Song Chen breathed a sigh of relief when Jiang Xia and the others returned.
He can finally focus on restoring his spiritual energy.
Strengthening the foundation and cultivating vitality is very important.
If the body's spiritual energy is depleted for too long, it will directly damage the meridians.
Zhao Ziyi looked up and saw Jiang Xia leading a group of demon cultivators, swimming rapidly towards them.
The red-bottomed macaques have white heads and blue bodies. Even when they transform into human form, they still have white hair, making them exceptionally conspicuous in the seawater.
Zhao Ziyi asked in confusion:
"Why did you come back early? We agreed to have dinner tomorrow."
Jiang Xia breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the two were unharmed, and said with relief:
"There are beast tides in the underwater canyon every month."
We forgot about it, which is why we rushed back.
Fortunately, the beast tide hasn't arrived yet. We won't go out for the next few days; we'll stay here and fight off the beast tide together.
Zhao Ziyi shook his head:
"No need. You should focus on treasure hunting. Song Chen and I can handle the beast tide."
The beast tide for this month has already passed; it just happened.
Didn't you see Song Chen meditating and regulating his breathing?
"Huh?" Jiang Xia's mouth dropped open in surprise upon hearing this.
"The two of you managed to fend off the beast tide?"
The other demon cultivators, shocked, asked:
“That sea monster is extremely troublesome. Once you are sucked by its suckers, you can’t get away at all.”
"The bones of the sea monster are also very hard; it takes three layers of spiritual energy to chop or cut them with a knife or axe."
"How did you manage that? The two of you actually withstood the attack of the sea monster?"
Zhao Ziyi pointed at Song Chen and said with a smile:
"Song Chen is a chef; no matter what kind of monster it is, it can't escape the punishment of the big pot."
Moreover, Song Chen possesses a fire spirit root, and the spiritual fire within his body is perfectly suited to counter the sea monster.
After hearing Zhao Ziyi's words, everyone was speechless, seemingly understanding but not quite.
They had fought the sea monster for many years and knew how powerful it was.
Now, hearing Zhao Ziyi mention it so casually is quite surprising.
The crowd didn't know whether to berate themselves for being useless or to praise Song Chen for being amazing.
Jiang Xia nodded, seemingly puzzled.
"Although I don't know how you repelled the sea monsters, the monster tide should have passed."
I could smell a foul odor in the nearby seawater that belonged to sea monsters.
We'll definitely come back early for the next beast tide.
Even if we can't help, we can at least observe how Song Chen deals with the sea monster.
Zhao Ziyi smiled and nodded, then casually asked:
"How have things been these past few days?"
When talking about their gains, these demon cultivators held their heads high.
Jiang Xia took out hundreds of pearls of different colors from his storage bag.
"These are the pearls you requested, along with plenty of coral and gemstones. This storage bag is full."
Then we also found dozens of spirit beasts.
Jiang Xia handed over four or five storage bags, and finally five palm-sized stones.
"Mr. Zhao, these are five stones I found in the deep sea. There seems to be something inside them."
Because this stone has been drifting in the sea and has never touched the ground.
Zhao Ziyi took the stone, held it up to his eyes, and examined it carefully.
The stone's outer skin appears to have weathered away, and even in seawater, it doesn't have an oily sheen.
Moreover, the weight of this stone is indeed not quite right.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziyi said:
"I purchased these pearls, gems, and spirit beasts at market price."
You can see how many spirit beasts we need to eat and how many spirit beasts we need to sell.
Let's set a price for this stone after Song Chen wakes up; I can't tell what it is right now.
"If the price is too low, it's not fair to you."
The group of demon cultivators looked at Jiang Xia and started jeering:
"We've already eaten all the monsters, so we're not selling!"
"That's right, we won't sell the monsters! We'll eat them all and make a seafood stew!"
"The food has a chaotic smell, so let us eat it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia looked shyly at Zhao Ziyi:
"Boss Zhao, eat all of these dozens of sea monsters. Don't worry, we'll definitely work even harder to find treasure next!"
These dozens of sea monsters, the largest of which is over ten meters long.
One of the transparent squids was about fifty meters long.
If all of these were cooked into a dish, Song Chen probably wouldn't be able to cook even one pot.
Zhao Ziyi nodded, stood up, and said:
"No problem, then we'll turn them all into dishes."
"Come with me, let's leave the platform and clean the seafood over there."
Five hours later.
After completing a full cycle of internal energy cultivation, Song Chen, whose spiritual energy and eyesight had been restored, opened his eyes.
The first thing he noticed was the five stones placed next to his knees.
Song Chen picked up the stone and looked at it with a puzzled expression.
Rocks that remain dry on the seabed?
Song Chen murmured:
"Could this be the Stone Fire? Did Jiang Xia and the others bring it back?"
Song Chen gathered spiritual energy at his fingertips, then transformed his fingers into a blade and cleaved the stone.
"Snap!"
The crisp sound, carried by the seawater, reached my ears.
Song Chen was extremely excited when he saw what was inside the stone. It really was fire inside the stone!
A pale yellow flame, the size of a pea sprout, floated in the seawater, seemingly about to go out at any moment.
This flame, naturally formed within the stone and nurtured by no one, appears quite small.
But if it is properly cared for, its power will be immense in the future!
Song Chen released a rare wisp of exquisite purple light, bringing it close to the pale yellow flame.
Flames are compatible.
When the two flames met, they immediately merged.
Song Chen was already prepared. The moment the flames merged, he immediately closed his eyes, sat down to meditate, and began to subdue the spiritual fire.
There are many spiritual fires in the world. There is a book on the Tianyan Continent called "The List of Spiritual Fires of Heaven and Earth".
There are a hundred different kinds of flames on the list.
This "List of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Fires" is also the most widely circulated version of spiritual fires on the True Treasure Continent.
The pale yellow fire in the stone is the only one on the list, named Light Yellow in Stone, ranked 32nd. In addition to the power of the flame, it also has special effects.
This spiritual fire is highly corrosive, capable of corroding any ore, comparable to miasma.
Even flying swords and magical treasures, after being smelted for a long time by the light yellow stone, will turn into a pile of junk.
The tiny flame, enveloped by the exquisite purple, entered Song Chen's body.
It wanted to protest further, constantly ramming into Song Chen's meridians and releasing corrosive flames that burned Song Chen's meridians, causing him excruciating pain.
Song Chen gritted his teeth, circulating his spiritual energy to push the light yellow stone forward while repairing his damaged meridians.
Half an hour later.
Song Chen was in so much pain that his face was covered in sweat.
The light yellow flame, the size of a bean, finally entered Song Chen's dantian.
Song Chen let out a soft breath; it was over.
Within the dantian, a separate space exists.
The tiny flame arrived at the vast dantian, and just as it was about to burn freely, it saw a gray-black golden core and quickly approached it.
The terrifying aura emanating from the black golden core caused the pale yellow stone in the stone to tremble.
Immediately afterwards, a ball of purple flame, several meters high, rushed towards it like a majestic mountain.
Before the pale yellow stone could resist, it was enveloped in exquisite purple.
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