Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 571 - 237: Golden Core Assembly (Part 2)

Seeing it agree, Shen Wen’an’s face showed a hint of a smile.

Who would have thought that the flame bird would start gesturing again, flying wildly in front of him.

Shen Wen’an guessed and communicated with it for a long time before finally understanding what it meant.

Pay first, then work.

The flame bird meant for him to help capture eighty strands of white flame first, and after it devours them, to start working.

Understanding this creature’s meaning, Shen Wen’an’s expression became a bit serious.

"You wouldn’t just run off after devouring eighty strands of white flame, would you?"

Upon hearing his suspicious tone, the flame bird seemed insulted, promptly flying up and down, even directly rushing in front of Shen Wen’an and pointing at the base of the bronze lamp in his hand.

Only then did Shen Wen’an notice the strange flame mark at the bottom of this bronze lamp that Zhang Qingjing had given him.

Moreover, the shape of that mark was almost like the flame bird formed by the Separation Fire Flame.

"Do you mean this mark is your real form?"

The flame bird nodded its head and gestured again.

The gist was that since the bronze lamp was here, it wouldn’t run away.

Shen Wen’an pondered slightly and then nodded in agreement, saying, "Alright, I’ll trust you this time."

"Let’s go catch the white flames."

Upon hearing this, the flame bird cheerfully flew around in the surrounding magma.

Holding the bronze lamp in hand, Shen Wen’an began to dive deeper into the magma lake, while the flame bird didn’t follow.

It seemed to still be unable to withstand the magma temperature deeper down.

Surpassing the location of the stone egg, the surrounding magma’s color had changed from pale gold to deeper, and the temperature had become even more terrifying.

If not for the Sword Essence Power far surpassing Fetal Breathing, Shen Wen’an wouldn’t dare come to such depths.

The situation was roughly as he anticipated before.

Originally drifting in the upper magma lake, the white flames, due to the flame bird’s predation, were mostly scared and hid deeper into the magma lake.

However, seeing many white flames around, Shen Wen’an hesitated a bit, then directly unleashed a stream of Sword Essence Power, forming a massive Spiritual Energy Bubble, capturing over ten strands of white flame in an instant.

Upon being caught suddenly, those white flames struggled violently, rampaging within his Sword Element Bubble, consuming his Sword Element Spiritual Power endlessly.

Seeing this, Shen Wen’an immediately maneuvered the Sword Element Bubble upwards towards the upper magma layers.

Waiting in the upper magma was the flame bird, which instantly pounced and darted into the Sword Element Bubble, entering a hunting mode like a tiger among sheep.

This little creature seemed to be the nemesis of those white flames, originally fierce, each one turning into mice before a cat faced with the flame bird, only thinking to flee, not daring to resist.

Within a few breaths, the white flames in the bubble were devoured by it completely.

Shen Wen’an wasted no time and quickly repeated the process, soon having captured eighty strands of white flame for it.

Watching the remaining white flames retreat deeper into the magma, Shen Wen’an decided not to continue disturbing them, fearing they’d be too frightened to come up when he needed Innate Spiritual Qi, which would be troublesome then.

"I’ve caught enough for you, it’s time to do your work."

Watching as the flame bird devoured eighty strands of white flame and its body inflated, gradually transitioning from a previously vague flame shape to a real bird shape, Shen Wen’an spoke in a deep voice.

The flame bird, satisfied, let out a full burp, then lay on the stone egg to sleep soundly.

"Rest assured, once I’ve digested, I’ll help you open this thing."

A weak wave of Divine Spirit passed into Shen Wen’an’s Sea of Consciousness.

After devouring a large amount of white flame, this little creature seemed to have gained more intelligence.

Feeling this slight Divine Spirit fluctuation, Shen Wen’an curiously asked, "Are you about to evolve into a Seed of Separation Fire?"

Upon hearing this, the flame bird lazily raised its head and glanced at him, saying, "Not anytime soon, if only you could catch me two hundred... no, three hundred more strands!"

"Maybe then I could completely transform into a Seed of Separation Fire."

Hearing this, Shen Wen’an laughed mockingly, "Then keep dreaming."

"I’ll come back in two years, if this stone egg still hasn’t opened by then, you can go waiting at the Peak of the Ten Thousand Year-Old Snow Mountain to drink northwest wind."

With that, he directly flew out of the magma lake with the bronze lamp in hand.

...

Yunzhong County City.

Shen Chongming took Shen Xiubai to pay a visit to Jiang Xiuqi.

On the top floor of the pavilion, after the two were seated, Shen Chongming pointed at Shen Xiubai beside him and introduced, "Elder Jiang, this is a junior from our Shen Family. He is obsessed with Array Dao. Upon hearing that this junior was coming to visit you, he insisted on coming to admire you."

"Oh?"

Jiang Xiuqi, hearing this, curiously looked at Shen Xiubai.

Noticing his clear eyes and radiant spirit, Jiang Xiuqi was somewhat surprised and said, "I observe this young man has already entered the door in the Array Dao, perhaps not just ’obsessed’?"

Shen Chongming smiled and cupped his hands, "Elder, you have a discerning eye."

After a slight pause in thought, he revealed a bit about the matter of Fu Yang.

Except he didn’t inform him that Shen Xiubai had actually inherited Fu Yang’s full legacy.

"I see."

"Fellow Daoist Fu Yang was indeed a well-known Array Dao veteran in Danzhou back then."

"Speaking of which, he also has some connection with your Shen Family."

Shen Chongming nodded after this, saying, "This junior has heard from Third Uncle."

"Elder Fu Yang was also a disciple of Qiyun Valley, and was a fellow apprentice with my Third Uncle’s master Elder Pei Zhao."

Jiang Xiuqi chuckled lightly, "Since you already know, there’s no need for me to mention it further."