Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 680 Primal Flames

"Alright! Let's continue on our way!"

Ning Qi agreed, and then continued, "Everyone be careful, the spirits here are all very strange."

"Yes, everyone keep up!"

"..."

Someone responded immediately.

Each of them wore a solemn expression.

Ning Qi then followed and continued forward.

When they reached a fork in the road, they all stopped.

Which road should we take?

"They all look the same."

"I don't know."

"..."

The group of people all looked solemn, unsure of which way to proceed.

"Walk around freely, and you won't see any fluctuations of formations or restrictions here."

Ning Qi explored with his divine sense but found no clues.

He then immediately took a liking to one of them and led his people inside.

After they all went inside, they discovered the trickery inside the passage.

Here, the stone walls are covered with various patterns, which do not appear to be naturally formed.

It looks more like it was deliberately carved on.

"What a strange pattern."

"I've never seen this kind of pattern before."

"It looks a bit like ancient writing."

"..."

The group started discussing as they walked.

Ning Qi then focused his attention on the patterns here.

He couldn't understand what it was either, so he secretly contacted Shi Xiaokun and summoned her again.

"What do you want?"

Shi Xiaokun's illusory body shrank to the size of a palm and stood on Ning Qi's shoulder as he asked.

"Look at these patterns, can you recognize them?"

Ning Qi didn't explain, but told her to see for herself.

"I don't recognize it, but it must be some kind of ancient script."

Shi Xiaokun shook his head and then said, "Wait a moment, I'll print them all out. After we get back to the inner world, I'll study the classics."

"Perhaps I can find some reason."

"Alright, I'll leave it to you!"

Ning Qi nodded and then spoke.

Then, Shi Xiaokun got busy.

"Master, what good is this? I feel like someone just randomly marked it here!"

Yao Ling couldn't help but say disdainfully.

In his view, carving these patterns here is a waste of time.

"That's not necessarily true; it might actually be useful!"

Ning Qi shook his head, a serious expression on his face: "If we can find the contents inside, it might be useful to us."

"Okay, I'll go help too!"

After the medicine spirit agreed, it flew directly out of his dantian.

Then they went over and started to engrave these patterns for Shi Xiaokun.

Ning Qi didn't pay them any more attention and continued to follow them on their way.

"Boom!"

"boom!"

After they had walked some distance, they suddenly heard a vibrating sound.

This was accompanied by a series of sonic booms.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, it feels like it's very far away from us!"

"It must be someone else who was attacked here!"

"..."

While the group was discussing, they were also cautiously observing the situation.

Each of them wore a solemn expression.

Clearly, they are very worried about the situation here.

If there really is a problem, then they are trapped here and have no way to escape.

"Don't worry, this fluctuation and aura are a hundred and eight thousand miles away from us!"

"It won't affect us, so just go your own way!"

Ning Qi then reassured everyone.

"Yes, everyone, cheer up!"

Ji Wanru also reminded everyone, then looked ahead and said, "Since there's some fluctuation here, why don't we change our location?"

"Yes, let's move to another spot!"

"..."

Immediately, others chimed in.

Clearly, everyone is afraid of places that are dangerous.

Seeing this, Ning Qi did not stop them, but instead said, "In that case, let's go to this fork in the road."

"However, everyone should stay alert in case of any danger that leaves no time to react."

"Yes, keep up."

Ji Wanru called out again and followed Ning Qi forward.

They soon arrived at a completely new passage, where the temperature felt rather high.

"This isn't right. How can our strength be affected by the heat?"

One of them looked puzzled and said, "Is there something of the rarest fire element here?"

"Perhaps it's possible, let's go take a look."

Ning Qi immediately showed great interest upon hearing his words.

Perhaps, as this person said, there really is some kind of array fluctuation here.

"it is good!"

After Ji Wanru agreed, she continued walking forward.

They soon reached the depths of the area, where many forks appeared.

Between different forks, after walking a few steps, other forks will appear.

It's like a crisscrossing spider web, only with even more forks.

If you walk a few steps without keeping up, you could easily get lost.

"Everyone stay close, or you'll fall behind!"

Ning Qi reminded everyone.

"it is good!"

Several people responded, each closely following the person in front of them.

As they walked further in, the heat became increasingly intense.

"Master, the temperature here feels even stronger than your Chaos Flames!"

The spirit medicine, residing in Ning Qi's dantian, couldn't help but say, "It feels like it's about to melt."

"Yes, but don't worry, you'll be fine!"

Ning Qi nodded, then continued looking ahead.

What you see at first glance is a network of crisscrossing passageways.

The others are completely invisible.

"They're getting stronger and stronger. Looks like we didn't make the wrong choice!"

Ji Wanru added, "Everyone be careful, don't fall behind!"

"Follow up."

"Don't get distracted."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the group began to remind each other.

They quickly covered a distance, and by the time they reached this point, their speed had slowed down.

There was no way around it, it was just too hot.

Walking on the ground felt like being roasted by fire.

If it weren't for using immortal power to resist, it would probably have been melted.

The temperature here far exceeds that of any raging fire.

The temperature alone is already this intense; if it were to encounter flames, wouldn't it be even more impossible to solve?

Everyone, with their own thoughts, continued forward.

"Young Master Ning, shall we continue?"

Ji Wanru wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked, "I'm afraid there's nothing more to do if we continue forward."

"Let's go somewhere else, so we don't make a wasted trip."

She was clearly starting to back out.

After all, they came here to collect sword energy; coming here to find resources would go against their original intention.

"Alright then, since we're here, there's no reason not to go!"

However, Ning Qi did not want to give up, and continued, "You go in another direction, and we'll contact you later by telepathy!"

He has no intention of giving up at all.

"Alright, then it's settled."

Ji Wanru agreed without hesitation.

She came with a mission: to collect the sword energy within these spiritual objects.

If we go on the adventure with Ning Qi, the mission will have to be put on hold.

Therefore, as long as Ning Qi is still on their side, that's enough. "Okay, see you later!"

"If you encounter danger, come back."

"Or you can just send me a voice message."

Ning Qi nodded, showing no intention of stopping them.

After all, he was the only one interested in this place.

Having so many people follow along is pointless.

They greeted each other and then parted ways.

Ji Wanru led her people away directly, while Ning Qi chose to continue forward.

"Master, why don't we summon the Vermilion Bird to see what's going on?"

Yao Ling suddenly remembered something and quickly reminded him.

"Oh? Suzaku?"

Upon hearing his words, Ning Qi immediately showed a look of realization.

Yes, I haven't used Suzaku in actual combat since I subdued her.

"Yes, with her around, we might be safer!"

"Perhaps she even knows what's going on!"

Seeing that he looked very interested, Yao Ling then made a suggestion.

"Correct!"

After Ning Qi agreed, he began to summon the Vermilion Bird.

In the blink of an eye, the Vermilion Bird flew off his arm.

"Owner!"

In the blink of an eye, she politely bowed to him.

"Okay, don't be shy."

Ning Qi nodded, then continued, "What's with the flames here? Can you sense them?"

"I'll give it a try."

Suzaku did not agree to his request, but only emphasized that he would give it a try.

"Okay, go and see what's going on!"

Ning Qi didn't say anything, but she spoke.

"Yes!"

Zhuque agreed and then began to explore with her divine sense.

At the same time, wisps of intense flames flickered within her body.

They then blended into the environment.

"How about it?"

After a short while, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask.

"Master, the flames here are no ordinary flames!"

Zhu Qian snapped out of her daze and said, "If I'm not mistaken..."

"What is it?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Qi asked curiously.

"This is... the Primal Flame."

"It is the origin of all flames in the world."

Zhu Qian looked at him and said seriously, "I can feel that it's not far from us."

"Since you can sense it, then lead the way."

"Let's hurry up and find it, and refine it."

Ning Qi became interested immediately after hearing what she said.

If I could get my hands on this primordial flame, that would be wonderful.

It would be even better if it could be fused with the Chaos Flame.

Originally, the Chaos Flame was no longer of much use.

"Okay! Follow me."

After Zhu Qian agreed, she began to lead the way.

With her guidance, Ning Qi avoided many detours.

Soon they arrived at another passage.

Here, the path changes; it's no longer a smooth, unobstructed path.

Instead, it begins to move vertically downwards.

"Is this going downhill?"

Ning Qi stood there and glanced down.

Here, you can still feel waves of heat sweeping over you.

"Yes, let's go! I can sense it, it's right down here!"

Zhu Qian nodded and walked down first.

Ning Qi glanced at it and followed.

They continued down, and they didn't encounter any spiritual creatures along the way, which saved Ning Qi a lot of effort.

"Master, why aren't there any spirit creatures attacking us here?"

Yao Ling also noticed this problem and couldn't help but ask.

"That's because the primordial flames here are extremely yang, and these spiritual objects will be corroded here!"

Suzaku responded first, saying, "So, there's no need to worry about what might happen here."

"Well, that's good, it saves us the trouble."

Ning Qi felt relieved after hearing what she said.

Then they continued walking forward.

They soon arrived at a relatively flat open space.

Here, Suzaku stops first.

"what happened?"

Seeing that she had stopped, Ning Qi couldn't help but ask.

"Let me see which way we should go. It seems like it has spotted us."

Suzaku said with a frown.

"what happened?"

Ning Qi asked, puzzled.

Can this primordial flame really sprout legs and run away on its own?

“Not bad, this chaotic flame has actually developed sentience.”

Suzaku smiled and continued, "It has already sensed us and has begun to leave."

"He ran away before even fighting us?"

"That doesn't live up to its name."

Yao Ling scoffed, "You're not even as good as me!"

He usually likes to back down.

Seeing that there are people more timid than myself now gives me confidence.

"Alright, let's go check it out first. Maybe it's a trap!"

Ning Qi waved his hand, then took a step forward: "So, which way should we go?"

"Let's split up, this guy is cunning."

"He actually knows how to use clones; I'm not even sure which one is his real body!"

Zhu Qian shook her head and pointed ahead, saying, "I'll look here, you can go this way!"

"Okay, let's go!"

After Ning Qi agreed, he headed off in one direction.

Zhu Qian also chose a direction and followed it out.

After making his judgment, Ning Qi entered a passage.

Inside this passage, one can clearly feel the surging flames.

Even on the stone wall, one could feel the traces of raging flames.

The fact that it could scorch the stone wall, which they couldn't budge an inch, to this extent shows just how powerful the primordial flames are.

"call!"

Ning Qi took a deep breath and circulated his internal energy.

At the same time, in order to resist the raging flames here, he also unleashed the chaotic flames within his body.

It began to swirl around itself, trying to counteract the scorching flames.

"Master, it's so hot. I have a feeling that bastard is definitely here."

The medicinal spirit inside his dantian was so hot it was jumping up and down.

He pointed ahead and said repeatedly.

"Okay, let's go and see what's going on!"

Ning Qi agreed and continued on his way. The further he went, the more certain he felt that he hadn't gone the wrong way.

Finally, he arrived at the entrance to a cave.

From this cave, powerful waves were surging.

It made his heart flutter.

Could this be the place?

Yao Ling began to get curious.

"Whether it is or not, we'll find out once we go in."

Ning Qi's expression hardened, and then he prepared to go inside.

When he arrived at the entrance, he felt as if time had stood still.

Make him completely unable to move.

Especially my legs, they felt like they were filled with lead.

"How about it?"

The spirit medicine was unaware of his condition and was still concerned about the situation here.

"This is bad, there seems to be a restriction here!"

Ning Qi frowned and said. (End of Chapter)