"Its spirituality is quite strong. The time it was born should be even longer than the Green Lotus Core Flame that Cai Lin discovered at the bottom of the Tagor Desert. However, it still hasn't gained sentience."
Watching the Netherworld Poison Flame 'entertaining itself' from afar, constantly changing its forms, Chen Xiao chuckled.
Chen Xiao didn't feel any threat from this Netherworld Poison Flame, which was enough to indicate that its erupted power would be at most at the Dou Zong level.
"Xian'er, just suppress and refine it directly."
Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor nodded slightly.
With her Dou Zun-level Woeful Poison Body, refining the Netherworld Poison Flame required no extensive preparations.
Because, there was simply no need.
The most threatening aspect of the Netherworld Poison Flame, its potent poison, was not dangerous to Little Fairy Doctor. Instead, it was a form of nourishment.
The only preparation needed was a spirit vessel.
This was a container for storing a Heavenly Flame within the body.
However, spirit vessels were rare in the Northwest Continent, but not difficult to obtain from the alchemist families of the Central State. When heading to the Cao Family, Chen Xiao had the demon girl prepare two, precisely for this occasion.
Without any hesitation, Little Fairy Doctor lightly tapped her toes, her figure appearing before the greenish flame. She thrust out her jade-like hand, causing ripples in space. The Netherworld Poison Flame was instantly confined within her palm.
Only now did the Netherworld Poison Flame belatedly realize the impending danger and instinctively began to resist.
Its form suddenly surged, making the temperature of this space even more scorching. Dense sparks, carrying a poison lethal to ordinary people upon contact, shot out in all directions like raindrops, attempting to force the two away and escape to safety.
However, Little Fairy Doctor paid no mind to this. A barrier materialized around her. The dense sparks that landed on the barrier not only failed to erode it in the slightest but instead made the barrier even more impregnable.
Chen Xiao, standing at a distance, also received the indiscriminate attack from the Netherworld Poison Flame. He immediately waved his hand, placing an ice wall in front of him.
"Pfft" "Pfft"...
In an instant, all the shooting sparks were extinguished. However, they left pitted and eroded marks on the ice wall.
On the other side, Little Fairy Doctor's palm seemed to form an invisible spatial cage. No matter how the Netherworld Poison Flame erupted, it could never escape her grasp.
Under the absolute crushing force of her strength, this scene was no different from an adult dealing with a child; it was that effortless and graceful.
Firmly holding the Netherworld Poison Flame in her palm, Little Fairy Doctor looked at Chen Xiao, who nodded in acknowledgment.
Seeing this, Little Fairy Doctor returned a smile and, without further delay, plunged her jade-like hand into the greenish flame.
In just two to three minutes, when Little Fairy Doctor withdrew her hand, a cluster of seemingly tangible greenish fire snakes was tightly gripped by her.
This was the origin fire seed of the Netherworld Poison Flame!
Casting one last glance at Chen Xiao, Little Fairy Doctor sat cross-legged in the void. Without a trace of fear in her eyes, she directly swallowed the origin fire seed and began refining it with her eyes closed.
The greenish flame, which she had previously restrained, lost its origin and became like a rootless duckweed, rapidly splitting apart. The ubiquitous poisonous mist became its fuel, and in an instant, it transformed into a sea of fire.
Seeing this, Chen Xiao raised his hand and waved, casting a barrier that enveloped a thousand-zhang radius, preventing it from spreading further.
Having done all this, Chen Xiao also sat cross-legged in the void, closing his eyes to cultivate, waiting for Little Fairy Doctor's successful refinement.
...
Immersed in cultivation, time passed quickly.
Unknowingly, half a month had vanished in a flash.
Although Little Fairy Doctor was not threatened at all by refining the Netherworld Poison Flame, she couldn't be too careless. It required gradual refinement, which was why it took so long.
Suddenly, Chen Xiao, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, sensed the external world's energies continuously converging and surging towards this space.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Little Fairy Doctor, clearly sensing that her aura had advanced another level compared to half a month ago.
Countless world energies surged towards Little Fairy Doctor's delicate body, but they were like mud cows entering the sea, without causing the slightest ripple.
"Is it ending..."
As soon as Chen Xiao murmured, he saw Little Fairy Doctor's delicate body tremble slightly. Following that, her tightly closed eyes slowly opened.
At that moment, Chen Xiao clearly saw a flash of green disappear within Little Fairy Doctor's eyes.
"Broke through?"
"This Netherworld Poison Flame is perfectly complementary to my Woeful Poison Body. With its assistance, my cultivation speed will increase further from now on."
Little Fairy Doctor replied with a slight nod.
She hadn't cultivated the Burning Flame Art and couldn't enhance her strength by refining and devouring Heavenly Flames like Cao Ying.
Her current advancement to a Four-star Dou Zun was primarily due to her extreme compatibility with the Netherworld Poison Flame. The poisonous energy erupted by the Netherworld Poison Flame was precisely her best supplement, akin to stepping on the right foot with the left and ascending from the spot.
Under Chen Xiao's gaze, Little Fairy Doctor gracefully stood up. Her lips parted slightly, and the surrounding sea of fire, as if being drawn, was completely swallowed by her.
Walking up to Chen Xiao, Little Fairy Doctor's gaze settled.
"The poisonous miasma here is no less than that in Falling God Ravine. Even the world energy is tainted with some toxicity. This place is not suitable for cultivation."
Chen Xiao nodded. He could naturally sense this as well.
However, the slight toxicity in the world energy caused him no substantial harm, so he simply ignored it.
"It's just a bit of toxicity; it's easy to get rid of it once we leave here."
Hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor shook her head slightly, her eyelashes like butterfly wings drooping low. A faint blush crept onto her fair cheeks, making her appear as charming and delicate as a peach blossom just beginning to bloom in spring.
She gracefully raised her fair wrist, her slender fingers deftly tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"I have a simpler method," she said.
Chen Xiao looked at her with confusion. The next moment, the Little Fairy Doctor stepped closer, their noses nearly touching. She exhaled like orchids, her warm breath directly caressing Chen Xiao's face. Their breaths intertwined, creating an ambiguous warmth in the space between them.
Chen Xiao could see a flicker of determination in her autumn-clear eyes, which reflected his own face.
The next moment, their lips met, and everything was understood without words.
Chen Xiao extended his arm, reaching out to embrace her slender, willow-like waist that fit perfectly in his hand. The instant his fingertips brushed against her soft skin and bone, his heart stirred. Below them, the black, muddy swamp was completely covered by ice, instantly transforming into a world of pure white frost and snow, free of any speck of dust.
Their entwined figures, like twin lotus flowers, slowly landed on the ice. A circle of ice-blue barrier quietly expanded like spring water overflowing its banks, locking away their breathless, intimate gasps.
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