Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Chen Yi sensed the area ahead and realized that although the Antarctic Fire Plains had a harsh environment, it also seemed to be home to many monsters and spirit insects.

Mu Yuanrong and Deng Liangyu also looked surprised, as this was their first time visiting this place.

Sun Huo took out several jade pendants from his storage bag and distributed them to everyone, saying:

"This is a specially made jade pendant that can insulate against heat."

Chen Yi took the jade pendant, and it felt cool to the touch the moment he held it. He channeled spiritual energy into it, and the jade pendant emitted a faint glow.

The next moment, a cool breeze transformed into a shield that enveloped him.

"Hmm, not bad. It seems Brother Sun is also proficient in weapon crafting!" Chen Yi said in surprise.

Sun Huo smiled calmly and said:

"I just enjoy making small gadgets; my main focus is still on formations."

After everyone put on the jade pendants, they slowly moved forward on their flying magical artifacts.

The Antarctic Fire Plains cover a vast area. There are relatively few spirit insects and monsters in the outer areas, but their numbers surge once you venture deeper into the inner area.

The Fire Essence Jade is located within the inner perimeter of the Antarctic Fire Plains. Only by entering as a team can you retrieve the Fire Essence Jade.

This is also why Sun Huo went straight to Chen Yi and the others after learning that they were looking for the Fire Essence Jade.

Chen Yi activated the Blazing Sun Furnace Technique. The surrounding scorching spiritual energy and heat waves had little effect on him; on the contrary, he felt quite at ease.

He took out an insect-rearing bag and released some fire ants to surround the group.

The environment of the Antarctic Fire Plains is very suitable for fire ants. Chen Yi found that they became very active. With the blessing of the Insect God, he could even feel the joy transmitted by the spirit insects.

Deng Liangyu, being next to Chen Yi, naturally noticed his actions and whispered:

"Brother Chen, your fire ants have swarmed so quickly?!"

Chen Yi smiled calmly and said, "I was lucky enough to find the Fire Breath Soil, which allowed me to successfully cultivate the Iron Fire Ants into a swarm."

Deng Liangyu was secretly alarmed; the chances of the fire ants hatching were very small.

She hadn't expected that Chen Yi could raise fire ants to this scale in such a short time.

Led by Sun Huo, the group slowly moved forward on their flying magical artifacts. Occasionally, low-level demonic beasts would appear around them, but Chen Yi easily dealt with them all.

Chen Yi also discovered some unique medicinal herbs and spiritual plants on the Antarctic fire source.

He naturally took action, using his spiritual energy to sweep away these fire-attribute medicinal herbs and plants, and put them into his storage bag.

As the group ventured deeper, the surrounding volcanoes gradually became more densely packed, and there were also many boulders four or five meters high around them.

Many fire lizards and red-striped snakes lurk among the boulders or in the crevices.

They piloted their flying artifacts, gaining a slight altitude. However, mid-air remained unsafe, as numerous spirit insects and bats continued to fly into the air.

"Everyone, if we continue forward, we can only land on the flying artifact."

"The most dangerous creature in the Antarctic Fire Plains is the Blazing Falcon; flying into the air will trigger their attack," Sun Huo warned.

Chen Yi secretly controlled the swarm of iron fire ants, constantly sensing the surrounding situation.

After flying for several kilometers, Sun Huo, Chen Yi, and the others landed on the flying artifact.

Just as they were about to move forward, Chen Yi discovered many bright red spirit insects in the crevices of the rocks.

"Hmm? This is..." Chen Yi leaned forward to take a closer look.

He discovered that these spirit insects were entirely crimson and slender, with transparent wings that shimmered with a faint glow, making them exceptionally beautiful.

Chen Yi immediately recognized it as a fire-attribute spirit insect, a fire crystal insect.

Fire Crystal Insects are auxiliary spirit insects that can purify the earth's fiery energy and secrete a special mucus that can nourish the soil, making them very suitable for cultivating fire-attribute spirit rice.

"They're somewhat like fireflies, so I might as well put them all into the insect-rearing bag," Chen Yi thought to himself.

When Deng Liangyu saw Chen Yi stop, she couldn't help but ask him why.

Chen Yi pointed to the crevice in the rock and said:

"Brother Deng, this is a Fire Crystal Worm. I would like to capture it."

Upon hearing this, Deng Liangyu stepped forward to observe carefully and, upon seeing the fire crystal insects in the rock crevice, immediately took out his magical insect-catching net.

Sun Huo, Wu Yifeng, and Mu Yuanrong also stopped ahead.

Upon seeing Chen Yi and Deng Liangyu's actions, they all stopped to inquire.

"I need to capture the spirit insect, which may take up some time for everyone," Chen Yi said.

Wu Yifeng exclaimed in surprise, "Junior brother, you can even control insects!"

Chen Yi smiled calmly and explained that his practice of raising spirit insects was a family tradition.

The others waited for Chen Yi and his companion to capture the spirit insect. Sun Huo reminded them to be careful and not to attract other monsters or spirit insects.

Chen Yi nodded in agreement, took out a fire-attribute medicinal plant, and placed it near a crevice in the rock.

The fire essence contained in fire-attribute medicinal herbs and spiritual plants can attract fire crystal insects.

Deng Liangyu took out several insect-catching nets and handed them to Wu Yifeng and Mu Yuanrong, asking them to help. Sun Huo set up a large formation on the side.

The array barrier instantly enveloped everyone present, preventing their movements from attracting the attention of the surrounding monsters.

Before long, fire crystal insects flew out from the rock crevices and immediately began to flutter around the medicinal herbs and spiritual plants.

Deng Liangyu took out her flying sword from her storage bag. She wanted to take advantage of the moment when the fire crystal insects left the rock crevice to dig out the insect eggs inside.

Chen Yi exchanged a glance with Wu Yifeng and Mu Yuanrong.

The next moment, the three of them attacked almost simultaneously.

Several insect nets immediately flew out of their hands, enveloping all the fire crystal insects.

Chen Yi immediately sprinkled some of his own blood on it and began to use his insect control technique.

Fire Crystal Insects are not aggressive spirit insects, so controlling them is relatively simple. In no time, Chen Yi subdued the swarm of insects in the insect net.

At this moment, Deng Liangyu had already manipulated his flying sword to widen the crevice in the rock several times over.

As she dug, fire crystal insect eggs surfaced deep within the rock crevices.

The countless insect eggs were crystal clear and glowed with a reddish light, like individual pieces of jade.

Deng Liangyu took out the insect breeding bag and put all the insect eggs into it. Then he immediately used his spiritual energy to roll up the medicinal herbs and spiritual plants next to him.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yi couldn't help but show a look of delight, as these insect eggs were enough to hatch several hundred more fire crystal insects.

The group worked together seamlessly and quickly captured the Fire Crystal Worm.

Sun Huo removed the array's restrictions and led everyone to continue forward.

Chen Yi held the insect-raising bag with secret delight. The Fire Crystal Insect was a first-order spirit insect, and its mucus secretion was far more effective than that of the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect and the Scaled-winged Ground Insect.

The group continued for another ten miles or so, where the surrounding environment became even more harsh.

At that very moment, a series of booming sounds resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Suddenly, several volcanoes in front of them erupted violently, with streams of lava falling from the sky and scorching volcanic ash rushing towards the crowd with the accompanying gale.

"Everyone be careful!" Sun Huo immediately activated his protective magic artifact and led everyone to retreat.

Chen Yi immediately activated the seven-colored jade pendant, and a protective shield instantly enveloped him and Deng Liangyu, who immediately hid behind the giant rock.

Wu Yifeng and Mu Yuanrong reacted quickly and hid.

Lava, rocks, and volcanic ash continued to fall, instantly turning the surrounding scene into an extremely terrifying one.

Chen Yi turned his head to look into the distance, where several large volcanoes were still spewing lava and volcanic ash.

Faced with such a natural disaster, even Foundation Establishment cultivators must temporarily avoid its wrath.

A strange look appeared on Sun Huo's face as he said:

"That's impossible. These volcanoes are mostly extinct; how could they be now..."