Volume 2: Achieving the Nine Heavens and Breaking the Cage Chapter 294: Innate Spirit Talisman
"Could it be that there is some kind of good fortune in this sea of fire?"
Gu Xiaoxing murmured, thinking for a moment, and finally made up his mind to go down and take a look. Originally, with his personality, he would not take risks without reason, but...
As a light flashed in Gu Xiaoxing's hand, a talisman appeared, which was actually a small teleportation talisman, and his sense of security suddenly increased.
"That way, it's safe!"
He then activated his cultivation and stepped into the sea of fire. The temperature around him instantly rose a lot. As Gu Xiaoxing immersed his entire body in the sea of fire, the temperature reached an outrageous level. Even with his current strength, he still felt a burning pain!
However, this was still within Gu Xiaoxing's endurance. It was not until he dived a hundred feet that he finally felt the pressure. He couldn't help but recall how he was almost roasted by this sea of fire.
Although, he was only above the sea of fire at first, but now, he can go deep into the sea of fire, which also shows that Gu Xiaoxing is no longer the same as before. His eyes focused, and a layer of Danhai emerged. All the flames were immediately squeezed out of the Danhai, and the burning sensation subsided.
Gu Xiaoxing smiled slightly and continued to dive.
Five hundred feet...
One thousand feet...
Five thousand feet...
It was not until Gu Xiaoxing dived a full eight thousand feet that he finally could not laugh anymore. At this moment , what enveloped him was not just one layer of Danhai, but nine seas. However, even so, the endless burning sensation was still difficult to completely isolate.
The fire here is terrifying enough to kill an ordinary cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage. If it weren't for the extraordinary Nine Seas Art of Gu Xiaoxing, he would have collapsed long ago.
"Is that damn Pan Changjin trying to trick me? There is no treasure under this sea of fire!"
At this time, Gu Xiaoxing couldn't help but start to doubt. Coming down to such a deep place was extremely difficult even for him. Could Pan Changjin really do it?
"Go down a little further. If we still can't see the bottom within two thousand feet, we should give up!" Finally, Gu Xiaoxing gritted his teeth and tightened the teleportation talisman in his hand, ready to crush it at any time. If the situation was not right, he would leave immediately.
Soon he dived another thousand feet, but still did not see the bottom. Gu Xiaoxing continued to persist, and finally, he dived to a depth of ten thousand feet in the sea of fire. The high temperature here was suffocating. Even if he was in the early stage of Nascent Soul, he would not be able to hold on for long here and would be burned to ashes.
Even though Gu Xiaoxing's Nine Seas Technique was extremely magical, it could not last long. What made him speechless was that even though it was ten thousand feet deep, there was still no bottom. It was hard to imagine how deep this sea of fire was.
"I can't go on any further..."
Gu Xiaoxing stopped decisively and prepared to return the same way. If he went further down, the sea of fire would only become more and more terrifying. Even if he possessed the Nine Seas Technique, it would be difficult to bear. If something went wrong, the Nine Seas would suddenly collapse and he would not have time to cast the teleportation talisman, which would be really dangerous.
The terrifying flames here are too much for even Gu Xiaoxing to bear.
But at this moment, in the endless sea of fire below, a special light suddenly flashed, which immediately attracted Gu Xiaoxing's attention.
"Hmm? What's that?"
Gu Xiaoxing was surprised and looked intently. As the sea of fire was too terrifying, even his spiritual consciousness could not spread in it. He could only use his eyes to see, but he could not see too far. He could only see a faint light flashing below.
The light was very unique. The entire sea of fire was orange and yellow in color, and the flames were endless, but that little light was a bright red, which was different from the others!
"It shouldn't be very deep, let's go check it out first!"
Gu Xiaoxing hesitated for a moment, but finally flew slowly towards the place where the light was coming from below. After diving for about several dozen feet, he finally saw what was glowing in the flames.
It turns out that there really is a... innate talisman here!
What appeared in Gu Xiaoxing's eyes was a completely red talisman. On the talisman, there were bright red mountain patterns. Because the color was similar to that of the talisman, one could hardly tell the difference if one did not look carefully.
The scarlet talisman was born from heaven and earth, and the bright red mountain patterns were drawn by heaven and earth. This is the innate talisman!
It floated quietly in the sea of fire, as if waiting for the right person to take it away.
"Isn't this destined person me?"
The moment he saw the innate talisman, Gu Xiaoxing's eyes immediately lit up and he thought to himself what a treasure. Even from a long distance away, he could feel its extraordinary aura. He immediately raised his hand and sucked it over.
But the innate talisman flashed red light, and a red flame rose, and it actually resisted on its own.
"Oh! You still have a temper?"
Gu Xiaoxing glared and increased his strength immediately, but the talisman did the same. It was surrounded by red flames, like countless red silks and satins flying. It was gorgeous and powerful at the same time, and it could actually compete with Gu Xiaoxing.
After a while, Gu Xiaoxing saw that he was still at a stalemate and had to give up temporarily. It was not that he could not subdue the innate talisman, but the temperature here was too high. He needed to devote a large part of his strength to fight the sea of fire. If he continued, he might not be able to hold on first.
In fact, Pan Changjin encountered the same problem before. He did come here with the help of a secret method and saw the innate talisman. The only thing he deceived Gu Xiaoxing was that he took the talisman away.
This kind of lie that is nine out of ten true and one out of ten false is the most difficult to distinguish, which is why Gu Xiaoxing believes that there is a treasure under the sea of fire.
However, Pan Changjin was unable to suppress the talisman for long because the sea of fire was too difficult to deal with. He had no choice but to go ashore and find a solution. He happened to meet Gu Xiaoxing who came over, which led to a series of events that followed.
After Gu Xiaoxing stopped, he saw the talisman flash twice, and it seemed very proud. He immediately became angry and pointed at it and said fiercely: "Just wait for Grandpa Gu!"
Then, Gu Xiaoxing stepped back a little, already having a plan in mind.
In fact, this talisman itself does not have much will, and its resistance is not very strong. If it were to use its full strength, it would not be too difficult for Gu Xiaoxing to take it away. However, Gu Xiaoxing's trouble is that he cannot use his full strength because he is in a sea of fire.
Therefore, he needed something to temporarily resist the sea of fire for him and share the pressure, so that he could free up his hands to concentrate on subduing the innate talisman.
What can be used to fight against the sea of fire?
This put Gu Xiaoxing in a difficult position again. This sea of fire was too terrifying. Even a top-grade magic weapon would probably melt in an instant. As for spiritual treasures, apart from the Seven Towers, he only had Diaotian.
The Qitai Tower is a storage spiritual treasure and is useless; while Diaotian, as a high-quality spiritual treasure, can easily withstand the power of the sea of fire, but it cannot be resisted by humans.
Gu Xiaoxing thought about it for a long time, and finally, he recalled a spell that he had almost forgotten, and his eyes immediately lit up.
“Got it!”
