Foxfire
Nan Yi originally wanted to say that his talent was insufficient, and even in the Blazing Sand Valley where fire elements were abundant, he still did not gain any new insights.
But then he remembered Chu Li's sudden enlightenment... "I already have some feeling about it." He blurted out those words almost without thinking.
But the moment he finished speaking, regret quickly welled up in his heart. Why was he arguing at this point? But it was too late for him to take it back.
Chu Li nodded, looking as if it was expected. She thought to herself, "Master only takes in disciples with high talent, how could they not even be able to comprehend the simplest fire element?"
Seeing her like this, Nan Yi silently gritted his teeth, knowing that from now on, he could no longer use his stupid excuse.
"Alright, let's build the domain here."
Although most disciples of the Myriad Manifestations Sect construct their structures within the Domain Pavilion, special cases are treated differently.
At this moment, Nan Yi only needs to learn a small fire element domain, and with her nearby, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Chu Li thought this with such confidence.
A fiery red tail reappeared, and compared to the slow movement last time, this time the tip of the tail lit up with a point of light almost instantly.
Based on his memory of the jade slip he had seen before, Nan Yi used the tip of the tail to outline a rough shape, just like drawing a gourd.
At this moment, Nan Yi seemed to sense a subtle connection; a narrow space was being created and gradually connecting with his sea of consciousness—
As time went by, the space became more and more complete, the connection became stronger and stronger, and he gradually developed a feeling that he could completely control the space.
Chu Li stood not far away with her arms crossed, watching the newly formed domain fluctuate in size, and knew that the other party would have difficulty controlling the domain for the time being.
The area that can truly be used against the enemy must be fully constructed in an instant, even before the opponent can react, so as to completely trap the opponent within it.
However, the fact that Nan Yi had already managed to create the outline of the domain on his first attempt already surprised her.
Many disciples are completely clueless when they first start building, and they need their master to guide them. With diligent practice, they can barely manage to draw an outline within a few months.
Foxfire suddenly appeared at the tip of the fox's tail, flames rising and tongues of fire licking the surrounding space. In just a short while, the air near the flames began to distort.
Chu Li also felt that the temperature was much higher than before, and she even felt sweaty all over.
She suddenly looked up at the cluster of foxfire that she hadn't expected. If she wasn't mistaken, this level of flame could be considered a celestial fire.
Fire is classified into three types: celestial fire, terrestrial fire, and fire of no rank. Most flames in nature belong to the category of fire of no rank, while terrestrial fire is already considered a relatively rare type of flame, let alone celestial fire.
Even among the fox clan, their foxfire isn't necessarily all heavenly fire; more often, it can only be described as earthly fire.
Flames can evolve from earth fire to heavenly fire, but the probability is extremely small. Some foxes never manage to evolve their flames into heavenly fire in their entire lives.
People like Nan Yi are likely born with the Heavenly Fire.
As if encouraged by the heavenly fire, the area, which was originally only a small one, suddenly expanded, directly engulfing the nearby flowing magma, and even continuing to expand its range.
Chu Li's expression suddenly changed: "Nan Yi, stop right now!"
Nan Yi had his eyes closed at the moment, as if he hadn't heard any sounds from the outside world.
Chu Li's heart skipped a beat. He was probably already immersed in a state of "absorption." In this state, he could not perceive any external movements and would only act according to the thoughts deep in his heart.
He probably just wants to expand his territory right now...
Chu Li watched as the foxfire began to wreak havoc within the domain. Every time the domain expanded, the foxfire left its mark.
Unfortunately, this foxfire is of a very high level. If Nan Yi is allowed to expand further like this, this place will probably collapse completely.
The nearby rocks seemed unable to withstand the even higher temperatures, and several stones crumbled and fell down.
We can't wait for Nan Yi to wake up on his own any longer; forcibly waking him would also damage his mind. After thinking for a moment, Chu Li clasped her hands together.
Countless icy blue rays of light flowed in her palms, and when she opened her hands again, the Azure Lotus reappeared.
However, the lotus was no longer the same green as before, but a deep icy blue, with frost instantly condensing on the petals and then melting away again.
She pushed her palm forward.
The blue lotus spun and grew rapidly, then headed towards the foxfire in the domain. Every time it touched a cluster of foxfire, frost would burst out from the lotus's heart.
Until the foxfire is completely frozen.
Chu Li breathed a sigh of relief, confirming that the domain had stopped expanding due to the reduction of foxfire, before walking towards Nan Yi's fox tail, where the foxfire was the source.
She formed hand seals and immediately created a small frost domain that barely contained the foxfire, thus weakening its power as much as possible.
However, she couldn't freeze the foxfire directly like Qinglian did. After all, the flame on the fox's tail should be Nanyi's primordial fire, and freezing it might damage his primordial essence.
Once Qinglian had mostly dealt with the foxfire in the domain, the domain finally returned to its initial state.
The next moment, Chu Li, who was closely observing Nan Yi, saw his eyelashes flutter, and then he opened his fox-like eyes.
"Finally awake?"
Chu Li looked Nan Yi up and down a few times, and only after confirming that he was only pale because he had exhausted his spiritual energy and had not been injured anywhere else did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Before Chu Li could even relax, the magma, now free from the oppressive foxfire, suddenly began to boil again.
Both pairs of eyes instinctively turned towards the sudden commotion.
Several darker-colored clumps appeared in the magma. They quickly jumped into the air above the magma and began to wriggle rapidly in four directions, growing limbs like those of a human.
However, their limbs are too rudimentary, and can only be described as long, narrow pillars.
Their entire bodies were engulfed in deep red flames. Chu Li glanced at them and knew that the flames were of a high rank, considered to be earth fire.
"A fiery spirit?"
You know?
Nan Yi moved his lips slightly. Of course he knew, but he had just expended too much energy and didn't really want to answer.
Chu Li didn't really care what his answer was.
Spirits and monsters are actually quite rare in the cultivation world; even she, with her Nascent Soul stage cultivation, had hardly ever seen one.
This is all because the conditions for the formation of spirits are too demanding. First, they must be in a place where spiritual energy gathers for thousands of years before they can come into being.
After becoming a living being, one must continuously absorb various rare and precious materials in order to have a certain probability of becoming a spirit.
The spirits before them seemed to be newly born; perhaps they had their eyes on Nan Yi's foxfire.
For fire-type spirits, the most nourishing thing is fire, especially heavenly fire. As long as they devour heavenly fire, their strength will immediately increase dramatically.
They hadn't come out until now, probably because the pressure of the heavenly fire had been holding them back. But now—
Chu Li stole a glance at the flame on the fox tail. After her "cooling down" of the flame, only a faint wisp of foxfire remained, drifting in the air, no longer as imposing as before.
Although the Flame Spirits possessed intelligence, they were not particularly clever. Without much hesitation, they lunged at Nan Yi as soon as they emerged from the lava.
Nan Yi sneered, took a step forward, and was about to release foxfire again to show them whose flame was more powerful.
They actually want his foxfire? Don't they even know they were just pinned under lava by the foxfire?
At that moment, an arm reached out and said, "Junior brother, leave it to me."
Due to various restrictions, she could only control her strength to temporarily extinguish the foxfire, and she was still holding a grudge.
It's just right that they're crashing into us right now.
The blue lotus, which had flown back from who-knows-where, landed once more in Chu Li's palm.
"Go."
This time, the blue lotus no longer held back and expanded rapidly, its petals, which had only opened slightly before, now fully opened.
"Ice Domain, activate!"
Nan Yi stayed behind Chu Li, peering ahead, but because he wasn't in the domain, he didn't know what Chu Li's domain was doing.
But he saw tiny ice fragments falling from the area and quickly disappearing into the lava.
At first, he thought they were just ice shards scattered everywhere during the battle, but after observing them carefully, he suddenly realized that each ice shard contained the shattered body of a monster.
Sure enough, after about a hundred ice shards fell, Chu Li withdrew his domain again, and the spirits within it had long since disappeared.
He glanced at Chu Li in shock; this was too brutal. He never expected the battle to end so quickly.
He remembered Chu Li asking him why he knew spirits, which naturally meant he had encountered them before.
At that time, he was also in the Nascent Soul stage. It was the first time he had encountered spirits and monsters. He didn't know their characteristics at all and got entangled with them for a long time. Later, he collected a lot of information about spirits and monsters and was able to recognize most of them at a glance.
Actually, the hardest part of dealing with spirits and monsters is not defeating them, but rather their ability to regenerate.
Even if you use spiritual power to shatter it, it can revive again in the next instant.
Like the fire spirit here, if nothing unexpected happens, it only needs to touch the magma again to form a new body.
In a sense, it is virtually indestructible.
When he encountered the spirit that time, he eventually found an opportunity to get rid of its entanglement, rather than actually defeating it.
But this time, when the spirit fell into the lava, there was no movement at all. I don't know how my senior sister managed to do that.
Thinking this, he asked the question aloud.
Chu Li was surprised for a moment, seemingly not expecting that he had been lost in thought about this issue.
"It's actually very simple. You just need to keep its body from coming into contact with the lava."
The entire body of a spirit has the ability to regenerate, but only if it is provided with the necessary materials.
Flame sprites need magma; if their bodies don't come into contact with magma, they can't regenerate.
"Then how do we keep them out of contact with the magma?" Nan Yi couldn't help but ask again.
The Flame Sprite is covered in sparks; if even one of them splashes into the lava, it could potentially regenerate into a new body.
"Then seal its body completely. Like just now, I sealed it up, then smashed it, and then threw it into the lava."
"Won't the ice shards melt in the lava?"
"How could that be? There is spiritual energy constantly maintaining it. By the time it successfully melts, we will have already left the Blazing Sand Valley."
Nan Yi remained silent. Was it really that simple? Most of the frost wouldn't last a second inside that magma.
Maintaining it with spiritual power would require terrifying control to add the same amount of spiritual power to each ice shard without wasting too much spiritual power and to time it perfectly.
He knew that at the Nascent Soul stage, he absolutely could not control his spiritual power with such precision.
Having achieved their goal of coming to the Blazing Sand Valley, the two returned to the Myriad Manifestations Sect aboard the Azure Lotus.
Almost as soon as Chu Li arrived at the Myriad Manifestations Sect, she tossed something to Nan Yi, telling him to cultivate on his own for the time being, before hurriedly entering the Domain Pavilion.
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