Chapter 42: Golden Flames Surge Fiercely, Plot Unfolds in Turn (Seeking follow-reads, seeking collections)

The furnace fire poured out.

Bright crimson-gold flames burst forth, pouring out in reverse.

Illuminating the surroundings, they misted into layers of color, like clouds and smoke, or perhaps ripples of water.

At a glance, it was all deep red and brilliant gold, filling every corner.

It accumulated into a thick layer, growing as it met the wind, consuming everything it touched.

Sparks filled the sky and fell, immediately turning into a great conflagration.

The firelight shone, as if a great sun had fallen to earth. For a thousand miles around, the world entered a realm of flame.

Retreat!

The moment the Scorpion Demon vomited blood, the Golden Centipede avatar did not care how the Snake and Scorpion Demons would escape; having been alert to the extreme, he shook his body to cast a spell, leaving behind an illusion in place, while his true body leaped toward a great river not far from the Cold Pool.

Splash! The moment the Golden Centipede avatar jumped into the river, he immediately reverted to his original form, employing the technique of riding the water and treading the waves, and sped toward the lower reaches of the great river.

The moment he left, a series of explosions erupted from the direction of the Cold Pool, and the golden flames spilled over, spreading with the power to incinerate everything.

Fortunately, with the main body secretly assisting, his avatar had finally escaped the danger.

Ten thousand zhang above the sky.

Clouds flowed in layers, the light rippling red, like scales and feathers, crimson-gold like fire.

A misty expanse, intertwined like a painting.

Above the fire clouds, two figures stood together.

They were none other than Fang Longye's main body and Qingshe.

Through the crimson clouds and Golden Glow illuminated by the fire, Qingshe looked down at the sea of fire below.

She saw firelight covering the mountains, the golden flames surging fiercely.

In the sea of fire, after some faint cries of pain were heard at the beginning, there was no more sound.

Qingshe asked in surprise, "Could it be that my convenient sister and brother-in-law have perished just like this?"

Fang Longye shook his head and chuckled, "Look over there~"

Qingshe followed the direction he pointed and stared intently.

Although she did not possess any profound investigative supernatural powers, fortunately, this mountain-wide sea of fire was not pure Sun True Fire capable of burning away divine sense.

Guided by Fang Longye, and with her primordial spirit operating at full capacity, her divine sense finally saw the scene beneath the sea of fire.

She saw the Snake and Scorpion Demons hiding at the bottom of the Cold Pool, relying on the Xuanming True Water to resist the intensity of the golden flames.

"That's right, I had forgotten there was still a Cold Pool here." She realized suddenly.

Fang Longye shook his head and smiled without replying, watching the two demons in the Cold Pool, who were severely injured and had withered auras, as he pondered to himself.

"I extracted half of the Sun True Fire that wasn't controlled by the alchemy furnace; looking at it now, these two demons didn't face a life-and-death crisis from being scorched by the flames before they could even jump into the Cold Pool, as they did in the original plot.

Oh, the Scorpion Demon is definitely injured much more severely than in the original plot. With the flames hitting him point-blank and the backlash from refining the Spirit Treasure, if it weren't for Jinshe reacting quickly and pulling him, he would have been dead long ago."

Actually, this was his own fault; if he hadn't extracted half of the Sun True Fire, those flames scattered within the cauldron that hadn't been smelted would have gushed out long ago.

It wouldn't have waited until the Scorpion Demon was refining the Spirit Treasure to erupt, leading to a sudden, point-blank blast.

Not dwelling on his small contribution, Fang Longye continued to think: "Looking at this fire, these Snake and Scorpion Demons will likely have to stay in this Cold Pool for a month."

"I wonder if they can hold on." The chill of the Xuanming True Water was not easy to endure, and with the two demons so heavily injured, it was hard to say.

While he was pondering, a gust of wind suddenly came from above the sea of fire, as if there were an invisible black hole, and the flames covering the sky and earth were blown into the air and swallowed by this invisible black hole.

Subsequently, a river appeared, flowing and descending with a splash, completely extinguishing the remaining flames within a thousand-mile radius! "Uh, it seems that just like in my memories, Shuiwa and Huawa still appeared in time, indirectly saving the lives of these two demon immortals!" Fang Longye thought to himself as he saw this scene. Thinking of the human old man transformed from the Hulu Mountain spirit, the pangolin possessed by a divine thought, and the method for refining the Seven-Heart Pill that was voluntarily leaked...

He had an epiphany; since everything was being pushed by the mountain spirit in secret, the Jinshe and Scorpion Demons could not die before the seven Huluwa were captured and the Seven-Star Pill was refined.

Not even a delay was allowed, as more than half of the Huluwa had already been born in succession. That was why Shuiwa and Huawa appeared here at just the right moment.

It seemed the mountain spirit had always been monitoring the situation so he could intervene at critical moments, preventing the course of events from changing and slipping out of his control.

Fortunately, I am now layered with protections, concealing everything everywhere.

Thinking of this, he fumbled with a Jade Talisman in his hand.

The Heaven-Masking Divine Talisman, a stored item from the Mitian Banner, was a Jade Talisman imbued with numerous arts for concealing Heavenly Secrets and auras.

Once refined with divine thought, it was sufficient to mask the calculations and investigations of a Golden Immortal for a hundred years.

There were five in total in the Mitian Banner.

Fang Longye refined one for himself and gave one to Qingshe.

With the Mitian Banner also shrouding them to conceal their tracks, there was naturally no fear of the mountain spirit's investigation.

"Let's go, no need to watch anymore. It is not yet time for these Snake and Scorpion Demons to perish. We should go back and properly regulate our breath to deal with the struggles to come," Fang Longye said softly to Qingshe.

Qingshe had been stunned, watching the scene at her feet, and only came back to her senses upon hearing Fang Longye's words.

She touched the Jade Talisman in her hand and followed him, riding a cloud back toward the Green Snake Mansion.

As time flowed on, the plot continued to unfold scene by scene just like in his past-life memories~

As their injuries recovered, the Snake and Scorpion Demons continued to pour their energy into the 'great cause' of refining the Seven-Heart Pill.

During this period, the Golden Centipede avatar deliberately waited more than half a month after the Snake and Scorpion Demons were out of danger before returning.

His injuries were severe, and his aura was withered.

Naturally, this was the work of Fang Longye's main body.

Upon meeting, he wept bitterly. The wailing was continuous; it truly made those who heard it weep and feel sorrow.

Coupled with the fire burns and frostbite all over his body, and the spots of blood, he looked truly miserable.

The Snake and Scorpion Demons had been focused on that precious cauldron in the Cold Pool earlier and had not noticed his abnormality at that time.

Seeing his miserable injuries, they only told him to recover well.

The Golden Centipede avatar was naturally happy to have it so.

After all, neither Shuiwa nor Huawa were easy to deal with.

Then there is Liuwa, who is exceptionally clever and unlike the other Huluwa who lack guile; in the original plot, relying on his invisibility supernatural power, he had the Snake and Scorpion Demons spinning in circles.

If it weren't for the fact that Qiwa's treasure gourd was too heaven-defying in the end, Liuwa could likely have turned the tables single-handedly, rescued everyone, and finished off the Snake and Scorpion Demons.

Things had already developed to this point, so the Golden Centipede avatar naturally slacked off as much as possible. After all, being a Voldemort wasn't so bad; at the very least, it counted as making it to the final round.

Watching coldly from the sidelines, he saw Shuiwa and Huawa captured one after another by the schemes of Jinshe, and Liuwa, who had wreaked havoc in the Yaodong, fall short of success and be captured in one fell swoop by the bewitched and corrupted Qiwa.

Only then did this series of farces finally cease.

By this time, the various minor demons that had gathered after the two demons escaped were also constantly affected and wiped out in the fighting, with not even one in a hundred remaining.

The Snake and Scorpion Demons also finally began the refining of the Seven-Heart Pill.

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