Chapter 50: Blood Flame Cloud Fruit

The flying boat was shuttling through the clouds and mist. Ji Ning sat on the deck, examining his treasures.

"It's actually..." Ji Ning looked at the snow mirror scroll in his hand. The scroll depicted a magnificent palace. Although it was slightly different from the 'palace map' he had obtained, Ji Ning could tell at a glance that it was the work of Snow Mirror Emperor, because his painting was somewhat crude, and the sword intent within it was not something anyone could imitate.

"A palace map?"

"The first one again?" Ji Ning nodded lightly. "That's right. If I were lucky enough to encounter one and get the fourth, that would be too fortunate."

The snow mirror scroll he obtained was not the fourth, which was within his expectations.

"Regardless, this snow mirror scroll can be sold for at least one to two hundred thousand square of chaos liquid. If someone urgently needs it, it could sell for even more." Ji Ning was in a good mood. These snow mirror scrolls were highly sought after, and those who obtained them usually kept them secret. In the entire Endless Territories, there were only forty scrolls, and some might have already assembled several sets...

In the Endless Territories, encountering one by chance was not easy. Finding one in the Mangya Kingdom was already extremely lucky.

"Once I reach the Sword Palace, I'll ask the Twelve Palaces for help in finding the fourth scroll," Ji Ning thought to himself.

The Twelve Palaces of the Mangya Kingdom were on the same level as the Dao Alliance.

Last time, Ji Ning had asked Daoist Damos to help purchase a snow mirror scroll. Daoist Damos had bought it from the Dao Alliance, but because the time was short, he hadn't truly searched on a large scale. The 'Twelve Palaces of the Mangya Kingdom' were also a top-tier power, and within them were cultivators, Eternal clansmen, and special lifeforms.

Like Ji Ning, he would eventually have some connections with the Dao Alliance.

Like Ge Huo, he would eventually have connections with the Eternal clan.

Thus, the Twelve Palaces of the Mangya Kingdom had extremely close ties with many parties in the Endless Territories. Purchasing the 'fourth snow mirror scroll' through the Twelve Palaces might be somewhat difficult in the short term, but over a longer period, the chances were still high. The prerequisite was... being able to pay the price!

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Ji Ning sat on the flying boat, sending a strand of divine power into the first scroll's cave heaven to condense a divine power avatar.

Inside the palace.

On the throne in the main hall, a figure of a golden-robed emperor condensed.

Ji Ning sighed inwardly: "There are slight differences, but it feels similar to the golden-robed emperor in my palace map."

"Oh, the one who was called World God Qingjie not long ago? You killed Qingjie?" The golden-robed emperor looked down at Ji Ning.

"Yes," Ji Ning nodded. "I obtained a snow mirror scroll before. Are the opponents in the ten 'first scrolls' left by Snow Mirror Emperor all the same?"

"The same," the golden-robed emperor said with a smile. He didn't care about World God Qingjie; his existence was to carry out the emperor's orders. Moreover, since Ji Ning had killed Qingjie, he was probably stronger.

"Let's spar," Ji Ning said.

"Qingjie couldn't defeat me," the golden-robed emperor said, a golden greatsword appearing in his hand as he stepped down. "You said you've obtained a scroll before, so you should know the rules."

"I know," Ji Ning nodded.

After a brief battle, Ji Ning defeated the golden-robed emperor.

...

On the flying boat.

Ji Ning revealed a helpless expression: "Although this golden-robed emperor's swordsmanship is slightly different from the one in my scroll, it's truly the same style. It's useless for my sword arts."

"Let's search again."

Ji Ning began to examine the spoils of war.

World God Qingjie only had one treasure worth mentioning—the snow mirror scroll—and a cyan divine sword, an Eternal divine weapon. Ji Ning briefly examined it and estimated it was at the 'low-grade Eternal divine weapon' level, inferior to his own divine sword Ziguang Qiong. Moreover, it was just a single sword. The other treasures were negligible.

"There are two techniques," Ji Ning glanced at them. "Useless to me, but they can be taught to the Three Realms."

"As for that World God Bilong, I wonder what he has." Ji Ning examined. Bilong used a spear, also a low-grade Eternal divine weapon.

In the Mangya Kingdom, there were many dangerous places and many opportunities. As long as one dared to take risks, they could obtain powerful techniques and treasures. Some extremely strong World-level cultivators could obtain Eternal divine weapons, but most were low-grade.

"The Great Dominator is too stingy. He probably scattered a large number of low-grade Eternal divine weapons throughout the Mangya Kingdom," Ji Ning muttered. "The Dao Alliance is better. In the Endless Territories, exploring ruins makes it hard to get an Eternal divine weapon, but if you do, it's usually decent, maybe even top-grade."

What was found in the ruins of the Endless Territories were left by Dao Lords, so naturally they weren't bad.

The dangerous places in the Mangya Kingdom were deliberately left by the Great Dominator, so they were almost all low-grade Eternal divine weapons.

"Eh?"

A cyan jade bottle appeared in Ji Ning's hand, and he looked surprised.

"A Pure One Ring Jade Bottle? And inside it is a Blood Flame Cloud Fruit?" Ji Ning willed it, and a fruit flew out of the bottle's mouth. It was a fruit as red as blood, with faint clouds and mist rising from its surface. Just now, in his cave heaven treasure, Ji Ning had quickly examined the treasures left by World God Bilong and discovered this bottle.

When he examined the bottle, he found it was a treasure. Then, looking inside, he found another treasure.

"The Pure One Ring Jade Bottle contains a vast great world, arranged as the 'Pure One Ring Jade Grand Formation,' which frantically absorbs all chaos power drawn into the great world to extract chaos liquid," Ji Ning marveled. This bottle's ability to extract chaos liquid was far superior to the world prison that World God Jiufang had set up.

This Pure One Ring Jade Bottle could extract 'one square' of chaos liquid per chaos cycle. But how long could a Dao Lord live? Each step was a matter of life and death; some died after a thousand chaos cycles. So the price of such a bottle wasn't too high, usually around 'ten thousand squares of chaos liquid,' and it was generally bought for sects.

Besides extracting chaos liquid, this bottle was also used to store rare items born from chaos, such as fruits and spirit leaves, which would lose their spiritual energy if not preserved properly.

Placing such a rare item at the core of the 'Pure One Ring Jade Formation,' which frantically absorbed surrounding energy to extract liquid, ensured that no power leaked out. And 'chaos liquid' could contain all powers, making it suitable for preserving treasures.

"There's actually a Blood Flame Cloud Fruit inside," Ji Ning muttered. "Did this World God Bilong know how precious this fruit is?"

Ji Ning had received teachings from Daoist Tianyi, so he knew at least ninety percent of the treasures in the Endless Territories. If Bilong hadn't received such teachings, he might not have known about the 'Blood Flame Cloud Fruit.'

"The Blood Flame Cloud Fruit is extremely precious."

"It is naturally born from chaos and extremely rare. This single fruit can change a cultivator's divine body, transforming it into a completely fire-attuned 'Blood Flame Divine Body.' With this divine body, comprehending the Dao of Fire becomes much faster, and one can merge with 'Blood Flame Divine Fire' to ride it completely." Ji Ning was amazed.

For example, Ji Ning could control the Nine Sources Divine Thunder and even had Dao-level divine thunder, but he couldn't merge with the divine thunder to ride it because his divine body wasn't compatible.

The Golden Crow could ride the Sun Golden Rainbow because its divine body was perfectly compatible.

The Thunder God couldn't ride the Nine-Horned Electric Serpent because his divine body wasn't compatible.

Back then, Ji Ning had ridden the 'Nine-Horned Electric Serpent' by using secret arts and sacrificing several clones to change his divine body's attribute to lightning. But the Nine-Horned Electric Serpent was only at the 'Ancestral Thunder' level, not even reaching the chaos level. Naturally, Ji Ning's divine body couldn't ride chaos divine thunder. If he could, his speed would be astonishing.

The 'Blood Flame Cloud Fruit' was suitable for riding 'Blood Flame Divine Fire,' which was also a chaos divine fire. Riding it for escape, most Dao Lords couldn't catch up.

The price of this divine fruit was generally around a million squares, and it was hard to buy, with no market supply. After all, such chaos-born treasures were discovered one at a time, unlike Eternal divine weapons, which could be easily refined.

"World God Bilong might have known but dared not reveal it," Ji Ning thought. "Or more likely, he didn't know its special nature."

"But it's useless to me."

"If I encounter a treasure I need, I'll sell it." Ji Ning wasn't in a hurry to sell. This 'Blood Flame Cloud Fruit' was a great treasure for Dao Lords on the path of fire, and its price depended on opportunity.

"I never thought that after leaving Star Island and encountering many robberies, killing several World-level robbers, the greatest gain wasn't that scroll but this Blood Flame Cloud Fruit." Ji Ning didn't dare be careless and quickly put the fruit back into the Pure One Ring Jade Bottle.

"Let's go."

Ji Ning already had many treasures, so he quickly calmed down.

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After leaving Bilong Palace and flying for another two months, Ji Ning finally arrived at Su Youji's hiding place.

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