Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 58 Collecting Beast Fire (Please read further with monthly votes and recommendations)
"Is this beast fire a spirit flame?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ling asked He Lingyun.

There are also records about spiritual flames in the basic cultivation knowledge of Taoist temples.

When a spirit flame reaches a certain grade, it can also develop sentience.

Some cultivators even refined the spiritual flame into their own natal flame.

Of course, this kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame is different from the spirit flame condensed from spiritual power that is cultivated through techniques.

The power of the spiritual flames in the world is far greater than that of the spiritual flames formed from spiritual energy.

It has powerful effects in assisting in alchemy, weapon crafting, and even cultivation, as well as in condensing supernatural powers and secret techniques.

However, these Heavenly Spirit Flames are extremely violent, and the conditions for their formation are extremely demanding, making them extremely rare.

Moreover, the spiritual flame contains the essence of heaven and earth, making it extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to harness its power.

If it gets out of control, it will be devoured by the spiritual flames and turned to ashes.

He Lingyun nodded and slowly said to Zhou Ling, "Beast fire can also be considered a kind of heaven and earth spirit fire, but its condensation method is quite special."

"Generally, it requires the demon core of a fire-attribute demon beast of a high bloodline grade to be fused with a certain spiritual flame before it can be condensed and born."

"This beast fire is only at the low-grade first rank; otherwise, we would definitely not be its match."

"If I'm not mistaken, this might be a beast fire formed by fusing the demon cores of other Haoyang birds with spiritual flames."

"It's a pity that it got away!"

He Zijian gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If it weren't for the need to capture the Haoyang Bird, I would have put out this damn fire!"

Clearly, he was still somewhat resentful about the sudden attack on He Lingyun by the beast fire.

“Once the beast fire is alerted, it will definitely have already hidden in the underground fire vein, and we will have no way to find it!” He Lingyun shook her head.

However, having already successfully captured the Haoyang Bird and reaped the greatest reward, they no longer cared about the beast fire.

After all, with their current abilities, it's simply impossible for them to capture this beast fire.

Hearing He Lingyun's words, Zhou Ling felt a surge of excitement. If he could subdue this beast fire, refining inscriptions in the future would be much more efficient.

Moreover, it can also be used to craft tools.

It's important to understand that small workshops like the Lu Family Workshop only use ordinary ground fire.

Generally, one can only craft mid-grade Tier 1 artifacts.

If I were to collect this beast fire, I would have no problem forging first-grade high-quality artifacts in the future.

However, he then recalled what He Lingyun had said: Beast fire is formed by fusing the demon core of a demon beast with spiritual flames.

He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

Generally, only demonic beasts with strength reaching the third rank and bloodline quality of a certain degree have the potential to condense a demon core.

According to He Lingyun, this beast fire is very likely the demon core of the Haoyang Bird, which is fused with spiritual flames.

Do I have the ability to collect it?

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

If you try to steal a chicken but end up losing the rice instead, that would be terrible!
But the opportunity is right in front of us, and it would be such a pity to miss it!

At this moment, He Lingyun looked at the Haoyang Bird, which was bound by the magic array and whose aura was extremely weak.

He made hand seals and cast several magic hand gestures.

Several magic seals landed on the Haoyang Bird.

hiss!
The trapped Haoyang Bird suddenly straightened up, opened its mouth, and was about to spew flames again.

However, his demonic power was completely exhausted, and all he exhaled was a wisp of green smoke.

"Haoyang Bird, go get some sleep first!"

He Lingyun smiled faintly, flicked her finger, and a pill fell accurately into the mouth of Haoyang Bird.

call!
Haoyang Bird stared at He Lingyun and the other two with its fiery red eyes, filled with anger and resentment.

But as He Lingyun continued to cast spells, its body gradually went limp and collapsed. This time, He Lingyun dared not be careless. She cast several more spells to confirm that the Haoyang Bird was completely bound before putting it into her beast-raising bag.

He then let out a relaxed breath, smiled, and said to Zhou Ling, "Zhou Ling, we were able to successfully capture this Haoyang Bird thanks to you!"

Successfully capturing the Haoyang Bird put her in a great mood. Zhou Ling had just shielded her from the beast fire, so she couldn't help but feel a bit of goodwill towards him.

"Brother Zhou, here are the spirit stones I promised to give you!"

Upon hearing this, He Zijian also took out a handful of spirit stones and handed them to Zhou Ling.

His main purpose in coming here was to help his younger sister collect the Haoyang Bird.

My little sister was almost hit by the beast fire just now. If Zhou Ling hadn't intervened in time, he would have been finished if anything had happened to her.

Although Zhou Ling only repelled the beast fire, he undoubtedly saved him, and the gratitude in his heart at this moment was beyond words.

He wouldn't care about anything more valuable than a few spirit stones.

Just as Zhou Ling was about to politely refuse, He Zijian had already stuffed all the spirit stones into his hand and said, "Brother Zhou, I don't have anything good on me, so please accept these spirit stones."

"If you encounter any trouble in Lingxia City in the future, just say you're my brother, He Zijian, and I guarantee no one will dare to make things difficult for you!"

“This…” Zhou Ling smiled and could only say, “I’m so sorry.”

Seeing that it was getting late, he put away the spirit stones and bowed to the two of them, saying, "Gentlemen, I still need to search for spirit herbs, so I'll take my leave now!"

He Zijian also cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Remember to find me for a drink when you return to Lingxia City!"

He Lingyun smiled and said, "Be careful!"

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After parting ways with the He siblings, Zhou Ling immediately used his Lightness Technique to travel quickly in the direction the beast fire had flown away.

Generally speaking, monsters have a strong sense of territory.

Since the Haoyang Bird exists in this Nine Leaves Valley, there cannot be any other late-stage first-tier demonic beasts.

Therefore, Zhou Ling also went all out, speeding up and using the full power of [Searching for Treasures in the Mountains] to search for the Condensing Essence Grass.

At the same time, he could clearly feel in his mind that the connection between the beast fire and him was gradually deepening.

[Blood Yang Grass discovered, treasure hunt in the mountains +1]

[Discovered blue and white porcelain, treasure hunt in the mountains +1]

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In this way, Zhou Ling traveled several hundred feet and, with the help of his [Searching for Treasures in the Mountains] talent, also picked more than a dozen spiritual herbs.

Among them are five late-stage first-tier spiritual herbs, especially three Blood Yang herbs, which can assist in cultivating the Great Yang Technique and are quite valuable.

"It should be just ahead!"

At this moment, Zhou Ling felt the connection to the beast fire in his sea of ​​consciousness become clearer.

They then followed this energy flow and quickly moved on.

I never expected that the [Beast Pressure] would actually work on this beast fire!

And the effect seems to be surprisingly good!
He had only shouted a few times in anger.

It already has such a clear spiritual imprint on the beast fire, making it seem even easier to subdue than the stone rock rat.

But thinking about it, it's normal. This beast fire is probably newly born and its consciousness is not strong.

Therefore, the effect of my [Demon Beast Pressure] is even stronger!
Gradually, as the distance closed, he felt the presence of the beast fire more and more clearly.

He immediately tried to send it a command through his mind, asking it to come.

It worked! A moment later, a streak of blue flame shot toward him from the jungle.

At this moment, as the distance drew closer, Zhou Ling could sense that the flying beast fire felt somewhat familiar to him.

[Your power suppresses the beast fire, beast power +1, beast fire condenses spiritual imprint +1]

The [Monster's Intimidation] effect then activates automatically.

(End of this chapter)