Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 73 Exploring the Strange Flame

The next day, early in the morning.

Xiao Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them.

"Finally, I've fully recovered!"

Nearly twenty days have passed, and the soul power that was exhausted from resisting the heavenly lightning last time has now been fully restored. Looking into his inner sea of ​​consciousness, he sees that the soul power fills the entire space, like wispy smoke.

Feeling the thick mist of soul energy, he felt that he was not far from the perfection of the mortal realm.

"Young master, may Qinglin come in?"

Hearing the soft, sweet voice outside the door, Xiao Bai smiled. This little girl had already gotten into character last night. After finishing her cultivation, she ran to Xiao Bai's room to make his bed and prepare his toiletries.

Finally, she had to help him undress, saying she would only leave after the young master fell asleep, but Xiao Bai chased her away. She was so young, I don't know where she learned these things from.

"Come in!"

"Good morning, young master!" Qinglin, dressed in new clothes, walked in carrying a washbasin. When she saw Xiao Bai sitting cross-legged on the bed, she smiled broadly, revealing two dimples on her adorable cheeks.

Xiao Bai smiled and nodded at her, but sighed inwardly. He knew that although the girl had a lovely smile, there was worry in her eyes; she was afraid.

She was afraid that if she didn't do well, Xiao Bai would abandon her, so she was very careful in everything she did.

Even though Xiao Bai told her last night that he wouldn't abandon her, it didn't have much effect. There was nothing Xiao Bai could do about it; he could only let time wear her down.

"Qinglin, you stay here today. I'm going out for a bit and will be back later!" Xiao Bai said, wiping his hands after washing up.

The little girl's smile froze, tears welled in her eyes, and she lowered her head, looking somewhat helpless, and said, "It's alright!"

Seeing this, Xiao Bai patted her little head and said helplessly, "Don't overthink it. How could your young master bear to abandon such a well-behaved and sensible little maid!"

"If you need anything, just go find that old guy next door!" Xiao Bai was referring to Hai Bodong.

I talked to Hai Bodong last night. He didn't know the exact location either. He just made this map based on information he had collected over the past twenty years. So today, Xiao Bai plans to go with Yao Lao to take a look.

After all, in the Tagor Desert, having more people is useless; he and Yao Lao have strong soul power and can sense each other over a greater distance.

The vast desert is constantly battered by sandstorms.

During the day, the Tagor Desert is always accompanied by scorching sun and swirling yellow sand.

A streak of purple light streaked across the desert sky and slowly landed on a sand dune.

Xiao Bai stared in astonishment at the sand dunes that seemed to stretch to the horizon. He thought that if there was a strange fire underground, then the area above must be different from other places.

But when you look around, the scenery is exactly the same, no different from other parts of the desert.

Take out the map made by Hai Bodong. According to the scale on it, the area is roughly within a hundred miles.

"Xiao Bai, is this the strange fire you mentioned?" Yao Lao floated out at this moment, looked around at the surrounding environment, and was a little puzzled. He did not find the violent energy of that strange fire here.

"That's right, it's around here, but not on the surface, it's underground!" Xiao Bai said with certainty.

"Underground? How do we get down there?" Yao Lao looked down at his feet. He had no idea how thick the yellow sand of the Tagor Desert was!

Hundreds of meters? Thousands of meters? Digging a hole in this yellow sand is no easy task. The sand is shifting, and you might be buried alive by the sand above before you can dig very deep.

Xiao Bai closed his eyes and activated his soul perception to its maximum, covering a radius of about three kilometers.

In an instant, his perspective changed. A large amount of earthy yellow and crimson energy intertwined around him, but he did not find any unusual fluctuations in fire energy.

"Let's use our souls to sense the depths and see if there's any underground magma or anything like that!" Xiao Bai said, opening his eyes.

Seeing the old apothecary staring at him with a strange look, Xiao Bai was speechless: "Why are you looking at me like that, senior?"

"Xiao Bai, didn't you use your soul power to sense the ground just now?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai immediately used his soul power to sense the area beneath the yellow sand, and after a moment he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"what?"

"You sensed it?"

"Um!"

"This is a desert, where earth elemental energy is highly concentrated and quite active. With the earth's energy evaporating, soul power can't sense much distance at all!" Yao Lao said, stroking his beard.

Xiao Bai now realized that his soul power had been strained underground, far less than it had been on the surface. It had only been less than two hundred meters when he felt somewhat exhausted.

"This is troublesome!" Xiao Bai felt a bit tricky at this moment. He had just sensed that he couldn't detect the bottom of the yellow sand at a distance of 200 meters. What should he do if he couldn't find a passage within this range?

"I wonder how that woman in the depths of the desert found her way underground?" Xiao Bai thought to himself.

Queen Medusa's soul power was definitely not as strong as his, but she was able to accurately find this location and take away the strange fire, so she must have some special means.

"Let's find the passage by following the two-hundred-meter distance!" Xiao Bai said to Yao Lao.

Their current sensing range should be about the same. They should sense all the places within this range on the map. If they can't find it, they'll think of other methods.

"That's all we can do!" The old apothecary pondered for a moment, realizing there was no better solution at the moment.

Although he has no physical body, he possesses the "Taiyi Soul Technique," so as long as he doesn't overexert himself and fall into a deep sleep, using his soul power shouldn't be a problem.

And so, Xiao Bai and Yao Lao wandered around in this desert, but Xiao Bai soon discovered that this method was incredibly slow.

When using soul power to probe underground in the desert, one always feels an endless, immense earth energy squeezing the soul power, which consumes too much energy.

If used continuously, he would have to use his cultivation technique to recover his soul power in about two hours at most. Otherwise, once his soul power is depleted to a certain extent, recovery would be very slow, perhaps only slightly better than the last time he instantly emptied his soul.

The old doctor's lifespan was even shorter than his. After all, he was in a disabled state and lacked a physical body, so basically only Xiao Bai was searching for him.

However, there are advantages to this as well. He could clearly feel that his soul power became more resilient as it was being squeezed, consumed, and restored.

As the sun sets, it paints the golden desert with a layer of orange-red.

"Senior, it seems we'll have to stay here for a while!" Xiao Bai looked exhausted as he prepared to return to Stone Desert City and continue tomorrow.

Based on the area they've explored today, it would take them at least two months to search the area marked on the map, and even then, they might not find a passage.

"It's alright! As long as we go back before Xiao Yan's coming-of-age ceremony, it's fine!" Yao Lao didn't think there was anything wrong with it, nor did he think Xiao Bai was lying to him.

Different kinds of flames aren't so easy to obtain. Back then, he almost died trying to find the Bone Spirit Cold Flame before he succeeded.

(End of this chapter)