Chapter 169: No Time, Get Out!
Time flies, and several months have passed.
Outskirts of the Tagor Desert.
In the sky, the scorching sun that had been hanging for a day gradually fell below the horizon, and the fiery red light covered the entire desert with a layer of orange-red gauze.
Under the mountains, a dusty young man in black wiped the yellow sand mixed with sweat on his head, pursed his cracked lips, and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
"Alas, although this Burning Art has been successfully evolved through the purple fire of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, it is only at the intermediate level of the yellow rank, and it can't support my consumption at all. It's too uncomfortable in this desert!"
The young man in black moved his sore muscles and smiled bitterly.
"Haha. Don't worry! As long as the strange fire is successfully swallowed, the Burning Art will definitely reach the mysterious level, and then it won't be like this!" An old voice suddenly sounded.
Hearing this, the young man in black slowly raised his head and looked at the crescent moon that was gradually rising on the horizon.
Thinking about the hardships along the way, and thinking about the long-awaited strange fire that he would soon devour, the black-clothed boy began to get excited, and his mouth gradually opened.
"I will definitely succeed!" His thin lips revealed a bit of stubbornness.
An illusory body suddenly appeared beside the boy, and judging from his face, it was Yao Lao.
"The efforts of the past three years are finally coming to fruition, and I will do my best to help you achieve your wish!"
Yao Lao looked at the confident boy next to him, and a trace of relief and tenderness flashed in his turbid eyes, whispering in his heart.
The silver moon gradually rose to the middle of the sky, and the stars were shining.
In a cave on the mountain, Xiao Yan carefully checked and cleaned it, then sat cross-legged on a huge rock.
"Teacher, what should we do next?" Xiao Yan's eyes calmed down, he swallowed his saliva, and his voice trembled slightly.
Yao Lao did not speak but stretched out his hand, and three things floated out of the ring on Xiao Yan's hand.
A blood-colored pill, a jade bottle surrounded by white mist, and a thumb-sized gray stone.
"Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Soul Absorbing, the procedures for using these things are as I told you before, and then." As he spoke, Yao Lao took a deep breath, his face became solemn, and when he reached out his hand again, a green lotus-shaped flame flashed out from the Black Nether Ring.
"Is this the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire?"
Xiao Yan looked at the green flame floating in the air with fiery eyes, feeling the rapidly rising temperature around him, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and forced himself to calm down.
"Yes! This fire is now wrapped by the Bone Spirit Cold Fire controlled by the master, otherwise you can't get so close to it now!"
Yao Lao nodded, looked at Xiao Yan, and patted his shoulder with a cautious look: "Let's start! Take the Blood Lotus Pill first!"
"Yes!" Xiao Yan nodded slightly, sucked his palm, and the blood-colored pill fell into his palm.
Looking at this fifth-grade pill, Xiao Yan's expression became fierce, closed his eyes, and stuffed it into his mouth.
As the medicinal properties took effect, a large amount of blood continued to seep out of Xiao Yan's pores. The blood gradually condensed and gradually formed an airtight blood-colored armor on his body.
Seeing this, Yao Lao waved his hand and took back the Bone Spirit Cold Fire wrapped on the blue flame.
In an instant, the floating blue flame broke free from the suppression and suddenly surged. A terrifying destructive force, as if awakening, emerged in the cave.
The cave seemed to turn into a blue sea of fire. The rocks on the cave wall melted instantly, forming drops of magma, flowing down along the stone wall.
Seeing this, Yao Lao was about to wrap the cave with his soul power.
Suddenly, his expression was startled, and there was a moment of trance, as if the surroundings were distorted in time and space.
It seemed that he saw a vague figure, with a tall figure, surrounded by stars, standing in the void.
His eyes were looking at him. Although his face was blurry, his eyes were extremely bright, like a sea of stars, as deep as an abyss.
The figure raised his arm, and the stars suddenly felt distorted. He stretched out a finger and pointed it directly at the cave, but it seemed to be resisted by something and was very slow and difficult.
Yao Lao's mind was immediately captured by the finger. The lines on it were clearly visible. He wanted to look away from it,
but it was as if he was in a fixed state. Not only did his body not move, but even his eyes could not move at all. Suddenly, his hair stood on end, and he was shocked. He could only watch it fall.
That finger was indescribable.
It seemed small, but it felt like a giant pillar supporting the sky.
It seemed slow, but in fact, it felt like it crossed time and space in an instant.
In Yao Lao's horrified look, after his finger touched the blue flame, the picture was instantly shattered.
Yao Lao came back to his senses in a daze and looked around vigilantly. He found that everything in the cave was normal, no different from before, as if the previous scene was all an illusion.
"Is it an illusion?" He wiped his forehead. Although he was only a soul body now, he still felt cold sweat.
It had been many years since he had felt that kind of ant-like feeling.
Even if he had met a Dou Sheng-level expert before, he would still feel the same as him in front of that finger, no exception!
"Is it the Emperor? Is there still an Emperor in the continent? Why would he attack the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire?" For a moment, too many doubts lingered in his heart, like a mess.
He couldn't help but look at the blue flame. If it wasn't an illusion before, the blurry figure must have done something to the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire.
He used his soul perception to carefully check the flame inside and out but found that it was no different from before.
But another feeling came from his spiritual perception; the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire seemed to be a little different from before, as if something was missing.
Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan, who was unaware of it, and his face was a little uncertain for a while. He didn't know whether he should let his disciple devour this strange fire under such circumstances!
"Forget it! If it wasn't an illusion just now, with the means of that kind of person, it wouldn't be necessary to go through so much trouble to harm Xiao Yanzi!" Yao Lao shook his head with a wry smile, buried the matter in his heart, and released the suppression of the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire.
The blue flames swelled up in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, the volume expanded a hundred times, becoming extremely violent, whirring and tumbling, burning everything around, making a hissing sound.
"Put your palm into the flames, there is a wisp of original fire in the center of the strange fire, grab it out, quickly!!"
After saying that, Yao Lao waved his hand and set up a soul barrier in the cave, otherwise the cave would be destroyed by the strange fire.
When Xiao Yan was absorbing the strange fire.
Somewhere in the desert.
Next to a bonfire, several figures sat on the ground.
"Lao He, don't be so gloomy. If we didn't find it this time, we'll just keep looking!"
A sturdy man patted the shoulder of the elegant middle-aged man next to him and comforted him in a rough, slightly low voice.
"Alas, old lion, you know how much effort I put into finding this strange fire. This time, it's really a pity!"
The elegant middle-aged man sighed with a little bitterness on his face.
"Who would have thought that there is a strange fire outside the Stone Desert City? We have passed by here many times over the years, but we have never paid attention to this place!"
A thin man shook his head and sighed.
"That's right! But Lao He, you have nothing to lose. I asked the people in the Stone Desert City. It is said that there were four Dou Huangs fighting outside the city at that time. It must be for this strange fire. Among them was the notorious Queen Medusa!"
"If we were there at the time, with our cultivation, there would be no hope at all!" The strong man waved his hand and said.
"Indeed! There are only a few Dou Huangs in our Jia Ma Empire. I didn't expect that four would appear here. I really don't know where these strong men came from!" The thin man nodded.
As he spoke, the middle-aged man suddenly stood up and looked in one direction with a sharp gaze.
"Oh right! Lao He"
"What's wrong with you, Lao He?"
"I seem to feel the breath of strange fire!" After saying that, the energy wings behind the middle-aged man emerged and flew in that direction.
The remaining two people were shocked and looked at each other. Two pairs of wings appeared and turned into two streams of light, and followed.
Deep in the desert, the temple of the snake people.
In the spacious and luxurious hall, a charming figure leaned lazily on the purple crystal throne.
Three thousand black hairs casually fell on her shoulders. Under the red and gold brocade robe, the almost perfect exquisite body was horizontal, exuding a charming and seductive breath.
The slender jade fingers gently rubbed the center of her eyebrows, and there was a little fatigue on her charming face.
Suddenly, the woman's jade hand on her forehead paused, and her narrow and long beautiful eyes seemed to penetrate the void and suddenly looked in one direction.
"This is the breath of the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire!"
The numb and charming voice, with a sense of majesty, murmured in the empty hall.
Before the voice fell, the figure on the throne had disappeared, and only the faint ripples in the space gradually calmed down.
In the cave, under the tense gaze of Yao Lao, Xiao Yan reached into the strange fire and grabbed it at a very fast speed.
Enduring the high temperature in the strange fire, in an extremely nervous and uneasy mood, he pursed his lips tightly, grabbed a piece of green magma liquid that was like a solid, and slowly pulled it out of the green flame.
"Swallow it!"
There was a few imperceptible tremors in the old voice. Yao Lao tried to stay calm. The next step was the most dangerous step to swallow the strange fire.
This kind of heaven and earth wonder with destructive power, any slight touch can make a strong man unable to live or die, let alone swallow it all together.
The cave suddenly became quiet, Xiao Yan's face was full of hesitation and struggle, Yao Lao was silent, did not speak, and quietly waited for the decision of the young man in front of him.
At this moment, Yao Lao frowned and looked outside the cave. He felt three breaths rushing here at a very fast speed.
"Gu He of the Jia Ma Empire, please show up to see your friends inside!" A gentle and arrogant voice came from outside the cave.
"Gu He... Gu He, the Dan King of Yun Lan Sect?"
Xiao Yan heard this, and a sharp look shot out of his eyes. Thinking of the scene in the hall of the Xiao family more than two years ago, the hesitation and struggle in his heart suddenly disappeared.
"No time!" Yao Lao's cold voice sounded. This was the critical moment. Who cares who you are, let alone you are from Yun Lan Sect.
"Your Blood Lotus Pills are running out of efficacy! If you don't seize this opportunity, you will have to go collect herbs again. Xiao Bai is not here, and I don't know when I can gather them again!"
Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Yao Lao knew that he had made a choice. His old face showed a relieved smile, and he said softly:
"Don't worry about the outside world. They are just three Dou Wang. If they know what to do, just leave! If they have any inappropriate thoughts, I will deal with them!"
As he spoke, Yao Lao's eyes showed a fierce look. As a sixth-grade alchemist, Gu He's purpose of coming here is obvious. He must have come for the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire.
"Gu He is presumptuous to come here. I really have something important to discuss. Please take the time to see me!" Gu He's slightly deep voice sounded again.
Yao Lao's eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan swallowing the green magma in his hand. He was very nervous. Hearing the chattering outside, he was furious.
"I've already said it, I'm busy! Get out!"
The word "get out" brought with it unparalleled soul power, creating ripples in the air and bursting out of the cave.
"Hmph!" X3
Snorted three times outside the cave.
"Dou Huang..."
"Not just any Dou Huang!"
Yan Shi and Feng Li behind Gu He looked at the cave with fear in their eyes.
"This is just a warning. If you continue to pester me, I won't hold back. Get out!" Yao Lao shouted fiercely.
"Lao He, we are no match for him right now. Let's go back first!" Feng Li said softly with a serious expression.
"Lao He, Lao He, are you crazy?" Yan Shi saw that Gu He didn't respond for a long time and couldn't help but walked forward.
Gu He was excited at this time, his lips trembling slightly, and he murmured: "This is... This is a strange fire!"
"Didn't you sense it a long time ago?" Yan Shi frowned and asked in confusion.
"No, no. This is not... not... it's another one!" Gu He's eyes lit up, and he spoke incoherently.
"What's this and that? And what's wrong with you?" Yan Shi had never seen Gu He with such an expression on his face.
As the only sixth-grade alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire, he has always been very arrogant and indifferent.
"You mean, you feel another kind of strange fire?" Feng Li understood what he meant.
"Yes! Its color is gloomy white, cold and chilling, this is the Bone Spirit Cold Fire ranked eleventh in the strange fire ranking list!" Gu He's mood calmed down a little at this time, and he continued:
"What I sensed before was the original strange fire in the underground magma space, the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire! I didn't expect that I had been looking for so many years and didn't see any strange fire, but I felt two kinds of strange fire here!"
"Leave first!" Yan Shi's eyes flashed, and he winked at Gu He.
"Okay!" Gu He looked at the cave reluctantly and disappeared with the two people in a stream of light.
Yao Lao felt the aura outside fade away, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Now was not the time to clash with them. If it affected Xiao Yan's swallowing of the strange fire, it would be too late to regret it!
"Xiao Yanzi, you'd better hold on tight!" A trace of worry flashed in Yao Lao's eyes. With his soul power, how could he not know the little movements of those people outside?
It seems that they are only retreating temporarily and have not given up.
With Gu He's power, he might soon summon strong men to come over, and then we will be in trouble!
Read 50+ Advanced Chapters At PA Treon.
patreon.com/FictionsTL
(End of this chapter)