Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Red Flame Jade Marrow

"Red Flame Jade Marrow?" Shen Haoran muttered, looking at the stunningly beautiful Red Lotus on the stone platform.

"Let’s go, down and have a look!" With that, Elder Yan used his Spiritual Thought to lift Shen Haoran and slowly floated toward the stone platform.

When Shen Haoran landed on the stone platform, his expression changed drastically in an instant!

"This... What dense Fire Attribute Spiritual Power!" At that moment, Shen Haoran felt as if he were bathing in an ocean of Spiritual Power. His entire body was enveloped in a viscous Spiritual Power, rendering him immobile!

Seeing Shen Haoran’s predicament, Elder Yan chuckled and said, "Of course. This Red Flame Red Lotus is formed from the purest Fire Attribute Spiritual Power. It’d be strange if the Spiritual Power around it wasn’t dense!"

Hearing this, Shen Haoran activated the Spirit Pill in his body. Gray Chaotic Spiritual Power slowly emerged and enveloped him, and he regained his ability to move!

"This is incredible!" Shen Haoran exclaimed in amazement, then asked, "Elder Yan, didn’t you say this was the Red Flame Jade Marrow? How did it become the Red Flame Red Lotus?"

"Its original name is the Red Flame Red Lotus. Because its appearance strongly resembles a precious jade, it’s also called the Red Flame Jade Lotus! And the essence it condenses is the Red Flame Jade Marrow!" Elder Yan explained.

Then, Elder Yan walked up to the Red Flame Red Lotus. Looking at the four drops of crimson liquid in the center of the flower, he could no longer hide his joy. "Shen the kid, you’ve really hit the jackpot! There are actually four drops of Red Flame Jade Marrow!"

Seeing Elder Yan’s frenzied state, Shen Haoran shot him a look and said, "Elder Yan, why don’t you tell me what this Red Flame Red Lotus and Red Flame Jade Marrow are actually used for? What are you so happy about all by yourself?"

"Hmph, what does a brat like you know? This Red Flame Red Lotus is a Supreme Treasure for cultivation, especially for Martial Artists with a Fire Attribute Physique.

The Red Flame Red Lotus is condensed from the purest Fire Attribute Spiritual Power in the world, so it naturally gathers spiritual energy. If an ordinary Martial Artist sits on it to cultivate, their cultivation speed will increase by at least two times. For a Fire Attribute Martial Artist, it’s at least five times!"

"Five times!" Hearing this, Shen Haoran couldn’t help but gasp! What did a five-fold increase in cultivation speed even mean? Take his own progress for example: it took him a month and a half to break through from Spirit Tempering Tier Three to the Spiritualist realm. If he’d had the Red Flame Red Lotus from the start, it would have only taken him nine days! What a heaven-defying speed!

Moreover, the effect of the Red Flame Red Lotus would only become more significant in the later stages. Cultivation breakthroughs become progressively harder, sometimes taking five or even ten years for a single advancement. With the Red Flame Red Lotus, the effort would be halved and the results doubled! At this thought, Shen Haoran’s breathing grew heavy.

"However, that’s not the most valuable thing about the Red Flame Red Lotus. Its greatest value lies in the Red Flame Jade Marrow it has condensed over thousands of years! Legend has it that a single drop of Red Flame Jade Marrow can transform an ordinary person who can’t cultivate directly into a Martial Artist with an Extreme Attribute Physique!" Elder Yan’s words were nothing short of shocking.

"What?!" Shen Haoran cried out in shock. One had to know that an Extreme Attribute Physique was one in ten thousand; you might not find a single person with one among ten thousand people. Martial Artists who possessed an Extreme Attribute Physique were the darlings of heaven and earth. For them, reaching the peak of Martial Arts was only a matter of time! A single drop of this Red Flame Jade Marrow could turn an ordinary person into a peerless genius. It truly was a Supreme Treasure!

"But this Red Flame Jade Marrow can only be found by chance, not sought. In my previous life, I spent half my existence searching for it and didn’t find so much as a chicken feather. To think you’d just stumble upon it like this... Comparisons are truly infuriating!" Elder Yan said.

But at this point, Shen Haoran couldn’t hear a word Elder Yan was saying. He was already leaning over the Red Flame Red Lotus, drool trickling from the corner of his mouth as he stared, unblinking, at the four drops of Red Flame Jade Marrow in the flower’s center.

"Look at you, so pathetic. You’re the one with the Chaos Divine Body! An Extreme Attribute Physique is nothing but trash in comparison, you know? To you, this Red Flame Jade Marrow can only be used for Body Tempering. Can you please wipe that drool off your face!" Elder Yan rapped Shen Haoran on the head and said with disgust.

"Weren’t you also a Chaos Divine Body in your past life, old man? And didn’t you spend half your life looking for the Red Flame Jade Marrow?!" Shen Haoran said aggrievedly, clutching his head.

"The Cultivation Technique I obtained from the Chaos Stone Carving in my past life focused on cultivating a single attribute to its absolute limit. At most, you could say I had only awakened one-fifth of the Chaos Divine Body. That’s why I needed the Red Flame Jade Marrow. But you’re different. You’ve awakened the true Chaos Divine Body, which is inherently a Five Extremes Attribute physique. It just needs the Five Elements Spirit to be activated!" said Elder Yan.

"Well, it’s still a treasure! I can take it back for Grandpa and Ling’Er to use!" Shen Haoran reached out to pick the Red Flame Red Lotus.

"Stop!" Seeing this, Elder Yan hastily stopped him.

"Are you an idiot? All Treasures of Heaven and Earth must be harvested and preserved using special methods. If you just grab it with your bare hands, you’ll destroy this Red Flame Red Lotus and the Red Flame Jade Marrow!" Elder Yan scolded.

"Ah, then what should I do?" Shen Haoran asked.

"Step aside, let me do it!" As Elder Yan spoke, a black flame rose from his palm, quickly solidifying into the shape of a blade.

Seeing the ball of Black Flame in Elder Yan’s hand, Shen Haoran’s body was suddenly overcome with a feeling of hunger and thirst. He felt a sudden urge to devour the flame! This wasn’t the first time he’d had this feeling; it appeared every time Elder Yan summoned his Black Flame!

However, since there were more important things to do, Shen Haoran suppressed this strange sensation and watched Elder Yan’s movements without moving.

"The Red Flame Jade Marrow must be collected in a petal from the Red Flame Red Lotus itself. That’s the only way to ensure its Energy doesn’t dissipate!" With that said, Elder Yan used the dagger formed from the Black Flame to slice off a petal of the Red Flame Red Lotus. He fashioned it into an exquisite Small Jade Bottle and collected the four drops of Red Flame Jade Marrow inside.

Then, with a swift cut, Elder Yan sliced the Red Flame Red Lotus off at the stem and handed it to Shen Haoran. "Put this away. Sit on it when you cultivate in the future; it will significantly speed things up! Besides, it will be of great use later on!"

"Alright, let’s go!" Seeing that Shen Haoran had put away the Red Flame Red Lotus and the Red Flame Jade Marrow, Elder Yan looked around and said.

"Go? We’re leaving already?"

"Of course! You took the most valuable thing here. You want to stay and live out your days with the magma?" Elder Yan shot Shen Haoran a look, then lifted him up and flew toward the cave entrance.

When Shen Haoran and Elder Yan returned to the surface, a figure furtively appeared before them. Shen Haoran took a closer look and saw it was Changmao, the one who had lured away the Fiery Prison Fire Wolf King!

"What are you doing here?" Shen Haoran asked.

"How the hell can you even ask? If I, your great master, hadn’t been smart enough to lead that stupid wolf to another Tier Five Spirit Beast’s territory, you wouldn’t be seeing me right now!" At the mention of this, Changmao glared angrily at Shen Haoran. ’Making the noble Divine Beast Taotie use his own body as bait to attract an enemy... It’s an unforgivable sin!’

"Well, you’re standing here just fine, aren’t you? Don’t worry, I’ll reward you handsomely later!" Shen Haoran said, winking at Changmao.

"Really? You got the thing?" Hearing this, Changmao sidled up to Shen Haoran and whispered.

Looking at Changmao, who was acting like a thief, Shen Haoran nodded with a strange expression. "Why are you acting like this, all sneaky like a thief!"

"Aren’t we thieves, though?"

"Wrong. This is called an open and honest robbery... oh no, I mean, ’taking.’ We’re civilized people; we don’t steal!" Shen Haoran corrected, shaking his head.

Watching Shen Haoran spout this sanctimonious nonsense, Elder Yan couldn’t take it anymore and cut in, "My two young masters, if we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late. I can already feel that Fiery Prison Fire Wolf King rushing back this way. It must have realized it was tricked!"

"ROAR!" Sure enough, just as Elder Yan’s voice fell, an enraged roar echoed from the distance!

"Crap. Let’s get out of here!" Shen Haoran cried out, hastily leaving the troublesome spot. If the Fiery Prison Fire Wolf King found out he’d taken its treasure, it would definitely tear him to shreds!

Using Elder Yan’s Spiritual Thought to conceal his aura, Shen Haoran quickly distanced himself from the cave!

"ROAR!" "BOOM!"

Not long after Shen Haoran left, a series of rumbles and roars came from the direction of the cave. The Fiery Prison Fire Wolf King must have discovered its treasure was stolen and was venting its rage!

Watching the distant mountain wall slowly crumble, Shen Haoran felt a wave of relief. ’Good thing I ran fast, or it would’ve been my own small body getting torn to pieces!’

Still, this trip was truly worth it. Shen Haoran rubbed the Storage Ring holding the Red Flame Red Lotus and the Red Flame Jade Marrow, nodding in satisfaction. He then turned and disappeared into the mountain forest. Now, he needed to return to the waterfall and begin his Body Tempering!