Chapter 134: Lantern Flame



Chu Jun sensed all fourteen doors, but he could not sense the existence of the evil spirit in any of them.

"Are there no evil spirits inside?" Li Xiu frowned slightly.

"Maybe there is something wrong with my inspiration skills, or there is something inside the door that affects the perception." Chu Jun has been less confident in his inspiration skills recently.

"There is nothing wrong with your skills. If you were affected, you should be able to feel it and have some confidence in yourself." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"In this broken place, every step could cost someone's life. How can I be confident?" Chu Jun said with a wry smile.

"I'll go in and take a look." Li Xiu thought about it, chose the door corresponding to the E-level area, and reached out to push the door open.

"Wait a minute..." Chu Jun was still a little nervous.

Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun, and Chu Jun said with a bitter face: "How about I sense it again."

Li Xiu smiled and stepped aside. Chu Jun sensed the door back and forth several times, but the result was the same, there was no evil spirit inside the door.

"Don't worry." Li Xiu held back Chu Jun who was about to continue sensing, patted his shoulder with a smile, walked directly to the door and pushed it open.

The ancient stone door opened easily, but it was dark inside and nothing could be seen. Even the Mirror of Darkness could not see anything in the darkness.

Under Chu Jun's gaze, Li Xiu walked into the door. It looked extremely dark inside, but when Li Xiu stepped into the door, he saw bright lights in front of him. The door behind him had been quietly closed at some point.

The interior of the building looks like an ancient temple. Opposite the gate there is a statue of a deity. In front of the statue is a stone altar with an oil lamp on it.

The shape of the oil lamp was somewhat similar to the oil lamp that guided them to the trial site. Both were made of metal, but the shapes were slightly different.

What was strange was that the flame burning in the oil lamp was a strange blood-red color, dyeing the entire interior of the building blood-red.

The statue was even more bizarre. It looked like a demon spirit rather than a god in the traditional sense.

It has a beetle-like shell, with no eyes, nose or other organs visible. It only has a mouth with sharp teeth, bone spurs on its back, and a scorpion-like tail behind it.

Fortunately, it was a stone statue and there was no life in it, otherwise Li Xiu would have thought it was an evil spirit.

Other than that, there is nothing inside the building.

"Could it be that this oil lamp is a tool to the next trial site?" Li Xiu walked to the oil lamp, looked at it and asked, "Can you hear me?"

Li Xiu asked a few more questions, but the oil lamp did not respond. It looked a little different from the oil lamp that brought them here.

Li Xiu reached out and picked up the oil lamp. As his fingers just touched the oil lamp, the blood-red flame suddenly surged. The blood-red light surged towards Li Xiu's fingers like tentacles.

Li Xiu was startled and quickly withdrew his fingers that had touched the oil lamp, and the flame immediately shrank back.

After looking at the oil lamp for a while, Li Xiu finally realized what it was.

"This thing... isn't it the light given to me by the evil spirit in the metal coffin..." Li Xiu thought of this and reached out to the oil lamp again.

As his fingers touched the oil lamp, the blood light on the flame rushed towards Li Xiu's fingers again, trying to penetrate into Li Xiu's body.

As soon as the blood light touched Li Xiu's fingers, Li Xiu's body suddenly glowed with fluorescence, and a transparent light surged out. In just a moment, the blood light and the flame were extinguished by the light from Li Xiu's body.

As the light went out, Li Xiu only felt the scene in front of him change, and he was back in front of the door.

"Why did you come out so quickly? What's the situation inside?" Chu Jun hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Li Xiu described the situation inside, and Chu Jun listened with confusion, not knowing what that thing was.

"If my guess is correct, there are fourteen oil lamps in each of these fourteen doors. The light from the oil lamps can transform the body of the trial-taker, allowing the trial-taker to possess the same light energy as the demon spirit." Li Xiu said thoughtfully.

Li Xiu had already obtained light from the evil spirit in the metal coffin, and was unable to tolerate other lights, so the blood-colored light could not enter his body.

"There is such a thing? How come I have never heard of it?" Chu Jun's face was full of surprise, looking at the door eager to try.

Li Xiu grabbed him, then walked to another door and reached out to push it, but the door didn't move at all and couldn't be opened no matter how hard he pushed.

He tried other doors, and the result was the same. Even the door that Li Xiu had pushed open before could not be opened.

"It is true. I guess each trial-taker can only push open one door to get the light inside. I have already chosen one of them, so there is no way for me to open the other doors." Li Xiu said thoughtfully.

"How about I go in and try it?" Chu Jun was already a little impatient.

"If you want to try, I suggest you go to the door corresponding to the S-level area." Li Xiu said.

"Why?" Chu Jun asked with some confusion.

"It's just a guess. Maybe the light corresponding to the S-level area will be stronger." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"That makes sense." Chu Jun turned his gaze to the door corresponding to the S-level area, but when he really arrived at the door, he hesitated again.

"Is it really possible that the trial-taker himself possesses light energy?" Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu, as if he wanted Li Xiu to give him some confidence.

"I'm just guessing. It's up to you whether you want to take the risk and try it." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Let's fight." Chu Jun gritted his teeth, pushed the door open and walked in.

Li Xiu was waiting outside. He was not too worried. A single light would not have much impact on the body.

At that time, he absorbed three kinds of light at once, and his body could not bear it. Fortunately, his spiritual awareness was extremely strong, and with the help of the parasitic evil spirit in his body, he managed to hold on.

After a long while, Chu Jun appeared in front of the gate, with a blood-red glow flashing on his body.

But it was a little different from what Li Xiu thought. The blood-red fluorescence on Chu Jun did not come from himself, but from the blood lotus on his body.

The original symbiotic white lotus of Chu Jun had turned blood red at this time, emitting a strong blood light, which was many times stronger than the previous white light.

"This is a little different from what we expected. The light is directed at the symbiotic contract, not the body of the trial-taker..." Chu Jun was a little disappointed, but more excited: "But my white lotus was originally only of brilliant quality. After absorbing the light, it has now become of glorious quality. This is too much of a profit."

Li Xiu was a little surprised. This was not what he expected.

Chu Jun tried other doors, but the result was the same as Li Xiu's, he could not push open any of the doors.

"This is the same as we thought before. Each trial-taker can only enter one door. There are twelve doors left. Let A Fei and Ye Yuzhen try it too." Chu Jun said.

Li Xiu nodded slightly, and the two of them returned the same way. After meeting Ah Fei and Ye Yuzhen, they told them what happened inside.

"In other words, the flame inside the door can improve the quality of the contract? Is this improvement aimed at the symbiotic contract, or can the parasitic contract also improve quality?" After hearing this, Ah Fei did not rush there, and said while thinking.

"I'm not very clear about this. After I touched the flame, the flame flowed directly into my body and merged with the symbiotic contract. Then the symbiotic contract was upgraded from brilliant quality to brilliance." Chu Jun said.

"If it's true as you speculated, the intensity of the flames in different doors will be different, and the effects will definitely not be the same. It seems we need to bring people in to do some experiments." Ah Fei groaned.

Ye Yuzhen was originally eager to try, but after listening to Ah Fei's words, he gave up the idea of ​​going inside the sect to improve the quality of the symbiotic contract.

The city gate on this side has reached the end. Li Xiu and his companions did not dare to go to the other city gates for the time being, so they had to leave the City of Black Death and return to the City of Light.

Chu Jun went back happily to study his white lotus. A Fei and Ye Yuzhen planned to bring a trial-taker to be a guinea pig next time, and they had to make some preparations for this.

Li Xiu went to find Ximen Guan alone. He wanted to know what happened to the magic suit that Ximen Guan made for him.

"Old official, how about the magic suit I want?" Li Xiu came to the laboratory and saw Ximen Guan standing in front of an instrument, looking down at the screen.

There are a lot of light patterns fluctuating on the screen, and I don’t know what they are testing.

"It's too early. We haven't gathered all the materials yet." Ximen Guan said without raising his head.

"The materials are not yet complete? That's impossible. Didn't Sha Chu already get all the materials you wanted?" Li Xiu frowned.

"Still a little short." Ximen Guan then raised his head and looked at Li Xiu, his eyes somewhat evasive.

"You wouldn't use those materials on your magic suit, would you?" Li Xiu immediately guessed what the old man Ximen Guan had done.

"Hehe, it's not what you think. I just used it for an experiment. Who knew that the materials were so useless and were ruined in an instant..." Ximen Guan's face turned red and he explained in a mumbling voice.

"Your magic armor is very important, but I really need a set of S-level magic armor right now. Old official, you are putting me in a difficult position." Li Xiu stared at Ximen Guan and said.

"I understand. Bring back some more materials. I promise not to use those materials for the trial this time, and I will personally help you make that magic suit." Ximen Guan felt a little embarrassed, so he had to promise.

Before, he had delegated the task of making that set of S-class magic suit to other researchers, and he only supervised the work occasionally.

"What materials are missing now?" Li Xiu had no intention of blaming Ximen Guan.

Ximen Guan’s magic suit is equally important to Li Xiu. If the technology to allow the magic suit to enter the trial ground can really be realized, such a small price will not be a big deal.

It’s just that Li Xiu is really short of money now, otherwise his investment in Ximen Guan would not be so little. But there is nothing he can do now as the conditions do not allow it.

"The S-level magic core you gave me before was destroyed during the experiment. I need another S-level magic core, and some magic spirit materials..." Ximen Guan's voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke. He also knew that the things he destroyed were the most core materials of the magic equipment.

"I can get you another set of materials, but you have to promise me first that you won't use those materials for experiments anymore. You must help me make the magic suit first, and you have to do it yourself and make this magic suit the best it can be." Li Xiu stared at Ximen Guan and said.

"No problem. If I use your materials for experiments again, my research on magic equipment will never be successful in my lifetime." Ximen Guan swore solemnly.

"That's good, see if this can be used." Li Xiu took out the magic core he had obtained when he killed the demon spirit that could speak human language.

“This is… an S-level magic core with special properties…” Ximen Guan took a look and his eyes widened immediately.

He quickly took the magic core from Li Xiu and put it on the instrument for testing. His expression became more and more excited: "This magic core is great... It is many times stronger than the previous one... If it is used for..."

"Don't forget what you swore just now." Li Xiu interjected lightly.

Ximen Guan was like a deflated ball. He took the magic core off the instrument and said helplessly, "It's such a waste to use this magic core to make an ordinary S-level magic suit..."

"Anyway, just remember what I said just now. And this, see if it can replace the magic spirit material." Li Xiu took out the weapon that looked like a strange horn and handed it to Ximen Guan.

This time, Ximen Guandao did not react too much. He just took the strange horn to the instrument for testing.

But after seeing the test results, Ximen Guan's face turned a little strange: "This is something of the same origin as the magic core... Using this thing on an ordinary S-level magic suit... What a waste..."

"I like to waste... and this..." Li Xiu took out the strange weapon he had just obtained from the last fanatic today.

This time, after the inspection, Officer Ximen didn't say anything for a long time. He stared at Li Xiu for a long time, which made Li Xiu a little nervous.

"Old sir, what do you mean?" Li Xiu asked.

"You are just a prodigal son." Ximen Guan seemed unwilling to talk to Li Xiu anymore. After putting away his things, he said weakly, "In fact, some basic parts of your magic suit have been made almost. Give me another half a month, and I promise to give you a complete magic suit, which is stronger than the ghost face magic suit..."

When Li Xiu left, he heard Ximen Guan mumbling behind him. Words like prodigal son and idiot kept coming into Li Xiu's ears. It was obvious that Ximen Guan wanted him to hear it on purpose.

Li Xiu didn't care, as long as Ximen Guan helped him make the magic suit. He could also understand Ximen Guan's resentment.

Originally, this set of magic suit was made for Ye Xiyuan, but Li Xiu has changed his mind. He plans to let Ye Xiyuan continue to use the Ghost Face Magic Suit, and he wants to use this set of magic suit himself.

It wasn't because he heard Ximen Guan say that this magic suit would perform better than the Ghost Face Magic Suit that he changed his mind, but he had already made such a plan after returning from the Haitian Trial Field.

The City of Light needed a symbol, and he would be spending a lot of time in the Trial Grounds, so he planned to create a symbol for the City of Light himself.

The Ghost Mask costume has been exposed to the public, making it more suitable to become that symbol.

Under Sha Chu's supervision, the Magic Spirit Arena is being constructed in an orderly manner, and Chu Jun has also begun promoting the Magic Spirit Competition.

But now most people have no idea what the Magic Spirit Competition is, and most people still think that someone has tamed the magic spirits.

Looking again, it turned out that the place where this Magic Spirit Competition was held was an unknown city of light. No one had even heard of it, and many people treated it as a joke.

They felt that such competitions were probably similar to animal trainers’ performances.

Registration for the Magic Spirit Contest has been opened on the website, but there are many people watching the show, and no one is signing up to participate.

At that time, no one realized that this magic spirit competition would change the entire world.

At first, Sha Chu was worried that Changshengtian would see the news of the Magic Spirit Competition and come to cause trouble for the City of Light, but as time went by, the City of Light became unusually peaceful and no one came to disturb them.

As for Red Sand City, some media have already come to seek cooperation, hoping to broadcast their first City of Light Magic Competition.

"Gems are really useless!" Li Xiu poured a small pile of topaz into the Masked Emperor's fuel tank, wailing in his heart.

The money he had now was only enough to buy some topas to feed the Masked Emperor. The other demons had to be put aside for the time being. He had no money to buy gems to feed them.

Now Li Xiu is counting on making a fortune in the Magic Spirit Competition. By then, he will have all the gems he wants. He will first upgrade the level of the demigod Moment. An S-level glorious magic spirit, just thinking about it makes him very excited.

Of course, the big money that Li Xiu wanted to make didn’t refer to the tickets for the Magic Spirit Competition.

He could already foresee that tickets for the first City of Light Magic Competition would not be easy to sell, but as long as the Magic Competition was a success, he could start selling Magic Rings next.

Compared to those who keep the magic spirit as a secret, Li Xiu hopes that everyone can hold a magic spirit and become a trial-taker.

Of course, Li Xiu was not planning to sell the Magic Ring in his hand. With the non-lethal bullet in his hand, his chance of getting the Magic Ring was much higher than that of ordinary people. That was all wealth.

After adding all the natural Topaz into the fuel tank, the Masked Emperor started on the spot, continuously burning the Topaz gems in the fuel tank. However, its digestion speed was not fast enough, and it was unknown when it would be able to upgrade to a higher level again.

Li Xiu was lying on the table, fiddling with a glass bottle in his hand. Inside the bottle was that evil jelly-like substance.

"Who should I give this evil creature to?" Li Xiu pondered the question that was bothering him.

Theoretically, evil should be given to the strongest demon spirit, the demigod Setsuna.

After being parasitized by evil, a Jedi Knight with no qualities can become that strong. After the demigod Setsuna is parasitized by evil, the effect will only be better.

But Li Xiu was a little worried that after being possessed by the evil, the demigod Setsuna would become a puppet.

The demigod Shanna himself possesses a very high intelligence. The last time Li Xiu controlled him to use the Angel Wings, he was able to imitate it himself. Such intelligence is extraordinary.

If the evil parasite parasitizes on him and makes him lose his consciousness, it would be a waste of time.

The power of the demigod Setsuna is already strong enough, and exchanging wisdom for stronger power may not be a good choice.

Now Li Xiu is not sure whether the evil parasitism will affect the wisdom of the demon spirit, so he is a little hesitant.

"It's a pity that I don't have any extra Xie to do the experiment. Now I can only take a gamble." Li Xiu gritted his teeth and summoned the demigod Shanshan.


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