Chapter 500: Third Fire
"Xiaomu and Xiaolei are out of seclusion." Zhen Yuan observed and narrowed his eyes.
"Their cultivation is half a step into level ten." He said and Shen Xu nodded.
"They consumed all their resources and finally pushed their cultivation to that level." He said with a hint of pride in his voice.
"Why are they..." Yang Shi started but suddenly stopped when a hint of realisation hit him.
"Could it be?" He asked and Shen Xu nodded.
"Xiaomu and Xiaolei have sensed another elemental fire." The double excitedly said.
Although Shen Xu didn’t know what kind of fire they would find, he was excited all the same.
After all, he was a chaos fire spiritual root cultivator and could contract any elemental fire.
Most importantly, contracting and refining an elemental fire was an adequate opportunity to tip his cultivation to the void immortal realm.
"Where is the fire?" Yang Shi asked.
"It’s somewhere in the south." Shen Xu said.
The ship sailed for ten days before the double also sensed the elemental fire.
"I sense it." He exclaimed.
"We are almost there." Xiaolei said.
One day later, the ship stopped and everyone looked over the railing.
"Why don’t I see it?" Li Wenqiang asked.
"It’s in a space pocket." Shen Xu said, recalling how they found Xiaolei in the lightning lake of the Yunshan secret realm.
[The laws surrounding the pocket space are similar to those that we found in the Yunshan secret realm.] Zhen Yuan transmitted and quickly continued.
[Your father probably prepared this pocket space.] He said and Shen Xu couldn’t help but frown.
He already knew that his father had made many arrangements for him.
However, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy every time he encountered an arrangement.
After all, the arrangements meant that something uncontrollable was going on in his life and he couldn’t help but worry.
[It’s useless to fret.] Zhen Yuan said and continued when the double turned to look at him.
[We may not know what’s going on but we at least know that your father has no ill will towards you. I have checked the laws in all his gifts and I haven’t sensed a single trace of malicious intent. Let’s keep advancing and we will eventually learn the truth.] He said and Shen Xu nodded.
[You are right.] He said and sighed but soon frowned.
[It’s a pity we still can’t read the hidden part of my father’s letter.] The double said and Zhen Yuan chuckled.
[I suspect that we won’t be able to read it even when we ascend to the immortal realm.] The man said.
Hearing this, Shen Xu sighed and shifted his focus to the elemental fires.
"Xiaolei, Xiaomu, what element is the fire in the pocket space?" He asked but the two fires jumped from side to side, indicating that they didn’t know.
"I can sense a fire but I don’t know its attribute." Xiaolei said and Xiaomu nodded.
"I also can’t sense it." She said.
"How should we do this? Destroy the pocket space?" Yang Shi asked but Shen Xu shook his head.
"Let’s send Xiaolei or Xiaomu to investigate the situation within the pocket space. We can decide what to do after we know what’s going on." He said.
"I will go." Xiaolei offered but Xiaomu immediately argued.
"You are stronger but I am more likeable." She said and Xiaolei flickered dangerously.
"What do you mean? Are you saying that the other elemental fires don’t like me?" He asked but Xiaomu didn’t answer.
Instead, her fire head looked away, not daring to meet Xiaolei’s eyes.
Seeing this, Xiaolei immediately took offense and wanted to argue.
However, Shen Xu didn’t want to listen to their argument so he stepped in with a solemn expression.
"Let Xiaomu go." He said and Xiaolei turned to him with an aggrieved expression, silently accusing him of serious crimes against elemental fires.
"Xiaolei is stronger so he will be the reinforcement in case Xiaomu encounters danger." The double quickly said and Xiaolei raised his chin with a proud face.
After that, Xiaomu left Shen Xu’s palm and flew to a place several metres from the ship.
"The entrance is here." She said and hurriedly entered the pocket space.
The pocket space was much like the one in the Yunshan secret realm.
It was one hundred square metres large, and had nothing but blue fire and blue stones.
"High-grade water fire stones." Xiaomu exclaimed and then looked at the middle of the space.
"Xiaoshui." She called and the blue fire began to gather at the middle.
"Xiaomu..., how are you here?" Xiaoshui asked with a confused expression.
However, she didn’t wait for an answer before she began crying.
"Xiaomu, you don’t know how much I have suffered." She complained and quickly continued.
"I was swimming in the fire lake; minding my own business when someone captured me and trapped me here. I have already been trapped for more than one million years and I couldn’t leave no matter how much tried." She cried, looking at Xiaomu with aggrieved eyes.
Hearing this, Xiaomu lowered her head and forcibly suppressed her smile.
’Master’s father is too outrageous.’ She thought.
After all, without negotiating terms, he captured the fires and abandoned them at random places.
"Xiaomu, were you also captured?" Xiaoshui asked, feeling sympathetic but also grateful that she would no longer be alone.
"It’s not just me. Xiaolei was also caught." Xiaomu revealed and Xiaoshui froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"Didn’t Xiaolei burn people into ashes?" She asked and Xiaomu shook her head.
"He didn’t have a chance." She said.
After that, Xiaomu told Xiaoshui about their current situation and the water element fire couldn’t help but be surprised.
However, she and Xiaomu had always gotten along and she didn’t mind following the same master.
"Master is waiting outside. I will call him in." Xiaomu said and messaged Shen Xu through their fire contract.
Soon after, Shen Xu and the others entered the pocket space but at this time, the water element fire had already collected its flames so the place looked like an empty plot.
