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Chapter 199: Fire Clan Sacrifice

Huo Liao's eyes flickered, as if he was weighing the pros and cons. After a moment, he said, "30%? No, 25% at most. That's my bottom line."

Huo Yan was about to retort when Huo Ming spoke up, "Time is running out. If we continue to stalemate, the sacrifice will be overdue. We, the Yanlie Clan, agree with Huo Yan's proposal. Huo Liao, you and I will split the profits equally, 70%. The most important thing is to complete the sacrifice first."

Huo Liao frowned, then finally nodded: "Then let's do as instructed. Let's quickly begin the sacrifice."

Everyone hurriedly climbed onto the white jade platform and put in the secret sacrificial scroll. The sacrificial road slowly opened, and the white jade slabs lit up slightly, guiding everyone forward.

However, just as they were about to enter the cave, a powerful heat wave suddenly hit from the cave, forcing everyone back a few steps.

"What's going on?" Huo Wei exclaimed.

Shi Chen's heart tightened, and he felt that things were becoming more complicated.

The Huoyan clan leader's face was solemn: "It seems that this sacrifice is not simple, everyone be careful."

Everyone approached the cave again cautiously, only to see the magma rolling in the cave, and a white jade stone road interspersed above the magma. The temperature on the sacrificial road felt only forty or fifty degrees. When the spiritual sense was scanned, the temperature outside the white jade stone road rose sharply, reaching several thousand degrees.

The white jade slab was 13 feet wide, wide enough for five people to walk in a row. Starting with Huo Yan, he led the way alone, followed by Huo Liao and Huo Ming in pairs. Then, the Divine Transformation cultivators formed a row of three. Then, when it came to Shi Chen, he, Huo Yao, and Huo Wei formed a row of three, and after that, they began to form rows of four.

After walking for a mile in the cave of more than ten feet, sparks burst out from the red steel rock wall from time to time. At this time, the temperature outside the white jade stone road was already very high, and Shi Chen's consciousness began to burn.

At this moment, a huge flaming beast leaped out of the magma, floated on the surface of the magma, and roared at everyone.

"Fire Qilin!" Huo Yao shouted in shock.

"It turns out that according to legend, the guardian beast of the Red Cave, the Fire Qilin, really exists." Huo Wei beside him blurted out softly.

Huo Yan frowned slightly, then a look of surprise appeared on his face. He said joyfully, "The Huo clan has led their people to offer sacrifices. Please, holy beast, make way!"

After saying this, Huo Yan bowed.

Huo Liao and Huo Ming frowned at each other and bowed down.

Then all the members of the Huo clan followed the three leaders and bowed down.

Among the more than 300 people on the white marble road, only Shi Chen was still standing upright.

At this time, Shi Chen's consciousness stayed on the Fire Kirin. The Fire Kirin had a huge body, with flames all around it. Its eyes were like burning fireballs, revealing majesty and mystery.

It looked at Shi Chen, the only one standing. After three breaths, it roared and sank into the rolling magma.

After sensing the Fire Kirin's departure, the members of the Fire Clan stood up straight, and Huo Yan continued to lead the way forward.

Huo Yao straightened up, turned to look at Shi Chen, and asked softly, "Master Shi, why didn't you bow just now, and instead stared at the sacred beast?"

"Why should I worship?" Shi Chen said calmly, "The Huo clan regards it as a sacred beast, but to me, it's just a spirit beast. Besides, I'm just here to watch the ceremony and sacrifice, not to participate in it."

After hearing this, Huo Yao's eyes flashed with surprise, but he didn't say anything more.

As they continued forward, the atmosphere grew increasingly tense. After a while, two stone doors appeared in front of them, intricate runes and patterns carved into them.

Huo Yan walked to the stone gate on the left and said seriously, "Behind this stone gate is the place for sacrifice. During this grand sacrifice, the sacred beast will appear, and the cave will produce a large amount of spiritual materials. Everyone should abide by the clan rules and not violate any taboos."

Huo Yao looked at Huo Yan with an expressionless face, while Huo Ming pretended to be calm and remained silent, but his heart was already in turmoil.

There were three grooves on the stone door, just enough to hold the three secret tablets, and the stone door slowly opened.

The white jade slab road extends forward along the open stone gate and connects to a circular white jade square. The square is surrounded by magma. In the mountain space of a hundred feet in radius, a square of thirty feet is already quite large.

At the end of the square is an altar connected to the lava. A column of lava lifts the three-foot white jade platform half a meter high. The jade platform has strange patterns and is covered with a layer of runes.

Shi Chen walked to the place where the white marble pavement connected to the square and stopped.

"Master, won't you go into the sacrificial square with us?" Huo Wei asked doubtfully.

"I'm not a member of the Huo clan. I just came here to watch the ceremony. I won't enter the sacrificial square. It's the same if I watch the ceremony outside. Let me ask one more question. What is the other stone gate outside just now?" Shi Chen explained after considering it, then walked to the side of the white jade slab road to make way.

"That's where our three tribes grow the main ingredients of Fire Spirit Pill and Fire True Pill. It's closed all year round and only opened when it's time to pick them." Huo Wei nodded, and then walked into the sacrificial square with everyone else.

Chief Huo Yan led the tribesmen to stand in front of the altar. He raised his hands high, muttered something, and began the sacrificial ceremony.

As he spoke, the surrounding magma seemed to become more active, churning and emitting billowing heat waves.

As the sacrificial prayer was recited, runes gradually appeared in the square, enveloping the entire square.

Shi Chen felt that a mysterious power that he had never encountered before was emerging in the square, slowly gathering and transmitting into the altar.

The altar gradually lit up, and runes emerged. After the light covered the emerging runes, it was channeled into the magma column under the altar.

The magma in the entire sacrificial cave suddenly surged like a huge wave, impacting the rune-wrapped sacrificial square. After the members of the Fire clan recited the sacrificial prayers, they were like believers, immersed in the sacrifice, and were completely unaware of the great changes outside the square.

Shi Chen outside the square felt the drastic change in temperature. The surging magma was blocked three feet away by the white jade slate runes, but the heat wave was hitting him in the face. He could only raise the formation flags and set up the formation to resist the scorching temperature.

In the dark, Shi Chen sensed the emergence of a violent artistic conception, which ravaged everything, destroyed everything, devoured everything mercilessly, and turned it into ashes. This was the ultimate manifestation of fire.

Shi Chen could clearly feel the artistic conception of fire, and had a new understanding of the fire lineage. He sat cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate quietly.

The Fire Kirin appeared in the rolling lava, sometimes playing, sometimes rolling around, like a happy child playing in the water.

After two quarters of an hour, the lava gradually calmed down. The Fire Kirin seemed not to be satisfied yet. It dug its hooves into the lava, and the lava splashed around like water.

Feeling that the magma was no longer surging, Qilin stood still and shook his body. The thumb-thick liquid attached to his body was thrown around. Some was thrown onto the rock wall, melting the surface red steel rock, wrapping it to form thumb-sized particles, sticking to the cave wall. Some fell into the magma, splashing countless sparks, and then sank into the magma again.

After shaking off the liquid sticking to its body, the Fire Kirin drilled into the magma and disappeared.

Shi Chen looked at all this in great surprise. After the Fire Kirin left, he discovered that there were many precious spiritual materials in the place flooded by the huge waves of lava. He didn't know whether they were produced by the rock wall or brought by the magma.

After the ceremony, the Huo family woke up from their immersion and looked at the cave full of spiritual materials. They were very happy and their faces were filled with smiles.

Chief Huo Yan said, "According to the clan rules, everyone should collect spiritual materials and spiritual objects and distribute them outside in the White Jade Square."

"Yes!" All the members of the Huo clan agreed happily, and they all practiced special skills to resist the high temperature outside the sacrificial square. They flew to the wall of the cave to collect spiritual materials and spiritual objects.

Huo Wei came to Shi Chen and said happily, "There are a lot of spiritual materials and spiritual objects this time. I wonder if Master has any spiritual materials or spiritual objects he would like to exchange for?"

Shi Chen watched the Huo clan members collect the spiritual objects from the cave and noticed that no one was digging out the finger-shaped red steel particles clinging to the rock wall. Confused, he asked, "What are these finger-shaped particles on the cave wall? Why isn't anyone digging them out?"

"Those are particles from red rock that has just melted. They are not very useful," Huo Wei said.

Shi Chen frowned slightly, realizing that the liquid the Fire Kirin had released had melted the red steel rock and formed particles. These particles might not be as useless as she claimed. He said, "Could you help me dig some? I want to see the structure of these particles."

Huo Wei hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

She flew to the wall of the cave, easily dug out hundreds of them, and then returned to Shi Chen.

At this moment, Huo Liao came over and said in a sarcastic tone, "Master Shi, is such a useless thing worthy of your attention?"

Shi Chen ignored him, reached out to take the red steel rock particle, and put it into his storage ring. He held one in his hand, feeling the power within it. He found that there was nothing special about it, just like red steel rock.

Seeing Shi Chen ignoring him and concentrating on studying the red steel rock particles, Huo Liao became furious and said angrily, "Hmph! Pretending! I want to see what secrets this broken rock can hold!"

Shi Chen remained unmoved and continued to focus on the particles in his hand.

Huo Yan and Huo Ming also came over at this time. Seeing Shi Chen studying the red steel rock particles, they said, "Red steel rock is just an ordinary spiritual material for us in the Chiyan Continent. Buildings made of this material can withstand ordinary severe cold. It is sold in the north and has considerable value. However, due to the long journey, it is rarely used as a trade commodity. As for here, it has little value."

"Master Shi, this item is indeed of little value," Huo Wei explained. "If worn in the extremely cold northern regions of the cultivation world, it can protect against the cold. Ordinary red steel rock can also have the same effect. Every time a sacrifice is made, a large number of particles will automatically fall into the lava below after an hour."

"Well," Shi Chen said without explaining, putting away the stone in his hand, "I was just curious and took it to study."

"The sacrifice is over. Master Shi, can you follow me back to the Yanlie tribe? I invite you to stay in the tribe for a while." Huo Liao looked at Shi Chen and said with a smile.

Hearing Huo Liao's invitation, Huo Ming frowned slightly, unable to understand why Shi Chen was so popular.

"Thank you for the invitation, Chief Huo Liao, but I have achieved my purpose here. I will be returning to Yuanling Continent soon and will visit the Yanlie tribe next time." Shi Chen refused.

When Huo Liao heard Shi Chen's refusal, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his smile and said, "Since Master Shi has other arrangements, I won't force you. If there's an opportunity in the future, I hope Master Shi can come visit our clan."

In less than half an hour, the members of the Huo clan returned to the sacrificial square and collected all the spiritual materials and objects around. Shi Chen looked around and saw that only a few red steel rock particles were left on the cave wall. He felt a little regretful that he could not collect them all.

"The spiritual materials and spiritual objects have been collected. Everyone, exit the sacrificial cave and return to the White Jade Square to distribute the spiritual materials and spiritual objects." Huo Yan said, leading everyone to leave the sacrificial square.

As everyone followed them to leave, Huo Liao and Huo Ming exchanged glances, a trace of greed and calculation flashing in their eyes...