Chapter 332: Ten Thousand Fires Paying Homage to the Ancestor

Hua Changxi was not entering Tang Gu for the first time. She knew where the Seven-Colored Strange Fire grew. After separating from Tong Yao and the three, she drove the somersault cloud and flew out of Tang Gu.

A moment later, she appeared at the foot of the mountain outside the Tang Gu volcano pile.

Seeing the stone sculpture soldier array that guarded Tang Gu like a moat again, Hua Changxi was still a bit shocked.

Compared to the first time she broke into Tang Gu in a mess, she was much calmer now. Both her cultivation level and body-refining strength had improved quite a bit compared to the last time.

At least now, climbing the volcano pile of Tang Gu, she didn't feel any pressure.

Hua Changxi didn't look at the stone sculpture army array anymore and began to climb the volcano pile. Climbing all the way up, her feet were fast, and she didn't stay anywhere unless she encountered strange fire.

Since she entered Tang Gu, besides subduing the Seven-Colored Strange Fire, she also wanted to go to the Tang Bath Pool.

There are soul crystals at the bottom of the Tang Bath Pool. Even though her cultivation was stagnant now and there was no sign of advancing to the Spiritual Platform Realm, she had to collect soul crystals in advance.

The three major realms of Spiritual Platform Realm, Condensing Spirit Realm, and Out-of-Body Realm are mainly based on cultivating the soul power of the primordial spirit, and soul crystals are essential cultivation resources.

There are soul crystals at the bottom of the Tang Bath Pool. Even if she didn't know, she knew there were cultivation resources here, so she definitely couldn't make a wasted trip.

Having had the experience of subduing spirit fire, coming again, Hua Changxi's speed was even faster.

She knew Tong Yao and the three would definitely look for her, but in order to go to the Tang Bath Pool, after she climbed the volcano pile and began to go down deep into the valley, she didn't walk on the stone stairs, but went to remote places to collect strange fire.

It took more than three hours for Hua Changxi to collect the Seven-Colored Strange Fire. She couldn't care about merging the strange fire and went straight to the Tang Bath Pool.

Not long after, the Tang Bath Pool appeared in her line of sight.

Hua Changxi walked to the mouth of the Tang Bath Pool, looked at the surging and boiling fire spirit liquid, didn't think much, and dived in headfirst.

At the same time, in the main hall of the Artifact Saint Palace, Great Elder Yi Ming was standing in front of a red light screen. In the red light screen, everything happening in Tang Gu was revealed clearly.

Seeing Hua Changxi jump into the Tang Bath Pool, Great Elder Yi Ming was not very surprised.

In Tang Gu, besides the Seven-Colored Strange Fire, the Tang Bath Pool is also an extraordinary opportunity.

When Hua Changxi entered Tang Gu for the first time, she was raised in the Tang Bath Pool by Changfeng and his disciples to heal her injuries. She must have known the benefits of soaking in the Tang Bath.

Unfortunately, the divine screen could only monitor the Tang Bath Pool and could not look inside the pool. Great Elder Yi Ming could only slide the light screen.

The next moment, the screen showed Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen subduing strange fire.

Tong Yao and the three were obviously not smooth in subduing strange fire. Great Elder Yi Ming looked at it and fell into deep thought.

Hua Changxi could enter and exit the Tang Bath Pool freely. It was very likely that she was a fire spirit body.

However, Jing Le is an innate Dao body, Yan Zhenzhen is a five-element spirit body, and Tong Yao is also a fire spirit body. The physiques of the three are not inferior to Hua Changxi. Even if Hua Changxi had the experience of subduing spirit fire, the gap in subduing strange fire should not be so big.

Hua Changxi easily collected all the Seven-Colored Strange Fire, while Tong Yao and the three obviously suffered fierce resistance from the strange fire when subduing it.

"Is it because Hua Changxi practices the Zhu Que Divine Art?" Only then would Hua Changxi be significantly more favored by the fire system laws than Tong Yao and the three.

Zhu Que is in charge of fire phenomena and is naturally favored by fire system laws. If it weren't for the fact that practicing the Zhu Que Divine Art requires becoming a Zhu Que Army, Great Elder Yi Ming would have wanted to change his cultivation method.

This time entering Tang Gu was through the bright road, so after Hua Changxi dived into the Tang Bath Pool, she didn't intend to stay long, just wanted to collect a batch of soul crystals and go out to meet Tong Yao and the three.

However, the moment she entered the hot spring pool, the Sumeru Bead hanging around her neck began to vibrate violently.

Hua Changxi investigated and discovered that it was the box previously given to her by Grand Elder Yi Ming, which contained the Vermilion Bird essence blood, that was vibrating.

Vermilion Bird essence blood!!!

A flash of inspiration crossed Hua Changxi's mind; because her cultivation had stagnated, she had begun to focus on body refinement, and now, she had already reached the fifth chapter of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Art"—the Blood Refining Chapter.

The Blood Refining Chapter was precisely about refining the body through the refinement of essence blood.

She had originally planned to absorb and refine this drop of essence blood at the Transmission Platform of Lingguang Hall, but now...

The hot spring pool could temper the physical body, and the bottom of the pool was connected to the Fusang Divine Tree space.

The space where the Fusang Divine Tree resided was rich in the power of fire source laws; practicing beside the divine tree could greatly increase the probability of obtaining the power of fire-type laws.

The reason she was able to master the "Industry" law and the "Split" law among the fire-type laws was because she had been practicing on the roots of the Fusang Divine Tree at that time.

With her thoughts drifting, Hua Changxi arrived at the bottom of the hot spring pool.

Standing beside the spatial rift connected to the Fusang Divine Tree, the Sumeru Bead vibrated even more intensely. Hua Changxi hesitated for a moment and took out the communication talisman Tong Yao had given her.

"Tong Yao, forgive me for acting first and reporting later. I want to temper my physical body in the hot spring pool. I am willing to pay the corresponding fee, but I don't know how long it will take..."

"After you have subdued the exotic fire, you don't have to wait for me."

After sending the message, Hua Changxi decisively summoned the Shennong Cauldron and placed it under the spatial rift where the Soul River water flowed out, to catch the Soul River water.

Next, she took out the Floating Light Sword and began to pry at the spatial rift.

Not long after, the diameter of the falling Soul River water changed from the thickness of a fist to over a meter wide.

Watching the Soul River water continuously flow into the Shennong Cauldron, which appeared to be catching as much as it could, Hua Changxi stopped paying attention to this side, sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pool, took out the Vermilion Bird essence blood, and swallowed it in one gulp.

As soon as the Vermilion Bird essence blood entered her body, Hua Changxi felt her body turn into a black hole. She watched as the previously calm bottom of the hot spring pool began to surge, and whirlpools began to appear one after another...

Sensing that it might cause a major disturbance, Hua Changxi did not hesitate at all and flashed into the nearest spatial rift.

"Hmm?"

Just as Hua Changxi entered the spatial rift, Grand Elder Yi Ming saw through the divine screen that the water level of the hot spring pool had dropped by several meters.

"What is going on?"

Grand Elder Yi Ming's expression suddenly changed drastically: "Could that Hua Changxi be refining the Vermilion Bird essence blood at the bottom of the hot spring?"

At the same time, after Hua Changxi entered the Divine Tree space, she didn't dare to delay for even a moment and began to frantically circulate the body-refining technique of the fifth chapter of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art—the Blood Refining Chapter.

Fortunately, the fire spirit energy in the Fusang Divine Tree space was dense, continuously filling her black-hole-like body.

Even with the endless influx of fire spirit energy into her body, Hua Changxi still felt unsatisfied. Now, she only had one feeling: hunger, and a need for a massive amount of fire spirit energy to feed her.

The higher she went toward the divine tree, the denser the fire spirit energy became.

When she first came out of the spatial rift, Hua Changxi was at the roots. After feeling that the fire spirit energy around the roots was not dense enough, she began to fly upward slowly.

Logically speaking, with the pressure of the divine tree, she shouldn't have been able to fly very high, but she stubbornly flew until she reached the place where the first branch of the Fusang Divine Tree grew before stopping.

Afterward, Hua Changxi sat cross-legged at the fork of the Fusang Divine Tree branch and entered deep meditation. Seen from afar, she was entirely fiery red, resembling a tree fetus newly gestated by the divine tree.

I don't know how much time passed, but the tree fetus began to emit a dazzling red light. The red light surged and twisted, slowly condensing into a bird-shaped phantom.

As soon as the bird-shaped phantom appeared, the Fusang Divine Tree began to rain leaves.

The divine tree leaves fell like flower petals scattered by a celestial maiden, and they all drifted toward the tree fetus.

Every falling divine tree leaf, upon touching the red light, would turn into flames and merge into the bird phantom.

As the divine tree leaves continued to drift down, the illusory bird phantom became more and more solid and realistic.

"Hiccup~"

Amidst the rain of divine tree leaves, the tree fetus suddenly let out a satisfied burp, and the lifelike, living-creature-like bird phantom dived into the tree fetus's body.

At this moment, the rain of divine tree leaves stopped.

The red light surrounding the tree fetus began to fade slowly. Only after the red light completely disappeared did a human form reveal itself.

"Hiccup~"

Accompanied by the sound of a burp, Hua Changxi opened her eyes, with flames still burning in the depths of her pupils.

As her consciousness returned, a complex expression appeared on Hua Changxi's face. She hadn't expected that refining the Vermilion Bird essence blood would be such a unique experience.

At the beginning, it almost starved her to death; by the end, it almost stuffed her to death!

"Hiccup~"

Another burp was let out.

Hua Changxi patted her chest. Although she was extremely full now, her mood was very excited.

By refining a drop of essence blood, she had activated a Vermilion Bird bloodline divine ability—Ten Thousand Fires Paying Homage to the Ancestor!

Ten Thousand Fires Paying Homage to the Ancestor integrated swallowing, transformation, and strengthening into one. In other words, as long as it was fire, she could swallow and absorb it, and convert it into energy, thereby strengthening and repairing herself.

This divine ability was simply incredible!

From now on, wherever there was fire, it would be her domain!