The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 143 - 128 The Wildfire is Inextinguishable!_1

Chapter 143: Chapter 128 The Wildfire is Inextinguishable!_1

"I’ll need two more months."

Having left the white jade porcelain bottle, Luo Hongyan gazed upon the numerous spiritual materials that Pang Jian had provided for the second transaction, lightly tugging at her shimmering red lips, smiling, "We don’t have to worry too much about the Dark Ghosts anymore."

With all the soul-nourishing and body-refining spiritual materials before her, she would have enough to restore her glorious beauty in two months.

Pang Jian, having washed off the dye on his face, was casually wiping it with his sleeve as he spoke, "The Filth Alien Power is about to contaminate."

Luo Hongyan nodded with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly said, "The box that can isolate the contamination of the Filth Alien Power must remain in this cave dwelling for me to continue using this blood pool. In that case, you can bring over those burdens."

Pang Jian asked in surprise, "Won’t they disturb you?"

"It doesn’t matter."

Luo Hongyan smiled radiantly.

When the Power of Filth filled this place, Sky Fortune would soon be abandoned.

Only with the box that Pang Jian had brought from Bagua City could she complete the reconstruction of her fleshly body over the course of two months.

Recently, those lands untouched by the Filth Alien Power must be rife with panic and rampant disorder.

On the contrary, places like Fragment Land of Sky Fortune, now forbidden zones for living beings, would go unnoticed.

As for the Dark Ghosts like Zhao Ling, she didn’t take them seriously at all; they could not affect her.

"Alright, once you see the Power of Filth manifest in the Fragment Land of Sky Fortune after getting past the external Spirit Evil, I’ll lead them over."

After that, Pang Jian still slept inside that peculiar box.

During the day, he saw the Fierce Sun hanging in the sky.

At night, the starry sky was inlaid with fragmented stars and the Bright Moon.

He cultivated relentlessly, using the vast vitality in the beast blood to merge the life vitality from within that leaf into his own blood.

In this process, he naturally absorbed the Power of Stars using the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell" under the Sun, Moon, and Stars.

Gradually, above his Spiritual Sea’s dantian, not only there was a moon the size of a rice grain and several needle-point-like fragmented stars but also an additional miniature sun appeared!

Fierce Sun, Full Moon, Stars—all displayed above the sky of his Spiritual Sea.

One day.

"Plop!"

The lid of the box was lifted open by Luo Hongyan from the outside.

Awoken, Pang Jian saw a grave expression on her unrealistically beautiful face and understood what had happened.

"They’ve come?"

"Mhm, it has penetrated into the Fragment Land of Sky Fortune."

After a brief exchange,

Pang Jian did not hesitate; he immediately left the spacious cave and went to the nearby cave entrance.

After knocking and entering, looking at the bewildered Dark Ghosts, Pang Jian said, "Follow me."

A group of people quickly got up to follow.

Soon.

They followed Pang Jian to the adjacent cave dwelling, saw a blood pool, and Luo Hongyan hovering mid-air.

"Ah!"

The moment they saw Luo Hongyan, Zhao Ling and the others could not help but exclaim in surprise.

"During our time in Sky Fortune City, I helped you destroy the Branded Eye of the Blood Moon. Not long ago, it was also by my command of the Spirit Evil that held the beast-catching ship hostage, smashing several major families’ Cloud Sails."

Luo Hongyan, with easy grace, cleanly stated the situation and pointed to Pang Jian with a smile, "I am his sister."

"So that’s how it is!"

Zhao Ling suddenly understood.

She now fully believed every word Pang Jian had said, exclaiming, "No wonder Hong Jian dared to propose attacking the beast-catching ship. With someone like you behind him, of course, he could be more courageous!"

The Dark Ghost Hall Master, Zhao Ling, gazed again and again at the breathtakingly beautiful Luo Hongyan, murmuring, "It’s really true that comparisons are odious."

Wu Yi, and a few surviving Dark Ghost stewards, were at a loss for words in the presence of Luo Hongyan.

Luo Hongyan’s beauty was arresting; her every frown and smile, every move she made, seemed to captivate the soul, causing one to fall completely under her spell.

Thinking of her impressive display of power on the beast-catching ship and her delicate control of the Spirit Evil, the stewards, merely at the Meridians Channeling Realm, became even more tongue-tied.

"So beautiful, she’s practically like a celestial being..."

Bai Zhi gently bit her lower lip.

She glanced between Luo Hongyan and Pang Jian, as if suddenly understanding something, and looked down slightly disheartened.

Luo Hongyan’s stunning beauty made her feel pressured; she didn’t dare to look too much.

Looking too much would leave her with no confidence in her own appearance.

"With such a beautiful sister, it’s no wonder he didn’t fancy either of us..."

Bai Wei felt somewhat relieved since the time they became contaminated.

"You guys, just stay put in the cave dwelling, and don’t ask any questions. When the time comes, we, brother and sister, will naturally take you with us when we leave."

"If you upset us by asking questions you shouldn’t, I’ll kick all of you out."

Luo Hongyan chuckled as she playfully cautioned everyone.

"Swoosh!"

Immediately after, she turned into a deep red beam of light, darting into the floating white jade porcelain bottle above the blood pool.

The next moment, she appeared on the Crystal-clear Snow Lotus that only had roots left, using the bottle’s mouth to collect strands of blood and flesh essence energy.

The blood pool, the white jade porcelain bottle, and the luminous box emitting a soft light—these marvelous objects left the Dark Ghosts in admiration.

They harbored countless questions in their hearts.

But remembering Luo Hongyan’s warning, they all forcefully held back, fearing that a few inadvertent words could unintentionally offend this mysterious brother and sister duo.

Half a day later.

Pang Jian suddenly arrived at the mouth of the cave, peering through the crevices of the shattered rocks at the distant view.

"Boom! Crack!"

The thunder outside was ear-shattering, and the relentless pouring rain made the sky incredibly dark and gloomy.

It was under such weather that he once spotted the Divine Bird Qing Jue suspended in the air, and saw his family’s courtyard sealed off by a light screen.

"It has been a long time, I wonder how Pang Lin..."

Gazing through the fissure at the foul weather outside, Pang Jian’s thoughts suddenly ran wild, and he remembered his sister, taken to the Upper Realm by Sun Bin.

Scenes of living with his sister in the Solitude Mountain Range became vivid at this moment, making him, still just a youth, overwhelmed with an intense longing for his sister.

After a long while, the youth whispered softly, "It’s better up there anyway, better than staying in the Lower Realm."

In the distance.

Under the chaotic Sky Curtain, strands of Filth Alien Power gently floated, quietly catching the youth’s eye.

He immediately reined in his scattered thoughts and squinted to scrutinize, noticing that the Filth Alien Power resembled billowing smoke, some clustering like tufts of cotton, others simply faint wisps.

The Filth Alien Power from the Lower Realm was infiltrating all regions unrestrainedly, swiftly reaching the low hill where he was located.

He took a deep breath, shifted a small step back, and watched as the Filth Alien Power approached the cracks in the stones.

As expected, the smoky Alien Power was barred from entry.

Behind him.

Zhao Ling and the others, holding their breath, all watched his every move, fearing that he would suddenly show a panicked expression.

"It’s alright now."

He turned around, relaxed, with his back against the cracked rocks, looking at the copper box emitting a brilliant glow, and said, "The Filth Alien Power outside can’t penetrate into the cave at all. You all can live here without worries."

"Phew!"

Zhao Ling exhaled in relief, her tense nerves relaxing as she curiously eyed the glowing box.

Pang Jian had previously informed them that the light from the box could fend off the Power of Filth’s corruption.

Now that Pang Jian had confirmed it, the box indeed could protect them—sparking endless curiosity about it among them.

But they also remembered Luo Hongyan’s words, and despite their many questions, they dared not inquire further.

"As long as you don’t leave this cave, you all will remain unharmed."

Seeing that there were no problems and no signs of living people outside, Pang Jian returned to cultivating inside the box.

That day.

Pang Jian was in the box, using the mindset of the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell" and tried to sense the Sapling.

Through Luo Hongyan, he knew that Ferocious Beasts and plants were more likely to adapt to the Filth Alien Power, so he wanted to see how the Sapling hidden underground was now faring.

"It’s not working."

After several attempts, he was unable to establish a connection with the Sapling or the Dark Giant Python from the Fifth Realm.

He promptly pushed open the lid of the box from the inside.

Once he jumped out of the box, Zhao Ling and the others were all watching nervously.

"It’s nothing."

He left the box on the ground and went to the small cave he had specially opened for the transaction with Dong Tianze.

In the small cave, he tried to sense again and immediately made contact with the Sapling.

A surprising image then instantaneously flooded his mind.

The Sapling, which had retracted underground to avoid the flames, did not know when it had broken through the soil again and taken root in the vast marsh.

In the depths of the faintly smoke-like Filth Alien Power, the Sapling had grown taller once more; it was thriving in the brand new Cloud Marsh!

Centered on it, the soggy ground ravaged by the violent rain had once again sprouted plants and flowers!

The emerging plants were just showing their fledgling tips.

After taking a closer look, Pang Jian immediately recognized that these new plants were entirely different from the previous vegetation of Cloud Marsh!

The newly born plants had small branches resembling jagged saw teeth, appearing vicious and bloodthirsty, as though they could devour people.

"The Fifth Realm!"

Pang Jian recalled the time when he left the Fifth Realm, entangled by horrific plants, struggling to break free.

His startled mind shifted from beneath the Sapling and floated upwards.

Soon, he discovered that within the Cloud Marsh, covered by the Filth Alien Power, only the ground near the Sapling was birthing these unusual plants.

"You couldn’t be from the Fifth Realm, could you?"

Pang Jian was startled by his own thought.

He felt that the Sapling was not only completely unaffected by the Filth Alien Power but was also somehow fostering many plants and trees from the Fifth Realm in its surrounding area.

These vicious and terrifying plants were spreading outward, centered on the Sapling.

"Whoosh!"

The bewildered Pang Jian suddenly felt something unusual in his chest, and he instinctively reached to touch it.

Immediately, he felt the second leaf!

The Sapling in the midst of Filth had once again bestowed a gift upon him! Another leaf had condensed in his heart, surging with the same Life Vitality.

What did this mean?

It meant that in this harsh environment, the Sapling would not wither but continue to grow in a way he couldn’t comprehend!

Pang Jian even felt that because of this single Sapling, the Thousand Miles of Cloud Land would eventually return to its original state, filled with plants and trees from the Fifth Realm!

The Sapling seemed capable of transforming the entire natural environment of Cloud Marsh by itself!

Wildfires couldn’t burn it out, and with the rebirth brought by the spring breeze,

The fiery blaze’s scorching and the Filth Alien Power’s corruption had not caused all living things to wither and die.

A miraculous Sapling, deeply rooted in the charred ruins, was silently changing Cloud Marsh and the entire Sky Fortune Fragment Land with its own ways.

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