Chapter 353: Blood Lotus Pill

353. Chapter 353: Blood Lotus Pill

Ultimately, the Heaven-Devouring World Toad submitted under Long Xuan's tyrannical pressure and hopped toward the Fire Seed of the Sunset Divine Flame.

It had not hopped more than a few steps before it was so hot that sweat covered its entire body, letting out a "Croak!"

"Better to endure short pain than long suffering; go quickly and return swiftly!" Long Xuan urged hastily from behind.

He had no choice but to rush; the commotion caused by the Heavenly Fire explosion was far too great and would likely attract powerful experts from the surrounding areas.

He was currently closest to the Fire Seed of the Sunset Divine Flame; he must seize the Fire Seed at maximum speed and depart this place as soon as possible.

If he dawdled any longer, some Gu King might suddenly arrive, and by then, there would naturally be no share of the Heavenly Fire Seed left for him.

The Heaven-Devouring World Toad let out another "Croak!" then leaped high, directly jumping a long distance to the side of the Heavenly Fire Seed, before turning its head and swallowing the Fire Seed in one gulp.

The instant it swallowed the Fire Seed, the space within its body instantly expanded significantly; the Treasure Qi of the Heavenly Fire was astonishing indeed, absolutely a great supplement for the Heaven-Devouring World Toad.

After the Fire Seed entered the spatial interior of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad, it floated at a position extremely far from the Main Island, thus failing to melt the Spirit Medicines on the island.

The Heaven-Devouring World Toad turned its head again, swallowed the black Storage Ring not far away in one bite, then leaped up and hopped to Long Xuan's side.

"Well done!" Long Xuan joyfully stroked its head, then added, "Let us depart immediately; run toward the City of Sin at your fastest speed, the faster the better!"

As soon as Long Xuan finished speaking, he immediately ran into the spatial interior of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad.

He was now covered in wounds from head to toe and could not move quickly at all, so he could only have the Heaven-Devouring World Toad carry him.

Not long after the Heaven-Devouring World Toad hopped away, the Law Enforcers of the Yan Ting Empire finally arrived here in groups.

Seeing the scorched black earth here, all the Law Enforcers displayed looks of shock.

"What happened here? What kind of attack was this exactly? How could it possess such tremendous destructive power?" someone in the crowd exclaimed in alarm.

The others were also discussing loudly among themselves, their faces showing terror.

"Never mind this place for now; let us hurry to rescue the Yan Family, or it will be too late."

The man leading the group, who radiated the aura of Gu King Peak, frowned, stepped onto a Flying Sword, ignored the abnormalities here, and swiftly flew toward Emperor Flame City.

The others dared not delay and one after another stepped onto Flying Swords, following the man as they flew in the direction of Emperor Flame City.

However, after they flew to Emperor Flame City and gazed upon that massive deep pit, they froze on the spot; everyone's mouths were now hanging wide open, large enough to stuff an egg inside.

Where was Emperor Flame City? Where exactly was Emperor Flame City now?

"Where is the City? I clearly remember there being a city here? Why can't I see it?"

Someone in the crowd immediately cried out in shock, vigorously rubbed their eyes, suspecting they had seen wrongly, and stared intently once more.

Yet what appeared in their line of sight was still a conspicuous large pit; there was no trace of Emperor Flame City, for Emperor Flame City had truly vanished into thin air.

A wave of discussion sounds rose behind him; everyone who saw this scene was dumbfounded.

The man leading the group finally grabbed a handful of scorched earth from the ground, sniffed it before his nose, and revealed a grave expression.

"These are traces left by Heavenly Fire; someone utilized the power of Heavenly Fire here."

"It seems Emperor Flame City was burned away by Heavenly Fire; both people and city were burned clean by the Heavenly Fire."

"Only the power of Heavenly Fire could cause an entire city to evaporate into nothingness."

Upon these words, the crowd instantly inhaled a sharp breath of cold air.

Emperor Flame City was a major city; for it to be directly evaporated like this was truly hard to believe.

An elder in the crowd sighed: "After we received the Yan Clan's distress talisman, we immediately came to rescue, yet in the end, we were still one step too slow."

"We never expected Yan Tiexin to ultimately be forced into self-detonating his Heavenly Fire, perishing together with all his enemies."

"However, by acting this way, he also caused his entire clansmen and all the innocent people of the city to be buried with him; this person was nothing but a selfish individual whose death was well deserved."

The elder revealed an expression of fury; looking at this vanished city, his heart was bleeding.

Even throughout the entire Yan Ting Empire, there were not many such major cities; the loss caused to the empire by the disappearance of one major city was simply immeasurable.

Once this news spreads back to the Imperial City, it will inevitably shake the entire court and countryside; even Your Majesty will fly into a thunderous rage.

The leading man sighed: "When people are pushed to a certain extent, they are capable of doing anything; how could they still care about the lives of others?"

"However, this Yan Tiexin was far too ignorant of the times; in such a matter, simply handing over the Heavenly Fire would have resolved everything with no issues; why insist on fighting the enemy to the death and implicate his entire clan and the whole city to be buried with him?"

The leading man also gradually revealed an expression of fury, shouting angrily: "People of the Huiyue Empire actually dare to come to our Yan Ting Empire to commit mass slaughter; if this matter is not dealt with severely, where lies the majesty of our Yan Ting Empire's laws?"

"Immediately issue a bounty on that group; issue a Wanted Order across all of Central Earth."

Hearing this, the elder revealed a look of confusion and hesitated: "The power generated by the Heavenly Fire self-detonation was so great; that group must have already died completely; why is there any need to issue a Wanted Order and place a bounty?"

The leading man said in a deep voice: "Superficial gestures must still be made; with such a major incident occurring, we Law Enforcers cannot simply do nothing."

"Moreover, the assumption that everyone is dead is merely your presumption; my Gu Worm clearly detected the aura of living beings here, indicating that at least one person here has survived."

"Hmph, I wonder who was so lucky as to survive under the might of the Heavenly Fire; immediately issue an order for a full-scale manhunt for this person."

Long Xuan did not know that the moment he had just left, a group of Law Enforcers from the Yan Ting Empire came rushing in; he could be considered to have fast legs.

After entering the spatial interior of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad, he immediately picked up that black Storage Ring, his eyes revealing a grave expression as he studied it incessantly.

This Storage Ring could remain undestroyed under the scorching of Heavenly Fire, clearly indicating it was no ordinary object; its owner had long since died, burned by the Heavenly Fire until not even ash remained.

At this moment, this Storage Ring had become an ownerless object; without expending the slightest effort, he projected his soul into the Storage Ring and examined the treasures hidden within.

Through the contents inside this Storage Ring, Long Xuan also roughly deduced who the owner of this Storage Ring was.

Inside the ring were vast quantities of Pill Formulas and Pills, along with various books related to Alchemy; it was not difficult to guess that the owner of this Storage Ring was definitely that Master Sun.

Among their group, only he was an Alchemist; apart from him, there was no one else.

Upon seeing that pile of King-Rushing Pills inside the Storage Ring, Long Xuan could not help but grin broadly.

These King-Rushing Pills were precisely the remuneration Master Sun had prepared to pay the eighty Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators among them, intending to settle the account afterward.

Unfortunately, everyone had died completely, so these King-Rushing Pills naturally all became a windfall for him.

He could exactly disguise himself as Master Wei and sell off these Pills at his Pill Shop; eighty King-Rushing Pills constituted a considerable fortune.

After selling all these pills and the remaining pills in this Storage Ring, he would make a huge fortune; once he had sold all of Master Sun's pills, he would then consider stripping Master Wei's Pill Shop of everything.

In this way, the money needed to refine the Blood Lotus Pill would certainly be secured.

Long Xuan smiled slightly.

This Blood Lotus Pill was precisely the miraculous pill from novels that could increase the success rate of devouring Heavenly Fire; after consuming the Blood Lotus Pill, thick blood scabs would form inside and outside the body, thereby isolating one from the burning of Heavenly Fire.

He prepared to immediately create this kind of Blood Lotus Pill.

Now that he possessed the Sunset Divine Flame Fire Seed, he naturally had to research the pill that increased the success rate of devouring Heavenly Fire at the earliest opportunity.

He just did not know whether such a Heaven-defying pill would summon a Heavenly Phenomenon or attract a Heavenly Tribulation.

Long Xuan fell into thoughtful contemplation.

Suddenly, he thought of something else and hurriedly rummaged through that pile of pills in his Storage Ring, finally finding a Pill Bottle containing white pills.

Gazing at this white pill, Long Xuan was overjoyed.

This white pill was exactly the Longevity Pill that Master Sun had spoken of, the one capable of increasing lifespan by three hundred years.

He had never expected that this priceless Longevity Pill would ultimately fall into his hands; truly, the ways of the world are hard to predict.

Of course, he was not excited about the Longevity Pill itself; he did not lack Lifespan, and his interest in treasures that enhanced Lifespan was limited.

What interested him was the refinement process of this Longevity Pill.

Since Old Sun possessed this Longevity Pill, there was a high probability that he also held the Pill Formula for it.

His Straw Gu's First Transformation had been completed by consuming a Longevity Gu to alter his Primeval Lifespan.

For this Second Transformation, naturally, he also had to follow its pattern and research a more potent Longevity Gu or Longevity Pill for the Straw Gu.

The Straw Gu's abilities were extremely important to him, even surpassing a Top-Grade Gu Worm, and he had always been researching methods for the Straw Gu's Second Transformation.

It was just that his knowledge in this area was insufficient, causing frequent blockages, which resulted in the research for the new Longevity Gu remaining at a standstill.

But now, with the Pill Formula for the Longevity Pill, he could draw upon many things from it; perhaps he could truly find inspiration within this formula to overcome the difficult problem that had long stumped him.

The Transformation of the Straw Gu might not be far off.

Long Xuan rummaged through Master Sun's collection again and, as expected, found a Pill Formula bearing the three characters "Longevity Pill."

Long Xuan smiled slightly, picked up the Pill Formula, quickly scanned through it, and then clicked his tongue in astonishment.

The materials on the formula were simply too rare; even if he wanted to collect all the materials listed on the formula in full, it would take him no short amount of time.

Since the Longevity Pill was such a Heaven-defying pill, how could its materials possibly be so easy to collect? (End of Chapter)