The invisible flames of glass raged in Xiu Qiyu's sea of consciousness. When the illusory white figure saw this, it understood everything. After living for so long and waiting for so long, it had actually been ambushed by this kid.
"Aaaaaah!" He didn't even have a physical body now. This illusory soul form encountering the strange fire caused excruciating pain, and Bai Ying couldn't help but let out a miserable howl. He wanted to first exit the boy's sea of consciousness, and once outside, kill the boy, refine him into a puppet body, and then use it himself. Although his talent and bloodline were a bit of a pity, there was no other way.
"What do you take my sea of consciousness for, a place you can come and go as you please?" Xiu Qiyu had long since blocked all his escape routes. Bai Ying's several attempts to break through were all stopped by Bing Xinyan, and his figure became somewhat illusory.
"Boy, I am your ancestor. I just helped you. You can't repay kindness with enmity like this."
"Senior, you're joking. You're not helping me at all; you're clearly helping yourself. Haven't you been coveting this body of mine for a long time?"
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have tried to take advantage of you. Please spare my life!"
"If I spare your life, I'll be the one who dies." Xiu Qiyu sneered. Si Hao remained unmoved and mobilized his spiritual power to begin strangling the white shadow. Combined with the Ice Heart Flame, the power was immense, causing the white shadow to cry out in agony. Before long, it shrank into a corner of its sea of consciousness, no longer daring to confront Xiu Qiyu head-on.
However, there is a saying that one must eliminate future troubles. Xiu Qiyu would never leave such a big problem behind. He was going to launch a final attack and destroy the white figure first.
"Wait, I can give you cultivation techniques, elixirs, and countless magical artifacts, but you can't kill me."
“Things outside of myself are never truly mine, so why cling to them? Besides, if I kill you, all those things outside will be mine.”
"It's useless if you can't break the barrier."
"So you can break the seal now? Enough nonsense. Tell me, where is the herb garden, and I might give you a quick death. Otherwise, I'll show you what it means to wish you were dead."
The Ice Heart Flame grew even larger, quickly enveloping the Ice Dust, and then slowly shrinking its range, causing the Ice Dust to emit a series of heart-wrenching screams.
"You dare kill me?"
"I'm keeping you around just to torture you, can't you see that?"
Bai Ying was almost furious: "Without me, you'll never get anything here."
"It seems your life is worthless. I wonder what it would be like to refine it into a pill or a puppet?" Within the Ice Heart Flame, Bing Chen's figure became increasingly illusory, almost turning transparent.
Bing Chen never expected that he would be defeated by Xiu Qiyu. He only sensed that this guy's bloodline level was very high and his strength was not very profound, so it should be easy to possess him. He had calculated everything, but he did not expect that Xiu Qiyu would actually possess a strange fire.
"This flame has been with me since I was born. It seems Little Flame really likes you. I've gained quite a bit from feeding Little Flame. As for the things outside, do you think those formations will be a problem with the Ice Heart Flame here?"
Before Bingchen could answer, Xiu Qiyu unleashed a barrage of arrows, coupled with the greatly enhanced Ice Heart Flame. In just a short while, Bingchen's soul was scattered and he vanished completely.
Xiu Qiyu swallowed a pill and meditated for a while. Although he had defeated Bing Chen and seemed to be doing very well, only he knew the dangers inside. If Bing Chen hadn't been too careless and impatient and hadn't rushed in, the outcome would have been uncertain.
Of course, his greatest reliance was the Ice Heart Flame. After consuming the Ice Dust, the Ice Heart Flame became more spiritual, and its outer color became brighter. The flame core inside flickered and shimmered, looking very cheerful.
Xiu Qiyu's mood finally improved. The Ice Heart Flame has not yet fully refined the soul power of the Lotus Ice Dust. Once it is fully refined, it should be able to increase its level, which will be of great benefit to him.
Xiu Qiyu released the Ice Heart Flame. The small ball of crystal flame danced merrily in Xiu Qiyu's palm, expressing affection, but it couldn't yet speak or express its own meaning. Therefore, it was always bullied terribly by Xiao Yezi's Azure Lotus Heaven.
"Alright, this palace is all ours now. It would be great if we could empty the entire space." This thought was exactly the same as Ye Xiruo's.
This enormous palace had many rooms of varying sizes. Xiu Qiyu searched through them one by one. Now that Bing Chen was dead, the many methods he had left behind were no longer effective. He could only hope that the harvest would not disappoint him.
The first room was filled with spirit stones, the lowest grade being high-grade, with many top-grade ones as well. Many of them were ice-attribute, and some were attribute-less. Xiu Qiyu didn't hesitate and collected them directly.
The second palace contained all sorts of ancient books and cultivation techniques, but Xiu Qiyu didn't look at them closely and simply put them all away.
The third palace was the alchemy room. In the center stood a jet-black cauldron, exuding an ancient and weathered aura. This cauldron was definitely a valuable item, perhaps even better than the Green Elixir used by Xiao Yezi. More importantly, it contained sealed pills. Anything the old man had kept until the end must be of exceptional quality. Suppressing his excitement, Xiu Qiyu stored the cauldron in his ring. Before leaving, Xiao Yezi had prepared a whole bunch of rings for him, just in case he had too many good things to store and they ended up going to someone else.
He didn't tell Ye Xi that if she couldn't let go, she could throw it into the inheritance secret realm and retrieve it when she had time.
Unfortunately, most of the pills here had been consumed by the old man himself, leaving only poor-quality pills with diminished medicinal properties. Xiu Qiyu wasn't disappointed; he silently collected the earth fire beneath the cauldron and tossed it to Bing Xinyan as a snack.
The Ice Heart Flame instantly grew larger, swallowing the massive earth fire in one gulp, quite satisfied, and rubbed against Xiu Qiyu's palm several times. After rummaging through the area, Xiu Qiyu collected all the pill formulas and usable medicinal herbs, truly displaying the demeanor of a mantis sweeping across the land, leaving nothing behind.
The fourth palace contained some rare treasures collected by Bingchen, such as precious ores, spiritual herb seeds, top-grade talismans, and beautiful jade, all of which Xiu Qiyu had collected.
Outside, Xiu Qiyu's ranking is now 328, and it's steadily climbing. At first, it didn't attract much attention, but ever since Xiu Qiyu started scavenging various precious resources, his name has jumped across the screen, breaking into the top 1000, 800, 600, 500, and now over 300. And judging by this momentum, he'll clearly continue to climb higher, which is truly something to look forward to.
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