Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 41 Xu Nan, the Loose Immortal, and the Unknown Great Demon

"Something's wrong."

Sitting atop Ao Run's head, Su Yu felt increasingly uneasy, convinced that Ao Run's perception earlier wasn't an illusion.

"Something must be following us."

He pursed his lips, opened the panel, and his gaze fell on the invisibility spell. He decisively consumed 2000 million cultivation points and 120 points of Taoist cultivation to upgrade the spell to the second level.

Then, he used the Mustard Seed Concealment Technique to suppress his aura and spiritual energy, and then used the Invisibility Technique to disappear from sight.

The instant he disappeared, Xia Ning suddenly stopped and said from behind:

"Strange, his whereabouts have suddenly become elusive."

"Could they have used some kind of concealment technique or invisibility technique?"

"should be."

"But that's not important. He can become invisible, but dragons can't. We just need to follow him."

Before he could finish speaking, Fang Zeyang and Kang Tianqi's voices suddenly came through the team channel:

"Huh, what's that laughter coming from?"

Wow, so many beautiful women.

"Captain, wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Then, there was no sound.

The group immediately stopped, looking at each other with surprise and uncertainty at Kong He'an. Kong He'an also looked up in confusion at the clear river water in front of him, where wisps of dreamlike, colorful light suddenly rose and drifted outwards.

Just now, Fang Zeyang and Kang Tianqi received his order to cross this crevice and overtake Su Yu, and they disappeared in that band of colored light.

"run!"

While they were still wondering, Ao Run, who was going around the crevice in the ground, sprang up like a cat that had been stepped on, and turned and ran without saying a word.

Su Yu didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately grabbed the dragon's dorsal fin and ran away.

Looking back, I saw wisps of colorful light rising from the crack in the ground, so beautiful and dreamlike. I really wanted to go and see it.

"Whee!"

A woman's giggles came from beside my ear:

"Young master, come and play!"

Su Yu's eyes gradually became confused. She involuntarily let go, turned around, and reached out to grab the sunset.

"boom!"

The enormous dragon tail lashed out, slapping him back and waking him up. Su Yu was surprised to find that he had let go of the dragon's hand and flown towards the crevice in the ground.

"What happened to me just now?"

A wave of fear washed over him. He turned around and grabbed the azure dragon's dorsal fin again, asking:

"How did I let go?"

The Azure Dragon's voice rang out:

"I don't know what it is, but don't look back."

Suppressing her curiosity, Su Yu asked:
"Is that an illusion?"

Is there a demon king inside?

"I don't know, I've never been inside."

He shut his mouth, suppressing his curiosity.

However, he was able to suppress his curiosity thanks to Qingjiao's reminder, but Kong He'an and the others were not reminded by anyone. Almost everyone subconsciously looked at the dreamy colorful light rising from the crack in the ground in front of them, and then showed a dazed smile on their faces as they floated towards the colorful light.

They quickly arrived at the crevice and flew into the dark abyss without hesitation.

After a long time, a precious light appeared inside, and undercurrents surged, but it quickly disappeared, and the water returned to calm.

Su Yu was unaware of all this. At this point, they were already seven or eight kilometers away from the crevice and dared not look back. They had no idea that the pursuers behind them were Kong He'an and his group, nor did they know that they had all fallen into the crevice without a single survivor.

But this place left a deep impression on him, and he specifically opened a map and drew a skull mark here.

"I don't know what's inside."

He is still very curious.

But they were just curious; they would never dare to go down and explore, and they would never come back here again.

At least before surviving a heavenly tribulation, and without sufficient confidence, they certainly wouldn't come here.

Half an hour later, the dragon and the lone figure bypassed the crevice and resumed their journey.

Seven hours later, they finally crossed thousands of kilometers and arrived at a body of water at the bottom of the river, a huge sunken canyon that stretched diagonally into the depths of the riverbed without end.

“Such abundant spiritual energy!”

The valley floor is covered with lush vegetation, and various aquatic creatures roam in the valley. Giant snail spirits are everywhere in the cracks of rocks and mud, some as small as a round table, and others as big as a small villa.

In the sunken valley where the snail spirits dwelled, clusters of emerald-green lotus flowers grew.

Deep within that vast expanse of clear water and cold lotus, there is one.
"what?"

Su Yuteng stood up abruptly, looking in surprise at the clearly visible artificial stone cave entrance near the edge of the valley deep within the Azure Lotus Water.

He pointed over there and asked:
"Is that a cave dwelling?"

Ao Run glanced at it and shook his head, saying:

"The cave is empty."

"what"

"Ok."

After a disappointing experience, Su Yu clicked her tongue and said:
"Let's get started and take care of the monsters nearby first."

Ao Run opened his mouth and spat out a blue bead that flew out like a shooting star, leaving a clear straight line in the water.

"boom!"

The shell of a river snail spirit was smashed open, and a large amount of body impurities sprayed out, while a meteor emerged from the other side of its body.

The azure dragon pounced, its thick tail slamming down, cracking the snail shell. It then pressed down on the cracks with its claws, shattering the shell into pieces.

On the other side, Su Yu was not idle either. He unleashed his Hidden Sun Ice Soul and wrapped it around an 82-level Giant Mouth Fatfish not far away. His two swords circled the fish spirit's body, crossing back and forth, and blood flowers kept floating up.

However, the level 82 monster has over 100,000 HP and strong defense, so the Ice Soul Sword can only scratch it like scraping sand.

Fortunately, the damage from the Sun-Covering Sword is sufficient, dealing six or seven thousand damage per round. Slowly wearing it down, it can eventually be resolved.

The efficiency is too low. If you want to level up, level 60 monsters are the most suitable.

Before we knew it, it was getting dark, and the underwater world grew increasingly dark.

After considering it for a moment, Su Yu summoned Ao Run to circle around and approach the abandoned cave at the bottom of the valley on the other side.

Concealing his aura and becoming invisible, he approached, letting the Azure Dragon kill the few fish spirits and river snails wandering nearby. He then stood in front of the cave entrance, carefully prepared, and pushed open the stone door.

Good news, the cave has not been occupied by monsters.

The bad news is, it's empty, there's nothing inside.

Even better news is that a stone slab hangs on the central pillar in the hall, on which someone left a message:

"There is a water-repelling bead inside the pillar behind the stone slab. You can stay there temporarily, but do not remove the water-repelling bead."

Su Yu removed the stone slab, revealing a groove behind it containing a blue bead. He placed his hand on the bead and infused it with magic power. The water-repelling bead took effect, and an invisible force pushed the water away until all the water in the entire cave was drained.

"Good man!"

This water-repelling bead was clearly left behind intentionally by someone to make things convenient for others.

Su Yu decided on the spot not to go back today and to spend the night here.

He took some food from the storage space to tide him over, closed the stone door, and lay down on the stone bed.

As for Ao Run, nighttime is when she is at her most energetic, and she is currently out there wreaking havoc.

I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep, oblivious to everything around me.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Yu was suddenly awakened by a violent tremor.

"earthquake?"

He got up and listened intently for a moment, then heard a furious roar coming from outside the door. His expression changed.
"Did Ao Run offend the BOSS?"

He quickly pushed open the door and went out, only to see the sky filled with the blue light of the Gui Water elite illuminating the surroundings. Gui Water divine thunder rose and fell and exploded continuously. Ao Run shuttled back and forth in the blue clouds formed by the Gui Water elite, constantly spewing out blue lightning pillars across the sky.

Su Yu looked up at the sky, where bursts of Gui Water Divine Thunder illuminated the heavens. She saw a figure suspended in the water, protected by an invisible sphere of light, standing motionless despite the relentless bombardment of the lightning pillars.

He waved a white banner in one hand, unleashing a dense barrage of sword energy. Thousands of meters above them, suspended in the water, was a colossal cauldron encircled by red flames, which continuously emitted concentric rings of fire that did not extinguish in the water, instead boiling the river.

Beneath the giant cauldron, Ao Run's blue pearl was radiating boundless blue light, spreading out in layers and blocking the cauldron and flames from view.

Above, flames blaze across the sea; below, the water is a uniform blue, as if separated by a clear path between two distinct worlds.

"Where did the master come from?"

The moment he looked over, the figure also saw Su Yu pushing open the door and stepping out. Immediately afterward, he heard a soft exclamation, followed by a gentle and refined voice:

"Is this dragon your pet?"

Su Yu was also taken aback for a moment, then nodded in agreement:

"Yes."

"Then this is a misunderstanding. Tell your pet to stop."

The man reached out and grabbed the banner, then with a flick of his right hand, sent a torrent of flames flowing towards the giant cauldron.

Su Yu quickly sent a telepathic message to Ao Run:
"No need to fight anymore, it's a misunderstanding."

Seeing his opponent retract his magic weapon, Ao Run also retracted his pearl and slowly descended to his side.

The middle-aged man slowly descended, and Su Yu clasped her hands in a salute:
"Su Yu from the Thousand Feathers Guild greets senior."

The man returned the greeting with clasped hands, his voice gentle and magnetic:
"Danxia School, Xu Nan."

He glanced at the nervous Ao Run, then nodded in approval:

"Your spirit pet is quite good."

Su Yu retrieved the level 142 shown in Xu Nan's limited information and quickly replied:

"Senior has given you too much praise."

Xu Nan smiled and didn't continue the topic. He looked up at what was behind him and said:

"This is a temporary place for me to stay."

Su Yu was surprised:
"This was pioneered by our predecessors!"

"I spent a lot of time leveling up here before, and there were no towns nearby, so I created a temporary cave here to save time."

Su Yu quickly said:

"If it belongs to a senior, then it should naturally be given to the senior."

Xu Nan waved his hand and said:
"No need, I was just passing by and thought I'd take a look."

Su Yu
Xu Nan left directly; he was just passing by.

Su Yu stood at the door for a long time, then told Ao Run to be careful before turning back into the cave to continue resting.

I haven't slept, and I can't sleep.

How could I dare to sleep here? Heaven knows if he was really just passing by or not. What if he had designs on Ao Run?

After pacing back and forth for a while, he simply went out and left with Ao Run.

A few minutes later, it broke out of the water and flew towards the shore.

He opened the map in the air and found no towns nearby, so he took out the Spirit Fish Shuttle and flew in. The shuttle hovered in the air above the shore, and he waited for dawn.

The interior of the shuttle is quite spacious, five meters long when unfolded, and one and a half meters in diameter, enough for a person and a shrunken dragon to lie inside.

There is also a ring of windows on the side, through which you can clearly see the night sky outside through the transparent light barrier.

A cool night breeze stirs up waves that surge onto the shore, the night sky is filled with twinkling stars, and huge bands of light stretch across the sky like the Milky Way. The enormous moon hangs in the sky like a jade plate, shining brightly alongside billions of stars to illuminate the other side of the world.

"beautiful."

There is not a trace of environmental pollution; this place is so beautiful.

"With sufficient strength in the future, I can travel to the East China Sea in the morning and spend my evenings in Cangwu."

He rested his hands behind his head, quietly gazing at the starry sky outside, where colorful lights occasionally flashed.

"So beautiful!"

"wrong!"

He suddenly realized something and sat up. The spirit fish shuttle turned around and saw streaks of light shooting into the sky from the southeast of the Yuanjiang River, making that area of ​​water bright.

"what is this?"

He quickly grabbed the sleeping Azure Dragon, held it up to the window, and shook it:
"Look."

Ao Run woke up groggily, and the next second his limp body trembled violently. He rushed out, flew to a high altitude, looked around for a moment, and returned to say:
"Come over and have a look."

Su Yu was surprised:

"What happened over there?"

"It looks like someone has broken into that crevice."

"Is someone challenging the being in that crevice?"

"should be."

Su Yu immediately urged the spirit fish shuttle to fly in that direction.

As the shuttle drew closer, the rosy light became clearer, and a huge vortex of fire appeared in the water, the flames mixing with the river water, the river water evaporating and rising.

"This is."

It looks somewhat familiar.

Su Yu controlled the shuttle to rise, observing from above, and soon saw the faint outline of the giant cauldron beneath the boiling river water.

"Isn't this Xu Nan's magic weapon?"

"Is he challenging the existence in that crevice?"

At this moment, Ao Run circled around behind him and came to the front, asking with an eager look on his face:

"Do you want to go down and see what's in that crevice?"

Su Yu shook her head directly:

"No, it's too dangerous."

"Then I'll go take a look!"

Su Yu quickly grabbed his neck:

"You shouldn't go either."

What a joke! What if we go down there and get misunderstood and dragged into this mess?

The green dragon suddenly became listless, lying beside him and idly swaying its tail from side to side.

"Boom!"

A muffled rumbling sound came from the river, and terrifying waves that made his scalp tingle exploded from the bottom of the water. A surging undercurrent emerged from the riverbed, forming layers of giant waves that surged in all directions.

"boom!"

The water surface, spanning over a thousand meters in radius, arched up, with pillars of flame seeping through the river and soaring into the sky, occasionally piercing out sharp sword energy.

"What a powerful magic weapon."

Su Yu silently estimated that the blazing cauldron was at least of the eighth rank.

Just then, a spirit-winged flying boat flew in from the horizon, paused briefly, and flew towards him, stopping beside the spirit fish shuttle. The flying boat carried forty or fifty people. A young man in the center flew over, cupped his hands in greeting, and politely asked:
"Brother, do you know what happened here?"

Su Yu returned the greeting with clasped hands and said:

"A powerful cultivator is fighting a boss at the bottom of the river."

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome."

The man returned to the Spirit Wing Flying Boat, exchanged a few words with his companion, and the flying boat stopped there to watch the show.

Not long after, another airship flew in from a distance, and after learning what was going on, it also stopped to watch the show.

As time went by, the night owls in the vicinity were drawn to this strange phenomenon, and before they knew it, nearly a hundred people had gathered.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the river water swelled up, followed by a burst of flames. The giant cauldron was lifted out of the riverbed by unparalleled force, and then rays of light shot out of the water. Everyone heard beautiful singing and laughter.

Countless people, upon hearing the laughter, became bewildered and involuntarily jumped off the flying boats and flew towards the river.

(End of this chapter)