Chapter 106 Medusa's heart fluttered inexplicably, Feng Qing'er, what's wrong with you?

Deep within the Blood Pool.

The dark grey light spots and Gu He's Heavenly Flame sparked explosions, looking much like beautiful yet dangerous fireworks.

Gu He quickly sat cross-legged, isolating the fire poison while absorbing the vast energy.

The majestic and Soul-stirring viscous blood-colored energy surged into Gu He's body continuously like ribbons.

"Eh?" Gu He suddenly felt a movement at his chest.

A small snake with colorful scales crawled out from his inner pocket.

The little snake seemed somewhat uneasy.

"...Sorry, I forgot about you."

Gu He quickly wrapped the Heavenly Flame around the little snake, then pinched its tail with his fingers and lifted her up.

When the fire poison struck, the little snake trembled violently for a moment, but the Heavenly Flame quickly and gently enveloped her body, feeling very cool and causing her sense of danger to vanish instantly.

The little snake flashed with light and transformed back into Medusa's human form.

And Gu He's Heavenly Flame also considerately covered her entire body as she changed, protecting her from the erosion of the fire poison.

Medusa sat cross-legged, her charming eyes narrowing slightly.

"At least you're sensible."

Medusa continuously absorbed the majestic energy, as if trying to find compensation here for being worn down by Gu He.

That blood-colored viscous energy seemed to possess an extremely special and magical effect, with a very high degree of absorption.

Perhaps due to long-term accumulation, it also contained a faint sense of vitality.

Whenever Medusa absorbed this energy, she always felt her delicate body filled with desire and vigor.

Medusa's beautiful eyes caught a glimpse of Gu He's skin turning completely red, and looking down, she found herself to be the same.

"Red monkey..." Medusa thought it was hideous.

But she couldn't help but shift her hips, moving closer to Gu He.

Aside from Gu He's Heavenly Flame protecting her, it was also because in this vast space, there were only the two of them; being close to Gu He gave Medusa an inexplicable sense of security.

And when Medusa's beautiful back pressed against Gu He's, she found she couldn't move; the energy was becoming increasingly pure, and she was unwilling to miss even a single bit.

The continuous flow of energy, like thick blood-red viscous liquid, passed through the flame barrier and was finally all injected into Medusa's body.

And her ancient Bloodline seemed to be improving bit by bit.

"Hu~"

At the quiet bottom of the Blood Pool, there were only the sounds of their slow breathing.

Here, it could almost be said that there was no concept of time.

Time passed slowly, and their hair became intertwined between their backs, sticking together like conjoined twins. Medusa clearly felt that under the influence of the energy, she was about to Breakthrough her Bottleneck, but beyond this feeling, she also had a strange sensation—

A heartbeat of attraction.

A belated heartbeat.

...

For an entire month, their posture remained motionless.

Gu He's Soul energy became increasingly pure, and his cultivation suddenly broke through as planned.

Four-star Dou Zong!

Five-star Dou Zong!

Six-star Dou Zong!

The pure fire-attribute energy at the bottom of the Blood Pool, combined with the Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique Gu He practiced, made his cultivation speed as fast as a surging silk ribbon.

Meanwhile, Medusa advanced to a five-star Dou Zong during this process. Although her cultivation appeared similar to Gu He's, she knew that in an actual fight, she would definitely be at a disadvantage.

And over the past month, Medusa found her heart becoming increasingly strange.

A strange space, a lone man and a lone woman.

Even though neither of them moved, she couldn't help but let her thoughts wander...

Could it be due to the influence of this blazing and surging fire-attribute energy?

How strange!

...

Outside the crater, on the stone pavilion, the gale raged like knives.

Jin Shi, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin waited together for Gu He to emerge.

Jin Shi felt it was strange because Gu He had been gone for too long.

He didn't think Gu He couldn't survive the fire poison, but rather had a strange feeling that the bottom of the Blood Pool—the secret place of their Rat Clan—would be completely emptied by Gu He.

"Why hasn't he come out yet..." Yun Yun murmured softly.

After all, it had been nearly a month.

When she grew anxious, her eyes seemed tinged with dew, like a fresh green lotus in the rain.

"It should be soon," Xiao Yi Xian said.

Yun Yun: "I hope so..."

"Boom!"

At the very instant Yun Yun's voice fell, the world around the crater suddenly erupted with a roar of energy out of nowhere.

Immediately after, the energy in this part of the world fluctuated violently.

As that ear-piercing roar sounded, the surrounding energy seemed to be drawn by something, beginning to gather frantically within the crater.

The group looked closely and found that the place where this energy was gathering was actually where the Tianshan Blood Pool was located!

"What's going on?" Jin Shi blurted out instinctively.

Then, he realized something.

Such a massive fluctuation...

Qing Lin looked happily at the vortex rising from the Blood Pool.

The vortex was terrifying, as if someone had suddenly thrown countless bombs onto the water's surface, but Qing Lin was happy because she knew Lord Gu He would definitely emerge intact after absorbing the energy!

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!" Water columns erupted.

The water column towered into the clouds, dozens of zhang high. The moment it reached its peak, it suddenly burst, and huge masses of water fell from the sky, as if forming a continuous curtain of rain between heaven and earth.

The rain curtain beat fiercely against the stone platform, making crisp pitter-patter sounds.

Under the intense gaze of everyone, the rain curtain spanning the sky was actually pushed aside as if by an invisible hand.

It was as if smooth, glowing silk ribbons had fallen from invisible stars in the sky to the mortal world, and then automatically split to form a path leading to the heavens!

This was actually a path to heaven!

And a man wearing a black robe embroidered with gold-edged cloud patterns slowly stepped upon it.

Above the Void Realm, Gu He's body was like a straight spear.

And his cultivation had actually reached six-star Dou Zong!

Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, who knew Gu He's cultivation situation best, couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.

In the world of Dou Zong, most practitioners need to spend several years or even over a decade to increase their strength by one star through normal cultivation.

Moreover, this situation is not rare; it is the norm.

But Gu He, relying on his own strength, broke this convention! He leaped from a three-star Dou Zong to a six-star Dou Zong!

How grand and powerful!

After the shock, Jin Shi came forward and asked about his fire poison. Gu He then took out some rice paper and wrote a list of medicinal ingredients for him on the spot.

"You know the Alchemist's rule: prepare the ingredients yourself."

Jin Shi nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll go prepare them right away!" His attitude was as polite as could be.

Jin Shi was very familiar with the standard procedures of Alchemists; he knew that if he wanted an Alchemist to refine a Medicinal Pill, the ingredients must be provided by himself, while the Alchemist is only responsible for the refining process.

After receiving the paper, Jin Shi immediately had Jin Gu leave the stone pavilion. Jin Gu quickly dashed toward the mountainside—he had to prepare all the necessary ingredients in the shortest time possible.

Suddenly, Jin Shi, having laid down the great burden in his heart, said leisurely and contentedly, "There's still a young lady over there waiting for you..."

Gu He frowned in confusion. He raised his hand to straighten his robe. Medusa, somewhat tired after advancing from absorbing energy, had skillfully turned back into a little snake and was lying flat in his inner pocket.

With his robe straightened, Gu He unhurriedly turned his head and saw a glimpse of a seven-colored hem.

Feng Qing'er?

Why is she still here? Hasn't she left yet?

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