Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 593: Insect Pill! Heavenly Fire Gate [ words long chapter, please subscribe]

The far west land, the Huo Luo Kingdom.

When Zhou Chun entered the Flowing Fire Sand Sea covered with red sand, he knew that he had arrived at the Huo Luo Kingdom.

Looking down from the sky, the red sand sea under the scorching sun looks like a red sea of ​​fire, and the flowing sand is like flames. This is the origin of the name Liuhuo Sand Sea.

Even in the world of immortal cultivation in the far west where desertification is prevalent, the Huo Luo Kingdom, located in the Flowing Fire Sand Sea, is still the most difficult place.

But hardship does not mean poverty, or it does not mean the poverty of the world of cultivation.

Although this sea of ​​flowing fire sand is very unfriendly to mortals and even low-level cultivators, it contains rich mineral resources underneath, and the fire-attributed spiritual energy of heaven and earth is also very rich.

Therefore, the strength of the immortal cultivation world in Huo Luo Kingdom is much stronger than that of countries like Sha Yan Kingdom.

As Zhou Chun was going to look for Master Yan Cang to refine treasures, he had naturally already gathered all the information about the Huo Luo Kingdom and Master Yan Cang beforehand.

According to the information he had gathered, the overall strength of the Huo Luo Kingdom should be ranked among the top five in the world of immortal cultivation in the far west. Although there are no great cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage in the country, there are several cultivators in the middle Nascent Soul stage, and their strength is slightly better than that of the Jing Kingdom.

As a grand master of weapon refining, True Man Yan Cang is naturally very famous in the world of immortal cultivators in the entire Far West.

After all, there are only two known grand masters of refining equipment in the entire Far West cultivation world!

However, the Tianhuo Sect, where Master Yan Cang came from, is not the largest immortal cultivation force in the Huo Luo Kingdom, nor is it even the second largest immortal cultivation force.

Before Master Yan Cang became the Grand Master of weapon refining, the Tianhuo Sect was just an ordinary large sect, and the inheritance of Nascent Soul cultivators was also intermittent.

It was not until the emergence of a weapon-refining genius like Zhenren Yan Cang that the Tianhuo Sect emerged as a powerful force in the Huo Luo Kingdom and became a major force with a name resounding throughout the immortal cultivation world in the far west.

There are currently two Yuanying-stage True Immortals in the Tianhuo Sect. In addition to True Immortal Yan Cang, there is also a younger Yuanying-stage True Immortal who was supported and trained by him.

Master Yan Cang has been famous for thousands of years, and it seems that he doesn't have much time left to live.

Speaking of which, the disappearance of True Man Yan Cang for nearly two hundred years had caused quite a bit of discussion among high-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation in the Far West.

If the Tianhuo Sect had not vowed that there was no problem with the soul lantern left by the man, almost everyone would have thought that this great weapon-refining master had died.

It was not until the return of Master Yan Cang a few years ago that all the rumors were dispelled, and people who went to Tianhuo Gate to meet this great master of refining weapons began to flock to it again.

However, all those who can truly see Master Yan Cang are cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.

These people could naturally see that Master Yan Cang was in a bad state, so they didn't mention anything about refining equipment.

Anyway, as long as Master Yan Cang is still alive, given the recovery speed of a Master in the Nascent Soul stage, they will have plenty of opportunities to ask him to help refine treasures in the future.

For Zhou Chun, the fact that Tianhuo Sect was not a particularly powerful sect was undoubtedly a good thing.

This means that the probability of danger arising from his request for Master Yan Cang to refine treasures is much smaller.

“Although it’s not yet the ten-year deadline agreed upon with Master Yan Cang, it’s not a bad idea for me to go to the Tianhuo Gate to pay my respects first. At least it will allow Master Yan Cang to be mentally prepared first!”

When Zhou Chun thought of this, he immediately ordered the golden-winged tiger to move somewhere along the edge of the sand sea.

The area of ​​Flowing Fire Sand Sea is extremely vast, even larger than the Great Zhou Kingdom. It is very easy for cultivators to get lost when traveling in it.

Therefore, if foreign monks want to go to the Huo Luo Kingdom, they will usually look for a caravan to travel with them.

Zhou Chun did not try to show off his bravery and rely on his high level of cultivation to rush in and force his way in.

His previous experience on the ice field told him that having a guide could definitely save a lot of trouble in this kind of situation.

Besides, he himself was not in a hurry.

In this way, in a cultivator's stronghold on the edge of the Liuhuo Sand Sea, Zhou Chun, disguised as a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, easily boarded a caravan heading to the Huo Luo Kingdom and became one of its guards.

In the vast sea of ​​sand, a camel caravan of merchants was seen moving slowly towards the depths of the sand sea in the shape of a long snake, braving the scorching sun.

Late at night, the camel caravan stopped behind a sand dune. The camels formed a circle and lay on the ground to rest. Tents soon appeared in the middle of the circle.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, I'll have to trouble you and Fellow Daoist Cen to keep watch in the second half of the night. This is your first time entering the Flowing Fire Sand Sea, so you may not be familiar with the situation here. When you have nothing to do, you can communicate more with Fellow Daoist Cen, and he will be happy to tell you."

Next to a campfire, after giving instructions to Zhou Chun who came to take over the sentry, a foundation-building cultivator from the caravan who was on duty at night quickly went back to his tent to rest.

By the campfire, another middle-aged man with a dark complexion nodded to Zhou Chun in a friendly manner, and the two sides greeted each other.

"Fellow Daoist Cen, I'm new to Liuhuo Sand Sea. I've only heard of the three major dangers here: sand bandits, sand beasts, and sandstorms. I'm not very clear about the more specifics. Can you tell me in detail?"

Zhou Chun gently fiddled with the wood on the campfire and asked the middle-aged man opposite him with a curious look on his face.

"Then I will talk to Fellow Daoist Zhang."

The middle-aged man nodded and agreed readily.

Then he slowly said, "The Sand Bandits are the bandits in the Flowing Fire Sand Sea. Their main targets of robbery are various merchant caravans. Therefore, they usually gather in groups. There are often dozens of them at a time, with varying strengths. Small groups of several people are rare in the Sand Sea, and are often harder to mess with!"

"Sand beasts are the monsters that live in the Flowing Fire Sand Sea. Because food is scarce here, the monsters have a wide range of activities. There are also several kinds of monsters that live in groups and are poisonous. Once you encounter one, it will be difficult to get rid of it. However, third-level monsters are not common, and they are generally unwilling to attack a caravan with a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator in charge!"

"Sandstorms are a natural disaster in the sea of ​​sand. Once you encounter a sandstorm, if you don't have the cultivation base of the Golden Core Stage, it's best to stay on the ground and wait for the sandstorm to pass. Otherwise, you'll run out of mana and it'll be hard to fly out of the sandstorm range!"

At this point, the man glanced at Zhou Chun and continued, "We have just entered the sand sea. At night, apart from some low-level sand beasts that may be attracted by the smell of the sand beasts, we are unlikely to encounter sand bandits and sandstorms. So, Brother Zhang, you don't have to worry too much. Just maintain normal vigilance!"

"I see. Zhang has learned his lesson."

Zhou Chun nodded, bowed to the middle-aged man to express his gratitude, and then looked at the campfire in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Zhou Chun was very clear about the strength of this caravan.

It itself is composed of one big merchant and many small merchants. The strongest guard in the big merchant is a cultivator in the middle stage of Purple Mansion. During the day, he hides in the carriage pulled by Shatuo beasts and cannot be seen.

There were about eleven or twelve other Foundation Establishment guards, and four other Foundation Establishment cultivators like Zhou Chun who wanted to use the caravan to go to the Huo Luo Kingdom.

As for the other Qi training monks, although there are hundreds of them, the actual combat power they can provide is negligible.

Calculated in this way, the overall strength of the caravan is much stronger than that of an ordinary immortal cultivation clan.

Most of the bandit groups in the Flowing Fire Sand Sea cannot take down a caravan of this strength. Only some of the top bandit groups can threaten this caravan.

Therefore, for important duties like night watch, the caravan leader dared to let Zhou Chun, a temporary monk, participate.

According to the information Zhou Chun had learned from the leader of the caravan, if everything went well, they would reach the oasis where the Tianhuo Gate was located after about two months of trekking.

Although this time is not short, it is still within Zhou Chun's acceptable range, so he chose to join the caravan.

For the next half night, the situation was just as the cultivator named Cen had described. Apart from some low-level monsters approaching from time to time, causing the Shatuo beasts to roar, nothing happened that was worthy of their attention.

Speaking of those Shatuo beasts, they are indeed a very good spiritual beast for transportation.

This kind of Shatuo beast can be said to be a special monster in the far west. They are shaped like dromedaries, but are several times larger than camels. They have very strong endurance and load-bearing capacity.

This beast is an indispensable mount when traveling through desert areas such as the Flowing Fire Sand Sea.

Zhou Chun's caravan had twenty-seven Shatuo beasts. When traveling during the day, most of the monks sat in the wooden frames carried by the Shatuo beasts, or in the carriages pulled by them.

The carriage in the sand sea has no wheels, but a smooth structure like a skateboard underneath.

Most of the caravan's goods were packed in storage bags, then piled into the carriages and guarded by special monks.

These Shatuo beasts can serve as mounts during the day and can block the wind and provide surveillance at night. They can be said to be multi-purpose animals and are extremely valuable.

Naturally, the price of this beast is also extremely high, even comparable to the dragon scale horse sold by Zhou's family.

If Zhou Chun had not known that this beast was only suitable for the environment in the far west, and would easily suffer from acclimatization problems in places like Jingguo with abundant rainfall, and was not good at traveling through mountains and rivers, he would have wanted to bring some back with him to raise in the family.

In the following half month, Zhou Chun followed the caravan and advanced steadily in the sea of ​​sand, advancing about a thousand miles every day.

But they don't go in a straight line, but need to go around some dangerous areas.

Those places are either the activity areas of some powerful monsters and poisonous insects, or are full of quicksand traps, or are far away from the main oasis of Huo Luo Kingdom.

It was precisely because of this that the caravan passed through many dangerous areas and even after traveling more than 10,000 miles, it finally arrived at the real Huo Luo country and came to an oasis for supplies.

This oasis is not very large, only about two or three hundred miles in size, and there is a small market place for caravans to replenish supplies and sell some goods.

Some small caravans would often sell out the goods they brought directly after arriving here, and then purchase some spiritual objects that are specialties of the Huo Luo Kingdom and transport them back.

For example, after Zhou Chun's caravan arrived here, two small merchants gave up their journey and decided not to go any further.

But there were also some monks who wanted to go to the oasis in the heart of Huo Luo Kingdom and join their caravan.

However, these people were rejected by the leader of the caravan because he was worried that there might be spies from the sand bandits among them.

Finally, after Zhou Chun and his companions rested for a day in the oasis, they continued to march towards the heart of the Huo Luo Kingdom.

After advancing for several days, a sudden sandstorm trapped the caravan.

Compared to the snowstorm Zhou Chun experienced on the ice field, the sandstorm in the Liuhuo Sand Sea is more difficult to resist.

The sand and dust in the sandstorm, coupled with the strong wind, can easily turn ordinary mortals into sieves!
The Qi training monks in the caravan could only hide under the Shatuo beast, or cover themselves completely with the tanned skin of the monster beast, so as to block the sand and dust attack without consuming mana.

However, compared to snowstorms that can last for a month or even several months, sandstorms often last for a very short time. In most cases, they are over in half a day or a day, and the longest is only three or four days.

Today's sudden sandstorm is no exception.

After lasting for most of the day, the sandstorm gradually subsided around midnight.

But just when everyone was rejoicing that the sandstorm had finally passed, the leader of the caravan began to direct everyone to check the camels and prepare to set up camp on the spot.

Zhou Chun's expression suddenly changed, and he found that a group of bandits were approaching the caravan dozens of miles away.

This group of sand bandits obviously did not run into the caravan by chance, but came prepared.

The leader of the team was a cultivator in the late Purple Mansion period. There were also seven cultivators in the Foundation Establishment period in the team, as well as two second-level demon beast war pets.

This kind of strength is enough to threaten the weakened caravan with collapse.

Should we remind the Purple Mansion Stage cultivator in the caravan?
Zhou Chun frowned, hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly and chose to take direct action.

"roll!!"

Dozens of miles away, a scarred man in the late Purple Mansion stage was riding a second-level demon wolf and galloping towards the caravan with a group of younger brothers. Suddenly, a majestic shout rang in his mind, shaking his soul.

Ah!
The scarred man suddenly let out a scream, and couldn't help but fall off the wolf demon's back with his hands covering his head.

This scene immediately shocked the younger brothers who were following behind. Even the wolf demon hurriedly stopped and turned to look at his master, not understanding what was wrong with his master.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

A foundation-building cultivator who was a close confidant of the scarred man bravely stepped forward and asked.

The scarred man looked in the direction of the caravan with fear in his eyes, and then shouted: "Let's go back and go home immediately!"

"This...why is this?"

The bandits looked at each other, but someone couldn't help but ask the reason.

But these words immediately made the scarred man glare at him fiercely and said, "What? Do you want to question my order?"

"I dare not, I dare not, I have absolutely no such intention!"

The man was so scared that he kept shaking his head, fearing that if he answered too late, the scarred man would kill him on the spot to establish his authority.

In the bandit group, it is very common for the bandit leader to kill people to establish his authority, and this guy doesn't want to become that chicken.

Seeing this, the other bandits, even though they were still full of doubts, could only obediently follow the scarred man and go home.

After walking for hundreds of miles, everyone saw the scarred man spitting and cursing, "Damn it, all of us Yellow Wind Bandits were almost killed today. There was actually a Jindan-stage cultivator hidden in that caravan, and it was most likely not just the initial Jindan stage!!"

What? A Jindan-stage cultivator!
The faces of the bandits suddenly changed. They finally understood why their leader suddenly ordered a retreat. Then, they all showed their relief at having survived the disaster. "These guys are quite sensible! If we didn't want to cause more trouble, we would have enforced justice today and killed all these bandits!"

Inside the caravan, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with coldness, and he quickly pretended as if nothing had happened and went into a tent to rest.

The monks in the caravan had no idea that a devastating disaster had quietly passed them by.

In the following half month, the caravan was not targeted by the sand bandits again. It successfully passed through two oases and was approaching the heartland of the Huo Luo Kingdom.

But just when Zhou Chun thought that they could reach their destination smoothly, the caravan encountered a crisis again.

The crisis the caravan encountered this time came from sand beasts, and it was the most terrifying insect plague in the Flowing Fire Sand Sea!
That night, Zhou Chun was resting in the tent when he suddenly discovered a dense sound under the sand with his spiritual sense on alert. Then, when he used his spiritual sense to investigate with all his strength, he immediately discovered that the underground around the camp had been surrounded by a swarm of insects!

These evil insects surrounding the camp are actually ant-like creatures called "Quicksand Fire Ants", which are endemic to the Liuhuo Desert.

The characteristic of this evil insect is that it approaches the target silently from underground and then submerges the target like quicksand.

When Zhou Chun discovered these evil insects, they were already ready to attack.

Therefore, he did not have time to inform the caravan to retreat. He took off first and shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone, get out of the air immediately. The underground has been surrounded by quicksand fire ants!"

As he spoke, Zhou Chun had already sent out a stream of sword energy that fell towards a certain area of ​​sand.

I saw a gap in the sand sea being torn apart by the sword energy, and many thumb-sized quicksand fire ants were crushed by the sword energy.

This was like throwing a match into an oil barrel, immediately igniting the anger of the entire ant colony, and soon countless quicksand fire ants emerged from the ground.

The Shatuo beasts immediately became the first victims. Soon their bodies were covered with the quicksand fire ants. They fell to the ground howling in pain and became food for the ants.

There were also some Qi Condensation cultivators who were too late to react or had no means of flying, and were also caught off guard by the Quicksand Fire Ants who climbed onto their bodies. They screamed in agony as they experienced the torture of being bitten by thousands of ants!
However, those Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Purple Mansion cultivator hiding in the carriage reacted extremely quickly. The moment Zhou Chun spoke, they immediately came to their senses and took off into the air.

Even the monks guarding the cargo used magic to make the carriage float up to prevent it from being eaten by quicksand fire ants.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, no, Senior Zhang, please help protect these goods. Zixia Chamber of Commerce will definitely reward you handsomely!"

The leader of the caravan watched as the Shatuo beasts were eaten into bones by the Quicksand Fire Ants. While he was heartbroken at the loss, he seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly asked for help from Zhou Chun, whose aura he felt was unfathomable in mid-air.

Zhou Chun knew what he was worried about, and nodded, saying, "Since we are in the same business together, you guys should leave first. Zhang will cover you!"

Hearing this, the leader of the caravan heaved a sigh of relief and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Senior Zhang, thank you, Senior Zhang, and take care of yourself too!"

Then, together with the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, he escorted several carriages full of goods and flew away.

At this time, a series of subtle flapping sounds were suddenly heard. It turned out that some flying ants in the ant colony had grown wings and were preparing to chase these people.

However, since Zhou Chun had agreed to help cover the retreat, he would not let these insects get their wish.

He raised his hand and slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist, and the golden-winged tiger flew out, creating a gust of wind that blew the flying ants to the ground, with their wings broken all over the ground.

But this practice obviously angered the ant colony.

Soon, countless swarms of flying ants rose into the air and swept towards the golden-winged tiger and Zhou Chun.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun didn't want to tolerate these insects and released the Hellfire Phoenix again.

After all, a place like the Liuhuo Sand Sea is exactly the environment that the Yanyu Fire Phoenix likes, because the fire attribute spiritual energy is very rich.

And insects such as quicksand fire ants are also on its diet.

As soon as it appeared, it suddenly opened its mouth and sucked hundreds of flying ants into its mouth to taste them.

Then it flapped its wings, and colorful flames suddenly surged out, turning into a colorful fire cloud that swept towards the flying ants, easily burning a large number of them to ashes.

Because Zhou Chun lacked the means to destroy the enemy on a large scale, he did not take action against these flying ants. Instead, he released his spiritual sense to search for the queen ant in the ant colony.

He stayed behind to cover their retreat, not simply out of kindness, but because he had heard that something called "insect pill" could be condensed in the body of the queen ant of the quicksand fire ant.

This thing is somewhat similar to the demon pill, but it is even rarer. It is only produced in the bodies of the kings and queens of a few demon insect groups. It is a treasure that many insect cultivators are willing to spend all their fortunes to fight for.

It is said that "Insect Pill" not only has a great potential to cause other demon insects to mutate and evolve, but can also greatly accelerate the growth rate of some slow-growing demon insects.

Zhou Chun originally planned to wait until he reached the heartland of Huo Luo Nation to see if he could purchase insect pills.

Now that he has the chance to get it himself, he will of course give it a try.

Got you!

With his powerful spiritual sense and the help of the Golden Winged Tiger and the Hellfire Phoenix in exterminating a large number of Quicksand Fire Ants, which aroused the intense anger of the Queen Ant, Zhou Chun soon discovered the Queen Ant hiding deep underground.

This queen ant is indeed very good at hiding. She hides herself in the depths of the sand sea dozens of feet deep and never shows up.

If Zhou Chun's spiritual sense wasn't too powerful and the sand's ability to block the penetration of spiritual sense wasn't as good as the muddy and rocky ground, it would be really difficult to find it!

After finding the target, in order to be able to kill with one blow, Zhou Chun did not hesitate to sacrifice the magical treasure [Moon Toad Orb] and directly shot a beam of "Taiyin Extinction Divine Light" towards the direction of the queen ant.

I saw a white icy light falling to the ground, instantly freezing an area of ​​hundreds of feet in radius, and the red sand dozens of feet deep below was all frozen into ice pillars.

The queen ant, along with the many quicksand fire ants guarding her, all turned into ice sculptures, like specimens in amber.

Zhou Chun then summoned a sword flash and easily dug out the queen ant, then dissected the five-foot-long giant insect on the spot.

After the autopsy, Zhou Chun indeed found a peanut-sized insect pill in the body of the queen ant.

This thing is said to be a pill, but in fact it is more like a crystal stone. It is irregularly round and emits a dark red luster.

Zhou Chun could feel a pure energy contained in it, which was somewhat similar to the demon pill. Perhaps this was why it was called the insect pill.

After he carefully put the insect pill into a jade bottle, he no longer paid attention to the ant colony that had scattered like sand after losing its queen. He simply put away the Hellfire Phoenix and rode away on the Golden Winged Tiger.

Not long after, Zhou Chun reunited with the caravan that had evacuated earlier.

But this time he did not travel with the others. He just asked for a detailed map drawn by the caravan and rode away on a tiger alone.

During the past month, Zhou Chun had been hanging around in the caravan and had already learned how to determine directions in the sea of ​​sand.

Now with the map in hand, it took him less than three days to reach the Brazier Oasis where the Skyfire Gate was located.

The Huoben Oasis is roughly shaped like a round basin, with a diameter of nearly two thousand miles. It is the third largest oasis in Huoluo Kingdom, and there are more than tens of millions of mortals living there!
The Tianhuo Sect is the largest force of immortal cultivators in the Huoben Oasis and is the undisputed overlord of the area.

The sect's mountain gate is located on Tianhuo Peak to the north of the Huoben Oasis, on the edge of the oasis.

When Zhou Chun arrived here, he was also shocked by what he saw.

The originally flat oasis suddenly rose up from the ground as it approached Tianhuo Peak, forming a majestic peak that was a thousand feet high!

This is not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing is that this majestic peak is also an active volcano!

Even though the Tianhuo Sect's mountain protection formation blocks the view of Tianhuo Peak from the outside, one can still tell from the thick sulfur smoke drifting over the peak that it is a very active volcano!

Zhou Chun didn't know what the founder of Tianhuo Sect was thinking, as he dared to build the mountain gate on an active volcano.

Isn’t he afraid that once this active volcano erupts, the entire Tianhuomen Mountain Gate will be destroyed?

Aren’t those disciples of the Tianhuo Sect afraid that one day when they are practicing in seclusion, they will be suddenly submerged by magma?

Zhou Chun instantly developed a strong curiosity and wanted to enter the Tianhuo Peak to get a glimpse of the truth and see what methods the Tianhuo Sect had to dare to defy the power of heaven and earth like this!

At the same time, he seemed to understand why there was a spiritual spring fire eye in Yan Cang Zhenren's cave that led directly to the core area of ​​the underground fire vein.

"Stop, this is the Tianhuo Sect's important place, you are not allowed to approach without permission!"

When Zhou Chun flew to within 300 miles of Tianhuo Peak, a fiery red flying boat suddenly came towards him from the direction of Tianhuo Peak. The leader of the flying boat, a late Foundation Establishment cultivator, was not afraid of his identity as a Jindan cultivator at all, and directly explained the rules of Tianhuo Sect to him with a serious face.

Zhou Chun knew that these people were patrolling monks near the mountain gate, and he didn't want to bother with them. He immediately flipped his palm and showed something and said, "Do you recognize this?"

"Well, it seems that..."

The late Foundation Establishment cultivator's face changed slightly. He stared at the Skyfire Token in Zhou Chun's hand for a long time before he bowed and said, "I, the disciple of the Skyfire Sect, Pang Feng, greet you, senior. Since you have the Skyfire Token, I will inform the Sect Master right away!"

"Well, thank you for your help, fellow Taoist."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and immediately took back the token.

Afterwards, under the guidance of the younger generation named Pang Feng, he flew slowly to Tianhuo Peak with him, and watched him send out a thousand-mile communication talisman to notify the leader of Tianhuo Sect.

Just after flying half the distance, a red flame shot out from the Tianhuo Peak and soon came in front of Zhou Chun, revealing the figure of a majestic old man in a purple robe.

This purple-robed old man has the cultivation base of the late Golden Core stage, but his head full of white hair indicates that he no longer seems to have the energy left to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

After seeing the purple-robed old man, Pang Feng and the others hurriedly bowed and said, "Disciple greets the master."

"Alright, you guys continue patrolling, and I will take care of this fellow Taoist."

The old man in purple robe waved his hand and drove these people away.

Then he looked at Zhou Chun with curiosity and said, "Fellow Daoist, could it be that you are the fellow Daoist Zhang from the Great Zhou Kingdom that Patriarch Yan Cang mentioned before? I am Jin Xinglie, the current head of the Skyfire Sect."

"It's Zhang. I have heard of Master Jin's name for a long time."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and also gave a polite compliment.

Then, without waiting for Jin Xinglie to make a suggestion, he took out the Heavenly Fire Order and handed it to the other party.

"It is indeed the Skyfire Token in the hands of Patriarch Yan Cang!"

Jin Xinglie took the Skyfire Order handed to him by Zhou Chun and took a look at it. He no longer had any doubts in his mind.

He returned the token to Zhou Chun, then waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, since you are an old friend of Patriarch Yan Cang, you are an honored guest of our sect. Please follow me to our sect to have some tea and rest. I will report to the Patriarch later."

"Then I would like to thank Master Jin for his hospitality."

Zhou Chun responded and followed him into the Tianhuomen Mountain Gate.

After passing through the mountain protection formation, the true scene of Tianhuo Peak came into Zhou Chun's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Tianhuo Peak was not desolate at all. Instead, many spiritual trees and herbs were planted there.

Jinyang wood, fire maple wood, fire jujube wood, fire pear wood...

All kinds of spiritual trees with fire attributes, whether Zhou Chun knew them or not, were planted on Tianhuo Peak and formed a forest.

This surprised him, and he seemed to understand vaguely how the Tianhuo Sect resolved volcanic eruptions.

But this matter concerned the secrets of the Tianhuo Sect, and even though he was curious, he couldn't ask Jin Xinglie.

He looked up at the top of the mountain again, but found that it was still hazy there, obscured by the power of the formation, and he could not see clearly what the scene was like there.

Before he could take a closer look, the man had quickly followed Jin Xinglie to the mountainside, and then together they entered a hall built with purple-red stone.

“Come, come, Fellow Daoist Zhang, have a taste of our Tianhuo Sect’s Fire Dragon Liquor. This is the unique secret recipe of spiritual liquor passed down by our ancestor. It is the spiritual liquor that ancestor Yan Cang and his people often drink!”

Inside the hall, after Jin Xinglie and Zhou Chun sat down as host and guest, he did not ask the servants to serve tea. Instead, he personally took out a wine gourd from his storage bag and poured a cup of dark red wine that looked like magma for Zhou Chun and himself.

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun's expression also changed, and he immediately said with a smile: "Then Zhang must really taste it!"

As he said this, he took the wine glass and drank it all.

However, he seemed to underestimate the power of this cup of spiritual wine.

As soon as the spiritual wine entered his stomach, his face turned red instantly. He felt as if he had drunk a cup of magma, and an extremely hot power was burning in his body.

But just as he was about to mobilize his magic power to suppress it, he heard Jin Xinglie suddenly laugh and say, "This Fire Dragon Liquor needs to be allowed to work on its own. It has a good body-hardening effect when taken for the first time. Fellow Daoist Zhang, don't waste the opportunity."

(End of this chapter)