After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't understand why the fatty would do that. However, I didn't suspect the fatty. We had known each other since we were young. After spending so much time together, I didn't suspect that the fatty would harm me on purpose. I just couldn't understand why he didn't tell me about it.
As I thought about it, the bowl of medicine that I had just drunk started to take effect. I felt warm in my abdomen, and I felt sleepy. I didn't have the energy to think about anything else. Soon, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I didn't know how much time had passed. When I opened my eyes, the red shadow was still sitting on the edge of the bed. Seeing that I had woken up, she gently asked, "Husband, are you feeling better?"
My body moved slightly. The tearing pain from yesterday had disappeared. After I got off the bed and stood up, I tried to move the Taoist energy and the dark green power in my body. It didn't slow down at all.
I couldn't help but be amazed by the medicine that the red shadow had fed me yesterday. The effect was too good.
After asking, the red shadow told me that the bowl of medicine was made of Mystical Yin Liquid. It was a liquid that was produced in a mystical Yin place in the underground palace. It was very magical. It had the effect of calming the nerves and stabilizing the soul. It also had a miraculous effect on Taoist energy.
Then, the red shadow picked up a small jade bottle and handed it to me. She gently said, "There is a bottle of Mystical Yin Liquid in it. When you want to take it, you only need to pour one or two drops of it into the water according to the severity of your injury.
Husband, when you go out this time, you can't avoid some disasters. Keep it with you for emergencies. "
Her words surprised me. I asked guiltily, "You knew that I was going out?"
The red shadow didn't blame me. She gently said, "Husband, you have an unfinished business in this world. Of course, you can't stay here for a long time. I also want to go out with you, but I can't escape the ban."
She was right. Yesterday, when I had asked her if I could go out, I had already planned to go out.
I also wanted to stay with the red shadow for a long time. However, there were some things that I couldn't let go of. Luckily, the red shadow didn't restrict me in any way. This made me feel much more relaxed.
However, I suddenly thought of another problem. I worriedly asked, "Is she always here? No matter when I come back, she's always here."
After getting confirmation from the red shadow, I finally calmed down.
After I felt better, I had the mood to walk around and observe the surroundings. The red shadow had told me that this place was part of the underground palace. However, when I lifted my head and looked around, I didn't see the luminous pearls that were as bright as the stars in the night sky.
There was also bright light here, but the light source was the faint red light emitted by the surrounding walls.
I asked Red Shadow, "Is it Luminous Night Sand?" Red Shadow shook her head. "It's my first time here. I don't know."
He casually walked around the area. This place seemed to be huge, and he couldn't see the end of it even after a long time.
At this moment, my body hadn't fully recovered yet. I was a little tired, so I followed the red shadow back. However, when I reached the stone room where I had stayed the night before, I was surprised to see a massive, fiery, round table on the other side.
I seem to have seen this round table before.
My expression changed and I hastily walked in that direction. After going around the round platform, a two-meter square copper-colored stone base appeared in front of me.
This time, I was sure that this round table was the red round table I had seen at the entrance of the Fire God Temple. However, there wasn't a huge chair on it.
In front of the round table, the copper-colored stone base should be where the blazing stone tablet had been. However, Grandpa Li had taken the stone tablet away, and only this base was left.
So, I'm in the Fire God Temple now?
But the red shadow had told me yesterday that I was in the underground palace … The red shadow wouldn't lie to me. What's going on?
At this moment, the red shadow had walked next to me. I turned to ask her, "I've been here a few years ago. It's a thousand kilometers away from my hometown. Why did she say that this is the underground palace?"
The red shadow nodded affirmatively. "This is one of the underground palaces."
However, this underground palace was really magical. It had taken her a lot of effort to get here from her hometown. It was a thousand miles away from the outside world, so it wasn't a big deal.
I was stunned and still didn't understand. However, I thought about it. The red shadow had told me yesterday that the underground palace was huge. This was her first time here, and her goal was to wait for me to appear.
Moreover, when I had suddenly left the mountain behind the Metaphysics Association, the word 'Life' on the blazing stone had automatically appeared.
The blazing stone was an item of the Fire God Temple, so it was reasonable for her to send me here.
The red shadow was the same as me. It was her first time here, so she wasn't much more familiar with this place than me. Thus, I could only look around and try to find the secret hidden in this place.
I didn't know about the others, but the huge chair and the silver-eyed stone statue should still be here if I wasn't wrong.
However, no matter how I searched around the round table, I couldn't find any clues.
No matter if it was the chair or the silver-eyed stone statue, they were all mysterious items. When they weren't willing to see me, it was normal for them to hide. I just had a question that I didn't understand. Back then, the stone statue had told me that I had come too early and that he wasn't prepared. I wasn't prepared either, so no matter what, I couldn't enter the Fire God Temple.
However, since I had come here today, did it mean that I was prepared?
If I was prepared, why didn't the stone statue appear?
What did his words mean back then?
Why did he wait for me to come here?
In the end, the stone statue didn't appear, so I could only keep these questions in my heart.
Since the red shadow was here, I would have many chances to come here in the future. Since the stone statue was waiting for me, it would appear in front of me again.
After putting this question aside, I didn't go back to rest. Instead, I continued to look around without stopping.
Back then, the fatty's father had entered the Fire God Temple, and I didn't know if he had come out. Previously, when I was at the Metaphysics Union, I had told the fatty that I would come to the Fire God Temple with him after Wisdom Treasure.
Even though I was the only one here, I had to do this.
The Fire God Temple was huge. When I was beside the round table, I could see some signs of recent human activity. However, as I went deeper in, there were orderly stone walls and buildings everywhere. There were rows upon rows of buildings. It looked like a bustling ancient city. Not to mention traces of human activity, I didn't even see the footprints of insects.
After searching for a long time, I didn't find any meaningful clues. On the contrary, the red shadow told me that she had already checked. Besides some barriers or places that didn't use heavenly caves, there was no one else here besides us.
I felt slightly relieved. From the looks of it, the fatty's father had most likely gone out by himself. After all, the way he had entered the Fire God Temple was very strange. Perhaps he had a way to get out.
Moreover, he was someone who had stayed in this underground palace. Although the underground palace was huge, and he shouldn't have come to the Fire God Temple from there, the red shadow had said that he had learned some kind of spell in the underground palace. Perhaps he had seen the way to enter and exit the Fire God Temple.
In the next few days, I continued to stay here to recuperate. In my free time, I continued to look around, trying to find some traces. However, I didn't get what I wanted.
During this time, I had even asked the red shadow if she could bring me back to the underground palace that she had been in. However, the red shadow said that my cultivation base was too low, so I couldn't pass through the connection point in the middle. I couldn't reach there, so I could only give up.
Under the nourishment of the Mystic Yin Liquid every day, my body quickly recovered completely. Moreover, the various aspects of my body had improved by a lot. However, the Dao Qi and dark green power in my body, which was also the witchcraft power that the ten Celestial Masters had mentioned, hadn't improved at all.
The dark green power couldn't be cultivated in the first place, while the Dao Qi had reached the bottleneck of the Acupoint Completion. Unless it reached Glory of Knowledge, it wouldn't be able to improve in this lifetime.
Back then, Nangong had told me that unless the two powers had reached Glory of Knowledge, they wouldn't be able to coexist. I had originally thought that after the witchcraft power reached Glory of Knowledge, the Dao Qi would disappear. However, until now, the Dao Qi was still the same as before, with no signs of dissipating.
I had thought about it carefully. It could be because the Luo Hou Star had appeared that day, and when the witchcraft power had reached Glory of Knowledge, the Dao Qi had been completely frozen, resulting in the current situation.
Of course, this was only my speculation. It was also possible that I had misunderstood Nangong's intentions that day.
After my body had recovered, I took out the jade bracelet. After Tong Tong had resisted the lightning at the foot of Mount Longhu, she had turned into a black silkworm cocoon. She had been staying in the jade bracelet to absorb the Yin energy. Until now, she hadn't shown any signs of movement. I had always been worried. The red shadow's cultivation base was much higher than mine. Moreover, she was the same as Tong Tong, a Yin soul.
I couldn't see Tong Tong's current condition clearly, but the red shadow definitely could.
After briefly explaining Tong Tong's origin and experience, the red shadow nodded. She held the jade bracelet and gently shook it. The silkworm cocoon that Tong Tong had turned into appeared in front of me.
I couldn't help but feel envious. This jade bracelet belonged to the red shadow. Although I had carried it with me for many years, I could only touch Tong Tong with the jade bracelet to take her back. Unless she wanted to, I couldn't control her.
After summoning the silkworm cocoon from Tong Tong, the red shadow walked forward and placed her hand on the silkworm cocoon. She sensed it for a while and then turned to me. "Her situation isn't good. The power of the heavenly lightning restrains Yin souls the most. Although she's a heavenly fetus, she's too weak to resist the heavenly lightning. The power of the heavenly lightning has fused with her soul. I can't help her remove it completely."
After listening to the red shadow, I was worried. "What should we do?"
The red shadow contemplated for a while then told me, "From now on, you should take the Mysterious Yin Fluid and drip it on the silkworm cocoon every day.
The power of the heavenly lightning is very strong. The Yin soul of this heavenly fetus has to resist the power of the heavenly lightning every day. The Mysterious Yin Fluid can counteract this power. As for the rest, it depends on the Yin soul's luck. "
Then, a small black light dot appeared on the red shadow's fingertip. She touched the silkworm cocoon. After the black dot had fused with the silkworm cocoon, she said, "A heavenly fetus has three souls. I'll use my Yin energy to protect her soul from being destroyed. Even if I can't remove the power of the heavenly lightning, I can ensure that her soul won't dissipate. However, it's hard to preserve the Yin energy of the heavenly fetus that she has cultivated for many years."
I nodded and felt much better. Tong Tong was as pure as a piece of white paper. I was the one who had persuaded her to start cultivating.
Even if she couldn't preserve the Yin energy she had cultivated for many years, she wouldn't be too sad.
Then, the red shadow held the jade bracelet and shook it. The silkworm cocoon in Tong Tong Tong's body returned.
After putting away the silkworm cocoon, I showed the Black Dragon Qilin tattoo on my body to the red shadow. Since the Dao energy hadn't awakened, the Black Dragon Qilin tattoo looked the same. There weren't any obvious changes.
In the poem, there was a line about the Black Dragon Qilin Knot. I thought that the red shadow would know about the tattoo on my body. However, after I showed it to her, she kept silent for a long time. It was obvious that she didn't know about my situation.
I told her about the origin of the two tattoos and asked her if there was any way to remove the Qilin parasite. I thought that since the red shadow had a Heavenly Master realm cultivation base, she would be able to solve this problem. However, she told me that the parasite was very troublesome. She couldn't remove it from my body for the time being. She would have to think of a solution later.
Anyway, the Qilin parasite would break out when I reached the Heavenly Master realm. At this moment, I had encountered a heavenly barrier. It was impossible for me to awaken the Dao energy, let alone become a Heavenly Master. If the red shadow didn't have a solution, I didn't mind it and put this matter aside.
After staying here for a few more days, I was still worried about Ye Pianpian and the fatty. I didn't know how they were doing and if what had happened to me would affect them in any way. In the end, I said goodbye to the red shadow.
We had talked about this problem before. When we left, we didn't feel sad, just a little bit reluctant.