Chapter 39: The Three Fires of Heaven, Earth and Man

  Three glittering crystals suddenly appeared from the backpack, illuminating the cave with a dazzling light.

  Three crystal blocks, one is rhombus-shaped and two are elliptical, all of which are crystal clear and transparent, like flawless water crystals, with waves of strange ripples emanating from them.

  It is clear that these three crystals contain extraordinary energy.

  "Mystic Crystal!"

  Diya Lan let out a cry of surprise, her face full of joy.

  "Ah!"

  Mu Yu Butterfly also lightly exclaimed, delightedly saying: "It seems that our luck is really extremely good, and we can actually get the demon crystal. Hehe, if we can come out of the Dark Forest alive, with these three pieces of demon crystal, we won't have to worry about the second half of our lives."

  Diya Lan crouched down, carefully staring at the three pieces of demon crystal, and after a while, she said: "It should be the demon crystal on the body of a sixth-level demon beast, but I can't tell which demon beast it came from."

  "Lan sister, I heard that the demon beast can directly absorb the energy of the demon crystal. Since these three demon crystals belong to the Thunder Wing Silver Wolf, why didn't it absorb them to enhance its own power?"

  "I heard that the Thunderwing Silver Wolf had a cub recently, and for the little Thunderwing Silver Wolf to grow up quickly, the best way is to absorb the power of the demon crystal. If the rumor is true, I think these three pieces of sixth-level demon beast's demon crystal should be prepared by the Thunderwing Silver Wolf for its cub."

  "So that's how it is."

  "The energy contained in the demon crystal is an excellent material for alchemists and artifact refiners to cultivate. Those guys can tell which demon beast a demon crystal comes from just by looking at it. Hmm, three pieces of demon crystals, we three people can each have one piece, how about that?"

  "I didn't do anything anyway, forget it."

  Mu Yu Butterfly shook her head, and glanced at Shi Yan who was meditating with his eyes closed. "I think it's better if you two break up, I don't want anything to do with this anymore... If it weren't for me, you both wouldn't be in such danger..."

  "When that kid wakes up, we'll talk about how to divide it." Diya Lan furrowed her brow and continued rummaging through the backpack with her head down.

  "Huh?"

  She let out a soft sigh and Diya Lan picked up a transparent jade bottle from the backpack on the ground, staring at the fiery red liquid inside, lost in thought.

  The ** in the jade bottle, as if a thread of flame, with Diya Lan's shaking, that ** undulates, like a small flame that flickers uncertainly, very magical.

  Diya Lan seemed to have thought of something and stared blankly at ** in the jade pendant.

  After a long time, Diya's body trembled and she suddenly exclaimed: "Magma!"

  "Congratulations, Lan Jie!"

  Mu Yu Jing was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly reacted, exclaiming in surprise: "Lan Jie, this thing is the most useful to you! I really didn't expect Lan Jie to gain so much from this trip, not only awakening her martial soul, but also obtaining the Earth Core Fire Liquid."

  Diya Lan couldn't help but feel delighted, excitedly nodding her head repeatedly, shaking the jade bottle in her hand, and speaking incoherently: "I, I didn't expect such a good thing to happen either, haha, terrestrial fire liquid!"

  The silently adjusting body of Shi Yan, the three Grand Circles of cultivation had just ended, upon hearing this his heart moved, he opened his eyes and asked: "Earth Core Fire Liquid? What does this have to do with you?"

  "What? You don't even know about the Earth's Core Flame?" Diya Lan exclaimed in surprise, "You're really something, how can you not know this basic knowledge? Are you even a martial artist?"

  Shi Yan was indifferent and said, "Speak, let's hear it."

  "Do you know about the three flames of heaven, earth and man?"

  "Not very clear."

  "Ah, you don't even know this?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Diya Lan smiled wryly and shook her head, looking like she was at a loss with Shi Yan.

  After a pause, she slowly explained: "The three flames of heaven, earth and man refer to human fire, earthly fire and heavenly fire. Among them, the human fire is like my 'Blue Devil Flame', it is a strange flame in the body of human warriors, the human fire is the foundation of alchemy and equipment refining. Every high-level alchemist and equipment refiner will have a human fire in their body, only then can they grasp the skills of alchemy and equipment refining to a profound level."

  Shi Yan nodded slightly and didn't respond, continuing to stare at her.

  Diya Lan paused for a moment, then said: "The earth fire and the heavenly fire are flames that exist between heaven and earth. For example, the 'earth core fire' in the center of the earth, which is thousands of feet deep, and the 'eternal volcanic flame' in the heart of an eternal volcano. The earth fire and the heavenly fire are both naturally formed, but they differ in that one has consciousness and the other does not."

  "What did he say?" Shi Yan became interested.

  "Inanimate natural fire is called terrestrial fire, this kind of flame can be regarded as a treasure, just like some precious ore. But heavenly fire is different, heavenly fire has life consciousness, can think, has wisdom, and possesses strange powers, it is the most mysterious special living thing in the world, almost indestructible... Some heavenly fires have existed since the formation of the Divine Grace Continent."

  His expression on his face remained indifferent, but in his heart a storm was brewing.

  He is not of this world; the knowledge he has received is entirely different from that of this world.

  Before this, he had never thought that flames could have life, and be able to think, with extremely high wisdom.

  After Diya said this, he had a deeper understanding of the wonders of this world.

  Here, there are all sorts of mysterious phenomena that he can't even dream of, such as Wu Soul, such as demon beasts...

  "This terrestrial fire liquid, is it terrestrial fire?" Stone Rock was stunned for a while before speaking again.

  "This is the residual liquid left when the terrestrial fire transforms into celestial fire. It is neither terrestrial fire nor celestial fire, but something in between."

  "Can earthly fire also transform into heavenly fire?" Shi Yan was shocked once again.

  "Of course, there is a possibility that the terrestrial fire, which has existed for millions of years, may produce consciousness and transform into celestial fire if the conditions are right. However, this probability is very small and difficult to occur, and not all terrestrial fires have the opportunity to transform into celestial fire."

  Diya Lan's face lit up with a smile as she said, "However, this terrestrial fire liquid is indeed the residual flame liquid left behind by the terrestrial fire transforming into heavenly fire. This liquid is extremely precious for people like us who have human fire in our bodies!"

  "What's so precious about it?"

  "It can make the flames change, possessing the domineering flame power of the earth fire, which is the evolution of the martial soul!" Di Ya Lan was excited to the point of dancing with joy, "Human fire comes from the human body, and its temperature is hard to surpass that of the heavenly fires existing in the world, unless it's those warriors who have reached the divine realm. Only after undergoing several enhancements can human fire possess a high temperature comparable to that of the heavenly flames."

  "I see," Shi Yan nodded, "This terrestrial fire liquid can make your 'Blue Demon Flame' change and evolve into a flame that has the high temperature of terrestrial fire?"

  "It's like that!" Diya Lan nodded heavily, looking at him with shining eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said awkwardly: "That...".

  "It goes without saying, this terrestrial fire liquid belongs to you."

  "I..." Diya Lan was overjoyed in her heart, but felt that she had taken advantage of the situation and wanted to say something.

  Shi Yan faintly said: "That Earth Fire Liquid I kept is also useless, I don't have a Flame Martial Spirit, why must I occupy it, you take it."

  "You may not have it now, but if you had the Earth Core Fire Liquid, you could exchange it for any precious elixir in the hands of the three great Medicine Kings in the Medicine King Valley."

  "Alright, you can keep it then." Shi Yan furrowed his brow and said casually, "Don't you still have a Spiritual-level martial skill?"

  After hearing this, Diya Lan also reacted and hurriedly searched her backpack again.

  "It's this one." Diya Lan held an old, dark yellow scripture book and stared at it for a moment before shaking her head. "This is ancient text, I don't recognize it. It seems that to understand the content of this scripture, we'll need to find someone specialized."

  "Let me see." Shi Yan stretched out his hand, naturally asking for it.

  The master of this body he possessed was most fond of exploring ancient ruins. Although he had no achievements in martial arts, his knowledge of classical literature and ancient relics far surpassed that of the so-called sages of this world.

  As he held the ancient, dark red scripture in his hand, Shi Yan glanced at the cover with its ancient characters resembling oracle bones and muttered softly: "Magnetic Domain Field..."