Chapter 5858
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord couldn’t hide his excitement: “Kai, that’s wonderful! There’s hope for the Blood Lotus!”
“Yes!” Kai nodded excitedly as well!
Not long after the Palace Master left, several divine maids entered the side hall carrying ice jade trays.
On the trays were several kinds of crystal-clear pills, exuding a rich medicinal fragrance, as well as some pastries made from spiritual fruits unique to the Ice Plains and a pot of steaming spiritual tea.
“The Palace Master instructed that our distinguished guest should rest and heal in peace.”
The head maid’s voice was cold. After bowing, she put down the items and quietly withdrew.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord picked up a bottle of pills. After opening it, the fragrance of the medicine was overwhelming. Just smelling it made him feel that the turbulent blood and qi in his body had calmed down considerably: “These are all top-quality healing medicines. The Palace Master of the Northern Underworld is indeed thoughtful.”
Ling Shuang also took a pill and closed her eyes to regulate her breathing.
Her injuries were not too serious. The main problem was that her meridians had been eroded by the cold energy of the Xuanming Ice Soul Silk, which needed time to heal.
Kai took out a pill to restore his immortal power and swallowed it.
He then looked at the healing pills and said to the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord, “Senior, these pills are mild yet potent, perfect for your recovery.” The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord didn’t stand on ceremony; he indeed needed to recover quickly. Ling Yue was waiting for the Blood Lotus to save her life; every moment of delay increased the risk.
The little fire qilin lay at Kai’s feet, looking somewhat tired.
Its clash with Man Shan had taken a toll, and it was now dozing with its eyes half-closed, its golden flames dimmed considerably.
Kai gently stroked its head, injecting a wisp of chaotic immortal power into its body to aid its recovery.
The little fire qilin rubbed comfortably against Kai’s hand, making a soft purring sound.
That night, the three of them quietly healed and recuperated in the side hall.
Occasionally, the orderly footsteps of patrolling warriors could be heard outside, along with the ceaseless howling of wind and snow on the distant ice plains.
As Kai healed, he recalled the words of the Palace Master.
The Divine Race, the Divine Emperor, the Golden Immortal Realm, the millennia-old grudges…
this information gave him a clearer understanding of the Divine Race, and also made him feel the pressure.
The Golden Immortal Realm was an existence he could only look up to.
As for himself, he was at the first rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Although his combat power far surpassed that of his peers, and he could even kill peak eighth-rank cultivators, he probably couldn’t even withstand a fart from a Golden Immortal.
“My strength… is still too weak.”
Kai thought to himself, “I must go to the Eleventh Heaven. Only there can I improve faster. I must obtain the Earth Core Jade Marrow Milk, and I must find the Nine Aperture Divine Soul Grass, but more importantly, I must find an opportunity for breakthrough.”
His Chaotic Immortal Power encompassed all things, but the resources and insights required for breakthrough were more numerous and more difficult than those of ordinary cultivators.
He had already touched the barrier of the second rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but he always felt that something was missing.
When the first ray of light of the next morning shone through the ice crystal window into the side hall, Kai slowly opened his eyes.
After a night of recuperation, his immortal power had recovered to seventy or eighty percent, and his injuries were basically healed. The slight fatigue left by forcibly using “Severing the Void” had also dissipated under the nourishment of the elixir.
Ling Shuang and the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord also woke up one after another, their complexions much better.
The little fire unicorn also stood up spiritedly, its golden flames shining brightly again.
Just then, the palace doors opened silently, and the palace master appeared at the door.
She was still wearing a plain white dress, but today her hair was combed more neatly, and she looked less sad than last night, and more aloof and dignified.
“How did you rest?” the palace master asked.
“Thank you for the medicine, palace master. I’m much better now,” Kai said as he stood up.
“That’s good.” The palace master nodded. “Come with me, I’ll take you to the Cold Pool.”
The three of them quickly followed.
The palace master didn’t bring many attendants, only four composed divine maidens. The group moved through the palace complex, heading towards the three ice peaks at the rear.
Along the way, the Beiming Palace personnel they encountered, whether warriors or maids, all bowed respectfully to the Palace Master, but their gazes towards Kai and his companions were far more complex.
There was curiosity, hostility, and a hint of inquiry. Clearly, news of the Palace Master’s personal reception and accommodation of the three the previous night had already spread throughout the palace.
Passing through numerous palaces and covered bridges, they finally arrived at a secluded side gate. Pushing open the door, they saw the depression outside, with the Blood Soul Cold Pool just a few hundred feet away.
The sky was already bright, the aurora had faded, but the icy plain remained a hazy gray.
The three towering ice peaks, like three silent giants, guarded the central depression. The surface of the cold pool was still a dark red, like blood, and the blood lotus buds on the pool’s edge trembled slightly in the morning breeze, seemingly fuller than the night before.
“The Blood Lotus is about to bloom,”
the Palace Master said softly, gazing at the bud. “It only lasts three days; you’ve come at the perfect time.”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Lord trembled with excitement, his eyes fixed on the Blood Lotus, as if he saw a glimmer of hope for Lingyue’s resurrection.
“However,”
the Palace Master’s tone shifted, “my consent alone isn’t enough to harvest the Blood Lotus.”
Kai’s heart tightened: “What does the Palace Master mean?”
“The Blood Soul Cold Pool is a naturally formed, extremely yin and cold poisonous place. The fact that this thousand-year-old Ice Soul Blood Lotus can grow here is extraordinary,”
the Palace Master explained. “It’s not ownerless; rather, it has its own guardian.”
“Guardian?” The three of them simultaneously looked at the Cold Pool.
The water was calm and still, revealing nothing special except for its eerie dark red color and bone-chilling cold.