Chapter 15: Fire Essence Tempering Body
Deep in the earth's veins, magma is boiling, and fire fills the entire underground world. In a huge magma lake, there is a coquettish red lotus standing gracefully. It is the nine-petal fire heart lotus. It can only be born in the magma world in the core of the earth. It is a rare sight in three thousand years. I encountered a strange creature from the Immortal Way, whose whole body contained the essence of the Way of Fire. It is said that just eating a piece of lotus petal can increase the Taoist power of a lower immortal for a hundred years. In addition, it is also a healing holy medicine. It does not matter whether it is strong or weak, even if the master of the upper immortal is injured. Use it for healing.
It is conceivable how precious such a fairy flower is in the fairyland, but there is such a treasure under the fairyland of Yunmiao Immortal Palace, it is really fireworks!
On a flaming red rock by the lava lake, Zhou Hao is sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. He needs to practice in this magma world for twenty years because the training environment here is very special. The essence of the fire path is too rich. He can practice here for one year. Stand out from the outside world for five years.
In other words, in just twenty years, he would have the cultivation level of an ordinary disciple for a hundred years.
"I ate the fire heart lotus petals, and now I am no longer afraid of the scorching heat of this magma world. I don't know how it will be with practice. I'll give it a try." In terms of practice, Zhou Hao wanted to absorb the surrounding fire essence and transform it into immortal power.
According to Qingyun Ce, Zhou Hao mobilized the origin of yin and yang and began to absorb the fire essence. It was as if an electric motor was installed in his body. In this sea of fire world, one after another red fire essence appeared and rushed towards Zhou Hao's body. The latter first It shook for a moment, then calmed down again.
It can be clearly seen that countless fire spirits converged into small rivers and poured towards Zhou Hao, and he himself became a whirlpool.
But Zhou Hao's body soon experienced obvious changes. His face turned from white and tender to flushed red, and then turned red and hot again. The heat was evaporating rapidly, and Zhou Hao's face was also distorted. He looked like Screaming like a man possessed.
"ah!"
He howled with an expression of extreme pain, his clothes were all shattered, and his naked body was trembling on the rock. Zhou Hao clearly felt that the fire essence he had sucked into his body was colliding and raging, and it was impossible to refine it into immortal power. On the contrary, they brought endless pain to Zhou Hao.
The source of yin and yang in the body is trying its best to suppress the fire essence, but because Zhou Hao's cultivation level is too low, the source power is also extremely weak and even fragile. If he continues to suppress it forcibly, I am afraid that his origin will be ignited by the fire essence. At that time, Zhou Hao was really going to die!
The reason why Zhou Hao can still survive is because of the fire heart lotus petals he ate before. These lotus petals are the crystallization of the essence of fire. Even if Zhou Hao's body is filled with turbulent fire essence, he cannot survive in a short time. Breaking through this immortal body, because the fire heart lotus petals have been absorbed and fused by his body, Zhou Hao also has a physique close to flames, and these fire spirits can't really do anything to him.
"If you can't transform it into immortal power, then temper your physical body for me, practice it!"
Zhou Hao shouted loudly, instead of using the source of yin and yang, he adopted a curved method to save the country. He wanted to use the fire essence in his body to temper his body. Anyway, his body was not afraid of being burned by the fire essence.
As a human immortal, this earth-centered fire spirit can also kill Zhou Hao. However, everything is different because Zhou Hao ate the fire heart lotus petals. The pure spiritual power of the fire heart lotus petals has been completely absorbed by Zhou Hao's body. Absorption and fusion. If you use the fire essence to temper the body at this time, it will only make the physical body stronger.
It can be said that it has a hundred benefits and no harm!
The surrounding magma rose into columns of fire and light, and the bright light curtain suddenly covered Zhou Hao. He absorbed the essence of fire in the magma to temper his immortal body, but this process was not simple. He also had to endure the fire essence brought to his skin. , flesh and bone, and even bone marrow.
The so-called body tempering is to baptize the body with pain over and over again, so that the body's constitution will be strengthened and it will gradually become immune to pain. The process in between is unimaginable by ordinary people.
On the rock, fire was rising all over Zhou Hao's body. He was experiencing inhuman torture, tempering his body in the flames, and the fire essence was ravaging every inch of flesh and bone in his body.
"Hmm~"
Zhou Hao made a muffled sound, and his whole face was covered with large beads of sweat. At this moment, he seemed to be sitting cross-legged in the nine-foot firelight, meditating like an ascetic monk.
I don’t know how long this kind of hard training has passed. The magma world deep in the earth’s veins is peaceful. Perhaps only the bursting of bubbles that occasionally appear on the lava lake will break it for a while. Cultivation is boring and quiet, and time seems to have lost its meaning!
"Hoo~"
Finally, a soft cry broke the tranquility, and the fire outside Zhou Hao also dispersed. He seemed to be a size smaller, and his skin was also a little darker.
"Fire Essence Tempering actually made me smaller. This is not okay. I am in the stage of growing my body. Now I have to find food." Zhou Hao naturally felt how his body was, and he looked at it. Looking around for some food.
Although the Immortal family is already considered immortal, they will still retain the habit of eating, which is only common to mortals. First, just like mortals, in order to enhance their physical strength, the food of the Immortal family contains the essence of immortality. It is better to say that the Immortal family eats to satisfy their hunger rather than purely to supplement "nutrition". Second, just like ordinary people, in order to satisfy the appetite, after all, Master Confucius also said this - eating men and women, eating sex and sex!
Of course, the emphasis now is just on food.
As soon as he raised his head, Zhou Hao saw the nine-petal Fire Heart Lotus high above. Its beauty was so alluring. The seven petals were still flowing with wisps of red light swaying downwards, as beautiful as a red meteor shower.
"Forget it, you can't eat that, let's find something else." Zhou Hao looked at Huo Xinlian and shook his head.
"Since this place can give birth to advanced species like Nine-petal Fire Heart Lotus, then it should also be possible to give birth to some low-level creatures, right?" Zhou Hao thought for a while and said to himself.
Looking around, this underground world is a "hell" composed of sea of fire and rock formations. Except for himself and the lotus in front of him, there is nothing else. It is as clean as anything else.
"Is it possible that there is something weird about this lava lake?" Zhou Hao finally looked down at the fiery red lava at his feet and asked suspiciously.
"Anyway, it's hell-style special training. You've come here, but you still have to go to hell to see it. Even if it's the 18th floor below the magma, I still want to catch a ghost and see it!"
Zhou Haoyi was not brave enough, so he jumped into the lava lake without thinking. This was not the first time he had entered, but this time he wanted to explore directly to the depths below, but it was a restricted area for him.
"I'll go downstream along the stem of the fire heart lotus, so I can find a way back." Zhou Hao had an idea in his mind.
The Fire Heart Lotus has its roots in the lava lake. Zhou Hao went down to the lake to catch the Fire Heart Lotus petals before, but he did not look for the roots. This time he wanted to see how the Fire Heart Lotus was born. The roots are somewhere at the bottom of the lake.
All the way down, Zhou Hao followed the long lotus stem and went straight deep. The bottom of the lava lake was indeed unfathomable. Although he was not flying, he swam for a long time and still couldn't see any rocks or land at the bottom of the lake. This place is completely like the ocean, but the scale is many times smaller.
"It's so hot. I'm feeling unwell. No, I can't continue diving deep." Zhou Hao clearly felt that the water temperature here had reached a very terrifying height. I'm afraid that ordinary immortals would have turned into bones here, and their physical bodies could not bear it. However, even though he had the spiritual power of the Fire Heart Lotus to protect him, it was a bit tight.
Zhou Hao turned around and was about to leave. Suddenly, a group of black shadows attracted his attention. In front of him on the left, a group of fish-shaped creatures were swimming towards him. However, due to various restrictions at the bottom of the lake, even the immortal eyes could not see clearly. It was something meters away, so Zhou Hao couldn't tell what it was.
After a while, the fish-shaped creatures swam to Zhou Hao, and he could see clearly what these creatures looked like. They have the head and body of a fish, but they have a snake tail. Their whole body is covered with fine red scales, and even their pupils are extremely scarlet, making them look a bit ferocious.
"Snake tail fire fish!"
Zhou Hao recognized the identities of these creatures at a glance, which was closely related to his usual habit of reading. Yun Fang's library can be accessed by Zhou Hao at will, and Yun Fang also told Zhou Hao to stay there for at least three hours every day.
If you lack experience, books will make up for it!
"This snake-tailed fire fish is ferocious and violent. They always travel together, which is true. However, if I meet you today, Grandpa Zhou, I have to sacrifice it to my five internal organs temple first!"
Zhou Hao had a smile on his face and stretched out his five claws to catch the fish. The latter was not to be outdone. The fish opened its mouth full of ferocious white teeth. This was definitely a carnivorous and ferocious species!
The five claws glowed. As soon as Zhou Hao's palm touched a snake-tailed fire fish, he pierced its body. The blood mixed with the lake water and was indistinguishable. The other snake-tailed fire fish were even angrier. They opened their mouths like a suicide squad and were about to bite Zhou. Hao’s five fingers.
But the five fingers that were originally long and weak were as terrifying as iron hooks at this moment. The snake-tailed fire fish would be injured if it touched it. Zhou Hao's five fingers were stretched out into claws, and golden light swayed at the fingertips, like a flame. He walked around the snake-tailed fire. The fish has such a big mouth that if you touch the fish body with five fingers, you can immediately hear the sound of intestines piercing the belly. This place has become a fish market.
Not long after, all the thirty or so snake-tailed fire fish were wiped out. Zhou Hao pushed the water in the lake and pushed the fish up to leave the lake.
"Roar~"
At this moment, a roar came from behind. Zhou Hao looked back and was immediately frightened. He thought it was some kind of monster, but he didn't expect it to be a snake-tailed fire fish. But this time it was different. It was boundless. The sea of fish is densely packed, and its mouth is full of sharp teeth, like swords.
Thousands of snake-tailed fire fish formed a red torrent, and there were big guys among them. The roar just now was made by them. These big guys were thicker than the water tank, and their fins were spread out like angry lions. , their eyes all have snake-like pupils, giving people a deep sense of darkness.
"Yeah, help!"
Zhou Hao's eyes were so shocked that he almost fell out of his head. He quickly collected the snake-tailed fire fish he had hit before and ran away. At this moment, he unleashed all his escape potential!
The endless snake-tailed fire fish behind him were all pushing towards him. Their speed was naturally much faster than Zhou Hao, and Zhou Hao was about to be caught up in the blink of an eye.
"kill!"
The snake-tailed fire fish on the first layer had already followed Zhou Hao's feet. He knew that no matter how fast he was at the bottom of the lake, he could not catch the fish, so he turned back and killed the fish.
With fangs and wide mouths, one layer after another, Zhou Hao fell into the fish formation. He was surrounded, and the snake-tailed fire fish that were close to him were constantly penetrated into the intestines and abdomen. Zhou Hao's whole body glowed with light, and was burned by the fire. The tempered flesh body burst into flames and actually drove away the attack of the group of fish.
"Are they afraid of the firelight emanating from me?" Zhou Hao looked a little surprised when he saw the reaction of the surrounding fish.
"That shouldn't be the case. They all grow at the bottom of the lava lake. How can they be afraid of fire?"
"No matter what, get out of the bottom of the lake quickly. There are so many snake-tailed fire fish, I can't kill them all. In the end, they will be cannibalized by the fish. I think I am a human being, how can I be eaten by fish?"
Then Zhou Hao came up with a plan, his body shrank and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Seeing this, the big guy in the fish roared angrily, and a snake's tail swung twice in the lake water.
At this moment, Zhou Hao actually did not disappear, but turned into a snake-tailed fire fish. He swam among the fish, looking at the stem of the fire heart lotus as a guiding light, and Zhou Hao wanted to escape again.
Anyway, now that the fish are encircling him, he can naturally not be afraid of being discovered among the fish. Although there is a risk of being discovered as he goes upstream along the lotus stem, it should not attract too much attention.
Zhou Hao shook his snake tail and swam up quickly. He didn't want to waste a second. There were also some snake tail fire fish behind him who noticed this "different" kind of fish with doubts.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Everyone is arresting the big bad guy, why do you want to leave?"
Although Zhou Hao couldn't understand the language of the snake-tailed fire fish, as a human immortal he could naturally understand the thoughts of these fish, but he didn't say anything because he couldn't waste time with these guys.
"It's strange. The more I talk about it, the more it runs away. Could it be that it found food?"
"Food, did that guy find the food? Let's get a share of it, too?"
"But why do I feel that that fish doesn't look like us? Its swimming posture is wrong!"
"Well, we all travel in groups, why is this guy so weird? Follow us and see, there's a big problem with that fish!"
Dozens of snake-tailed fire fish became interested in Zhou Hao, formed a group and swam upstream, and soon caught up with Zhou Hao.
"Boy, stop swimming and tell me, who are you? Are you not a snake-tailed fire fish?" the leading fish shouted.
