The Night King: The Asura
Ch-293's chat. Huoshen
After walking through the forest for a few hours, Xie Long finally managed to find Xiao Xue, but the circumstances were the same, as his subordinates were also unable to use his strength.
Even so, both of them did not give up immediately, even though they could not use their strength, but that did not mean they could not do anything and just resignedly accepted the situation.
"Sir, up ahead there is a river whose water is very clear" Xiao Xue said.
"Where do you know that?"
"Before master came, I had already traveled through this forest and happened to find a river ahead there" Xiao Xue replied.
"Well, we should go there to clean up, and I happen to be very thirsty" said Xie Long.
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When they arrived at the river in question, Xie Long did not immediately drink the water of the river that was very clear, because he felt something strange from the upstream of the river.
Although he could not use all the power he had in him, but his instincts as a cultivator still remained, so he could still feel the presence of danger that surrounded him.
"Sir, what's wrong?"
"Come on, but you better not drink this river water" replied Xie Long, his gaze still focused on looking upstream.
"Do you want to check it out?"
Xie Long nodded slowly, then walked in the opposite direction to the stream. At the same time, the strange feeling he had felt before suddenly disappeared.
"It seems like something is really wrong with this place" Xie Long murmured.
After following the opposite direction of the stream for almost an hour, the two of them finally found where the stream came from, which was inside a very large cave.
When entering the cave, they were amazed by the view in front of him, because in the very large cave there is a waterfall so high.
Not only that, the cave does not look like a cave anymore, but more like the dark night sky decorated by millions of starlight.
In addition, there was also a huge flow of life energy, even so huge that Xie Long thought that the place was the source of all life energy in this world.
"Master, this place is a real paradise for cultivators" Xiao Xue said.
"You're right, but we have to be careful, because there's no way this place isn't guarded by anything."
"Good, master!"
Not long after, the entire place suddenly shook, at the same time, at the top of the waterfall appeared a middle-aged man with such an incredible aura.
"Who are you two?" ask the man.
"Senior, my name is Lin Xie Long, then this one is my friend, his name is Xiao Xue" Xie Long replied politely.
As a cultivator, he certainly knew when to be polite, because otherwise, there would be great risks that might threaten his life.
For example, as at this time, although forced, he still had to be polite, because the man in front of them had such incredible strength, and it was impossible for them to fight against him.
"Xie Long and Xiao Xue, I welcome you to my place. And introduce, my name is Huoshen."
Both of them immediately gasped when they heard the name of the man, because his name was the same as the name of the island they were looking for all this time, namely Huoshen island.
"Senior, sorry if I was presumptuous, but did senior find out about Huoshen island?"
"Not only know, but I am the owner of Huoshen island you mean" replied the man named Huoshen.
"But why are you looking for my island?"
Xie Long smiled happily, then explained if he was assigned to look for Huoshen island, he also explained about the exam he had to undergo on the island.
"Yes, senior!"
"Please prove that I believe your words!"
Xie Long nodded, then showed the silver-colored fur that the silver Phoenix gave him.
"Young man, who are you? Why do you know the silver Phoenix?"
"I knew him from my late grandfather named Yuan Long" Xie Long replied.
"It turns out, I've also heard your grandfather's name from my friend" Huoshen said.
After that, Huoshen asked them to climb to the top of the waterfall, but because they could not use their strength, they could only climb.
However, reaching the top of the waterfall is not something easy, because in addition to being very high, the waterfall that befalls their bodies also provides very heavy pressure.
In addition to the pressure from the waterfall, their bodies were also suppressed by the aura of such a great power, thus making both of them very difficult to climb the cliff.
"Young man, if you fail to climb this waterfall, then you won't be able to take the second test" Huoshen said.
"One more time, you should reach the top within a month!"
Xie Long and Xiao Xue were astonished at Huoshen's words, not expecting the time given to them to be so long.
In other words, climbing the waterfall is a very difficult job, otherwise it would be impossible for Huoshen to give them a month to reach the top.
"Xiao Xue, let's finish this exam together!"
"Good, master!"
***
Meanwhile.
Jia Zhen and Zhen Jia have now reached the hometown of their father, the city of Clouds. However, their arrival there was not very well welcomed, especially when it came to knowing that they were from the Lin family.
Time has indeed passed very long, but the people in the city of Clouds certainly still remember the dark events in the past, the incident that killed all members of the Zhou family.
"People here are very unfriendly" Zhen Jia said in a soft voice.
"Just ignore it, the important thing is that we are still allowed to enter this city" Jia Zhen said.
"But why do they hate our family so much?"
"Once again, there may be events that they have not been able to forget until now."
"Stop!"
Jia Zhen and his sister halted their steps, then turned their heads toward the source of the voice.
"What's up, mister?" Jia Zhen asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but you two are forbidden from entering this city!" answer the soldiers who stopped them.
"What do you mean sir? Weren't we allowed in before?"
"I know that, but I've changed my mind, and you'd better leave now or I'll kick you out in a rude manner!"
Jia Zhen frowned, he really did not expect that he and his sister would get such treatment, yet he preferred to budge, instead, for not wanting to cause trouble in his father's hometown.
"All right, we're going."