In the quiet cave, a bonfire was burning, dispelling the coldness in the cave.
A man was lying beside the fire, sleeping quietly, unconscious. After an unknown amount of time, he finally woke up from his sleep.
"Where is this place?"
Wu Chen sat up from the ground, his eyes were empty and a little dull. After a while, he regained consciousness and recalled what had happened before.
"A fire."
Without much thought, Wu Chen knew that the fire must have been started by Shun Yan, and that he should be in a cave.
Getting up from the ground, shaking his head to wake himself up, Wu Chen looked around the cave.
"Shun Yan."
Wu Chen called out, but the cave was empty and there was no response except for the crackling sound of the burning fire.
"Where did that woman go?"
Wu Chen muttered, but he didn't think much about it. At this moment, suddenly, he saw something placed on a protruding stone in the cave, and he walked over curiously.
This is a bottle and a parchment roll. In addition, there is a piece of paper under the bottle with some words on it. Very beautiful words. If he guessed correctly, it should have been left by Shunyan.
"Is this woman gone?"
Seeing these things, Wu Chen couldn't help but think so. He pulled out the paper from under the bottle and took a closer look. As he expected, the woman had left.
"Wu Chen, I'm leaving now. Don't worry about me. I've also taken the corpse of the Nine Nether Bird with me. As for the blood essence you need, I've left it in a bottle for you. In addition, I've also left you a parchment scroll with a secret book of swordsmanship inside. I believe it will be helpful to you. There are still eleven months until the election of all nations. I hope you can come."
Wu Chen smiled, put the paper down, picked up the bottle, opened it, and nodded. Finally, the woman still had a little conscience and was willing to fulfill her promise and left him a bottle of the Nine Nether Bird's blood.
"Sword Skills Secret Manual, let me take a look."
Wu Chen opened the parchment scroll, took a look, and was a little disappointed. This sword technique secret book was just a high-level earth-grade martial art. It was of no use to him. In his mind, there were countless martial arts, and any one of them was more than just high-level earth-grade.
If others knew about his idea, they would definitely curse loudly. High-level earth-level martial arts, what a powerful skill! In the entire Hengling Region, only the Fengyun Empire possessed it. Other countries and regions did not have such martial arts. If such martial arts were to spread out, who knows how much madness it would cause. Even the strong ones in the Star Realm would try to snatch it.
Wu Chen casually threw the parchment roll into the storage ring and didn't care about it anymore. Now, the Nine Nether Bird's blood essence has been dealt with. The next thing he has to do is to purify it, extract the trace of blood that is unique to the Phoenix bloodline from the Nine Nether Bird's blood essence, and then refine and absorb it to practice the Fire Phoenix Art.
However, it is not an easy task to extract the Phoenix bloodline from so much essence and blood. It requires some other things as assistance to succeed.
Those things could possibly be found in the Demon Cloud Mountains, but Wu Chen did not have the patience to look for them himself, so it was necessary for him to leave the Demon Cloud Mountains and go to a big city.
Although there are many monsters in the Demon Cloud Mountains, for him, this is an excellent place for cultivation, but compared to the Fire Phoenix Art, he still feels that practicing the Fire Phoenix Art is more important. The Fire Phoenix Art and the Immortal Golden Body Art are the focus of his practice and the direction of his efforts.
After extinguishing the fire, Wu Chen walked out of the Demon Cloud Mountains. After walking for half a day, a huge city appeared in Wu Chen's sight.
Peng Liancheng!
This is a city of comparable size to Tiefeng City. Like Tiefeng City, it is another large defensive city for defending against the monster riots in the Moyun Mountains. Wu Chen had heard of this city before. It is about seven hundred miles away from Tiefeng City, which is quite far.
This time, the large-scale beast tide only affected Tiefeng City and Moyun City. They were repelled in Tiefeng City and did not spread to Penglian City. Therefore, the situation in Penglian City was very good and was not affected by this large-scale beast tide.
Wu Chen didn't care whether the monster would attack Peng Liancheng or not. What he needed most now was to gather all the materials, purify the blood essence of the Nine Nether Bird, extract the phoenix bloodline, and practice the second level of the Fire Phoenix Art.
With this purpose in mind, Wu Chen entered Pengliancheng. Without wandering around, he went directly to the mall to buy the materials he needed.
Compared to the materials needed to practice the Immortal Golden Body Technique, the materials needed to purify the bloodline are relatively simpler. They are all common items, and the quantities and types are relatively small, so Wu Chen quickly found them all.
For him, the biggest difficulty in practicing the Immortal Golden Body Technique is finding materials, because some materials are so difficult to find that they may not be found in one city. For example, when he practiced the second level of the Immortal Golden Body Technique, he went across different cities and regions to collect materials, and with the help of the influence of WoMart Shopping Mall, he was able to successfully gather them. The number of materials, the complexity of the types, and the huge consumption are simply not something that ordinary people can afford. This also reflects that the difficulty of practicing physical martial arts and tempering the body is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
But it is different when practicing the Fire Phoenix Technique. The materials needed are usually very simple, small in number and variety, and can basically be found in a large city. There is no difficulty at all in collecting materials.
However, it would be a big mistake to say that practicing the Fire Phoenix Art is easy, because the most important thing in practicing the Fire Phoenix Art is the phoenix bloodline. Without the phoenix bloodline as a support, you can't expect to practice the Fire Phoenix Art and break through the realm of the Fire Phoenix Art. The phoenix is a divine beast that is hard to find. Ordinary people can't even find it. Even other kinds of monsters with phoenix bloodline are not easy to find. Moreover, even if you find it, you may not be able to deal with it, because most of the monsters with phoenix bloodline are very powerful and cannot be defeated at all. For example, the Nine Nether Bird this time is as powerful as the fifth level, which is very terrifying. If Wu Chen relied on his own strength, he would definitely not be able to get its essence and blood. Fortunately, he had a powerful helper like Shun Yan, so he was able to succeed.
Therefore, no matter which method you choose, it is not easy to practice. If you want to practice successfully, you must spend endless energy and effort, otherwise, there is no way to succeed.