Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 532: Chapter 527: Fighting Over the Life Lotus

”Life Lotuses have only appeared a few times in the history of the Celestial Treasure Auction, and each time, the price reached over a hundred million Spirit Stones!” Gu Huaying said slowly, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment as she revealed the item’s origin.

The Life Lotus was a treasure used for healing, said to have the power to revive the dying and regrow flesh on bone.

When experts of the Earth Martial Realm or Heaven-Reaching Realm faced life-threatening situations and suffered bodily harm—like a severed arm or leg—a Life Lotus could allow them to regenerate the lost limb.

The Life Lotus was also incredibly mystical; because it was shaped like a human, if a Martial Artist lost a hand, they only needed to consume one of the Life Lotus’s ”hands” to regrow their own.

If their entire body was shattered, leaving only their Primordial Spirit, they could consume the entire Life Lotus to recover.

In other words, possessing a Life Lotus was like having a second life.

”Though a Life Lotus isn’t on par with the Life Divine Spring, one of the Nine Great Treasures, it’s still an exceedingly rare healing medicine.” A fervent gleam appeared in Ao Lie’s eyes as well.

The Life Divine Spring was effective even for healing Celestial Martial Realm experts, but the Life Lotus was only useful for those in the Earth Martial and Heaven-Reaching Realms. The cultivation of a Celestial Martial Realm King was simply too high; for them, the effects of a Life Lotus would be but a drop in the ocean.

”There are six Life Lotuses here!”

The pool wasn’t large, only about ten feet across. Six lotus flowers were in brilliant bloom, and at their bases were the humanoid roots—the lotuses themselves.

These humanoid lotuses were snow-white and as translucent as jade. One could even see fine, vein-like channels running within them, just like the blood vessels in a human body.

A single Life Lotus took at least five thousand years to form!

If these six Life Lotuses were brought to the outside world, even Heaven-Reaching Realm experts would fight to the death over them. For Ning Jiang and the others in the Earth Martial Realm, the temptation was lethally potent.

”Heh heh... six Life Lotuses, but there are nine of us. How should we split them?”

The twin brothers eyed the group maliciously.

These six Life Lotuses certainly couldn’t be distributed like the Milk of the Earth. Their value was more than ten times greater, and no one was going to give up on them.

”What’s there to discuss? Might makes right!”

A deep voice rang out as Liu Yama made the first move. With a single step, he was above the pool. A pull from his palm drew one of the Life Lotuses into his grasp.

Not satisfied with just one, he reached for another.

”Hmph.”

Seeing this, everyone snorted in disdain. Liu Yama might be one of the Ten Great Earth Martial Realms and the strongest among them, but no one here was a pushover.

One-on-one, none of them were his match, but united, they had no reason to fear a single Liu Yama.

”Don’t be too greedy, Liu Yama.”

Lady Black Scorpion was the first to strike, sending several needles flying silently through the air.

At the same time, the rain-cloaked elder, the twin brothers, and the four experts from the Hidden Dragon List—including Ning Jiang—all launched their own attacks, besieging Liu Yama.

”How dare you!”

Liu Yama’s eyebrows shot up. He raised his great saber to block the combined assault, but the force of the impact still sent him staggering backward.

’This is our chance!’

The instant Liu Yama was forced back, everyone else sprang into action, lunging for the Life Lotuses.

The rain-cloaked elder and Lady Black Scorpion were the fastest. They were above the pool in an instant. The elder cast his fishing rod, its line hooking a Life Lotus and pulling it up. Lady Black Scorpion was a fraction slower, but she snatched one as well.

The third to arrive was Ning Jiang!

Although his Cultivation couldn’t compare to these senior figures, his speed was nearly their equal. After all, he cultivated Thunder Power, and those who wielded it possessed a natural advantage in speed.

’Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill.’

A powerful Devouring Power surged from his palm, and he easily snatched a Life Lotus for himself.

After him came Ao Lie, Ao Fengfeng, and Gu Huaying.

Only two lotuses were left in the pool!

Ao Lie and Ao Fengfeng seemed to have a plan, each lunging for one of the remaining lotuses. Unfortunately, Ao Lie went for the same one as Gu Huaying!

”Sever.”

At the critical moment, Ning Jiang swung his sword at Ao Lie, and a peerlessly sharp Sword Aura descended.

”Bastard.”

Ao Lie’s expression changed. He had no choice but to stop and defend against the attack. In that split second, the Life Lotus fell into Gu Huaying’s hands.

Meanwhile, Ao Fengfeng successfully snatched the last one.

And just like that, all six Life Lotuses had been claimed. Thanks to Ning Jiang’s interference, Ao Lie was left with nothing. The twin brothers, who were the slowest of the group, arrived only to find the lotuses had already been completely divided up.

”Ning Jiang, you’re courting death!”

Ao Lie roared, and an immense killing intent washed over Ning Jiang, blanketing everything.

”You’re the one courting death.”

Ning Jiang’s gaze turned cold, showing no weakness. The two were locked in a standoff, sparks flying as a battle threatened to erupt at any moment.

But at the critical moment, Ao Lie reined in his killing intent. ”It seems I won’t have to lift a finger,” he said. ”Someone else will kill you for me.”

Sure enough, the twin brothers were glaring at Ning Jiang with malice.

”Kid, hand over your Life Lotus. Otherwise, we’ll make sure not even a whole corpse is left of you.”

They had chosen Ning Jiang as their opponent after careful consideration. In their eyes, Ao Lie and Ao Fengfeng were Flood Dragons in their true forms, making them incredibly difficult to handle. Besides, the Chaotic Sea Region was the Flood Dragon Clan’s territory.

Furthermore, they had already clashed with Ning Jiang outside. They had been looking for a chance to teach him a lesson, and with the Life Lotus as a catalyst, the two brothers couldn’t restrain themselves any longer.

”Hee hee, you boys have fun. I’ll be on my way,”

Lady Black Scorpion said with a bewitching smile before her figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

”I’m too old for all this commotion. I won’t keep you company.” The rain-cloaked elder chuckled and immediately departed as well.

’Those old foxes,’ Ao Lie cursed under his breath. Having already secured their Life Lotuses, those two naturally wouldn’t want to stick around.

”I’ll let you all off this time.”

After a moment’s thought, Liu Yama also chose to leave. He wanted to continue exploring the Ancient Ruins; if he wasted time here, any other Treasures that appeared might be snatched up by the other two first.

”You’d better watch yourself, Ning Jiang.”

Ao Lie shot Ning Jiang a vicious glare before leaving with Ao Fengfeng. As someone backed by the Flood Dragon Clan, losing a Life Lotus was painful, but it wasn’t enough to make him fight Ning Jiang to the death.

Besides, having the twin brothers deal with Ning Jiang was a development he was happy to see.

”Ning Jiang, we’ll each take one of them.”

Gu Huaying moved to stand with Ning Jiang. She had only managed to obtain her Life Lotus thanks to his help, so it was only natural that she would fight by his side.

”No need. You go on ahead. I’ll catch up with you later.”

However, Ning Jiang just shook his head, rejecting Gu Huaying’s offer to join forces.