Chapter 276: Flame Revealed
The monk had a dignified appearance, sharp brows and bright eyes, dressed in white robes and wearing monk shoes.
His hands were pressed together in greeting and his gaze was sharp and penetrating.
For some reason, when Xiao Shou’s middle finger brushed against him, it suddenly felt hot, and an inexplicable urge to befriend this monk arose.
But Xiao Shou’s mind was fixed on Yu Lin.
Not bothering with anything else, he gave a quick nod and said, "I’m fine."
Then he hurried off in pursuit.
Because he left in such a rush, he did not notice that behind the white-robed monk stood another monk in gray robes.
The gray robed monk asked in surprise, "Martial Uncle, what’s wrong?"
"Nothing."
The white-robed monk replied calmly.
However, his gaze still lingered thoughtfully on his middle finger.
When he had touched that person just now, that finger had suddenly become burning hot, yet he sensed no trace of anything strange or demonic technique.
What exactly was going on?
The gray robed monk nodded and when he’s about to say something.
At that moment, both of them received a voice transmission.
...
"She went in here. What is she doing here?"
Unaware of what had just happened behind him, Xiao Shou stood before a five story restaurant that looked extremely luxurious and extravagant.
Recalling that Yu Lin had just entered this place, his curiosity flared.
Unable to suppress it and relying on his disguised identity, he decided to follow her inside.
Once he entered, he found the interior completely different from the small tavern before.
The hall was spacious and orderly, filled with over thirty square tables made entirely of spirit wood, most of them occupied.
Yu Lin was seated at a table on the north side, near the staircase leading upstairs.
Only now, at this closer distance, did Xiao Shou notice that her left arm and right leg were both missing.
Yu Lin who would one day become the Sect Master of the Heavenly Void Sect was now in such a miserable state.
Unaware that this was actually his own disciple’s doing, Xiao Shou felt even more puzzled.
For cultivators, severed limbs could be restored either by consuming a Creation Pill or by waiting until the Nascent Soul stage to reconstruct the body.
Given Yu Lin’s calculating nature, it was impossible that she could not obtain a mere Creation Pill.
Even if she did not have a Creation Pill, she had already been on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
After absorbing so much hell flame beast essence in the secret realm, that energy should have been enough to push her into the Nascent Soul stage.
Moreover, based on Xiao Shou’s understanding of Yu Lin’s personality, it was impossible that she would reach the peak of the Golden Core stage without making any preparations for forming a Nascent Soul.
So what exactly had happened to her now?
With a slight probe, Xiao Shou was shocked to discover that her current cultivation had actually fallen to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.
What had she gone through?
Why had her cultivation dropped to such a state?
Had Xiao Ran done something to her?
Seeing Yu Lin in such a miserable condition, Xiao Shou temporarily cast aside his earlier suspicions.
After all, the place where the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice was located was not somewhere a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator could survive.
While thinking, Xiao Shou chose an empty table near Yu Lin and sat down.
He ordered a pot of tea and a few dishes while quietly keeping watch of her.
As the tea ran out and the dishes were finished, he assumed that Yu Lin had only come here for a meal.
Already lacking patience, he was about to leave.
His surveillance had only been on a whim.
Just as he was about to give up, Yu Lin who had appeared calm all along suddenly showed a slight disturbance in her aura.
At that moment, several figures walked down from the stairs.
At the front was a man in red robes. It was someone Xiao Shou had seen once before, Jian Li.
Behind him were several men and women.
Judging from their appearance and attire, they closely resembled the figures described in the novel.
The Crown Princess of Yingzhou Celestial Isle, the Young Island Lord of Penglai Immortal Isle, Zhunsheng the chief disciple of Fanghu Mystic Isle, the Crown Princess’s attendant Ting Yun, Young Island Lord’s concubine Li Peiyi, and Zhunsheng’s junior brother Jingming.
Why were the next generation heirs of the Three Immortal Isles gathered here together with Jian Li?
Just as Xiao Shou was puzzled, he suddenly noticed that a faint and somewhat familiar aura emerged from Yu Lin’s body.
Before he could clearly identify it, the aura rapidly flew toward Jian Li.
However, the moment it touched his protective spiritual barrier, Jian Li suddenly erupted in blazing red light.
A vermilion firebird formed from flames spread its wings around him.
In an instant, that faint aura, along with the surrounding stairs, floor, tables, and chairs was reduced to ashes.
What was Yu Lin doing?
She should know Jian Li very well.
A reckless sneak attack like this, which could not even break through his protective barrier did not match Yu Lin’s usual calculating style.
Or was her current miserable state related to Jian Li?
So was she driven by a desire for revenge and acting without regard for consequences or success?
Was that even possible?
That was not Yu Lin’s character.
Just as Xiao Shou was completely at a loss and unable to make sense of it, the previously silent restaurant suddenly erupted into noise after the vermilion bird flame manifested.
"It’s the Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame!"
"We’re saved!"
"The Seven Deadly Sins can finally be completely resolved!"
"Hurry up and report to the Emperor!"
"Quick, inform the Island Lord!"
Inside the chaotic restaurant, the Crown Princess who was usually domineering and only gentle toward handsome men stared at Jian Li’s peerlessly handsome face.