Chapter 183

Chapter 183: Profound Thunder Violet Flame 2

Right now, Yun Xi felt as if she were inside a furnace. Every inch of her skin and every strand of her hair was being burned. The meridians inside her body were also twisted and deformed from the excessive roasting.

That purple flame, only the size of a quail egg, seemed to have found a fun playground. It darted around inside Yun Xi’s meridians, wreaking havoc everywhere. In the end, it even split into two. One part entered her sea of consciousness, and one part entered her dantian, trying to destroy both places too.

Yun Xi’s divine sense split into two as well. One part guarded her sea of consciousness, while the other chased the flame into her dantian, trying to stop Profound Thunder Violet Flame from damaging her dantian.

The small purple flame that entered her sea of consciousness clearly had higher intelligence. After sensing Yun Xi’s powerful divine sense, it paused, then increased the heat it released, trying to strike first.

Because Yun Xi had cultivated the Soul-Refining Art, and because she had also devoured the soul of that cultivator who tried to seize her body, the strength of her soul was now almost comparable to a Soul Transformation cultivator. That was why she could barely endure the roasting of Profound Thunder Violet Flame.

Yun Xi wove her divine sense into a net and wrapped up the small flame that tried to flee after seeing things go badly, like stuffing dumplings.

Then that high-temperature roasting struck again. The purple flames on Yun Xi’s body inside the space surged higher by another layer, forcing Dian Dian to retreat two steps.

“Immortal Spirit, what do we do? Master is going to be burned to death!” Dian Dian did not know what he could do. He could only mutter anxiously at the immortal spirit herb.

The immortal spirit herb was much calmer. It shook its leaves and sent green light points into Yun Xi’s body, while soothing Dian Dian. “Don’t worry. Master will be fine. She has an ice spiritual root, so she won’t be burned to death. At worst she’ll be severely injured. This strange flame is recognizing a new master for the first time, so it will definitely test her, to make sure the new master it chose can control it. You don’t need to worry.”

Dian Dian felt like he had not been comforted at all. He felt even more worried.

Inside her sea of consciousness, Yun Xi was trying to imprint her soul mark into Profound Thunder Violet Flame’s flame core. Inside her dantian, her divine sense tried to drive the other, smaller flame out. But the small flame discovered the Golden Core floating in her dantian. It seemed to find a new toy. It shot over, wrapped around the Golden Core, and began releasing heat with all its strength.

Yun Xi felt a sharp pain in her dantian. She knew the other part of Profound Thunder Violet Flame was causing trouble. She sped up her struggle with the strange flame’s consciousness. In the end, she even condensed her divine sense into a needle and stabbed at its flame core.

“Aiyo!” A shrill scream echoed inside Yun Xi’s sea of consciousness, and it gave Yun Xi the chance to plant the imprint.

The moment the soul imprint succeeded, Yun Xi ordered Profound Thunder Violet Flame to leave her sea of consciousness. She also told the small flame in her dantian to stop tempering her Golden Core. Finally, the two small flames reunited smoothly and hovered quietly beside her Golden Core.

After resolving the crisis inside her body, Yun Xi slowly opened her eyes.

“Master, are you okay?” Dian Dian came to Yun Xi’s side as soon as the purple flames on her body went out. The instant he saw her open her eyes, he asked.

Yun Xi tried to sit up, then felt pain all over. It hurt so much she bared her teeth, as if a little force would tear her meridians apart. After being roasted by Profound Thunder Violet Flame, her meridians had already deformed and tangled together.

She slowed her movements and did not force herself to sit up. Instead, she lay flat and said to the immortal spirit herb, “Immortal Spirit, send spiritual energy into me. I need to repair my body. For that strange flame, I nearly roasted myself to death.”

“All right, Master,” the immortal spirit herb said.

When it saw Yun Xi wake, it confirmed that the strange flame had been subdued. It quickly used its strengths and poured pure spiritual energy into Yun Xi’s body.

Yun Xi circulated Peerless Sword Thunder Art, guiding the spiritual energy to flow through her body. While repairing her meridians, she also nourished them with spiritual energy, making them full and elastic again. In the end, the spiritual energy returned to her dantian, and the Profound Thunder Violet Flame hovering beside her Golden Core trembled slightly.

This time, Yun Xi cultivated for an entire month. When she opened her eyes again, the immortal spirit herb’s leaves had dimmed, but the results were obvious. She felt she was only one step away from mid Golden Core.

“Immortal Spirit, you’ve worked hard,” Yun Xi said.

The immortal spirit herb shook its leaves. “Master, this time Immortal Spirit used up all its reserves on you. You need to put the matter of finding a spirit vein back on the schedule.”

Yun Xi smiled slightly. “Last time you absorbed that mid-grade spirit vein in the Bao Hua Mountain Range, you said it could support me cultivating to the Golden Core Stage. Looks like you were still holding back.”

The immortal spirit herb was not guilty at all. “Master, I had a reason for saying that. Didn’t this sudden situation prove that this immortal spirit herb was the one backing you up?”

Hearing that, Yun Xi lifted her hand and brushed the immortal spirit herb’s leaves. In a good mood, she replied, “I understand. After the tournament ends, I’ll take an out-of-sect task to look for a spirit vein. Don’t worry. I’ll definitely let you build up reserves.”

“Good. I’ll be waiting,” the immortal spirit herb said.

After Yun Xi finished talking with the immortal spirit herb, Dian Dian climbed onto her knee and asked, “Master, you subdued that strange flame?”

“Mm,” Yun Xi said.

“Can Duo Duo take a look?” Duo Duo was still very curious. That purple flame, only a third of his size, had tortured his master badly. It made him worry his rat life was about to end.

Yun Xi did not refuse Dian Dian’s request. Dian Dian had contributed as well in taking down Profound Thunder Violet Flame. So with a lift of her hand, a beautiful purple flame appeared in her palm.

Profound Thunder Violet Flame was very obedient now. It lay quietly in its master’s palm.

But Yun Xi knew clearly that this strange flame had already developed intelligence, so she asked directly, “Tell me about your previous master, and how you escaped the Bao Hua Mountain Range.”

Profound Thunder Violet Flame trembled almost imperceptibly, then played dead as if it did not want to answer.

Yun Xi did not mind. She continued calmly, “Your previous master has already fallen. Even his body was burned by me, so you don’t need to worry he’ll come looking for you. The cultivation method I practice came from him.”

This time, Profound Thunder Violet Flame trembled more, as if it were considering whether its new master’s words were true.

Yun Xi brushed her fingers and revealed the storage ring she had been hiding. She continued, “Look for yourself. His storage ring is mine now too.”

After a long moment, a rather childish voice echoed in Yun Xi’s sea of consciousness. “You’re something. You actually didn’t get taken over. But he won’t die that easily.”

Yun Xi narrowed her almond eyes and asked again, “Little Purple Flame, can you explain? We’re allies now. I destroyed his body, devoured his soul, seized his cultivation method, and now I’ve contracted you. If he isn’t truly dead, there’s a good chance he’ll come looking for us.”

After hearing Yun Xi’s words, Profound Thunder Violet Flame sighed, then said, “My previous master was a great expert of Lofty Spirit Realm, Lei Hong Xuan. He was an early Integration Stage cultivator, and I was the strange flame he contracted. He found an undiscovered secret realm, then contacted a few friends from the spirit world. He wanted to seal the secret realm first and bring it back to his family. But his friends were just as greedy as he was. During the sealing, he used me as the formation’s core and wanted to keep the secret realm for himself…”