"Eat!" Red Hair answered without hesitation. It seemed to have already restrained itself. If it hadn't made various promises not to eat, it would have wanted to eat every moment.
Shi Xuan released the two demon corpses he had just collected. The red-haired creature grew larger and, with a "roar," swallowed both demons whole, one after another.
Shi Xuan sensed its pleasure through his divine sense. After all, even if they were dead, they were still two level-six demonic beasts, and the spiritual power contained in their bodies was extremely vast. The red-haired beast was very happy eating them.
Deep within the leopard's den grew a stunningly beautiful blue plant. It was over a meter tall, with numerous leaves and supple branches. The tips of each leaf emitted a faint, ethereal blue light, making it exceptionally beautiful.
"It's actually Blue Glow Grass!" This spiritual plant is so distinctive and easy to recognize that even someone who has only read the Complete Book of Spiritual Plants but has never seen the real thing can easily identify it, not to mention that Shi Xuan has even used it to refine pills.
The Blue Jade Grass is the most important ingredient in refining Nascent Soul Pills, and it is extremely rare. The Nascent Soul Pill is so expensive precisely because of this rare herb that ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford one.
This tall and robust Blue Jade Grass can be used to refine countless Nascent Soul Pills. Moreover, it can be transplanted into Silver Frost, so that there will be as many as needed in the future, thus achieving Blue Jade Grass freedom!
Shi Xuan was in a great mood after transplanting the Blue Jade Grass. He waved his hand and said to Zhao Cai and Hong Mao, "Come on, eat whatever you like here!"
A large number of the dark blue "little mushrooms" on the wall suddenly disappeared.
Although Shi Xuan hadn't figured out the effects of this spiritual plant yet, he still transplanted a patch and planted it in a dark spot inside the Silver Frost, just in case it came in handy sometime.
Zhao Cai, Hong Mao, and Shi Xuan divided the world into three, and soon swept away all the "blue mushrooms" covering the wall.
After confirming that there was nothing left in the cave, Shi Xuan took his two spirit pets to the giant python's lair.
Unlike leopards, pythons live underground.
Once inside the cave, the temperature inside the giant python's territory was noticeably higher than outside. The deeper they went, the hotter it became, until finally even the air was scalding hot.
Then they searched the entire cave, but it was completely empty. This was obviously not right, because there must be a reason for the heat, and if there wasn't even a single spiritual object in the cave, how could this demonic python have cultivated to the sixth level?
Shi Xuan released his divine sense to explore, and then slashed down with his sword in the hottest spot in the entire cave.
This sword cleaved through the original stone ground, revealing a completely different world inside—a fire spirit crystal mine!
Fire Spirit Crystals contain abundant and pure fire-elemental spiritual energy, making them invaluable for cultivators with fire spirit roots. They can be used for cultivation or for crafting artifacts.
Zhao Cai clearly had no interest in the fire spirit crystals here, and jumped directly onto Shi Xuan's head and stayed still. Hong Mao, on the other hand, was extremely excited. Shi Xuan felt that it was trying its best to hold down its little tail to prevent it from wagging. Its expectant look was too obvious, and in a little while, it was probably going to drool.
Shi Xuan laughed and said, "Eat if you want. We'll each have half."
"Awoo~" Red Hair ran over happily, opened its big mouth and swallowed it all. Shi Xuan also used the puppet sword to pick out some of the bigger and prettier ones and put them in her bracelet.
They said they'd split it in half, but Red Hair could easily devour most of it by himself. He wasn't picky about quality; he could eat anything. He even set aside the best-looking pieces for Shi Xuan when he saw Shi Xuan collecting them.
With this coordinated effort, the small fire spirit crystal vein was quickly cleared away.
To everyone's surprise, even after the fire spirit crystals were collected, the cave remained extremely hot, with no sign of the temperature dropping; in fact, it felt as if it had risen even higher.
This isn't right.
Shi Xuan once again spread his divine sense to search for the reason why the place had become hot.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Shi Xuan seemed to have caught something, but in the blink of an eye, it disappeared again.
"Senior Brother, do you know what this is? It's orange-red, very elusive, moves very fast, and... it's very hot."
Lu Shenzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Fire Spirit?"
In fact, Shi Xuan had already made this guess before Lu Shenzhi gave the answer.
The Fire Spirit is the essence of fire-type spiritual power, formed from the purest fire spiritual power in the world, but its whereabouts are shrouded in mystery and it is extremely difficult to capture. However, Shi Xuan does not necessarily have to catch it.
Shi Xuan ignored the fire spirit jumping around and sat down, beginning to powerfully activate the Myriad Life Force. "If I can't catch you, borrowing some spiritual energy isn't too much to ask, is it?"
The myriad things that grow cover the entire area, encompassing the entire range of this fire spirit's activities.
A continuous stream of pure spiritual energy flowed into his body, and Shi Xuan could feel it. This spiritual energy was very easy to absorb. It was like eating easily digestible food, melting in his mouth with a silky smooth texture.
Before long, she reached the barrier of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, which was actually easier than usual.
As spiritual energy continued to pour in, the familiar pressure increased dramatically, and the barrier quickly began to crumble until it was broken through by the pure spiritual energy.
Foundation Building Level 6!
At this moment, an even greater amount of spiritual energy was absorbed in a swirling motion, almost solidifying into a tangible form.
The fire spirit was initially oblivious, even gloating that this foolish human couldn't catch it. But soon after, it realized something was wrong.
It is weakening, albeit slightly, but it is indeed weakening.
Enraged, the Fire Spirit charged straight at Shi Xuan, only to find itself in a trap that Shi Xuan had already set up.
The moment Shi Xuan used his spiritual power to block it, he summoned the Cage of Fate, trapping the fire spirit instantly.
This Fate Cage is a magical artifact specifically designed to imprison spirits. It was originally prepared by her master to deal with ghost cultivators, since she had already encountered them many times and could not rule out the possibility of encountering them again.
Who knew she would use it here.
The fire spirit then realized it had been tricked. It struggled desperately to break free from the cage of fate, but to no avail.
It became even angrier and spewed flames at Shi Xuan, attempting to burn him to death.
Shi Xuan used all her strength to trap it. Being attacked by the fire spirit was extremely difficult. After all, the fire spirit's flames were hotter than her own core fire.
At this moment, the human and the spirit were locked in a stalemate, a contest of wills, to see who would give up first.
Shi Xuan had already activated the protective artifact given to him by his master and increased the power of the "All Things Grow" technique, gradually weakening his opponent's strength during the standoff.
The Fire Spirit's attack was partially blocked by Shi Xuan, and partially absorbed by Wanwu Sheng.
After a long while, the Fire Spirit finally realized something was wrong. If this stalemate continued, it feared it would face certain death.
Although the fire spirit wasn't very intelligent, it instinctively understood its situation very well. It couldn't harm the female cultivator at all, but the female cultivator was using some kind of evil magic that allowed her to continuously hurt it!
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