Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 90 The Spirit of True Fire

"It's been years since we last met. I never expected you to have become a true disciple." Xiao Ming sized up Wang Debao.

"A talent as amazing as mine will naturally shine wherever I go," Wang Debao said with a laugh, somewhat narcissistically.

Xiao Ming just smiled and didn't say anything. Judging from this guy's cultivation level, he was still at the eighth level of Qi Refining. It seems that he has indeed devoted most of his energy to learning weapon crafting in recent years.

"The two of you are acquainted, which saves a lot of trouble," Ma Zishan said with a smile.

Without further ado, Xiao Ming poured all the Thunderfire Stones from his storage bag onto the table.

"So many! Where did Uncle Xiao get them?" Wang Debao stared in shock at the pile of Thunderfire Crystals.

"We're lucky to have found a treasure trove," Xiao Ming said vaguely.

Wang Debao picked up a Thunderfire Crystal and examined it in his hand.

"The quality is also very high, just what Elder Chi Huo needs."

Wang Debao put away the Thunderfire Crystals, took out ten mid-grade spirit stones according to the market price, and asked Elder Ma to record one thousand contribution points for Xiao Ming.

"Uncle-Master Xiao, if you can still obtain Thunderfire Crystals, please contact me. I'll take as many as you have."

"Aren't so many Thunderfire Crystals enough?" Xiao Ming asked doubtfully.

He did indeed have some Thunderfire Crystals left, and if the price remained the same, selling some more wouldn't be out of the question.

"Elder Chi Huo has only recently broken through to the Core Formation stage. He must be collecting so many Thunderfire Crystals to refine a magic weapon," Ma Zishan said thoughtfully from the side.

"I already have enough Thunderfire Crystals collected from my master. I mainly want to collect some more to refine a life-saving magic artifact."

"What kind of life-saving artifact requires the use of Thunderfire Crystal?" Ma Zishan's curiosity was also piqued.

"Of course it's a Heavenly Thunder Bead." Wang Debao took out a purple bead about the size of a thumb.

"Don't underestimate this small thing. Once you infuse it with spiritual power and throw it, its power is so great that even Foundation Establishment cultivators will have to give way."

"You've got some nerve. You haven't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet, and you dare to refine a forbidden artifact like the Heavenly Thunder Seed? Aren't you afraid of blowing yourself up?" Ma Zishan said, his eyes wide.

The so-called forbidden artifact is a special magical artifact with great power that is crafted by a weapon refiner. However, its disadvantage is also obvious: forbidden artifacts are generally disposable.

"Hearing you say that, this Heavenly Thunder Bead is indeed a good thing." Xiao Ming picked up the purple bead and said with a smile.

"I do have some Thunderfire Crystals here, let's exchange them for a few of these Heavenly Thunder Tokens."

"These Heavenly Thunder Seeds are very difficult to refine. I don't have that many Heavenly Thunder Seeds to exchange with you, Uncle Xiao. Let's use spirit stones and contribution points instead." As he spoke, Wang Debao poured out a pile of spirit stones from his storage bag.

After completing their transaction, the two chatted for a while before leaving Tianlu Pavilion together and bidding each other farewell.

Upon returning to his cave, Xiao Ming first went to check on the animal pen.

However, to his dismay, the monster egg had not hatched even after he had been gone for more than two months.

Could this monster egg be rotten? Xiao Ming reached out and touched the egg. The scalding heat emanating from the eggshell indicated that the monster egg still possessed extremely strong vitality.

Xiao Ming opened his storage bag and took out all the information he had obtained from the Beast Spirit Sect about raising spirit beasts. He began to examine it one by one, and after a long time, he came up with a possibility.

Could it be that the concentration of fire-attribute spiritual energy is not high enough? Surely it doesn't need to be incubated in a volcano.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming produced a ball of flame in his hand. The flame was shaped like a small bird, with a feather at its core.

This is the flame that Xiao Ming cultivated in the Omnipotent Land to grow the Fire Sun Bird. Although he can no longer use it now that his strength has increased, it is an extremely pure fire-attribute spiritual energy.

As Xiao Ming approached with the ball of flame, the monster egg seemed to tremble slightly, and a subtle suction force drew the flame into the egg.

"This method will work!"

Xiao Ming immediately plucked all the flames from the Omnipotent Earth, and firebirds appeared around it, circling and hovering around the monster egg.

As the surrounding temperature rose, the fire-attribute spiritual energy in the animal pen immediately increased to an extremely high level.

The monster egg also became more and more active. Its originally gray shell had become bright, and it was also burning with golden-red flames.

"It seems to have worked." Xiao Ming smiled slightly, then sat down on the ground and waited quietly.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Ming could feel the life force of the monster egg growing stronger and stronger, and he could even hear the faint heartbeat under the eggshell.

"It looks like it's about to hatch."

Knowing that the critical moment had arrived, Xiao Ming opened his storage bag and took out a large number of spirit stones, which he then poured around the monster egg to further increase the concentration of spiritual energy.

Half a day passed quickly.

With a crisp sound, the monster egg burning with golden-red flames finally stirred, and a crack visibly appeared in the shell.

After waiting for so long, they have finally hatched successfully.

Xiao Ming immediately went over and saw that the crack was getting bigger and bigger, and it split into several pieces, revealing a head the size of a fist.

Xiao Ming carefully observed the creature. It looked like a combination of a deer and a horse, with scales on its neck, back, and hooves, and its fiery red fur burning like flames.

The little creature opened its big eyes and curiously looked around at everything, until finally its gaze settled on Xiao Ming.

It walked up to Xiao Ming and rubbed its body against his feet. Xiao Ming reached out to stroke it, and the little thing didn't refuse, appearing very obedient.

"Let me give you a name. Judging from your appearance, I'll call you Chi Yan, and your nickname is Huo Huo."

Xiao Ming bit his finger, drew a rune in the air, and then manipulated the blood-red rune to imprint it on the little beast's forehead.

In an instant, Xiao Ming established a very close sensory connection with the demonic beast, which meant that the soul blood pact had been successfully formed.

This is the closest and most stringent master-servant contract. If Xiao Ming dies, the demon pet will also die; otherwise, there will be no effect.

Moreover, once a soul blood pact is successfully formed, even the master cannot break it. This is to prevent high-level cultivators from forcibly seizing the demonic pets of low-level cultivators.

At this moment, the little beast was completely unaware that its fate was already tied to Xiao Ming. It curiously looked around the animal pen and suddenly noticed the glittering stone under its feet. Chi Yan took a bite and began to chew.

"It actually eats spirit stones. I hope it doesn't have too big an appetite." Xiao Ming shook his head with a wry smile.

Meanwhile, outside the southern border of Xinjiang.

Deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains, birds soar and ferocious beasts roam, revealing a wild and untamed atmosphere.

Suddenly, a roar erupted from the highest mountain, a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, shattering the clouds for thousands of miles and causing the surrounding mountains to tremble.

Birds of prey plummeted from the sky, ferocious beasts trembled on the ground, and even powerful ninth-tier demonic beasts lay prone on the ground, too afraid to move.

Just then, a figure suddenly flew rapidly from afar. This person was tall and thin, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, and white hair on his face and hands. It was clear at a glance that he was not human.

The great demon stopped in front of the cave in the belly of the mountain and bowed respectfully.

"Cave Master, why are you angry?"

"The Spirit of True Fire!" These four words echoed from the cave.

"Has the cave master sensed the presence of the lost True Fire Spirit?" The great demon was overjoyed upon hearing this and hurriedly asked.

"The Spirit of True Spirit has hatched. At all costs, find the human who stole the Spirit of True Fire."

"Rest assured, Cave Master, this concerns your path to enlightenment. Hou Bai will lead a million beastmen to break through the border and massacre the human race. Even if it means turning the southern border upside down, he will find the True Fire Spirit for our King." The great demon gritted his teeth as he mentioned humans.

No more sounds came from inside the cave, but a divine message was transmitted, and then there was no further movement.

Hou Bai was left behind, his expression uncertain, as if he were deep in thought.

"The cave master is right. How could human cultivators possibly infiltrate the Hundred Thousand Mountains undetected and steal the True Fire Spirit from this True Spirit Cave? Someone must have been assisting them. Was it those lowly barbarians?"

Hou Bai's first thought was of those humans who had converted to Buddhism. He never trusted any human, but then he thought, where did the barbarians get such great abilities?

"Is it Tianyu Ridge... or Biyue Mansion?"