a matter of minutes.

风声仿佛变成了猛兽咆哮，仅仅过了两个呼吸之后，原地就形成了一道高达五米的冰刃暴风。

The tornado-like winds were white in color, whipping out and causing the people nearby to have numbed senses.

狂风如龙卷，洁白的冰霜之气，汹涌弥漫，冻得人四肢发僵。

“Quickly dodge!” Even a clan elder, upon seeing this, did not dare to challenge it — he quickly avoided.

“快躲！”哪怕是家老，看到这一幕，也不敢撄其锋芒，连忙避退。

But the other Rank two Gu Masters could not manage to dodge in time.

但其他的二转蛊师，却躲闪不及。

The ice blade storm came at once, with a speed three times or even greater than before.

冰刃风暴席卷而来，速度飞快，足足有原先的三倍不止。

Ah——!

啊——！

As soon as the two male Gu Masters were caught up in the storm, their cries came to a stop. In a matter of seconds, they were already minced to a paste by the ice blades and lost their lives on the spot.

两位男蛊师不幸地被卷入其中，惨叫声戛然而止。他们顷刻之间，就被冰刃斩成无数的碎块，命丧当场。

“Save me!” Gu Yue Yao Hong screamed in fear, seeing that she was about to be swept into the tornado and perish.

“救我！”古月药红惊惶大叫，眼看着就要被卷入风暴中香消玉殒。

Green Vine Gu!

青藤蛊！

Gu Yue Qing Shu shot out green vines, which quickly coiled around Gu Yue Yao Hong’s waist like snakes.

古月青书掌冒青藤，藤条如蛇缠绕住古月药红的腰肢。

Just as he was about to drag her back, the ice blade storm had already reached her, devouring her in one shot.

正要往回拉她时，冰刃风暴已经席卷而来，将古月药红一口吞没。

Swish swish swish.

嚓嚓嚓！

The ice blades instantly went to work, cutting this female Gu Master into five or six pieces. The icy air had already frozen her blood before she could bleed.

冰刃瞬间切割，将这位女蛊师斩成五六个部分。鲜血还未流出，就被冰寒之气冻结起来。

Soon after, these pieces were further cut into smaller pieces, forming palm-sized frozen corpse fragments.

紧接着，这五六个部分又被继续切割分离，形成一块块巴掌大小的冻尸碎片。

“Yao Hong!” Seeing this scene, Qing Shu grieved with sorrowful eyes.

“药红！”青书看到这一幕，睚眦欲裂。

“Sister Yao Hong…” On the slope, Fang Zheng could not take such an intense scene, kneeling on the ground with a soulless gaze, tears overflowing from his eyes.

“药红姐姐……”山坡上，方正接受不了这样的惨烈，失魂落魄地跪在地上，脸上眼泪横流。

“Damn it, Steel Shirt Gu!” The clan elder took a deep breath as his body glowed with black light, looking as he was covered in a steel armor.

“可恶……钢衣蛊！”家老深吸一口气，浑身绽放出黑光，仿佛披上了一层钢铁战甲。

He used both arms to cover his face as his legs sprinted, charging towards the icy blue ice blade storm.

他用双臂护住脸部，脚下跨步飞奔，向冰蓝的冰刃风暴直直地冲撞过去。

Chink chink chink.

锵锵锵。

He charged inside bravely.

他勇敢地冲入风暴当中。

In a few breaths time, the ice blades hacked on his body numerous times, emitting a crisp sound.

在短短的几个呼吸间，冰刃无数次砍在家老的身上，发出刚烈的脆响。

A moment later, the storm ended.

胶着了片刻后，风暴猛地停息住。

Bai Ning Bing and the clan elder faced each other.

白凝冰和家老相对站着。

“Old thing, you are asking for death.” Bai Ning Bing’s blue iris were purer, complementing his white hair and white clothes while standing still in the cold winds.

“老东西，你这是自找死路。”白凝冰一双蓝眸，更加纯澈。白衣白发，在寒风中微微拂动。

His left hand’s ice blade had already broken into two. But this did not stop it from penetrating the elder’s heart.

他左手的冰刃，已经断裂成两半。但这并不妨碍它洞穿家老的心脏。

“Huh…” Clan elder lowered his head, staring at his left chest, his mouth emitting a sound of helplessness and shock.

“呃……”家老缓缓地低下头，凝望着自己的左胸，嘴里发出一声似无奈似惊愕的声音。

Bai Ning Bing let go of his right hand, abandoning this ice blade. He walked past the clan elder, steadily approaching.

白凝冰松开左手，直接舍弃这段冰刃，走向古月青书，与家老擦肩而过。

Behind him, the clan elder’s face was covered with a light blue frost, and soon he collapsed onto the ground to never get up again.

在他身后，家老的脸上、浑身都渐渐浮现出一抹淡蓝冰霜，然后扑通一声栽倒在地上，再也爬不起来。

Far away, Fang Zheng saw this scene and his irises shrunk to the size of pins, intense fear spreading throughout his body.

远处，看到这一幕的方正，瞳孔猛地缩成针尖大小，强烈的恐惧顿时侵袭了他的整个身躯。

This was out of his wildest dreams.

这一切都超越了他的想象。

A grand Rank three clan elder actually died like this. This Bai Ning Bing is so strong?!

堂堂的三转家老，竟然就这样死去。这个白凝冰怎么如此强大？！

“Where is Fang Yuan? Tell me, and I can let you die peacefully.” Bai Ning Bing walked towards Gu Yue Qing Shu.

“方源在哪里？说出来，我可以给你一个痛快的死法。”白凝冰走向古月青书。

“Bai Ning Bing…” Gu Yue Qing Shu sighed deeply, staring at Bai Ning Bing without fear, “You and I have fought over ten times, you are getting stronger, and right now I have to admit that you have surpassed me. But your strength cannot cause me to betray my clansman. Come, fight me!”

“白凝冰……”古月青书发出深深的叹息，毫不畏惧地盯着白凝冰，“你和我交手不下十次，你越来越强，如今我也不得不承认你已经超越了我。但是你的强大，并不能令我去背叛我的族人。来战吧！”

“Just you? Hehe.” Bai Ning Bing snorted in disdain, turning around to look at Fang Zheng, raising a brow. “That is Fang Yuan’s brother?”

“就凭你？呵呵。”白凝冰不屑地嗤笑一声，转眼看向远处的方正，微微一扬眉头，“那就是方源的弟弟？”

Gu Yue Qing Shu’s expression changed, taking a big step out and blocking Bai Ning Bing. “Don’t think of finding trouble with him!”

古月青书脸色顿变，迈出一大步，拦在白凝冰的面前：“你休想找他的麻烦！”

Bai Ning Bing’s face sank. “You are quite an interesting opponent, keeping you alive can add some colour to my life. But my mood is very bad now, don’t take my patience for granted. Tell me nicely, which direction Fang Yuan went.”

白凝冰的脸色沉下来：“你是个蛮有趣的对手，留着你能给我的人生增添几分乐趣。但是我现在心情很糟糕，你不要不知好歹。乖乖地告诉我，方源逃向什么方向去了。”

Gu Yue Qing Shu replied him in the most direct way with action.

古月青书用实际行动，做了最直接的回答。

He closed his eyes, and opened them again.

他缓缓地闭上双眼，然后猛地睁开。

Wood Charm Gu!

木魅蛊！

《蛊真人》中英文对照版 第一百四十节：古月青书VS白凝冰（上）

《蛊真人》中英文对照版第一百四十节：古月青书VS白凝冰（上）