Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 161 Strange Fire Test
In order to make use of the Ice Flame Stump as soon as possible, Gu Mo immediately began research on the Ice Flame Stump. The research projects included the properties and effects of the Ice Flame itself, its coordination with the Pea Shooter, its use in alchemy and so on.

There is no need to do too much research on the properties and effects of ice flame. As long as you get a little closer and feel the biting chill, you will know that this light blue flame has the property of extremely cold ice.

Speaking of the ice element, Gu Mo couldn't help but think of the top-grade magic flying sword with ice attributes in his hand. The two have the same attributes. He wondered if he could use this ice flame strange fire to temper the ice-element flying sword.

Gu Mo did what he thought and directly used the ice flame to temper the flying sword. The effect was surprisingly good. After being tempered by the ice flame, the flying sword became even colder.

This is still the simplest tempering. After all, Gu Mo does not know the art of refining. If he uses special refining methods to temper it, the effect may be better.

"It seems that I need to find some time to learn the secret technique of refining magic weapons." Gu Mo said to himself.

If it could be tempered using a special weapon refining secret technique, this top-grade magic flying sword might have a chance to give birth to a spirit and become a spiritual weapon.

Tempering the soul with strange fire, this seems to be a unique secret technique of the weapon refiner. Now Gu Mo has the strange fire and the top-grade magic weapon, the only thing missing is a special method of tempering and tempering the soul.

If you learn a secret technique, there is a chance that you can obtain a spiritual weapon. This deal is still very worthwhile.

If I can find more and stronger strange fires in the future, maybe I can try to temper the spiritual treasure, the Golden Dragon Shears, that has lost its spirit, to see if I can give birth to a new spirit in it.

After confirming the huge advantages of strange fire in refining equipment, Gu Mo then began to try the advantages of strange fire in refining pills.

The result naturally surprised Gu Mo very much. Although the ice flame was an ice-attributed flame, it was extremely effective in refining and extracting spiritual materials.

Especially for spiritual materials with ice attributes, ice flame can not only perfectly refine their essence, but also enhance their effects.

This has greatly improved the success rate and quality of subsequent pill refining.

Even if it is not an ice-attributed spiritual material, the effect of ice flame is still powerful, far exceeding ordinary spiritual fire. The only negative improvement is that when tempering fire-attributed spiritual materials, ice flame will destroy the medicinal properties of fire-attributed spiritual materials.

But this is not a big problem. Gu Mo can use a normal torch stump when tempering fire-attribute spiritual materials.

This small shortcoming is almost negligible compared to the improvement in alchemy skills that the ice flame brought to Gu Mo. With the assistance of the ice flame, Gu Mo felt that it would not be long before he could try to refine the gold condensing pill.

After testing the effects of the strange fire on alchemy and refining, Gu Mo prepared for the next experiment, which was cooperation with the Pea Shooter.

Taking out a level 1 nut, Gu Mo placed it in the spiritual field in front. Then, Gu Mo took out a level 1 pea shooter and placed it behind the ice flame stump.

"emission!"

Be prepared, Gu Mo directly ordered the Pea Shooter to attack Nut.

Immediately, an energy pea was spit out and crossed the ice flame stump. In an instant, the energy pea was ignited by the extremely cold ice flame and turned into an ice-blue ice pea.

"boom!"

The ice pea hit the nut accurately, and the nut was frozen in an instant. After a few breaths, the ice broke, and the level 1 nut was also broken.

It is obvious that the power of the level 1 Pea Shooter combined with the Ice Flame Stump is enough to penetrate the defense of the level 1 Nut.

Seeing this, Gu Mo took out a level 3 nut to try. This time, the level 3 nut withstood the attack of the ice pea and did not break, but it was still frozen.

Gu Mo tested the solidity of the ice and was delighted. This was a powerful way to trap the enemy. Although entangled water plants also had the effect of trapping the enemy, entangled water plants could only passively wait for the enemy to approach in the water.

The Pea Shooter and the Ice Flame Stump can actively freeze the enemy, making it difficult for the enemy to escape if hit by this move.

However, every time this ice pea is used, it consumes the power of the ice flame. If it is used too much, it will affect the stability of the ice flame. However, as a means of restricting the enemy, it is enough.

While Gu Mo was busy testing the effects of the Ice Flame Stump, a major event also happened among the sea monsters. This major event was the thousand-year birthday of the Red Sand Monster.

It is said that several big monsters from nearby seas went to celebrate the birthday of the big monster Red Sand. Even many big monsters from more distant seas came. After all, there is a chance that they can become the monster king.

The gathering of many great monsters made the Chisha Sea filled with demonic energy that day. With so many great monsters gathered together, in addition to celebrating the birthday of the Chisha monster, they would naturally talk about some things that had happened recently.

Inevitably, they talked about the Cancer Islands. General Jinzhao was killed and the islands where he lived were occupied by human monks. This matter had been circulating for a long time.

It was just that before, because they were afraid of Gu Mo's strength, those big monsters chose to swallow their anger. Now that so many big monsters have come, some big monsters want to instigate other big monsters to go to the Cancer Islands together and take back that spiritual land.

Most of the demons only supported this verbally. If they really wanted them to kill the enemy all the way to the Cancer Islands, that was out of the question. Many demons knew very well how strong General Jinzhao was. He was definitely the top demon. To be able to kill General Jinzhao, how strong would a human cultivator be?

If these early and middle stage level 3 monsters go over there, they will just be sending themselves to die. Even if there are more of them, who can guarantee that they will not be the ones to die?

"Lord Chisha is here!"

Just as everyone was discussing the affairs of the Cancer Islands, a loud shout was heard, and then, under the gaze of countless great monsters, a beautiful woman in a blue dress, graceful and elegant, appeared.

If it weren't for the scorpion tail that looked like a long whip, proving her identity, some people would have thought she was a beautiful human woman full of mature charm.

"Greetings, Master Chisha!"

Seeing the beautiful woman appear, all the great demons bowed to her. Anyone who knew the great demon Chisha knew that this great demon particularly liked human things, including human etiquette, clothing, and this birthday banquet.

Otherwise, monsters would not have the habit of holding birthday banquets. Therefore, before the big monsters came, they learned some human etiquette to avoid losing face.

"Thank you all for coming to my birthday party." The beautiful woman in blue skirt had a voice as soft as water, which made the great monsters feel a stir in their hearts.

"They are all monsters and demons."

Chisha glanced at the big demon who came to attend her birthday party, her heart filled with disdain. In Chisha's eyes, only the human body was the most perfect thing.

Because, when she was still a little sand scorpion with newly born intelligence in the desert, she had the good fortune to see a fairy bathing. The perfect human body deeply shocked Chisha at that time. At the same time, the water from the fairy's bathing got on Chisha's body.

Her bloodline mutated and she became a water-attributed monster. Later, Chisha left the desert area and came to the water area that was more suitable for her, and then grew up to the present.

But even though she had become a pinnacle demon, the shock she felt from the fairy's perfect Taoist body had not diminished in the slightest. In fact, as her strength increased, Chisha could increasingly appreciate the Taoist essence contained in the fairy's Taoist body.

Unfortunately, Chisha tried several times to transform into the appearance of that fairy, but failed each time. That kind of perfect Taoist body was not something she could replicate.

For this reason, Chisha has been collecting great monsters with human bodies over the years, hoping to learn from them and find the possibility of having a perfect body. The one that Chisha is most satisfied with is Xuanshui Zhenren, a half-monster, because he has half human blood and is the monster closest to a human body in her collection.

"Is Xuanshui here?"

Chisha took her seat and the birthday banquet began. Chisha looked around and did not see Xuanshui Zhenren. She could not help but ask, the other party should not miss her thousand-year birthday.

Cancer Islands.

Gu Mo looked at the storage magic weapon in his hand that he had just cracked, his brows furrowed. This storage magic weapon was brought by Shi Yuwei, and it belonged to the third-level monster fish that attacked the Hongshan Islands.

But at this moment Gu Mo already knew that the strange fish was the Xuanshui Zhenren who had previously tipped him off and told him the information about General Jinzhao. Gu Mo had previously doubted that there were no good people in the world.

Now Gu Mo understood the other party's purpose. He wanted him and General Jin Zha to fight to a draw. Then, he would kidnap the people of the Hongshan Islands and give them as gifts to celebrate the birthday of the Red Sand Demon.

Gu Mo had naturally heard of the name Red Sand Demon. After all, the other party's thousand-year birthday was coming soon. Even if Gu Mo was not sure about the specific combat power of the Red Sand Demon, a demon that had lived for a thousand years could not be a simple character.

And the murdered Xuanshui Zhenren was actually related to the Chisha monster.

I just don't know what position this Master Xuanshui holds in the heart of the Great Red Sand Demon. Will the Great Red Sand Demon come to cause trouble for Master Xuanshui?

If the opponent really comes, Gu Mo doesn't seem to be afraid. Not to mention the quasi-4th-level formation covering the island, even with Gu Mo's current combat power, he is not afraid as long as it is not the Demon King.

"Yuwei!"

Gu Mo said that he was not afraid of the Red Sand Monster, but the other people in the Cancer Islands might not be so afraid. Therefore, Gu Mo asked Shi Yuwei to inform the monks around the island to stay away from them, so as to avoid the Red Sand Monster coming to kill them and affecting them in the battle.

At the same time, it also gives the monks a sense of participation.

"What! The Red Sand Demon might come to kill us!"

The monks who learned the news were soon horrified, and some of the timid ones even ran away overnight. They came to the Cancer Islands to seek refuge, not to take risks.

But more cultivators chose to wait and see. After all, the great immortal Gu Mo had not left yet. As long as this backbone did not leave, the confidence of the Cancer Islands would still be there.

If things really reach the most critical moment, they will choose to run away. As cultivators living in the sea, they have extremely advanced research on how to run away. After all, if they can't run away, how can they escape the pursuit of those big monsters.

As long as that great immortal doesn't collapse at the first blow and can hold back the red sand monster for a while, they can leave safely.

Therefore, there is no need to run away immediately. Besides, another reason why those monks chose to stay is that they all placed alchemy commissions.

Moreover, the Great Immortal has currently stopped accepting new commissions. If they leave now, the commission will be invalidated, and the Great Immortal will no longer accept new alchemy commissions, which means that their possibility of obtaining elixirs will be completely cut off.

For the sake of elixirs, monks are willing to take some risks.

Of course, everyone would not just sit there and wait for death. They used various means to investigate the information about the Red Sand Demon, and soon Gu Mo received a lot of intelligence.

“Free labor is good.”

Gu Mo looked at the information sent by Shi Yuwei and a smile appeared on his lips. Helping to gather intelligence, doesn't it give him a sense of participation?

Gu Mo quickly scanned the information in his hand. It contained very detailed information about the birthday of the great red sand demon, including the demons' discussion on attacking the Cancer Islands.

However, it seemed that the response was mediocre. Finally, a great demon hoped that the Red Sand Demon would take action to recapture the Cancer Islands from the human monks in order to boost morale.

The Red Sand Demon initially ignored this proposal. As a demon that had lived for a thousand years, he would not attack the Cancer Islands just because of a few words of flattery from other demons.

She had hope of entering the realm of the demon king. If she damaged her foundation in a battle with others, and was unable to enter the realm of the demon king, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Unless attacking the Cancer Islands could bring her huge benefits, such as treasures that could help her break through the bottleneck, only in this case would the Red Sand Demon take action.

But in the end, the Red Sand Demon agreed to the matter and prepared to take action against the Cancer Islands.

"It seems that the matter of Master Xuanshui has been exposed." Seeing this, Gu Mo knew that the great red sand demon should have known the news of Master Xuanshui's death, and knew that the person who killed him was in the Cancer Islands.

For the sake of Master Xuanshui, the great demon Chisha was willing to take action, which showed that Master Xuanshui was quite favored.

"That's fine."

Gu Mo put down the information in his hand. Since this battle was unavoidable, he would just take on the next one.

As the news of the Red Sand Demon's attack on the Cancer Islands spread, countless sea monsters cheered, especially those who escaped from the Cancer Islands, who were extremely excited.

Those humans are finally paying the price for their actions.

Meanwhile, in the Cancer Islands, the atmosphere was solemn. The Red Sand Demon's attack this time had put enormous pressure on them. Moreover, the Red Sand Demon would definitely not be the only one coming this time. There would definitely be many other demons accompanying him.

Once the Great Immortal is defeated, those great demons will rush over and it will be a question whether they can escape.

"Everyone, I'll leave first."

Finally, under tremendous pressure, some cultivators chose to leave. Although the Great Immortal's elixir was attractive, their lives were more important.

"I'm leaving first too."

Soon, several more cultivators left. These were basically fake elixir and external elixir cultivators. Their desire for elixirs was not particularly strong. After all, their cultivation had not advanced at all, and their needs for elixirs were only for treatment and to restore spiritual power.

In the end, the only ones left were the Foundation Establishment cultivators and a few Golden Core True Immortals. They could not leave unless the Foundation Establishment cultivators left, as their cultivation was too low and they were unable to cross the sea alone to go to other archipelagos.

As for why the Jindan Zhenren refused to leave, besides their desire for the elixir that aided their cultivation, they also had faith in the Great Zhenren who was on the island. Since the Great Zhenren hadn't left yet, why were they in a hurry?

Moreover, those Jindan Zhenren also had some confidence in their own strength and were sure that they could leave at the last moment.

(End of this chapter)