Chapter 53

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Chapter 53: Anomalous Fire

From a distance, the mountain peak appeared to be on fire, but strangely, there was a huge crack that had suddenly appeared in the mountain, and the bright red light was shining from that crack.

A giant beast stood at the mountain top, roaring angrily at the sky. Even from over a mile away, Yi Qianmo and Su Muyu could feel the powerful force in its voice.

"Fire Demon!"

Yi Qianmo looked at the giant beast and swallowed hard, "This pressure… it must be at least the first level of the third grade!"

"First level of the third grade?"

Su Muyu’s face changed drastically, "Does that mean it’s equivalent to the Golden Core realm?"

Entering the realm of immortality means becoming extraordinary, divided into the Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, and Golden Core Stage…

At the Golden Core Stage, one can control flying swords to take a person’s head from a thousand miles away. Su Muyu had never seen a second-grade spirit beast in her life, let alone a third-grade spirit beast equivalent to the Golden Core Stage.

"I’m afraid a typical Golden Core Stage cultivator might not even be able to defeat this Fire Demon!"

From the memories of his ancestors, Yi Qianmo learned about the strength of the Fire Demon. A usual Golden Core Stage warrior would not be a match for the Fire Demon. His ancestor had encountered a Fire Demon when he was at the Golden Core Stage.

They fought for three days and nights, and despite being gravely injured, they were able to defeat the Fire Demon.

Just as Yi Qianmo finished speaking, the Fire Demon suddenly moved. It jumped down from the mountain, releasing a terrifying pressure that spread outwards. The cultivators rushing forward were immediately forced to the ground by this overwhelming force.

Even Yi Qianmo and Su Muyu, who were far away, trembled with fear and instinctively wanted to flee from the area.

The nearby cultivators did not have time to react; under the Fire Demon’s flames, they turned to ash in an instant, and even their swords melted away.

They could see clearly that these were several disciples of the Xuanyuan Sect, who had already climbed up the mountain.

Seeing this, the remaining cultivators immediately ran down the mountain, thinking that the Fire Demon would chase after them. However, when the Fire Demon reached the foot of the mountain, it quickly stopped and turned back into the mountain.

"What is happening?"

Su Muyu, who was about to escape, looked puzzled. "Huh, Yu Youwei is not among them. She couldn’t have been burned to death, could she?"

Yi Qianmo also noticed that Yu Youwei was not among the crowd. Besides Yu Youwei, there were fewer people from Xuanyuan Sect, but Yi Qianmo did not think Yu Youwei would die so easily; she probably returned to Xuanyuan Sect.

With such a commotion, no one dared to approach the mountain anymore. However, they did not leave; despite their fear, their eyes were all fixed on the crack in the mountain.

Whenever rare treasures appear, there are always strange beasts guarding them. The stronger the beast, the higher the level of the treasure. Thinking of the legendary Pill Furnace that fell from the sky, the people present became excited.

"This is not going to work, let’s go!"

Seeing Yi Qianmo lost in thought, she thought he was worried about Yu Youwei, which made her feel a bit unhappy.

"They all have no plans to leave."

Yi Qianmo said, pointing at the people below the mountain.

Besides the people from Xuanyuan Sect and Tianyuan Academy, there were three other groups. Most of these people wore robes, with only one group dressed in monk robes.

The leaders of the groups all had Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.

"A spirit beast of the first level in third grade must be a powerful being at the Golden Core Stage; plus, you mentioned that even those at the Golden Core Stage might not be able to defeat it, so if we go up, we’d be asking for our own deaths."

Su Muyu was not fooled by the treasure.

But Yi Qianmo did not plan to leave because he knew that a treasure guarded by a Fire Demon must be Anomalous Fire.

Anomalous Fire is used for alchemy, and for a Pill Master, getting a piece of Anomalous Fire to create pills is a dream come true.

A cultivator’s spiritual power can activate ordinary fire, which can become true fire, but pills made with true fire are not of high quality; only pills made with Anomalous Fire are the purest.

Besides alchemy, Anomalous Fire can also be used for weapon crafting, and the stronger the Anomalous Fire, the higher the quality of the magic treasures made.

His ancestors fought hard to defeat the Fire Demon for a piece of Anomalous Fire, and now that a Fire Demon has appeared on Green Dragon Mountain, it means that Anomalous Fire must be present in that crack.

Fire Demons are born by absorbing the flames of the world, and if this Fire Demon absorbs Anomalous Fire, it will become an even more terrifying drought demon.

When the drought demon appears, it will turn the land into a barren wasteland!

Don’t mention Green Dragon Mountain; I’m afraid the entire Green Cloud City will be burned to ashes. At that time, we won’t need the Xuanyuan Sect to destroy the Yi family; this drought demon could make the Yi family vanish completely.

"This Fire Demon seems to be under some kind of limitation. If we can find its weakness, we might be able to enter that crack!"

Yi Qianmo said.

Upon hearing this, Su Muyu looked at him in surprise and said, "Are you crazy? Didn’t you see those cultivators just turned to ash with one glance?"

"I saw."

Yi Qianmo replied, "If things go wrong, we will retreat immediately. I wouldn’t be foolish enough to risk my life here."

Su Muyu felt a bit more at ease, and the two of them hurried over.

At this moment, several groups at the foot of the mountain were discussing how to climb up. When they saw Yi Qianmo and Su Muyu approaching, the crowd turned to look at them.

From their curious gazes, Yi Qianmo guessed that these people already knew about his battle with Yu Youwei.

"Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Minister Professor Yu said with a serious face, "This place is too dangerous. Your Highness should leave quickly and wait in Green Cloud City."

"Isn’t the Fire Demon still up there?"

Su Muyu said, "I just saw that scene, and I will stay at the foot of the mountain."

Minister Professor Yu couldn’t force Su Muyu to leave, but he did have a Foundation Establishment Stage steward stay by her side. If anything went wrong, he would take her away right away.

As for Yi Qianmo, Minister Professor Yu couldn’t control him. From his expression, it seemed he was eager for Yi Qianmo to come over, even hoping to go up that mountain.

After giving his orders, Minister Professor Yu took his people to discuss matters with others from different factions.

"Yu Xiu greets the senior."

A graceful young monk stepped out from the crowd and said, "Thank you for saving me earlier."

Su Muyu saw the little monk and then looked at Yi Qianmo, her face full of confusion, because he had walked out from the crowd of the Tianlong Sect, which was one of the four great sects.

"I said, I’m not here to save you."

Yi Qianmo said plainly, "So, you don’t have to thank me."

"What you say is not true. Even if you were doing it for another reason, you still saved Yu Xiu’s life. The Buddha says, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda…"

Yu Xiu said sincerely.

Yi Qianmo, who was staring at the mountain, became a bit impatient and said coldly, "Stop. I told you, I’m not here to save you, so you don’t have to be grateful to me. Also, please don’t disturb me, okay?"

Yu Xiu was stunned for a moment, not expecting his warm gesture to meet such a cold response. However, he was not embarrassed; he just smiled gently and said, "Okay, sorry for disturbing you, elder."

After saying that, he returned to the crowd. The people from the Tianlong Sect shot him several unfriendly glances, but Yi Qianmo ignored them all.

"When did you save someone from the Tianlong Sect?" Su Muyu asked curiously. "This little monk seems to have a pretty high status among those people."

"Oh, what does this have to do with me?"

Yi Qianmo turned his head and said.

Su Muyu was suddenly speechless, but instead of being angry at Yi Qianmo’s attitude, she felt a bit pleased.

She did not know that at that moment, Yi Qianmo’s mind was filled with thoughts about how to enter the mountain and how to bring out the Anomalous Fire, leaving him no time to think about anything else.

They discussed until evening, and the leaders of the great sects concluded not to provoke the Fire Demon on the mountain.

However, they did not leave; instead, they started to set up camp at the foot of the mountain and sent messages to their sects, saying that to deal with the Fire Demon, they clearly needed strong experts from the Golden Core Stage to come.

But when night fell, the Fire Demon suddenly leaped into the crack in the mountain, and as the Fire Demon disappeared, the crack slowly began to close.

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