Senior, I am sorry, we didn't mean to drag you in." At this time, the girl walked over and said apologetically.
"Forget it, It didn't do me any harm anyway." Ye Xiao waved his hand and then looked seriously at the girl in front of him.
Although the young girl in front of him was not as beautiful as Zhao Yufei, her facial features were dignified and delicate, and her skin was smooth and smooth.
"Senior, have you fallen for Ru Lan?" The teenager at the side said shamelessly to Ye Xiao.
"Cough! Cough!" Ye Xiao coughed awkwardly. Ru Lan also glared at the youth called Feng Yu.
The young man seemed to be very afraid of Ru Lan. He shrunk back his neck and let out a hollow laugh.
"Senior, you're really amazing! You actually managed to kill a Horned Tiger with your cultivation at the Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm. What is your name?"
"My name is Ye Xiao." Ye Xiao smiled and then asked, "This is the inner part of the forest. With you two's current cultivation, you should not be here. What are you doing here?"
"Aren't your cultivation is the same as us?" The boy called Feng Yu muttered in low voice before smiling at Ye Xiao and replied, "We are the disciples of the Red Sun Sect. We have accepted a mission and that's why we are here!"
"What kind of mission?" Ye Xiao once again asked.
"Our mission is to search for a Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." This time, it was Ru Lan who answered Ye Xiao.
"Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum?" Ye Xiao frowned slightly, then said: "I know where the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum are."
"Brother Ye Xiao, you are telling the truth, right?" Feng Yu rushed in front of Ye Xiao, grabbed his arm, and asked anxiously.
Ye Xiao nodded. Of course he knew. When he spread his Divine Sense to search for the Flame Serpents' Valley, at the bottom of the valley, he saw many Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
"Brother Ye Xiao, do you really know where Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum are?"
Ru Lan's pretty face was also full of joy as she stared at Ye Xiao. How could she not be happy? The two of them had been searching the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum in the Black Wind Forest for five whole days, and they did not even see the shadow of this medicinal herb.
She never thought that Ye Xiao, whom she met along the way, would actually know about the news of the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum, so she was naturally very happy.
"Yeah, I know where the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum are. It's just that that place is a bit dangerous. With the strength of the three of us, even if we go there, I'm afraid there's no way we can bring the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum back."
Ye Xiao nodded and said with a frown. That Fifth Grade Magical Beast there was not someone he could fight with his current strength.
Ye Xiao once again said, "The place where Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum is, is being guarded by a Fifth Grade Magical Beast, Double-Headed Flame Python."
"Double-Headed Flame Python, Fifth Grade Magical Beast?" Feng Yu frowned slightly, then continued: "Could it be that it wants to eat those Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and evolve to the Sixth Grade?"
Ye Xiao nodded and said, "Maybe, yes!"
The Double-Headed Flame Python was a fire attribute Demonic Beast. Born in the land of lava, its entire body was incomparably hot, and its mouth could spit out scorching flames. Furthermore, Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum were similarly extremely positive medicinal herbs, so they were extremely attractive to fire attributed Magical Beast.
"Brother Ye Xiao, please bring us to the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." Ru Lan, who was at the side, looked at Ye Xiao with determination in her eyes as she said to bring them to the place where Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum is.
Ye Xiao looked at this delicate girl in surprise. He thought that the two of them would give up after he said so much. He didn't expect Ru Lan to insist on going.
"This won't do. With the strength of the three of us, we are basically unable to
deal with the Fifth Grade Magical Beast Double-Headed Flame Python. Going over would merely be seeking death." Ye Xiao shook his head. If he had the confidence to deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python, he would bring them there even without the two of them saying so. But the problem was, he does not have the confidence to deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python with his current strength.
He has to go there anyway. If he went there alone, he still has many ways to escape from the Double-Headed Flame Python but if he were to bring these two kids with him, he can not guarantee their safety.
"Brother Ye Xiao, don't worry, I have a way to deal with that Double-Headed Flame Python." Ru Lan looked at Ye Xiao and said.
"Hmm?" Ye Xiao slightly frowned and carefully sized up Ru Lan. Under the probing of his Divine Sense, he saw that Ru Lan was indeed just a cultivator at the Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm. For a Seventh Stage Origin Core Realm martial artist to deal with a Fifth Grade Magical Beast Double-Headed Flame Python, it would be simply a fantasy.
"Fine, I'll bring you guys over, but when I find that something is wrong, you two have to leave immediately." Ye Xiao looked at Ru Lan's determined eyes and finally agreed with a sigh.
"That's great. Thank you, Brother Ye Xiao." Ru Lan's face was full of smiles as she thanked Ye Xiao.
"Pfft, you pervert."
Feng Yu looked at Ye Xiao and muttered
Do you have any objections?" Ye Xiao turned his head and glared at Feng Yu. Even though his voice was soft, who was Ye Xiao? How can he not hear Feng Yu's voice?
"Nope." Feng Yu quickly shook his head. What a joke, how could he admit it? Maybe Ye Xiao would beat him up. Ye Xiao could even kill a Fourth Grade Magical Beast like the Horned Tiger, with his small physique, he couldn't take a beating from Ye Xiao.
The three of them traversed through the Black Wind Forest. After about two hours of travel, Ye Xiao finally stopped. In front of them was a forest of fire mulberry trees. They could feel the heat coming from the Fire Mulberry trees.
"This is the place. You must be careful later." Ye Xiao turned around and said to the two of them.
Their dim sight suddenly brightened up. When they raised their eyes, they saw that they had actually already entered the core area of the Black Wind Forest. What appeared in front of them was a deep valley.
His gaze swept across the edge of the valley, but his eyes suddenly stopped. Ye Xiao touched his nose, then stopped in front of a plant with white flowers blooming on the edge of the Valley.
This plant had a pale white flower. Within the faintly blooming flower, there was a crimson fruit that was faintly discernible. A faint medicinal fragrance was being emitted from it.
After scanning the plant carefully, Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He crouched down and reached his palm towards the plant to pick it and then stored it in his spatial ring.
Ru Lan and Feng Yu were looking at Ye Xiao's action. Even though they couldn't say what kind of medicine it was, they could tell from the medicinal fragrance it was definitely not an ordinary medicine.
"Brother Ye Xiao, is this it? Why didn't I see any Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." Ru Lan scanned the surroundings but did not find any Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum. So, she could not help but be curious.
"What do you see there?" Ye Xiao smiled and pointed to the bottom of the Valley.
Feng Yu and Ru Lan looked towards the direction Ye Xiao's finger was pointing at. At the bottom of the Valley, there were four stalks of red Ganoderma, each with nine petals. They were Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
"To think that it would be a Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum that is about to mature. Our luck is really too good." Feng Yu looked down at the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and could not help but grin. Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum required nine years to grow, and every year, it would grow one flower petal.
"Let's go. We need to hurry down." Feng Yu couldn't wait any longer. They had been searching for Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum for a few days now, but they never thought that four of these Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum would suddenly appear here.
Hearing that, Ye Xiao knocked on Feng Yu's head and said, "It is not that easy. At the bottom of the Valley, There is a cave close to the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum. The Double-Headed Flame Python is inside the cave. As long as we get near the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum, the Double-Headed Flame Python will definitely attack us."
"Really? Are we just going to watch and do nothing?" Feng Yu said unwillingly.
The Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum was at the bottom of the Valley. Unless they had reached the Martial King Realm and were able to fly then they would be able to take down the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum easily.
"No matter what, we have to get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum." It was at this time Ru Lan once again said. The determination in her voice made Ye Xiao surprised.
If it was really just for the mission, then she would not have to work so hard. If they got it then it was ok, and if they would not get it, it should not matter much. But now, looking at Feng Yu and Ru Lan's expressions, it seemed that they would not rest until they had obtained the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
"Alright, I will go and stall the Double-Headed Flame Python later. T The two of you, quickly pluck the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and escape."
Ye Xiao looked at the two of them and let out a long sigh.
Feng Yu, who was at the side, was touched. As a Fifth Grade Magical Beast, one could imagine how terrifying a Double-Headed Flame Python was. Not to mention that Ye Xiao was only a Seventh Level of Origin Core Realm martial artist, even if he was a First Stage of the Martial Emperor Realm, he still would not be able to beat it.
Ye Xiao went up and said he will restraint the Double-Headed Flame Python. At most, he would only get beaten up, and he might even lose his life because of that. But still, he did not hesitate to say such words to them whom he only met by chance a few hours ago.
In this world where the strong were respected and the weak were ants, there were not many people like Ye Xiao who could stand up for others and face such a dangerous situation.
"Brother Ye Xiao, I'll deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python with you. It'll be fine if Ru Lan picks up the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidumon her own." Feng Yu thought for a few seconds and then said.
"No need, it's more convenient for me to do it alone."
Ye Xiao shook his head at Feng Yu. As a magical Beast of Fifth Grade, the strength of the Double-Headed Flame Python was naturally very strong. Ye Xiao was not sure if he could really restrain it. If he added Feng Yu, it would definitely distract him.
Furthermore, Ye Xiao had another reason for wanting to restrain the Double-Headed Flame Python on his own. It was to search for the Infernal Phoenix Seed inside the cave of the Double-Headed Flame Python.
"Alright, don't just stand there. Let's move."
Ye Xiao spread his arms like a roc, grabbed a vine, and slid down the Valley.
Feng Yu and Little Yun looked at each other and jumped down as well.
"Phew…" Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, Ye Xiao was just about to heave a sigh of relief when the pores all over his body suddenly shrank. A hint of vigilance flashed across his mind.
"Chi…" A faint sound pierced through the air as a red ray of light assaulted their location.
"Flame Serpents." Ye Xiao's face was calm, he clearly knew of the Flame Serpent's existence.
Flaming Snake, as its name implied, was a group of fire attributed Magical Beasts. However, Flaming Snake's rank was not very high, it was only a Third-Stage Magical Beast. The most important thing was that the Flame Serpents were born together with the Double-Headed Flame Python, so these Flame Serpents could be said to be the Double-Headed Flame Python's guards.
Flame Serpents and Double-Headed Flame Python were the same. They were both able to spit out flames.
While descending, Ye Xiao kept on killing the Flame Serpents. There were many Flame Serpents. The more he killed, the more pounced towards him but in the end, they were all kept being killed by Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao could have used the Wings of the Divine Dragon to descend but he did not do so. He chose to descend like an ordinary Origin Core Realm martial artist so that not to attract the attention of the Double-Headed Flame Python beforehand. And if that were to happen, Ru Lan and Feng Yu will not be able to get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
Feng Yu and Ru Lan, who were on the other side, were also attacked by the Flame Serpents. However, as martial artists of Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm, although they could not deal with these Flame Serpents as easily as Ye Xiao, they could still kill as many as were coming towards them.
Ye Xiao also let out a sigh of relief when he saw the situation of the two of them.
It did not take long before he reached the bottom of the Flame Serpents' Valley. After descending at the bottom of the valley, Ye Xiao looked at the cave.
The cave entrance was not wide and could only fit two or three people. The cave was dark, but there was a faint glow emitting from it, giving it a mysterious feeling.
There were many blade-like marks around t
around the cave, but perhaps it was because of the passage of time, causing these blade-marks to become very blurry. If it was not for Ye Xiao's sharp eyes, he might not have noticed it.
"We're finally here!"
Ye Xiao said while looking at the cave entrance. He might find the Infernal Phoenix Seed in this cave.
Ye Xiao was a bit excited and carefully walked towards the cave.
"Swish."
Just as he entered the cave, from within the cave, a flame flew towards Ye Xiao at an extremely fast speed.
Ye Xiao felt Goosebumps all over his body. Without any hesitation, he quickly dodged to the side.
BOOM!
The flames landed on the surrounding rock walls, sending rubble flying everywhere. Following that, Ye Xiao saw the rock walls of the area that was hit by the flames start to melt and turn into magma as it slowly sank down.
"Gulp."
Ye Xiao's eyes widened and he could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Wasn't this flame a little too powerful? If the flames were to land on the body of a Martial King Realm expert, they would instantly turn into ashes.
Before Ye Xiao could think about anything else, two more flames flew out from the cave. They brought along a scorching aura as they rushed towards Ye Xiao's face.
Ye Xiao did not dare to be careless. He activated the Spirit Devour Escape, and his body dodged the two flames' attack in a strange way.
Before he could even stand still, he heard rustling sounds coming from the cave. Ye Xiao raised his head and looked. Two lanterns the size of fists appeared in front of him. There was a flame burning within the lanterns, and the flame gave him a very tyrannical feeling.
"Double-Headed Flame Python."
Ye Xiao sucked in a breath of cold air. This was not a lantern at all, but the eyes of a Double-Headed Flame Python.
If it was before, he could have killed these kinds of beasts with just a single hand but right now, he has to be very careful with every step he was going to take. His cultivation was suppressed to the Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm and this beast in front of him could even kill a Ninth Stage Martial Emperor Realm martial artist easily. He does not have the slightest of strength to deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python.
It is fortunate that he has the ability "Spirit Devour Escape". With this ability, he was confident that the Double-Headed Flame Python will not be able to do any harm to him. He can escape any time he wants from here.
"Whew."
A strong gust of wind came over, hurting Ye Xiao's skin. Instinctively, he lunged forward, dodging the attack of the Double-Headed Flame Python once again.
Then he released his Fire Clones and spread them in the cave. Because of his Fire Clones, the entire cave light up and Ye Xiao finally saw the Double-Headed Flame Python clearly.
As the name says itself, the Double-Headed Flame Python had two heads. One head was shining with golden light while the other head was blood-red in colour. Its entire body was also ten to twelve meters long.
Seeing Ye Xiao's so many Fire Clones, the Double-Headed Flame Python was confused for a short while. And before the Double-Headed Flame Python could react, Ye Xiao dived into deeper parts of the cave. His speed was extremely fast as he was using the Spirit Devour Escape, and in the blink of an eye, he had disappeared from in front of the Double-Headed Flame Python.
The Double-Headed Flame Python was also stunned for a moment. Obviously, it did not expect Ye Xiao to not choose to run away but head deeper into the cave.
With a twist of its huge body, the Double-Headed Flame Python turned into a ray of light as it chased after Ye Xiao.
After running at full speed for a quarter of an hour, Ye Xiao finally reached the end of the cave. This place was extremely warm, and the surrounding walls were incomparably smooth. They flickered with specks of starlight, illuminating the entire cave.
Ye Xiao was shocked as he looked at the cave. The floor of the cave was filled with Spirit Stone. There were countless Low-Grade Spirit Stone, and there were also many hundreds of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones. It was quite hard to believe that a third-grade country like the Red Sun Country actually had hundreds of Middle-Garde Spirit Stones.
Middle-Grade Spirit Stones are something that can not be found even in Second Grade Countries.
On the side, there were over a dozen medicinal plants that emitted a strong medicinal fragrance.
Needless to say, these things were definitely prepared by the Double-Headed Flame Python for its evolution to the next grade.
However, Ye Xiao's goal was not these things. He kept looking at the things inside the cave in the hope of finding the Infernal Phoenix Seed but he was disappointed as he could not find it even with his Divine Sense. It could only mean that the Infernal Phoenix Seed was not inside this cave.
He still remembered that the Ancestor of the Zhu Family told him that the Infernal Phoenix Seed was kept inside a hidden cave. This cave was obviously not hidden and even with his Divine Sense, Ye Xiao failed to find any hidden cave inside the Flame Serpents' Valley.
But since the old man told him that there was a hidden cave, then there should be one. He could not find the hidden cave maybe because something was restricting his Divine Sense from probing.
Suddenly, Ye Xiao felt something so he looked back.
The Double-Headed Flame Python had followed him and was standing at a slightly narrow path of the cave. Its huge body completely blocking the path of the cave. Its four snake eyes were staring straight at him coldly. The snake's tongue kept spitting out, ready to attack him at any time.
"I was too careless."
Ye Xiao smiled bitterly. He had been too busy looking for the Infernal Phoenix Seed that he had even forgotten about the Double-Headed Flame Python.
This time, he had indeed successfully restrained the Double-Headed Flame Python, but his own path was also blocked by this Python, so it was impossible for him to leave.
Ye Xiao glared at the Double-Headed Flame Python and at the same time, he started to circulate the Third Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique. His blood surged and a powerful aura rose from his body. A vigorous and powerful aura instantly filled the space inside the cave
Swish."
The Double-Headed Flame Python hissed softly. Its two heads faced each other, seemingly communicating with each other.
Ye Xiao was already prepared. As long as the Double-Headed Flame Python attacked, he would use all of his strength to retaliate and then try his best to escape.
BOOM!
After conversing for a while, the Double-Headed Flame Python swung its tail and smashed it onto a rock wall.
"Rumble."
Cracks appeared on the rock wall that the Double-Headed Flame Python smashed, and then it slowly collapsed.
"Does this Double-Headed Flame Python wants to bury me alive?"
Ye Xiao's face turned ugly. He never thought that the Double-Headed Flame Python would actually use such a sinister move. Now that the hole had been blocked by the Double-Headed Flame Python, if the wall of the cave really did collapse, then even an expert of the Martial Emperor Realm would die let alone an Origin Core Realm cultivator.
However, after the Double-Headed Flame Python attacked once, it did not move. The golden head of the Double-Headed Flame Python nodded at Ye Xiao, then looked at the crumbling rock wall.
Ye Xiao looked towards the crumbled rock wall. At the crumbled rock wall appeared a stone door that emitted a faint yellow light.
"There's actually another secret passage here?" Ye Xiao was surprised. He never thought that there would be such a hidden place in the cave.
For a moment, Ye Xiao guessed that it might be this secret passage that can lead him to the hidden cave that the Ancestor of the Zhu Family talked about. He spread his divine sense and saw that his Divine Sense could not penetrate the door on the secret passage.
"My Divine Sense really did get blocked here. No wonder, I could not find the hidden cave even with my Divine Sense no matter how hard I tried to find it." Ye Xiao muttered in his heart as his eyes lit up.
He was sure that the secret passage behind this door can lead him to the hidden cave where the Infernal Phoenix Seed was kept by the Ancestor of the Zhu Family.
"You are letting me in?" Ye Xiao looked at the Double-Headed Flame Python with a questioning look and asked.
The golden head of the Double-Headed Flame Python nodded.
The Double-Headed Flame Python had obviously discovered this place long ago, or perhaps it could be said that he was protecting this cave in the first place.
However, the Double-Headed Flame Python let him in was obviously to let him take the lead. Maybe, it was suspecting that there was some sort of danger that here that could take its life. It can be said that this Double-Headed Flame Python was sinister and cunning.Since Ye Xiao had his own reasons to go to the hidden cave, he did not say anything anymore to the Double-Headed Flame Python. He walked to the stone door and only after arriving in front of it did he noticed that this stone door was actually emitting a very faint yellow light and this light was the culprit of blocking his Divine Sense from inspecting further.
This yellow light was actually another Immortal Levelled Formation about which Ye Xiao had no knowledge. Well, this formation was here not to block a person from going inside but to block one's spiritual sense or Divine Sense so that no one can inspect what is hidden at the other side of the door. He took a deep breath and pushed the door open slowly with both of his hands.
Following the opening of the stone door, a faint light emitted from the inside of the stone door.
After confirming that there were no traps, Ye Xiao walked in. Stepping into the stone door, the view before him suddenly widened.
On the walls were Moonlight Stones that were used for lighting. In the middle of the stone room, there was a chair and in front of the chair, there was a rather wide and long Green Stone Table. On the Green Stone Table, there were two locked stone boxes placed neatly.
Other than these things, there was nothing inside the cave.
Ye Xiao guessed that the Infernal Phoenix Seed might be inside one of these two boxes.
Just as he was about to take his steps forward, he heard a hissing sound from behind his back. Ye Xiao stopped in his track. He could not afford to offend the Double-Headed Flame Python at this time.
This Double-Headed Flame Python has already awakened his intelligence for some reason and from the way it behaved before, it could be seen that this Double-Headed Flame Python was much more intelligent and cunning than a normal human.
Seeing that Ye Xiao stopped and did not continue to move forward, the Double-Headed Flame Python nodded with both of their heads in satisfaction just like humans. Then they ignored Ye Xiao and arrived in front of the two boxes.
They first looked at the two boxes and then they looked at each other, seems to be conversing something among themselves.
Ye Xiao took the advantage and immediately used the Spirit Devour Escape to arrive in front of the table, stored the two boxes inside his spatial ring, and ran.
After being stunned for few breaths of time, the Double-Headed Flame Python also came back to their sense. Although it was already alert but when it laid down its guard when it saw Ye Xiao not moving from his spot. It thought that Ye Xiao was afraid of it and because of it, the Double-Headed Flame Python's two started to converse with each other while subconsciously ignored Ye Xiao's existence inside the hidden cave.
And the result was something that it never thought. Ye Xiao took the advantage of their carelessness, stole the two boxes, and escaped.
After coming back to its sense, the Double-Headed Flame Python gave chase to Ye Xiao but before it could even cross the passage leading to the hidden cave, an aura that could dominate its entire existence appeared out of nowhere and intimidated it
It was a dragon's aura and a dragon's aura was something no python-type creature can face head-on. For a creature like the Double-Headed Flame Python, a dragon was like its ancestor. It would not even dare to raise its head in front of a dragon so when facing the dragon's aura, it froze on its own spot and did not dare to move.
After a short while, the dragon aura vanished and only then the Double-Headed Flame Python dared to move, but it was so terrified that it had long forgotten to give chase to Ye Xiao.
Of course, the dragon aura was the work of Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao knew that the Double-Headed Flame Python will definitely chase after him so he immediately thought of a saying: "How can a snake dare to raise its head in front of a dragon?"
Thinking of this saying, Ye Xiao transformed into the Heaven Devouring Divine Dragon and intimidated the Double-Headed Flame Python with his dragon aura. After coming out from the cave, he attacked the mouth of the cave with his big tail, shattered the hard rocks from the wall, and closed the entrance of the cave so that the Double-Headed Flame Python would not come out.
Only then did he reverted back to his original self and took a long breath of relief.
At this moment, Ye Xiao took out the two boxes from his spatial ring and placed them on the ground in front of him. Then he also sat down there and opened the first box.
The moment the box was opened, a brilliant red light shined, forcing Ye Xiao to close his eyes. He can also feel that the moment the box was opened, the fire energy in the surrounding surged as the temperature started to rise greatly.
After some time when he opened his eyes, he saw a small round red object in the box. This round object was the size of a medicinal pill but there were many complex carvings on the surface of this round red object. This object was red because it was burning with never-ending fire just like a Phoenix.
Maybe, this was the reason it was called the Phoenix Seed but the main point here was not the fire but the fiendish aura. Yes, this red object was actually filled with fiendish aura, and this gave its name another word to add: Infernal.
Yes, this red object was the Infernal Phoenix Seed that Ye Xiao came here to search for. Finally, it was in his hand.
He once again closed the box and kept it inside his spatial ring. Then he opened the other box and found something that lit up his eyes.
Inside this box, there was a piece of metal. This metal was hexagonal in shape and red in colour. A light, pleasing to the eye and body shone from this stone. This stone was called Inferno Stone.
Inferno Stone was a very rare stone and its value was not less than a Low-Grade Immortal Rank Weapon itself. Inferno Stone was also an Immortal Levelled material for refining a weapon. But for some reason, the moment Ye Xiao saw the Inferno Stone, the information about it immediately appeared in his mind.
Ye Xiao did not understand why the information about the Inferno Stone appeared in his mind but no matter how much he thought, he failed to find out a reason so he shook off this matter at the back of his head, closed the box, and kept it inside the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda.
Now, there were two rare things stored inside the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda.
Inferno Stone was of course one of the two rare things. As for the other one, it was a small cube of ice. This small Ice Cube was something Ye Xiao bought at the Imperial Garden of the Grand Xia Empire.
At that time, The Divine Soul Emperor Dragon told him not to open the cube for now. He does not know the reason why the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon stopped him from cutting open the cube but he knew that it would not stop without any reason. There must be something important inside the ice cube.
He can cut open it after becoming an Immortal but for now, he has to keep it as it is.
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On the top of the Valley, Feng Yu and Ru Lan paced back and forth with an anxious expression on their faces. It had already been more than two hours since Ye Xiao entered the cave to restrict the Double-Headed Flame Python so that they can get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum.
They had also successfully gotten their hands on the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum and after getting them, they once again returned to the top of the Valley as they had planned at first so that the Double-Headed Flame Python could not harm them if it went berserk because of its rage.
After Ye Xiao entered the cave, at first, there were some movements, but it had been more than one hour since they heard any movement from the cave. Ye Xiao still had not appeared. This made them very worried for Ye Xiao.
After all, Double-Headed Flame Python was a Fifth Grade Magical Beast and it was extremely powerful. If it were to attack with all it got, it can even fight head-on against a person who just breakthrough to the Martial Ancestor Realm.
They did not even know if Ye Xiao was alive or not. Although they did not dare to go down to the cave and check, they still decided to wait for Ye Xiao.
Feng Yu, why hasn't Brother Ye Xiao come out yet? Did something happen to him?" Ru Lan asked worriedly. If Ye Xiao died here because of them, she would definitely feel guilty for the rest of her life.
"I don't think so. Although Brother Ye Xiao only has the cultivation at the Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm, his strength has far surpassed someone with the same cultivation. And even he himself said before that he can always escape if he wants to. So I think he will soon come back. "
Feng Yu shook his head and said, but he didn't have much confidence when he said this. Even he didn't believe it.
"Swish!"
Just as the two of them were talking, a whistling sound could be heard. Soon after, they saw a figure rapidly running toward them with an amazing speed before stopping right in front of them.
"Brother Ye Xiao, it's great that you are fine."
The two of them were taken aback. Then, they heaved a sigh of relief when they saw the young man in front of them. Ru Lan's eyes were even redder, and tears were flowing out of her sparkling beautiful eyes.
"We thought you were swallowed by that beast, Double-Headed Flame Python."
Feng Yu said this but as soon as he said this, he felt a shiver ran down his spine. He turned his head and saw Ru Lan glaring at him. Feng Yu scratched his head and let out a hollow laugh.
After sizing up Ye Xiao, Feng Yu again asked curiously, "Brother Ye Xiao, is the Double-Headed Flame Python no longer in the cave?"
"Of course it is inside the cave." Ye Xiao twitched his mouth as he answered. He does not understand what Feng Yu was trying to say.
"Then you …" Feng Yu's eyes swept across him and said, "Aren't you a little too clean?"
Ye Xiao looked at his own body and clothes, it was even cleaner than Feng Yu and Ru Lan who only went down and returned at the top of the Valley after getting Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum. His clothes were as clean as they had been when he had left them. It was hard to imagine that his clothes were so clean even after restricting the Double-Headed Flame Python for so long.
"What's the point of all this nonsense?" Ye Xiao spoke to Feng Yu before looking at Ru Lan, who also had a look of surprise on her face. He asked, "How is it, did you get the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum?"
"Yes." Ru Lan's small face carried a look of excitement as she said, "I did not think that there would be so many Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum here. We have picked a total of Eleven stalks of Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum."
"Eleven stalks, that's good." Ye Xiao nodded his head and said.
The Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum only grew in places where the fire element was extremely exuberant. Only by absorbing enough fire elements could it grow. Generally speaking, it was already quite impressive for a place to produce one or two, but it was even rarer for there to be four. However, here, at the foot of the Flame Serpents' Valley, they actually got eleven of them all at once. This was something that neither Feng Yu nor Ru Lan dared to even think of before.
You two should go. Since you have already obtained the Nine Profound Ganoderma Lucidum that you wanted so bad before, you should hurry up and return to the Red Sun Sect." Ye Xiao said.
"Brother Ye Xiao, why don't you come with us as well? We can recommend you to the elders of the sect and believe me, they will definitely accept you because of our recommendation!" Feng Yu thought for a while and then asked.
Ye Xiao shook his head and replied, "No. I can not go with you guys. Maybe, we will meet again in the future but for now, I have to go somewhere else!"
When the two of them heard Ye Xiao, although they were disappointed, they still brought a smile on their face and said, "If that's what brother Ye Xiao wants then we will do as you say. But if you ever change your mind, come to the Red Sun Sect to look for us and we promise you a seat in our Red Sun Sect."
Ye Xiao nodded his head and after bidding farewell to Feng Yu and Ru Lan, he disappeared deep inside the forest.
From Ye Xiao's perspective, his encounter with Feng Yu and Ru Lan could only be said to be brought by fate. From here, their paths were different. They may never see each other again.
On the other hand, seeing Ye Xiao's disappearing figure, Ru Lan clenched her hands then she looked at Feng Yu and asked, "What did you see?"
Feng Yu looked at Ru Lan and said, "Brother Ye Xiao is not as simple as he looked. Before this, I could not see through him but after forcefully using 'that', I find out a shocking thing."
Ru Lan looked at Feng Yu whose eyes were bleeding for some reason. Her heart trembled. She gritted her teeth and asked, "What shocking thing?"
"He is stronger than your father and weaker than your grandfather. For some reason, his cultivation is suppressed." Feng Yu said.
Ru Lan took a deep breath and said, "From now on, don't use your 'All-Seeing Eye'. Grandpa said before that you need to become an Immortal if you want to use the 'All Seeing Eye' without any problem. If you continue to use the 'All Seeing Eye', you will definitely encounter many problems."
It turned out that Feng Yu had a special pair of eyes called 'All-Seeing Eye'. In front of the 'All Seeing Eye', any illusion or camouflage is useless. He can also see through the truth of a person with the help of his 'All-Seeing Eye'.
But right now, he was too weak to truly control his 'All-Seeing Eye' because of which, he always suffer some injury after using it.
Feng Yu nodded his head and said to Ru Lan, "Let's go. In the future, we will definitely meet with brother Ye Xiao again."
Ru Lan nodded her head and left with Feng Yu to the Red Sun Sect.
At this time, Ye Xiao never thought that he will once again meet these two kids in the Upper Realm.
Well, it is the talk of the future. Right now, Ye Xiao was sitting under a tree. He did not know how to go back so he could only wait for the duration of three days to over so that he can be transported back to the Infernal Phoenix Plane.
After three days, two rays of red light came out from his body and then once again collided with him. This time, it did not disappear inside his body but started to cover his entire body.
It did not take long before Ye Xiao's entire body was covered with red light and then 'woosh', Ye Xiao suddenly vanished from the Black Wind Forest.
.....
Ye Xiao once again appeared in front of the statue of the old man. When he appeared here, the old man was nowhere to be seen but soon he was manifested in front of Ye Xiao.
"Have you obtained the Infernal Phoenix Seed?" asked the old man.
Ye Xiao nodded his head and took out both boxes in front of the old man.
The old ancestor of the Zhu family nodded his head and again asked, "Do you know what is inside the other box?"
"Inferno Stone."
"Correct, it is Inferno Stone."
The old man looked at Ye Xiao in surprise. He never thought that Ye Xiao would recognize the Inferno Stone at one glance. The old man said, "Inferno Stone is an Immortal Rank Material to refine a weapon. Since you are helping my Zhu Family by bringing the Infernal Phoenix Seed to them, consider this Inferno Stone a gift from me."
"I know there is an agreement between you and my Zhu Family. By bringing the Infernal Phoenix Seed to the Zhu family, you will gain an opportunity to enter the treasury of my Zhu Family. I am not stopping you from doing that. Consider this Inferno Stone as a reward from me."
Ye Xiao immediately became excited in his heart but on the surface, he kept his calm and only nodded his head, accepting the Inferno Stone. He could not want anything more.
Before this, he was already planning to take the Inferno Stone and because of this, he stored it on the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda. Now, he did not need to show it to the Zhu Family members as it was now a reward from the Zhu Family's Ancestor.
After returning to the Zhu family, he will only give them the Infernal Phoenix Seed, enter their treasury, choose something that he likes and then he will leave.
The Zhu Family's Ancestor smiled and said, "Back then, I found the Inferno Stone in the same Ancient Ruin where I found the formation plate of the Thousand Illusion Killing Formation."
"Ye Xiao, after going out, can you give a message to my Zhu Family's members?"
Ye Xiao nodded his head and asked, "What message do you want me to deliver to the Zhu Family."
"Tell them, my soul will vanish in the next fifty years so they have to send someone to obtain my inheritance as soon as possible otherwise, they will lose their chance to obtain my inheritance. After this bit of my soul will vanish, this Infernal Phoenix Plane will be destroyed. At that time, no one will be able to obtain my inheritance." said the ancestor of the Zhu Family.
Ye Xiao nodded his head and promised the old man that he will definitely deliver this message to the Zhu family, and then asked how to go back.
That old man pointed at the long corridor from where he came and said, "Follow the path you came and open the Moonstone Door. This Moonstone Door is actually connected to the door that you see at the underground palace. It is just that when entering, a formation laid by me gets activated because to which the person who enters will find themselves in the middle of the river of magma."
Ye Xiao now understood why there was an underground palace built inside the Zhu Family. He started to walk back the same path and after arriving in front of the Moonstone Door, he slowly opened it.
Here, this Moonstone Door slowly opened while outside, in the Zhu Family, all the elders present there saw the Moonstone Door of the underground palace slowly opening.
One of the elders hurriedly ran back to the family and informed the patriarch about the opening of the Moonstone Door. The patriarch of the Zhu Family hurriedly gets up and prepares to welcome Ye Xiao back while making the elder who came to inform him, go to the Great Elder and give him this news.
Helplessly, that elder once again ran toward the place where the great elder lives to give him that news.
The door of the Underground Palace slowly opened and soon Ye Xiao walked out from inside and saw some elders staring at him with their eyes filled with hope and expectance.
Soon, the patriarch of the Zhu Family arrived and he was followed by the Great Elder, Pill King Zhu. After the arrival of these two people, some more elders also appeared.
"Welcome back, Young Master Ye Xiao!" The patriarch of the Zhu Family smiled at Ye Xiao as he cupped his hand and welcomed him.
Ye Xiao knew what they want just by seeing their eyes full of hope and expectance. He did not waste his time. He took out the Infernal Phoenix Seed's box from his spatial ring and gave it to the patriarch of the Zhu Family, saying, "Here is the Infernal Phoenix Seed."
The patriarch of the Zhu Family hurriedly took the box from Ye Xiao's hands and opened it in front of everyone. Seeing that the object inside was the same as what was described in the books, the Zhu Family's patriarch laughed out loud, and following him, other elders also laughed.
After laughing for a short while, the Zhu family's patriarch looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Since Young Master Ye Xiao kept his promise, we, the Zhu Family will definitely not back down. Please follow me to the treasure and from there, you can take anything you want."
Ye Xiao nodded his head and decided to tell them the message of their ancestor. Before this, he did not give them the message because he wanted to see if the Zhu family keeps its promise or not. If they would not have kept their promise, Ye Xiao had already made up his mind that he will not only not give them their ancestor's message, he will also take away the Infernal Phoenix Seed.
His cultivation was no longer suppressed so he can now fully utilize his strength.
Seeing that the Zhu family kept their promise, Ye Xiao gave them the message of their ancestor. Hearing the message, the Zhu family was shocked to the point where they kept looking at Ye Xiao without blinking their eyes.
Knowing that the soul of their ancestor was out there waiting for his descendent inside the Infernal Phoenix Plane, they immediately became excited and decided to do their best to raise someone who can enter the Infernal Phoenix Plane and obtain their ancestor's inheritance.
After that, they led Ye Xiao to their treasury where Ye Xiao spread his Divine Sense to find something that can be useful to him but as he expected, there was nothing that attracted his attention.
Ye Xiao was disappointed.
Although the treasury of the Zhu Family was full of Low-Grade and Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, many rare medicinal herbs, weapons refining materials, higher-graded pills, they were not enough to enter his eyes.
He let out a sigh of disappointment then bid his farewell.
The Zhu Family asked why he did not take anything and the answer he gave them made them roll their eyes. He said that there was nothing in the treasury worth him taking so he did not take anything.
It was fortunate that the ancestor of the Zhu Family has already given him the Inferno Stone otherwise this trip of his would have been nothing but a waste of time.
After leaving the Zhu Family, Ye Xiao aimlessly walked and when the night was about to descend, he booked a room in a luxurious inn and went to sleep.
The next morning, after waking up, Ye Xiao washed and then ate his food. Then he once again entered the Heavenly Pearl and arrived at the Nine Story Pagoda.
Since he had already refined the Ice Heart Pill, it was time to eat it.
After arriving at the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda, Ye Xiao sat down cross-legged and ate one of the Ice Heart Pills. The moment Ye Xiao swallowed the Ice Heart pill, a cold sensation surged inside his body, giving him the feeling that he will turn into an ice sculpture at any moment.
At this time, the Blue Fire Soul within his body felt threatened as it started to emit more fire energy, giving Ye Xiao a chance to take a long breath.
The Ice Heart Pill he concocted was at the Seventh Tier. Its potency and power were something a Sixth Tier Pill will never match. He underestimated the power of the pill, resulting in him almost turning into an ice sculpture.
If not for the Blue Fire Soul, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Ye Xiao did not dare to underestimate the power of the Ice Heart Pill anymore. He started to circulate the Third Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique and along with the temperature brought by the Blue Fire Soul, he managed to suppress the cold feeling within his body.
He then slowly started to refine the cold energy of the Ice Heart Pill roaming within his body. He can now feel the changes happening within his body. His body was slowly gaining affinity with the Ice element of the world. It also means that very soon, he will gain an Ice Elemental Body.
Although he had the Blue Fire Soul and can control the fire, it did not mean that he had the Fire Elemental Body, and the same goes for the Heavenly Thunder. He did not have a thunder elemental body but now, very soon, he will gain an Ice Elemental Body.
He also planned to obtain Fire Elemental and Thunder Elemental Body in the future. Now, he already had a mine of elemental stones. This was the fourth mine that opened along with the mine of High
Grade Spirit Stones.
With the elemental stones, his body's affinity with the corresponding element will only grow stronger and stronger and it will not be long before he will even surpass those who possess an inborn elemental body.
Ye Xiao slowly refined the cold energy that was making him feel so cold that he was shivering. The only thing that made him comfortable was the fire energy that was trying to suppress the cold energy in his body.
At some moment, when the Blue Fire Soul was about to succeed in suppressing the cold energy, Ye Xiao once again ate a second Ice Heart Pill and not long after, he again ate the last pill.
He had a total of three Ice Heart Pill. Although a single Ice Heart Pill can still grant him an Ice Elemental Body, the affinity of his body with the ice element would not have been much strong. But now, after swallowing the three Ice Heart Pill, his body's affinity with ice element was close to someone who was born with an ice elemental body.
Yes, he finally obtained an Ice Elemental Body. In the future, he'll search for ways to obtain a Fire Elemental and Thunder Elemental Body.
_Vermillion Bird Empire_
Ye Xiao was flying in the sky while beneath him was an extremely large city. This city was actually the second biggest city of the entire Vermillion Bird Empire and its area was even bigger than a Second Grade Country. It was called the Holy Spirit City.
This city directly comes under the ruling of the current emperor of the Vermillion Bird Empire.
Its been more than four months since Ye Xiao had left the Zhu Family. During these four months, he visited many countries. He also went to the Black Tortoise Empire and stayed there for more than two months. Then he left the Black Tortoise Empire and arrived at the Vermillion Bird Empire.
In these four months, Ye Xiao made another breakthrough in his cultivation, and now, he was at the Eighth Stage of the Martial Ancestor Realm.
Originally, Ye Xiao wanted to fly all the way to the Imperial City of the Vermillion Bird Empire, but on the way, he heard a piece of news.
"Sky Fire Bird's egg?" A bright light flashed in Ye Xiao's eyes, "The Sky Fire Bird is a Magical Beast that possesses a trace of the Vermillion Bird bloodline. The Sky Fire Bird that possesses a trace of the Vermillion Bird's bloodline is said to be able to reach the Seventh Grade when it reaches adulthood."
"Seventh Grade Magical Beasts are equal to a Martial Saint Realm martial artist and the Sky Fire Bird becomes a Seventh Grade Magical Beast after reaching its adulthood, its value could be seen."
"It's just a Sky Fire Bird's egg, its value is far less that of a Sky Fire Bird. After all, if the Sky Fire Bird wants to mature, it will need at least two to three hundred years, and the resources to raise it... eh, only those people from bug families can afford it.
When Ye Xiao heard it, he lowered his head and thought deeply but at this moment, he heard Little Yellow's voice, "Ye Xiao, buy this Sky Fire Bird's egg. I need it in order to further raise my strength!"
When Ye Xiao heard this, he did not say anything and descended from the sky inside the Holy Spirit City.
Along the way, Ye Xiao found out that the founder of Holy Spirit City was a Martial Saint Realm expert that had existed for thousands of years. Now, thousands of years had passed. That Martial Saint Realm expert had fallen because he had yet to make another breakthrough.
Currently, there were no Martial Saint Realm experts in Holy Spirit City, but there were many Martial Ancestor Realm experts. Although there weren't any Martial Saint Realm martial artists, there was a super strong barrier left behind by the city's founder.
This barrier was enough to cover the entire Holy Spirit City. Within this barrier, anyone below the Martial Saint Realm would be greatly suppressed. Not only would they be unable to fly, but their attacks and speed would also be greatly reduced.
Even the Martial Saint Realm expert would be slightly affected.
Not only that, it was said that this super powerful barrier also had a very powerful offensive ability, which was enough to threaten a Martial Saint Realm expert.
From this, it could be seen that the founder of the Holy Beast City was no small character. The founder must have their own story.
The Holy Spirit City was surrounded by three First Grade Countries. All three countries wanted to take down the Holy Spirit City. Once, one of the First Grade Country joined forces with the other two First Grade Countries and sent out several Martial Ancestor Realm experts to attack Holy Spirit City. In the end, all of them perished in Holy Spirit City.
Because of the existence of this super powerful barrier, no one ever again dared to attack. After some time, this city fell directly under the hand of the emperor of the Vermillion Bird Empire.
Near the Holy Spirit City, there were also some sects and powers that were not under the control of the three First Grade Countries.
"Sacred Pavilion auction... Let's go take a look. I hope that other than the Sky Fire Bird's egg, there are other things that I like. " A beautiful wings on Ye Xiao's back flapped, and his speed suddenly increased by a large margin. Leaving behind many waves in the air, he flew toward the central area of the Holy Spirit City.
_Holy Spirit City, Sacred Pavilion_
"Sir, may I know if you wish to participate in the auction or auction something?" A twenty years old woman walked over with a sweet smile.
The woman looked at Ye Xiao with a smile, and her tone was very respectful.
This girl was already a Martial King Realm martial artist, but she could not see through Ye Xiao. Furthermore, she could sense an indescribable threat from Ye Xiao, which made her not dare to be careless.
"This young man in front of me is very unfamiliar. He doesn't seem like the young generation of the Holy Spirit City, the surrounding sects, and the three countries. Could he be an outsider? If he is from outside, I am afraid it's because of that." The woman thought to herself.
Ye Xiao calmly looked around. No wonder this was a force created by the Martial Saint Realm. Although it had declined, it still had a lot of Martial Ancestor Realm martial artists. There were seven or eight Martial Ancestors hiding in the dark, and one of them was even at the peak of the Martial Ancestor Realm. Obviously, these seven or eight Martial Ancestor Realm experts were hiding in the dark. In order to prevent anyone from causing trouble here.
Although they were hiding in the dark, concealing their presence but they could not hide themselves from Ye Xiao's divine sense.
"This Sacred Pavilion... I am afraid this force is even stronger than the Zhu Family. However, if that old ancestor of the Zhu Family came out... This Sacred Pavilion can't be compared to the Zhu Family."
He retracted his gaze. Ye Xiao said indifferently, "I am here to participate in the auction. Prepare a room for me. Oh right, Do you really have Sky Fire Bird's eggs here? It can not be fake, right?"
The woman thought to herself. As expected, most of the experts from the outside world had come here for the Sky Fire Bird's egg.
The lady smiled, "Mister, you must be joking. How would our Sacred Pavilion dare to spread false news? This is a matter that will ruin our reputation. There is indeed a Sky Fire Bird's egg in this auction. This was obtained by my Sacred Pavilion after losing many experts in a secret realm. It seems like mister is also here for the Sky Fire Bird's egg."
Ye Xiao did not deny it, "That's right. Not only that, I hope that the Sacred Pavilion also has other good things. I have heard of the name of the Sacred Pavilion in the vicinity. Don't let me down."
The woman covered her mouth and smiled. "Don't worry. we, the Sacred Pavilion will not let Sir down. Please extend your hand. "
Ye Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly. He did not know what the woman wanted to do, but he still stretched out his hand.
At this moment, the woman took out a mirror. The mirror was about the size of an adult's palm, and it was purple in colour.
Ye Xiao placed the purple mirror in his hand. In an instant, the purple mirror emitted a weak purple light, and four big words appeared on it - Eighth Stage Martial Ancestor Realm!
The girl's facial expression changed dramatically.
The girl was a Martial King Realm martial artist, and she was the first person in the Sacred Pavilion to receive guests. Her eyesight was absolutely extraordinary.
The girl knew very well that this young man in front of her was really young. She estimated that he was not more than twenty-two years old.
An Eighth Stage Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist who is not even twenty-two years old. This was something she had never seen in all these years.
The girl forced down the shock in her heart, and her face could no longer remain calm. "Heavens, an Eighth Stage Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist who is less than twenty years old. This is definitely a genius from some great power. An Eighth Stage Martial Ancestor Realm martial artist is one of the top cultivators in my Sacred Pavilion, and there are less than ten of them.
"I am afraid that aside from the Sky Fire Bird's egg, nothing else in this auction will catch his attention." The gird kept muttering in her heart and could not calm down no matter how hard she tried.
Ye Xiao was also very surprised in his heart. The unknown mirror in his hand actually revealed his cultivation base. This was something he had never seen before.