BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 265: Collecting the Young Fire

Chapter 265: Collecting the Young Fire

After obtaining a drop of Zi Yan's blood, Gu He's new clone carried some other items prepared by Gu He and once again submerged into the magma at the bottom of the Tianfen Qi Refining Tower.

This time, shortly after Gu He descended to the bottom of the magma, a strange light began to flicker at his heart, as if something invisible was summoning him.

In order to enhance the clone's ability to resist the high temperature of the molten lava, Gu He had given the clone the Fallen Heart Flame before descending.

So Gu He concluded that this sensation must be related to the Fallen Heart Flame or the remnant soul of a Venerable Flame at the bottom of the magma.

Following the direction of the sensation, Gu He continued to dive extremely carefully. The deeper he went, the stronger the feeling of being summoned became.

As he descended, Gu He once again arrived at the area where the Flame Lizardmen lived. Having gained experience from the last encounter, Gu He was more cautious this time.

Last time, it was unfortunate for the clone to encounter a giant right after entering, and it was crushed before it could react.

This time, when Gu He encountered a higher-ranking Flame Lizardman, instead of blindly traversing space, he directly used the high-level Earth-tier martial skill, "Leaving No Trace," to escape.

"Leaving No Trace" was based on soul power and allowed continuous movement in the void.

As long as Gu He's soul power could reach, with just a thought, he could instantly arrive.

With this skill, Gu He didn't waste much time and quickly arrived at the strongest sense of calling.

Arriving here, the Fallen Heart Flame inside Gu He's body even had the idea of breaking free from Gu He's body, but under the suppression of Gu He's Divine Fire Technique, it immediately behaved.

"It should be here!" Gu He muttered, then continued to cast several seals in the direction of the sensation.

A magical scene appeared: the magma began to slowly wriggle, and then a translucent halo emitting a faint light emerged from the vortex of magma.

At the first moment, Gu He's gaze swept over it.

Because the halo was transparent, it did not obstruct Gu He's vision.

When Gu He's gaze swept in, inside, there was nothing but a skeleton that had turned into white bones. On top of the skeleton, there was a faint fluorescence, and a flame floated above it, transparent and seemingly invisible.

Gu He was very familiar with this flame because there was a similar invisible flame imprisoned in his body.

The invisible flame above the skeleton was only the size of a head. Its temperature was much lower than the Fallen Heart Flame in Gu He's body. If the Fallen Heart Flame in Gu He's body was considered a mature form, then the Fallen Heart Flame in front of him was in its infancy.

Of course, whether in infancy or maturity, this thing was an alien fire after all. Shaping an alien fire was extremely difficult and required countless years of accumulation. The existence of this seemingly not very fierce invisible flame in the same place was quite mysterious.

"It seems my guess was correct!"

Looking at the scene inside the white halo, Gu He chuckled lightly. Then, with a step, he entered the halo unimpeded.

When Gu He's figure broke through the transparent halo, he distinctly felt a strange fluctuation scan over his body.

In that instant, the red color that filled Gu He's eyeballs dissipated rapidly, replaced by a faint white light.

The space here was obviously the same as the halo Gu He had seen before, but perhaps due to visual reasons, it seemed much wider now.

After Gu He entered, his gaze was fixed on the floating skeleton in the center.

"Come out. Do you still want to hide from me, the true body?" Gu He suddenly spoke.

As Gu He's voice fell, a dazzling white light suddenly burst from within the skeleton.

The white light slowly wriggled and eventually transformed into an illusory old man's figure.

Chapter 265: Retrieving the Young Fire

The figure in the white robe had snow-white hair and an old, wrinkled face. At this moment, a hint of panic appeared in his originally calm eyes.

"I am Yao Tianhuo, commonly known as Venerable Tian Huo. May I ask who you are?"

As soon as the old man in the white robe appeared, he looked at Gu He with fear written all over his face.

He could still sense the immense power emanating from Gu He.

"I am Gu He. Tell me about your situation, why is only a remnant soul left here?" Gu He said in a tone that brooked no refusal.

Hearing this, Venerable Tian Huo looked at the young Fallen Heart Flame with some nostalgia and said slowly, "Back then, I found traces of the Fallen Heart Flame here for the first time. It took me several years to finally subdue it. The Fallen Heart Flame I subdued back then is the one inside you now."

"Thinking that I had some ability, I thought I could go anywhere, so after subduing the Fallen Heart Flame, I didn't leave but instead curiously ventured deeper into this magma world."

There was a hint of regret in Venerable Tian Huo's tone, as if regretting his recklessness back then.

"After venturing deeper into the magma world, I found another Fallen Heart Flame seed. This discovery delighted me, so I wanted to greedily take this Fallen Heart Flame seed as well and merge it with the one I already had. But instead of perfect fusion, they repelled each other like enemies, resulting in a battle of alien fires that left me severely injured. And it was at that moment that I was attacked..."

"It must have been those Flame Lizardmen!" Gu He suddenly interrupted.

"It seems you have also had dealings with them." Venerable Tian Huo looked somewhat surprised at Gu He's words.

Hearing Venerable Tian Huo's words, Gu He thought to himself, "Not only have I had dealings with them, I even have a clone hanging around here!"

But at this moment, Gu He calmly said, "I encountered them and fought with them. Among them were also beings of my level."

Hearing Gu He's words, Venerable Tian Huo seemed relieved and sighed, "Ah, if it weren't for the attack by those Flame Lizardmen back then, I wouldn't have fallen to this state!"

"I wonder if you could do me a favor!" After a sigh, Venerable Tian Huo suddenly said with a hint of pleading in his tone.

"What favor?" Gu He asked softly.

"Could you take me away from this place?"

As he said this, there was a hint of hope in Venerable Tian Huo's eyes.

"What benefit do I get from taking you away?" Gu He asked in return. "Everything here, including your storage ring and remains, no longer belongs to you. What can you offer me as a reward for taking you away?"

(End of this chapter)

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