“Mm, I won’t absorb you.”
Terra Su’s tone was indifferent. In fact, even if he wanted to absorb it now, he couldn’t. His Alchemy Flame was still too weak to fully contain the power of the Celestial Fire. Forcibly devouring it would only backfire and destroy his current Alchemy Flame.
So, Terra Su had no intention of absorbing the Celestial Fire for now. After all, he had already signed a soul contract with it, so there was no need to worry about betrayal. Keeping it for the time being was also an option.
This way, Terra Su could draw on the power of the Celestial Fire when necessary.
“For now, you can follow me as a retainer. If you perform well, I’ll give you benefits, and might even let you absorb other fire sources to quickly restore your peak strength.”
“Really?” The Celestial Fire couldn’t help but feel tempted.
It was well known that fire sources could devour each other. As a Celestial Fire, the most delicious food for it would be other fire sources.
“Of course. My word is my bond, you don’t need to doubt it.”
Terra Su said calmly, “Besides, you’ve been suppressed for too long. Your soul power is too weak now. In your current state, even if you encounter other fire sources, you won’t be able to devour them. I have a secret technique for cultivating soul power. You should practice it well from now on.”
As he spoke, Terra Su directly transmitted the Great Desolation Soul Refining Scripture into the Celestial Fire’s consciousness using his divine sense.
“The Great Desolation Soul Refining Scripture! This is a Heaven Grade soul refining technique. How do you have it?”
The Celestial Fire was incredibly shocked. Could it be that this young man was truly an Alchemy Emperor?
“I told you, recognizing me as your master is your good fortune.”
Terra Su said indifferently, glancing at the Celestial Fire, “Now that you’re my retainer, this appearance is a bit too frightening. Change your form.”
He was referring to the Celestial Fire’s current visage, which resembled a ferocious human face. Terra Su had no special preferences and didn’t want to face this appearance every day.
“Uh… okay, Master.”
The Celestial Fire said, then transformed into a baby engulfed in flames, standing less than two feet tall and looking rather adorable.
It was clearly dissatisfied with this form, hanging its head in dejection, “With my current soul power level, this is the best I can do.”
“Alright, let’s go.”
Terra Su had no objections to this form and beckoned the fiery baby over.
The fiery baby toddled over, retracting its flames and burrowing into Terra Su’s embrace.
As it nestled into Terra Su’s arms, the fiery baby automatically shrank its body, making it less cumbersome.
Terra Su found this little Celestial Fire somewhat cute. At least for now, its previous arrogance had completely vanished. Its earlier ferocity was probably just a means of self-preservation.
“It’s time to leave.”
Terra Su glanced at the sky and then walked out of the valley with the Celestial Fire.
This trip had yielded an unexpected gain with the Celestial Fire. For Terra Su, it was a fortune no less significant than the Primal Five Elements Lotus.
Alchemists are highly dependent on their Alchemy Flames. The types of elixirs they can refine and the grade of the elixirs are closely related to their Alchemy Flames. Otherwise, in his previous life, Terra Su wouldn’t have ascended to the rank of Alchemy Emperor only after obtaining a Celestial Fire.
In this life, obtaining a Celestial Fire at the very beginning, even if he couldn’t absorb it yet and could only draw a sliver of its power, was enough to give Terra Su a significant advantage in alchemy.
“Five Elements True Essence Core, Celestial Fire, in this life, I have the best conditions. If I still can’t reach the pinnacle of the Martial Dao, it would be a disgrace to my memories as an Alchemy Emperor.”
Terra Su’s eyes sparkled with confidence.
“First the Primal Five Elements Lotus, now the Celestial Fire. This small Rising Sun Mountains hides so many secrets. I wonder how many more secrets lie within the Cloud Abyss Empire?”
Half an hour later, Terra Su returned to the entrance of the valley.
From a distance, he saw Sean Feng standing at the entrance, with a heap of corpses lying haphazardly in front of him.
Terra Su walked over and asked, “What happened?”
Sean Feng reported, “Young Master Su, these are people from the Iron Armor Gate. They chased us, claiming we killed their elder and demanding our lives. I found it troublesome, so I killed them all.”
Terra Su nodded, “You did the right thing. Let’s leave the Rising Sun Mountains.”
Having unexpectedly obtained the Celestial Fire, Terra Su had no intention of staying in the Rising Sun Mountains any longer, to avoid further trouble with the Iron Armor Gate.
Sean Feng watched Terra Su’s back, curious about what treasure Terra Su had obtained in the Array Formation Valley. However, it wasn’t his place to ask, so he remained silent.
Thus, the two left the valley entrance and hurried towards the outskirts of the mountains, aiming to leave the Rising Sun Mountains before nightfall.
However, things didn’t go as planned. After about half an hour, they saw a large group of people in Iron Armor Gate attire charging towards them.
This group of Iron Armor Gate martial practitioners numbered in the hundreds, as if all the Iron Armor Gate members in the Rising Sun Mountains had gathered here.
“Elder Tiemu, it’s them!”
“Yes, it’s those two! They killed many of our Iron Armor Gate brothers!”
A young Iron Armor Gate martial practitioner jumped out first, pointing at Terra Su and Sean Feng, shouting, “You two audacious scoundrels, how dare you repeatedly kill our Iron Armor Gate members! Now that Elder Tiemu, ranked fifth in our gate, is here, let’s see how arrogant you can be!”
“Elder Tiemu?”
Terra Su chuckled lightly, “I don’t care if it’s Elder Tiemu or Elder Tiejin. People should be reasonable, right? Every time, your Iron Armor Gate members provoked us first, so I killed them. I even warned some of them to stay away if they wanted to live, but they didn’t listen. Who’s to blame?”
“As for later, your Iron Armor Gate members ganged up on my servant in the inner area, so he killed them all. It’s because you bullied the few with many first. You can’t blame us for that, can you?”
Terra Su’s reasoning left everyone present speechless. How could this be called bullying the few with many? You alone killed a group of people, and that’s bullying the few with many? Clearly, it was you two who were bullying the weak with your strength.
“Quite the sharp-tongued brat.”
A hoarse voice rang out, and a short figure strode out from the crowd.
This person wore a tattered robe and was two heads shorter than an average person, making him look like a child.
However, the hoarse voice and the deep wrinkles on his face betrayed his age, revealing him to be an elderly man.
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