Chapter 00415: Refining the Bone Attached Flame
# Refining the Bone-Attached Flame
Chapter 415
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 415: Refining the Bone-Attached Flame
May 6, 2022
Kuang Qi spoke with sincerity, "The cultivators of Silent God Valley are very unique. If you observe them carefully with your divine sense, you'll notice that their immortal aura is different from ordinary cultivators. There's a transcendent aura surrounding them, something that surpasses the usual immortal energy."
Is that so? Lan Xiaobu immediately directed his divine sense toward Pu Hen, who was restrained in the distance.
However, since Pu Hen was completely immobilized, there wasn't the slightest fluctuation of immortal energy around him.
"I know a huge secret about the Silent Pavilion Chamber of Commerce. If you spare my life, I'm willing to reveal it," Kuang Qi pleaded, desperate to survive.
Lan Xiaobu ignored Kuang Qi, re-sealed his restraints, and walked over to Pu Hen.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu approach, Pu Hen perked up, hoping that the information he possessed could buy him his life.
"I have a few questions for you. Some of them I already know the answers to, but whether you answer or not is up to you," Lan Xiaobu said.
"Feel free to ask, fellow Daoist. I swear I'll tell you everything I know," Pu Hen replied, his heart filled with bitterness.
He was from Silent God Valley, a place that stood above all others in the immortal realm.
Yet here he was, groveling for his life.
Just moments ago, he had been the one demanding answers from others.
Lan Xiaobu asked, "Your Silent God Valley is located in the law-breaking zone between the immortal and divine realms, right? Your cultivation methods are also different. You don't use immortal crystals or immortal spirit veins. What exactly do you use to cultivate?"
From Kuang Qi's words, Lan Xiaobu sensed that the energy used in Silent God Valley's cultivation must surpass immortal energy.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be that transcendent aura.
As for revealing that he knew the location of Silent God Valley, it was a tactic to make Pu Hen think he already knew a lot, making the questioning seem like a mere verification.
"..."
Pu Hen stared at Lan Xiaobu in shock.
The fact that Silent God Valley was located in the law-breaking zone between the immortal and divine realms was a secret known only to the strongest in Silent God Valley.
How did this person know? And how did he know about their cultivation methods?
These were supposed to be the secrets he was going to use to bargain for his life, but now that the other party already knew them, what was the point?
"Not willing to talk?" Lan Xiaobu said indifferently.
"No, no, I'm willing! I'm very willing!" Pu Hen hurriedly replied.
He didn't dare to hold back.
His life was likely forfeit, but he hoped that Lan Xiaobu wouldn't search his soul and would at least give him a chance to reincarnate.
"Silent God Valley is located at the junction of the immortal and divine realms. There, a small amount of divine energy leaks through. The cultivators of Silent God Valley can use this divine energy to convert their immortal energy into divine energy. In Silent God Valley, once you reach the Immortal Emperor realm, you can begin converting your energy. That's why cultivators from Silent God Valley are stronger than others at the same level. Not only that, but their cultivation speed is also the fastest," Pu Hen explained without holding anything back.
So it was divine energy leakage.
No wonder this guy was so powerful.
If it weren't for his lack of understanding of void array patterns, even Lan Xiaobu's ninth-level trapping and killing array wouldn't have been able to capture him.
"Mark the location of Silent God Valley on this spatial sphere. I want to verify if the information you provide is accurate," Lan Xiaobu said, tossing a blank spatial sphere to Pu Hen.
He didn't ask Kuang Qi to mark the location because he had already found a spatial jade slip in Kuang Qi's ring, which contained the coordinates of Silent God Valley.
Pu Hen quickly marked the location on the spatial sphere and handed it back to Lan Xiaobu.
After a quick glance, Lan Xiaobu confirmed that the coordinates were roughly correct.
He couldn't kill Pu Hen just yet.
As a member of Silent God Valley, Pu Hen undoubtedly had a soul lamp.
If Lan Xiaobu killed him, Silent God Valley would immediately know something had happened.
So, for now, he had to keep Pu Hen alive until his own cultivation level improved enough to deal with the consequences.
As for Kuang Qi, Lan Xiaobu was ready to reduce him to ashes.
"Five Universe King, I really do know a secret about the Silent Pavilion Chamber of Commerce," Kuang Qi said anxiously as Lan Xiaobu approached again.
He could sense Lan Xiaobu's intent to kill him.
"Speak. Let's see if your secret is worth your life," Lan Xiaobu said coldly.
Kuang Qi didn't dare to hesitate.
"The Silent Pavilion Chamber of Commerce can communicate with the higher realm and obtain some top-tier treasures. I don't know the specifics of how they do it, as only the head of the chamber, Leng Leng, handles such matters."
Lan Xiaobu wasn't impressed by the idea of communicating with the higher realm.
If the immortal realm couldn't communicate with the higher realm, the higher realm wouldn't be able to bring calamities to the immortal realm.
Moreover, this wasn't the first time he'd encountered such a thing.
The Divine Cloud Immortal Pool was also capable of it.
"Do you know where the Silent Pavilion Chamber of Commerce gets their void immortal marrow from?" Lan Xiaobu asked, as this was the question he was most interested in.
Kuang Qi was stunned for a moment, then a look of despair flashed in his eyes.
Lan Xiaobu clearly didn't care about the communication with the higher realm.
"I don't know. But since I've been very cooperative, I hope you'll at least give me a chance to reincarnate," Kuang Qi pleaded, making his final request.
Lan Xiaobu waved his hand, and a burst of flame reduced Kuang Qi to ashes.
Reincarnation? Whether Kuang Qi retained his memories or not, Lan Xiaobu had no intention of letting him reincarnate.
After dealing with Kuang Qi, Lan Xiaobu began his seclusion.
His first priority wasn't to improve his cultivation but to refine the gourd he had obtained from Qian Qiong.
The gourd contained the Bone-Attached Flame.
Qian Qiong had only refined less than one ten-thousandth of it, yet it had nearly burned Lan Xiaobu to death.
That tiny amount of Bone-Attached Flame had also allowed his Primal Eternal Flame to advance to a seventh-level immortal flame.
If he could fully refine this flame, it would become a powerful asset in the future.
However, refining the Bone-Attached Flame was no simple task.
Lan Xiaobu took out his time array disk.
Although the time array disk was limited by the rules of the realm and couldn't be used for cultivation or studying the Dao, it was perfect for refining items.
...
After Pu Hen's failed attempt to break into the Peace Hotel, both the Void Stone and the Void Plaza returned to their usual state.
As the opening of the Chaos Secret Realm drew closer, the plaza outside the Void Stone became increasingly bustling.
More and more cultivators came and went, and the Peace Hotel was almost always fully booked.
At its peak, the room rates had been inflated to nearly ten times their original price.
The Peace Hotel's rates were already exorbitant, and now they were being driven up to ten times that amount.
The prices were far beyond what ordinary cultivators could afford, and even Immortal Emperors would struggle to pay.
Some immortal sects and chambers of commerce that owned space on the Void Stone had converted their areas into rest pavilions.
No matter how many rest pavilions were added to the Void Stone, the rooms there remained the most sought-after.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside the time array disk, nearly a hundred years had gone by for Lan Xiaobu.
He had fully refined the gourd, which had a rather peculiar name: the Flame-less Gourd.
It was strange to call a gourd filled with Bone-Attached Flame the Flame-less Gourd.
However, refining the Bone-Attached Flame was extremely difficult.
In the first thirty years, Lan Xiaobu couldn't even refine one billionth of it.
This was mainly due to the vast difference in cultivation level between him and Qian Qiong.
Later, Lan Xiaobu changed his refining strategy.
He began using the Spirit Refining Technique to tear apart the Bone-Attached Flame.
At first, every time his divine sense touched the flame, it caused his primordial spirit to tremble.
The pain of tearing the flame was even more intense.
Lan Xiaobu had experienced the agony of having his soul torn apart, and the pain of refining the Bone-Attached Flame was no less severe.
After countless attempts, Lan Xiaobu realized that the pain was worth it.
Under the Spirit Refining Technique, the Bone-Attached Flame not only caused his divine sense to grow explosively but also sped up the refining process.
Moreover, the refining speed increased as his divine sense grew stronger and the amount of flame he tore apart increased.
After a hundred years in the time array disk, Lan Xiaobu had refined nearly one percent of the Bone-Attached Flame.
This meant that the amount of flame he had refined far exceeded what Qian Qiong had used to attack him.
However, this wasn't Lan Xiaobu's greatest gain.
His biggest achievement was the explosive growth of his divine sense.
The Spirit Refining Technique had advanced to the ninth level, and his divine sense was now comparable to that of a late-stage Immortal Emperor, even though his cultivation was only at the fourth level of the Immortal King realm.
With the Spirit Refining Technique at the ninth level and one percent of the Bone-Attached Flame refined, Lan Xiaobu decided to stop refining the flame for now.
He needed to use this time to improve his cultivation.
One percent of the Bone-Attached Flame was enough to burn even Pu Hen to ashes.
The biggest limitation he faced now wasn't the lack of resources but his own cultivation level.
Lan Xiaobu's cultivation method was different from others.
Besides using immortal marrow veins, he also had a large number of high-grade immortal spirit veins.
To speed up his cultivation, he even used some pills.
After nearly seven years, Lan Xiaobu finally managed to raise his cultivation to the sixth level of the Immortal King realm.
No matter how many resources one had, the higher one's cultivation level, the slower the progress.
Lan Xiaobu knew that although his Longevity Art was powerful, it also required an immense amount of resources.
In the entire immortal realm, few people could match the resources he had.
If he wanted to continue cultivating, there was perhaps only one place left for him: Silent God Valley.
Silent God Valley had divine energy leakage.
If he could use that divine energy to cultivate, his progress would be incredibly fast.
He had to go to Silent God Valley, not just to visit but to stay and cultivate there.
However, now wasn't the time.
It wasn't just because the Chaos Secret Realm was about to open, but also because his cultivation level was too low.
An Immortal King, especially one in the mid-stage, going to Silent God Valley would be suicidal.
When Lan Xiaobu left the Cosmic Dimension Matrix and stepped out of his cave, Gong Yunqi, Nie Xiangyu, and Gu Qiao were already waiting for him.
Not only that, but the entire end of the Void Stone was packed with people.
Lan Xiaobu scanned the area with his divine sense and found that it couldn't penetrate beyond the Void Stone.
In other words, the Void Stone had been sealed.
"Five Universe King!" As soon as Lan Xiaobu appeared, many Immortal Court Kings came forward to greet him.
Even Shen Sen, who wished he could kill Lan Xiaobu on the spot, gave him a distant fist salute.
A faint ripple had appeared at the end of the Void Stone, a clear sign that the Void Island was about to open.
Qiao Xing took out a ring and handed it to Lan Xiaobu.
"Immortal Lord, we've auctioned off our secret realm slots. This contains the immortal crystals."
This time, only two people from the Five Realms Immortal World were entering the Chaos Secret Realm: Lan Xiaobu and Qiao Xing.
The extra slots had been auctioned off by Qiao Xing.
"Five Universe King, I have a proposal," Wu Qiancheng said as he approached, giving Lan Xiaobu a respectful salute.
He knew his own reputation wasn't strong enough, so having Lan Xiaobu present his idea would carry more weight.
(End of Chapter)