Chapter 532 Fire Palace

Yuan Ming walked towards the basin quickly with doubts in his heart.

Not long after, he came to the basin. His soul consciousness swept around and found no array or other traps. The surrounding stone pillars were the same as other places. The red fog filled with fire poison was still thick, and even the spiritual energy here felt almost the same as other places.

Except for the lush spiritual grass, this place seemed to be no different from other places.

"It's really strange."

Yuan Ming pondered and sighed, suppressing his doubts in his heart, and planned to dig out all the blooming golden sunflowers growing here first.

But just as he started digging, he suddenly found that the soil here was more spiritual than other places, and it was not only fire spiritual energy, but all five elements spiritual energy.

That is, only fire spiritual grass grows in the stone forest. Otherwise, even if water spiritual grass is planted here, the growth may not be bad if the external environment remains unchanged.

Yuan Ming realized this and immediately controlled the first soul and probed his consciousness underground.

After a moment, his eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to the center of the basin and started digging.

Soon, a fist-sized ball of different-colored mud appeared in the brown soil. The mud ball was covered with five different colors of light. As soon as the ordinary soil covering it was swept away, the five elements of spiritual energy emanated from it. The spiritual grass around seemed to be affected. The golden sunflower, which had originally closed its buds, also slowly opened a petal.

"Five elements and five colors, spiritual grass grows, could this be the legendary five-color breath soil?"

Yuan Ming was extremely surprised. According to the legend, the five-color breath soil can change the geology within a certain range and accelerate the growth of spiritual grass. If the amount is enough, it can even make the hundred-year-old spiritual grass grow in one year. It's a pity that the small ball in Yuan Ming's hand is probably not so magical.

Even so, Yuan Ming was already satisfied. After carefully collecting this small ball of five-color breath soil, he used the soul-dividing consciousness to search the basin inside and out again. After confirming that there was nothing missing, he left.

In the following time, Yuan Ming tried to search for other spiritual herbs or treasures, but it seemed that he had used up all his luck in finding the five-color soil. In the following time, Yuan Ming did not even find a blooming golden sunflower, let alone other spiritual herbs.

Yuan Ming left the stone forest with some regrets and began to rush back, but he did not find Yan Xiang and Lei He on the road.

Due to the time limit of a quarter of an hour, he naturally could not delay too much. After waiting for a while and still without results, he returned to the village on his own.

In the wooden building, Zhao Gui was still sitting and drinking tea. Seeing Yuan Ming return safely, a little smile suddenly appeared on his old face.

"Oh, you're back? Your speed is much faster than I expected, but I don't know if you found the golden sunflower I wanted?"

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission." Yuan Ming said, and put all the golden sunflowers he picked on the table.

"One, two... Hey, you can bring back ten, not bad, really good!" Zhao Gui counted the number of golden sunflowers and showed a happy expression.

"It's good to satisfy you." Yuan Ming bowed his hands.

Hearing this, Zhao Gui laughed twice: "Haha, it's hard for you to find so many blooming golden sunflowers, but we agreed before that as long as you bring back three blooming golden sunflowers, I will give you the way to leave the peach forest. Now that I have said it, I will naturally not change my mind at the last minute."

Zhao Gui said, his right hand swept across the wooden table, put the three golden sunflowers into the bag, and then he stood up, pinched his fingers, and cast another spell on Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming immediately felt an inexplicable force entering his body, and this time the feeling was much clearer than the last time.

"The spell just now can last for a day and a night. With it, you can easily cross the peach forest." Zhao Gui sat back in his original position and said with a smile.

Yuan Ming smiled, looked at the remaining golden sunflowers, and took the initiative to say: "The remaining golden sunflowers are the reward for the tea you gave me before. Please accept them."

Although Lei He had tactfully suggested that the extra golden sunflowers be given to Yan Xiang, he did not agree. Secondly, he had no obligation to worry about Yan Xiang, and Yan Xiang had always been hostile to him.

On the contrary, Zhao Gui in front of him had been quite nice to him since the beginning of their meeting, so he was naturally more willing to return the favor.

However, Zhao Gui was silent for a moment and said: "The value of these seven golden sunflowers is much higher than my cup of tea. I won't take advantage of you in vain. This Qinggui straw hat is made of Qinggui branches and is woven by me. Wearing it on your head can resist the burning sun, which is enough to match your seven golden sunflowers."

As he said this, his right hand swept across the table again, and all the golden sunflowers on the table disappeared, replaced by a straw hat woven from blue-black branches.

Yuan Ming picked up the straw hat and immediately felt a cool feeling coming from his hands. The air around him seemed to become much cooler.

He was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to Zhao Gui to thank him: "Thank you for the treasure."

"What treasure or not? You give me the golden sunflower and I give you the straw hat. It's an equal transaction." Zhao Gui said.

As he spoke, the smile on his face slowly disappeared and his expression gradually became stiff.

"Senior, is there a problem with these golden sunflowers?" Yuan Ming asked when he saw this.

"No, since you have already got what you want, leave quickly!" Zhao Gui suddenly said in a cold tone.

Yuan Ming didn't understand why. The two of them were just chatting well, why did Zhao Gui suddenly change his attitude.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the wooden building. Lei He and Yan Xiang hurried into the building, both looking a little embarrassed, but there were no injuries on their bodies.

They looked up and saw Yuan Ming sitting in the room. Yan Xiang immediately snorted, a trace of displeasure flashed across his face, while Lei He forced a smile, and then fell into a low tone, seemingly in a bad mood.

Zhao Gui stopped when he saw the two of them coming back, and asked in a cold tone: "Have you two got together the golden sunflower herb?"

"We've got it together." Yan Xiang suppressed his anger and stepped forward to hand over the golden sunflowers - but there were only ten of them.

"If I remember correctly, you should give me twelve flowers." Zhao Gui glanced at Yan Xiang.

At this moment, Lei He took a step forward: "I'll keep the rest."

After saying that, he took out eight blooming golden sunflowers and put them on the table.

Seeing him hand over the entire amount for him, a trace of gratitude flashed in Yan Xiang's eyes, but it only passed away briefly, and other than that, there was no other expression on his face.

Yuan Ming suddenly realized that they might have communicated with each other on the way back and had reached some kind of agreement.

Zhao Gui didn't care who the golden sunflower came from. He simply counted the number and accepted the golden sunflower. Then he raised his hand to make a secret spell and used the secret technique on Lei He and the two of them.

"Okay, the deal has been reached. You can leave from here. Don't stay in the Taolin any longer without seeing me off." Zhao Gui issued the expulsion order, got up and walked towards the back room.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, please stay. You have lived here for a long time. Do you know where the immortal's residence is located on the island? How can we get there? Apart from this peach forest, are there any taboos and restrictions elsewhere?" Lei He Seeing this, he hurriedly raised his hands and asked.

"You have a lot of questions, but it doesn't matter. I guess you are here just for the opportunity, so I will point you to a clear path." Zhao Gui stopped, stood up and walked out of the wooden building.

Yuan Ming and the others immediately followed. Zhao Guixing stopped when he reached the door. He raised his hand and pointed at the golden peak outside the peach forest and said slowly:

"The biggest opportunity on the island is the Fire Spirit Palace on the top of the mountain. It was the palace of Jinkui Immortal back then. Not only did it contain the hub for controlling all the restrictions on the island, but due to the haste of the Immortal's departure back then, there are still some hidden treasures inside. A large number of elixirs and treasures, which are the personal treasures of Immortal Jinkui, are also hidden somewhere in the palace, waiting for the destined person to appear. "

Upon hearing the word Lingbao, the eyes of both Lei He and Lei He lit up, and Yan Xiang swept away the depression and irritability just now and asked excitedly: "Then how should I get to the Fire Palace? Fellow Taoist, please clarify. "

"Haha, it's very easy to get to the Fire Palace. You can go all the way north from here and pass through the peach forest to the foot of the golden peak. However, there are also many traps and dangers there. My magic can't deal with them. There are many, and you still have to find your own way to enter.”

After that, Zhao Gui stopped talking, turned back to the wooden building, and closed the wooden door with a "snap".

Lei He and the two men had no intention of caring about Zhao Gui's actions at this moment. They stared at the golden mountain peak excitedly for a moment, and then immediately set off and flew towards the north.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming was about to follow, but suddenly turned around and looked at the wooden door behind him.

Zhao Gui's aura inside the wooden door suddenly disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace at all.

He frowned, and the consciousness of the first soul descended, and he searched the house, but found no trace of Zhao Gui. In addition, all the Fire Horn aliens in the village suddenly disappeared.

"It was the same when I first arrived in this village. I didn't notice the presence of living things in the village. Zhao Gui and the Fire Horn aliens suddenly appeared, and now they suddenly disappeared. It's really weird..." Yuan Ming thought to himself.

He looked at the empty village. The green leaves were swaying, giving people a sense of deathly silence.

Yuan Ming felt an inexplicable chill in his heart and turned to leave.

The three figures disappeared into the peach forest, and the originally closed wooden door slowly opened. Zhao Gui stood beside the door, seemingly unmoved.

He looked expressionlessly in the direction where Yuan Ming and the others were leaving, and his skin gradually turned a greenish color.

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Yuan Ming and the others moved forward, protected by Zhao Gui's magic. They were no longer affected by the illusion of the peach forest and moved very fast. However, the peach forest was still vast. After several hours, they still could not fly out of this peach forest. Forest.

At this time, there were gradually more suns in the sky, and the surrounding temperature was getting higher and higher, making people's skin feel hot. Lei He and Yan Xiang had to use part of their mana to protect their bodies and move forward. The speed slowed down.

At this time, Yuan Ming took out the Qinggui straw hat and put it on his head.

In an instant, Yuan Ming felt a cool air running through his body from head to toe, as if his body was wrapped in a ball of cold water. He didn't need to use the protective aura to feel comfortable.

Yan Xiang looked back and saw this scene, a look of surprise flashed across his face: "Boy, where did your straw hat come from?"