Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 149 Tempering the Physical Body
"Is this the cold wind in the Fiery Fiery Wind Cave?!"

A solemn expression appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face. He controlled his divine sense to spread out and began to investigate the cold wind power containing a strong fire element.

A moment later, he withdrew his divine sense power, without changing his previous decision.

The cold wind was very fast; it swept through Lu Cheng'an's body the instant he withdrew his spiritual power.

At this moment, the intense fire and biting cold carried by the gale quickly penetrated into Lu Cheng'an's body and began to damage it.

Lu Cheng'an possesses a fire-elemental spirit body, making him immune to the fire elemental energy in the lava river.

The fiery energy in the lava river not only wouldn't harm his body, but he could also refine it and use it for his own benefit.

However, the fire evil within the Fire Evil Cold Wind Cave is not a simple fire evil. Although Lu Cheng'an's body is somewhat immune to it, its power can still damage Lu Cheng'an's physical body.

Besides the fiery aura, the chill contained in the gale was even more damaging to Lu Cheng'an's physical body. For a moment, Lu Cheng'an felt as if his very soul was frozen.

The power of fire and cold wind intertwined within Lu Cheng'an's body, causing double the damage.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Cheng'an's physical body suffered severe damage!
Lu Cheng'an did not waste any time; he immediately used the Purple Flame Rejuvenation Technique to begin repairing the damage to his body.

Lu Cheng'an had previously tested the power of the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique, and he had great confidence in this second-tier technique.

As the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique was activated, Lu Cheng'an could clearly feel that the injuries to his body caused by the fire and cold wind were rapidly healing.

However, the power of the Fire Fiend and the Cold Phoenix did not disappear from his body; these two forces were still destroying his physical body.

After the power of the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique repaired the damage to his body, it reduced the power of the fire and cold wind that remained in his body.

This process brought Lu Cheng'an extreme pain!

However, Lu Cheng'an clearly felt that his physical body was getting stronger little by little in the process of constant destruction and repair!

Zhu Yan was not lying; the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave was indeed a treasure trove where one could temper their physical body.

However, cultivators need to be able to withstand the impact of the fiery and icy winds here, otherwise they will die here like the skeletons in the cave.

The gale that surged from the Fiery Cold Wind Cave did not last long, lasting less than half a quarter of an hour.

However, the fire and cold wind forces that had invaded Lu Cheng'an's body were still considerable. Lu Cheng'an relentlessly circulated the Purple Flame Rebirth Technique, but even after exhausting all the mana in his dantian, he still could not completely eliminate the fire and cold wind forces within his body.

Afterwards, he refined a second-grade mid-level pill to restore his mana and the spiritual energy contained in five spirit stones before he could completely eliminate the fire and cold wind power in his body.

With the power of the fire and cold winds no longer causing damage to his body, his injuries quickly healed thanks to the power of the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique.

Three days had passed by then.

After Lu Cheng'an's injuries had fully healed, he immediately began to examine the changes in his physical body.

"The Fiery Fiery Wind Cave is indeed a treasure trove for tempering the physical body. The fiery Fiery Wind and the cold wind do have a strong tempering effect on the physical body!"

A look of joy appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face. He had only experienced the impact of the fiery cold wind once, but his physical strength had been greatly improved.

"The main reason I was able to withstand the onslaught of the fiery cold wind is because of the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique. Without this technique as support, the damage to my body caused by the fiery cold wind would be difficult to recover."

Lu Cheng'an felt a little heavy-hearted after thinking about the power of the Fire Fiend Cold Wind.

The power of those fiery and icy winds was indeed extremely terrifying. If he hadn't been well prepared, he might have ended up like the surrounding corpses.

"Besides the improvement in physical strength, my previously somewhat unstable cultivation has also become much more solid. If I continue to stay in the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave to temper my body, it will also be of great benefit to my cultivation."

With the help of the Jade Spirit Pill, Lu Cheng'an raised his cultivation level from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the late-Foundation Establishment stage in just over a year, which was quite rapid.

However, it also inevitably brought some hidden dangers, namely that the rapidly increasing cultivation level was somewhat superficial.

According to Lu Cheng'an's original plan, he would not improve his cultivation level for a while, but instead focus on tempering his physical strength and improving his weapon-refining skills.

Once the illusory magical power is re-condensed, then we can consider improving our cultivation level.

However, after examining the changes in his physical body, he discovered that as his physical strength increased, his previously somewhat unstable cultivation level had become much more solid.

After carefully examining the changes in his body, Lu Cheng'an continued to practice the Purple Smoke Rejuvenation Technique.

This technique is the foundation that allows him to stay in the Fiery Fiery Wind Cave to cultivate, but he has not yet fully mastered it to perfection.

He wasn't sure if the power of the fiery cold wind blowing from the Fiery Cold Wind Cave would increase, but to be on the safe side, he wanted to complete the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique to perfection as soon as possible.

After two days of peaceful cultivation, Lu Cheng'an heard a sobbing sound coming from the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave again.

Less than a moment after the sound was heard, a gale carrying crimson fire energy swept out from the depths of the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave.

The power of this fiery cold wind was not much different from the first time. Lu Cheng'an had already successfully withstood the attack of the fiery cold wind once, so naturally there was no problem this time either.

Time passed slowly, and two months went by in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Lu Cheng'an stayed in the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave to temper his physical strength, and he also gained a certain understanding of the frequency of the fire fiery cold wind blowing out of the cave.

Every five days, a fiery and cold wind would blow out from the depths of the cave, and Lu Cheng'an was fully able to withstand the impact of this fiery and cold wind.

However, every month, an extremely powerful fiery and cold wind would blow out from the depths of the cave, and this fiery and cold wind was several times stronger than the previous one.

Even though Lu Cheng'an's physical strength had been greatly enhanced, he still couldn't withstand the impact of this level of fiery cold wind.

The power of this level of fiery cold wind was astonishing. After hearing the noise coming from the depths of the cave, Lu Cheng'an retreated from the fiery cold wind cave to the cave entrance in advance.

After the fiery, cold wind reached the cave entrance, its power weakened considerably, but even so, it was still more powerful than a normal fiery, cold wind.

After being hit by this fiery and icy wind, Lu Cheng'an suffered even more severe injuries to his body.

However, after using the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique to heal his physical injuries, he discovered that his physical strength was increasing several times faster than before.

After Lu Cheng'an's physical strength increased this time, the impact of the normal fiery and cold winds on his body became much smaller. In order to continue tempering his body, he walked nearly thirty feet deeper into the cave.

The deeper one goes into the Fiery Wind Cave, the stronger the power of the Fiery Wind becomes.

The fiery, icy winds at the eighty-foot mark of the cave were just within the limits that Lu Cheng'an's physical body could withstand.

Lu Cheng'an stayed in the Fire Fiend Cold Wind Cave for two months. After experiencing two powerful attacks from the Fire Fiend Cold Wind, he received a message from Shi Ningyu.

Shi Ningyu's message directly disrupted Lu Cheng'an's original cultivation plan.

"I knew Shi Ningyu had connections; she really knew where to obtain the essence of a hundred minerals!"

Upon seeing the information displayed on the communication jade disc, a look of joy immediately appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face.

However, after he finished reading all of Shi Ningyu's message, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression turned serious.

Shi Ningyu did know where to obtain the essence of a hundred ores, but that place was too dangerous for Lu Cheng'an.

Because the source of the Hundred Mineral Essence that Shi Ningyu mentioned is located deep within the Hong'e Mountains.

Lu Cheng'an had some knowledge of the Hong'e Mountains. It was entirely the territory of demonic beasts and one of the places where demonic beasts from the Qingzhou cultivation world resided.

The three Nascent Soul sects, namely the Ancient Desolate Sect, the Haoyang Sect, and the Suspended Mirror Sect, are all restrained by the demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains!

The battle between the Ancient Desolate Sect and the demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains has not yet ended. The two Golden Core cultivators, Chongxu and Longshi, of the Tianyan Sect are still on the battlefield against the demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains.

Several years have passed since the Tianyan Sect obtained the essence of the Earth Flame Python and the Fire Bone Lizard, two newly-entered third-tier demonic beasts. Today, the Tianyan Sect has successfully used these two demonic beast essences to refine two Golden Core pills.

Wan Xianyun and Dai Xuan, two Golden Core seedlings of the Tianyan Sect who once followed True Person Xuankong into the Burning Flame Mountains to hunt demons, have now consumed these two Golden Cores.

After such a long time, Wan Xianyun and Dai Xuan's breakthroughs have finally come to fruition.

It is more difficult and more dangerous for a cultivator to break through from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage than to break through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Although Wan Xianyun and Dai Xuan were both Golden Core seeds cultivated by the Heavenly Flame Sect, a Golden Core sect, and even consumed the top-grade Golden Core Elixir to aid their breakthrough, neither of them successfully reached the Golden Core realm.

Wan Xianyun successfully broke through to the Golden Core realm, becoming the fourth Golden Core True Person of the Tianyan Sect.

However, Dai Xuan had a completely different outcome; she not only failed to break through, but also suffered extremely severe backlash.

Dai Xuan's meridians were severed and her dantian was shattered. Not only did she fail to break through to the Golden Core realm, but all her cultivation was also rendered useless, leaving her a complete cripple.

She suffered severe backlash after her failed breakthrough, and coupled with the damage to her mind, she only lasted three days before passing away.

After Wan Xianyun's cultivation broke through, the Tianyan Sect immediately released the news.

There was no mention of Dai Xuan, who broke through to the Golden Core realm along with Wan Xianyun, but the implication was clear: Dai Xuan must have failed to break through to the Golden Core realm.

As a Foundation Establishment power within the Tianyan Sect, the Lu family has naturally been paying close attention to the situation of the Tianyan Sect.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an became somewhat hesitant after seeing that the place Zhu Yan mentioned, where the essence of the hundred minerals appeared, was in the Hong'e Mountains.

"Shi Ningyu will accompany me into the Hong'e Mountains. The place where the essence of the hundred ores appears is in the cave of a third-level weapon refiner."

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly. Shi Ningyu's main purpose in asking him to go to the Hong'e Mountains was not for the second-grade low-level Hundred Ore Essence, but for the cave of the third-grade weapon refiner.

A third-tier weapon refiner must be a cultivator at the Golden Core realm, possessing such cultivation and having elevated a certain level of cultivation arts to the third tier.

It goes without saying how abundant the treasures within the legacy cave he left behind are.

"What kind of luck does Shi Ningyu possess? Not only did she become one of the Nascent Soul successors of the Divine Jade Sect, but she also knows the location of the inheritance cave of a third-tier weapon refiner."

He was just an ordinary reborn person with cheat codes, while Shi Ningyu was a genius with great fortune.

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly. After frowning and thinking carefully for a while, he replied to Shi Ningyu.

He accepted Shi Ningyu's invitation and would accompany her to the inheritance cave of a third-tier weapon refiner in the Hong'e Mountains.

Shi Ningyu did not expect Lu Cheng'an to go immediately, but rather agreed to meet three months later.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an did not leave the Fire Fiend Cold Wind Cave, but stayed in the cave to continue tempering his physical strength.

Two and a half months later, Lu Cheng'an finally left the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave.

After enduring more than two months of fiery and icy winds, his physical strength became several times greater than before.

Lu Cheng'an felt that even if his physical strength was not as good as that of a powerful beast like the Explosive Ape, it was not much different from that of an ordinary beast.

Furthermore, he had also mastered the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique, a technique that could quickly heal physical injuries. Thus, even though his physical strength was somewhat inferior to that of a demonic beast like the Explosive Ape, he could still outlast opponents with stronger physical bodies by relying on the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique.

After Lu Cheng'an cultivated the Burning Spirit Technique to perfection, he had never used the technique and was unaware of how strong the backlash from it would be.

However, after tempering his physical body in the Fiery Wind Cave for so long, he was confident that he could withstand the backlash from the Burning Spirit Technique.

His cultivation level has now reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. After such a long period of tempering, the problem of his unstable cultivation level brought about by pills has been completely solved. Moreover, his cultivation level has now reached an unprecedented level of solidity.

If he were to use the Spirit Burning Technique now, he would be extremely confident that he could severely injure, or even kill, a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, they weren't ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators at the peak of their cultivation, but geniuses like Shi Ningyu.

After leaving the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave, Lu Cheng'an returned along the same route and arrived back at Green Crocodile Island without any obstacles.

He had mastered the art of stealth to perfection, making it difficult for the demonic beasts and spirit cultivators living in the lava river to detect his whereabouts.

Unless their strength far surpasses his, and such demonic beasts and spirits cannot be found in the entire Burning Flame Mountain Range.

After arriving at Qing'e Island, Lu Cheng'an briefly told Zhu Yan about it, and then left the island to return to his family.

(End of this chapter)