Chapter 180

"What should we do? Senior Hua is about to be surrounded by the spatial rift!"

Xia Xue watched the shrinking fire lotus at the bottom of the valley with worry and anxiety; Hua Changxi was sitting cross-legged in the center of the fire lotus.

Xia Yang showed regret: "I shouldn't have said earlier that Senior Hua was a selfish person who only cared about herself." If it weren't for Senior Hua knocking them away in time, they would surely have been swallowed by the spatial rift by now.

Baili Changfan also sighed: "What a pity..."

The Zhu Que totem—that is not something just anyone can trigger!

Just as the three master and disciples all thought Hua Changxi was surely doomed, a change occurred. The long sword wreathed in the Great Sun Divine Flame suddenly began to vibrate and started to retreat, as if it were a kite in the high sky being pulled back by someone.

Once the Floating Light Sword lost its force, the wings of the Zhu Que spiritual shadow spread out. Then, both wings flapped in unison, directly batting the Floating Light Sword back, sending it straight toward the fire lotus.

Xia Xue exclaimed: "Master, what is happening? That sword isn't going to attack Senior Hua because it couldn't kill the Zhu Que spiritual shadow, is it?"

Baili Changfan was also somewhat unsettled at this moment: "The sword isn't going to attack Senior Hua; it is being recalled."

Hearing this, both Xia Yang and Xia Xue were stunned.

Xia Yang: "How is that possible? Master, didn't you say that Senior Hua couldn't control the Great Sun Divine Flame? Then how could she recall the sword?"

Baili Changfan did not speak, because he did not know what was going on either.

At the bottom of the valley, in the center of the fire lotus, Hua Changxi bit her lip with a pained expression; because she bit too hard, blood seeped from the corners of her mouth.

At this moment, she was enduring unimaginable pain. In her dantian Qi sea, the seven wisps of strange fire had successfully fused into the Great Sun Divine Flame. The appearance of the Great Sun Divine Flame directly caused the Qi sea to become turbulent and surging.

When suppressing the seven wisps of strange fire, the Mount Wuzhi mountain seal could still hang steadily in mid-air, but after the Great Sun Divine Flame was generated, the Mount Wuzhi mountain seal could no longer suppress it; it began to jump up and down and sway left and right, appearing unable to cope.

Waves rising higher than the last constantly crashed against her dantian, making Hua Changxi feel as if her dantian was about to be shattered.

Even worse, the temperature of the Great Sun Divine Flame was too high, and the fire Qi in her Qi sea was being rapidly evaporated.

Hua Changxi gritted her teeth to endure the explosive, agonizing pain in her dantian. At this moment, she had not yet completely despaired. The moment she fused the Great Sun Divine Flame, she felt her connection with the Floating Light Sword become tighter, and she immediately manipulated the Floating Light Sword to return to her hand.

At first, it was somewhat difficult; the Floating Light Sword was unwilling to be recalled. However, after the Floating Light Sword was heavily struck by the Zhu Que spiritual shadow, the resistance on the sword had diminished significantly. Under her forced summoning, it returned to her hand before long.

The moment she grasped the Floating Light Sword, Hua Changxi did not say a word; she fiercely flew out of the fire lotus and charged into the spatial rift like a bolt of lightning.

"Ah—"

Seeing Hua Changxi charge into the spatial rift, Xia Yang and Xia Xue were so frightened they screamed, and even Baili Changfan could not help but let out an 'ah' as well.

"What is Senior Hua trying to do?"

"She wants the branches of the Fusang Divine Tree."

Baili Changfan guessed that Hua Changxi must have fused the Great Sun Divine Flame, which was why she could recall that sword, but her body could not withstand the Great Sun Divine Flame at all, so she had no choice but to make a desperate gamble and break into the spatial rift to seize the Fusang Divine Tree branches.

Xia Xue murmured: "Isn't Senior Hua afraid of being sliced into pieces by the spatial rift? Even if she luckily avoids that, she is very likely to get lost within the spatial rift."

Baili Changfan's expression was somewhat complex. He certainly did not want to see an outsider possess the treasure flame of the Instrument Saint Palace, yet he also admired her decisiveness in seeking life through death.

Sure enough, cultivators who can reach the Nascent Soul realm at this stage are all ruthless people!

Xia Yang exclaimed: "The spatial rift is disappearing."

Without the Floating Light Sword, the temperature in Tang Gu dropped off a cliff, and the Zhu Que spiritual shadow was also rapidly fading. Without the immense force generated by the collision of the two, the space began to recover its stability, and the spatial rift naturally began to disappear.

Xia Xue said anxiously: "Without the spatial rift, won't Senior Hua be unable to come out?"

"Sigh—"

Baili Changfan sighed again; charging into the spatial rift was truly gambling with one's life.

In Tang Gu, as the Zhu Que spiritual shadow faded, the fire Qi overflowing from the ground also decreased. The red mist in the vision of the three master and disciples became thinner and thinner, and at the same time, those black rifts also became fewer and fewer.

When the Zhu Que spiritual shadow completely dissipated, the red mist at the bottom of the valley had become very thin. The valley floor returned to its previous gray gloom, and the three master and disciples could no longer see the spatial rift.

Xia Xue said in a low tone: "The spatial rift has completely disappeared. Senior Hua... a Nascent Soul cultivator is just gone like that."

Xia Yang sighed: "Senior Hua really shouldn't have charged into the spatial rift."

Baili Changfan sighed again: "Meeting is fate. For you and me, master and disciples, to be able to know someone like Senior Hua..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xia Xue's scream interrupted him.

Xia Xue pointed excitedly at the valley floor: "Master, look quickly."

At the bottom of the valley, a patch of thin red mist was churning and vibrating violently. A point of white light appeared in the center of the red mist. Then, a white long sword, as if prying open a closed door, tore a gap in the red mist. After that, a blood-covered Hua Changxi squeezed out from the gap.

Watching this scene, Xia Xue exclaimed in surprise: "It's Senior Hua! She came out alive!"

Baili Changfan did not expect that even after the spatial rift had closed, Hua Changxi could still come out; it truly shocked him. Moreover, the Great Sun Divine Flame on the sword in her hand had already disappeared, which meant she had obtained the Fusang Divine Tree branch and was fully capable of controlling that sword.

Seeing Hua Changxi collapse to the ground and remain motionless after coming out of the spatial rift, Xia Xue immediately said: "Master, Senior Hua seems to be injured. Let's go over and take a look."

Baili Changfan gave an 'un', and taking his two disciples, he went to the valley floor and walked quickly to Hua Changxi's side.

At this time, the black robe on Hua Changxi's body was gone. Her light blue robe was covered in dense bloodstains, and the skin exposed to the air was full of thin, long cracks. Now, Hua Changxi was like a cracked piece of porcelain.

Seeing her so severely injured, Xia Yang and Xia Xue both looked at Baili Changfan urgently.

Baili Changfan thought of how Hua Changxi had saved the three of them several times, and said to Xia Yang: "Carry Senior Hua on your back; we are going to the Tang Yu side. Senior Hua has subdued the Great Sun Divine Flame; soaking in the Tang Yu should be able to repair the damage to her body."

Xia Yang obeyed and carried Hua Changxi on his back.

"Senior Hua looks a bit young."

"Cultivators naturally appear young, and after taking some beauty-enhancing pills, their age naturally appears even younger. Senior Hua is a Nascent Soul cultivator; not to mention several hundred years old, she must be at least a hundred."

"You two remember, when facing cultivators, never be deceived by appearances."

The three master and disciples talked while searching for the Tang Yu. They were all visiting Tang Gu for the first time, and it truly took quite some effort before they found the Tang Yu with Hua Changxi.