Collecting the Spirit Flame
Song Wen endured the immense pain caused by the raging fire poison within his body and the extreme cold assaulting him from the outside, the combination of fire and ice. He began to examine the stone chamber.
The entire stone chamber was completely sealed off, and the entrance was nowhere to be seen.
On the floor of the stone chamber, a Spirit Gathering Formation was carved.
This array, carved countless years ago, is still in operation, continuously drawing in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Supply the green fire in the high platform so that it can burn continuously.
The water in the cold pool above continued to pour in.
The water inside the stone chamber had already reached Song Wen's waist.
Underwater activities were inconvenient, so at Song Wen's instruction, the Silver Corpse returned to the cold pool above, moved a large rock, and blocked the cave entrance.
Song Wen gazed at the green flame on the oil lamp, his heart filled with longing.
The chilling aura emanating from the green flames clearly indicated that this fire was no ordinary flame.
The oil cup containing the green flames is a top-grade Spirit Artifact. Once refined, the green flames will be sealed within, and the artifact can be stored in a storage ring and taken away.
The process of refining the oil lamp was not pleasant, and Song Wen suffered greatly.
While resisting the extreme cold, Song Wen also activated his spiritual power to refine the oil lamp.
Time slowly passed.
Ten days later.
Song Wen's entire body had turned a bloody red.
Prolonged exposure to extreme cold caused a certain degree of necrosis in his body.
Many parts of my body were cracked from the cold.
The blood flowed out and was quickly frozen.
This made Song Wen look extremely terrifying.
However, the intense pain he endured over those ten days was worthwhile, as the oil lamp had been refined by him.
Song Wen urged the oil lamp to heat up, and the lamp immediately emitted bursts of dark light.
The dark light converged towards the lamp base where the green flame was located.
A moment later, a dark lampshade appeared, covering the lamp base and enveloping the green flame within it.
In an instant, the continuous chill that had been emanating from the air vanished.
The oil lamp was stored in Song Wen's storage ring, and without the light emitted by the green flame, the stone chamber was instantly plunged into darkness.
Song Wen summoned a fireball the size of a washbasin and, by its light, began to carefully observe the stone chamber.
Earlier, when he briefly examined the stone chamber, he discovered that it had no entrance.
It's a completely enclosed space; the only way to enter or exit is through Teleportation Array.
However, Song Wen did not find any trace of the Teleportation Array.
This means that there must be an exit to this stone chamber, but we just didn't notice it.
The reason Song Wen went to great lengths to find the entrance to the stone chamber was simply because:
In the Cold Pool Grotto above the stone chamber, the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch grows.
Therefore, if there is a similar environment outside the stone chamber, it is very likely that the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch could be nurtured.
After searching carefully for more than half an hour, Song Wen finally found what appeared to be the entrance on the ground to the east of the stone chamber.
The stone chamber was carved out of a single block of rock.
Therefore, the floor, surrounding walls, and ceiling of the stone chamber are all made of a single massive stone, without any gaps.
Only in this place is there a large, square stone.
The stone doors of houses are usually located on the surrounding walls; no one would place the door on the ground. The large stone fits perfectly with the surrounding ground. Inside the stone chamber, there is a cold pool of water about three feet deep.
This is why Song Wen had not noticed the large stone that resembled a gateway before.
Song Wen found a slightly protruding mechanism next to the stone gate.
He tried pressing it.
This stone chamber has been unopened for many years, and he couldn't be sure if the mechanisms were still functional.
"Click!"
A dull thud came from the rock strata beneath the ground.
Then, the sound of the boulder sliding and grinding could be heard.
The massive boulder on the ground began to slowly sink.
The boulder descended faster and faster. Finally, it became completely weightless and plummeted downwards.
A few breaths later.
"Boom!"
The sound of a boulder hitting the ground rang out.
Song Wen stood in front of the exit, looking down at the dark cave entrance.
What came into view was a square passage that was five zhang deep.
Below that, it was completely empty.
Below the stone chamber lies an even larger cave.
He raised his hand and waved it.
A fireball shot out towards the hole below.
Upon entering the cave below, the fireball suddenly exploded, turning into countless sparks that drifted down in all directions.
Song Wen was in the upper stone chamber, where his view was obstructed, preventing him from seeing the entire cave below.
However, a general conclusion can be drawn.
The cave below is quite spacious.
The shimmering light reflected faintly in the water.
There should be a river or lake in the cave below.
Song Wen released the Sacred Beetle Gu and entered the cave below.
After confirming that there was no danger near the exit, Song Wen leaped into the passage and entered the cave below.
Song Wen raised his hand, and several more fireballs shot out in different directions.
This time, Song Wen was able to see the entire cave.
The cave covers a vast area, at least tens of miles wide.
In the center of the cave, there is an underground lake that stretches for about ten miles.
Song Wen was located on the edge of the lake, below which were some scattered rocks.
Inside the cave, Song Wen had not yet discovered the presence of any other cultivators.
He descended and landed on the lakeside.
The Silver Corpse and the Ghost King followed on either side of him.
Due to the extreme cold emitted by the green flames from the stone chamber above over the years, the temperature inside the cave is very low.
The environment of this cave is extremely similar to that of the cave where the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch had previously grown.
Song Wen decided to thoroughly explore the cave.
The lake is about ten miles in circumference, but its shoreline is only about thirty miles long.
Even while flying and exploring, Song Wen had circled half of the lake shore in less than half an incense stick's time.
Sudden.
Song Wen noticed that the stones on the lake shore not far ahead showed signs of being moved, as if they had been trampled on.
This place has been untouched for many years; the piled-up rocks have formed their own unique marks.
In this situation, if a few pieces of gravel suddenly move, the traces they leave behind will be very clear and can be seen at a glance.
The marks are fresh; they must have been left in the last few days.
"Could it be that someone else has already taken this place?"
Song Wen was disgruntled.
Even if the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch exists here, it has probably already been taken away.
Clinging to the last glimmer of hope, Song Wen continued his exploration along the lake.
After walking for a while, Song Wen noticed a stone forest about three miles from the lake.
The cave was too dark, and the stone forest was quite far apart, so Song Wen couldn't see it clearly.
With a thought, he summoned a fireball.
The fireball exploded above the stone forest.
The stone forest is several miles wide, filled with standing stones of varying heights.
The tallest was over ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), while the shortest was less than two chi (approximately 6.6 meters).
Most of the standing stones are extremely thick and have smooth surfaces.
It's as if something has been rubbing against these standing stones year after year.
The standing stone gives a greasy and smooth feeling.
Not long ago, a battle must have taken place near the Stone Forest.
The lingering effects of the battle snapped many of the standing stones.
The broken edge of the standing stone is still very fresh.
Suddenly.
A massive white shadow burst forth from the stone forest.