Chapter 39: Fire Seed of Evil God (2)
"You… say that my task is to get inside this dragon's lair and take the Fire Spirit Grass? - With a quivering eyelid of irritation, Yun Che whispered as he watched the battle between 5 experts of the "Flaming Heaven's Gate" sect and the Scarlet Dragon.
The Burning Paradise Gate is one of the four strongest sects in the Blue Wind Empire, and is renowned for its fire-based techniques.
These five experts were the ones who flew across the sky over the waterfall. Out of curiosity, Yun Che followed them, and since he was only at the Initial Stage of Inner Power, the practitioners did not even pay attention to the "dust". Yun Che, driven by curiosity, arrived at this place and only later noticed with surprise that Huang Sheng had been with him all this time. Yun Che was shocked and annoyed at the same time, because he didn't even sense Huang Sheng's presence next to him.
Huang Sheng, Jasmine, and Yun Che were now on a high slope watching the battle between humans and the dragon from above.
"Huang Sheng, Yun Che is only at the Beginning Stage of Inner Strength! He will never be able to pass by the practitioners of the Heavenly Step. Moreover, among these people there is a practitioner who is half a step from the Imperial Step! Jasmine exclaimed, clearly against Huang Sheng's idea. Yun Che was surprised to hear about the strength of these people. - And also this dragon is unusual. He is a True Dragon and his power is already at the Imperial Step!
- Imperial ... step ?! Yun Che was shocked. He had only recently embarked on the cultivation path, but had already met the peak practitioners of the Blue Wind empire!
Huang Sheng himself already knew that the Scarlet Dragon had made a successful breakthrough, and thanks to the battle between them a year ago, its foundation is much stronger than it would have been if he had broken through to the Imperial Stage through meditation.
Huang Sheng smiled mysteriously and looked down at Yun Che. He, in turn, shuddered and it seemed to him that all-seeing eyes were looking at him, from which it was impossible to hide anything.
"If I'm not mistaken, then you have the Stellar Grass of Hiding.
"… I won't ask how you found out, but even if there is, I will not be able to use its properties until I make a pill…" Yun Che was surprised at Huang Sheng's knowledge.
- HM! Don't take me for an idiot. I know that you have the Heavenly Poison Pearl and that I was the one who left Jasmine behind the mountains of the Xiao clan. If it weren't for me, you would still be an ordinary cripple. Huang Sheng chuckled and lightly punched Yun Che's forehead with the edge of his palm, as if he was scolding the younger.
"…" Although Yun Che was shocked by Huang Sheng's knowledge, he was more irritated by this attitude.
Jasmine just rolled her eyes at their squabble.
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As soon as Yun Che left for the mission, Jasmine was hugged and successfully put on Huang Sheng's lap. She didn't resist, as she liked the closeness herself, but she would never admit it ...
As Yun Che slowly but surely walked towards the cave under the influence of the Covering Star Grass, Jasmine unexpectedly asked.
"Huang Sheng, are you much older than you look?"
Having asked this question so unexpectedly and in such a situation, Jasmine hoped to see at least some reaction from Huang Sheng, but she was disappointed.
Huang Sheng looked like he hadn't heard the question being asked.
- Why do you ask? Huang Sheng looked calm and impassive as he fiddled with Jasmine's long hair. He hoped that it would not become his habit, because next to her he felt the warmth of the family, which he had long forgotten and only his great-grandson Yuichiro could give him this feeling ...
- It's simple. - Jasmine chuckled, as if only an idiot would not have guessed. - First, your appeal to me ... you treat me like a child! - Jasmine clenched her teeth, clearly unhappy with this attitude. "Secondly, when you call this princess's student," Brother Yun, "you look like you're not used to it. This can be attributed to the fact that you have not called anyone "brother" before, so you are embarrassed ... but it took this princess only a month to understand you and you would not be embarrassed so easily. Also, such a reaction is possible if you had a brother in the past, but you yourself said that you are an only child and calling Yun Che, "Yun's brother", should not be difficult for you ...
Huang Sheng was surprised. He was really surprised. Jasmine clearly understood and made his characteristic psychological portrait, and as she herself said, it took her only a month! But Huang Sheng quickly took it for granted, remembering that Jasmine is a Star God with the inherited knowledge of a true god.
- ... and thirdly ... - Jasmine after a couple of minutes moved on to the last point. - There are times when you unconsciously treat the student of this princess like a child ... like, for example, some time ago. In my eyes, you looked as if the elder was scolding the younger. She chuckled, clearly content to see the surprise in Huang Sheng's face and his pats on her head.
"I confess… I'm surprised, Jasmine. Your powers of observation are just something. - Huang Sheng was not someone who did not recognize or praise the obvious abilities of people, especially those close to him.
Jasmine smirked a haughty smile.
- Well, how?
- Let me keep it a secret. Huang Sheng grinned playfully, watching Jasmine's irritated look at his answer.
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As Jasmine and Huang Sheng talked, cold sweat poured down Yun Che's back. At first everything went well, and under the influence of the Stellar Grass of Concealment, he practically reached the dragon's cave, since the battle between the practitioners of the "Flaming Gates of Heaven" sect and the Scarlet Dragon was far in the sky.
The Scarlet Dragon clearly defended his lair and led the attacking people away from the cave entrance.
And as soon as Yun Che was thirty meters from the entrance to the cave, red-hot coals, created by the techniques of the dragon and one of the practitioners of the "Flaming Heaven Gate" sect, fell on top of him.
Four of them looked fifty years old, with red flames embroidered on their robes. As for the man in the middle, his beard was completely white, with a face like an old man's, but every part of his body emitted a wave of terrifying aura that made Yun Che gasp for breath.
As soon as an ember, in temperature not inferior to magma, fell on his clothes, the effect of the Stellar Grass of Covering completely disappeared. Yun Che was extremely lucky to have a huge boulder next to him, behind which he managed to hide.
Due to the swaying Inner Power of the dragon and the five people, Yun Che was not felt, as his inner strength could not be compared with the inner strength of the Heavenly Step.
"Haaa ... haa ... bloody Huang Sheng ..." Yun Che cursed, but the fire of determination in his eyes did not fade. Even in spite of the desperate situation, he continued to think about a possible way out of this situation.
If he runs towards the cave, both the dragon and the people from the "Flaming Gates of Paradise" will immediately notice him.
And while Yun Che was thinking what to do, a huge rock landed in front of him, which, hitting the burnt ground, caused a burst of lava. This surge was enough for him to act at the same moment.
Yun Che ran out from behind the boulder he was hiding behind and ran towards the cave entrance, shielded from the dragon's eyes by a burst of magma.
"I ... haa ... did it." - As soon as Yun Che was in the cave, he immediately ran deeper, and for safety he hid behind stones.
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