As the Universe Turns - Chapter 209
Chapter 209 Yan Yanshan
“Senior, what can I do for you?”
Hua Weiyang immediately stopped. Before that, she let Ku Lingzi’s soul temporarily enter a soul jade. First, it could calm Ku Lingzi down and restore his primordial spirit. Second, it wouldn’t attract the attention of some people with higher cultivation.
“Wait …”
Ku Lingzi’s divine will once again came from the Soul Jade. After a long time, he finally heard him say, “Put the Soul Jade on that brat.”
Hua Weiyang didn’t know what he meant, but he didn’t ask much. He immediately handed the Soul Jade to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen carefully kept the Soul Jade and exchanged glances with her. Only then did the two of them head towards the Flame Flame Mountain Range.
When they reached the mountain range, the earth’s breath became hotter. Magma billowed in the valley, and thick smoke rose into the sky. Occasionally, volcanoes would erupt. If it weren’t for the fact that the two of them had already cultivated for more than three hundred years, how would they dare to walk in such a dangerous place?
“Wei Yang, wait a moment.”
When the two of them arrived at a broken mountain, Xiao Chen suddenly stopped. Although he was not as sharp as Spiritual Energy in terms of perception, his divine sense was not something ordinary people could compare to. Just at that moment, he sensed a faint strong aura nearby.
“Idiot … is there anyone?”
“Shh …”
Xiao Chen immediately made a silent gesture and reached out to block her from hiding in a nearby rock. The two of them withdrew their auras. Not long after, they saw a group of people passing by in the distance. Those people also hid their auras very deeply, but they were still detected by Xiao Chen’s divine sense just now.
“Wait for them to go over.”
Xiao Chen protected Hua Weiyang behind him and only waited for a dozen people to pass by. For the time being, three or four of the dozen or so people had cultivated for more than 400 years. It seemed like it was exactly as Ku Lingzi had expected. A rare discovery of the Thousand Year Fire Ganoderma had attracted so many people from different clans and sects to compete for it.
In the Flame Flame Mountain Range, there were no rules. If one wanted to compete for the Fire Lingzhi, life and death depended on the heavens. Even if one was fortunate enough to obtain the Fire Lingzhi, it was still a question of whether one could bring it out alive.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Chen and Hua Weiyang walked out from behind the rock. Just as they were about to leave, Ku Lingzi’s voice came from the Soul Jade. “Be careful, you two. I can sense a mysterious force in this mountain range.”
“Senior, don’t worry. We will act according to the situation.”
Hua Weiyang replied and looked at Xiao Chen. The two of them moved and immediately went deeper into the mountain range. The deeper they went, the hotter the earth became. If they accidentally fell into the blazing magma, no matter how profound their cultivation was, their bodies would be destroyed in an instant.
This time, the people who came to Flame Flame Mountain were not only the people who went to Su Wen Palace to seek medical treatment, but also the cultivators from all over the Immortal Northern Ancient Realm, as well as some cultivation clans and sects.
Apart from these cultivators, Flame Flame Mountain was a volcanic mountain range left over from ancient times. There were also many fire spirit beasts inside. The two of them knew in their hearts that if they wanted to successfully obtain Fire Spirit Ganoderma and leave, they might not be able to do so without a little tricks.
Seven days later, the two of them had already arrived at the depths of the Flame Flame Mountain Range. The aura here was even hotter. Even though they were far away from the magma valleys, they still felt like they were in a cage. Hua Weiyang was not afraid of the heat here. Instead, it was Xiao Chen. Her body was sweating like a waterfall, but it looked much more strenuous than hers.
“Idiot, are you still able to hold on?”
Seeing that his face was gradually turning pale, Hua Weiyang couldn’t help but frown, worried that the life and death backlash in his body would break out at this time.
“No problem … go to the front.”
Xiao Chen wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to sneak towards a deep valley ahead of her. When they arrived nearby, the two of them acted separately according to their previous plan.
Xiao Chen continued to walk into the valley alone. About half a day later, he saw the magma below the valley surging. However, there was a faint aura of spiritual energy emanating from the blazing aura. It was obvious that the thousand-year-old Fire Ganoderma Lucidum had grown in the valley.
“It’s the aura of Fire Spirit Ganoderma …”
Suddenly, Ku Lingzi’s divine sense came from the Soul Jade. Xiao Chen immediately hid behind a cave and stretched out his divine sense. He saw that there were many people coming from both sides of the valley. There were disciples from various sects, old men with high cultivation levels, and some rogue cultivators from Immortal North Ancient Realm.
Although there were many people this time, there was only one Fire Spirit Ganoderma, and there was bound to be a fight for life and death later.
However, after waiting for a long time, Xiao Chen didn’t see the people on either side of the valley move. Only then did he notice that there was a huge cave beneath the valley, and the aura of the Fire Ganoderma was coming from the cave.
However, there were still two spots of scarlet red light in the cave. Looking closely, it was clearly a pair of eyes. However, what kind of exotic beast actually had such a terrifying pair of eyes? This caused the countless cultivators above to not dare to act recklessly.
Xiao Chen immediately stretched out his divine sense. He saw a crimson Ganoderma lucidum growing on the wall of the cave, but there was a giant python coiled underneath. The python’s body was covered in crimson scales. Judging from its aura, it was a giant boa that had at least a thousand years of cultivation.
Although demonic beasts could not be compared to humans, the terrifying strength of a thousand-year-old giant anaconda was no longer below that of an early Void Refining Dao Combination expert. No wonder so many people in the valley did not dare to act rashly at this moment.
After a long time, someone finally stepped forward and said, “If this continues, the Fire Spirit Ganoderma will ripen and fall off once noon passes. At that time, this thousand-year-old Fire Spirit Ganoderma will probably become something in the python’s stomach.”
The one who spoke was an old man dressed in red. As soon as he said this, many people looked at him. Everyone knew that everyone wanted to obtain Fire Spirit Ganoderma, but there was only one Fire Spirit Ganoderma. If he went down to fight the python first, wouldn’t he teach others how to reap the benefits?
It was precisely because of this thought that everyone stayed motionless. Seeing that it was already noon, the thousand-year-old Fire Spirit Ganoderma disappeared in an hour.
Actually, no one had expected that it would be enough to dodge the fire spirit beasts outside. How could they have expected such a powerful python to be guarding this valley? It was because now, the people of the various clans and sects were at a loss.
After a while, On the other side of the valley, Another white-bearded old man dressed in purple walked out and said loudly, “Everyone, don’t think about how to obtain the Fire Spirit Ganoderma now. In my opinion, the most important thing now is to lure the python out and trap it. Otherwise, after an hour, when the python swallows the Fire Spirit Ganoderma, not only will we be in vain this time, I’m afraid we’ll be in danger.”
Everyone nodded their heads when they heard this. This was reasonable, but there was only one Fire Spirit Ganoderma. Who should distribute it at that time? If that was the case, then it would inevitably be a fight to the death. Who would do their utmost to deal with that python?
Just as everyone was having a fruitless discussion, a white-haired old man dressed as a Taoist suddenly walked over from not far away. “Poverty Dao has a two-pronged plan. Fellow Taoists, do you want to hear it?”
Hearing this strange sound, everyone looked over and saw a strange Taoist priest with gray hair and walking over from somewhere. He was holding a whisk in his hand. A man in green frowned and said, “Hey, old man, what method do you have? Quickly tell me.”
“Little friend, don’t worry …”
The white-haired old man stretched out his hand and smiled. His face was mysterious and mysterious. In the distance, Xiao Chen was hiding in the shadows, but he could clearly see everything.
