The highly anticipated Qingyuan Ward Hall Meet finally came to an end, but its unexpected outcome made this Hall Meet a hot topic of conversation for countless people in Qingyuan Ward. For a long time afterward, whenever it was mentioned, everyone spoke of it with great enthusiasm.
Thunderfire Hall, naturally, became the biggest winner.
Lu Ming's stunning performance at the Hall Meet made him famous. Now, the entirety of Qingyuan Ward knew that Thunderfire Hall had produced a High-grade genius who was even more brilliant than Zhang Yue.
The negative impact caused by Zhang Yue's departure from the hall was finally completely erased at this moment.
Over the past two days, an endless stream of disciples came to visit Thunderfire Hall, directly causing the number of disciples in the hall to skyrocket. Lu Qingyan and Lu Jinglei were extremely busy and exhausted because of this.
However, when they saw the unprecedented number of disciples in the dojo and their expectant, youthful gazes, they were instantly filled with energy again.
Meanwhile, Lu Ming had exhausted himself severely during the great battle of the Hall Meet. At the same time, because he had forcibly mobilized his Fire Lotus primordial energy to raise the mastery of several of his divine abilities, his body had suffered some damage. Thus, under Lu Jin's strict insistence, he was also in a state of rest over these two days, not bothering with the hall's affairs.
This left many of the new disciples who had come because of his reputation rather disappointed.
...
In the inner courtyard.
When Lu Ming, who was cultivating with closed eyes in his room, opened them, he saw Lu Mengmeng alone carrying large and small bowls, neatly arranging the steaming hot food on the table.
“Brother, are you hungry? Come eat!”
Seeing Lu Ming open his eyes, Lu Mengmeng immediately looked delighted and said proudly, “You can rest easy. I promised Dad and Mom that I would take good care of you.”
The hall had been too busy over the past two days, so even Zhong Ying had to help out there. The heavy responsibility of caring for Lu Ming while he recovered was volunteered for by Lu Mengmeng.
“Yes, very capable.”
Lu Ming praised her with a smile and sat down at the table, but first, he used his chopsticks to rummage through the food twice.
“What are you looking for? I didn't hide any Qi Refining Pills in there,” Lu Mengmeng said unhappily.
Lu Ming rolled his eyes in annoyance. If he told their parents about what she had done, they would beat her until she cried. However, considering that she had made an effort to take care of him over the past two days, he decided not to argue with her.
The siblings sat at the table and ate together. Lu Mengmeng chattered excitedly throughout, talking about the liveliness of the hall over the past two days, while Lu Ming chatted with her half-attentively.
“Huh?”
At this moment, Lu Ming's expression changed slightly because he sensed that the primordial energy between heaven and earth had suddenly become denser.
“This is... the primordial energy in Thunderfire Hall's area has been raised to the High-grade level?” Lu Ming was pleasantly surprised. This was the champion hall reward promised by Ward Master Zhou Xuan. After two days of preparation, Zhou Xuan had finally operated the “primordial energy earth veins” to adjust the primordial energy of the area belonging to Thunderfire Hall.
At the same time, Lu Ming also heard countless cheers coming from the Thunderfire Hall dojo in the outer courtyard. It seemed the disciples in the hall had also noticed this obvious change and became excited.
The increase in the concentration of primordial energy in Thunderfire Hall was a great joy that benefited all the disciples. Cultivating in Thunderfire Hall in the future would be several times more effective than before.
This kind of improvement might not be very obvious in the short term, but if accumulated over a year, it could not be underestimated.
The reason so many new disciples had flooded into Thunderfire Hall over the past two days was not only because of Lu Ming's stunning performance at the Hall Meet, but also because many people were drawn to the environmental advantage of this "High-grade" primordial energy for the coming year.
For the next year, this "High-grade primordial energy" would be Thunderfire Hall's strongest selling point.
“It's finally here.”
Lu Ming's eyes also held a trace of anticipation. Over the past two days, he had not only been recovering from his injuries but had mostly been adjusting his state. His purpose... was naturally to obtain the "Life's Flame" inside the black ring space.
And this High-grade primordial energy environment would allow his preparations to be even more thorough.
“Mengmeng, I'm going to cultivate. Don't let anyone disturb me.”
“Okay! Don't worry, Brother, I won't let anyone in!”
Hearing this, Lu Mengmeng quickly took the initiative to clean up the dishes. Then, she brought over a small chair and sat upright, guarding the room's entrance, scanning the surroundings vigilantly and seriously.
Lu Ming sat cross-legged on the bed. Looking at the black ring mark on his finger, an uncontrollable look of anticipation surfaced in his eyes.
Life's Flame...
The day had finally come!
He closed his eyes slightly and touched the ring mark with his consciousness. In the next moment, Lu Ming's consciousness appeared once again in that mysterious black ring space.
Lu Ming glanced at the surrounding mist and, without hesitation, went straight to where Life's Flame was located. On that stone platform, inside the light barrier, a spark of fire floated quietly. It was shaped like a green herb, flowing with vibrant green flames that brimmed with immense vitality.
Lu Ming took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and placed his palm against the light barrier. Then, with a thought, his Divine Ability Bone vibrated and roared, and the primordial energy in his body poured out, crashing violently against the light barrier.
Buzz!
The light barrier trembled violently, its light dimming slightly.
Compared to when he first came here a month ago, Lu Ming's primordial energy had been greatly enhanced, and the effectiveness of wearing down the light barrier had also significantly improved.
Lu Ming continued to mobilize his primordial energy, wearing down the power of the light barrier wave after wave.
With the help of the High-grade primordial energy environment of Thunderfire Hall, his primordial energy recovery speed was also a bit faster, allowing him to endure longer.
Under Lu Ming's continuous wearing down, the light barrier outside Life's Flame grew dimmer and dimmer.
Crack!
Until a certain moment, just as Lu Ming began to feel the primordial energy in his body running a bit low, a tiny cracking sound suddenly rang out.
Lu Ming's heart trembled. He looked at the light barrier, where a tiny crack had actually appeared. The crack continued to spread, and within a few breaths, it covered the entire light barrier.
Finally, with a loud bang, the light barrier that had existed for who knew how long shattered completely and vanished under Lu Ming's excited gaze.
Within the black ring space, the heavy mist seemed to fluctuate slightly at this moment, as if sighing in emotion that the spark of fire, sealed for countless ages, had finally seen the light of day again.
With the shattering of the light barrier, the green spark of fire inside slowly floated up, quietly hovering in front of Lu Ming. Its thin, herb-like leaves slowly unfurled.
Reflecting this spark of fire that emitted a vibrant life force in his pupils, Lu Ming swallowed. He did not greedily grab it right away. Instead, he seriously straightened his clothes, cupped his hands, and gave a solemn bow to the spark of fire in front of him.
This was respect for the opportunity that would allow him to change his fate against heaven's will.
The leaves of the green spark of fire swayed gently, as if possessing a mysterious spirituality. It floated gently, then slowly touched the center of Lu Ming's forehead.
A trace of tension rose in Lu Ming's heart. Although this Life's Flame looked gentle, it was still a wondrous spiritual fire with extraordinary power. Merging it into his body so abruptly—would it burn him to death?
While Lu Ming's mind was running wild, a warm, searing sensation rose in the center of his forehead. In the next moment, this spark of fire named Life's Flame quietly merged into his forehead.
Once Life's Flame entered his body, before its flames could even release, a suction force erupted from Lu Ming's Divine Ability Bone, directly drawing it in.
With a slight thought, Lu Ming perceived his own Divine Ability Bone. He then saw a tiny green flame appear within the "Fire Lotus imprint" of Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus.
It was indeed Life's Flame.
Its green flames spread out, occupying one of the lotus petals of the Fire Lotus, adding a touch of mysterious color to it.
The process of subduing Life's Flame was unbelievably smooth. No, perhaps this shouldn't be called subduing, but rather "returning to the nest"...
That Fire Lotus imprint might have originally been the place where Life's Flame belonged.
This allowed Lu Ming to breathe a sigh of relief. If such a wondrous spiritual fire were taken into the body, a single careless mistake could burn even his physical body to ashes. Fortunately, the existence of the "Fire Lotus imprint" directly skipped this most dangerous process.
Buzz!
After taking in the green Life's Flame, some strange movements came from the Fire Lotus imprint. Not only did its lotus patterns become clearer, but as the Fire Lotus rotated, it actually spewed out tiny green flames.
The tiny flames flowed along his Divine Ability Bone. Wherever they passed, some of the tiny shattered gold markings present on the Divine Ability Bone actually melted, ultimately turning into wisps of tiny Glazed Heavenly Light.
These wisps of Glazed Heavenly Light rose and merged into the sixth band of Glazed Heavenly Light surrounding the Divine Ability Bone. This band of Glazed Heavenly Light had only been condensed recently, and its light had appeared much dimmer and thinner than the previous five. However, with the refinement of the green flames, the shattered gold markings on the Divine Ability Bone were actually melted a bit, which caused the light of this sixth band of Glazed Heavenly Light to suddenly become exceptionally brilliant and eye-catching.
In terms of intensity, it was already completely on par with the previous five bands of Glazed Heavenly Light!
This turn of events brought great joy to Lu Ming. He had not expected that after Life's Flame settled into the Fire Lotus imprint, it would actually enhance the effect of refining the bone to upgrade its grade by so much.
According to this progress, it probably would not be long before Lu Ming could welcome his seventh band of Glazed Heavenly Light. His Sub-Heaven-grade Divine Ability Bone would be one big step closer to a true Heaven-grade.
And the benefits did not seem to stop there.
Lu Ming discovered that as the flames of Life's Flame spread through his body, the vibrant life force wherever they passed nourished his flesh, causing his body to feel a sense of desire and joy.
Lu Ming could clearly feel that some hidden injuries existed in his body. These injuries might have been caused by the accumulation of medicinal power when refining pills, or they could be tiny wounds left by cultivating divine abilities, or perhaps they were left from fighting others at the Hall Meet. It was just that these bruises were too minute for Lu Ming himself to detect. Only on some future day, when these injuries accumulated to a certain extent, would they erupt.
But at this moment, these minute injuries that were impossible to detect were actually all quietly eliminated as the gentle flames rose.
Life's Flame can extend lifespan, heal wounds, and is excellent at nurturing all kinds of herbs.
The information about Life's Flame flashed through Lu Ming's mind, and he immediately locked onto the healing effect. He could not help but feel delighted. With Life's Flame in his body, did it not mean that in the future, no matter how fatal an injury he suffered, he could use this fire to heal it?
A fire that could heal wounds!
In the future, when fighting others, if they slashed each other, and the opponent was bleeding non-stop while he directly healed himself with fire, wouldn't the opponent break down on the spot?
His survivability had skyrocketed!
Lu Ming was extremely excited. The effects of Life's Flame were even stronger than he had anticipated.
“If Life's Flame is already this powerful, I wonder how absurdly overpowered the other two more dangerous sparks of fire are?” Lu Ming could not help but turn his gaze toward the two stone platforms behind him, where two other sparks of fire still existed.
Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
Nihility Devouring Flame.
Compared to the gentle Life's Flame, these two mysterious sparks of fire made Lu Ming feel a bit of wariness.
Lu Ming arrived at the stone platform of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Looking at this milky-white spark of fire, he mobilized all of his primordial energy and tried to strike the light barrier.
The light barrier did not budge in the slightest, its light not even flickering.
Lu Ming felt a bit embarrassed. Judging by this, if he wanted to obtain this spark of fire, he would probably have to step into the Divine Ability Master realm, right?
Pardon the intrusion.
He shook his head, his consciousness fading, and his figure dissipated directly from this black ring space.
Rate on N.U.
