Chapter 86: Intent to Seek Divine Materials in the Volcano; Red Refined Origin Copper Appears, Attracting a Demon King

A small pavilion.

Banana leaves are lush and green, and a deer sleeps beneath the leaves.

The hanging shade covers the surroundings, quiet and secluded.

Qingli boils water to brew tea; the tea fragrance is faint, exuding a refreshing scent.

Fang Longye drinks a cup of tea in a leisurely manner, then sets the tea cup down, causing it to clink against the stone table.

The crisp, clear sound startles the spirit deer, and the little thing pokes its head out, not knowing what happened.

Qingli raises her head and asks, "Young Master, after returning to the residence this time, you stayed at the Daoist site for much longer than last time."

More than half a year has passed since Jinghuan went into seclusion to refine the Golden Immortal origin and receive the inheritance.

Fang Longye could not possibly stay here the whole time, and having left Qingli to keep watch, he had indeed returned twice.

At this moment, he has just returned.

"Heh~ I merely stayed at the Daoist site for an extra month or so." Fang Longye shakes his head and chuckles, "Do you miss me that much?"

"Young Master—"

"Alright, I was just teasing you. There, now you don't have to worry about being unable to contact me because we are too far apart."

Fang Longye tosses her a small shell, only one side, radiating a five-colored halo.

"This is?" Qingli catches the Spirit Shell in a flurry and asks curiously.

"Didn't you ask me why I lingered at the Daoist site longer this time than last? The reason is that some neighboring Demon Kings came to visit~"

Fang Longye takes another sip of tea and says, "This Spirit Shell is a gift offered by one of those Demon Kings. It comes in a pair, and you can use the two Spirit Shells to transmit messages across the entire Beiju Luzhou."

"I'm afraid there are quite a few restrictions." Upon inspection, Qingli discovers that this Spirit Shell is merely an ordinary Spirit Treasure.

"That goes without saying; it cannot mask Heavenly Secrets, and transmissions could potentially be intercepted by others. But for flirting with me, it's more than enough!"

"Pah, who wants to flirt with you? Young Master, why are you becoming increasingly improper?" Qingli puts the Spirit Shell away, looking shy and indignant.

Watching Qingli, who is becoming more at ease and lively in front of him, Fang Longye is full of smiles.

Just as he is about to open his mouth to tease her a few more times, suddenly, his mind stirs, and he senses a fluctuation coming from very far away.

Qingli also senses it, but does not understand what it is.

Fang Longye employs the Clairvoyance and Clairaudience divine ability, looking all the way toward the direction of the fluctuation, and understands it in his heart.

Seeing the puzzled Qingli, Fang Longye explains, "Over four million miles to the northwest of here, a volcano is erupting, which is why there is this fluctuation."

"A volcanic eruption? What kind of volcano could cause such a commotion?" Qingli is astonished after hearing this.

Fang Longye smiles, takes her out of Sword Valley, and stands upon the clouds.

He performs the Round Light Water Mirror Dharma, "Look—"

One sees a mountain range stretching for over a hundred thousand miles, entirely made of volcanic rock, without a trace of life.

Thousands of peaks cluster together, and the one in the very center is as high as the clouds, like a chimney, spewing firelight, with black smoke filling the sky.

Lava constantly shoots out from the top of the volcano, as if a bright box had been suddenly opened, covering the surroundings.

A vast expanse of bright red.

Like rouge-red makeup pouring down, it is truly beautiful.

The continuously erupting magma spreads out, resembling layer upon layer of waves heading in all directions, destroying everything with an overwhelming posture.

Soul-stirring.

"Young Master, every time the earth fire surges and a volcano erupts, the divine materials and spirit objects brought out are quite numerous. This volcano is so magnificent; I imagine it has brewed even more treasures. Shouldn't we hurry over?"

Qingli is full of joy.

"That is certainly true, but you don't need to go. Just keep a good watch over Jinghuan," Fang Longye says, waving his hand.

"Alright then! However, if there are any changes, please send me a message." Qingli takes out the previously mentioned Spirit Shell and shakes it. "That is a given. I wouldn't blindly act tough; if I truly encounter any crisis, I will naturally send a message for you to come and assist."

Red clouds fill the sky, and sparks fly. The fire-colored clouds in the air are layered upon one another; at a glance, they seem to have no end.

Fang Longye rides the clouds and mists, flying all the way, and finally arrives beside this volcano.

"Chixia Feiliu?"

A stone tablet stands in front of this volcano, with four Daoyuan characters paved upon it, a brilliant red.

Looking at the incomparably gorgeous scene before him, Fang Longye admits that the name is indeed elegant.

"It's just that it has a name. Could it be that this is still the Cave Abode of a Demon King?"

His primordial spirit investigates again and again, even using divine abilities, yet he finds no trace of any living creature in that volcano.

"When this volcanic lava erupts, it does look incomparably gorgeous, but the environment is also too harsh. The entire mountain range is filled with thick fire-evil poison. In such a barren place where not a blade of grass grows, I imagine no Demon King would occupy it, right?"

He makes a prompt decision and heads forward directly.

In fact, Fang Longye's guess is largely correct; this volcano was not like this before.

It was once a treasure land no less than the predecessor of Cangmang Mountain, Lingxiao Peak, but because there was a natural fire pool at the mountain top that reflected the clouds into a bright red, it was named "Chixia Feiliu" by the Mountain Lord at that time.

However, it could not withstand the fighting and killing.

After undergoing the baptism of Demon King conflicts, it became what it is now.

Fang Longye rides the clouds and mists, arriving directly at the volcanic crater.

Earth fire surges, magma flows, golden and bright, red and glowing.

He enters the fire and travels, as if diving into water, continuously heading deeper.

"Good fellow, no wonder people aren't very picky about flames when refining treasures and weapons! Even earth fire has an extraordinary level of intensity!"

The deeper Fang Longye goes, the brighter the earth fire becomes, with endless scorching fire constantly flying upward!

"Eh?" Fang Longye reaches out and grabs, and a piece of copper glowing with red mist is taken into his hand.

"Red Refined Origin Copper?"

That's right, it is Red Refined Origin Copper. Fang Longye felt a burst of joy in his heart; even though he possessed a Golden Finger like the Equivalent Balance, he was still overjoyed.

Red Refined Origin Copper is produced within the earth's core fire veins, forged by the energy of subterranean fires over endless years, its entire body free of any impurities and having absorbed the essence of the earth's fire; it is a top-tier fire-attribute divine material and immortal metal.

This in itself was nothing; the piece of Azure Divine Lead he had obtained previously was also a wood-attribute immortal metal divine material of the same grade, and it hadn't caused him to react much.

The key is, where is this? This is inside an entire volcanic lava flow! With the first piece, can the next one be far behind?

Sure enough, as he delved deeper, pieces of Red Refined Origin Copper kept flying upward, and he caught them one by one.

"Could there be an entire mine of Red Refined Origin Copper down here?" Thinking of this, Fang Longye was beaming with joy.

One must know that as a divine material of the Primordial Red Copper lineage, Red Refined Origin Copper is already considered a top-tier existence.

In his understanding, the only thing above it is the legendary Shoushan Copper used to forge the Xuanyuan Sword; that can be called the ceiling of the red copper lineage, and it is also a truly top-tier divine material of the Honghuang world.

If he obtained an entire vein of Red Refined Origin Copper, Fang Longye could use the trading rules of the Equivalent Balance to potentially exchange quantity for quality and obtain a divine object like Shoushan Yang Copper.

Not to mention using it to forge divine weapons, simply refining it into his body as a spiritual object would provide enough feedback of Dao Rhyme to benefit him greatly.

Thinking of this, he became even more energetic.

Hmm, he couldn't be impatient; even if there really was a mine vein below, he couldn't let these scattered pieces of origin copper go.

There were also other spiritual materials and treasures that he couldn't just ignore.

Even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small!

Just as he was happily collecting treasures, he heard a roar from above: "Little thief, put the treasures down!"

The voice resounded, deafening~ Fang Longye looked up and saw, shockingly, a demon king of the True Immortal Realm! Yesterday's second chapter~ Sorry, I've been late these past few days (End of this chapter)