Chapter 1442 - 45: The Grotto Heaven Filled with Lotuses
Jiang Huang was extremely disappointed.
Upon rushing to the Taoist Palace, she did not witness the furious image of the Great Palace Master as the rumors outside suggested.
It seems... those rumors outside are truly unreliable.
But they’re not entirely nonsense.
The massive piece of Bronze Immortal Gold was nailed into the bamboo forest, shaking out waves of energy, while the entire Taoist Palace echoed with strong winds.
It is evident that the Great Palace Master returned to the Heavenly Phoenix Palace with anger.
"Master, Chi Fu Sir."
Seeing this scene, Wu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly bowed respectfully and inquired, "What happened here?"
"I encountered Xie Xuanyi."
Before Chi Fu Dragon Lord could speak, the Great Palace Master said indifferently, "This guy was lucky enough to escape from me..."
Though the tone was calm.
The Great Palace Master’s gaze fell on Jiang Huang’s face.
For the past two years.
He spent a lot of heart power nurturing this future throne, Jiang Huang’s qualifications, Dao Heart, and Divine Soul were almost all "flawless." The only thing that worried the Great Palace Master was the trace of young soul hidden deep in the Divine Sea.
Now.
This trace of young soul has been deeply suppressed...
However, since the two Divine Souls are part of the same entity, there is inevitably a risk of Divine Sea resurgence in the future.
Coincidentally.
Xie Xuanyi is the person most deeply connected to Jiang Huang’s young soul.
At this moment, the Great Palace Master deliberately mentioned him to see Jiang Huang’s reaction, his Divine Thought already enveloped her, not even a slight emotional fluctuation could escape his sensing.
"Escaped?"
Jiang Huang was visibly stunned.
Good.
This is the reaction the Great Palace Master wanted to see.
No emotions like "worry" or "nervousness" arose in Jiang Huang’s Divine Sea, nor were there ups and downs of relief...
This indicates that the young soul’s consciousness is completely suppressed, not a single thread has been released.
On the other side.
Wu Jiu was equally incredulous, his face full of shock.
"This Xie, has he become so powerful that he can escape from your grasp?"
"Hmm."
The Great Palace Master nodded, acknowledging this fact.
He knew that letting Xie Xuanyi escape was by no means an honorable deed considering his strength.
But now that it’s happened, there’s no point hiding it.
"Though Xie Xuanyi is still alive, he’s already close to death."
The Great Palace Master casually said, "He was hit by my [Karmic Fire], and even the Undying Spring cannot rid of the pain of Karmic Fire."
"Karmic Fire..."
Wu Jiu’s expression turned strange.
He knew too well the might of this Divine Skill, even though he practiced the Fire Dao, he couldn’t withstand the terrifying burn of Karmic Fire.
The Undying Spring can certainly heal flesh wounds.
But Karmic Fire burns Cause and Effect!
This kind of pain pierces the soul, heart-wrenching.
He didn’t believe Xie Xuanyi could endure it, even if he could for a moment, could he endure a lifetime?
"This Xie Xuanyi... is no ordinary person."
Recalling the recent fight at Falcon Wind Gorge, Wu Jiu couldn’t help but say, "Though entangled with ’Karmic Fire,’ as long as he’s alive one more day, the threat to Heavenly Phoenix Palace grows."
A monster like Xie Xuanyi must be slain quickly.
"What do you mean?"
Chi Fu Dragon Lord raised an eyebrow.
"This matter cannot be taken lightly."
Wu Jiu took a deep breath, sincerely said, "Xie Xuanyi carries great Qi Fortune, I’m afraid if not slain soon... he might also get through this Karmic Fire disaster. Wu Jiu implores Master to use [Star Gate] Divination while he’s weakened to kill him."
"That is certainly the plan."
The Great Palace Master said expressionless, "I have already used [Star Gate] to divine."
"What was the result?"
Expectancy flashed in Wu Jiu’s eyes.
"..."
The Great Palace Master was silent.
He didn’t know how to begin. In fact, [Star Gate] isn’t a specialized divination magic, although Heavenly Phoenix Palace connects to the Sky Vault, their divination technique isn’t top-notch, to use [Star Gate] for precise divination requires sacrificing a closely related Cause and Effect token.
Earlier, getting Cui Zhen’s location was done using this method.
However, this method proved ineffective on Xie Xuanyi.
On the one hand.
Heavenly Phoenix Palace lacked a token closely related to Xie Xuanyi.
On the other hand.
It seems Xie Xuanyi left no trace in the River of Destiny.
While returning, the Great Palace Master tried various methods for divination, all resulted in failure.
He even tried using this piece of "Bronze Immortal Gold" as a token for divination.
Unfortunately.
This piece of Bronze Immortal Gold couldn’t be sacrificed, [Sky Vault Inheritance] couldn’t consume or chew it, thus he couldn’t obtain any useful Cause and Effect.
"Wu Jiu, no need to be overly cautious..."
Chi Fu Dragon Lord shook his head.
He could see that the battle at Falcon Wind Gorge had dealt Wu Jiu a heavy blow.
Though Xie Xuanyi is indeed monstrous.
Why should the rich Dao Essence of Heavenly Phoenix Palace be afraid of this young Sword Cultivator from the Human Race?
Chi Fu pondered for a moment, comforting, "Not to mention Xie Xuanyi is only at the Fourth Heaven, even if Eighth Heaven, being struck by the Great Palace Master’s [Karmic Fire], there’s no path to survival. In my opinion, this Xie won’t last long. He’s likely fled back to the Da Chu Dynasty to heal... maybe soon, there’ll be news from Da Sui Sword Palace of his passing."
"Is that so..."
Wu Jiu’s expression remained tense, unease lingered in his heart.
"Alright."
Chi Fu Dragon Lord said soothingly, "In a few days, I’m heading south... if you truly have nothing, why not come along."
"Heading south?"
Wu Jiu already guessed what Chi Fu Dragon Lord intended.
Since Xuan Jin disappeared.
Chi Fu Dragon Lord hadn’t shown a good face to anyone.
The entire Red Fish Daoist Palace was tirelessly searching for this "cherished disciple."
"Lushui Cave Heaven, someone spotted traces of Paperman Sect."
Chi Fu Dragon Lord squinted, coldly said, "Daring to target Heavenly Phoenix Palace, I’ll make that damned ’Second Master’ pay."
In his opinion.
This disappearance was a premeditated plot.
From the start, Cheng Er hadn’t intended to serve Heavenly Phoenix Palace, not only did he escape the supervision, but he also "abducted" his disciple!
"I still have some affairs these days."
Wu Jiu thought, politely declining.
He didn’t wish to get involved in these matters.
"Take me along, will you?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Huang suddenly spoke.
Jiang Huang smiled sweetly, "I happen to be bored, if you’re going to that Cave Heaven... take me along, I heard its Primordial Energy is abundant, the central Blessed Land is filled with Lotus, a rare scene in Demon Country, I want to see it."
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(PS: 1. I went out of town today, left early in the morning, just got back now. So the evening update is a bit less, I will make up for it tomorrow noon. 2. Regarding complaints of "padding" in the comments, the pace of this book has always been like this, mainly due to slow updates, reading accumulated Chapters enhances experience, fans are advised to accumulate to read. It’s already the last volume, I will earnestly bring this story to a proper conclusion, kindly ask everyone for patience.)