Chapter 716 – Growing Up (1/2)

“Mother, what is this exactly?” Xianghua Zi asked curiously.

Xianghua Zi had spent the entire trip back guessing at what it was, but she still had no idea.

“This item is anything but ordinary. Regular people definitely cannot wield it. The secret to the mysterious shaman art should be inside. Why don’t we show it to your elder sister?”

“She’s hundreds of kilometers away, so how are we supposed to show it to her? The rules of the White Lotus cult are very strict. Surely we can’t get her to hurry back home over one strange item. If you have no use for it, mother, then why don’t you just give it to me?”

Xianghua Zi swiveled her eyes. When it came to her elder sister Xianghua Hong, she had to put up a stand even if it were only for a piece of trash.

“Then… since you brought it back, you can hold onto it!”

Xianghua Man gave it a moment of consideration. Her first daughter, Xianghua Hong, had already become a glorious disciple of the White Lotus cult. Her future was bright, and it was not like she lacked something like this. In recent years, it had always been her second daughter, Xianghua Zi, who had been running around for her. They were both her daughters, so she could not favour one over the other. Her second daughter would be joining the White Lotus cult sooner or later, so she would end up unlocking the secret behind this item and obtaining the mysterious shaman art inside anyway.

Xianghua Zi accepted the Asura Field happily. In the hot spring several hundred meters away, Li Qingshan shut his eyes with ease.

Although he could consider stealing back the Asura Field right now, the risk was too great, and it was unnecessary. Once he got some proper sleep and recovered some of his strength, it would not be an issue for him to take it back publicly.

Several hours later, Xianghua Man discovered her guess was completely wrong. The mysterious shaman art had nothing to do with the patterned bundle. She frowned as she gazed at the young man in tattered clothes who resembled a beggar and asked, “You’re from Huangliang beach?”

“Y- yes!”

“You said Goldie A’bao and an infant attacked you. Everyone died, and only you managed to escape? Why did they let you go? And why did you come to Fragrant Flower market and not Huangliang beach? Explain everything clearly. If you tell even a single lie, hmph!”

However, he caught the attention of the Fragrant Flower clan very quickly. After a close questioning, he was brought into Fragrant Flower house, and the matter was reported to Xianghua Zi. In the end, he was brought before Xianghua Man.

“A baby with scarlet hair and eyes! A fire devourer?” Xianghua Man furrowed her brows. She said to Xianghua Zi beside her, “A’zi, has a baby like that appeared in Fragrant Flower market before?”

Xianghua Zi said, “Definitely not, or I’d definitely know.”

“The baby is anything but ordinary. He only used a few days to turn a mortal into such a vicious monster. He might be hiding somewhere, so search the city. Don’t miss a single corner. I’d like to meet him!”

“Yes, mother. What about this lad?”

“Kill him!” Xianghua Man spoke with so much ease that it was like she was ordering the crushing of an insect. He was an insignificant little barbarian anyway. “If we let him blab about this blindly, who knows what kind of trouble he’ll create! The flower gardens require some fertiliser anyway.”

The young man was unable to respond at all. A beautiful, noble matriarch like her had actually decided his fate in such a casual manner.

Xianghua Zi clapped her hands, and two sturdy, bare-chested guards immediately walked in. Giving him absolutely no chance to plead or curse, they cleanly landed a stroke through his neck. With a crack, they broke his neck before dragging his corpse away.

Xianghua Zi ordered people to search through the city, but they found nothing. Perhaps the baby had already left Fragrant Flower market, or perhaps he was already dead, gnawed clean by the rats in the sewers. It was also possible that a heartless pedlar had turned him into roast meat…

Time passed by quickly, and Xianghua Man gradually set this matter aside.

After who knows how long, Li Qingshan opened his eyes again. The shine in his scarlet eyes were hidden away, and his scarlet hair reached his shoulders, having become thicker and stiffer. As his body grew, the space in the fake mountain became rather cramped. Glancing at his hand that had become much larger, he smiled and clasped it firmly. He no longer felt so feeble and powerless.

He exhaled deeply. He had finally recovered some strength, so he could go out and do some things now!

He sucked in a deep breath, but what flowed into his mouth was not merely air, but surging spiritual qi too. Propelled by the spiritual qi, his daemon core began to spin slowly.

Although he had only recovered to Daemon General, he could use three innate abilities now, which were the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell, the Tremors of the Ox Demon, and the Tiger Demon’s Breath. Of course, logically speaking, there was the Phoenix’s Nirvāṇa as well, but given his current state, he probably could not use it a second time.

However, that was enough!

Li Qingshan took a step. Before the rocks from the fake mountain had even touched his skin, they had already been reduced to powder. His control over the powers of tremor was becoming better and better.

“Ah!” A woman’s scream rang out from very close by!

Li Qingshan smiled. He had run into the person he wanted to see as soon as he woke up, and there was eye candy available too. After so many days of bad luck, it was finally taking a turn for the better!