Chapter 17: The Flame Rift
Shi Xuan and Yuan Caiwei didn't know about the chaos in Jiahe City, they were like arrows, and they didn't want the people in the academy to worry. But along the way, Shi Xuan felt that the atmosphere was wrong, Jiahe City, which used to be full of people, was in a mess everywhere at the moment, few people moved, the original bustling streets were extremely depressed at the moment, the order in the city had not yet been restored, and several major families were still in full swing to arrest the remnants of the Wang family.
Walking on the chaotic street, Shi Xuan looked at a notice board with many notices posted about the arrest of the remnants of the Wang family, and seemed to understand something.
"If I guessed correctly, several major families have taken action against the Wang family, and now the whole city is under martial law, and they are all searching for the remnants of the Wang family, it is very dangerous in the city at this moment, we have to rush back to the academy as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very dangerous", Shi Xuan learned about the situation in the city.
"Originally, I planned to go home to see my parents first, but now the city gate is closed, and I can't get out," Yuan Caiwei was a little worried about her family.
"Let's go to the academy for the time being, your foot still needs treatment and you can't walk, wait for the situation in the city to stabilize before you go back", Shi Xuan persuaded.
"That's all there is to it, let's go."
Shi Xuan cautiously carried Yuan Caiwei on his back and ran towards the Academy, along the way, he saw many people from other families looking for the remnants of the Wang family on the street, he didn't dare to stop, and came all the way to the door of Tianhai Garden.
At this time, the gate of the academy had long been closed, and the gate was locked when Shi Xuan arrived.
"It seems that the situation must be very tense, otherwise the academy will not easily lock the door", Shi Xuan could only try to shout inside and ring the door bell.
The master of Tianhai Garden, who was guarding the gate, saw through the window that it was the two of them, so he let them in.
Shi Xuan hurriedly sent Yuan Caiwei to a skilled physician in the academy, and he could only help her with dressing and bandaging before, but after all, he was not a doctor, and he was worried that it would leave sequelae for her after a long time.
"Her foot is seriously injured, but fortunately you apply the medicine in time, otherwise the gods will not be able to save this leg, so leave it to me next," said the middle-aged doctor.
"Will that affect her future cultivation?" Shi Xuan said worriedly.
"The impact will naturally be there, but it shouldn't be big, as long as this period of time is properly recuperated, there won't be too many problems in the future", Shi Xuan was relieved when he heard the doctor's affirmation.
The news that Shi Xuan had returned to the academy with Yuan Caiwei on his back quickly spread, and many of his friends came to visit, and even his two tutors were surprised.
"Shi Xuan, is it really you?", Liu Ming and the others looked at Shi Xuan excitedly. They all thought he was killed.
Even Zhu Ziming and Zhang Xian were incredible, "I saw with our own eyes that the two of you fell into the bottomless cave, and you were able to return safely, my God, have you met the immortals?" Zhu Ziming was shocked.
"The immortals didn't meet it when they arrived, but they didn't die in a big disaster, and they got out of trouble", Shi Xuan didn't want to tell the situation in detail about the day.
"It's good to come back, even Mentor Su Li is ready to wait for the city to calm down and go to Stone Village to inform you about the matter, she is very worried about you," Liu Ming said.
"It's me who bothered everyone, thank you for your concern", Shi Xuan's eyes were a little moist.
"It's okay, as long as you come back safely, everything will be fine. ”
Many of their friends came to visit, and many people who were looking for him to forge also came to visit, which made Shi Xuan and Yuan Caiwei feel very warm.
"Fortunately, they haven't told our family yet, otherwise I wouldn't know how to deal with them," Yuan said.
"It's okay, you can recuperate with peace of mind these days, and when your feet are better, you will go back and have a look", Shi Xuan comforted.
After settling Yuan Caiwei, Shi Xuan also visited Master Su Li and Zhong Wei successively, and he came back alive to make the two of them happy.
Next to the high-temperature furnace, Zhong Wei was busy, he watched Shi Xuan pour out a bunch of sparkling spiritual materials from a container, and his mouth was almost closed.
When he saw a large piece of Phantom Martial Spirit Stone, "Good boy, it's really good luck that you can even encounter this kind of good thing, it's really a great calamity, and there will be a blessing if you don't die."
This time, although Shi Xuan and the others were thrilling, they could be regarded as having gained a lot, not to mention the improvement of their strength, so that they could harvest a large number of spiritual materials, which would be of great help to him in learning higher spirit forging techniques in the future.
"With your current strength, you can learn the old man's set of hammer methods, this set of hammer methods has a huge effect on forging high-level spiritual gold, which is realized by the old man after decades of continuous exploration, the forging of high-grade metals is extremely complicated, and it is difficult for people with bad talents to master their spirituality even if they are ten years, with this set of hammer methods, you can master the spirituality and striped veins of metal faster", Zhong Wei picked up his stainless steel forging hammer and began to hammer a piece of third-order silver.
Shi Xuan looked at it on the side, this is a set of hammer methods full of charm, the hard silver undergoes magical changes under his hammer, under this hammer method, Zhong Lao forged this piece of silver as he wanted, until the end of the white aura, it was not over.
Shi Xuan was fascinated by it, and he had long wanted to try it.
"You have to remember that the hammer method is only an auxiliary, you must seriously perceive the different spirituality and stripe veins of each piece of special metal, in order to forge high-quality spiritual gold as quickly as possible, my hammer method can make these metals produce some peculiar rhythms, as long as you seriously comprehend it, you will be able to discover the mystery, okay, you can have a good understanding of this set of hammer methods in the next few days", Zhong Lao went to busy with other things, leaving Shi Xuan here to ponder.
Shi Xuan looked at the silver ore and there was nothing peculiar, he calcined and tempered it according to the steps, and began to use the hammer method taught by Zhong Wei to hit the metal, after several explorations, he finally felt a trace of rhythm, and of course he wasted a few precious pieces of silver, which made him feel distressed.
For several days in a row, Shi Xuan was immersed in this hammer method, he tried several kinds of metal forging, and sure enough, they all had a unique rhythm, if it weren't for this hammer method, he estimated that he would not feel it until very late.
This set of hammer method is extremely power-consuming, and the material is an extremely heavy steel sledgehammer, Shi Xuan can't turn many times a day, which is why Zhong Wei didn't teach him before.
Although Shi Xuan had fallen into the cave before, although the obvious injuries were healed, many meridians in his body were still blocked, and now he was pranayama every day to resolve the dark injuries in his body, once these things were negligent, they would become a big disaster in the future.
He turned out a spiritual technique Burning Wood Shackles, this spiritual technique before he had practiced the first three chapters, as for the fourth chapter, he had not practiced, and now his strength had been improved to the eighth order, and he had already met the requirements for learning the fourth chapter.
Shi Xuan flipped through the spiritual skills and carefully realized that this was the core meaning of the second exercise, and the fourth part was called the Grip of the Grim Reaper, with the powerful fire spirit qi condensed a huge flame hand, which could instantly pull the enemy in the distance to his side, and the true fire spirit ruthlessly calcined the origin, making the enemy unguardable.
This mystery consumes a lot of aura, the more powerful the opponent consumes, the more it consumes, and it can be said to be the ultimate test for the caster's spirit, and if a set of actions wants to be completed coherently, it must be controlled coherently throughout the whole process, as long as there is a flaw in one step, the enemy may take the opportunity to escape.
For this reason, Shi Xuan specially took some elixirs to improve spiritual energy, breathed his body well, and began to practice this powerful fire control spiritual technique.
The previous process was not too complicated, the difficulty was in the mental manipulation and spiritual power output, Shi Xuan tried more than a dozen times in a row, and finally condensed the huge flame giant hand beside him, and several times he manipulated the giant hand to grasp the target in the distance, all of which ended in failure.
Shi Xuan refused to give up, breathed again, and went all out, the huge flame hand quickly grabbed towards the target, and instantly grabbed a target in his hand, "Give it to me", Shi Xuan used all his strength to collect it, the target came to him like a bound chicken, calcined by the spirit of true fire, looking at the burning target, Shi Xuan was also relieved, this exercise can be regarded as a first glimpse of the doorway.
Although the aura at this stage is not enough to squander, it is also a good choice to master this set of spiritual skills early. When you reach the ninth order, you will definitely be able to get miraculous results when you apply this trick. It's terrible to think about, a smart and elegant opponent was suddenly grabbed by a giant hand and pulled to the front of him to slaughter, but this move is not invincible, not to mention the rest, that is, the caster must be engrossed, and the slightest mistake will fail, and secondly, he can only grasp some low-speed targets, and he will be restrained by some water system exercises, and some powerful people can directly break the shackles to form a counter-kill.
There are no truly invincible exercises and spiritual skills in the world, and the key depends on the user's on-the-spot response, which will affect the performance of the time and place.
Shi Xuan was also happy at the moment, he had once again obtained a good killer weapon, and he had more means when facing the enemy. Thinking of the test that the man in the light curtain was trying to test him, he didn't dare to take it lightly.
After more than practice, Shi Xuan often visited Yuan Caiwei, who had a foot injury, and during this time, she began to be able to stand and walk slowly.
"After a while, you will be able to walk independently", Shi Xuan helped him walk slowly.
"Do you dislike me, when I'm a burden, hum," Yuan Caiwei said.
Shi Xuan was stunned, "How can I be, do I just care about you? As long as you are willing, I will help you walk every day", Shi Xuan thought to himself, women are really not easy to mess with, and they will offend her if they don't pay attention to it.
"Then what if you carry it every day like before?" Yuan Caiwei said playfully.
"Well, how old are you, and you still want me to carry you, and I'm not afraid of the jokes of the senior brothers", Shi Xuan was embarrassed.
"It's all liars, and I know you're lying to me. ”
"Okay, I can't say you, come and I'll carry you", Shi Xuan was speechless and made a move to carry her.
"I'm kidding you, you take it seriously, it's not like I won't go", Yuan Caiwei smiled proudly.
The Jiahe River under the sunset has a unique charm, and there are some people walking on the trail, they feel the wonders of nature, and talk about their expectations for the future in laughter......
Time flies like a white horse, another year has passed in a blink of an eye, Jiahe City has restored order again, the change of power is inevitable, even the most difficult time will always pass, people forget the pain of the past to welcome the new era.
Shi Xuan is already over twelve years old, and has spent two wonderful years in this Tianhai Garden, where he has met countless young talents, and has also met the girls he likes, and his cultivation can be regarded as overwhelming everyone, and he has come from the ninth order of the Kaiyuan Realm to the fifth order of the Xuanmai Realm in a year, he is also famous even on the list of the Xuanmai Realm, many people feel the pressure from the rear, and no one wants to fall behind.
Surprisingly, the ** who used to be the number one on the list of the Kaiyuan Realm has now reached the fifth order of the Xuanmai Realm, but he chose to leave the academy and return to the Lu family, and no one knows the reason.
Some people think that he lost to the rising star Shi Xuan before, and some people think that he was summoned back by the family, and everyone has their own opinions.
Now, Shi Xuan was going to go to a place near Black Rock City, which was close to Jiahe City, where many people had special adventures, and Shi Xuan also wanted to try his luck.
Tianyan Rift, a magical place, where thirty miles out of Black Rock City, a huge and incomparably deep valley, the two sides of the bank are extremely high, the canyon is deep and long, the valley is overflowing with lava, in recent years, it often erupts, and it also brings a lot of spiritual ore, which attracts many people around to go on an adventure.
Recently, Shi Xuan had been forging with Zhong Wei and was in urgent need of some high-grade spirit mines, and he wanted to go to the Tianyan Rift Valley to try his luck.
After some rectification, Shi Xuan took a boat to Black Rock City at the dock of Jiahe City, it takes at least three hours to take a boat between the two cities, and the huge ship is full of pedestrians from all over the world, some from the mainland, and some are mercenaries around Jiahe City.
Shi Xuan didn't team up with the others when he went to the Tianyan Rift this time, his goal was clear, that is, to collect some rare spirit ores and conduct a special trial mission.
Now Shi Xuan was no longer as ignorant as he was when he first came out of the mountain, he had made all kinds of preparations before he came, and he had a sufficient understanding of the place. With the strength of the fifth order of the Xuanmai Realm, even in the face of powerful mercenaries and bandits, he can frustrate the enemy and protect himself, and he has also traveled to many places in Hongyan Ridge in the past year and has undergone many experiences.
The Jiahe River is very wide, the water is panting, the boats are rowing all the way fast, along the way Shi Xuan also saw a lot of boats coming and going full of guests coming and going, the water of the Jiahe River under the sun is a trace of dark red, extremely weird, Shi Xuan still can't understand, he guesses that this may have something to do with the water source, no one has ever reached the source of the Jiahe River, there are several extremely high cliff-like waterfalls in the upper reaches of the Jiahe River that hinder the boats from continuing to explore, the surrounding mountains are difficult to climb, no one has ever been to the source of the water.
Shi Xuan looked at this rushing river with a lot of thoughts, there were too many historical fogs buried here, and too many stories disappeared into the years, as if there was a huge historical fault, making countless truths a mystery.
If it weren't for the chance to fall into the cave, he might not have known for the rest of his life that his hometown was at a hellish gate, which was actually the only place to pass through to the realm of fire spirits, and the ancestors of the human race paid the price of the mountain of corpses and blood in order to resist the invasion of demons ten thousand years ago, but no one left a legend in the world, and they completely buried a terrifying history under the cave.
Now Shi Xuan is carrying their mission and working hard, he also wants to completely unravel the fog of history and explore ancient legends, after he received the first trial target from the spirit rune, the Tianyan Rift. According to the instructions of the spirit rune, this place was born in the great war 10,000 years ago, the powerful king of the fire spirit used a powerful force to tear this place, there are still so many volcanoes active here for 10,000 years, it is hard to imagine that the battle of the year was like the destruction of the world, a killing move caused a hundred miles of Tianyan rift, what kind of existence is the king of the fire spirit.
Shi Xuan's task instruction is to find the crystallization of the flame spirit scattered here, the flame spirit is a trace of anger left over from 10,000 years ago by the king of fire spirits, he continues to erode the fire spirits born here, and finally forms the spirit of rage, his crystals are the purest fire spirit crystals, which have a huge effect on people like Shi Xuan who are highly compatible with the fire element, it can not only improve cultivation but also further enhance the affinity and control of fire spirits.
However, it is not easy to obtain the fire spirit crystal, the flame spirit is very difficult to find, and it is extremely violent, and it is not easy to hunt it, which can be regarded as a test for Shi Xuan.
The boats are swaying on the turbulent river, the mountains on both sides are magnificent, the apes are roaring, and the birds are circling, which is also a rare unique landscape in this world, but noisy people are rarely in the mood to appreciate the wonders of the world, and many people are talking about the noisy and noisy world. Fame and fortune, Shi Xuan sat alone on the bow of the boat and felt the wonders of his hometown, maybe he would leave suddenly that day, and it would be difficult to see it in the future, there were too many memories here, he didn't want to give up, but he knew that one day he would be as far away as this river and it would be difficult to turn back.
After three hours of turbulence, a quaint city came into view, Black Rock City, a city close to Jiahe City, the scale is estimated to be only one-third of Jiahe City, and it is also a famous city in Hongyan Ridge, Black Rock City still exudes an ancient atmosphere, the city wall made of dark black rocks gives people a sense of solemnity, like countless black clouds pressing the city, extremely weird.
The ship docked at the dock, Shi Xuan stepped down the bow of the ship and entered the city, today he was not in a hurry to go to the Tianyan Rift, he visited Black Rock City for the first time, and he also wanted to see the city.
Walking on the street, there are still crowds of people, there is an endless stream of vendors and pawns, many goods from the mainland can see Shi Xuan's eyes are almost spent, and many things are so frightened that Shi Xuan walks away in a daze when he asks the price, which can be regarded as a rise in knowledge.
Shi Xuan walked around the city for a day, and also bought some elixirs, these necessary things to enter the mountain, and he could only stay in the city for one night when it was getting late, and he would stay until the next morning and start to go to the Tianyan Rift.
There are more than thirty miles to the Tianyan Rift, and if you walk on your feet, it will definitely take a lot of time, so Shi Xuan hired a carriage and the coachman took him there.
Along the way, there were not many people who went to the Tianyan Rift, and it was obvious that many people had heard about the situation here, and it seemed that many people had good gains, and Shi Xuan was also full of hope for this operation.
The road is not flat, the rugged mountain road is very bumpy, fortunately, Shi Xuan's current strength is extraordinary and can still accept it, Shi Xuan can feel that he is approaching the Tianyan Rift, the mountains on both sides of the road are gradually increasing, all the way down into a deep canyon, a scorching wave of air gradually hits, even the coachman who often travels between the city and the Tianyan Rift feels breathless, the carriage stopped when it reached an open place, and refused to move forward, Shi Xuan had no choice, the rest of the way had to go by himself.
The deep and secluded canyon is a little terrifying, some people with poor psychological quality dare not go, the high mountains on both sides of the bank cannot see the top, the canyon is one or two miles wide, Shi Xuan did not hesitate to move forward, generally speaking, there will be no good spiritual materials in the marginal area, the weaker people have already turned over here, Shi Xuan does not want to waste time here, all the way through quickly, occasionally encounter some low-strength spirit beasts on the way, Shi Xuan also ignores it, and sometimes encounters some mercenaries who come here to try their luck, they are not too old Shi Xuan to stop, but also feel incredible。
I don't know how long it took to go deeper, Shi Xuan felt hotter and hotter, he saw several steaming pools, there were far fewer people coming here, Shi Xuan knew that he was about to approach some important areas.
As he went deeper, he saw the pond with the base magma tumbling again, steaming, and the temperature around him was frighteningly high, but Shi Xuan was like a fish in water, he was born with a natural affinity for the fire element, and felt a strong aura coming, and when he arrived here, he was not looking around, he was carefully looking for the spiritual materials he needed in the wide area, and he was moving forward while looking for them.
Occasionally, he also found a few pieces of ordinary quality spiritual materials, and Shi Xuan was not very satisfied.
"It seems that we have to go deeper, there are still the footprints of these people here, indicating that someone has been here", Shi Xuan observed the footprints of some people.
He had to move on, just as he was looking carefully, a silent guy stared at him from a distance, Shi Xuan suddenly felt a chill in his back, grabbed the big bow and dodged the surprise attack from behind him with a roll, Shi Xuan quickly jumped on a huge stone, and looked at a huge flame demon lizard, this guy was covered in red, and he looked like he often grew up eating fire spirits.
Shi Xuan estimated that this demon lizard was strong enough to have a third-order strength, and Shi Xuan's flame spirit skill estimated that it would be difficult to hurt it.
Shi Xuan pulled out a few specially forged arrow feathers and aimed at this big guy, the three arrows that swished were as fast as lightning, and they accurately hit the magic lizard, but Shi Xuan's jaw dropped, this guy's skin was as hard as a rock, and his arrow feathers couldn't hurt it at all.
"This guy's skin can be worth the spirit armor, I will definitely pull your skin off", Shi Xuan was not angry but happy.
He jumped forward and pulled out a glittering sword, this was a second-order spirit weapon that he had personally forged not long ago, and it had been strengthened with the Phantom Spirit Stone he had obtained before, it was a real superb equipment.
Shi Xuan's fist tightly grasped the big knife and slashed at the demon lizard, the demon lizard was not afraid at all, the huge tail, like a hammer, swept through thousands of troops, rolling up a huge storm of flames, the whistling sound of the tail swept over, Shi Xuan's knife slashed on its tail and hit a huge spark, and his tiger mouth felt pain.
"What a tough animal, come again", Shi Xuan roared.
The demon lizard was furious, when was it bullied like this, it was violent, spitting dozens of real fire at Shi Xuan, the huge fireball smashed towards Shi Xuan crazily, Shi Xuan continued to dodge, and his agile body dealt with it freely, Shi Xuan raised his knife again and slashed dozens of knives in a row, and sparks flew everywhere, if it wasn't for his knife being hard enough, it is estimated that he would have rolled his mouth a long time ago.
The demon lizard was also furious, its flame damage could hardly really hurt Shi Xuan, and Shi Xuan did not use the flame spirit skill, and had been relying on his strong own strength to fight against it.
The demon lizard jumped and pounced, and the huge long mouth wanted to tear Shi Xuan apart, Shi Xuan drew the big knife and even slashed a few times, but he didn't take advantage.
The two were at a stalemate again, Shi Xuan thought: "No matter how hard you are, the same place has suffered dozens of slashes in a row, I don't believe you can withstand it", Shi Xuan thought of a way to deal with it.
"Burst Flame Slash, Seven Styles of Breaking the Sky", Shi Xuan shouted, using a powerful melee sword technique that he had recently learned, the Seven Styles of Breaking the Sky.
Shi Xuan burst out with a strong momentum, and the seven-style sword intent was interlocked, slashing towards the devil's neck, and the hard skin hit a large spark, but after Shi Xuan slashed out dozens of knives in a row, the devil lizard's neck was finally cut out of a huge wound, and the fiery red blood spurted out, and the devil lizard was furious, knocking Shi Xuan away at once, and began to flee.
Looking at the demon lizard that was about to hide in the narrow cave, Shi Xuan would not give it a chance, "The animal is killed, and the god of death is grasped."
Shi Xuan instantly conjured up a huge flame giant hand and grabbed the demon lizard in front of him again and again, the flames continued to calcine, taking advantage of this opportunity, Shi Xuan lifted the big knife, jumped several battles high, and cut off the head of the demon lizard with one knife, and this demon lizard was completely dead.