Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 333 Dead
After overcoming the restrictions of the ancestral land of fire veins, the obstruction of the illusionary barrier, and the strenuous resistance of many cultivators participating in the trial.

The aftershocks of this devastating war continue to inflict irreparable damage on neighboring countries.

The coastline was almost completely reshaped, the forests within hundreds of miles of the fire vein were burned to ashes, and plants further away lay dormant under a heavy blanket of ash.

The southward-flowing river water became turbid, and even a month of continuous flow could not cleanse it.

A series of poisonous rains began to ravage Changlan Kingdom and the islands of the East China Sea. Mountain beasts fell in droves, and fine dust floated over half of Yuezhou, dragging the kingdoms of Yuezhou as if they were slowing down.

A whole month has passed, and things still haven't started to get better.

On Mount Yunhu, inside the main hall, Luo Chen looked at his junior brother Xun Fu, who had once again fallen into a daze after desperately trying to calculate, sighed, and turned to look at Pei Lan sitting to the side.

He asked earnestly, "What exactly happened?"

However, after thinking it over, Pei Lan simply shook her head silently.

Having lost their flying artifact, it took cultivators over a month to travel all the way from the Fire Vein back to Cloud Tiger Mountain, even with their best efforts.

The strange phenomenon of the Liancheng Fire Vein has shocked the entire Eastern Continent, and the damage it has caused extends far beyond the surrounding countries.

Of the group that went to the illusionary realm, only Pei Lan, Xing Ye, Zong Heng, and Cheng Huoxiao survived from the Xiao Chen Kingdom. The rest of them were affected by the aftermath of the battle between water and fire and could not escape death.

When Luo Chen inquired about the matter within the fire vein, Xing Ye and the others, who only had a superficial understanding, couldn't explain it at all. Pei Lan, the only one who had ventured deep into the ancestral land, inexplicably fell silent.

She had been there, and even though Pei Xia hadn't explained it to her in detail, she understood exactly why the great battle in the Fire Vein Ancestral Land had begun.

If Ru Tao truly still possesses the ability to fabricate reality while under lockdown, then the fewer people who know the details, the better.

Master Pei has lost a lot of weight since the beginning of this month.

She began to understand why she had felt uneasy when she sensed the Sea Patrol God on Yunhu Mountain.

It turns out that from that moment on, Pei Xia had embarked on a path of no return.

Or perhaps we should start from even earlier.

Senior Brother Ding Jia and Luo Chen were still whispering something. He probably still remembered the matter of asking Zong Heng to clean up the sect, and asked, "Did everyone else die in the Fire Vein?"

Pei Lan sat on the mahogany chair, dressed in a Taoist robe that gave her an otherworldly appearance. After a moment of silence, she slowly curled up her knees with her legs together.

She buried her face in her hands, her mind filled with Pei Xia's last moments. She mumbled, "Yes, they're all dead."

……

Pei Xia never came back.

When the news reached Changjingmen, Ji Shaofu was still in seclusion.

Huang Bing paced back and forth in the room for a long time, still unable to figure out how to explain this to his most beloved junior sister.

The Liancheng Illusionary Realm was inherently dangerous, and those who participated were all at the Open Mansion Realm, whose cultivation was above Pei Xia's. Before going, he had considered whether something unexpected might happen.

But who could have predicted that this so-called accident would far exceed his, and even the entire Long Whale Gate's, imagination?

It is said that even Elder Cheng Ming, a Transformation Realm cultivator from the Luo Yan Sect, perished outside the Fire Vein, and this was only due to the aftermath of that strange phenomenon.

"Sigh..." Huang Bing sighed deeply, just as footsteps sounded outside.

Disciple Li Qi has returned.

He pushed open the door and whispered, "Master, I have already reported to Han Tianshi."

Han Tianshi, naturally, refers to Han Youzhi.

On the very day Pei Xia left the Changjing Sect, Han Youzhi made a perfect breakthrough, achieving the Heavenly Consciousness Realm she had always dreamed of with the help of the Immortal Guidance Pill.

Although she was already at the Heavenly Consciousness Realm when she was in the Holy Palace, strictly speaking, it was with the help of the Great Feather Royal Family's secret treasure that her cultivation level, which was at the peak of the Transformation Realm, was raised to the Heavenly Consciousness Realm.

Now, she is the true, genuine, and powerful being with divine consciousness.

The emergence of a new Heavenly Consciousness Realm expert has shaken not only the Long Whale Sect, but the entire Little Chen Kingdom has come to know of her existence.

Huang Bing naturally wouldn't let such an opportunity slip by. He knew what was good for him and, thinking of Pei Xia's attitude at the Changjing Sect, he immediately realized that Pei Xia was a senior and powerful figure worth befriending.

Not only did he strictly forbid the sect disciples from disturbing him, but he also personally brought generous gifts to the simple cave dwelling by the mountain stream to pay his respects to Han Youzhi.

Thinking of the scene during the last visit, Huang Bing waved his hand at his disciple, his face full of worry: "Although Miss Han's cultivation is superb, when it comes to joining the sect, she insists on waiting for Pei Xia to come back to make a decision. It can be seen that Pei Xia is still the real backbone. Now that he has perished at the Liancheng Fire Vein, this matter is probably..." Huang Bing slammed his hand on the table, his heart filled with bitterness.

How did that happen?

Not long ago, the sect won the martial arts competition, producing a genius up-and-coming disciple. They also had a stroke of good fortune, having a Heavenly Consciousness Realm expert in charge. All that's left is for Pei Xia to return from the Liancheng Fire Vein and for Han Youzhi to officially join the Changjing Sect. Then their future will be bright.

At that time, Huang Bing's worries were trivial matters such as "his junior sister might have to become Pei Xia's concubine, and he didn't know if she was willing to do so."

When I turned around, it was all gone.

"What did Han Tianshi say?" he asked.

Li Qi shook his head: "She was very calm. She blinked, waved her hand and said she understood, and then ignored me."

……

Han Youzhi was indeed very calm.

She had successfully broken through the barrier and had nothing else to do, so she spent her days fishing by the stream.

She also cooked a pot of fresh soup, and immediately processed the stream fish she caught and threw them into the pot.

Across the pot, Pear squatted on the other side, eating with her mouth full of oil.

"Are you really alright?" Han Youzhi asked, holding her fishing rod and looking ahead, seemingly unsure of who she was asking.

Pear waved her little hand: "Don't worry, he told me before that this situation might occur, it was all expected."

Han Youzhi already possessed divine sense and observed that Lu Li's emotions were calm, not like she was lying.

She should have been relieved. She knew Pei Xia had a secret, so it was normal for her to act strangely sometimes.

But I don't know why, I just feel like there's a stone pressing on my heart, a dull feeling.

Beneath her usual loose disciple's robes, she stretched out her long, jade-like legs, dipping her toes into the cool stream water in an attempt to calm her mind.

"It's been a month, and I haven't been able to wait for him at Qiongxiao Yuyu. He clearly promised to contact me if anything happened..."

Old Han pursed his lips: "Let's wait another month. If there's still no news after another month, I'll go to Liancheng Fire Vein."

Lu Li paused, her hand gripping the fishbone, and after a moment's thought, she couldn't think of any other reason to persuade her.

All I could do was mumble and say, "The snake breeder is gone anyway, so why do you care about him?"

Han Youzhi turned around and looked at the cave dwelling left by Pei Xia.

There was nothing here originally; the wooden house, the cave, the spiritual plants... were all built by her and Pei Xia bit by bit.

Han Youzhi once felt that this place gave her a sense of belonging that she had never experienced, even when she was in the Holy Palace.

But when Pei Xia was gone, everything in front of me seemed to start fading away rapidly.

Perhaps those pretentious literati from Beijing Normal University were not wrong.

There truly is a place in this world where "my heart belongs".

Pear watched without saying a word, silently cleaned the small fish, washed her hands by the stream, and turned to leave: "I'm going to take a dump."

Once they reached a secluded spot, the little girl gradually slowed her pace, took a deep breath, and clenched her fists.

She lied to Han Youzhi.

Pei Xia never told her anything that was expected.

Instead, he lied to himself about the time he left.

He deliberately didn't take me with him to the Liancheng Fire Vein.

All of this indirectly proves that Pei Xia never had a full grasp of anything within the Fire Vein.

If he dies.

Then he might really be dead.

(End of this chapter)