176: Is it related to his aphrodisiac effect?

Chapter 176: A Relationship with an Aphrodisiac Effect on Him?

“Xiao Yi Xian, Calamity Poison Body.”

“Qing Lin, Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.”

“Ya Fei, Seven Orifice Exquisite Heart.”

“This Northwest Continent is indeed somewhat unusual.”

Recalling the Geniuses Chu Xiao mentioned in his notes, Huo Zhi felt even more strongly that the Northwest Continent was out of the ordinary.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire usually remained dormant. If she didn't deliberately control her senses, only Geniuses with the most Peak potential could make her heart stir within a certain range.

Since she encountered them, she had to meet them.

In Chu Xiao's words from his notes, it was called making an early investment or two.

Tap~

Huo Zhi took a step, and the space around her twisted.

By the time the space returned to normal, she had already arrived on a street in a city a hundred miles away.

People in various outfits walked back and forth, with sounds of laughter and joy, as well as shouting and arguments, a lively scene of human activity.

But Huo Zhi seemed out of place in this scene, and no one's gaze fell upon her.

“Hmm?”

Huo Zhi looked at two women in front of a pastry shop, her pupils slightly constricted.

One was a thirteen-year-old girl, dressed in a black one-piece long dress. Her long, straight legs were not what one would expect at her age. From her profile, it was clear she was a stunning beauty, and she was also the one whose extraordinary potential Huo Zhi had sensed with her Red Lotus Karma Fire.

But what truly surprised her was the tall woman beside the girl, dressed in a white long dress. She looked about the same age as her aunt, Huo Ling, and her face carried an air of detachment, as if innate, giving Huo Zhi a sense of danger.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have sensed the woman's presence with her Soul Power!

“Hmm?”

Xuan Yi seemed to sense something. Her powerful Soul Power invisibly spread out, and her gaze fell on Huo Zhi's location.

Their gazes met, and their Soul Power seemed to materialize, engaging in a subtle confrontation in the Void Realm.

Huo Zhi immediately realized she was not this person's opponent.

This person's strength was probably only second to those Half-Saint Elders in her clan.

“Yan Clan, Huo Zhi!” Huo Zhi announced her identity.

She always felt that this woman in white looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

“Yan Clan?” Xuan Yi's pupils constricted.

With her strength and background, she naturally knew of the Eight Ancient Clans' existence.

Thus, she also understood that the Pill Tower, which held a transcendent status in the eyes of the world and could only be rivaled by the Hall of Souls, was not the most Peak force in the Fighting Qi Continent.

“Pill Tower, Xuan Yi.” Xuan Yi reported her identity.

“So it's one of the Pill Tower's Three Giants.” Huo Zhi understood.

The Pill Tower's Three Giants, Peak Dou Zun powerhouses, and also a Peak Eighth-Grade Alchemist, were already qualified to be noticed by the Yan Clan. No wonder she felt familiar; she must have seen her portrait and information.

“Huo Zhi greets Grandmaster Xuan Yi.” Huo Zhi took a step, arriving beside Xuan Yi, and nodded slightly.

“Hello, Young Miss Huo Zhi.” Xuan Yi responded with a smile.

She had heard of Huo Zhi, one of the most outstanding Prodigies of the Yan Clan's younger generation, possessing the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

“Huo Zhi!?” Cao Ying was secretly surprised, turning to examine Huo Zhi.

She hadn't expected to meet someone whose name she had just seen in the notes, right in front of her.

“This woman is problematic!” Huo Zhi saw Cao Ying's expression but didn't show it. Instead, she looked at Xuan Yi and asked with a smile, “Grandmaster Xuan Yi, why do you have time to travel to the Northwest Continent?”

“Isn't Young Miss Huo Zhi also here for travel?” Xuan Yi countered, not answering.

“I didn't come here by choice.” Huo Zhi gently shook her head, a strange glint in her eyes: “Someone from the Hun Clan ambushed me. After I used a secret technique to escape, I unexpectedly arrived in the Northwest Continent.”

She deliberately brought this up, wondering if Xuan Yi would take the bait.

“Hun Clan?” Xuan Yi's expression became serious, her voice quite cold: “As expected of the Imperial Clan behind the Hall of Souls, their actions are also so rampant and full of schemes.”

“If this Venerable One were to meet them, they would surely be annihilated!”

Huo Zhi understood. This Xuan Yi probably didn't have a copy of the notes.

Then her reason for coming to the Northwest Continent was probably related to the young girl beside her.

“And this is?” Huo Zhi looked at Cao Ying, a guess forming in her mind.

“This is the Disciple this Venerable One just took in, Cao Ying.” Xuan Yi was very satisfied with Cao Ying's recently displayed talent, and her words naturally carried a smile: “Coming to the Northwest Continent was also her wish for training, so we chose this place.”

“Your Disciple's Soul Power is very strong. Congratulations, Grandmaster Xuan Yi, on taking in such an excellent Disciple.” Huo Zhi smiled faintly: “I had thought there was an unworldly Genius in the Northwest Continent, and I wanted to discover them and bring them back to the Yan Clan for cultivation.”

“She still needs to work hard.” Xuan Yi responded politely.

Cao Ying: “...”

Teacher, you've completely sold me out.

“Grandmaster Xuan Yi, I'm in a hurry to return to the Central Plains. Let's chat again if we have the chance.”

Huo Zhi exchanged a glance with Cao Ying, then indicated she would leave.

Xuan Yi and Huo Zhi were not close, and their greeting was merely polite, so she naturally wouldn't try to keep her.

Huo Zhi's mind stirred, and she tore through space to leave.

Cao Ying quickly bought the pastries, then pestered Xuan Yi to return to the inn.

“Teacher, you rest first. I heard there's an Alchemist Guild here. I'm going to see the level of Alchemists in the Northwest Continent.” Cao Ying had an innocent and carefree expression, her eyes curved into smiles.

“Go, and bring the Jade Slip I gave you.” Xuan Yi's eyebrows showed a smile, and she nodded gently: “If you encounter danger, this Teacher will appear.”

“Alrighty~” Cao Ying left in a flurry.

“This girl.” Xuan Yi chuckled softly, then lowered her head and took out a jade plate, a strange look in her eyes: “I didn't expect that Dragon Bone Spiritual Liquid actually exists in this Northwest Continent.”

Once she obtained this Dragon Bone Spiritual Liquid, combined with the other medicinal ingredients she had already collected, she could refine a Peak Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill, the Jade Dragon Soul Cleansing Pill.

Taking this Medicinal Pill, she had a fifty percent chance of successfully breaking through to Half-Saint. Even if she failed, she could stabilize her Peak Dou Zun cultivation and accumulate experience.

Reaching Half-Saint meant obtaining the ticket to become a Dou Saint. Even when facing Imperial Clans, she would have more confidence.

“Unfortunately, I only know that Dragon Bone Spiritual Liquid exists within a thousand miles. The exact location still requires some effort to find.”

The jade plate in her hand was related to the Three Thousand Blazing Flames, and for some reason, it could sense Dragon Clan items.

After her improvements, as long as Dragon Bone Spiritual Liquid was within a thousand miles, a flame would rise.

But the exact location within a thousand miles would require her to spend time searching for it herself.

“Where could it be?” Xuan Yi took out a map and began to ponder.

At the same time, in a teahouse on the other side.

Cao Ying sat by the window for a while, then saw Huo Zhi suddenly appear.

“You really came.” Cao Ying smiled brightly.

She was right; this Huo Zhi was like her.

Huo Zhi conjured a copy of the notes and asked, “It seems you also have this item?”

“Uh...” Cao Ying instinctively wanted to deny it.

But facing Huo Zhi's eyes, which seemed to see through everything, she decisively gave up.

According to the effects of the Red Lotus Karma Fire mentioned by Chu Xiao in the notes, her lies would be useless.

“Yes, I have it too.”

Cao Ying resignedly took out her copy of the notes.

The next moment, a voice echoed in both her and Huo Zhi's minds.

Add friend?

Letter function?

Teleportation function?

The two women exchanged glances and tacitly chose to add.

“It seems that there are more people with copies of the notes than just you and me.” Huo Zhi lightly parted her red lips.

“Definitely.” Cao Ying sat with one leg crossed over her knee: “Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Xun'er, Qing Lin, they all must have copies of the notes. Otherwise, how could they do so many things in front of that future Heavenly Emperor?”

Presumably, those people had already added each other as friends and could transmit items across space.

She had missed out on too much. She should think of a way to become friends with Medusa and the others.

Huo Zhi's beautiful lips curved slightly: “How long have you had this copy of the notes?”

“One hundred thirty-two days.” Cao Ying instinctively replied: “I've had it as long as he's been writing it.”

After answering, she belatedly said: “Could it be that you haven't?”

“No, I just got it.” Huo Zhi didn't hide it.

“Oh?” Cao Ying's eyes moved, and she rested her chin on her hand, pondering: “Why such a long difference?”

“What do you think is the difference between me and you, in Chu Xiao's eyes?” Huo Zhi seemed to radiate wisdom.

“What's the difference?” Cao Ying frowned in thought, then gave Huo Zhi a suggestive look: “Does he have an aphrodisiac effect on you?”

After all, any owner of an Heavenly Flame would be attracted to Chu Xiao, who possessed the Thunder Gang Emperor Flame.

Huo Zhi: “...”

Chu Xiao was right; this woman was indeed restless.

No wonder she accepted Ancestor of the Pill Tower's suggestion to seduce Chu Xiao.

Huo Zhi's lips twitched slightly, and she gently reminded: “Look at the time he mentioned your name and my name in the notes.”

Cao Ying stared intently for a moment, then suddenly slapped her fair, tender thigh, realizing: “So that's the pattern?”

“This should only be one of the patterns.” Huo Zhi's eyes flickered: “Look at the people gathered around him. Only the women whose names he mentioned, but not all of them, have appeared.”

“What other patterns do you think there are?”