Chapter 181: Hot Spring Bath
The hot spring bath was not what the three of them, Xia Xue, and Baili Changfeng imagined. In their minds, since it was a place where the sun bathed, the hot spring must be very large. However, the hot spring bath before them was pitifully small, like a well opening.
Xia Xue was somewhat doubtful, “Master, is this really a hot spring bath?”
Baili Changfeng nodded. The temperature here was the highest in Tang Valley. If they hadn’t brought the Polar Cold Marrow Jade, they wouldn’t have dared to approach. Moreover, there was no Demonic Energy around.
“Gurgle gurgle~”
Looking at the hot spring bath churning and boiling like lava, Xia Yang and Xia Xue felt their scalps tingle. If they fell in, they would probably be instantly melted.
Xia Xue nervously swallowed, looking at Baili Changfeng, and said uncertainly, “Master, are we really going to put Senior Hua into the hot spring bath? Can Senior Hua withstand it?”
Baili Changfeng looked at Hua Changxi, whose eyes were tightly closed. “Senior Hua has subdued the Great Sun Divine Flame, so she should be able to withstand it. Furthermore, her injuries are too severe, and I have no way to heal her. Now, we can only hope that the hot spring bath can repair her injuries.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Yang carefully placed Hua Changxi down from his back. He and Xia Xue each took an arm and slowly lowered Hua Changxi into the hot spring bath.
The ‘lava water’ churning and boiling in the hot spring bath had great buoyancy. Hua Changxi’s feet were only submerged in it. As for her upper body, no matter how much Xia Yang and Xia Xue exerted force to push her down, they couldn’t submerge her into the ‘lava water’.
“Master, what should we do?”
Xia Yang and Xia Xue looked to Baili Changfeng for help.
Baili Changfeng was also at a loss.
Just as the three of them were unsure what to do, Hua Changxi moved on her own. She crouched down and sat cross-legged in the hot spring bath.
Hua Changxi, who had escaped from the Space Rift, was not completely unconscious. The crisis had not yet passed, and she would not allow herself to faint. However, she was too severely injured. In her Dantian, the Qi Sea, which was once like a vast ocean, was now depleted. After forcibly collecting the Floating Light Sword into her Dantian, she, covered in wounds, couldn’t even open her eyelids.
When her feet were submerged in the hot spring bath and she felt the dense Fire Spiritual Energy surging beneath her, Hua Changxi didn’t even have time to issue commands to her body before her depleted body moved on its own.
After sitting cross-legged in the hot spring bath, Hua Changxi began to circulate the 《Vermilion Bird Divine Art》 at full speed. The ‘lava water’, which was already churning and boiling, became even more violent.
Then, countless red Fire Spiritual Energy vaporized and rose, enveloping Hua Changxi’s Body and rapidly converging into a tornado-like spiritual energy pillar.
Witnessing this scene, Baili Changfeng and his two disciples were dumbfounded.
“Is the Cultivation Speed of Nascent Soul Cultivators this fast?”
Looking at the spiritual energy pillar enveloping Hua Changxi, Xia Yang and Xia Xue couldn’t help but swallow.
Baili Changfeng was also extremely shocked. It was his first time witnessing a Nascent Soul Cultivator cultivate, and he never expected the gap between Nascent Soul Cultivators and Core Formation Cultivators to be so vast.
At Hua Changxi’s current cultivation speed, the Spiritual Energy stored in her Dantian Qi Sea was at least tens of times his, perhaps even more.
This was simply a chasm-like difference!
Baili Changfeng was deeply shaken. Were other Nascent Soul Cultivators like Hua Changxi, or was Hua Changxi exceptionally powerful?
The thick spiritual energy pillar enveloping Hua Changxi not only shocked Baili Changfeng and his disciples but also startled three Demon Race followers hiding in the dark a hundred meters away.
“Protector Bai is also in the Nascent Soul Realm, and his cultivation speed isn’t as fast as this female cultivator.”
“Nonsense, that female cultivator can summon the Vermilion Bird that suppresses all things. She’s definitely more monstrous than ordinary people.”
“If Protector Bai knew that such a powerful figure had appeared among the humans, he wouldn’t be able to sleep again.”
“What should we do now? That female cultivator is heavily injured. Should we take advantage of her not having recovered yet to go and assassinate her and the other three?”
“The other three are not much of a threat, but that female cultivator… are you sure we won’t be killed in return if we go? The three of Wutong died without even ashes left.”
“…”
“Our objective is to destroy the Formation Eye. While they are preoccupied with us, we should hurry and destroy the Formation Eye. If we can destroy the Formation Eye before that female cultivator recovers, we might even survive.”
The three of them quietly left.
…
In the hot spring bath, as she absorbed more Spiritual Energy, Hua Changxi’s Body began to sink. Baili Changfeng and his disciples became somewhat nervous.
“Won’t Senior Hua sink down?”
“Probably not.”
Baili Changfeng’s knowledge of Tang Valley came from ancient texts. He only knew that soaking in the hot spring bath could improve Spiritual Root Quality and even shape a Spirit Body. He knew nothing else.
“Even if she sinks, it’ll probably be fine… maybe.”
Hua Changxi continued to sink. Soon, the ‘lava water’ submerged her head.
Seeing Hua Changxi completely submerged, Baili Changfeng and his disciples’ hearts tightened.
Hua Changxi, who was completely submerged in the ‘lava water’, did not float in the water. Instead, she continued to sink. When the ‘lava water’ completely enveloped her Body, she felt uncomfortable at first, but after not sensing any danger, she slowly adapted.
In the water, Hua Changxi’s Body gradually relaxed, stretching freely. Soon, she felt a comfort akin to returning to the womb.
“Bang~”
She kept sinking and sinking. After an unknown amount of time, Hua Changxi felt that she had reached the bottom. The bottom was as soft as cotton. Her entire Body was embedded in it, as if she had merged with the water.
At this moment, her tense emotions finally relaxed completely, and she fell into a deep sleep.
Time trickled by. Outside the hot spring bath, after waiting for over ten hours, Baili Changfeng and his disciples became anxious as Hua Changxi did not surface.
Especially Baili Changfeng. During the wait, he clearly sensed that the Demonic Energy in Tang Valley had become denser. He immediately guessed that the other three Demon Race followers were destroying the Formation Eye.
After waiting for a few more hours and seeing no sign of Hua Changxi surfacing, Baili Changfeng said to his two disciples, “We can’t wait any longer. The Demonic Energy is getting denser and denser. We have to go and stop those three Demon Race followers from destroying the Formation Eye.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Yang hesitated, “Master, can we deal with those three Demon Race followers?”
Baili Changfeng glared. “We have to deal with them even if we can’t. Guarding the Formation Eye is the duty of an Artifact Saint Palace Disciple.” After speaking, he took out some Spirit Talismans, Formation Disks, and Pills and distributed them to his two disciples.
“You two stay here. I’ll go alone. If Senior Hua recovers, bring her to find me.”
Xia Yang and Xia Xue were anxious and both expressed that they wanted to go with him.
Baili Changfeng knew that the Demon Race followers would be difficult to deal with and didn’t want his two disciples to be in danger. “You two follow, and I’ll have to protect you. Be good and wait for Senior Hua here.”
After speaking, he ignored Xia Yang and Xia Xue and turned to leave.
Xia Yang and Xia Xue exchanged glances. They did not obey Baili Changfeng’s orders and quietly followed him.
