novelraw Chapter 586 - 585: Don’t You Have Any Lines?
Chapter 586 - 585: Don’t You Have Any Lines?
[Ice Flame: The innate flame of the Bluebird Clan, ranked eighth on the Spirit Fire List, capable of purifying all impurities in the world]
The introduction was short, but quite weighty.
Jiang Yuan had experience with ranking twelfth, the Earth Spirit Flame. Anyway, with the system, there’s no worry about backlash. The current issue is whether splitting off a flame would affect the Bluebird.
"After all, it’s a life flame, so there will definitely be some impact when it separates." The little girl nodded vigorously, her big eyes glimmering with a mischievous light, "So, brother has to compensate me! For example..."
She pinched her tender little hands, "Give me ten or eight pieces of Immortal Jade every month, so I can nourish my body and tend to the flame."
Jiang Yuan: ???
Are you serious? This only makes me feel like it doesn’t affect you at all.
"Ahem, actually, the realm will just stay at the current stage a bit longer." Seeing Jiang Yuan’s expression, the Bluebird coughed awkwardly and said seriously, "Brother saved me, found a cultivation site for me, and even gave me such a large, beautiful house. It’s just that the realm will grow a bit slower; it won’t damage the foundation, so there’s no need to worry.
Comparatively, I’m more concerned about whether you can tame the Ice Flame. Don’t underestimate such a small flame; it’s quite powerful. Even if you’re accustomed to using Fire Element Techniques, you may not necessarily be able to harness it."
Taking a few pieces of Immortal Jade from his account, Jiang Yuan smiled, "Here, for your nourishment, and the usage rights of the Enlightenment Stone are also yours. I really need the Ice Flame now, so I need a little flame from you."
"Hehe, I knew brother was the best!" She happily put away the Immortal Jade.
This is good stuff. It’s said to contain energy from the Celestial Realm, which is more advanced than Spiritual Energy. Accumulating it is beneficial for future Tribulation Crossing and Ascension.
She held her breath and concentrated to dive into her sea of consciousness, where a flame as deep blue as ice quietly floated.
Splitting off a small flame from a life flame isn’t easy, even a reborn powerful one must treat it cautiously.
But she was eager to offer a share of the Ice Flame and assist her brother in taming it, after all, he wasn’t an outsider; besides, there’s something more important—given her brother’s character, a little investment yields tenfold returns!
Giving him an Ice Flame today will surely let her enjoy life’s pleasures with her brother in the future!
"Bang!"
Carefully separating a small flame, its shallow blue stood still like small ice chips.
The Bluebird noticeably felt a bit tired and weary. Taking a deep breath, she held the small flame with both hands and offered, "Brother, you can get familiar with it first, and then try to tame it. If you find it hard, don’t hesitate to give up. We can attempt a few more times, tempering its wild nature so it becomes easier to tame."
[Juvenile Ice Flame: Can be nurtured and matured using Immortal Jade, the higher the level, the more impurities it can purify. Current purification power +100. Note: If the impurities are too severe, the flame may extinguish. After extinction, it requires a day of cooling down before reuse; the higher the level, the shorter the cooling period.]
[Current Ice Flame Level: Level 0, requires 100 pieces of Immortal Jade to reach the next level]
Jiang Yuan just stretched out his hand, and the system was so eager that it skipped even the window prompt asking if he wanted to tame it, directly placing the ice-blue flame into the skill page.
It shares the same cultivation method and cost as the Earth Spirit Flame, but the usage is different.
The former needs to reach Level Three to be used as a skill, whereas the Ice Flame activates from Level 0, though its attack power is a bit low, with only a purification ability of 100 points. It could easily be extinguished by even slight pollution.
"Fire, where’s the fire?" The Bluebird maintained the posture of cupping her little hands, looking at her palms, then subconsciously at the ground, unable to find the flame’s whereabouts, feeling completely at a loss, "That’s impossible! How could it just disappear?"
Jiang Yuan gave a faint smile, skillfully concealing his achievements, "No need to look, I’ve already put it away."
With that, he snapped his fingers, and indeed, a shallow blue flame exuding extreme cold rose from his fingertip.
Bluebird: ⊙(・◇・)?
How... how did you do that?
She couldn’t figure it out; this darn thing was the Ice Flame, after all!
Though it was a small flame, it was still the Ice Flame! The boss ranked eighth on the Spirit Fire List!
Unfortunate cultivators who carelessly get tainted by it might be skinned or worse, have their souls burned to ashes, so how could it obediently behave like a little bunny, not resisting at all and follow him?
"Hiss!"
The little girl couldn’t believe it and reached out to touch it, getting burned and stomping her feet on the spot. It turned out this little flame had already recognized Jiang Yuan as its master, and dared to burn even her!
"Brother! Bro, how did you do that? Teach me, please?" After being dumbfounded for a while, Bluebird realized what happened—clearly, her brother had some Secret Technique to tame Spirit Fire, otherwise, the Ice Flame couldn’t have been so docile and submissive!
How should he explain this?
He couldn’t possibly tell her it was the system’s doing and it had nothing to do with him, right?
Jiang Yuan helplessly chuckled, "I don’t know either. I just touched it, and it obediently followed me. Maybe..."
He snapped his fingers again, this time with the Earth Spirit Flame’s scorching aura jumping on his fingertip, "Spirit Fire attracts other Spirit Fire; the Ice Flame sensed the Earth Spirit Flame’s presence and willingly submitted."
"Absolutely impossible!" The Bluebird blushed instantly, looking at the powerful Spirit Fire and being shocked at how he could simultaneously tame and use two Spirit Fires. How could this be possible?
Although small, Spirit Fires have their own personalities, and none are easy to serve.
When two Spirit Fires meet, them not fighting is considered mild-tempered. Serving one master? Oh no, working under one master? Absolutely impossible!
Her eyes reflected the strange scene with orange-red Earth Spirit Flame on one side and pale blue Ice Flame on the other, her mind buzzing as if she was about to grow a new brain.
"Right!" The Bluebird’s eyes lit up, realizing she suddenly discovered her brother’s big secret!
Being able to instantly tame the Ice Flame and suppress two Spirit Fires to coexist peacefully, and often using Fire Element Techniques, could it be that he is... a Spirit Fire born of nature, transformed into a human?
That’s right, it’s said that the top-ranked flame on the Spirit Fire List is the most mysterious, the master of all fires.
All fires in the world must submit to it, and that flame is too mysterious. Some say it ascended to the Upper Realm with an Immortal; others say that Celestial Fire originally fell from above the Nine Heavens to the mortal world. If it transformed into a human, it’s very possible!
Originally full of doubt and speculation about her brother’s identity, Qingniao felt more and more that she was close to the truth, and her attitude toward him grew more respectful, "No wonder you’re my brother, truly amazing!"
Jiang Yuan didn’t know what the little girl was imagining, but he realized that after he subdued the Ice Flame, she started to raise his favorability. He thought it might be because she was impressed by his speed in taming the Spirit Fire, feeling quite pleased, thinking that occasionally showing off a trick was indeed delightful!
"Do you want me to take you home to rest?" He asked considerately, noticing the girl’s fatigue after separating from the flame.
Qingniao waved her hand and directly carried the Giant Axe on her shoulder, "What’s the big deal, it’s nothing. Last time you said to leave all the collected items, well, over there are all poisonous mushrooms, toxic herbs, and some fragrant herbs."
She pointed to a barren hillside not far away, and sure enough, all that was left were plants that could boost Collection Skills and were polluted by Poisonous Miasma.
"Alright, I’ll handle them right away."
A little experience bar was left to level up his Collection Skill. He thought it would be nice if he could just click a few times like in the farmland communicator in the courtyard and gain experience.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
Clusters of poisonous mushrooms were uprooted one after another, and at this speed, it would probably take a few days to upgrade his skills enough to reach the World Tree’s Third Layer.
The second area of the Misty Ridge dungeon was almost fully cleared, but where was the second Earth Seal hidden?
Jiang Yuan was just thinking this as he casually plucked a ginseng root at the foot of the mountain.
"Bang!"
A thick smoke emerged from the ground, and the "herb" let out an angry roar as the earth caved in and a "Ginseng Spirit" with a polluted ginseng flower on its head emerged.
[Polluted Ginseng Spirit: Intermediate Monster]
Its health bar was almost the same length as the first major boss, the Red Thunder Deer, but its appearance was far less appealing.
At first glance, it still had the shape of a ginseng, but at over four meters tall and more than two meters wide, it exuded a rotten aura with its bloated, enormous body, not even remotely cute or innocent.
Moreover, many of its ginseng roots had turned into tentacles, emitting overwhelming black smoke, rushing angrily at the culprit who disturbed its slumber.
"Huh? Don’t you have any lines?" Jiang Yuan used the Instant Teleportation Technique to dodge aside, asking, "Not gonna say anything? Just start fighting?"
The opponent was clearly not as rational as the Red Thunder Deer, starting its attack in zero frames, with ginseng roots sinking into the soil and swooshing!
Luckily, Jiang Yuan reacted quickly, using the Instant Teleportation Technique to jump to the other side. The spot where he had been standing erupted with countless spikes from the ground, leading him to scratch a bit in the void.
Judging by the looks of it, if he hadn’t dodged, he would have been caught and hit solidly a few times.
"Heaven-Burning Storm!"
-4600!
Not having lines did save time. Throwing a skill over, he immediately teleported behind the Ginseng Spirit for another "Devouring Mountains and Rivers"!
Critical Strike -20000!
"Brother, let me lend you a hand!"
The two had already exchanged two moves in a very short time.
When the Ginseng Spirit roared and emerged from underground, it alarmed Qingniao. She turned her head to see that her brother had already unleashed a terrifying Flame towering to the sky.
"Amazing!" She was about to move to help but sensed the domineering power of Devouring Mountains and Rivers, causing her to widen her eyes and quietly watch her brother battle the polluted monster.
"Five Elements Cloud-Piercing Thunder!"
"Earth Spirit Flame!"
...
The earth trembled as the enormous creature was hit solidly by skill after skill, its health bar dropping rapidly.
"Roar!"
Probably in too much pain, the Ginseng Spirit braced itself through the hits and used its clone skill. Jiang Yuan then saw one become two, two become four in his vision, and soon the entire hillside was filled with identical Ginseng Spirits.
[Polluted Ginseng Spirit Clones]
...
Gazing around, his analysis quickly locked on, and he was surprised to find that everywhere he looked, it was filled with clones.
Even though he hadn’t moved, all the clones’ health bars were slowly decreasing. After a few seconds, he finally found the body—the giant Ginseng Spirit’s health bar was back to full!
No wonder it’s a spiritual herb!
Jiang Yuan sighed, "If I could learn that skill, wouldn’t that be exhilarating?"