“By relying on our Baihuo Sect, they found a number of Spiritual Fires clustered together in the magma of a forbidden area. They offered up some of the Spiritual Fires in exchange for some treasures from our Treasure Pavilion.”
The Elder of the Treasure Pavilion brought Lu Changsheng to a separate room.
Baihuo Sect?
Lu Changsheng knew of this Sect.
Everyone in this Sect cultivated Profound Fire True Qi and searched far and wide for Spiritual Fire and Fire Attribute Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
The Baihuo Sect’s power was not inferior to that of the Zhengsheng Sect.
Given their Sect’s secret techniques, it was not strange for them to find stray Spiritual Fires in the Earth’s magma.
The Treasure Pavilion bought the Spiritual Fires from the Baihuo Sect at a low price and then sold them to Lu Changsheng at a high price. If it wasn’t for Lu Changsheng having the 50% discount of a Holy Son candidate, he would have been severely overcharged again.
However, Lu Changsheng didn’t mind; each had their own needs.
This room housed more than a dozen Purple Gold Gourds, each containing a clump of Spiritual Fire.
“Thirteen-grade Spiritual Fire, Bloody Rock Poison Fire.”
“Thirteen-grade Spiritual Fire, Ganlan Ice Flame.”
“Fourteen-grade Spiritual Fire, Demonic Fox Cold Fire.”
“Fourteen-grade Spiritual Fire, Meteor Star Spirit Fire.”
…
The Elder of the Treasure Pavilion introduced these Spiritual Fires one by one.
“The last one, Sixteen-grade Spiritual Fire, Four Symbols Formless Flame, is also the highest-grade Spiritual Fire offered by the Baihuo Sect. Once the root of this Fire is swallowed, even a Daluo Golden Immortal would have a great increase in power. As for the price…”
“I want them all.”
Lu Changsheng made his decision without hesitation; only children make choices, he wanted all of them.
“Good, straightforward.”
The Elder of the Treasure Pavilion took Lu Changsheng’s token, deducted some contribution points, and handed the fifteen Purple Gold Gourds to Lu Changsheng.
Both parties were very satisfied with the transaction.
You might make a small profit, but I will never lose.
Lu Changsheng returned to Yuntai Peak, called over his seventh disciple, Xiao Fan, and imparted the Spiritual Fire to him.
Over the past ten thousand years, his disciples had successively reached the Golden Immortal Realm.
Not just these disciples, even Tang Ling’er, who was often hunted by the Evil Extreme Sect and had many narrow escapes from death, made rapid progress in her cultivation after she was able to cultivate in peace, successfully becoming a Golden Immortal.
Now that Xiao Fan had reached the Golden Immortal Realm, it was time to reward him with a Fifteen-grade Spiritual Fire.
However, following convention, Lu Changsheng started with a Thirteen-grade Spiritual Fire.
“This is Bloody Rock Poison Fire, which after being absorbed, can imbue your True Qi with fiery poison.”
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Xiao Fan with Thirteen-grade Spiritual Fire “Bloody Rock Poison Fire”, receiving the hundredfold return reward from teaching your disciple: Fourteen-grade Spiritual Fire “Earth Core Poison Fire”.]
“This is an even higher grade Earth Core Poison Fire, with the same effect as the Bloody Rock Poison Fire, refine them together.”
Lu Changsheng then rewarded the newly returned Spiritual Fire to Xiao Fan.
Thirteen-grade and Fourteen-grade Spiritual Fires were still not what Lu Changsheng was after.
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Xiao Fan with Fourteen-grade Spiritual Fire “Earth Core Poison Fire”, receiving the ten-thousandfold return reward from teaching your disciple: Sixteen-grade Spiritual Fire “Youluo Bifire”.]
Good, this time the return was a Sixteen-grade Spiritual Fire.
Although it was still not perfect, it was the highest grade he could reward for now, so that was as far as he could go.
Xiao Fan was currently refining the Bloody Rock Poison Fire and the Earth Core Poison Fire. With the addition of the fiery poison, his flame True Qi would become much trickier for enemies to deal with.
“Yawn, Master, do you have anything tasty?”
Lu Qinglian had just woken up, walked over from her cave with sleepy eyes, and upon noticing that her junior brother seemed to be refining something good, her eyes instantly lit up.
“These are Spiritual Fires that drift between heaven and earth, not something to eat.”
Lu Changsheng rolled his eyes; why did this disciple want to eat everything?
“Oh, oh, oh.”
Lu Qinglian took out a Pan Peach and sat on a meditation cushion, treating the precious Pan Peach like a snack while watching Xiao Fan refine the Spiritual Fire with curiosity.
Suddenly, Lu Qinglian felt a warmth in her chest, and the high-quality Ultimate Treasure Nirvana Flames Red Lotus within her emerged and began to absorb the Earth Core Poison Fire that Xiao Fan had not yet managed to refine.
“Hmm?”
Lu Changsheng immediately used True Qi to separate the Earth Core Poison Fire from the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus to prevent it from disrupting Xiao Fan’s cultivation, which could lead to cultivation deviation.
“Hey, you, why aren’t you listening to me!”
Lu Qinglian discovered that Nirvana Flames Red Lotus was acting on its own and immediately wrapped it in Phoenix Fire Lotus Qi, suppressing the restless Nirvana Flames Red Lotus.
After being scolded by its owner, the spirit of the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus symbolically resisted for a moment but quickly settled back into Lu Qinglian’s palm, dejected like a pet dog.
“…”
This artifact has something special about it.
Lu Changsheng watched intently.
Merit Golden Lotus, Nirvana Flames Red Lotus, and World-Ending Black Lotus all seemed to be no ordinary artifacts.
Like the Merit Golden Lotus, the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda is a Merit Treasure with a very high upper limit.
The World-Ending Black Lotus can devour Qi Destiny, Demonic Qi, and Demonic Qi.
The Nirvana Flames Red Lotus obviously wanted to devour the Spiritual Fire just now.
Could it be that devouring Spiritual Fire could make the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus grow?
A bold idea occurred to Lu Changsheng.
He hesitated for a moment, then took out the Sixteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Youluo Bifire.”
Lu Changsheng opened the Purple Gold Bagua Gourd, and a ball of aqua-green Spiritual Fire emerged. As the fire appeared, the temperature inside the cave instantly rose, accompanied by a hair-raising scream emanating from the abyss, as if countless souls were struggling.
“You eat this ball of Spiritual Fire.”
Knowing that the spirit of the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus had developed a basic consciousness, Lu Changsheng took the initiative to feed the Spiritual Fire to the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus.
The Nirvana Flames Red Lotus cautiously nudged Lu Qinglian’s palm, seemingly seeking the owner’s permission before daring to devour the Youluo Bifire.
After Lu Qinglian nodded, the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus excitedly absorbed the Youluo Bifire.
The endless Nirvana Flames purified the multitude of resentment contained in the Youluo Bifire, and its primordial fire root was absorbed by the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus.
The Nirvana Flames Red Lotus actually slowly grew two new petals, changing from eighteen to twenty petals, upgrading its quality from a fine Ultimate Treasure to a lower-grade Holy Artifact.
“Truly magical.”
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Lu Changsheng discovered that the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus could indeed grow and couldn’t help but marvel silently.
If he continued to feed Spiritual Fire to the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus, couldn’t it continue to grow indefinitely?
Unfortunately, Spiritual Fires like these were exceedingly rare.
Like Thirteenth Grade Spiritual Fire and Fourteenth Grade Spiritual Fire, although not very important to a Daluo Golden Immortal, they are rarely seen.
If not for odd Sects like Baihuo Sect searching for Spiritual Fire, even Tai Hua Holy Land wouldn’t specifically collect such cultivation resources.
Spiritual Fire roamed between heaven and earth. Searching for Spiritual Fire without secret techniques would take an excessive amount of time.
After Xiao Fan refined the Bloody Rock Poison Fire and the Earth Core Poison Fire, Lu Changsheng consecutively bestowed upon Xiao Fan two more types of Spiritual Fire.
[Ding, you’ve awarded your disciple Xiao Fan the Thirteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Ganlan Ice Flame” and received a ten-thousandfold return reward for teaching: the Fifteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Ocean Heart Flame”.]
[Ding, you’ve awarded your disciple Xiao Fan the Fourteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Demonic Fox Cold Fire” and received a ten-thousandfold return reward for teaching: the Sixteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Demonic Dragon Black Flame”.]
Xiao Fan, already at the first layer of Golden Immortal Realm, experienced a slight improvement from using the Ganlan Ice Flame and the Demonic Fox Cold Fire. He accepted everything without refusal and refined them all.
At last, Lu Changsheng began to bestow Fifteen Grade Spiritual Fire.
For a Daluo Golden Immortal, Fifteenth Grade Spiritual Fire posed an appreciable improvement.
And Sixteenth Grade Spiritual Fire offered improvement for a Quasi-Emperor.
[Ding, you’ve awarded your disciple Xiao Fan the Fifteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Ocean Heart Flame” and received a hundredfold return reward for teaching: the Sixteenth Grade Spiritual Fire “Deep Sea Ice Flame”.]
Xiao Fan refined the Ocean Heart Flame and merged it with other Spiritual Fires, further strengthening his True Qi.
Lu Changsheng, as if feeding a pet, fed the returned Demonic Dragon Black Flame and Deep Sea Ice Flame to the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus, wanting to see if the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus could grow indefinitely.
The Nirvana Flames Red Lotus feasted excitedly, forcefully devouring the two powerful Spiritual Fires.
Two more petals grew out.
The Nirvana Flames Red Lotus now had twenty-two petals, and its quality had upgraded to a mid-grade Holy Artifact.
Lu Changsheng’s speculation was correct; the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus indeed had tremendous growth potential.
But Nirvana Flames Red Lotus was also like a bottomless pit.
After devouring the Youluo Bifire, it upgraded from a fine Ultimate Treasure to a lower-grade Holy Artifact; only after devouring the Demonic Dragon Black Flame and the Deep Sea Ice Flame did it become a mid-grade Holy Artifact.
It seemed necessary to instruct the Treasure Pavilion to collect more Spiritual Fire.
If the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus could devour the various Spiritual Fires of the Immortal Realm, Lu Changsheng couldn’t be sure how far this treasure could grow.