Not far behind the scarlet paulownia wood was a massive, hundreds-of-feet-deep fissure in the earth, gushing with magma, like an entrance to Hell, filled with incandescent flames that erupted one after another.
In this place where no living creature could possibly survive, through the Puppet's vision, Li Mu discovered a giant, fiery red egg quietly floating in the center of the magma pit, surrounded by two Spiritual Artifacts.
One was a lid, resembling the lost lid of the Celestial Void Cauldron, and the other was a red token, circling the red egg, emitting extremely powerful spirituality and artifact might.
Below these Spiritual Artifacts was a highly spiritual white flame, occasionally darting in and out of the magma, sometimes circling the Spiritual Artifacts.
Li Mu's face lit up with joy, unable to contain his excitement.
He had found the lost lid of the Celestial Void Cauldron, the Spiritual Void Earth Fire, and even another high-grade Spiritual Artifact, and a 6th Order Demon Sparrow egg. At the same time, on the rock wall at the bottom of the deep pit, Li Mu also discovered many high-grade fire-elemental Spiritual Plants growing.
Those were five-order-Flaming Dragon Grass, four-order-Red Sun Grass, and four-order-Glazed Spiritual Grass.
That, that's a six-order nine yang spirit grass?
Holy cow! It really is a six-order nine yang spirit grass!
Uh, and it's still immature!
Li Mu's eyes widened, surprised by this unexpected discovery. If he could collect them all, this harvest would far exceed his expectations.
That Nine Yang Spirit Grass would probably take another one or two hundred years to mature, but picking it and transplanting it was not a problem at all.
Wait a minute.
How could there be a Formation here?
Li Mu observed through the Puppet's vision and made another unexpected discovery.
The rock wall of the deep pit clearly had many remnants of Formation patterns, as well as two complete Formations: the Nine Dragon Lock Heart Formation and the Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Formation.
The Nine Dragon Lock Heart Formation sealed the Demon Egg and the two Spiritual Artifacts within the magma pit, using the Spiritual Fire power of this place to nurture and hatch the Demon Egg.
The Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Formation, on the other hand, protected the Spiritual Artifacts in the deep pit by continuously drawing on the Earth Fire power.
Li Mu's heart stirred, and he roughly understood. This place was probably a spirit-nurturing ground set up by other high-grade Cultivators, primarily used to cultivate that Demon Egg, the two fire-elemental Spiritual Artifacts, and those high-grade fire-elemental Spiritual Plants.
However, for some unknown reason, this place had been taken over by that 6th Order Demon Sparrow.
But then again! Now all these Spiritual Artifacts belonged to him. A mere two Spiritual Formations could not stop Li Mu at all.
While the two 6th Order Yao Beasts were fighting intensely, Li Mu quickly took action. He unleashed his full physical True Qi, continuously casting a Earth Escape Technique and a Fire Escape Technique. His figure appeared at the bottom of the magma pit. With a wave of his hand, Li Mu first stored the meritorious Puppet into his nine storage spiritual pearl.
Li Mu activated his Yin-Yang Eyes Divine Ability, his entire body covered in Five Elements Spiritual Fire. He found an opening in the Blazing Fire Protection Formation, flew into the Formation, and with another wave of his hand, his Divine Sense and spiritual power covered the red token and the Demon Egg, collecting them into his Storage Pouch.
Next, Li Mu took out the Celestial Void Cauldron from his Storage Pouch, infused spiritual power into it with both hands, and guided the Celestial Void Cauldron's lid back.
The Celestial Void Cauldron emitted a powerful suction force and immediately received feedback from the lid.
The next moment, the lid, which was about to escape, 'whooshed' and flew 'excitedly' towards the Celestial Void Cauldron. Immediately after, the Spiritual Void Earth Fire, which had shot out of the magma, followed closely, swiftly plunging into the Celestial Void Cauldron, like a child eager to return home, immensely excited.
With its lid and the Spiritual Void Earth Fire collected, the Celestial Void Cauldron glowed red all over. Its ancient and dilapidated body began to undergo drastic changes, releasing powerful Spiritual Pressure. A strong spirituality was rapidly growing and recovering.
However, at this moment, Li Mu had no time to pay attention to the Celestial Void Cauldron's transformation. He quickly stored it in his Storage Pouch, then took out a plant-preserving box from the nine storage spiritual pearl. His figure flew out, swiftly transplanting the high-grade fire-elemental Spiritual Plants growing on the rock wall, starting with the Nine Yang Spirit Grass, ...
When Li Mu took away the Demon Egg, the Spiritual Void Earth Fire, and several Spiritual Artifacts, he immediately destroyed the Nine Dragon Lock Heart Formation and the Blazing Fire Spirit Protection Formation.
With a 'boom,' the underground magma, suppressed for hundreds of years, suddenly erupted with a mighty gush, spewing hundreds of meters high, a spectacular scene, like the gates of Hell opening.
"Caw!"
A sharp, mournful cry suddenly echoed, piercing through clouds and cracking stones.
The 6th Order Demon Sparrow, realizing its nest had been stolen, abandoned the Sixth Order Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion and rushed back to its lair.
Li Mu immediately realized something was wrong and no longer lingered to pick high-grade Spiritual Plants. He cast a Fire Escape Technique, and with a 'whoosh,' his figure vanished from the bottom of the magma pit.
By the time the 6th Order Demon Sparrow arrived, the place was long empty, and the 'thief' had fled to who knows where.
The 6th Order Demon Sparrow vented its anger on the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion, and the two Yao Beasts erupted into fierce battle once more.
Li Mu continuously cast several Five Elements Escape Techniques. When his True Qi couldn't recover quickly enough, he directly used a four-order Thunder Wings Talisman, transforming into a lightning bolt with spread wings, instantly flying hundreds of miles away.
Following this, Li Mu took out the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship from the nine storage spiritual pearl, swiftly entered the Spirit Ship, and fully propelled it in one direction, fleeing far from Tianfeng Mountain, completely shaking off the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
Once the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship reached an altitude of ten thousand miles and entered full-speed navigation, Li Mu's nerves finally relaxed completely.
Li Mu released his Divine Sense, maintaining an alert range of two hundred miles, and began to inventory his gains from this trip.
He directly took out the Demon Egg and checked its attributes.
He had been too nervous earlier and only took a quick glance; Li Mu hadn't had time to check its attributes, only knowing that it wasn't an egg laid by the 6th Order Demon Sparrow.
As soon as the six-foot-tall, three-foot-wide red Demon Egg was taken out, a scorching aura and powerful Spiritual Pressure immediately rushed towards him.
Li Mu's eyes lit up, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
Under the Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits Divine Ability, all attributes of the Demon Egg were displayed in the character's virtual frame.
【Crimson Refining Fire Phoenix (Embryonic Stage)】
【Rank: Seven-rank True Spirit】
【Characteristics: Rebirth through Fire, Lord of Fire Spirits, True Spirit Might.】
【Status: Lacks True Fire Source for nurturing, hatching paused】
【An egg laid by an eight-rank Incandescent Fire Phoenix and a seven-rank Crimson Refining Cloud Sparrow. Due to Bloodline mutation, hatching is stalled. Requires a large amount of Innate Fire Spirit to assist in hatching. With the assistance of a six-rank Innate Fire Spirit, it can successfully hatch within a hundred years.】
It's actually a Seven-rank True Spirit!
After seeing the attributes of the fire-elemental Demon Egg, Li Mu was instantly stunned, unable to believe it was true. He had actually picked up a Seven-rank Crimson Refining Fire Phoenix Demon Egg. If he hatched it, wouldn't he be able to bully others with his Yao Beast in the future?
Li Mu was overjoyed and quickly calmed his excited emotions. Thinking of something, he quickly took out the Celestial Void Cauldron from his Storage Pouch.
"Master," after the Celestial Void Cauldron appeared, it immediately transformed into a small red copper figure, floating in front of Li Mu. A timid voice emerged in Li Mu's Sea of Consciousness.
"You are the Spirit of the Celestial Void Cauldron?" Li Mu stared at the small red copper figure. Under the Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits Divine Ability, all information about the Celestial Void Cauldron was displayed in the character's virtual frame.
【Celestial Void Cauldron】
【Rank: Six-rank Spiritual Artifact】
【Characteristics: Celestial Void Space, Void Spirit Materialization, Sacrificial Refining of Hundred Yao, Spiritual Essence Self-Recovery, Wide Absorption of Spiritual Fire】
【Status: Spirit Rebirth, Spirit Transformation】
【The Celestial Void Cauldron, refined from six-rank Celestial Que Essence, six-rank Void Essence Soil, six-rank Demon Suppressing Stone, and six-rank Spiritual Void Earth Fire. This Cauldron can refine Yao into pills, form its own Fire Source Void Realm space, and can nurture fire-elemental Yao Beasts and cultivate fire-elemental Spiritual Plants.】
"Mm!" The Celestial Void Cauldron nodded seriously, its spiritual sense responding.
"You have a Fire Source Space that can plant fire-elemental Spiritual Plants and nurture Yao Beasts?" Li Mu asked excitedly after seeing all the Celestial Void Cauldron's attributes.
"Mm!" The Celestial Void Cauldron responded with its spiritual sense again, looking bewildered.
"Can you place this Demon Egg in the space, and also these Spiritual Plants, and ensure they all live?" Li Mu quickly took out the plant-preserving spiritual box from his Storage Pouch, took out one six-order nine yang spirit grass, four five-order-Flaming Dragon Grass, and twelve four-order-Red Sun Grass, looking at the Celestial Void Cauldron and asking with concern.
The rank of the plant-preserving spiritual box was too low. Li Mu was worried that several high-grade Spiritual Plants would not survive for long, and he didn't know how to arrange a hatching place for the Phoenix egg. Now with the Celestial Void Cauldron's built-in Fire Source Space, all the problems seemed to be solved at once.
"Okay, Master!" The Celestial Void Cauldron responded with its spiritual sense, opened its small mouth, and spat out several faint white Spiritual Void Earth Fire, enveloping the Phoenix egg and several fire-elemental Spiritual Plants.
With a 'bang,' the Phoenix egg and several fire-elemental Spiritual Plants instantly vanished as the Spiritual Void Earth Fire dissipated.
Li Mu put his Divine Sense into the Celestial Void Cauldron and immediately 'saw' a million-cubic-meter Spiritual Fire space inside the Celestial Void. The Phoenix egg and a dozen Spiritual Plants were suspended in a space filled with high-temperature void fire spiritual flames, rapidly recovering their vitality.
Li Mu was overjoyed. As expected of a six-rank Spiritual Artifact, it had solved many of his troubles at once.
Immediately, Li Mu thought of something, took out the six-rank spirit control treasure bracelet and the seven-rank star beast remnant pearl from his Storage Pouch, and looked at the Celestial Void Cauldron expectantly, asking: "Can you use Spiritual Fire to re-refine and restore these two Spiritual Artifacts?"
"I don't know, I'll try!" The Celestial Void Cauldron responded with its spiritual sense. Then, it opened its small mouth again and spat out a faint white Spiritual Fire, refining the bronze Crumbs on the surface of the spirit control treasure bracelet and the gray attachments on the surface of the star beast remnant pearl.
The Spiritual Void Earth Fire had an extremely high temperature, but facing the two sealed high-grade Spiritual Artifacts, it clearly had no effect. The spirit control treasure bracelet and the star beast remnant pearl were unaffected.
Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an hour, the two sealed high-grade Spiritual Artifacts remained unchanged.
Li Mu frowned, feeling that although this Spiritual Void Earth Fire was as high as six-rank, its effect in refining Yao should be good, but it did not have the Artifact Refining ability of Heavenly Fire.
"Forget it! It probably can't be refined. Heavenly Fire is still needed." Li Mu frowned and spoke to stop the Celestial Void Cauldron from wasting its fire source.
"Okay, Master!" The Celestial Void Cauldron obediently responded, took a deep breath, absorbed the Spiritual Fire, and then looked blankly at Li Mu, awaiting the next command.
The Celestial Void Cauldron, whose Spirit had just been reborn, was like a blank slate at this moment, with no personality traits, only obediently waiting for its Master's command.
Li Mu smiled, full of anticipation, and took out the last trophy from his Storage Pouch, the highly spiritual red token.