Ch234 - Flame Essence

A few days later,

Wearing Ice Robes, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu walked together on the road for treasure hunting.

Although he was wearing an Ice Robe and a big thick hat, Jiang Xu still felt his throat was dry when he walked on this scorching land. He thought thateven a cultivator in the Spiritual Emperor Realm would be in such a mess when coming here, if an ordinary person stepped in this place, would he be roasted to death?

Walking on the rugged mountain road, Liu Mufeng had been watching everything around him. He found that the land here was getting drier as it went East. Moreover, most of the land on the top of the mountain was dark red. Because the climate here was too hot, many places were barren. Of course, there were also a lot of plants in this kind of place. That was the Flame Flower.

The environment here was very suitable for the growth of Flame Flowers, so there were patches of them growing in many places. Looking around, clusters of fiery red flowers were as gorgeous as blossoming flames.

“XiaoXu, how do you feel? Do you want to take a break?” Looking at his lover beside him, Liu Mufeng stopped and asked.

“Mufeng, why don’t we fly directly to the top of the mountain? This place is too hot.” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu asked, a little depressed.

“No, let’s go up slowly. It’s best not to use spiritual power in this kind of place. Once you consume your spiritual power, you will feel hotter. When the body lacks the protection of spiritual power, it becomes easier for Fire Spiritual Energy to invade our body.” Looking at his wife, Liu Mufeng explained patiently. In this kind of place, the spiritual power lost by fire cultivators would be replenished quickly, but other types of cultivators couldn’t. They were not fire cultivators and could not absorb too much flame power, so they were not suitable for consuming spiritual power.

“Oh, I see.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“Come on, let’s drink some water.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng took out a small gourd and handed it to his wife.

“En.” After taking it, Jiang Xu drank two mouthfuls of spiritual water and felt much more comfortable.

Stopping again and again to rest, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu only reached the top of the mountain by evening. Before the two could catch their breath, a level five flame demon beast appeared in their sight.

Waving his hand, Liu Mufeng released his Beast Fire and Fire Spirit Insects, and Jiang Xu also released his Beast Fire. Two Beast Fires, plus a horde of Fire Spirit Insects rushed towards the flame demon beast. The Flame Eagle and the Flame Bear jumped on it and gnawed it, and the Fire Spirit Insects were the same. Seeing the flame demon beast was like seeing some top-notch delicacy, so they just gnawed on it.

“Aooo…” The flame demon beast screamed again and again after being bitten. Several of its attacks were useless against a group of foodies.

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Following the guidance of the Treasure Compass, they came to the entrance of a cave. Looking at the flame lava below, Liu Mufeng released his soul power to check, and after confirming that there was no danger below, he said to the Flame Eagle. “Flame Eagle, go down by yourself, there is something good down there, I will guide you to find it.”

“I understand, Master.” Jumping up, the Flame Eagle flew directly into the flame lava.

Seeing the Flame Eagle flying down, the Flame Bear wanted to fly down too, but was pulled over by Jiang Xu.

“Master!” Looking at his Master, Flame Bear looked aggrieved.

“Don’t compete with the Flame Eagle, I’ll find you a better opportunity next time.” Looking at the Flame Bear, Jiang Xu smiled to comfort his Beast Fire. In fact, Jiang Xu had always felt that his Beast Fire didn’t need to be too strong, because he was a swordsman after all, and good swordsmanship was enough. As for the Beast Fire, he wouldn’t need it even if he didn’t make alchemy.

“Oh.” Looking at his Master, Flaming Bear nodded sullenly.

“Don’t worry, the Flame Eagle will go to sleep in a few days. Then you can hug the tree.” There is only one Fire Cloud Tree, so usually there was fierce competition between the two Beast Fires and the Fire Spirit Insects for grabbing the food.

Hearing Liu Mufeng’s words, the Flame Bear’s eyes lit up. It knew that if the Flame Eagle didn’t compete with itself, then it could hug for a long time. It felt very comfortable to hold that tree.

Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu waited here for three days, and finally the Flame Eagle flew up with a fully round belly. With Liu Mufeng’s guidance, the Flame Eagle found the Flame Essence very smoothly, and then, he accidentally ate too much.

Hiccupping, the Flame Eagle flew directly into Liu Mufeng’s sea of consciousness. It needed to sleep for a while before it could completely digest the Fire Spiritual Energy in its body.

After gaining the opportunity they came for, Liu Mufeng took Jiang Xu and left together, returning to Huorong City.

———-

Back in the inn, Jiang Xu took off almost all of his clothes again, sat on a chair and gulped down a bowl of spiritual water. “It’s better to stay in the inn. The Huorong Mountain Range is really not a place for people to go. I really don’t know why so many people go there.”

Seeing his wife’s embarrassing appearance, Liu Mufeng smiled. “The people who go up the mountain are all fire cultivators. Didn’t you see that those people were looking at us strangely?” It was very suitable for fire cultivators to cultivate in the Huorong Mountains. Therefore, many cultivators who had reached the bottleneck in their cultivation would come here especially to seek breakthroughs in the Huorong Mountains.

“Mufeng, we have already gotten the opportunity, shouldn’t we leave here?” Jiang Xu really didn’t like this kind of place.

“Okay, I’ll go to the city first to help your Beast Fire and Fire Spirit Insects. I want to collect some Flame Stones, flame demon beast corpses, and demon beast cores for them and then let’s leave here.” These things were very expensive to buy in other places, and many merchants would go to Huorong City to buy goods, and then sell the goods to other places far away from Huorong City to earn a huge profit.

“There’s no need to get for my Beast Fire, just buy the Flame Stone for the Fire Spirit Insects.” Jiang Xu said as he looked at his partner.

“It’s okay, let’s buy them together. Flame Bear is very good, it doesn’t need to miss its food. Cultivate it well, and in the future, it will be your right-hand man.” For the safety of his lover, Liu Mufeng has never been harsh on Flame Bear’s rations. He has never been slack in cultivating his wife’s Flame Bear.

“Okay, then I’ll sell a batch of magic tools, so that we have more spirit stones and can collect more Flame Stones and flame demon beasts cores.”

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng shook his head. “No, you can’t sell any of the magic weapons from Lin Yu and the cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect. For the time being, put them in the bracelet dimension, so as not to cause trouble. We have spirit stones in our hands now, and those are quite enough. If there are not enough spirit stones, I can sell medicinal pills. I have a lot of pills in my hand, and there are a lot of Lin Yu’s pills that can be sold as well.” Magical artifacts were different from pills, as they would be very easy to be targeted by others.

“Oh, all right.” Hearing what his lover said, Jiang Xu nodded in agreement.

———-

Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu stayed in Huorong City for three months, and collected a lot of flame demon beast corpses, demon beast cores, as well as a lot of Flame Stones and Flame Soil. With the nourishment of Flame Soil, the Fire Cloud Tree grew longer and stronger than before.

The Flame Stone, the meat of the flame demon beast, and the demon best cores of the flame beasts were all used to feed the Fire Spirit Insects and the Flame Bear Beast Fire. Liu Mufeng collected a lot, and for this collection, he also sold three batches of pills.

After leaving Huorong City, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu headed east all the way and continued on their way.

“Mufeng, what is further east? It can’t be some kind of ice city, water city, or something like that?” Looking at his lover, Jiang Xu said worriedly.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng was amused. “No, we go east along this road, passing through three big cities and nine small towns, and then we can reach Heavenly Lightning Valley. Heavenly Lightning Valley is surrounded by lightning all year round, and it is a holy place for body training. Our strength has improved too fast and needed to be stabilized. Moreover, you are now at the strength of nine stars in the Spiritual Emperor Realm. If you want to further advance to the Spiritual Profound Realm, you must carefully settle and stabilize your existing cultivation base. Therefore, this is the most important place for you to train your body and stabilize your strength.”

“Oh, so that’s it.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“Since we have a destination in mind, just use a flying magic artifact to go there, why do you have to go slowly on a demon horse.” The little fox complained again.

“I need to buy spiritual plants. I can’t just rely on thunder and lightning to temper my body. I must have internal medicinal pills and medicinal baths to assist me.” Body tempering required body training exercises, lightning, medicinal baths, and medicinal plants. When the four were combined, the effect of body tempering would be better and indispensable.

“Oh, you need to buy spiritual plants.” Hearing this, Jiang Xu understood that Mufeng wanted to collect spiritual plants on the way, and when they got to Lightning Valley, he could directly train his body.

“Don’t worry, if we pass through a lot of cities, we can just slowly collect the spiritual plants I want along the way.” Liu Mufeng planned to buy some spiritual plants and seeds, and plant the seeds in the bracelet dimension. They wouldn’t need to worry about running out of spiritual plants.

“En.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“Physical tempering is very hard. Moreover, it is not a day’s work. It can’t be achieved in a few decades. Do you actually want to stay in Heavenly Lightning Valley for decades?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the little fox asked.

“En, that’s indeed the plan.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng agreed.

“It’s going to take decades?” Jiang Xu was very surprised when he heard this.

“En, if you want to advance to the Spiritual Profound Realm, you need to improve your physique, and your strength needs to be consolidated and stabilized. This is a very long process, and it can’t be done without training for decades.” It was the sixth-level of realms, and advancing to the Spiritual Profound Realm would be far more difficult than it was for advancing to the Spiritual Emperor Realm. Therefore, if you want to advance, you must prepare in advance.

“So that’s it.” Nodding his head, Jiang Xu didn’t say much. He knew that his lover was well-informed, and what he said would definitely be right.