Free Web NovelChapter 33: Chapter 33: Cyan Lotus Water and Fire
Seeing Gu Yun’s ruthlessly decisive action, Xiao Chen nodded.
’Pulling a stunt like that in this day and age? That’s just asking to die.’
That pretty female Cultivator had lured the Demon Beasts over without any regard for their strength. If they had been any weaker, they would have been senselessly thrown into crisis. Her intentions were truly despicable!
Gu Yun picked up the female Cultivator’s Storage Ring.
He and Xiao Chen then continued deeper into the vast, dark underground river.
However, the deeper they ventured, the more Demon Beasts they encountered.
On one occasion, Gu Yun and Xiao Chen were attacked by several Demon Beasts at the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Peak.
After Gu Yun and Xiao Chen dispatched them with ease,
they discovered there were no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures guarded by Demon Beasts in the surrounding area.
’Could it be that something major has happened in the Celestial River Domain’s underground river?’
「Several days later」
Gu Yun slew a Demon Beast in a certain part of the dark river with a single slash, sending blood splashing everywhere!
"Brother Xiao, has that Spiritual Fire of yours sensed anything yet?" Gu Yun asked in a deep voice.
Xiao Chen’s eyes were grim. "Soon. I can sense that we are getting closer and closer to that Spiritual Fire."
The Demon Beasts in the underground river had seemed more violent than usual over the past few days; he feared some change had occurred.
Demon Beasts generally have a strong sense of territory,
but these Water Race Demon Beasts would attack Gu Yun and Xiao Chen viciously even when they hadn’t entered their territory.
Moreover, the deeper they went, the more they saw Demon Beasts slaughtering one another, Demon Qi sweeping through the water in a tide of incomparable ferocity.
’What on earth is happening here?’
’Could it be a beast tide?’
Even so, given the strength of the Demon Beasts in this underground river, Gu Yun wasn’t afraid of a mere beast tide.
His confidence stemmed from his tyrannical strength, certain he could sweep through it all.
Once the True Yuan of the True Martial Realm was unleashed, cutting down Spiritual Martial Realm Demon Beasts would be as simple as slicing paper.
Therefore, they were basically safe for the time being.
「Three days later」 Gu Yun and Xiao Chen arrived in a deep cave within the underground river system.
Xiao Chen thrust a palm through the air, and a sharp blast of Spiritual Qi carrying torrential flames swept forward like a fire dragon,
annihilating the incomparably savage Demon Beast in its path.
Afterward, in a region of unknown Spiritual Qi within, Xiao Chen found a five-hundred-year-old Spirit Medicine.
"Brother Gu, you take this Spirit Medicine!" Xiao Chen then said to Gu Yun, who was behind him.
Although a five-hundred-year-old Spirit Medicine was precious, it was nothing worth mentioning compared to that Spiritual Fire.
Gu Yun nodded, not feigning politeness.
As per their original agreement, Gu Yun was to help Xiao Chen obtain the Spiritual Fire,
and in the process, Gu Yun would have the right of first choice for any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures they found.
Gu Yun knew the value of that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire was incalculable.
But this was Xiao Chen’s opportunity. ’He was willing to ask for my help, offer compensation, throw in some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and I even get to earn a friend’s goodwill in the process.’
’What reason would I have to fight Xiao Chen for that Spiritual Fire?’
’Besides, I’m a Thunder Cultivator.’
’Hopefully, I’ll encounter a Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder in the future and subdue it. My strength would multiply, and I might even be able to try using thunder for Alchemy.’
「Several days later」
Gu Yun and Xiao Chen arrived at a section of rapids in the dark river and discovered a small cave opening next to a massive boulder.
Using his Spiritual Sense, Gu Yun discovered that this small opening extended surprisingly deep.
Then, Gu Yun and Xiao Chen entered together, advancing several hundred meters along the hidden and winding passage before finally reaching the end.
In the dim space, two figures emerged from a narrow cave opening.
"It seems this is the place!"
The cave opened up into a whole new world.
A massive underground lake suddenly appeared before them!
Xiao Chen couldn’t help but marvel as he gazed upon the massive underground lake before him.
After more than ten days of searching through the underground rivers of the Celestial River Domain, they had finally found their destination.
Just then, on the surface of the lake not far away,
the water stirred, sending out concentric ripples.
In the deepest part of this underground lake grew a single Cyan Lotus emitting a cyan glow. At the center of the lotus, a flame was actually burning.
’This Spiritual Fire? Could it be the Cyan Lotus Water and Fire?’
"Brother Xiao, is this the Cyan Lotus Water and Fire?" Gu Yun asked, a hint of doubt in his voice.
A smile appeared on Xiao Chen’s face. "That’s right. This is indeed the Cyan Lotus Water and Fire."
Gu Yun had once seen descriptions of Spiritual Fires in the Sect’s records.
There were twenty-four Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires on the Celestial Essence Continent, and every single one was an exceedingly precious existence that one could only chance upon, but never seek out.
This very Cyan Lotus Water and Fire was ranked twenty-third on the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire List!
Not only were there twenty-four Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires in the world, but there were also twelve Heaven and Earth Divine Thunders.
Every single Divine Thunder was the ultimate fantasy of a Thunder Cultivator—the thunder of their dreams.
’Xiao Chen... The last time I saw him, during the Outer Sect competition, he wielded an Absolute Technique that fused two Spiritual Fires. This means he has at least two Spiritual Fires in his possession.’
’Counting this one, he’s probably about to have three.’
’He’s truly the model protagonist, a suspected Child of Destiny. His fortune is extraordinary!’
’If Xiao Chen hadn’t had a map to guide him, it’s likely no one would have ever found this extremely hidden place.’
Suddenly, disaster struck.
The waters of the massive underground lake suddenly churned violently, and a colossal aquatic python exuding a terrifying aura
shot upwards, its monstrous maw opened wide as it lunged to bite Gu Yun and Xiao Chen.
"It’s a True Martial Realm Demon Beast!" Xiao Chen’s gaze grew heavy as he prepared for a life-or-death battle.
But at that very moment,
Gu Yun’s True Martial Realm strength erupted in full! He unleashed an aura as deep as an abyss, and his presence surged outward in all directions like a torrential flood!
Xiao Chen’s pupils shrank. He stammered in shock, "Brother Gu, you...?"
Gu Yun took a step forward, shielding Xiao Chen behind him.
His long hair billowed without any wind as lightning crackled all over his body. Several dazzling bolts of electricity exploded around him,
like a mad dance of writhing electric serpents. In an instant, streaks of Thunder coursed over his entire body.
With his hair standing on end, he looked like a veritable Thunder True God, erupting with a blinding light that illuminated the entire underground lake!
"Celestial Thunder Hand!"
Streaks of Thunder converged, forming a Thunderous Hand dozens of feet tall in Gu Yun’s grasp. He swatted it toward the giant python, a beast at the True Martial Realm First Layer Middle Stage!
BOOM!
The Power of Thunder was boundless in its ferocity.
The giant python Demon Beast took the full force of the incomparably mighty Thunderous Hand head-on!
It was utterly unable to resist. With a pained ROAR, its body was blasted into the distance and slammed against the lake’s edge.
The impact created a loud BANG!
Gu Yun’s expression was ice-cold. He strode through the void, and in a flash,
he appeared instantly at the giant python’s vital spot. He then erupted with intense lightning, throwing a Mountain-Breaking and Mountain-Suppressing punch with the force of a mighty thunderclap!
The giant python was instantly obliterated by Gu Yun’s strike!
The giant python’s blood gradually spread through the lake, dyeing that area of the water’s surface blood-red.
With a wave of his hand, Gu Yun collected the body of the True Martial Realm python into his Storage Ring.
He then retracted his True Yuan, and the arcs of lightning vanished.
He glanced over at Xiao Chen, only to find him wearing an expression of utter shock.
Gu Yun couldn’t help but want to laugh. This feeling, showing off his strength in front of a Child of Destiny with the perfect protagonist template...
...it really was something else.
Xiao Chen watched Gu Yun deal with the True Martial Realm python as cleanly and efficiently as a Thunder God,
and couldn’t help but give a wry smile. "Brother Gu, I never expected that you had already broken through to the True Martial Realm."
’Only half a year after entering the Inner Sect, you’ve already crossed the heavenly chasm that most Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators might not pass even after decades of effort.’
Gu Yun replied with a placid expression, "That said, Brother Xiao, you can now go into the lake and absorb the Cyan Lotus Water and Fire."
