[Chapter 186] Falling for the Strange Fire
[Chapter 186] Falling for the Strange Fire
All three are cultivators from Zhongxuan Continent, their names are Xue Hao, Gong Wenfei and Leng Yuze. Xue Hao and Gong Wenfei are both in the late Jindan stage, while Leng Yuze is in the early Yuanying stage.
When the three were almost halfway up the mountain, Gong Wenfei, who was walking at the back, suddenly let out an "Ah".
Xue Hao and Leng Yuze, who were walking in front, immediately looked back warily. One of them held a sword in his hand, while the other had spiritual energy condensed in his hand, obviously intending to attack at any time.
But when they turned around, they saw Gong Wenfei standing there alive and well, looking like nothing had happened to him.
"What happened?"
Looking at the two nervous people, Gong Wenfei smiled and said, "It's okay. I just stepped on a slippery stone and almost fell."
"We thought you were in some danger."
"Be careful."
The three continued walking up the mountain.
Move forward all the way, releasing your spiritual sense to check along the way.
The three of them were very cautious, fearing that some monster might suddenly jump out.
Soon the three of them reached the halfway point of the mountain and stopped at the entrance of a cave that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
Xue Hao stuck his head out and looked into the cave: "There is only one cave entrance here on the entire mountain. I don't know what's inside the cave."
"You'll know after you go in and take a look."
"You two go in first." Leng Yuze looked at the entrance of the cave and raised his chin towards the two of them.
Gong Wenfei took the lead and walked in front, followed closely by Xue Hao. Leng Yuze looked back around and then cautiously followed into the cave.
In the dark cave, there were only the sounds of three people's footsteps.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the three of them used their spiritual sense to detect a faint purple light.
After seeing clearly what the thing emitting purple light was, Gong Wenfei, who was walking in front, subconsciously stopped walking forward, and Xue Hao also stopped.
The two turned around and looked at Leng Yuze.
"Why are you looking at me? If you want the strange fire, find a way to subdue it yourself."
Leng Yuze's words were to tell the two that he himself did not want the strange fire.
In fact, he wanted to use the two of them as bait to test the depth of the strange fire.
The strange fire looked small and harmless, but just now when his consciousness was about to touch it, a sense of crisis arose.
I have a feeling that the strange fire is not simple.
If one of Gong Wenfei and Xue Hao can really subdue the strange fire, he will take it away at the critical moment.
The reason why he brought the two of them with him along the way was that he wanted them to serve as his pathfinders.
Gong Wenfei and Xue Hao had no idea what Leng Yuze was thinking. When they heard his words, they looked at each other with a hint of joy in their eyes.
"Senior Brother Leng, don't you want that strange fire?" Gong Wenfei asked tentatively.
"I'm not an alchemist, nor am I an equipment refiner. Strange fire is dispensable to me. But I don't want to be burned by fire."
After hesitating for a while, Xue Hao said, "Since Senior Brother Leng doesn't want the strange fire, can you wait for us here?"
Leng Yuze snorted: "If I wanted the strange fire, I would have walked ahead of you a long time ago."
"Brother Leng is right. I was judging others by my own standards. I want to apologize to you here." Xue Hao bowed to Leng Yuze.
Gong Wenfei pretended to scold Xue Hao: "If it weren't for Senior Brother Leng along the way, we would have died a long time ago. Xue Hao, how can you doubt Senior Brother Leng's character?"
Xue Hao immediately agreed: "I was blinded by my own ignorance. How could I be suspicious of Senior Brother Leng? It's all my fault!"
Leng Yuze waved his hand: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Leng, for your help."
The two men remained expressionless, but were overjoyed in their hearts, and vowed to conquer the strange fire.
Just now, after seeing the strange fire, the three of them withdrew their spiritual consciousness. Therefore, the three people did not know that in addition to the strange fire, there was another person at the end of the passage.
The three of them subconsciously thought that the reason the mountain was bare was because of the existence of the strange fire.
With a clear goal, Gong Wenfei and Xue Hao moved very quickly and soon reached the end of the passage.
A purple flame floated in the air, illuminating the dark cave.
It is the Flame of Thunder God.
It was also at this time that the two of them saw the entire cave and saw Nangong Chenyu sitting cross-legged in a pool.
The flame of the God of Thunder, who was in charge of protecting Nangong Chenyu, was like an enraged god of thunder. It split into thousands in an instant and turned into a rain of fire all over the sky. With a "swoosh, swoosh, swoosh", all the flames rushed towards the two of them.
Seeing the flames coming towards them, the two of them hurriedly took out their magic weapons to resist.
However, they could block this flower but not that one. The protective shield condensed on his body was broken by the rain of fire. Strange fires mercilessly passed through their bodies.
"Ahhh~" The screams of the two people echoed in the cave.
The bodies of the two people represented that the Flame of Thunder God was protecting them seriously, so it did not burn their bodies.
Leng Yuze, who witnessed this scene through his spiritual sense, was horrified beyond words. He didn't expect the strange fire to be so powerful. It killed two late Jindan cultivators with just one move.
Although his cultivation was much higher than the other two, he was very self-aware and did not think he could subdue the strange fire.
Swallowing hard, he didn't dare to hesitate at all and turned to run out of the cave. Only a series of hurried footsteps were left, echoing in the empty cave.
When Leng Yuze released his spiritual sense to spy just now, his attention was all on the strange fire. Therefore, he did not notice the existence of Nangong Chenyu.
He ran out of the cave in one breath and immediately flew into the air. After he was far away from the mountain, he landed in a forest with lingering fear.
Zhou Zhiyuan, who was resting under a big tree, saw a familiar figure falling from the sky and called out tentatively, "Leng Yuze?"
Hearing someone calling him, Leng Yuze turned around to look. Seeing that it was Zhou Zhiyuan, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was so nervous just now that he didn't even notice there were people in the woods.
"Brother Zhou, long time no see."
"Long time no see." Zhou Zhiyuan pointed to his side and motioned Leng Yuze to sit down: "Did you encounter a level 5 monster?"
"Oh, don't mention it. I encountered something more terrifying than a level 5 monster."
Leng Yuze looked unwilling to say more, which made Zhou Zhiyuan even more curious.
"You didn't encounter a level 6 monster, did you? I heard that there are no more than two level 6 monsters in this secret realm."
"It's not a monster."
"If it's not a monster, then what is it?"
Leng Yuze glanced at the three Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators sitting not far away, and then cast a soundproof barrier.
"It's a strange fire."
Zhou Zhiyuan's hands trembled in shock. He didn't expect Leng Yuze to be so lucky that he could even encounter the strange fire.
"You are so lucky to have come across something as good as the Strange Fire!"
Leng Yuze, who ran away from the fire: "..." He always felt that the other party was mocking him.
"You can't get it if you see it, but this kind of luck is given to you, do you want it?"
Hearing the meaning behind the other party's words, Zhou Zhiyuan's heart was ready to move: "Brother Leng, didn't you subdue the strange fire?"
"That strange fire was extremely powerful. Gong Wenfei and Xue Hao, who were traveling with me, were killed by it the moment they came into contact with it. I didn't go with them because I didn't intend to subdue the strange fire, so I escaped."
Zhou Zhiyuan's eyes were burning with heat. Leng Yuze didn't want the strange fire, but he did.
"Brother Leng, how far is the strange fire you mentioned from here?"
"It takes about an hour to fly in the air."
"I'm very interested in the strange fire you mentioned. Can you tell me where it is?"
Leng Yuze hesitated to speak.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Zhiyuan said, "I can buy it for you with spirit stones."
Leng Yuze originally wanted to persuade the other party not to go, but when he heard about the spirit stone, he immediately changed his mind: "It's not that I don't tell you the location, I really think that strange fire is very dangerous."
Zhou Zhiyuan stuffed a Qiankun bag into Leng Yuze's hand and said, "You have also collected the spirit stones. Tell me the location of the strange fire."
After obtaining 100,000 high-quality spirit stones, Leng Yuze immediately told Zhou Zhiyuan the approximate location of the strange fire.
Finally, he added: "That strange fire is really powerful, how about calling a few more people?"
Seeing Leng Yuze so fearful and thinking about his luck this year, Zhou Zhiyuan immediately contacted the other three Nascent Soul cultivators from Zhongxuan Continent.
Except for the one who had died, the other two heard about the strange fire and quickly joined Zhou Zhiyuan and the others.
Just like that, Zhou Zhiyuan and his four Nascent Soul stage disciples, along with three unlucky Chengshuang Sect disciples, headed to the mountain where Nangong Chenyu was.
With Leng Yuze leading the way, a group of seven people landed directly at the entrance of a cave halfway up the mountain.
Zhou Zhiyuan glanced at the three Chengshuang Sect disciples, and the three immediately walked towards the cave.
After being pathfinders for almost a year, the three of them have gotten used to it.
The four walked behind the three.
When he reached a place where his spiritual sense could detect the Flame of Thunder God, Leng Yuze stopped and said, "I am not interested in strange fire, so I will not go with you."
This is of course false. He wanted to see if the three of them could get the strange fire. If they could, he would definitely join in the fight. If not, the three of them can hold back the strange fire so that he can escape.
"Are you really not going with us?" Zhou Zhiyuan asked.
Leng Yuze waved his hands at the three people: "No. Brother Zhou, you are testing me. I really have no interest in strange fire. You guys go now!"
The three people from Chengshuang Sect walked in front, and the three people from Zhou Zhiyuan walked behind.
After walking a distance away, Zhou Zhiyuan asked his two companions: "Do you believe what Leng Yuze said?"
"I have never met anyone who is not tempted by strange fire."
"I think he wants to be the one who reaps the spoils."
The three of them jointly set up a barrier in the passage to prevent them from fighting with the strange fire and both sides from suffering losses, and Leng Yuze ran out to take advantage.
At the same time, Nangong Chenyu in the spirit liquid pool opened his eyes, and a green light flashed in his eyes. He looked up and saw two bodies lying on the ground not far away.
He knew that someone had come in three days ago. Seeing that Yan Lei Shen Yan could handle it, he didn't care.
After a year, the milky spiritual liquid has now turned into clear water. There was not a trace of spiritual energy left in it, as it was all absorbed by Nangong Chenyu.
When Zhou Zhiyuan and his group arrived at the end of the passage, they discovered that the strange fire that they had just seen through their spiritual sense had disappeared.
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