Chapter 229: The Thousand-Year Foundation of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame!
In the end, within the cave, under Jiang Lin's spiritual perception, after repeatedly tormenting Xiao Yan's meridians thousands of times, the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame finally entered the Spirit Absorption space. At the same time, Xiao Yan's body began rapidly repairing itself under the overwhelming energy of the strange fire, and his aura also saw a significant improvement.
"The energy is about to explode. Yao Lao, be ready to intercept it." As Xiao Yan successfully subdued the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame into the Spirit Absorption, Jiang Lin's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the faint blue light around Xiao Yan, resembling a lotus flower. He quickly ran toward the outside.
Just as Jiang Lin stepped out of the cave, a massive explosion of energy erupted from the cave. The faint blue lotus-shaped shield that had formed around Xiao Yan's body during the absorption of the strange fire shattered. Countless fragments shot out, and Jiang Lin, looking from a distance, noticed that the entire mountain, now dimmed, looked like a beehive pierced by numerous laser beams. Hundreds of cyan light streaks shot up toward the sky like disco lights!
Thankfully, this was an uninhabited area, and only Jiang Lin could see this extraordinary scene—no one else was around to witness it.
The cyan lasers came quickly and left just as fast. A few seconds later, they stopped, and Jiang Lin, looking at the rising sun in the distance, turned back to glance at the mountain that had been burned and riddled with holes by the fragments of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame. He thought for a moment before flying to the peak and beginning to practice his Fire Forging Technique.
Inside the cave, Xiao Yan couldn't contain his ecstatic joy. All the hardships he had endured over the past three years finally seemed to be paying off. Excited, he began hopping around in the cave, until Yao Chen, unable to watch the scene any longer, spoke up: "How long do you plan to keep jumping around in front of me like that, naked?"
"Ah?" Xiao Yan, now completely naked, realized he was fully exposed, his smooth white skin gleaming. His pale skin, which would undoubtedly cause envy in many women, flushed slightly. He quickly took out a black robe from his ring and put it on. Then he realized something terrifying.
"Ah?! Where's my hair?!" Xiao Yan, rubbing his bald head in disbelief, looked shocked. The joy of having subdued the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame was instantly replaced by sadness at his baldness. His scalp was smooth, and there was no hair on his head, his eyebrows, eyelashes, and even body hair were all gone! Xiao Yan now looked like a freshly boiled egg, with skin so smooth it seemed to belong to a different world.
"When you were in the lava, I could protect you with my soul power, but now that you've absorbed the strange fire, I can't protect you. Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the Blood Lotus Pill can't protect your hair either. It can't be helped. You'll have to make do for a few days. Maybe I can try to refine a hair growth pill for you later." Yao Chen, looking at Xiao Yan, who resembled a boiled chicken egg, had a complex expression. He almost wanted to laugh but managed to keep a serious face.
"Alright." Upon hearing that there was a pill to regrow hair, Xiao Yan stopped being sad. He raised his hand and summoned a terrifyingly powerful cyan flame, which blazed in his palm. "Teacher, look! I've successfully subdued the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame!"
"Mm." Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan with satisfaction. His gaze shifted to the cyan flame in Xiao Yan's hand and smiled. "Your Dou Qi realm has increased significantly. The energy of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame has not yet dissipated. In the future, it will continue to assist in your cultivation, allowing you to slowly absorb and digest its energy."
Xiao Yan sensed the Dou Qi in his body and immediately opened his eyes, his face filled with intense excitement. "Four-Star Dou Master! Just by initially absorbing the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame, I broke through from a Two-Star Dou Master to a Four-Star Dou Master! Before I've even fully absorbed the energy of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame, I should be able to keep rapidly improving my cultivation!"
"Mm, nice." Yao Chen smiled in approval. "You're almost catching up to that little brat Jiang Lin. He's still stuck at One-Star Great Dou Master; it seems like his cultivation method has hit a bottleneck."
"Hasn't Lin Ge arrived yet?" At the mention of Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that, given his speed, he should have already arrived.
"He's training outside. After parting ways at the Monster Beast Mountain Range, he somehow found a Wood-type magic core and has been training in a way that's almost inhuman." As Yao Chen spoke about Jiang Lin, his soul power turned toward a distant mountaintop, where a young man cloaked in gray robes, surrounded by four-colored flames, exuded an imposing and sacred aura.
Yao Chen's soul power, predictably, was detected by the latter. Jiang Lin quickly retracted his intangible Dou Qi aura and, with a flash of his wings, flew toward the cave.
"You've reached Four-Star Dou Master? Not bad. You'll continue improving as you absorb the energy of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame," Jiang Lin said as he entered the cave. His bright red-gold eyes focused on Xiao Yan's abdomen under the black robe. Within the Spirit Absorption space, the terrifying energy of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame, capable of shaking the earth, had not yet dissipated.
"The energy of the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame accumulated over a thousand years has barely been used up. It should help you cultivate to Dou Wang or Dou Huang," Jiang Lin said, with a slight hint of envy in his eyes. The Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame was a complete strange fire. Besides being a strange fire, it contained immense energy. Just by slowly refining the energy, Xiao Yan could step by step advance to Dou Wang and Dou Huang.
Most strange fires, like Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Fire, were manifestations of special rules, containing little energy but possessing incredible power to burn everything in the world. Strange fires like the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame, which carried thousands of years of accumulated energy, were rare.
"Indeed, the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame is very complete and will make your future path much smoother," Yao Chen agreed, nodding. Jiang Lin's words were accurate. When he absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, his cultivation improvement was a one-time event, unlike Xiao Yan, who could continuously benefit from refining the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame.
"Everything has a spirit. If no one had tampered with this strange fire, maybe in a thousand years, a unique powerhouse would emerge from it," Jiang Lin said, his gaze shifting from the cyan flame in Xiao Yan's hand to the green lotus platform on the ground. His tone carried a hint of nostalgia.
There were very few spiritual strange fires capable of accumulating energy. The Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame's potential might rival that of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint.
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