Immortal God of War

Chapter 638 - 617

Seeing Qin Feiyang shake his head, Ren Wushuang asked, "Don’t you have a Heart-guarding fruit on you?"

She thought that Qin Feiyang wasn’t able to craft a Heart-Protecting Pill due to the lack of a Heart-guarding fruit, and that’s why he resorted to using these flames instead.

What she didn’t know was that the effect of the Flame of Life was countless times more potent than the Heart-Protecting Pill.

But Qin Feiyang did not respond again. He was really not in the mood to discuss these pointless topics with Ren Wushuang right now. His focus was fully on monitoring Fatty’s heart condition as he delved his senses into Fatty’s body.

However, Ren Wushuang assumed that Qin Feiyang was acknowledging her assumption. She looked around at the crowd and said, "Anyone who has a Heart-guarding fruit, please willingly give it up to save Fatty’s life."

Everyone shook their heads.

Dong Zhengyang sighed, "Fatty fought the Crocodile Emperor to the death to help us escape. If I had a Heart-guarding fruit, I would have handed it over at the very first opportunity."

"Exactly. With Fatty’s strength and speed, withdrawing would have been easy. He endangered himself to save us."

"But the Heart-guarding fruit is too rare. It’s not just us; even the Treasure Pavilion may not have one," Shen Long said.

"I also don’t have one." Dongfang Wuheng shook his head.

Ren Wushuang’s heart instantly sank.

Just then, Lu Hong said angrily, "Can you all keep quiet?"

An immediate silence fell over the group. Time ticked by. All the while, Qin Feiyang was focusing on Fatty’s heart.

The energy from the Flame of Life was continuously flowing towards the heart, but there was no improvement. It remained shattered.

In the beginning, Qin Feiyang clung to a tiny hope, thinking it might just be a matter of needing more time. After all, the heart was in such a fragmented state, and healing would require a considerable amount of time. But after five to six hundred breaths passed with no improvement to Fatty’s heart, his own heart couldn’t help but sink. Could it be that even the Flame of Life was of no use?

Lu Hong clenched her hands, looked up at Qin Feiyang, and said, "Try the Heart-Protecting Pill again!"

Qin Feiyang nodded. As long as Fatty still had a breath left, he would not give up.

He turned and walked towards the altar. The crowd, who had been standing in front, consciously moved aside. Upon reaching the altar, Qin Feiyang once again opened the iron box, pulled out the Elixir Scripture, and meticulously studied the method for crafting the Heart-Protecting Pill.

Everyone was curious, craning their necks to see what Qin Feiyang was looking at.

"All of you, turn around." Before they could get a clear look, Qin Feiyang ordered without turning his head.

Immediately, everyone’s pupils contracted, and they quickly looked away. But the curiosity in their eyes only intensified. People are like that; they always yearn for what they can’t see and crave what they can’t obtain.

Within a dozen breaths, Qin Feiyang had committed the method for crafting the Heart-Protecting Pill to memory.

Then, he closed the Elixir Scripture, put it into the Qiankun Bag inside the iron box, took out the Pill Furnace and the Netherworld Demon Flame, and placed the medicinal ingredients one by one on the altar.

"Huh?" Upon seeing the bright red Heart-guarding fruit, everyone was incredibly astonished. A Heart-guarding fruit! Are you kidding me? He has such a rare treasure?

This brat... Ren Wushuang had a helpless expression on her face. After all this fuss, it turned out she was worrying over nothing.

Nevertheless, soon after, they began to wonder. Since Qin Feiyang had a Heart-guarding fruit, why didn’t he use it to craft a Heart-Protecting Pill from the very beginning? Could the ability of that flame be superior to the Heart-Protecting Pill?

HUM! After composing himself for a moment, Qin Feiyang finally activated the Netherworld Demon Flame and began crafting the Heart-Protecting Pill.

Back then in the Spirit Cloud Mountain Range, he had obtained only three Heart-guarding fruits. Moreover, the process of crafting the Heart-Protecting Pill was extremely demanding. This was the first time Qin Feiyang had crafted a Heart-Protecting Pill, so he couldn’t afford to be the slightest bit careless.

Meanwhile, Dong Zhengyang warned everyone via voice transmission, "If anyone dares to make a sound and disturb Qin Feiyang, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

The entire castle immediately fell into a deathly silence.

Murong Xiong stared at Qin Feiyang’s back, a cold glint in his eyes, as he secretly transmitted to Dongfang Wuheng, "Does the Inner Sanctuary have the Elixir Formula for the Heart-Protecting Pill?"

Dongfang Wuheng replied via voice transmission, "No." As the former number one Alchemist in the Inner Sanctuary, he knew the existing Elixir Formulas like the back of his hand. But he had never seen the Elixir Formula for the Heart-Protecting Pill.

He was also curious. Why did Qin Feiyang know the method to craft the Heart-Protecting Pill? Could it be related to that iron-bound book?

WHIRL! A hundred breaths passed. A brilliant light suddenly burst forth from the Pill Furnace. Simultaneously, a rich medicinal aroma permeated every corner of the castle.

SWOOSH! Soon after, a pill the size of a marble shot out from the Pill Furnace. A glint flashed in Qin Feiyang’s eyes as he caught it in his palm.

Then, he put away the pill and the Netherworld Demon Flame, walked over to Fatty, and handed the pill to Lu Hong.

The pill was entirely blood-red, as if steeped in fresh blood, flawless and without a single blemish. On its surface, four dazzling Elixir Patterns were clearly visible!

"A Heart-Protecting Pill with four Elixir Patterns..." Everyone stared at the Heart-Protecting Pill, their eyes shining with an envious green light.

If auctioned, this pill would undoubtedly fetch an astonishing price, but no one dared to snatch it. They could only watch helplessly as Lu Hong placed the Heart-Protecting Pill into Fatty’s mouth.

Qin Feiyang immediately immersed his mind into Fatty’s body again. As soon as the Heart-Protecting Pill entered Fatty’s mouth, it transformed into a surge of blood-red energy, heading straight towards Fatty’s heart. This energy was immense, completely enveloping the heart. The heart, too, was frantically absorbing this energy.

But, as time passed, the energy diminished, yet Fatty’s heart remained shattered!

"How could this be?" Qin Feiyang mumbled to himself, his body trembling faintly. The Flame of Life couldn’t fix it, the Heart-Protecting Pill couldn’t fix it. What on earth could save Fatty’s life?

Lu Hong secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Qin Feiyang, we’ve done our best. Let’s leave it to fate now."

"Leave it to fate..." Qin Feiyang murmured. Suddenly, his gaze became incredibly resolute. "I, Qin Feiyang, have always believed that destiny is in my own hands!"

With that said, he grabbed the Flame of Life and, without hesitation, stuffed it into Fatty’s mouth.

"Is this going to work?" Lu Hong asked, her eyes dim, no longer holding onto any hope.

Qin Feiyang replied, "How will we know if it works unless we try?" As he spoke, he once again immersed his mind into Fatty’s body, and a hint of joyful surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

Seeing the sudden joyful surprise on Qin Feiyang’s face, Lu Hong was momentarily stunned. Was it actually working? She quickly immersed her mind into Fatty’s body too.

Seeing this, Dong Zhengyang and the others exchanged glances, then also immersed their minds into Fatty’s body one after another.

The Flame of Life was rapidly coursing through Fatty’s body. Wherever it passed, all injuries, visible and hidden, were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In less than ten breaths, apart from the shattered heart, all other injuries had been completely healed.

However, the Flame of Life still hesitated to approach the heart.

Still not working? Qin Feiyang’s heart plummeted again, his forehead already covered in sweat from anxiety.

"Sigh!" Lu Hong sighed deeply. Even if all the other injuries are healed, what’s the use? The heart is the key! A trace of sorrow appeared on Lu Hong’s face, and she began to withdraw her mind.

But just as she was withdrawing her mind, the Flame of Life finally rushed towards Fatty’s heart.

At that moment, Lu Hong’s eyes lit up, and the flame of hope rekindled in her heart. Qin Feiyang felt the same.

Under their watchful senses, the Flame of Life streaked directly to the location of the heart and hovered above it.

Suddenly, an astonishing scene occurred! The Flame of Life itself unexpectedly shattered into pieces and swiftly merged into the fragments of Fatty’s heart.

"Not good!" At the same time, Lu Xingchen’s alarmed cry rang out.

"What’s wrong?" Everyone, including Qin Feiyang, looked at him quizzically.

"The Flame of Life is a treasure of heaven and earth. Once this wisp of the Flame of Life dissipates, even if you find the other eight wisps of the Flame of Life in the future, they will no longer be able to transform into the Flower of Life. In other words, the Flower of Life will disappear forever from this world. Qin Feiyang, there’s still time to stop it." Lu Xingchen ignored everyone else, looking straight at Qin Feiyang as he spoke.

Flame of Life? Flower of Life? Everyone was stunned. What were these things? How come they had never heard of them?

But Qin Feiyang merely raised an eyebrow and asked, "And how do you know about these things?"

Back then, although Lu Xingchen had also gone to the great canyon in the Land of Ruins, even the Monkey King, who guarded the Flame of Life and the Sacred Monkey, didn’t know it was the Flame of Life. He only said it was a type of mystical flame. Furthermore, the Flame of Life had vanished long ago, making it impossible for ordinary people to know about it. Initially, even I only recalled it after Ren Duxing’s explanation. How could Lu Xingchen know?

Facing Qin Feiyang’s questioning, Lu Xingchen showed not a hint of panic. "I read about the Flower of Life in an ancient text."

Qin Feiyang said, "To even have such ancient texts, you truly are unfathomable. Could I borrow it to take a look?"

Lu Xingchen said in a grave voice, "This isn’t the time to discuss that. I believe you understand the miraculous nature of the Flower of Life. To save Fatty, causing the Flower of Life to be lost to the world forever—do you think it’s worth it?"

"It’s worth it!" Qin Feiyang responded without the slightest hesitation. "Besides, the Flame of Life might not necessarily disperse."

The Flame of Life was indeed important. In terms of value, Fatty couldn’t compare at all. But in my eyes, let alone the Flame of Life, even the Flower of Life isn’t one ten-thousandth as important as Fatty.

"Sigh!" Lu Xingchen heaved a long sigh and said, "Don’t cling to such wishful thinking. I’d wager my life that the Flame of Life will disperse. However, this will be a great stroke of fortune for Fatty."

"What do you mean?" Qin Feiyang frowned.

Lu Xingchen explained, "The Flame of Life will fuse with his heart. In the future, as long as his heart is not destroyed, he will essentially possess an immortal body. To be honest, I’m quite envious."

An immortal body? Qin Feiyang was stunned, then nodded with a smile. "If what you say is true, this is indeed a great stroke of fortune."

"Why are you so stubborn?" Lu Xingchen sounded somewhat exasperated.

Qin Feiyang smiled faintly, then checked Fatty’s heart again. Joy immediately bloomed on his face.

The heart, which had been shattered into pieces, finally began to mend! But the Flame of Life had dispersed. Even when Fatty’s heart was fully restored to its original state, the Flame of Life did not reappear.