Chapter 292: Strange Fire Entering the Body

Ning Qingyun anxiously wanted to see what the disc was, but he could not get close to it, let alone see it clearly.

His consciousness seemed to be between half asleep and half awake. Even though he knew that what he saw might be an illusion, he was still filled with despair. The disc was like his last straw, but he could not see it clearly.

The grief and hope in his heart mixed together, struggling to wake up, but also not wanting to wake up.

"Bang" a loud noise was heard in the air, as if a hole was broken above his head, countless spiritual energy poured out, the disc emitted a dazzling light, and a rich spiritual energy vortex formed around the disc. At this moment, a thunder struck Ning Qingyun's head.

In the dark underground palace, Ning Qingyun, with one foot already stepped into the pool, spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "puff" and regained consciousness.

His eyes were blank, and the expression of pain and struggle on his face had completely disappeared. Only deep in his eyes was there a sense of loss. He was thinking in his heart that he seemed to have forgotten something that might be very important to him.

"Ah" Ning Qingyun cried out in pain, feeling a piercing pain on the sole of his foot. The foot that he stepped into the pool seemed to be put into a frying pan, with white smoke rising up. His shoes, socks and skin were all stuck together. He felt like his foot was almost cooked.

It turned out that there was no water in the square pool. There were dark shadows swaying inside, and what was swaying were clusters of pitch-black flames.

There are three characters carved beside the lotus on the edge of the pond: "Black Fire Array."

He didn't have time to think about what he was thinking and quickly pulled his foot back, only to find that the sole of his foot was stuck to the pool and the slightest movement caused excruciating pain.

Ning Qingyun practiced his skills, preparing to mobilize his spiritual energy to protect the meridians in the soles of his feet. He endured the pain and pulled his foot back. However, when he practiced his skills, he found that the edges of the purple flames in his lower abdomen had turned ink-black at some point, making the original purple flames darker. The meridians in his body were covered with tiny scars and ached slightly.

He stretched out his hand and found that his palm was covered with dry and cracked grooves, spreading to his wrist and arm. His whole body was like a piece of dead wood that lacked water, dry, cracked and numb.

What's going on? What just happened?

His memory seemed to only stop at entering this place and seeing the pool. As for how it became what it is now, he had no recollection of it at all.

As the spiritual energy circulated in the meridians, the exposed skin on Ning Qingyun's palms and arms fell off layer by layer like shedding skin. The dense spiritual energy was mobilized by Ning Qingyun and flowed towards the foot that was stuck to the bottom of the pool. With the nourishment of the spiritual energy, the fierce black flames instantly calmed down and became gentle and harmless.

With the healing power of spiritual energy, the pain in the foot gradually disappeared.

Ning Qingyun looked at the black flame in his dantian, which was obviously of the same origin as the fire in the pool, and suddenly remembered that in the late stage of Qiqiao realm, one could draw natural energy between heaven and earth into the body.

This black fire is naturally the natural energy between heaven and earth. It seems that without him realizing it, he has already brought the strange fire into his body. The marks of burning on his body should be left when the fire entered his body.

Isn’t it said that the natural energy between heaven and earth is extremely difficult to capture, and even if it is captured, the spiritual energy in most people’s bodies is difficult to integrate and cannot coexist?

So although theoretically it is possible to capture the natural energy between heaven and earth and enter the body at this stage, because the success rate is very low and the mortality rate is very high, it is generally not recommended to try.

Ning Qingyun thought about the words he had read before and felt that this might be an exaggeration. Apart from anything else, isn't this fire easy to collect? He didn't do anything, and the strange fire entered his body.

Since he had no memory of the previous dangerous situation, he subconsciously ignored the scars all over his body.

The small flame in the dantian turned into a blazing flame. Ning Qingyun moved his fingertips, and a cluster of flames with black edges and purple centers appeared at his fingertips.

Although the fire was dark in color, it looked bright and warm in his eyes, illuminating the dark space.

Ning Qingyun has discovered that he has cultivated to the peak of the Qi Bridge Realm and is about to break through.

Within one year of the end of the world, no matter whether it is the top-level or ordinary cultivation techniques, they are all basic techniques. The basic techniques only have the cultivation methods of the first three levels, and the realms above the Qi Bridge Realm have not yet been involved.

In this case, there is no need to rush to break through. Lay a solid foundation, and perhaps future advancement will be smoother.

"Crackling, crackling." There was a sound at the bottom of the black fire pool, and a square stone platform slowly rose from the bottom of the pool. It felt like he was at an award ceremony. Ning Qingyun looked at the stone platform expectantly, wanting to see what the reward was this time.

A line of words slowly appeared on the stone platform. "Black Fire is one of the ten strange fires in the world. Most of the matter in the world can be used as its fuel. If someone can tame it, they are really lucky. Originally, Black Fire was the best reward for clearing the level, but those who cleared the level must have paid a cruel price, so I sent a small gift as a consolation."

These words appeared one line at a time. There was no spiritual fluctuation and no projection equipment. I don't know what the principle is for these words to appear one line at a time?

After the subtitles ended, Ning Qingyun observed carefully and found that there was a black flame-shaped gem lying on the stone platform. It could be inlaid in a ring or hung around the neck with a rope.

Ning Qingyun took the gem in his hand, bit his finger, and blood dripped.

Bright red blood melted into the gem drop by drop. He mobilized his spiritual energy and used his spiritual sense to check. He found that the gem was indeed a storage space, and there were several sets of clothes and pairs of shoes inside.

Ning Qingyun looked down at his clothes which had been burned into shreds and almost to pieces, as well as the shoe on one foot which had turned to ashes. He felt that this storage space might just be a container for storing clothes.

It is unknown which immortal left behind this underground palace. It seems that this immortal is very familiar with the state of the challengers after passing the black fire array, and he thoughtfully prepared clothes for them.

Ning Qingyun took out the clothes stored in the black gem and looked through them one by one. The style of the clothes was similar to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. There were two sets of black men's clothes, a top and trousers, an outer coat similar to a straight-hem robe, a belt of the same color, and a pair of men's boots made of unknown material.

In addition to these two sets of men's clothes, there are also two sets of women's long skirts with a light purple background, embroidered with beautiful patterns, and very complicated styles.

Ning Qingyun took out one of the men's clothes and shoes and changed into them, and put the remaining three sets of clothes back into the storage space.

(End of this chapter)