Chapter 32

The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow seemed particularly agitated, almost shouting out in surprise.

"Do you also know about the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill?" After glancing at the map, Xiao Yun put it away and then asked.

Looking at the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow's excited appearance, this divine pill must be extraordinary.

"Uh-huh." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow nodded repeatedly, saying, "According to legend, the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill is a formula left by the gods. Once refined, it can truly revive the dead and regenerate flesh and bones. Even those nearing the end of their lifespan can gain another hundred years of life. This is absolutely a divine pill that can make the mightiest of the mighty fight to the death and go mad over it!"

"So, this is really a divine pill." Xiao Yun's eyes narrowed slightly. Looking at the corpse, he couldn't help but sigh. He finally understood why the Purple Flame King met such a fate. With such a formula, who wouldn't want to fight for it? The saying 'to possess a treasure is to invite disaster' is indeed an ancient truth!

"Quickly, let Grandpa Tian see if that map is real." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow seemed very excited. Earlier, Xiao Yun had put the map away too quickly, and it hadn't seen the entire terrain clearly. It wanted to see it clearly to find an opportunity to search for the formula.

"Show it to you? Why didn't you tell me in detail about the inheritance place of the Swallowing Heaven Supreme?" Xiao Yun shrugged, gave the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow a withering look, and then put the map away. Such an important map couldn't be shown to just anyone.

"You're too stingy." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow rolled its eyes, looking disdainful.

"Seeing you so excited, do you also want to obtain this formula?" Xiao Yun, having put away the map, asked with interest.

"Of course. With the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill, Grandpa Tian can reshape my physical body." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow said excitedly, "Then, when I recover my physical body, I can once again dominate the world and trample my old enemies underfoot one by one."

Xiao Yun shrugged and said, "Unfortunately, you don't have the chance to get the formula for the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill."

Seeing Xiao Yun's expression, the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow became anxious and quickly put on a fawning face, saying, "Kid, no, young man, how about we cooperate? I'll take you to the inheritance place of the Swallowing Heaven Supreme, and you can help me find the formula for the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill. What do you say?"

"Don't I lack the qualifications to cooperate with you?" Seeing the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow's appearance, Xiao Yun couldn't help but feel amused.

Earlier, this guy had been so cold and proud.

"Where did I ever say that?" The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow feigned ignorance, grinning, "Look, we're so fated. The more I look at you, the more you resemble my long-lost brother. How about this: we become sworn brothers, and you'll be my brother. From now on, we'll share both good and bad times."

The red bird spoke with great enthusiasm, getting more and more excited.

"Go away, you dead bird. I look like your long-lost brother? I'm a human, okay." Xiao Yun rolled his eyes. At this moment, the image of the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow as a powerful being completely shattered in his mind. This was just a shameless bird, saying such things?

"It doesn't matter. The meaning is the same. You could also consider being the older brother." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow said without a hint of embarrassment. Now that it had a chance to reshape its physical body, it couldn't let it go. What good were face and integrity?

Xiao Yun was thoroughly convinced by the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow, but he also had a plan. Now he had a trump card to control the other party, and he wasn't afraid of it playing any tricks. For the Nine Transmutation Divine Pill, this guy would likely be more obedient.

"As long as you don't do anything stupid, I'm willing to cooperate with you." Xiao Yun said coolly.

"Of course, we're brothers now. How could we harm you?" The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow was delighted when Xiao Yun agreed.

"Let's see how you perform in the future." Xiao Yun shrugged, looking at the Purple Flame Cauldron again and again.

Now that he had the Purple Flame Alchemy, he might become an alchemist.

"Drop a drop of your essence blood on the cauldron and imprint your mind on it, and you can control it completely." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow looked fawning.

Xiao Yun was skeptical but still dripped a drop of essence blood on the cauldron and released a thread of his mind to try to connect with the Purple Flame Cauldron.

Sure enough, under the connection of his mind, the treasure cauldron actually established a connection with him, absorbing and fusing the essence blood completely.

Especially when the Purple Flame Cauldron sensed that Xiao Yun had the Purple Flame martial soul, it trembled joyfully.

It looked as if it had met an old friend, treating Xiao Yun as if he were the successor of the Purple Flame King.

After establishing a connection with the Purple Flame Cauldron, Xiao Yun felt a sense of being connected to it.

With a thought, the Purple Flame Cauldron sank into his sea of consciousness.

"It seems this trip wasn't in vain." Looking at the treasure cauldron in his sea of consciousness, a smile appeared on Xiao Yun's lips.

Alchemist!

This was a profession he had never thought of before!

"If I really learn alchemy, I might be able to cure Sister Shi Fei's poison." Thinking of this, Xiao Yun smiled even more. Every time he saw the young girl suffering from the poison, his heart ached.

And now, it seemed all of this was about to end.

"It's time to leave." After putting away the Purple Flame Cauldron, Xiao Yun looked around. Finding no other relics, he dug a deep pit and buried the corpse of the Purple Flame King. This senior could now rest in peace.

"If your enemies are still alive, I might avenge you." Xiao Yun looked at the small grave and muttered.

Then, Xiao Yun turned and left.

While Xiao Yun was in the cave, the Fang family cultivators outside were still waiting.

"Captain Fang Rui, that kid has been inside for a whole day. Why hasn't he come out yet?" A Body Tempering Realm cultivator wiped the sweat from his forehead, frowned, and said impatiently.

Some of the other Body Tempering Realm cultivators also looked annoyed, their mouths dry and their tongues parched, almost cooked by the scorching heat.

"Could he have already died?" Even the two Innate Realm cultivators were feeling impatient.

The heat here was too intense, not a place for humans to stay.

"Wait two more days." Fang Rui said sternly.

He always felt that the young man was not ordinary and couldn't miss this opportunity. Otherwise, he would surely become a great threat in the future.

"I think we don't need to wait. That kid is probably dead." An Innate Realm cultivator said.

"Right!" Another person agreed, "Even if he survives, so what? We can kill him when he returns to Purple Cloud City. Why wait here in agony?" These people clearly didn't want to wait any longer; they were almost unbearable.

"Stupid." Fang Rui's eyes narrowed, "Once he returns to Purple Cloud City, won't Old Master Xiao protect him with his life?"

"The current Xiao Yun has reached the Innate Realm. Who can match his talent?"

Hearing Fang Rui's words, everyone fell silent. If they knew about Xiao Yun's talent, who would dare to touch him? Old Master Xiao would surely fight to the death, and the loss to the Fang family would be too great. It would be better to eliminate him here without anyone knowing.

This young man had advanced from the Seventh Level of Body Tempering to the Innate Realm. Who could compete with him?

Moreover, Xiao Yun seemed to have the ability to intimidate people, achieving surprising results.

After he entered the cave unscathed, no one dared to underestimate him anymore.

"Do you think you can kill me by waiting here?" Just as the Fang family members were silent, a slightly cold voice suddenly sounded. The chill in the voice made everyone's pores stand on end.

"It's Xiao Yun! He's actually not dead!" Hearing the voice, the Fang family cultivators all looked alert, their eyes fixed on the cave entrance, as if facing a great enemy. Even Fang Rui's expression became serious.

Buzz!

The purple flames in the cave surged, creating ripples. A young man stepped out.

This young man was naturally Xiao Yun.

"How is this possible? How did you not die?"

"Are you human or a demon?" The Fang family members were full of surprise, finding it hard to believe that anyone could walk through the sea of fire. This was something only the mightiest of the mighty could do, yet this young man was only at the Innate Realm!

"How can you enter and exit this fire cave?" Fang Rui's eyes narrowed.

"I don't have the obligation to tell you." Xiao Yun walked out of the fire cave step by step, his eyes slightly narrowed, a cold smile on his lips. His indifferent tone made the Fang family cultivators tense up.

For some reason, they sensed a dangerous aura from this young man.

"Hmph, no matter what tricks you have, since you dare to come out, you will die." Fang Rui's eyes were dark, though he felt uneasy, he still looked cold and fierce. He formed a seal with his hand, and a mysterious magical seal began to rapidly form in front of him.

Mountain Seal!

The seal was incredibly heavy, like a mountain pressing down, causing the air in front to disperse.

A powerful gust of wind shook, making the Fang family cultivators finally relax.

A day ago, this young man was forced into the fire mouth. They didn't believe he could turn the tide in just one day.

Thinking of this, the other two Innate Realm cultivators also put aside their unease and prepared to attack at any moment.

"God Slayer!" Facing the Mountain Seal, Xiao Yun only raised an eyebrow. Then, his eyes narrowed, and a vast soul force erupted from his sea of consciousness. Under his mental control, the soul force condensed into a sharp blade, piercing towards Fang Rui's forehead.

Previously, although Xiao Yun's soul force was powerful, it couldn't condense.

Now, with the improvement of his God Slayer technique, his soul force could be controlled to condense into a point.

After condensing, the pressure from the soul was many times stronger than before.

Buzz!

As soon as the soul force swept out, Fang Rui's mind trembled as if struck by lightning. Then, a soul blade pierced his mind, making his spirit tremble, feeling as if it was about to collapse. He became stiff, his eyes full of fear.

In this state, the yuan qi in Fang Rui's body lost control, and the aura of the Mountain Seal immediately dissipated.

"Die!" Seizing the opportunity, Xiao Yun's eyes narrowed, his figure flickered, and he dodged the Mountain Seal. His sword was unsheathed, and he stabbed towards the terrified Fang Rui. The dazzling sword light was blinding, shocking everyone.

"What's going on? Why isn't Captain Fang Rui moving?"

"This Xiao Yun is using a secret technique."

The Fang family members were full of fear.

This situation had happened before, but it didn't affect Fang Rui much. Now, even a late-stage Innate Realm cultivator was struck down in just one day, becoming stiff-eyed. Could this young man's secret technique have improved?

Thinking of this, the Fang family members' eyes were full of fear.

If even Fang Rui couldn't resist, how could they compete with this young man?

Just as everyone was full of fear, the sword light disappeared. Fang Rui, with a look of disbelief, stared at the young man in front of him, then fell to the ground, his eyes wide open in death, unable to accept that this young man had such means.