Chapter 252: Arriving at the Absolute Flame Valley
Outside Tang’an City, Su Lingxi was heading towards the Ten Directions Fire Domain with a map.
She killed a few insignificant fire-type spiritual beasts on the way and rested while walking.
Tang’an City was celebrating the Lantern Festival these few days, and even the number of cultivators in this Ten Directions Fire Domain had decreased significantly.
“The Absolute Flame Valley is inside the Ten Directions Fire Domain. It’s a good choice to come here during the Lantern Festival.”
“There’s no one here, which saves a lot of trouble.”
Su Lingxi put away the map and walked towards the designated location. The temperature in the Ten Directions Fire Domain was much lower than in her memory.
It was probably because the Molten Flame Candle Dragon had fallen, causing the lava to disappear.
With Su Lingxi’s Body Integration realm strength, the spiritual beasts on the road couldn’t stop her at all.
In about half a day, Su Lingxi arrived outside the Absolute Flame Valley.
She used the Aurora Shattering Shadow to hide her aura and came near the barrier of the Absolute Flame Valley.
There were a few disciples of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect guarding near the barrier. Su Lingxi hid in the nearby grass and eavesdropped on their conversation.
“Sigh, my luck is really bad today. Tomorrow is the day Her Highness the Goddess prays for the country and performs a dance.”
“We actually have to be on duty here for three days!”
“We just missed Her Highness the Goddess’s dance, and the sect only compensated us with a few mid-grade spiritual crystals.”
“It’s really like sending beggars away!”
The disciple of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect spat, obviously very dissatisfied with this arrangement.
That’s right.
The Vermilion Bird Goddess’s dance was a grand event unseen in a thousand years. Being sent to guard the Absolute Flame Valley at this critical moment was simply inhuman torture.
“Yeah, I don’t know what’s so good about guarding this Absolute Flame Valley.”
“Not only is there a basic barrier outside the Absolute Flame Valley, but there is also a bloodline barrier set up by the Seventh and Eighth Elders themselves inside.”
“Even if someone is lucky enough to break the barrier, the Seventh and Eighth Elders are personally guarding nearby.”
“I really don’t know who can fly into this Absolute Flame Valley.”
The two Vermilion Bird disciples complained crazily about the arrangement of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect, but they didn’t know that Su Lingxi heard everything.
“Heh, this Vermilion Bird Divine Sect is really cautious.”
Su Lingxi subconsciously asked Xiao Bai.
“Xiao Bai, what are the two barriers they mentioned?”
Xiao Bai poked her head out and looked. “This basic barrier is very simple for you. I don’t know about the other barrier.”
“You have to get close to know.”
“Mhm, okay.”
Su Lingxi came back to her senses from the consciousness space and suddenly found that the two disciples of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect were gone.
Su Lingxi instantly became alert and released her divine sense. Not far from just now, she successfully found the two disciples of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect.
But at this moment, there was another disciple of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect beside them.
This extra disciple of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect seemed to be the security captain responsible for this area.
This position was just right to hear them talking.
“You two can go. The higher-ups have spoken.”
The other two Vermilion Bird disciples were full of question marks. “???”
“What’s going on, Captain? We don’t need to guard the Absolute Flame Valley anymore?”
The Vermilion Bird captain nodded. “His Majesty has spoken. Disciples of the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation who are not performing important tasks can go and watch Her Highness the Goddess pray for the country.”
“You two can go.”
“Just leave this place to the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird!”
The two disciples of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect were so excited that they almost jumped up.
“Great! Let’s go quickly!”
“I really don’t want to stay here for a second longer.”
After the two disciples finished speaking, they immediately got up and left. The captain observed the surroundings and then followed them.
Su Lingxi released her divine sense again to search the surroundings and found that there was actually no one left.
“Just… left like that???”
Su Lingxi still couldn’t believe it and released her divine sense to check the surroundings again.
After finally confirming that there was no one, Su Lingxi released the hidden state of the Aurora Shattering Shadow.
“These people from the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect are really laid-back. I didn’t expect that…”
“I’m here to take back my weapon!”
Su Lingxi felt more relaxed than ever. She walked to the basic barrier.
She sensed that this barrier looked quite large and covered the entire Absolute Flame Valley, but in fact, it could only block experts below the Soul Splitting realm.
Su Lingxi poked hard with her finger, and the basic barrier disintegrated directly.
“What kind of trash is this? Even this kind of barrier is placed here.”
Su Lingxi clapped her hands and swaggered in.
Walking into the Absolute Flame Valley, she found that this place was completely different. The fire tornado that was nearly a hundred zhang high was gone.
There was only dry black-gray land. Looking around, there was no trace of living things.
Su Lingxi stepped on the black land and sighed.
Then she released her divine sense to sense the location of the Evil Shadow Scythe. After all, the Evil Shadow Scythe was a demonic weapon and contained high-level dark spiritual energy.
And in this Mortal Realm, dark spiritual energy was an extremely sensitive existence.
After the divine sense was released, the Evil Shadow Scythe quickly responded to Su Lingxi.
The Evil Shadow Scythe belonged exclusively to Su Lingxi, and there was a special connection between them.
“It’s inside the Absolute Flame Valley, seemingly inside a large rock.”
Su Lingxi opened her eyes, restrained her aura, and walked forward carefully.
At this moment, two fiery red meteors flew over her head.
Su Lingxi squatted in the grass and looked up. The two meteors seemed to be two experts from the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect.
These should be the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird.
It was too dangerous to rush in to get the Evil Shadow Scythe. She might as well follow them first to confirm the positions of the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird.
Su Lingxi thought to herself.
Both the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird went to the east of the Absolute Flame Valley, and Su Lingxi quickly followed.
Fortunately, the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird did not fly very far. They stopped on a hillside.
The scene on the hillside was not as dark as the inside of the Absolute Flame Valley. There was actually an oasis on the hillside, and various precious animals and plants lived here.
Artificially built stairs wound up along the slope and extended far away. Walking further in, one could even see a small pond carved out.
Several small houses with black tiles and pink walls had several tables placed in front of them. Two Vermilion Bird disciples sat on chairs, seemingly waiting for someone.
The Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect strolled side by side on the stairs. When passing by the pond, they took out some fish food and threw it into the pond.
Big and small fish opened their mouths and scrambled for the fish food. Every fish was round and plump, obviously well fed.
“Seventh Elder, the Lantern Festival is a rare prosperous age. The two of us guarding this remote Absolute Flame Valley really have nothing to do.”
“A few days ago, I accidentally came into contact with a new popular item among the people. I have ordered my personal disciple to bring it over.”
The Eighth Elder of the Vermilion Bird twisted his beard and put down the fish food.
The Seventh Elder of the Vermilion Bird smiled. “You, you. This old man has also heard of this novel item. Today, this old man will experience it.”
