An Unexpected Windfall

"So this Abnormal Fire came from a later entrant."

Rocket Turtle said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Fang Mu and Princess Qinghe both turned their gazes to Rocket Turtle.

The two then followed the Rocket Turtle's gaze and saw that below the Abnormal Fire, a faint wisp of fire elemental energy was drifting downwards into the cave.

The fire elemental energy was very weak. Upon closer inspection, it was this Abnormal Fire that had severed the fire elemental energy from the magma.

Fang Mu subconsciously used his divine sense to project it into the dark cave.

Before long, Fang Mu's gaze was drawn to a faint, flickering light.

"Look, there's a light!"

Princess Qinghe and Rocket Turtle both looked in the direction Fang Mu was pointing, and saw a red light flashing in the dark cave.

"What I sensed was something that made me wary was within that red light."

Rocket Turtle spoke first.

The two people standing nearby frowned subconsciously upon hearing this.

Fang Mu said, "Senior brother, even with your strength, you can feel apprehensive. Could it be that there is a Nirvana Realm expert down below?"

Rocket Turtle shook its head. "Not necessarily. It's possible that the fire attribute's suppression makes me wary, but we should still prepare a foolproof plan."

"Good."

After saying this, Fang Mu took out the Sword Jade from his storage ring.

He and Princess Qinghe exchanged a glance, then flew together toward the direction from which the light was emanating.

In the blink of an eye, the two people and the fire spirit arrived at the place where the red light was flashing. They stared at it and then gasped.

hiss...

All they could see was an egg hatching within a formation.

However, because the fire Spiritual Qi in the mountain was cut off by the Abnormal Fire above, the light of the hatching array became weaker and weaker.

"This is at least a mythical beast egg."

Rocket Turtle spoke.

"So it seems we have an unexpected surprise today."

Fang Mu's lips curled up slightly. He had thought that this trip would yield a Abnormal Fire, but he never expected to find a divine beast egg here as well.

Rocket Turtle said calmly, "This might not be a good thing for us. This divine beast egg has long been targeted by a powerful entity. Otherwise, they wouldn't have used a Abnormal Fire to absorb the fire Spiritual Qi from the two fire veins, both to disrupt the hatching formation and to gain both the egg and the flame."

Both of them were intelligent, and upon hearing Rocket Turtle's words, they already had a general idea of what was going on.

The parents of the divine beast egg set up an array to incubate it using two fire veins, but it was discovered by someone with ulterior motives, which led to the series of events that followed.

However, since they had come all this way, they weren't going to sit idly by and leave empty-handed. Now, they faced only one problem: whether to take the egg first or the Abnormal Fire first.

Fang Mu was not in a hurry. Instead, he circled the formation. Although he did not cultivate the Dao of Formations, he had been exposed to it to some extent during his years at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute and could distinguish the strength of the formation from the aura emanating from it.

"This formation will fail within a month. In my opinion, we should wait."

"No problem."

Rocket Turtle came here to protect Fang Mu, so he naturally wouldn't interfere once the kid made his decision.

Princess Qinghe said, "I will first use a communication talisman to tell the elders to collect the spirit fire, and then I will temporarily leave the Li Huo Li Fire Sect to avoid being caught in the crossfire."

"Good."

After Fang Mu finished speaking, he found a place, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to meditate and cultivate.

After Princess Qinghe sent a telepathic message to Elder Fang, she also sat down next to Fang Mu.

Inside the volcano, Elder Fang sensed a disturbance in the communication talisman in his pocket. He immediately took it out and received a message from Princess Qinghe. He glanced around and said, "Everyone, Mu Tianjiao and Qinghe have important matters to attend to. We will depart after we have collected the spiritual fire."

Is this really true?

Yun Ye looked at Elder Fang with a suspicious expression and asked.

Elder Fang wasn't angry at all, and said with a smile, "This is a communication talisman; how could I dare to send false messages?"

Yun Ye took the communication talisman and heard the voice coming from inside. He then handed the talisman to Elder Fang.

"I was overthinking it, I'm sorry."

Elder Fang maintained his smiling demeanor, "It's alright. After all, if something were to happen to Mu Tianjiao, none of us could bear the responsibility. It's only natural to be cautious."

Three days later, the group left the volcano with their spoils.

Meanwhile, within the Li Fire Sect, various factions, large and small, continued their fierce battles.

Yun Ye found the remnants of the Spirit Pill Sect and the Li Fire Sect and went down the mountain together.

The elders of the Spirit Pill Sect noticed that two of the most prominent figures were missing from the crowd and asked with some confusion, "Ye'er, where is Mu Tianjiao?"

Yun Ye said calmly, "Senior brother still has important matters to attend to and is still inside the volcano. I will also stay here to wait for them. If you are in a hurry to return, you may leave first."

"No rush, no rush. It's a rare opportunity to witness the prowess of a prodigy, so naturally I'll wait for Mu Tianjiao to emerge."

Elder Yun said with a smile.

Yun Ye didn't say much, nor did he think much about it. With Elder Fang's help, he had obtained a top-grade spiritual fire, which was quite a windfall. He didn't want to think about the rest.

Several days later.

The cultivators within the Li Fire Sect ceased their fighting.

The forces that had made a profit were about to leave when they saw that the Dao-Seeking Academy and the Cloud Mist Sect were still in their previous encampments.

This scene was witnessed by those with a keen eye, who realized that the matter Li Fire Sect was far from over.

Many curious individuals chose to return to their previous encampment to observe the situation and see if they could find anything of value.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

Inside the cave, Fang Mu had been quietly cultivating for half a month without ever opening his eyes.

On the contrary, the Rocket Turtle would occasionally probe the formation to see if it could break it ahead of time.

"I did it! I did it!"

Rocket Turtle's joyful voice echoed through the cave.

Fang Mu and Princess Qinghe opened their eyes at the same time and looked directly at the Rocket Turtle.

"Senior brother, what went well?"

Rocket Turtle said with a smile, "I have finally absorbed the last bit of spiritual energy in this formation. With just a light strike, I can break this formation."

Fang Mu: "Then what are you waiting for, Senior Brother?"

Rocket Turtle: "Wasn't this just to show off a bit to you, kid?"

"Then junior brother, stand here and witness your senior brother's prowess."

Fang Mu said with a smile that they were already used to this way of getting along.

Rocket Turtle slowly opened its mouth and inhaled into the defensive array. Countless cracks appeared on the array, and it finally shattered with a bang.

The mythical beast egg still lay there quietly.

"All done. Little Mu, this mythical beast egg is yours now."

Rocket Turtle then stepped aside...