Chapter 157: Refining the Red Glow Fire Seed

After leaving the Nanxuan Sect, the thin man stood upon his Flying Magic Tool and cursed bitterly in the direction of Zhang Nuo, never expecting that despite all his careful calculations, he had still been played by the other party.

Once the thin man had told Zhang Nuo the method for refining the Red Glow Fire Seed, the other party handed over two million Spirit Stones and then made it clear he wanted his guest to leave!

At that moment, the thin man brought up that the Spirit Stones for the technique Jade Slip had not yet been paid, but to his surprise, Zhang Nuo simply returned the Jade Slip to him! He even said quite shamelessly that the Jade Slip was useless to him; it was the fire seed he wanted!

It went without saying that Zhang Nuo must have memorized the contents of the technique Jade Slip, so having the Jade Slip or not made no difference at this point! However, with two million Spirit Stones in hand, the thin man would not care about a mere eight thousand Spirit Stones!

"Even if I tell you the method, can you succeed? The taste of being scorched by raging fire is not easy to bear!"

After muttering this in his heart, the thin man's feet flashed with spiritual light, and he flew off into the distance! He looked quite hurried, not pausing in the slightest during his flight!

Zhang Nuo was sitting on the bed in his room at this time, toying with a Jade Slip in his hand; inside this Jade Slip was the Red Glow Fire Body Refining Technique he had completely copied.

Although he had saved eight thousand Spirit Stones, Zhang Nuo did not feel happy at all; he already owed Zhuge Qing quite a few Spirit Stones, and he had no idea how he would pay this debt back!

But fortunately, Zhuge Qing was not in a rush to demand them from him; there was still plenty of time, and there would always be a way to pay them back!

Constantly recalling the method the thin man had described for refining the Red Glow Fire Seed into the body, Zhang Nuo made up his mind to start tonight and refine the Red Glow Fire Seed into his body.

When the thin man was explaining the method, Zhang Nuo had carefully opened a small gap in his Storage Bag so that Chunyangzi inside the Nine Dragon Sword Case could also hear. In the end, even Chunyangzi believed the method was feasible, which was why he had handed over the Spirit Stones.

"Kid Zhang! Be extra careful tonight. Although this method is feasible, it also carries certain risks!"

Fearing that Zhang Nuo might be careless, Chunyangzi reminded him constantly.

"Don't worry, Senior, I have a sense of proportion!"

Having long since memorized the refining method and thought through all the possible situations that might arise, Zhang Nuo considered it foolproof!

The daylight slowly faded, and there were few people left on the streets of the Nanxuan Sect. At this time, Zhang Nuo closed his door, sat back down on the bed, and took a Refining Iron Box from his Storage Bag; inside was the fire seed of the Red Glow Fire!

Opening the lid, the entire room was illuminated by the crimson flames; the slowly rising flame looked just like a new life growing.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Nuo placed the Refining Iron Box in front of him, then used his fingernail to cut one of his fingers, and blood instantly gushed out.

As he dripped drops of blood onto the Red Glow Fire Seed, the seed immediately erupted into pillars of fire upon contact with the blood. If Zhang Nuo had not set up fire-prevention Restrictions in the room beforehand, his small room would likely have been reduced to ashes by those two moments.

The blood from his finger flowed continuously onto the Red Glow Fire Seed. As time passed, the fire seed was not as irritable as before, and the leaping flames gradually grew smaller. In the words of the thin man, this was the first step of refining the Red Glow Fire, called Assimilation.

This fire seed originally belonged to a member of the Red Glow Tribe; to refine it, one must let the fire seed become familiar with the taste of the blood in Zhang Nuo's body! Only then could the second step proceed.

Late at night, seeing that the fire seed no longer had any reaction, Zhang Nuo stopped dripping blood onto it. He picked up the Refining Iron Box and saw that the fire light inside was weak, as if it were still not accustomed to Zhang Nuo's blood.

A resolute look flashed in his eyes. Zhang Nuo took a deep breath, and at the same time, his palms were covered in Spirit Power as he reached out and pinched the Red Glow Fire Seed between two fingers.

A series of "crackling" sounds came forth. The flames scorched Zhang Nuo's fingers; fortunately, there was a layer of spiritual light protecting them, otherwise, his hands would likely have already been reduced to ashes.

With his palms facing each other at his dantian, he suspended the Red Glow Fire Seed between his hands. The weak flame of the seed was still jumping, looking as if it extremely disliked this.

Closing his eyes slightly, the Double Spirit Sea inside Zhang Nuo erupted with dazzling white light. Streams of pure Spirit Power surged out like a rushing river, gathering through the meridians in his body to the palms of his hands, and with one envelopment, he surrounded the Red Glow Fire Seed in the center.

The "crackling" sounds grew louder, coming from the restless fire seed. Zhang Nuo kept his eyes tightly shut, his expression sinking slightly, and used his Spirit Power to peel a bit of the Red Glow Fire flame off the seed, then transmitted it through his Spirit Power into his body.

This bit of flame was almost invisible to the naked eye, but the moment it entered his body, Zhang Nuo felt as if all the blood in his body were boiling, and at the same time, a scorching heat swept crazily through his entire body.

It was as if he had been thrown into a furnace; billowing white steam rose from the surface of his body. This was because it was too hot inside, and the sweat evaporating from his body instantly turned into gas.

Zhang Nuo's heart beat violently, as if it could not bear this heat at all and was about to explode!

Inside his body, the Red Glow flame, wrapped in layers of Spirit Power, emitted terrifying heat in his meridians. Every place it passed, it caused damage. After about half an hour, Zhang Nuo finally transported it to the top of his Divine Sea.

Although it was only a short half-hour, it was as if Zhang Nuo had taken a trip through hell; the agonizing pain was worse than just dying!

"This Red Glow Fire is too overbearing! Just this little bit is already more than I can accept!"

Looking at the Red Glow Fire Seed between his palms, Zhang Nuo said through gritted teeth.

"Kid, I told you long ago that wanting to refine this fire before reaching the Golden Core stage is extremely painful!"

Inside the Nine Dragon Sword Case, Chunyangzi sensed Zhang Nuo's painful expression and had the intention of persuading him to give up.

"If I don't refine this fire into my body, I don't know how many years I'll have to wait to break through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage! As for the Golden Core, I don't even dare to think about it! Even if I die today because of refining it, I must give it a try!"

After gritting his teeth and saying these words, Zhang Nuo closed his eyes again and began to refine the Red Glow Fire Seed once more. According to the introduction in the Body Refining technique Jade Slip, another bit of the fire seed was peeled off by Zhang Nuo, and then, wrapped in Spiritual Qi, it was brought into his body.

Just as Zhang Nuo was painstakingly refining the Red Glow Fire Seed into his body, in Zhuge Qing's room, the father and daughter sat facing each other, the old man's expression exceptionally ugly.

"What is going on with this Zhang Nuo? He actually opened his mouth like a lion and demanded two million Spirit Stones!"

The young girl remained calm and composed. She glanced at her angry father and said indifferently:

"He wanted two million Spirit Stones to sell the Red Glow Fire Seed! Listening to what he meant, it seems he wants to engage in Dharma-Body Dual Cultivation!"

Although Zhuge Qing said it plainly, to the old man's ears, it was like a thunderclap. He stood up abruptly, his mouth twitching rapidly a few times.

"What kind of joke is this! He really thinks of himself as a genius! Dharma-Body Dual Cultivation? Even the Ancestor didn't dare to think of such a thing, and he actually wants to do it! It's truly wishful thinking!"

Whether it was because he felt the pinch of the Spirit Stones or because he found Zhang Nuo's actions ridiculous, the old man shouted in anger.

Seeing the old man so angry, the young girl did not try to dissuade him, just sitting quietly on the chair.

"Qing'er, you are not allowed to lend him Spirit Stones in the future! If this continues, our Nanxuan Sect will sooner or later be ruined by him!"

The young girl still nodded slightly, still not making a sound!

"By the way, that night, what were you both talking about in the sky?"

Suddenly remembering this matter, Zhuge An calmed down and asked his daughter.

"Nothing much, just laid the matter out clearly!"

The extremely plain words made the old man pause. He looked at his daughter with some disbelief; with her intelligence, how could she do such a thing?

"But please rest assured, Father, Zhang Nuo will not leave the Nanxuan Sect for the time being!"

The immediate follow-up sentence made the old man feel much more at ease.

"I was wondering why you haven't been running over to his place lately! Why did you tell him the truth?"

As if suddenly realizing, the old man was silent for a moment before saying.

"Father! Actually, we have all been deceived by him! Don't look at his honest and loyal appearance; this person's schemes are not a bit inferior to mine! While I was using various means to win him over, he was also playing along, making us satisfied, but in his heart, he actually has his own ideas!"

The plain and simple words gave the old man a new understanding of Zhang Nuo!

"At the beginning, I thought my tactics were working on him, but later I discovered I was wrong!"

Never having seen her daughter so self-deprecating, she looked as if everything had been seen through, and she was no longer able to control the situation.

"He has many secrets on him! We don't know any of them! Everything I am doing now is just trying to use a simple method to keep him here. Even if I can't keep him, if the Nanxuan Sect faces disaster in the future, it would be good if he could lend a hand!"

Speaking up to this point, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from the young girl's beautiful eyes. For some reason, she just wanted to have a good cry right now! All these years, no matter what she did, Zhuge Qing had never felt the sensation of failure, but facing Zhang Nuo, she had no strategy whatsoever to make him submit.

Conversely, that night's conversation and that night's frankness made the young girl feel that she was very humble and very pitiful! She was living entirely for the sake of a sect.

Walking to his daughter's side and letting her bury her head deep against his chest, Zhuge An also did not know how to comfort her. He felt his daughter's powerlessness, and at the same time, he felt Zhang Nuo's extraordinariness!

To be able to deal such a great blow to the depths of his daughter's heart, who had always been self-reliant, it seems this Zhang Nuo is no simple character!