134 Blue lotus blooming (1/2)

Bai Yun started to move about the poison valley, hoping to run into someone to understand what was happening. As he walked, Bai Yun found that the concentration of miasma in the air was quickly dropping. It was already weaker than the normal levels, but it seemed to be falling fast to an almost imperceptible level.

Bai Yun walked about poison valley for a while before he ran into someone else. The person Bai Yun saw was quickly running deeper into poison valley in a hurry. Bai Yun quickly went to him and stopped him.

”Hey brother, could you answer a few questions for me?” Bai Yun asked while taking out a low grade spirit stone and handing it over to him.

The man was irritated that someone stopped him, but quickly smiled when he saw the spirit stone in Bai Yun's hand. He quickly took it from Bai You and turned to Bai Yun with a smile.

”What do you want to know young master?” He asked.

”Why did the poisonous miasma suddenly increase last night?” Bai Yun asked.

”Young master, are you not from terracotta hill?” The man asked.

”No.” Bai Yun replied.

”So you have no idea what is happening right now?” The man asked. Bai Yun shook his head in response.

”Alright, I will explain what is happening.” The man explained the events that were happening.

The revolt of the miasma of poison valley is a rare event that appears around once a century or so. It is caused by a huge explosion of miasma that originated from the lake at the end of poison valley. No one knows why it occurs, or how to reliably predict it, except that it occurs about once a century. Once the explosion occurs for a while the amount of miasma in poison valley would drop precipitously and it would almost be as if there was no miasma at all.

But what everyone does know is what happens immediately after. In the lake, special lotuses will appear. There were two types of lotuses, blue and purple ones.

These blue and purple lotuses contain a huge amount of toxins. They were extremely toxic, that even ingesting a little bit would kill even ones with a good cultivation base.

But a few centuries ago the alchemy assassination found a way to transform these orchids into powerful medicines that could help in cultivation. Each blue orchids could help someone in the foundation establishment, or sometimes, if they were large enough, those in the core formation realm. The purple lotuses on the other hand were for people in the core formation and nascent soul stages.

So these lotuses were quite valuable. Many people were now heading towards the lake at the end of the poison valley to find them.

When Bai Yun arrived near the lake, he found that there were many people there who were looking for lotuses. From the man he met, Bai Yun knew that the lotuses would appear randomly, and all over the lake, so finding one was mostly up to luck. So Bai Yun quickly left the crowd and started to walk around the lake hoping to get lucky.

As he walked about, Bai Yun saw many others who were wandering around just like him. Some of them were making groups and trying to look for lotuses. This was because not only would other adventures attack you for the lotuses, but even some of the demonic beasts in poison valley would come here for them. Thus it was quite dangerous and was safer to go together.

Bai Yun found many people preparing to strike out for lotuses. There were some people who were making a boat and some people even just jumped into the lake to swim. Usually the lake would be too poisonous to swim, but for a short while after the miasma explosion, the water would turn normal.

Bai Yun knew nothing about making boats, and he did not want to join others either. So he simply wandered around by himself.

Bai Yun had nearly circled half of the lake when he found himself alone. At that point, Bai Yun saw that the lake water was bubbling slightly. Bai Yun stood on the shore for a while before a small blue lotus popped out of the water. Bai Yun looked around, but not seeing anyone else, he plucked the flower and put it away in his storage ring. He waited a while to see if anyone would come to fight him for the lotus, but nobody did. So Bai Yun walked away feeling quite lucky.

Bai Yun walked around the lake a couple more times. This time he did not get lucky and find any more lotuses.

Bai Yun stood there on the shores of the lake for a while before he decided to venture into the lake itself. Even though he already had one lotus, there was no harm in getting more. And the chances of finding a lotus on the shores were low.

Bai Yun did not know how to make a boat. So he took a very simple approach. Bai Yun cut down a large tree and dragged it to the water and simply sat on it. Then he used his soul tendrils like paddles to quickly move into the lake. As he moved on his makeshift boat, he got many weird looks, but Bai Yun simply ignored them and just went about his way.