Chapter 198: Spirit Flame Tower
Wanluo Academy ranked fourth in the final results, Canglan Valley, Bailemen, Tianyan Pavilion, and Yulong Sect, all of them were behind.
This achievement is equivalent to the academy being able to make a request to each of these five sects, which can cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
In terms of personal achievements, Jing Shifang ranked third behind Jiang Bingyue and Gu Feng.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that these two people gathered the power of the entire sect, and the name Jing Shifang also became famous among the major sects, leaving a deep impression on the elders.
But the third is the third, and all the eight lottery tickets fell into Jiang Bingyue's hands, and they had nothing to do with others.
All the twenty-three dragon carp eggs harvested by Jing Shifang were handed over to Dean Xun Yuanheng to refine pills so as to exert its maximum effect.
The Dragon Carp Banquet has not ended yet, and the following is a very lengthy negotiation process, handling various disputes and distributing interests.
Jing Shifang had no interest in those people, so he applied to President Bai Shi and withdrew early.
"I have prepared a mount, and I will change it in Luzhou halfway through, and go to the underground Spirit Flame Tower in one breath."
Outside the Huang family's king's garden, Huang Dilong led two smoke-squirting beasts, ready to go.
"It seems that you are very well prepared." Jing Shifang turned over and rode on one of the smoke-squirting beasts. The two of them passed the voice to talk to each other next to Huaqing Pool.
This expedition was set up half a year ago. As one of the earliest medieval relics unearthed in the Great Wilderness, the essence of the treasures in the Luzhou underground flame tower have been plundered over and over again.
However, the spirit flame stone brick condensed from the earth's center of the Spirit Flame Tower is also considered a strange object and can be used as a material for refining tools.
Moreover, seeing Huang Dilong's intriguing look, he could not only satisfy himself by picking up a few stone bricks of spirit flames, but he probably had deeper plans.
In recent years, there have been many lucky people who have found treasures in the Spirit Flame Tower. With the scale of a medieval ruin, no matter how you search, there will always be fish that miss the net, but the number is getting smaller and smaller.
Luzhou is the closest state to the same deserted capital. One day, he arrived at an inn in Luzhou. He had prepared two full-body smoke-squirting beasts waiting for them to replace them.
After a short rest, after changing mounts, Jing Shifang and Huang Dilong continued to set off.
These stations were arranged by Huangshi, centered on Huangdu and scattered within thousands of miles of surrounding areas to convey emergency information and travel far away.
When the Great Wilderness Dynasty was at its peak, the network of post stations could spread throughout the country, but it was not like the current situation that it was just spreading along the wasteland.
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The land under my feet was dry and cracked, and there was no sign of water flowing, and the river also exposed the dried riverbed.
After entering the radius of the Lingyan Tower, the air was filled with a heat factor, and the temperature rose by more than ten degrees.
It is rare that there are a few tenacious plants growing on this land, all of which are yellow and curled up on the surface without any greenness.
"No wonder you asked them to prepare several buckets of ice water at the inn to bring them with you. This ghost place is really hard to wait. The water in your body evaporates too quickly."
There is a layer of true energy on the surface of Jing Shifang's skin, which can isolate the main heat and minimize the influence of external environmental factors.
But this kind of dryness and heat even distorted the air in the distance. In places where the heat waves are rolling, even innate warriors will be affected by inconvenience and it is normal for people to disappear.
There was a string of ice beads on Huang Dilong's wrist, and ice and snow were whistling across it, forming an icy area.
This ice-type treasure made him live comfortably and freely in this environment.
"Luzhou was originally a rich and fertile land. Since the underground spirit flame tower was born, the surrounding environment has become worse and worse. At present, not only is the population of hundreds of miles in this area disappearing, but half of Luzhou has been affected, and the temperature has risen, resulting in a significant reduction in grain production. Compared with the data from 5,000 years ago, the population of Luzhou has dropped by more than half."
Huang Dilong's position in the Huang clan was a bit awkward, but after all, he was a child of the royal family in the Great Wilderness, so it was quite convenient to check some information and history.
"A predecessor once inferred that the Spirit Flame Tower itself is a powerful treasure beyond our imagination. It was just that thousands of years ago when the country's power was not yet declined, and it was unable to shake the essence of the Spirit Flame Tower. Now it is even more impossible to do it."
As Huang Dilong said, the closer it is to the underground Spirit Flame Tower, the higher the temperature. Even the smoke-squirting beasts began to get anxious and dashed their hooves and circled.
The smoke and clouds in the mouth and nose are lost in shape, scattered and unshakable, and are confused.
"Leave the smoke-squirting beasts here, they will not play any role any further." Jing Shifang comforted the riding beasts under his seat. No matter how good the smoke-squirting beasts are, they are just low-level monsters. If they were replaced with the four-armed cloud camel, they would not be so unbearable.
"That mound is nice, cool and sheltered from the wind. When we come out of the Spirit Flame Tower, they should still be able to stay alive."
Huang Dilong nodded. This was just a trivial matter.
Both of them are the top warriors in the younger generation of the Great Wilderness. The remaining dozens of miles of paths without riding beasts is a piece of cake. After a moment, they arrive in front of their destination.
"Is this the Spirit Flame Tower... It's really not good-looking."
Jing Shifang looked at it for a while before giving an evaluation.
The Spirit Flame Tower is different from ordinary relics. It is about three floors tall and square gray tower, and there is no trace of majesticity. If it weren't for the dark fire coming out from time to time, flashing with fire, it would be no different from ordinary old towers.
At least on the surface, that's it.
"When the Spirit Flame Tower was born, the third floor of the surface was the place where treasures were accumulated the most. All sects fought fiercely here, almost becoming a Shura field. However, now, it is too far from the yin fire in the center of the earth, and no effective spirit flame stone bricks will appear. It can be said to be worthless." This is not the first time Huang Dilong came to the Spirit Flame Tower, and he is already quite familiar with this.
"How many layers are there in the spiritual flame tower underground?"
Before this trip, Jing Shifang specially found golden classics about the underground spirit flame tower in Luzhou, but many records were vague and numerous.
"Fifteenth floor, with our strength, it is best not to go to the last three floors. The yin fire in the center of the earth is enough to burn us to ashes."
Huang Dilong stretched out his palm and pushed it. A layer of lava-like barrier at the entrance of the Spirit Flame Tower was shattered by the palm wind and entered.
The Spirit Flame Tower is a highly developed medieval ruin, and the treasure has been taken away for ten thousand, but it does not mean that it has no unsolved secrets.
For example, the Yin Fire of the Earth's Center is hidden deep under the Earth's Veins, and the fifteenth floor of the Spirit Flame Tower is at most a hundred feet. In any case, it is impossible to hook such a majestic and pure Yin Fire of the Earth's Center.
At that time, the senior leaders of several major sects also entered the fifteenth floor to explore the truth, but still failed to find the reason, and finally had no choice but to withdraw.
Also, there is no sign of the origin of the Spirit Flame Tower in any classic record. Unlike other relics, you can always find clues. You probably know which powerful man left it.
This point was not cracked even after obtaining a large number of treasures in the Spirit Flame Tower.
The underground spirit flame tower seemed to be like it. An earthquake caused the ash tower to rush out of the ground and create it out of thin air.
Jing Shifang reached out and touched the wall of the Lingyan Tower. It was a little hot. Every brick and stone fit into the tower, without moving at all.
When I entered the first floor underground, my whole body suddenly felt hot, and the space I was in was much larger than the previous floor.
With this as the center point, dozens of channels spread out in all directions, dividing the space into sections.
"Let's separate, and we all rely on our luck. Half a month later, we will gather at the entrance of the Spirit Flame Tower. How about it?"
The distribution of Lingyan stone bricks is completely random and there is no rule to follow, except that the lower the number of layers, the more production the product.
The two people gathered together and were alone in terms of efficiency. It would be better to act separately. Whoever could find it belongs to whom, and it would save the trouble of distribution.
Jing Shifang nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll see you in half a month."
"Remember, don't go down to the last third floor of the Spirit Flame Tower. I wish you some special gains." After a few ups and downs, Huang Dilong had disappeared from the distance of the passage.
Jing Shifang chose a path that was completely opposite to Huang Dilong and went down the road.
On the road, occasionally a fire snake would rush out and rush towards him. Just a casual finger and a sneer, the fire snake dispersed from beginning to end, turned into wisps of Mars and drilled into the surface.
These are not real earth-center yin fires, but just defective fireworks derived from earth-center yin fires, and their power has decreased by more than one level.
With the small number of them, it is naturally extremely easy to deal with.
"There are probably not many spiritual flame stone bricks in this layer. If you want to gain something, you should go to the lower layers sooner."
After Jing Shifang came to this conclusion, he accelerated his steps under his feet and headed towards the entrance to the next floor.
On the stone wall where you pass, an empty stone frame appears at every distance, with different shapes. It can be seen that it was originally used as a placement utensil.
More than 5,000 years ago, when the Spirit Flame Tower was just unearthed, these stone racks were filled with various treasures, allowing the first batch of people who entered here to pick them up and get something out of their way.
Now, it is obviously impossible.
Perhaps there are still untaken treasures in the hidden passages below, but you must have extraordinary luck to find them.
Jing Shifang did not waste time on the first floor, and spent a quarter of an hour to find out the direction and entered the second floor.
Then he kept walking to the sixth floor of the underground of the Lingyan Tower. The yin fire in the center of the earth was blooming on the passages, as if he was trapped in a sea of fire.
As long as it touches a little, the earth's yin fire will continue to burn. In addition to those specific means of restraint, it will burn endlessly, making people a mummy.
In such an environment, Jing Shifang dared not be too scrutinized. He walked slowly forward, raising his sword to deal with these vicious earthly center yin fire.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Chapter completed!