Master, you go first!

Then Gu Jiu's entire body emerged from the shadow.

Shen Nian subconsciously took the handkerchief and wiped his tears. Gu Jiu knelt down next to her and looked at her.

After Shen Nian wiped her tears for a while, she realized something was wrong. Who gave her the veil just now? Why was the voice so familiar just now?

Thinking of this, she looked up and saw Gu Jiu squatting in front of her.

Suddenly, my brain was not enough, and I couldn't switch from extreme sadness to extreme surprise.

She threw herself into Gu Jiu's arms with a cry, started sobbing, and pushed Gu Jiu to sit on the ground.

Gu Jiu raised his hand, and finally placed it on her back and patted her. This was the first time he saw Shen Nian so fragile.

Gu Jiu didn't take a few shots before Shen Nian fell asleep. Perhaps the consumption was too great and the release of her emotions caused her, who was not in a very good state to begin with, to fall asleep directly.

Seeing this, Chang Ling'er next to him looked at each other in confusion with Tian Yuxin, with very rich expressions. It probably meant that the two of them looked nothing like masters and disciples, and the Taoist companion had not run away.

Seeing that Shen Nian was in such poor condition, Gu Jiu wanted to give her pills. I thought it was better to forget it, so I just got a talisman that could restore her condition, so I didn't have to worry about laying her down before giving her medicine.

Although the effect is not as good as the elixir, it is not too late to wake up and take the elixir after a while. Anyway, there is no danger here now. He just sat motionless waiting for her to wake up.

"Fellow Daoist Chang, take the gem from the big snake. It will be used later." Gu Jiu said to Chang Ling'er.

"it is good."

Chang Ling'er responded and ran to dispose of the snake's body. In addition to the gems, he also took out a very good-looking demon pill.

Gu Jiu was not idle. He activated the talisman again and checked the other teams. Fortunately, they were basically still on the second and third floors. They are still far ahead.

After about a minute of tea time, Shen Nian woke up leisurely.

Seeing Gu Jiu still sitting on the ground letting her lean on him, she felt a little embarrassed. He stood up and asked Gu Jiu,

"What happened to you just now? How did you escape that guy's attack? I thought you were eaten by it."

"Haha, I made you worry. I forgot to show you before. It's my spiritual root talent."

"What talent is so powerful?"

"Dark attribute talent, this can be said to be my home field. I can hide in the shadows, but it consumes a lot of spiritual power."

"Oh." Shen Nian nodded knowingly.

She had never seen Gu Jiu use this talent. If she thought about it carefully, Gu Jiu should have had reservations when she was sparring at Danfeng before, not just about her apparent strength.

"Humph, it turns out you have been hiding your strength," Shen Nian was unhappy when he thought of this and snorted.

"Hehe, it's okay. This is not a very powerful talent. I can only run for my life." Gu Jiu said hehe, "Didn't you also hide your strength? The explosion just now was so fierce. I felt that you were as powerful as a Nascent Soul monk. .”

"I said I didn't know this would happen, do you believe me?"

"Letter." Gu Jiu answered directly without even thinking.

Now that the trouble here has been solved, Gu Jiu asked Shen Nian to take the recovery pill in a hurry to continue exploring.

Chang Ling'er gave the gems and demon elixir to Gu Jiu. According to the previous agreement, Gu Jiu and the others got the materials.

Several people came to the staircase door on the ninth floor.

Gu Jiu stuffed the gem into the groove of the door. The gem glowed slightly red, and then some of the lines connecting the gem positions on the stone door lit up. Then the door slowly opened to both sides.

The door opens and you can continue walking down.

Encountering no obstacles along the way, the group of people descended to the bottom eighteenth floor together. The further down you go, the colder it becomes.

Got to the last level. The four of them walked out of the staircase door and entered the flat floor of the underground palace. Since the structure of each floor was the same, Gu Jiu led everyone towards the hall where they had fought the big snake before.

Arriving at the hall on the ground floor, the entrance also has six huge stone pillars on both sides. This time, Gu Jiu and the others were carefully observing and guarding, fearing that something similar to a big snake would appear again.

Fortunately, it didn't happen this time. I saw a round bronze tripod on the high platform opposite the hall, with flames burning on it. The flame is black and purple.

Gu Jiu was a little confused. Didn't Jiu Ghost Fire say it was blue-purple? Why was it black-purple?

"This fire seems a little weird."

"What do you say?" Shen Nian asked.

"I remember that the one on the record was blue and purple. Look, the one above is black and purple. It doesn't match."

"What should I do? Can I go up and get it?"

"I don't know. I'm confused too. I don't know if there's any danger if I go up like this. It just feels like it's going too smoothly."

You guys look at me, I look at you, I don’t have an idea.

Gu Jiu thought for a while and said,

"Master, use your spiritual fire to burn it and see. Stay away and don't get too close."

"it is good."

Gu Jiu was thinking that according to the data, Shen Nian's spiritual fire was rarer than the Nine Ghost Fire, and the grade should be higher. If there were any problems, it should not be able to overpower Shen Nian's spiritual fire.

After Shen Nian responded, he didn't go too close, spread out his palms, ignited his own Nirvana fire, and then controlled the flames to fly towards the round tripod.

The fire of Nirvana flew one body away from the round cauldron. The fire in the cauldron jumped quickly, and black smoke-like things separated from the flames and rushed towards the fire of Nirvana. Threads entangled around each other, surrounding the Nirvana Fire, and released a soul-stirring power.

However, after a while, the black smoke was burned away by the fire of Nirvana. Only the blue-purple flame remained in the round tripod.

"Take it," Gu Jiuchao said thoughtfully, "No need to burn it anymore, it should be fine."

Gu Jiu's caution was justified. In fact, this black smoke is the special feature of the Nine Ghost Fire, and it happens to be restrained by Shen Nian's Spirit Fire.

To take this nine ghost fires, you must first have other spiritual fires. Use other spiritual fires to break through its black smoke first. Otherwise, if you go up directly, you will be swallowed up by its black smoke and become its nourishment, leaving no residue.

Gu Jiu stepped forward to take the fire from the cauldron. Without any means of self-protection, the Nine Ghost Fire was easy to control and was directly taken into Gu Jiu's hands.

After Gu Jiu took away the spiritual fire on the bronze tripod, it became much dimmer. Gu Jiu thought about it, maybe the one he took was the sub-fire. The mother fire should be sealed in the cauldron. It's not certain that another sub-fire might appear in another sixty years. He saw that the cauldron was sealed by the formation and could not be taken away or destroyed.

Chang Ling'er and Tian Yuxin were watching them do this. Gu Jiu had told them earlier that he would come to get the spiritual fire, so they naturally had no objection. We also know that Gu Jiu and the others are at the pinnacle of alchemy, and spiritual fire is very useful to alchemists.

After collecting the spiritual fire, Gu Jiu was not in a hurry to refine it. The danger of refining it in the secret realm at this time was too great.