62: Chapter 62 Don't do this! I want to repay you with a spring of gratitude, not a spring of water...

At the summit of Crimson Flame Mountain, heat waves rolled.

Yan Lingji didn't even have time to find a proper spot before she started getting down to business!

She sat cross-legged directly on a rock.

Yan Lingji held the crystalline red Earth Core Fire Lotus Essence in both hands. Crimson spiritual energy surged from her palms as she began greedily absorbing its medicinal power.

Lu Chen stood to the side, still dangling the empty wine gourd in his hand.

Nangong Ziyi watched this scene, her eyes flickering.

Nangong Ziyi glanced at the pulsing Nine Nether Sea Heart Flame in her hand; the flame emitted an aura that alternated between freezing cold and scorching heat.

Then, she stole another glance at Lu Chen standing there.

An extremely subtle Divine Thought transmission entered the ears of Jiang Yifei and Ji Linger.

[Jiang Yifei, Linger, I want to refine this Heavenly Flame right here.]

Jiang Yifei was about to speak up to stop her, but he was silenced by Nangong Ziyi's gaze.

[This is a Secret Realm. Although it is full of dangers, right now it is the safest place.]

[This Heavenly Flame is too domineering. Since we aren't returning to the Family, if we can't suppress it during the refining process, there's a chance we'll die and our Dao will vanish.]

[But it's different now. Senior Emperor Yun is here.]

Nangong Ziyi's gaze was somewhat fervent.

[If I fail to refine it and suffer a backlash, you two can ask Senior to step in and save me! Senior is quite kind to us and likely has an old friendship with our Family elders. With a Great Emperor overseeing things, this is the most secure situation in the world!]

Jiang Yifei was stunned for a moment, then nodded bitterly.

So in the end, I'm just the sucker who pays for everything?

Lu Chen stood a few steps away and picked at his ear.

These juniors... encrypting their transmissions is useless!

Do they really think a Great Emperor's ears are just for show?

It's one thing to treat me as a free bodyguard, but they want to use me as an emergency doctor too?

"Fine, whatever. I'm idle anyway."

Lu Chen muttered to himself. He didn't expose them, simply finding a relatively flat rock to sit on!

Because he had remembered who Nangong Ziyi resembled!

That was his most painful memory, one that had nearly shattered his Dao Heart from fear!

Back then, his Revered Master had placed a lock on this memory, but now his Revered Master's methods were no longer effective. He had remembered everything!

Seeing Lu Chen look her way, Nangong Ziyi felt greatly reassured.

She took a deep breath and, mimicking Yan Lingji, sat cross-legged on a rock right next to her.

Her hands formed a seal, and the deep blue Nine Nether Sea Heart Flame slowly floated in front of her forehead.

"Go!"

Nangong Ziyi let out a soft cry.

The deep blue flame instantly elongated and bored into her forehead.

It was fine at first, but not long after!

Nangong Ziyi's originally rosy, pretty face turned deathly pale.

Immediately after, an abnormal flush surged up.

Even though she possessed the Heavenly Yin Fire God Physique, facing this Peak Saint Grade Heavenly Flame was still extremely difficult.

Sweat instantly soaked her newly changed Immortal Dress, clinging to her body and outlining her silhouette.

"Ugh..."

A suppressed cry of pain escaped her throat.

Her whole body trembled and her teeth were clenched tight; she was clearly undergoing immense agony.

Jiang Yifei was pacing anxiously to the side, his fists clenched and his palms drenched in sweat.

Ji Linger was also nervously covering her mouth, not even daring to breathe loudly.

In contrast, Lu Chen...

"Tsk."

Lu Chen shook his head.

"That's it?"

"Can't even suppress a Saint Grade Heavenly Flame, acting like it's life or death."

Lu Chen looked at the shivering Nangong Ziyi and curled his lip.

"Young people these days really are worse than the previous generation. Too weak, not fierce at all."

"Thinking back to my prime, swallowing this kind of Saint Grade Heavenly Flame was like drinking soup. I didn't even blink."

Nangong Ziyi, who was struggling with all her might against the Heavenly Flame, bit her lip until it bled.

Her fingernails dug into her palms, her chest heaved violently, and her blood and Qi surged straight to her head.

[Senior actually looks down on me? Saying I can't do it? Saying I'm just for show?]

[Senior hasn't even seen my true strength, how can he know I'm not capable?]

[I'll let him know I'm very capable! Even he, a Great Emperor, must admit defeat! In the future, I must have Senior beneath me, looking up at my every move!]

Nangong Ziyi's consciousness, which had begun to scatter, suddenly snapped back together.

At this moment, her competitiveness triumphed over her reason.

"I can do it!"

With a roar in her heart, she ignored the limits of her Meridians and forcibly mobilized all the spiritual energy in her body, pouncing crazily at the rampaging Heavenly Flame.

Be suppressed for me!

However, being too rigid makes one easy to break.

This reckless outburst completely shattered the balance within her body.

Boom—!

A terrifying heat wave erupted without warning, centered on Nangong Ziyi.

The originally deep blue flame instantly changed color.

It actually turned into an eerie pink!

That was the Extreme Yin Qi hidden deep within the Nine Nether Sea Heart Flame. After colliding violently with the Heavenly Yin Physique, it produced a mutation—the Extreme Yin Lust Fire!

The Immortal Dress on Nangong Ziyi could not withstand such high temperatures and began to slowly turn into ash.

Large patches of snow-white skin were exposed to the air, only to be immediately enveloped by that layer of pink firelight.

"Hot..."

Nangong Ziyi's voice changed.

Her voice carried a hint of sweet, bone-melting charm.

Her originally clear eyes were instantly covered in a layer of mist, and two clusters of pink flames burned deep within her pupils.

What was even more fatal...

Was that this pink mist was extremely aggressive, spreading outward in an instant.

Yan Lingji, who was sitting not far away, bore the brunt of it.

She was already absorbing the Fire Lotus Essence, and the fire energy in her body was surging.

Stirred by this mutated Extreme Yang Lust Fire of the same origin...

Yan Lingji's delicate body gave a violent shudder.

Those crimson eyes instantly lost focus, becoming dazed.

The Soul Power in her body began to run wild, intertwining with the lust fire that had invaded her body.

"Mmm~"

Yan Lingji let out a Soul-hooking nasal sound, her long legs unconsciously tightening and pressing together.

"Ziyi!"

Jiang Yifei and Ji Linger cried out in alarm. Before they could get close, they were forced back several yards by the pink heat wave.

That heat wave didn't harm people, but it made their blood surge and their minds waver.

Even Wei Hongyu, who had been watching coldly from the side, felt her cheeks flush and her breathing quicken when she was slightly touched by the edge of that pink mist.

"Holy crap?"

The melon seeds in Lu Chen's hand scattered all over the ground.

This script isn't right!

I just mocked her a bit, how did it end up like this?

This pink fire...

It's indecent!

Far too indecent!

Seeing that the pink mist was about to envelop the entire summit—if they saw something they shouldn't, how would these two girls face the world in the future?

"Don't move! Stay away from them, let this Venerable go first! No, let this Venerable take them on! Also no, it's dangerous for you to get close, let this Venerable handle it!"

Then, Lu Chen's figure flashed, appearing instantly between the two women.

Both hands reached out as Great Emperor Law was mobilized.

Buzz!

Space distorted.

An independent small barrier instantly took shape, enveloping him and the two now-unconscious women within, completely isolating them from the outside world.

In the final second before the barrier closed...

Lu Chen's serious voice drifted out.

"The situation is critical! The Heavenly Flame has backlashed!"

"Hongyu, take the two of them and stay right here! Do not move!!"

"This Venerable will go in to suppress... clear their Meridians!"

Snap.

The barrier was completely sealed; the three of them vanished!

Wei Hongyu gnashed her teeth in anger but could do nothing; she regretted it.

Her mind was full of thoughts: If only I had been by their side, we could have been affected together, and I would have shared in the fortune!

Clearing Meridians? And he has to lock himself in to do it?

Why does that sound so familiar?

...

Inside the barrier, it was a world of its own.

The pink mist was thick and heavy, obscuring vision.

As soon as Lu Chen landed...

Two scorching bodies pounced on him from both sides.

"Hot, so uncomfortable..."

Nangong Ziyi had completely lost her reason by now.

Following her instincts...

Nangong Ziyi hung herself directly onto Lu Chen.

Her hands tore randomly at Lu Chen's collar, her burning cheeks rubbing back and forth against his neck.

"Help me, Senior..."

On the other side.

Yan Lingji was even more direct.

She was already a Revered Master of the fire element, and at a time like this, she was even more passionate and uninhibited.

She directly hugged Lu Chen's waist, her long legs wrapping tightly around him.

Those eyes that were usually seductive were now full of a desperate longing.

"Revered Master, detoxify me..."

"Detoxify my foot!"

Lu Chen's scalp tingled; he gripped his waistband tightly.

This scene has spiraled out of control!

He came here to suppress the Heavenly Flame!

Rip—!

A sharp sound rang out.

Lu Chen's expensive black robe was torn to shreds under the combined efforts of the two women.

Revealing the snow-white inner lining.

"Hey! That's my favorite piece of clothing!"

Lu Chen shouted at the top of his lungs.

But how could the two women listen now?

Nangong Ziyi's soft, boneless little hands were already burrowing into his chest.

Yan Lingji even opened her mouth, about to bite his chest.

At a time like this, a Great Emperor's pressure was completely useless.

In fact, because the aura on his body was too strong, it instead held a fatal attraction for these two women caught in the Extreme Yang Lust Fire.

This was simply impossible to ward off!

Lu Chen scrambled to dodge the four wandering hands while trying to mobilize extreme cold spiritual energy to cool them down.

"Calm down, you two!"

"I am your benefactor! Not your..."

Before he could finish his sentence...

Nangong Ziyi suddenly looked up, her dazed eyes staring intently at Lu Chen.

Then she suddenly leaned in and gave that handsome face a heavy "mwah" kiss.

"Then I want to repay your kindness..."

She murmured, her hand movements becoming even more bold, directly grabbing a place that shouldn't be grabbed.

Lu Chen's whole body stiffened, and he sucked in a breath of cold air, thinking:

[This grip and technique! One feel and I know your mother taught you well! Unlike me, it was my Senior Brother who took me for my initiation back then!]

"I said!"

Lu Chen used one hand to press down Yan Lingji's restless head and the other to firmly catch Nangong Ziyi's wrist, his mouth twitching.

"I saved you, and I need you to repay me with a fountain of gratitude!"

"But not this kind of fountain toward..."

Lu Chen looked at the two people pressing close and those two pairs of eyes staring straight at him.

What kind of mess is this!

Even in the Immortal Realm! You're still using this to test an official! Which male official could withstand such a test?