After Chu Tian put on the iron finger thimble, Muke Tuo and Amina entered the main hall and looked around. Amina immediately showed a disappointed expression.
"Do you know the woman from earlier?" Muke Tuo quickly asked Chu Tian.
"Yes," Chu Tian nodded without denying it.
Muke Tuo sighed and said, "She's the woman who was able to withstand the Red Lotus Hellfire back then."
"By the way, Luren, what about the treasures here? You didn't take them, did you?" Amina was not interested in Ji Wuyan but was quite focused on the treasures here.
Chu Tian shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, there are no treasures here, but when we leave later, we can take away 108 ninth-level spiritual energy crystals, and I'll give you some as compensation."
"Well, that's all we can do," Amina seemed disappointed, having gone through so much trouble only to find nothing here.
Chu Tian looked around and then dripped a drop of his own blood onto the phoenix pattern on the iron finger thimble.
The fresh blood was quickly absorbed by the thimble, and then his spiritual imprint merged with the thimble.
With a thought, the entire square and the hall shook, rapidly shrinking visibly until it turned into a stream of light that disappeared into the thimble, leaving behind a bare pit and a hole in the ceiling.
Seeing this change, both Amina and Muke Tuo were surprised. They clearly did not expect Chu Tian to be able to control this place.
Amina looked envious, but she didn't dare to think too much, especially considering the strength of Ji Wuyan and Baihu she had witnessed.
After all, one claw could crush a large statue, and one slash could shatter another statue. These two beings made Amina not dare to harbor any greedy thoughts, and Chu Tian's strength was also a factor.
"All right, let's leave here quickly," Chu Tian said, leading with Thunderfire Wrathful Tiger to go outside.
When they reached the entrance they had come through earlier, Sado, the mercenary who was now only half of his body, had already died almost an hour ago.
Muke Tuo checked him and sighed, "This trip has been too costly."
Soon, Chu Tian and the others left the lava river and flew up to the cliff above the abyss, then arrived at a cave filled with seventy-two ninth-level spiritual energy crystals.
Chu Tian waved his hand, and with his psychic power, he directly collected all these spiritual energy crystals into his system space.
After doing all this, Chu Tian used his psychic power to scan the surroundings and found that nothing had happened. He then collected the remaining thirty-six ninth-level spiritual energy crystals at the entrance.
With his psychic power, he carried Muke Tuo and Amina out of the cave. Then he saw that the Red Lotus Hellfire had disappeared without a trace.
Chu Tian looked at the phoenix seal embedded in the stone platform and decided to take it back. Then the three of them and the tiger left the place.
...
When they returned to the Kunlun human base, Chu Tian and the others were exhausted.
While passing through the thunderstorm area, Chu Tian had directly endured more than a hundred heavenly thunders.
If he hadn't seen the super heavenly thunders that were about to cover the entire thunderstorm area, Chu Tian might have planned to stay longer.
Although the baptism by heavenly thunder didn't allow him to condense a new Emperor Bone, it did raise his defense and spiritual power to a higher level.
As for Amina and Muke Tuo, Chu Tian gave each of them twenty ninth-level spiritual energy crystals and the agreed-upon fourth-level spiritual energy crystals, which earned them quite a bit.
Amina was clearly very pleased when she left.
As for Muke Tuo, it seemed he had something to ask, but he hesitated and didn't say it.
Just as he was about to leave, Chu Tian stopped him.
"Do you have something to say?" Chu Tian asked, and he took a glance at Thunderfire Wrathful Tiger, which was imitating a five-tailed cat licking its paw.
Muke Tuo hesitated for a moment and then said, "Recently, the beasts in the Kunlun region have been restless. I want to ask Senior Luren to help."
"I'm not a senior. I'm just a newly advanced A-level talent warrior," Chu Tian said, revealing his true level.
But Muke Tuo still respectfully said, "Regardless, although you are A-level, your combat power and abilities are stronger than mine. I hope you can help us withstand the upcoming beast tide. Even if we can't hold on in the end, it's the fate of our Kunlun human base, and it has nothing to do with the senior. You can leave on your own when the time comes."
Muke Tuo spoke sincerely, and Chu Tian thought about it and agreed.
After all, the beast tide meant talent points, and he was happy to take advantage of this opportunity. Even if there was danger in the end, he could summon Wu Xiuer.
As for what kind of summoning method it would be, Chu Tian didn't know, as incantations were still quite embarrassing.
Seeing Chu Tian's agreement, Muke Tuo sighed in relief and took out the ninth-level spiritual energy crystals that Chu Tian had given him, as well as a large pile of third and fourth-level spiritual energy crystals from his spatial ring.
Chu Tian roughly counted them. There were nearly thirty thousand third and fourth-level spiritual energy crystals, indicating that Muke Tuo was a relatively wealthy individual.
"I hope Senior Luren will accept these as a reward for your help," Muke Tuo said, and Chu Tian didn't refuse. He directly collected these spiritual energy crystals into his system space.
Seeing Chu Tian accept them, Muke Tuo seemed relieved. He bowed to Chu Tian without saying anything else and left the inn.
Once Muke Tuo left, Chu Tian went straight upstairs with Thunderfire Wrathful Tiger and returned to his room.
He took out the useless map and phoenix seal, smiled faintly, and then took out a communicator and dialed Cressa's contact code.
After a while, the call was answered. Cressa was dressed professionally, apparently just getting off work and not having changed her clothes yet.
She first looked at Chu Tian, a face that was almost unrecognizable in a sea of people, and then asked, "What's up?"
"I'm in the Kunlun human base," Chu Tian said straight away, stating his location.
"And then? What do you want me to do?" Cressa asked with a yawn.
Chu Tian restored his original appearance and said, "The Kunlun human base is about to face a beast tide, and some of the grudges in the Huaxia region should be settled."
Hearing Chu Tian's words, Cressa immediately became alert and sat up straight, asking, "Are you sure?"
"Of course, I haven't had the strength to deal with the Clinton family yet, so you know what I mean!" Chu Tian said vaguely.
Cressa instantly understood that Chu Tian intended to lure Xu Qiaosheng with the map and phoenix seal. After all, it should not be too difficult for him to kill Xu Qiaosheng now