bayedsolid Chapter 528 Ling Shuo! Your bamboo is almost burned to ashes, hurry up and come out!
Chapter 528 Ling Shuo! Your bamboo is almost burned to ashes, hurry up and come out!
The sun at 9:00-10:00 AM was unusually scorching, as if the heavens had overturned their alchemical furnace and poured a torrent of fire upon the earth.
The bamboo house was like a steamer, so stuffy it was suffocating.
Xu Wan was awakened by the heat.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly opened her eyes, a lingering haze still in them.
She felt her throat was parched and burning, and her chest felt heavy, as if a red-hot iron was pressing on it.
Lan Youyou in his arms was even worse off; her face was burning red, her nose was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her long black hair was wet and stuck to her cheeks.
She slept very restlessly, her little brows furrowed, and she was unconsciously humming:
"It's hot...so hot..."
Xu Wan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously raised her hand to touch Youyou's forehead.
The scalding heat that touched her fingertips startled her.
This isn't right.
Those who cultivate immortality have long since abstained from grains and are impervious to heat and cold; even at midday in the height of summer, it shouldn't be this hot.
Moreover, this bamboo house is built deep in the shady bamboo forest, which is always warm in winter and cool in summer. How could it be so stuffy and hot as a steamer today?
Xu Wan sat up abruptly, a sense of foreboding rising from the bottom of her heart.
She was about to circulate her spiritual power to explore her surroundings when she was horrified to find that her spiritual power was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, extremely sluggish and as if it were being suppressed by something.
Not only that!
A scorching heat was slowly coursing through his meridians, and wherever it passed, his limbs and bones felt as if they were being scorched by fire, and even his mind began to wander.
"Youyou, wake up!"
Xu Wan, suppressing her dizziness, patted Lan Youyou's cheek!
The little guy opened his eyes groggily!
Those usually clear blue eyes were now covered with a layer of misty fog, their gaze unfocused and unfocused!
"Sister Master..."
"It's so hot... Youyou feels uncomfortable!"
Xu Wan pulled her into her arms, placing her hand on her back, trying to channel a cool spiritual energy into her.
However, the moment the spiritual energy touched Lan Youyou's meridians, Xu Wan was struck as if by lightning and abruptly withdrew her hand.
The meridians within Lan Youyou's body were actually a scorching sea of fire!
That wasn't spiritual energy, but a violent, chaotic, and destructive heat current that was frantically damaging her fragile meridians.
"how so……"
Xu Wan's face was deathly pale, and her eyes darted around the room in a panic.
The rapeseed flowers on the low table by the window have withered!
Could it be because Youyou came into contact with the Heart-Burning Fruit yesterday?
Is this delayed-onset fire poisoning?
No... I can't panic!
Got it!
I think I still have a bottle of the spiritual liquid that Senior Brother Baiyuan once gave me!
Xu Wan's fingers flew, and with a flash of light from her storage ring, a smooth, icy jade bottle landed steadily in her palm.
She forcefully pulled off the bottle stopper with her fingertips, and the refreshing fragrance of the spiritual liquid instantly filled the air, dispelling some of the scorching heat in the room.
"Good girl, open your mouth and drink this and it won't hurt anymore."
Her voice was gentle but couldn't hide her urgency as she carefully brought the jade bottle to Lan Youyou's lips.
The amber-colored elixir flowed slowly down the little guy's chapped lips and into his throat, carrying a refreshing coolness.
Lan Youyou swallowed unconsciously!
Her previously tense body relaxed slightly!
A faint, glistening sheen appeared on her burning cheeks, her unfocused blue eyes barely opened a crack, and her voice was extremely weak.
"Mmm...sweet..."
Xu Wan breathed a sigh of relief and tilted her head back to drink a mouthful of spiritual liquid.
A refreshing sensation travels down the throat and straight to the lower abdomen!
The surging heat within his body subsided almost completely, like a wildfire extinguished by sweet rain, and his sluggish spiritual energy was finally able to circulate with difficulty.
She didn't dare to delay, and carrying Lan Youyou, she turned around and walked out of the house. As soon as she pushed open the bamboo door, she was so shocked by the scene in front of her that she stopped in her tracks.
The bamboo grove outside the bamboo house is no longer as serene as it once was!
Several thick bamboo stalks, each as thick as a person's embrace, were charred black by the raging flames, with wisps of smoke rising from their broken ends!
The ground was covered with hoof prints of varying depths, and sparks spread along the dry bamboo leaves, igniting small patches of fire!
And deep in the bamboo forest!
A figure dressed in fiery red was locked in combat with two strange beasts.
That person was Ling Shuo!
His red robes fluttered in the wind, reflecting the flames in the sky, and the greatsword in his hand shone with a burst of spiritual light as he forcefully blocked the raging flames spewed by the golden fire unicorn.
The fire qilin was covered in gilded scales, and flames spewed out from its single horn and the gaps between its scales.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each stomp of its foot caused the ground to tremble slightly as it rampaged through the bamboo forest, burning everything in its path!
The other side!
Whoosh!
A massive black beast, its back arched and claws gleaming with an eerie light, charged toward Ling Shuo. Saliva dripped from its mouth, corroding small pits into the ground.
"Ling Shuo! Your bamboo is almost burned to ashes, hurry up and come out!"
Xu Wan activated her meager spiritual power that she had just recovered, and with Lan Youyou in her arms, she lightly touched the ground with her toes and slowly flew towards the sky above the bamboo forest. Her voice was clear and bright, with a hint of reproach.
Ling Shuo was desperately trying to fend off the demonic beast's claws when he heard this. His heart tightened, and he caught a glimpse of Xu Wan in the air out of the corner of his eye. He shouted urgently:
"Miss Xu! This place is dangerous, retreat immediately!"
Before he could finish speaking, the black beast pounced forward, its sharp claws whistling as it reached for his shoulder.
At this critical moment!!
The golden fire unicorn, which was originally spewing flames at Ling Shuo, suddenly changed direction!
Its powerful forelegs suddenly lifted, grabbing the black beast's hind leg and dragging it back forcefully!
Immediately afterwards, a loud yet somewhat childish human voice came from the fire qilin's mouth:
"Lingyao! Come back!!"
The voice was crystal clear, carrying an undeniable authority.
Ling Shuo's hand holding the knife suddenly stopped, and he froze on the spot, his eyes filled with disbelief and astonishment!
While there are creatures that can communicate with spirits, it is extremely rare for one to speak human language so fluently!
What's more, the fire qilin had just attacked him along with the demonic beast!
"Jin Xi, is that you?"
Just as Ling Shuo was in a daze!
Xu Wan's cheerful voice came from the air, filled with undisguised surprise. She tightened her grip on Lan Youyou's arm and flew even closer.
Upon hearing the call, the ferocity in the golden fire qilin's eyes vanished instantly, and the raging flames around its body abruptly subsided, turning into specks of golden-red light that drifted away.
Its enormous body rapidly shrank in the light, its scales faded, and its single horn disappeared!
A moment later, a tall, slender figure appeared in the spot!
He was a young man dressed in a snow-white disciple's robe.
Her blonde hair was as dazzling as the sun, tied into a high ponytail with a snow-white hairband, her crimson eyes were as bright as fire, and a bright smile played on her lips!
It was the transformed form of that ferocious and imposing fire qilin from just now.
"Yes!"
The boy's crimson eyes curved into crescents, and his voice was clear and cheerful!
Ling Shuo stood still, the broadsword in his hand almost slipping from his grasp.
He looked at the smiling young man in white in front of him, and then at Xu Wan in the air, who was also beaming with joy!
Looking at the black magical beast that the boy was holding in his hand, which was now drooping and listless, he was momentarily stunned!
What exactly is going on?
The strange beasts that were fighting to the death just now were actually friends of Miss Xu.
And this fire qilin that suddenly transformed, speaking human language and taking human form, is simply too unbelievable!
Lan Youyou nestled in Xu Wan's arms, so startled by the sudden turn of events that she forgot her distress. Her round, bright blue eyes widened as she curiously surveyed the blond boy below. Pointing at him with her little finger, she asked:
"Sister Master, who is he?"