CHAPTER 693: CHAPTER 560: PLAYING WITH FIRE

"Prince, the embassy is on fire."

Inside the Feng Residence, Sword Slave displayed an urgent expression.

"Is that old woman only capable of using these types of methods?" Wu Zhong raised his eyebrows.

He had merely ordered his people to keep an eye on the Daxia Embassy, not to protect it because he firmly believed that his Little Yueyue had the ability to protect herself.

Ye Lingyue had absorbed the nine phoenix breaths and her physique was different from ordinary people. To her, such a fire was as trivial as a mosquito bite.

"Prince, this fire is no small matter; it appears to be a Mutant Fire."

Upon discovering the fire at the embassy, Sword Slave’s men rushed in immediately to extinguish it, but those martial artists with cultivation around the Elixir Realm had just charged in when they were engulfed by the flames, turning into ashes, and even their armor melted into molten iron.

"Mutant Fire, damn it, that old woman, how dare she take such drastic measures."

Sword Slave had just finished speaking when Wu Zhong disappeared.

Inside the Daxia Embassy, when the Prohibition exploded, Ye Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief.

But almost at the same moment, a cluster of azure blue flames leaped out of the fire.

Wherever the flames went, the surrounding fires scattered.

From within the flames, a slender figure appeared; it was a woman, whose skill with fire reminded Ye Lingyue of the Elder Huo Yan from the Fire Control Sect.

But in fact, the woman emerging from the fire was much younger than Elder Huo Yan.

She appeared to be in her thirties, with soul-enticing eyes, and a thin veil of the same color as the flames, with a tall stature, playing with a cluster of azure blue flames in her hand.

As she manipulated it, the intensity of the surrounding fire increased, and a large number of beams collapsed.

Ye Lingyue’s eyes narrowed, realizing instantly that this great fire at the embassy must be connected to this person.

"Tsk tsk, who would have thought that Yuehou of Daxia had some skills, capable of breaking the Prohibition set by Nine Corpse Wanderer."

Nine Corpse Wanderer was a Female Alchemist.

Despite looking young, she was nearly eighty years old—a genuine old creature.

Legend has it that after breaking through the Nine Rank, by relying on her girlish charm, she hunted and killed nine alchemists of the same rank and extracted a kind of special Mutant Fire called the Nine Corpse Fire from their corpses.

This Mutant Fire, profoundly yin yet immensely powerful.

According to what Long Baobao had previously informed Ye Lingyue, Nine Corpse Wanderer’s fire was almost close to Green Fire.

But not long after she became famous, she disappeared without a trace, and many thought she was killed by the peers of those nine alchemists.

Unexpectedly, she was right here in Beiqing Imperial City.

"Did someone from the Dan Palace send you to kill me?"

Between Ye Lingyue’s brows, there surged a wave of Evil Qi.

"Dan Palace? Chen Hongru, that hypocritical nobleman, what right does he have to dispatch me. Even breaking my Prohibition is useless, today, you cannot escape." Nine Corpse Wanderer laughed lightly, with the azure blue flames in her hand eager to leap.

Not the Dan Palace?

Then who could it be? Ye Lingyue’s heart chilled.

While speaking, Nine Corpse Wanderer laughed loudly, her Nine Corpse Fire, carrying terrifying heat, swept toward Ye Lingyue like a Flying Fire Meteor.

That intense firelight, upon touching Ye Lingyue’s skin, caused blistering blisters to appear on her skin, even hotter than the Phoenix Breath.

Seeing Ye Lingyue facing the Nine Corpse Fire without turning into ashes immediately, the Nine Corpse Wanderer also showed a surprised expression.

"You can actually withstand my Nine Corpse Fire, I didn’t expect that a young girl like you also possesses Elixir Fire?" The Nine Corpse Wanderer’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

Those who can withstand the Nine Corpse Fire must also possess either Mutant Fire or Elixir Fire.

After the Nine Corpse Wanderer broke through the Nine Rank, she had been unable to make further breakthroughs. She had been looking for the tenth suitable Alchemist to use for the Corpse Fire. If successful, she would be able to refine the unique Ten Corpse Fire in the world.

By possessing the Ten Corpse Fire, she would be able to advance her cultivation to the Fang Venerate Level.

Unfortunately, within Beiqing, those who possess Elixir Fire are few and far between, the only two being from the Dan Palace. The Nine Corpse Wanderer did not yet dare to target the Dan Palace. As for this Lady Marquis from Daxia, she truly seemed like a gift from heaven.

"Little girl, dare you reveal your Elixir Fire for me to see?" The Nine Corpse Wanderer stared at Ye Lingyue like a predator eyeing a plump prey.

"You want to see my Elixir Fire?" Ye Lingyue did not refuse and under the eager gaze of the Nine Corpse Wanderer, a wisp of pale white fire, the size of a lamp’s flame, flickered in the palm of her hand.

White!

The Nine Corpse Wanderer was obviously disappointed, tsk, she thought the opponent would have some powerful Elixir Fire. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the most inferior White Fire.

Nevertheless, it was better than nothing. As long as it was Elixir Fire, it could enhance her cultivation further.

"Nine Corpse Wanderer, right? I know that falling into your hands today means certain death. How about we make a deal? I will give you the Mutant Fire, and in exchange, you spare the others in my Embassy, and I will submit to your disposal."

Ye Lingyue feigned a fragile demeanor.

The Nine Corpse Wanderer was skeptical, sizing up Ye Lingyue.

She was ordered by Emperor Beiqing to kill Ye Lingyue.

In the past, the Nine Corpse Wanderer had killed nine Great Alchemists, making her a public enemy in the Alchemist World. Unable to mingle elsewhere on the mainland, she took refuge in Beiqing, where the Alchemist influence was strongest, and using her skills in Mutant Fire, became one of the heads of Emperor Beiqing’s Shadow Guards.

Normally, when Emperor Beiqing wanted someone in the shadows eliminated, it was her group that acted.

This time, before coming to the Daxia Embassy, she had only heard that Ye Lingyue was the Lady Marquis of Daxia, not expecting her to be so young and timid.

It seemed like this mission would be very simple.

The Nine Corpse Wanderer only needed to kill Ye Lingyue. If she forced the Mutant Fire from her, although she could obtain it, if Ye Lingyue were pushed to the brink and self-immolated using the Elixir Fire, the efficacy of the Elixir Fire would be greatly reduced.

"Fine, I agree. You better not play any tricks."

The Nine Corpse Wanderer waved her hand, and instantly the roaring fire engulfing the embassy diminished.

The flames quickly condensed into several blue-green flames and flew back to the Nine Corpse Wanderer, which were exactly her Nine Corpse Fire.

Ye Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Wanderer. I shall keep our promise and hand over my Elixir Fire to you."

As Ye Lingyue spoke, she flicked her finger lightly, and the small cluster of pale white flame flew towards the Nine Corpse Wanderer.

The Nine Corpse Wanderer’s eyes shone with joy. She did not expect that Ye Lingyue would be so foolish as to actually hand over her Corpse Fire on her own initiative.

That Nine Corpse Fire, upon seeing the pale white flame, swiftly surrounded it.

The Nine Corpse Fire, like nine Fierce Beasts, pounced.

Ye Lingyue’s pale white fire was about to be engulfed, but just as the Corpse Fire submerged the pale flame,

the small pale fire suddenly erupted with a tremendous energy, like a volcano that suddenly burst forth, engulfing all nine clusters of Corpse Fire.