Chapter 621: Offering Oneself (Part 3)

Chapter 621: Chapter 32: Offering Oneself (Part 3)

He gazed out across the lake. Scattered in the distance were radiant seven-colored lotuses, shimmering with an otherworldly light.

With a single stride, he appeared above the surface of the lake.

The water before him shimmered. The once-calm lake surface instantly stretched out to the sides, expanding into a vast ocean.

Fang Cheng turned his head. The shore was no longer visible. All around him was a boundless expanse of green water, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Just then, a mountain-sized green wave surged between the sea and sky, rising high into the air and rolling toward him.

Innumerable Sea Demon Beasts burst forth from the mountain-like wave, charging straight for Fang Cheng.

A monstrous fish as large as a small mountain, over a thousand feet long with razor-sharp teeth, leaped into the air with a thunderous roar, bringing a colossal wave crashing down toward Fang Cheng.

A Tier Five Demon Beast.

Fang Cheng’s expression shifted slightly. He pointed a finger, unleashing a thousand-foot beam of sword light that slashed toward the monstrous fish.

The sword and the fish collided mid-air. The beam of light flashed past!

The monstrous fish was instantly sliced in two, and a shower of crimson blood rained down from the sky.

Countless other sea monsters, fish, and shrimp immediately swarmed forward, fighting over the corpse and devouring it completely in moments.

Fang Cheng’s attack triggered a change in the lake’s restrictive formation. Countless Water Light Blades, each about ten feet long, materialized and filled the sky, flying toward him to cut him down.

Unconcerned, Fang Cheng surrounded himself with a protective aura of Sword Qi that destroyed all the incoming Water Light Blades and monstrous fish. He then floated gracefully toward the seven-colored lotuses.

The Bao Yuan Kite had been right. Any Cultivator below the Six Tribulations realm would find it nearly impossible to survive in this lake.

Furthermore, Fang Cheng discovered an immense Spiritual Pressure within the Immortal Mansion that suppressed his physical body, Magical Power, and divine soul. The deeper he went, the stronger this pressure became.

If he didn’t resist it, the Spiritual Pressure would compress his physical body into infinitesimal particles. As he got farther from the shore, he feared he would never reach the other side.

The water’s surface was vast and boundless. Green waves surged to the heavens, towering like mountains.

Most likely, the Spirit Immortal who once resided here had used a Great Divine Technique to refine an entire ocean into this lake.

Fang Cheng continued forward. Before long, a giant seven-colored lotus appeared on the water ahead.

Its petals were layered in the millions, forming what looked like a Lotus Treasure Mountain. From his perspective, it stood over ten thousand feet tall, majestic and brilliant.

With Sword Qi dancing around him to destroy the attacking Water Light Blades, Fang Cheng flew into the heart of the Lotus Treasure Mountain.

Inside was an enormous Seven-Colored Lotus Seedpod containing thirty-three seeds, which radiated a dense Immortal Spirit Qi.

Fang Cheng activated his sword light to slice open the seedpod and calmly retrieved the seeds, a faint smile of delight on his face.

‘It really is a Tier Six Spiritual Object!’

Although he didn’t know the name of this Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus, his affinity for Spiritual Objects allowed him to perceive the function of its seeds: to enhance and strengthen the divine soul.

He first refined the enormous seeds, shrinking them down, before trying to swallow one.

Instantly, his divine soul began to tingle and itch, as if it were expanding and pulsing.

He hurriedly activated the Sutra of the Buddha’s Hidden Talisman. This Cultivation Technique was specialized in refining the divine soul. As soon as it began to circulate, his divine soul became like a furnace, completely devouring and refining the Immortal Spirit Power contained within the lotus seed.

“My divine soul has grown by ten percent…”

After the time it took an incense stick to burn, Fang Cheng wore a strange expression, unable to hide the pleasant surprise on his face.

A single lotus seed had actually strengthened his divine soul by ten percent.

‘If I refine all thirty-three seeds, won’t my divine soul grow more than three times stronger?’

“The Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion really is full of treasures!”

Without another word, he collected the remaining seeds, flew out of the Lotus Treasure Mountain, and continued onward.

Based on his earlier observations, there were no fewer than a hundred of these Seven-Colored Treasure Lotuses on the lake. Given the vastness of the water, it was unlikely that Beiming Cang Xue and the Cultivators from the Dongyang Immortal Alliance who had entered before him could have harvested them all.

A short time later, he reached a second Lotus Treasure Mountain. The seeds inside were still there. It seemed Beiming Cang Xue and her group hadn’t bothered to explore these lotuses at all.

Fang Cheng took out a Talisman. A spiritual light flashed, and a graceful, beautiful young woman in a blue dress appeared before him.

“Elder Pu Hua, you’ve come in as well.”

Upon seeing Fang Cheng, Beiming Cang Xue’s beautiful eyes lit up with delight.

Fang Cheng nodded and asked, “I’m still on the lake. Where are you now?”

Beiming Cang Xue’s expression turned serious. “We’re in a peach forest. The deeper we go into this Immortal Mansion, the greater the Spiritual Pressure becomes. Here, it’s almost a hundred times stronger than on the lake. Even Seventh Uncle is having trouble holding on.”

Fang Cheng asked curiously, “What about the people from the Dongyang Immortal Alliance?”

Beiming Cang Xue replied, “From the Dongyang Immortal Alliance, only that Spirit Immortal Incarnation and one Nine Tribulation Expert have made it this far. The others are likely trapped by the Spiritual Pressure on the outskirts of the peach forest. Elder, with your strength, passing through the forest won’t be difficult. We’re moving extremely slowly right now, so you should be able to catch up. When you do, we can team up to explore the Immortal Mansion together.”

Fang Cheng nodded. After exchanging a few more words with Beiming Cang Xue, he put away the Talisman.

Now that he knew the situation ahead, he began unhurriedly searching for a third Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus.

Unfortunately, this Treasure Lotus was empty. The seedpod had long been taken. There was even a residual aura left on the Treasure Lotus from someone’s attempt to refine it.

Apparently, the person who took the seeds had tried to refine the entire Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus, but they had unfortunately failed.

As Fang Cheng flew out of the Lotus Treasure Mountain and was about to leave, a Flying Celestial Chariot approached from the distance.