The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 173 Cloud Feather 32

This box was forged from black iron and had just been taken out of the icy pool. Its surface was still surrounded by wisps of cold air. When the cold air came into contact with the air, it quickly condensed into tiny ice crystals, which adhered to the surface of the box and shimmered with a cold light.

Gong Ziyu did not rush to touch the box, but waited patiently for a while until the cold air on the box dissipated slightly. Then he found a cloth in the cave and opened the box, only to find that it was empty.

……

Meanwhile, on a stone platform in the courtyard of the Snow Palace, Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi sat facing each other, with a pot of tea placed between them, its steam rising and swirling in the air.

Young Master Xue smiled, his tone tinged with anticipation: "This new Blade Master just specifically asked if 'getting the box at the bottom of the pool would be enough,' so I guess he must have already figured out a way to pass the test. It's really something to look forward to!"

Yukishige took a sip of tea and said calmly, "You know how difficult this trial is! So many people who have participated in the trial in the past have tried their best, but in the end, they haven't even touched the box. How can you be sure that he will succeed?"

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Xue Gongzi's eyes. Thinking of the changes in the front mountain, he said, "I heard that this new Blade Master is very powerful. In just a few days, he has found several Wufeng assassins who were lurking in the palace gates, as well as people who were connected with Wufeng. He has won the respect of the three elders and the other three palaces in the front mountain, and has quickly secured his position as Blade Master."

Xue Chongzi has a youthful appearance, but speaks with an air of maturity. He sighed softly, "But this test is not only a test of his wisdom, but also a person's willpower and martial arts skills."

“He was frail and afraid of the cold since childhood. He was pampered and never experienced real hardship. How could such a person endure the icy cold pool?”

"Remember when Gong Shangjiao was trapped in this level for twelve days? Do you really think he was better than Gong Er?"

After hearing Xue Chongzi's words, Young Master Xue also sighed: "He has already secured his position as the Blade Master, so he doesn't need to participate in the Three Realms Trial!"

Yukishigeko lowered her eyes and remained silent, listening to the approaching footsteps beside her. A fleeting, almost imperceptible look of disappointment flashed across her eyes: "He's out!"

Clearly, the "he" that Yukishigeko was referring to was Miyako.

"So fast? Did he give up?" Young Master Xue asked in surprise.

They had only been out of the cave for a short while; such a short time was not enough for one person to dive to the bottom of the pool and retrieve the black iron box.

No!

Gong Ziyu leisurely walked up to the stone platform and placed the black iron box in front of Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi with a 'thud': "You two have quite the refined taste, brewing tea outside in the heavy snow."

Upon seeing the black iron box lying before him, Young Master Xue's pupils constricted sharply, as if he had witnessed something unbelievable. He couldn't help but exclaim, "This...this isn't..."

Xue Zhongzi, standing to the side, also looked incredulous. His gaze swept over Gong Ziyu, noticing that Gong Ziyu's clothes were clean and tidy, and there was no trace of water on his hair. He was exactly the same as when they first met, which made him even more incredulous.

"Judging from your appearance, you clearly didn't dive into the icy pool. How exactly did you get the Xuan Iron Box?"

Can Gong Ziyu admit that she cheated using telekinesis?

That's impossible!

Looking at the swirling snow, Gong Ziyu slowly uttered two words: "Secret!"

Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi exchanged a glance. They were genuinely curious about how Gong Ziyu could obtain the Xuan Tie Box so easily without going into the water.

However, Gong Ziyu was unwilling to talk about it, and the two of them could not force him to. They could only regret in their hearts that they should not have come out of the stone cave and missed the process of Gong Ziyu retrieving the box.

……

Gong Ziyu stayed in the Snow Palace for half a day, boiling water and drinking tea with Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi, chatting for a long time. Finally, he learned the Snow Palace's Three Snow-Sweeping Techniques from the two of them before finally leaving the Snow Palace and heading directly to the Moon Palace.

Not to mention how shocked everyone else in the front mountain was when the news reached them.

Inside the Elders' Courtyard, Elder Yue, who had been worried about Gong Ziyu's willfulness and fearing he might be in danger during the trial, quickly greeted Elders Hua and Xue, who were equally shocked, and hurriedly returned to the Moon Palace after hearing the news.

The guardian of the Moon Palace should have been the Moon Prince, but now the Moon Prince himself is being interrogated in the Zheng Palace, so how can he care about this?

Besides the Moon Prince, only Elder Moon is qualified to be the guardian of the Moon Palace.

When Elder Yue hurriedly returned to the Moon Palace, Gong Ziyu had already been waiting for a while.

Elder Yue hadn't done any guarding work in a long time, and for a moment he couldn't think of any questions to ask. After thinking for a while, he simply took out a pill from his pocket and swallowed it without hesitation.

"Ziyu, I just took a poison pill. Your trial in the second domain is to create an antidote before the poison takes effect and remove the poison from my body. You have ten days to do so."

Gong Ziyu hadn't expected Elder Yue to be so hardcore, actually using his own life as a test.

He stepped forward, took Elder Yue's wrist to check her pulse, and after a long time, he could only feel that Elder Yue's pulse was somewhat weak, but he really didn't know what kind of poison she had been poisoned with.

Neither he nor the original owner were particularly skilled in medicine or poisons, but fortunately he had made preparations in advance, so he was not flustered now.

Gong Ziyu turned around and went into the pharmacy behind him. After working for about half an hour, he brought out a bowl of medicine and placed it in front of Elder Yue.

Elder Yue looked at the medicine in front of him and immediately recognized what it was. He couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, "Lord Zhiren, is this considered cheating?"

Gong Ziyu smiled without saying a word, offering no further explanation.

What he was brewing was a blend of herbal extracts.

He had previously seen that Young Master Yue was skilled in pharmacology, and guessed that the Moon Palace trial should be related to this, so he memorized the prescription of Hundred Herbs Extract in advance.

See, we guessed the question right!

Elder Yue shook his head, but in the end, he still drank the herbal extract.

He knew that Gong Ziyu was using a trick, but the requirement for this test was to help the test taker detoxify, and Gong Ziyu had passed the test in this way.

So, Gong Ziyu took the three Moon-Slaying Techniques that Elder Yue had just taught him and went to the Flower Palace Sword Tomb.

The Knife Tomb is a huge cave with seven statues standing on both sides. Each statue is engraved with the characters of the palaces: Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu, Hua, Xue, and Yue. Six of the statues have a knife stuck in them.

What's most eye-catching is that behind these seven statues, there is a damaged half-sculpture...

Gong Ziyu looked at the seven and a half statues and seemed to understand something.

Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu; wind, flowers, snow, and moon.

The palace gate was originally supposed to have eight palaces, but the Wind Palace disappeared for some unknown reason, and half of the statues representing the Wind Palace were also destroyed.

The most likely reason is that there is no wind and no front!