Central Plains, the Southern Region.
Flame City.
Flame City is a small, seemingly ordinary city, but sometimes appearances can be deceiving. Behind this seemingly ordinary city lies an extremely powerful backer.
That extremely powerful backer is none other than the Flame Clan!
This city is controlled by the Flame Clan. However, compared to Yan City, Flame City is dispensable. Even though Flame City is dispensable to the Flame Clan, it still belongs to the Flame Clan. It is not a city that can be entered at will. Ordinary people generally find it difficult to enter.
Flame City, in mid-air, space began to distort violently, and then a figure emerged from it and landed steadily on the ground.
"We've arrived at Flame City!" Huo Xuan murmured, gazing at the city not far away.
The entry procedures were quite complicated. After completing the procedures, Huo Xuan entered Flame City, which was the nearest city...
After several days of frantic travel, Huo Xuan finally arrived at Flame City. Once he passed through Flame City, he could reach his destination, the Infernal Flame Mountain Range!
Yan Jin only told Huo Xuan that the method to stabilize his cultivation was inside the Infernal Flame Mountain Range, but he didn't tell Huo Xuan Yan Jin the method was or anything else about the Infernal Flame Mountain Range. He only told Huo Xuan that when he got there, someone would tell him everything.
"I don't know, Clan Chief, what method are you referring to to help me stabilize my cultivation?"
After leaving Flame City, Huo Xuan looked at the map in his hand, found the direction of the Infernal Flame Mountain Range, and then quickly flew towards the distant horizon.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
In a mountain range shrouded in heavy clouds and mist, the screams of demonic beasts shattered the tranquility of the mountains. Huo Xuan walked slowly through the quiet and dark forest, and the air was thick with the stench of blood wherever he went.
Although Huo Xuan doesn't look particularly disheveled, the blood of various magical beasts splattered on his clothes, combined with the strong stench of blood emanating from him, gives off a dangerous aura...
"At my current speed, I should reach the interior of the Infernal Flame Mountain Range in about an hour..." Huo Xuan rummaged through his Storage Ring, took out a map, examined it carefully, and then looked ahead. He was still very much looking forward to the opportunity Yan Jin had mentioned that could help him quickly stabilize his cultivation...
Inside the Infernal Flame Mountain Range.
"Someone from the tribe has come? Let's see who it is!"
As soon as Huo Xuan entered the mountain range, two middle-aged men dressed in crimson clothing immediately surrounded him. They were undoubtedly members of the Flame Clan.
However, their strength was not that great; the two of them were only at the five- Dou Zong.
"Kid, who are you?" The middle-aged man to Huo Xuan's left was the first to ask.
"I am Huo Xuan, the current Young Clan Leader of the Flame Clan."
"Young Clan Leader? What proof do you have?"
When the two men heard Huo Xuan say that he was the Young Clan Leader, they did not immediately believe it. However, this was normal. Although they knew that the Young Clan Leader was named Huo Xuan, they had lived in the Infernal Flame Mountain Range for many years and had never seen Huo Xuan before. Therefore, without proof, they would not believe that he was the Young Clan Leader.
"Prove?"
Hearing this, Huo Xuan took out a red flame-shaped jade plaque with a big word "flame" written on it.
"Is this proof sufficient?"
Only the successive Young Clan Leader possessed that fiery jade token. Upon seeing Huo Xuan produce the token, the two middle-aged men knelt before him without hesitation, bowing their heads and respectfully saying, "Your subordinates greet the Young Clan Leader!"
"Get up!" Huo Xuan said calmly.
"Thank you, Young Clan Leader!" the two middle-aged men said hurriedly.
"Young Clan Leader, may I ask what brings you here today? Is there any instruction from the clan?"
"It was the clan chief who sent me to the Infernal Flame Mountain Range. He told me that there would be a great opportunity here," Huo Xuan said.
"Young Clan Leader, are you referring to that Purgatory Volcano?"
"Purgatory Volcano? Does it possess the miraculous effect of stabilizing one's own cultivation?" Huo Xuan asked calmly.
"The Young Clan Leader is right. The Purgatory Volcano has the effect of tempering bones and body, and stabilizing cultivation. It tempers the body with Wan Huo, and transforms one's body. Moreover, our Flame Clan's inherited Strange Fire, the seventeenth ranked Volcanic Rock Flame, was also born here." A middle-aged man explained the Purgatory Volcano to Huo Xuan in detail.
After listening to the middle-aged man's introduction, Huo Xuan also developed a strong interest in the Purgatory Volcano. "Now, please take me to the Purgatory Volcano quickly."
"This..."
Upon hearing this, the two middle-aged men hesitated.
"What's wrong? I want to cultivate in the Purgatory Volcano for a while, is that not allowed?" Huo Xuan frowned slightly and asked.
"Young Clan Leader, it's fine if you want to cultivate in the Purgatory Volcano, but there's an extremely strong fire poison inside. Young Clan Leader, I advise you not to go down there lightly. If the fire poison enters your body, it will be extremely difficult to expel it."
"What? Fire poison? Did this fire poison exist before?" Huo Xuan asked.
"No, Young Clan Leader."
"There was no fire poison here before; it only appeared recently."
"Recently? Please be more specific."
"Young Clan Leader, the story begins half a month ago. Half a month ago, the Purgatory Volcano suddenly erupted. Although the Purgatory Volcano has erupted once or twice before, each time it was small in scale. But the eruption half a month ago was more than three times stronger than before..." The middle-aged man to Huo Xuan's left spoke first.
"After the eruption of the Purgatory Volcano ended, fire poison appeared. And it's not just fire poison. Not long ago, I went to investigate the Purgatory Volcano and discovered that there is also an unknown violent energy in the volcano."
"Do you know what that unknown, violent energy is?" Huo Xuan pressed.
"Young Clan Leader, this subordinate is unaware..." the middle-aged man said, "Because of my low strength, not only was I unable to detect the source of that violent energy, but I was also injured by it and contracted fire poison..."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan glanced at the middle-aged man. He had been focused on the Purgatory Volcano, but after hearing what the middle-aged man said, Huo Xuan took a closer look and discovered that an unknown power was raging wildly within the man's body. That should be the fire poison.
"The fire poison has entered the body and penetrated deep into the bone marrow. It is no easy task to completely expel such a deep fire poison..." Huo Xuan shifted his gaze from the middle-aged man and couldn't help but feel some sympathy for him.
Upon hearing Huo Xuan's words, the middle-aged man's face immediately turned ashen.
"However, don't be discouraged. Although this fire poison is extremely difficult to expel, it's not entirely hopeless..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Xuan flicked his finger, and a Seven-Colored Flame shot out from his fingertip.
"Laugh!"
The Seven-Colored Flame landed on the middle-aged man, radiating intense heat. Under the scorching heat, the middle-aged man's clothes were burned to ashes.
The sudden turn of events caused the middle-aged man's expression to change drastically. His body tensed up abruptly, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead. However, the sweat was quickly evaporated by the high temperature.
Another middle-aged man standing nearby also looked very surprised, somewhat bewildered by this sudden turn of events.
What... what exactly happened... why... why would the Young Clan Leader want to attack him out of the blue?
"Don't worry, I won't harm you. I'm using Strange Fire to remove the fire poison from your body."
Huo Xuan's words rang out slowly, and a look of surprise appeared on the middle-aged man's face. Then he clenched his teeth and endured the pain.
Seven-Colored Flame burned his body, and after a moment, drops of dark red liquid with a slightly fishy smell slowly seeped from the pores all over his body.
As the foul-smelling, dark red liquid seeped out, the raging Strange Fire evaporated it into wisps of gas within moments...
In less than half an hour, the fire poison disappeared without a trace. After the pain subsided, the middle-aged man moved his hands and feet slightly and vaguely felt that he now felt very comfortable all over his body.
"Thank you so much Young Clan Leader!" The middle-aged man was overjoyed and immediately Huo Xuan.
"Alright, you've seen it. This fire poison doesn't pose much of a threat to me. Now, take me to the summit of that Purgatory Volcano."