Chapter 1678: Three Treasures Spirit Nurturing Spell

“Phew... I didn’t think we would find an evil suppressing spiritual treasure so easily.”

Ye Qing could not help but exclaim in excitement after they had put Bei Yuan behind them.

To be honest, their trip to Bei Yuan had turned out to be surprisingly smooth. They had wasted almost no energy at all to find it. In fact, they encountered more trouble and wasted more time on the way over.

But of course, he understood that it was only thanks to King Taishan’s wisp of consciousness. Without it, finding the Li Fire Divine Wheel in the infinitely vast Bei Yuan would have been quite difficult, and taming it would be even harder. At the very least, they would have had to fight a great battle.

“King Taishan at least did one good thing before his death,” Feng Qingyou said smilingly. She guessed why things had gone so smoothly for them as a matter of course.

“I know right?” Ye Qing shrugged.

It was at this moment Feng Qingyou looked at King Taishan—specifically the flame-wreathed Li Fire Divine Wheel he was holding—curiously and asked, “By the way, is that the Nan Ming Li Fire?”

“That’s right. This is the Li Fire Divine Wheel, and the veluriyam fire is the Nan Ming Li Fire.”

Ye Qing told her what he knew about the Li Fire Divine Wheel before asking, “But how did such a filthy, corrupted place manage to produce such a fiery, evil annihilating object like the Li Fire Divine Wheel?”

“All things in the world promote and restrain each other. It is possible for a thing of utmost yang to be born in a place of utmost yin, and vice versa. In fact, only a place of utmost corruption, filth, evil, and darkness could grow the Nan Ming Li Fire to its current level.”

Feng Qingyou added, “Besides that, I heard that there used to be an evil secret art in ancient times called the Three Treasures Spirit Nurturing Spell. It is used to forge and nurture ultimate treasures.”

“The three treasures refer to a human’s qi, essence, and spirit. The name of the secret art tells you that it is a secret art that uses a human’s qi, essence and spirit to nurture a Strange Artifact. A Strange Artifact is sealed inside a human’s body so that it would continuously absorb its flesh and blood, true qi, and spirit. If the victim does not wish to die, they can only practice with all their might and supply the Strange Artifact with all the ‘nutrients’ it needs. This not only allows the Strange Artifact to grow continuously, it’s guaranteed to possess great spirituality and potential as well.”

“Naturally, the stronger and more talented the victim, the greater the Strange Artifact they are made to nurture.”

Feng Qingyou sighed. “Unfortunately, no matter how hard the host practices, they are inevitably sucked dry by the Strange Artifact. That is why this secret art is considered evil and heretical to the extreme.”

Feng Qingyou looked at the Li Fire Divine Wheel closely. “The monk we saw was the Li Fire Divine Wheel’s host. It absorbed his qi, essence and spirit to nurture its own spirituality and potency. Combined with the darkness and corruption of Bei Yuan, and both the Li Fire Divine Wheel and the Nan Ming Li Fire became even purer and deadlier than it already was.”

“The monk must have been incredibly powerful when he was still alive. I believe he is just a tad inferior to King Taishan in his prime. Otherwise, there is no way the Li Fire Divine Wheel could have remained in Bei Yuan for tens of thousands of years without being corrupted, nor could it have nurtured such incredible spirituality and power.”

“With a bit of refinement on your part, I am sure that the Li Fire Divine Wheel would be just as powerful as the Blue Lotus Demon Burning Treasure Lamp, the Natural Five Phases Flags and other similar Strange Artifacts, Joyless.”

“It’s that strong?”

Ye Qing was surprised to hear this. Feng Qingyou was saying that the Li Fire Divine Wheel was on the same level as those top-tier Strange Artifacts in the Strange Artifact Register.

He realized then that he underestimated King Taishan and the evil suppressing spiritual treasures. Now that he thought about it, the man probably didn’t prepare the four evil suppressing spiritual treasures just to tackle and suppress the Four Evils. They were going to be his greatest trump cards as well.

Well, King Taishan was dead, so all these beloved treasures were his.

What a good man he was!

“Ook ook... since you’ve found the treasure you seek, can you let me go now?”

It was at this moment Qiwa cried out to them from a distance.

Even after the Li Fire Divine Wheel had withdrawn its power, Qiwa still feared it deeply. That was why it was standing far, far away from the duo. As soon as it noticed that they were more or less done chatting, he immediately asked them the question it cared about the most.

“I can release you.”

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Ye Qing turned to look at Qiwa. “But you need to promise me something.”

“Again?”

Qiwa was furious. If it wasn’t for the fact that it was no match for Ye Qing, it would have turned against him a long time ago. “You liar! You promised!”

“Calm down.”

Ye Qing looked at the angry ape smilingly. “I only have one condition. As long as you promise never to eat humans or kill innocents again, then you may be free.”

“That’s it?”

Qiwa was surprised not because the terms were unreasonable, but the opposite. It felt too good to be true.

Ye Qing shrugged. “Duh? If you think it’s too easy, then I can add a couple more conditions.”

“No, no, I promise. I will never eat a human or kill innocents again,” Qiwa hurriedly replied with eyes full of unconcealed excitement.

“Remember your promise. If you ever break it, then I will kill you myself.”

Ye Qing’s voice abruptly turned cold and murderous. “Do you remember?”

“I remember! I won’t break my promise!”

Qiwa immediately shivered in fright.

“You may go.”

Ye Qing waved, and the restrictions he placed on Qiwa disappeared. “See you in the future!”

“Thank you... thank you...”

As if it had just escaped the death row, Qiwa immediately turned tail and ran. It did not dare to linger for even a moment. See you in the future? Like hell! I never want to see you again!

Ye Qing chuckled at the escaping Qiwa but paid it no heed. He turned back to Feng Qingyou and made idle chit-chat with her.

The duo did not leave Bei Yuan immediately. The journey here had not been easiest, so it was only right that they took the time to enjoy its mysteries and grandness. Besides, who knew if they would have the opportunity to pay it a second visit. They might never come back, so of course they should enjoy it to their heart’s content.

Besides that, Bei Yuan was a special place that most people avoided. What this meant was that there were tons of rare natural treasures to be found here. They couldn’t miss them.

If they hadn’t obtained the Li Fire Divine Wheel, then maybe they wouldn’t have entertained such an idea. Bei Yuan was such a dangerous place that they would be risking their lives just to obtain some natural treasures. It wasn’t worth it as a matter of course.

But with the Li Fire Divine Wheel, things were different. Unless they actively committed suicide, there was nowhere in Bei Yuan that they couldn’t go.

And so Ye Qing spent the next few days refining and mastering the Li Fire Divine Wheel with King Taishan’s aid while touring and hunting for natural treasures all around Bei You. It was a fun time.

They managed to find a lot of good stuff too such as the Filthy Heart Offspring Flower, Profound Fiend True Essence, Yin Kui Divine Stone, Nether Lithopedion[1] and more.

These were great treasures even for Sages like Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou. All in all, it was a fruitful journey.

Besides that, they also tried to cross to the other side of Bei Yuan using the Li Fire Divine Wheel.

Of course, their efforts were futile.

1. A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion or lithopædion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as part of a foreign body reaction, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing septic infection. ☜