Chapter 1115: The Secret of the Blue Lotus

Two hours later, led by Lin Yuxi, the three of them successfully arrived at an old, dilapidated mountain cave.

Elder Sun, using his last bit of Immortal Yuan, set up several restrictions at the cave entrance to conceal it. However, this concealment restriction was not very effective; if an Immortal Realm cultivator or demon beast were to see it, they would surely still be able to see through it.

He did this merely to provide a slight measure of security.

"Many thanks for your help, Senior!" Only then did Lin Yuxi remember to thank Elder Sun; fleeing all the way, she had nearly forgotten her manners.

Elder Sun waved his hand, shaking his head slightly with a bitter smile: "You need not thank me; it is I who owe this kid. But... what on earth happened to this fellow to make him become like this?"

"I... I also do not know why he is like this. I searched for him for many years and only saw him last night. At that time..." Lin Yuxi shook her head and recounted the events of meeting Xu Que last night.

After listening, Elder Sun could not help but fall into silence. He examined Xu Que again, and the more he looked, the stranger he felt.

This fellow was now completely in a state of total lack of perception, his eyes dull, like an empty shell of a walking corpse. Yet, vaguely, a trace of Immortal Yuan fluctuation would flash and vanish within his body from time to time. If one did not observe carefully, it was impossible to notice at all, as if a trace of Immortal Yuan had just emerged and immediately disappeared—it was extremely bizarre.

"Forget it, you look after him first; I will heal my wounds here!" In the end, Elder Sun could not discern any results and had to give up. The most urgent matter was to recover from his injuries.

Lin Yuxi naturally had no objections; she nodded and helped Xu Que sit down to the side.

Inside the cave, it soon fell into silence.

But the two of them did not know that, at this moment, Xu Que's body was quite lively.

Ever since Xu Que's battle in the Zhenyuan Immortal Realm, he was first severely wounded by Sect Master Liu, and then, while fleeing after squeezing out an Immortal-grade Divine Movement Escape Talisman, he entered a void tunnel. Although he was not caught by Sect Master Liu, the explosion of the terrain array also affected the void tunnel.

Inside, Xu Que was shaken until his whole body was nearly falling apart, his flesh and blood were mangled, and his dantian was shattered, causing his Immortal Yuan to leak out. He himself also fell out of the void tunnel created by the Immortal-grade Escape Talisman.

In a void tunnel, this is an extremely dangerous thing. The void is an endless domain, and no one knows how large it truly is. Falling out of a void tunnel, Xu Que could very likely fall into some remote place, or even drift forever in the endless void.

Fortunately, his luck was good; he happened to drift into the void tunnel of the Xuanhuang Continent, and he drifted for two whole years.

And during these two years, he had no chance to wake up at all.

After his dantian was damaged, that tiny blue lotus was awakened and directly began its third growth, draining all the Immortal Yuan in his body. At the same time, it pulled his divine sense into it, releasing the aura of the blue lotus to protect his physical body, ensuring he would not be shredded by the void's gale and wind blades.

Facing the blue lotus's third growth, the 10.0 version of the system was completely powerless. Although the automatic recovery function was activated, it could not satisfy the massive Immortal Yuan required by the blue lotus at all.

But during these two years, under the dual action of the system and the blue lotus, Xu Que's injuries gradually recovered, but his divine sense was completely trapped within the blue lotus.

At this moment, Xu Que was in the blue lotus world, calling to heaven with no response and calling to earth with no answer.

He knew everything that happened in the outside world, could see everything, and saw Lin Yuxi, as well as Elder Sun.

But no matter how he shouted, no one could hear him.

"Damn it, is this going to be a big disaster? To actually be trapped inside a lotus flower in my own body—it would be laughable if I told anyone!" Xu Que's face was full of annoyance.

His current body was formed by his divine sense, like a physical entity; he could jump around in the blue lotus world, but he could not leave.

During these two years, he ran around inside and explored the entire blue lotus world, discovering that this place was like an island, very huge, but the outside was pitch black. Once he walked close, he would be automatically bounced back.

He tried many methods, but could not break the boundary's restrictions, just like playing an online game where you reach the edge of the map and cannot move forward anymore.

"System, have you calculated it yet? How do I get out?" Xu Que shouted, asking the system.

He had already used the system early on, but the system needed time to detect, and he never expected that this detection would actually take two damn years, and there was still no result to this day.

"Ding! Due to the chaotic blue lotus data being too massive, it still requires some time to continue searching!" the system responded.

"It's this answer again. Don't you see my physical body is about to be finished off by someone? Hurry up and let me out to act cool!" Xu Que shouted helplessly.

All his divine soul was trapped in this blue lotus world, and his physical body should have had no consciousness. However, when he was in the Body Integration Stage, he fused his Dao body into a small golden body, which resided in his brow.

Now, his physical body could still move based on his aimless consciousness, all thanks to that small golden body.

"Sigh, it would have been better to just obediently find a place to hide. Why did I have to go and eat someone else's food? Tsk tsk tsk, where did this bad habit come from!" Xu Que said with a look of disgust.

But these bad habits were clearly his own.

The small golden body had no consciousness and acted purely according to his own personality and behavioral habits, such as wanting to eat when idle, and that bottom line of "the head can be broken, but the hairstyle cannot be messed up."

"Ding! Detection successful. The chaotic blue lotus has entered its third growth state, deriving the blue lotus world. This world is the host's world and is controlled by the host. However, because the chaotic blue lotus's third growth state has not ended, the host is currently temporarily unable to control this world!" Suddenly, the system's prompt sounded.

After listening, Xu Que was completely bewildered. He had long guessed that the chaotic blue lotus derived the blue lotus world and also guessed that this world would be controlled by him, but he never expected that it was because the third growth had not ended, so he could not control this world now, and his divine sense could not leave.

So what is the situation now?

This means that unless he waits for the chaotic blue lotus's third growth to end, he will be trapped inside!

"Holy crap, there's no time to wait now. You have to let me out so I can swallow pills to complete this third growth!" Xu Que shouted immediately.

If he doesn't get out, his physical body cannot actively exchange pills from the system to take. If he doesn't exchange pills, his physical body can only rely on the tiny bit of Immortal Yuan provided by the system's automatic recovery function to slowly supply the damn blue lotus. Who knows how long that would take!

"Ding! According to the host's current situation, this system has planned the best escape plan for the host, as follows..." The system prompt sounded again, and at the same time, a pop-up window appeared in front of Xu Que, displaying columns of text.

After reading it, Xu Que's eyes widened, and he gasped: "Hiss, there's such a slick operation? Okay, okay, well done!"

At the same time, far away in the Zhenyuan Immortal Realm of the Earth Continent.

In the council hall of the Litian Academy, sect masters and leaders of major forces were gathered, holding a serious meeting.

In the council hall, Qin Xiangtian sat in the second position on the left, while the first position was occupied by a dog—it was Er Gouzi. Sitting in the first position on the right was Duan Jiude.

These two fellows had successfully infiltrated the interior. Relying on their nonsense and revealing some of Xu Que's deeds, combined with their identity as coming from the Heavenly Continent, they finally made Qin Xiangtian and the others believe that they were the Deputy Gang Leader and Elder of the Exploding Heaven Gang, earning everyone's awe.

Of course, the most critical reason was that Er Gouzi took out a photo taken with Xu Que back then—the evidence was as solid as a mountain.

"Terrible, I calculated it again, old man. Besides his peach blossom luck, that kid Xu Que has another great tribulation. I'm afraid we must make a special trip to the Xuanhuang Continent to save him!" Duan Jiude shook his head, his expression extremely grave.

"Bang!"

Er Gouzi immediately slapped the table and stood up, saying righteously: "Go if we must. Xu Que was a decent person when he was alive... Pfft, no, that's not right. Xu Que must be saved. This God Venerable hasn't eaten stinky tofu for several years. This time we must all go out and save the Gang Leader!"

"This... Deputy Gang Leader!" At this moment, Qin Xiangtian spoke with a bitter smile: "As far as I know, the overall strength of the Xuanhuang Continent is not great. It is no exaggeration to say that even if only our Litian Academy were to attack, taking down the entire Xuanhuang Continent would only be a matter of time. So I think there is no need to make such a big fuss. This time, I will accompany the two of you to go there and personally bring back the Gang Leader, how about that?"

"Bang!"

Er Gouzi slapped the table hard again and shouted: "You know nothing! Xu Que was... Pfft, pfft, no, that's not right. Xu Que has always liked to have face and a grand display. This time he is in trouble in the Xuanhuang Continent, we must all go out and do something big. Remember, everyone must go. Whoever dares not to go, don't say you are from the Exploding Heaven Gang in the future!"

【I have insomnia and can't sleep, so I wrote two chapters in a row and posted them! I'm finally a bit sleepy now, going to sleep, mwah!】