Chapter 471 - Fiery Lotus (1/2)

After meeting up with Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi inside Cultivation Online, Yuan asked them, ”You want to participate in a contest?”

”Yes, there will be other players there as well.” Yu Rou nodded.

”Are you sure? I assume there will be a lot of players there since there is going to be a free Earth-rank technique.” Yuan said.

”Well, it won't hurt to take a look at the place. If there are too many people, we can leave.” Yu Rou said.

”Alright. How far is this place? Do we need to take a carriage there?”

”No, it's only about a two-hour walk from here.”

They proceeded to leave Seashell City shortly after.

A little over two hours later, they arrived at the city.

However, they were immediately baffled by the number of people there.

”Heavens…” Yu Rou mumbled in a dazed voice when she saw the sea of people outside the city waiting to go inside.

If there were this many people outside the city, she can only imagine how many people were inside.

”I have underestimated the value of an Earth-rank technique… probably because of you, brother…” Yu Rou sighed a moment later.

”Do you still want to participate in the contest?” Yuan asked her with a smile on his face.

”Uhhh… I will be shocked if we can enter the city before the contest is over,” she sighed again.

”What else do you want to do now?”

”Well… I kind of want to study the technique I got yesterday.”

”Should we go to the Cultivators' Haven?”

”Nah. I'm getting bored of the bland room inside the Cultivators' Haven. We can study outside for a change, and it's not like we're cultivating, so a little disturbance should be fine. There's a lake about a mile away. We can go there instead.”

”Alright. Let's go.” Yuan nodded.

Sometime later, they approached a beautiful lake with sparkling water.

”Wow, this place is beautiful.” Yu Rou said.

”This place kind of reminds me of a school trip we had last year.” Xia Jingyi said.

”Oh, you mean the one we had towards the end of the year? I remember, but the water there wasn't this clear.”

”The atmosphere here is quite refreshing…” Yuan looked at the lake with a look of admiration.

”This is your first time coming to a place like this, right?” Yu Rou said to him.

”Yes… Our parents would never take us to these kinds of places, after all.” He said with a bittersweet smile.

”By the way, where's Miss Lan?” Xia Jingyi asked when she realized that she was gone.

”Oh, she's right here,” he said while pointing to the snake bracelet around his wrist.

”Huh?” Xia Jingyi raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.

”Come out for a bit, Yingying.”

The next moment, the white bracelet around his arms began moving, before transforming into Lan Yingying.

Xia Jingyi's jaw dropped after seeing her transformation.

”Y-You're not human?” Xia Jingyi asked.

”No, I am a Divine Serpent,” Lan Yingying said.

”Do you want to see my beast form?”

Xia Jingyi nodded with curiosity.

”I also want to see it!” Yu Rou said.

Lan Yingying then transformed into her serpent form.

”Whoa! You're very big!” Yu Rou was dumbfounded when Lan Yingying transformed into a massive white snake larger than even a bus, almost like a mini train.

”You have very pretty scales…” Xia Jingyi said with a dazzled look on her face.

”Thank you.”

”Hmm? Jingyi, do you like snakes? I thought most girls hate snakes.” Yu Rou said.

”Yes, I like snakes. I find them very cute. In fact, I have a pet snake at home.” Xia Jingyi nodded.

”Really? I should visit your home one day.”

”You can come whenever.” Xia Jingyi said.

Sometime later, Lan Yingying returned to her human form.

”I'm going to study the technique now.” Yu Rou said to them before taking a seat by the lake and retrieving one of the two Heaven-rank techniques she'd recently acquired.

Xia Jingyi followed her and also started studying her new technique.

”What about you, Yingying? What kind of technique did you take?” Yuan asked her afterward.

”Oh, it's a flame technique. I was hoping it'd synergize with my Sacred Fire,” she said.

Lan Yingying then took a seat somewhere in the shades under a tree and began studying the technique.

”I'm also going to study my technique,” Meixiu said before going to where Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi were studying.

”Since everyone is studying, I might as well study too, but I kind of want to enjoy the scenery for a bit.” Yuan proceeded to lay beside the lake and looked at the sparkling water for a whole hour before he started studying his own technique.

After studying for a few hours, Lan Yingying was the first to learn her new technique.