The defensive power of this Magical Artifact is quite decent.
However, it is merely a Magical Artifact, and after such a long time, its power has been greatly affected. It's likely difficult for it to display its full strength again, so Qin Xuan merely glanced at it before continuing forward, not wasting too much time here.
Next, Qin Xuan didn't see anything else.
"There must be more than one Cultivator who came to explore here. But if there's more than one powerful Cultivator, it means the others either left without incident or entered deeper. These unfortunate ones were simply not strong enough and were burned to death here."
After thinking for a moment, Qin Xuan refuted his own statement.
"Strictly speaking, they weren't unfortunate; they were too incompetent, which is why they were burned to death. They caused this incident by forcing their way in without the ability."
Qin Xuan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then continued forward.
As he advanced, Qin Xuan could feel the temperature of the surrounding flames becoming stronger and stronger.
And the color of the flames was also shifting towards a deeper hue.
The strength of a Spiritual Fire can be discerned by its color.
"Blue Spiritual Fire is already a relatively high-Rank Spiritual Fire, but the temperature here is still rising, which is somewhat strange."
Qin Xuan frowned and continued forward.
The surrounding temperature increased more and more noticeably. By this point, even with the protection of the fire seed, Qin Xuan found it somewhat difficult to endure.
"No, the temperature of the flames here is too high. If I continue, it will be troublesome."
Although Qin Xuan's body had been refined by the Refining God Cauldron and tempered by Spiritual Fire.
This did not mean his body had become invincible.
If the flame temperature continued to rise, Qin Xuan would also find it difficult to bear.
"No, I need to use some Taihuang Aura."
Qin Xuan took a deep breath, then mobilized a small portion of Taihuang Aura to wrap around himself, protecting him.
After taking protective measures, Qin Xuan continued forward.
With the protection of the Taihuang Aura, the temperature around Qin Xuan immediately dropped.
After a while, Qin Xuan looked ahead with surprise.
In front of him was actually a ball of Spiritual Fire, radiating a golden glow. It was currently curled up within the Earth Vein Spiritual Fire, protecting itself from being swallowed.
"There's a Spiritual Fire within a Spiritual Fire? How, how is this possible?"
Qin Xuan was greatly astonished and walked over.
As soon as he reached the Spiritual Fire, he saw a bone at the center of it.
Protecting himself with Taihuang Aura, Qin Xuan reached out and picked up the bone.
"Boom!"
The golden Spiritual Fire instantly forced away the nearby Blue Spiritual Fire and surrounded Qin Xuan.
However, as soon as it came into contact with the Taihuang Aura, the Spiritual Fire immediately retreated.
"There are words!"
Picking up the bone, Qin Xuan then saw that there were words on it.
Qin Xuan immediately looked at them.
"Fated one, I am Qi Yun, an Elder of Lingxiao Sect. I originally came here to explore, hoping to obtain treasures. Unexpectedly, I overestimated myself and brought disaster upon myself. I am beyond saving."
"Life and death are fated, wealth and honor are in the heavens. As a Cultivator, one should naturally have long since come to terms with this. It's just that I've subdued this Golden Spring Spiritual Fire for many years, and it would be a pity if it were swallowed by the Spiritual Fire here. Fated one, within this bone is a drop of my Essence Blood. After refining it, you can control this Spiritual Fire."
Looking at the words on the bone, Qin Xuan frowned, then couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"It seems the further in you go, the more powerful the flames are. This person relied on his own Spiritual Fire to reach this point, but in the end, he couldn't hold on."
Qin Xuan pondered, then spoke to Han Ye with a half-smile.
"Senior, it seems there are quite a few people who want to do what you did."
Hearing Qin Xuan's words, Han Ye awkwardly coughed.
"I had no choice but to resort to that inferior method back then. If I had known earlier that Young Master was wise and mighty, I would have followed you sooner. It's just that this person's methods are truly inferior, actually trying to use Essence Blood as a disguise."
Qin Xuan smiled, directly throwing the bone into the Refining God Cauldron.
"Ah!"
A mournful scream emanated from within, and then Qin Xuan saw a spiritual body frantically trying to rush out of the Refining God Cauldron.
"Trying to escape? Where do you think you're going!"
Qin Xuan unleashed Surprise Spirit Stab, instantly subduing this person's Mental Energy, then devouring and refining it.
"Hoo!"
Looking at his Sea of Consciousness, which had almost completely turned bronze, Qin Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
"Did this guy take me for a fool? Who wouldn't figure out such a trick?"
This person must have brought disaster upon himself. Afterwards, with no other choice, he hid his spiritual body in the bone and used the Spiritual Fire as bait to lure later comers, then attempted Possession.
However, he didn't expect that Qin Xuan had already been possessed once before, so this time Qin Xuan was filled with vigilance. He immediately discovered the abnormality of this thing and directly threw it into the Refining God Cauldron for refining.
After completely refining the bone, Qin Xuan trapped the spiritual body within the Refining God Cauldron and then directly absorbed this spiritual body with his Sea of Consciousness.
After absorbing this spiritual body, Qin Xuan's Mental Energy had reached the point of being on the verge of a Breakthrough to Bronze Sea of Consciousness.
At this moment, the bronze color in his Sea of Consciousness had almost completely covered the entire Sea of Consciousness. It seemed that the Breakthrough was not far off.
Qin Xuan nodded slightly, then absorbed the spiritual liquid from the Refining God Cauldron.
"Although I don't know how long this bone has been here, it's clear that this thing is still not simple."
Despite being only a small section of bone, Qin Xuan still refined a considerable amount of spiritual liquid in the Refining God Cauldron.
"It seems this fellow was quite a master when he was alive."
After refining this person until not even dregs remained, Qin Xuan looked at the Spiritual Fire before him.
Perhaps it was because Qin Xuan had already erased this person's Mental Energy, but the golden Spiritual Fire before him now showed no intention of resisting whatsoever.
"It seems that if you hadn't come here, this Spiritual Fire probably wouldn't have lasted for a few more decades. Most of the power of this golden Spiritual Fire has already been absorbed by the Spiritual Fire here, but fortunately, what remains is the Origin, and this Origin is of no small help to the fire seed."
Han Ye said to Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan stared intently at the golden Spiritual Fire before him.
He could feel the nearby Earth Vein Spiritual Fire was very restless.
It was very angry that Qin Xuan had stolen its prey.
But no matter how angry it was, Qin Xuan had already decided to take the golden Spiritual Fire.
Qin Xuan extended his hand and reached out towards the Spiritual Fire.
The Spiritual Fire was incredibly compliant, offering no resistance at all.
"Come out!"
With a thought from Qin Xuan, the Origin of the fire seed surged out from his palm. In just a moment, the Origin of the fire seed swallowed the Origin of the golden Spiritual Fire.
As this Spiritual Fire Origin was swallowed, the small Spiritual Fire tree rooted in his Dantian immediately grew considerably larger.
The originally red fire seed also gained streaks of golden patterns.
"It was truly smooth, unexpectedly smooth."
Qin Xuan himself hadn't expected it to be so smooth.
But then he was relieved.
On one hand, the remaining Soul of Qi Yun had been obliterated by Qin Xuan.
On the other hand, this Spiritual Fire was truly too miserable.
Surrounded by the Earth Vein Spiritual Fire, it not only received no fire-attribute support, but its own fire attribute was constantly being drained.
With this give and take, the Spiritual Fire was drained until only its Origin remained.
In fact, it could be said that it was on the verge of being swallowed at any moment.
It was normal for it to be swallowed by the fire seed now.
"What a pity. If this Spiritual Fire could have retained more power, perhaps your fire seed could have advanced even further."
Hearing this, Qin Xuan also gave a helpless wry smile.
There was nothing he could do about this; he couldn't have known beforehand that there was still Spiritual Fire here.
However, after this incident, Qin Xuan began to become vigilant.
"It seems that over the years, quite a few people have coveted this place. Among them, many probably once tried to break in here with Spiritual Fire."
"Since the Crimson Flame Sky Severing Sword is still here, it means all these people failed, and many Spiritual Fires must have been left behind."
"Putting everything else aside, if I can swallow these Spiritual Fires, the fire seed might be able to advance even further."
Qin Xuan looked at his Dantian.
In the Dantian, it was constantly swaying. Above the fire seed, a black figure continuously circled, sometimes in the shape of a Peng bird, and sometimes transforming into the shape of a Kun.
This was precisely the Kunpeng manifested from the Kun Peng Essence Blood.
