Chapter 99 Burial of Fire

One month later, no one came to cause trouble at the Chen Family Formation Shop in the prefecture city anymore. Instead, every so often, disputes arose at the shops next door selling Medicinal Pills, Talismans, and Cultivation Techniques.

In the Great Sun Seed Cultivation Cave Mansion on Black Magpie Mountain, Chen Li stood before three flames. One was the earth vein fire, one was the Blood Fire he had just refined, and the third was the Blazing Fire from the True Fire Burning Heaven Art.

One could be used for Alchemy and Artifact Refining, one was refined using his own vital blood and could scorch Spiritual Qi, and the third was the True Fire condensed in his own Dantian. Chen Li began to condense these three types.

... Outside the mountain, in Concentric Heart Hall, Zhu Lingyue returned from the shop in the prefecture city.

Chen Songli was eating the spiritual congee that Chen Songmei had just cooked. After taking a small sip, her expression changed. She grabbed Chen Songmei's ear and chewed loudly.

"Too sweet, way too sweet! You put too many Spiritual Plants in! And there's still a bit of that fishy smell from the Yao Beast meat in this congee."

"Ah, that shouldn't be! This is already my fifth version, and I've eaten quite a bit of it myself!"

"Your taste is a bit unique!"

"Okay, Big Sister, I'll try again. Taste it next time you come!"

"No, no more." Chen Songli quickly waved her hand.

Seeing Zhu Lingyue return, Chen Songli stood up and followed her. By the window, the two were discussing something.

A while later, Chen Songli was smiling happily, and Zhu Lingyue was too.

... In the Taihu Mountain Range, on the territory of the Yang Family, inside a grand hall.

Yuan Biao was currently filled with shock. "What? Steward Huang and Steward Zhang are both missing?"

A person at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining reported, "Yes, Steward Yuan. They were patrolling together, and now we can't find them."

Yuan Biao rushed back to the soul lamp hall and saw that the soul lamps for Steward Huang and Steward Zhang had already been extinguished!

"How could this be? Could it be Demonic Path Cultivators? And neither of them managed to escape!"

He wondered if it was a coincidence. Since two Foundation Establishment Cultivators had died, he dared not conceal it, so he went to Yang Jing's inner chambers.

In the inner chambers, songbirds sang and beautiful women competed for favor.

Yuan Biao urgently reported the situation, and Yang Jing reluctantly came out. Having spent over a decade cultivating a harem of wives and concubines, this Golden Core great Cultivator looked more like a wealthy gentleman, showing no signs of being a Cultivator.

"What is it?" a lazy voice came.

Yuan Biao said, "Family Head, this is bad. Steward Huang and Steward Zhang, the two Foundation Establishment members who joined our Yang Family, are missing. We don't know if it was Demonic Path Cultivators or some other reason!"

"Hmph, I thought it was something serious! If they're missing, they're missing. Maybe they looked down on our Yang Family and ran away! We don't lack them; we can just recruit more!"

"Family Head, I'm afraid it might be Demonic Path Cultivators targeting our Yang Family's Foundation Establishment members!"

Yang Jing remained indifferent. "I heard the infiltration involves Demonic Path Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining levels. Just inform the Beast Hunting Sect! They will handle it. These Demonic Path Cultivators can't stir up any real trouble!"

Seeing this, Yuan Biao could only comply.

"Understood, Family Head. I get it!"

After meeting with Yang Jing, he recalled the West Lake incident, where Yuan Biao was utterly defeated in the dispute with the Luo Family, leading to nothing.

In recent years, ever since that Grand Elder of the Beast Hunting Sect went into seclusion for a hundred years, Yang Jing had become increasingly timid, lacking the assertiveness he once had.

However, Yuan Biao had also managed to gain considerable resources through Yang Jing, preparing to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Returning to the outer hall, he instructed the person to notify the Beast Hunting Sect, reporting that the two Foundation Establishment members might have been killed by Demonic Cultivators.

After saying that, he paid them no more mind, focusing instead on how to acquire more Spirit Stones and cultivation resources.

... In a dense forest south of the Taihu Mountain Range, two dried corpses were visible.

Luo Sheng, who had undergone Possession, and the Yun Family Head were in this location.

"The Blood Spirits from Foundation Establishment Cultivators are indeed richer!" Luo Sheng sighed.

"Husband, if we abduct a few more Foundation Establishment Cultivators, these Blood Spirits will be enough to offset the side effects of our next demonic Qi body infusion!"

"Mmm, but the Beast Hunting Sect has been very vigilant recently; many fellow practitioners have been captured. After we finish this job, they will surely become suspicious, so we should remain hidden for a while longer!" Luo Sheng judged.

"Mmm, then, Husband, the next target should be the Lu Family Foundation Establishment members in Yuanwu Prefecture, right?"

That Luo Sheng seemed to recall Chen Li and said, "Right. After killing him, we'll go kill that Chen Li from Liangxi County."

The An Family Head also remembered how that Chen Li had sabotaged them last time and how he had suffered a loss at that boy's hands.

"Haha, Husband, what a great plan! Last time, we had just undergone Possession and were fighting two opponents, but this time, we will slaughter his Qi Refining Family right in front of him!"

"Mmm, this boy probably didn't expect us to be able to quickly infuse our bodies with demonic Qi and advance to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, did he?"

"However, this boy is a Formation Master, so we need to finish the attack on the Chen Family quickly!"

"Mmm!"

... On Black Magpie Mountain, another month passed. In the Great Sun Seed Cultivation Cave Mansion, Chen Li's hearty laughter echoed.

He succeeded!

Inside the cave mansion, there was a flame of three colors in front of Chen Li's chest!

Chen Li continuously experimented, using the Blood Fire as the base, with the earth vein fire and the Blazing Fire as auxiliaries, fusing them in sequence.

Chen Li observed this flame, then placed a Spirit Stone on it. A few minutes later, the fire burned away the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Stone!

Chen Li then took out a Demonic Stone, which contained a significant amount of demonic Qi. The effect astonished Chen Li; this demonic Qi could actually be absorbed by the Blood Fire, although slowly, it was a fact!

What exactly did he refine? Chen Li was dumbfounded! It actually had this effect!

A few minutes later, the demonic Qi contained within the Demonic Stone was completely absorbed by the flame, and the flame actually became more vibrant and substantial!

Chen Li took out all the Demonic Stones he had captured previously, and the flame began to absorb them!

Several hours later, the flame Chen Li refined gained another color: black! Green, blue, purple, black!

Chen Li looked at the flame he had refined and named it: [Burial Fire].

The implication was that once this fire appeared, the target was not far from being buried!

Chen Li continued refining. Three days later, Chen Li had significantly enhanced the power of the [Burial Fire], but there were also some drawbacks. If used against a high-purity energy shield condensed by Spiritual Qi, this [Burial Fire] burned very slowly.

Therefore, against the high-purity Spiritual Qi energy shields condensed by Golden Core or Nascent Soul Cultivators, this fire would certainly not pose a threat to them!

So, he still needed to keep upgrading. There was no such thing as becoming invincible in one go, but in the Foundation Establishment realm, he felt very few people could withstand his [Burial Fire], especially Demonic Cultivators!

If he later added the ripened thunder bamboo and refined several lightning-attributed Flying Swords, any Demonic Cultivator who encountered him would be like a mouse meeting a cat!

Chen Li opened up a special Qi Sea to store the [Burial Fire]. This Qi Sea was condensed with the Qi of Returning to the Origin inside. The second layer was extremely high-purity energy condensed from Spiritual Qi, and the final layer was an energy shield formed from his own True Fire.

The Qi of Returning to the Origin was the most mellow Spiritual Qi energy refined from his own essence. He added two outer layers, making it triple-insured!

Chen Li stored the [Burial Fire] into this special Qi Sea and planned to find a way to forge a dedicated Magical Artifact for the [Burial Fire] later.

Chen Li harvested a batch of Spiritual Plants that matured in one hundred and five hundred years in the cave mansion, then glanced at the Red Sun Spiritual Tree and the thunder bamboo before exiting seclusion!