Chapter 341: Giving the Fire Essence a Home

At this time, the peach tree had just received the thunder fire. Taking it over was useless; it wouldn't last long in the future. After burning for a few days, the spirituality within would gradually dissipate. Therefore, it was necessary to use the Yao Village witch method. Thus, Liu Xiao took out the lightning-struck peach wood he had etched with witch runes earlier and took over the thunder fire on the peach tree.

Until the peach tree was completely burned and the fire extinguished, a flame the size of a fist finally appeared on the lightning-struck peach wood, jumping and moving, which was the essence of the heavenly fire of thunder and lightning.

At this point, Liu Xiao had obtained the night peach miasma and the thunder fire essence, and could refine the spirit leopard.

Today's thunderstorm was short, but the rain was heavy and the thunder was urgent, so the lightning fire that split down was exceptionally strong and fierce. Don't look at it as just a flame the size of a fist; this was the essence of a heavenly fire, burning on the lightning-struck peach wood, jumping uncertainly, and extremely spiritual.

Liu Xiao was exceptionally satisfied.

The thunderstorm attacked urgently, and it didn't last long. Before long, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared, and the sky cleared up again.

Bai continued to put on the cart, while Xiao Hei pushed hard from behind. There was no way; the mountain road was muddy after the rain, and the cart was really difficult to move.

Liu Xiao leaned against the box of the cart, staring at the thunder fire torch stuck on the side, pondering the method of refining.

Traveling two hundred miles north from Dehang Great Mountain, he entered Southern Hunan. From here on, everything became familiar again. Although Liu Xiao still returned in a low-key manner, he was no longer deliberately hiding, but tried his best to walk on remote and uninhabited trails, and no longer traveled at night and rested in the morning.

Two days later, he returned to Wulong Mountain. The villagers under the mountain were all busy with spring plowing. Liu Xiao saw Uncle Tian in the fields again. After several years, the old man didn't seem to have aged much, still full of infinite vitality. When transplanting rice seedlings, his arms moved like flying, and he was truly doing a good job of farm work!

Liu Xiao didn't disturb him either. Just when passing by his house, he went in and left a large silver ingot.

Over the years, thanks to Bai's efforts, the Three Mystical Sect was no longer short of gold and silver, so Liu Xiao was quite generous. Throwing out ten taels of silver, he didn't even blink. Instead, the big goose was a bit anxious and rushed up to try to bite it back, but was pulled out of the house by Liu Xiao pinching its neck. Until they reached the Dry Bamboo Ridge, this beast was very unhappy, drooping its wings, lying under the stove with eyes full of disappointment.

But after not being disappointed for long, Bai suddenly smelled something. Its long neck suddenly raised, its two feet moved quickly, and it spread its wings, half-jumping and half-flying to the peak.

A fresh spiritual power overflowed on the small peak. Xiao Hei had long been lying in the crevice at the very top, lazily curled into a ball. Bai stepped over quickly, squeezed out half a position from under Xiao Hei's belly, folded its wings, and lay down.

It was truly comfortable!

"Ga~"

"Meow~"

Opening his spiritual eyes and soothing the two beasts at home, Liu Xiao looked for a place to settle the fire eye.

This fire eye was not that fire eye; it was not the natural earth-core fire eye on Star Virtue Mountain or Jade Goose Chen Dingfeng, but the thunder fire essence received from the sky, which needed to be found a place to warm and nourish.

The thunder fire essence of Xia Wu was directly warmed and nourished in her wooden building. She made a fire pit, which looked very simple, but it was actually the result of extreme calculation. She obtained this thunder fire essence thirty-eight years ago, and at that time, the threshing floor of the Yao Village was empty and house-less, and her own wooden building was located at the east end of the village.

Xia Wu first determined the location of the fire pit, and then built this two-story wooden building—because heavenly fire has no roots, the best place for warming and nourishing is in mid-air.

So Liu Xiao had already made plans to build a bamboo building on Dry Bamboo Ridge.

After searching for a long time, he discovered that the best place for warming and nourishing the thunder fire essence was actually this crevice on the peak!

Pulling Bai away and kicking Xiao Hei away—there was no way, these two beasts were lying there and wouldn't give up their seats, so Liu Xiao couldn't be blamed for using violent means—he finally regained the right to use the stone crevice.

The lightning-struck peach wood burning with thunder fire essence was just sent to the mouth of the stone crevice, and the firelight suddenly grew by three inches, drilling towards the inside of the stone crevice, almost detaching from the lightning-struck peach wood—of course, this was impossible. From this, it could be seen how satisfied the thunder fire essence was with this stone crevice, and how urgently it wanted to squeeze in and take root.

After trying several times in a row, he finally found the place where the thunder fire essence was most comfortable, about seven feet deep under the stone peak.

Liu Xiao decided to place the thunder fire essence in this position, slightly towards the northeast of the stone crevice.

After determining the position, Liu Xiao planned to build a fire rack suspended in the stone crevice.

This was simple. The stone crevice was narrow, so there was no need to build a building. Finding a card point on the two walls of the stone crevice, he directly carded the lightning-struck peach wood in. To prevent the lightning-struck peach wood from falling, it also needed to be tied and suspended securely with a rope, which was also convenient for future use.

How powerful the thunder fire essence was! Ordinary ropes, even ordinary rope magic treasures, couldn't withstand this firepower. The Qiankun bag had many magic treasures captured from the Maling and Qingyuan sects, among which there were a few ropes and whips. He took them out to test, and sure enough, none of them worked.

After testing and wiping, he didn't expect that the Mysterious Truth Rope in his arm was the most suitable. It actually withstood the burning of the thunder fire essence. This rope could only seal meridians and was almost accurate for Qi Refinement cultivators, but it was useless for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Now it seemed a bit chicken-rib-like, so he simply gave it up and specifically used it to hang the thunder fire essence.

Of course, the Three Mystical Rope was not afraid of the thunder fire essence, but the lightning-struck wood would burn out. It would need to be replaced about once a month. The one he brought back to the mountain was only enough for about half a year. In the future, Liu Xiao needed to pay attention to storing more.

Fortunately, lightning-struck wood was not a rare thing. It could be bought at any large market. One or two spirit stones could buy one the length of an arm, which could be used for about half a month. Of course, it was best to collect it yourself; otherwise, if you relied entirely on buying, it would be a not-small expense over a year.

Everything was quickly set up, and the thunder fire essence settled in the stone crevice, looking very comfortable.

Liu Xiao pondered, the only problem was that he couldn't lie in the stone crevice to cultivate, especially Bai, otherwise it would really become a roasted goose.

Thinking of what came, Bai was really unconvinced. Just as Liu Xiao moved half a crevice back, it took the opportunity to drill in, and then smelled a slight burnt smell.

Bai was stunned, and suddenly let out a miserable scream of "Ga", flapping its wings and rushing upwards, actually flying to such a height of six or seven feet for the first time, and then flying down from the peak. Looking at this posture, it was going straight to the Wuchao River under the mountain, causing a ground of goose feathers to fall on the peak, and also collapsing the shed frame that Liu Xiao had built before.

However, Liu Xiao was also prepared to build a sturdier one, so it didn't matter. He went down the peak and went to the bamboo forest to cut bamboo.

Just after cutting two bamboo poles, a miserable cat scream came from the peak again, long and sad...

Liu Xiao didn't get distracted by this. They were all beasts with full spirituality, and they wouldn't die from a little injury. They all had the ability to take care of themselves, so he continued to cut bamboo. It took half a day to build a sturdy shed for the thunder fire essence, so he didn't need to worry about wind and rain anymore.

In fact, the thunder fire essence was born in a thunderstorm and was not afraid of wind and rain. Liu Xiao doing this was just a layer of psychological comfort, feeling that this fire essence was like a child and should be taken care of.

After cleaning up, he took out the gourd and hung it into the stone crevice, just suspended one foot above the flame of the thunder fire essence. With a flick of his fingertip, a burst of true qi was sent out.

The flame wrapped around the gourd, and the night peach miasma in the gourd was stimulated by this heavenly thunder fire and began to roll. ===== CHAPTER 342 =====