CHAPTER 645: CHAPTER 513: MUTANT FIRE: LIU YAN NETHERWORLD FIRE

Although Long Baobao had not witnessed Ancestor Long Wang self-immolating firsthand, he had visited many places once scorched by the Heavenly Fire back in the day.

Places burned by the Heavenly Fire not only suffered from oppressively hot climates but also bore no vegetation, with dry rivers and cracked land, where no crops could be cultivated.

In Cang Country, this led to considerable resentment from many people and ministers towards the Long Family.

To quell the resentment within the country, after Ancestor Long Wang’s death, his eldest son and the next Long Family Patriarch, deemed the Fire Devouring Technique a forbidden technique of the Long Family.

"If this is a forbidden technique of the Long Family, how come you know about it?" Ye Lingyue wondered.

"It’s because the Fire Devouring Technique is too powerful. Many Long Family descendants, especially those unable to condense Elixir Fire for Artifact Refining, secretly learned this technique, taking risks. Successive Clan Leaders turned a blind eye and did not completely prohibit it," Long Baobao explained.

"However, 700 years have passed, and since Ancestor Long Wang, no one within the Long Family has succeeded in Swallowing Hundred Flames. Let alone Hundred Flames, there hasn’t even been anyone who has swallowed more than three types of Mutant Fire. When I left the Long Family, my grandfather, fearing that this forbidden technique would fall into the hands of Long Sixuan, secretly took it with him," Long Baobao mentioned because Ye Lingyue did not have her own Elixir Fire.

Those Gen Z of the Long Family who learned the technique of Fire Devouring, unable to accommodate the Hundred Flames, many died from self-ignition during their cultivation, just like Ancestor Long Wang did, although they did not form Heavenly Fire.

Dying by fiery combustion, that kind of agony is beyond what ordinary people can endure.

Gradually, no one in the Long Family dared to refine this forbidden technique anymore. During Long Baobao’s generation, to prevent the Fire Devouring Technique from completely disappearing, Long Huai specifically made a copy of it.

Long Baobao was also anxious, wondering if telling Ye Lingyue about this technique might harm her?

"Little Steamed Bun, could you let me see this Martial Arts? I promise that I won’t learn the Fire Devouring Technique without absolute certainty," Ye Lingyue urged repeatedly, and Long Baobao eventually gave her the copy of the Fire Devouring Technique.

Ye Lingyue felt somewhat confident about this Fire Devouring Technique.

Her physique was different from those descendants of the Long Family.

She had undergone the transformation of nine phoenix breaths, and with the Qianlong Cauldron in hand, her tolerance to fire was far greater than that of ordinary people.

"Another thing, Little Steamed Bun, do you recognize Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo?" Ye Lingyue had heard of Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo but had never seen it; she thought of bringing Long Baobao along tomorrow night.

"When I was with the Long Family, I saw Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo; my grandfather had collected some, but later they were all used to refine Pig Head Qiankun Bags," Long Baobao confessed.

"That’s good. Tomorrow night, at the third watch, I’ll take you into the mountains; we might find Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo there," Ye Lingyue instructed Long Baobao to rest well these two days, while she herself left the Refining room.

Lan Cai’er had still not returned, and Ye Lingyue thought about it and entered the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array.

Entering Hong Meng Heaven, Ye Lingyue took out a wooden carving she previously obtained from Hong Yulang.

When Ye Lingyue obtained this wooden carving earlier, she suspected that it contained the Fire Spirit.

The reason it appeared in the form of a wooden carving could very likely be because the wooden carving itself was a Sealing.

But after she returned to Mercenary City and discovered that the vigorous power inside the wooden carving was different from the Wood Cauldron Piece and Water Cauldron Piece she had obtained before—it was more aggressive, like an unbridled wild horse, hard to tame.

This made Ye Lingyue hesitant to hastily refine the wooden carving.

Perhaps when Hong Qingyun got this wooden carving, his thoughts were similar to Ye Lingyue’s; he also knew that it contained some mysterious power that was difficult for ordinary people to absorb, so he kept it, planning to use it after he made a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, Hong Qingyun did not live to see that day.

Upon hearing Long Baobao’s words today, Ye Lingyue had a realization.

Could it be that a Mutant Fire from between heaven and earth was sealed inside this wooden carving?

Long Wang swallowed Hundred Flames, which included various forms of fire, among them the Lifebound Pill Fire refined by alchemists, and also other unique Mutant Fires existing between heaven and earth.

She infused a strand of spiritual power into the wooden carving, but found nothing.

Ye Lingyue wouldn’t give up easily, she integrated the scarce amount of Star Power she had within her.

This time, she made a discovery.

Under the influence of the Star Power, Ye Lingyue could see clearly inside the wooden carving; beneath the broken wood, indeed there was a flame the size of a tadpole, in Liu Qing color.

Was it really a Mutant Fire?

Ye Lingyue was overjoyed and rushed outside.

Mutant Fire contained abundant Fire Spirit, perfect for practicing the Fire Devouring Technique.

Ye Lingyue withdrew her Star Power and quickly re-read the copy of the Fire Devouring Technique given to her by Long Baobao.

Without delay, she decided to immediately try to devour the mysterious fire inside the wooden carving.

If successful, when she found the Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo tomorrow night, she might be able to melt the spirit and refine her own Qiankun Bag.

No sooner said than done, Ye Lingyue tried to break the sealing on the wooden carving with her spiritual power.

The moment the sealing was broken, the entire wooden carving shattered like tiles.

As the wooden carving broke, a green shadow shot out from inside it.

This green shadow, having been trapped in the wooden carving for countless years, now suddenly regained freedom; it darted around like a fish back in water, trying to escape.

"Thinking of escaping? It’s not that easy," Ye Lingyue was bound to capture this green Mutant Fire.

With a thought, eighteen Corrosive Soul Chains grew eyes like, following that green Mutant Fire.

Who knew that despite its small size, this Mutant Fire was not to be underestimated.

When it realized something was chasing it, it suddenly turned around, the flames surged, and it transformed into a Fire Dragon, crashing fiercely towards the several Corrosive Soul Chains.

When the Liu Qing Mutant Fire touched the Corrosive Soul Chains, the chains unexpectedly broke off, losing eight or nine of them.

These Corrosive Soul Chains, condensed by Ye Lingyue’s spiritual power, being broken so abruptly, caused an intense pain as if her Divine Soul was severely burned; she almost lost her Divine Soul and fell out of the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array.

"What a formidable Mutant Fire." Ye Lingyue was taken aback, but at the same time, she was also thrilled; this Mutant Fire was definitely not ordinary, and she was determined to obtain it.

On her right palm, the black Qian Cauldron bubbled and spun out like a spinning wheel.

This time, the small fire of Liu Qing seemed to realize how formidable the Qian Cauldron was. It didn’t dare to confront it head-on and attempted to flee, but it didn’t know that it was within the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, with nowhere to escape.

Qian Cauldron devoured the green flame in one gulp.

At this moment, a name flashed through Ye Lingyue’s mind.

Mutant Fire: Liu Yan Netherworld Fire.