Chapter 230 – Charred Firewood
Chapter 230 – Flaming Fire Scorched Wood
The Demonic Ghost Vine stretched out a light gray vine and circled around to Lu Xuan, nodding in an extremely humane manner.
“Alright, lead the way ahead.”
To be able to make the Fifth Grade Demon Ghost Vine have such a great interest, it was naturally not an ordinary Spirit Seed, and thinking that the Demon Ghost Vine had an extremely sharp perception of Spirit Seeds, Lu Xuan didn’t hesitate to let it show the way ahead.
The blessed land will be cleared of demonic beasts every once in a while, those who enter the blessed land are all fellow disciples, and there is a JieDan real person in charge of monitoring the blessed land behind them, so the possibility of encountering danger is minimal.
A few moments later, he came to the innermost part of the medicinal garden, on a tall stone wall, there was a small door painted with complex runes.
The light gray vine pointed in the direction of the small door, shaking its head, very excited.
Lu Xuan walked to the door, the runes on the door were just some simple prohibitions, a jade seal kept enlarging, and when it reached the same size as the small door, it carried a huge force and slammed down.
On the doorway, the runes flickered, endeavoring to resist the violent intrusion of the Sealing Yue jade seal.
In a single glance, the small door shattered into ten pieces.
Lu Xuan held the Purple Electricity Sword in one hand and clasped the fourth-grade Whistling Sea Sword Talisman in the other, and slowly dived into it.
Under the guidance of the Demonic Ghost Vine Seedling, he turned a few corners and pushed open a thick stone door.
A sizzling breath hit his face, and what met his eyes was a flaming heaven and earth.
The ground was paved with flat and neat crimson stone slabs, the walls were constructed from fiery red spirit wood, and countless fire birds of varying shapes swayed and danced in the air, and as the flaming wings danced, strands of tiny embers fell from the air and landed on the ground, blending into the crimson stone slabs.
At the top of the palace, was a huge fire cloud, the fire cloud layer after layer, the whole palace enveloped.
There was a pair of fiery red phoenix silhouettes that appeared and disappeared in the sea of clouds, with light gold patterns on their red-colored feathered wings, and crimson flames lingering around them.
Lu Xuan’s sharp eyes noticed that there was a piece of charred black wood floating in the fire clouds, and the wood was extremely inconspicuous against the pair of fire phoenixes.
However, the pair of illusory phoenix figures had been within a certain range of the charred wood.
“This is the high-grade spirit species discovered by the Demon Ghost Vine Seedling.”
Lu Xuan felt the eagerness of the Demon Ghost Vine seedling in his sleeve as it tried to climb out, and could probably determine that this piece of charred wood was the high-grade Spirit Seed that it had sensed.
However, Lu Xuan didn’t want it to reveal itself as he looked across the palace, where three fellow cultivators were staring at him with some surprise.
Among the three, one had a handsome appearance, holding a flying sword with a strange shape, the flying sword was slender and numerous, dozens of flying swords decreasing from bottom to top, at a glance it looked like a peacock opening its screen.
There is also a female cultivator wearing a luxurious robe, the whole person exudes a graceful temperament.
The remaining person had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were extremely sharp, seemingly sword-like.
Of the three, the ordinary young man was in the early Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation, and the other two were both in the middle Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation.
“Hello three senior brothers, my name is Lu Xuan.”
“Venturing into this place didn’t bring any trouble to the three senior brothers and sisters, did it?”
Lu Xuan had always been a deep dweller and had never met these three people before, so he greeted them respectfully.
His eyes inadvertently glanced at the strange flying sword in the hands of the handsome youth, instantly recalling the flying sword named Sword Peacock in the hands of that female inner sect disciple found in the secret realm when he was in the marketplace.
“Good day, senior disciple Lu, it hasn’t been long since we entered this palace, so naturally we can’t talk about any trouble or not.”
The handsome young man said with a smile that was sincere and kind, making people feel like spring breeze.
“Forgive my rudeness, I wonder how Senior Brother Lu entered this palace?”
The graceful woman asked out loud, the three of them in order to be able to enter this palace, as early as when they were in the sect, they made a lot of preparations, spending quite a lot of time, treasures before they broke through the various prohibitions, and were able to successfully enter the palace. As for Lu Xuan, he was only in the pre Foundation Establishment cultivation level, and could even discover that the promotion time was not long, so he had no small interest in how Lu Xuan came in the palace.
“I originally wanted to pick some Fey Ghost Vines in the medicinal garden, but I didn’t expect that the deeper I went, the deeper I ended up finding a small door.”
“The small door had a not-so-difficult prohibition on it, and it took quite a few tries before I was able to break through it, and then I entered this palace in a haphazard manner to meet up with the three elder brothers and sisters.”
Lu Xuan said vaguely in a half-truth.
He couldn’t admit that he had searched over under the guidance of a freshly born Demon Transformation Spirit Plant seedling.
When the three of them heard this, they were somewhat speechless for a moment.
They had tried their best and racked their brains to enter the palace, not realizing that the medicinal garden had a shortcut like that, and that they could easily enter it.
“Master Lu’s luck is really good, I’m impressed.”
The handsome youth said with a smile.
“Senior brother is flattered.”
“I wonder what is the origin of the pair of fire phoenixes in the sea of clouds at the top? Can senior brother tell senior brother a thing or two?”
Lu Xuan pretended not to notice the abnormality of the charred black wood in the blazing fire and asked curiously.
“That pair of fire phoenixes is an extremely rare Demonic Beast Essence Spirit, there are also many high grade fire ores and spirit wood in the palace, if Senior Brother is interested, he can get some more and exchange them for quite a lot of good things after bringing them out of the blessed land.”
“I see.”
Lu Xuan nodded in understanding.
Seeing this, the three of them looked at each other with a hint of joy in the corners of their eyes.
Although with Lu Xuan’s pre Foundation Establishment cultivation, he could not pose any threat to them in acquiring the treasure, he was afraid that in case Lu Xuan obtained the charred wood by chance, thus, the less Lu Xuan knew, the more favorable it would be for them.
“Since Senior Brother accidentally entered this place, it’s time to try and get a piece of the pie from it.”
“I’m just an ordinary Spirit Plant Master with average cultivation and not good at fighting, so I’d like to ask the three Senior Brothers and Sisters to show more mercy under their hands, so that I can get a little share of the leftovers.”
Lu Xuan said with a sincere expression.
“Haha, Senior Brother Lu is overstating things.”
“Treasures are won by those who are destined to have them, and although Senior Brother’s cultivation is weaker, he might be able to be favored by the treasures and thus gain heavenly fortune!”
Seeing Lu Xuan showing weakness, the handsome youth said with a big smile.
The other two also had smiles at the corners of their mouths, and although Lu Xuan’s sudden entry had broken the trio’s plans, they were instantly relieved after noticing that his cultivation was not as good as that of the weakest of the ordinary youths.
The sword peacock in the hands of the handsome youth instantly opened to its maximum, infinite sword intent shot out in all directions, a curved moon appeared behind the graceful woman, emitting a cold and chilling light that fluttered around her periphery, and the ordinary youth cultivator clutched a huge ebony longsword in both hands, with the body of the sword drawn with arcane and obscure patterns, and from time to time, a ghostly black light flickered through.
“Niko!”
Sensing the grim hostility coming from below, the pair of fire phoenixes in the fire clouds let out crisp chirps in unison, their cries resounding through the great hall, and in mid-air, layers of flames surged from the bodies of the many firebirds that were flying recklessly, endless flames occupying every corner, and the entire palace instantly became scorchingly hot.
The Demon Ghost Vine seedling in Lu Xuan’s sleeve quietly retreated back, being blocked by Lu Xuan underneath the Hidden Spirit Cloak, slowly approaching to his chest, and only calming down under the nourishment of the Immaculate Jade’s cool breath.
(End of chapter)