Chapter 194

Chapter 194: The True Heavenly Fire Fusang

In truth, Lou Yun’s spiritual sense could not detect the energy fluctuations of the water contract on Shui Lingluo’s chest at all; otherwise, he would have noticed her uniqueness much sooner. But he could not, while Chang Xiang could!

Lou Yun and Chang Xiang were essentially one entity, so Chang Xiang could transmit what he sensed with his spiritual sense to Lou Yun in a special way, which meant Lou Yun could also see it.

If it were anyone else, Chang Xiang would never have bothered with such a trivial matter, but since he was the one who had strongly urged Lou Yun to find Shui Lingluo, he naturally could not just leave her be.

At that moment, with his eyes covered, Lou Yun relied on Chang Xiang’s spiritual sense. At first, he could not see clearly, but gradually, he spotted a hazy red glow on Shui Lingluo’s chest. When he finally saw it distinctly, he could not help but make a soft sound of surprise!

"What is it?" Chang Xiang asked puzzledly.

The red glow presented before Lou Yun’s spiritual sense was a layer of sparsely scattered red patterns resembling a spider web, and these patterns formed a character. It was a type of writing that had long been lost, called the "Contract" character!

This was already the second time Lou Yun had seen something like this!

"Is this the form of the water contract energy? How is it exactly like what I saw in the common weapon?"

Back when Lou Yun had forged the common weapon, it contained the Weapon Contract. No one else, not even Chang Xiang, could see inside the common weapon, so Chang Xiang did not know what kind of scene Lou Yun had witnessed within it.

Now, hearing Lou Yun’s words, Chang Xiang was slightly startled and said, "You mean, inside the common weapon, there was also such a Contract Symbol?"

"It’s called a Contract Symbol?" Lou Yun nodded. "Yes, there was one too, almost identical!"

Chang Xiang did not continue discussing this with Lou Yun and instead urged, "Stop thinking about other things for now. Deal with the current water contract first!"

"Yes!"

Lou Yun hastily focused his mind, staring intently at the red Contract Symbol. He flicked his finger lightly, and a small Fusang Fire shot out to the exact center of the symbol.

"Mmm!"

Shui Lingluo let out a soft cry; clearly, the contact between the Fusang Fire and the Contract Symbol caused some pain!

But this was expected. After all, although Lou Yun was effectively using Fusang Fire to burn the Contract Symbol, the water contract was deeply branded into the flesh of Shui Lingluo’s chest, essentially scorching her body, so pain was natural!

"Endure it, Miss Shui!"

To prevent uncontrollable outcomes, Lou Yun deliberately set the Fusang Fire’s temperature to its lowest. However, that level was clearly insufficient to incinerate the Contract Symbol. Reluctantly, Lou Yun had to slowly raise the temperature of the Fusang Fire.

Yet this gradual temperature increase brought Shui Lingluo even greater suffering. To keep Lou Yun from being distracted and to spare her aunt worry, she clenched her teeth tightly, forcing herself not to cry out.

At this point, Lou Yun could no longer afford to consider Shui Lingluo’s feelings. He had to pour all his attention into controlling the Fusang Fire’s temperature, not allowing the slightest error.

But the water contract’s melting point seemed extremely high. Lou Yun repeatedly increased the Fusang Fire’s temperature several times, yet it still would not burn.

Could it be that the Fusang Fire was powerless against the water contract?

Suddenly, the Fusang Tree within Lou Yun’s body burst out with a flash of light. The aunt watching by his side, caught off guard, was dazzled and hastily shut her eyes. At the same moment, a small green light emerged within the Fusang Fire Lou Yun had shot and clinging to the Contract Symbol, transforming into a miniature Fusang Tree.

The miniature Fusang Tree grew at incredible speed, quickly expanding beyond the bounds of the flame. Its countless branches and leaves rapidly extended and spread, and within moments, each branch and leaf precisely tangled around every line of the Contract Symbol.

Then, flames abruptly erupted from the entire tree and all its branches and leaves, completely enveloping the Contract Symbol in the fire. It looked as if it was determined to perish together with the patterns it had ensnared!

Strangely, with the emergence of the Fusang Tree, Shui Lingluo instantly felt the intense burning pain on her body vanish.

The Contract Symbol, unchanged after burning for half a day, was finally ignited under the entanglement of the Fusang Tree flames. Though the burning process was slow, the red patterns were gradually consumed by the fire until they disappeared.

Watching this scene, Chang Xiang was so shocked that he remained silent for a long while. Only when the Contract Symbol was almost completely burned away did he finally speak. "What happened?"

His question was entirely unconscious and not meant to receive an answer. Yet unexpectedly, Lou Yun responded in a calm tone. "This is the true Heavenly Fire Fusang!"

"What?" Chang Xiang froze and hastily pressed.

"I say, this is the true Heavenly Fire Fusang! The Fusang Tree belongs to wood, Heavenly Fire belongs to fire, wood generates fire. Only by using the Fusang Tree as the source can the flames produced be the true Fusang Fire!"

"You know?"

"Yes, I know!"

Chang Xiang did not ask any further. Although he had a deep understanding of Heavenly Fire, he had never truly subdued one, and unlike Lou Yun, he couldn’t use his own magical weapon to devour the Heavenly Fire. Therefore, he knew that Lou Yun’s insight into Fusang Fire had far surpassed his own.

Half an hour later, the Contract Symbol was finally burned to ashes. The Fusang Tree vanished along with it, leaving only a small flame dancing on Miss Shui Lingluo’s chest. Unconsciously, Miss Shui Lingluo had fallen into a coma, though this wasn’t due to pain. Instead, it was a necessary phenomenon after the water contract was lifted.

Lou Yun flicked his fingers, and the flame instantly extinguished and disappeared.

"Aunt, the Contract Symbol has been burned away by me. Could you please help Miss Shui put her clothes back on?"

Although the aunt hadn’t witnessed the actual burning of the Contract Symbol by Fusang Fire, she had clearly seen the Contract Symbol on Miss Shui Lingluo’s chest vanishing at a visible pace. Now, Miss Shui Lingluo’s chest showed nothing but snowy-white skin, smooth as congealed lard, devoid of the water-pattern birthmark.

The aunt snapped out of her daze as if waking from a dream, hurried over, and dressed Miss Shui Lingluo again.

Lou Yun removed the cloth covering his eyes, took a long exhale. The aunt still seemed doubtful. "Young Master Lou, is it really done?"

"Hmm!" Lou Yun nodded, offering her a reassuring smile. "The water contract has been completely burned away by me. Changes are occurring in Miss Shui’s body right now. Once she wakes up, her body will definitely be different than before."

Truthfully, Lou Yun didn’t know what changes were happening in Miss Shui Lingluo’s body. After the water contract burned away, he detected an energy barrier automatically forming around her, blocking his spiritual senses. Only Chang Xiang could sense a bit.

Despite Lou Yun’s words, the aunt remained uneasy. She didn’t speak again, merely stared intently at Miss Shui Lingluo, fearing something might go wrong.

Suddenly, Miss Shui Lingluo’s body started convulsing. She coughed violently, and her exposed skin began to develop fine cracks, as if severely dehydrated.

The aunt panicked instantly but had no idea what to do. Helplessly, she looked to Lou Yun for help. Lou Yun was equally clueless about the situation.

After a brief pause, Lou Yun recalled something and shouted urgently, "Shui Lingtong!"

Shui Lingtong ran in immediately. He’d been waiting anxiously in the outer room, and upon hearing Lou Yun’s call, rushed inside.

As soon as he entered, Shui Lingtong froze at the sight of his sister’s state. Lou Yun yelled at him, "What must be done after the water contract is lifted?"

The shout snapped Shui Lingtong back to reality. He slammed his palm against his head. "Water!"

After uttering those words, he dashed out like a streak. Lou Yun quickly followed.

Lou Yun’s quick thinking paid off. He reasoned that since the Shui family only allowed men to know the method of lifting the water contract, what to do afterwards should also be exclusive to men. Thus, he summoned Shui Lingtong, whose reaction confirmed his guess.

Shui Lingtong raced to the well in the courtyard, grabbed a bucket by its side, flung it into the well, and began hauling it up. Lou Yun furrowed his brows. "Is it necessary to sprinkle water on her?"

Still straining to pull the bucket, Shui Lingtong answered, "No, she needs to be immersed in water!"

"Why didn’t you say so earlier? At this pace, it’ll be too late!"

Lou Yun stomped his foot, darted back to the inner room. Without explaining to the aunt, he flicked both hands repeatedly. A surge of powerful weapon spirit power shot out, landing beneath Miss Shui Lingluo’s body and forcibly lifting her into the air.

Thus, using his weapon spirit power, Lou Yun floated Miss Shui Lingluo out of the room, into the courtyard. He shouted at Shui Lingtong, who was still struggling to draw water. "Move aside!"

Shui Lingtong glanced over, paused in confusion, then hastily stepped away. Lou Yun gave a gentle push, and Miss Shui Lingluo’s body plummeted feet-first and head-up straight into the well.

Just then, the aunt leaned against the doorframe to exit the room. Witnessing the scene made her jump in terror.

Shui Lingtong rapidly explained to his mother. Only then did the aunt feel somewhat reassured.

Although Lou Yun had thrown Miss Shui Lingluo into the well, he dared not relax the weapon spirit power holding her up. Standing at the well’s edge, he kept her head above water as much as possible while closely monitoring her condition.

However, at that moment, Lou Yun distinctly sensed a tremendous force in the water trying to dissolve his weapon spirit power. He vaguely suspected this might relate to the Shui family’s innate water control ability, but without certainty, he couldn’t slacken at all. Continuously, he channeled his spiritual energy to oppose the force.

The aunt and Shui Lingtong saw Lou Yun’s clothes billow as if in a breeze, his hair whirling wildly. An intense aura radiated from him, as if he were in a battle.

"Whoosh, whoosh!" Wen Hou and Tie Sha appeared beside Lou Yun. They’d sensed the power and assumed he faced an enemy, rushing over to assist.

They were baffled at the scene. Thankfully, Shui Lingtong reacted swiftly. "Big Brother Lou is saving my sister! Everything’s fine!"

As the words fell, a thunderous "boom!" resounded. A massive water column erupted from the well, soaring high into the sky!