Chapter 180: Fusang Tree Branch
“What should we do? Senior Hua is about to be surrounded by space rifts?”
Xia Xue looked at the increasingly small fire lotus at the bottom of the valley with worry and anxiety. Hua Changxi was sitting cross-legged in the center of the fire lotus.
Xia Yang showed regret: “I shouldn’t have called Senior Hua a selfish person who only cared about herself before.” If Senior Hua hadn’t knocked them away in time, they would have been swallowed by the space rifts by now.
Baili Changfeng also sighed: “What a pity…”
Vermilion Bird Totem, not just anyone can activate it!
Just as the master and his two disciples thought Hua Changxi was doomed, a change occurred. The long sword entwined with the Great Sun Divine Flame suddenly vibrated and began to retreat, as if a kite in the sky was being pulled back.
As the Floating Light Sword lost its power, the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow spread its wings. Then, with a flap of its wings, it directly sent the Floating Light Sword back, striking straight towards the fire lotus.
Xia Xue exclaimed: “Master, what’s happening? Is that sword going to attack Senior Hua if it can’t kill the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow?”
Baili Changfeng was also a little unsettled at this moment: “The sword isn’t attacking Senior Hua, it’s being recalled.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Yang and Xia Xue were stunned.
Xia Yang: “How is that possible? Didn’t Master say that Senior Hua couldn’t control the Great Sun Divine Flame? Then how could she recall the sword?”
Baili Changfeng remained silent, as he didn’t know what was going on either.
At the bottom of the valley, in the center of the fire lotus, Hua Changxi gritted her teeth, her expression in pain. She bit so hard that blood seeped from the corners of her mouth.
At this moment, she was enduring unimaginable pain. In her Dantian Qi Sea, seven strands of Exotic Fire had successfully fused into the Great Sun Divine Flame. The appearance of the Great Sun Divine Flame directly caused the Qi Sea to become turbulent.
When suppressing the seven strands of Exotic Fire, the Five Finger Mountain Seal could still hover steadily in mid-air. However, after the Great Sun Divine Flame was formed, the Five Finger Mountain Seal could no longer suppress it. It began to jump up and down and sway from side to side, appearing unable to cope.
Waves, each higher than the last, continuously crashed against her Dantian, making Hua Changxi feel as if her Dantian was about to shatter.
What was worse, the Great Sun Divine Flame was too hot, and the Fire Spiritual Energy in the Qi Sea was rapidly evaporating.
Hua Changxi gritted her teeth, enduring the explosive pain in her Dantian. She hadn’t completely despaired yet. The moment she fused the Great Sun Divine Flame, she felt an even closer connection to the Floating Light Sword and immediately controlled it to return to her hand.
It was a bit difficult at first; the Floating Light Sword was unwilling to be recalled. However, after being heavily struck by the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow, the sword’s resistance greatly decreased. Under her forceful summoning, it returned to her hand in no time.
The moment she held the Floating Light Sword, Hua Changxi didn’t say a word. She flew out of the fire lotus and, like lightning, plunged into the space rift.
“Ah~”
Seeing Hua Changxi rush into the space rift, Xia Yang and Xia Xue screamed in fright. Even Baili Changfeng couldn’t help but let out an ‘ah’.
“What is Senior Hua trying to do?”
“She wants the branch of the Fusang Divine Wood.”
Baili Changfeng guessed that Hua Changxi must have fused the Great Sun Divine Flame, which was why she could recall the sword. However, her body couldn’t withstand the Great Sun Divine Flame, so she could only make a desperate gamble to enter the space rift and seize the Fusang Divine Wood branch.
Xia Xue murmured: “Isn’t Senior Hua afraid of being cut into pieces by the space rift? Even if she narrowly avoids it, she might get lost in the space rift.”
Baili Changfeng’s expression was somewhat complex. He certainly didn’t want outsiders to possess the treasure flame of the Artifact Saint Palace, but he also admired her decisive, life-risking action.
As expected, cultivators who have reached the Nascent Soul Realm at this stage are all ruthless individuals!
Xia Yang exclaimed: “The space rifts are disappearing.”
Without the Floating Light Sword, the temperature in Tang Valley plummeted. The Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow also began to fade rapidly. Without the immense force generated by their collision, space began to stabilize, and the space rifts naturally started to disappear.
Xia Xue said anxiously: “If the space rifts are gone, Senior Hua won’t be able to get out, will she?”
“Alas~”
Baili Changfeng sighed again. Rushing into the space rift was truly gambling with her life.
In Tang Valley, as the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow faded, the Fire Spiritual Energy seeping from the ground also decreased. The red mist in the sight of Baili Changfeng and his two disciples became thinner and thinner, and at the same time, the black rifts became fewer and fewer.
When the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow completely dissipated, the red mist in the valley had become very thin. The valley floor returned to its previous dimness, and Baili Changfeng and his two disciples could no longer see the space rifts.
Xia Xue said dejectedly: “The space rifts have completely disappeared. Senior Hua… a Nascent Soul Cultivator is gone just like that.”
Xia Yang sighed: “Senior Hua really shouldn’t have rushed into the space rift.”
Baili Changfeng sighed again: “Meeting is fate. It’s a blessing for us, master and disciples, to have met someone like Senior Hua…”
Before he could finish speaking, Xia Xue’s scream interrupted him.
Xia Xue excitedly pointed at the bottom of the valley: “Master, look quickly.”
At the bottom of the valley, a patch of thin red mist churned violently. A point of white light appeared in the center of the red mist. Then, a white long sword, like prying open a closed door, tore open a gap in the red mist. After that, Hua Changxi, covered in blood, squeezed out from the opening.
Seeing this, Xia Xue cried out in surprise: “It’s Senior Hua! She’s alive!”
Baili Changfeng hadn’t expected Hua Changxi to come out even after the space rifts had closed. He was truly shocked. Moreover, the Great Sun Divine Flame on her sword had disappeared, indicating that she had obtained the Fusang Divine Wood branch and could now fully control the sword.
Seeing Hua Changxi emerge from the space rift, Xia Xue immediately said, “Master, Senior Hua seems to be injured. Let’s go and check on her quickly.”
Baili Changfeng grunted and, with his two disciples, went to the bottom of the valley and quickly approached Hua Changxi.
At this moment, Hua Changxi’s black robe was gone. Her light blue robe was covered in dense bloodstains, and her exposed skin was crisscrossed with fine cracks. The current Hua Changxi was like cracked porcelain.
Seeing how severely injured she was, Xia Yang and Xia Xue looked at Baili Changfeng anxiously.
Baili Changfeng thought of how Hua Changxi had saved them, master and disciples, several times. He said to Xia Yang: “Carry Senior Hua, let’s go to the hot spring bath. Senior Hua has subdued the Great Sun Divine Flame, and soaking in the hot spring bath should help repair her body’s injuries.”
Xia Yang obeyed and carried Hua Changxi on his back.
“Senior Hua looks quite young.”
“Cultivators naturally appear young. If they also take some beauty-enhancing pills, they will naturally look even younger. Senior Hua is a Nascent Soul Cultivator; she must be at least a hundred years old, if not several hundred.”
“You two remember, when facing cultivators, never be deceived by their appearance.”
The master and his two disciples searched for the hot spring bath as they spoke. It was their first time in Tang Valley, and it took them quite some effort to find the hot spring bath with Hua Changxi.
