Gradually, more and more eyes turned to the Wanbaoge cultivators who had also come to watch, causing the shop owners on the commercial street to take a few steps back, as if they wanted to turn around and leave.

A moment later, however, a voice drew people's attention back; it was reading the last paragraph of the inscription:

“There must be other spiritual objects in the Fire Hell; we can try to find them.”

The cultivators focused their spiritual consciousness on the inscription, discussing it amongst themselves, their voices creating a disturbance.

No one could see behind them, but a girl in a white robe slowly retreated, and the deep red flame in her hand quietly extinguished.

Beneath the pristine white hood, Xi Heng's pale red eyes flickered slightly as he hummed a long, drawn-out tune in a nasal tone as he left the Stone Valley Market.

"Next... we just need to observe the outside world from time to time and see if anyone can successfully form their core before the end of the Fire Hell."

"If you have it, follow that person's path; if you don't, it's fine too, since it's just something you do along the way."

As I pondered, my pace naturally quickened.

The jade talisman at his waist flickered slightly, completely concealing his aura.

His figure flashed and disappeared in an instant.

……

A few days later, the light snow mixed with drizzle turned into heavy snow.

The swirling snow blanketed the earth in a thick layer, and the mountains and forests were draped in silver.

Xi Heng sat on a recliner at the entrance of the cave, casually glancing at the familiar outside world, his right hand slightly raised.

Black mist rose, and deep red flames of resentment ignited from it.

Slowly, some images appeared in the flames, which were what those who were tainted by the flames saw when she had secretly spread the flames of resentment among the crowd.

Her occasional investigations over the past few days have made her aware of the Fire Prison's attitude towards the fake elixir stele.

It seems that the Pure Fire Sect, Wanbao Pavilion, and Seven Sects Alliance have now colluded to declare that the fake alchemy method recorded on this stone tablet is a fabrication by someone with ulterior motives and is absolutely not genuine. They urge cultivators not to try it, otherwise they will bear the consequences of going astray.

"It's probably just to stabilize the situation," Xi Heng guessed.

After all, the Foundation Establishment peak cultivators in the Fire Hell were all their own people from the higher-ups, and other outsiders would not and had no right to use the fake core cultivation method she spread.

Therefore, there is no need to refute their statements. I believe that before long, someone in the upper echelons of Hell will make some attempts.

After all, they were all at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and they all knew that the Fire Prison was gradually weakening and wouldn't last much longer.

Xi Heng suddenly clasped his right hands together, and the scene revealed by the resentful fire vanished in an instant.

The sounds that could be heard disappeared, leaving only the sound of wind and snow outside the cave.

The girl relaxed and lay back in the chair, and after watching the scenery for a while, daytime turned into night.

……

He then went into seclusion for a year of spiritual practice.

As the seasons change, the heavy snow arrived earlier this year than last year.

Xi Heng remembered that in his previous life, at this time, he should still be living with Chen Fenghuo in the courtyard of Jinghuo Bendu.

Without her guidance in this life, the other party probably won't be able to find the Fire Hell.

However, given that guy's luck and opportunities, he might have some other fortuitous encounters, and perhaps even reach another realm...

Lost in thought, Xi Heng shook his head and smiled faintly, imagining:

"If I can't find other realms on my own, perhaps I can find them by secretly lurking around Chen Fenghuo?"

She slowly dismounted from her meditation posture, stood up, and swept a patch of resentful fire forward, using the imagery to investigate recent news from the outside world.

When the three major organizations of the Fire Hell jointly declared that the method of creating fake pills was false and not genuine, most ordinary cultivators did not believe it.

Those cultivators from Shigufang who had personally seen the stone tablet were even more convinced that the fake alchemy was genuine.

Many people are paying attention to the news about several Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, speculating which one of them will be the first to achieve the False Core stage.

Although no one has truly advanced yet, six of the eight Foundation Establishment peak cultivators have already begun seclusion, no longer concerning themselves with external affairs.

The tense situation that had arisen from the Seven Sects Alliance's vigorous search for fake alchemy techniques gradually subsided, and the Fire Prison's higher-ups shifted from one competition to another.

"It won't be long before someone starts trying it," Xi Heng speculated.

"Whenever I have free time and see a celestial phenomenon of ascension, I'll just go closer and observe it."

The girl extinguished the resentment that had spread in front of her and turned her attention back to her own business.

Through introspection, she discovered that the spiritual energy within her body had been condensed sufficiently, and she would soon be able to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

He first relaxed his mind, and then three days later sat cross-legged on the futon again, gathering his essence, energy, and spirit, and sensing the natural flow of spiritual energy within his body.

After waiting quietly for a long time, until one's strength is complete and one's spirit is in harmony, one then begins to condense one's Qi and break through.

The cave was quiet, with only the slight murmur of the stream flowing through it.

The girl sat upright like a jade statue, with only her hair and smooth clothes moving slightly with the air.

After a long time, a spark of light spontaneously condensed in the air, swirling around him like a firefly.

The fleeting blue-green lights multiplied over time, making the cave resemble a starry night.

The light spots flow in a regular pattern, either in the opposite or forward direction.

They first expand, and then seem to contract inward as if subjected to an increasingly stronger gravitational pull.

During the retraction, the spiritual light circulated faster and faster, finally landing on Xi Heng's body as if it had crashed into him.

The spiritual light seeped into the skin, rushed into the meridians, and compressed the dantian.

Drops of liquid spiritual energy rapidly converged, continuing even after reaching the current limit of the dantian's capacity.

The spiritual energy spontaneously rushed into the meridians, only to be forcefully suppressed by Xi Heng.

The originally smoothly flowing vortex of spiritual energy accelerated, gathering and compressing a large amount of surging spiritual energy.

As more and more spiritual energy swirled in the vortex, the dantian expanded slightly, much like a fruit growing.

A drop of liquid spiritual energy, several times more refined, slowly formed.

Xi Heng could tell that the concentration of this drop of liquid spiritual energy was higher than that of the previous five drops.

The vortex continued to spin, continuously condensing twenty-five new drops of liquid spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy is replenished and begins to circulate throughout the body, nourishing the body and mind repeatedly.

Three more months passed.

In late spring, the girl slowly opened her eyes, and the redness in her eyes disappeared again, replaced by a clear and pure blue color like spiritual energy.

"Mid-Foundation Establishment stage..."

Xi Heng raised her finger, and a glimmer of light floated in front of her, forming a spiritual mirror that reflected her current appearance.

"On the surface, apart from the added intelligence in her eyes, she is not much different from before."

"It seems that my mental energy, physical strength and stamina have doubled."

She scratched her hands, feeling her movements become increasingly relaxed and natural.

The 'delay' that is inherent between the mind and the body and is difficult for ordinary people to perceive almost completely disappears after reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Xi Heng twirled his fingers, and a gentle breeze immediately formed around him, causing strands of hair to drift away.

"The external forces have also become much smoother with the advancement, probably due to the amplification brought by the power of the mind," she muttered to herself.

“Every advancement on the path of cultivation is a comprehensive boost… much more average than the enhancement brought by the last martial arts breakthrough.”

It's like all attributes were increased by ten points at once.

Xi Heng got up and left the cultivation place, heading to the outside of the cave to test his moves.

However, after only a few sword cries as he raised his sword, he stopped temporarily due to the overwhelming momentum.

She didn't want to get carried away while practicing her sword and accidentally cut the hill behind her in half with a single stroke, causing a sensation and losing her newly built cave dwelling.

Xi Heng shook her head; she felt that the Fire Hell was becoming increasingly intolerant of her.

"Perhaps it's time to look for information on other realms... Hmm, let's put it off for later."

Once I advance to the False Core stage and possess the combat power to completely overwhelm the cultivators of this realm, I believe that everything I do will be much easier.

After making up his mind, Xi Heng stepped onto the air steps and returned to his cave to rest, while also boiling water to make tea.

As he swirled the teacup containing two brown sugar cubes, he lightly waved his right hand forward, and the flames of resentment formed a barrier, peering out at the outside world.

On the deep red, fiery surface, numerous images flow naturally.

Some of these are memories that have left a deep impression on people whose hearts have been consumed by resentment in recent years, while others are what they have seen and heard recently.

After listening for a few minutes while holding his teacup, Xi Heng narrowed his eyes and pointed to one of the images in his memory.

The image then expanded to occupy the main page.

The scene depicted is a very clear depiction of the spiritual tides.

The surrounding spiritual energy condensed into blue wisps that appeared like waves crashing in the same direction.

The wind also formed a vortex, drawing in objects that possessed spiritual energy.

"Ascension to the Celestial Phenomenon..." the girl murmured.

The clouds in the sky twisted and the thunder rumbled, but no real lightning struck.

The trees bowed in that direction, and the birds and beasts scattered and flew away.

Many cultivators and the person who remembered the memory who were near this place could faintly hear the words "fake pill" being uttered in surprise.

But just as they abandoned their work and approached the direction from which the spiritual energy tide was heading, all the wonders suddenly ceased as if an illusion had vanished.

A loud roar erupted in the distance, and then only the sound of the wind scattering past my ears.

By the time the cultivators dared to go there, all that remained in the wilderness was a deep pit, nothing else...

That's all the information that ordinary people can hear. However, Xi Heng still has other spies he can use.

She switched the scene depicted by the vengeful fire to the monks within the Pure Fire Cult.

Two days later, the Pure Fire Sect suddenly launched a grand ceremony open only to its members, throwing one of the four guardian angels who had died under mysterious circumstances into the Pure Fire.

Xi Heng looked at these scenes several times, tapping his cheek as he pondered silently:

"Did this person try the method of creating a fake elixir, but died due to the failure of the advancement? Or was there something else going on along the way?"

"However, in any case, the fact that it can trigger the celestial phenomenon of advancement has already proven that the foundation of this pseudo-elixir method is not wrong. It's just that the success rate may be a bit lower... and the side effects of failure are also greater."

Generally speaking, even if a cultivator fails to advance, they can survive for a long time and should not die directly.

"Was it an accident? Or a flaw in the method of creating a fake elixir?" Xi Heng couldn't guess.

However, other cultivators will inevitably advance in the future; let's see if they live or die.

The girl finished her sweetened tea, then took a fasting pill and continued her cultivation.

……

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Volume 1: Chapter 249, The Sudden Demise of Crimson Flame

In the summer of the ninth year of the save file, in a hidden cave outside the Fire Hell Stone Valley Market.

Xi Heng swallowed another Bigu Pill and casually tossed the porcelain bottle containing the pill back onto the table.

To this day, the table is covered with these white porcelain medicine bottles.

"I never expected that the lychee-flavored fasting pills would taste the best," she muttered to herself.

She had thought that the lychee-flavored pills would be dry because they lacked the natural moisture of lychees.

However, this flavor of Bigu Dan actually has the richest aroma, a long-lasting fragrance, and is not cloyingly sweet.

It is often said that the finest desserts are not sweet, and lychee-flavored fasting pills are probably considered a top-quality dessert.

"Unfortunately, this flavor is produced in limited quantities; the store only keeps two or three small bottles on hand."

"If I find an opportunity later, I'll also get the Bigu Pill formula from the Pill Shop," Xi Heng quietly decided.

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