Chapter 1587: Very Tasty

"Paper boat?" Zhang Xuan was stunned. "Even a top-grade saint artifact can't withstand it. How could a paper boat not be corroded?"

It wasn't that he didn't dare believe it, but it was simply too incredible.

He knew well how powerful top-grade saint artifacts were; some could not even be destroyed by a peak Saint Realm 9 expert, yet they couldn't last long in this yellow water. Paper—something an ordinary person could tear apart—was on a completely different level.

"I don't know either, and I can't understand it either. That's why I can't figure out how to build the Nether Boat! I heard it was created by Master Teacher Kong back in the day, and the secret technique has long been lost. Even the Master Teacher Academy probably doesn't have it!"

Wu Chen shook his head.

"So you're saying we can't cross this river?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

The name 'Tongyou Bridge' alone suggested it was even more complex to build. Without knowing how to make the Nether Boat, facing this river, was there really no way?

Could they only wait here?

"In the past, without these two, crossing wouldn't have been difficult. But now, with insufficient resources and everything else, I have no other way either!"

Frowning, Wu Chen seemed to have no means left.

"This..."

Zhang Xuan looked at Luo Ruoxin not far away, but she also shook her head. "This thing is indeed hard to cross. I do know some methods, but with my current strength, it's very complicated to execute."

"Then let me see if there's a solution."

Those four had already crossed the river. If they continued to delay here, they would surely be too late. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xuan stepped forward, approached the Hell's Yellow Water, and reached out his finger to touch it.

"Are you crazy..."

Seeing him touch it with his finger, Wu Chen was so startled he nearly fainted.

This was simply reckless!

Just as he was about to rush over and pull him back, he saw Zhang Xuan, who had touched the yellow water, suddenly reveal a strange expression. Then he cupped his hands, licked his lips, took two satisfying sips, and with eyes shining, turned around and called out, "It's pretty tasty. Come have a taste..."

"Have a taste?"

His vision went dark, and Wu Chen nearly passed out.

This was Hell's Yellow Water—literally the water of the Yellow Spring from hell. Touching it or falling into it would inevitably send one into reincarnation, with no chance of survival.

This guy... not only touched it but also drank two mouthfuls...

Was he that reckless?

"It's true. Are you exaggerating?"

After taking another sip, feeling refreshed as if he had drunk spiritual liquid, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but look over.

The other had described this thing as eerie and unpredictable, something even Great Sage experts feared like snakes and scorpions. He touched it and felt nothing special!

He had also checked with the Library of Heaven's Path, and it wasn't as terrifying as described.

Not only was it not dangerous, it was actually quite delicious. Could it be that they were scaring themselves and making it sound too horrifying?

"..."

Seeing the young man holding the yellow water without any sign of corrosion, and even drinking it without harm, Wu Chen was also puzzled. Could it be... he had misidentified it?

He couldn't help but step forward and dip his finger in as well.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!

A piercing pain shot through him. He quickly withdrew his hand and saw that a large part of it had turned black. If he had waited any longer, the whole finger might have been gone.

Suppressing the intense pain, his eyebrows twitched. He turned to look at the young man, who was stirring the water with his hand, and felt like crying.

He was a top-tier expert among experts... His finger had been corroded the moment it touched the water, yet the other was completely unharmed?

It defied all logic!

"No... it's your body and soul that are the problem!"

Full of frustration, he carefully looked at Zhang Xuan, then suddenly frowned, his eyes filled with terror.

"What problem?"

Stopping his playful behavior, Zhang Xuan looked over.

Although his physical body had cultivated the Heaven's Path功法 and was comparable to a top-grade saint artifact, it was still far inferior to the Indestructible Realm of a Great Sage. The other's finger had been corroded upon contact, yet he was completely unaffected. Even he himself didn't understand why.

"There are faint traces of lightning spreading through your body and soul. It's this lightning that blocks the corrosion of the yellow water!" Wu Chen said solemnly.

"Lightning?"

"That's right. Hell's Yellow Water, hidden underground, is eerie and cold, belonging to yin-cold things. Lightning, on the other hand, is extremely yang and firm, belonging to heavenly might. In the face of heavenly might, the ghosts of hell naturally dare not cause trouble..."

Wu Chen found it hard to believe. "But... how can one's body and soul contain the power of lightning and remain unharmed?"

Although cultivators from the Nascent Soul stage onward had to endure lightning tribulations, they only passively resisted. Even some super-strong experts who cultivated lightning techniques could not store lightning within themselves without injury!

Especially the soul, which was very fragile. Even after condensing a primordial spirit, it still held great reverence for lightning, like ice fearing fire.

This person before him hadn't even reached the Great Sage level, yet his soul also contained layers of lightning that helped resist the yellow water's invasion. Even seeing it with his own eyes, he found it hard to understand.

"So that's it..."

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.

In the past two months, he had been constantly absorbing lightning to advance. Both his Witch Soul and physical body were now filled with lightning. If Hell's Yellow Water feared lightning, then he indeed had an advantage over others.

"Since lightning can counter this yellow water, if we summon lightning, we can easily cross over, right?"

Having figured it out, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

The Hell's Yellow Water before them had something it feared. If they summoned that thing, it would naturally become afraid and dare not invade them.

"Summon lightning?"

Wu Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. "You're thinking too simply. Lightning is heavenly might. Even if a breakthrough could attract it, who can break through now? Even if, by some remote chance, we succeeded in attracting it, we can't even resist it ourselves, let alone make it fight the yellow water and help us cross?"

This young man was sometimes very clever and seemed very capable, but sometimes he spoke like a child, completely unreliable!

Lightning was heavenly might, the punishment of the Heavenly Dao for cultivators. Using it to cross the yellow water... a pipe dream!

"It's fine, this is simple..."

Seeing the other's concern, Zhang Xuan shook his head. With a flick of his wrist, a sacred beast flew out, circling and soaring, emitting an astonishing aura!

Hellish Azure Dragon Beast!

"I just observed that the water here is very helpful for your breakthrough. I'll now tell you where your problem lies. Use this yellow water to stimulate these acupoints; it should allow you to break through to a higher realm..."

Zhang Xuan looked up at the Azure Dragon Beast flying before him and said.

The Hellish Azure Dragon Beast contained the yin-cold aura of hell within its body. Normally, it needed to absorb special spiritual energy to advance. The yellow spring water before them matched its attributes. Although its corrosive nature was also very harmful to it, with a little clever use, it could produce unexpected effects.

It might even allow it to successfully break through to Great Sage!