The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 277 - 276: The Great Sun Golden Flame

Chapter 277: Chapter 276: The Great Sun Golden Flame

Xie Jiuniang disguised herself as Gongsun Yu again, pretending to be cultivating, and then secretly connected with Jian Lingyan.

At this moment, Jian Lingyan felt as though a mouse had fallen into a rice bin, utterly content and unwilling to leave. However, wary of Xie Jiuniang’s fearsome power, it was carefully avoiding the roots, absorbing energy here and there.

Wherever it went, the spiritual energy disappeared.

Xie Jiuniang no longer paid attention to Jian Lingyan.

Following Gongsun Yu’s daily routine, she got up early the next morning to check the Spiritual Fields, then spent an hour reading in the library since Gongsun Yu had a slight involvement in alchemy.

The Gongsun Family had established a Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

There, one could exchange or sell resources.

Xie Jiuniang exchanged some Spirit Plants and then opened an Earthfire Room, entering without coming out again.

Others were engaged in alchemy, but she was researching the Earthfire in the Alchemy Room.

If there was any place within the city that might likely contain a sealed Strange Fire, it would be beneath the Earthfire Room.

There were over a hundred such Earthfire Rooms here.

It made no difference whether one was refining pills or artifacts; whether one needed an Alchemy Furnace or an Artifact Furnace, they had to provide their own.

Xie Jiuniang set up a small-scale Hiding Formation.

With this, no matter how much commotion she caused, she wouldn’t have to worry about it being heard outside.

And sure enough, she began to pry open the Earthfire.

She pried open an entrance that could fit a person, leading to the Earthfire’s outlet, and then, holding the Ice Soul Stone, she squeezed in.

Below was a sea of fire.

It was a man-made construction, with pathways that appeared to go everywhere, but in reality, the source of all the flames was the same.

This was truly fire, capable of burning a person to ashes.

Xie Jiuniang had the Ice Soul Stone.

It seemed to be the natural nemesis of the flame, creating a cool zone around her. The bone-chilling cold was now a comfortably appropriate temperature.

She proceeded toward the source of the Earthfire.

Quietly, daring not to make a sound.

Of course, she didn’t forget to activate an Invisibility Talisman and a Hiding Jade Talisman.

"What’s happening? Why has the Earthfire disappeared?! Ah, my pills, they were about to succeed!"

Someone had failed their alchemy.

Because the Earthfire had extinguished for a moment.

Xie Jiuniang quickened her pace, feeling guilty for a moment, fearing she might be suspected. However, as she passed, carrying the Ice Soul Stone, the Earthfire she led momentarily disappeared, an almost inevitable occurrence.

Someone had thus failed their alchemy.

They could only chalk it up to bad luck!

Instabilities in Earthfire were not uncommon, so when the people above learned of the incident, they did not suspect someone was beneath the Earthfire Room.

Another half-hour passed.

Xie Jiuniang finally reached the source of the Earthfire.

It was in a huge underground chamber, surrounded by pitch-black rocks, the kind that were exceptionally hard.

In the center, there was a cluster of flickering flames.

The flames were a golden-red color, different from ordinary flames, sealed upon an Array Stone, with Array Patterns appearing and disappearing intermittently.

The platform automatically formed a Barrier, imprisoning the Strange Fire.

Upon closer examination of the platform, one would realize.

The Formation here was not only for sealing the Strange Fire, but it also directed the Strange Fire’s energy at all times to support the daily use of the hundred or so Earthfire Rooms above.

From the moment Xie Jiuniang stepped in here,

the golden-red flames concealed a murderous intent as if they considered Xie Jiuniang an enemy to contend with.

"Great Sun Golden Flames?" Xie Jiuniang was surprised.

"Human brat, you have a keen eye, recognizing my true form at a glance," the golden flames on the platform leaped, slowly forming a human shape, and then gradually, a handsome youth emerged.

The youth was clad in Flame Armor.

It was mighty and domineering, as if it were the supreme being of heaven and earth, looking down on all with an air of disdain.

This was the elemental spirit of fire, already transformed.

It could be said that this was a mature Strange Fire!

Xie Jiuniang didn’t play any tricks, and in an instant, she removed her Face-changing Technique and reverted to her original appearance, stating frankly, "I’m not from the Gongsun Family. I have a vendetta against them."

"How do you prove it?" the Great Sun Golden Flame inquired.

"I can help you destroy the formation platform."

Xie Jiuniang saw him imprisoned within the small formation platform, her face calm to the extreme, showing no expression, not even the sympathy that should have been there.

This, on the contrary, satisfied the Great Sun Golden Flame.

The Great Sun Golden Flame asked, "What do you want to do?"

"I want to destroy the Gongsun Family, I don’t want such a disgusting family to exist, but I don’t want to stain my hands with blood."

"Tsk, humans are so hypocritical."

"What’s wrong with being hypocritical? It’s fine as long as I don’t do anything against my conscience," Xie Jiuniang retorted confidently, without lowering her voice to beg for his cooperation, "In a word, are you in or not? This could be your rare chance to break free."

The Great Sun Golden Flame asked indifferently, "Don’t you want to make a contract with this emperor?"

"No no, I don’t!"

He had been better off not mentioning it; as soon as he did, she felt there was a catch.

Xie Jiuniang shook her head decisively, refusing, "I don’t want to make any more contracts with spirits. I’m poor; I can’t afford it. Don’t think about acting like the Water Kirin, insisting on throwing yourself at me, forcing me into a contract with it, or like the Demon Emperor, who strong-armed a contract with me, and there’s also..."

Then, as if inadvertently, she revealed the Divine Rune Contract on the back of her hand.

The Demon Emperor might recognize the Divine Rune Contract.

So, this Ancient Exotic Flame, the Great Sun Golden Flame, was likely to recognize it too.

The Great Sun Golden Flame was a sacred fire that emerged at the beginning of chaos, not like ordinary Strange Fires. Born as the elemental spirit of fire, it had existed in this world for countless years and knew many things.

The Divine Rune Contract should not exist in this world...

Enough!

Xie Jiuniang straightened her back and cleared her throat, "Anyway, I don’t want to make any more Contracted Spirit contracts."

"You go ahead and destroy the formation platform first."

If it had been his prime, this formation platform couldn’t have trapped him. However, he had been seriously injured ten thousand years ago, captured by a powerful member of the Gongsun Family, and sealed here. Not only did he not recover, his strength was also diminishing bit by bit.

If this continued, an inevitable fate of obliteration could not be avoided.

Until the appearance of Xie Jiuniang.

The Great Sun Golden Flame realized that he had finally waited until the opportunity had arrived. This was his only chance for life.

Xie Jiuniang advanced step by step toward the formation platform.

The closer she got, the stronger the heat wave became, as if it intended to evaporate a person, and even with the Ice Soul Stone, one could still clearly feel the temperature rising.

The Great Sun Golden Flame tried to contain the surrounding flames as much as possible.

Xie Jiuniang felt slightly relieved, "You can’t completely contain it. There is an Earthfire Room under the ground, and if you cut off the Earthfire supply, the Gongsun Family will soon send powerful people down to check."

"Without doing this, could you approach the formation platform?"

"No problem."

Xie Jiuniang was grateful she had obtained an Ice Soul Stone at some point.

If it weren’t for that, she wouldn’t be able to do anything today.

After studying formations for so many years, her expertise was finally useful. She might not be able to destroy the formation and close the platform, but merely destroying this sealing formation, though difficult for her, was not impossible.

What followed was her painstaking effort to break the formation.

The Great Sun Golden Flame sat in the center of the platform, watching.

Separated by a barrier formed by the formation, he observed the busy Human girl.

In this vast underground space, flames leaped everywhere.

One was bustling about, the other seated in silence.

They were in an uneasy truce, quiet and soundless.