Chapter 257

In a small town in the Dongling Grand Canyon.

The Azure Sea Ship hovered above the small town. Led by Su Changge, Xiao Minghuang and the others entered the town and stopped in front of the city lord's mansion.

"This is my family's residence."

Su Changge said.

"Um."

Xiao Minghuang nodded.

He led the group through courtyards, pavilions, and artificial hills, finally stopping in front of an exquisite and elegant mansion.

"My little sister is in this courtyard. Please follow me, fairies, and I will take you to visit her."

The group entered the courtyard.

Although it looks like just a small courtyard, it has a lot of surprises inside.

This place boasts pavilions, towers, flowers, trees, rocks, and lakes, making it quite unique and resembling a paradise on earth.

Furthermore, the temperature here seemed to be much lower than outside. Ye Ruoshui, being Innate Fire Saint Body, suddenly felt unwell and sneezed.

"This place is quite nice; I seem to sense a rich Taiyin Qi."

Lin Wanqiu's assessment was quite accurate.

"Your wisdom is discerning, fairy! My little sister has been suffering from the torment of the Innate Fire for many years, and her body temperature remains consistently high. We must replenish her with a large amount of Mysterious Yin Ice Jade every month to maintain a lower temperature, otherwise her condition will worsen and may even endanger her life!"

Su Changge explained.

"I've heard that Mysterious Yin Ice Jade is only produced in the Mist Hidden Sea. It might not be easy to obtain a sufficient quantity of Mysterious Yin Crystal Jade," Xiao Minghuang said, frowning.

"That's true."

Su Changge said bitterly, "The Mist Hidden Sea is a forbidden zone far from the Eastern Continent. Legend has it that forbidden beings are hidden in this sea area, and ordinary cultivators dare not enter it."

"But for my little sister's sake, I still go there often, and with luck, I can always get some Mysterious Yin Ice Jade."

Hearing him say that, Xiao Minghuang knew there was more to come.

Su Changge sighed and continued, "But a year ago, the Mist Hidden Sea seemed to have been sealed off. No matter what level of cultivator they were, once they entered, they disappeared without a trace. I hesitated at the edge of the sea for a long time, but I never dared to go in."

Xiao Minghuang knew what he was afraid of: if he really didn't come back, his sister would have no one to take care of her.

"Alas, I'm sorry to have made you fairies laugh."

Upon hearing Su Changge mention the Mist Hidden Sea, Xiao Minghuang also became quite interested. If such a treasure could also be of use to Lin Wanqiu, she would like to go and find out for herself.

But whatever ideas I have, I'll discuss them after the trip to the ancient tomb.

Su Changge shook her head and changed the subject, saying, "My little sister's room is right next door, please come with me, fairy."

The group walked into a long corridor, and after passing through the corridor, they arrived at a room.

The hut's solitary construction and simple exterior stand out starkly against the surrounding exquisite pavilions and towers.

Furthermore, the closer one gets, the more one feels waves of icy coldness.

Pushing open the wooden door, a thick chill swept in from inside the room.

In the center of the room stood a stone bed, and several large trays were placed on the ground around it, which seemed to have once held something, but were now empty.

On the stone bed lay a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old.

The girl was petite with fair skin and exquisite features. Her jet-black hair was styled in a bun, revealing her fair and jade-like neck.

She lay peacefully on the stone bed with her eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

323. Get out of the Su family!

"Little sister, your brother has come to see you. This time, your brother has brought a super powerful fairy sister to heal your illness."

Su Changge's voice was gentle, and her eyes were full of affection.

He stood up, extended his right hand to Ye Ruoshui, and said, "Fairy Ye, this is my little sister, Su Miaomiao. Please take a look and save my sister."

"OK."

Ye Ruoshui nodded, stepped forward, and tried to place her hand on Su Miaomiao's arm.

But the moment she touched Su Miaomiao's skin, she felt a burning heat, as if raging flames were burning from her palm.

"Hiss!"

She felt a sharp pain, but immediately her mind raced, Innate Fire within her surged forth, protecting her hand and pressing it against Su Miaomiao's grasp.

Immediately afterwards, she circulated her Primordial Spirit, sending a wisp of her thought into the other person's body.

In her Primordial Spirit's perception, Su Miaomiao's condition was extremely bad; her skin and flesh were charred, as if endless flames were burning within her.

"This must be the Innate Fire within her body. Su Changge said it was sealed in her Dantian, but this flame seems to be everywhere."

Ye Ruoshui discovered that Su Miaomiao was like a fireball, with every cell in her body like a spark of fire.

But miraculously, Su Miaomiao is still alive as a person.

If it were a normal person, they would probably have been assimilated by the Innate Fire and burned to death long ago.

Upon realizing this, Ye Ruoshui dared not go any deeper. She simply examined Su Miaomiao briefly before withdrawing from her body.

"How about it?"

Su Changge asked nervously.

"This is difficult."

Ye Ruoshui bit her cherry lips and said, "She was almost assimilated by the Innate Fire, but she didn't die after transforming into a spirit. I find that very strange."

"This..."

Su Changge's expression shifted, and she said bitterly, "The last time an elder from the clan came to check on me was eight years ago, when my younger sister's Innate Fire was still sealed within her Dantian."

"For the past eight years, I've been using the Mysterious Yin Crystal Jade to maintain my little sister's body temperature, but I never expected that..."

At this point, Su Changge couldn't help but shed tears.

According to Ye Ruoshui, Su Miaomiao was clearly at her wit's end and beyond saving.

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly and asked, "Fellow Daoist Su, please don't be anxious. Over the years, we have been using the Mysterious Yin Crystal Jade to suppress your sister's abnormal condition with antagonistic methods, but it has not been effective. On the contrary, it has made your sister's condition worse. Doesn't this mean that this treatment method is not suitable for your sister's condition?"

"If we try a different treatment method, perhaps it will be effective!"

Su Changge wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Perhaps this is a gamble."

He raised his head, looked earnestly at Xiao Minghuang, Ye Ruoshui, and the others, and pleaded, "We beg you fairies to lend a helping hand. Whether we succeed or not, my sister and I will be eternally grateful to you!"

"Fellow Daoist Su, you flatter me."

Su Changge stepped aside, staring blankly at her younger sister, and said nothing more.

Even so, Xiao Minghuang had no clue about Su Miaomiao's situation, so she asked, "Ruoshui, do you have any thoughts?"

"The flames within her are too intense, to the point of being uncontrollable. Even I cannot ignite them any further. If I make any rash moves, they will likely explode immediately!"

After pondering for a moment, Ye Ruoshui continued, "When refining pills, if the properties of a certain herb are at their peak, it is often not forcibly suppressed, but rather given a push, causing it to decline after reaching its peak. Then, a complementary or antagonistic herb can be used to harmonize it, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort."

"If we follow this line of thinking, then should we add another layer of fire to Su Miaomiao's body?"

Xiao Minghuang considered carefully.

Doing so is certainly very risky, and could even cause Su Miaomiao to explode on the spot and die completely.

But if they didn't do that, the girl probably wouldn't live much longer.

Thinking of this, Xiao Minghuang turned to Xu Xiuer and asked, "Xiu'er, can you tell whether this will be successful?"

I'll give it a try.

Xu Xiuer nodded and walked to the bedside.

She focused her mind and began to unleash the supernatural powers from the Lesser Destiny True Scripture.

As her jade-like fingers traced symbols in the air, everyone in the room held their breath, awaiting the final outcome.

At that very moment.

Suddenly, a series of noisy footsteps broke the tranquility of the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, two teams of armored soldiers rushed in and dispersed to various locations to stand guard.

The person in charge was a middle-aged woman with a cold and stern face. She shouted, "Open the door!"

The soldier kicked the door open.

"My sister is receiving treatment; how dare you trespass?"

Upon seeing this group of fierce-looking armored soldiers, Su Changge was furious and shouted angrily.

The armored soldiers ignored them, splitting into two lines, revealing the figure of the middle-aged woman.

Upon seeing the woman, Su Changge immediately fell silent, reluctantly cupping his hands in a respectful gesture. "My younger sister is currently receiving treatment and it would be inconvenient to disturb her. Aunt, what brings you here?"

"Treatment?"

The woman sneered, "Do you think I don't know her condition? Even a Saint Realm elder couldn't solve it, and you've brought in these little vixens? Do you really think you can cure her?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly, gave the woman a cold glance, but did not retaliate.

Su Changge trembled instantly and said repeatedly:

"Aunt, please don't talk nonsense. These are all fairies from the Holy Academy. I invited them to treat my little sister's illness. Please show them some respect!"

The woman suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. She looked around but saw nothing. She said disdainfully, "You two little bastards have ruined our beautiful house."

"We've raised you siblings for so many years, and we've done our duty. Now that your cousin is getting married and wants to redecorate this yard to use as his wedding home, you siblings must move out immediately!"

At this point, the woman gestured to the maid beside her.

The maid immediately understood, took out a storage bag from her sleeve, and threw it in front of Su Changge.

"Don't say your aunt has wronged you. The resources in this storage bag are more than you could ever earn in your entire life. Take your sickly sister and get out of here. Don't die in our house and bring bad luck!"

Upon hearing this, Su Changge felt extremely bitter.

He was originally considered a rising star among the clan's young geniuses, and even made a name for himself at the Holy Academy's entrance ceremony.

However, he was busy running around for Su Miaomiao and repeatedly delayed his cultivation. Now he has only just entered the Primal Embryo Realm.

The other geniuses in the clan had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

His aunt probably stopped bothering with him because she saw that his cultivation had slowed down and he was no longer of much value.

"I beg my aunt to grant me a few more days so that my younger sister's condition can improve slightly before I leave!"

The hardships of the past years have long since smoothed out Su Changge's rough edges; he is no longer the young man who bravely ventured into the Trial Tower.

324. The Art of Cultivating a Furnace

Seeing Su Changge so humble, Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly. Although it is said that even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes, Su Changge's aunt had gone too far.

Ye Ruoshui is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see others suffer.

Moreover, the woman's earlier comment about her being a "vixen" had infuriated her, and she had been holding back until now before finally exploding.

"You wretched woman, are you looking for death? If you dare say another word, I'll burn you alive! Get out of here!"

She glared at the woman and said without any politeness.

A flash of anger crossed the woman's face as she sneered, "A bunch of young girls! Where do you think you are? This is Dongling, not the Holy Academy. You're the ones who should get lost!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of armored soldiers surrounded him, their swords clashing.

"Yo..."

Ye Ruoshui sneered, "Dongling, so what? Believe me or not, I'll burn you all down in one go!"

Xiao Minghuang didn't mind Ye Ruoshui adding fuel to the fire; the woman's mouth was too foul, truly despicable, and she should be taught a lesson!

Su Changge looked anxious, fearing that the two sides might actually start fighting.

Tensions were high between the two sides, and a battle was imminent.