novelraw Chapter 2432: Ultimate Goal: Phoenix Fire Spirit
Chapter 2432: Ultimate Goal: Phoenix Fire Spirit
Number tags?
This is prison-style management.
The prison isn’t this rift, but this stretch of heaven and earth, this entire world.
After Carson Flores received his number tag, he found an unoccupied cave, which counted as settling his lodging.
Steward Roth had a group of men under him, directing everyone to secure lodging, marking the caves and making records.
No one here had a name, only a code, which was the number on their tag.
4494.
Once lodgings were settled, everyone was gathered again, lined up to receive a full set of tools, and then someone began explaining the work they were about to face.
Because the temperature was too high, this world had no conditions for ordinary members of the Human Race to survive in; even a Cultivator couldn’t withstand it, let alone ordinary people.
An ordinary person probably wouldn’t last even a minute before being baked dry by the high heat and dying of dehydration.
Precisely because this world was so blazing hot, over the endless long river of time there had formed a kind of Crystal Stone containing fire essence, a stone very suitable for Fire Attribute Cultivators to use, capable of rapidly enhancing strength, called Phoenix Flame Crystal.
It was called Phoenix Flame Crystal rather than merely Fire Crystal because this Crystal Stone had a small chance of mutating, producing within it a flame of incomparable purity, and once the stone was exposed to an environment different from its original one, it would explode, and the flame would fly out, its shape like a soaring Fire Phoenix.
This mass of flame was called Phoenix Fire. It was formed from the purest essence of fire, utterly pure; for Fire Attribute Cultivators, it was absolutely a treasure. Whether used to enhance cultivation, for Artifact Refining, or for other purposes, it was top-tier.
The Red-Garbed Quasi-Saint had dragged everyone here precisely to have them help her collect Phoenix Fire.
The reason so many people were needed was that Phoenix Flame Crystals were very fragile, and once Phoenix Fire flew out, if no special method was used to collect it in a short time, it would quickly dissipate.
This was meticulous work, not something a Quasi-Saint’s world-shaking means could settle in one stroke.
What Steward Roth had previously called the resource designated by the master was Phoenix Fire. All Phoenix Fire found by everyone had to be handed in; hoarding was forbidden. But aside from Phoenix Fire, other items did not have to be handed over.
Within a certain span of time, each person had to submit a set amount of Phoenix Fire, or they would suffer punishment. This was the primary condition for survival here.
If you found extra Phoenix Fire, anything handed in beyond the quota would be converted into Points. Submitting other non-mandatory resources could also be converted into Points. Points could be used to exchange for Cultivation Resources you needed, and could also be spent to exempt yourself from punishment.
Profound River asked in a low voice, "So Points are actually the most important thing here?"
Floating Cloud said in a deep voice, "That’s how it sounds. Everyone needs to seek out Phoenix Fire to meet their quota, thereby earning the right to keep living. On that basis, they look for more Phoenix Fire and other valuable resources, hand them in, and exchange them for Points."
"As long as you have enough Points in hand, you can not only exchange them for Cultivation Resources, but also for leave, to exempt yourself from punishment when you make mistakes, and you can even exchange them to leave this place and regain your freedom."
Carson Flores said quietly, "I’m afraid it won’t be that easy to achieve."
The speaker suddenly raised his voice. "Everyone must be thinking that the Points required to regain freedom are too high, that you might work yourselves to death and still never earn enough. In that case, there is still one chance here that can let you immediately regain your freedom and receive a large reward."
Everyone’s eyes lit up at once.
Carson Flores naturally pricked up his ears as well, but a faint premonition rose in his heart.
Earlier, the red-clothed woman had said she wanted to test him—could that test be this opportunity to gain freedom?
"The master says that in this world there exists at least one Phoenix Fire Spirit that has awakened Spiritual Wisdom. It is precisely because of its existence that other Phoenix Fire is generated..."
"If anyone can capture the Phoenix Fire Spirit and present it to the master, then the master will immediately return his freedom, and will also agree to one appropriate request from him."
"If anyone can locate the Phoenix Fire Spirit, even if they don’t personally capture it, as long as they promptly report the information and the master ultimately captures the Phoenix Fire Spirit, the master will likewise return the discoverer’s freedom and grant them a generous reward in Cultivation Resources."
Phoenix Fire Spirit!
A Spiritual Fire with sentience!
Back in the Thunder Immortal Realm, Carson Flores had obtained Spectral Elemental Fire, which already possessed faint Spiritual Wisdom. Clearly, this Phoenix ghost flame that could arouse a Quasi-Saint’s intense interest must have no simple intelligence.
If it were stupid, it would have been captured long ago by a Quasi-Saint whose power shook the heavens.
"Those are the rules. This entire world is your hunting ground for Phoenix Fire. You don’t have to return every day, but you must not stay out for more than ten days. Otherwise, you will be treated as deserters and will be erased."
"Oh, and a reminder: although this world is scorching hot and humans cannot survive in it, quite a few high-temperature-resistant Demonic Beasts do live here. They all have unique innate Divine Skills, so everyone must be careful while exploring."
"I wish you good luck, and that you may soon find the Phoenix Fire Spirit."