Chapter 468 - 290: Farming Fire Spirits

Chapter 468: Chapter 290: Farming Fire Spirits

An enthusiastic Ye Shuping led Yu Fei all across the Red Sun Realm, searching for traces of Tier 9 fire spirits.

They searched for several days, catching a few Tier 9 fire spirits in a row, but their talents were only silver-grade, so the old master crushed them with a casual pinch.

One day, near the volcanic region where the Thousand Mountain Crater used to be, they found two Tier 9 fire spirits back-to-back.

During the Red Sun Realm’s turbulent period, this chain of volcanoes erupted ceaselessly, making the area even more dangerous. If Yu Fei hadn’t already cultivated the Great Sun Glaze Body, he likely wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.

These two fire spirits were hidden deep within a volcano, but the old master still smashed the mountain with a single punch and dragged them out.

Ye Shuping’s power was so immense it was incomprehensible. Yu Fei couldn’t even begin to understand it. With one effortless punch, the entire world seemed like a toy, to be manipulated at will.

"Well, how about these two?"

Tier 9 fire spirits all looked more or less the same; there wasn’t much difference in their appearance.

But surprisingly, both of these fire spirits had gold-grade talent.

"They’re perfect, Teacher!"

"How strange. To me, these Tier 9 fire spirits show no difference from one another. Their strength is nearly identical, yet you say their talent levels are different. This ability of yours is truly peculiar."

"Teacher, talent is talent, and strength is strength. The two are not the same."

Ye Shuping nodded. "Indeed. Setting aside these fire spirits, talent is indispensable for a human Martial Artist’s cultivation, but there are many other factors tested along the way. Every Martial Artist’s journey is difficult to replicate."

"These fire spirits, on the other hand, are rather strange. Their abilities are as if they were cast from a single mold. So rigid!"

The thinking of these elemental creatures was far from human. Even after being caught, their minds were filled with nothing but thoughts of fighting. Ye Shuping simply tore off their wings, shattered their limbs, and, carrying one in each hand, headed for the Cross-Border Black Fog.

"I’ll take these two little toys back to the Profound Bright Palace first. You can stay here and familiarize yourself with your Great Sun Glaze Body! From now on, this will be your long-term cultivation ground."

"Come to the Profound Bright Palace in three days. I’ll raise these two little things for you to use to improve yourself."

Yu Fei returned to the altar from before.

According to the records of the Celestial Yang Sect, this place was called the Divinity Transformation Platform—a very strange name.

The Divinity Transformation Platform only appeared during the Red Sun Realm’s turbulent period. Using a specific Secret Technique, one could channel it to form the Great Sun True Flame, the primary resource for cultivating the Great Sun Glaze Body.

But before that, Yu Fei first loaded the [Master of Fire] talent, which would be helpful for his cultivation.

However, during the loading process, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing. The Master of Fire was gold-grade, but it felt incomplete. He couldn’t put his finger on what was wrong.

Suppressing the odd feeling, Yu Fei awkwardly began channeling the Divinity Transformation Platform. After a long while, he finally activated it, connecting with the Red Sun and slowly forming a crimson-gold flame.

With a deep inhalation, he swallowed the flame, and it began to burn within his essence, qi, and spirit.

This time, there was no searing pain. Yu Fei felt a pleasant warmth spread through him, as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring.

It took Yu Fei two full days to refine a single, fist-sized Great Sun Golden Flame and completely absorb it. Inspecting himself inwardly, he found his cultivation state had advanced by a sliver, though reaching the perfection stage of the Great Sun Glaze Body was still a distant dream.

The bonus from the [Master of Fire] talent increased his refining speed by about fifty percent, which was quite good. With this talent, his utilization of the Red Sun Realm’s fire-elemental energy was higher, and he could even briefly dive into seas of magma.

Afterward, Yu Fei searched for several locations in the Red Sun Realm and placed a total of three anchors.

The environment of this realm was too perilous; the Celestial Crystal Stones were in danger of being swallowed and damaged by magma. For this reason, he specially adjusted and reinforced the three Celestial Crystal Stone anchors, hoping they would last a little longer.

He also created numerous waypoints.

Although his upgraded spatial talent allowed him to teleport just by locking onto an aura, in an environment this harsh, his own aura wouldn’t last long without the protection of a waypoint.

After taking care of these matters, with one day still left before his appointment with Ye Shuping, he teleported directly back to the Geometric Pyramid Realm.

Each time he refined a Great Sun Golden Flame, he needed to wait about a week to give his physical body enough time to adapt and grow. There was no point in staying here.

Li Mengyao hadn’t returned either. Yu Fei ordered Xiaohai to open the rooftop, turning the pool into an open-air one, and then lay down in it himself.

After these past few days in the Red Sun Realm, Yu Fei felt severely dehydrated. Although the Great Sun Glaze Body possessed certain elemental characteristics, he was still a carbon-based life form.

Thinking of this, he began to have his doubts. His physical body had been almost completely reconstructed when he first began the Great Sun Glaze Body, and he could now even convert his mass into flames. ’Am I still a purely carbon-based life form?’

The longer he cultivated, the more wondrous the world seemed. ’What about those Martial Saints? Have they already transcended what it means to be human?’

Basking in the sun was very comfortable. The home planet’s sun wasn’t as violent, and its elemental energy was thin. But like Xin Wenzheng, he could feel that although the Great Sun Glaze Body could grow stronger in an environment like the Red Sun Realm, the sun of his home planet was more inspiring when it came to matching the technique’s conceptual state.

He made a small attempt. Following the method in the Cultivation Technique for condensing the Great Sun Golden Flame, he found he could also accomplish it on his home planet by relying on the sun, but the process was extremely slow. He estimated it would take an entire day to condense a tiny flame the size of a soybean.

So, Yu Fei gave up on this thankless task on his home planet.

Time passed, and Yu Fei drifted off to sleep while soaking in the pool.

In the afternoon, Li Mengyao returned. Xiaohai must have told her that Yu Fei was back, because Li Mengyao immediately disregarded everything else. She bounded up the stairs, and just as she reached the fifth floor, Yu Fei opened his eyes and looked at her with a gentle, smiling expression.