King 10000 Domains
Chapter 16: Bone of Fire-Eating Animals
Nie Tian had obtained that piece of beast bone at the drawing convention when he was only three years old.
Ever since he chose it, his grandfather and aunt hoped that one day his spiritual energy would resonate with that piece of beast bone.
Unfortunately, there had not been any interaction between him and the bones until now, and he had already given up.
But he always carried the animal bones with him. Sometimes, deep in the night, he would take it out and play it, hoping to feel the magic hidden within.
Over the years, nothing seemed to have happened to that bone.
But something is different today.
He took a closer look, and saw that the beast bones seemed to be emitting rays of red light.
His waist, where the beast bones were located, began to feel an increasingly intense burning sensation. As the red light flickered, the heat grew more and more unbearable.
“Any..”.
Nie Tian's face was filled with confusion as he placed the beast bones in his palm and began to investigate them with his inner spiritual power.
As he examined it with his heart and consciousness, he saw many fragmented red fireballs, which emitted a reddish-orange flame within the bones of the animals. It was like burning inside.
His expression flickered. “Redish orange fire! When I fought Yun Song, didn't he condense fireballs of the same color?”
At this point, he temporarily retracted his consciousness from the beast bones and refocused on the details of the fight between him and Yun Song.
It suddenly occurred to him that when he broke through that reddish-orange fireball, most of the flames had exploded.
However, the one that hit the location of the beast bones, did not explode at all.
From the looks of it, part of the fire was permanently stuck there…
“Could that rosy orange flame be absorbed by animal bones?” Nie Tian gradually had a clearer understanding of what was happening.
As he speculated, the beast bones grew hotter, and changed from its original dark brown color to bright red. The entire bone now shone like a piece of hot steel.
An unusually high temperature injured his palm, forcing him to stand up and drop the beast bone onto the stone table.
As he looked with wide-eyed eyes, he realized that the bone seemed to be forged, with a flame burning within it occasionally.
That magical state did not last long. A moment later, the beast bones once again became dim and lifeless, as if the flames contained within had been extinguished.
Only after being cold did Nie Tian dare to extend his hand and touch it with his finger.
He closed his eyes to investigate it closely, but he could only see a few remaining flames flickering within.
Moments later, some of the flames also disappeared, and the beast bones returned to their normal color, as if nothing had happened at all.
Nie Tian kept fiddling with him for a while in hopes of catching his secret, but he found nothing.
No new changes occurred to the bone after some time, so he reluctantly gave up and kept it.
However, after that incident, he usually paid more attention to it.
In the days that followed, Nie Tian was strictly forbidden from leaving the Nie clan because Nie Donghai had found some unknown Qi warriors wandering around their home.
Nie Donghai was convinced that the unknown Qi warrior was sent there by the Yun clan or the guest elder who answered Yuan Qiuying.
Even the Yun and Yuan clans did not dare to openly lay their murderous hands on Nie Tian in Black Cloud City.
All they could do was find some new faces to do their job, then clear themselves of the evidence by ordering those people to leave the Black Cloud City for good after that.
In order to keep Nie Tian from danger, Nie Qian watched him all day and forbade him from taking a single step from the Nie clan.
As a result, Nie Tian did not leave the Nie clan for the next three months. During this period, he concentrated on practicing the Qi Refining Spell, hoping to make further improvements in a short period of time.
Three months later, the strangers gradually retreated from the Nie clan after failing to find an opportunity to make a move.
“I'm very tired.” Nie Qian's face was full of exhaustion as she walked into Nie Tian's room and casually threw the cloth bag onto the table. “After three days of hard work, I finally completed the thorough count of the Fire Cloud gems that the clan had mined over the past few months, and presented most of them to the Cloud Sect as rewards. Most of the remaining Fire Cloud gems were sent to the clan warehouse, so I only obtained this much for myself. ”
Nie Tian returned to reality from his cultivation as the red light of the setting sun shone through the room through the open door. “Is that a Fire Cloud gem?” Nie Tian curiously looked at the handful of gems coming out of the cloth bag.
“Yes, this is the jewel of the Fire Cloud, the fourth Base level spiritual material.” Nie Qian took out a fist-sized gem and threw it at Nie Tian. “Spiritual materials are special objects that are used to perfect spiritual tools or form spiritual formations. Warrior Qi started working with them when their cultivation base reached one of the three Heaven stages. Come on, look at.”
Nie Tian extended his hand and caught the Aan Fire gem with high precision, then looked down to study it closely.
The Fire Cloud Gem was the size of a fist, with a deep red luster on the outside, and a cloud-like red vein pattern flowed past it. Apparently, it contained a power attributed to fire.
Nie Tian examined it for a while, then when an idea suddenly appeared, he took out the beast bone.
While Nie Qian watched, he slowly moved the Fire Cloud gem closer to the animal bone, trying to channel the fire power contained within the Fire Cloud gem into the animal bone.
Last time, when the fireball strength of Yun Song entered the beast bone, it then caused a miraculous change to the bone. He remembered that.
He wanted to see if the bone could continue to absorb the power of fire like last time.
When the animal bones touched the Fire Cloud gem, sparks immediately shot out from the point of contact, and the dark brown bones turned the same red color as the gems.
Nie Tian opened his eyes wide as he felt a ray of fire power flowing from the gem to the beast bone.
“Eee?!”
Nie Qian also felt an anomaly and rushed to Nie Tian's side, observing the beast bones with great curiosity.
All the red clouds in the gem disappeared in a short period of time.
He knew very well that the small group of red clouds was the fire power contained within the gem.
After his red clouds completely disappeared, the fist-sized gem suddenly opened.
As it split into smaller gems, the pieces turned from deep red to lifeless pale white, as if they had become ordinary stones.
On the other hand, the bones of the dark brown-colored beast gradually turned bright red, like a piece of heated steel that was ready to be forged. It became so hot that Nie Tian quickly let go.
Little Tian, you ..” Nie Qian exploded in ecstasy, as her bright eyes glittered with excitement. “Have you started resonating with the spiritual power of beast bones? Are your cultivation attributes lit up? ”
He had always been anxious about the fact that Nie Tian did not exhibit any unique cultivation attributes, nor resonate with beast bones.
Seeing the bones turn completely red today made him think that Nie Tian had caused it, and thus he instantly became overjoyed.
“It has nothing to do with me.” Nie Tian shook his head with a bitter smile. “If I am the one causing the bones to change and my inner spiritual power has the fire attribute, I should be able to maintain it.”
“Then ..” Nie Qian asked after being disappointed. “What was that?”
“It was the jewel of the Fire Cloud that caused the animal's bones to change.” Nie Tian explained the details of the unusual changes to the animal bones on the night after his fight with Yun Song and said, “This animal bone seems to be able to absorb the power of fire. I wasn't so sure before, but after this experiment, with the fire power of the gem being drained by the animal bones, I was pretty sure of it.”
As they spoke, the bright and fiery beast bones lost their energy and once again turned dark brown.
“Why change back?” Nie Qian asked curiously.
Nie Tian said, “When it finishes absorbing the fire energy, it will regain its original look. It needs to continue consuming more fire energy to change again. ”
“Let me see.” Nie Qian was getting more interested.
He took out a Fire Cloud gem cloth bag from the table, took out a larger Fire Cloud gem, and gave it to Nie Tian. “Try again.”
“BOTH.” Nie Tian did as he said and made another attempt.
The moment the beast bones touched the Fire Cloud gem, sparks erupted, and the bones became bright and red.
Once again, before the eyes of Nie Tian and Nie Qian, the larger Flame Cloud gem possessed a fire power that was quickly drained by the beast bones, before cracking open.
Fiery light dots, like small red stars, shot out from the beast bones one after another.
Nie Qian was eager to touch her. He gradually stretched out his hand and gently touched the beast bone with his transparent white fingertip, wanting to discover the secret within.
“Aduh!” As Nie Qian made contact with the bones, she shouted and pulled out her hand in an instant.
His finger suddenly burned in that split second.
By the time he gathered his water-related spiritual power and tried to touch the beast bone again, the bone had returned to its normal state and became ordinary again.
“One more time!” His curiosity was aroused, so he took out another jewel and placed it on the bones of the beast. The beast bones once again turned red.
This time, he condensed the spiritual power attributed to water onto his fingertips and touched it again.
A strand of steam rose from the point of contact between his fingertips and the beast bone. He only managed to hold on for three seconds before he could no longer withstand the temperature of the burning bones, and withdrew his hand.
“Colah!” Nie Qian tried again and again. One by one, all the gems cracked after their fire power was drained by the animal bones.
Each time, he could not bear to press his finger on the bone for more than a few seconds. He always had to withdraw his hand, just as his spiritual senses pierced through the bones of beasts.
Before long, all of his gems had turned into a pile of pale white pebbles.
Nie Qian's forehead was covered in sweat as she looked at the beast's bones, somewhat disheartened. He shook his head and sighed, “This is a bit strange.”
Perhaps, having absorbed a large amount of fire energy, the beast bones did not immediately return to normal after the last Fire Cloud gem cracked. Instead, it remained bright and red, like a piece of steel ready to be hammered.
“Let me try.” Nie Tian extended his hand towards the beast bone abruptly.
“Do not! It's too hot! you're going to burn! ” Nie Qian shouted, and tried to stop her.
After many times of trying, he was completely convinced that the more fire power the animal bones absorbed, the hotter it became. Therefore, after the first few attempts, he could no longer withstand the rising heat, even though he had condensed a large amount of water spiritual power on his fingertips.
At this moment, the animal bones should be in the hottest condition, having absorbed the fire power of all the Fire Cloud gems, so Nie Tian asked for trouble by touching it.
However, Nie Tian extended his hand faster than he thought.
By the time the warning came out of his mouth, Nie Tian's finger had reached the beast bone.
“Stop!” He shouted loudly.
However, Nie Tian did not scream and withdrew his hand as he had expected.
Surprisingly, Nie Tian's finger was on the beast bone, there were absolutely no signs of pain. Instead, his eyes became bright, as if he had made a shocking discovery.
