Chapter 73: The Clear Stream of Blackstone (Seeking Recommendations)

  After taking the Earth Evasion Pill, Su Zhe performed the Earth Evasion Technique and entered the stone wall behind him, then sank down along the stone wall to a depth of over thirty zhang, bypassing the lava river from below, and swam towards the direction of the small island in the lake.

  When passing through the bottom of the lava river, you can still feel extremely high temperatures, but for a cultivator like Su Che, it has no effect at all, and he can withstand it with just his true energy protecting his body.

  Following the old black's guidance, Su Che arrived directly below the small black island and was about to climb up when he heard the old black say: "Master, that small black island is actually a complete black boulder. My detection ability can't penetrate it, so I can't confirm whether your hiding technique will be effective on it. Therefore, you should ascend slowly."

  Su Che responded with a sound, naturally understanding that if the Earth Escape Technique didn't work on that black boulder, he would crash into it and end up with a bloody head...

  Slowing down his pace, Su Zhe carefully climbed upwards. As the temperature at the bottom of the ground rose sharply, he soon came into contact with the bottom of the black boulder. Su Zhe reached out to touch it, and felt a solid hardness and thickness.

  "It really is ineffective against it."

  The art of concealment can make earth and stone seem like nothing, but at this moment, being able to touch it with a real sense of touch means that this black giant stone is very special and different from the natural objects in the ground.

  Su Che first took out the law sword and dug a hole in the soil layer at the bottom of the black giant stone, so that even if the medicinal effect of the Dun Tian Dan lost its effect after a while, he still had enough space to move freely.

  He then used the law sword to slash at the black boulder above, but no matter how he slashed, not a single stone chip fell off. The law sword in his hand was severely damaged. It was clear that his flying sword was far inferior to this boulder in terms of hardness.

  "Good baby!"

  The sword was damaged, but Su Che was overjoyed. The attempt just now had at least proven that this black boulder belonged to a high-intensity forging material... even harder than a finished sword, it could be imagined that the congenital grade of this material would not be low.

  Such a large boulder, at least tens of thousands of kilograms, if it's high-quality material, then we'll get rich!

  While excited, Su Che was secretly worried: "This thing is so hard, but I don't have the right tool to cut it, do I have to take it away whole?"

  Sensing Su Che's thoughts, Lao Hei replied, "It won't do, Master. This huge stone, I'm unable to bring it into the Xian prison... At the very least, with my current abilities, it's definitely impossible."

  Cut again and can't move, collect again and can't go, the command flags and treasure on top are guarded by the red-tailed fox and flame monster... Is it that this time exploring the treasure, I really have nothing to gain?

  Su Che was naturally unwilling, his palm unconsciously pressed against the black giant stone, revealing a reluctant expression.

  But unexpectedly, a cool feeling penetrated into the palm of his hand, making Su Che feel refreshed and clear-headed. In an instant, he completely ignored the high temperature baking caused by the lava above.

  "So comfortable!"

  Su Zhe silently praised himself, then suddenly remembered the life force warm current created by the Xianyu prison. The cold and warmth of these two energies made him feel extremely comfortable... Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he shouted in his heart: "Lao Hei, transmit some life force over here!"

  "Alright, master."

  After a few breaths, the life force transformed from Lao Hei was transmitted from the center of his eyebrows. Su Che consciously guided the warm flow of life force towards his shoulder position. At the same time, the clear stream from the palm of his hand also guided towards the shoulder position...

  "Master, be careful." Lao Hei's whole body was tense in the immortal prison, his black fur standing on end, and he couldn't help but feel extremely nervous about his master's adventurous attempt.

  "It's okay, I trust my instincts."

  Many times, Su Che is indeed reckless and adventurous.

  Finally, one cold and one warm, two strands of energy as thin as hair converged at the Yunmen acupoint on Su Che's shoulder blade... As soon as they came into contact, they merged together like water and milk, almost without any reaction process.

  "One cold and one warm, one yin and one yang, I really am..."

  Su Che had just felt a little proud of himself, but unexpectedly, the two energies that had merged together came into contact with the true energy in his meridians. This suddenly caused something astonishing to happen.

  With a loud bang, the true energy inside his body suddenly boiled up, just like a burning torch falling into a pool filled with oil, and a soaring flame suddenly burst out, unstoppable!

  "Ah!"

  Su Che let out a miserable cry, his palm shrinking back from the black stone as if electrocuted... In the immortal prison, Lao Hei also hastily stopped the transmission of his life force...

  "Master, how are you? How are you?" Lao Hei cried out in a panic.

  Su Che didn't have the energy to respond, immediately sat down cross-legged on the ground, exerting himself to adjust his internal breath, wanting to control the true energy that had already churned up to a boiling point in his meridians and dantian.

  "Can't control... it anymore!"

  Hoo... Hoo... Hoo...

  His body was like a raging fire, his blood and fluids boiling over, he couldn't even control his true energy, let alone his own posture. Su Che fell to the ground with a thud, unable to move his fingers at all, completely losing all mobility.

  "It's okay, it's okay, I trust my instincts, it's okay, won't go wrong..."

  At this moment, Su Che was enduring the pain of being fried and grilled, but in his heart, he still insisted on his so-called intuition. Just now, there was a feeling that was very clear, it was obviously not wrong...

  But intuition is an elusive thing, can it really be trusted?

  "What's going on? What can be done?" Lao Hei was anxious and pacing back and forth in the immortal prison, but he didn't dare to act rashly for fear of making things worse.

  Sigh...

  After a while, Su Che faced an increasingly terrible situation both internally and externally. Not only was the true energy inside his body boiling to the point of explosion, but also the intense fire energy from the underground fire vein above his head was attracted over for some unknown reason. The scorching hot air poured in through Su Che's mouth, nose, pores, and every acupoint on his body, entering unimpeded.

  "It's okay, it'll definitely be okay!"

  Everything is already in a state of internal and external torture, Su Che still insists on his intuition, like a stubborn madman.

  Flames engulfed his body, gradually intensifying, scorching every cell within Su Che's body, including the already turbulent true energy. Endless waves of agony surged in. Fortunately, the Xianyin Pagoda in his mind was like a steady needle, silently guarding Su Che's consciousness and keeping it clear.

  At this moment, Su Che's mind suddenly flashed back to the scene where he first swallowed the Xun Di Dan and impacted his Qi in the middle of the underground, and a hint of enlightenment emerged in his heart.

  "Old Hei, help me up, lean against the Black Stone... and also the Diligent Spirit Dan, life force..."

  Su Che's transmitted thoughts seemed a bit incoherent, but Lao Hei still understood them. He immediately transformed into the Tianmo form and emerged from the Xianyu prison, using his Tianmo powers to lift Su Che off the ground. Moreover, he helped Su Che place his hands on the black giant stone, then retrieved a Dilin Dan from the Xianyu prison for Su Che to take, after which a steady stream of life force was transmitted over...

  One cold and one warm energy reappeared, still gathering at the 'Yunmen Hole' to merge, further igniting the true energy, and further intensifying Su Che's suffering.

  What is this?

  Adding fuel to the fire, do you want to commit suicide?

  Of course not!

  When this suffering reached a certain peak, surpassing a certain limit, the true energy and fire energy no longer mutually tormented each other, but instead stably merged together, starting to internally burn the original earth attribute of the true energy. This means that Su Che's true energy attribute has begun to transform towards the fire attribute.

  At the same time, Su Che's cultivation strength was also growing explosively. The medicinal power of a single Earth Spirit Pill, which originally required three days to absorb and digest, was now consumed in just three hours.

  Lao Hei had already figured out the reason and didn't need Su Che's instructions, so he promptly took out a second Earth Spirit Pill for Su Che to take.

  Three hours later, it was the third one...

  In this way, a total of twenty Earth Spirit Pills were consumed, and five days passed in the blink of an eye. In the underground cave, Su Che slowly withdrew his energy, and a fiery orange-red light flashed before his eyes and disappeared.

  Cultivation has increased greatly!

  If I continue like this for a few more times, it seems I can advance to the fifth layer of Qi Refining...

  "Fire, earth, wood three spiritual roots... I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, I still ended up on the path of fire which is my most inclined element."

  Su Che smiled silently and quietly lamented the wonderful arrangement of fate.

  Yes, after this somewhat inexplicable ordeal, Su Che actually successfully absorbed a large amount of fire energy from the underground fire vein, forcibly changing his true energy attribute from earth-based to fire-based. From now on, if he cultivates fire-based techniques, it will naturally be more suitable.

  Forcing a change in the properties of one's true energy is something that, if spoken of, would be considered unbelievable even by great masters who have achieved the Yuanying stage. Generally speaking, for someone to change their true energy properties, they must go through the process of dispersing their current cultivation and starting anew; no one would recklessly attempt such a thing unless absolutely necessary.

  However, when it comes to Su Che, not only is there no need to disperse his powers, but he can also greatly enhance his cultivation on the basis of what he already has. This is indeed an unprecedented event.

  Su Che and Lao Hei knew that the fundamental reason for this was, of course, two kinds of mysterious energies, one cold and one warm. It was already known that the Xianyu Warm Current could nourish the vitality of all living things, so what about the cool airflow from the black giant stone?