I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 490 Making Trouble (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The shortcut Zhong Lingfei chose was indeed extremely treacherous. He bypassed the Black Magnetic Plain, sped down several nearly vertical, charred rock walls covered with sharp crystal clusters, passed several dangerous waterfalls of lightning magma, and went straight into the ground.

Without the cultivation level of the late Golden Core stage and a powerful physique, most people wouldn't dare to take this dangerous path.

Although Zhong Lingfei and the others carried Jiang Yi in their airship, none of them activated the protective shield on the airship. However, they discovered that the thunderous aura, which even they had to be careful of, could not get close to Jiang Yi at all.

Jiang Yi leaned against the back of the flying boat, calm and composed.

This gave the four of them a real understanding of the rumors about her exaggerated performance, making them feel even more that they could not underestimate Jiang Heying, and they even took her lazy appearance as the demeanor of a strong person.

After speeding through the canyon for two or three days with complete focus, Jiang Yi saw rivers of boiling lava, the rising heat distorting the air, and the pungent smell of sulfur and scorched rocks.

They stopped at the edge of a jagged volcanic fissure, like a wound exposed after the earth had been torn apart.

The scorching, dark red lava, like the blood of the earth's veins, meandered and flowed at the bottom of the fissure, forming several churning and roaring lava pools.

The charred, jagged cave walls were grotesquely twisted by the dark purple lightning bolts falling from the cave ceiling.

Just standing on the outside, Lei Yi and Jin Hao, both late-stage Golden Core cultivators, felt their skin burning and taut, as if they were being scorched by flames.

Xiao Yushan and Zhong Lingfei not only exerted all their strength to support their protective qi, but also each released an ice-attribute protective magic treasure to surround their bodies, dispelling the high temperature and lightning energy in the area.

Zhong Lingfei pointed to the Blazing Cave, which resembled the entrance to hell, and said, "Fellow Daoist Heying, the Blazing Cave is just below. The environment is extremely violent and dangerous, inhabited by swarms of fire-tongue lightning pythons. Even if your demon spirit can take a shortcut to get here, I'm afraid you wouldn't dare to enter easily, would you?"

Jiang Yi squinted. "How will you know if you don't go in and take a look?"

The laws of the secret realm do indeed suppress high cultivation levels, allowing people and demons here to only unleash the power of the peak Golden Core stage at most. However, if the Ink Dragon King is among the Northern Xuan Demon Clan trapped here, she can easily suppress the python horde, making hiding here a very good choice.

Zhong Lingfei's expression changed slightly, and his voice suddenly rose a few decibels, "Fellow Daoist Heying, the Fire Tongue Thunder Pythons are fierce and violent, they come in groups, and they guard their territory year-round. Once there are intruders, they will attack them as a group. We are just a few... This place is a secret realm of my Thunderclap Sect, and the core area has always been off-limits to non-disciples of my sect."

Zhong Lingfei couldn't say that they didn't want to risk going in because they were about to form their Nascent Souls, so she could only say that she, an outsider, was not allowed to enter.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi readily agreed, "But even if my demon spirit didn't go in, what if the Northern Xuan Demon Clan is inside? If I don't go in and investigate, I can't explain to True Venerable Youying. How about... I trouble you senior brothers and sisters to help me go in and look for them? You know this place well and have experience dealing with the Fire Tongue Thunder Python, please."

After hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the four people became somewhat stiff.

As they looked at each other, Lei Yi and Jin Hao subconsciously glanced at the scorching, fiery cave, as if they could already see countless enormous, dark red snake shadows covered in lightning-patterned scales swimming inside.

The Fire-Tongue Thunder Python is not only ferocious, but its breath of fire and lightning is also incredibly powerful. It also remembers the scent of its enemies, not to mention the terrifying scene of a swarm of pythons going berserk...

They always came in groups of at least five, and only when they were fully prepared did they dare to approach the outer perimeter to lure and kill any lone Thunder Pythons.

The atmosphere remained tense until Xiao Yushan, another practitioner, finally broke the silence.

“Fellow Daoist Heying, I have a magical artifact that can conceal one’s aura. If you trust me, I will risk going in to investigate for you. However, I can only investigate the outer area. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Heying has any secret codes with your Northern Xuan Demon Clan?”

Jiang Yi rested her chin on her hand, pretended to think for a moment, and then nodded.

"Just shout 'Jiang Heying of Cangling Sect is here,' they all know me." Zhong Lingfei and Lei Yijinhao exchanged glances, both knowing that Xiao Yushan would just find a safe place to hide and make do with it.

But Jiang Heying agreed so easily, could there be a trap?

She walked to a relatively sheltered, charred rock at the edge of the crevice and sat down lazily.

There's no need to explain anything or say anything to reassure them; just do things secretly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yushan nodded to the other three and went into the Blazing Flame Cave. Zhong Lingfei and the other two also found a relatively flat place not far from Jiang Yi and set up a small magic array.

The three sat down cross-legged, ostensibly to recover from the exhaustion of their days of travel, but their divine senses subtly enveloped Jiang Yi, who was resting with her eyes closed, and the perilous entrance to the Blazing Flame Cave.

The air remained scorching hot, and the purplish-red lightning continued to fall and explode incessantly.

Jiang Yi leaned against the scorching stone wall, her breathing steady, as if she were truly exhausted and asleep. But in her sleeve hanging on the ground, a faint, almost imperceptible emerald light flashed and disappeared.

The little fairy vine, Qingxiao, silently burrowed into the cracks in the rocks. With the help of the earth's affinity with the mountain-suppressing and gold-breaking veins, and the mysterious ice energy of the Flower Maiden, and under the precise guidance of Jiang Yi's powerful divine sense, it moved like a fish in water in this scorching underground, following behind Xiao Yushan.

The Blazing Cave is a huge lava cave with several thick, pillar-like lava layers standing in it. Hot magma flows slowly at the bottom of the cave, making a dull gurgling sound.

Not long after diving in, Qingxiao 'saw' several huge, dark red pythons, each as thick as a bowl, coiled around a low lava pillar, their dark purple forked tongues flicking in and out.

Upon seeing these fiery lightning pythons, Xiao Yushan nervously hid to the side, pondering that they usually wouldn't appear in such an outer area. Could it be that the Northern Xuan Demon Clan was really inside, and these lightning pythons were keeping watch for them?

Xiao Yushan decided not to explore any further and simply hid where he was, activating his magical artifact that concealed his aura.

The atmosphere inside the Blazing Cave was chaotic, just like on the Black Magnetic Plain. The magnetic force interfered with divine sense, so Xiao Yushan did not notice that Qingxiao had emerged from the crevice in the rock next to the lava pillar.

The slender vines grew rapidly in mid-air, transforming into a tough whip covered with fine barbs, aiming at what was likely the Fire Tongue Thunder Python's rump, and lashed out fiercely.

Snapped! ! !
A sharp, thunderous cracking sound suddenly rang out, startling Xiao Yushan so much that he trembled all over.

The excruciating pain and the sudden attack caused the thunder python to let out a shrill, distorted hiss. The entire python crashed heavily off the lava pillar, curled up in a ball, and rolled on the ground. Several scales broke off where it was struck, and blood seeped out.

Hiss!

Instantly, the fire-elemental pythons that had been dozing or on guard around the lava pillar were all awakened!
The scarlet vertical pupils instantly locked onto the emerald green vine shadow that had retreated back into the rock crevice. Several lightning pythons simultaneously sprang up, their mouths wide open, and dark purple lightning and fire spewed out like flames, slamming fiercely into the rock crevice where Qingxiao had disappeared.

Deep within the Blazing Cave, countless enormous, dark red figures that had been resting in the lava pools further away and swimming in the crevices of the rock walls were awakened by the sudden commotion and raised their heads.

In the darkness, countless vertical pupils of light appeared, and the united Fire Tongue Thunder Serpent clan roared angrily as they charged toward the entrance.

Meanwhile, deep within the Blazing Cave, a place never before visited by anyone, in an underground oasis, a giant black dragon coiled on an ancient tree suddenly opened its eyes, its tongue flicking as it sensed the presence of other demonic spirits.

(End of this chapter)