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Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley (2/2)
🕑 Added 2024-10-21 18:00:29 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 289 ---
Yu Long and Huan Caiyi walked beside each other, holding hands and enjoying the 'fiery hell' scenery of the Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley.
"The Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley has been existing as long as our family. No, it might exist before even that." Huan Caiyi explained.
"Ancestral records stated that this fiery area was 'naturally' created due to the Golden Crow's Trial Grounds. Only once in a thousand years, one may enter the Trial Grounds, gaining the Golden Crow's bloodline."
Yu Long played a fool character, "Is it okay for me to know this information?"
Huan Caiyi smiled, "We are engaged. You will know this sooner or later."
"Then, why do you think there is a huge concentration of lightning in this place?" Yu Long asked casually, though he knew the answer already.
Huan Caiyi pondered, "Some ancestors thought it has something to do with the area's electromagnetic force. But it's a baseless assumption as we never found its source."
'Well, you never found the source because the Golden Crow hid it.' Yu Long thought casually.
Since Yu Long inherited and modified the Evil God's Power and his Seeds, he could sense the existence of other Seeds. With so much lightning here, he would be a fool if he couldn't recognize it as Lightning Seed.
Putting that aside, Yu Long has read the book. So, he knew the plot.
However, the book might not describe this place in such detail.
Listening to Huan Caiyi's explanation allowed Yu Long to understand this place more.
Roar!
A creature made of sizzling lava crawled from the Sea of Death, stopping before Yu Long and Huan Caiyi's path. The creature looks like a lava golem and is over three meters tall, possessing a body consisting of hardened magma.
It gazed at them with its hollow white eyes.
Huan Caiyi pointed her finger at the lava golem and said, "Lava Beast. An aggressive being made from the condensation of fire energy in the Sea of Death."
"Once you kill Lava Beast, there is a small chance of getting Fire Crystal of various qualities, which works great for those who cultivated fire-attributed Profound Arts."
"There are millions of Lava Beasts living here, so be careful. We don't want to attract them and get annoyed before reaching the Golden Crow's Trial Grounds."
"This Lava Beast is only stage 3 of five stages. It has the strength of 1st Level Sky Profound Realm."
"Do you want to try? But you can't use Profound Arts or Skills." Huan Caiyi smiled, wanting to see Yu Long's performance. "Physical Strength and Martial Arts. 1st stage of Spirit Profound Realm only."
"What's the reward? I don't want to do things for free." Yu Long glanced at Huan Caiyi, gazing deep into her eyes.
"A kiss. I will peck you on the cheek once!" Huan Caiyi replied sternly.
Yu Long chuckled, "Double it, and it's a deal."
"Deal!"
Huan Caiyi watched Yu Long walking to the Lava Beast. His realm visibly dropped from something Huan Caiyi couldn't sense to the 1st stage of Spirit Profound Realm only.
'Just how high is Yu Long's cultivation base? Even my profound sense can't tell until he suppressed it.' Huan Caiyi tapped her chin, wondering about something.
Before Huan Caiyi could digest her thoughts, she watched Yu Long kick the Lava Beast's knee to make it kneel and slap its lava-covered head off, killing it in a split second.
"..." Huan Caiyi.
She was speechless.
"That simple?"
"Yes, as simple as that." Yu Long replied with a shrug. "Where are my kisses?"
Huan Caiyi harrumphed, tiptoeing and kissing his left and right cheek with a blush.
"There. Happy now?"
Yu Long nodded, "Mm."
"Actually... You can defeat this kind of creature without much effort."
"All you need to do is locate its core."
'What do you mean?" Huan Caiyi squatted, looking for fire crystal, and found a handful of useless black rock. It seemed they were unlucky.
Yu Long pointed at the black rock, "Every living creature has a 'certain' structure that kept them whole. We have bones, flesh, muscle tissues, and skins."
"This Lava Beast is 'naturally' made from earth and fire elements. Split them, and you broke that structure."
"How exactly do you do that?" Huan Caiyi was still confused.
Yu Long smiled faintly, "Kiss me on the lip again, and I will tell."
Huan Caiyi dodged his gaze, sighing helplessly. "Fine, I will kiss you."
"But close your eyes."
"I'm waiting." Yu Long closed his eyes.
Smooch!
Huan Caiyi did the deeds and retreated, turning her back on Yu Long. She couldn't stay calm from all this teasing.
Yu Long opened his eyes, "That was short..."
"I will take it, though."
"Take that black rock. I will explain as we walk."
Huan Caiyi nodded and picked the 'useless' black rocks, wondering why Yu Long wanted these things.
Yu Long pointed at the sky, "The universe is 'greatly' created with laws and concepts. And there are infinite laws and concepts out there."
"Understanding one would lead you to the other."
"Caiyi, have you ever observed everything around in 'great' detail?"
"Like how many lines on the leaves or ring on a chopped wood?"
Huan Caiyi shook his head, "No. Cultivating Profound Energy and learning how to tame Golden Crow's Impure Flame is all that matters to me."
"Try it. Use your profound sense to look into that black rocks." Yu Long instructed calmly.
Huan Caiyi frowned, focusing her attention on the black rocks in her hand and discovering many layers of carbonized particles.
As she looked more into the black rock, she found patterns.
Yes, patterns!
"There are patterns..."
"That's right. Those patterns are the foundations of all things. I called it Profound Patterns. By studying and modifying it, watching it react to outside elements. You can do this!"
Yu Long grabbed a random black rock and clenched it with his hand, introducing pressure into it.
Intense heat appeared due to the increased pressure, causing Yu Long's hand to smoke.
After a few seconds, Yu Long opened his hand and revealed a small, sparkling diamond to Huan Caiyi.
"This is..." Huan Caiyi covered her mouth in disbelief.
"Modifying the Profound Patterns can do this?"
"No, not just this. Profound Arts, bloodline, unique physique. Anything that is born and raised in the Primal Chaos Dimension, you can alter them as you will..." Yu Long dropped a bomb.
"Even bringing a dead person to a living room isn't out of the realm of possibility."
Huan Caiyi's eyes widened in disbelief, "B-But that is no different than being a God?"
Yu Long smiled as he walked away, "Your understanding is still shallow. Learn more and grow stronger."
Huan Caiyi watched Yu Long's broad back in admiration and chased after him, "Can you teach me then?"
"We have more than enough time to teach you the basics." Yu Long gave her a knowing look. "But how far you can learn depends on yourself."
"I know!" Huan Caiyi was eager to learn.
Yu Long kept walking and chuckled, "Good. I hope you can learn a basic level of Profound Aspect before we reach the Golden Crow's Trial Grounds."
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...
After walking for an hour, Huan Caiyi learned the basic level of Profound Aspects.
Of course, learning and using are two different things.
Huan Caiyi could see profound patterns of Golden Crow's Impure Flame, but only a portion of it.
According to Yu Long's teaching, she could modify these patterns and make her Golden Crow's Impure Flame hotter and more explosive.
In fact, Huan Caiyi can even modify her flame to surpass Golden Crow's Divine Flame. But she's far from reaching that stage.
"We are here, Caiyi." Yu Long suddenly said, snapping Huan Caiyi back to reality.
Huan Caiyi blinked and noticed they were standing on a volcanic rock spanning over a few hundred meters, surrounded by lava.
She pulled her Demon Emperor's Seal and noticed it was glowing with golden light.
"Are you the descendant of that brat with the surname Huan?" A majestic yet arrogant voice echoed in the area.
Yu Long looked up, spotting two massive, reddish-gold eyes looking down on him and Huan Caiyi.
Those eyes are the Divine Beast's eyes.
One of the Three Supreme Fire Attributed Beasts, the Sun Bird, Golden Crow!
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Asura
Thanks for the chapterβs π Really enjoying where this is going.π
