First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 793: The Pure Yang Fire Perch

Chapter 793: The Pure Yang Fire Perch

Late at night.

The blood-colored moon hung in the sky, as reflective as a jade plate, tinging the darkness a dull red.

Su Yi and his companions left Nightdemon City and proceeded toward Yama’s Floating Mountains.

“Brother Su, what exactly are you going to Yama’s Floating Mountains to accomplish?” Cui Jingyan couldn’t help but ask.

“You’ll know when we get there,” Su Yi said casually.

“Then why did you visit the city lord’s manor earlier?” she asked. She obviously had quite a few questions.

“I wanted to get a sense for the Wei Clan’s intentions, and to confirm something,” said Su Yi.

Cui Jingyan found this answer infuriating, and she snapped, “Are you truly incapable of speaking clearly? Every time you insist on making everything so mysterious!”

Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh. “Don’t be in such a rush. Tonight, you’ll get your answers.”

Cui Jingyan pursed her lips. “At least you know how to build up suspense. You’re rotten to the core!”

As they conversed, they reached the mountain. Throughout their journey, the night skies were shrouded in mist, and the numerous peaks were dyed red beneath the crimson moonlight. This lent this famous danger zone of the River of Forgetfulness Territory an additional, strange and sinister flair.

The mountain was quiet; not even birds or insects disrupted the silence.

Never mind ordinary cultivators; even Cui Jingyan and the old blind man felt stifled in such a place. They felt thoroughly uncomfortable; they sensed the unknown perils lurking within the night-shrouded mountain.

However, Su Yi walked as casually as if he were out for a stroll, his hands behind his back and his clothes fluttering around him. He traversed the peaks as if walking down a familiar road.

“Brother Su, have you been here before?” exclaimed Cui Jingyan.

Sometimes, Su Yi brought them down winding paths. Other times, he led them through the fog. They were deep within the mountain wilderness before they knew it.

Unbelievable, although others saw this as a terrifying place full of grave peril, they’d yet to encounter the slightest danger.

Su Yi avoided the question. Instead, he said, “There’s a blood moon over head, so the vicious creatures spread throughout Yama’s Floating Mountains have gone into hiding. This is when the mountain is the safest. Otherwise, we’d surely have encountered quite a bit of trouble along the way.”

He paused, then added, “This is most likely why the city lord and his cohort chose to take action tonight too.”

Cui Jingyan found this rather bewildering. Su Yi is from the Azure Continent, so why is it that he understands Yama’s Floating Mountains better than me, someone who grew up in the Netherworld? It's unbelievable!

But when she considered all the mysteries surrounding Su Yi, her bewilderment faded.

She almost felt that it would be?stranger?if there were something in this world that Su Yi?didn’t?understand…

Fifteen minutes later.

A swatch of dazzling firelight suddenly appeared off in the distance, illuminating the entire stretch of sky.

However, the flames were blue green, as sinister as ghostly fire.

“We’re here,” Su Yi said softly.

The lake was known as the Jade Phosphorus Netherworld Lake. It was an extremely dangerous site, and throughout history, countless cultivators had met their ends here.

When they drew near, the old blind man and Cui Jingyan were unwittingly stunned.

It was a lake of lava tens of thousands of feet across. Waves of flame rolled across its surface, stirring up blue-green firelight, like countless will-o’-wisps dancing madly.

Even watching from a distance, it was a startling spectacle.

This was because the aura emanating from the lava was bone-chillingly cold; they felt as if their hearts and souls had been plunged into an icy abyss.

Su Yi stood there and said softly, “The lava in that lake is called Jade Phosphorus Earthly Fire. A single touch is enough to reduce anyone beneath the Imperial level to ash, leaving not even bones behind.”

As he spoke, Su Yi took out the pot holding the Starmark Worms. Just as he was about to get started—

They heard a group whooshing through the air.

Off in the distant night skies, dazzling streaks of light poured in like rain. About twenty people were headed toward them at top speed.

Their leader was none other than the lord of Nightdemon City, Wei Yun.

He was followed by the Heaven-Slaughtering Ghost Monk, the One-Armed Demon, the Jade Heaven Water Monarch, the White-Faced Daoist, and numerous other heretical cultivators and devils.

“Fellow Daoist,?we meet?again.” Wei Yun recognized Su Yi and his companions at a glance, and he let out a burst of hearty laughter.

The various fiends’ expressions were all different. Some were playful or inquisitive, while others had sharp gazes. Others still were cold and aloof.

Su Yi glanced at Wei Yun, then said, “If you keep shouting like that, even if you have Starmark Worms, I’m afraid you’ll scare all the Pure Yang Fire Perch off.”

Wei Yun’s smile froze, and he felt a bit awkward.

But Su Yi wasn’t wrong. Pure Yang Fire Perch were extremely spiritually aware, with definite intelligence. They were extremely difficult to catch. A blade of grass rustling in the wind was enough to scare them away.

“Fellow Daoist Su, you’re right. However, I have experience catching Pure Yang Fire Perch too, and I trust I won’t leave empty-handed,” Wei Yun said with a smile.

“Oh,” said Su Yi. Then, he paid them no further heed and proceeded into the distance, walking alongside the lake.

He most certainly didn’t want others interfering with him while he was catching Pure Yang Fire Perch.

When he saw Su Yi and his companions fade into the distance, the Jade Heaven Water Monarch whispered, “City Lord, those three are obviously here for the same thing as us. They’re our competition, so how about… we seize this opportunity and kill them all now?”

The other old monsters’ eyes flashed. All of them were tempted.

Wei Yun, however, laughed. “Daoist Brother, you needn’t be in such a rush. It seems to me that they won’t necessarily be able to catch any Pure Yang Fire Perch.”

As he spoke, he slipped over his hand. A snow-white net appeared, followed by ten or so Starmark Worms, which he placed at different sections of the net.

Once he’d finished, he swept his gaze across the group. “Everyone, please restrain your auras, and don’t make any noise.”

With that, he tossed the net into the air.

Whoosh~

The snow-white net expanded as it hit the wind, stretching over a hundred feet in a flash. Then, it gently drifted onto the surface of the Jade Phosphorus Netherworld Lake and sank into the jade-colored lava.

A thread extended from the submerged net, which Wei Yun gripped firmly.

He then took out a little purple bottle and gently poured its contents onto the thread. Drops of purple blood traveled along the thread, spreading into the submerged snow-white net.

The old monsters’ eyes flashed as they watched this unfold. They couldn’t help but feel eager.

Along the way, Wei Yun had told them the specifics of this operation.

Obtaining a Pure Yang Fire Perch was the most crucial step! Without it, they had practically no hope of obtaining the grand stroke of fortune that had just entered this world.

The Wei Family understood the habits of the Pure Yang Fire Perch of the Jade Phosphorus Netherworld Lake better than anyone else, and over the years, they’d captured them on numerous occasions.

This filled the old monsters with confidence that this expedition would go well.

Time slipped by, and the night grew increasingly dark and heavy. The blood moon overhead was bright and unearthly.

Suddenly, something created faint splashes in the distant surface of the lake. It seemed something alive was swimming near the surface at high speeds.

The old monsters’ spirits soared.

But soon, their brows furrowed. The splashes forming on the surface were headed toward the distant shores.

The very place where Su Yi and his companions stood.

Whoosh~

Su Yi raised his hand, and with a great splash, a struggling, glittering golden fish flew out of the lava and landed in his palm.

It was less than a foot long, and it looked as if it had been forced out of gold. It was radiant and glittering, with fiery eyes, and its entire body was enveloped in shocking, fluctuating pure Yang fire.

This was a Pure Yang Fire Perch!

Su Yi nodded in satisfaction. Never mind its other uses; the flesh of a Pure Yang Fire Perch was incredibly delicious and full of abundant spiritual and pure Yang energy. There was no need to roast it; all you had to do was slice it to achieve a dense, clear, unsurpassed flavor. There was nothing else like it.

Of course, Su Yi wasn’t thinking about his stomach now.

He casually put the fish away, then took out another Starmark Worm, which he tossed into the Jade Phosphorus Netherworld Pool. He wasn’t using any other treasures whatsoever.

This was because he’d already inserted his divine sense into the bait; it was acting as his fishing line. It sank into the lava alongside the Starmark Worm.

It was just that no one else could sense it, that’s all.

In truth, almost no one would have dared insert their divine sense into the Jade Phosphorus Netherworld Lake. This was because the lava’s power could easily burn one’s divine sense, severely damaging the soul.

This was why Wei Yun had no choice but to use various treasures to capture the Pure Yang Fire Perch.

However, the lava wasn’t overly dangerous to Su Yi.

His divine sense had been thoroughly tempered, and it was now comparable to early-stage Profound Illumination Emperors. Furthermore, he was using a secret soul art known as Guiding Objects, Controlling Spirits to insert his divine sense into the Starmark Worms. This avoided the lava’s effects, but that wasn’t all; it effectively transformed the worms into his eyes, allowing him to see the bottom of the lake clearly and actively seek out the Pure Yang Fire Perch.

When the fish devoured the Starmark Worm, the divine sense hidden within it could easily seize control of the fish, forcing it to obediently come right to him.

In his past life, he and Little Leaf had once used this very method to capture numerous Pure Yang Fire Perch.

This was merely a repeat of the same old trick.

This method was naturally superior to Wei Yun’s method of setting a net and watching for the fish to swim into it.

“That kid’s luck is quite something,” the One-Armed Demon couldn’t help but say coldly.

The other old monsters’ expressions were a bit overcast too.

“Luck? Not necessarily. That kid definitely came prepared, and he must know some secret method. That’s why he captured a Pure Yang Fire Perch so quickly,” the Heaven-Slaughtering Ghost Monk said gravely.

Wei Yun fell silent, but inwardly, he was quite surprised.

As a member of the Wei Family, he unquestionably understood Pure Yang Fire Perch better than just about anyone, and he was keenly aware of how difficult they were to catch.

Who’d have thought that Su Yi would miraculously catch one empty-handed? Of course Wei Yun was surprised!

It was undoubtedly just as the Heaven-Slaughtering Ghost Monk said. Su Yi had come prepared!

But as Wei Yun pondered…

Whoosh~!

There was another splash on the lava’s surface, and yet another Pure Yang Fire Perch landed in Su Yi’s hand.

It looked as if it had thrown itself to him of its own volition. It couldn’t have been any easier.

In stark contrast, there’d yet to be the slightest movement over on Wei Yun’s side of the lake.

How could the old monsters remain calm after seeing this? All of their expressions shifted.