C7 Longevity Lamp
Jiang Baiqiu and Xu Chen did not stand outside for long before they entered the ancient looking tower.
Although the Book Collection Vault of the Sky Bearing Empire was normally empty, it was still very clean.
As soon as they entered the library, they were greeted by a hunchbacked old man whose face was covered with spots and looked somewhat horrifying.
What caught Xu Chen's attention was the lotus flower lamp in the old man's hand.
Although the interior of the Compendium Pavilion was darker than the exterior, the walls were inlaid with Night Pearls, allowing one to clearly see everything within.
For example, there were neatly arranged bookshelves around the area. If the words on the bookshelves were slightly larger, Xu Chen would be able to see it clearly.
But why was the old man holding a lamp?
This lotus flower lamp was completely black. Furthermore, the lotus petals were somewhat strange, no more than ten.
Each petal was engraved with a dense array of runes, attracting a lot of attention.
"Patriarch Changsheng, this is Xu Chen." Seeing this old man, Jiang Baiqiu respectfully saluted and noticed Xu Chen's gaze.
"So you have the first god body and ten divine veins?"
The old man with spots all over his face looked up and down at Xu Chen as he grinned. There was not a single tooth in his mouth, making him look a little strange.
"Greetings, senior." Xu Chen saw that the usually arrogant Jiang Baiqiu had restrained himself quite a bit in front of this old man. He did not flatter him, and remained as humble as before.
When Xu Chen greeted her, his gaze paused on the lotus flower lamp for a moment. He always felt that this lamp was very familiar, but he was unable to recall it in a short period of time.
"No need to be so courteous, quickly go up." The old man narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Chen, paying no heed to the fact that his gaze was on the lamp.
"Let's go." Jiang Baiqiu glanced at Xu Chen but said nothing.
Jiang Baiqiu led the way, and they walked up the stairs of the Compendium Pavilion.
The staircase of the Compendium Pavilion looked the same as the tower. It was extremely ancient, and could even be said to be old. However, when the two of them walked up the stairs, it was extremely hard.
Xu Chen was inwardly speechless. It seemed like this library was not simple at all. At the very least, the Xu family did not have this kind of item, and the Xu family did not have as many divine techniques and techniques.
After all, the Xu family had grown up in the past few hundred years. Although the Sky Bearing Empire had split up the three heavenly palaces, they were still the oldest and most powerful force in the Northern Lands.
This was the foundation of the Xu family's power. It could not be compared to the Xu family's!
"You know the lamp?" Jiang Baiqiu suddenly asked when he was about to step onto the second floor.
"It looks a little familiar. Warm Jade seems to have described this lamp to me before, but I've never seen it before. I can't remember its name." Xu Chen was sure that he had understood this lamp before.
Xu Chen had temporarily entered the blind spot in his memories. As long as he had time, he would definitely remember.
"This lamp is called 'Longevity'." Jiang Baiqiu reminded him.
"Lamp of Life?" Xu Chen gaped for a moment, and then all the information regarding the lamp flashed through his mind.
As the name implies, the lamp of longevity was the lamp of eternal immortality.
The old man was most likely the guardian of this lamp, fusing his flesh and blood with it.
The lamp will never be extinguished, and whoever wields it will not die. It will last for all eternity, and will last forever!
It was no wonder that Xu Chen felt this familiar. It was no wonder that Jiang Baiqiu would call that old man the Forefather of Longevity.
"If you were born in the Sky Bearing Empire, with your current situation, you would definitely be the owner of this lamp." Jiang Baiqiu said with a tinge of regret.
"I'm afraid I might not be able to become the owner of this lamp." Xu Chen shook his head. He knew about this lamp.
It was because the Xu family had once thought of finding this lamp to prolong his life. As a result, the Xu family had once gathered a lot of information, and he had instructed the warm jade to let him read it.
"Why not?" Jiang Baiqiu was a little doubtful. In his opinion, even if Xu Chen didn't have a Divine Vein, he still had the qualifications to do so.
Of course, the prerequisite was that Xu Chen was from the Sky Bearing Empire.
"As long as the lamp holder worships the lamp, the person can live forever. Rather than calling it the owner of the lamp, it's better to call it a lamp slave." Xu Chen thought for a moment and said.
"That makes sense." Jiang Baiqiu nodded seriously.
As long as one stopped worshiping or left the lamp, they would immediately turn into ashes. The lamp, on the other hand, recognized a different master.
How, then, could the lantern holder be the owner of the lamp?
As they spoke, they had already reached the seventh floor.
The seventh floor of the Compendium Pavilion was roughly the same as the other six floors. The only difference was that the seventh floor was different from the other six floors.
There were no bookshelves on the seventh floor, no books.
"Cough, cough." Before Xu Chen could observe much, he started coughing again, and the coughing got worse.
"Cough, cough!" It was as if Xu Chen couldn't stop at all, as if something was trying to drill out of his body.
His internal organs were in incomparable pain, as if he was being roasted over a fire. The searing pain made him limp down to the ground.
Xu Chen knew that the fire poison had begun to act up again.
"Xu Chen, quickly consume the medicinal pill!" Jiang Baiqiu hurriedly supported Xu Chen.
The eruption of the fire poison within Xu Chen's body caught him off guard. Even Xu Chen didn't have much time to react.
Jiang Baiqiu saw Xu Chen's eyes turn bloodshot as the temperature of his body continued to rise.
Right now, Xu Chen was like a piece of red-hot charcoal. If Jiang Baiqiu hadn't used his divine power to wrap himself up, he might have been burned by the fire poison in his upper body.
"Cough, cough!"
Xu Chen's coughing became more and more intense. He felt as if his internal organs were going to cough out at any moment, and his entire body was burning.
Pain!
The pain was excruciating!
On the other hand, he had already placed the pill that Xue Sheng had given to Xu Chen into his storage ring.
Jiang Baiqiu was not the owner of the storage ring, so he could not produce the pills. However, he was afraid that Xu Chen would die, so he did not dare to infuse his power into Xu Chen's body.
What should he do?
If this continued, Xu Chen would definitely die!
He watched as the veins on Xu Chen's forehead bulged and his entire body bent. Flames could be seen from his seven orifices!
Cold sweat broke out on Jiang Baiqiu's forehead. The Heavenly Dipper Pavilion had been set up for more than ten years, and they had been secretly changing the weather. They had paid an enormous price.
He had only brought Xu Chen here after hiding from the entire people of the East Xuan Continent. If he died in front of him, the consequences would be dire!
Who would be able to bear the anger of the four great Heavenly Palaces? Even if he was the strongest of the young generation of the Sky Bearing Empire, he still wouldn't be able to!
"How can there be divine force undulations!"
"What happened?" Just as Jiang Bai Qiu was at a loss as to what to do, Forefather Longevity appeared on the seventh floor like a ghost.
"Patriarch Longevity, the fire poison in Xu Chen's body has broken out! He can't die!" Jiang Bai Qiu had no time to explain. It was as if he had seen his savior when he saw the Forefather!
As the person in charge of the Book Collection Vault, his status and position were self-evident. How could the Longevity Ancestor not know how important Xu Chen was to the Book Collection Hall?
"Retreat your divine power, retreat!" Forefather Longevity did not hesitate, directly berating her.
Although Jiang Baiqiu's potential was high, his strength was far from that of Forefather Longevity. Naturally, he trusted him from the bottom of his heart.
Just as Jiang Baiqiu retreated, the Longevity Lamp in Forefather Longevity's hands released a fiery dragon from the wick and wrapped around Xu Chen!
"Today, I want to see just how strong the Fire Poison is that even the number one genius doctor of the Eastern Profound Continent is unable to cure it!" Forefather Longevity gave a loud shout!
The fire dragon released by the longevity lamp grew even more intense, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, it sucked the fire poison within Xu Chen's body out of his seven orifices!
Ah!
This kind of pain was as if he was being ripped apart. Xu Chen couldn't bear it any longer and howled out in madness.
From his mouth, nose, and ears, a thick layer of fire continued to pour out of his mouth, nose, and ears.
In addition to Xu Chen's painful screams, the scene was extremely horrifying!
The fire dragon from the lamp grew larger and larger, as if it was about to explode.
"So it turns out that the fire poison in Xu Chen's body had long since been formed into Dao patterns by someone using his crippled Divine Veins. It continued to grow endlessly in his body. The person who destroyed his Divine Veins is no ordinary person!"
"No wonder if Xue Sheng can't be cured, he will be killed if he wants to be cured!" Forefather Longevity sucked in a breath of cold air.
And the fire dragon from the Luminous Lamp had already surrounded the entire seventh floor. Although the entire tower was not burning, the heat wave from it could still burn an ordinary person!
"Fire!" The Longevity Ancestor was drenched in sweat, and an enormous figure stood up from within his body.
The figure covered the lamp with both hands, and the fire dragon instantly shrunk several times in size. The temperature of the tower also dropped accordingly!
The giant held the sky in one hand and reached into the netherworld with the other. His methods were as powerful as the heavens!
"Heaven's Path!" Jiang Baiqiu's eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't thought that Forefather Longevity would be this strong!
He was several times stronger than Xu Chen's father, Xu Liyang. It was no wonder that so many elders of the Xu family had died. It was not as if the Xu family had not moved.
He didn't dare!
"Hu hu!"
An intense wave of energy swept out, and Patriarch Longevity's body began to tremble.
The Longevity Lamp was originally absorbing the fire poison within Xu Chen's body, but it was now being sucked into the fire poison within Xu Chen's body. The fire poison kept rushing in, and couldn't be separated at all!
It wasn't that Patriarch Longevity was weak, but rather, the longevity lamp was his master. His life or death depended on the longevity lamp, and if it was damaged, his vitality would also be greatly damaged!
He even died!
Forefather Longevity had thought he could suppress it, but instead it had ignited a fire within him!
"Jiang Baiqiu, hurry up and invite Xue Sheng!" Forefather Longevity's entire body was trembling, no longer as calm as he had been before!
It was at this moment that Jiang Baiqiu finally reacted. Without any hesitation, he rushed out of the Compendium Pavilion!
The instant Jiang Baiqiu exited the library, over ten black-cloaked old men quietly appeared on the seventh floor.
These were the experts guarding the Library of Heaven's Path. There weren't many of them, but they were all top-notch experts!
"Help me suppress the fire poison! If it breaks out, he'll die, and I'll die as well!" Seeing these people, Forefather Longevity felt as if he had seen his savior, and he hurriedly begged for help!
"Alright!"
"Everyone, let's attack together!"
And then, these ten black-caped figures all unleashed their most powerful attacks.
For a time, the entire pagoda began to tremble. One third of the top experts of the Sky Bearing Empire began to attack together!
The scene was spectacular and majestic!
Meanwhile, Xu Chen's fire poison was also suppressed, no longer interfering with the longevity lamp. However, the fire poison still continued to erupt within Xu Chen's body!
If Jiang Baiqiu didn't make it back in time, Xu Chen would definitely die!
