Chapter 185: Ancestor Huoyun
Inside the secret door, there was a dark and quiet passage. Tang Zhen was in front, and Xiao Yun was behind. The two walked quietly without saying a word.
After a while, a bright light appeared at the end of the passage, shining in the eyes of the two.
"Master Xiao, the place where the ancestor lives in seclusion is ahead." Tang Zhen turned around and said, and then he quickened his pace. Xiao Yun behind him also quickly followed, and came to the end of the passage and stepped out.
Because they had been in the dark just now, when the two walked out of the passage, the dazzling sunlight made Xiao Yun close his eyes out of habit, and after slightly adapting, he slowly opened his eyes.
What appeared in front of him at this moment was a quiet bamboo forest, with tall green bamboos standing on the ground. The occasional breeze made the bamboo leaves whistle.
In the middle of the bamboo forest, there was a large open space. In the open space, a house made entirely of green bamboo stood quietly on the ground.
"Xiao Zhen, what are you doing here, my ancestor?" Before Tang Zhen could speak, a rough voice came from the bamboo house. The
bamboo door slowly opened, and an old man with a fiery red body walked out. His eyes were sharp, and he only glanced at Xiao Yun, which made the latter feel a little frightened.
"Huh? Why did you bring a little kid with you? And this little kid's talent is too high, isn't it?"
Although Patriarch Huoyun had hidden dangers in his body, his cultivation and vision were still there. He could tell Xiao Yun's approximate age and the state of his fighting spirit at a glance.
"Ahem, Master Xiao, this is my ancestor of Fenyan Valley." Tang Zhen turned his head to look at Xiao Yun, motioning him to follow, and then quickly walked to the red-haired old man and said respectfully:
"Ancestor, this is Master Xiao, Xiao Yun, a disciple of Master Yao. Don't look at his young age, he is known as the number one genius pharmacist in Zhongzhou.
And Master Xiao has passed the Danta Eighth-grade Grandmaster Assessment. This time I asked him to come here to show you his health."
Hearing this, Ancestor Huoyun was a little surprised and said in a deep voice: "Disciple of that old guy Yaochen? When I was still in seclusion, wasn't it rumored that the old guy blew himself to death while refining medicine?"
"I am Xiao Yun, and I have met Patriarch Huoyun." Xiao Yun walked up slowly and stood beside Tang Zhen. After bowing, he began to explain, "It is true that Yao Lao died, but he did not die from the furnace explosion.
Instead, he was assassinated by Han Feng, Yao Lao's disciple at the time, and the Soul Palace. However, Yao Lao's soul resides in the Bone Inflammation Ring."
"Later, he traveled to the Northwest Continent and met me by chance. Under Yao Lao's teachings, I broke through to the eighth-grade pharmacist and resurrected him back to the world."
"So that's how it is. I knew something was fishy about what happened back then. That old man Yao Chen was also an eighth-grade master of alchemy. How could he die in a furnace explosion?"
After hearing Xiao Yun's explanation, Patriarch Huoyun showed a look of realization on his face, and continued, "It's just that I was determined to break through to the Fighting Saint level at that time, so I didn't investigate further, but I didn't know it was the Soul Palace's doing."
"But he can be said to have turned a disaster into a blessing. He was betrayed by his first apprentice, but met a kid as evil as you in the Northwest Continent."
Hearing the praise from a Fighting Saint, Xiao Yun did not show any excitement, and his facial expression remained extremely calm.
"Xiao Zhen, and that kid, is he called Xiao Yun?"
"Yes, the kid's name is Xiao Yun, you can just call me Xiao Yun."
"Okay, you two come here, sit down and talk." Patriarch Huoyun waved his hand, and a stone table and three stone chairs suddenly appeared on the empty ground.
After Xiao Yun and Tang Zhen sat down, Patriarch Huoyun slowly said: "Xiao Zhen, the kid you invited is really talented. He is so young, but he has broken through to the eighth-grade alchemy master.
But the hidden dangers of this old man's body cannot be solved by an ordinary eighth-grade alchemy master."
I seem to have heard this somewhere before?
Xiao Yun thought secretly in his heart, but on the surface he said: "Ancestor Huoyun, I have already come here. No matter what kind of hidden danger it is, why not let me take a look first?
If I really can't be cured, I can ask for help from the teacher or the seniors in Danta."
Tang Zhen on the side also nodded and said quickly: "Master Xiao is right. No matter what problem you have in your body, Master Xiao is here, let him take a look first."
"Well, okay." Under the persuasion of the two, Ancestor Huoyun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Yun, the hidden dangers in my body are mainly due to two reasons.
Fenyan Valley and Binghe Valley are feuds. When I was the master of Fenyan Valley, the master of Binghe Valley, the old monster Bingze, often bullied our disciples for various reasons."
"I was so angry that I went to fight alone. The battle lasted for seven days and seven nights. Although the old monster Bingze was in the lair of the Glacier Valley, my cultivation was a little stronger than his.
So in the end, I injured him, but I was also affected by the old monster Bingze's ice power. This was the origin of the first hidden danger."
Xiao Yun nodded silently. It seemed that the cultivation of the old ancestor Huoyun was much stronger than that of the old monster Bingze. He broke into the opponent's lair alone and injured the valley master under the siege of many Glacier Valley elders, and then escaped unscathed.
Moreover, according to the plot that the old monster Bingze has not appeared since then, it is definitely not as simple as the former said. It is very likely that he died afterwards.
"As for the second one, it's my fault for being impatient. When I was hit by the Ice Honor Power, I didn't immediately seek help from a pharmacist to dissolve it. Instead, I wanted to rely on the powerful fire energy under the Scorching Fire Mountain Vein to break through to the Fighting Saint level in one fell swoop."
"Although my idea did work, it was not perfect. I did break through the Fighting Saint with it, but the Ice Honored Force in my body was not completely dissolved, and it also combined with the violent factors in the air to form a new type of dark force."
"It was because of this dark force that I almost lost my life in the magma world. Afterwards, I was covered in wounds and could only live in seclusion in this bamboo forest. Alas." After saying this, the Fire Cloud Patriarch sighed, perhaps regretting his hasty decision.
After hearing his words, Xiao Yun could only secretly admire him.
Who would be a good person who would break through with the enemy's ultimate move after knowing that he was hit by the enemy's ultimate move, and in the end, the Fire Cloud Patriarch actually broke through successfully.
"In that case, ancestor, let me check your body first!"
Hearing this, the Fire Cloud Ancestor stretched out an arm and stretched it in front of Xiao Yun. The latter did not hesitate and put his hand on it. With a thought, the surging spiritual power invaded the former's body.
Xiao Yun's spiritual power wandered in the body of the Fire Cloud Ancestor and soon found the location of the dark power. It was a ball of red and blue energy located in the latter's lower abdomen, surrounded by layers of fiery red fighting spirit.
It was obviously sealed here by the Fire Cloud Ancestor, and then forcibly suppressed by the powerful fighting spirit in the body.
"Ancestor Huoyun, please open a gap so that my soul power can sense the dark power."
"Okay!" Ancestor Huoyun responded in a deep voice, and the next moment, the Dou Qi seal in his body quietly cracked.
Seizing the opportunity of the crack, Xiao Yun's mind moved, and a strand of soul power separated, like lightning, penetrated into the Dou Qi seal, and carefully touched the dark power.
In an instant, a piercing chill was transmitted in Xiao Yun's mind, and in this piercing chill, there was also a little heat and violence, a feeling of ice and fire.
"Huh!" He quickly retracted his soul power into his body, his eyes slowly opened, and the icy red color filled them, but soon disappeared.
"Okay, ancestor, I have finished the investigation."
Upon hearing this, ancestor Huoyun hurriedly circulated his fighting spirit to drive away the dark power that had leaked out due to the torn gap, and after sealing it with the fighting spirit, he repaired it again.
Tang Zhen, who was standing by, saw the change in Xiao Yun's eyes and said with some worry: "Master Xiao, are you okay? How is the old ancestor's body?"
"Fortunately, I'm fine."
Xiao Yun shook his head, shook off the feeling of ice and fire in his mind, looked up at the old ancestor Huoyun, and said in a deep voice: "Old ancestor, the dark energy in your body is indeed very amazing."
"In my opinion, you need to use an eighth-grade fire-attribute pill and an eighth-grade Qingxin pill.
The former suppresses the cold, and the latter suppresses the fire, and then combined with the burning of the strange fire, it can be slowly removed, but the treatment cycle is a bit long, it will take at least several months."
After talking about his own treatment method, he glanced at Tang Zhen and continued: "I wonder if Guigu has any other treatment methods?"
"Good boy, you have a good eye." Upon hearing this, the Fire Cloud Patriarch nodded, and then took out a red scroll from his ring and handed it to the young man in front of him.
"In fact, I have done something to resolve this dark power over the years. Xiao Yun, take a look at this recipe and see if you can refine the above elixir."
Xiao Yun took the recipe, closed his eyes slightly, used his soul power to probe into it, and after a while, he read the recipe once before opening his eyes.
"How is it?" Seeing this, the Fire Cloud Patriarch asked.
"It's OK. I have some hope." Xiao Yun nodded slightly and continued, "This Nine-Star Yin-Yang Pill is an eighth-grade intermediate pill. Apart from the requirement of the strange fire, the difficulty of refining is not very high. I am about 40% sure."
"No wonder Master Tang invited me to visit Fenyan Valley."
There are fewer alchemists with strange fire than eighth-grade alchemists, not to mention eighth-grade alchemists with strange fire. Originally, Fenyan Valley only knew that Yao Zun met this condition, but Yao Lao had already fallen.
"Master Xiao is right. I just wanted to invite you to come and see, but I didn't expect your alchemy skills to improve so quickly. Now you have reached the eighth-grade intermediate." Tang Zhen nodded and said.
"Xiao Yun, thank you very much." Hearing Xiao Yun say that he was 40% sure, Huo Yun Patriarch was overjoyed. This success rate is not low. The general eighth-grade intermediate may only have a 30% chance.