29 Black spring and Yu Yan

I was satisfied with his answer. I then drew a map for them to the glory city. I gave it to him and said, "This is the safest route to the glory city. When you reach there, give this letter to the city lord. He will understand and provide you with good hospitality.". Some of the children spoke with them about the outside world and cultivations. After that, we then departed from the plateau.

We then moved towards the black spring. We were not ambushed since the enemy knew I was a legend rank expert. I had already prepared some antidotes to the poison mist in the black spring. We travelled on road for a while. After few hours of travel, we reached the mud marsh. I told them, "Collect some wood and make a raft. Eat these pills to detoxify the poison."

After completing the raft, we fours started to move to the end of the marsh. There was a huge stone with the endless abyss. The abyss sometimes sent a suffocating pressure with roars of the demon beasts. I dint know much about the endless abyss since they never not explained properly in the novel (Damn you mad snail). The cliff also had a stone platform with the inscription on it.

I then tied a rope on the stone and dropped it to the abyss. Using my observation, I was able to identify a pond. This must be the pond where the body of the fire goddess must be present. We started to descend in the rope. Duan Jian used his wings to fly towards the platform. When we reached the platform, I was able to sense an intrinsic seal placed over it, making a supreme expert unable to lay hands on it.

The inscription consisted of an offensive array with lightning attribute, which could explode if tampered. I started to slowly remove the offensive pattern. It definitely took me to decode it for a while, but finally completed it. Then I started to unlock the complete pattern. It seemed that it was laid by Legend rank inscription master. That position is even rarer than the legend rank demon spiritualists. My anticipation for the treasure inside increased.

We finally reached the center of the cave. It contained a pond where black spring generated but never overflowed. The black spring was guarded with inscription array with the huge barrier. I knew that the black spring contained the fire goddess body sealed by the fellow god. I also felt some prying eyes on us, but I brushed it since it was the fire goddess herself.

I then felt a small room under the rock wall. I went through the rock wall and found piles of bones. They were fragments of 6 dead corpses. The flesh was rotten and bones decayed but the energy emitting from the bones was rich. The energy was somewhat similar to the soul force. I suddenly remembered that in the novel these bones belonged to cultivators ten thousand years ago.

I then collected the wind armor, some salvable elixirs and legend rank weapons. I was somewhat astonished at the quality of these weapons. A small repair and it become good as new. The smith must be quite an accomplished one. I collected the items, buried the death and prayed for them. I then returned to the black spring.

I started to examine the inscription. Tis inscription actually helps to accumulate fire spark and concentrate into her body. If I want to get her attention, I must try to crack the inscription. I then looked at others. Xiao Ning'er was salvaging some equipment, Chen Linjian was writing a journal about his journey and Duan Jian was flying around.

As I started to crack the inscription, an ethereal figure slowly appeared from the pond. She looked roughly around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old with unparalleled beauty. But to my eyes Xiao Ning'er was much more better than her. I looked at her with curious eyes to which she returned the same. Her surroundings changed to endless sea of stars. Her remnant soul had its own consciousness. She then spoke with ethereal voice, "I waited for thousands of years. Finally, some humans were able to reach this place. Young one, what is your name?"

I replied, "My name is Long Tian and these are my fiancée and my friends, Xiao Ning'er, Chen Linjian and Duan Jian. May I know who you are?". She replied, "My name is Yu Yan, the Fire spiritual god.". Xiao Ning'er and I knew of their existence, but the other two were perplexed. They never knew the existence of spiritual gods. Chen Linjian asked her, "Respected fire god, may I know what kind of existence is spiritual gods?"

I sighed 'There goes my chance to act cool'. She then started to explain, "We're the Spiritual Gods of this world, in control of all kinds of Laws in the heavens and earth. I am in control of fire. It's just that my physical body has been dissipated. My Divine Spark has been destroyed, becoming extremely small clusters of dust that has scatter to every corner of this world. However, we, Spiritual Gods, are indestructible. After a few tens of thousands of years, my Divine Spark will gradually re-gather together and reform my physical body."