Lu Huo said, "That's more or less how it happened, but not entirely. The main reason is that Blood Vine Grass withers rapidly once it leaves the Savage Wilderness Realm. Without Blood Vine Grass, those natives who refined beast cores might make it out alive, but they wouldn't make it back alive. I'd thought that after refining a beast core, you wouldn't be able to leave the Savage Wilderness Realm for a while. But now it seems that even a beast core can't taint your bloodline."
If anyone else had dared to say "beast core" to his face instead of "demon core," Lu Huo would have flown into a rage long ago. With Xu Yi, he was entirely indifferent.
Xu Yi said, "Could you at least wish me well? I wouldn't have come to this Savage Wilderness Realm if it weren't for this Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo. By the way, you still haven't told me what use the Purple Firmament in my hand has. This thing is unbelievably hot, but I haven't found any other use for it."
As he spoke, Xu Yi used the intent of utmost sorrow to draw the Purple Firmament toward him, then waved it in front of Lu Huo. Lu Huo's figure lurched as he hurriedly retreated more than thirty yards. "Don't wave that thing in front of me. Trying to show off your treasure? You know perfectly well how precious it is, so don't put on airs in front of me. If you're asking what use it has, sorry, I know the sun gives off light, but I really don't know how to refine it into a magic treasure of my own."
The sight of the Purple Firmament infuriated Lu Huo. If he'd known that the six-section Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo had