Chapter 181

The Tang Yu pool was not quite what the three master and disciples had imagined. In their view, since it was a place where the sun bathed, the Tang Yu must be very large, but the Tang Yu pool before them was pitifully small, resembling the mouth of a well.

Xia Xue was somewhat skeptical: "Master, is this really the Tang Yu?"

Baili Changfan nodded. The temperature here was the highest in Tang Gu; if they weren't carrying the Polar Cold Marrow Jade, they wouldn't dare to approach at all, and furthermore, there was no demonic aura around here.

"Gurgle, gurgle—"

Watching the Tang Yu churning and boiling like magma, Xia Yang and Xia Xue both felt their scalps tingle. If they were to fall in, they would probably be melted instantly.

Xia Xue swallowed nervously, looked at Baili Changfan, and asked uncertainly: "Master, do we really have to put Senior Hua into the Tang Yu? Can Senior Hua withstand it?"

Baili Changfan looked at Hua Changxi, whose eyes were tightly closed: "Senior Hua has subdued the Great Sun Divine Flame, so she should be able to withstand it. Moreover, her injuries are too severe, and I have no way to treat her wounds. Now, I can only hope that the Tang Yu can repair her injuries."

Hearing this, Xia Yang lowered Hua Changxi from his back, and together with Xia Xue, each supported one of her arms, slowly lowering Hua Changxi into the Tang Yu.

The 'magma water' churning and boiling in the Tang Yu had great buoyancy. Only Hua Changxi's feet were submerged in it, and no matter how hard Xia Yang and Xia Xue tried to press down, they could not push her into the 'magma water'.

"Master, what should we do about this?"

Xia Yang and Xia Xue looked to Baili Changfan for help.

Regarding this, Baili Changfan was also at a loss.

Just as the three master and disciples were wondering what to do, Hua Changxi moved on her own; she squatted down and sat cross-legged in the Tang Yu.

Hua Changxi, who had escaped from the spatial rift, had not completely lost consciousness. The crisis had not yet been resolved, and she did not allow herself to pass out. However, she was too severely injured; the Qi sea in her dantian, which had originally been like a vast ocean, was now exhausted. After forcibly taking the Floating Light Sword into her dantian, she was so covered in wounds that she could not even open her eyelids.

When her feet were submerged in the Tang Yu and she felt the rich fire Qi surging beneath her feet, Hua Changxi had not yet had time to issue commands to her body, but her Qi-depleted body moved on its own.

After sitting cross-legged in the Tang Yu, Hua Changxi began to operate the "Zhu Que Divine Art" at full speed. The 'magma water', which was already churning and boiling, boiled even more fiercely.

Then, countless red fire Qi steamed upward, wrapping around Hua Changxi's body and rapidly gathering into a tornado-like pillar of Qi.

Watching this scene, the three master and disciples were all dumbfounded.

"Is the cultivation speed of Nascent Soul cultivators always this fast?"

Looking at the pillar of Qi wrapping around Hua Changxi, Xia Yang and Xia Xue both swallowed involuntarily.

Baili Changfan was also extremely shocked. This was his first time seeing a Nascent Soul cultivator cultivate, and he never expected the gap between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Golden Core cultivator to be so large.

According to Senior Hua's cultivation speed, the Qi stored in her dantian Qi sea was at least dozens of times his, if not more.

This was simply a chasm-like gap!

Baili Changfan's heart was shaken. Are other Nascent Soul cultivators like Senior Hua? Or is Senior Hua particularly formidable?

The thick pillar of Qi wrapped around Hua Changxi not only shocked the three master and disciples but also frightened the three demon race followers hiding in the shadows a hundred meters away.

"Protector Bai is also at the Nascent Soul realm, but his cultivation speed isn't as fast as this female cultivator's."

"Nonsense, that female cultivator can summon the Zhu Que that suppresses all things; she must be more monstrous than ordinary people."

"If Protector Bai knew that such a formidable figure had appeared among the humans, he would surely be unable to sleep again."

"What should we do now? That female cultivator is severely injured. Should we take advantage of the fact that she hasn't recovered yet and go over to ambush and kill her and the other three?"

"The other three don't pose much of a threat, but that female cultivator... are you sure that if we go over, we won't be killed in return? The three of Wutong died without even leaving behind ashes."

"..."

"Our goal is to destroy the array eye. While they are too busy to pay attention to us, we should hurry to destroy the array eye. If we can destroy the array eye before that female cultivator recovers, we might even be able to save our lives."

The three of them left quietly.

In the Tang Yu, as she absorbed more Qi, Hua Changxi's body began to sink. Seeing this, the three master and disciples were all somewhat nervous.

"Senior Hua won't sink to the bottom, will she?"

"Probably not."

Regarding Tang Gu, everything Baili Changfan knew was learned from ancient books; he only knew that soaking in the Tang Yu could improve the quality of one's spiritual roots and even shape a spiritual body, but he knew nothing else.

"Even if she sinks, it probably won't be a problem... right."

Hua Changxi continued to sink, and soon, the 'magma water' submerged her head.

Watching Hua Changxi completely sink, the hearts of the three master and disciples all rose.

And Hua Changxi, who had completely submerged into the 'magma water', did not just float in the water; she continued to sink deeper. When the 'magma water' completely wrapped around her body, she felt some discomfort at first, but after sensing no danger, she slowly adapted.

In the water, Hua Changxi's body gradually relaxed and stretched freely. Soon, she felt a comfort like returning to the womb.

"Boom—"

Sinking and sinking, she did not know how much time had passed when Hua Changxi felt she had touched the bottom. The bottom was as soft as cotton, and her entire body was embedded in it, as if she had merged with the water.

At this moment, her tense mind finally relaxed completely, and she fell into a deep sleep.

Time slipped away bit by bit. Outside the Tang Yu, Baili Changfan and his disciples, who had waited for more than ten hours, were all somewhat anxious to see that Hua Changxi had not surfaced.

Especially Baili Changfan; during the wait, he clearly perceived that the demonic aura in Tang Gu had become thicker, and he immediately guessed that the other three demon race followers were destroying the array eye.

After waiting for a few more hours, seeing that Hua Changxi still showed no signs of surfacing, Baili Changfan said to his two disciples: "We can't wait any longer. The demonic aura is becoming more and more intense; we must go and stop those three demon race followers from destroying the array eye."

Hearing this, Xia Yang hesitated: "Master, can we deal with those three demon race followers?"

Baili Changfan glared: "Even if we can't deal with them, we must. Guarding the array eye is the duty of the Instrument Saint Palace disciples." After speaking, he took out some spiritual talismans, array disks, and pills and distributed them to his two disciples.

"You two stay here; I will go over alone. If Senior Hua recovers, you bring her to find me."

Xia Yang and Xia Xue were anxious and both expressed that they wanted to go with him.

Baili Changfan knew that the demon race followers were definitely not easy to deal with and did not want his two disciples to be in danger: "If you two follow, I will still have to protect you. Be obedient and wait here for Senior Hua."

After speaking, he ignored Xia Yang and Xia Xue and turned to leave.

Xia Yang and Xia Xue looked at each other and, not obeying Baili Changfan's order, followed him quietly.