allendalepharm Chapter 84 Gratitude! Affection!
Chapter 84 Gratitude! Affection!
Inside the cultivation room on the lower level of the Burning Heaven Refining Tower.
"Teacher, what's wrong?" Xiao Yan asked, scratching his head as he looked at Yao Lao's long sighs.
Yao Lao naturally wouldn't tell Xiao Yan that he had just personally dealt with the rebellious disciple who murdered his master, and that his feelings were complicated. He changed the subject, saying, "It's nothing, I just think you're really lucky. Strange Flames are such rare things; an ordinary person might not even encounter one in their entire life, yet you've encountered three in three years..."
Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Teacher, are you still regretting that Sea Heart Flame?"
After a moment of silence, the old apothecary said, "Yes, if you had devoured the Sea Heart Flame, and considering the Fallen Heart Flame beneath this tower, the conditions for reshaping your physical body would have been one-third fulfilled..."
"Take it easy, teacher. If I gain you, I'm lucky; if I lose you, it's fate." Xiao Yan was quite optimistic.
He jumped off the futon, stretched his body, and all his bones crackled and popped like a string of firecrackers.
Watching Xiao Yan stretch his limbs, Yao Lao laughed, "With the help of the Fallen Heart Flame's heart fire, your cultivation speed has indeed increased significantly. No wonder even the small families of Central Continent are willing to send their children and grandchildren to Canaan Academy for further study. Judging from this, you have already reached the peak of the Nine-Star Great Dou Master, and are only one step away from becoming a Dou Ling..."
Xiao Yan said smugly, "With the help of this Heart Flame, I should be able to find the opportunity to break through to the Dou Ling realm within a month to ten days!"
"There's no rush. Let's lay a solid foundation first and solidify our fighting spirit, which will greatly benefit us in the future."
"Yes, I know." Xiao Yan nodded.
"I wonder if things went smoothly with Dan Wang Guhe. Elder Yun still needs him to impersonate Han Feng in his plan..."
Inside a stone cave in the valley of the inner courtyard.
"This... is the strange fire..." Looking at the primordial fire of the Sea Heart Flame before him, Gu He was so excited that his teeth were chattering.
"Although we have the [Heavenly Nether Ice] to contain it, it can hold for the time being. But time waits for no one, Mr. Guhe, are everything prepared?" Su Qian asked with a solemn expression.
"Hehe, Elder, rest assured. I have been preparing for this day for more than ten years..." Gu He rubbed his hands together and laughed.
"Then I will not disturb you any longer. The Elders and I will protect you outside. Everything will depend on Mr. Guhe's abilities." Su Qian said, looking at the strange fire that was as blue as a clear spring.
"Thank you," Guhe said, bowing slightly.
He took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions.
Devouring a strange fire is a dangerous undertaking with a near-death experience, and Gu He needs to be in the best possible condition to deal with it.
He took out five jade bottles from his storage ring, each containing priceless pills or treasures. These were the wealth he had painstakingly accumulated over the past decade, worth at least the lifetime fortune of a Dou Huang powerhouse.
After taking a pill to temporarily boost his strength and soul power, drinking a medicinal liquid to protect his heart meridian, and holding a high-grade healing medicine in his mouth, Gu He covered his palm with powerful battle qi and grabbed the primordial fire of Hai Xin Yan.
In an instant, azure flames rose throughout the room, as if an endless sea were hidden within them.
Just as the warriors drank their farewell wine in triumph, Guhe swallowed the primordial fire of the Sea Heart Flame!
Suddenly, a large amount of white mist rose from his body, enveloping the entire cave in fog.
In the mist, Guhe had become a man of fire, with azure flames flowing from his eye sockets like mercury, burning from his body to his skin.
Despite looking disheveled, Guhe remained calm.
He suppressed the Sea Heart Flame with all his might, like a sheepdog controlling a flock of sheep, using his fighting spirit to envelop it and circulate it within his body according to the path of his cultivation technique.
During this process, Guhe's fighting spirit and Haixin Flame blended together like water and milk, slowly intertwining.
Every now and then, a violent burst of energy would escape Gu He's control and slam into his body. If it weren't for the medicinal liquid protecting his heart meridian, even Gu He, a sixth-grade alchemist, would have perished long ago, burned to ashes by the strange fire.
Despite his injuries, Guhe remained unmoved. He swallowed the healing medicine and continued patiently refining the fire seed...
In the distance, Su Qian, who was protecting Gu He, felt the surrounding environment changing rapidly. First it was damp, then dry, and then it became scorching hot. Su Qian smiled bitterly. The strange fire was indeed worthy of its name. Just a little bit of overflowing energy was enough to make this environment, which had been sealed off by the Hundred Elders, change constantly. It was truly terrifying.
"roar!"
The Sea Heart Flame roared as it burst out of the cave, cascading out like a waterfall. It merely licked the rock wall, effortlessly melting it into dark red lava.
Su Qian's expression changed, and he hurriedly tried to force his way in to rescue Gu He, but was stopped by a voice.
"Ahem... It looks like Furukawa is about to succeed."
Su Qian turned around and saw that Yun Congxin's white clothes had been burned into tattered rags, and his face was blackened by soot, as if he had just escaped from a burning coal pit.
"Hahaha!" As if to confirm Yun Congxin's words, Guhe's hearty laughter followed.
Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the disheveled Yun Congxin, he tried his best to keep a straight face and asked, "Ahem... Mr. Yun, what happened..."
Yun Congxin awkwardly touched her nose, wiping the black ash off her hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing. Just a little accident..."
Not long ago, at the bottom of the Burning Heaven Refining Tower, Yun Congxin finally escaped from the magma and happened to see the Fallen Heart Flame that was about to be unleashed.
That beast was ruthless; with a single swipe of its tail, it sent Yun Congxin flying back into the lava before she could dodge.
The lizardmen had caught up with them from within the lava. If it weren't for Elder Qian's timely intervention, Yun Congxin would have been in grave danger.
"How embarrassing! I was actually ambushed by a mindless beast..." Yun Congxin thought with a dark expression (referring to his appearance).
"Sect Master, I have fulfilled my mission." A streak of azure light emerged from the cave, transforming into a fiery figure standing before the four Dou Zong. Gu He retracted his Sea Heart Flame, excitedly cupping his hands and saying, "As promised before, to repay the Sect Master's kindness, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
What are you doing? A favor isn't a loan with exorbitant interest rates, why are you making it so that interest keeps compounding?
"You flatter me, you flatter me. We're friends, aren't we?" Yun Congxin chuckled, avoiding the overly heavy topic. "Mr. Guhe, judging from your aura, you must be at least a two-star Dou Huang, right?"
Gu He smiled and said, "Sect Master's insight is indeed remarkable."
"That's great! Han Feng's title in the Black Corner Region is 'Medicine King.' If Mr. Gu He failed to break through to Dou Huang after absorbing the strange fire, then this whole 'switching the prince for a cat' act will seem a bit fake." Yun Congxin said with a smile, "Come on, let's go over the lines..."