Chapter 364 -Spirit Paragon
The Sabre-Toothed Tiger Clan’s land. The spirit energy in the Ascetic Lake had already mostly been taken in, and in the past eight to nine months, the four of them had ascended by two or three levels and had reaped a good benefit from staying there. One must note, however, that after ascending to the Spirit Saint rank, ascending in a single rank could take more than a few years. Fatty Qu finally broke out of the Spirit Overlord rank and ascended to becoming a Spirit Saint, but he could be considered the slowest to progress amongst them. But if he brought his skills outside of this Little Realm, it would definitely be intimidating and fearsome. Ouyang Fei and Bei Gong Tang ascended three grades, and became even further away from Fatty Qu. But before Fatty Qu could complain, he heard bad news coming form Wei Zi Qi’s side. Before he could even vent his anger, the others were already taken aback by what they had heard from the otherside.
They only heard bouts of shouting that was mixed with the fury of a human, and as the energy broke through the billows of magma, it seemed as though there was a great battle happening behind the stone wall behind them. And while they were considering whether or not they should find a way to enter the place, Sima You Yue appeared before them, looking extremely exhausted. When they saw that Sima You Yue’s clothes had been scorched and almost half burnt away with his body covered in black soot as if she was made of it, they were all still in shock for a moment, before they all burst into laughter.
“Bei Gong, say something! What happened over on that side? Wei Zi Qi’s voice said, over the mother stone.
Bei Gong Tang tried to hold back her laughter, and said, “We don’t need to go down anymore. That rascal’s out alive. We’ll contact you in a moment.” With that, she put her mother stone aside.
“Fifth Brother, what happened?” Sima You Le asked, holding her up while suppressing his own laughter. With Sima You Le’s help, Sima You Yue stood up, and when she opened his mouth to speak, there was black soot in her mouth.
“That was absolutely insane, we were almost roasted alive! Let me get myself together.” She then proceeded to put herself into her Spirit Pagoda. It was only half a day later when she emerged from there, and her wounds and injuries had disappeared.
“Fifth Brother, you have already gone through in the past half a year, how did this happen?
Sima You Le asked.
“Let’s not talk about it.” Sima You Yue thought about all that she had been through in this time, and waved him off, with a bitter expression that said that she did not want to talk.
“You Yue, have you become a Spirit Paragon?” Ouyang Fei asked in surprise.
“Yes.” Sima You Yue nodded.
I guess this would be the greatest reward after all this time. After feeling like she was getting roasted all day, there was no other way except to channel all her energy to learning how to control her fire element. And she had to protect her body as well. So while her skills improved extremely quickly, the time spent was almost too difficult to bear. When she had finally promoted, all the magma around her had suddenly exploded, and at that time, that the protective barrier that Crimson Flame had made for her could not withstand the explosion as well. If she had not escaped quickly enough, she would have died.
“You Yue, since you have broken through the threshold and become a Spirit Paragon, didn’t they say that this barrier would be extremely difficult to overcome?” Fatty Qu shouted. She had just become a Spirit Saint, yet this punk had promoted once again to become a Spirit Paragon. What a scary person!
Sima You Yue agreed that this barrier was difficult to cross. While she was there, the had grown in four ranks, and had become a pinnacle Spirit Saint. It was only after the last three months that she was able to overcome the boundary, and promoted her rankings to become a Spirit Paragon.
“Growing five ranks in nine months; growing from a fifth grade Spirit Saint to become a first grade Spirit Paragon… My goodness, if I had known earlier, I would have gone down to train too!” Fatty Qu cried out. Bei Gong Tang and the rest also looked at her enviously.
Sima You Yue shook her head, saying, “If it was not for Crimson Flame’s protection, I would have been burnt into a crisp even before I even made it all the way in.”
“Was it that dangerous? What was down there?” The group was shocked. They knew that Crimson Flame’s fire barrier was indeed powerful. The fact that its protection was required all the way to the bottom, meant that if anyone else had gone in, they would have been roasted!
Sima You Yue explained what had happened simply, but it still left everyone in awe. They concluded that a place like that was made precisely and only for those weirdos like Sima You Yue.
“Right, when I came out you were talking to Wei Zi Qi, did something happen? Has he come out too?”
“Nope. Something has broken out.” Bei Gong Tang said.
“Is it about Sima You Lin and the rest?”
“No, but that Guo Pei Pei and her group had come to the Snow Wolf clan to look for us, and since only the few of us were present, they requested for him to contact you. But there was no answer from your mother stone, and they could not get to you, so they called me.” Bei Gong Tang answered.
“Guo Pei Pei? Why are they looking for us?”
“It’s like this…” Bei Gong Tang relayed whatever Wei Zi Qi had said. When Sima You Yue heard it all, she furrowed her brows and said, “I never thought that people from the Divine Devil’s Valley would have entered too. How dare the people from whatever Cave and the Sage Pavilion try to collaborate to kill them. Do they think that we young masters do not exist?”
“They really do not think that you exist.” Ouyang Fei interrupted.
“Cough –” Sima You Yue glared at Ouyang Fei. How could he dampen her one moment of grandeur? “Since something has broken out, let’s go to them.”
“You Yue, should we hurry over right now?” Bei Gong Tang asked,
“No rush.” Sima You Yue said. “Although we have Halcyon, don’t they also have a Sacred Beast as well? Other than that, we should bring some help along. Let’s go look for King Flame.”
King Flame and a few of the elders were discussing their leaving in the cave. Ever since Sima You Yue had entered the place, they had become unable to enter that place again, and could not see what has happened in that place. The period of a year was drawing to a close soon, and they were growing more and more anxious, feeling unsure as to whether or not they would ever actually be able to leave this place. But because they were unable to see what was going on with Sima You Yue and the rest, everyone started to feel anxious.
“My King…” A Sabre-Toothed Tiger ran in from the outside, saying excitedly, “Those people… They’re out!”
“Really?” King Flame said excitedly.
“It’s true! They are coming over right now, and will reach almost immediately!”
“Let those outside know that the moment they have arrived, to bring them in instantly.” King Flame ordered.
Sima You Yue and the other four followed the guards to King Flame’s cave, and the guard let them enter the place directly. As they entered, they saw the elders discussing something. But their discussion ended promptly the moment that they had entered.
“You guys have finally come out.” One of the elders said,
“We couldn’t see what was happening out there from here. Are you guys alright?” King Flame asked.
“We’re alright.” Sima You Yue said. “And since I’ve already come out, have you made your decision?”
“We have decided. We will accept your conditions, and we will obey you for the next one hundred years.” Before Yong Yan had said anything, one of the elders had gone ahead to state their stand. ‘When can we leave?”
Sima You Yue looked at King Flame, and King Flame nodded his head, meaning that he was in agreement with what the elder had said.
“Alright, since you have agreed, then go call your clans people, and we will leave immediately!”