"Where's Xiaotong?"
Just after Yu Tong and Feng Luo left, an old woman with a weathered face came slowly and hobblingly, holding a snake-head staff.
"Grandma Shen."
Many strong men from the Blood Sect greeted her with humility when they saw her appearance.
The person coming was Shen Xiu from the Blood Sect. Her status in the Blood Sect was second only to the sect leader. She was also Yu Tong's master.
Those scarlet blood lines emerging from the ground are the "ground net" she cast using secret techniques. She rushed here because she was worried that Yu Tong would mess up.
"Yu Tong went after the juniors of Lingyun Sect." Yang Yuan answered and asked casually: "Grandma Shen, the ground network... seems not to be completely condensed?"
With Shen Xiu's level of cultivation, if the underground network is truly completely formed, all the Qi Refiners in the valley will be bloodied for at least a quarter of an hour.
For that quarter of an hour, the strong men of the Blood Sect could go on a killing spree and gain an overwhelming advantage.
But Yang Yuan noticed that the scarlet blood lines emerging from the ground could not restrain his opponent for too long, and those blood lines could not extend beyond the valley to pursue the fleeing Nie Tian and others.
"The depths of the Chiyan Mountains are filled with boiling magma and fire. The activities of the underground network are restricted everywhere." Shen Xiu frowned slightly and said, "Moreover, the Earth Fire Burning Sky Formation seems to have It has penetrated deep into the ground. Among the magma flames, there are actually formation veins that burn the earth and the sky."
"Don't underestimate Lingbao Pavilion's Earth Fire Burning Sky Formation. In my opinion, that formation... not only covers the valley where Lingbao Pavilion is located."
"The entire Chiyan Mountain Range and the surrounding extinct volcanoes seem to be within the scope of the Earth Fire Burning Sky."
"As soon as my earth network enters the deep core of the earth, it is affected by the veins that build the earth, fire and sky, and cannot truly condense into shape."
When he said this, Shen Xiu suddenly looked at his feet and said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that there is something weird deep in the ground of the Chiyan Mountains. I can't explain what it is, but I always feel that the earth is burning with fire. , it’s not just the mountain gate that protects Lingbao Pavilion.”
"From the veins of those flames, I sensed a... aura of suppression and banning."
"Shen Xiu!"
Before she could speak clearly, the leader of the Ling Sect, Hou Zhengchen, suddenly appeared from a distance and immediately pounced on Shen Xiu.
There seemed to be a hint of worry and anxiety in Hou Zhengchen's eyes. He seemed to...not want Shen Xiu to reveal too many doubts.
The snake-head staff in Shen Xiu's hand suddenly glowed with blood, and he immediately faced Hou Zhengchen.
…
At the bottom of a bare low mountain in the Chiyan Mountains.
"Take a rest." Pan Tao suddenly stopped, watching the night recede and the clear sky gradually returning, and said: "We have been traveling all night, and we have spent a lot of time to deal with the blood lines emerging from the ground. We have little spiritual power. If we just rush on our way, our strength cannot be restored, and it will be difficult for us to face sudden crises."
Nie Tian subconsciously released his spiritual consciousness and sensed his surroundings, but did not find any life fluctuations.
He nodded and said, "Well, everyone needs to rest."
He looked around and saw that there were many caves of different sizes on the wall of the bare low mountain. Those caves were deep and dark, and the scene inside could not be seen clearly.
"This place also belongs to the Chiyan Mountains, and there are many extinct volcanoes in the Chiyan Mountains. Among those extinct volcanoes, it is said that high-grade flame spiritual stones are left." An Shiyi noticed his gaze and explained to him softly. , "We, the disciples of Lingbao Pavilion, will try our luck in those extinct volcanoes to see if we can pick up high-grade flame spirit stones."
"The same is true. There are many stone caves dug into the nearby peaks."
"The caves all lead to the center of the mountain or to the bottom of the mountain. They are all eager to have good luck and obtain some high-grade flame spirit stones. Whether they are refining spiritual weapons or using them in their own cultivation, they are quite beneficial. . ”
Pan Tao also added, "There are really volcanoes with earth-center flames in the Chiyan Mountains, and only the three at the mountain gate of our Lingbao Pavilion are left. The seniors in the pavilion used the earth-fire-burning sky formation to return those three. The erupting volcano suppresses it, and uses the flames from the center of the earth to temper the spiritual weapons."
"The rest of the volcanoes, after exploration, have long ceased to have rising earth flames. But tens of millions of years ago, those volcanoes were also hot and raging."
"As long as there is a mountain with strong earth core flames, it is possible to breed fire-attributed spiritual materials from the heaven and earth inside. Most of those spiritual materials have been mined, and only a very small part is left inside the mountain, which requires a lot of effort. It takes a lot of luck to get the energy.”
Pan Tao explained while guiding everyone to go to those caves to rest temporarily.
"One hour at most. After one hour, no matter how well everyone recovers, we must continue to set off." An Shiyi shouted loudly.
Without Liu Yan, without Shi Yi and Luo Xin, she is the one with the highest level among everyone.
Naturally, she became the leader of the juniors and took charge of the situation.
Soon, everyone selected a stone cave, hid their figures in the cave, and used spiritual stones to restore their strength.
The caves are close to each other. As long as one person speaks, others can hear it.
Everyone who just wanted to leave the Scarlet Flame Mountains as soon as possible had no intention of detecting the strange things in the cave, and had no interest in the flame spiritual materials that might be left behind. They were all concentrating on recovering their strength.
The same goes for Nie Tian.
He found a stone cave, hid his body inside, and then took out the spiritual stone, preparing to restore the spiritual power in the spiritual sea.
When he was about to run the Qi Refining Technique, he suddenly took out the animal bone that Lai Yi called the "blood core" from the storage bracelet, and put the Flame Dragon Armor beside him.
After doing all this, he calmed down and absorbed the power in the spirit stone.
While practicing, he felt the heat of the beast bone again, and also noticed that the flesh and blood essence from his body quietly flew out and merged into the Flame Dragon Armor one by one.
The extremely heavy Flame Dragon Armor gradually released a dark red luster, as if it was being nourished by the power of his flesh and blood.
After a while, he suddenly discovered that the animal bone was getting hotter and hotter, and glowed with bright fire.
"Huh!"
He was slightly startled, and with a slight ray of mental perception, he immediately discovered that countless fire threads were twisting and twisting in the animal bones, converging on the drop of blood in the animal bones.
The drop of blood that brought him into and out of the mysterious foreign land had already shrunk a lot because it had consumed so much power.
Now, with the fire threads swimming in the animal bones, a strange suction force that he could clearly feel seemed to be growing little by little.
Soon, he noticed that there were gradually more invisible flame threads in the cave where he was.
He suddenly closed his eyes and peered with his spiritual consciousness, and found that those flame threads seemed to come from the dark stone path behind him. The stone path... seemed to lead to the bottom of the short mountain.
As a large number of flame threads continued to converge towards the stone cave and slowly escaped into the animal bones, he noticed that the drop of blood in the animal bones was getting bigger bit by bit.
"Could it be..."
Nie Tian, who had been observing for a while, suddenly remembered the strange incident in the Nie family's mine.
In the Nie family's mine at that time, this piece of animal bone was attached to a fire cloud stone, and it actually pulled away the power of fire from all the unexploited fire cloud stones in the mine!
This time, the flame threads that flew bit by bit from the depths of the stone path were clearly the power of flames!
Moreover, it seems to be a more pure power of fire!
"when!"
Just when he was secretly surprised, the piece of animal bone suddenly flew out and instantly embedded itself in the notch of the Flame Dragon Armor's chest.
The Flame Dragon Armor suddenly released raging fire, as if it suddenly transformed into a burning sun, sending out thrilling flame fluctuations!
Before he could react, the Flame Dragon Armor flew out spontaneously and headed towards the deep and bottomless underground stone passage.
Nie Tian opened his eyes and didn't understand what happened. He could only stand up suddenly and said to An Shiyi who was in the cave next to him: "I encountered an emergency! When the time is up, don't wait for me. Just leave by yourself. alright!"
"Nie Tian! What are you doing?" An Shiyi shouted.
Everyone who was still recovering was also awakened one after another, and opened their eyes one by one from the cultivation state.
Five seconds later, everyone gathered in the cave where Nie Tian was, only to find that Nie Tian had disappeared.
"Really! Leave me alone! Leave first!"
Nie Tian's voice came from the stone path leading to the bottom of the mountain peak.
Zheng Bin and Han Xin from Xuanwu Palace looked at the dark and bottomless stone path with ugly expressions.
"This guy can always stir up trouble!" Han Xin couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Everyone was wasting time because of him along the way! Without him, we might have passed through Gan Kang's guard. The cave, I left Lingbao Pavilion before the mountain door was opened."
"Without him, Granny Weng might not be in danger!"
Han Xin suppressed it for a long time, and when she saw Nie Tian causing trouble again at a critical moment, she finally shouted angrily: "Who wants to wait? I won't stay here anyway, waiting for his return!"
Zheng Bin looked gloomy and said: "Even if he longs for the remaining flame spirit stones, he should not try his luck at this time. What's more, the flame spirit stones here should have been turned over by the disciples of Lingbao Pavilion. I’ve tried it a hundred times, but if there is really something left behind, I won’t be able to find it in a short while.”
He couldn't imagine why Nie Tian had to keep it for other reasons than the Flame Spirit Stone.
He was completely disappointed with Nie Tian and didn't want to waste any more time. "Everyone, let's take the first step." After saying that, he and Han Xin were the first to break away from the team, rushed out of the cave, and headed towards Xuan Xuan. Go in the direction of Kirigiya.
In the cave, only the An family sisters, Pan Tao, Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo were left.
The group of people looked at each other.
"We will stay and wait for him." An Shiyi sat down and said calmly: "Our sisters can survive until now because of his willfulness. Without his willfulness, Elder Wu Xing would not pay attention to us. We may have been killed by the strong blood sect. Therefore, no matter how much time he takes, we will wait for him."
An Ying also sat down without saying a word.
Pan Tao smiled bitterly, shook his head, but sat down without saying anything more.
Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo looked at each other.
"That guy is our junior uncle. In terms of seniority, we have to listen to him." Jiang Lingzhu's teeth itched with hatred, but she didn't ask to leave. She also sat down and waited, but she cursed in a low voice with every word... They were all cursing Nie Tian for being reckless, scolding Nie Tian for being ignorant of good and evil, ignorant of life and death, and extremely greedy for money.
"Hey." Ye Gumo sighed and could only sit down and wait.