Chapter 85 First published on Jinjiang: Spiritual Spring/Dao Body Discovers Space...
Far away, in Luoyun City.
Ri Jiu and Lan Lan had just arrived here, and their next destination was Xuan Yun Sect. At this moment, Ri Jiu was walking lazily in the sunlight, looking like a fox basking in the afternoon sun, full of weariness.
Lanlan, standing beside him, looked around curiously. This was the first time she had traveled so far to meet someone she admired. Besides anticipation, she was also nervous. She followed Rijiu closely, afraid of embarrassing herself.
Ri Jiu: "Let's find a place to stay for a while, find out what's going on, and see how to contact her."
For Yao Sisi, the training was quite tough. Apart from resting at night, they needed to be highly focused during the day, constantly paying attention to their surroundings, avoiding dangers, collecting spiritual herbs and medicines, and searching for spiritual fire and minerals. Only when the two of them enjoyed delicious food at night was it a time for them to truly relax.
She was unaware that Ri Jiu had already gone to the sect to find her. These days, she had devoted herself to finding inspiration to refine her natal magic weapon and to absorbing spiritual fire to nourish the Earth Core Flame.
That day, they found a mountain peak. Before they even got close, they could feel the intense heat. Yao Sisi looked at the thick black smoke at the mountain peak and said, "I can sense that there is spiritual fire inside, but I don't know its grade. The Earth Core Flame is very excited right now. Wait for me here, I'll fly over and take a look."
The heatwave at the mountain peak was intense, even scorching. Despite having a strange fire, flames without a contract are extremely destructive, difficult to control, and dangerous. Although her Earth Core Flame is of a very high grade and is well-known on the strange fire list, it is still in its infancy. Its level has decreased after being contracted by her, and coupled with the differentiation in the past few days, it is now somewhat weak.
She carefully approached the mountaintop and saw that the ground below was covered in red lava, which was scorching hot.
She extended a wisp of flame from her fingertip, slowly sensing the location of the spiritual fire below. Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to sense the provocation of the Earth Core Flame and suddenly flew up from the bottom of the mountain, attempting to compete with the Earth Core Flame.
Yao Sisi looked at the rapidly rising spiritual fire not far away, her eyes flashing with surprise. This seemed to be the flame of a strange fire, not an ordinary spiritual fire. However, the other party was very domineering, which indeed reflected the characteristics of the fire attribute itself: fiery temper, and a wildfire that could startle the whole country.
The trees outside the mountain peak gradually couldn't withstand the pressure and slowly turned into charred black; those that were close by turned directly into ashes.
Qi Mu frowned with some concern when he saw Yao Sisi confronting a pale blue flame on the mountaintop.
"What is that? It doesn't look like an ordinary spirit fire."
There are many kinds of ordinary spiritual fire, and many kinds of substances that can produce flames, but the conditions for the formation of strange fires are extremely harsh, far beyond those of spiritual fires. For example, the Earth Core Flame is a kind of strange fire. It is a flame that is spontaneously generated in the Earth's core. The weapon-refining room that was excavated a few days ago also had Earth Core Flame. That kind of flame, which is very young and has no intelligence, is a kind of spiritual fire. As for Yao Sisi's Earth Core Flame, it is a small cluster of flames that was produced after these spiritual fires had grown for tens of thousands of years and mutated.
Most strange fires are generated among spiritual fires, but not all spiritual fires can mutate to produce strange fires.
Yao Sisi was surrounded by flames, protecting herself. She realized that the flames opposite her regarded her as a mortal enemy, or more accurately, the Earth Core Flame as a mortal enemy.
Meanwhile, the Earth Core Flame excitedly roamed around her, waiting for the opportunity to devour her.
The two flames faced off for a moment, then suddenly rushed towards each other!
The crimson-yellow flames of the Earth's core intertwined with pale blue flames, occasionally emitting explosive sounds.
Yao Sisi needed to support the spiritual energy for the Earth Core Flame, while the other party kept drawing flames from the magma below the mountain, even raising the magma several feet high, making a whooshing sound.
She could feel the Earth Core Flame devouring this ball of flame. It was a kind of unseen connection after the contract. The Earth Core Flame quickly made up for what it had lost before and was even impatiently absorbing the flame from the other party.
The battle lasted for about half an hour. The Earth Core Flame consumed a portion of the flames, but at the same time, Yao Sisi's spiritual energy was mostly drained, and her meridians were already aching. Without a greater supply of spiritual energy, it would cause her further damage.
She had to take out high-grade spirit stones from her spatial storage to absorb the pure spiritual energy, which continuously squeezed into her meridians before being drawn away by the Earth Core Flame to deal with the spiritual fire.
Soon she would drain the high-grade spirit stone completely. Once it was completely drained, the spirit stone would be useless. She was a little reluctant to do so, so she quickly took out the next one before it was completely drained.
They persisted for a long time until it got dark. The Earth Core Flame finally ate its fill, but the opposing Spirit Fire did not disappear and was ready to counterattack at any time. It did not have any intelligence now and relied entirely on brute force. It only keenly sensed that the Earth Core Flame was running out of steam and hoped that it could turn the tide if it could hold out for a while.
Yao Sisi sent a signal to Qi Mu from the mountain, and he flew up quickly. Qi Mu had been watching the situation closely and saw that she was absorbing spiritual fire without disturbing her. When she asked him to come up, he flew up without hesitation.
He surveyed his surroundings and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yao Sisi: "The Earth Core Flame has absorbed a lot of spiritual fire, and I can feel it starting to replenish my spiritual energy. At that time, my cultivation may be unstable and I will urgently need to break through, but the spiritual fire on the other side has not finished absorbing it yet. I am worried that we will collide!"
Qi Mu frowned. "How can this spiritual fire be so stubborn?"
Yao Sisi's eyes were slightly red, and she radiated an irresistible heat. "This spiritual fire has undergone some changes, approaching the state of the first-generation strange fire. We're just lucky. I'll help you suppress it in a bit, and you can figure out a way to form a contract with it!"
Seeing her in great pain as her meridians were drained by the spiritual fire, Qi Mu couldn't bear it and said, "I'm ready, and we can form a contract at any time."
Yao Sisi took a breath and quickly absorbed another intact high-grade spirit stone. She communicated with the Earth Core Flame and pulled the ball of spirit fire towards Qi Mu.
The flames scorching together in mid-air slowly moved toward Qi Mu, the surrounding air almost igniting. Qi Mu used her spiritual energy to block the scorching air and the flames that were slowly approaching.
Soon, the Earth Core Flame enveloped his body, forming a protective posture. Qi Mu could sense that the flame was very hot, but he controlled the temperature so as not to harm him.
Yao Sisi said, "I'm going to withdraw the Earth Core Flame. Be careful, the contract will hurt a lot. I'll protect you!"
Qi Mu pursed her lips, "Okay!"
He hadn't expected the spirit fire he was about to contract to be so domineering. In just one exchange, most of his clothes were burned away, and he absorbed the wisps of flame into his dantian.
These flames were originally thick, but Yao Sisi used the Earth Core Flame to swirl them into thin strands. However, they were still very domineering. If she hadn't had a strange fire on her body, her clothes would have been burned to ashes long ago.
She knew all too well the miserable state she was in when she first contracted a different kind of fire, having to endure it all on her own.
"Hold on, imprint the contract seal on the spirit fire."
Qi Mu's consciousness was somewhat blurred. He could only rely on instinct to sign the contract and grit his teeth to endure it. At some point, the hairpin on his head flashed, giving him a moment of clarity.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, he tossed the wooden hairpin into Yao Sisi's arms, saying, "Help me keep it safe..."
Yao Sisi's attention was entirely on him. At first, she didn't pay any attention to the hairpin, even though it didn't cause any damage to his head and was quite rare for a wooden hairpin.
When the hairpin was placed in her bosom, she noticed that it was different from the previous one. It looked much duller and was not without damage, with some deformed marks under the wood grain. Seeing that the hairpin had a simple design, as if it was made directly from some kind of tree, she threw it into her spatial storage and planted it in the slightly barren soil.
His soul was being torn apart by the scorching spiritual fire. If he hadn't broken free of his soul shackles with his last bit of strength to send a message, he probably would have died here.
His original self really doesn't care about him!
When the spirit fire suddenly disappeared, the air became warm and gentle. He was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was in an unfamiliar place, with a simple old thatched hut not far away.
"What's this?"
Outside, Yao Sisi's attention was entirely focused on Qi Mu. She saw him regain consciousness for a moment before becoming drowsy again. She was worried that he wouldn't be able to suppress the spiritual fire within him and would eventually be burned away by it from the inside out. She constantly used the Earth Core Flame to sense his internal state, but since their cultivation levels weren't that different, she couldn't directly see his dantian and could only vaguely sense his condition.
Every time he frowned, he worried that he might be harmed by the spiritual fire.
After confronting the Earth Core Flame, the spirit fire was already extremely irritable. Moreover, having lost most of its body, it was even more furious. In the end, before it could retaliate, it was swallowed into the dantian by a human.
It angrily coursed through his veins, flames constantly burning on his body, even emanating from his breath.
It will burn away everything, burn away all obstacles!
Qi Mu felt even more pain. The spiritual energy in his dantian was churned into wisps by the spiritual fire and scattered everywhere. It was very difficult to suppress and control it. No wonder it is said that contracting a strange fire is a matter of life and death. It is clearly a matter of life and death. The successful contracters that everyone sees are the very few among the very few.
In his view, only one in ten thousand could successfully sign a contract.
Otherwise, why are there so few talented people in Danfeng who possess a different kind of fire?
Is it because you don't want it?
Oh!
Seeing him slowly fall, Yao Sisi put an arm around him and asked, "Young Master, how are you feeling now?"
Qi Mu's lips twitched. He felt like he was speaking, but he found that no matter how long he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything.
Yao Sisi put her ear to his mouth and heard two low sobs, as if some wind was blowing by, and it didn't sound like he was making them.
Regarding the contracted spirit fire, she herself had once sealed off her consciousness, and it was the little fox who risked its life to carry her away and then took her into the river to suppress the fire with a large amount of water.
The so-called mutual restraint of the five elements is the nature of heaven and earth. Naturally, strange fire and spiritual fire are superior to ordinary water. However, there is another point: the nature of the five elements is rarely understood by living beings. Therefore, apart from her using the Earth Core Flame to suppress it, it is best to use water to restrain it and weaken the damage of the flame.
She took out the gift the young master had given her from her storage bag. A delicate little box was opened, and water vapor kept rising from it. She took him away from the scorching place and placed him in Lingyun. She placed the spiritual spring in his palm.
As Yao Sisi listened to the hissing sound of the water vapor, the collision of the spiritual spring and the spiritual fire made it seem as if smoke was rising from his body. Yao Sisi sensed that the spiritual spring was shrinking, and at the same time, the fire in his body was also weakening.
The cloud-like magical artifact already resembled a fairyland, and the moisture emanating from the young master, wisps of smoke, made the space hazy and ambiguous.
He wore very little clothing, his body covered in marks from the ravages of the spiritual fire, his long hair cascading like a waterfall over white clouds, his battle-worn appearance like that of a banished immortal who had strayed into the mortal world, both pitiful and moving.
Yao Sisi possessed him, placed her hand on his dantian, and silently probed in a wisp of spiritual energy.
"I wonder if the contract with that spirit fire is complete?"
Just then, the spirit that had been silent for so long spoke up, its first words being so annoying: "Master, when did you get the spirit spring? Give it to me! Give it to me now!"
Yao Sisi frowned, wishing she could extinguish its consciousness. "Didn't you see this is in someone else's hands? This isn't mine."
Suddenly, she sensed the spirit spring gradually slipping out of Qi Mu's palm and disappearing instantly. The spirit of the artifact had disobeyed her command and taken the spirit spring away!
Seeing the flames reappear on Qi Mu's body, she used her spiritual energy to create water to nourish him, while her consciousness sank into the space.
She was careless, thinking that once she entered the sect, all the elders and such would naturally be able to suppress it, but she didn't take the initiative to find a solution herself. She saw that the spirit had been weakening recently and rarely appeared, often sleeping, so she thought she had reduced the crisis. She didn't expect it to interfere at the critical moment!
Inside the space, the spirit placed a small spring in the dried-up stream. Soon, the spring seemed to come alive, gushing water and quickly nourishing the land. Yao Sisi sensed the spirit's power being restored.
She can't waste any more time here; she must return to the sect immediately!
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