The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 56, Red Lotus Sea of ​​Qi

After leaving everyone's sight and far away from the Medicine Valley, Old You used his Qinggong skills, stepped on the branches and leaves as light as a swallow, and ran quickly towards the South Mountain.

When Hua Changxi saw this, she knew that Mr. You was trying to test her. After hesitating for a moment, she still used the Lingbo Weibu to chase after him.

Before that, she planned to develop in a low-key manner.

Faced with Mr. You’s temptation, she can choose to hide her strength, but what about next time?
Next time you encounter something similar, do you have to hide it?
Now that she has the opportunity to practice, she should be more confident in facing all kinds of situations and behave more freely and openly.

If she shrinks back when faced with difficulties, and is worried about this and that, then the opportunity to practice cultivation will not be her weapon, but her shackles.

Thinking of this, Hua Changxi walked even faster, and after that, he kept a distance of about ten meters from You Lao.

In front, You Lao saw Hua Changxi catch up with him easily. No matter how he sped up, she could always keep a stable distance from him. He did not feel heavy in his heart, but very happy instead.

The stronger the abilities Hua Changxi displays, the more valuable her secrets become.

Xichishan, Dongchishan and Nanchishan are not isolated peaks, but continuous mountain ranges with numerous gullies.

As he continued to fly in Nanchi Mountain, Hua Changxi could clearly feel that the fire spirit in the air was becoming more and more dense.

An hour later, Hua Changxi followed You Lao and went deep into the hinterland of the Nanchi Mountains. In a narrow strip of land between two peaks, a huge winding rift valley appeared in their sight.

The rift is deep. Looking down from above, you can vaguely see the red light shining at the bottom of the rift.

Old You leaped down, and just when Hua Changxi was about to follow him, a shrill bird cry was heard, and then Hua Changxi saw a fiery red figure flying out from the rift and rushing towards Old You at a rapid speed.

It was a huge red eagle, with its wings spread out to a width of five or six meters.

Soon, You Lao and Red Eagle started fighting fiercely.

After all, You Lao is a master. He can avoid the attack of the Red Eagle and suppress the Red Eagle at the beginning. But when the Red Eagle spewed out a flame more than ten meters long, You Lao was burned by the flame and fell directly to the ground.

"Chirp~"

As You Lao fell to the ground, the red eagle swooped down immediately, and its eagle beak, shining coldly, stabbed towards You Lao like a sharp arrow.

On the crown of the giant tree, Hua Changxi watched this scene with a look of struggle on his face.

The location of the Fire Spirit Mine is probably in the rift valley. She has achieved her goal. With You Lao's death, she doesn't have to reveal her secret.

But I couldn't bear to watch an old man die under the Red Eagle's beak.

In the end, the value of human life overcame reason. Hua Changxi gathered spiritual power in his hands to form a fire blade, and then the fire blade attacked the Red Eagle with a whistling sound.

When the eagle's beak was still two or three meters away from You Lao, the fire blade pierced through the red eagle's body.

"Boom~"

The Red Eagle's huge body slammed heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

When the Red Eagle swooped down, You Lao closed his eyes in despair. His heart stopped beating when he felt the Red Eagle's body hitting him.

After a few breaths, he found that he was still alive. You Lao quickly opened his eyes and saw Hua Changxi flying down and landing a few meters away.

Old You looked at the motionless Red Eagle on his body, and climbed out from the Red Eagle with difficulty. After he stood firm, there was still a trace of fear on his face.

He had killed many ferocious beasts before, but he had never encountered one that could breathe fire.

The flames came and he didn't even have time to release his internal energy before he was burned by the flames.

After escaping the danger of his life, You Lao felt the burning pain all over his body. Looking down, he found that his limbs were burned into a bloody mess, with the flesh and clothes stuck together, the pain was unbearable.

"Why did you save me?"

Old You looked at Hua Changxi with confusion in his eyes. Judging from the cautious nature this girl had shown before, she probably didn't want others to know that she had a secret.

Hua Changxi was looking down into the rift valley. Hearing this, he turned his head to look at You Lao and said, "I can't just ignore a life."

Old You had never expected to hear such an answer. Ever since he embarked on the path of a warrior, even if he was not bloodthirsty, killing was inevitable. The more people he killed, the more he lost his respect for human life.

I didn’t expect that today I would be saved because I was a life.

Old You looked at Hua Changxi with a complicated expression. He was indeed still a child and had not yet been contaminated by this sinister world.

"I found the red crystal in this rift."

When Mr. You saw Hua Changxi looking into the rift, he also looked over.

"I discovered this rift three years ago. At that time, I was able to go down to the bottom of the rift to explore it, but now, standing on top of it makes me feel quite tired."

After a while, You Lao felt sweat all over. The sweat ran across the wound, and the burning pain on his body became more severe. He also felt like he was being burned inside.

Looking at Hua Changxi who was still refreshing and not affected at all, You Lao was somewhat eager. He endured the severe pain in his body and humbly asked:

"Miss Hua, you have no internal energy, but you were able to catch up with me and kill this evil beast easily. Can you tell me how you did it?"

The fire spirit in the rift was very rich. Hua Changxi, bathing in it, felt like she was back in her mother's womb, feeling refreshed. After hearing You Lao's question, she thought for a moment and said:
"A warrior trains his body, develops internal strength, and cultivates his inner energy. This stimulates the body's potential, but in essence it consumes the body's foundation."

Old You nodded, agreeing with this statement. Grandmaster is considered the highest realm for a warrior, but as one ages, his energy and blood will decline, causing his combat effectiveness to decline. When his energy and blood are exhausted, he will die.

Hua Changxi looked at You Lao and said, "I am not a warrior. I have not consumed my own body's essence. I am absorbing the power of heaven and earth for my own use."

You Lao was shocked and asked anxiously, "Then how can we use the power of heaven and earth for our own benefit?"

Hua Changxi smiled and said, "Master You, you brought me to this rift valley only in exchange for one piece of information. I have already told you that the warriors and I do not practice the same way."

"Now you know there is such a road. As for how to embark on this road, it is up to you to find it."

Old You frowned and pointed at the lifeless Red Eagle on the ground: "Young lady, please help me solve this puzzle again. Is this evil beast walking the same path as you?"

Hua Changxi nodded: "Yes."

This red eagle can no longer be considered a ferocious beast, it should be considered a demon beast.

You Lao's expression changed drastically. "In recent years, there have been more and more vicious beasts in the mountains. Could they also be able to spit fire like this evil beast?"

Hua Changxi's expression also turned a little serious: "It is very likely to be like this."

Humans can practice cultivation, and of course animals and plants can as well.

You Lao couldn't imagine how much of a threat the forests filled with ferocious beasts like the Red Eagle would pose to the human race.

But he had no time to think about these things at the moment. The pain from the burns on his body was so severe that he could not think. Standing at the mouth of the rift had intensified the burning pain, and he could no longer hold on.

Seeing his painful expression, Hua Changxi said, "Master You, you should go back and recover first."

You Lao looked at Hua Changxi, knowing that she might be going down to explore the rift valley, and nodded: "Be careful, I didn't encounter this evil beast when I came here last time."

"This evil beast either came from somewhere else, or it suddenly became much stronger."

Hua Changxi: "Okay, I will be careful."

The rift was not straight downwards. There were protrusions and buffer zones on the crack walls. As soon as You Lao left, Hua Changxi put the red eagle into the Shennong Ding, then jumped down, using the protruding wall as a step and going down step by step.

After going about a hundred meters deep, light red crystals appeared on the crack wall. The deeper they went, the darker the color of the crystals became, and at the same time, the fire spirit became more and more intense.

"This really is a Fire Spirit Mine!"

Hua Changxi was both excited and encouraged. Last month she was still anxious about the lack of resources for cultivation. Now, she not only discovered the spiritual plants at the bottom of the stone cliff, but also discovered this large-scale fire spirit mine.

She is about to become famous!

The bottom of the rift was like a riverbed washed by water. The red light seen above the rift was all emitted by the bright red and transparent red crystals.

Hua Changxi went all the way down and when he reached the bottom of the rift, he collected four types of crystals.

One is a light-colored, turbid fire spirit stone the size of a walnut. When you pinch it in your hand and absorb it, you will find that it can increase your spiritual power by one point.

One is a dark red crystal with many grains and spots, which can increase ten spiritual power points after absorption;
One is a darker red crystal with a few thread-like patterns, which can increase one hundred spiritual power points after absorption;
The last type is a pure red crystal that is transparent and has no impurities. After absorption, it can increase one thousand spiritual power points.

Hua Changxi didn't know how others distinguished spirit stones. After seeing the four clearly differentiated types of fire spirit stones in the rift, he directly divided them into low-grade spirit stones, medium-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones.

When Hua Changxi encountered the Fire Spirit Mine, he of course had to collect spirit stones.

The best quality spirit stones are only found in the one meter long strip at the center of the bottom of the rift where the red light is the brightest.

Since there were top-grade spirit stones, Hua Changxi naturally looked down on the other spirit stones and went straight for the one-meter-long belt.

Fortunately, the Shennong tradition taught the art of controlling wind. Hua Changxi condensed his spiritual power, swung out the wind blade, and used the wind blade to cut the fire spirit ore.

Hua Changxi dug forward happily and put all the top-quality fire spirit ore into the Shennong Ding.

She was so focused on digging that she didn't even notice she had gone deep into the Fire Spirit Mine.

"Sigh~"

An inaudible hissing sound brought Hua Changxi back to his senses from the joy of the harvest. When he looked up, he found that all he could see was Fire Spirit Ore, and he could no longer see the sky above his head.

She went deep into the heart of the Fire Spirit Mine!
This discovery made Hua Changxi alert, and the next moment, his hair stood on end.

Sensing danger, Hua Changxi immediately gathered his spiritual power in his hands, clenched his five fingers into fists, and instinctively charged forward amidst the red light.

"Boom~"

A violent collision sounded.

Before Hua Changxi could see clearly what was attacking her, she felt her body being wrapped around by a soft giant object as thick as a bucket.

A hissing sound, a tangled mess, Hua Changxi's scalp instantly went numb, and she guessed what was attacking her.

His five fingers formed into claws and fiercely grabbed the snake's body.

The fingertips pierced the giant snake's skin and penetrated into its flesh. At the same time, spiritual power gathered at the fingertips, increasing the damage to the giant snake.

The hissing sound intensified, and the snake's body twisted continuously, increasing the force of its wrapping.

Hua Changxi was entangled so much that it was difficult for her to breathe. She had no experience in combat, so she could only hold on to the snake's body tightly and continuously increase the output of her spiritual power.

"Bang~"

She broke the snake's body into two pieces.

In this way, the giant snake did not die and attacked Hua Changxi again.

This time, Hua Changxi saw the glowing snake eyes, dodged the frontal attack, and continuously swung out fire blades and fireballs to prevent the giant snake from approaching.

"Whoo~"

During the fight, the giant snake actually spewed out flames, trying to burn Hua Changxi with fire.

Fortunately, Hua Changxi was not afraid of fire and was not injured.

Finally, when the giant snake lost too much blood and its movements slowed down, Hua Changxi used his five fingers to form claws and pierced into the seven-inch part of the snake's body, killing it completely.

"Whoo~"

"Whoo~"

"Whoo~"

Hua Changxi sat on the ore and panted for a while, then quickly stood up and put the dug top-grade fire spirit stone and giant snake into the Shennong Ding.

She was careless. Now the world she was exposed to was full of dangers and she could no longer act as carelessly as before.

Not daring to go any deeper and having dug up quite a few top-grade spirit stones, Hua Changxi planned to return home. He turned around, walked a few steps, and then suddenly stopped.

Where there are monsters guarding, there are usually treasures.

Hua Changxi hesitated for a moment, turned around, and continued to walk carefully into the depths of the Fire Spirit Mine.

After walking about a hundred meters deep, I smelled a refreshing fragrance.

Having learned the lesson from the giant snake attack, Hua Changxi did not dare to be careless even though he guessed there was a treasure ahead. He walked vigilantly in the direction of the fragrance.

Not long after, at a corner, a red lotus with red clouds falling appeared in her sight.

The reason why you can see the red lotus clearly in the red Fire Spirit Mine is because the red lotus is so dazzling, like a frozen bright red firework.

Flowing red lotus!

The best atavism fruit among the fire-related magical powers!

Hua Changxi swallowed her saliva. The fragrance of the flowing red lotus was too tempting, but she did not move.

There is a detailed introduction in the chapter on spiritual plants in Baicao Jingzhu that only taking the lotus seeds of Liuguang Honglian can have the effect of returning to one's ancestral home.

At this moment, the red lotus blooms, the light overflows, and the lotus seeds are about to condense.

Hua Changxi suppressed his anxious mood and waited for the red lotus to bear fruit while looking around vigilantly, fearing that another monster would run out from somewhere.

A quarter of an hour later, the rosy glow faded, the flowing light disappeared, the red lotus withered instantly, and only thirty-six lotus seeds shining brightly with red light remained on the lotus pod.

Hua Changxi ran over and quickly picked the lotus seeds. He didn't even put them into the Shennong Ding and just ate them.

Once the lotus seeds are separated from the lotus pod, the atavistic effect will be sharply weakened unless there is a special storage box.

She didn't have any, so she had to eat it.

Every time Hua Changxi ate a lotus seed, he felt a roar coming from the qi sea in his dantian.

After eating thirty-six lotus seeds, Hua Changxi looked inward at his dantian and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Her sea of ​​​​qi was surging and boiling, and red lotuses were emerging one after another.

There was another noise coming from the depths of the spiritual mine. Hua Changxi didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly returned along the original route. Half an hour later, he was back above the rift.

At this time, it was already dark.

Not daring to spend the night in the mountains, Hua Changxi exerted all his strength and rushed towards the Medicine Valley at full speed.

It took more than an hour to get here, but only a quarter of an hour to get back.

At the entrance of Yao Valley, the one-armed man followed You Lao's instructions and waited here for Hua Changxi to come back.

Seeing that it was getting dark and Hua Changxi had not returned yet, the one-armed man was about to go back to report when he heard a whistling sound coming from afar.

When I looked for the source of the sound, I saw Hua Changxi, whose clothes were burnt to tatters.

The one-armed man was a little speechless and pointed at Hua Changxi: "You"

Hua Changxi glanced at his body. He hadn't paid attention before in the Fire Spirit Mine, but now he realized that he had been burned beyond recognition by the fire sprayed by the giant snake.

"I'm fine. I fell into a fire pit."