Soon, Han Li's figure appeared in the karst cave where the underground fire vein was located.
The air here was still filled with a scorching aura. In the underground magma lake, the crimson magma was tumbling non-stop, and there were constantly bubbles popping and bursting, making bursts of muffled thunderous sounds.
The large formation that he had previously set up was still quietly floating above the lake, but the light on all the formation flags was dim. It seemed that it had not been activated for some time, and the fiery red cocoon in the center of the large formation had also disappeared.
Seeing this, Han Li immediately contacted the Essence Flame Firebird with his mind.
After a while, he only heard a clear whistling sound from the lake, and the magma in the lake suddenly bulged. A silver shadow suddenly jumped out of it and rushed toward Han Li.
Its speed was extremely fast, and it actually had an extremely scorching aura, and it arrived in an instant.
With a "pa" sound, Han Li only felt a burning pain in his chest.
Before he had a chance to stretch out his hand, the silver shadow transformed into a miniature silver flame humanoid figure that was less than two feet tall. The miniature figure rose up into the air and quickly circled around Han Li.
Han Li fixed his eyes on it, and his heart was overjoyed.
This small silver flame person was formed by his Essence Flame Firebird. It looked delicate and pretty, but it looked like a 5 or 6 years old child.
Now, not only its aura had long surpassed the previous peak state in the Spiritual Realm, but even its eyes that were condensed from flames had become full of spirituality. Obviously, it had been greatly improved. If it continued to cultivate here, it might be able to make a lot of progress.
After the small silver flame person jumped around Han Li, it suddenly turned into a ball of fire and leaped up, landing on Han Li's palm, and turned into a small person again.
Han Li stroked the head of the small silver flame person with one hand, and the latter seemed to enjoy it very much. It squinted its eyes and raised its head, constantly rubbing against his palm.
"This fire vein will be immensely beneficial to you, but I have to leave for a while, and I don't know when I'll be back, so I won't be able to keep you here," Han Li murmured in a low voice, unsure whether he was explaining this to himself or to the Refined Flame Fire Raven.
The latter actually seemed to understand his meaning, and its figure suddenly flew straight up and transformed into a silver flame bird, and it let out a cheerful cry.
After making a turn in the air, it swooped down and disappeared into Han Li's body in a flash. It was as if it would follow him wherever he went.
When Han Li saw this, a smile appeared on his face. He collected all the arrays that he had previously set up here and erased all traces before turning around to leave.
After leaving the karst cave, he did not return to his cave abode. Instead, he went to Gourd Peak.
After getting the horned dragon grass from the storage bracelet left by Ping Yaozi, he planned to try to refine the Spring Rain Pill. Since he was leaving this place this time, he naturally had to buy the recipe of the Spring Rain Pill.
It wasn't until late at night that he quietly returned to the cave. He put away all the matured and usable elixirs in the Elixir Garden, took the strange stone furnace that the Monkey King gave him before, and then hurriedly left the Crimson Afterglow Peak and the Candle Dragon Road.
… …
Half a year later.
In the northern part of the Ancient Cloud Continent, above a hundred thousand meters high peak, a green light fell straight from the sky. With a "boom", it hit the top of the mountain, causing half of the mountain to collapse and stirring up billowing smoke and dust.
Amidst the flying dust, a middle-aged man with a stern expression and a cold expression stood on top of the collapsed mountain peak. He wore a simple and unadorned cyan armor with golden patterns embroidered on it. The surface of the armor did not shine brightly, but it gave off a heavy and solid feeling like a boulder.
Looking at his appearance, it was Gu Jie!
And under his left green boot, there was an obese man in the outer elder costume of Candle Dragon Path lying on the ground. The fat man was bleeding from the corner of his mouth and begging with a sorrowful face.
"Senior, please spare my life … spare my life!
I really don't know who you are looking for … "
A trace of impatience flashed across Gu Jie's face. He raised his finger and poked at the fat man's eyebrows.
A light flashed on both of his fingers, and a wisp of green silk shot straight into the fat man's head.
The fat man let out a muffled groan and lost consciousness.
After a while, Gu Jie retracted his finger, snorted coldly, and slapped down on the fat man's head. The fat man's head exploded like a ripe watermelon, red and white matter splashed everywhere.
In the head, there was a small golden Nascent Soul without any spirituality. It was tightly bound by the green silk. The golden light on its body gradually dimmed until it completely lost its spiritual color and turned into flying ashes.
Gu Jie stood in the same place without moving. His face was gloomy as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he waved his hand. A light flashed in front of him, and 8 aqua blue beast mask appeared in the air.
Then, he reached out his hand and scooped in front of him. A green horse mask flew out from under the fat man and floated side by side with the other masks.
"I didn't waste my time here. I finally dug something useful. It really is in Candle Dragon Path …" Gu Jie looked at the mask in front of him and said lightly.
After that, his palm grabbed in the air fiercely, and the masks floating in front of him burst and turned into powder.
Then, the man's body flashed in green light, and his figure became blurred and disappeared.
… …
A few months later, in a hidden valley in the east of Bell Mountain Range.
At the entrance of the valley, a huge ravine more than 100 meters wide extended from the snow to the end of the valley.
Wherever the ravine passed, the ice and snow melted, and there were many wet moss and short weeds growing on the exposed black rocks.
On the cliff in the deepest part of the valley, there was a thin figure that was tightly stuck to the rock by a clump of green vines.
A dark red line of blood ran from his head to his torso. If it weren't for the vines restraining him, he would have been split into two and fallen to the side.
His face was very ordinary, but he had a pair of small eyes like a mouse. It was unforgettable.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in green armor was floating in front of him. It was Gu Jie.
He was also holding a Nascent Soul little man that was flashing with golden light. It was struggling frantically, but it was of no use.
"Speak, who are the people who killed Ping Yaozi with you that day, and where are they now?" Gu Jie asked lightly.
"Even if you … you are a Golden Immortal elder of the Immortal Palace … you have no right … no right to trespass Candle Dragon Path … My Sect Master will never let you go …" The Nascent Soul little man's voice was intermittent, mixed with a trace of fear, but he still hoped to borrow the power of the sect to force the other party to retreat.
"I know there is a restriction in your Nascent Soul, so I can't probe it by force.
However, I believe you should have heard of the 'Nascent Seed Technique', right?
I have good Ghastly Water Evil Soil here. If you can plant your Nascent Soul in it … it will really be something to look forward to … "Gu Jie said with a sneer.
When the golden little man heard this, he immediately shuddered, and an expression of extreme terror appeared on his face.
This kind of Nascent Seed Technique was a method to repair the Nascent Soul when it was damaged. It could nurture the Nascent Soul through the Primordial Spirit Soil, but if the Primordial Spirit Soil was replaced with Primordial Evil Soil, it would not only nurture the Nascent Soul, but it would also be an extremely vicious torture.
Once the Nascent Soul was planted in the Evil Soil, it would be constantly attacked by the Evil Soil. It would constantly feel the pain of the soul being torn apart, and it would gradually transform into a part of the Evil Soil. This process would last for millions of years, and it was impossible to reverse. It would even lose the possibility of reincarnation.
Seeing that the Nascent Soul was silent for a long time, Gu Jie said with a sneer, "It seems that you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin …"
With that, he turned his wrist, and a three-legged incense burner appeared in his palm.
There was no incense burning in the incense burner, and it was filled with black, grease-like soil. There was a putrid stench coming from the soil, and there were black, shiny bubbles on the surface of the soil.
When the golden Nascent Soul saw the incense burner, he was instantly terrified, and the last bit of hope in his heart disappeared.
He could only shout, "I … I … I say, the two of them …"
In fact, he did not know the true identity of Lin Jiu and the golden little man. However, under the absolute power and terrifying threat of the green-armored man, he had no choice but to tell the green-armored man everything he knew.
When the green-armored man heard this, a sinister smile appeared on his face. Then, he clenched his fist and twisted it, crushing the Nascent Soul into pieces.
With a wave of his hand, the storage bracelet on the skinny figure's arm immediately flew into his hand.
After refining it, he raised his hand and swiped it in the void. There was a flash of light in front of him, and a golden alchemy furnace and a green rat-head mask appeared.
Gu Jie raised his hand and touched the golden alchemy furnace. Immediately, a hidden rune appeared on the surface of the alchemy furnace, and it released bursts of green light. There was a mysterious fluctuation from it.
"You're quite capable. You actually covered up most of the imprints I left. No wonder I could only find the Ancient Cloud Continent and couldn't pinpoint its exact location." The man raised his eyebrows slightly and said.
With that, he kept the alchemy furnace, the mask, and the other items. He turned around and flew toward the center of Fire Dragon Path.
Half a month later, on a vast snowfield in the center of Fire Dragon Path, a green figure flew across the sky like a green kite.
In the void behind him, there was a huge white snow lotus that spun in the air and flew toward him at a speed that was slightly faster than the green kite.
In the snow lotus, there was a lady in white lying on the ground. She had an exquisite figure, and if she was a little more voluptuous, she would be a little less skinny.
Her face was covered by a red fox mask. Although it covered her face, it left more room for imagination and added a mysterious aura to her.
In the middle of the mask's eyebrows, there was a small "3" written in a strange rune.
As the distance between the green light and the snow lotus narrowed, they suddenly stopped at the same time when they were still a few thousand meters away.
The slender and graceful body of the woman in white was lying on her side in the snow lotus. She was holding the right side of her hair, and the other hand was twirling a leafless white flower. She looked at Gu Jie with watery eyes.
"I don't want to fight with you, but it's not that I'm afraid of you. Don't court death!" Gu Jie in green armor said coldly as he looked at the woman in white in the snow lotus with a gloomy face.
"Hehe, I'm not a ferocious tiger. I won't eat you, so you naturally won't be afraid of me.
However, as an elder of the Northern Frost Immortal Palace, you broke into the Fire Dragon Path for no reason and started a massacre. Do you think that the Fire Dragon Path is afraid of the Immortal Palace? "The woman in white said with a smile.
"You are now wearing the mask of the Anicca Alliance, but you keep mentioning the Fire Dragon Path. Don't you think it's a bit meddlesome?" Gu Jie sneered when he heard the words.
The woman in white sighed and said faintly, "Recently, I've indeed been a little bored to the point that my chest is a little flustered. Isn't it just a coincidence that you've appeared?"