Chapter 378: Chapter 192: Beidou Spirit Fire: Obtaining a Spiritual Object

What is the most valuable thing in a sect?

For most Cultivators, it might be the Sect’s Warehouse, with its tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, its diverse array of Magical Artifacts, and its dazzling collection of Spiritual Objects.

But for Xiao Chen, none of those things were the main point.

What he valued most were the various Ancient Texts, travelogues, and biographies that the Azure Flame Sect had collected over thousands of years.

Therefore, after effortlessly charging through the Mountain Protection Array with his True Yang Fire Dragon and killing the three remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Xiao Chen immediately rushed to the Scripture Pavilion.

He killed several minions on the spot who were trying to fish in troubled waters and steal Secret Manuals, then began to pack up all the books.

This was a massive undertaking. If he wanted to easily access them later, he needed to sort them.

At the very least, he had to pack the books useful to him separately.

So, he first cleared out three empty Storage Bags, dedicating them to Ancient Texts, Cultivation Techniques, and miscellaneous books, respectively.

*Jingkong Sea Travelogue*, *Memoir: Treasures of the Eastern Domain*, *Ten Common Ways to Identify Sea Creatures*...

"Excellent, excellent. As expected of an old sect that has existed for over three thousand years. It really does have a lot of information."

Xiao Chen couldn’t help but smile as he looked at the collection of books in his hands.

After all, while these things might not seem to offer any direct combat power, they could vastly expand a person’s knowledge.

Since ancient times, knowledge has always been a vital form of power.

By reading these books, one could gain all sorts of experience and learn from the lessons of others.

That might sound a bit abstract.

However, expanding one’s knowledge also had a very practical application: it helped one identify different items from all corners of the cultivation world.

It was precisely because he had learned about the effects of the Five-Colored Jade Coral from *Journey to the East* that he was able to form his Golden Core so quickly.

After patiently spending six hours clearing the place out, Xiao Chen leisurely made his way to the Azure Flame Sect’s warehouse.

And there, he ran into someone unexpected—Xiong Qiming, the Patriarch of the Xiong Family, who had held the public auction in Shattered Stone Valley.

Six hours had passed since the Mountain Protection Array shattered, and the other Cultivators had long since fled for their lives.

But Xiong Qiming had deliberately stayed behind, hoping to secure a future for his family.

The Xiong Family’s recent situation was not ideal.

After that auction, the subsequent search for a marriage alliance had also failed to attract more Loose Cultivators to the Xiong Family.

As a result, when it came time for the campaign against the Li Huo Sect, the other families all received various assignments, while the Xiong Family alone was left in the rear.

They couldn’t even get a sip of the soup, let alone a piece of the meat.

But the world works in mysterious ways. As the saying goes, a loss may be a blessing in disguise.

Not going to attack the Li Huo Sect allowed the Xiong Family to escape disaster, avoiding being wiped out in one fell swoop by Yunxiang Daoist.

Not only that, but the moment he saw Xiao Chen attacking the mountain, Xiong Qiming was deeply shaken and immediately recognized that somewhat familiar face.

After a brief moment of fear, he resolutely made his way to the front of the Sect’s Warehouse.

"Greetings, Daoist! The Xiong Family is willing to submit and serve you for generations as your servants. I beg you to take us in!"

With a THUD, Xiong Qiming fell to his knees and kowtowed deeply.

Although being servants for generations might sound miserable, the truth was that many people would fight tooth and nail for such an opportunity and still fail.

"I don’t need or want servants."

Xiao Chen waved his hand dismissively, gesturing for him to leave.

"I am willing to offer my family’s ancestral Golden Scroll! I beg you to grant my request, Daoist!"

Xiong Qiming kept his head bowed, but he raised a Golden Scroll high with both hands. "The Azure Flame Sect has been secretly cultivating the Beidou Spirit Fire with treacherous ambitions. All the details are in this scroll."

In truth, this was no family heirloom at all.

It was actually a maintenance manual that Golden Mace True Man had given him. The Daoist had figured the campaign against the Li Huo Sect would take at least half a year and needed someone to look after the Beidou Spirit Fire.

"The Beidou Spirit Fire?"

Xiao Chen curiously took the Golden Scroll and unrolled it, reading through it once.

Hiss!

It was a Tier Three fire seed! It had been nurtured in a Spirit Vein for over three thousand years and had already reached the peak of Tier Three, with the potential to break through to Tier Four in the future.

He instantly realized this was something that could be used against the White Bone Demon Body.

The only problem was that this type of Innate Spiritual Fire was very difficult to advance, and he might not have enough time.

Xiong Qiming, who was waiting at the side, chimed in at the right moment, "Reporting to the Daoist, this Beidou Spirit Fire can devour other fire seeds to strengthen itself."

"Back then, the Azure Flame Sect forcibly seized my family’s ancestral Spiritual Fire for this very purpose."

This was true. The Xiong Family’s decline had begun right after they lost their Spiritual Fire.

Xiao Chen’s eyes lit up at his words. ’The Li Huo Sect naturally has Spiritual Fires. The Chen Family has one, and the Jiang Family has one. Furthermore, there are three stored in the sect’s Merit Hall, and Master Ming Yan possessed one from his early years. That’s six in total. Of course, besides targeting my own sect, I could also consider making some trades over in Hezhou. In short, as long as the Beidou Spirit Fire can be advanced quickly using external resources, it’s well worth cultivating.’

With this in mind, Xiao Chen put away the Golden Scroll. "Where is this Beidou Spirit Fire? Take me to see it."

’Success!’

Overjoyed, Xiong Qiming scrambled to his feet and led the way.

He led Xiao Chen around to the back of Azure Flame Peak, where they entered the Main Spirit Vein through a completely unremarkable fissure in the ground.

Along the way, there were even two Arrays that had been set up independently, relying on the Spirit Vein.

The first was responsible for blocking Divine Sense to prevent hostile Cultivators from discovering the secret here.

The second was designed to sound an alarm upon detecting intruders, promptly notifying the Cultivators within the sect of the invasion.

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