Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Upon getting confirmation from Li Ji’an, Xiao Changfeng was overjoyed.

If he could really help Li Ji’an obtain a Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame this time, he would have repaid the favor from years ago.

However, after calming down slightly, he still felt a bit uncertain about being able to capture it.

”Brother Li, can you perhaps determine what tier this Spirit Flame is?”

Li Ji’an shook his head and then said, ”Although it’s impossible to judge from this trace alone, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame is the shed shell of the Heaven and Earth Holy Spirit—the Fire Spirit. Although there is a Fire Spirit Mechanism here, it’s far from sufficient for a true Fire Spirit. At most, it might be at Tier One.”

In recent years, through ancient texts, it became known that in ancient times, this world wasn’t solely governed by the Human Race.

There were the Demon Race of the Primordial Era and the Spirit Race born of heaven and earth.

The Demon Race then wasn’t the same as the Demon Beasts of today but were a race that truly developed spiritual intelligence, gained acknowledgment from heaven and earth, and enjoyed the powers of all the spirits, naturally capable of transformation.

Unlike the Demon Beasts now, they weren’t just different in bloodline and intelligence; they were inherently capable of transformation, having two forms.

First, the true form of the Demon Race recognized by the Celestial Dao during the Primordial Era.

Second, the human form endowed with the powers of all the spirits during the Immortal Ancient Period.

As for the Spirit Race, it consisted of the Five Elements and all kinds of Spirit Mechanisms, which, under the aegis of the Celestial Dao over long ages, gained Spiritual Communication, developed Spiritual Sense, and from having neither awareness nor intention became the Holy Spirits here.

The Spirit Flame is what the Fire Holy Spirit becomes as it grows intellect, shedding a layer of Fire Spirit Mechanism with each transformation; that layer is the Spirit Flame.

A Tier One Spirit Flame is equivalent to the Fire Element Magical Power of a Human Race cultivator in the Qi Cultivation Stage, but it’s pure Heaven and Earth Spirit Mechanism, comparable to the Pill Fire formed by a Fire Element cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

However, in the six thousand years since the end of ancient times, there have been no traces of the Demon Race or the Holy Spirit Race in this world. The occasional Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame is just a lone flame left from ancient times.

Though the Spirit Flame lacks intelligence, it has an instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm. High-tier Spirit Flames naturally choose places with denser Fire Spirit Mechanism, and the density here couldn’t possibly retain a high-tier Spirit Flame.

”If it’s only Tier One, I, Xiao, will give it my all!” Xiao Changfeng was slightly more confident.

”Thank you, Brother Xiao!” Li Ji’an sincerely thanked him, but he never intended to rely on him to capture the Spirit Flame; Gugu and Xiaoqiao were his real sources of confidence.

Having said this, Xiao Changfeng swallowed a Spirit Supplement Pill and a Soul Condensing Pill, fully opened his Spiritual Sense, and with his full Earth Element Magic Power, prepared to make a move at any moment.

The two began to continue exploring in the direction of the trail.

Three days later, from their split paths along the trajectory, Xiao Changfeng was again the first to find the trail.

Li Ji’an hurried to meet up with him and continued the search forward.

Another five days passed, and once again, Xiao Changfeng was the first to find the trail.

”Could this child truly be the one favored by fortune?” Li Ji’an looked at Xiao Changfeng, a peculiar expression in his eyes.

He decided not to act separately anymore and just followed closely behind Xiao Changfeng.

That day.

Walking at the front, Xiao Changfeng sensed with his Spiritual Sense, supported by Li Ji’an’s plentiful Spirit Supplement Pills, and fully activated his Earth Element Spirit Sensing Technique.

”Hotter than fire, this must be it!” Suddenly, Xiao Changfeng’s technique transmitted a feeling of intense heat.

”Brother Li, lend me the Spirit Trapping Talisman!” Before he finished speaking, magical power erupted from Xiao Changfeng, instantly enveloping the hundred-zhang area ahead, followed by the earth surging underfoot.

Hearing this, Li Ji’an unhesitatingly handed him several Spirit Trapping Talismans.

Gugu received the Spirit Trapping Talismans and quickly burrowed into the ground.

The next moment, in Li Ji’an’s Divine Sense, an energy barrier had appeared underground, enveloping the area.

Before this, Xiaoqiao had already tugged on Li Ji’an’s sleeve.

Gugu had already gone ahead using Earth Escape.

”Uncle Li, it’s a little flame.” As Xiao Changfeng lost his trace, Xiaoqiao quietly informed Li Ji’an.

On hearing this, Li Ji’an’s heart leapt with joy.

They were indeed fortunate this time. Even with Gugu’s Earth Escape abilities and its concealment wonders, along with Xiaoqiao’s underground sensing Divine Abilities, he hadn’t held out much hope, as countless cultivators had come searching after the rumor of a Spirit Flame emerged here two years ago, all to no avail.

”Brother Xiao deserves the credit!” With a silent nod of appreciation, Li Ji’an linked with Gugu’s vision.

In the dim and hot underground scene, a pale red flame panickingly hit the magic barrier before it.

Seeing this, Li Ji’an felt both pleased and slightly disappointed.

This flame was indeed a Spirit Flame, but its color was too faint, even less than the Tier One Spirit Flame described in records, likely only possessing the power of the early period of Tier One.

And once the Spirit Flame is shed by the Fire Holy Spirit, it loses any potential to grow.

If he could obtain this Spirit Flame, Li Ji’an was confident he could refine a Tier One top-grade Pill Medicine, but for Tier Two, the power would still be insufficient.

”Pop~” Before Gugu could reach an effective distance, there was a soft sound, and the Spirit Flame had already broken through Xiao Changfeng’s energy barrier and dashed away.

”Chase it!” Gugu hurriedly pursued.

The next moment, Xiao Changfeng’s figure appeared there, looking at the barrier with a small hole broken through it, his face full of disappointment.

He released his Spirit Sensing Technique again, but the trace was already lost.

”Brother Li, before I could see its true form, it already breached the barrier. Moreover, it chose the weak point of my shield, so it seems it should be an intelligent demon beast, not an unintelligent Spirit Flame,” Xiao Changfeng said truthfully as he emerged from the earth.

His energy barrier, normally, unless at a weak point, could trap an ordinary Tier One Late Period demon beast for five breaths.

If they could isolate the surrounding Spirit Mechanism with a Spirit Trapping Talisman within five breaths, a spirit flame relying on Heaven and Earth Spirit Mechanism for movement could be captured easily.

But just now, it was breached in two breaths and escaped quickly.