After Rebirth, the Love-Struck Cannon Fodder Woke Up - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Exotic Flame

◎ Heavenly Flame Acknowledges Master, Strength Greatly Increases ◎

Inside the Holy Land, Du Lianxin did not want to waste precious cultivation time, but she was currently entangled with two people and unable to meditate.

After struggling for a while, she cautiously spoke: “Senior Sister Shen, Senior Feng, can you let go of me? I want to cultivate…”

Shen Anlan, inhaling the faint, elegant body fragrance from the girl, reluctantly released her hand.

She glanced at Feng Ruo, who was still leaning against the girl’s side, her eyes instantly chilling.

“Did Fellow Daoist Feng not hear Lianxin’s words?”

Feng Ruo covered her head, showing a look of pain. “I don’t know why, but I feel a bit dizzy and can’t get up…”

Shen Anlan saw through her little trick at a glance.

“Although Fellow Daoist Feng is injured, you are not immobilized. If you are dizzy, go lie down in the corner and don’t interfere with Lianxin’s cultivation.”

Feng Ruo ground her teeth, about to retort, but the girl suddenly stood up and used spiritual energy to push her away, neither too lightly nor too forcefully.

She glared bitterly at Shen Anlan and said nothing more.

Du Lianxin walked to the other side of the bonfire, sat cross-legged again, cleared her mind of distractions, and quickly immersed herself in cultivation…

Shen Anlan sat quietly on the hay pile, gazing intently at the girl’s beautiful face. For a moment, she wanted to speak, to tell Lianxin everything about the previous life.

However, inside the Holy Land, it wasn’t just the two of them; Feng Ruo was also present.

She did not want her mortal enemy to know the secret that belonged only to her and Lianxin.

Furthermore, she had a premonition that if she did speak, Feng Ruo would surely interfere and try to deepen the misunderstanding between her and Lianxin.

Earlier, when she and Feng Ruo were both seriously injured, Lianxin did not take the opportunity to eliminate the other party, which was enough to show that she did not harbor much hatred toward Feng Ruo in her heart.

She couldn’t take the gamble.

Thinking of this, Shen Anlan suppressed her complex thoughts, closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and began to meditate, slowly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy to recover from her injuries…

On the morning of the second day, the bonfire had burned out.

Du Lianxin emerged from her meditative state. After a night of cultivation, with the assistance of the Supreme Clarity Art, the True Essence in her Dantian had grown significantly again.

She looked around and found that Senior Sister Shen and Feng Ruo were far apart from each other, both recovering from their injuries.

Cultivators being unable to use spiritual energy meant they could not temporarily practice Bigu (abstention from grain and worldly food).

Du Lianxin no longer had Bigu elixirs in her storage bag. To prevent the two from going hungry, she had to go out and find some food.

Although there were no demonic beasts in the Holy Land, so she couldn’t find meat, there were many spiritual fruits.

Du Lianxin flew at a low altitude. Whenever she encountered edible spiritual fruits, she would pick the ripe ones and temporarily put them into her storage bag.

After about half a day, she began to return along the original route.

As she approached the burned-out bonfire again, two eager gazes were fixed directly on her.

Du Lianxin felt a little uncomfortable under their stare. She descended from the air and asked softly: “Senior Sister Shen, Senior Feng, has something happened? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Feng Ruo said faintly: “Lianxin left quietly. Senior Shen and I thought you considered us a burden and abandoned us.”

As she spoke, Shen Anlan immediately said: “That is only Fellow Daoist Feng’s opinion, it does not represent mine.”

“Is that so? When Fellow Daoist Shen woke up and couldn’t see Lianxin, did you really not have that thought?”

“No.”

Shen Anlan’s tone was firm, showing no trace of abnormality.

Feng Ruo pouted, not saying much more, just assuming the person was being stubborn.

Du Lianxin took out all the spiritual fruits she had picked from her storage bag and distributed them to the two women.

“I just went to find some food.”

Feng Ruo glanced at the spiritual fruits in front of her, then looked at Shen Anlan’s share, and her mouth immediately curled downward. “Lianxin, why did you give all the Bl00d Jade Peaches and Ice Silk Dates to the one surnamed Shen?”

The girl instinctively replied: “These two are Senior Sister’s favorites.”

In the previous life, she had thoroughly investigated Shen Anlan’s food preferences. Distributing the spiritual fruits just now was not intentional but entirely subconscious behavior.

Feng Ruo was dissatisfied. “I like them too. Can you give me some and take some other fruits over there, okay?”

“This…”

Du Lianxin was a little embarrassed. The fruits had already been distributed. How could she take them back?

“If Senior Feng wants to eat them, I will go out and look for some more.”

Feng Ruo didn’t get the answer she wanted and quickly waved her hand.

“Forget it, I was just saying.”

Beside them, Shen Anlan silently ate the fresh spiritual fruits, a subtle joy welling up in her heart.

Lianxin still cared more about her. This kind of ingrained habit was the hardest to change. To her, this was also the greatest advantage.

Feng Ruo ate the spiritual fruit, recalling the differential treatment earlier, and felt very unhappy.

She picked up a fruit with a relatively hard outer shell and tried to attract the girl’s attention.

“Lianxin, I’m injured, and my hands are weak. Can you peel it for me, please?”

Shen Anlan glanced at Feng Ruo. “Although Fellow Daoist Feng is injured, you are not yet at the point of being utterly helpless.”

Feng Ruo lied without batting an eye. “I can’t help it. My injury keeps flaring up, and it just happened to act up now. I can’t exert any strength at all.”

Du Lianxin had no choice but to walk to the woman in red and peel the fruit for her, piece by piece.

Feng Ruo naturally opened her mouth, and the girl carefully fed the fruit pulp to her.

Feng Ruo’s eyes were filled with satisfaction and a smile as she ate the spiritual fruit.

Shen Anlan watched this scene, finding it somewhat jarring.

Recalling the nightmare experience, the usually cold and aloof woman showed a petty side for the first time.

“Lianxin, feed me too, okay?”

Hearing this, Du Lianxin was momentarily stunned.

Her first reaction was that she had misheard. She immediately turned to look, only to see that the usual coldness in Senior Sister’s eyes had vanished, replaced by a stubbornness she had never seen before, faintly revealing a hint of pleading.

After recovering, she hesitated for a moment, ultimately unable to refuse. She slowly walked toward Senior Sister.

Reaching her, Du Lianxin squatted down. Her fair hand picked up a Bl00d Jade Peach, used spiritual energy as a blade to easily slice open the peach skin.

Then, she briefly cast a Solidify spell, fixing the peach skin into a bowl shape. Using spiritual energy, she sliced open the peach flesh, took out one segment, and handed it to Senior Sister’s lips.

Shen Anlan opened her mouth and took a light bite. The stubbornness in her eyes had long dispersed when the girl arrived. Now, only tenderness was evident.

Just as she was about to finish, her tongue intentionally or unintentionally touched the girl’s fingertip.

Du Lianxin was stunned for a moment. After realizing what happened, she immediately retracted her hand, retreated half a step, and a flush of color rose on her pale cheeks.

Just now…

She looked at Senior Sister with a hint of suspicion, only to see the woman also looking at her, her gentle gaze unchanged, showing no sign of abnormality.

Was she overthinking it?

It must be. How could a person as noble and pure, cold and emotionless as Senior Sister do such a thing?

Recalling the sensation transmitted from her fingertip, she subconsciously bit her lip and averted her gaze.

Du Lianxin did not notice that the moment she looked away, Shen Anlan’s originally gentle gaze became much deeper.

This scene was witnessed by Feng Ruo.

She scoffed internally. She hadn’t expected the usually cold and emotionless celestial being to learn how to seduce people now.

However… given Shen Anlan’s beauty, if she deliberately set out to seduce Lianxin, she would probably succeed sooner or later.

After all, in the previous life, Lianxin was passionately devoted to the other party, willing to sacrifice her path to the Dao, and even her life, for her.

Thinking of this, Feng Ruo secretly ground her teeth.

If she ever saw Shen Anlan making similar moves again, she must interrupt her immediately!

After feeding the spiritual fruit, Du Lianxin walked to the other side of the burned-out bonfire. She constantly recalled the sensation on her fingertip, clutched her sleeves, and repeatedly reminded herself not to repeat the mistakes of the previous life!

After a while, she began to silently recite the Heart Calming Chant, slowly smoothing out her turbulent emotions. The heat on her face also subsided.

Just as she was about to re-immerse herself in cultivation, an anomaly suddenly occurred.

A dull rumbling sound suddenly came from the distance, like thunder, but the sound seemed to be coming from underground.

Then, the earth began to shake. The burned-out bonfire was quickly scattered, raising dust into the air.

Du Lianxin quickly reacted. Earthquakes are often accompanied by ground fissures, and it was dangerous to stay here.

She waved her sleeve, summoned her Azure Steel Sword, took Senior Sister and Feng Ruo with her, and flew into the air on the sword. She soon saw the source of the earthquake.

A hundred li ahead, a volcano was slowly rising from the ground.

Watching this scene, Feng Ruo found it unbelievable.

“My mother once told me that the Holy Land is the most stable place in the Grand Profound Realm, containing the most power of the Law, and that no natural disasters would occur here. What exactly is going on?”

Shen Anlan said flatly: “The only one who can control the change in terrain here is the Heavenly Dao. I just don’t know what this entity’s intention is.”

“Logically, the Heavenly Dao would not easily interfere with mortal affairs. However, since we recovered our past life memories, this rule seems to have been broken?”

The situation was currently unclear. Feng Ruo put away her prejudices, looked at Shen Anlan, and continued: “The reason I could enter the Holy Land is related to the Heavenly Dao. If I’m not mistaken, Fellow Daoist Shen is here for a similar reason?”

“Something like that.”

No sooner had Shen Anlan spoken than the volcano in the distance began to erupt, and the surrounding temperature rapidly increased.

Feng Ruo watched the scene and suggested: “Logically, after a volcanic eruption, there is a high probability of fire-attribute heavenly materials and earthly treasures appearing. How about we go take a look then?”

Shen Anlan looked at the girl. “What does Lianxin think?”

“We can indeed go and see.”

Seeing that the girl agreed with her, Feng Ruo joked: “I was cultivating in the Asura Sect, suddenly awakened my past life memories, was teleported here, and met Lianxin. In my opinion, the Heavenly Dao is intentionally bringing us together.”

Du Lianxin’s expression became serious. “Senior, don’t speak nonsense!”

“How can this be nonsense? It’s the truth! If not, why would the Heavenly Dao bring me into the Holy Land? I have a Wind Spiritual Root. Even if the volcanic eruption was a deliberate arrangement by the Heavenly Dao, the fortuitous opportunity produced would have nothing to do with me…”

Shen Anlan spoke coldly, interrupting Feng Ruo’s next words.

“Fellow Daoist Feng, there is a limit to joking. Once you cross it, you will only annoy people.”

Feng Ruo raised an eyebrow, just about to retort, when a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared from the erupting volcano in the distance.

Du Lianxin’s attention was immediately drawn. She gazed intently, her face gradually showing surprise.

“The sign of purple light illuminating the world. Could it be…”

Shen Anlan took over the conversation and continued: “It’s the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame. It can incinerate all things in the world and ranks first among the six great exotic flames of the Grand Profound Realm. Since ancient times, it has only existed in legends, and no one has ever been heard to subdue it.”

Feng Ruo looked at the purple light in the distance, contemplating.

“Among the three of us, only Lianxin possesses a Fire Spiritual Root. Exotic flames are often sentient. Could it be that its appearance at this time is a desire to acknowledge Lianxin as its master?”

Shen Anlan nodded and stated directly: “We cannot rule out that possibility. However, the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame is extremely dangerous. I don’t recommend going over now. If the fire spirit truly wants to acknowledge a master, it will seek us out on its own.”

In the distance, the dazzling purple light grew stronger and stronger. Before long, a fist-sized ball of flame flew out of the volcano crater. It moved in the air for a few breaths and instantly arrived before the three of them.

The fire spirit circled them a few times and finally came to rest beside Du Lianxin, hovering in mid-air.

Facing the highly destructive exotic flame, the girl was somewhat nervous.

Her ability to predict danger did not activate, and her spiritual sense gave no warning of crisis, proving that the fire spirit had no ill intentions toward her.

She tentatively reached out her hand. In the next instant, the purple flame swooshed and submerged into her palm.

The exotic flame, capable of incinerating all things, did not cause the girl any harm.

A spell to command the exotic flame suddenly appeared in Du Lianxin’s Sea of Consciousness.

She tried to operate it, and the exotic flame immediately reappeared from her palm.

The Purple Luo Heavenly Flame acknowledged its master. The surrounding area was instantly filled with a massive amount of fire-element spiritual energy, all gathering toward the girl’s location.

The True Essence in Du Lianxin’s Dantian grew rapidly, breaking through two bottlenecks in succession. Her cultivation instantly advanced to the Foundation Establishment Completion stage!

The extra fire-element spiritual energy was further converted into Metal, Wood, and Earth element spiritual energy, maintaining the balance of her spiritual roots.

Shen Anlan sensed the girl’s significant increase in strength and was genuinely happy.

Facts proved that the choice to bring Lianxin to the Holy Land was the most correct one. With the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame by her side, Lianxin would have sufficient self-protection capabilities in the future.

On the other side, although Feng Ruo was also happy, a closer look revealed a hint of worry.

She was originally a demon cultivator, and exotic flames were her greatest weakness. Now that Lianxin had been acknowledged by the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame, it would be much more difficult for her to approach her in the future…