NOVEL NEXT Chapter 321: Flaming Hell 1
Two real days later, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu entered the Inscription Tower City.
However, they didn't linger and instead went straight to the city's teleportation area.
After paying the necessary fees, they boarded a teleportation formation to the Alchemy Tower City and soon disappeared from the Inscription Tower City.
"I hate long-distance teleportation formations. They are uncomfortable." Shen Xu complained as soon as they arrived in the Alchemy Tower City.
"We won't be taking another in a long time." Zhen Yuan soothed, rubbing the double's hair.
After buying some supplies, the two left the city, found an empty lot and took out a level five flying ship.
In fact, they had level six and seven flying ships.
However, they were trying to keep a low profile, and a level five flying ship was just right.
"Let's go." Zhen Yuan said, pulling Shen Xu onto the ship.
A moment later, the ship rose and flew West.
Since they chose not to enter the remaining towers for the time being, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu decided to explore some dangerous areas.
The first choice was the Flaming Hell.
As the name suggested, the Flaming Hell was a land of fire.
From what the two learned, the Flaming hell was simultaneously a blessed land and a death zone.
It was a blessed land because fire cultivators could gain twice the result with half the effort if they cultivated in the outer areas of the Flaming Hell.
That said, the outer areas were moderately safe, but the core area was a death zone that no one had come back from.
Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were not sure they could survive the core area.
However, they planned to explore the Flaming Hell and possibly enter the core if circumstances allowed.
At this time, Shen Xu waved his hand, and three people flew out of the Chaos Flame Space.
"We are finally out." Yang Shi cried.
He, Feng Xue, and Li Wenqiang had been in the space for only three real months, but that time was equivalent to almost eight space years.
After such a long time, they were happy to be back in the real world.
"Master, how far are we from the Flaming Hell?" Feng Xue asked.
"Nine days." Shen Xu answered.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, the ship landed on the outskirts of the Flaming Hell.
The Flaming Hell was a sea of fire.
Roaring flames extended further than the spiritual sense could cover, and the surrounding heat almost rivalled the Endless Sun Desert in the Yunshan secret realm.
Ordinarily, Shen Xu enjoyed this kind of environment.
After all, he was a fire cultivator, and his body could automatically absorb fire qi.
However, after arriving in the Flaming Hell, he felt uncomfortable, and his body resolutely rejected the surrounding fire qi.
"Something is wrong." He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.
Although Zhen Yuan was not a fire cultivator, he could also feel that something was wrong.
Unfortunately, he couldn't put his finger on it and could only frown in frustration.
"It's cursed phoenix fire." Feng Xue revealed with a solemn expression.
At the same time, a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes, and her hands clenched into fists.
"Cursed phoenix fire? What is it?" Shen Xu asked in a perplexed voice.
"The place where a phoenix falls temporarily becomes a land of fire." Feng Xue started and quickly continued.
"Depending on the phoenix's cultivation, this fire will be naturally extinguished after some years or exhausted after being refined by other cultivators. However, this is only the case for ordinary phoenix fire."
"If a phoenix has too many grievances at the time of their death, they may choose to sacrifice their soul to curse their remains. This curse is extremely domineering and can't be undone no matter what."
Hearing this, Shen Xu frowned and looked at the fire.
"Feng Xue…, this curse…, could it have something to do with me? Other cultivators can absorb the surrounding fire qi, but I can't." The double asked in a concerned voice.
However, Feng Xue shook her head and began explaining.
"Master, you have a powerful origin and a profound destiny. Because of this, your body instinctively recognises the curse and rejects the fire qi to prevent contamination."
After saying that, Feng Xue looked at the Flaming Hell with a solemn expression.
"In fact, the contamination in the outskirts is insignificant and won't affect ordinary cultivators. However, no human cultivator can refine the true treasures from the fallen phoenix's body."
"What do you mean?"
"The fallen phoenix has a grudge against human cultivators and has cursed its remains as a way of vengeance. Any human cultivator who tries to get the phoenix treasures will be instantly killed, regardless of their cultivation level. Even immortals and gods can't escape the curse."
"Is the curse so domineering?" Shen Xu couldn't help but be shocked.
"Phoenixes are divine creatures and are inherently favoured by the heavens. When such a divine monster sacrifices its soul to curse its remains, the heavens will do its best to carry out the wishes."
"What about you? Can you get the treasures?" Shen Xu asked, and Feng Xue nodded.
"The curse is harmless against the phoenix clan." She said.
Shen Xu was relieved when he heard this.
After all, they came from afar, and it would be too frustrating to leave empty-handed.
"In that case, let's enter the Flaming Hell." The double said in an excited voice.
Although he couldn't touch the treasures, he didn't really mind because Feng Xue was his contract monster. If the treasures were useful to her, they were indirectly useful to him.
Thinking of this, Shen Xu took Zhen Yuan's hand and jumped out of the ship.
A moment later, the others followed, and Shen Xu shrank the ship before putting it away.
There were thousands of fire root cultivators on the outskirts of the Flaming Hell.
At the outermost periphery were nascent soul realm cultivators, and further in were spirit transformation realm and void refining realm cultivators.
Since they were disguised as spirit transformation realm cultivators, Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, Li Wenqiang, Yang Shi, and Feng Xue passed the periphery and walked further in.
But seeing this, some of the fire root cultivators sighed and shook their heads.