Netherworld Poison Flame Appears

Netherworld Poison Flame Appears

Given that Xiao Yan's current cultivation was only that of a Dou Zhe, Yao Wan had actually long been prepared for the possibility that he might be poisoned very quickly. She just had not expected it to happen this quickly.

It seemed she had still underestimated the power of the poison swamp.

Yao Wan sighed softly, then glanced at Xiao Yan's fingertips, where black meridians had already climbed up both hands.

"Good. It's only mild symptoms. Open your mouth."

Yao Wan breathed out a mouthful of stale air, then took out a pill from her storage ring, one different from the Clear Spirit Pill she had refined earlier.

Xiao Yan obediently opened his mouth, and saw Wan Guniang raise her hand and toss the pill into his mouth.

The pill melted the moment it entered his mouth. Its pill fragrance seeped into his lungs, almost instantly clearing Xiao Yan's mind.

"Don't overthink it. Circulate your energy and refine the medicinal strength."

Just as Xiao Yan was dazed for a moment, Yao Wan's voice immediately called his mind back.

"Mm!"

Xiao Yan nodded, and at once circulated the Flame Mantra. The Dou Qi within him began to move once more.

As the Dou Qi carried the medicinal strength through every limb and bone in his body, the numbness in his limbs gradually vanished as well, making Xiao Yan let out a breath of relief.

"Good... No problem now. Let's keep moving."

Xiao Yan opened his black eyes tinged with red and spoke.

"Don't rush... Just in case, I'll give you a few Purification Pills. Although this thing's effect is a little worse than the Clear Spirit Pill I just refined, before we find the Netherworld Poison Flame, we won't waste any Clear Spirit Pills."

Yao Wan handed Xiao Yan a jade bottle and said.

"Purification Pill?"

Xiao Yan subconsciously murmured. Wan Guniang really could take out any pill she mentioned.

"Mm...?"

"Don't look at me like that. Me helping you is one thing, but I don't want you to get used to relying on me. If I'm not around in the future, wouldn't that mean you can't do anything?"

Sensing Xiao Yan's gaze, Yao Wan keenly noticed something and could not help warning him.

"Mm... I understand, Wan Guniang."

Xiao Yan was stunned. Wan Guniang was far too sharp. He clearly had not even said anything.

"That's because everything you want to say is written all over your face, you brat."

Yao Lao could not help speaking from within the storage ring.

Xiao Yan immediately grew impatient. Why was this old man always tearing down his act!

"All right. The effects of the Purification Pill can last about a day. Let's continue. Even though the Netherworld Poison Swamp is still slowly shrinking now, it's still too large for us. I'm afraid the Netherworld Poison Flame won't be that easy to find."

Yao Wan shook her head. Since they had already come here, there was no turning back once the arrow was loosed. At this point, they could be considered to have no retreat.

Right now, she could only protect Xiao Yan while searching for the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Only, the Netherworld Poison Swamp was so vast. Relying on her alone, how long would it take to find it?

Thinking of this, Yao Wan suddenly remembered that Yao Lao also seemed able to sense where strange flames were.

"Right, Yao Lao, can you sense where the Netherworld Poison Flame is?"

Yao Wan could not help asking.

Her divine sense covered the entire Netherworld Poison Swamp, yet she still had not discovered anything unusual. This place was full of loathsome deadly poison everywhere. Getting even a little on oneself was already troublesome enough.

The Life Spirit Flame had shown no reaction, perhaps because it had yet to mature...

Therefore, Yao Wan could only ask Yao Lao for help.

"There is deadly poison everywhere here. The Netherworld Poison Flame is hidden among it, and I can't detect anything either..."

After a moment of silence, Yao Lao sighed within the storage ring.

"However, there seems to be something in the Southern Poison Swamp that makes the Bone Spirit Cold Flame feel hostility."

"The Southern Poison Swamp, is it..."

Yao Wan then contracted her divine sense. The formidable soul strength of a Heaven Realm Soul made everything within a thousand li unable to hide from her "eyes."

"Did you discover something?"

Xiao Yan could not help saying.

Yao Wan did not immediately give her answer. Instead, unwilling to give up, she searched over and over again.

Yao Lao sighed and said, "A strange flame is something formed by heaven and earth. It is both a violent existence and a wonder among all things."

"Something like this is often hidden very deeply. What's more, the poisonous barrier here is too deep and too heavy. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for the girl to find it..."

"...No."

The young girl's voice, light and melodious like an oriole, gave a denial beside his ear.

Beneath the bamboo hat and black veil, the young girl's gaze burned bright.

"...I found it."

Yao Wan said softly.

The moment her words fell, before Xiao Yan could say anything, Yao Wan grabbed Xiao Yan's hand.

Xiao Yan froze. Perhaps because everything happened too suddenly, he could not react in time.

"Go!"

After that, Xiao Yan experienced what the speed of the Dou Wang realm was truly like.

As Yao Wan protected Xiao Yan's body with Dou Qi, she spread her wings and tore through the thick cloud layer hanging down from the sky.

When those soft, delicate slender jade fingers clasped his hand in her palm, Xiao Yan blinked. Rarely had he ever been so at a loss.

As the wild wind blew, Xiao Yan looked at Yao Wan's side profile at that moment. The bamboo hat on Wan Guniang's head endured the violent gale, and even the black veil before her eyes swayed uneasily along with it.

They were originally ordinary items Yao Wan had casually bought by the roadside. Now, asking them to withstand such a fierce gale was rather hard on them.

"Crack—"

It sounded as if the bamboo strip on the bamboo hat had snapped, mixed into the wind, yet it was also somewhat indistinct.

Xiao Yan was stunned. He did not know whether what he had heard was an illusion or not.

Only then did Yao Lao's voice call back Xiao Yan's fleeting trance and daze.

"Any strange flame may very likely condense a fire spirit to protect itself. Girl, are you confident?"

Yao Lao asked. He was not Xiao Yan, so he naturally understood just how dangerous and terrifying an existence like a strange flame truly was.

"A mere strange flame ranked twentieth on the Strange Fire Ranking isn't enough to do anything to me. Don't worry."

"But if I really end up fighting that fire spirit, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Xiao Yan then. Yao Lao, I'll have to trouble you, Elder."

"Heh heh, that's only natural. When the time comes, I'll protect this brat. Don't worry about us."

Yao Lao stroked his beard, only telling Yao Wan to be at ease and not let them drag her down.

In the southern part of the Netherworld Poison Swamp, at the deepest point beneath the poisonous marsh, a mass of deep purple flame tinged with green burned quietly. Then, as if it had suddenly sensed something, it abruptly blazed violently.

As the poison flame in the deepest part of the swamp grew restless, the surface of the entire swamp was stirred along with it. Large amounts of poisonous matter were expelled onto the water's surface, burning into violent black-purple poisonous smoke.

"That is—"

The black-purple poisonous smoke merged with the poison flame, weaving into a pair of massive wings. Then, a black poison dragon covered in scales and armor flew up from within the poison swamp.