Chapter 56 Where is the Lightning? Come On and Take Me for a Flight

"My cultivation has finally recovered."

Inside a cave, a graceful figure slowly stood up, letting out a long breath from the bottom of her heart. She walked to the cave entrance and gazed into the distant mountains, her beautiful eyes shrouded in a hazy mist.

"How handsome. I must find you."

Zixia murmured, her expression dazed, as if she had yet to awaken from a dream.

The moment she saw that handsome man, she finally realized that all men in this world were utter trash.

To hell with Luo Qingsong of the Hundred Herbs Hall! To hell with Chu Potian of the True Word Sect!

They were all just a bunch of ugly freaks!

Completely unpresentable!

The handsome man's face seemed to have appeared in her childhood dreams, giving her a sense of déjà vu. Yet, upon closer recollection, for some unknown reason, a faint pang began to ache in her heart.

A heart-wrenching pain.

Zixia clutched her chest, feeling utterly bewildered as to why her heart ached so fiercely.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Since we are both within the Azure Cloud Secret Realm anyway, we will meet again."

She shook her head, forcefully expelling the distracting thoughts, then leaped gracefully from the mouth of the cave, soaring like a wispy thread of blue smoke before vanishing into the dense jungle.

After a moment.

Another figure flew past through the jungle, shouting from afar, "Junior Sister Zixia!"

Zixia halted her steps.

Luo Qingsong flew over and landed beside her, looking at her with a face full of concern. "Are you alright?"

"What did you just call me?"

Zixia's delicate, porcelain-white face was covered in a layer of frost, her expression icy cold.

Luo Qingsong was taken aback.

He wondered what had happened to her. Zixia seemed like a completely different person, giving him a deeply unfamiliar feeling.

"I called you Junior Sister Zixia..."

Luo Qingsong smiled faintly. His handsome eyes gazed affectionately at Zixia, the corners of his lips curling up slightly to reveal a dashing smile.

This smile possessed an extraordinary charm.

Back then, he had relied on his handsome face and modest, enchanting smile to win over the number one beauty among the younger generation of disciples in the Wind and Moon Sect.

Zixia sneered, "Junior Sister Zixia? Is that something you are qualified to call me?"

Luo Qingsong: "..."

He was suddenly left completely bewildered in the wind.

How could it be that in just over an hour, the distance between Zixia and him had suddenly become as vast as a hundred thousand miles?

"Junior Sister Zixia, was that person just now an impostor disguised as Chu Potian? Did he threaten you?"

Unwilling to give up, he continued to ask with concern.

"Luo, from now on, we shall address each other simply as fellow Daoists. If you ever dare to call me Junior Sister Zixia again, do not blame me for being discourteous!"

Zixia flicked her long sleeves and drifted away gracefully, leaving behind an icy pronouncement.

Luo Qingsong: "?"

He was utterly dumbfounded. Zixia had completely broken ties with him!

At this moment, Luo Qingsong felt as though a basin of cold water had been dumped over his head. His entire body grew ice-cold, plunging into a freezing abyss, unable to move even a single finger.

Luo Qingsong simply could not understand how that blockhead Chu Potian had managed to replace him.

In terms of appearance, temperament, eloquence, or strength, in which way did he not completely crush Chu Potian?

"Damn it! Fine, you Chu Potian, daring to use despicable methods to snatch my woman! I am irreconcilable with you!"

Luo Qingsong's eyes suddenly turned bloodshot.

His relationship with Zixia had always been excellent, and their romance had been progressing by leaps and bounds recently. Just as this peerless beauty was about to fall into his embrace, Chu Potian had swooped in and stolen his advantage!

"Damn you! Damn you!"

Furious, Luo Qingsong's handsome face twisted in rage. With a single punch, he shattered an ancient tree, venting a fraction of his frustration before flying toward the depths of the Azure Cloud Secret Realm.

He was going to find Chu Potian and teach this fellow a harsh lesson!

High up on a distant mountain peak, Zixia gazed in the direction where Luo Qingsong had gone. Upon hearing the distant, thunderous crash, a trace of mockery flashed across her exquisitely beautiful face.

She must have been truly blind in the past to have ever taken a fancy to an ugly man like Luo Qingsong.

Fortunately, the two of them had only just started dating, and everything was still salvageable.

...

Several hours later.

Chu Potian, who had just slain a fierce beast, panted lightly as he sat on a tree branch to rest.

"Old Thief Chu, hand over your life!"

A voice echoed from afar, drawing closer by the second. Following that, a giant dragon formed from roaring flames descended with a booming crash.

"What the hell! Who is so despicable as to launch a sneak attack on me?"

Wiping the sweat from his brow, Chu Potian was so startled that he tumbled right out of the tree. Suspended mid-air, he formed hand seals with both hands and suddenly uttered a true word: "This little fire dragon looks quite pretty. It would look even prettier if it turned into smoke and scattered."

Boom!

The scorching fire dragon suddenly exploded, transforming into a massive cloud of smoke that drifted downward from the sky.

A figure descended from the heavens.

"Luo Qingsong, why are you here?"

Recognizing the familiar face, Chu Potian scolded irritably, "Are you out of your mind? You want to pick a fight the moment we meet?"

"Chu Potian, you despicable villain, how dare you steal my woman!"

Luo Qingsong cursed furiously. At this moment, blazing flames swirled around his entire body like a fiery god of war, overflowing with murderous intent. With a flick of his hands, two burning sabers materialized in his palms.

Chu Potian slowly retreated, sneering, "What do you mean by steal? I was competing with you fair and square, alright?"

"Damn it, you still dare to quibble?"

The moment he recalled Zixia's attitude, the fury in Luo Qingsong's heart erupted like a volcano. Wielding his twin flaming sabers, he lunged forward to hack at Chu Potian.

"O Wind, come quickly and blow out these little flames..."

Chu Potian chanted under his breath.

Whoosh!

Violent gales suddenly arose.

A fierce, howling wind swept forward, making the flames on Luo Qingsong's body flicker uncertainly and severely impeding his speed.

Chu Potian retreated like lightning, muttering, "Shield, come quickly and block him."

Swish!

A black shield materialized, placing itself squarely in front of Luo Qingsong.

Chu Potian looked up at the firmament.

"O stars in the heavens, come quickly and smash this unreasoning brute to death!"

Whoosh, whoosh...

streaks of starlight plummeted, each as large as a millstone, crashing down toward Luo Qingsong.

In just a brief moment, Chu Potian consecutively cast True Word spells, blocking Luo Qingsong's assault while launching a counterattack of his own.

Boom! Boom!

Luo Qingsong charged wildly from left to right, continuously swinging his sabers to shatter the starlight as he pressed forward to kill Chu Potian.

"Where is the lightning? Come quickly and carry me away!"

Seeing Luo Qingsong's suicidal fighting style, Chu Potian panicked as well. While his True Word spells looked wondrous and omnipotent, the energy consumption was immense. If they kept fighting like this, he would undoubtedly be the one to suffer in the end.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning materialized out of thin air!

Like a spirit snake, one end of the lightning wrapped around Chu Potian's waist while the other transformed into an arrowhead, tearing through the void with a piercing screech.

"Old thief, where do you think you're running?"

Luo Qingsong roared angrily. Blazing flames roared across his entire body as his speed suddenly surged, charging after him fiercely.

"This guy Luo has completely lost his mind! What did I do wrong to deserve a fight to the death with me?"

Being carried away by the lightning, Chu Potian glanced back over his shoulder mid-flight. Seeing Luo Qingsong in hot pursuit, he wailed in exasperation.

As Luo Qingsong closed the distance, a sense of crisis washed over Chu Potian. He quickly shouted, "Little Lightning, your speed isn't fast enough! Hurry up and call your little buddies over!"

Crack!

Another bolt of lightning materialized out of thin air. The two lightning bolts connected head-to-tail, doubling their speed instantly.

Seeing Chu Potian continuously cast True Word spells to widen the gap between them once more, Luo Qingsong was driven mad with rage.

However, he had already reached his limit and could not possibly increase his speed any further.

Fortunately, his stamina was deep and his reserves of medicinal pills were abundant, allowing him to sustain a prolonged battle with Chu Potian.

"Haha, Senior Sister Zixia is truly charismatic. Both Luo Qingsong from the Hundred Herbs Hall and Chu Potian from the True Word Sect are fighting like this over her..."

Inside a certain jungle.

A few disciples of the Wind and Moon Sect gazed into the sky at a ball of fire chasing a bolt of lightning, discussing it with amused smiles and great interest.