Chapter 453
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Chapter 453: Ignited (4k)
"You—–"
The leader of the Blood Lotus Sect turned pale, with Qiao Mu’s finger piercing through his forehead and Qiao Mu grabbing him, but he didn’t die immediately. Instead, he spat out a faint purple Samadhi True Fire from his mouth.
Samadhi True Fire is the "heart fire" of cultivators. When reaching the Soul Changing Stage, this light purple true fire possesses the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas.
At this moment, the light purple true fire poured out from his mouth, turning the entire cave into a sea of fire in no time. Not only the walls and ground of the cave, but even the intangible air seemed to be burning fiercely.
Even Qiao Mu, who was tightly holding the Blood Lotus Sect leader, was engulfed by the sea of fire in an instant. The hand holding the Blood Lotus Sect leader naturally loosened.
"Phew…" The Blood Lotus Sect leader took a deep breath. However, before he could calm down, he heard a fireman murmuring softly in the faint purple sea of fire:
"Burns so well…"
The light purple flames wrapped around Qiao Mu’s body like a disease, even surging into his mouth as he spoke.
His skin was quickly burnt black and peeling, but with each breath, the burnt skin flakes fell off, revealing new flesh underneath.
This process repeated continuously, as the fiery figure standing in the fire spoke calmly:
"But… it’s not enough burning yet…"
He took a step forward.
Massive True strength surged out from within him.
The once roaring sea of fire in the cave suddenly pressed down, the flames stopped abruptly, even the fiery tongues spraying out seemed heavy and slow.
A burning figure stepped out slowly from the now stagnant sea of fire.
With each step, his flesh and blood writhed rapidly.
The blackened part quickly fell off, making way for new flesh to push through.
After taking three or four steps, the burnt blurry figure transformed into a muscular and well-defined man.
"Not burnt enough, not nearly enough. Is there more? Bring it on!" The man mumbled like he was in a dream, approaching the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader couldn’t help but feel a shiver down his spine.
He silently chanted a spell in his hand.
Suddenly, the room inside the alchemy cave lit up.
Crimson lightning streaked through the air, illuminating the room with a blinding light; various colored flames burst forth, distorting the air with intense heat.
This was a chamber within the Blood Lotus Secret Realm, meticulously prepared by the cautious Blood Lotus Sect Leader with numerous magical formations.
At this moment, beams of light engulfed Qiao Mu’s figure.
But his figure kept moving forward, faster and faster.
He started walking, then began running, and finally he soared through the air like lightning.
His body was not indestructible, and even powerful spells left terrifying wounds on him.
Despite the dazzling lights, he kept advancing step by step.
"Not enough."
"Not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough—-"
Whistling in the wind.
Suddenly, a gigantic hand grabbed the waist of the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect, who had turned into a rainbow light, and a surge of true strength crashed towards the sky.
The leader of the Blood Lotus Sect, transformed into a rainbow light, was suddenly struck by the massive wave of true strength and then grabbed by the giant hand.
"Only something that can kill me can make me feel… like I’m alive."
Qiao Mu had no expression on his face as he tightly grabbed the waist of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader with one hand, while holding a long spine sword in his other hand, pulling the body of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
"Looks like you can’t kill me."
"Then I will have to kill you."
The long spine sword moved like a snake in the air, creating a streak of light as it pierced through the head of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
"I’m sorry." He sincerely apologized to the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
"I am just a simple martial artist, I don’t understand any alchemy techniques."
"So, I will have to be rough."
Qiao Mu reached out expressionlessly to the spine of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, using great force, he pulled out his spine bone, causing blood to flow.
True strength burst forth as each attack landed on the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
With a loud bang, the body of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader shattered into pieces, his robe torn apart, and the shining light dimmed.
Qiao Mu glanced towards the distance.
In the depths of the cave, a green silhouette suddenly exploded as the Blood Lotus Sect Leader died, eventually turning into a cracked green lotus leaf.
"Similar to the aura of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, but not quite real, it should be a dharma body," Qiao Mu glanced over.
A dharma body that could unleash the cultivation of the Soul Changing Taoist Lord, even placed in the current Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, would be considered a precious treasure to suppress the sect’s heritage.
Such a dharma body cannot be successfully refined in just a few days.
The Nine-colored Fairy Lotus of the Blood Lotus Sect, grown within the Kuafu Mountain Secret Realm, is a precious treasure of heaven and earth, with a total of nine leaves. If fully refined, it could even give birth to nine Soul Changing Stage dharma bodies.
Although the Blood Lotus Sect Leader could only refine one dharma body, it was like giving this Soul Changing Taoist Lord nearly nine extra lives.
In Kuafu Cave Heaven Small World, after the Supreme Elder passed away.
The Nine-colored Fairy Lotus in the Secret Realm is without a doubt the most precious treasure within the entire Blood Lotus Sect.
At this moment.
When the Blood Lotus Sect Leader died.
The refining cave mansion has turned into ruins after the brief and intense battle just now.
In the midst of the ruined cave mansion at this moment, only the sound of Qiao Mu’s footsteps echoing, making it feel empty and desolate.
So he picked up the human skin drum scattered on the ground and lightly tapped on it.
Within this ruined cave mansion, there was another dull drumming sound.
A slight smile appeared on Qiao Mu’s lips as he picked up the Qiao skin drum, carrying the Qiao family spinal sword, not forgetting to bring along a small bottle of corpse oil. Step by step, he walked out of the cave mansion.
At the entrance of the cave, there was a stone mountain where a Nine-colored Fairy Lotus was growing.
Even though Qiao Mu was not familiar with magic, he could tell that the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus growing on the pale red stone mountain was a valuable treasure.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Qiao Mu had a thought and looked down at the base of the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus.
As his gaze fell upon it, radiant sword energy burst out from the air, cutting off the part connecting the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus to the ground, then he plucked it and held it in his hand.
Instead of looking at the remaining seven leaves of the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus, he gazed at the pale red stone mountain beneath his feet.
The pale red ground beneath his feet seemed to undulate like a living creature.
It started with small movements, but after Qiao Mu picked the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus, the trembling of the ground gradually intensified.
Thud, thud, thud!
A loud sound, like a drum beating, came from under Qiao Mu’s feet, while the human skin drum in Qiao Mu’s hands also rumbled along.
Qiao Mu stayed silent for a long time.
He was thinking about a question.
This giant named Kuafu, was it because he pursued immortality that he had similar characteristics, or was it because of the ancient refining methods of the Blood Lotus Sect that he still maintained extraordinary vitality today?
A drop of essence blood, containing ancient memories, can transform Qiao Yuan’s body, surpassing the limits of the human body; a corpse can form a huge mountain, establishing nine mortal Immortal Cities, a great Immortal Gate headquarters.
The most precious treasure still retained by the entire Blood Lotus Sect, the Nine-colored Fairy Lotus, seems to have grown from the heart of Giant Kuafu’s petrified mountain.
"Immortality?" Qiao Mu squinted his eyes.
Some people are born in Rome, and some people are born as cattle and horses.
He had long possessed the "immortality" attribute that Giant Kuafu had pursued all his life.
Living forever is a great thing, and Qiao Mu never denied that.
All living beings in this world have the instinct to seek survival and to strive for longevity.
But risking one’s life and Long Life Dream are not the same.
He put away the bone sword and walked away step by step.
………………………
The entrance to the Fairyland is located in the vast desert outside Baojian Valley.
The scorching sun shone brightly, making the air seem distorted.
A group of survivors were slowly moving forward under the blazing sun.
There were over a hundred survivors in total, a considerable number.
Among them are not only ordinary people without martial arts skills, but also some followers who have never left Immortal City in their whole life.
Suddenly making them escape from Secret Realm, crossing this vast desert, was truly incredibly difficult for these followers.
Even though several days have passed, they have not gone far from the entrance of the Divine Land, Baojian Valley.
Fortunately, there were no Blood Lotus Sect cultivators chasing after them.
"The Blood Lotus Sect Leader is too busy to care, and the others… perhaps they are too scared to care?" Up ahead of the group, Qiao Yuan and Wu Jing were discussing.
With such a sudden drastic change, even if there are still a few cultivators from the Blood Lotus Sect who survived, they likely dare not confront these over a hundred people.
While immortal cultivators value incense offerings, in reality, these over a hundred people are just a drop in the ocean among the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect in the Western Province.
Not worthy for the sake of these mortal incense offerings…
"It would be better for us to leave… in these past few days, occasionally I have felt a vague sense of being watched." Wu Jing frowned.
He wasn’t sure, but he could say maybe a stronger person had been watching, but didn’t act in the end, so he got through these days safely.
Qiao Yuan also nodded, but his eyes seemed a bit distracted, showing that he was daydreaming.
The battle on the top of Kuafu Mountain, which was no suspense, should have ended by now logically.
While cockroaches and rats could distract the owner’s attention, when a sick tiger appeared, all his plans fell apart.
The result, however, was that they were able to follow the aftermath of the sick tiger and gradually leave the Blood Lotus Immortal Kingdom.
Although in these few days, they didn’t actually go far…
Suddenly.
A strong wind blew, and Qiao Mu’s figure appeared in front of them.
"My name…" Qiao Mu glanced at the bone sword in his hand, saying lightly:
"Qiao Shuangtu."
"There is no need to hurry anymore, as the Blood Lotus Sect no longer exists."
Wu Jing was suddenly startled.
Qiao Yuan was also startled, then hesitantly asked:
"May I ask Senior Qiao Shuangtu, is Qiao Tu still around?"
"Yes, he has always been here." Qiao Mu calmly raised a bone sword in his hand and showed the Qiao skin drum hanging from his waist.
"Want to pat his drum skin?"
"Well–" Qiao Yuan instinctively took a half step back, his hair standing on end.
"Hehe, you young people really can’t take a joke, being so serious like that can be tiring." Qiao Mu smiled.
"I was just joking earlier… Qiao Tu has passed away."
Ignoring the shocked looks on Qiao Yuan and the others, Qiao Mu suddenly stomped his foot without warning, shot up into the sky like lightning, soaring into the clouds.
In the next instant.
A rainbow beam shot out from the clouds, swiftly flying away.
It was Immortal Changqing from the Long Life Gate.
Immortal Changqing was originally a messenger from the Long Life Gate, visiting on behalf of the gate to persuade the Blood Lotus Sect to join forces.
However, at that time the Blood Lotus Sect was already suffering from the disaster caused by the Human Demon, thus they were not in the mood to divert their attention.
With the sudden changes in the Blood Lotus Sect, the other Immortal Gates naturally would not remain unaware.
The Immortal Changqing who had just left the Blood Lotus Sect in the Western Province naturally became the scout for the Long Life Gate, returning once again to investigate the situation.
Yesterday, he had already arrived.
To his surprise, he only saw the once majestic Kuafu Mountain in ruins, the Nine Immortal Cities collapsing, and the Blood Lotus Sect reduced to rubble.
As an Immortal Changqing who cultivated Nascent Soul, he naturally did not dare to venture alone and approached to investigate.
So he hid in secret and set his sights on this group of mortals leaving the Blood Lotus Immortal Kingdom.
This group of survivors seemed very suspicious at first glance.
Among the hundreds of people, many were not skilled in martial arts, just ordinary people.
However, this group of mortals, who seemed insignificant like ants in the eyes of cultivators, could safely leave the Immortal Kingdom of the Blood Lotus Sect.
Even though Immortal Changqing did not know the ins and outs, he could tell there was something strange about it.
So he waited there and indeed awaited something significant…
But now, he only feels regret in his heart.
"I actually encountered a living member of the Qiao family…." Immortal Changqing naturally connected the terrifying Qiao family member behind him with the destruction of the Blood Lotus Sect caused by the Human Demon.
Then he came to a terrifying conclusion.
Qiao Mu behind him was not in a hurry to chase, but with a slap, the True strength surged and struck the Qiao skin drum.
Boom!
A dull sound wave swept out with the vibration of the drum surface, piercing through the clouds.
Immortal Changqing’s face changed suddenly, blood seeping from the seven orifices on his face, as the determination overflowing with the drum sound, like a scorching blade, pierced his chest.
This was the extremely intense emotions and residual divine intent of Qiao Tu’s lifetime, causing Immortal Changqing’s Daoist robe to shatter, his eyes filled with fury.
"Facing the old thief of the Qiao family! How can I, a true person of the Long Life Gate, flee at the sight of an ordinary martial artist."
Immortal Changqing was suddenly filled with excitement, and he took out a simple and ancient-looking bronze mirror from his robe sleeve.
But when he turned around and saw Qiao Mu’s expressionless face, his hot-blooded impulse instantly cooled down.
Excuse me.
"As the esteemed leader of Long Life Gate, how could I, a powerful immortal, waste my own life like a mere mortal?"
Just as Immortal Changqing thought of escaping, he was pierced by a sharp forceful punch, shattering his flesh and bones, and even his Nascent Soul vanished.
Only a bronze small mirror fell from the sky, and Qiao Mu caught it in his hand.
