Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

Seeing the lava approaching, Chu Yunfan immediately swallowed the sixth-grade fire-avoiding pill in his hand.

Instantly, a fiery red protective shield formed around Chu Yunfan, completely enveloping his body.

For a moment, Chu Yunfan felt a long-lost sense of coolness.

"A sixth-grade fire-avoiding pill, truly miraculous!"

Chu Yunfan's lips curled slightly, and then he strode forward, plunging directly into the magma.

As Chu Yunfan swam outwards, he searched carefully in the magma, but he found that he could not find even a trace of the Earth Core Fire Spirit.

If it weren't for the fact that these magmas wouldn't attack automatically for no reason, Chu Yunfan would really doubt whether there was any Earth Core Fire Spirit here.

However, what the Earth Core Fire Spirit didn't see was that the blooming Earth Core Fire Lotus in the center of the lava lake once again came into Chu Yunfan's view.

"This Earth Core Fire Lotus appears to have grown into a sixth-order spiritual herb."

"If I were to refine it, it would definitely upgrade my alchemical fire to a sixth-tier alchemical fire!"

Chu Yunfan thought this way because the Earth Core Fire Lotus contained the rules of fire.

For a fifth-order flame to advance to a sixth-order flame, it must possess the power of rules.

This is the same principle as a cultivator breaking through from the Martial King Realm to the Martial Emperor Realm.

However, Chu Yunfan knew that with the Earth Core Fire Spirit secretly protecting it, this Earth Core Fire Lotus would not be so easy to obtain.

So, Chu Yunfan glanced at the Earth Core Fire Lotus, then pretended to sigh softly before quickly swimming towards the lava river, which was the only exit.

However, the Earth Core Fire Spirit would not let Chu Yunfan go easily. Waves of magma surged up directly in front of Chu Yunfan and crashed down on his head.

At the same time, the force of wave after wave pushed Chu Yunfan backward, preventing him from escaping.

Seeing this, Chu Yunfan immediately took out the Nine Dragon Furnace and adjusted the orientation of all the dragon mouths so that they all spewed fire backward.

Instantly, the immense thrust generated by the nine dragon lizard flames propelled Chu Yunfan past the pressure of the magma waves, propelling him rapidly toward the magma river.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Yunfan arrived at the entrance of the lava river, and it looked like he was about to escape from here.

Just then, a massive magma vortex formed in the center of the magma lake, and the enormous suction force generated by the vortex once again pulled Chu Yunfan into the magma lake.

When Chu Yunfan felt the suction force, he didn't panic. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he were smiling.

Then, Chu Yunfan offered no resistance, letting the suction of the magma vortex pull him backward.

However, while retreating, Chu Yunfan adjusted the direction of the flames from the Nine Dragons Furnace, using the reaction force of the flames to move himself away from the center of the magma vortex and towards the Earth Core Fire Lotus to the side.

All of this sounds complicated, but in reality, it only took a moment.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Yunfan arrived next to the Earth Core Fire Lotus and directly put it into his storage ring.

The instant the Earth Core Fire Lotus disappeared, a phantom of flame resembling the Earth Core Fire Spirit suddenly appeared in the lava lake.

This figure is none other than the Earth Core Fire Spirit.

As soon as the Earth Core Fire Spirit appeared, it pounced on Chu Yunfan's back, intending to burn him to death with its terrifyingly high temperature.

While Chu Yunfan's flame shield was more than capable of resisting the magma here, it was somewhat inadequate against the extreme heat of the Earth Core Fire Spirit's true form.

In the blink of an eye, the flame shield behind Chu Yunfan thinned considerably, and it looked as if it was about to be burned through by the Earth Core Fire Spirit.

Sensing the terrifying heat emanating from behind him, Chu Yunfan didn't hesitate and immediately drew his Snow Frost Sword.

The Snow Cold Sword naturally sensed the immense threat posed by the Earth Core Fire Spirit and unleashed the final killing move left behind by Shangguan Wan.

Instantly, a blade of ice formed purely from icy sword energy appeared behind Chu Yunfan and stabbed towards the Earth Core Fire Spirit.

It must be said that although Shangguan Wan is only a Martial King, her strength is absolutely unquestionable. This sword strike actually contained the aura of a sword soul, and it was an ice sword soul at that.

Therefore, the moment the sword appeared, the Earth Core Fire Spirit immediately abandoned its attack on Chu Yunfan, and its figure disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye, choosing to escape.

However, the icy blade seemed to have locked onto the Earth's core fire spirit, and directly pierced into a certain spot in the lava lake.

In an instant, the originally scalding hot lava lake began to freeze.

This scene left Chu Yunfan completely stunned.

He subconsciously assumed that ice counters fire, which is why he took out the Snowfrost Sword to defend himself.

Unexpectedly, the Snowfrost Sword's move was so powerful that it not only scared away the Earth Core Fire Spirit, but also froze magma with a temperature of 20,000 degrees Celsius.

"This woman is terrifying!"

Chu Yunfan gasped, recalling the moment he kissed Nalan Xue, and instantly felt as if his ancestors had blessed him for eighteen generations to save his life.

Just as Chu Yunfan was feeling sentimental, the ice layer in the lava lake began to show signs of melting.

No matter what, Nalan Xue is only a Martial King. Even if she is incredibly powerful, she only has the strength to contend with a Martial Emperor.

Moreover, the Earth Core Fire Spirit is even more powerful than an ordinary Martial Emperor.

Just now, it was only because this Earth Core Fire Spirit was born not long ago, and its intelligence was equivalent to that of a human child. It was very timid and was frightened by the Snow Frost Sword's strike, so it ran away immediately, which made that strike seem incredibly powerful.

In fact, once the Earth Core Fire Spirit reacted, it could have completely blocked the sword strike.

Seeing the ice melt, Chu Yunfan instantly sensed something was wrong and immediately fled towards the lava river at the exit.

As for the Earth Core Fire Spirit, it was unaware that the sword strike just now was the final killing move left behind by Nalan Xue.

It thought that Chu Yunfan could still use this move, so it did not choose to pursue him, but just watched Chu Yunfan escape.

A moment later, Chu Yunfan's figure finally appeared outside the volcano.

Then, Chu Yunfan left the Qingyao Mountain Range without looking back.

As for the Gold-Eating Rat Swarm, when Chu Yunfan left the volcano, he only asked the Gold-Eating Rat King to leave a portion of the Gold-Eating Rats underground on the outer perimeter of the volcano to keep an eye on its movements, so that other powerful individuals would not discover the Earth Core Fire Spirit here, while he remained completely unaware.

After leaving, Chu Yunfan did not return to Qingyun Sword Sect, but went directly to Qingyun Sword City.

Because almost a year has passed since he left Lianshan City, and Chu Yunfan is still only a third-level alchemist.

If things continue like this, by the time he becomes the Pill King and refines the supreme Five Poison Pill, Lady Mingyue will have already passed away.

Therefore, Chu Yunfan must improve his alchemy skills as soon as possible and become a Pill King.

Of course, Chu Yunfan did this not only to save Madam Mingyue, but also for his own sake.

Because his cultivation level had improved too quickly, and he had already reached the peak of the Martial Venerable Realm.

Next, it's time to prepare for breaking through to the Martial King level.

Before breaking through to the Martial King level, one must completely stabilize one's cultivation, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Therefore, Chu Yunfan could use the time before breaking through to the Martial King realm to refine pills.

Coincidentally, alchemy also requires a large amount of spiritual energy, and precise control of spiritual energy is needed to control the flames used in alchemy.

Therefore, the process of alchemy can also consolidate one's cultivation, which can be described as having the best of both worlds.

However, alchemy requires spiritual herbs, and most of the herbs in the Crimson Flame Pill King's storage ring are fifth-grade spiritual herbs, which Chu Yunfan currently has no need for.

What he needs now is a large quantity of third- and fourth-tier spiritual herbs, which he can only purchase from large cities like Qingyun Sword City.