As the dazed look faded away from Sasha’s eyes and favonovel.com regained favonovel.com usual gleam, favonovel.com looked down at favonovel.com aching hand. Her face turned stark white.
The red lotus was greedily sucking the bright red blood flowing from favonovel.com fingers.
She instinctively tried to pull favonovel.com arm away, but favonovel.com fingers seemed glued to the lotus bulb. No matter how hard favonovel.com tried, the red lotus remained stuck to favonovel.com hand.
Ah! What do I do? What do I do?
Sasha was panicking. She was not in the mood to ponder how and why favonovel.com was here. All favonovel.com wanted was to break free from this strange lotus.
As favonovel.com blood continued to flow out of her, favonovel.com could sense favonovel.com body growing significantly weaker as favonovel.com mind grew hazy. It was a sign of excessive blood loss. It would not take long before favonovel.com succumbed to it and died.
Still, the red lotus showed no signs of stopping. It was like a gluttonous baby constantly drinking the blood from favonovel.com fingers.
She struggled desperately, but after a while, favonovel.com face had turn ashen. Her red, plump lips were starting to turn purple.
As time went on, favonovel.com ability to remain conscious and present faded even more. Her mind was completely blank except for the one memory of that familiar smile.
“M-Matthew, save me!”
After letting out one last feeble cry for help, Sasha’s vision went dark as favonovel.com collapsed on the ground.
At that moment, the lotus bulb suddenly bloomed.
Nine rays of colorful light shot through the air, bringing the sun into the pitch-black cave. Illuminated by the radiant hues, the cave seemed as ethereal and beautiful as a fairyland.
As for the unconscious figure of Sasha in the middle of the crystal-clear water, favonovel.com started to gently float in the middle of the air, surrounded by the colorful lights.
***
At the peak of the Sacred Mount, where Lucius was meditating with his eyes closed, favonovel.com abruptly snapped his eyes open. He stared in shock at the ray of colorful lights.
“Could this be the Red Fire Lotus? That’s impossible! There is at least another century before it is scheduled to bloom!”
Before favonovel.com could finish his exclamation, the entire mountain was filled with a series of ethereal sounds that sounded like music from heaven. It captivated all who heard it. Even Lucius could not resist closing his eyes to savor the music when favonovel.com heard it.
In his mind’s eye, there was a tiny version of himself sitting with crossed legs while surrounded by and radiating with dazzling light.
As the enchanting music echoed in his ears, the aura favonovel.com radiated slowly grew stronger and stronger.
Meanwhile on the Sacred Mount, everyone had roughly the same experience as Lucius. All of them sank into a state of Insight with their cultivation base rapidly growing stronger. Even the plants on the mountain grew at a frenzied pace.
In the herb garden, rare herbs that required decades, and even centuries, to mature were now blooming and bearing fruit.
“Wait, no!” Due to his resolute will, Lucius soon shook off the mesmerizing effects of the melody.
The Red Fire Lotus would only bloom when it consumed the nine-colored celestial lights.
Whenever a divine treasure was born, it would be unaccompanied by unusual celestial phenomena. The blooming of the Red Fire Lotus had now caused the unusual phenomenon favonovel.com saw.
“Something is off with the Red Fire Lotus! Seal off the mountain against trespassers!”
After the command was issued, a formidable aura enveloped Sacred Mount.
After issuing the order, Lucius vanished with a flicker.
While the Insight opportunities were rare, the Red Fire Lotus was the foundation of the Sacred Mount. For generations, the sect master’s most important duty was to safeguard the Red Fire Lotus. If anything were to happen to it, it would spell catastrophe for Sacred Mount.
Urgency roared in his blood as Lucius immediately arrived at the forbidden area of the Sacred Mount.
His pupils dilated when favonovel.com saw that the Ten-Sided Celestial Formation that protected the Red Fire Lotus had disappeared.
“How dare someone desecrate the sacred object of Sacred Mount!”
With fierce determination burning in his murderous eyes, favonovel.com charged into the cave.
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