Chapter 140: Fourth-level formation, Earth Fire Compass

Dongfuzhong.

A stone tablet about one foot high, made entirely of eerie white bones, with the words "Monument of a Thousand Bones and Ten Thousand Souls" engraved on it, floated in front of Chen An.

The stone tablet glowed with blood, filling every corner of the cave. Countless souls floated out, swimming in the blood light and emitting creepy screams, making this place look like a bloody forbidden area.

"It looks like it's much stronger than the Blood Sea Flute."

Chen An smiled lightly, played with the bone tablet for a few times, then put it away. The strange phenomenon in the cave disappeared in an instant.

He turned and looked at another Blood Soul Immortal.

[Harvest a 400-year-old Blood Soul Immortal, obtain the fourth-level superior formation, the Ten Thousand Blood Slaughtering God Formation]

Formation!

Right now, Kuxiu Mountain is in need of a fourth-level formation for protection, so it can be said that they have arrived just in time.

Chen An happily put away the Ten Thousand Blood Killing God Formation, flicked his fingers, and two Blood Soul Immortal seeds flew into the mouth of the unconscious Blood Crocodile.

After settling the blood crocodile, he started to work on Kuxiu Mountain.

However, after a few hours, with dozens of high-grade spirit stones placed in it, the formation was successfully activated. Top-grade spirit stones are very rare, and Chen An did not have any, so he could only make do with high-grade spirit stones.

The last time that Patriarch Lihuo wanted to trade with top-grade spirit stones, he had already used up most of the incomplete top-grade spirit stones, which were far less than the complete ones. This is why Chen An did not trade with him.

If you want to obtain a complete set of top-grade spirit stones, you may have to go to Dongzhou to look for them.

After the formation was activated, a buzzing sound was heard, and a layer of light red blood curtain covered Kuxiu Mountain. Looking up through the blood curtain, the entire blue sky turned a blood-red color.

In response to this, the Chen family members did not have much reaction. Except for a few younger monks who were surprised, everyone else looked as if they were used to it.

This noise is far inferior to the scene when Chen An was undergoing the tribulation.

With more experiences, people become more excited. Over the years, what kind of storms have the Chen family not seen?

It is estimated that even if the old ancestor Ji Yin came to kill him personally, it would not cause much trouble.

Chen An stood at the entrance of the hall on the top of the mountain, overlooking the entire Kuxiu Mountain. After setting up the formation, the safety of Kuxiu Mountain was greatly improved. Even if he was not there, even if an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator came, he would not be able to do anything.

After checking the formation and confirming that it was correct, Chen An returned to Beishan.

In the cave, a huge ball of black hair huddled in a corner, rising and falling as if it was breathing.

This is the black-haired beast advancing. Since it fell asleep, the black hair on its body has grown rapidly, entwining around its body and protecting its body.

But judging from the situation, he won't wake up in the short term.

Chen An glanced at it and ignored it, then turned around and took out the huge bronze coffin.

The coffin lid slid down, and a ball of golden, hot flame flew out from it, hovering a foot away from Chen An.

This is the ball of true sun fire that Jinwu left for him. The huge bronze coffin can preserve the body of the Crocodile Ancestor from decaying, and it would save him a lot of trouble to use it to hold spiritual objects.

Chen An took out the jade slip and carefully read the cultivation method of Great Sun Golden Flame from beginning to end.

To put it simply, the Big Sun Golden Flame is a low-profile version of the Sun's True Fire. The cultivation methods of the two are similar, and using it as a reference can save you a lot of effort.

After making preparations, Chen An separated a stream of magic power from his Dantian, wrapped a small ball of the Sun's True Fire in front of him, and put it back into his Dantian.

He immediately activated the Great Sun Golden Flame Technique in the jade slip and slowly refined it.

As time went by, the Sun Fire in front of Chen An became smaller and smaller, until it completely disappeared after three months.

And all around the little Nascent Soul figure in the center of his Dantian, there was a flickering star-like light. As he gradually refined the true fire of the sun, the fire in his Dantian became stronger and stronger.

The fire grew to a small flame one inch in size, illuminating the entire Dantian, and then gradually died down.

At this point, the True Fire of the Sun is cultivated.

"Bah!"

A finger-sized golden flame suddenly shot out from Chen An's palm, and the temperature in the entire cave also rose slightly.

As the air in the cave flowed, the golden flames began to shake violently, flickering, as if they would go out in the next moment.

Chen An nodded with satisfaction. With the help of the ball of true sun fire left for him by the Golden Crow, he was able to cultivate this fire.

Although the flame is small, with a steady supply of Golden Crow Grass, the flame will become stronger sooner or later. It is not impossible for it to burn down the mountain like the Golden Crow did before.

Two years passed in the blink of an eye.

After Chen An's hard work during this period, patches of golden Jinwu grass began to grow again in the spiritual field. The quantity and quality of the grass were even better than before.

In fact, within two years, Chen An has cultivated several thousand-year-old Golden Crow grass to assist in the cultivation of the Sun's True Fire.

In addition to the Golden Crow Grass, other spiritual plants were also growing in an orderly manner, among which the one that grew most vigorously was the Yu Linglong.

Ever since Chen Shuang formed the elixir, the Yang energy in his body has become even stronger, and there is a tendency that it cannot be suppressed. Fortunately, Yu Linglong is over 500 years old and can fully keep up with her progress of cultivation, so there is no problem for the time being.

"Wang!"

At this time, the sound of a dog barking was heard, and a black-haired hound ran in from outside the mountain, dived into the spiritual field, and headed straight towards Chen An.

The black-haired beast had successfully advanced to the third-level monster a year ago and then woke up.

However, after the breakthrough, the black-haired beast's body not only did not grow in size, but shrunk instead. It was only slightly larger than an ordinary low-level monster and looked a little petite.

But it is quite powerful. Even if there are several new Jindan cultivators from the Chen family, it would take two of them to tie with it.

"Master, a human has arrived and wants to see you."

The black-haired beast shook its head, opened its big mouth and spoke in human language.

For ordinary monsters, after reaching the third stage, inner elixirs will be formed in their bodies, and their intelligence will also increase greatly, but most of them can only speak when they are in the middle and late third stage. The black-haired beast swallows high-year-old spiritual medicines every now and then, and has a strong foundation, so it is one step ahead.

"understood."

Chen An also inspected the spiritual field at this time, touched the dog head that came over, and threw a Golden Crow Grass to it.

Under his spiritual sense, he had already known about the arrival of Master Qingshan. The purpose of the other party's coming here must be to explore the underground fire.

"Please bring him in."

Chen An gave an order and sat down at the stone table in front of the cave.

"Wang!"

The black-haired beast swallowed the golden crow grass, made a vague response, and then flew out of the mountain.

Not long after, Qingshan, wearing a yellow shirt, was seen following behind the Golden-haired Hou and walked into the North Mountain.

"Junior Qingshan, nice to meet you, senior!"

Taoist Qingshan bowed and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Kuxiu Mountain. He couldn't help but think of the scene when he came here last time, and felt a trance in front of his eyes.

I remember that it was after the battle with the Yin Demon Sect's leader Duan Tianya. At that time, Chen An was still a foundation-building cultivator, and he could do whatever he wanted. But things are unpredictable. After so many years, the junior has become a high-level cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, famous throughout the six regions of the Far East. It is a pity that his identity can be changed so easily.

Chen An put down the teacup in his hand and waved, "Sit down, no need to be polite."

In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected, and those with higher cultivation levels are considered seniors. Chen An has long been accustomed to this.

After the greetings, the two drank a few cups of tea.

After a moment, Master Qingshan held up a one-foot-sized black compass in both hands and presented it: "This is an item for finding underground fire. It is called the Underground Fire Compass. It was left by the founder of my Qingyun Sect. It has been damaged over the years. I heard that Kuxiu Mountain urgently needed this item, so I spent a lot of effort and materials in the past few years to barely repair it."

Chen An took the compass, looked at it for a few seconds, accepted it, and then looked at the other party and asked, "What reward do you want?"

"You're joking. I'm glad I could help you. How dare I ask for compensation?"

Master Qingshan had a serious look on his face, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

"okay!"

Chen An waved his hand, took out a jade bottle and threw it to the other party: "Help me do things, so that you don't have to work in vain."

In the past, Master Qingshan had not treated him very kindly, but those things were in the past. Besides, Chen An later extorted a large sum of money from the other party, so they were even. He would not be so petty as to attack him again.

Perhaps recalling the past, Master Qingshan said ashamedly: "You are really magnanimous. If you need me in the future, please feel free to ask for my help."

A transaction, a few words, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

After a while, the transaction was completed. Master Qingshan informed the usage and precautions of the Earth Fire Compass and then said goodbye and left.

Chen An took out the Earth Fire Compass. There was a fiery red needle on the black compass, pointing to the position of one hundred on the left end, and at the far right end, it was zero.

Immediately, he injected the fire-attributed spiritual power from the Nine Revolutions of Reincarnation, and the pointer began to shake, but after shaking a few times, it returned to its original position.

This means that there is no underground fire nearby, at least not within a hundred miles underground.

This item is quite simple to use. It does not require any refining. Just inject fire-attributed spiritual power into it and you can use the pointer to detect whether there is underground fire nearby and its depth.

However, the accuracy is relatively rough and is calculated in miles.

Chen An wandered around the mountains on all sides of Kuxiu Mountain. Apart from two vibrations when it was first activated, he did not notice any movement from the compass.

This is to be expected, as underground fire is not common and does not exist in every place.

Next, we have to slowly search around Kuxiu Mountain. If we find it, it’s fine. If we can’t find it, we will have to go to a farther place. But if it is too far away, the convenience will be reduced and it won’t be of much significance.

"Elder!"

Chen An was just about to go outside for a walk to look for the underground fire when he heard a shout.

Looking up, I saw a flash of lightning in the north, like a thunder, heading straight towards Kuxiu Mountain.

After the lightning landed on the ground, Chen Kebao's figure appeared. When he saw Chen An, he ran over hurriedly.

"Elder, I have captured the ghost cultivator from the Mortal Dynasty."

Chen Kebao took out a storage bag from his waist and presented it to him: "This is the ghost cultivator's storage bag, please take a look."

"I'll see."

Chen An raised his eyebrows, took it, and waved his hand to erase the mark of the ghost cultivator's magic power on it.

In a blink of an eye, a large pile of items poured out from inside, almost forming a small hill.

Chen An took a quick glance and found that most of them were miscellaneous items, as well as a few eerie magic weapons used by ghost cultivators and several spirit stones.

A jade slip was placed alone among a pile of debris. Chen An reached out and took it, scanning it with his spiritual sense.

This is a ghost cultivation technique, named Yinming Ghost Vein Technique, which can devour the soul to assist in cultivation. If the soul is sufficient, it can be cultivated all the way to the Nascent Soul stage.

The advantage of this technique is that it can be practiced quickly and does not require the Nascent Soul Tribulation. However, its disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the foundation is not stable after practice. Although it is called Nascent Soul, its strength is probably equivalent to that of an ordinary cultivator who has reached the Perfect Core Formation stage.

The solution is to absorb enough thunder and lightning power to transform the ghost body from yin to yang, so that it is possible to continue practicing.

Ghost cultivators are inherently yin, and it is hard to imagine how difficult and dangerous it is for them to forcibly absorb the extremely strong and yang power of thunder and lightning. If they are not careful, they will be reduced to ashes.

However, if a person's physical body is destroyed and there is no suitable target to possess, or if the end of one's life is near, this technique can be considered a means of transformation.

Judging from the items, this ghost cultivator is most likely a casual cultivator and is not something to be feared.

Chen An took out a blank jade slip and copied the technique. He then waved his hand to put all the items back into the storage bag and threw it to Chen Kebao, saying, "You can keep the things inside, and leave the technique to Chen. Chen Duoduo."

Now Chen Qing is practicing hard and temporarily not paying attention to clan affairs. Everything in the clan is handled by Chen Duoduo.

Chen Kebao took the storage bag and left.

After he left, Chen An walked to the foot of the Kuxiu Mountain.

The task of searching for underground fire seems simple, but once you go deep underground, you will be eroded by the turbid air in the earth veins. Even a Jindan cultivator would be in danger deep inside. This task can only be done by Chen An himself.

Chen An was not in a hurry. He held a compass in his hand and searched around leisurely.

The area around Kuxiu Mountain is not barren and barren, but is surrounded by mountains, towering ancient trees, gurgling streams, singing birds and blooming flowers. It is a unique scenery.

The Chen family's mortal town, which was originally located not far from the foot of the mountain, was moved by Chen Qing to the heart of Qingyun Domain, close to the dynasty, many years ago.

Ordinary people, staying away from immortal cultivators, can actually reproduce better there.

Over the years, the population has exploded and is now comparable to the size of a large city, contributing a large number of fairy seedlings to the Chen family every year.

Chen An was flying at a low altitude and searched around without any results. He planned to go to the Cloud Valley not far ahead to see if there was any trace of underground fire.

In the area north of Kuxiu Mountain, there were two or three small mineral veins nearby a long time ago. However, over the years, they were dug out by Qingyun Sect, leaving only a few mine pits.

"Buzz!"

As he flew over the mine, the fire compass in his hand trembled, and the fire-colored pointer glowed red. The pointer, which had been motionless before, actually pointed to the middle of the compass.

"The underground fire is nearby!"

Chen An's face lit up with joy. He lowered himself and began to search in several nearby mines that were overgrown with weeds and vines.

Even a small mine is several miles in radius, but for a Nascent Soul cultivator, this distance is only a few steps.

Soon, Chen An searched the entire area with the compass. During this time, the fire-colored pointer kept swinging near the middle, and the value was roughly between forty and sixty, which also meant that the underground fire was at a depth of forty to sixty miles.

According to Master Qingshan, a depth of forty miles is considered to be relatively easy to mine among the underground fires.

Normally, underground fire is at a depth of about fifty miles. The underground fire in Qingyun Sect was discovered by the founder of the sect after digging for a full forty-five miles.

Chen Anju took a few quick glances and identified a location, which was the center of one of the mines.

This is where the shallowest underground fire nearby is located.

Chen An immediately took out a spiral-shaped magic weapon that he had obtained from Wu Jianquan and others. Under the power of magic, it was spinning hummingly and was perfect for digging the ground!

(End of this chapter)