Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Nine Sons of the Golden Lotus

  The growth conditions of the Nine Sons Golden Lotus are extremely harsh, requiring clear spring water, a strong spiritual energy, and a liquid substance called Golden Scale Liquid to accompany it. Moreover, it can only grow one golden lotus seed every year, which shows how precious the Nine Sons Golden Lotus is.

  The effect of the Nine Sons Golden Lotus is even more astonishing, it's said that one grain can bring a person back from the dead, turning white bones into flesh. Of course, Ye Chen believes this Nine Sons Golden Lotus isn't that magical, but it will definitely greatly enhance his own strength as well as Chen Tao and Little Sister's.

  Ye Chen's self-love for Chen Tao is unknown whether it's helplessness or admiration for his good luck, unintentionally encountering Jiu Zi Jin Lian.

  Ye Chen seemed to remember something and turned his head to ask Chen Tao: "By the way, what is that transparent object?"

  Chen Tao's excited expression stiffened as he recalled the terrifying scene, and his heart still had lingering fears. "I'm not too clear either," he said. "At that time, I saw the nine-son golden lotus and was so excited that I wanted to pick it up. But suddenly, a transparent object burst out of the spring and wrapped around me, absorbing almost all my internal energy."

  The two of them looked towards the stream at the same time, and just then, a gurgling sound came from beneath the stream and surged up. Both of their faces were alert as they watched this sudden change. The Jiu Zi Jin Lian was also swaying in the spring water, flashing out golden light, which was very beautiful to look at.

  "Whoosh!" A burst of water splashed out from the spring, and a golden giant fish shot straight out from the creek. In mid-air, it flipped its body, revealing two transparent whisker-like appendages over three meters long, one of which was broken, clearly cut off by Ye Chen earlier.

  With a splash, the golden giant fish fell into the spring water and splashed up layers of water flowers. Two transparent tentacles suddenly appeared from the water flowers.

  Ye Chen's and Chen Tao's faces changed at the same time, and they raised their long swords. A sword flower flashed in front of Ye Chen, also helping Chen Tao to block this sudden transparent tentacle.

  The golden giant fish stared at the two with eyes full of anger, its whiskers agilely rotating and wrapping around Yechen's ankle. Yechen's long sword moved incredibly, striking one of the whiskers, bringing a devastating disaster to it with its sharp aura.

  Wow!

  The golden giant fish let out a painful hum, its tail swished, and the spring water splashed into the air, creating a piercing sonic boom. Ye Chen completely blocked Chen Tao's body, his long sword no longer flashing mysteriously, but instead dancing in front of him to create a sword wall that deflected all the water droplet attacks.

  Splash, splash, water droplets hit Ye Chen's long sword, knocking out a series of crashing sounds. The powerful force made Ye Chen change color, and his body couldn't help but retreat backward. Chen Tao also retreated, looking anxious, but now he was powerless, his internal energy had been absorbed away, and he couldn't play any role at all, and could only be protected by Ye Chen.

  A wave of attacks came down, Ye Chen panted heavily, his long sword propped against the ground. This golden giant fish swung its tail and struck with incredible force, causing Ye Chen's arm to ache, and he could barely hold onto his sword steadily.

  The golden giant fish saw that its blow did not kill the two weak guys, and it suddenly roared, flapping its fins and splashing more water.

  Ye Chen's face changed suddenly, "Run fast!" He pulled Chen Tao and ran towards the outside of Baiquan Hall. As soon as they ran out of the door, they heard a loud crash, and the wall behind them collapsed with a loud noise. Smoke and dust filled the sky, blocking everyone's eyes.

  Ye Chen and Chen Tao couldn't see inside, nor could the golden giant fish see the situation outside the smoke.

  "What kind of fish is this? How can it be so fierce?" Chen Tao exclaimed in shock.

  "I don't know, since the Great Calamity, all sorts of demonic beasts have appeared. Apart from those commonly seen and powerful ones that were given names, there are countless others whose names are unknown. This golden giant fish is probably one of them." Ye Chen panted heavily as he spoke.

  "Dust child, what level of demon beast is this strange fish?" Chen Tao asked Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen also pondered in his heart for a moment, "This strange fish has extremely strong power, the water splashes it slaps out are hard for me to block, it should be around level 3, or even a level 4 demon beast!"

  "Unbelievable! This strange fish is as strong as a congenital realm expert, so how can we pluck that Nine-son Golden Lotus?" Chen Tao said with some exasperation.

  "We can't force our way in, we have to think of a clever way!" Ye Chen said with a slight hesitation. If they were to leave just like that, not only would Chen Tao be disappointed, but Ye Chen wouldn't be satisfied either.

  Upon hearing Ye Chen's voice, Chen Tao's eyes lit up, "Clever strategy? Dusty, what good plan do you have?"

  "Like this... like that..." Ye Chen whispered something in Chen Tao's ear, making his eyes light up as he nodded repeatedly.

  After the golden giant fish knocked down the wall and waited for the dust to settle, those two weak little guys were nowhere to be seen, swimming slightly reluctantly in the stream.

  After a long time, he greedily took a glance at the Nine Sons Golden Lotus, and then slowly sank down. The entire Yuelu Academy returned to calmness, and under the faint moonlight, an unusual silence was revealed.

  After a while, two people appeared in the Qingfeng Gorge, surprisingly Ye Chen and Chen Tao. They came to Baiquan Pavilion with a spooky look on their faces, each holding a bottle of red liquid in their hands.

  Two people, one on the south side of the spring and one on the north side, nodded to each other after which they both poured red things into the spring water.

  The spring water first turned red and then returned to its dull color. Under the light of the double-wheel moon, even the clear spring water could not be seen through.

  They poured both bottles into the spring water, and the two of them retreated to a safe distance, standing on the ruins, looking at the spring water, everything was calm as usual.

  "Dust boy, is this chili powder useful? Why hasn't there been any movement until now?" Chen Tao asked, unable to help himself.

  "Haven't you tried it before? How was the feeling at that time?" Ye Chen glanced at Chen Tao, who had tasted the chili powder earlier in their plan, and nodded. As a result, his face was still red.

  Chen Taohong's face turned red, "Well, this chili powder is spicy enough, but are you sure that the chili powder can make that strange fish rush out of the creek? Isn't it better to use poison? If we poison the strange fish to death, won't the Nine-son Golden Lotus be ours?"

  "You say you're stupid, but you don't believe it. This Jīn Lián must be in pure water to survive. You use poison, and some of the poisonous parts will be absorbed by the Jīn Lián. Then, this Jīn Lián will also be contaminated with poisonous parts. Do you dare to eat it then?" Yè Chén patted Chen Taò's head and said.

  "Will that chili powder be of any use? Look at the size of this stream, and who knows how deep it is. Can your little bit of chili powder really make that strange fish surrender? It's been so long since we've started, and still nothing has appeared." Chen Tao said in discontent.

  "Well, maybe this chili powder can't force that strange fish to jump out of the water, but this chili powder will definitely pollute this stream, and the growth conditions of Jiuzi Jinlian determine that this stream must not be polluted, otherwise, Jiuzi Jinlian will wither." Ye Chen said firmly.

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