Chapter 198: Chapter 172: Second Mingzi! Spirit’s Fury! Heavenly Calamity!
In front of the Cyan Lotus Pool.
A dozen magic disciples cautiously approached the lake before them.
Their eyes burned with boundless fervor, staring at the floating magical seeds in the lake.
Magical seeds, rare treasures of the world, are incredibly valuable in the outside world, even a low-grade seed.
Yet now, above this lake, magical seeds can be seen everywhere.
There were low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and even many supreme-grade seeds.
Moreover, very close to the cyan lotus, there were a dozen flawless seeds emitting brilliant light!
This scene was enough to drive anyone mad!
"Be careful, don’t touch the lake water or that cyan lotus."
Seeing everyone’s excitement, Mingzi spoke solemnly:
"This cyan lotus and the spirit lake are the core of the spiritual realm; once touched, the elves will immediately be alerted."
"By then, don’t mention the magical seeds; we will all die just for trespassing the sacred land of the elves!"
Upon arrival, the Demon Lord had warned them.
In the demon domain’s spiritual realm, there stands a towering cyan lotus, rumored to have rooted here since the world’s creation.
After countless years of growth, the cyan lotus established the spiritual realm, enlightened many elves, and is regarded as the lotus ancestor by the elf tribe.
Although the elf tribe is inherently pure and kind and dislikes killing, if they discover someone trespassing their sacred land and defiling the spirit lake,
then not only them, even a quasi-Emperor would face death!
"Rest assured, Mingzi, we will act carefully!"
The magic disciples responded one after another, then cautiously manipulated their spells to claim the magical seeds they fancied.
Meanwhile, Mingzi, hearing this, did not delay, stretched out his right hand, tendrils of demonic qi swirling, heading straight for the flawless seeds in the distance.
His actions were very cautious, fearing to touch that cyan lotus and spirit lake, even suppressing his aura to the minimum.
In the outside world, magical seeds are extremely precious, but they are of little use to the elves.
So, simply taking some seeds would not alarm the elves.
At this moment, that cyan lotus seemed to have some intelligence, becoming aware of the crowd.
But It did not take offense, instead swaying Its lotus leaves, sprinkling specks of divine light, making the stubborn seeds easier to pick.
The spirit lake was vast, with nothing else existing except for the cyan lotus.
Yet strangely, at the root of the cyan lotus, grew a petite shallow lily.
The flower was like faint porcelain, crystal clear, emitting a rainbow hue under the refracted sunlight, beautiful and pure.
This flower was of ordinary variety, as common as weeds on the roadside across the Cangyan Continent.
But for some unknown reason, this ordinary shallow lily was fortunate enough to coexist with the lotus ancestor.
"Shallow lily..."
After retrieving a magical seed, Mingzi also noticed that peculiar flower.
An odd look appeared in his eyes, he murmured, "To coexist with the lotus ancestor, it must not be an ordinary thing."
"I’ve got the magical seeds; I wonder if I can pluck It too..."
Mingzi still held a geocentric imprint from returning to the magic sect, which would allow him to escape a great distance instantly once activated.
As long as he was fast enough, even if he picked the flower and alerted the elves, he could leave safely.
After pondering for a moment, a sharp glow flashed in Mingzi’s eyes as he looked at the odd flower.
The shallow lily’s intellect seemed slightly sharper than the lotus ancestor’s.
Sensing the malice in the gaze, it couldn’t help but tremble slightly, swaying behind the lotus ancestor.
The strange glow in Mingzi’s eyes deepened, and upon seeing all the magic disciples had succeeded, he prepared to act.
But suddenly...
"Mingzi, someone’s coming, looks like people from the Little Immortal Sect!"
A magic disciple said, reminding as he noticed Su Changqing and others descending the mountain from afar.
Upon hearing this, Mingzi turned to look, and when he saw it was Su Changqing, a gleam of brightness lit up in his eyes.
"I was planning on looking for you later, didn’t expect you to deliver yourself."
Mingzi curled a chilling smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with a burning glow as he looked at Su Changqing.
The method for driving fierce beasts incited his greed greatly.
By the cyan lotus, seeing Mingzi did not act, the petite shallow lily slowly peeked ’out,’ curiously ’observing.’
"Su Changqing."
Seeing the people arrive at close, Mingzi clasped his hands behind his back, speaking coolly.
"Are you the one who slaughtered the mortals, the real Mingzi?"
Su Changqing asked.
Next to him, Wu Yong and Xuan Qingzi said nothing, quietly standing by.
They were well aware of the significant impact of that incident on Su Changqing.
"Looks like you were looking for me as well?"
Mingzi chuckled indifferently, "By coincidence, I was looking for you too."
"You took an imprint and a monument from me, and even killed one of my avatars."
"I’ve yet to settle that score with you."
As he spoke, Mingzi’s body was surrounded by demonic qi, and a massive demon shadow skeleton emerged behind him.
He looked at Su Changqing, his gaze sinister and indifferent,
"Hand over the monument and the method for taming fierce beasts, and I’ll let you die peacefully."
Though killed once by Su Changqing, Mingzi was not afraid, on the contrary, he was very confident.
Now he came in person, having just undergone transformation at the Celestial Demon Pool, with enhanced combat power.
Dealing with Su Changqing seemed like an easy task to him.
"You’re confident you can defeat me?" Su Changqing raised an eyebrow.
Upon these words, before Mingzi could speak, those magic disciples laughed outright.
"Who do you think you are? You’re just in the Divine Body realm, yet you boast shamelessly to Master Mingzi?"
"Heh, he has no idea who he’s dealing with, merely arrogant and ignorant."
The crowd chuckled, their words full of confidence in Mingzi’s assured victory.