Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 77 – Land of Blazing Flames

Buy, buy, buy!

Lin Jichen scoured the entire city for Corpse Poison Potions.

These potions were only available in the main cities of each province, and the cost of cross-province transportation was exorbitant.

But Lin Jichen had money, so he didn't care.

He then went to the main cities of three other provinces and bought out all the Corpse Poison Potions.

In less than two hours, he had spent nearly twenty thousand Spirit Stones.

But his inventory now held over two hundred thousand bottles of Corpse Poison Potions.

With everything settled, Lin Jichen just needed to wait for the progress in Corpse King Valley, which was expected to be a matter of a day or two.

Lin Jichen had no plans to go through Nightmare at the moment because his cultivation was already maxed out.

His cultivation at the later stage of Qi Refining had reached a bottleneck. Without breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, killing even the most formidable monsters wouldn't increase his cultivation.

His primary task now was to achieve Foundation Establishment!

To establish a Heavenly Dao Foundation, he needed to gather three types of treasures and six types of spiritual energy.

He was short of one treasure, and as for the six types of spiritual energy, that was more troublesome. He had to go to different leveling areas to gather materials.

Each type of spiritual energy was scattered across different parts of the map, and there were no teleportation arrays, so he had to find them himself.

At this stage, nobody was familiar with the map, so they had no idea where these places were.

Even if they found them, the monsters inside were quite powerful. Without a group, it would be hard for one person to handle.

This was why establishing a Heavenly Dao Foundation was so difficult.

Many people found it too troublesome and challenging, so they opted for Human Dao or Earth Dao Foundation Establishment.

Human Dao Foundation was the simplest, requiring only a Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Lin Jichen was certain that all the players in the Foundation Establishment Realm on the cultivation leaderboard had chosen Human Dao Foundation. They were just rushing to level up, believing that realm was everything.

But that wasn't the case. Cultivation was like building a house; the foundation was the most important.

The more stable the foundation, the higher you could build your house in the future.

Conversely, if you rushed and only pursued higher realms, your foundation would be unstable.

If your strength didn't match your realm, you could easily be defeated by someone in a lower realm.

There were many such examples in his previous life.

Even if the Heaven-defying Fate talent didn't require Lin Jichen to establish a Heavenly Dao Foundation, he would still choose this path.

As for the locations of the six types of spiritual energy, others might not know, but Lin Jichen was very familiar with them.

He had long since memorized the map of Tale of Immortal.

The other three provinces were manageable, but he could find his way around Mu Xian Province with his eyes closed.

In his previous life, he had trained as a spell cultivator in Mu Xian Province and had been to every corner.

After setting his goal, Lin Jichen first went to Fengqu City to buy some necessary elixirs, then set off to find the six types of spiritual energy.

Although there were no teleportation arrays, Lin Jichen's speed was faster than that of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. He ran like the wind, so it wasn't too slow.

Along the way, Lin Jichen enjoyed the familiar scenery of Tale of Immortal, feeling a sense of nostalgia rather than boredom.

Finally, after half a day, Lin Jichen arrived at the first spiritual energy location.

The Land of Blazing Flames.

Even before stepping into the domain of the Land of Blazing Flames, he could feel the scorching heat emanating from within.

The Land of Blazing Flames was a region of active volcanoes, with lava constantly spewing from the volcanic craters.

Dark red lava surged amidst billowing black smoke.

Rocks, heated to a glowing red, were propelled into the sky and then plummeted down, leaving countless fiery trails in the smoky air, like an endless fireworks display.

It might seem too hot for any life to survive here.

But that was only true for ordinary creatures.

For many fire-attribute spirit beasts and cultivators practicing fire techniques in Tale of Immortal, this place was a heaven-sent treasure trove.

Lin Jichen stepped inside, feeling the scorching heat all around him.

Even though the game had no pain sensation, his health bar was slowly being burned away.

"-10!"

"-10!"

...

Every few seconds, a small burn damage number would pop up.

This was with a bit of fire resistance; otherwise, the damage would be even greater.

Lin Jichen took out a Fire Repelling Elixir from his ring and swallowed it.

[Second-grade Fire Repelling Elixir]: Fire resistance +5, duration 10 minutes.

With this elixir, his health dropped less, and the interval extended to ten seconds per tick.

Lin Jichen continued deeper, and after a short walk, a strange bug the size of a rabbit with a red shell suddenly lunged at him from the side, its scissor-like pincers snapping at him!

Lin Jichen was prepared and sidestepped to avoid it.

After the latest game update, he could directly view the attributes of monsters with a lower realm than his own.

[Monster: Fire Pincer Bug]

[Level: Common]

[Strength: Middle stage of Qi Refining]

[Health: 2200/2200]

[Attack: 33]

[Defense: 28]

[Speed: 25]

Having faced various elite and boss-level monsters, Lin Jichen found this little creature rather cute.

"You're quite adorable. Let me give you a slash!"

Lin Jichen swung his blade, chopping off the bug's prized pincers in one strike.

"-980!"

Realizing it had encountered a formidable opponent, the Fire Pincer Bug tried to flee, but Lin Jichen caught up and finished it off with two more slashes.

After the bug died, in the Soul Burial Mound, besides two Spirit Stones, there was something else.

[Fire Spirit Fragment]: Contains a small amount of fire spiritual energy. Collect 50 fragments to form a complete fire spiritual energy.

This was what Lin Jichen was looking for, but he wasn't satisfied with just picking up fragments.

Fragments formed into fire spiritual energy generally had low purity.

He needed to find the boss of the Land of Blazing Flames!

The boss would drop complete fire spiritual energy, and it would be of high purity.

As for the fragments, Lin Jichen stored them for now; he could sell them later.

Continuing deeper, more Fire Pincer Bugs kept appearing, but Lin Jichen easily dealt with them all.

Eventually, he reached the foot of the volcano, where the temperature was even higher than before.

Even the second-grade Fire Repelling Elixir was struggling to keep up, and his health was dropping by dozens at a time.

But for a tank like Lin Jichen, this amount of health loss was manageable.

The urgent task was to find the boss of the Land of Blazing Flames.

He remembered there was a cave here, home to a three-tailed fire fox. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be around here.

Lin Jichen searched around and indeed found a hidden cave.

"Hey! You weasel inside, come out and meet your doom!"

Lin Jichen shouted into the cave.

Hearing someone mock it as a weasel, the fire fox's temper flared.

A red glow appeared deep in the cave, and in an instant, it rushed to the entrance, tearing through the air like lightning, aiming to rip Lin Jichen in half.

Lin Jichen dodged just in time, drawing the fire fox out.

[Monster: Three-tailed Fire Fox]

[Level: Boss]

[Strength: Later stage of Qi Refining]

[Health: 4500/4500]

[Attack: 60]

[Defense: 55]

[Speed: 75]

[Skills: Flaming Tail, Sharp Fox Claws, Cunning Fox's Three Dens]

The fire fox's attributes were quite impressive, even stronger than the Medicine Spirit Falcon.

But unfortunately for it, it was facing Lin Jichen.

"Didn't expect you, a weasel, to look quite like a fox," Lin Jichen chuckled.

The fire fox couldn't speak, but it probably had a lot to say.

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