Ru Xin also realised she had lost her composure. She shook her head gently. "Just pretend I didn't say anything. I'm afraid I can't help you with this." Her long eyelashes cast a deep shadow, preventing Li Qingshan from seeing her eyes.
Li Qingshan sank into his thoughts. As the cloud rapidly travelled south, Ru Xin's words gradually faded away. In the end, she fell completely silent, staring towards the south for a very long time.
When the sun set in the west and the stars filled the sky, Li Qingshan said, "We've arrived at Savage mountain!"
Ru Xin said inside, The south, I've returned!
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Fire Melt mountain stretched for several hundred kilometers. It was a huge mountain range. The rocks were scarlet-red like fire, and there was not a single blade of grass growing on it. There was only a vermillion colour. Bamb-like plants grew and grew, like clumps of fire.
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Li Qingshan and Little Ann gazed down from the cloud. All they saw was that the mountains were like fire. Every single scarlet-red peak seemed to be burning, like a sea of fire that spanned several hundred kilometers.
At the centre of the sea of fire was a huge volcano that stood several thousand meters tall. The rocks had already crystallized, and firelight seeped out from the belly of the volcano. At first glance, it seemed like a ball of flowing, scarlet fire.
"The entire mountain is actually made of fire spiritual stone. If I can cultivate here, my Phoenix Transformation will definitely advance rapidly. It's no wonder the phoenix used this place as a cultivation dwelling in the past!"
Li Qingshan had once cultivated in a group of volcanoes to the north of the Mist province. He found it quite nice, but compared to Fire Melt mountain, it was nothing worth mentioning.
Several hundred pillars of black smoke rose into the air. This was the smoke produced by active volcanoes that erupted all year round. The smoke condensed without dispersing, resonating with one another from afar. It seemed to possess some intelligence, entangling with one another in the air like snakes.
Great rivers flowed down from the crater of the volcanoes or gushed out from the cracks. They flowed around in channels that were clearly man-made, forming a complicated inscription that gathered power.
"This is a colossal formation." Little Ann was afraid Li Qingshan did not understand what he was trying to say, so he added, "Even if the King of Southern Yue wants to launch an attack, he'll have to pay a corresponding price."
In other words, even if they went as far as to expose themselves, it was impossible for them to take down Fire Melt mountain. Despite their strength. It was comparable to three heavenly tribulations. However, the purpose of the Fire Melt mountain formation's existence had always been to fend off opponents at this level.
Li Qingshan nodded. Across the entire Mist province, only the fire devourers did not fear the King of Southern Yue. He ignored the Banyan Tree King. He must have something to rely on.
Fire devourers were renowned for their violent and warlike nature among otherfolk. They could be said to be a warlike race, and they had occupied such a treasured land for thousands of years. The strength it contained was truly immeasurable.
Apart from the formation and the Fire Devouring King, no one was bold enough to say whether Fire Melt mountain had any other king level masters.
The lifespans of otherfolk paled in comparison to daemons, but they were much longer than humans, and they were born with the spiritual nature of the world. In terms of bloodline, only descendants of clans and certain exotic beasts could rival them.
They could be described as possessing the advantages of two races at the same time. They could be described as "prodigies of heaven".
This point was extremely evident with Ye Liusu and her sisters. Among the group of friends Li Qingshan knew in the Clear River prefecture, basically all of them could be described as geniuses, but they were still stuck at Foundation Establishment. Not a single one of them had undergone the second heavenly tribulation. Just how many years had it taken for his father-in-law, Han Anjun, to undergo the second heavenly tribulation?
Although the three of them had Li Qingshan's assistance and some guidance from the Banyan Tree King, their cultivation speed was still startlingly fast. And, apart from them, there were a few other night roamers who were close to the second heavenly tribulation. They were all matriarchs and princesses of past night roamer clans.
The bloodline of regular night roamers was equivalent to descendants of clans. Their talent was great. Even though they were not as great as Chu Tian's Five Elements constitution, Yu Zijian's Pure Yang constitution was not too far off.
And, they were the best of the best among the night roamers. However, they had been suppressed by Helicoverpa Rosa for many years, unable to unleash their full potential. They had basically built up their strength now.
If Li Qingshan was not stingy with Origin Spirit pills, he would be able to obtain a group of powerful night roamer assassins in just a few years. He also understood why the Great Xia empire allowed the sale of otherfolk as slaves and why they did everything they could to suppress them.
Legend had it that the nine provinces had once been ruled by otherfolk in the ancient times. Otherfolk were known as "godfolk". They established divine kingdoms and enslaved humans and daemons. Afterwards, they only overthrew them by combining the strength of the two races while the otherfolk were in conflict.
"Looks like the fire devourers really are a tough bone to chew!" Li Qingshan waved his hand. "Profound Light Illuminates All!"
The Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell condensed into a sphere in the surroundings before suddenly dispersing. Every single piece illuminated a scene, illuminating Fire Melt mountain down to the slightest detail. Fire devourers could be seen playing and fighting in the magma and flames, as well as red stone structures in a crude style that sat on the two banks of the Fire Seam river.
Li Qingshan waved his hand again, and the Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell stacked together. He gazed at the huge, red, crystal-like volcano on the main peak like a pair of binoculars.
In the crater of the volcano was a majestic city built on the rock face. Long corridors wound around it, leading straight to the very bottom of the volcano. The weakest fire devourers who could reside and move about here had undergone the first heavenly tribulation. There were so many of them that it would make many large sects ashamed.
A palace hall that seemed to be carved out of red crystals was located at the bottom. Its foundation was also a thick layer of red crystals that covered the entire crater. Flames were surging under the crystals, as though they were ice formed from fire. That was the purest Fire Spirit Stone of the highest quality.
Firelight flowed through every single piece of fire spiritual rock. It was beautiful. That was where the royal court of the fire devourers resided.
"Found it!"
Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. In the very centre of the crater was a huge wutong tree. Its roots were deeply rooted in the fire spiritual rock, extending into the magma. Its pale-white trunk and fiery-red leaves gave off a holy glow.
That was the legendary divine wutong tree, the habitat of the phoenix.
Just by glancing at it from afar, Li Qingshan felt a sense of familiarity and closeness, like a wanderer who had left home for many years had returned.
The wutong tree seemed to be calling out to him. No, not him, but the phoenix. The phoenix would never return!
"Who's so bold as to spy on my Fire Melt mountain!?"
A furious voice exploded in Li Qingshan's ears like a volcano eruption, filled with violent fury.
A streak of fire rushed out of the crater like a meteor flying in the opposite direction, flying towards Li Qingshan.
"The White Hawk commander, Li Qingshan!" Li Qingshan stood with his arms crossed and stated his name. He asked, "Fellow, are you the Fire Devouring King, Zhu Yan?"
With a boom, the meteor suddenly came to a halt. A bare-chested man in his prime strode out of the flames. His face was handsome and rugged, like he had been carved from red rock. His fiery hair burned fiercely as he held a spear in his hand. His fiery-red eyes stared at Li Qingshan, producing two sparks.
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