Free Web NovelChapter 668: Chapter 253: Return (Part 3)
"It seems to be merging into my body, I can feel something inside it constantly growing..."
Looking at Lihuo Suzaku’s anxious expression, Wen’an had a strange look on his face.
Something is constantly growing...
Could this guy end up giving birth to something?
"Hey!"
"Quickly think of a way!"
Seeing Wen’an not speaking, Lihuo Suzaku became more anxious, urging him continuously to help.
After pondering, Wen’an suggested, "How about I cut open your belly to see if I can take it out?"
Lihuo Suzaku’s body stiffened upon hearing this, then shook its head repeatedly, "That won’t work!"
"I am an Innate Separation Fire Essence. If you cut open my belly, I would immediately lose my current form."
"To reshape myself, who knows how long I’d have to wait again."
Hearing this, Wen’an could only shake his head helplessly, "If that’s not possible, then I can’t help either."
He vaguely sensed that the stone egg seemed to be about to undergo a transformation.
For some reason, by coincidence it ended up inside Lihuo Suzaku’s belly.
Actually, this might not be a bad thing.
At least for now, Lihuo Suzaku might be able to conceal the spirit’s aura. Even if the stone egg transformed in its belly later, it probably wouldn’t attract anyone’s attention.
"Just continue cultivating at the bottom of the magma lake in peace."
"Even if something inside the stone egg grows, it will be born when the time comes, no big deal."
Born?
Hearing this, Lihuo Suzaku became even more panicked.
But clearly, besides cutting open its belly, Wen’an had no other way to help it.
After a round of discussion, it could only return helplessly to the bottom of the magma lake to continue its cultivation obediently.
After leaving the magma lake, Wen’an found Chonghong and the others.
In the small courtyard, Xiuyun curiously asked, "Third Grandfather, is that big bird the one you mentioned before, who can help us guard Flame Lake City?"
Wen’an nodded and said, "It is a creature formed from the Innate Separation Fire Essence, called Lihuo Suzaku."
"However, you should not disturb it recently."
The stone egg unexpectedly entered its belly, probably leaving Lihuo Suzaku with no mind to care about other matters for the time being.
"Chonghong, regarding your Foundation of the Immortal Embryo’s injury..."
"Third Uncle..."
Chonghong looked at him with a wry smile, trying to stop him but it was obviously too late.
He had hidden the fact that the Foundation of his Immortal Embryo was injured from his son Xiuyun for over two years.
Now, with Wen’an’s question, it was completely exposed.
Sure enough, hearing the words "Foundation of the Immortal Embryo," Xiuyun’s face suddenly changed as he quickly looked at Chonghong, "Father’s Foundation of the Immortal Embryo is injured!?"
Chonghong sighed and smiled, "It’s fine, these two years of cultivation in Flame Lake City have almost completely healed it."
Wen’an also realized he misspoke, immediately changing the subject, "You should closely monitor the situation at the bottom of the magma lake in the future."
"The cultivators in the city should also avoid crafting magical artifacts near the forging furnace by the magma lake."
"I will soon place a seed of sword intent around the magma lake and address the situation once there are results."
The spiritual transformation is significant, and although the stone egg is within Lihuo Suzaku’s belly, once it fully transforms, whether there will be other phenomena remains unknown.
To be safe, he planned to seal off the magma lake first.
Chonghong and the others didn’t dare to ask more questions and nodded in agreement.
...
"Uncle-Master, they seem to have sensed something, and the plan has sped up."
That night, under the bright moon and splendid starlight.
In the vast, rolling mountains of Danzhou, three figures stood atop a peak soaring into the clouds.
The person speaking was precisely Wei Chengyu, the chief of the Suihuo Sect.
Beside Wei Chengyu stood a woman dressed in a black, off-shoulder long skirt, barefooted, with her full head of silver hair emitting a faint halo under the moonlight.
This woman was Lin Ruoxuan, the chief from Tingfeng Valley at Qishan, who also refined the Power of Great Derivation.
Years ago in Yangnao Land, to scheme against Shen Chongming, Lin Ruoxuan had a brief confrontation with Shen Yuan using the Power of Great Derivation across space, eventually getting injured by the small purple sword on Shen Yuan’s White Jade Turtle Shell.
Standing in front of Wei Chengyu and Lin Ruoxuan was an elder in a luxurious deep purple robe with graying hair and straight eyebrows.
The elder carried an innate authority, with his hands behind his back as he looked over the endless green mountains with the aura of one who gazes disdainfully at the world.
"That old fox of the Great Prosperity True Monarch is too cunning."
"Leaving behind so many contingencies back in the day..."
The elder spoke deeply, with a flash of cold light in his eyes: "Is there any news from that old fox on Celestial Monarch Mountain now?"
Upon this question, Wei Chengyu turned to look at Lin Ruoxuan.
With a troubled expression, Lin Ruoxuan shook her head and bowed her hand: "Uncle-Master, forgive me, I’ve spent immense resources over the years but have been unable to find any trace of that old fellow."
After a slight pause, she said, "Could it be the intelligence from the sect is flawed, and that old fellow has already..."
The elder slowly turned and said sternly, "The Sect Leader’s cultivation reaches the heavens. If he says that old fellow is still alive, then he certainly hasn’t perished."
"The old fellow was merely a named disciple of the Great Prosperity True Monarch, cultivating the Heavenly Secret Concealment, sneaking and hiding like a rat; it’s normal we can’t find him."
After a moment of thought, Wei Chengyu bowed and asked, "The Great Prosperity True Monarch was deeply suspicious; would he truly hand over that Immortal Mansion to a named disciple?"
Upon hearing this, the elder snorted coldly, "Isn’t it because your Suihuo Sect and the Yinhe Sect are too worthless!?"
"After so many years, consuming a large number of the sect’s resources, yet you still can’t even determine the life or death of the Yangnao Seven Sons."
"Last time, I went to great lengths to personally confront that old man from the Southern Border to allow you in, and what was the result?"
