"Junior brother Xia, I've read the ancient books about this fiery fruit. It seems to have the effect of refining the pill palace. Wait here, I'll help you pick it!"
Not knowing why Xiao Yunchen would act rashly, Xia Ling hurriedly stood up, threw the vine bracelet in her hand, and commanded it to chase after Xiao Yunchen.
"Senior brother Xiao, catch!"
With a cultivation of level nine of the qi refining stage, it was clearly courting death to rush toward the fiery fruit despite the heat!
Xia Ling withdrew her fingertip and said anxiously.
"The vine bracelet contains the genuine qi of a split-soul stage elder. It can save your life at a critical moment!"
Xiao Yunchen glanced at her and nodded slightly. Then, he landed steadily on the first floating rock in the lava.
The handsome youth took the vine bracelet and put it on his wrist. He focused on the next rock and flew again. This time, the moment the tip of his foot touched the ground, the lava became agitated.
The scorching heat in the air grilled Xiao Yunchen's protective barrier. The barrier was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, even the barrier was set ablaze. A ball of fire rose up and surrounded Xiao Yunchen.
Xia Ling's heart was a little anxious.
In this situation, either the protective barrier was completely burned and Xiao Yunchen died on the lava.
Or Xiao Yunchen put away the barrier and was instantly burned into ashes.
The scorching heat scorched his black hair, and the air around the youth began to distort.
Xia Ling forced herself not to look. She regulated her breathing and focused her mind. She sat down cross-legged and set up a simple barrier to drive the medicinal efficacy of the essence-nourishing pill to repair her pill palace.
The golden light in the broken pill palace condensed bit by bit. The original ruins were all assimilated into waves of spiritual power by the essence-nourishing pill, and then rebuilt.
Qi refinement Foundation Establishment core formation: golden core!
The slender youth sitting cross-legged in the cave continued to increase his aura. That vigorous power made the heat wave in the lava not dare to make a ruckus again.
In the lava, a pair of cold eyes hid inside.
It was originally a half-life beast of the fiery fruit. At the last moment, it was prepared to stir up the lava and swallow Xiao Yunchen.
However, Xia Ling's sudden increase in aura made it apprehensive.
The cultivation of the golden core far exceeded the critical point of the Yunshan mystic realm. Why would such a freak seal his cultivation and accompany a qi refining disciple to retrieve the fiery fruit in the mystic realm?
The fiery beast hid to the side unwillingly, wanting to wait for an opportunity to snatch it again.
A strong spiritual sense suddenly locked onto it. The cold sword pierced through the lava and fell from the sky, instantly killing it!
Its entire body was like an armor-like fiery-red beast. Its corpse floated up, and a bloody smell floated in the cave
At that moment, the fiery fruit on the branch of the fiery tree gradually turned an extremely ripe red color.
A smell that was so sweet that it made people dizzy filled the cave.
Xia Ling had reached the golden core stage and rushed two realms in a row. In the end, she stabilized at the second level of the golden core stage. After inhaling the rich fragrance, her body was restless.
The fiery beast died. Xiao Yunchen quickly picked the fiery fruit from the jade box and returned to the side of the cave.
"Junior brother Xia!" After taking the jade box, Xiao Yunchen turned around and went to look for Xia Ling.
His five spiritual roots were useless. It didn't matter. No matter how rare the fire flame fruit was, it couldn't compare to Xia Ling's life!
"Ugh!" A soft moan sounded.
Xiao Yunchen frowned. In the empty cave, a female cultivator in Xia Ling's blue robe was unconscious beside him.
Thinking of the glimpse just now of the figure that killed the fire beast, a female cultivator, Xiao Yunchen's emotions were a bit complicated at the moment.
Junior brother Xia...was he really a girl?
Thinking of how they had helped her soak in the hot spring, Xiao Yunchen's ears turned red. He calmed his mind and decided to check on Xia Ling's current situation first.
The female cultivator's black hair was like a waterfall, covering half of her face. Xiao Yunchen could not see her clearly at first glance.
But when his divine sense came into contact with the female cultivator, the female cultivator seemed to have been touched by something. Her soft and cold hand grabbed his wrist and raised her head at him.
Her black hair fell off, and a face as cold as snow, but extremely beautiful, fell into Xiao Yunchen's eyes.
This... The female cultivator was actually Jun Jiu?
That familiar face. Even if her expression was not the cold and indifferent one that Xiao Yunchen had seen in the past, he would definitely not be mistaken.
So, Xia Ling was their master when they were traveling?