Martial Arts Longevity Begins with the Equipment Slot

Chapter 105 Holy Fire King, Relics of the Flame God

Chen Yu remained silent for a moment.

I'm not in good shape right now, so I can't act rashly.

Even though the other person looks intimidating, you should still try your best to communicate.

"Your name is Chen Yu, and who are you?"

"Thump!"

The old woman gently tapped the silver staff with the snake's head on the ground.

"Nahida ibn Abbas".

She announced her name in a tone that had a slight upward inflection at the end.

"Polis, one of the four Dharma Kings of the Holy Fire Cult, the Xuanming Dharma King."

Nashida paused, then added.

"In your Daliang, you can just call me Naxida. Of course, if you find that too difficult to pronounce, you can call me Granny Na."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu showed no expression on his face, but many thoughts surged through his mind.

This old lady is actually a member of the Holy Fire Cult!

He is a high-ranking and powerful Dharma King!

The red label for "Druger" did not appear, so what she said is true!

Why would she travel so far to the foot of this desolate mountain?

Why is it such a coincidence that I met people from the Holy Fire Cult here?

Although he had many questions in his mind, Chen Yu remained calm and simply nodded slightly.

"Grandma Na, how long have you been at Niutou Mountain?"

Nahida did not answer directly.

She walked up to Chen Yu and stood in front of him, tilting her head back to examine him carefully.

Those golden-green eyes lingered on his face for a while before slowly moving down.

Her expression grew increasingly focused and solemn, and an incredulous light gradually appeared in her eyes.

"wrong."

Nashida muttered to herself, contradicting her earlier judgment.

"No, no, no, what did you just use? It wasn't some kind of martial art, nor was it a demonic transformation. What was it?"

Nashida took a half step back in surprise.

"Family of God?"

The silver staff with the snake's head was held horizontally in front of him, with the silver snake on the staff head pointing directly at Chen Yu's brow.

From that moment on, her expression changed from scrutiny to an almost solemn solemnity.

After confirming it several times, Nashida took a deep breath, pressed her right hand against the flame emblem on her left chest, and bowed slightly to Chen Yu.

"Your Excellency, you are blessed by Ahura Hamiqi!"

Chen Yu gripped the hilt of his knife, unsure how to respond.

He was indeed equipped with the Ahura statue.

Nashida's sharp insight only aroused his wariness.

"Grandma Na, you must be mistaken."

"No, I have served the sacred flame for seventy-nine years and have never misjudged it once."

Nashida raised her eyes, her tone becoming more solemn.

"The aura emanating from you is exactly the same as that of the Supreme God Walkers described in the scriptures!"

"Child, you don't have to tell me your real name, but I presume I already know your identity."

Her voice gradually softened, as if afraid of disturbing something.

"Am I one of the three holy sons of my sect?"

The "Druger" red label did not appear, and Nashida has been telling the truth all along.

Chen Yu understood now.

It must be the Ahura statue that I equipped that has unleashed its power.

This caused even the dignified Dharma King of the Holy Fire Sect to have some misconceptions.

He remained expressionless, neither confirming nor denying, and simply gave her a slight nod.

"Grandma Na, what did you say you came to this mountain for?"

Actually, Nashida didn't say anything just now.

Chen Yu deliberately asked this leading question to facilitate the judgment of the "wise judgment".

Nashida's eyes flashed, and a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.

Instead of getting the answer I wanted, I was stumped by the other person's question.

"hey-hey!"

She straightened up, and the silver staff with the snake's head tapped lightly on the ground.

She quickly reverted to her previous elegant and composed old-fashioned Polis woman demeanor.

"For the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus! Those nouveau riche merchants who run trading companies only know how to pick it and consume it directly, what a waste!"

She curled her lip, her tone full of disdain for the Huang family.

"The Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus is a supreme treasure of the fire attribute. When tempered with the Profound Nether True Fire, it can be refined into the Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill. One pill can triple the purity of the inner energy of the flame!"

"The third young master of the Huang family used the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus to break through to the Inner Qi Realm, which is like stewing pig's trotters with a hundred-year-old ginseng. It's not impossible, but it's too wasteful."

At this point, Nashida suddenly took a half-step closer, looking rather mysterious.

"I have already found the roots of the fire lotus."

"It grows on the fire vein deepest within this ruin; the calyx has split open, and it will bloom by midnight at the latest tonight."

"But flowers alone are not enough. To refine the Fire Lotus Elixir, you need fire, a very special kind of fire."

"The sacred texts of the Holy Fire Cult record that the ancient Flame God left behind a sacred fire in the Eastern Continent, which can help the Fire Lotus Elixir be formed."

"I followed the 'Illustrated Treatise on Earthly Fire' all the way from Liangzhou, and it took me three years to confirm that this site was the burial place of the sacred fire of the Yan God."

"Tonight at midnight, the fire veins will converge, and the sacred flame will erupt from the ground for fifteen minutes. Picking flowers and obtaining fire must be done simultaneously; neglecting either will render all our efforts futile!"

The "Druger" red label still hasn't appeared.

Nashida's statement was not a lie.

Even so, Chen Yu always felt that she was hiding some secrets.

"Child, I have told you the secrets of the flower and the fire, but you still haven't answered my question: Are you truly the Holy Son?"

Chen Yu remained silent for a moment, then asked in a calm and unhurried manner.

"Grandma Na, you just said that the sacred fire of the ancient Flame God is buried beneath these ruins. If the sacred fire is here, what is the relationship between the Flame God and the Sacred Fire Cult? Why would someone like you, a Polis person, come all the way to the Eastern Continent to look for the Flame God's ruins?"

Nahida's eyes lit up.

This is exactly the question she's been waiting for.

"Good question."

Nashida turned around, leaning on her silver serpent-headed staff, and walked to the stone pillar in the center of the stone hall, which was covered with reliefs.

The blue flames illuminated the ancient and rugged patterns on the stone pillars.

Triangles nested within triangles, rhombuses stacked upon rhombuses.

Under the light and shadow, it presents a sense of order that is so regular as to be unsettling.

"The Sacred Flame Cult does not worship the flame itself, but the truth behind the flame, namely Ahura Hamiqi, the God of the Most Good, the Lord of Light."

She gently tapped the tip of her staff on a snake-like pattern on the stone pillar, the pattern coiled around a ball of flame.

"This stone hall is one of the altars set up by the Flame God in the Central Plains. The Flame God is an ancient deity of your Eastern Continent, while the supreme god worshipped by our Holy Fire Sect is the God of Light. Flame and light, and their authority, are inherently connected."

"The old scholars in the Vatican have been arguing about it for hundreds of years. Some say it's two gods, others say it's the same god manifesting in different forms, but no one can say for sure."

"In the end, the gods are in the upper realm, and what we mortals can see is only a very small part of their authority."

She turned her head to look at Chen Yu, her eyes filled with genuine anticipation.

"But in any case, the Flame God and the Holy Fire Cult have a very deep connection."

"The stone in the niche is a residual catalyst from ancient fire-refining techniques, called Crimson Marrow Stone." The fire monkey you saw earlier cultivated for nearly a hundred years using the fiery essence emitted by this stone.

"The triangular and rhomboid patterns on the stone wall are fire patterns left by the ancient people during their sacrifices, and those eye totems are their prayers to the fire god for his attention."

Nashida suddenly stopped and turned around to face Chen Yu.

His golden-green eyes gleamed with an almost fanatical light under the blue flames.

"You've been standing in this stone hall for so long, and the crimson eye totem on the stone pillar has been watching you the whole time."

"The totems of the Flame God Altar never easily look at mortals. I've been in this hall for almost half a month, and those eyes haven't looked at me once. But they've been watching you since the first day you came in."

Chen Yu did not respond.

He could vaguely guess what Nashida was implying.

But he never commented on these supernatural matters.

They are more concerned with the most practical issues at hand.

Nashida seemed to have seen through his thoughts.

Her tone suddenly became extremely serious, and all her previous cunning and probing disappeared.

"I'll make a deal with you. You open a door for me, and I'll pick flowers and refine pills for you."

[Judgment of Good Thoughts] Passed. Nashida genuinely wanted to make the deal.

Chen Yu had to admit that he was truly tempted.

With such potent effects, anyone would want the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus.

Since Nashida genuinely proposed cooperation, he certainly had no reason to refuse.

Nashida pointed to the deepest part of the stone temple, to an area painted deep red.

"Behind this stone gate lies the burial site of the sacred fire of the Yan God."

"My Xuanming Fire branched off from the Sacred Fire Origin, and after thousands of years of inheritance, it has been diluted countless times."

She paused, a frank longing flashing in her golden-green eyes.

"If I can draw upon the power of the Sacred Flame of the Flame God, my Dark Nether Flame might be able to return to its peak."

"Unfortunately, I can't open the door; I need your help."

"Why can't I open it?" Chen Yu asked.

Nashida waved her hand, and the light of blue flames illuminated the darkness deep within the stone palace, where reliefs were densely packed.

A narrow stone gate was faintly visible in the darkness.

On either side of the stone gate is a huge concentric circle eye totem carved on it.

"This door is protected by the Flame God's seal. The fire monkeys outside have lingered here for decades, not daring to approach it."

"I tried using the Xuanming Fire to burn it, and burned it for three whole days, but it didn't budge at all."

"But you are different. When you came in, the crimson eye totem on the door lit up. Although you haven't actually tried to touch it yet, I believe it won't refuse you."

Chen Yu looked at the stone door.

Two huge concentric eyes were silently watching him.

The red marrow stone in his eye sockets flickered between light and shadow, radiating an almost inviting gaze.

Chen Yu could indeed feel a strange pull.

Although the reason is unknown.

But he had this feeling from the first time he stepped into the stone hall.

Chen Yu observed for a moment, then turned his gaze away from the stone gate and nodded.

"I'll accept this deal. I can open the door for you, but the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus must be mine."

Nashida's face broke into a satisfied smile.

"Great! It's settled then!"

"At midnight, the fire veins converge, and the sacred fire can only be emitted for a maximum of fifteen minutes. Picking flowers and opening the door must be completed on the same night."

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"I'll go prepare the medicine furnace and fire-starting utensils first. You should rest for a while and let your arm recover."

Soon, midnight will arrive.

Above the fire vein deep within the stone palace, a strange plant, half a person's height, is quietly growing.

Pale red mist seeped continuously from the crevices in the rocks surrounding the stone platform.

This is a sign that the essence of earth fire is seeping up from the depths of the earth.

From a distance, Chen Yu could see that the plant was entirely crimson.

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The stem is translucent, with a fiery light flowing up and down between the veins.

There are nine leaves in total, layered and clustered around the flower bud at the top that is about to bloom.

The flower bud is about the size of a fist.

The calyx has split open into three fine slits, revealing an extremely bright golden-red light.

Nashida closed her eyes and sat cross-legged three steps in front of the stone platform.

The pale blue light of the Dark Netherfire slowly swirled around her, intertwining with the crimson light emanating from the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus on the stone platform.

"It's coming."

Nashida said in a low voice.

boom!

The stone ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled slightly.

The pale red underground fire mist suddenly thickened.

Soon, the entire stone hall was bathed in a dark red light.

"Snap!"

The calyx of the nine-petaled fire lotus splits open completely amidst the pulsation.

The nine petals begin to unfold outwards one by one.

When the first petal opened, a tiny golden flame spilled out from the flower's stamen.

The flame was only the size of a fingernail, yet it was so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it.

The third, the fourth, and the fifth film.

When the ninth petal fully unfolded, golden light shot into the sky.

Nashida opened her eyes and formed a complex hand seal with her hands.

The blue light of the Dark Flame flowed rapidly around her fingertips.

"Ahura Hamiqi, Lord of Light, please allow me to take this sacred flower that has been lost to the world."

She prayed softly, her voice devout and solemn.

The Xuanming Fire condensed into an extremely thin layer of blue ice flame gloves in his palm.

With five fingers slowly probing in, the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus was successfully extracted.

Then, Nashida carefully placed the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus into the medicine furnace.

"Ordinary flames cannot refine the Nine-Leaf Fire Lotus."

Her voice carried a hint of barely suppressed excitement.

"Even if the Huang family picks the flowers, they can only chew the petals raw, wasting most of the medicinal power. But we are different; we have the help of the sacred fire!"

She raised her hand and gestured towards the stone door behind her.

Chen Yu was already standing in front of the stone gate.

The two enormous crimson totems shone brightly under the influence of the earth fire.

The red marrow stone embedded in his eye sockets shimmered intensely.

"Quick! Push it away!"

Nashida's voice came from behind.

Chen Yu took a deep breath, and his bones resonated in a low, tiger-like roar.

Push your palm forward forcefully.

The door slowly slid open to both sides along the crack.

Beyond the stone gate, a pure, breathtaking crimson-gold flame erupted from the ground.

Flames shot straight up along the passageway behind the door, illuminating the entire stone hall as if it were daytime.

"The Sacred Flame of the Flame!"

Nashida stood up, held the silver medicine furnace out to the sides, and walked toward the light of the sacred fire.

Her steps were solemn and slow, and with each step she took, the Xuanming Fire swirled around her.

Blue and gold light intertwined and entwined.

Two flames, one yin and one yang, spun wildly in the medicine furnace.

A moment later, the stove lid popped open.

A pill with nine flowing golden lines lay quietly at the bottom of the furnace.

It was a perfect Nine-Turn Fire Lotus Pill.

Refined with the dual sacred fires of Yin and Yang, its medicinal power can be dozens of times greater than before!

"I have refined at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, pills in my life, and this one is the best pill I have ever refined."

Exhausted and covered in sweat, Nashida carefully took the pill out of the furnace, turned around and walked to Chen Yu.

"Eat it while it's hot, and use any spare time to practice. Don't waste the medicine's effects!"

Chen Yu put the pill into his mouth.

The medicinal power, like a scalding torrent, rushed straight to the dantian along the Ren meridian, exploding within the body.

Deep within the dantian, a wisp of golden flame slowly condensed in the blood and qi.

First, there was a faint light, then it unfolded into nine golden petals.

The blood and qi immediately become warm and moist like the spring sun, carrying a vitality that is ready to be unleashed.

"So comfortable!"

Chen Yu felt that his body had recovered to its peak condition, and was even improving.