The crater is steaming and the temperature is extremely high.
In this place, it is basically difficult for ordinary people to breathe, and the air they inhale can make people burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
However, when his cultivation reached Zhou Yuan's level, his physical body was already as solid as a rock.
There were bubbling bubbles in the magma, but in some places it cooled down the rocks.
Zhou Yuan took a step and jumped, his body was extremely light, and he shuttled back and forth between the rocks, but he also had to avoid the high-temperature airflow that suddenly emerged from the magma.
You can see some shiny crystals floating in the magma in some areas.
They were Earth Fire Spiritual Crystal fragments, but most of them were in the shape of fine sand grains and had no mining value. Zhou Yuan was too lazy to collect them bit by bit.
However, after jumping over the rocks one by one, Zhou Yuan surprisingly discovered several relatively complete Earth Fire Spirit Crystals.
The smallest of these earth fire crystals are only the size of a finger, while the larger ones are as big as a fist.
Only then did Zhou Yuan take out some utensils and carefully put them into them. Only such Earth Fire Spiritual Crystals would be valuable when taken out.
The Earth Fire Spiritual Crystal has a high temperature, so it naturally needs a special container to store it. The container Zhou Yuan took out is made of earth and stone and is relatively high-temperature resistant.
After collecting them, Zhou Yuan stood among the rocks and looked up not far away.
There is a flower growing in the magma over there. The rhizome is pitch black. The flower is shaped like a chrysanthemum, only the size of a palm. The whole body is red. It looks like a blooming flame, which is extremely beautiful.
This is the Blood Flame Spirit Flower, which is extremely precious. The God of Fire also regards it as a treasure and guards it here all the year round.
Zhou Yuan turned his hand and took out a jade box, then slowly approached it, carefully picked it out, and put it into the jade box.
Having killed the Fire God Ox and picked the Blood Flame Spirit Flower, he completed two tasks at once. Zhou Yuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned around and stepped on the rocks to jump out.
The reason why these two missions are designated as six-star missions is that their locations are full of great dangers.
This volcano is very active. If it erupts suddenly, it would be difficult for ordinary people to survive.
Zhou Yuan also read a geographical record and judged that it would not erupt in the near future, so he had the courage to come over.
Collecting Blood Flame Spirit Flowers is even more dangerous, because you have to pass through magma. Spiritual Transformation Realm warriors are okay and can fly in the air, but Foundation Establishment Realm warriors cannot fly. Once they fall into it, they will be swallowed up instantly.
After leaving the volcano, Zhou Yuan returned the same way.
Deeper in the Demon Hunting Forest, the earth spirit beasts there are at least in the terrifying spirit transformation realm. With Zhou Yuan's current strength, entering there will mean death.
Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
It rained just yesterday, and today the whole world feels brand new.
Next to a huge waterfall hundreds of feet high, Zhou Yuan sat quietly on a big rock, holding a homemade fishing rod in his hand, concentrating on fishing by the water.
The water in front of you is crystal clear and fish are swimming in the water.
The waterfall next to it is like the Milky Way falling from the sky, making a roaring sound.
Xueying, on the other hand, was taking a nap on the side.
When practicing outside, there is no need to keep tense nerves all the time, but Zhou Yuan does not dare to be careless. Every once in a while, he will release his spiritual consciousness and explore the surrounding area.
After a while, the fishhook finally became available, and Zhou Yuan caught a huge and plump crucian carp.
Light the fire and grill it, and soon the fragrant grilled fish will come out.
Xueying seemed to smell the smell and woke up instantly, shouting happily at Zhou Yuan twice.
But when Zhou Yuan ate the grilled fish, he would not give it to him. If he wanted to eat it, he would find a way to eat it. This was also a way for Zhou Yuan to train Xueying.
Just as Zhou Yuan was teasing Xue Ying, his eyes suddenly froze and he became alert.
Zhou Yuan will only be alert when there is an earth spirit beast or other warrior aura approaching.
However, Zhou Yuan did not alert the snake, but continued to tease Xue Ying, who jumped back and forth anxiously because he could not eat the grilled fish.
Another moment passed.
Suddenly, a figure jumped down from the top of the waterfall. He held a black spear and stabbed straight towards Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan seemed to have expected it, he picked up the fishing rod and suddenly lifted it towards the top of his head.
laugh!
When the fishing rod collided with the tip of the gun, the fishing rod instantly shattered layer by layer and finally turned into slag.
The momentum of the spear tip continued unabated. Zhou Yuan turned over his hand and took out the Hong Sword. He raised the sword to directly block the last bit of the spear's attack.
At the same time, the stone under Zhou Yuan's feet also fell into pieces.
The figure jumped back and landed lightly.
Only then did Zhou Yuan see the face of the other party clearly. It was a young man, Zhao Huan, who was ranked tenth on the core list.
"How did you stop me?" Zhao Huan looked at Zhou Yuan with a hint of surprise in his expression.
Although he struck preemptively and launched a surprise attack at such a fast speed, he was still blocked so perfectly that he was comparable to a martial arts master.
Zhou Yuan just smiled and said nothing.
There is no such thing as a perfect block.
The reason why he can judge the opponent's offensive so accurately is because the scope of his spiritual consciousness is much wider than that of ordinary people.
Coupled with his powerful soul, his perception is so keen.
Usually when others discover themselves, they have already discovered them.
Seeing Zhou Yuan's mocking expression, Zhao Huan immediately became a little angry.
Shen Guanyan had underestimated his strength before, saying that he could only be on par with Zhou Yuan, but he didn't agree with that, and he felt disdainful at that time.
How could a little Zhou Yuan be his opponent?
"Hmph, I'm only at the third level of foundation building, but I am at the sixth level of foundation building, tenth on the core list, and the perfection of the Taoist platform far exceeds that of Cai Feiyang and Qiu Kong. How dare you laugh at me?"
Zhao Huanyue said, feeling increasingly angry.
He felt that he could deal with more than a dozen Zhou Yuan at the same time.
"You were sent here by Yun Zheng to die, and I just laughed at you for being stupid." Zhou Yuan continued to laugh.
"You are so arrogant." Zhao Huan's face was filled with anger, and then his body shape changed quickly, and the spear in his hand suddenly stabbed Zhou Yuan.
Almost in one breath, Zhao Huan fired dozens of shots, each shot seemed to be able to penetrate the void.
This kind of speed and power is very terrifying. If ordinary people cannot resist in time, they will be stabbed into a hornet's nest. He is worthy of being the tenth-ranked core disciple in Seven Star Academy.
But even such a terrifying offensive still made Zhou Yuan sneer on his face.
Bah! Bah! Bah!
The long sword in his hand was seen spinning rapidly, blocking every shot fired by Zhao Huan one by one.
Then with a thud, the sword instantly penetrated Zhao Huan's chest. During this period, Zhou Yuan didn't even look at him.
"Your spear is fast, but it is not as good as my sword." Zhou Yuan said calmly.
Zhao Huan was unable to react in time. His face was full of disbelief. His body softened and he fell directly into the water behind him. Seeing this, the snow shadow on the side immediately jumped into the water and took it to the shore again, but the other party had already breathed.
Nothing.
Zhou Yuan immediately raised his head, looked across the river bank, and said to the silent figure: "Just watch, why don't you save him?"
The beautiful figure was dressed in a tight-fitting red robe, and her figure was exquisite and graceful, with concave and convex shapes.
She has a charming face, and although she has an outstanding appearance, serious people probably won't have a good impression of her.
This woman is none other than Shen Guanyan, who is seventh on the core list, a prominent figure among the core disciples.
Originally, Shen Guanyan and Zhao Huan's three months in the Demon Hunting Forest were over. During this period, they searched for Zhou Yuan to no avail. They planned to leave today and return to Seven Star Academy.
However, on the way back, passing by the waterfall here, I discovered Zhou Yuan.
Facing Zhou Yuan's inquiry, Shen Guanyan just smiled coldly and said lightly: "A mere ant will die when he dies. What's the use of saving him?"
Zhou Yuan's expression was astonished. After all, he was a fellow disciple, but Shen Guanyan was so indifferent.
But it’s no wonder that today’s Seven Stars Academy is very clique-y. Besides taking advantage of each other, who would care about brothers and sisters in the same school?
"It seems that you are very confident about your own strength." Zhou Yuan responded.
Shen Guanyan said: "But killing you is enough."
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, "I heard that you once helped Nangong He. I don't plan to do anything with you. You'd better take care of yourself and leave."
Zhou Yuan did not intend to take action against Shen Guanyan.
Because he had heard about the other party from Nangong He. Before Nangong He entered Seven Star Academy, he was accidentally teased by an ignorant person. At that time, he happened to be bumped into by Shen Guanyan. Shen Guanyan took action without mercy and destroyed that person. 's lifeblood.
Therefore, Zhou Yuan did not intend to take action against her for Nangong He's sake.
"Hmph, whether you do it or not, it's not your turn yet. You should beg me to spare your life, but I don't intend to let you go."
Shen Guanyan snorted coldly, then turned her hand, and a soft sword appeared in her hand.
The soft sword was as soft as silk and very flexible. Holding it, Shen Guanyan dodged his body, tapped his toes lightly on the water, and rushed towards Zhou Yuan quickly.
Zhou Yuan's expression changed, and he immediately grabbed the snow shadow next to him and suddenly pulled away and moved sideways.
Shen Guanyan made a dash for it, and when he turned around, Zhou Yuan had already climbed along the rock wall towards the top of the waterfall.
"You can't run away." Shen Guanyan frowned slightly and chased after him.
Zhou Yuan suddenly turned around and slashed at Shen Guanyan with his sword.
Shen Guanyan was startled and quickly blocked her sword, but she felt a terrible force and was hit by the force and fell down.
The next moment, Zhou Yuan had jumped onto the waterfall hundreds of feet high.
He lowered his head and glanced at Shen Guanyan, then turned away.
Shen Guanyan landed on the ground with an expression of reluctance, but she was secretly shocked that Zhou Yuan's hand strength was indeed strong.
After that, she stepped on the rock wall again and rushed up the waterfall, but when she rushed up, Zhou Yuan had disappeared.
"You ran pretty fast, but I will kill you." Shen Guanyan muttered to herself, and immediately followed Zhou Yuan's footsteps and followed them.
Now that she saw Zhou Yuan with her own eyes, Shen Guanyan gave up the idea of going back. She was loyal to Yun Zheng, so she naturally wanted to carry Zhou Yuan's head to Yun Zheng to receive the reward.
If not for anything else, just for her family.
Yun Zheng will most likely take away the title of crown prince from the eldest prince in the future and successfully ascend the throne. As the current head of the Shen family, and the Shen family is one of the nine aristocratic families in the imperial capital, there will be many places where she will need to rely on the new emperor in the future.
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Three more months have passed, and Zhou Yuan is still training Xue Ying as usual.
Today's snow shadow, while its strength has greatly increased, its courage is also getting stronger day by day. Sometimes Zhou Yuan is really afraid that it will betray him suddenly.
The best way is to wait for it to reach the foundation building stage and then use the totem technique yourself.
Late at night, Zhou Yuan arranged his residence and stayed outside for an hour to make sure that Shen Guanyan had not come looking for him. Then he took out the earth spirit core and fed it to Xue Ying.
During this period, Shen Guanyan often harassed him, but Zhou Yuan did not confront her head-on.
So when practicing at night, he would be wary of each other.
Since absorbing Zhao Huan's spiritual essence last time, Xueying's realm has directly entered the late ninth level and has now reached its peak. Zhou Yuan wants it to break through tonight.
This time, he took out the earth spirit core he got from the body of the God of Fire Bull last time, plus other high-level earth spirit cores collected in the past few days.
Snow Shadow swallowed all the earth spirit cores and quickly began to transform.
In fact, Zhou Yuan himself coveted the Earth Spirit Core of the Fire God Ox, but for Xue Ying, he could only reluctantly part with it.
After a night of transformation, Xue Ying finally broke through to the foundation building realm.
Its size increased again, and now it is about half a person tall, and it has fully grown into adulthood.
It has silver-white hair all over its body and looks majestic, like a lion. After countless experiences, Xue Ying has lost its tenderness, and its originally cute face is now more ferocious.
"We finally succeeded, let's take this opportunity to accept you." Zhou Yuan's face was filled with joy.
He just did it. He immediately took out a piece of paper, spread it on the ground, and drew a circular rune pattern on it. This pattern had an ancient charm.
Zhou Yuan directly cut his finger and dropped a drop of blood on the surface of the pattern.
The next moment, the pattern glowed faintly.
Xueying's face was full of curiosity and she walked towards Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan took the opportunity to grab one of its feet, made a cut and dripped blood on the pattern.
Xueying called twice, seeming to complain a little, but not rejecting it.
Zhou Yuan held Xue Ying's soft soles, the wounds of the two fit together, and Zhou Yuan then silently started to use the Totem Technique.
The pattern on the paper is actually just to test the fit between the two of them.
Zhou Yuan has thunder attribute spiritual power in his body, and Xue Ying's awakened spiritual energy also has thunder attribute, so they have already reached a perfect match in terms of blood.
At this time, spiritual power surged within Zhou Yuan's body, and some tiny tentacles soon appeared in the wound.
These are his neurons.
Neurons penetrated into Xue Ying's wounds, and then the patterns on the ground burned, giving people a very strange feeling.
But Zhou Yuan and Xueying had a special feeling at the same time, as if they cherished each other and could sense each other's thoughts more clearly.
After a long time, the neurons are disconnected and the wounds on both of them heal.
Zhou Yuan was staring at Xue Ying at this moment, and Xue Ying was also staring at Zhou Yuan. The two sides looked at each other, and they both felt that the other person was much closer.
This is a relationship based on blood.
From now on, Xueying will be Zhou Yuan's true spiritual pet.
If Zhou Yuan points east, it will never go west, which is equivalent to signing a contract to prevent mutual betrayal.
It is stated in the totem technique that the price of betrayal is very serious, which will cause blood backlash, ranging from damage to the foundation to immediate death in severe cases.
"Hahaha..." Zhou Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
His long-held wish has finally come true. From now on, even if he and Xueying are far apart from each other, as long as one party is in danger, the other party will clearly sense it.
However, the current Xueying is still pitifully weak, and Zhou Yuan must continue to cultivate it.
The growth rate of earth spirit beasts is much faster than that of humans. Humans need to practice martial arts, while earth spirit beasts only need to mindlessly devour a large amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
The reason why Zhou Yuan accepted those seven-star missions was because he considered Xueying's future value.
As long as Xueying is trained to the spirit transformation realm, aren't a few seven-star missions within reach?
According to the totem technique, he and Xueying have become one body by now, allowing them to become part of his body.
As for how to integrate, Zhou Yuan has not tried it yet.
He then silently recited a mantra in the totem technique, which can mobilize the body's spiritual energy.
The next moment, the snow shadow turned into a blood mist and wrapped around Zhou Yuan's arm.
Zhou Yuan was immediately shocked. This phenomenon was too weird. It was far beyond his current knowledge. A living being could change at will.
When the blood mist disappeared, Zhou Yuan immediately lifted up his sleeves.
On his arm, a silver pattern suddenly appeared. This pattern resembled a toothed dog and looked lifelike.
Only then did Zhou Yuan suddenly realize.
The reason why totemism is called totemism is that after establishing a contract with a spiritual pet, the spiritual pet will become a totem and attached to the owner's body.
This kind of magic is the top magic in Xuanyuan Immortal Court. It was collected by Ancient Emperor Xuanyuan from the endless world. At least in the world where Zhou Yuan is now, such strange magic has never been heard of.
Kung Fu.
The sky gradually turned white.
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and recited the spell silently. The totem on his arm immediately turned into blood mist, and then condensed into the shape of a snow shadow again.
Seeing the powerful Xue Ying, Zhou Yuan felt excited.
"I feel like the outer area is not interesting anymore. How about we go deeper and find some challenging opponents for you?" Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
Woof!
Xueying immediately screamed happily twice.
Today's Xue Ying no longer has the timidity he once had, but instead is full of desire for powerful opponents and his own strength.
The stronger you are, the more you desire to become stronger.
Leaving the temporary residence, Zhou Yuan rode on Xue Ying's back and headed straight towards the depths of the Demon Hunting Forest.
However, not long after traveling, Zhou Yuan met Shen Guanyan on the way.
After not seeing each other for a few days, it turned out that Shen Guanyan had been lying in wait for him to appear.
Zhou Yuan was speechless for a while, looked at Shen Guanyan and said: "You are really haunted. Do you know that what you do is very annoying?"
"How dare you say I'm annoyed?" Shen Guanyan was a little angry.
With her good looks, she usually has many followers, but she has always been annoyed, and no one has ever bothered her in turn.
Immediately, Shen Guanyan snorted coldly and continued: "I have allowed you to escape several times before, but you have entered my ambush today and there is no way you can escape."
Zhou Yuan felt depressed for a while, this woman still had the desire to kill him.