To cultivate the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings, vast cultivation resources are needed, and Chen Yu can now start collecting them.
He left the cave dwelling and headed to a marketplace in the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest.
There were quite a few shops here, as well as private stalls; basically, anything you needed was for sale.
Chen Yu’s aim was primarily the cultivation resources for the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings.
"There are truly a lot of rare fire element materials, many uncommon among the Human Race; there are quite a few of them here..."
He glanced around briefly, sighing inwardly.
Coming to the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest was the right decision; resource collection is much easier, saving a lot of time and energy.
Chen Yu walked into a spiritual materials shop, focused on a red Lingzhi, and asked, "What’s the price of the ’Earthfire Ganoderma’?"
The cultivation method for the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings lists many rare materials, along with some spiritual medicine formulas, used to cultivate the Vermilion Bird Sacred Wings and enhance their power and realm.
He was currently collecting the rare materials needed for a specific herbal liquid formula, with Earthfire Ganoderma being the most demanded fire element material."Forty thousand top-grade yuan stones for one."
The steward glanced at Chen Yu and replied indifferently.
"What?"
Chen Yu was taken aback.
The Earthfire Ganoderma is just an ordinary fire Dao cultivation rare material; even the higher quality ones shouldn’t exceed twenty thousand top-grade yuan stones.
Although Chen Yu wasn’t lacking in yuan stones, he needed a large number of Earthfire Ganoderma, which would lead to a huge loss.
A black shop!
Chen Yu labeled this shop and moved on to inquire elsewhere.
He quickly arrived at another shop and immediately asked, "What’s the price for Earthfire Ganoderma?"
"Nineteen thousand for one."
The shop assistant quickly replied.
But at that moment, the steward nearby noticed Chen Yu, seemingly recalling something, approached with a faint cold smile and said, "Dear customer, my apologies, this assistant is new and quoted the wrong price; Earthfire Ganoderma is forty thousand top-grade yuan stones."
Chen Yu turned around and left the shop.
He realized that the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest was deliberately targeting him; these larger shops were likely all informed.
Whenever he entered to purchase cultivation resources, the prices would almost double.
"It seems I’ll have to buy resources from smaller stalls."
Chen Yu needed a lot of resources, and purchasing from specialized rare materials shops was the most cost-effective and reliable.
The resources sold at small stalls were limited in variety, with varying quality, and disputes were more likely.
But Chen Yu had no other choice and could only slowly collect from the small stalls.
After a while, he had collected a batch of materials for the "Body Burning Fire Liquid" and twenty fire attribute Profound Meaning crystals, then returned to his cave dwelling.
After spending an hour, Chen Yu prepared the Body Burning Fire Liquid.
Next, he took out a custom-made bath barrel, prepared hot water, and poured the Body Burning Fire Liquid into the hot water.
The Body Burning Fire Liquid is neither ingested nor applied externally; it’s absorbed through a herbal bath.
Gurgle!
He poured half of the Body Burning Fire Liquid into the bath water.
After undressing, Chen Yu entered the custom-made bath barrel, as if he had entered lava, his entire body felt scorching hot.
If he stayed too long, even with Chen Yu’s physical defense, he could get burned.
Chen Yu immediately sat cross-legged, operated his cultivation method, and activated the power of the Star Acupoint on his back to gradually absorb the medicinal effect.
"Hiss..."
It felt like countless burning hot needles constantly pierced into his back.
The path of Body Cultivation is always accompanied by pain and hardship that ordinary people cannot endure. Chen Yu was long accustomed to it and silently bore it.
An hour later.
Most of the medicinal effect had been absorbed by Chen Yu, and it could be seen that the Star Acupoint on his back was emitting a faint red glow.
"The Vermilion Bird Sacred Wings are essentially a pair of flame wings. To make the Vermilion Bird Sacred Wings strong, powerful flames are needed."
The Vermilion Bird Sacred Clan is born with a powerful spiritual fire, and there are several strong true fire formulas within the clan.
Chen Yu naturally couldn’t obtain these precious true fire formulas, but he himself possessed a powerful innate spiritual flame — Blood Crystal Flame.
The Blood Crystal Flame ranks among the top hundred on the True Fire Spirit Flame List and has been continuously improving in quality and level as Chen Yu progressed.
"I’ll use the Blood Crystal Flame to refine the Vermilion Bird Sacred Wings!"
Chen Yu activated the flame of the Blood Crystal Flame, transforming it into strands, flying to his back, and merging it near the shoulder blade’s Star Acupoint.
This process was equally painful, but Chen Yu gritted his teeth and endured it.
Half a day passed, and Chen Yu took a short break; the liquid in the bath barrel had been completely absorbed.
On his back, a few strands of bright red vivid light patterns had formed, emanating a faintly strong scorching aura.
"Besides cultivating the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings, I also need to comprehend the Fire’s Profound Meaning."
Without the Fire’s Profound Meaning, how much power can the Vermilion Bird Sacred Wings hold?
Fortunately, during the previous transaction with the White Tiger Sacred Clan, he obtained quite a few fire attribute Profound Meaning crystals, and here in the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, it’s conducive to understanding the Fire’s Profound Meaning; fire attribute Profound Meaning crystals are easy to find.
After cultivating the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings for a while, Chen Yu took out the fire attribute Profound Meaning crystals to comprehend the Fire’s Profound Meaning.
With the enhancement in cultivation realm and soul strength, the speed of comprehending the Profound Meaning was also accelerated.
Within less than an hour, Chen Yu had comprehended the Fire’s Profound Meaning.
A month later.
"Chen Yu, my master wants to see you."
A servant arrived outside Chen Yu’s cave dwelling.
"Who is your master?"
A cold voice echoed from inside the cave dwelling.
"Elder Wu!"
The servant carried a hint of pride.
Chen Yu didn’t know him, but since the other party was an elder of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, if he wanted to see Chen Yu, Chen Yu had to make a trip; otherwise, he’d give the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest an excuse to pick a quarrel.
On the way, Chen Yu learned that this Elder Wu worked in the Sect Affairs Hall.
"Chen Yu, although you’re a disciple of the Heavenly Martial Sect, you are now also part of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest. I, as the elder, have a simple task for you."
Elder Wu’s face was serious, and his red hair at the temples was slightly graying.
In terms of tasks, the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest is different from the Heavenly Martial Sect, placing more emphasis on practical experience. Every disciple is required to complete three tasks every ten years, with at least one task involving external combat.
Now, with Elder Wu personally assigning a task to Chen Yu, it was clearly a trap, but he had no reason to refuse.
"On the second level of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, there’s a spiritual medicine garden without supervision, and I’ll leave it to you to manage."
Elder Wu explained the task situation.
"Guard the spiritual medicine garden?"
This task was beyond his expectations. Chen Yu thought it would be a challenging or dangerous task, but he didn’t expect it to be a simple guarding task.
"I believe the elite genius of the Heavenly Martial Sect should be able to complete this simple task."
Elder Wu said lightly.
"This is a trap."
Chen Yu thought to himself but agreed on the surface.
After preparing, he headed to the second level of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest.
The bottom level is mainly the activity area for servants and odd jobs, followed by resource-rich areas within the medicine garden and mines.
Chen Yu arrived at the spiritual medicine garden, drawing the attention of all the servants.
"This spiritual medicine garden contains twenty plots, growing Three-star Blood Flame Grass, Yin Fire Grass, Red Cloud Bamboo, Earthfire Ganoderma..."
"They’re all such precious spiritual materials!"
Chen Yu was somewhat surprised.
These rare materials are extremely valuable, especially the Three-star Blood Flame Grass and Earthfire Ganoderma, which Chen Yu currently needs for his fire dao cultivation, and there’s quite a lot.
"They deliberately assigned me here. If the garden’s yield has any issues, it’s my responsibility."
Chen Yu thought to himself.
Moreover, he has Three-star Blood Flame Grass and Earthfire Ganoderma on hand. If an issue arises, there’s no way he can explain it clearly.
"I wonder what the steward’s personality is like?"
The servants in the spiritual medicine garden discussed how to win Chen Yu over and make profits from it.
This spiritual medicine garden breeds high-quality rare materials, naturally providing many opportunities for gains.
However, after a month of interaction, the servants tried all sorts of ways to please Chen Yu, but their insinuations were all unsuccessful.
"Damn it, this new steward doesn’t take hints, so what should we do?"
"How can such a person exist, sitting on immense resources without taking any advantage?"
The servants were quite puzzled.
But they didn’t know Chen Yu was puzzled too.
Of course, he wanted to be greedy, wishing he could make a substantial gain.
But it was obviously a trap set by the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest, and Chen Yu repeatedly warned himself to stay calm and composed!
Guarding the spiritual medicine garden actually didn’t require much effort.
Most of Chen Yu’s time was spent cultivating the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Wings and erasing the soul imprint from the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown.
Three months passed, and the servants in the garden completely gave up.
In their eyes, Chen Yu had already become a noble character, selflessly dedicated to cultivation.
Meanwhile.
Zhu Cangyan’s face was sinister as he paced back and forth.
"Damn it, is Chen Yu not tempted by the rare materials in the garden? He doesn’t even accept the servants’ bribes?"
"Isn’t he lacking Three-star Blood Flame Grass, Earthfire Ganoderma, and other cultivation resources?"
Zhu Cangyan cursed while inquiring.
The higher-ups of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Nest didn’t favor Chen Yu but wouldn’t make a direct move against him.
Therefore, this idea came from Zhu Cangyan.
As long as Chen Yu’s conduct had issues or the quantity of submitted medicine was problematic, Zhu Cangyan could seize the opportunity to give Chen Yu trouble.
But Chen Yu stayed in the garden for three or four months, and yet was so "upright and incorruptible".
"Brother Cangyan, I think Chen Yu might have guessed there’s a problem, so he dared not take action."
Shi Yao whispered.
Zhu Cangyan calmed down, realizing Shi Yao made a good point.
"But if he doesn’t take advantage, am I just helpless against him?"
Zhu Cangyan showed a sinister smile.
"Brother Cangyan, do you have any clever plans?"
Shi Yao asked joyfully.
"Shi Yao, this matter still requires you to take a trip."
Zhu Cangyan spoke with an air of assigning an important task.
Shi Yao’s face immediately turned stiff; he indeed regretted coming here today and asking this question.
...
A month later, in the dead of night.
At the barrier of the spiritual medicine garden, a subtle fluctuation suddenly occurred, and a transparent shadow penetrated the barrier, entering the garden.
Only a few servants were on duty around, completely unaware of the anomaly here.
"Ah, I hope everything goes smoothly."
Shi Yao sighed inwardly.
His figure completely blended into the surrounding scenery, even his aura was utterly restrained, as if he didn’t exist.
Even if a cultivator of the same rank walked up to him, they might not discover him.
All thanks to Zhu Cangyan’s spatial treasure "Hidden Star Clothes," which can perfectly hide him, being even more effective at night.
Shi Yao reached the spiritual medicine plot where rare materials were planted and dug up an Earthfire Ganoderma...