Immortal Refiner

Chapter 653 Ruby Honeycomb

Red magma rolled out, and the whole sky was covered with black smoke, and the light suddenly dimmed.

The volcano that just erupted was covered with hot magma on the dark mountain. The magma slowly flowed down, gradually cooled, and re-deposited into the charred surface of the ground.

On the snake-headed spirit boat, Li Qing shook his hand slightly, and the magic power in his body rippled out, blocking the rolling hot breath in the air.

After watching the magnificent spectacle of the volcanic eruption, Li Qing turned his attention to the central area of ​​the volcanic group.

There was a huge pit surrounded by multiple volcanoes. It was bottomless inside. If you just look at it with the naked eye, you can't see anything at all.

The whole cave entrance is very large, as wide as a giant mountain.

"Senior Li, this is the Fire Cliff Cave. Once you go in, you will see that the paths inside are connected in all directions and full of various dangers." Cao Xiu explained.

After observing for a while, Li Qing nodded silently.

"Well, let's go along the route recorded on your map and take a look."

Li Qing naturally did not believe in the route recorded on the scroll, but entered the Fire Cliff Cave with an exploratory mentality.

However, he is now a cultivator who has reached the perfect stage of Jindan. Even if there is any danger, he is confident that he can easily deal with it.

For example, the hive of the Fire Jade Bee is a fatal danger to other casual cultivators once they encounter it.

But if Li Qing encounters it, he will definitely try to subdue the Fire Jade Bee Queen!

He is naturally very jealous of this kind of spiritual insect. Once he really controls it in his hands, it means that he will have another means to rely on in the future.

If he cultivates it carefully enough, even if he becomes a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in the future, it can play a significant role.

In addition to fighting against enemies, this Fire Jade Bee will also produce a spiritual object called Fire Source Paste, which is of great benefit to cultivators who practice the Fire Dao technique.

Of course, the quality of the fire source paste is also divided, which is related to the strength level of the fire jade bee.

If Li Qing can cultivate the queen of the fire jade bee into a fourth-level or even a fifth-level spirit insect, then the top-quality fire source paste brewed by it will definitely be a real treasure in the world.

In this way, with these beautiful thoughts and ideas, Li Qing led Cao Xiu into the Fire Cliff Cave.

Just as they approached the edge, the two felt a surge of scorching air rushing towards them.

Fortunately, with Li Qing's resistance, these scorching air were nothing.

Deep into the Fire Cliff Cave, Cao Xiu took out the scroll he got from the secret auction and began to go deeper into it according to the route recorded on it.

The surrounding darkness did not cause too much hindrance to the two. Li Qing's spiritual consciousness was released and easily included the surrounding environment in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Before they walked far, Li Qing really learned how complicated the path inside this Fire Cliff Cave was.

Each passage inside is connected to the other three passages. Once you step into one of the passages, you will find that there are three passages in front of you again.

By analogy, this constitutes the extremely complex route of the entire Fire Cliff Cave. Even a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Period will easily get lost if he enters it.

"If there is no clear route, you may even find yourself back to the entrance of the cave while walking." Cao Xiu sighed deeply.

Li Qing did not reply. He touched the surrounding cave walls with his hand.

These cave walls are not simple either. Unlike the rough stone walls imagined, the cave walls here are somewhat smooth, and the texture feels like touching a thick layer of warm jade.

Along the way, the two did not encounter any danger worth mentioning, that is, the temperature in the surrounding air became increasingly hot.

It seems that the route recorded in the map that Cao Xiu got from the secret auction seems to be correct.

Just as Li Qing was thinking this, suddenly, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the hole below!

Buzz! Buzz!

The sound sounded like a large number of bees flapping their wings at the same time, making an extremely piercing noise!

"It's the Fire Jade Bee!" Cao Xiu subconsciously shrank his neck, the pain of the fire poison still lingering in his heart.

But Li Qing's eyes lit up. Wasn't the purpose of his trip for this kind of spiritual insect?

So why would he retreat?

Immediately, Li Qing strode towards the passage where the buzzing sound came from. He planned to use these Fire Jade Bees to find the location of the beehive.

As he turned left and right, the sound of the Fire Jade Bees flapping their wings finally became extremely clear.

The next moment, after turning around the passage in front of him, Li Qing found a large group of red Fire Jade Bees gathered together, forming a red ball-like thing.

Before Li Qing could make a move, these Fire Jade Bees rushed directly towards Li Qing.

"So ferocious, stinging people when they see them?"

Li Qing raised his eyebrows slightly after seeing this, and was also shocked by the temperament of these Fire Jade Bees.

But he was not panicking, but stretched out his left hand calmly.

In the palm of Li Qing's hand, a group of cold white flames erupted, and a white wall of fire instantly formed in front of him.

All the fire jade bees were like moths to a flame, rushing towards the wall of fire formed by Li Qing's release of the Netherworld Cold Fire.

Li Qing originally thought that these fire jade bees would be burned into slag immediately, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

Each fire jade bee stayed in the fire wall and began to absorb and devour the Netherworld Cold Fire!

Soon, he thought of the record about fire jade bees in the Record of Wonderful Insects of Heaven and Earth.

This bee feeds on spiritual objects containing fire essence, and the true essence of the cultivators who practice the fire way is one of their favorite nutrients.

"It's interesting. It seems that these fire jade bees have a strong inhibitory effect on the cultivators who practice the fire way."

Li Qing muttered to himself, and then sneered:

"But this is not an ordinary fire, but a Netherworld Cold Fire that can directly kill the spirit body!"

As soon as the voice fell, Li Qing clenched his hand.

Boom!

The fire wall formed by the Netherworld Cold Fire suddenly shrank, and its temperature and breath became a little colder.

Then, a crisp sound came from the ground, like big and small beads falling on a jade plate.

Crackling!

All the Fire Jade Bees that had just devoured the Netherworld Cold Fire fell to the ground, deader than dead.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire is not so easy to refine. After being devoured by the Netherworld Cold Fire, it has not completely disconnected from Li Qing.

Li Qing immediately mobilized these Netherworld Cold Fires to directly target the spirits of all the Fire Jade Bees, instantly wiping out the consciousness of all the Fire Jade Bees.

In this way, a large number of Fire Jade Bees with intact bodies lay on the ground, but they did not move. They were deader than dead.

Li Qing casually picked up the body of a Fire Jade Bee, and then exerted a little force with his fingertips.

Crack!

The Fire Jade Bee's jade-like body was shattered in an instant.

After all, they were just some low-level spiritual insects. No matter how magical they were, their bodies would only shatter at a touch.

"It seems that the queen of the Fire Jade Bee in the hive is at most a second-level spirit insect, otherwise the Fire Jade Bee that hatched out would not be so weak."

\u0026t;divtentadv\u0026gt;It is rumored that some powerful Fire Jade Bee queens can even lay eggs that can hatch Fire Jade Bee queens, each of which has extremely strong combat power and can even rival third-level monsters.

However, if you want to cultivate to that level, you will have to spend a lot of resources to let the queen bee devour a lot of superior fire spirits.

After slightly putting his mind at ease, Li Qing led Cao Xiu behind him to continue to go deeper into the cave.

"Senior Li, the road in front of you has deviated a lot from the route recorded in the scroll," Cao Xiu said a little anxiously, he was worried that the two of them would get lost on the road next.

However, Li Qing chuckled and said:

"The reason why it is so easy to get lost in the Fire Cliff Cave is that the strange cave walls here will make all the spiritual power marks assimilated into one, and any spiritual power marks left behind will disappear immediately."

"But just now, I found that the cave walls here will not assimilate the fire I left behind."

Snap!

After speaking, Li Qing snapped his fingers.

Accompanied by this crisp snap, on the road behind them, a series of blazing white flames suddenly lit up, like white lights hanging along the way.

These are the netherworld cold fires left by Li Qing. As long as he stimulates them with his thoughts, these fires will burn on their own.

After all, they are the spiritual fires of heaven and earth, and no matter what, they will not be assimilated into one by the strange environment of the Fire Cliff Cave.

Looking at the road behind him illuminated by the white spiritual fire, Cao Xiu widened his eyes and felt more in awe of Li Qing in his heart.

Snap!

Li Qing snapped his fingers again, and the fires of the Netherworld Cold Fire behind him went out again, causing the passage behind him to return to darkness.

After that, as long as they follow the passages illuminated by the Netherworld Cold Fire, they can return to the route clearly recorded on the previous map.

With this guarantee, the two of them explored deeper into the inside more boldly and confidently.

Finally, the vision in front of them suddenly became clear.

This is a node of the Fire Cliff Cave. The space is very wide and connected to eight passages.

Above this node, a beehive with a crystal-like appearance like red jade but with complex holes appeared in Li Qing's sight.

"Yes, I remember this place. The beehive of the fire jade bee is here." Cao Xiu said softly, fearing that the loud voice would disturb the fire jade bee colony.

Without him saying it, Li Qing also knew what the red jade beehive above was, because outside the beehive, one fire jade bee after another went in and out of the beehive, looking very busy.

Many of the Fire Jade Bees flew up from a downward passage connecting this space, and then returned to the Ruby Hive.

"The Fire Jade Bee Queen should be inside, right?"

This hive is very large, occupying half of the space of the cave above. Obviously, there are a large number of Fire Jade Bees living inside.

Boom!

Just when Li Qing wanted to take action and go to the Ruby Hive to subdue the Fire Jade Bee Queen, a vibration sound suddenly came from a passage below.

"Hmm?" Li Qing looked in the direction of the sound.

In the passage that made the vibration sound, figures wearing ancient costumes walked out one after another.

However, the movements of these figures were sluggish and rigid, and every step they took was extremely stiff.

"Are these corpse puppets?"

Li Qing, who had been in the Great Wilderness, was not unfamiliar with this kind of thing.

In the puppetry, there is a secret method to refine corpses into puppets. The puppets refined by this secret method are called corpse puppets.

The reason why Li Qing was so shocked was that the clothing style of these corpse puppets was too old.

He kept silent and tried his best to hide his breath fluctuations, just observing and observing the actions of these corpse puppets in secret.

As for Cao Xiu on the side, he could no longer hide the fear in his eyes.

Because the breath emitted by these corpse puppets made him feel a wave of palpitations.

There were five corpse puppets in total, two of which seemed to have the third level, and the other three corpse puppets were at the peak of the second level.

I saw five corpse puppets, each holding a stone basin and walked out. They seemed to have received some kind of order and came to the bottom of the fire jade bee hive.

Soon, a large number of fire jade bees seemed to be stimulated, and they swarmed out of the nest and attacked the corpse puppets directly.

But these are insensitive corpses. Not only are their bodies strong, but they also cannot feel any pain.

The attacks of these fire jade bees are like raindrops to these corpses. They cannot cause any damage at all. Even the tail needles cannot pierce the bodies of these corpses.

After several corpses stood still, they stepped on each other's shoulders one after another, as if they had rehearsed many times, like a stack of monks.

The large number of fire jade bee swarms could not hinder their actions.

The corpse puppet on the top actually used the stone basin in his hand to take a light red thick liquid from the huge red jade beehive.

Li Qing, who was watching all this secretly, recognized it at a glance.

These extremely thick liquids are all fire source pulp!

"It's interesting. These corpses seem to be acting under the orders of a certain existence. Is this sending the fire source pulp to somewhere?"

After obtaining enough fire source pulp, each ancient corpse puppet returned to the deep passage just now with a stone basin filled with a lot of fire source pulp in his hand.

Li Qing, who had watched all of this, fell silent again.

It seemed that there were still some secrets hidden in this Fire Cliff Cave that he didn't know about.

"Originally, the queen bee just wanted to subdue a fire jade bee and left here. Now it seems that this matter is not that simple." Li Qing whispered, his eyes flickering faintly.

Just as he was thinking about what to do next, Bailing Daojun finally spoke:

"I seem to sense a slightly familiar aura, let's go and take a look."

Li Qing was slightly startled. What a familiar aura even Bailing Daojun felt?

Deep in this Fire Cliff Cave, could there be an old monster that was active in ancient times and has survived until now?

No!

This is almost impossible. Even for a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage, the life span is only two to three thousand years at most. Even if all the methods of longevity are exhausted, it is impossible to live that long in this environment.

Unless he has transformed into an existence similar to Bailing Daojun, only an obsession that will dissipate between heaven and earth at any time is left in the human world.

Once his wishes are fulfilled, this obsession will vanish.

So, should I go and have a look?

Li Qing thought carefully in his heart.