God-Slaying Blade

"Hey, Xiao Jue, you've got some assets!"

From within the God-Slaying Blade came Liu Qingxue's teasing laughter.

Qin Jue's face flushed, and he coughed lightly, saying, "Sister Qingxue, I'm working my butt off right now. Could you perhaps shift your focus a little higher?"

"Hehe, then you do your best, I'll just watch quietly and won't bother you anymore."

"..."

Qin Jue was speechless. Having such a shameless sister was just too much for him...

Boom boom—

The golden flames emanating from the earth's core, which were held in the air in front of his chest, continuously surged with layers of heat waves, rushing towards Qin Jue's body.

Layers of spiritual energy grew from the inside out, resisting the waves of fire.

This kind of resistance requires neither allowing the flames to burn oneself nor completely isolating oneself from the heat. Otherwise, the effect of gradually adapting to the high temperature would not be achieved.

Furthermore, he had to gradually remove his spiritual energy defenses, allowing his body to be exposed to increasingly intense high temperatures.

While others are being slowly boiled like frogs in lukewarm water, Qin Jue is being slowly roasted over a low flame...

Although there are countless great opportunities and great fortunes in this world, it is not easy to seize them.

Only those with unwavering will and exceptional strength can win it.

If Yang Qing had rushed over just now, trying to hastily subdue the Earth Core Golden Flame, even if he had prepared a bottle of Azure Cold Pill, he would surely have turned into a pile of ashes by now.

With ordinary internal energy, it is impossible to defend against the first wave of heat impact from the Earth Fire Golden Flame!

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past three days, Zhao Qingmeng and Bai Lang have been waiting anxiously outside.

"Dabai, you stay outside and keep watch. I'll go in and see what's going on!" Zhao Qingmeng said in a deep voice.

"Awoo."

Da Bai bit Zhao Qingmeng's skirt, signaling her not to go in and disturb Qin Jue.

It has a soul bond with Qin Jue and knows that Qin Jue is not in any danger.

Zhao Qingmeng said, "I have to go in and take a look, otherwise I won't feel at ease. Don't worry, I'll just take a look from afar, and as soon as I see he's alright, I'll come out immediately."

Seeing that Zhao Qingmeng was determined, Da Bai finally relented.

Zhao Qingmeng hurriedly rushed into the stone cave...

Over the past three days, Qin Jue has gone from enduring immense suffering to gradually adapting to the terrifying temperature of the Earth Core Golden Flame.

At this moment, he could already embrace the golden flames from the earth's core into his chest, pressing his body against them.

His muscles and flesh looked incredibly red, like a red-hot human-shaped branding iron, radiating extreme heat.

If it were a mortal, it would have been roasted until it was oozing oil like a roast duck.

However, the wonder of the spirit body is that it can use spiritual power to protect the flesh and bones of the whole body. Although the temperature inside his body is extremely high at this moment, as if it is burning, it is still full of powerful life force.

Moreover, after being roasted, Qin Jue's flesh and blood became even stronger.

The blood-refining power within his body seemed to have been activated, unleashing a stronger sense of vitality and power.

Qin Jue had a feeling that, even without using a single trace of spiritual power, he could easily smash the head of someone of the same cultivation level with a single punch...

In short, after embracing the fire for three days, he now feels exceptionally good.

However, he didn't notice that behind the lava pool, there was a pair of eyes staring wide-eyed!

Then, the person quickly covered their eyes, turned around, and ran away...

"what!"

As Zhao Qingmeng covered her eyes and fled, she tripped over a stone and fell to the ground, her knees hitting the hot, hard rock, and she cried out in pain.

Qin Jue turned his head in astonishment, looking at Zhao Qingmeng in the distance, her shapely backside facing him...

He quickly turned his head back.

As long as he doesn't ask any questions, neither of them should feel too awkward...

Zhao Qingmeng realized that her screams had given her away, so she quickly got up and continued running outside...

"Tsk tsk, you seemed to have perked up a little just now," Liu Qingxue said with a mischievous smile.

"No! I'm about to melt the fire, Sister Qingxue, please don't distract me at this crucial moment." Qin Jue said angrily, opened his mouth wide, and suddenly inhaled the golden flames at the earth's core!

boom--

A burst of spiritual power erupted from Qin Jue's mouth, transforming into a powerful suction force that turned the ball of golden flames from the earth's core into a thin stream of fire, which he then swallowed into his mouth!

"hiss--"

"It's fucking hot!"

Qin Jue roared inwardly, his eyes widened like copper bells, and all the meridians in his body swelled up.

"Heaven-Devouring Melting Fire!"

"Refine it for me!"

Between their hands, finger prints flew!

Within his body, the seemingly weak spiritual energy flow had transformed into countless gaseous dragons, frantically devouring the Earth Core Golden Flame Stream that had entered his stomach!

Although the spiritual energy in the Spirit Stream Realm appears weak, it is actually the result of extreme condensation.

Once it expands, it is like ice turning into mist, and it can be magnificent.

Although Qin Jue's spiritual power was formidable, the Earth Core Golden Flame was a spiritual fire of heaven and earth, so it was not so easy to be devoured.

Spirit Chase, Fire Escape...

Qin Jue grinned, his expression complex, his hands moving with unwavering focus...

He vowed that even if a heavenly fire begged him to subdue it in the future, he would refuse it!

Let whoever wants to suffer endure this pain...

In the blink of an eye, another day has passed.

Bald Jue has finally put on new clothes.

At this moment, a small ball of dark golden flame was suspended in his dantian, radiating warmth.

Once the Earth Core Golden Flame is successfully refined and subdued, its high temperature can be contained. When it leaves the body, it will unleash its high temperature again. It can be used in furnaces and cauldrons to refine pills and forge weapons, or it can be used to burn people!

"Phew. I finally feel like a normal person again." Qin Jue touched his nose and chuckled.

Liu Qingxue teased, "Hehe, you looked so shiny and oily earlier, it made me crave roast duck... for a moment..."

Qin Jue's face twitched. He hoped that the roast duck Qingxue was talking about was the real roast duck...

"We only have a little over a day left for our journey to the secret realm. I need to hurry out and find some other rare and precious materials," Qin Jue said with a smile.

Liu Qingxue said with a mischievous smile, "The other people in the secret realm must have pretty good collections by now."

Qin Jue smiled faintly, "I didn't intend to rob them, but if they insist on coming to me, I wouldn't mind taking their storage rings."

"Hehe, don't rush off, there's something good here!" Liu Qingxue reminded him as Qin Jue was about to leap off the black stone platform.

Qin Jue exclaimed in surprise, "It's completely bare here, there's nothing on it at all!"

"Although the top is bare, there are two red berries hanging down below! They're hidden behind the stone pillar; you'll see them when you go over," Liu Qingxue said with a smile.

Qin Jue pretended not to understand anything and walked towards the back of the stone pillar.

He looked down and saw that there really was a strange, small, crimson tree growing a little below the edge of the stone pillar.

This small, reddish tree was only about a foot tall.

The shrub has only two branches, and on each branch are two bright red leaves and a red fruit the size of a duck egg!

"Sister Qingxue, what kind of fruit is this? What are its effects?" Qin Jue asked in surprise.

"This is the Fire Phoenix Fruit, a spiritual fruit born from the combination of phoenix blood essence and lava essence. It contains extremely pure fire spirit power and can be consumed directly."

As for its effects, it can not only greatly strengthen the physical body, refine internal energy and spiritual power, but also improve cultivation level. There's even a chance to imbue one's power with fire spirit energy, greatly increasing combat strength. Of course, for you, it only has the effect of improving cultivation level. But your sister-in-law and Da Bai have been guarding outside for five days, you should at least share some of the benefits with them.” Liu Qingxue smiled.

Qin Jue laughed and said, "Sister Qingxue is absolutely right. Just because she is my sister-in-law doesn't mean I should take her protection for granted."

"Exactly. Besides, you've offended their eyes, so you should make it up to them, shouldn't you?"

"Sister Qingxue, can we not talk about things that shouldn't be mentioned...?"

"Hehehe... How could I not mention it, sister? You've offended my eyes too, so I have to make it up to you!"

"Hmph, I see you're enjoying watching!"

"Nonsense, how can you get any pleasure just by watching?"

"Sister Qingxue, you should go and stay in your storage ring!"

Qin Jue waved his hand and quickly put the God-Slaying Blade into his storage ring.

He was starting to feel overwhelmed by Liu Qingxue's outrageous and suggestive remarks.