novelraw Chapter 374: How Do You Feel Now?
Chapter 374: How Do You Feel Now?
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The cultivators of Pu Ran City were overly enthusiastic. Eventually, Yu Zhao had to instruct Hua Tu to charge into the crowd, wrest Silence away from them, throw him over her shoulder, and dash out of the city to finally escape their grasp.
Because of this delay in Pu Ran City, the group didn’t stop again after leaving the city, rushing forward. Finally, on the third morning, they arrived at Chaozong Gorge.
As soon as they stepped into the boundaries of Chaozong Gorge, Hua Tu’s entire body shuddered, and he began to slide to the ground uncontrollably.
Yu Zhao, quick to react, grabbed his collar and hoisted him up. “Hua Tu?”
“Yu… Yu Zhao, this place… this place…”
Before he could finish, his body began to swell rapidly. His clothes tore apart, and brownish-black fur spread across his body.
“Rrrghrrghr~”
The moment he transformed into his original form, the first thing he did was lie on the ground and roll around gleefully, letting out low growls of satisfaction.
Yu Zhao: ?Long Fei Fei, Silence, Si Tu Xuan: !
“Haha, so you’re actually a spotted leopard!”
Long Fei Fei stared at Hua Tu, her face full of amazement.
The fact that Hua Tu was a demonic beast was never hidden by him or Yu Zhao.
However, Long Fei Fei hadn’t expected his true form to be a leopard. Leopards were known among demonic beasts for being cunning and agile, a description that didn’t quite fit Hua Tu’s usual demeanor.
But Hua Tu didn’t care about others’ opinions. He rolled back and forth on the ground, his golden beast eyes narrowing into slits of pure contentment.
Seeing this, Yu Zhao had a sudden thought. She carefully took White Blaze from her sleeve and placed him gently on the ground.
The moment White Blaze touched the earth, his body trembled slightly.
Although the motion was faint, it did not escape the sharp eyes of Yu Zhao and the others.
“It moved! It really worked!” Long Fei Fei exclaimed excitedly.
Yu Zhao’s tightly wound nerves eased slightly. Chaozong Gorge indeed had a miraculous effect on demonic beasts.
However, Yu Zhao soon realized she’d relaxed too soon. After that single movement, White Blaze showed no further reaction.
Yu Zhao lightly prodded him with her finger.
No response.
She turned and walked to Hua Tu, calling out, “Hua Tu?”
Hua Tu rolled to the right.
“Hua Tu.”
He rolled to the left.
Yu Zhao smiled faintly and, channeling her spiritual energy into her palm, unleashed a forceful wave.
“Awooo!”
Hua Tu leaped up with a yelp, his big, innocent eyes filled with grievance.
“How do you feel now?”
Hua Tu, sulking, stole a glance at Yu Zhao and mumbled, “My butt hurts.”
Yu Zhao: …
Taking a deep breath, she asked, “That’s not what I meant. Why were you lying on the ground?”
“Oh.” Hua Tu blinked, recalling the sensation from earlier. “It felt good. Really good. Hard to describe.”
“Can you lead us to the source of that feeling?”
“I can try.”
Hua Tu spun in a few circles, sniffing around. Suddenly, he pounced forward.
“Follow me.”
Yu Zhao immediately scooped up White Blaze and chased after him.
Long Fei Fei and the others hurriedly followed.
Perhaps because Harmony Sound Temple was hosting its annual lecture, there were few humans in Chaozong Gorge, but traces of demonic beasts were abundant.
Moreover, Hua Tu’s condition here was clearly better than outside, with a noticeable improvement in speed.
Yu Zhao and Long Fei Fei had to push themselves to avoid being left behind. As for Silence and Si Tu Xuan, they had already fallen behind and could only follow the markers left by Yu Zhao to catch up.
Before long, they broke through the forest and arrived at an open mountainous area.
Ahead of them was a massive chasm, and from their vantage point, they could see the rugged stone walls of the opposite cliff.
“It’s down there!”
As Hua Tu’s excitement grew, he left behind just those words before leaping powerfully into the gorge below.
“Again?” Long Fei Fei exclaimed.
Even someone as accustomed to long chases as she was felt drained. Hua Tu’s speed was truly exhausting to match.
Yu Zhao extended her divine sense to check for any unusual auras. Finding none, she unhesitatingly leapt into the gorge.
“Ugh.” Long Fei Fei sighed. “I must owe you something.”
With that, her figure blurred, reappearing within Chaozong Gorge.
Known for its jagged rock formations, Chaozong Gorge demanded careful navigation to avoid damaging the landscape.
As Yu Zhao watched Hua Tu’s figure descend, she pondered his ultimate destination. Just then, the White Blaze cradled in her palm vanished without a trace.
Yu Zhao froze mid-air, her gaze darting around.
Nothing.
She unleashed her divine sense, expanding its reach.
Ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang…
Still no sign of White Blaze.
Her expression darkened, her fingers curling tightly as her knuckles turned pale.
“Why did you stop?” Long Fei Fei flew to her side, puzzled.
“White Blaze is gone.”
“What?”
Long Fei Fei blinked rapidly. With her sensitivity to spiritual fluctuations, she had detected nothing unusual earlier. How could White Blaze simply vanish?
She pulled out a compass, channeling spiritual energy into it.
The needle spun wildly, faster and faster, showing no signs of stopping.
Startled, Long Fei Fei quickly stored the compass. “It’s useless here. My compass can’t function.”
Even in the ancient tower of Xuan Yuan, the compass had guided them. But in Chaozong Gorge, it was utterly ineffective.
This revelation left Long Fei Fei both shocked and intrigued. What kind of mysteries lay hidden below?
As Yu Zhao and Long Fei Fei deliberated in uncertainty, a strange noise echoed from the gorge below.
At first, it sounded like muffled thunder, deep and commanding.
The sound reverberated through the gorge, growing louder and transforming into a deafening roar. A surge of powerful air currents erupted from below, sweeping through the gorge and hurling everything upward.
“Roar roar roar!”
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
“Meow meow meow!”
The violent gusts lifted every being in the gorge, including the demonic beasts and Hua Tu, who had leapt down earlier.
Thud thud thud!
It was as if a rain of beasts had fallen, piling up on both sides of the mountainous terrain.
Yu Zhao and Long Fei Fei exchanged glances, speechless. Before they could speak, a resonant, high-pitched roar rang out from below.
Their hearts trembled, overwhelmed by an instinctive reverence.
All the demonic beasts froze where they had fallen, faces filled with terror as they cowered and shivered.
“This… this is a dragon’s roar!”
Dragons had been legendary creatures for millennia.
No trace of dragons existed in the cultivation world anymore, and no one had heard their roar.
Yet both Yu Zhao and Long Fei Fei instinctively knew it was a dragon’s roar. It was an innate certainty, as if etched into their very beings.
If dragons still roamed the world, their roar would sound exactly like this!
Among the demonic beasts, apart from Hua Tu, several at the Nascent Soul stage also lay prostrate, exposing their most vulnerable parts in a gesture of submission.
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