Chapter Thirty Sorrow

  The cold pool calmed the mind, with layers of forbidden laws protecting it inside. The loud shout of Blood God's ancestor did not reach Lin Xiao and his companions. Even when many demon cultivators made a mess of Hui Chun Valley, causing earthquakes and landslides, they still didn't notice anything out of place. Dan Xia was explaining to the slightly confused Yao how to apply various five-element forbidden laws, while Lin Xiao was quietly cultivating the few extremely practical forbidden laws that Dan Xia had taught him on the side.

  Time and time again, Lin Xiao practiced the hand seals, recited the incantations, and condensed his true yuan onto the hand seals before slowly dispersing it. He continuously trained himself to master the forbidden techniques. Dan Xia described to him that there were cultivators with profound cultivation who could imprison the vast ocean with a single finger tap, turning it into a clear mirror. Lin Xiao was drawn in by the mystical scene described by Dan Xia and couldn't help but fantasize about having such earth-shattering cultivation one day. Therefore, he practiced the forbidden techniques with extra diligence and dedication.

  When Lin Xiao was mentally exhausted and his energy was depleted, he would sit cross-legged and cultivate the Thunderfire Technique that Jiang Zixin had given him.

  The heavenly fire true yuan circulated throughout his body, Lin Xiao only felt that after practicing the Thunderfire Technique, his true yuan became even more refined and scorching hot. Moreover, a strand of extremely powerful thunder energy naturally emerged from the fire energy. The thunder energy flowed through his meridians, occasionally surging into his bones and muscles, causing Lin Xiao's entire body to feel numb and itchy.

  Moreover, Lin Xiao found that when practicing the Thunderfire Technique, he seemed to be able to merge into a certain profound state more easily. It was as if his perception of nature around him had increased significantly. Even with just a tiny speck of dust floating in front of his eyes, he could gain a deeper understanding of some eternal truth existing between heaven and earth. Although this so-called deeper understanding might only be an advancement of the thickness of a single strand of hair, it was still progress, constantly approaching that "Tao" or "Reason".

  Even if Lin Xiao was foolish, he knew that the Thunderfire Technique taught by Jiang Zixin was an extraordinary skill. Lin Xiao felt both grateful and ashamed, unable to understand why Jiang Zixin would treat him so generously. He had already made up his mind that if he achieved great success in the future, he would definitely repay Jiang Zixin's kindness to return this favor.

  It was another 99 days and 80 days of great Zhou Tian's operation, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes. This time when he opened his eyes, there was a very fine blue electric current flashing between his eyebrows. However, the electric current was too small, so Danxia and Yao'er didn't notice it. Lin Xiao himself also felt that with each practice of the Thunderfire Technique, his eyesight seemed to be getting better and better. For example, now he could clearly see that three feet away, on Danxia's face, there was a brow hair that was slightly disheveled and didn't match the surrounding hairs.

  With a slightly surprised blink, Lin Xiao once again manipulated the hand seals and began to practice the forbidden technique of Danxia. Waves of subtle magical power fluctuations gathered in his palm, only to quickly dissipate, repeating the cycle without pause. Danxia, who was explaining to Yao'er how to simultaneously cast two different attribute forbidden techniques, couldn't help but glance at Lin Xiao with satisfaction - such a diligent and talented disciple, she would absolutely not let him be taken by Danfeng Daoist! Unless... unless Danfeng Daoist used an artifact even better than the Hundred Treasures Rainbow Robe to trade, maybe then she might consider it.

  Danxia was happily calculating when the Qingxin Cave suddenly shook violently. Danxia exclaimed, "What's going on?" Before she could finish speaking, the entire mountain where the cave was located was uprooted by a massive force. With a loud crash, the peak flew into the air, over a hundred meters high. A huge amount of magic power surged forth, and countless seals within the mountain flashed out in dazzling rays of light. The seals were broken through by the combined efforts of thousands of demonic cultivators, and the mountain let out a groan before suddenly disintegrating into countless fragments.

  Dozens of Da Luodan Tao's wall-facing disciples in the Qingxin Cave suddenly exclaimed. The mountain collapsed, and they fell from the sky, but before they hit the ground, countless black smoke and evil energy rushed over, cutting them in half at the waist. A true spirit flew up and disappeared into the high air.

  Danxia grabbed Yao'er with one hand and tossed her towards Lin Xiao with the other. With a flick of his wrist, a three-colored light burst into the sky, enveloping the three of them in a protective aura. The Baibao Hongniu garment on Danxia's body transformed into a twenty-zhang-diameter sphere of seven-colored light, tightly wrapping around the trio. Dozens of powerful defensive artifacts embedded within the garment, including jade pendants and bells, flew out and transformed into large orbs of light that formed a small "Tianluo Array" in the surrounding area.

  Hundreds of black smoke almost simultaneously with the rise of colorful clouds burst over.

  In each of the black smoke, there was a thumb-sized dark and sinister blood lightning. As soon as this small thunder fire exploded, it spewed out a ball of bloody light that was several feet in diameter, causing Danxia's protective treasure light to flash wildly. Hundreds of black smoke exploded simultaneously, and the colorful rainbow clothes released by Danxia dimmed, with the protective light compressed to only a few inches thick. Danxia let out a muffled groan, and a blood arrow shot out several feet away, but as soon as it came into contact with something, it suffered extremely severe internal injuries.

  More than 2,000 demonic cultivators surrounded Danxia, Lin Xiao and Yao'er. These demonic cultivators didn't even bother to say a word, seeing that Danxia had blocked the first wave of dark thunder attacks with the power of his treasure. They simultaneously raised their hands and released flying swords and various treasures, falling down on Danxia and the other two like raindrops.

  Danxia's face turned pale, she hadn't even figured out what was happening before she received a severe blow to the head. With very little experience in fighting, she was beaten into a state of panic. Just as thousands of sword lights and treasure lights were about to fall at the same time, her instinctive palm struck Lin Xiao's back, sending Lin Xiao and Yao'er flying far away together.

  "Run, Medicine, run!" Danxia shrieked, the three-colored sword light on her hand flying into the air, meeting the countless sword lights head-on.

  Lin Xiao's heart was heavily struck, and he floated out for hundreds of feet. He and Yao'er turned back to look, just in time to see Danxia being overwhelmed by countless sword lights and treasure lights.

  "Master's wife!" Lin Xiao and Yao'er cried out in unison, but saw that the thousands of sword lights and treasure lights had engulfed Danxia, then converged into a raging torrent that shot towards them at high speed.

  Lin Xiao let out a loud shout, he drew out the Red Dragon Sword from behind his back and tightly hugged Yao who was constantly twisting and struggling in his arms. He set up a barrier of red light and fled towards the back mountain of Hui Chun Valley in disarray.