Ye Fan’s soul power turned into a giant hand and grabbed the fire spirit’s head.
The fire spirit was grabbed and immediately became angry, “If you want to make a contract with me, I will burn you to death.”
Ye Fan suddenly felt like his soul was being burned. However, Ye Fan’s soul was so vast that it soon stabilized.
The fire spirit burned for a long time. Seeing that Ye Fan had no reaction, he suddenly said in surprise, “You are not a Foundation Establishment. Are you a God Transformation?”
Ye Fan looked at the fire spirit, smiled and said, “Well, one day I will reach God Transformation. I am actually the reincarnation of the Great Luo Immortal. Not only can I reach God Transformation, I can also become the Jade Emperor*.”
Xu Mingyang was stunned when he heard this. Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Ye Fan had watched too many cartoons and started talking nonsense again, but Xu Mingyang seemed to be really frightened.
The fire spirit rolled its eyes and suddenly became furious, “Jade Emperor. What is the Jade Emperor?”
”The Jade Emperor is the Jade Emperor.” Ye Fan said.
The fire spirit suddenly became furious, “You lied to me, you miscellaneous spiritual roots trash!”
Ye Fan said, dissatisfied, “I am a miscellaneous spiritual roots, but not trash!”
”Those who have miscellaneous spiritual roots are all trash.” The fire spirit howled.
”Okay, if you say it’s trash, then it’s trash. You will be contracted by this miscellaneous spiritual roots cultivator.” Ye Fan showed a ferocious smile.
The fire spirit said angrily, “I don’t want to be enslaved by others. Even if I have to recognize a master, I still want to recognize a genius as my master!”
”Oh, then you are lucky. I am a peerless genius,” Ye Fan said.
The fire spirit looked at Ye Fan with disdain.
Ye Fan’s soul imprint fell on the fire spirit.
The fire spirit flashed left and right, but could not escape Ye Fan’s movements. The moment Ye Fan’s soul imprint fell on the fire spirit’s head, the fire spirit broke free, and a bunch of flames burned the entire cave residence courtyard. The cave residence courtyard exploded with a bang and was instantly reduced to ashes.
Ye Fan looked at the burned down cave residence courtyard and said with agitation, “You prodigal son, do you know how much this cave residence spiritual artifact cost me?”
The fire spirit ignored Ye Fan, hugged its head, and said with agitation, “It’s over, it’s over, it’s over! I was contracted by a fool.”
Ye Fan: “…”
Ye Fan activated the soul imprint, and the fire spirit shrank uncontrollably. Ye Fan took the opportunity to put the fire spirit into the mirror again.
”This bastard! The cave residence courtyard has been destroyed, and there is also a problem with the protective formation,” Ye Fan said.
Xu Mingyang looked at the burned down courtyard and said, “Don’t worry about this cave residence. I think we may be in trouble.”
Ye Fan’s soul power spread out slightly, and he said a little depressedly, “There are so many people coming in our direction. It’s really troublesome.”
”Let’s leave here first,” Xu Mingyang said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
Although after Jiang Baihe’s incident, there were fewer people staring at Ye Fan, the heavenly fire made such a big commotion just now and everyone should have noticed.
……
Not long after Ye Fan and the others left, a dozen cultivators rushed over.
”The breath of heavenly fire. The heavenly fire has appeared here.”
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”Ye Fan’s cave residence was destroyed. Could it be that there was a fierce battle between Ye Fan and the heavenly fire?”
”No wonder I couldn’t find the breath of heavenly fire. It turns out that the heavenly fire was hiding in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Forest.”
”Did Ye Fan already know that the heavenly fire was hidden here, so he placed his cave residence here?”
”I wondered why this guy seemed to have a special liking for the bamboo forest and was unwilling to move. So that’s why.”
”This guy Ye Fan is really cunning and scheming. I really underestimated him.”
……
A group of cultivators were discussing, and most of the cultivators tended to believe that the heavenly fire had fallen into Ye Fan’s hands.
For a time, a group of cultivators in the secret realm formed an alliance to jointly search for Ye Fan’s whereabouts.
……
Ye Fan was hiding in an abandoned cave residence, playing with a formation flag.
”I don’t have enough formation tools, so I can only set up a simple protective formation,” Ye Fan said.
Xu Mingyang nodded and said, “Okay, it’s better than nothing.”
To conquer heavenly fire, the first step was to catch it, the second step was to imprint it with one’s soul imprint, and the third step was to fuse it.
And Ye Fan had just completed the imprinting. Although Ye Fan left a soul imprint on the fire spirit, this only temporarily established a connection between Ye Fan and the fire spirit. If there was a problem during the fusing process, he was very likely to be burned to ashes.
Many cultivators had died in the last step of fusion.
The fire spirit looked at Ye Fan with bared teeth and claws. His face was very ferocious, but he seemed to be afraid of something. He just bared his teeth in protest and made no further moves.
Bai Yunxi felt that the heavenly fire was like a chained wolf at this moment, ready to fight back at any time!
Ye Fan cooked a pot of medicinal soup, and the onion fire spirit finally calmed down, its whole body sinking into the cauldron where Ye Fan cooked the medicinal soup.
Ye Fan originally thought that the herbs that the fire spirit liked were very stinky when boiled. Now that the onion was added to the medicinal soup, it became even stinkier. Ao Xiaobao, who was always chattering, could not stand the smell and had already hidden in the Ghost Banner.
”It finally stopped, but the smell really stinks.” Ye Fan couldn’t help but pinch his nose.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “Can you try to fuse it?”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes.”
Xu Mingyang frowned, looked at Ye Fan, and said, “Be careful.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
Ye Fan took advantage of the heavenly fire’s drunkenness and introduced the heavenly fire into his dantian. As soon as the heavenly fire entered his dantian, Ye Fan felt that his entire dantian was about to explode.
Ye Fan’s whole body was boiling hot, and his whole body was like a furnace.
Balls of cyan smoke came out from the top of Ye Fan’s head. After the smoke started coming out from the top of his head, Ye Fan’s body was also enveloped in flames, and his whole person seemed to be enveloped in a sea of fire.
Ye Fan suddenly fell to the ground, howling in pain.
……
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and couldn’t help but feel anxious.
”Brother Xu, what happened to him?”
Xu Mingyang gritted his teeth and said, “It seems to be indigestion. After all, it is heavenly fire!” It was not easy even for a Golden Core cultivator to tame heavenly fire. No matter how powerful Ye Fan was, he was still just at Foundation Establishment. It would be easy to say if it was a newly born heavenly fire, but the flame of life had already awakened spiritual wisdom and its level was obviously not low.
”Then what should we do? If he continues to burn like this, I’m afraid he will be burned to death!” Bai Yunxi couldn’t help but say.
Xu Mingyang took a deep breath and said, “Actually, it’s not completely impossible.” Xu Mingyang originally entered the secret realm for the purpose of subduing heavenly fire to heal his soul. For this reason, Xu Mingyang had investigated many things related to heavenly fire.
Bai Yunxi looked at Xu Mingyang and said, “Is there a way?”
”I see that your physique seems to be one of ice marrow,” Xu Mingyang said.
Bai Yunxi looked at Xu Mingyang in shock and said, “Did Ye Fan tell you?”
Xu Mingyang shook his head and said, “No. Although Ye Fan seems to have no filter in what he says, he still rarely reveals anything about you. I can tell because I have natural spiritual eyes*.”
”Natural spiritual eyes! Ye Fan has never mentioned it.”
”That’s not surprising. My family doesn’t know,” Xu Mingyang said.
Bai Yunxi: “…”
”When the ice marrow physique erupts, it will produce a strong cold energy, which can freeze the surroundings. I can trigger your physique to erupt. Then, you and him… dual cultivate. In this way, you can kill two birds with one stone. Next time your physique erupts, it won’t be as serious, and Ye Fan’s current predicament can be solved,” Xu Mingyang said.
Thousands of thoughts ran through Bai Yunxi’s mind, and finally he chose to believe Xu Mingyang. Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Okay.”
……
Xu Mingyang stood guard at the entrance of the cave residence, monitoring the movements outside the cave residence.
The Taotie ghost floated beside Xu Mingyang, his eyes wide open.
”Boss Xu, it’s not easy for you!” Ao Xiaobao said.
Xu Mingyang looked at Ao Xiaobao and asked, “What’s so difficult about it?”
”The two guys inside are enjoying themselves, but you are guarding the door for them here. Those two guys are too incompetent,” Ao Xiaobao said.
Xu Mingyang: “…”
”You seem to be envious of Bai Yunxi! Do you also have a crush on Ye Fan?” Ao Xiaobao asked.
Xu Mingyang shook his head and said, “No, I just think that Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi have a really good relationship, which is really enviable.” In the past, the little prince of Blue Cloud Sect was knowledgeable in all matters of cultivation, and he could clear up confusion with one word. But his mind was still like a child’s. He didn’t understand anything about the affairs between men and women.
The female cultivators in the sect who were interested in him were all winking at a blind man.
Xu Mingyang once thought that Ye Fan would never grow up, but he did not expect that Ye Fan would be so enthusiastic when he liked someone.
He just didn’t know if Ye Fan’s brother from the same mother* would ever like someone in that way. Right now, it seemed that what that person liked most was the sword, and it seemed that he wanted to live with his sword for a lifetime.
”I see! Let me just say, it’s not easy for this guy, Ye Fan, to make Bai Yunxi fall in love with him. Not everyone is as blind as Bai Yunxi,” Ao Xiaobao said.
Xu Mingyang: “…”
A warm moan passed into Xu Mingyang’s ears, and Xu Mingyang couldn’t help but blush.
Ao Xiaobao chuckled.
There was a sound of the cave residence being attacked. Xu Mingyang couldn’t help but stand up and say, “Someone can’t hold back anymore.”
Xu Mingyang raised his sword and went out.
……
In the room.
Ye Fan hugged Bai Yunxi and let out a happy sigh.
Bai Yunxi’s body was ice cold, and the cold energy flowed into Ye Fan’s body.
The heavenly fire’s fire spirit raging in Ye Fan’s body said a little irritably, “Idiot, what kind of wife have you found? It’s freezing to death. Have you had enough? It’s broad daylight doing this kind of thing and you’re not ashamed.”
The cold energy from Bai Yunxi’s body continued to flow into Ye Fan’s body, and the fire spirit gradually calmed down.
The fire spirit gradually sank into Ye Fan’s dantian and merged with Ye Fan’s dantian.
Ye Fan, who had regained his mobility, suddenly opened his eyes, and a bad premonition entered Ye Fan’s perception.
Ye Fan put the unconscious Bai Yunxi aside, took his spiritual weapon and rushed out quickly.
……
In mid-air, Xu Mingyang was covered in blood, looking into the distance with cold eyes.
After fighting for a long time, Xu Mingyang killed eight Foundation Establishment cultivators in a row. However, after the continuous fierce fighting, Xu Mingyang was covered in blood. Xu Mingyang showed his power, which shocked several cultivators who originally thought Xu Mingyang was useless.
”Fellow Daoist Xu, you and Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi are not related, so why are you working so hard for two foreign cultivators?”
Xu Mingyang said calmly, “Ye Fan saved me. Such a life-saving grace should be repaid with a gushing spring*.”
”The life-saving grace is not worth the desperate efforts of Fellow Daoist Xu. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Xu was saved on Ye Fan’s bed?”
”Fellow Daoist Xu, your vision is not very good! Ye Fan is just a native of a barren continent.”
”No need to talk nonsense with him. He is dying anyway.”
”Yes, don’t waste time with him. You must not let Ye Fan and the heavenly fire complete the fusion.”
……
Ye Fan ran out, looked at the cultivators gathered outside the cave residence, and then looked at Xu Mingyang, who was covered in blood, roared angrily, and said, “You all go to hell.”
Ye Fan summoned five puppets with full firepower.
Ye Fan took out the Rongtian Mirror and swept it around.
The few cultivators who had no time to escape were stunned when they were illuminated by the light from the Rongtian Mirror.
After contracting heavenly fire, Ye Fan could activate the Rongtian Mirror with spiritual fire, and the number of times he could activate the Rongtian Mirror increased several times.
When Xu Mingyang saw Ye Fan coming out, he let out a sigh of relief and collapsed.
……
When Ye Fan saw Xu Mingyang collapse, he didn’t care to chase the cultivators who fled, but instead placed Xu Mingyang in the cave residence.
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T/N: *Jade Emperor – the ruler of heaven in Chinese mythology.
*Natural spiritual eyes – can also be translated as innate spiritual eyes. It’s a type of cultivation talent one can only have from birth (like certain magical talents in Harry Potter, kekkei genkai in Naruto, etc.). Different types of natural/innate talents and physiques will appear in this story. This particular one means Xu Mingyang can see things ordinary cultivators cannot – in this case, he can see Yunxi’s physique even though he’s wearing a talisman to hide it.
*They’re not trying to imply there are some other sketchy half siblings or anything. They’re specifying “from the same mother” here to indicate closeness between the siblings.
*Xu Mingyang is using the second half of one of my favorite idioms – the actual idiom is, a drop of water given in need should be repaid with a gushing spring. Since a life-saving grace is more than a drop of water, he’s emphasizing his help is even more justified.
Thanks for the translation!!!!!
So XM does have some feelings for YF’s brother but the brother is too into cultivation to notice? 😂