Chapter 63: Second Soul Ring! Got It!

Li Xuan looked at the Light Screen before him with delight, and had to admit it was truly a case of finding a treasure where none was thought to exist, yet acquiring it required no effort at all! His Second Soul Ring! Got it!

【Plant: Filthy Flame Yin Lotus (dead)】

【Quality: Immortal Grade】

【Cultivation: 98,411 years】

【Description: A lotus that grows by inheriting all the filth and obscurity between Heaven and Earth, bearing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire and Filthy Flame, possessing extremely strong contaminating ability, absorbing the power of other flames to strengthen itself, born of Heaven and Earth; apart from the lotus seed, all other parts are inedible, the lotus petals are deadly poisonous, every ten thousand years a Filthy Flame Yin Lotus can produce one Pure Lotus Seed, consuming the seed can cleanse the meridians and cut the marrow, lengthen the bones, and also has a high chance of granting Filthy Flame; each person may consume at most one seed, excessive consumption has no effect】

As for the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus before him, Li Xuan could say his resolve was unwavering; he was about to break through to level 20, and he no longer had time to search for a second Immortal Grade spirit plant.

Moreover, the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus's attributes already matched Li Xuan's requirements perfectly, so he had no need to forsake the near for the far.

However, the Stone Plate was massive, and there were no obvious mechanisms nearby to open it; extracting the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus from the magma pool remained very difficult.

Li Xuan thought briefly, then activated the device on his belt, and a Void Pearl sprang out of the belt, landing in his hand.

Li Xuan intended to use the Void Pearl to encase the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus in a pocket space and take it out, after all, the conventional method could not extract the lotus.

Although using it this way would render the Void Pearl useless, exchanging one Void Pearl for a ninety‑thousand‑year Immortal Grade was a deal that could not be a loss! Li Xuan first coated the Void Pearl with a layer of Burning Heart Divine Flame to insulate it from the surrounding temperature, allowing the Void Pearl to reach the vicinity of the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus as safely as possible.

After all, the Void Pearl is the fruit of Kongming Grass, not gold, silver, jade, or stone, so it is not highly heat‑resistant.

Li Xuan's spirit stirred, and he guided the Burning Heart Divine Flame carrying the Void Pearl to the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus's vicinity.

"Take it in!" Li Xuan called lightly, and the Void Pearl instantly opened its pocket space, drawing the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus inside.

Before the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus could fully enter the Void Pearl, the Void Pearl itself exploded first.

"Bang!"

With a crisp crack, the Void Pearl suddenly burst without warning! Its fragments were still coated with an intensely black ink‑colored flame.

In the blink of an eye, the fragments were burned to ash by the ink‑colored flame.

"What the heck? No wonder it's a pre‑born Immortal Grade, it literally blew the Void Pearl up!" Li Xuan said, watching the ash‑filled Void Pearl with a twinge of pain.

But it seemed the Void Pearl couldn't withstand the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

Li Xuan silently took a Kongming Crystal out of a Void Pearl.

Since the space inside the Void Pearl was insufficient, what about a Kongming Crystal? If it succeeded, losing a few Kongming Crystals wouldn't be a loss! Li Xuan infused a strand of soul power into the Kongming Crystal, activating its internal space, and immediately tossed it beneath the Stone Plate.

Under the control of the Burning Heart Divine Flame, the Kongming Crystal drifted slowly toward the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

"Take!" Li Xuan hummed, and the pocket space inside the Kongming Crystal opened, truly drawing the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus inside.

"Great!" Li Xuan said, then quickly controlled the Burning Heart Divine Flame to pull the Kongming Crystal back into his Cavity.

Just a few meters from his Cavity, a layer of ink‑colored flame appeared on the surface of the Kongming Crystal.

"Bad! It's cracking!" Li Xuan didn't panic; he promptly accelerated the Burning Heart Divine Flame and sent the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus down to the ground.

The moment Li Xuan retrieved the Kongming Crystal from his Cavity, the crystal instantly shattered, turning into specks that scattered across the ground.

And the massive Filthy Flame Yin Lotus materialized before Li Xuan, and the heat wave unleashed by the Filthy Flame's eruption propelled him straight away.

Li Xuan shifted his stance, stepped back a dozen or so paces, then halted. "That's a strong force!" he muttered irritably, then raised his head to scrutinize the black lotus before him.

Though the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus had been taken out of the magma pool, it was now cloaked in a sticky ink‑colored flame that felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Even a hundred‑legged creature doesn't stiffen after death," Li Xuan said, frowning at the still‑burning Filthy Flame Yin Lotus; it was getting late, and he couldn't let the Filthy Flame keep burning, lest dawn reveal it and cause embarrassment.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, pressed his palms together, and, channeling soul power, a palm‑sized Burning Heart Seal materialized on his hand.

Since he couldn't touch the Filthy Flame, he would have to blast the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus apart; once it exploded, the lotus seed inside would leak out on its own.

Li Xuan extended his hand forward, pushing; the Burning Heart Seal floated slowly from his hand onto the surface of the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud resonated from the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

The moment the Burning Heart Seal touched the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, it exploded, but the Filthy Flame acted faster, enveloping the Burning Heart Seal before it could explode.

The explosive force was completely absorbed by the Filthy Flame.

The sticky Filthy Flame could even absorb the Burning Heart Seal's explosion, piquing Li Xuan's interest in this flame even more.

"Interesting!" Li Xuan said, then gathered an even larger Burning Heart Seal.

With another muffled thud, a lotus petal was blown off, turning into black powder that dispersed into the air.

Li Xuan hurriedly used flame to gather the powder, placing it into a small porcelain bottle.

The powder is extremely poisonous; it may prove useful in the future.

Seeing that the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus was not indestructible, Li Xuan also gained momentum, unleashing a dozen or so Burning Heart Seals in succession, blasting away all the lotus petals, leaving only a Lotus Platform about half a meter in diameter.

After several rounds of explosions, the soul power stored within the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus was exhausted, and only a thin layer of Filthy Flame clung to the Lotus Platform.

Looking at the Lotus Platform before him, Li Xuan… felt inspired; this object was perfect for a cultivation Patterned Mat.

However, some Filthy Flame still lingered on it; Li Xuan turned his head, glanced eastward—by then the sun had begun to rise and the sky cleared, leaving him little time.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, took several Yunling Pills from a Void Pearl, popped them into his mouth, then thrust both hands forward, pouring two raging streams of Burning Heart Divine Flame into the Lotus Platform, aiming to scorch the Filthy Flame clean with the Burning Heart Divine Flame.

After half an hour of this, the Lotus Platform was saturated with Burning Heart Divine Flame, and the once ever‑burning Filthy Flame finally vanished.

Li Xuan lifted the Lotus Platform and found nine pure white lotus seeds at its exact center.

"These are the Pure Lotus Seeds of the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus. For such a filthy lotus to yield such white seeds is astonishing," Li Xuan said, smiling at the seeds in his hand, then took out a Jade Box and carefully placed all the seeds inside.

Once he breaks through to level 20, consuming a single seed will grant him the Second Soul Ring.

The only regret is that this thing can only be taken once; otherwise, Li Xuan would have secured all seven of his future Soul Rings.

He glanced at the Stone Plate; the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus had turned to powder, which Li Xuan had collected, leaving no trace, and only then did he leave with peace of mind.

By now the sky was bright, and Li Xuan thought, and instead of leaving the Fire-type Simulated Cultivation Environment, he went to the cultivation chamber halfway up the mountain.

He took out a blanket, lay down, and fell asleep in the cultivation chamber.

"Ladies and gentlemen, apologies, I have too much official work today (End of chapter)."