Chapter 375: Flame Alliance's Wither and Prosperity, Lei Yun Key

Yuding Domain, located in the center of the southwest region.

There are two great immortal cities here, namely Yanyang Xiancheng and Daguang Xiancheng.

However, these two immortal cities are not the protagonists of this region.

The Flame Alliance is the hegemon of the southwest!

Unlike other Core Formation grand sects in the Yuding Domain, although the Flame Alliance has a claim of inheritance, its internal cohesion is not strong.

The reason for this is that the establishment of this sect did not come from an orthodox sect inheritance.

It was a loose cultivator force founded by a Core Formation master from another domain four hundred years ago.

Following its brilliant performance in the Opening War four hundred years ago, the prestige of this force grew increasingly great.

Especially within the Burning Incense Valley!

That Core Formation master had luckily discovered a source-less fire back then—the Wither-Prosperity Strange Fire!

With this fire as the core, this force changed its name and took the name Flame Alliance.

Just like the name implies, when the Flame Alliance took root in the Yuding Domain, it absorbed many sect cultivators who had fallen during the Opening War.

Only then did it become an alliance.

And the bond connecting them was undoubtedly the huge profits brought by the casting business, as well as that Wither-Prosperity Fire involving changes in lifespan.

It is rumored that if one can refine a wisp of this fire, it can increase a Core Formation master's lifespan by several decades!

Such heaven-defying matters naturally made countless Core Formation masters troubled by insufficient lifespan flock to it.

It is even said that the Flame Alliance, a force similar to a loose cultivator alliance, could build a sect because they used the Wither-Prosperity Fire to befriend the Yuding Sword Sect.

Of course.

Among these rumors, how much is true and how much is false, no one knows.

At the very least, it is somewhat fantastical that such a fire that can increase lifespan could be controlled by a Core Formation grand sect.

If it were truly that wonderful, it would have long been forcibly seized by the Sword Sect or even other Nascent Soul grand sects from outside the domain.

With the outbreak of the war.

The Flame Alliance joined the Sword Sect's side and began to fight externally, and the entire sect became completely busy.

Unlike the timidity of the three allies on the Luoyun Sect side, who tried to preserve their strength.

The Flame Alliance side was filled with a fanatical atmosphere!

War between cultivators seems different from war in mortal kingdoms, flying high and low, mountains collapsing and ground sinking.

But in reality, there is not much difference.

It is still an economic account!

And in war, the greatest loss is magic tools, which are relatively low-end weapons.

The Flame Alliance is the number one casting grand sect in the Yuding Domain!

Relying on this war, they don't know how many spirit stones and resources they have earned.

At the very least, the over a hundred casting halls in the Burning Incense Valley have never stopped.

And the magic tools they sold were not even limited to the Sword Sect's side.

Their subordinates, the loose cultivators who followed...

It is even said that they even secretly changed their names and went to the four-sect alliance on the Luoyun Sect side to frantically sell low-end magic tools in secret.

In the eyes of the Flame Alliance's top management.

This war should be fought like this!

As long as they don't hurt their foundation, they are willing to accompany them for decades or even a hundred years!

In reality, this is also why Duan Feng's casting business on the Golden Sand Floating Island could not be established.

With the Flame Alliance inside and Tianfan City outside, Duan Feng, a casting master who could only refine high-grade magic tools, couldn't even drink the soup.

Some things, Luo Chen and Duan Feng thought too simply.

It wasn't just Duan Feng; other small forces that focused on casting also didn't get any benefits in this war.

In fact, their market share was squeezed out quite a bit.

This economic account has always been calculated by someone.

But deep underground in the Burning Incense Valley, someone was unwilling to calculate this account anymore.

"Elder Di, are you coming out of seclusion?"

Deep underground in the Burning Incense Valley, which was filled with the peculiar scent of smoke and fire all year round, a figure sat cross-legged on a stone pillar, looking solemn.

Another person walked in from outside and looked up at Di Wanyun on the stone pillar.

The question just now also came from his mouth.

Di Wanyun hung his head, his expression gloomy as if it were about to drip water.

"Alliance Leader, my son is dead!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the air instantly became heavy.

After a long while, the Flame Alliance Leader said slowly: "Since that is the case, I will not stop you."

Seeing Di Wanyun stand up, he said lightly: "But you must be clear, you are currently in a state of withering, your strength is greatly reduced; if you encounter an enemy of the same rank after going out, you will be at the mercy of others."

Di Wanyun sneered, "At worst, I will undo the Wither-Prosperity seal. In a life-and-death battle, as long as a late-stage Core Formation master does not appear, what do I have to fear!"

Thinking of Di Wanyun's fighting methods.

The Alliance Leader nodded.

Indeed, within the seven sects of Yuding, as long as he did not encounter a Core Formation sword cultivator of the Sword Sect, and did not encounter a late-stage Core Formation great cultivator.

With Di Wanyun's strength, ordinary people really couldn't do anything to him.

However...

"Undoing the Wither-Prosperity seal, the backlash of lifespan, with your already limited lifespan, I fear..."

"What does it matter if I die? I was already someone lingering on in a steadily worsening condition." Di Wanyun took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping across the underground, where nearly twenty stone pillars stood.

On most of the stone pillars, there was a cultivator sitting quietly in cultivation.

If outside cultivators saw this scene, they would only find it unbelievable.

In the Yuding Domain, the one with the most Core Formation masters is the Yuding Sword Sect, as well as the Green Pill Valley.

But in the Burning Incense Valley of the Flame Alliance, there were actually over a dozen Core Formation cultivators!

You must know that on the surface, they only had five active Core Formation cultivators.

Di Wanyun had only retired from the surface in recent years; the outside world only thought he was old and tired of trivial matters.

This power!

Had already far exceeded the Green Pill Valley.

It was even said that the other four sects, in terms of the number of Core Formation cultivators, were far inferior to the Flame Alliance.

Including the newly promoted grand sect, the Luoyun Sect!

After sweeping his gaze over his fellow sect members, Di Wanyun stood up slowly.

"With them here, this Wither-Prosperity Array does not lack one Core Formation cultivator. Alliance Leader, let me return after avenging my son!"

The Flame Alliance Leader frowned, "Are you sure you can find the enemy?"

A trace of sorrow flashed in Di Wanyun's eyes.

Then his expression turned ferocious.

"How could I not find them? My son burned his soul to apply the Wither-Prosperity mark on the opponent."

Hearing this, the Alliance Leader nodded.

Applying the Wither-Prosperity mark with the Flame Alliance's bloodline technique.

As long as the opponent did not quickly flee the Yuding Domain, they would sooner or later be caught by Di Wanyun.

(Repeated sentence)

"Fine, return quickly after finishing the matter!"

After saying this, the Alliance Leader's gaze fell on the small fire pit at the bottom of the valley, muttering: "Without people to suppress it, once the Wither-Prosperity fire backlashes, they will all die."

Di Wanyun said no more.

Under the gaze of several awake fellow sect members, he left the stone pillar with difficulty.

After getting off the stone pillar, his whole person seemed to relax quite a bit.

Silver-white light flickered on his body, and his figure disappeared from the underground of the Burning Incense Valley without a trace.

And with his departure.

In the middle of the twenty giant stone pillars, a weak flame in the fire pit trembled slightly, and the fire's momentum visibly grew a few points.

Deep underground.

Luo Chen looked curiously at a pair of doors in front of him.

The doors were ancient and plain, without any flowers, birds, insects, or fish, and no ancient seal characters, and even the door plaque that should have been there was nowhere to be seen.

What was there was only the sense of vicissitudes revealed after being polished by time.

What was there were only strange patterns like snakes and dragons, as if lightning and thunderbolts.

The two doors were tightly closed, tightly hiding everything inside.

But the appearance of such a door in the Jiushan, the most mysterious and dangerous of the Nine Accumulated Thunder Mountains, meant what it meant, it went without saying!

Luo Chen turned around, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a dry voice:

"Brother Wang, did we encounter an ancient cave dwelling?"

"Should be!"

Wang Yuan also looked at the two doors with burning eyes.

Everyone in the cultivation world knows what an ancient cave dwelling means!

Either it is plain inside, or it possesses the entire family fortune and inheritance of a high-realm cultivator.

For juniors with low cultivation, perhaps one relic could allow them to rise directly.

Stronger relics might even allow an entire sect to benefit.

For example, the Lingkong Secret Realm once controlled by the Yuding Sword Sect!

It is rumored to be the cave dwelling of a Soul Transformation great power; because of this item, the Yuding Sword Sect changed its decline after the Opening War and quickly consolidated its backbone strength in these years.

And this relic with a door in front of them is undoubtedly an ancient cave dwelling!

"Try it?"

Luo Chen released his spiritual sense, and after finding no dangerous aura, he invited Wang Yuan.

The other party nodded and walked up.

The two placed their palms on the door.

Pushed with force together!

With the body-refining realms they both had achieved, massive force poured out.

However, the door did not move at all.

"Can't push it open?" Luo Chen frowned, "Array? Restriction? Mechanism?"

Wang Yuan hesitated, "Try with spiritual power?"

Luo Chen said "Hmm."

The two mobilized the spiritual power in their bodies and added it to their palms.

However, the door still did not move at all.

But!

Crack!

A bolt of lightning suddenly struck from above the nine heavens.

Luo Chen was startled and hurriedly avoided it.

Wang Yuan was the same.

Unexpectedly, that bolt of lightning had no interest in them, but instead, as if it were extremely spiritual, struck the stone door.

The two looked, only to see that on the door, there were actually wisps of electric light flowing.

Luo Chen looked up, and the thunder clouds that had accumulated for a thousand years above the Trap-Empty Valley were slowly gathering.

His expression changed slightly.

"Go!"

Wang Yuan did not hesitate, followed behind him, and left the door directly.

Arriving outside, Luo Chen looked up at the strange thunder clouds, his face surprised and uncertain.

After a long while, he exhaled a turbid breath.

"I know the key."

Wang Yuan also looked up at the strange thunder clouds, "Is it this thunder power?"

"Should be." Luo Chen nodded, "It might even be that the formation and origin of the Nine Accumulated Thunder Mountains are all related to the cave dwelling beneath our feet."

"Then now we?" Wang Yuan hesitated, with a bit of hesitation in his eyes.

Luo Chen smiled freely, "Brother Wang, why be so greedy? Staying alive is better than anything. Not to mention whether we have the means to draw thunder power to open the cave door, just saying that after the door is opened, it is highly likely to be discovered by the Core Formation cultivators on the battlefield."

"By then, such a place would not be our turn to share a piece of the pie."

Wang Yuan pursed his lips, looking at the pair of doors with unwillingness.

He had to admit that Luo Chen's words made sense.

"Leave first!"

"This cave dwelling is right here, and no one has discovered it for over a thousand years, which shows its wonder; it shouldn't be able to run away."

"When our realms are higher and the war is over, we will come here to explore quietly in the future."

"Maybe there is a Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation opportunity inside."

This is the best hope.

Wang Yuan no longer opposed.

Immediately, he and Luo Chen used methods to bury this place.

Not only that, even the Trap-Empty Valley outside was filled up.

After everything was done.

Luo Chen followed the range of the previous battle, waved his sleeves extensively, and continuously cast Cleaning Techniques, ensuring that the battle aura was left behind as little as possible.

Finally, the two left in a hurry.

The Jiushan returned to calm.

Except for the black thunder clouds accumulating and becoming thicker above the nine heavens!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 376 =====