The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

Although she was speechless and amused by Chi's little action, Miaomiao still moved closer and took a closer look at the stone in Chi's hand.

At first glance, the red stone also looks black, but up close, you'll find it's actually a deep, dark red. Its surface is rough and uneven, yet incredibly hard. As Miaomiao reached out to touch it, she felt a sharp, piercing sensation and a burning pain in her palm.

He hissed and immediately withdrew his hand, his fair palm turning red. "Why is this stone so hot?"

It looked as if it had just been taken out of the fire, yet he held it without batting an eyelid.

Miaomiao was shocked, "Chi, don't you feel hot?"

Chi shook his head. He had already realized something was wrong when Miaomiao started to hiss, and immediately threw the stone back to the ground, but the child was still scalded.

He frowned, not quite understanding. When he picked it up, he didn't feel anything unusual about the stone other than its weight.

Hearing the noise from their side, the two old men who were originally talking turned around and looked over.

Seeing the dark red stone beside his bare feet, the old man, whom Grandpa called the customer, raised his eyebrows suddenly and walked over quickly, saying, "Why did I choose this for you? Change it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes became confused.

"Is there something wrong with this stone?" Xing Yue glanced at the stone, which looked quite familiar. "Isn't this the one I brought back for you three years ago? You praised it so much back then, and loved it so much. How come you haven't used it in the past three years?"

Given his penchant for research, it was simply impossible for him not to create something with a new material. However, Xing Yue discovered that the ore was almost identical to when he brought it back, even the edges were intact.

The old man shook his head and said with a gloomy face, "Don't mention it. I didn't even have time to do anything with your Primordial Life Stone when I brought it back. I just touched it and I fainted for three days. The evil is too strong."

During that time, he tried various methods to remove the evil spirit from the stone, but the result was without exception. He felt mentally uncomfortable just by getting close to it. Not to mention alchemy, he couldn't even perform basic polishing. In the end, he had no choice but to throw the stone into a corner and pretend that he didn't see it.

"How come I'm fine?" Xing Yue frowned. He had touched this stone before, but he didn't feel the palpitations the old man described.

The old man looked up at him and said speechlessly, "How many people have you killed in the past few decades? You are full of evil spirits as heavy as a ghost. This stone can't crush you."

As he said this, he looked at Chi again. Xing Yue was fine, but how could this red-haired kid suppress the evil nature of the stone?

To put it another way, even Miaomiao, who looked the most well-behaved and obedient and had never killed anyone like himself, was only burned by a stone.

The old man who fainted for three days after being touched felt a little embarrassed for no reason.

He said slowly, "The Primordial Life Stone is extremely rare. I have only seen two in my life. If it can be refined into a weapon, it will definitely be a peerless divine weapon. But therein lies the problem. I cannot refine it."

He spread his hands, a rare admission by a master alchemist that he was powerless.

"Unless you can remove the evil spirit from the stone, I can refine it. I've tried everything, even asking a ninth-rank light magic master to help, but I still can't purify it. So I suggest you try a different raw material."

He sighed as he spoke. God knew how excited and surprised he had been when Xing Yue first brought the stone back to him. This was the Primordial Life Stone. Not only were its inherent material properties top-notch, it also possessed unique properties for subsequent forging. Even if the initial forging was just an ordinary alchemical work, it could still be continuously refined to reach the level of a sub-artifact or even an artifact.

He had only completed the creation of two artifacts in his life: Xing Yue's Eternal Guardian Space Bracelet and the Death Scythe he held in his hand. He had thought this Primordial Life Stone might become the third, but reality struck him hard—this Primordial Life Stone was contaminated by the blood of some unidentified mythical beast.

"What a waste of resources." The old man shook his head, feeling very regretful.

Chi stood there silently, his eyes still fixed on the stone no matter what the old man said.

He rarely stared at anything other than Miaomiao for such a long time. So Miaomiao immediately understood that Chi was very fond of this ore, so fond of it that he didn't want to give it up.

He thought about it and was about to speak when the silent red-haired boy suddenly said, "If I can temporarily suppress this evil energy, can you complete the forging of it?"

The old man looked at me in surprise when he heard the sound.

Chi didn't explain in detail, but just asked again, "Can I?"

"you sure?"

Chi nodded.

"..." The old man was silent for a while, and finally said slowly, "It is possible, but as I said, I can't guarantee its quality."

"If the evil spirit is not removed and it is forcibly refined, even if it is a top-grade material, the work made will be far less than its own value."

He glanced at Chi's expression, feeling that it was a bit cruel to say this to a child. After a moment's thought, he added, "However, this ore can be refined further. If you can find an alchemist who is more capable than me or who can resist this evil spirit in the future, then this work may still be salvaged."

But compared to a master who has already refined two divine artifacts, how many people can be better than him?

He said this just to give Chi some verbal comfort.

Chi nodded and simply said, "It's okay."

He needed a handy weapon, and this Primordial Life Stone was the most satisfactory material here. Even if it couldn't be perfect now, Chi didn't want to miss it easily.

"Miaomiao." Chi suddenly called out the name of his contracted partner in a low voice. As if they had a telepathic connection, the black-haired child also looked at him with clear eyes.

As if carrying the power to drive away all the anxiety, Miaomiao nodded to him affirmatively, a confident smile on her lips.

"Go ahead and do it, Chi."

He is his trump card and also his courage to challenge the future.

Chi felt his chest swell, and Miaomiao's resolute emotion also passed to his heart. He suddenly understood why his clan had engraved the symbiotic contract as the only form of contract into their instinctive memory.

As the king of fantasy beasts, the Po Beast clan will never easily make a contract with anyone. Once a contract is made, they are determined to protect the other party for life. Ordinary companion contracts are naturally not valued by them. Only symbiotic contracts can reflect their loyalty.

At this moment, the emotions of the contracted party were like the supreme command, causing his cold heart to tremble endlessly under the washing of the tide.

"Thank you," he said softly.

Seeing that he seemed to have made up his mind, the old man said to the equator: "So what are you going to do?"

This polluted Primordial Life Stone would cause mental confusion just by touching it. No one knew how high-level the existence that polluted it was, and how much hatred it harbored when blood was spilled.

Chi said nothing, but walked to the stone and raised his right hand towards it.

A surge of red flame suddenly burst out from his palm.

Invisible power surged, and the previously calm old man could no longer maintain his composure. He suddenly stretched his neck, even his hunched back straightened. His eyes shone brightly, staring unblinkingly at the crimson flames rising into the air.

Is this fire magic? No, crimson is only the lowest color in fire magic. Red, orange, gold, and white are the colors that symbolize the intensity of flames rising from low to high.

But even though the flame used by this young man was only the lowest crimson, the power and pressure within it were as if a terrifying beast was about to open its bloody mouth and devour! This was definitely not something that any other kind of fire magic could achieve!

Who is this young man?

Miaomiao on the side couldn't help but hold her breath.

This was not the first time he had seen red flames, but it was the first time he had felt the horror of the flames so closely and without any obstruction.

The unconcealed cold murderous intent and the fire that violently wants to devour everything are like a disaster befalling the earth, which makes people feel fear at first sight.

He even had a feeling that, given the same magic power, Chi's flames could defeat all fire magicians of the same level.

At this moment, Chi Ye, who was using his own original beast fire, looked at the stone with a cold and condescending look.

As if sensing an irresistible danger, the stone, which had been silent all this time, actually trembled slightly in the sight of everyone, and the dark red and rough shell continued to break and fall off.

It was outraged.

——Don't overestimate your own abilities.

Chi had already sensed which race the breath left on the stone belonged to. He sneered, and suddenly a crimson flame swept over the entire stone, shattering the entire shell in an instant.

——For a guy who won’t be at peace even after death, it’s better for him to just retreat!

The king's pressure is unquestionable and cannot be challenged. The dancing flames are like the tail of a dragon or snake, forcing the evil spirit to retreat step by step.

The evil spirit that had previously covered the entire surface of the stone was quickly snatched away by the flames. As if unable to withstand the stimulation, the evil spirit suddenly condensed into a huge beast head in mid-air, its cold eyes sweeping fiercely over the people before it. It was then forced to dissipate and retreat back into the stone, unwillingly lurking once again.

Chi Ye finally retracted the flames, and among the dissipating sparks, the Taichu Life Stone, which had completely changed, was revealed.

As if it had also been assimilated by the terrifying flames, the entire surface of the Primordial Life Stone, whose outer shell had been shattered, now appeared a crystal clear red, which was many times more beautiful than its original appearance.

Chi looked at it with some dissatisfaction. His current level was not high enough, otherwise if he encountered such a nasty undead from his mortal enemy race, he would definitely destroy them into ashes.

However, the other party has been dead for so many years but still left such a deep resentment. It seems that he died in a very miserable way. Thinking of this, Chi felt a little happy.

The old man glanced at Chi, who had retreated behind Miaomiao, with a complicated look, then turned to Xing Yue and said, "Where did you pick up this little monster?"

Xing Yue shrugged.

Don't ask him, how would he know? He didn't pick it up.