Chapter 437: Take care as well

Yuan Yao heard the Fusang Festival and felt a stir of excitement in her heart.

She nodded in agreement.

Just then, a little black thing appeared out of thin air, hovering midair, and in a childish voice said to them: "In two days, the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm will open, and then you can leave."

"Heavenly Fire." Yuan Yao turned to look at it, calling out with a smile.

Cang Li let out a soft sigh, "This parting, I don't know if we'll ever meet again."

The little black thing heard that, its little mouth wriggled a few times; it was about to say something, but recalling how Wei Yueze had once deceived it, it put up a mental guard.

It spoke coldly: "Although I have reclaimed my primordial power, rebuilding the ecology of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm will still take a long time—perhaps a hundred years, or perhaps a thousand."

Yuan Yao froze for a moment, "So during the time you're rebuilding the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, you won't let the secret realm reappear in the world?"

It gave a haughty "hmm."

After a pause, its round, shiny little eyes fixed on Yuan Yao; after a moment's thought it said: "When you leave the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, I will give you a gift as thanks."

Cang Li pointed at himself, "Do I get one?"

The little black thing huffed arrogantly, "You don't."

Upon hearing that, Cang Li's face showed deep disappointment; he crouched and drew circles on the ground with his finger.

The little black thing: "……"

It said in a childish voice: "You haven't made any contribution either."

Cang Li's mouth twitched slightly; earlier he had been pretending, but now he was truly hurt.

He realized his performance in the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm was truly abysmal.

Mainly because Yao Yao, Xie Zixu, Qian Yunzhou, etc., were too monstrous, making him seem both normal and useless.

Cang Li's desire to become stronger once again peaked.

Seeing that a lowly aura of "I'm trash, stay away" seemed to surround him, the little black thing puffed its cheeks, furrowed its brows, as if considering something.

"Fine, I'll give it to you."

The little black thing stretched out its short little hand and tossed a stalk of immortal grass to him.

"What a broken..." thing.

Before Cang Li finished speaking, his eyes widened; he carefully cradled the stalk of immortal grass that emitted a golden light.

"Jade Flow Absorbing Gold Immortal Grass!"

Seeing him so excited, Yuan Yao crouched down and examined the immortal grass closely.

The immortal grass's leaves were slender, with clear golden veins; its stem resembled flowing water, exuding a hint of sacred beauty.

This stalk of immortal grass also emitted a very soothing scent.

It must be a good thing.

Cang Li excitedly said to her: "Earlier we obtained a segment of Star Luo Mystic Vine at the auction, do you still remember why it was so expensive?!"

Upon hearing that, Yuan Yao instantly recalled.

Her expression changed slightly in surprise: "Star Luo Mystic Vine is one of the ingredients for the Longevity Pill; could this Jade Flow Absorbing Gold Immortal Grass also be one?"

"Yes!" Cang Li nodded, continuing: "It is said the Longevity Pill requires three crucial ingredients: one is Star Luo Mystic Vine, two is Jade Flow Absorbing Gold Immortal Grass, three is the Transcendent Fruit."

Saying this, he looked regretful and sighed.

"Too bad I don't have the formula for the Longevity Pill..."

Yuan Yao reached out and patted Cang Li's shoulder, smiling: "Third Senior Brother, let's first gather the materials; we will surely find the Longevity Pill's formula someday!"

The gloom on Cang Li's face faded, replaced by a smile: "You're right."

He rose to his feet holding the Jade Flow Absorbing Gold Immortal Grass and said to the little black thing: "Thank you."

The little black thing naturally also heard their conversation and knew the importance of this immortal grass; it gave a haughty nod.

In fact, it privately hoarded many heavenly and earthly spiritual objects, but it must keep them to rebuild the ecology of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm.

Two days later.

The two Heavenly Pride Tokens of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm were obtained respectively by Bian Chen and Yu Jing.

When the secret realm opened, everyone gathered on the Heavenly Fire Wasteland.

In fact, Lu Xiangxiang was also among them.

Lu Xiangxiang's face was pallid, as if she had suffered grave injury.

"The secret realm is open!"

"Fellow cultivators, until we meet again by fate!"

Lu Xiangxiang's figure flashed, and she leapt into the vortex exit at top speed.

And the other young cultivators all moved.

"Little Six, we'll meet again." Qian Yunzhou walked to Yuan Yao's side and said with a light laugh.

After saying that, Qian Yunzhou left.

At this moment, Xie Zixu's gaze inadvertently fell upon Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao turned her head, looking at Xie Zixu, Feng Xuanji, and Bian Chen, and smiled: "Brother Xie, Brother Feng, Brother Bian, we'll meet again someday."

Feng Xuanji nodded in response.

"Fellow cultivator Yuan, goodbye." Bian Chen gazed at her lovely, radiant face, and his eyes softened involuntarily.

Yuan Yao smiled and nodded.

"Take care." Xie Zixu lightly opened his thin lips.

"Come on, come on." Cang Li pulled Yuan Yao's arm, leading her toward the vortex exit.

Yuan Yao waved at them.

As Yuan Yao entered the vortex, a childish voice from the Heavenly Fire seemed to reach her ears: "Yuan Yao, I send you a strand of primordial power as a thank-you gift."

Immediately, a strand of red light shot into Yuan Yao's abdomen.

A surge of extremely powerful energy emanated from her dantian, quickly absorbed by her golden core, and she immediately felt as if she were about to break through.

Hum!

Her cultivation level broke through from the peak of late Golden Core Realm to the early Nascent Soul Realm!

A phantom infant resembling her appearance appeared within her dantian, it slightly curled up, eyes closed, tiny fists clenched tightly.

When Yuan Yao opened her eyes, she had already been transported out of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm; she glanced back at the vortex's center, 'Thank you......'

'How did you break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?!' Cang Li felt that in the blink of an eye, her cultivation level had risen.

Yuan Yao was just a breath away from breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and after absorbing the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm's primal energy, she naturally broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

She briefly told Cang Li.

Cang Li stared at her with a complex expression, 'Yuan Yao, you're truly monstrous.'

At this moment, Yuan Yao and Cang Li received many message notifications.

Yuan Yao did not check the messages right away, but instead stared in the direction Lu Xiangxiang had gone.

Cang Li finished listening to all the messages.

He looked at Yuan Yao and said, 'Eldest Senior Brother and the others have already arrived at Fusang Island; they're waiting for us there.'

Yuan Yao came to her senses.

Cang Li said, 'Let's go, we'll head straight to Fusang Island.'

Upon hearing that, Yuan Yao looked up and saw a white-clad youth leaping out from the vortex in midair.

The two exchanged a silent glance.

Yuan Yao flew away on her sword together with her third senior brother.

The white-clad youth who had landed steadily suddenly received a message: 'Take care as well.'

The youth's lips curled slightly, but he quickly suppressed it.

'Only over a hundred young cultivators managed to emerge from the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm.' At that moment, the yellow-clad youth Jiang Xiao swept his gaze over everyone present and let out a faint sigh.

'What a pity, all the disciples from the You family who came with me have died.'

Upon hearing that, everyone's expressions varied.

Over a thousand young cultivators entered the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, yet the number who emerged was only over a hundred.

As soon as Xiao Zhufeng and Dongfangxiu emerged, they discovered that Cang Li and Yuan Yao had already left.