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Chapter 350, The Fish Leaps Over the Dragon Gate?
The Liang State Duke's revenge against Hua Changxi was not limited to the Hua family; more than a dozen Shennongtang pharmacies under Hua Changxi's name were also affected.

Of course, the people from the Duke of Liang's mansion didn't do much; they just sent a group of thugs to stand outside the pharmacy, and no one dared to enter to buy pills.

The fact that the pills weren't selling wasn't a big concern for Pu Cao, Yu Hui, and the others, as the pills wouldn't spoil in the short term. What worried them was Hua Changxi, who hadn't appeared yet.

"Changxi must have been badly injured by the Duke of Liang. But the Duke of Liang is so shameless that he turned around and started a fight, demanding compensation from Changxi. These powerful people are simply too shameless."

“In the capital, there is a rule that cultivators cannot use their weapons. In other places, if powerful people take a fancy to something, they will simply use a gun.”

"The world is getting more and more chaotic."

"Changxi, you must get better soon."

At the same time, at the location of the Nine Heavens Fire Spring, on the boulder where the waterfall plunges to its greatest flow and makes the loudest roar, Hua Changxi, who was sitting cross-legged and letting the waterfall wash over her body, suddenly opened her eyes. The next moment, like an arrow released from a bow, she defied the enormous impact of the fire spring and went upstream.

Going against the current is undoubtedly difficult, but Hua Changxi gritted her teeth and persevered.

This was a body-refining method she had painstakingly figured out. Pushing upwards against the fire spring waterfall was several times more effective than letting the waterfall fall and wash over the body.

When Hua Changxi was pushing against the current upwards, as soon as he activated the sixth chapter of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the Internal Organs Chapter, a very clear booming sound would emanate from his body.

At first, the roaring sound from the internal organs was not on the same frequency as the roar of the waterfall, but as the number of times the reverse current impacted increased, Hua Changxi was able to gradually tune the roaring sound from the internal organs to the same frequency as the waterfall.

With the added effect of waterfall sound effects, the vibration and tempering of the internal organs become even more refined and profound.

After going against the current a hundred times, the roaring sound emanating from his internal organs reached the level of a thousand troops galloping to Hua Changxi's ears.

"Crack~"

Although her internal organs had been successfully tempered, after rushing upwards for several thousand meters, Hua Changxi was still mercilessly slammed down by the Fire Spring Waterfall, crashing heavily onto a boulder in the center of the pool where the waterfall had fallen.

"Sigh~"

Hua Changxi lay on the boulder, gasping for breath. After a while, she gritted her teeth and sat up. Then, enduring the excruciating pain that felt like her whole body was falling apart, she flew away from the center of the pool and landed on the left bank of the Fire Spring Waterfall.

As soon as he got ashore, he rushed towards the fire lingzhi mushrooms on the bank, picked one, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

Both banks of the Huoquan Waterfall are covered with fire-reishi mushrooms.

If the Xuanhuang Fruit is graded according to the patterns that grow on it, then the Huolingzhi is graded according to the number of caps.

The first-grade Fire Lingzhi has only one cap; the second-grade has two caps, and so on.
In terms of body-refining effects, the Xuanhuang Fruit can break the shackles of the physical body. The Fire Spirit Mushroom does not have this effect, but it is also a rare body-refining elixir that can quickly repair and nourish the physical body and rapidly restore physical strength.

Hua Changxi consumed a sixth-grade Ganoderma lucidum. As the fire Ganoderma lucidum was swallowed, warm currents began to circulate within her body, rapidly nourishing her physical form and gradually restoring her depleted strength.

After absorbing and refining six Grade 6 Fire Spirit Mushrooms, Hua Changxi became energetic again. Then, she continued her efforts, attempting to break through the Fire Spring and going against the current.

After finding the Nine Heavens Fire Spring, except for the first few days, she kept going against the current and she couldn't remember how many times she had tried.

Although each time he was struck by the fire spring, he was left dizzy and disoriented, his physical body became stronger with each fall.

She has gone from only being able to climb a few hundred meters at the beginning to now being able to climb to a height of ten thousand meters.

The reason she becomes more courageous despite setbacks is that every time she goes against the current, she feels like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

The feeling was incredibly real, as if there really was a Dragon Gate waiting for her above the fire spring.

Hua Changxi sat cross-legged on a giant rock in the middle of the pool, gathering her strength while looking up at the seemingly endless Fire Spring Waterfall. She was actually a little unsure of herself.

She didn't know if it was worth it to keep going against the current, nor did she know if the 'Dragon Gate' she thought of actually existed.
If her physical body hadn't been constantly getting stronger, Hua Changxi thought she probably wouldn't have been able to persevere.

"Hey~"

Having gathered its strength, it surges upwards.

"Crack~"

Exhausted, he fell to the ground.

"Whoosh~" "Snap~"

"Hey~"

"Crack~"

Time and again they went against the current, only to be knocked down time and time again.

The higher you go, the stronger the impact of the waterfall becomes, and the difficulty increases with each impact.

Hua Changxi's yearning for 'Dragon Gate' has changed from an initial determination and unwavering pursuit to a current desire to back down.

The fire spring might really have fallen from the sky; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't go against the fire spring and rush into the sky.

Hua Changxi glanced at the left bank of the waterfall. She had almost finished eating all the Grade 6 Fire Spirit Mushrooms on the bank, leaving only a few dozen.

Now that she has perfected the sixth chapter of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the chapter on internal organs, continuing to ascend to the Fire Spring and continue consuming Fire Spirit Mushrooms has no effect on her physical body, and she doesn't want to waste any more time.

But she was still somewhat unwilling to give up just like that.

"Once we've finished eating all the Grade 6 Fire Spirit Mushrooms on the left bank, we'll leave."

Hua Changxi was prepared to make a few more attempts. The height of the fire spring she was currently attacking was already incalculable. Maybe, just in case, if she went up a little bit more, she would be able to see the 'Dragon Gate'?
Hua Changxi treated every subsequent attempt to go against the current as her last attempt.

"Boom~"

During one of her full-speed surges towards the top of the fiery spring, Hua Changxi clearly felt herself pass through an invisible barrier. However, before she could investigate, she was slammed back down by the fiery spring.

"Bang~"

This time, the landing was very quick, without the weightlessness and loss of control that occur when falling from tens of thousands of meters. I wasn't completely shattered upon landing either.

Hua Changxi soon discovered that she was no longer lying on the boulder in the center of the Fire Spring Pool, but floating in a crystal-clear red pool.

Behind her was still the cascading Fire Spring Waterfall. Hua Changxi looked up along the Fire Spring and was soon stunned by the sight before her.

The sky seemed so close, as if one could reach out and touch it.

Beneath the sky, there were layers upon layers of clouds and mist, as flat as the ground.

Amidst the clouds and mist, a magnificent and imposing palace appears and disappears.

The fire spring flows down from the lowest layer of clouds and mist.

"January 29th".

Hua Changxi silently counted the layers of clouds and mist, and after confirming that there were a total of nine layers, her heart was filled with overwhelming excitement.

Could those nine layers of clouds be the legendary Nine Heavens?
After a long moment of stunned silence, Hua Changxi finally came to her senses and quickly stood up.

Then came another wave of novelty.

Even though my feet are clearly standing on spring water, I feel as stable as if I were standing on flat ground.

Hua Changxi tried walking around on the water's surface to make sure she wouldn't sink, then began to look around.

The pool she was in was at the very bottom, and above it floated twelve shimmering red islands, each with a waterfall of fire, large or small, cascading down and converging into the pool at her feet.

"This doesn't seem to be Lungmen, does it?"

Hua Changxi flew away from the pool and headed straight for the highest and largest central island.

On the island stands a magnificent, resplendent red palace.

As soon as Hua Changxi arrived on the island, he stood under a red jade archway with three large characters engraved on it: Huoquan Palace.

(End of this chapter)