As the blood and qi circulating through his body passed through the Glazed Fire, the impurities and turbid energy within were gradually burned away, leaving behind purer blood essence.
As this refined blood and qi flowed through his five viscera and six bowels in circulation, it in turn tempered his organs, tendons, and bones, forming a virtuous cycle that endlessly renewed itself.
Having figured out how to use the Glazed Fire, Li Bufan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, opened his eyes, and rose.
He took out another set of clothes from his storage ring and put them on, then secured He Wanxing on his back again.
The blue flames around them still burned quietly, but now that he had subdued the core of the Glazed Fire, their might had weakened considerably.
The once-roaring sea of flames was now on the verge of sinking into silence.
But just as he was about to leave this area with He Wanxing, his steps suddenly halted.
At the edge of the sea of flames, more than a dozen figures had fixed their eyes on Li Bufan.
These people were the cultivators who had chased He Wanxing through the Nectar Beneath the Tongue earlier. Having waited at the edge of the fire sea for so long, they had clearly been waiting for whoever was inside to emerge.
Li Bufan swept his gaze across them and made a rough count. There were at least fourteen or fifteen people, half men and half women, with varying levels of cultivation. Even the weakest had reached the major completion stage of the Acupoint Realm.
"You finally came out. We thought you'd burned to death in that sea of flames."
"Hand over the treasure on you."
Another person stepped forward, his tone leaving no room for negotiation. "That