CHAPTER 283: FIRE SOULS

On a boat, floating above the clouds, Shen Xu and the others eagerly watched the sea.

A moment later, the sea began to boil and a smell like rotten eggs diffused into the atmosphere.

"I want to vomit." Yang Shi cursed and anxiously covered his nose.

Seeing this, Shen Xu rolled his eyes and sealed his senses.

’Idiot.’ He thought but didn’t remind Yang Shi to seal his senses.

As they watched, the sea turned red and waves of heat rose into the sky, scattering the gathered clouds.

"We are still too close." Feng Xue said and operated the ship to rise higher.

Barely a moment later, streams of fire rushed up and water bubbles began to burst.

This eruption lasted two months.

When it was finally over, the sea calmed down but the surrounding temperature was unusually high.

"This place is a blessed land for fire spiritual root cultivators." Shen Xu said.

However, he didn’t think of retreating.

On one hand, his cultivation was not completely stable and on the other, an undersea volcanic eruption was a heaven-sent opportunity to collect fire souls, fire silver ore, lava grass, and other treasures.

If they were lucky, they would even be able to collect molten and earth fires.

"Let’s go down." Zhen Yuan said but Shen Xu stopped him.

"Wait." The double said, waved his hand and a pile of gourds appeared on the deck.

"These are fire and ice gourds. You can use them to collect fire souls."

Fire souls were flame treasures found in ancient volcanoes.

They looked like flame tongues and were adept at hiding within fire.

Most importantly, fire souls were an excellent cultivation resource for fire spiritual root cultivators.

With enough fire souls, it wouldn’t be a problem for Shen Xu to advance from the mid stage of the void refining realm to the late or peak stages.

[Xiaoxu, you can secretly release Xiaomu and Xiaolei once we are closer to the volcano.] Zhen Yuan transmitted and Shen Xu nodded in understanding.

This time, he planned to let everyone fend for themselves.

After all, he was a chaos fire root cultivator. Xiaomu and Xiaolei were elemental fires, Feng Xue was a phoenix and Yang Shi would eventually grow a fire head.

Considering that, he felt it was best for everyone to collect their own opportunities.

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned to Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.

"Dean, fellow Daoist Chen, you are gold root cultivators and don’t need fire resources. We are willing to buy your fire resources in exchange for gold-type or other resources. Are you willing?" He asked.

Hearing this, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi immediately nodded.

After all, fire resources were useless to them.

Since they would eventually be exchanged for useful resources, wasn’t it better to trade with trustworthy allies?

Most importantly, they had caught a glimpse of the treasures in Zhen Yuan’s and the others’ hands.

If they could exchange for some of them, it wouldn’t be a problem for Dongfang Jing to advance to the mid-stage of the void refining realm.

As for Chen Yi, his cultivation was already at the peak of the void refining realm but he was forced to seal it to enter the Yunshan secret realm.

After exiting the secret realm, he could use the collected resources to advance to the fusion realm.

Half an hour later, Shen Xu collected the boat and the group rushed into the water.

As expected, the water was still very hot.

However, they had prepared for this and were not only wearing defensive robes but were also using talismans to stave off the heat.

They saw the volcano soon after.

Although it was now calm, it looked like a fiery monster and red magma was still flowing into the sea.

[Everyone should be careful. Escape as fast as you can if you encounter an old fire soul.] Shen Xu instructed.

Fire souls were divided by years.

Level one fire souls were less than one year old, level two were less than ten years old, level three were less than one hundred years and so forth.

At his level, Zhen Yuan could barely deal with a level seven fire soul while the others would be burned alive if they tried to capture a level seven one.

Fortunately, the volcano was in a mid-tier secret realm.

Unless something unexpected happened, they would likely not encounter a level seven fire soul, let alone higher-level ones.

Fire souls began to appear as they neared the volcano.

However, the early arrivals were only level one or two.

Still, the group didn’t spare them and promptly sucked them into the fire and ice gourds.

From what they knew, fire souls were like Gu worms.

Once they were put together in an enclosed space, they would devour each other and consequently increase their level.

Considering that, it didn’t matter if the group only captured level one and two fire souls.

As long as they collected enough, the resulting fire soul would be enough to improve their cultivation.

Thinking this way, no one rushed to enter the volcano’s belly.

Instead, they began circling the mountain, collecting fire souls wherever they went.

At the same time, they collected some fire-type spirit grasses and ores.

Unfortunately, all the grasses and ores at the periphery were common and easily found in the outside world.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the group finally reached the top of the mountain and were standing on the edge of the volcano’s mouth.

"It’s time to go down." Zhen Yuan said, looking into the depths of the mountain.

He could see boiling magma, lava grass, and powerful fire souls from where he was standing.

However, he didn’t think of backing down.

During the past ten years, they had collected many fire souls, ores, and grasses.

Unfortunately, these things were still not enough to help Shen Xu advance a small realm.

[Ayuan, Xiaomu and Xiaolei are in the boiling magma below.] Shen Xu transmitted.