Xie Qi walked out of the cave and after adjusting himself a bit, he asked 948, "Help me detect where there is strange fire on the road to the imperial capital."
Xie Qi knew very well that if he wanted to make achievements in alchemy, possessing strange fire was absolutely an indispensable key factor.
948 quickly activated its powerful detection function, and soon gave the accurate location of the strange fire.
Xie Qi walked quickly along the indicated route without hesitation, but as time went on, he gradually realized that something was wrong.
The surrounding environment became increasingly strange, with thick smoke everywhere, making it impossible to see the road and direction ahead.
At this moment, 948's voice came from his mind: "Host, this place must have been set up as an illusion by the previous owner."
Hearing this, Xie Qi's heart trembled, but he did not panic. Instead, he forced himself to calm down quickly and began to carefully observe the situation around him. After a brief thought, Xie Qi decisively asked, "Which direction is the strange fire now?"
"On your left," 948 replied immediately.
After getting the answer, Xie Qi didn't hesitate at all. He closed his eyes tightly and rushed straight to the left. To his surprise, when he opened his eyes, he found that the seemingly huge stone blocking his way was just an illusion.
Finally, after a difficult search, a secret room hidden deep in the darkness appeared in his sight.
Upon entering the secret room, Xie Qi's gaze was immediately drawn to an altar in the center. Atop the altar, a cyan flame quietly burned, like a blooming blue lotus, emitting a captivating glow. Without a doubt, this was the legendary strange fire—the Azure Flame.
Looking at the dancing blue flame before him, Xie Qi stretched out his right hand and lightly scratched it with his fingernail. Blood immediately gushed out from his fingertips. He dripped a drop of blood into the blue flame.
However, things did not go as he had hoped. He had hoped that the blood would soften the flames, making it easier for him to absorb them, but the opposite happened.
As soon as the drop of blood came into contact with the flame, it evaporated without a trace, while the Qingming Flame was still burning fiercely, not affected at all.
Faced with this situation, Xie Qi couldn't help but frown. He tried again to use his cultivation to draw the fire into his body, but the result was the same. Far from becoming docile, the flames grew even more violent, seemingly filled with hostility towards Xie Qi.
At this moment, Xie Qi finally realized that obtaining this strange fire was no easy task. Furthermore, judging by the current situation, this Azure Nether Flame seemed extremely dissatisfied with him. Was he really that weak?
At this moment, 948, who had been silently observing Xie Qi's actions, could no longer bear it. It spoke soothingly, "Host, don't be discouraged. You're only a Level 1 Warrior right now, so it's normal that you can't successfully absorb this strange fire. Even the weakest strange fire usually requires a warrior at the level of a Master to subdue it."
However, after hearing 948's words, Xie Qi looked at the strange fire burning even more vigorously in front of him and said with a smile: "If you can't absorb it, then just extinguish it."
At this moment, the strange fire, which was already extremely vigorous, seemed to understand what Xie Qi said. Suddenly, it seemed to be enraged, and the fire became even more fierce.
It was seen swaying violently in the air, swaying left and right, flying up and down, as if it was provoking Xie Qi, and as if it was mercilessly mocking Xie Qi's arrogance.
And 948 also said: "Host, the strange fire cannot be extinguished."
"Ordinary water can't put it out? Don't you have any other special water?"
Hearing this, 948 immediately said, "Wait for the host, I'll look for it."
Not long after, 948 took out a white porcelain bottle with a willow branch stuck in it.
"Host, this is the nectar water in the Guanyin Jade Purification Bottle. It can extinguish the Samadhi True Fire, and the strange fire should also be able to do so."
However, after hearing what 948 said, Xie Qi looked at the white bottle in front of him in surprise and couldn't help asking, "Guanyin? It can't be the Journey to the West that I watched, right?"
"It's the Journey to the West that you read, host."
"You can travel through time in Journey to the West? You even stole Guanyin's Jade Bottle?!"
"It's not stealing, it's copying! And we in the Quick Travel Bureau are omnipotent. As long as it's a created world, we can travel through it. Novels, movies, and fairy tales are all possible. It's just that the types of travel vary depending on the department."
After hearing what 948 said, Xie Qi became curious again about what this mysterious quick-travel game looked like.
But the most urgent thing now is to absorb this strange fire.
Xie Qi held the jade bottle and walked towards the mysterious and powerful fire. After stopping, he reached out and took the willow branch, gently dipping it into the clear water in the jade bottle.
The moment that drop of crystal clear water came into contact with the blazing strange fire, the originally extremely hot and fierce flame suddenly became weak where the water drop touched.
The flames that were fierce and burning fiercely just now seemed to have been greatly frightened and seemed a little at a loss.
It seemed unable to believe that its flames would be weakened by such a small drop of water, and the flames began to dance wildly.
Xie Qi witnessed this scene and dipped the willow branch into the white jade bottle again. He then stared intently at the restless strange fire in front of him and warned sternly, "See? Even if you are a strange fire, I can destroy you. Now there are only two paths before you. One is to let me absorb it honestly, and we will both win. The other is, if you don't obey, I don't mind pouring the entire bottle of water on you, and then you, this ball of fire, will disappear from this world."
As soon as the words fell, Xie Qi no longer hesitated and immediately activated his internal skills, fully absorbing the strange fire. Perhaps it was the intimidating effect of the magical drop of water, or perhaps the strange fire sensed Xie Qi's firm will and powerful strength, but this time the absorption process was much smoother than before.
Time passed minute by minute, and about an hour later, as the last wisp of flame merged into Xie Qi's body, he finally succeeded in subduing this strange fire that countless people dreamed of.
At this moment, Xie Qi exuded a burning aura all over his body, and he could clearly feel that his strength had been greatly improved.
Satisfied, he put away the jade bottle and willow branches, turned around and strode towards the imperial capital.
There was still half a month left before the entrance examination. Xie Qi stopped and walked along the way, using the alchemy furnace to refine many pills, and these pills would be his bargaining chips after arriving in the imperial capital.
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