Chapter 72: Long Aotian, the Greedy One
The crowd of monks on the opposite side suddenly stopped in their tracks, and when their eyes met the people here, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
The two groups of people looked at each other and stood there in a daze - they were each chasing the iron pot, but met here on a narrow road.
The same confusion was written on everyone’s face: they were clearly chasing the one and only Ten Thousand Year Old Fire Lotus, so how come there was suddenly an extra pot?
"Isn't there only one Ten Thousand Year Fire Lotus?" someone exclaimed.
He thought he was a lucky man, but he didn't expect that there was more than one copy of this thing!
After a brief moment of shock, someone shouted first: "Grab it!"
Suddenly, a blinding light burst out from the lava cave, lights of various spells exploded one after another, sword energy was like a rainbow, talismans were torn apart, and immortal ropes were spread out like fishing nets. The chaos was intertwined, and there was even a clear bird song.
Suddenly, a familiar fat bird jumped out from the crowd, recognized Qi Qing at a glance, called out to him affectionately, and was about to land on his head.
At the same time, the iron pot chasing from the opposite side also rushed straight towards Qi Qing!
Qi Qing secretly thought that this was not good. Judging from the situation, the blame was also directed at his keys.
He acted decisively, threw the key into the ring, and stepped on the flying iron pot firmly to the ground.
A dull "clang" sound was heard, and the iron pot failed to stir up any waves. Immediately, a few red lotus petals emerged from the edge of the pot again, pulling at his ankle as if it was stepped on.
Before it even touched his skin, the burning light made Qi Qing hiss. He was so burned that he had to retract his foot and said to Yue Ji, "Stop it!"
“Don’t even think about it!” Wen Lao, who came right after, sneered, his sleeves fluttering, his spiritual power pressing down like a mountain, blocking Yue Ji’s way, “Form a formation! We must not let these two succeed!”
Several breaths after the order was issued, Miao Zheng arrived at a leisurely pace and led the Danzong disciples to deploy the formation. However, they were still a step too slow. The iron pot that had been chasing earlier had recovered and knocked the formation into pieces.
Now, the two iron pots were moving through the crowd as if playing a game. Whenever someone was about to grab one of them, the other would suddenly change direction, leaving everyone empty-handed.
Yue Ji did not join the melee immediately. After repelling Wen Lao, he calmly returned to Qi Qing and observed the situation.
The master and the disciple looked at each other and understood each other.
Yue Ji held the sword and made a gesture, instantly attracting the rushing spiritual water, which smashed down heavily from the air. Qi Qing was not far behind, and immediately used ice to assist, while Huo Lian was avoiding the spiritual spring, he built an iceberg barrier around it. Water and fire counteract each other, and under the impact of the spiritual water and ice, the temperature around Huo Lian suddenly dropped, and thick white mist rose.
Everyone's vision was blocked, and for fear that the Fire Lotus would be subdued by these two people, they all ran into the fog as if they were risking their lives.
In the center of the white fog, the iron pot vibrated violently under the attack of water and ice. The pot body made a "cracking" sound as it could not bear the weight. Under the influence of thermal expansion and contraction, the entire iron pot exploded!
"boom--!"
In an instant, two red streams of light broke out of the pot, like a fire phoenix breaking free from a cage, tearing and entwining in mid-air, interweaving and merging. The blazing light rushed straight to the top of the cave, illuminating the entire lava cave as bright as day.
After a while, the red light gradually faded, and a complete fire lotus finally revealed its true form.
The heart of the lotus is an extremely bright and dazzling orange-yellow. Nearly a hundred lotus petals are condensed from flowing flames, spreading out layer by layer, with lingering fragrance and colorful auspicious mist.
It was dazzlingly beautiful, yet overbearing and merciless. The violent heat swept over like a wave, and tongues of fire brushed against the face. Some cultivators did not have fire spiritual roots, and suddenly inhaled a breath of such strong fire spiritual energy. Their faces immediately turned red, and they pinched their necks, almost suffocating to death.
Many people in the inner circle were hit and stumbled back. People on the outer circle were also affected and fell down in a daze. The scene was immediately in chaos.
Qi Qing keenly caught a familiar face in the chaos—the middle-aged man who was called "Big Brother" during the day.
The other party had obviously discovered him, and his greed suddenly subsided. After a moment of hesitation, his brows slowly furrowed. When he was about to approach Qi Qing, several vines suddenly broke out of the ground at his feet and entangled his legs.
"Who!" The middle-aged man turned around in shock and anger, and saw a cold fairy in white approaching. The two of them fought with each other and dragged him to the spot.
Taking advantage of this empty space, Qi Qing quickly passed him and continued to patrol the crowd anxiously.
...Since Feichu is here, the pair of brothers and sisters from the Wanshou Sect must be nearby!
At this moment, a man suddenly shouted loudly and squeezed out from the chaotic monks: "Make way! This pot is mine! Please stop grabbing personal belongings - I only have this one pot!"
Senior brother!
Qi Qing looked towards the source of the sound in surprise.
I saw a dusty man trying hard to squeeze forward. His clothes were a little torn, as if he had been in a battle and was slightly injured. The familiar black snake coiled on his shoulder kept spitting out its tongue, helping him to scare away the monks next to him.
He was still shouting at the top of his lungs: "Don't break my pot! My pot!"
"Who cares about your broken pot!" The monk next to him avoided the flying iron pieces with a sword and shouted, "We only want the Fire Lotus!"
The senior brother was so angry that he jumped up and down: "I told you there is no fire lotus, the food in the pot is my dry food!"
Another cultivator snorted coldly, "You still want to quibble? It's clearly the Fire Lotus! Don't even think about fooling me!"
"you--!"
"Brother!" Qi Qing shouted at him from a distance, "The pot is broken!"
The senior brother had just squeezed to the front row, and before the anger on his face had faded away, he looked at the flying iron pot fragments with trembling hands and said in disbelief: "My...my pot!"
Damn it, this pot cost him nearly ten spirit stones. I heard it had more than a hundred uses and the dealer praised it to the skies, but it was gone after just one use!
He squeezed to Qi Qing with a heartache and said angrily: "Junior brother, help me catch it!"
The fire lotus fled flexibly in the crowd, and wherever the red light passed, the monks immediately felt the burning pain of their skin. But this did not scare away the crowd, but instead aroused a more frenzied fight, and the melee broke out again.
Qi Qing protected the ring and did not dare to move forward rashly.
After hiding the key, Huo Lian seemed to lose interest in him, turned around, and smashed into the crowd like a meteor.
This time, without the iron pot restraining it, the temperature of the outer flames circulating around it soared, and even the lava began to flow slightly wherever it passed. Such a terrifying temperature made many people feel nervous, and they had no doubt that if their bodies were hit, they would be melted instantly and could not be extinguished!
Do you really want to risk death to catch it?
Some monks began to waver.
Seeing the situation, Mr. Wen was about to take action to protect them, but Yue Ji's sword was faster than his.
The flaming sword slashed towards Huo Lian, but Huo Lian shook slightly and dodged his attack, scattering the already scattered crowd into pieces.
In the distance, a childish cry came from the other side: "Brother! It, it's coming again!"
"Stand back!" the male voice in a deep voice followed.
Qi Qing was cheered up—it was the brother and sister from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
If He Chong still has the key on him, and both sides cooperate, they might be able to snatch the Fire Lotus!
"Yue Ji." He said decisively: "Go and meet up!"
The master and his disciple moved quickly. The senior brother wrapped the snake around his neck and quickly chased after it.
The three of them all had the same sword skills, and they were in perfect harmony. Although some monks tried to stop them, they were all repelled by their fierce sword moves. Seeing that the situation was not good, more monks gave up the fight and joined the pursuit of the fire lotus again.
He Chong was being chased by Huo Lian and was getting desperate, when he suddenly saw Qi Qing and his disciple coming towards him. He was overjoyed and somersaulted on the rock wall to avoid Huo Lian and landed heavily next to the two of them.
"Finally I found you!" He panted and said anxiously, "I just happened to have something to give you!"
Before he could finish his words, the fire lotus made a sharp turn and came towards him with a long stream of red light.
Upon seeing this, Elder Wen and the middle-aged man immediately changed their formula. Powerful spiritual power attacked from the side, forcing them to take several steps back.
Yue Ji's eyes turned cold, and he said, "You guys talk, I'll go hold them back!"
"Together!"
The senior brother dropped the black snake and went forward with him.
Qi Qing threw a look at He Chong, and the two of them quickly retreated with Fu Ling. He Chong did not forget to transmit his voice: "Do you still remember the key? This item is the key to obtaining the Fire Lotus. I am not strong enough, so I am willing to give it up!"
Qi Qing raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect him to be so considerate. He offered it to her before they even had time to discuss cooperation. So he asked, "What are the conditions?"
"I only ask for one thing." He Chong moved sideways to block the red light that was about to rush in front of the little girl, and said briefly: "Protect my junior sister to leave the secret realm safely!"
There was a hint of bitterness at the corners of his lips.
He originally thought that with his cultivation level at the Spirit Transformation Stage, it would be a piece of cake for him to welcome his junior sister to the secret realm to open her eyes. However, who would have thought that the dangers in this secret realm were far beyond his expectations. Now that he was in possession of a treasure, he was not willing to give the key to a group of strangers so easily.
Rather than both sides suffering losses, it is better to give it to Qi Qing and give him a helping hand.
In a split second, Qi Qing had weighed the pros and cons.
Seeing the fire lotus approaching again, he immediately agreed: "Deal!"
——Isn’t it just a gamble?
Then he bet that Yue Ji had the qualifications and the destiny to take down the Fire Lotus!
“Bang!”
The two of them high-fived in the air as an oath, and He Chong threw over a key with a lotus pattern painted on it.
Sensing the scent of the key, Huo Lian immediately changed its target and locked onto the young man in blue again.
"Again?" Qi Qing took a deep breath.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. He was no longer surprised to be chased like a grandson by Huo Lian. He put on the oil and rushed towards Yue Ji.
The battle was raging over there, Yue Ji and Wen Lao were fighting again. In addition to fighting for the Fire Lotus, the two were also separated by new and old grudges, so it was inevitable that they wanted to fight to the death, and every move was filled with murderous intent.
Although Wen Lao had profound cultivation and awe-inspiring aura, Yue Ji had no intention of being suppressed. His sword moves became more and more ferocious, and he actually wanted to fight with his life.
"madman!"
Old Wen frowned, this desperate fighting style put him in a dilemma - if he fought with all his strength, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses and lose the Red Lotus; if he reserved his strength, he was afraid that this man would find his flaws, which would make him really difficult to deal with.
The young man in black finally tore through his defense, the sword energy cut through Wen Lao's shoulder, and a gleam of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Kill him!
The moment the bloodthirsty thought emerged in his mind, his master's voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Yue Ji!" Qi Qing shouted, "Catch it!"
Yue Ji instinctively put away his sword, turned around, and caught something in mid-air.
At the critical moment, the fire lotus arrived fiercely.
“Swish!”
The next moment, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out, so bright and hot that it made it impossible for everyone to open their eyes.
When the strong light faded, the figure of the young man in black disappeared without a trace, completely swallowed up by the bud of the fire lotus, reduced to ashes.
Qi Qing was stunned.
It’s over. He had planned everything, but he didn’t expect Huo Lian to be so... direct?
——He swallowed Yue Ji into his stomach in one gulp!
The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone was shocked by the sudden change.
They had witnessed the power of the Fire Lotus with their own eyes. Even if a little bit of light touched them, the skin and flesh would be instantly charred. Now that the man was completely wrapped up, wouldn't even the bones be burned to ashes? ?
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