This Lei Yan seemed to possess sentience, flickering wildly, its terrifying high temperature causing Wu Qingxuan extreme pain.
She desperately clutched the pale white Lei Yan, almost unreservedly using her Demonic Technique, intending to forcibly subdue it.
Yang Che also felt waves of scorching pain on his skin. Fortunately, he had been Cultivating the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art and had absorbed a large amount of medicinal liquid, making his skin, muscles, and bones tough to a certain extent, comparable to low-grade Magical Artifacts.
So, although there was some scorching pain, it was barely tolerable.
He carefully observed the pale white flame, and suddenly, the records about 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire' in the Alchemy Notes flashed in his mind.
"This is actually a cluster of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire!"
Yang Che narrowed his eyes, looking at the unruly flame in Wu Qingxuan's hand. He quickly condensed a Water Bullet Art, preparing to help Wu Qingxuan.
"Yang Che, open your mouth quickly."
Just then, Wu Qingxuan suddenly shouted, gripping the pale white Lei Yan with both hands and pressing it directly towards Yang Che's face.
In an instant, Yang Che's head buzzed, and he immediately understood Wu Qingxuan's intention.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately opened his mouth wide and smoothly inhaled the pale white Lei Yan.
The Lei Yan was initially furious and wanted to burn wildly.
But once it entered Yang Che's mouth, it surprisingly gradually quieted down, then docilely burrowed into Yang Che's Dantian.
"Nine Heart Thunder Flame?"
Yang Che was stunned.
However, at this moment, he couldn't spare the time to study the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire that had sunk into his Dantian. Instead, he quickly came to Wu Qingxuan's side.
At this moment, Wu Qingxuan had collapsed to the ground, her expression extremely weak.
Yang Che helped her up, letting her lean against him, and urgently said, "Miss Wu, how are you?"
After Yang Che spoke, his heart suddenly clenched.
He noticed that Wu Qingxuan's hair had turned as white as frost at some point.
Wu Qingxuan's vitality was rapidly draining, and she likely wouldn't last much longer.
Yang Che hastily took out a green jade bottle from his Storage Pouch, poured out a Nourishing Yuan Pill, and quickly fed it into Wu Qingxuan's mouth.
"Don't waste your effort."
Wu Qingxuan's voice was already faint.
It seemed that trying to forcibly subdue the cluster of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire had exhausted her last bit of strength.
"My Lifespan was already almost depleted. I've known for a long time that this day would come."
Facing death, Wu Qingxuan showed no great sadness. Instead, a faint smile gradually appeared on her face.
"I don't regret choosing Demonic Technique. On the contrary, I'm glad I have the 'Extreme Yin Body' to help me fulfill my Cultivation dream. Although this dream was short-lived, it still made me very content."
Wu Qingxuan's hand gradually drooped, and her eyes grew dimmer.
"The only regret is killing Great Master Ming Pu. I hope that if I can see him in the Nine Nether Underworld, I can apologize to him again."
Upon hearing this, Yang Che felt an indescribable complexity and a hint of faint bitterness well up in his heart.
He struggled to open his mouth to say something to Wu Qingxuan, but he stammered for a long time, unable to squeeze out a single word.
"Yang Che, thank you too. You made me feel warmth again before. To die in your arms, I consider myself fortunate."
As Wu Qingxuan spoke, her palm moved, placing a green Jade Slip in Yang Che's hand.
Afterward, the smile on her face gradually faded, replaced by glistening tears.
She cried, yet smiled, extending her hand as if to touch Yang Che's face, while speaking in a voice so weak it was almost inaudible, "Please carry a part of my long-cherished wish, you must… reach… the end of the Immortal Realm…"
Wu Qingxuan's hand ultimately failed to touch Yang Che's face and fell.
Yang Che grabbed her hand and then placed it on his own cheek.
There was still residual warmth.
But Wu Qingxuan had already closed her eyes, her beauty fading away.
A long tear stain on her exquisite face seemed to carve an eternal mark.
Wulong Valley.
Dragon Breath Mountain.
Tongyou Cave.
Yang Che had been back in his Immortal Cave for several days.
These past few days, his mood remained somewhat low.
At this moment, sitting on a stone stool, he couldn't help but clench his fists when he thought of Taiyan Temple's dominance.
Ultimately, he couldn't take Wu Qingxuan's body. Taiyan Temple buried Wu Qingxuan in the 'Sin Mountain' within the temple.
Fortunately, the benevolent old monk Yan Kong fulfilled his promise and, using Taiyan Temple's extremely precious 'Great True Word Art,' removed the Heavenly Ghost Sect's curse from his body.
As for the people of Taiyan Temple questioning him about the Nine Heart Thunder Flame.
Yang Che was initially a bit nervous, but later he found that no one seemed to be able to detect the Nine Heart Thunder Flame lurking within his Dantian, so he insisted that he hadn't seen any flame at all.
In the end, the people of Taiyan Temple couldn't find anything on Yang Che, and someone from within the temple came forward to confirm that the old monk Ming Pu had indeed promised a Disciple from Wulong Valley to help him remove the cursed black marks. Coupled with concerns for Taiyan Temple's reputation in the Cultivation World and its relationship with Wulong Valley, they could only conclude that the Nine Heart Thunder Flame had escaped in the chaos and let the matter drop. They didn't make things difficult for Yang Che in the end…
Yang Che got up and walked to the Spiritual Soil, his fingers dancing as he diligently cultivated Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plant.
What was planted in this Spiritual Soil, besides the nine-leaf dark yang fruit and the Spirit Eye Tree saplings, were all the main medicinal ingredients Yang Che had carefully selected to refine the 'Pseudo Overlord Pill.'
Soon, his sweat dripped onto the Spiritual Soil.
Yang Che was immersed in it, and gradually, his experience and insights in cultivating medicinal herbs unknowingly reached a higher level.
After meticulously cultivating the medicinal herbs, Yang Che sat on the stone stool, took out a Jade Slip, and placed it on his forehead.
This Jade Slip was the one Wu Qingxuan gave him before she died that day. It explained why she went to Taiyan Temple.
The Buddhist scriptures of Taiyan Temple could reduce her backlash. At the same time, the Jade Slip contained information about the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire 'Nine Heart Thunder Flame.'
There were also some secret rumors about the 'Magic Dao Four Sects' of Shura Country, especially the most about the Heavenly Ghost Sect.
Among them, there was even a major secret message concerning the five major Cultivation Sects of the entire Jiang Country.
Yang Che put the Jade Slip away again and paced back and forth in the Inner Cave Mansion, his expression fluctuating.
This news was actually about the Magic Dao Four Sects of Shura Country conspiring to invade Jiang Country, Xiaozhu Country, and more than a dozen other neighboring countries' Cultivation Sects.
Originally, after this trip to Taiyan Temple, witnessing Wu Qingxuan die in his arms, Yang Che's state of mind had undoubtedly undergone a major baptism.
He had already secretly resolved to never again meddle in any external affairs, but to focus on his own path of Cultivation with a low profile.
But now, suddenly learning this news, he was at a loss.
Reporting it rashly would undoubtedly be unwise.
Because if someone asked about the source of this Jade Slip, he wouldn't know how to explain it, and it might even cause him endless trouble.
However, if such important news was not transmitted, as a member of Jiang Country, it would truly be inexcusable.
"Anyway, these Magic Dao Four Sects still need six or seven years to prepare. It's better not to report it for now and find an opportunity later."
After making up his mind, Yang Che decided to settle down and go into seclusion, fully striving to Break through to the tenth level of the Qi Refinement Stage.
Thus, Yang Che began a life of almost reclusive Cultivation in Tongyou Cave.
He cultivated medicinal herbs while diligently Cultivating.
Cultivation was divided into two periods.
During one period, he continued to refine medicinal liquid for soaking and absorption, Cultivating the "Heaven and Earth Chaos Art."
During the other period, he fully Cultivated the "Purple Origin Art."
Several months later.
Yang Che Broke through the ninth level of the Qi Refinement Stage and entered the tenth level of Qi Refining.
This Breakthrough did not take long, as he had previously consumed all the Eight Treasures Pill and also eaten a mo yang fruit.
After his Cultivation improved, Yang Che immediately felt a change he had never felt before.
That was, he suddenly discovered that he perceived certain specific things in this world with extraordinary clarity, and even had an inexplicable sense of closeness to them.
For example, the 'Nine Heart Thunder Flame' currently residing in his Dantian and the 'nine-leaf dark yang fruit' in the Spiritual Soil.
Yang Che quickly realized that this was mostly related to the mutated attribute of his Immortal Root.
At this time, his Divine Sense and magical power had also increased significantly.
However, the 'metamorphosis' that Senior Brother Situ Yu, the master of Cultivation Technique, had spoken of back then, Yang Che still didn't seem to feel it yet.
One day, Yang Che quietly left his Immortal Cave and came to a remote desolate mountain and dense forest. He took out the Storage Pouch of Liu Yuan and Leng Feiyun.
After such a long time, Yang Che felt that opening the two Storage Pouches should be no problem now.