After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

Within the space of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

Qin Chuan, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes, and a booming sound rang out from inside his body!

"Crack!"

After a while, a crisp shattering sound rang out, and his cultivation level broke through to the eighth level of the Profound Master realm, reaching the ninth level of the Profound Master realm!

As the violent Xuan power within his body began to subside, a smile appeared on Qin Chuan's face.

After a full year of arduous training, and having almost exhausted all his elixirs, he finally reached the ninth level of the Profound Master realm, just a little short of breaking through to the Great Profound Master realm.

"I'm probably the strongest in Guiyun City now!"

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan's lips curled up slightly. Among the heads of the three major families, the highest level was Qin Zhantian, who was only at the fifth level of Xuan Master.

Taking a deep breath, Qin Chuan was preparing to continue cultivating and break through to the Great Mystic Master level when he suddenly frowned and left the space of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace.

At this time, less than four days had passed in the outside world.

"Little Lord!"

Just then, a fat man with a small mustache rushed into the courtyard where Qin Chuan was and shouted loudly inside.

"What is it?" Qin Chuan came out of the room and frowned as he looked at Liu Fugui in front of him.

He had already given instructions not to disturb him unless it was something important, and Liu Fugui was not the kind of person who didn't know his place.

After catching his breath, Liu Fugui clasped his hands and said, "Young...Young Master! It's not that I wanted to disturb you, but a subordinate reported that while capturing a mystic beast in the Guiyun Mountains, they discovered a strange place!"

"A strange place?"

“That’s right!” Liu Fugui nodded and said, “This place is a deep pit under a cliff. It’s extremely hot inside, and golden light occasionally spills out.”

Curious members of the Qin family went down to investigate, but they all met a violent end. I immediately ordered men to seal off the area, preventing any Qin family members or anyone else from approaching.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "I suspect there might be a great treasure appearing down below, so I rushed here to report to the young master without stopping!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan also felt that there was some truth to it; there might really be something at the bottom of that deep pit.

After a moment's hesitation, Qin Chuan asked, "Does anyone else know about this?"

"No! Because the Ouyang family killed a lot of our beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Arena, we sent a large number of Qin family members into the Guiyun Mountains. The other families in Guiyun City also know this."

Liu Fugui affirmed, "As soon as anyone gets close to the location where we sealed off the deep pit, and hears that it is our Qin family that is capturing the Xuan Beast, they all avoid this place."

"Ever since you rose to fame in that battle, young master, news about you has been spreading throughout Guiyun City. No family dares to provoke the Qin family anymore!"

His words were brimming with pride.

"Okay, that's good. Take me there now!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"Yes! This way, young master!"

Before long, Qin Chuan followed Liu Fugui to the sealed-off area of ​​the Guiyun Mountains.

It was a deep pit, surrounded by black rocks that seemed to have lost their color, and it looked somewhat desolate.

Qin Chuan stepped on the deep pit, making a rustling sound. As soon as he entered, he could feel an extremely high temperature.

"Young Master! This is the best I can do for you. The further ahead you go, the hotter it gets, so please be careful," Liu Fugui said, wiping the sweat from his face.

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "I understand. Remember to take men and guard this place. No one is allowed to approach without my order!"

After saying that, he strode towards the center of the pit.

I don't know if it's because I was refined in the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace, or because I have the Vermilion Bird bloodline and am naturally close to fire.

Qin Chuan felt a bit hot, but it was still bearable.

However, as time went on and they got closer to the center of the pit, it became increasingly hot, just as Liu Fugui had said.

At this moment, Qin Chuan's skin turned bright red, and he was sweating profusely.

He also had to circulate his cultivation to resist the heat.

After a while, Qin Chuan finally reached the center of the deep pit, where there was a downward-facing opening, about the width of two adults.

At the same time, his gaze sharpened as he spotted several skeletons near the cave entrance.

With a soft sigh, Qin Chuan guessed that these must be the remains of those few members of the Qin family.

Even with his current ninth level of Xuan Master status and the Vermilion Bird bloodline, getting here wasn't easy for him, let alone for these people.

They must have rushed here in one go, and by the time they realized something was wrong and wanted to go back, it was already too late.

Taking a deep breath, Qin Chuan walked past the skeletons and peered into the cave entrance.

Below the entrance, there is not a bottomless pit, but a downward-sloping passageway.

Seeing that he could go down, Qin Chuan hesitated for a moment before jumping in and looking down along the passageway.

The current temperature is still within his tolerance range, and he can leave immediately if he notices anything amiss.

"This is... Flameleaf Grass?"

After walking a short distance, Qin Chuan was taken aback. On the edge of the passageway, there were clusters of small, fiery red grasses growing.

After pulling one up, Qin Chuan examined it in his hand.

This little grass has three leaves, each one as red as blood, and it feels slightly hot to the touch.

Flameleaf Grass is an excellent spiritual herb for refining fire-attribute pills.

After confirming it, Qin Chuan was overjoyed and quickly followed the path down to pick the fruit.

Half an hour later, except for some that grew on steep slopes, which Qin Chuan did not pick for safety reasons, a total of one hundred and twenty-three Flame Leaf Grass plants were harvested.

As you continue down, you will no longer see the Flameleaf Grass, this magical herb.

After walking for another hour, the surrounding stone walls had turned from red to purple, indicating that the temperature here had become terrifyingly high.

Just then, Qin Chuan discovered that there was no way forward; a huge, round boulder was blocking the passage ahead.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Chuan roared and unleashed his martial skill, Fiery Palm, towards the rock.

"Oh!"

The rock wasn't hard; with a loud bang, it shattered into several pieces and flew away.

A wave of heat suddenly surged over.

Qin Chuan shielded his face with his hand, and after a moment of adjustment, he looked at the cave entrance ahead, gasped, and stared in disbelief.

Directly in front of him appeared a huge and wide cavern, and at the very top of the cavern were two pools of lava that were bubbling and churning outwards!

The surrounding rock walls also have countless openings, with lava flowing down like waterfalls, illuminating the entire cave with a bright red glow.

Most peculiarly, there is an open space in the center of the two lava lakes.

A small, fiery red tree was growing in the open space, and on its branch was a golden fruit.