In Zhongzhou, Shenmu Sect

, in the alchemy hall of Shenmu Sect, a row of disciples were healing. They were all low-level disciples of Shenmu Sect, and their cultivation level was just Qi training and foundation building. Behind them, there was a large group of Shenmu Sect stewards discussing.

"The ancestor is here,"

a voice came from outside, and a group of stewards immediately went to greet him.

"Meetings, ancestor He,"

"What's going on?"

Ancestor He asked with a gloomy face. The alchemy hall of Shenmu Sect has been running for many years and has never had any problems. Why did something suddenly happen now?

"Ancestor He, this is what happened..."

Immediately, a steward told the cause and effect of the matter. Shenmu Sect, like other sects, drilled through the ground at the mountain gate and drew the ground fire to provide low-level disciples with medicine for refining.

These disciples basically practice Qi training and build a foundation. They cannot use spiritual fire or other fire sources, so they rely on earth fire to make pills, so as to cultivate a new generation of alchemists. Today, as usual, many disciples are making pills here, but today the earth fire suddenly became agitated, burning the control array, and the earth fire burst out, and many disciples were injured.

However, if this matter only has such a small impact, then there is no need to ask for instructions from Patriarch He. There is a bigger problem. Now the earth fire is still turbulent and has a tendency to erupt.

Once it erupts, the impact will be great. This place is at the corner of the mountain gate, less than 500 miles away from the core area of ​​the mountain gate. There are a large number of spiritual fields and dozens of spiritual medicine gardens nearby, and at least thousands of low-level disciples live there. If the earth fire erupts, all of these will be destroyed. For Shenmu Sect, it is tantamount to a serious loss.

"What formation controls the underground fire here? Has the formation master arrived?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, the underground fire here is mainly composed of the fifth-level upper-grade earth cage formation. The two uncles in the sect have entered the underground fire to explore,"

said a manager. The underground fire does not cause any harm to high-level cultivators, but it is fatal to low-level cultivators. Therefore, Shenmu Sect pays great attention to safety and sets up fifth-level upper-grade formations.

"Okay, let's talk about it after the formation master comes up

," Patriarch He nodded. There are no loopholes in the safety of Shenmu Sect, and he has nothing to blame. Let's talk about it after understanding the situation.

An hour later, two formation masters rushed out of the underground fire and saw Patriarch He. The two saluted.

"No need to be so polite. Tell me quickly, what's the situation with the underground fire?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, the situation is not good. We went deep into the underground fire and found that the underground fire has become extremely active. It has been gathering energy and has a tendency to erupt."

"The base of the fifth-level formation is made of top-grade materials. Can't it be stopped?"

"Ancestor, the scope of the underground fire here is extremely large. There is no problem with the base of the formation. The temperature of the underground fire cannot melt it. However, the connection between the various bases is made of lower-grade materials. Once it erupts, the formation will definitely be destroyed."

"Then find a way to solve it and replace the materials of the connection. The sect has bought a lot of top-grade ores in recent years,"

said Ancestor He. In recent years, Yunzhou has opened up channels with the wild monster tribe, and many top-grade materials have appeared on the market. Shenmu Sect also purchased a large number of them, and there are still many in the warehouse.

"Ancestor, it won't work. The underground fire is already extremely active now, and it is entirely dependent on the formation to maintain its stability. Once the formation is removed, it will erupt immediately."

"Can't we enter the underground fire and replace the materials bit by bit?"

"You can try, but it is extremely difficult and will take a long time. My suggestion is to clear out the people and items around the underground fire first, just in case."

"No, no, uncle master. There are thousands of disciples living around the underground fire, and it is difficult to relocate them to other places. People can leave, but there are dozens of spiritual medicine gardens nearby. Although they are not high-level spiritual medicine gardens, half of the disciples below the Nascent Soul stage in the sect rely on these spiritual medicine gardens for their daily elixirs."

"Yes, uncle master, once the underground fire stops, the sect's low-level elixirs will be lost by more than 30%. If they rely entirely on buying from outside, an additional expenditure of hundreds of millions of spirit stones will be required each year. The loss is too great."

Several managers said one after another. The alchemy hall here is very important. There are hundreds of thousands of disciples in Shenmu Sect, and 90% of them are low-level. The output here involves too many aspects.

"Ancestor He, please make the decision."

The formation masters didn't care about that. They only did their professional work.

"You guys stabilize the underground fire here first. The Internal Affairs Hall will gather people to discuss this matter. Come up with a reliable plan within five days. Make sure to minimize the losses of the sect."

Ancestor He said. As a mature boss, he knew what he was going to do. Don't interfere. Let the professionals handle it.

A group of people took the order, and Ancestor He also went back. In his opinion, this was not a big deal. The people under him were just too panicked, so he thought the underground fire had erupted directly.

Two days later, He Laozu's son found him and told him something.

"Father, I heard a rumor these two days, I don't know if I should tell you"

"Just say it if you have anything to say"

"A few months ago, Senior Brother Yu Hailong killed a person in the Spiritualization Stage outside Tianxian City, father, do you know about it?"

"How would I know about such a small matter?"

"The person in the Spiritualization Stage is called Xia Qingshan, a fortune teller who has risen in Tianxian City in recent years"

"Fortune teller?"

He Laozu was a little surprised, when did the charlatan appear in the world of immortal cultivation.

"Yes, this man is known as the God of Fortune Telling. He is very famous in the world of immortal cultivation. He has told fortunes for people dozens of times and has rarely failed. Senior Brother Yu didn't know why he asked him to tell the fortune, and Xia Qingshan refused, so he lured the man out of the city and killed him. Before Xia Qingshan died, he cursed the Shenmu Sect, asking it to reconcile with the Dao, to harm the genius, and to cause the earth fire to flow for three thousand miles, causing all living things to suffer. He hadn't finished the curse when he was killed by Senior Brother Yu."

"Well done! He cursed my Shenmu Sect and he deserves to be killed."

"Father, the point is that this man's curse has been half fulfilled. Isn't Feng'er the genius of my Shenmu Sect? Now the earth fire is restless..."

"Stupid, when did the curse in the world of immortal cultivation allow people to die?"

Ancestor He shouted angrily. He had killed countless enemies in his life, and many of them also issued resentful curses before they died, saying that they wanted him to die a miserable death. Yet he is still alive and well. If curses could kill people, there would be at least 80% fewer people in the world of immortal cultivation.

"Father, Xia Qingshan is different, he..."

"What's the difference? He is just a deity, can he curse me to death?"

"Father..."

"No need to say more, if the huge Shenmu Sect cares about these trivial matters, how can it survive?"

Patriarch He was not very happy. He Qunfeng was in trouble. He knew that his son was in a bad mood because He Qunfeng was his favorite grandson, but he couldn't make a fuss about it.

Yu Hailong was also a senior member of the Yu family. Could he break up with the Yu family because of this? The He family and the Yu family were the pillars of the Shenmu Sect. If they broke up, the Shenmu Sect would also be split.

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After several days of discussion, the Internal Affairs Hall of the Shenmu Sect came up with a solution to the restlessness of the earth fire. They closed half of the earth fire alchemy rooms, upgraded the defense level of the nearby spiritual medicine garden, and dismissed some people.

After that, the sect's weapon refiners were asked to refine some top-grade materials into array components. The high-grade array masters would enter the underground fire and replace the array materials to ensure that the underground fire could be stabilized and prevented from erupting, and that they could continue to serve the Shenmu Sect.

A sixth-grade array master in the Return to Void stage of the Shenmu Sect led the team and entered the underground fire to replace the array components, and taught the other fifth-grade array masters.

"What's going on?"

The whole process was very long. On the seventh day, the sixth-grade array master sensed a special spiritual power fluctuation inside the underground fire. His consciousness extended out, and his face changed.

"Oh no, it's the fire-melting beast. It treats the array base as ore. Kill it quickly!"

The sixth-grade array master shouted. The fire-melting beast is a special monster that lives in the underground fire. It will devour some ore and absorb energy to strengthen itself. The array base set up by the Shenmu Sect is made of top-grade materials and was devoured by the fire-melting beast as ore.

Several fifth-level formation masters immediately stepped forward to kill it. The Fire Melting Beast's attack method was simple, just fire magic. Since they dared to go into the underground fire, they were naturally prepared and not afraid of the extremely high temperature of the underground fire.

"Uncle Master, the

Fire Melting Beast has been killed." After a while, the Fire Melting Beast was killed. The Fire Melting Beast was only equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage, so there was no need to worry.

"Okay, let's continue..."

The sixth-level formation master nodded, but before he could continue, something terrifying happened. Another Fire Melting Beast appeared, and it was not just one, but a group. The Fire Melting Beast in the lead, judging from its aura, was no less than the Return to Void stage.

"Run, run quickly,"

the sixth-level formation master screamed, and then turned around and ran away, but the Fire Melting Beast had already attacked them.

"Boom"

After a moment, the sixth-level formation master rushed out of the underground fire exit. He cast a talisman and reported the matter to the sect.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

But before Shenmu Sect could react, the underground fire erupted. The magma broke through the formation, collided with the rocks, sprayed hundreds of meters high, and then scattered. Within dozens of miles around the underground fire, it was suddenly like hell.