Chapter 291: Treasures of the Yin Realm, Samadhi Fire Lotus

"Creak, creak..."

Luo Zijun stepped on the accumulated snow, his footsteps unsteady as he returned to the Bai Mansion.

That girl, how ruthless!

Just as he was about to return to his room to rest, Bai Bai came over and said, "Brother Zijun, the young miss is calling for you."

Luo Zijun had no choice but to follow her, passing through a small gate to arrive at Snowfall Residence.

"Hmph!"

Upon seeing him, Fenfen turned her pretty face away and huffed.

Luo Zijun had no heart to mind her; he entered the house and arrived at the doorway of the room. Just as he was about to knock, the voice of Bai Daxiaojie came from inside: "Come in."

Luo Zijun took off his shoes and entered the room.

An oil lamp was lit in the room, its dim yellow light reflecting off that snow-white figure and half of her flawless, beautiful profile.

Bai Daxiaojie was standing before the window, staring blankly at the snowflakes drifting outside.

Luo Zijun stepped forward and said, "Daxiaojie, did the senior sister say if you have any discomfort?"

Bai Meixue came back to her senses and turned her head to look at him, but she did not speak. She stared at him for a good while before saying, "Did you intentionally have her say it like that?"

Luo Zijun was taken aback and asked in confusion, "What did the senior sister say?"

Bai Meixue did not answer; she stared at him quietly for a long time before saying, "Nothing. Your senior sister said I have a congenital deficiency, nothing serious."

"Congenital deficiency?"

Luo Zijun looked bewildered: "What congenital deficiency?"

Bai Meixue's gaze turned back to the window, and she said in a calm tone, "A deficiency in Yang soul."

Luo Zijun was stunned: "Yang soul?"

Bai Meixue said, "Perhaps it is just Yang Energy. She said I was born lacking Yang Energy."

Luo Zijun said, "Does it have any effect?"

Of course he knew that regardless of gender, everyone had Yin and Yang energy in their bodies; it was just that men had more Yang Energy, and women had more Yin energy.

Bai Meixue said, "It has no effect."

Luo Zijun felt there must be an effect; a person's body could only be healthy if Yin and Yang were balanced.

"Then, is the reason Daxiaojie often has nightmares because of the lack of Yang Energy?"

Bai Meixue was silent for a moment and said, "Perhaps."

Luo Zijun said, "Then did the senior sister say how it should be treated?"

Bai Meixue looked out the window and did not answer.

Seeing that she seemed unwilling to speak, Luo Zijun secretly guessed in his heart: Books say that some demons cultivate and, lacking Yang Energy, transform into beauties to seduce human men, taking the opportunity to absorb their Yang Energy. Bai Daxiaojie is human and has never practiced those crooked, evil methods, so that certainly won't work. It is likely that a man needs to give it voluntarily, and as for how to give it...

He suddenly thought of the sentence Bai Daxiaojie had said when he first entered, looking at him with suspicion: "Did you intentionally have her say it like that?"

So that was it!

Luo Zijun understood immediately; no wonder Bai Daxiaojie would suspect him.

"Since it is nothing serious, then I am relieved."

He did not dare to continue asking, only offering a few words of comfort before adding, "Daxiaojie should still go out often to see the sunlight, interact with people, and go to the streets to breathe in the lively atmosphere; that should surely replenish some Yang Energy."

Bai Meixue sighed almost imperceptibly and did not speak.

Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Zijun cupped his hands and took his leave.

Exiting the room, he saw Fenfen peeking and prying in the corridor; seeing him come out, she immediately pulled her head back.

Luo Zijun ignored her and prepared to return to the Junzi Residence next door.

Just as he walked down the corridor, Fenfen immediately said angrily, "Son-in-law!"

Luo Zijun turned his head to look at her and said, "What?"

Fenfen pouted her little mouth and looked at him indignantly: "You... what did you say to me during the day?"

Luo Zijun looked bewildered: "What did I say? I forgot."

"You..."

Fenfen was instantly furious and stomped her foot, having no choice but to say shyly with a red face: "You... you said tonight, let me and Xiaohuan and the others together..."

"Together to do what?"

Luo Zijun asked, knowing the answer.

Fenfen glared at him, not speaking, her face flushed with shyness.

Luo Zijun said, "Play together? If you want to find them to play, just go yourself; you don't need to tell me. I still have to go back to study; just keep it down when you play."

After saying this, he left directly.

Originally, he did have that intention, but after returning from Bao'an Hall, he had absolutely no such thoughts.

After all, he had already been cleaned out by the senior sister, not a penny left.

"You... you... liar!"

Fenfen was so angry she stomped her feet.

Luo Zijun returned to his room and recalled the events of the day, muttering to himself: I wonder if the things the senior sister said to Daxiaojie are true; however, Daxiaojie's previous incarnation was a snake demon, and it is possible for demons to lack human Yang Energy.

Hmm?

Could it be that the senior sister was afraid he would return tonight and help Bai Daxiaojie inject Yang Energy, so she used his habits to clean him out?

The senior sister is truly despicable.

After letting his thoughts run wild like this for a while, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

At the third watch, a slight fluctuation suddenly came from above his head.

Luo Zijun looked up, his pupils flashing with a green light that could see Yin entities, and he immediately saw a familiar white shadow standing on the roof.

"Fairy?"

He immediately performed Soul Out-of-Body and flew onto the roof.

Standing on the roof was the Moon Palace Fairy with her robes fluttering; seeing him emerge, she said nothing and flew toward the backyard.

Luo Zijun immediately followed.

The Moon Palace Fairy landed at the entrance to the Diyuan, then spoke: "We go tonight."

Luo Zijun asked curiously: "What herb does the Fairy wish to gather?"

"Swish!"

A pillar of light appeared, and the entrance opened.

The two of them quickly arrived in the underground world.

The Moon Palace Fairy then said: "Samadhi Fire Lotus; there are many Fire Demons guarding it there, and I need you to lure those Fire Demons away."

Luo Zijun asked: "What is the strength of those Fire Demons?"

The Moon Palace Fairy said: "There are strong ones and weak ones; if you can't beat them, just run."

Luo Zijun asked: "What if I can't outrun them?"

The Moon Palace Fairy gave a light huff and said: "Don't worry, if you can't outrun them, when I return to the Human Realm, I will help you burn your physical body as well, so you don't end up an idiot, living out your days in the Human Realm."

Luo Zijun: "..."

This fellow, her mood tonight seems a bit off as well.

The two passed through a tunnel, heading straight forward, and soon arrived at a black forest shrouded in black mist with howling cold winds.

The further they walked, the lower the temperature became.

The temperature in the Underworld is naturally low, and since souls are Yin in nature, they are not afraid of the cold, but at this moment, Luo Zijun felt a trace of chill.

The temperature here was clearly wrong.

After walking for another stretch, two black shadows suddenly appeared ahead.

Luo Zijun immediately became vigilant.

At this moment, he saw clearly that those two black shadows were just like them, their bodies flickering with a faint fluorescent glow, emitting the aura of human souls.

"Oh, I didn't expect to run into two fellow Daoists here."

Those were two men, one tall and one short; upon seeing the two, they immediately took the initiative to approach.

However, all four were wrapped in fluorescent light, making it impossible to see their true faces.

The Moon Palace Fairy stopped her steps but did not speak.

Luo Zijun had no choice but to step forward, cup his hands, and offer a greeting.

The tall man smiled and said: "Are you two from Daliang? What a coincidence, I thought there were only ghosts and demons in this place; I wonder where you two are planning to hunt?"

Luo Zijun exchanged a few pleasantries with him and said: "We are just looking around, we don't have a specific location yet."

The Samadhi Fire Lotus the Fairy needs is definitely a rare medicinal herb, so he naturally could not tell these two strangers the truth.

"Our brothers are also planning to walk around; why not go together?"

The tall man said enthusiastically.

Luo Zijun first thanked him, then politely declined: "I am truly sorry, we two are used to hunting alone."

The tall man did not force the issue; after exchanging a few more pleasantries, he bid farewell to the short man and left.

Since they had come to the Diyuan Underworld for Soul Cultivation, they naturally had many secrets on them, so neither side asked too much, not even asking for names.

"Fairy, are there many people in Daliang who practice Soul Cultivation?"

Luo Zijun asked.

The Moon Palace Fairy continued walking forward and said: "Not many, but not few."

Seeing that she did not seem to want to talk, Luo Zijun did not ask further.

Not long after.

The Moon Palace Fairy led him into a valley, then arrived in front of a cliff face.

In a corner of the cliff, a cave appeared that could allow one person to pass through.

The cave was pitch black; even with the vision of a soul, one could only see a distance of five meters.

The Moon Palace Fairy did not speak and led him directly into the cave; after walking along the winding path for a while, the terrain dropped sharply downward.

At this time, gusts of cold wind blew, and Luo Zijun could not help but shiver.

After walking downward for a while longer, the light suddenly became brighter; Luo Zijun looked carefully and discovered that the walls below had turned a crimson red.

The terrain began to level out.

The Moon Palace Fairy led him through a low cave entrance, and the space inside suddenly opened up.

What came into view were fire-red walls and rocks; in a corner, there was even a stream of fire-red liquid flowing like magma.

However, the temperature here was extremely cold. Even for a soul, it was somewhat unbearable; the cold air felt like tiny poisonous insects, scrambling to burrow into the soul.

Luo Zijun was shivering from the cold; seeing the Moon Palace Fairy's expression remained normal, he hurriedly asked: "Fairy, are you not cold?"

The Moon Palace Fairy continued walking forward and said: "Not cold."

The fire-red liquid gurgled and flowed, winding forward, passing around a corner and into a stone grotto.

As soon as the two entered the stone grotto, a fire-red monster suddenly lunged at them.

The Moon Palace Fairy slashed casually, a cold glint flashed, and the monster was instantly split in two, turning into two pools of fire-red liquid that splashed onto the ground, sizzling.

"Is this a Fire Demon?"

Luo Zijun exclaimed in wonder.

The Moon Palace Fairy led him forward again, arriving in front of a deep pool; the pool was filled with fire-red liquid, bubbling and gurgling, looking extremely scalding, yet the air rushing toward them was bitingly cold.

As soon as the two approached, one monster after another poked their heads out of the pool.

At this moment, Luo Zijun saw at the very center of the deep pool a lone, fire-red lotus blooming, like an artwork carved by ghosts or gods, appearing both illusory and real.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, dense swarms of monsters with bodies burning with flames flew out from the pool.

At the same time, from the walls surrounding the grotto, one after another, ferocious-looking monsters with bared fangs and brandished claws also fluttered out.

At this moment, Luo Zijun suddenly discovered that the Moon Palace fairy who had been standing in front of him had suddenly turned transparent and vanished.

Invisibility technique?

Consequently, those ferocious monsters all swarmed toward him like a hive.

Seeing this, Luo Zijun turned on his heels and ran back the way he came.

Those flying monsters were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had already chased behind him.

"Swish—"

Luo Zijun immediately summoned his Flying Sword, and with a movement of his Divine Sense, the bird-shaped monster at the very front was instantly cleaved into two halves by the Flying Sword.

The corpse was like liquid, splashing onto the ground.

Seeing this, Luo Zijun felt his heart settle slightly, and even while fleeing outward, he urged the Flying Sword to slaughter the monsters behind him.

At this moment, the fire demons he slaughtered suddenly turned into streams of cold energy, entering his body.

As this energy grew more and more, he discovered that he seemed to no longer fear the cold aura here.

His heart filled with joy, and he immediately urged the Flying Sword again.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

As he slaughtered more and more demonic creatures, the energy he absorbed within his body also increased.

"Puff—"

The demonic creatures behind him began to spew bone-chilling cold flames.

The speed of the Flying Sword began to slow, and when Luo Zijun looked closely, he saw that a thin layer of frost had actually begun to condense on the Flying Sword.

His heart gave a start, and he immediately continued to flee toward the outside of the cave.

The demonic creatures behind him were dense and showed no signs of decreasing, but because the passage was narrow, he could use the Flying Sword to intercept and slaughter them in waves.

By the time he had slaughtered his way to the cave entrance, the demonic creatures behind him had become fewer, but their strength seemed to be very formidable.

Sometimes a series of killing moves from the Flying Sword could not kill the opponent.

"Swish—"

Luo Zijun's figure flashed, and he had already arrived at the cave entrance.

He did not flee out of the cave entrance, but instead blocked it, putting his full strength into urging the Flying Sword to slaughter those demonic creatures.

This position was one where one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.

But if he left the cave and reached the open area outside, these demonic creatures could surround him and attack from all directions; at that time, he would be helpless.

"Boom!"

Just as he was putting his full strength into slaughtering the demonic creatures, the wall on the right suddenly broke open, and then, a bat-shaped fire demon lunged out like lightning, its mouth spitting out a large mass of flames with a "whoosh."

Luo Zijun's full attention was focused on the front, and caught off guard, he was engulfed by that mass of flames, rolling backward in a panic and giving up the position at the cave entrance.

"Crack!"

A bone-chilling cold suddenly surged through his entire soul, and then, he suddenly discovered he was frozen in place; looking down, he saw that ice had actually condensed on his body!

That mass of flames had actually turned into a fire-red ice shell, enclosing him inside.

Fortunately, his connection with the Flying Sword had not been severed.

"Slash!"

With a movement of his Divine Sense, the Flying Sword flew back rapidly and shattered the ice shell with one strike.

But at this moment, that bat-shaped demonic creature had already lunged again, its mouth letting out a "whoosh" as it sprayed a second mass of flames.

Luo Zijun dared not take it head-on and immediately dodged, simultaneously urging the Flying Sword to attack.

The bat demonic creature was extremely fast; as the Flying Sword passed, it flapped its wings and shifted to another direction.

At the same time, those demonic creatures gathered at the cave entrance also flew out with a rustle, lunging toward him.

"Swish!"

Seeing this scene, Luo Zijun knew he could not shake off these demonic creatures, so he immediately extended his palm and released the Demon Crocodile Spikes.

The dense Demon Crocodile Spikes shot out, instantly smashing those lunging demonic creatures to pieces.

Seeing this scene, Luo Zijun suddenly gained confidence, and while urging the Flying Sword to attack that stronger bat fire demon, he released Demon Crocodile Spikes at the other demonic creatures.

This lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and those demonic creatures began to dwindle.

As for that bat-shaped monster, it had also had half its wing severed by the Flying Sword, and just as it was about to flee back into the cave, it was struck by the rapidly attacking Luo Zijun, who blew its head apart with a punch.

Seeing this, the remaining demonic creatures all began to flee.

Luo Zijun immediately pressed his advantage, urging the Flying Sword to intercept while releasing Demon Crocodile Spikes to hunt them down; before long, he had completely wiped out all the demonic creatures that had chased out of the cave.

Only then did he feel his whole body icy cold, with his soul injured by the frost everywhere.

He hurriedly sat on the ground to circulate his energy and rest.

But suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at a rock on his right.

Two figures, one tall and one short, walked out from behind the rock.

The tall man clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Brilliant! Brilliant! I didn't expect this fellow Daoist to not only have refined a Flying Sword but also possess a group-attack skill with spikes. So many demonic creatures were actually killed by you alone. I admire you, I admire you!"

Luo Zijun sat on the ground, breathing heavily, and said, "How did you two fellow Daoists come here as well?"

The tall man said with a smile, "Naturally, we followed you here."

At this moment, he no longer hid it.

The short man then suddenly asked, "And what about the other one? Did your companion go inside to search for some treasure?"

The tall man's gaze turned toward the cave entrance, and he said, "Since so many demon creatures have chased out, it seems there really is a treasure inside. I just don't know what kind of treasure it is."

As he spoke, his gaze shifted back to the figure sitting before him.

Luo Zijun said, "I do not know either."

The tall man let out a laugh and said, "This fellow Daoist, you had better think clearly before speaking. Although your strength is not bad, you have been fighting those demon creatures for so long; I fear the Soul Power in your body has already been exhausted, hasn't it? Furthermore, you are injured. Why don't the three of us cooperate, go in, take that treasure, and split it together?"

Luo Zijun did not speak again.

The short man sneered and said, "At the end of your rope, yet you still dare to act tough."

Having said that, the two suddenly moved together; one threw a punch, and the other opened his mouth to spit out a Flying Sword, attacking him.

It turned out the two had long since made up their minds, preparing to finish him off the moment his internal Soul Power was exhausted.

First seize his Flying Sword, then go inside to seize the treasure!

"Boom!"

Who would have thought that at this very moment, with a loud explosion, the figure who had just been sitting on the ground looking extremely exhausted suddenly leaped up, neither dodging nor fleeing, and charged directly at them.

The tall man's fist had just struck out when his expression suddenly changed; he discovered that the opponent's aura was wrong.

This person had clearly been fighting those demon creatures for so long, and he had clearly sensed that this person's aura was unstable, so how could his aura suddenly surge, appearing even more powerful and terrifying than before?

"Bang!"

The tall man had no time to retract his fist and collided directly with the opponent's fist.

Following that, a piercing pain suddenly struck!

"Swish!"

A wave of energy exploded, and dense, countless demon crocodile spikes followed the energy wave, shooting toward him, instantly piercing through his fist, and then, piercing through his entire soul.

"Ah—"

The tall man had just let out a scream when his soul suddenly became riddled with holes and dissipated.

Next, Luo Zijun's fist followed like a shadow, smashing heavily onto his shattered soul, directly causing his soul to scatter and vanish without a trace.

Having killed the tall man with one punch, the other short man was instantly scared out of his wits.

Because his Flying Sword had already been chopped into two halves by Luo Zijun's Flying Sword.

"Fellow Daoist, spare me! It's a misunderstanding, ah—"

With a scream, his body, which had just been about to flee, was also chopped into two halves by the incoming Flying Sword, quickly turning into nothingness.

After confirming that both men were completely dead, Luo Zijun finally put away his Flying Sword, though he still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

After all, having just slaughtered so many demon creatures, the power absorbed into his body was already bursting to the point of explosion.

As for these two men thinking his internal Soul Power was exhausted, they were completely mistaken; they would never have guessed that the more demon creatures he slaughtered, the more abundant the Soul Power in his body would become.

"Huh?"

On the ground not far away, a brocade pouch had fallen; it must have belonged to the short man.

Luo Zijun walked over, picked it up, and discovered it was actually a Storage Bag specifically for souls. Upon opening it, he saw it contained a black porcelain bottle, a piece of wood that looked like charcoal, and a black object that looked like a demon core.

"Could this be... a Demon Pill?"

Luo Zijun felt a surge of joy and hurriedly put it away, deciding to ask the Moon Palace Fairy about it later.

Now, the energy in his body was too great and restless; having just absorbed the soul power of those two men, the Soul Power in his Soul Sea was becoming increasingly volatile.

Not daring to hesitate, he immediately walked behind a rock nearby to sit down, then began to circulate his cultivation technique to quickly refine the energy he had just absorbed into his body that had not yet been fully refined.

A long time later, the energy in his body finally gradually calmed down.

Another half an hour passed, and the energy he had just absorbed was finally all refined by him.

His soul grew stronger still.

Seeing that the Moon Palace Fairy had not yet come out and fearing that something might have happened to her, he immediately summoned his Flying Sword to scout the path ahead, then re-entered the cave.

(End of this chapter)