Smoke and flames rose over the looming mountains, engulfing the trees and wild beasts in a dense cloud. The forest was soon aflame, the roar of the wild beasts echoing from the sky.
In a remote corner of the mountain, hidden were three newly-dug caves. Sitting in the lotus position in their respective caves, Ricky and his two companions were already in the state of refining fire essence.
Although the fire essence had been divided equally among them, each of them had a substantial amount of it.
With the help of the Flame Zone, Ricky had been skillfully refining the fire essence. With the added power of the powerful Devouring Skill, Ricky successfully refined all his fire essence in less than six hours.
Of course, there was also another important factor in Ricky's success. It was the fire essence, the purest energy on earth, which contained almost no impurities. This greatly lessened the effort he had to make in terms of purifying it.
Ricky finally fulfilled his goal of reaching the sixth grade of Blood Purification after the successful refining of fire essence.
During his stay in the Casting Guild for over a month, Ricky had already reached the peak of the fifth grade of Blood Purification. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill Casado so efficiently, even if he had the aid of the Ice Cage Fingers.
Now, thanks to the energy of fire essence, Ricky had not only reached the sixth grade of Blood Purification, but also consolidated and strengthened it in a rather short span of time.
'This pure energy is extraordinary. The Earth Fire Place, due to its powerful fire essence and secretive nature, is really quite exceptional, ' Ricky thought to himself, feeling a wave of emotions well up inside him.
Besides, the Flame Zone inside the regained spiritual meridian had once again undergone a change after he reached the sixth grade of Blood Purification. It seemed the originally boundless Flame Zone had expanded once more, the infernal power growing even more intense. The scarlet runes, especially, had become more gleaming.
"It seems that as long as I keep elevating my cultivation, my regained spiritual meridian will appear naturally! But... I just don't know when the Supreme Skills inside the Flame Zone will appear," Ricky murmured to himself.
With this, Ricky walked out of the cave. He wanted to stand guard over Kayla and Theo, who were still refining.
He finally felt hunger pangs after some time, and so fished out some beast meat from his storage bag and began to roast it.
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Kayla and Theo had been refining for a day and a half. Finally, they finished.
As soon as they came to, the aromatic smell of the roasted meat met their nostrils. They hurriedly exited their caves and began to feast. The meat was so delicious that Kayla was too busy eating ravenously to mind her decorum.
"Ricky, you are so good at roasting meat. You can open a restaurant in the Casting City and your business will be booming!" Theo said with a chuckle.
"Ha-ha! Theo, if it's the case, we don't need to cast weapons. With the income from the restaurant, we can buy any Treasures from Heaven and Earth and cultivation method at the auctions," Ricky joked back.
They talked and bantered, enjoying the feeling of finally being able to relax and unwind.
In the process of their refining, Kayla and Theo both had some success. Kayla had reached the seventh grade of Blood Purification and Theo, the eighth grade. To a certain extent, they would be able to protect themselves in the perilous Earth Fire Place.
After a brief rest, they were ready to continue their journey to the depths of the Earth Fire Place and begin to look for opportunities.
It was at this moment that Theo brought out a jade tablet from his breast pocket. It was deep maroon and glittered in the light.
"Theo, is this the contact jade tablet?" Kayla asked.
"Yes, it is the contact jade tablet of my clan. Two disciples from my clan had been dispatched into the Earth Fire Place," Theo explained.
"If they come within 1, 000 meters of our caves, this contact jade tablet will glisten!"
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