txolops Chapter 140 Yin and Yang Convergence
Chapter 140 Yin and Yang Convergence
"The land of fire veins is blazing with yang energy, which is most effective at suppressing yin and cold energy. Here, the fire veins and the yin veins are so close that they do not invade each other, and there is even a faint but fragile balance between them... Such a complex landform where yin and yang intersect yet are clearly distinct is truly rare."
A strong sense of curiosity and exploration arose in Luo Ming's heart.
In his view, the island must have become like this due to changes in the earth's veins.
Because he keenly observed the traces left by many plants in the area, he was able to deduce what had happened to the island.
This island was probably an ordinary deserted island hundreds of years ago, with some plants on it. In one place, there grew a fire pine tree that was quite old. However, one day, due to a change in the earth's veins, the fire pine tree was buried. Under the tempering of the rich earth fire power, and with some coincidences, the fire pine tree was not completely burned. Instead, its essence, having absorbed a large amount of earth fire, mutated and was spewed out again during the most recent change in the earth's veins, and then fell into the hands of Cao Yunfeng.
He concealed his aura and first used his divine sense to carefully explore the surrounding twenty miles, confirming that there were no other powerful beings or cultivators around. Then, he turned his gaze to the fissure in the fire vein.
The Zhiyang bird seemed to sense the attraction of the fire vein below, becoming somewhat restless and excited. It hopped gently on his shoulder and let out excited chirps.
"Let's go down and find out."
Luo Ming formed a hand seal, his body enveloped in a layer of mysterious light, and with a flash, he disappeared into the seemingly small but surprisingly vast fissure in the earth fire.
Luo Ming activated his protective spiritual light and descended deeper into the earth against the scorching airflow. The further he went into the interior of the earth, the more the surrounding rock walls displayed a glassy luster after being scorched by high temperatures, and the sulfurous odor in the air became increasingly intense.
When he arrived at a relatively open underground cave, the sight before him made his gaze freeze.
On one side of the cave, scorching red lava flows slowly, forming a small lava lake that emits astonishing heat and fire; while on the other side, there is a peculiar rock wall with a dark blue and black luster, constantly seeping out wisps of pure yin energy, and even condensing some frost on the rock wall.
These two forces, which should have been sworn enemies, formed a blurred boundary here, confronting each other and strangely maintaining a fragile balance.
Looking at the scene of red and black intertwined in front of him, Luo Ming was filled with shock.
"Chirp chirp!"
However, the Zhiyang Bird was very excited about this environment that cultivators would avoid at all costs. Before Luo Ming could carefully explore the mysteries of this place, the Zhiyang Bird could not contain itself and let out a clear and long cry. Blazing white flames rose up around its body and then transformed into a stream of light, shooting into the core area where the power of earth fire and yin energy intertwined.
"The Zhiyang Bird is conceived in the essence of fire and enjoys feeding on yin spirits. Here, the earth fire and yin energy intertwine, so perhaps the opportunity for this bird to break through lies here."
Luo Ming stared at the fat sunbird with shining eyes, a surge of joy in his heart.
Upon entering this area, it appeared unusually excited, its feathers moving without wind and shimmering with a faint crimson-gold luster. Far from being afraid of the chaotic spiritual energy environment, it swam happily in it like a fish in water.
It swayed its tail feathers merrily as it darted through the thick, hot lava, its beak occasionally tapping lightly as it chased after the fleeting, lifelike specks of light that gathered and dispersed within the magma.
Those spiritual lights were formed by highly concentrated, purest fire spiritual energy under special geological conditions. They were orange-red or golden-red in color, ranging in size from a grain of rice to the size of a fingernail, and their quantity was quite considerable.
Luo Ming recognized that these were the prototypes of "Earth Fire Essence".
Given time, and nurtured by the earth's veins, these specks of light will settle and condense, slowly transforming into "earth fire crystals." If given the opportunity of hundreds of years or even longer, a very small portion of them may even advance into the more precious and rare "flame crystals."
"There seems to be an excessive amount of earth fire essence here. Could it be related to the unique yin-yang intermingling pattern of this place?" Luo Ming thought about the fact that there was not only such a large amount of earth fire essence here, but also the fire spirit hidden in the fire tung wood that had not yet fully formed. He couldn't help but have some other guesses.
At this moment, the Zhiyang Bird was no longer simply chasing and playing. It seemed to have mastered a unique way of precisely sucking in the floating specks of fire spirit light with the opening and closing of its beak.
With each drop it ingested, the crimson-gold luster on its body brightened, and its aura subtly increased, albeit slowly, yet visibly solid. It even attempted to guide the purer, deeper streams of fire from the magma to surround itself, undergoing some kind of tempering.
Seeing this, Luo Ming felt somewhat relieved, knowing that this place was indeed a treasure trove for the Fat Sun Bird. However, he did not let his guard down. This place was a convergence of Yin and Yang, with an extreme environment. In addition to the possibility of nurturing rare and precious materials, it was also very easy for some strange beasts that relied on extreme spiritual energy to be born, or to attract other cultivators or demonic beasts who sensed the strangeness of this place.
While keeping an eye on the progress of the fat sun bird, he focused more on exploring other corners of the cave, especially the area filled with yin energy, and the blurry zone where the power of earth fire and yin energy intersected most intensely.
He vaguely sensed that beneath this fragile balance might lie a deeper secret, and that the opportunity for the Fat Sun Bird was probably not as simple as just devouring these wandering fire spirits.
The source that allows the Firewood to nurture the Fire Spirit and the essence of earth fire to be continuously generated may lie deep within this point of balance.
Although he was very curious about what was going on inside, Luo Ming knew that such a place was not a place that a Core Formation cultivator like him would dare to venture into. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not dare to venture deep into the earth fire.
Because besides the terrifyingly high temperature inside, once the balance inside is broken, causing the power of the earth's veins to erupt, that enormous power is something that cultivators cannot withstand.
Luo Ming relied solely on his powerful divine sense to probe a depth of less than a hundred feet. After discovering no other anomalies, he gave up.
Watching the Fat Sun Bird move with ease in the magma, happily devouring the fire spirit points and steadily increasing its aura, Luo Ming felt gratified and waited for it to reach the opportunity for advancement.
"The power of the earth fire here can be used to refine magical artifacts."
He himself was not idle either. Seeing that the fire elemental energy here was pure and rich, it was a good opportunity to temper magic weapons, so he waved his hand and summoned two magic weapons.
One item resembled a bronze mirror, and the other a crimson gourd; these were the Mysterious Fire Mirror and the Crimson Fire Gourd in his hands.
Although the power of the Xuanhuo Mirror is currently only average, its power will definitely increase greatly once the Zhiyang Bird advances to level five and is refined by the opponent's primordial fire.
The power of this Crimson Fire Gourd depends entirely on the earth fire energy sealed within it. Since this place has abundant earth fire, he certainly wouldn't let this opportunity pass him by.
For cultivators, the more magical treasures they have, the better. Ideally, they should have one of each type with different attributes and functions, so as not to be countered when fighting against others in the future.