Chapter 189: Chapter 91: Reunion

The Nine-Layered Fire Domain, even at the first layer, Li Jizhou felt the magical power within his dantian depleting continuously as he used his mana shield to shield the power of the flames.

Despite his abundant Evergreen Magical Power, without the aid of pills or spirit stones to replenish spiritual qi, he could only sustain it for about a day.

Ye Jingyu had completely escaped the range of his lifespan sense, probably having ventured at least into the third layer.

The first layer of the Fire Domain was at least ten miles across before entering the second layer from where Li Jizhou stood.

The second layer extended beyond his visual range, with tumultuous flames that blurred and obstructed his vision.

After a moment, Bai Yi seemed unsatisfied with the first layer of the Fire Domain,

and it fed back to Li Jizhou that its Spirit Body had significantly enhanced after absorbing the power of the flames.

“Could it truly ascend?” Li Jizhou’s hope intensified. After pondering for a moment, he immediately led Bai Yi straight into the second layer of the Fire Domain.

The color of the flames in the second layer turned a pale blue,

a faint blue glow, looking somewhat enchanting.

The scorching power was stronger than that of the first layer.

As soon as Li Jizhou entered, the depletion of the mana shield increased instantly.

“Still bearable,” he thought, reassured, and stopped worrying, allowing Bai Yi to continuously devour the blue flames.

As Bai Yi delved further into the second layer of the Fire Domain, looking back, it was already difficult to see the sights outside the Fire Domain.

Li Jizhou took out all the storage bags left by Alchemist Xue, Qin Changhong, and Qin Haoyang to safeguard,

calling Bai Yi back to burn them one by one, ensuring no Divine Soul Marks remained.

As expected, Qin Haoyang’s storage bag contained a concealed Divine Soul Mark.

The mark was extremely subtle, mingled among a mass of spirit stones, and without Bai Yi’s ability to burn divine souls, it would have been difficult for Li Jizhou to detect it solely with his divine sense.

After burning everything once, Li Jizhou let Bai Yi continue absorbing the flames while he carefully took stock of his earnings from this outing.

Alchemist Xue’s assets were already substantial, and the so-called Qin family’s wealth left for him by Qin Haoyang, although meant to attract attention, was also quite abundant.

A total of four thousand middle-grade spirit stones,

the Qin family’s artifact refining inheritance from Tier One to Tier Three, including insights and understandings of refining flying ships.

Additionally, there were various artifact refining materials, numbering no less than ten types of Tier Three materials, with a total value exceeding three thousand middle-grade spirit stones.

Qin Changhong’s assets paled in comparison, less than a thousand middle-grade spirit stones.

Besides, there was only one supreme magic treasure worth looking at; the rest were Tier Two items, nothing special.

“Pity I didn’t acquire Qin Haoyang’s blood essence; a Late Stage of Core Formation cultivator could intimidate ninety-nine percent of people even in the Yan Kingdom.” After inventorying his spoils, Li Jizhou felt a bit regretful.

Alchemist Xue in the Middle Stage of Core Formation had a somewhat weak aura, unlikely to fool people.

He swept the area with his divine sense and age rings again, confirming no one was within his visible range, and stored Alchemist Xue’s identity away, revealing his true appearance.

Maintaining someone else’s aura also consumed magical power, and now the power of the second layer of the Fire Domain was considerable, his mana shield could only last five hours at most.

Reducing consumption a bit more could allow Bai Yi to absorb more flames.

An hour later, Bai Yi again found the second layer of the Fire Domain unsatisfactory.

Moreover, its innate spiritual body had shown significant improvement by now,

Li Jizhou finally decided to venture into one more layer for Bai Yi to advance to Tier Three Fire Spirit sooner.

The simple distance in the second layer of the Fire Domain was shorter by ten percent compared to the first layer, after proceeding another nine miles, the shallow green domain of the third layer of the Fire Domain came into view.

Glowing green!

Li Jizhou took a slight step forward, feeling the mana shield was struggling, quickly retreated, and stayed at the edge of the second layer watching Bai Yi.

Bai Yi, however, showed no pressure, freely traversing and devouring the green flames.

Li Jizhou gazed into the depths,

through the green flames, vaguely seeing the black flames within the fourth layer of the Fire Domain shining with a dim black glow, quietly burning.

That area had the appearance of Netherworld ghost flames, seemingly capable of burning one’s heart.

Li Jizhou dared not step into it.

After another two hours, Bai Yi had nearly devoured all the visible green flames.

Now, it finally no longer wished to continue devouring but instead had a tendency to slumber.

Li Jizhou was overjoyed, drew it back into his dantian, and turned to leave.

This time he didn’t exit from the entry point but circled to the far west to avoid encountering people from the Qin family again.

As for the Qin family, naturally, he would not go back.

Unsurprisingly, there was a major crisis erupting within now, probably leaving no one with the mind to consider him.

“Hmm?” Just as Li Jizhou was circling to the far west, ready to exit the Fire Domain, a lifespan sense suddenly surged from within the Fire Domain.

Lifespan limit five hundred one, should be Middle Stage of Core Formation.

Its speed was extremely fast, arriving at the second layer of the Fire Domain almost the next moment.

Li Jizhou quickly pulled out a stack of Tier Three talismans from his storage bag, with six Tier Three puppets ready to burst out of the storage bag at any time.

“Li Jizhou?”

However, the next moment, a voice full of surprise and doubt came from the third layer of the Fire Domain.

Li Jizhou slightly turned, staring at Ye Jingyu surrounded by green flames, secretly alarmed, indeed he wasn’t dead.

On the contrary, he had recovered almost completely so quickly.

“Who might you be?” Li Jizhou watched Ye Jingyu warily, as if he didn’t recognize him.

Ye Jingyu, upon hearing this, showed a trace of expectation on his face, calmly walking out from the third layer of the Fire Domain.

“No need to be so guarded, if I wanted to kill you, you’d be dead already!” Ye Jingyu spared Li Jizhou a glance, his voice calm.

“You can try,” Li Jizhou showed no fear.

“Heh~ Li Jizhou, are you sure you don’t know me?” Ye Jingyu ignored Li Jizhou’s display of composure, instead sizing him up closely, and after confirming he had not yet achieved Core Formation, he couldn’t help but shake his head in disappointment.

“I don’t know you!” Although the Thunder Flame Sect incident was a thing of the past, Li Jizhou still didn’t want any involvement with Ye Jingyu, and even less did he want to expose the opportunities he got at the Thunder Flame Sect.

“Hehe~ Li Jizhou, you can’t fool me, I can practically confirm that you, like me, gained opportunities from that mysterious secret realm!

Your memory, like mine, was not erased.

Speaking of which, I should thank you for your guidance back then in that secret realm.” Ye Jingyu chuckled, asserting.

Upon hearing this, Li Jizhou remained expressionless, though inwardly puzzled, unable to fathom Ye Jingyu’s certainty.

But he didn’t respond.

After decades apart, the Ye Jingyu of today had transformed from the exquisite, delicate youth of the past into a handsome figure with a trace of sinister charm.

Dressed in his black attire,

when he smiled now, he exuded a certain evil charm.

“I’ve laid it all out for you, aren’t you going to be honest? Rest assured, I hold no ill will towards you. Moreover… if you can demonstrate your value, I can help you achieve Core Formation, and I mean it!” Ye Jingyu spoke again.

Li Jizhou slightly contemplated,

then spoke, “What kind of opportunity did you gain in that mysterious secret realm?”

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