Chapter 68: Green Lotus Pupils Reached Great Perfection
Jiangnan City No. 1 High School, October 15th.
"Hey, Uncle Tian, what's wrong?"
After listening to what Yu Tianqi said on the phone, Su Chen felt very good.
On the phone, Yu Tianqi informed him that the guy who had lurked in his house to do something bad had been arrested three days ago, so Su Chen could rest assured.
After that, Yu Tianqi suddenly started talking about what happened to Su Chen ten years ago, asking if he saw anything special when the Black Lotus Cult performed the 'Nine Heavens Blood Lotus Formation' in the southern part of the city a decade ago.
The reason Yu Tianqi asked him was very simple: Su Chen was one of the few survivors of the great changes in the southern part of Jiangnan City.
Although Su Chen was only eight years old at the time, Yu Tianqi still wanted to see if he could gather some clues from Su Chen.
After all, after so many years of investigation, Yu Tianqi roughly understood the purpose of the Black Lotus Cult in setting up the Nine Heavens Blood Lotus Formation in Jiangnan City.
The so-called Nine Heavens Blood Lotus Formation was essentially sacrificial.
Its effect was that the people in the formation could be used as sacrifices to please the ancient deity they believed in—the compassionate Black Lotus Buddha Mother.
In exchange, they hoped to receive some special rewards from that ancient being.
However, the Nine Heavens Blood Lotus Formation was accidentally disrupted by a passing Nascent Soul cultivator from the Kyushu Immortal Alliance, causing the formation to fail to achieve its full effect.
This also allowed a group of lucky people, including Su Chen, to survive.
Although the formation was destroyed midway, more than 100,000 people who were inside were used as sacrifices.
Therefore, the Black Lotus Cult ultimately received what they sought from the ancient being, the compassionate Black Buddha Mother.
But it was also because the Nascent Soul cultivator's sudden appearance was too powerful.
As a result, the several Black Lotus Cult members in charge of the formation had no time to take the gift away and could only let it vanish into the ruins in the south of the city.
This is one of the key reasons why the southern suburbs of the city have not yet been restored and rebuilt after ten years.
Over the past decade, the Immortal Alliance has sent many people to turn the ruins in the south of the city upside down, trying to find that object.
Yu Tianqi is one of them.
But to this day, no one, including Yu Tianqi, has found the mysterious gift that was left in those ruins.
However, after so many years of investigation, the Immortal Alliance has confirmed one thing:
The mysterious gift that was lost that year was either secretly taken away by the Black Lotus Cult members or fell into the hands of some lucky person in the formation at that time.
If that object was buried in the ruins in the south of the city, there should have been no reason that a large number of Immortal Alliance cultivators could not find it after searching for ten years.
However, after a detailed investigation of the more than 5,000 survivors in the formation, the Immortal Alliance finally gave up the idea of continuing the investigation.
They had not found anything unusual among the survivors of that year.
But with the re-emergence of the Black Lotus Cult, Yu Tianqi felt that perhaps that thing was hidden somewhere in Jiangnan City or with someone.
Otherwise, there would be no reason for these Black Lotus members to be so obsessed with Jiangnan City.
Therefore, recalling Su Chen's identity as a survivor, he inquired curiously.
But faced with this question, Su Chen felt a bit embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
If he were to be honest, he was quite special.
It was during that great battle that he had traveled to this world.
However, the matter of time travel was a secret that Su Chen would rather take to his grave than disclose, so he would certainly not tell Yu Tianqi.
So when faced with Yu Tianqi's question, Su Chen gave a similar answer as he had before:
"I'm sorry, Uncle Tian. I was too young back then, and the whole event was over by the time I woke up, so I really can't remember too many special circumstances."
Yu Tianqi was not surprised by this answer and said with a smile, "It's okay, Xiao Chen; I just asked casually. You don't have to take it to heart."
"You should practice well recently and don't think too much."
"The current Jiangnan City is no longer the Jiangnan City of ten years ago. Those bastards from the Black Lotus Cult can no longer easily drag Jiangnan City into chaos like they did back then."
"When you have your winter vacation, I, your Uncle Tian, will take you and Xiao Ye to a nice place."
"After you come back from there, I won't say that I can guarantee you and Xiao Ye will build your foundation 100%, but I can assure you that you will shine in the Immortal Sect College Entrance Examination."
Hearing this, Su Chen's curiosity was immediately piqued.
"Uncle Tian, what is so amazing?"
"Hahaha! Keep it a secret for now; you'll know when the time comes."
"Okay, your Uncle Tian has a lot to do recently, so let's not talk about it for now. When I'm finished, I'll invite you and Xiao Ye to taste the new cooking skills I've learned recently."
"Okay, Uncle Tian, go ahead and get busy."
Su Chen hung up the phone and secretly analyzed the information contained in these words.
Although Yu Tianqi had never told him what the Black Lotus Cult members were trying to do in Jiangnan City, he had almost figured out the cause and effect of the matter through the information he had collected during this period.
"The thing they're looking for... could it be the mysterious fruit I accidentally ate when I first traveled through time?"
You have to know that when Su Chen first traveled through time, his physical condition was very poor.
Not only were his meridians severed, but his spiritual roots were also absorbed by the Nine Heavens Blood Lotus Formation.
It could be said that Su Chen had one foot in the gate of hell at that time and was not far from death.
But then he inexplicably saw a blood-red fruit falling in front of him.
For some unknown reason, Su Chen swallowed it directly.
After that, he didn't just condense new spiritual roots in his body; his originally depleted physique also improved.
Therefore, from an outsider's perspective, Su Chen was lucky enough to survive the formation, but his foundation was damaged.
But only Su Chen knew that, in every sense, he had already died at that time.
It was merely because his soul was replaced and his body was repaired by that fruit that he miraculously came back to life.
Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but touch his chest.
Ten years have passed, and Su Chen no longer cares about what happened back then.
He didn't feel that there was anything special about his body.
He only regarded the blood-red fruit of that year as a rare treasure that could bring the dead back to life.
However, judging from the recent actions of the Black Lotus Cult and the importance Yu Tianqi attached to this matter, Su Chen suddenly felt that the fruit might be more special than he thought.
But if that were the case, why hadn't he noticed anything unusual about his body over the years?
"Forget it; thinking about these things now is just a waste of time."
"Besides, I've already eaten the fruit, and I've digested it after all these years."
"Even if they are looking for it, as long as I don't tell anyone... who would know?"
Thinking of this, Su Chen immediately stopped dwelling on these messy thoughts.
Instead, he focused on his own game.
After all, it was after so many days of accumulation and the reward he got for completing the dungeon of the Ancient Sword Tomb.
He could also continue to improve the proficiency of Green Lotus Pupils.
Only by improving his cultivation would he have the confidence to deal with any problems he might encounter.
Cultivation of Immortality, Add Points!
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[Green Lotus Pupils (Eight Petals): Large Success Level 1/6000]
[Current experience points: 12,000]
[You consumed 6,000 experience points, and your Green Lotus Pupils were upgraded to 'Perfection Level'…]
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