Chapter 75: Personality Explodes

  Under Xiao Wu's guidance, Hu Gao quickly arrived at a small valley, where hundreds of warriors stood around the valley, all of whom were in the later stage of the Condensing Shadow Realm.

  Before entering the valley, Hu Gao decided to let Xiao Wu put away his divine ability and expose his true cultivation.

  In a place with so many people, being too mysterious will only make you a focus of attention, while having low ability but being easy to ignore.

  And the temperature in this valley is actually higher than the outside world, hiding from everyone's gaze, Hu Gao suddenly discovered that there was a large piece of connected wind holes in front of everyone, and from time to time, a cluster of fiery red energy would burst out from inside.

  He raised an eyebrow, he was quite familiar with these flames of poison, but without purification, he couldn't control them. Once close, his body would be destroyed in the first instant.

  These flames burst out of the wind tunnel non-stop, even if there are pauses in between, the time will absolutely not be too long, only one or two seconds, and sometimes just a breath, an instant, the flames reappear.

  Hu Gao squeezed inside and found that at the entrance of the wind tunnel, there were actually five black fire lotus flowers growing.

  A black fire lotus worth over 50,000 gold coins is comparable to a mid-grade treasure of the human rank, which is a huge sum for loose cultivators without a powerful background.

  However, for those martial artists who are only at the 7th or 8th stage of the Congying Realm, most of them are just watching the excitement. Unless they have a powerful master behind them, they won't even try to get their hands on the Black Fire Lotus. After all, the 9th stage and peak 9th stage martial artists on the field have far surpassed them in terms of combat power. Without the support of their companions, even if they were lucky enough to obtain the Black Fire Lotus, it's not certain that they would be qualified to use it.

  "Little brother, have you come to watch the excitement too?"

  Hu Gao stood behind the crowd, planning to observe the situation first before deciding whether to take action. A man in his sixties standing next to him, holding a tobacco pipe, noticed him and asked with a curious gaze. Hu Gao came back to his senses, took one look at this familiar person smoking a pipe, and was startled.

  "Hey, we meet again! Your cultivation has increased significantly, young brother!" said Grandpa Pipa with a smile.

  "Hurry up!" Hu Gao said impatiently.

  Still thinking that his cultivation had increased, wondering if he should take this old guy down, but suddenly discovered that the other party's aura had turned into a Ninth-Order peak!

  Is this old guy really kidding himself? Is Red Tassel Fruit more valuable than Black Fire Lotus?

  "Pipe Grandpa, your cultivation is increasing quite quickly."

  "It's not that I've improved, I was always this strong. You just misjudged me last time." The old man with the pipe had a 'you can believe it or not' expression on his face.

  Just as Hu Gao was about to retort, he suddenly remembered that the old man had lightly blocked his full-strength attack last time, and should have been hiding his strength. It's possible that this old man is still hiding now, and isn't a Condensing Shadow Realm warrior at all, but rather a Transcending Body Realm warrior.

  Got it! I'll let Hu Gao off for now, but next time I'll settle the score with you!

  "Hey, old man with the pipe, that wind tunnel keeps spitting out flames and poison, can we still pick those black lotus flowers? How are there so many people?"

  "People die for wealth, birds perish for food. Although the Black Fire Lotus is toxic and deadly, it's extremely beneficial to us, martial artists of the Condensed Shadow Realm. If ingested, one's physical strength will increase dramatically, making it even more valuable than wealth itself."

  An old man with a pipe took a sip of his old smoke and said to himself, "So far, more than a dozen seventh-stage condensed shadow realm and eighth-stage condensed shadow realm warriors have gone to try, but... only two people have successfully picked the black fire lotus. And, there was one person who had just taken the black fire lotus down, but it was snatched away, and he was beaten half to death, tsk, poor kid."

  "Pitiful, no ability to blindly join in the fun, those guys' brains are absolutely flooded." Hu Gao shook his head and said, "Still, Old Man Smokedou is calm!"

  The Black Fire Lotus is no longer of much help to the Ninth-Stage Warriors of the Condensed Shadow Realm. They don't need to try and see if they can pluck it, just stand by and wait for those novices to try with their lives, then take action to snatch it away.

  "Has water entered your brain? Hmm, not bad, this phrase is quite creative..."

  At this time, a person next to him spoke up and said: "Look quickly, another person is going up to try."

  Hu Gao looked ahead and saw a young man with a long sword walking in front of him. He was a warrior at the peak of the ninth stage of the Condensed Shadow Realm, and if he was lucky enough to pluck the Black Fire Lotus, he would have the strength to keep it.

  "Isn't this Yun Feng? How did he also go try to pick the Black Fire Lotus?"

  "The Black Fire Lotus was of little help to him, yet he went to take the risk of picking it, it seems that he is very confident in his own Dongyun Sword Technique."

  "It is said that he has already cultivated the Dongyun Sword Technique to the realm of great perfection, and is also trying to perfect this sword technique. It's unknown whether he can resist the fire poison with this sword technique and successfully pluck the Black Fire Lotus."

  Many people were talking about this young man.

  Hu Gao couldn't help but glance sideways, unexpectedly this young man's reputation was so great, and there were actually so many people who recognized him. It seemed that he shouldn't be an ordinary cultivator at the peak of the Congying Realm's ninth stage, and from what everyone said, it seemed that he had cultivated a certain set of powerful techniques to the point of perfection, and even began to refine them, wanting to reach the realm of transformation.

  As for why Yun Feng went to pick the Black Fire Lotus, he didn't think much about it, anyway it had nothing to do with him.

  Yun Feng walked forward, then drew out the long sword in his hand. A sharp aura was instantly released from his body, like a sword, like the wind.

  "If it were me and him in a fight, I'm afraid..."

  Hu Gao's eyes narrowed slightly, although the distance between them was quite far, but he still felt that his and the opponent's strength and cultivation seemed to have some gap, if they really started fighting, he estimated that he wouldn't be a match for him.

  If it were an ordinary Ninth-Stage cultivator, Hu Gao could still contend with him, but this warrior with such powerful fighting strength would be difficult for him to deal with.

  No wonder everyone is so familiar with him, having such a powerful fighting force as the ninth-level warrior of the Condensed Shadow Realm. I estimate that he will be their main competitor in finding the Black Fire Lotus this time, and they must pay close attention to him.

  "Sword technique..."

  Hú Gāo muttered softly to himself, now he was gradually getting familiar with the control of the power within his body, and believed that it wouldn't take long before he could try creating the Primordial Secret.

  It's not too difficult for him to create his own yuan jue based on his understanding of yuan jue.

  "I don't know if he can get the Black Fire Lotus..."

  "Whoosh!"

  Yun Feng drew out his long sword, and without waiting for too much time, he suddenly sprang up, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, instantly piercing through a distance of fifty meters, arriving at the bottom of the wind cave, sticking to the mountain wall.

  There are hundreds of cave entrances, densely packed, with flames spewing out from each one. Fortunately, there is a foothold beside each cave entrance; otherwise, it would be impossible to pass through.

  Moreover, due to the special structure of the wind tunnel and the terror of the fire poison, warriors who want to approach the Black Fire Lotus can only slowly climb, traversing one by one through the fire tunnels, and cannot directly fly up to the wind tunnel, or they will most likely be swallowed by the fire poison.

  At this moment, everyone held their breath, waiting for Yun Feng's next move, because above his head, fiery red flames were constantly erupting, and he was about to cross through these flame-spewing fire caves. One misstep would result in a fatal fall with no chance of burial...

  Yun Feng raised his head and glanced upwards, his eyes calm and fearless, without a hint of retreat. In just an instant, he darted out again.

  Direction, it is the fire poison on top of one's head.

  At the same time, the sharp sword in his hand stabbed out fiercely, and the fierce sword energy formed a storm that strangled the void. Those spouting fire poisons seemed to be a cloud blown away by strong winds, dispersing directly.

  "He succeeded! Yun Feng actually managed to disperse the fire poison, it seems he's 100% confident in plucking the Black Fire Lotus!"

  "No wonder he's so confident in taking action, those fire toxins are really too easy to control, unfortunately not many people have such a wonderful grasp of the yuan jue and power deployment like him."

  "I don't know if he will pick all five black lotus flowers. If he does, some people might disagree."

  The people standing next to Hu Gao were all amazed, and Yun Feng indeed had a natural talent. But it was unknown whether he would take the remaining five Black Fire Lotus flowers for himself after picking them off, which might provoke other powerful individuals.

  "Don't underestimate Yun Feng, he's not just a loose cultivator. Behind him is a Sword Pavilion with many high-level Body Refining Realm experts. Even if no high-level Body Refining Realm expert accompanied him this time, at least some powerful Condensing Shadow Realm warriors will be accompanying him."

  The old man with a pipe smiled faintly and looked at Yunfeng's wonderful performance, which seemed quite calm.

  Hu Gao carefully looked at Yun Feng and the surrounding fire poison, slightly shaking his head. Others thought that the latter could easily disperse the fire poison and pick the black fire lotus flower, but he knew that Yun Feng relied on dispersing the fire poison to thoroughly avoid it in order to pick the black fire lotus flower, which was not an easy task at all.

  Even if a little bit of fire poison gets on his body, it will disrupt all his rhythms and may even be life-threatening.

  "Smoking pipe old man, I think no matter what kind of power he has behind him, it's not an easy thing for him to get the Black Fire Lotus." Hu Gao said with a smile.

  "Little brother, are you kidding me? Didn't you see that Yun Feng can even disperse the fire poison? Other warriors can only rely on their instincts or dodge with their body techniques to avoid the fire poison, and they would still be in danger. But he directly disperses the fire poison, without any danger at all! Do you really think he can't pick the Black Fire Lotus?"

  Someone on the side sneered, thinking that Hu Gao was talking nonsense.

  Hu Gao didn't say a word, he didn't want to argue with these people, it was completely a waste of breath, and even if he won the argument, it wouldn't do him any good.

  "Little doll, how can you be so sure?" asked Grandpa Pipe with a smile.

  Hu Gao chuckled and said, "Of course it's not certain, maybe he's having a lucky day today and the Fire Poison will deliberately avoid him? This isn't something that can be predicted."