The Demon God King's son-in-law
CHAPTER 358 | Fire Root Fruit
Shen Long walked towards the inner room leaving the severely injured Qiong Qi unable to move. Qiong Qi's eyes seemed to dim with tears from the pain of Shen Long's punch.
Inside the Fire temple, a light illuminated the entire room. Shen Long stared at the Fire Root tree that was growing upside down above the ceiling of that inner room. The roots of the tree dangled to the floor. The leaves of the Fire Root tree were red like fire and the temperature inside the room felt increasingly hot as it approached the tree.
Surrounding the room there are also pictures and writings and the architecture in the room is similar to the old temple.
Shen Long stared at the Fire Root tree and his eyes looked for fruit around the tree leaves. Shen Long's face was delighted when he saw a piece of Fire Root that was as big as a yellowish-red but glowing grip between its fiery-red leaves.
Only one fruit was on the tree. The Fire Root Tree is rumored to produce a fruit once every 100 years, and the fruit will ripen within 30 years of growing. When old, the fruit will burn charred into dust if not picked.
“I'm really very lucky to be able to find this fruit, Shen Long's inner”.
Shen Long looked at the Fire Roots fruit in his hand after being plucked. He then ate the fruit without waiting any longer and then sat down cross-legged to purify the fruit in his body.
As Shen Long sat in meditation, Princess LingMei and MongShui who had been hiding now ventured down after Qiong Qi was destroyed by Shen Long. The eyes of the two of them twitched looking at Qiong Qi who was still groaning but could not move with his wings still burning.
Princess LingMei and MongShui passed through her directly towards the interior of the room where Shen Long was meditating. They looked at Shen Long who was sitting down and was emitting light from his stomach.
“Did he manage to get his fruit?” muttered Princess LingMei in her heart.
MongShui who looked around was amazed by the place, he looked at the Fire Root tree and searched for its fruit but found none.
“Chair, Fire Root tree only bears one seed in 150 years,” Princess LingMei said.
Hearing that MongShui sighed, he actually hoped to get one Fire Root. But he did not know that the Fire Root tree only bore one seed. They then looked at Shen Long who was meditating.
The suddenness of Shen Long's body emitted such a powerful pressure that Princess LingMei who wanted to approach him felt her steps getting heavier and her body sitting down by that pressure. MongShui also felt the same way, he bent his knees in front of Shen Long due to the force pressure emitted by Shen Long.
The pressure of that force was getting more and more widespread filling the inner room of the temple.
“Egghh..” Princess LingMei and MongShui tried to resist the pressure by lifting their bodies but to no avail. The entire room felt like a room with extremely heavy gravity.
Mongshui's eyes glared at the pressure but his body was so helpless that he felt limp and drooped down on the floor. While Princess LingMei did not put up a fight. Princess LingMei sat cross-legged adjusting her breathing to avoid being affected by the force pressure emitted by Shen Long.
Shen Long was unaware of the two of them in the room. He enjoyed the abundant flow of energy within his body. He regulated that energy to cleanse his body, strengthening his muscles and energy storage points.
Shen Long felt his blood vessels strengthen, his spirit veins enlarged and housed increasingly powerful energies. Streams of energy swirled around in circulai in his body and radiated out from his body filled the inner chamber of the temple.
The temple was a special training ground designed not to leak that power out of the temple area. So that Shen Long's power was not detected until it came out to the area of the Desert of Fire.
“Aaarrghhh.
Shen Long blasted his strength with a loud shout as he broke through the Great Universe. His body felt more comfortable and his strength was plentiful. “I just purified half of this fruit.” Shen Long murmured while opening his eyes slowly.
Upon opening his eyes, Shen Long was shocked to see MongShui's body being thrown towards the wall due to the explosion of his strength. While Princess LingMei was more fortunate to be thrown out of the inner room and crashed into the outer space.
Despite this, Princess LingMei appeared to be deeply injured due to it while MongShui was in an unconscious state.
“Ah... did I hurt you?” shen Long said.
Princess LingMei who was now able to walk up to Shen Long nodded her head with a smile. “Nothing, I'm glad you could increase your strength in such a short time,” Princess LingMei said with a smile.
Shen Long took out a medicinal pill from his storage ring and gave it to Princess LingMei to recover her condition. He gives MongShui a medicinal pill and drains his energy to wake him up and heal him.
After a few minutes Princess LingMei and MongShui had recovered. They stared at Shen Long in astonishment as it managed to increase its strength.
“Elderly, go back to your friends so they don't feel anxious. I will be here temporarily to purify again this fruit in my body.” Shen Long said later.
“Daughter, you are free to follow elder MongShui or stay here,” Shen Long continued to Princess LingMei.
“I will be here with you,” Princess LingMei said firmly.
“Good. I'll heal the beast first. You wait here!”
Shen Long then went to the outside room to meet Qiong Qi who was still lying weakly on the floor. MongShui had already returned upstairs to meet the inhabitants of the underworld so that they would not feel anxious.
Shen Long took out a recovery pill and gave it to Qiong Qi. Then he channeled his power to speed up the refining process of the pill.
After a few minutes, Qiong Qi was able to move his body again and his wings had recovered. “Thank you sir,” said Qiong Qi with his inner voice to Shen Long.
“I'm not hostile to you. I just want to get the Fire Roots. Can we be friends?” shen Long asked back.
“I've lost. I will be your follower. My name is Qiongqi,” said Qiong Qi while bowing his body to Shen Long.
It looked as if Qiong Qi's wings had not let out any more fire. Shen Long did not understand why it was like that. “My wings will emit fire if I am in a state of anger and when I issue my power. Hehehe..” sahut Qionggi explained while chuckling.