Chapter 304: The Earth-Suppressing Fire Reveals Its Form
The Fire Spirit Sword was about to fall into the magma.
A black chain suddenly appeared in Chu Ning's hand.
It was the black chain made of black gold.
Chu Ning threw the chain out quickly, and the chain flew rapidly towards the Fire Spirit Sword.
It caught the falling Fire Spirit Sword.
At the same time, a suction force suddenly burst out from Chu Ning's hand.
The black chain that had just been thrown out flew back again.
As soon as the end of the black chain fell into his hand, Chu Ning immediately pulled it hard.
The Fire Spirit Sword, which was about to touch the magma with the black chain, was pulled up high by this pull.
Then it was thrown behind Chu Ning's hand.
Out of the impact range of the magma breath, the Fire Spirit Sword was sensed and controlled by Chu Ning again.
Chu Ning immediately retreated quickly, and at the same time, he stretched out his hand and took the Fire Spirit Sword into his hand.
Indistinctly, a violent impact of fire spirit energy seemed to penetrate the body.
Seeing this, Chu Ning stretched out his hand and cast a spell on the spirit sword.
At the same time, his body quickly flew out of the cave.
Just after leaving the hundred-foot-long passage, he returned to the spacious cave outside.
Chu Ning immediately paused.
Looking at the Fire Spirit Sword in his hand, his face changed slightly.
"The power of this earth vein fire is too strong. It must be suppressed and refined immediately, otherwise the Fire Spirit Sword will be damaged."
This thought flashed through his mind, and Chu Ning immediately threw the Fire Spirit Sword up.
At the same time, his hands kept casting spells, forming a fire net.
At this time, Chu Ning stretched out his hand and pointed at the Fire Spirit Sword.
Suddenly, the Fiery Sun Spirit Bird that was originally hidden in the sword flew out of the sword.
As soon as this spirit bird appeared, it was completely disintegrated by the impact of the earth vein fire.
And the ball of earth vein fire that was red and a little purple also shot straight towards the magma.
Seeing this, Chu Ning had already formed a fire net and quickly covered the ground vein fire net.
The fire net caught the ground vein fire.
But the power of this fire was far beyond Chu Ning's expectation, and it was going to forcibly fly away with the fire net.
Seeing this, Chu Ning flew up quickly and blocked the fire with his body.
With his hands raised, a fire wall made of huge fireballs blocked in front of him.
Taking advantage of the stalemate between the ground vein fire and the fire wall.
Chu Ning pinched his hands and continuously cast a spell to fall on the ground vein fire.
With the effect of Chu Ning's spell, this ball of fire finally began to slowly stabilize.
At the same time as the fire wall disappeared, this ball of fire also stayed in the air motionless.
Chu Ning's hands did not stop, and the spells were still continuously cast, falling on the ground vein fire.
After Chu Ning cast nearly a hundred spells, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand.
The ball of earth vein fire flew over and landed in his hand.
At this moment, the earth vein fire wrapped by Chu Ning's magic power still exuded powerful power.
Chu Ning could even feel that as long as the fire moved slightly, it would be able to melt it completely.
"In fact, it would be best to refine this fire at this time.
But a few days may not be enough for me to refine this fire."
Chu Ning stared at the fire, his eyes flickering slightly.
"In that case, we can seal this fire.
We will slowly refine it after leaving the valley."
Holding the fire carefully, Chu Ning formed seals with both hands, and at the same time, he uttered obscure spells.
A series of hand seals that were completely different from the previous ones fell on the fire.
It took more than half a day to finally cover the fire in a four-color light ball.
It was the sealing restriction condensed by Chu Ning's Five Elements Chaos Art.
Feeling that the breath in the light ball was relatively stable, Chu Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he still did not dare to be careless.
He took out a storage bag and put the sealed earth fire in it.
He did not want to have any accidents in the middle of the journey. If the earth vein fire exploded, the contents of his entire storage bag would be scrapped.
"To sum up, I have been delayed in this cave for nearly a day.
There are still six days before the blizzard appears again, but I don't know where to find the Jiuyi Gold."
Chu Ning thought about it and flew out of the cave quickly.
Although being able to absorb the earth vein fire was beyond his imagination.
And if this fire could be refined, it is likely that a section of black Xuan gold could be melted down.
This was definitely a pleasant surprise for Chu Ning.
But Jiuyi Gold is the most important main material for refining the Golden Spirit Sword. If it cannot be found, Chu Ning will not be able to refine it.
After leaving the cave, Chu Ning thought about it and did not go out.
Instead, he went west along the mountain wall outside the cave entrance.
Although the Snow Mist Valley is extremely vast, the overall direction is north to south.
At this moment, there is no way to go north. The towering mountain wall that stretches as far as the eye can see is more like some kind of barrier.
However, since someone has seen the Nine-Ritual Gold in the deepest part before.
Perhaps after several openings, the terrain is different from before, but Chu Ning thinks that if the Nine-Ritual Gold may appear.
It will only be near the northern end of the depths.
At this moment, Chu Ning is already at the easternmost part, so if he walks west, if there is really the Nine-Ritual Gold, there is hope that he can detect it.
The only thing that makes Chu Ning a little troublesome is that the golden-winged spirit butterfly cannot be released in such an environment.
Fortunately, he had the ice and fire silk armor and the bracelet that resisted the force of space.
It didn't matter if he walked slowly while exploring.
...
Just as Chu Ning was exploring along the deepest part of this valley, he didn't know that the valley was already in chaos.
"Seventh-level blue sea eagle, this is obviously a monster that only exists in the outer sea, how could it appear in this snow fog valley?
And there are two of them at once."
A late Jindan cultivator hurriedly dodged the attack of two seventh-level monsters.
However, facing the siege of two seventh-level monsters, even if he used all his strength, he could not escape being torn apart by the two monsters and eventually self-destructed his Jindan.
On the other side, an old-looking late Jindan peak had just emerged from the deep blizzard area.
Even though this person was already the best among the Jindan cultivators on this trip, it seemed that entering this blizzard was not easy.
At this moment, he removed the mana shield maintained outside his body.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next moment, his expression changed slightly, and he looked to the left front with vigilance.
However, when he looked closely, the old man's eyes suddenly widened and he cried out in surprise.
"Transformed monster!"
At this moment, not far from the side, there was a monster with a human body and a bird head.
It was an eighth-level transformed monster comparable to a Yuanying cultivator.
"It's just right that you came out. I'm a little bored waiting here."
The bird-headed monster looked at the old man and said something that made the old man shiver all over.
The next moment, the old man fled quickly to the front.
He had been in the peak of the late Jindan period for too long. It was because of this that he knew even more how terrifying the transformed monster comparable to a Yuanying cultivator was.
It was just that he was fast, and the bird-shaped monster was even faster.
With just a flash of his body, he had already caught up with the white-haired old man.
As he waved his hands, a surge of demonic power condensed in his hands.
The hands suddenly turned into claws, grabbing the white-haired old man fiercely.
Seeing this, the white-haired old man did not dare to fly away anymore, and hurriedly drove the magic weapon to meet the claws of the bird monster.
However, the magic weapon that had been invincible before was directly shot down by these claws.
The spiritual light on it also weakened a little.
However, the hands of the bird monster did not have any effect, and grabbed it heavily with a surge of wind attribute magic power.
"Ah!"
Even though this late Jindan peak cultivator built a defensive shield at the first time, he was still seriously injured by such a grab.
After a few rounds, the old man died directly under the claws of the bird-shaped monster.
This was the case for the late Jindan cultivators, let alone the other cultivators.
After many monsters entered, they soon massacred many cultivators.
The foundation-building cultivators on the periphery were the first to bear the brunt, followed by the Jindan cultivators.
Almost every cultivator faced a monster higher than their own level, and they had no power to resist.
At this moment, only the late Jindan peak cultivator in the depths of the blizzard could not feel the danger coming.
The four eighth-level monsters seemed unwilling to enter the blizzard.
They guarded the periphery of the blizzard area in sections, and killed the monsters one by one as they appeared.
However, at this time, there were not only late Jindan peak cultivators in the depths of the blizzard.
Outside a cave that was constantly blowing out hurricanes, three people were standing at this moment, two men and one woman.
They were the three people from the Huanling Sect who entered the Snow Mist Valley later.
The red-shirted beautiful woman stood calmly in the blizzard, with a magic shield covering her body.
The blizzard was very difficult for the late Jindan peak cultivator to resist, but she seemed to have enough strength to resist it.
Beside her, the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes also released a defensive shield, but he also covered Tan Taisong in it.
Tan Taisong looked at the cave, his eyes flickering.
"If the Huangting Seal had not been lost, with this treasure, even I could enter the cave directly to explore.
But now, even the two uncles dare not enter the cave casually. What if there is the Lingming Fruit in the cave?"
As if she saw Tan Taisong's thoughts, the red-shirted beautiful woman's eyes flashed with a trace of solemnity.
"Junior Brother Song, the power of the space storm in this cave is too strong. We really don't need to take risks.
The Lingming Fruit is usually found in places with abundant and pure spiritual energy. The space power here is so violent that it is really not a place for Lingming Fruit to grow."
The middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes also nodded and agreed:
"Yes, I just used my spiritual sense to explore inside.
It can only explore less than 300 feet. This cave is very different from other caves.
It's really a bit weird. I suspect that the blizzard in this valley is related to this cave.
It's better not to go in."
Dan Tai Song heard the two people say so, and could only nod slightly:
"Okay, then let's continue to go east.
It's been so long since we came in to search this time. We have found some other treasures, but they are not particularly rare.
Could it be that the Lingming Fruit is really just a lie?"
As he spoke, Tan Tai Song frowned slightly.
Then, the three of them went east.
After waiting for the three people to walk out for a long time, a figure cautiously appeared in the cave entrance.
Looking at the direction where the three people left, Chu Ning's expression was extremely solemn.
"I didn't see this Tan Tai Song entering the valley before, how come he appeared here.
Moreover, the two people beside him were actually Nascent Soul cultivators!"
The Nascent Soul cultivators actually appeared in this Snow Mist Valley, which undoubtedly surprised Chu Ning greatly.
If he hadn't just kept performing the forbidden magic, he would have discovered the spiritual sense of several people in advance.
Then he took the bracelet left by Master Jiu Yan and hid in this cave first.
It's really troublesome.
However, as the two Nascent Soul cultivators of Huanling Sect said, this cave is indeed weird.
Chu Ning wore the bracelet and only dared to enter the range of 600 feet in this cave.
He could clearly feel that if he went further, the huge storm formed by the power of space would tear him apart.
Fortunately, several cultivators of Huanling Sect still had concerns and did not go deep into this cave to explore.
At this moment, Chu Ning raised his head and looked at the direction outside the valley, then looked at the west. After a slight hesitation, he walked towards the west.
"In the depths of this Snow Mist Valley, there is a cave every distance, and each cave has different attributes of power.
The spiritual power strength of each cave is completely different.
Just now, I have passed through the fire spiritual power, earth spiritual power, and now the space power.
The spiritual power of the cave with earth spiritual power is normal. I went deep into the bottom. In addition to obtaining several good materials and spiritual medicines, there was nothing else unusual.
The fire spiritual power was second, and I couldn't enter the magma at the bottom.
And the cave with space power is the strongest, and I can't even go deep. Such a structure is really strange."
Chu Ning's face showed surprise at this moment. He speculated that if he went forward, there might be caves with other attributes of spiritual power.
"The people from Huanling Sect went east. I searched the caves over there. They must have not gained anything.
But similarly, the west side may have been swept by them or other cultivators.
But if I just look for Jiuyi Gold, I may not have no chance.
After all, I have the Golden Winged Spirit Butterfly, which still has an advantage in detecting gold treasures."
Of course, for Chu Ning, the more important thing at this moment is that Xuewu Valley is the only place where he can get accurate information about Jiuyi Gold.
If he goes out again, he doesn't know where to look.
Continuing to move forward, Chu Ning's idea was also confirmed.
Some of the caves here have indeed been searched by people, including the water attribute cave and the wind attribute cave, but Chu Ning didn't gain anything.
What surprised Chu Ning at this time was that he encountered another cave of space power.
But this made Chu Ning's eyes move slightly.
"When the three people from Huanling Sect encountered the cave of space power just now, it seemed that they saw it for the first time.
Perhaps they entered from the middle area, and they may not have been to the caves further west."
Thinking of this, Chu Ning was refreshed.
He sensed the storm of space power again, and felt that the space power inside was too strong as before, so he chose to retreat first.
He continued to move westward, and at the same time took two pills to restore his mana.
In this way, he has been in this blizzard. Even if he has many means, his mana is still consumed quickly.
After walking for half a day, Chu Ning saw a cave again.
When Chu Ning stepped into the cave, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"What a surging golden spiritual power! This cave is of gold attribute, and the spiritual power is not weak!"
But then, Chu Ning frowned slightly, and this cave seemed to have been explored by someone.
Chu Ning's spiritual sense swept over and found that there were obvious traces of spiritual medicine being dug in several places.
"I'm afraid that the Nine Instruments Gold will be dug away by others."
Chu Ning muttered, but even so, he still released the golden-winged spirit butterfly directly.
After the butterfly appeared, perhaps sensing the rich golden spiritual energy, it flew up happily.
Then, it flew directly to a stone wall about a hundred feet away from the depths of the cave.
Seeing the butterfly hovering on the wall, Chu Ning tried to explore it with his spiritual sense.
But as soon as his spiritual sense touched the wall, it was directly blocked.
The next moment, his eyes flashed, and he took out the flying sword and quickly dug here.
After digging about five or six feet, a piece of lapis lazuli appeared in front of Chu Ning.
"Lapis lazuli!"
Seeing this material, Chu Ning felt a little disappointed at first, but the next moment he felt a little bit of expectation.
The golden-winged butterfly can still play a role. These treasures buried in the wall that cannot be explored with spiritual sense can be discovered by this butterfly.
Immediately, Chu Ning commanded the golden-winged butterfly to continue exploring along the cave.
After moving forward about three hundred feet, Chu Ning already had five more pieces of golden refining materials in his hand.
Either the transfer is buried in the stone wall or buried underground.
"The gold-attributed spiritual energy here is even denser, and it has actually directly condensed the Gengjin Qi!"
Chu Ning thought to himself, and he reached forward in the void, and immediately a trace of Gengjin Qi was condensed in Chu Ning's hand.
Just as Chu Ning was about to go further down and condense more Gengjin Qi.
The golden-winged spirit butterfly flapped its wings and stopped at another place.
Chu Ning immediately took out the flying sword skillfully and dug several feet into the ground.
Chu Ning had just dug up the rock on the ground when a ray of golden light came out.
"This is... Jiuyi Gold!"
Chu Ning's face flashed with joy at this moment, and he quickly used the magic sword to break all the rocks on the side.
A piece of golden material as big as a baby's head appeared in front of Chu Ning.
This thing has nine sides, each of which is extremely smooth, and golden light shines through it.
It is the Jiuyi Gold that Chu Ning has always been thinking about! ! !
Chu Ning took the Jiuyi Gold in his hand, looked at it carefully, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"This piece of Jiuyi Gold is not only big enough, but also of extremely high quality, enough to refine the Golden Spirit Sword!"
Putting it into the storage bag, Chu Ning looked at the rich golden aura in front of him and pondered slightly.
At this moment, he had two choices, one was to continue exploring westward.
See if he can find the rumored Lingming Fruit, or go to the westernmost end to see where Di Yan claimed to have the Origin Stone.
The other is to leave the Snow Mist Valley as soon as possible after absorbing and refining some Gengjin Qi here.
Two thoughts turned in Chu Ning's mind, and soon Chu Ning made up his mind to go deeper into the cave.
It has been six days since he entered the Snow Mist Valley, and there are only four days before the blizzard at the entrance of the valley reappears.
In order to reserve enough time to leave the valley, Chu Ning only has about half a day left at this moment.
He didn't know whether the Lingming Fruit was true or not. Even if it was true, Chu Ning didn't know where to find it in the next short half day.
As for the cave where the Origin Stone appeared, it was hard to say whether it was still at the westernmost end after this geographical change.
From here, Chu Ning didn't know how far it would take to get there. Although he was a little curious, he thought about it and decided not to take the risk.
Continue to go deeper into the cave.
In addition to the rich golden spiritual energy in this cave, there was nothing else unusual.
Chu Ning walked into the deepest part and released two golden thunder eagles to absorb the golden spiritual energy.
He sat cross-legged, his hands constantly grasping, attracting the strands of Gengjin Qi into his body, preparing to refine it after leaving.
After half a day, Chu Ning walked out of the valley without any nostalgia.
Although there was still endless Gengjin Qi in the cave, Chu Ning had absorbed enough this time.
The way out of the valley was full of unknowns, so he had to act in advance.
After leaving the cave, Chu Ning no longer continued to walk west, but went directly into the blizzard and walked to the periphery.
"The strength of the icy power and space power in the blizzard has increased."
At this moment, Chu Ning's heart trembled slightly, and he directly performed the Thunder Step and quickly rushed forward.
It was not until he rushed out of the blizzard that Chu Ning realized that the area of the blizzard was obviously larger than before.
It was only ten miles before, but now it was nearly fifteen or sixteen miles.
"Hmm?"
Just the next moment after leaving the blizzard area, Chu Ning keenly discovered that a powerful divine sense swept over his body.
Although Chu Ning had already used the forbidden divine art to block this divine sense.
But the strength of this divine sense still surprised Chu Ning.
"Such a powerful divine sense is definitely at the level of a Yuanying cultivator, otherwise, with my divine sense comparable to that of a late Jindan peak cultivator, I would not be able to block even the forbidden divine art.
But the divine sense that just swept over did not look like a Yuanying cultivator, but like... a monster!"
Shocked, thinking that the blizzard had a certain effect of shielding divine sense, Chu Ning almost instantly retreated into the blizzard.
At this moment, Chu Ning's face was uncertain.
If his guess just now was correct, then this monster was an eighth-level monster comparable to a Yuanying cultivator!
"It's not enough that a Yuanying cultivator appeared in this Snow Mist Valley, but there was also an eighth-level monster. What's going on?"
Chu Ning was full of doubts in his heart, and his divine sense did not dare to directly probe out at this moment.
After thinking for a while, Chu Ning used the forbidden magic to walk out of the blizzard again. After putting something on the ground, he restrained his breath and quickly used the spirit earth shadow escape technique to drill into the ground.
The next moment, an extremely lifelike puppet bird flew up from the ground.
It was the puppet bird that Chu Ning had when he was in Qingxi Sect.
However, compared with the previous one, after Chu Ning re-refined it when he was learning the art of refining weapons in Jiuhua Sect, this puppet bird was more lifelike and the control distance was farther, which could reach a range of nearly a thousand feet.
At the same time, Chu Ning also added some hidden shielding arrays on it.
Even if it is a Jindan cultivator, I am afraid that unless you see it directly with your naked eyes, you can't easily detect the existence of this puppet bird.
When Chu Ning hid in the ground and used the puppet bird to explore the situation on the ground, his eyes suddenly widened.
But when the puppet bird flew only eight or nine hundred feet away, a human-shaped monster with bear legs suddenly appeared in the field of vision!