Chapter 350

The Duke of Liang's Mansion's revenge on Hua Changxi was not limited to the Hua family; the dozen or so Shennong Hall pharmacies under Hua Changxi's name were also affected.

Of course, the people from the Duke of Liang's Mansion didn't do anything; they just sent a group of thugs to stand outside the pharmacies, and no one dared to enter to buy pills.

With the pills not selling, Pucao, Yu Gui, and the others were not very worried. In the short term, the pills would not go bad. What they were worried about was Hua Changxi, who had not appeared.

"Sister Changxi must have been severely injured by the Duke of Liang. The Duke of Liang is something else; he actually turned around and made trouble first, asking Sister Changxi for compensation. These nobles are simply too shameless."

"In the capital, there is still the rule that cultivators cannot make moves, but in other places, powerful and influential people just grab whatever they take a fancy to."

"This world is getting more and more chaotic."

"Sister Changxi must get better quickly."

At the same time, at the location of the Nine Heavens Fire Spring, on the giant rock where the waterfall fell with the greatest force and the loudest roar, Hua Changxi, who had been sitting cross-legged and letting the waterfall wash over her body, suddenly opened her eyes. The next moment, like an arrow released from a bow, she went against the current, withstanding the immense impact of the fire spring.

Going against the current was undoubtedly difficult, but Hua Changxi gritted her teeth and held on.

This was a body-refining method she had finally figured out. Going against the fire spring waterfall was several times more effective for body-refining than letting the waterfall wash over her body.

When going against the current, as soon as Hua Changxi operated the technique of the sixth chapter of the "Nine Turns Profound Art," the Viscera Chapter, a very clear roaring sound would come from within her body.

At first, the roaring sound from her viscera and the roaring sound of the waterfall were not on the same frequency, but as the number of times she went against the current increased, Hua Changxi slowly managed to adjust the roaring sound of her viscera to the same frequency as the waterfall.

With the addition of the waterfall's sound effects, the tempering and refining of her viscera became increasingly refined and deep.

After a hundred times of going against the current, the roaring sound from her viscera sounded to Hua Changxi like thousands of troops and horses galloping.

"Slap~"

Although the tempering of her viscera was successful, after rushing up several thousand meters, Hua Changxi was still ruthlessly slapped down by the fire spring waterfall and fell heavily onto the giant rock in the center of the pool where the waterfall landed.

"Hiss~"

Hua Changxi lay on the giant rock, gasping for air. After a long while, she sat up, baring her teeth, and then, enduring the pain of her whole body feeling like it was falling apart, she flew away from the center of the pool and landed on the left bank of the fire spring waterfall.

As soon as she landed, she pounced on the fire spirit mushrooms on the bank, picked one, and quickly stuffed it into her mouth.

Both banks of the fire spring waterfall were covered with fire spirit mushrooms.

If the Profound Yellow Fruit's grade was determined by the patterns on it, then the fire spirit mushroom's grade was determined by the number of mushroom caps.

A first-grade fire spirit mushroom had only one cap; a second-grade had two, and so on...

In terms of body-refining efficacy, the Profound Yellow Fruit could break the shackles of the physical body. The fire spirit mushroom did not have this effect, but it was also a rare body-refining spiritual medicine that could quickly repair and nourish the physical body and quickly restore physical strength.

Hua Changxi took a sixth-grade spirit mushroom. As the fire spirit mushroom went down her stomach, warm currents began to flow through her body, quickly nourishing her physical body, and her consumed physical strength gradually recovered.

After absorbing and refining six sixth-grade fire spirit mushrooms, Hua Changxi became full of energy again. Then, she persisted and continued to rush the fire spring, going against the current.

After finding the Nine Heavens Fire Spring, except for the first few days, she had been rushing against the current the whole time. She could no longer remember how many times she had rushed.

Although she was battered and bruised every time she was knocked down by the fire spring, her physical body became stronger the more she was knocked down.

She had gone from only being able to rush up a few hundred meters at the beginning to now being able to rush up ten thousand meters high.

And the reason she became more courageous despite setbacks was that every time she went against the current, she had the feeling of a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

This feeling was quite real; it seemed as if there was really a dragon gate waiting for her above the fire spring.

Hua Changxi sat cross-legged on the giant rock in the center of the pool, accumulating strength while looking up at the fire spring waterfall that she couldn't see the end of. In her heart, she was actually a bit uncertain.

She didn't know if it was worth persisting in going against the current time and time again, and she didn't know if the 'dragon gate' she imagined really existed.

If her physical body hadn't really been getting stronger, Hua Changxi thought she wouldn't have been able to persist.

"Shoo~"

Accumulation of strength complete, rushing up.

"Slap~"

Physical strength exhausted, falling down.

"Shoo~"

"Slap~"

"Shoo~"

"Slap~"

Time and time again, going against the current, and time and time again, being slapped down.

The higher she went, the stronger the impact of the waterfall, and the difficulty of each rush increased.

Hua Changxi's yearning for the 'dragon gate' had changed from being determined and moving forward at the beginning to now having thoughts of retreating.

Perhaps the fire spring really fell from the sky; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't rush up to the sky against the fire spring.

Hua Changxi glanced at the left bank of the waterfall. The sixth-grade fire spirit mushrooms on the bank were almost eaten up by her, with only a few dozen left.

Now that the sixth chapter of the "Nine Turns Profound Art," the Viscera Chapter, had been refined to perfection, continuing to rush up the fire spring and continuing to eat fire spirit mushrooms had no effect on her physical body. She didn't want to waste any more time.

But to give up just like that, she was still somewhat unwilling.

"When the sixth-grade fire spirit mushrooms on the left bank are all eaten, I will leave here."

Hua Changxi prepared to fight a few more times. The height of the fire spring she was rushing now could no longer be estimated. Perhaps, just perhaps, if she went a little higher, she could see the 'dragon gate'?

The subsequent going against the current, Hua Changxi treated as the last few rushes.

"Pop~"

During a full-speed rush toward the top of the fire spring, Hua Changxi clearly felt herself rush through an invisible barrier. However, before she could investigate, she was slapped down by the fire spring again.

"Bang~"

This time, the landing was very fast, without the weightlessness and loss of control that occurred when falling from tens of thousands of meters high. When she landed, she wasn't smashed to pieces either.

Hua Changxi soon discovered that the place where she was lying was no longer the giant rock in the center of the fire spring pool, but floating in a crystal-clear red pool.

Behind her was still the fire spring waterfall falling down with a splash. Hua Changxi looked up along the fire spring and was soon shocked by the scenery within her sight.

The firmament was close at hand; it seemed as if she could touch the sky by raising her hand.

Beneath the firmament were layers upon layers of clouds and mist that looked like flat ground.

Within the clouds and mist, magnificent and huge palaces appeared and disappeared.

And the fire spring flowed down from the lowest layer of clouds and mist.

"One, two... nine."

Hua Changxi counted the layers of clouds and mist silently. After confirming that there were nine layers in total, her heart was agitated and hard to calm down.

Could those nine layers of clouds and mist be the legendary Nine Heavens?

After being dazed for a long while, Hua Changxi came back to her senses and then quickly stood up.

Then, another wave of novelty followed.

Her feet were clearly stepping on spring water, but standing on it, it was as stable as flat ground.

Hua Changxi tried walking around on the water surface, and after confirming that she wouldn't sink, she began to look around.

The pool she was in was located at the very bottom. Above it, twelve crystal-clear and magnificent red islands were floating. On each island, fire spring waterfalls of varying sizes flowed down, converging into the pool at her feet.

"This doesn't seem to be the dragon gate, right?"

Hua Changxi flew away from the pool and headed straight for the highest and largest central island.

On the island stood a magnificent, brilliant red, and grand palace.

As soon as Hua Changxi landed on the island, she stood under a memorial archway made of red jade. On the archway, three large characters were engraved: Fire Spring Palace.