Fire Monster

Chapter 149: Life Fire
When the imperially-sealed chariot disappeared from view, Xiao Chengyun immediately sat down without caring about his image, opened a bottle of 95th-grade marrow-cleansing spiritual liquid and drank it in one gulp.

Zhao Guanshan looked at her quietly, feeling a little moved and a little sad.

Although it was Xiao Chengyun who took the initiative to stay, this little girl is really not delicate and is willing to endure hardships. I really don’t know how she managed to hold on for the past five days and five nights.

"Look at what I'm doing, am I embarrassed?"

Xiao Chengyun rolled his eyes, lay down on the ground comfortably, crossed his legs, and didn't care at all what others thought.

"I have to thank you very much this time."

Zhao Guanshan also sat down next to her and asked Wang Chen, Deng Jiu and others to pack up the supplies. There were quite a lot of them, all of which they urgently needed, including demon-sealing potions, marrow-cleansing spiritual liquids, as well as food, clean water, energy-storing spiritual stones, discarded imperial seal armor, etc., as if they were really a group of beggars.

"Why thank me? It's your family's treasure that brought you glory. Humph, these people got a great bargain."

After that, Xiao Chengyun stuffed two 95th-grade marrow cleansing spirit liquids into Zhao Guanshan's hands. After thinking for a while, he stuffed another one into his hands. "Keep it, and try to cultivate the first breath of pure Yang Qi as soon as possible. Together with Senior Sister Yu Wei, we will be three powerful Five Elements Qi Refiners in the future. Don't hold us back. Hey, Wang Chen, come here!"

Wang Chen immediately trotted over like a lackey.

"Master Military Supervisor, what do you want me to do?"

"See that Broken Gold Rune? Draw out your psychic sword and place it underneath. After activating it, comprehend it carefully and wait patiently for the Broken Gold Rune to merge into your sword. This is equivalent to giving your sword a spiritual attachment."

"Ah? Thank you, Military Supervisor!"

Wang Chen was overjoyed. Xiao Chengyun waved his hand impatiently, and in the blink of an eye, he fell asleep.

She was really tired.

Zhao Guanshan could only pick her up and send her back to the barracks, then he managed to give her some instructions before notifying Liu Yuwei and letting her out.

In the past few days, I relied entirely on Liu Yuwei's supply of vitality.

"Commander, you take charge first, but remember, be careful with your words and actions, and don't easily reveal the fact that you have become a Qi Refiner. Xiao Chengyun and I will take a nap first."

After saying that, Zhao Guanshan fell asleep peacefully.

So happy.

He slept so soundly that when he woke up again, he even forgot what year it was.

"Wait, something's wrong!"

Zhao Guanshan rubbed his eyes hard, and was surprised to find that although he woke up, he did not wake up in reality, but in the statue space.

Nothing seems to have changed here.

"This must be a dream within a dream, caused by excessive fatigue."

Zhao Guanshan didn't care much about it, but when he wanted to quit, he found that he couldn't get out at all.

He was completely trapped in this statue space.

"Calm down! Since this has happened, there must be some reason I don't know about. Just investigate it carefully."

Zhao Guanshan didn't panic. He just calmed himself down, sat cross-legged, and tried to enter the statue's field of vision, but he failed. It was like he was in a nightmare and he couldn't wake up no matter how hard he struggled.

So he tried to visualize the Lihuo Dao Talisman again, but there was no response. He could feel the Lihuo Dao Talisman, and even feel his own body in reality, but it was as if there was an invisible film that he could not touch.

So theoretically he was really asleep.

"Then there is only one way left."

Zhao Guanshan began to practice martial arts and prepare for the twelfth cycle of Qi training.

This kind of practice was a bit bumpy. In the beginning, he couldn't even make the talismans he formed correspond to the vital energy in his body.

However, after trying again and again, he finally got on the right track, and the thin film that originally separated him gradually faded until it disappeared completely.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan has woken up. He seems to be trapped in the statue space, but in fact he is in reality.

This is an extremely mysterious realization, just like a version upgrade that triggers new knowledge.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but he finally succeeded in opening up the twelfth cycle of Qi refining. The vital energy in the twelve areas finally converged into one, transforming into a breath of innate pure yang energy.

The next second, Zhao Guanshan slowly opened his eyes, and the vitality in his body was stronger than ever before. Is this the feeling of innate pure yang energy?
It's like there is a fire burning slowly in the body.

And this ball of fire was exactly the same as the Lihuo Taoist Talisman.

In other words, from this moment on, he was considered a true Qi Refiner and no longer had to call himself a half-baked one.

At this time, he didn't even need to take out the Imperial Seal Oil Lamp, he could reflect his own state. As expected, the body fire on his left shoulder and the soul fire on his right shoulder disappeared, but they did not cease to exist. Instead, they merged with the innate pure yang energy in his body and became a ball of fire in his body.

However, the life fire above his head was still rising.

Zhao Guanshan suddenly realized that his life fire was outside, which meant that he still had flaws and loopholes. He would need to continue practicing in the future. Only when he could cultivate the life fire into his body would he reach a new great realm.

And this great realm is most likely the fifth-level Qi Refiner mentioned by Xiao Chengyun.

After all, as a second-level Qi Refiner, Xiao Chengyun still has a strong life fire rising above his head.

While he was thinking, the door of the room was gently pushed open, and Xiao Chengyun flashed in, grinning, "Brother, you and I are really in sync. I had a feeling when I was sitting next door that you must have advanced, so I came over to take a look, and sure enough, come on, let me read your life fire for you."

"Life-telling fire? No matter how well he tells it, he is still a first-level Qi-refining master."

"Brother, what you said is wrong. A Qi Refiner's life fire can reveal a lot of information. Don't move."

Xiao Chengyun watched it seriously, muttering to himself, "Brother, your life fire is three feet high, purple in color, and as bright as clouds. Stars can be seen hidden inside, which shows that you have a treasure to protect you. There is green gas rising from the periphery of the life fire, which shows that your soul is powerful."

"In the Life Fire, the Lihuo Dao Talisman is clear, as if it were real, and it is extraordinary. It can be seen that you, Senior Brother, have a deep understanding of the Lihuo Dao Talisman, and there is more in the Lihuo Dao Talisman-"

Xiao Chengyun suddenly stopped talking, feeling very heartbroken.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Guanshan continued to ask.

"It's nothing, I was seeing things, how is that possible?" Xiao Chengyun rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked carefully again, and this time he immediately smiled.

"Sure enough, I was scared to death. I must be dazzled. And this should be the potential influence of your family treasure. Brother, are you trying to integrate the family treasure into your life fire now? Yes, yes, yes! That's it! Okay, put away the treasure."

"It is indeed so. When it is integrated with the precious treasure, your life fire has undergone five changes. Without the precious treasure, it is just ordinary. I almost saw it wrong."

"Generally speaking, the fifth level of transformation, do you know what it means? It means that you have cultivated a magical power derived from the Lihuo Dao Talisman to the fifth level. What a joke, haha, a fifth-level magical power, that can only be achieved by a third-level Qi Refiner. In fact, most third-level Qi Refiners can only cultivate to the fourth-level magical power."

Zhao Guanshan immediately said seriously: "Junior sister, is it possible that you really saw it wrong? I am the one in a billion cultivation genius. Why don't you take another look? Maybe I really have mastered the fifth-level magical power."

But Xiao Chengyun immediately rolled his eyes in response.

"Let's go, Brother, don't think too much. Your life fire sign is at best above average."

Zhao Guanshan chuckled, he could also see his own life fire, and a slight adjustment would only take a moment.

It was all thanks to Xiao Chengyun, otherwise if someone else had discovered the life fire, it would have been a real problem.

"By the way, how long have we slept?"

"About a day, but I woke up a few hours earlier than you."

Xiao Chengyun casually said that Qi cultivators are more accustomed to defining time by hours, while ordinary people are accustomed to defining it by the number of rooster crows.

"Brother, although I know it's useless to tell you, I still want to remind you that this war is about to end. Sister Yuwei just told me that during our rest time, another level 3 imperial seal chariot from the front line returned to Linjiang Prefecture for rest."

"They didn't apply for the Demon Heart Test?"

"No, I closed the magic heart detection qualification."

"why?"

"Because it's not worth it, Senior Brother, you'd better not use the treasure your family left for you easily. Moreover, you have to reseal the twelve magic balls every month. The family heritage should not be wasted like this."

Xiao Chengyun spoke very seriously, mainly because those martial artists did not know the value of the goods.

Previously, Zhao Guanshan used the Imperial Seal Oil Lamp to illuminate their level three Imperial Seal chariot, which was almost equivalent to the weapon being possessed by a spirit. However, he only gave them 80 points of merit. This is too disrespectful to our Zhao family's precious heirloom!
She herself felt heartbroken.

So in a fit of anger, even the qualification for the Demon Heart Detection was revoked.

"Okay, you have the final say."

"What do you mean I have the final say? I am telling the truth. Only by being thrifty can a family be run. If a family wants to be strong, it must start with frugality. Brother, you are so extravagant, how can you be so shameless!"

Xiao Chengyun became angrier and angrier as she spoke. See, there are always these fearless prodigals, while a cultivator like her who comes from a common family doesn't even have the money to buy a second-grade sealed magical weapon.

Zhao Guanshan was stunned and didn't know what to say. He always felt something was weird. This junior sister didn't even consider herself an outsider.

Until the two met Liu Yuwei, she became a little worried.

"I have something to tell you."

"Cuihonglou has reopened in the past two days, and they have been advertising a three-day free service. That's fine, but according to Sun Ze and his gang, Cuihonglou has also opened a gambling house and a pawnshop. Although I have strictly ordered everyone not to get involved, it's obvious that they can really do whatever they want in Cuihonglou. I'm afraid that if this continues, it will ruin everything."

(End of this chapter)