Chapter 348: Preparing to Set Off
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Rong City, in a sealed stone room.
Li Yuanqing’s figure suddenly disappeared and he turned around to enter his domain.
The big red coc.o.o.n had actually cracked into tiny cracks. The energy emitted from those cracks felt very familiar to Li Yuanqing. He sized it up and silently sat cross-legged in front of it.
An hour later, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the middle of the trembling coc.o.o.n. A bright light erupted from the crack. The intense light and tearing air shone in all directions and hit Li Yuanqing’s face.
Li Yuanqing silently controlled the spiritual energy fluctuations inside. The entire spiritual energy situation inside was very chaotic. It did not look like Blood Vine.
In the past, the Blood Vine’s control over spiritual energy was very stable. His overall technique was extremely skilled. It could be seen that he could control the spiritual energy in his body very smoothly.
However, the spiritual energy on the little thing born from this big fellow was very chaotic, as if it had yet to completely master the control method of these powers.
Li Yuanqing stretched out his hands and a stream of energy from his palms slowly approached the little fellow inside. He slowly retracted the power released from his body.
What was worth being happy about was that the Blood Vine had come back to life again. In the past, he could only feel a plant constantly growing, but he could not feel the aura of a soul.
However, this time, there was indeed a spirit body living inside.
Li Yunqing suppressed the excitement in his heart and slowly controlled the scene. The originally chaotic red light slowly gathered into a small ball with a diameter of only half a meter after Li Yuanqing suppressed it.
In the small red ball, a naked baby floated as if he was still sleeping.
Li Yuanqing’s face darkened. He thought that the Blood Vine would directly revive and return to his original appearance, but he did not expect that he was only in such a young state. Was he still the same Blood Vine? Or rather, he had completely changed into a new little thing.
If the Blood Vine was already completely dead and only left behind a seed to grow a new individual, what value would it have to him?
Li Yuanqing thought about it and did not know what to do with this little fellow in front of him. He wanted the deep knowledge of the Blood Vine and his understanding of the entire Demon Realm.
With the Blood Vine’s knowledge, he would definitely be able to help Li Yuanqing a lot, but it seemed like he had no choice now.
When the energy in the red ball completely stabilized, the baby really fell asleep. His breathing was very steady, and he even stretched his limbs from time to time, like a fetus lying in its mother’s womb.
Li Yuanqing dispersed the excess energy outside, leaving only this small baby in his arms. He looked down at the baby in his arms and was a little depressed.
He had thought that the truth would be revealed after the Blood Vine survived. Now that he thought about it, his thoughts at that time were still a little too simple. He had never thought that he would face such a situation. What should he do now?
“Ahhh.”
Just as Li Yuanqing was thinking, the little baby opened his eyes. He waved his two little hands and grabbed Li Yuanqing’s cheek. They looked very intimate, as if he was treating his biological father.
Li Yuanqing was a little fl.u.s.tered by this little guy. He did not know what this little kid liked.
However, the little fellow kept begging him. Helpless, Li Yuanqing could only look around at the side.
Unexpectedly, the little fellow could not hold it in any longer and rolled out of Li Yuanqing’s arms.
Li Yuanqing was still worried that he would be injured, but that kid was fine. He lay on the ground happily as if nothing had happened and crawled towards the pile of natural treasures that Li Yuanqing had piled up.
He ran to the pile of treasures and plunged in.
Li Yuanqing looked at Blood Vine helplessly and took out the key from his pocket. Blood Vine had specially stuffed the key into his pocket before he disappeared. It seemed to be very important. However, even with Blood Vine in this state, he could not find out what use it had.
Was the secret of this key going to be buried in history with the disappearance of Blood Vine? Perhaps no one would know what this thing was for in this lifetime.
Just as Li Yuanqing was feeling melancholic, he suddenly felt a very strange urge rise in his heart. This urge was very weak at first, but it became stronger and stronger.
He looked down and saw that a red vine had wrapped around the key in his hand. The vine was very young and actually grew out of Li Yuanqing’s body. It looked rather strange.
This red vine was like Li Yuanqing’s sixth finger as it gently wrapped around the key. Immediately after, a blurry image appeared in Li Yuanqing’s heart.
This scene was very gray, as if there was a thick layer of fog. He could not see the situation clearly no matter what. He did not know where he was either. He could barely tell that there was a lake in the image. The lake was very vast.
The place where all the gray colors enveloped was the boundary of the lake.
Li Yuanqing felt as if he was in the middle of it. He turned around and looked at the vast lake beside him, but he did not know why he was here. Where was this? Why did something happen here?
He walked forward slowly. There were misty colors beside him. All the colors were so dim, as if the colors of this s.p.a.ce had been sucked clean and there was little left.
“Where am I?”
Li Yuanqing looked down and saw that he was stepping on the vast lake water. However, the lake water was like a mirror under his feet, calm.
He saw someone in the mirror.
Wasn’t there supposed to be an image of him here? However, the person under his feet was clearly another person. Although that appearance was different from Blood Vine in his memory, it could not be wrong.
The Blood Vine that Li Yuanqing knew was already in the form of a demon. It was not strange for him to look like this. However, the person in front of him was a rather handsome man.
He had seen this man before. In that secret room, in that small room, many images appeared in front of him, including this person’s appearance.
The two of them looked at each other, sizing each other up, for a long moment.
Just as Li Yuanqing was feeling puzzled, a very powerful suction force suddenly came from behind. The suction force could not be resisted and pulled him back forcefully, pulling him back into the domain s.p.a.ce.
Li Yuanqing opened his eyes. The key was still in front of him, but the blood vine wrapped around it had disappeared. He tried to remember the scene. He had never seen that place before. It was a very strange place.
“That’s a lake with no borders.”
“A lake without borders?” Hall Master w.a.n.g looked up at the shelves filled with books and did not know where to start.
“If you can’t find it, forget it. I’ll think of another way.”
“Young Master Li, don’t say such things. You’re the hero of our entire human race.” Hall Master w.a.n.g whispered to Li Yuanqing’s side. “I know you’re very low-key, Young Master Li. The City Lord specially instructed me that I won’t go around and spread it. Only the few of us know about this. No one else knows.”
“I wonder if Hall Master w.a.n.g has such an impression, or if there’s such a strange place in the Demon Realm.”
“There are many special lakes here. There are many strange demon beasts stationed in those lakes, and it’s quite troublesome. I wonder which one it is. It doesn’t sound easy to judge just based on this description.”
“Then is there a lake that is haunted by gray fog all year round?”
Hall Master w.a.n.g smiled and shook his head. “If it’s fog, it’s all in the swamp. I’ve never heard of a lake being surrounded by gray fog all year round. However, there’s still one if it’s covered in golden light.”
“Golden light?”
“That’s right. It’s called Golden Light Lake.”
“And what kind of place is Golden Light Lake?”
Hall Master w.a.n.g took down a heavy book from the bookshelf and placed it on the table. There was a very exquisite picture on it.
In the picture, it was a golden lake. Every inch of it was sparkling with waves, making one unable to open their eyes.
Hall Master w.a.n.g looked down at the photo of the lake and explained, “Actually, this picture has already been very restrained. Every golden light on the real Golden Light Lake is hundreds of thousands of feet long. The person’s eyes would be pierced through if they were to look at it.”
“Is the light alone so powerful?”
“Of course. This Golden Light Lake is abnormally powerful. Young Master, you have to be careful. Although I know that you’re extraordinary and have extraordinary abilities, that place is also an extremely rare and dangerous place. I think it’s best if Young Master doesn’t go over there if there’s nothing else. It might be troublesome.”
“Why do you say that?”
Hall Master w.a.n.g looked at Li Yuanqing and shook his head. “Young Master, you don’t know. This Golden Light Lake was formed after birth. According to history books, this thing suddenly descended from the sky one day and landed within a radius of thousands of miles. It didn’t dissipate for a long time. If any living creature steps foot here, their bodies will rot and die not long after.”
“Is it really that terrifying? What is this lake?”
“The rumors are actually not detailed. They only describe a few events related to Golden Light Lake.”
“But if this is a pool of lake water, how can it fall from the sky? Could it be that it rained heavily?”
Li Yuanqing also took the book and flipped through the records. They were very vague and he could not tell anything.
Hall Master w.a.n.g touched his beard and said with uncertainty, “If it was a heavy rain, the records in the book would definitely record it according to the rain, and they wouldn’t remember it so vaguely. I think there might be something else going on, but no one in the future generations has the guts to continue exploring. So they just left it like this.”
Although there were a lot of records about this lake in the book, most of the pages were about how dangerous this lake was and how many casualties it had caused. There were few true detailed records of this thing.
Li Yuanqing looked around and put down all the books. Although the color did not match, he vaguely felt that the lake in the picture was somewhat similar to his memory.
“I wonder where the Golden Light Lake is.”
Hall Master w.a.n.g looked at Li Yuanqing bitterly.
“Young Master Li, you don’t really want to go, do you? You didn’t seem to listen to my persuasion just now.”
“Hall Master w.a.n.g, don’t worry. I don’t think there will be any big trouble with my strength. Just tell me. I’ll be careful.”
“Young Master Li…” Hall Master w.a.n.g said with a bitter expression,” What should I do? The City Lord has repeatedly reminded me to ensure your safety. But Young Master, you’re asking for such a dangerous place now. If worse comes to worse, let me go on your behalf.”
“How can that do? Sir, you should stay here.”
Hall Master w.a.n.g looked at Li Yuanqing gloomily. This Young Master Li was really a very stubborn person. No one could change his mind.
“There are various sayings for the location of the Golden Light Lake. However, what’s more reliable is that it should be in the westernmost part of the continent and is wrapped in an endless desert. If we can pa.s.s through the desert known as the Sea of Death, we can find the Golden Light Lake.”
In the end, Hall Master w.a.n.g looked at Li Yuanqing. He really did not want Li Yuanqing to run to such a dangerous place alone.
Li Yuanqing nodded slightly, as if he did not feel anything about the hall master’s description. That was the Sea of Death.
There were countless strange demon beasts living in the desert. Those demon beasts were deeply poisonous. In order to survive, they had almost changed everything they could evolve to the extreme. They were all strange and unbelievable existences.
No one would want to deal with those poisonous creatures.
However, it was rumored that the Sea of Death was formed because of the Golden Light Lake inside.
“Young Master, you don’t know how dangerous the Golden Light Lake is, but this Sea of Death is gradually formed because of the radiation of the Golden Light Lake. It’s obvious how powerful it is.”
Li Yuanqing did not care about this at all. He cupped his hands at Hall Master w.a.n.g.
“Thank you for your guidance, Hall Master.”
“Young Master, what are you doing? You’re killing me.”
“I might have to leave for a period of time. Please help me pa.s.s this to City Lord Ye.”