Chapter 31: Acceptance, Purgatory Sect Chuzhi

Yang Fei’s expression was a little dazed. “…What did you say?”

Ning Yue sighed. “It’s the same thing; the ten-thousand-year-old giant python is right under our feet.”

Song Yishi frowned and jumped onto her long sword; the whole process took less than a second.

She casually pulled Ning Yue and Lu Qingyan up.

Seeing this, Yu Xiao also urged her long sword; with one hand on each side, she lifted Duan Huailin and Jiang Yishen.

Shi Yinghan: “…”

Yang Fei: “…”

They were still standing on the snake’s back; they hadn’t expected everyone to be so quick…

Song Yishi sat on her sword and looked at Shi Yinghan. “…Senior Brother, use your own sword; it’s too heavy; I can’t carry you.”

Yang Fei, already disheartened, used his own sword, looking at Shi Yinghan pitifully. “…Senior Brother, come to me…”

Shi Yinghan refused and used his own sword.

Next, they had to find the Green Lotus; after finding it, they could play freely in the secret realm.

But they searched the entire cave and couldn’t find the Green Lotus.

They searched the small puddles.

Yang Fei lifted his hand from a puddle; seeing the faint blue on his hand, he exclaimed in shock, “The water stains?!”

Ning Yue retracted her hand, which was about to go into the puddle.

Jiang Yishen broke off some vines and handed them out.

They could use the vines to stir the puddles and look for the Green Lotus.

Yang Fei took the vine with his hand, glowing with blue fluorescence, and was silent for a moment.

“…Junior Brother, do you think I still need this?”

Jiang Yishen: “…Senior Brother, you should still use it.”

So they searched again.

They searched all the puddles, but couldn’t find the Green Lotus.

After stirring a puddle, Yu Xiao took out the vine and looked at it questioningly.

“…The Green Lotus shouldn’t grow underwater, right?”

Ning Yue, dusty and grimy, straightened up from the puddle; her gaze was suddenly drawn to a dark blue spot.

It was the frozen waterfall.

She approached and began to examine it carefully.

This frozen waterfall had no source; it seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Although everything here was absurd, this waterfall was particularly unusual.

They had used various artifacts and searched for treasures, but couldn’t find the Green Lotus.

Only this frozen waterfall hadn’t been searched.

Maybe it was hidden behind the waterfall.

Desperate times call for desperate measures!

Ning Yue reached out, a small flame igniting in her palm

Sensing the change from Ning Yue, everyone turned their heads.

Under everyone’s gaze, the flame in Ning Yue’s palm suddenly grew larger.

And it was getting bigger and bigger!

Everyone: “…?”

Yang Fei was startled and whispered, “Junior Sister! What are you doing!”

Ning Yue’s small palm held a flame larger than herself; the intense light from the flame made it difficult for everyone to open their eyes.

If anyone who cultivated fire-elemental techniques were present, they would see that the power of Ning Yue’s fire-elemental technique was abnormally strong!

Xiaohua was still on Ning Yue’s shoulder, thoughtfully watching the fire.

The flame touched the frozen waterfall; in an instant, a large amount of water fell from the sky; the hard, thick ice surface melted.

Everyone: “!!!”

Shi Yinghan immediately condensed a wind barrier.

Protecting Ning Yue tightly, preventing even a drop of water from touching her clothes.

Ning Yue stared at her palm in shock…

In her first real battle, why was the power so great!

That hard, thick ice waterfall melted in a second?!

Everyone who had witnessed Ning Yue’s ice-melting process: “…”

Actually, everyone who passed by this unusual waterfall had thought about melting it.

They didn’t know fire-elemental techniques; melting the ice would take some effort; they were afraid of waking the giant python beneath them and didn’t dare to use their full power.

After seeing Ning Yue’s technique, everyone was silent.

Although… but…

I know fire naturally counters ice… but this power is too outrageous!!!

Especially since Ning Yue had innocent deer-like eyes, as if she didn’t know how powerful her technique was.

A path, widening from the bottom to the top, appeared after the waterfall melted.

The deeper they went, the darker it became.

In the center, an exceptionally vibrant blue lotus bloomed, emitting a faint blue light in the darkness.

The Green Lotus!

It was hidden here!

Ning Yue looked around cautiously; she didn’t go in rashly.

Who knew if there were any mechanisms, or if pulling it up would trigger something.

Obviously, the others thought the same.

Shi Yinghan spoke. “I have a life-saving artifact; you wait outside; I’ll pick it. If anything happens, just leave; don’t worry about me.”

The remaining people nodded like chickens pecking rice, retreating ten steps.

As if they were waiting for him to say this.

“…”

Shi Yinghan first enveloped himself in a barrier, then slowly entered.

Ning Yue watched vigilantly.

She patted Xiaohua on her shoulder. “…Xiaohua? Will there be a problem?”

Xiaohua yawned, unconcerned.

“What problem? Pick it with confidence.”

With these words, Ning Yue was reassured.

So Shi Yinghan went in, picked the flower, and came out. The whole process was very smooth; there was no movement at all.

It was so smooth that Shi Yinghan felt a little uneasy.

But until he completely left the waterfall, there was no problem.

Everyone breathed a small sigh of relief.

Shi Yinghan handed the Green Lotus to Ning Yue.

The Green Lotus was very fresh; its petals seemed to still have dewdrops on them.

“The Alchemy Elder said that to prevent any accidents, you should take it immediately after picking it.”

Ning Yue nodded and reached out. “…Thank you, Senior Brother.”

A sudden change!

The sound of an arrow piercing the air came!

Ning Yue turned her head sharply, but it was too late to dodge! The arrow went straight towards Ning Yue’s hand.

Shi Yinghan reacted first, pushing Ning Yue; the arrow only grazed her hand.

The edge of the arrow was very sharp; even after being pushed, the skin on her hand was already broken, and blood flowed down her fingers.

If she hadn’t been pushed, Ning Yue’s entire palm might have been pierced!

Ning Yue was very afraid of pain; for a moment, she was too pained to speak.

The Green Lotus fell to the ground.

A small black shadow suddenly ran out of the nearby grass.

Before anyone could react, the shadow snatched the Green Lotus and ran away.

Suddenly, a dozen people appeared.

Ning Yue, clutching her injured hand, narrowed her eyes

It was the Hell Sect group!

The leader was the girl in white who had pretended to be pitiful.

A pure white rabbit was on her shoulder; the rabbit was holding the Green Lotus in its mouth!

The girl hadn’t put down her bow and arrow; undoubtedly, she was the one who had injured Ning Yue!

Ning Yue stared at her without blinking, her voice cold

A chilling aura emanated from the twelve-year-old girl; she said word by word, “…What’s your name?”

The girl suddenly trembled unexpectedly; she didn’t dare to look directly into Ning Yue’s eyes.

But seeing so many people behind her, she mustered her courage, suppressing her fear, and looked at Ning Yue provocatively.

She took the Green Lotus from the rabbit’s mouth. “I yield, Chu Zhi of the Hell Sect.”