Chapter 656: Spirit Fire Trade

Su Che was somewhat confident in the rarity of the mutated spirit fires from the third layer of the Immortal Prison, but after all, their grade was too low—they were merely ordinary world spirit fires.
“Can this top-grade immortal artifact furnace appreciate ordinary world spirit fires?” Su Che couldn’t help but worry.
At that moment, upon seeing the hundreds of immortal-grade spirit fires brought out by Lin Jiu and Guang Qi, Meng Luo spoke disdainfully, “These spirit fires aren’t particularly rare in the immortal realm. With enough immortal crystals, one can always buy them. How dare you bring such stuff out?”
Lin Jiu and the others still held back from speaking harshly out of caution toward Meng Luo and merely retorted, “As for these so-called rare spirit fires, that’s just your guess. Whether this immortal furnace needs spirit fires remains uncertain for now…”
Before they could finish speaking, a low hum was heard. The four looked up and saw three small doors open on top of the furnace, revealing precise drawer-like structures. Then, among the hundreds of spirit fires in front of Lin Jiu and the others, only three were drawn in and each flew into a small drawer.
Hum…
The humming sound came again as the drawers retracted and the small doors closed tightly.
“Really…”
Lin Jiu and the others were stunned for a moment before feeling secretly pleased. At least the furnace had accepted three spirit fires—there should be a reward for giving something.
However, this joy didn’t last long and gradually faded, as the furnace remained completely still. The three spirit fires seemed to have vanished without a trace.
Though puzzled, Lin Jiu and the others didn’t dare act rashly and could only wait patiently.
After some time, still nothing happened. Meng Luo gave Su Che a slight nod, signaling it was his turn.
With a whoosh, a sky full of colorful flames appeared, like the most beautiful sunset in the world.
Su Che selected over a hundred thousand distinctive mutated spirit fires from the fire realm of the third layer of the Immortal Prison. Each was a fist-sized flame, and he released them all at once.
Over a hundred thousand flames, of various colors and all imbued with spirituality, floated in midair, creating a truly spectacular sight.
As for Lin Jiu and Guang Qi’s expressions, they were quite complicated. The moment they saw these flames, they could sense that they were all ordinary world spirit fires, none of which reached the immortal grade.
Just ordinary world spirit fires—trash!

But soon after, they realized that these spiritual flames were extremely strange—unable to determine their names or origins, as if they had never seen or even heard of them before…
“That’s impossible!”
Lin Jiu transmitted a message to Guang Qi, saying, “If it were just one or two unusual spiritual flames we can’t identify, that might be understandable. But how could there be so many—tens of thousands of them—all with such properties?”
Guang Qi shook his head slightly and sighed, saying, “We’ve underestimated this kid. He indeed possesses some truly extraordinary abilities.”
Buzz…
As the spiritual flames appeared, the giant furnace pot instantly emitted a loud roar. In an instant, countless small doors opened, revealing countless drawers—at least tens of thousands of them.
Had Su Che’s tens of thousands of mutated spiritual flames had a few tens of them selected?
Strangely, amidst the roar, those drawers retracted in a very strange manner, and the numerous doors closed as well—without a single spiritual flame being taken in.
“Haha!”
Lin Jiu laughed maliciously, saying, “Your spiritual flames may be strange, but their quality is too low. They’re not even worth a second glance!”
Su Che remained silent, seemingly too lazy to pay him attention—or rather, unable to bother with him at all. At that moment, he was communicating with a special being through telepathy.
Just as those drawers slowly retracted, Su Che received a mental signal: “Where did these spiritual flames come from?”
Su Che was certain this mental signal came from the furnace pot before him. It was almost certainly the spirit of this immortal artifact. He replied in the same way through telepathy, “These spiritual flames were created by combining and splitting ordinary spiritual flames from the mortal world, going through a rather complex transformation process to produce mutated spiritual flames.”
“Can you create spiritual flames?”
The voice sounded quite surprised.
“Yes,” Su Che confirmed first, then asked, “Are you the spirit of this furnace pot?”
“That’s right.”
The spirit of the furnace pot spoke in a manner very similar to Su Che’s—first confirming, then asking a question: “It’s a pity that the quality of your spiritual flames is too low. Can you create mutated immortal-grade spiritual flames?”
“Of course!”
Su Che’s reply was full of confidence. In fact, he had endless confidence in his Immortal Prison. Although he had never tried to create immortal-grade spiritual flames before, this task would definitely not be a challenge for his Immortal Prison.
“Great, great!”

The spirit of the furnace pot was extremely excited and immediately replied, “I’ll give you some spiritual flames right now. Can you show me how to use them right away?”
“I can’t show you—this is my personal secret,” Su Che replied calmly. “However, if you need a large amount of mutated spiritual flames, I’m willing to help. For example, if you give me a hundred top-quality spiritual flames, I’ll return an equal number of mutated spiritual flames to you.”
Su Che’s words sounded exaggerated, but in reality, they already represented the greatest degree of restraint.
The transformation capabilities of the spiritual flames in the third fire realm were incredibly powerful. A hundred spiritual flames, when combined in different proportions, mixes, and arrangements, could create tens of thousands of entirely different possibilities—surely at least ten thousand brand-new mutated spiritual flames.
Su Che believed this also meant that the World of Immortal Prison was a brand-new world, full of infinite creativity, where nothing was impossible.
“Great! Great!”
The spirit of the furnace pot cheered excitedly, “I’ll give you five hundred top-quality spiritual flames, all of which are quite rare in the Immortal Realm. If you can return five hundred never-before-seen mutated spiritual flames, I’ll reward you generously and give you an unexpected surprise… I’m fair—if you surprise me, I’ll surprise you back!”
“Okay!”
Su Che agreed without hesitation.
Only a fool would refuse!
Receiving five hundred rare spiritual flames from the Immortal Realm was already a significant fortune. Earlier, Lin Jiu and the others had brought out hundreds of top-quality spiritual flames, but it had only accepted three of them, showing just how picky its tastes were.
Similarly, the spiritual flames it was willing to offer must also be of high quality.
With these five hundred spiritual flames, the third fire realm could create hundreds of thousands, even millions, of mutated spiritual flames. In the future, even if he just became a spiritual flame dealer in the Immortal Realm, he wouldn’t go hungry.
Vum…
The furnace pot vibrated again, but this time, instead of storing spiritual flames, it opened five hundred small drawers and emitted five hundred high-grade top-quality spiritual flames.
Amidst the astonished looks of Lin Jiu and the others, Su Che raised his hand and not only retrieved the hundreds of thousands of ordinary spiritual flames he had shown earlier back to the World of Immortal Prison but also accepted all five hundred top-quality spiritual flames.
“What’s going on?”
Lin Jiu and Guang Qi were immediately confused. “Without any reason, why would this furnace give that kid so many rare spiritual flames?”

Just now, the mental communication between Su Che and the spirit of the furnace was beyond the hearing of others, even those who were right beside them. Thus, Lin Jiu and the other person had no idea what had happened. However, as experienced Xuanxians, they quickly realized after a brief moment of shock that Su Che’s silence must have been due to silent communication with the spirit of the immortal artifact! “Damn it, why does he always get the upper hand?” At that moment, Lin Jiu’s jealousy reached its peak; he wished he could kill Su Che on the spot with a deadly strike… Sensing the murderous intent in Lin Jiu’s eyes, Su Che merely glanced at him indifferently, with an obvious provocation: If you dare, go ahead! Guang Qi hurriedly sent a message to Lin Jiu: “Don’t be impulsive. Observe carefully; we’ll find an opportunity eventually.” Of course, even without this advice, Lin Jiu still had enough sense not to actually attack Su Che. At least not at this stage! Su Che slowly closed his eyes, seemingly concentrating on something in silence, but in reality, he was monitoring the transformation process of the spiritual flames within the third layer of the Fire Realm together with Lao He. With five hundred immortal-grade spiritual flames entering the third layer of the Fire Realm, Su Che didn’t need to worry about what followed—it would be handled entirely by the ruler of the Fire Realm. He gathered the five hundred spiritual flames before him, waved his hand, and hundreds of thousands of mutated mortal spiritual flames rushed over, merging with the five hundred original flames one after another. Soon, various combinations of these flames flew back and forth, constantly merging, splitting, merging again, and splitting again—so many bizarre combinations that left Su Che dazzled. He couldn’t understand the principles behind it and had no intention of investigating or studying them. The functions of the Immortal Prison were equivalent to his own abilities; there was no need to waste time and energy figuring them out. It was fine to be eager to learn, but such profound principles or knowledge could be studied in the future, once he reached the pinnacle of power in the universe, when time, life, and energy would be endless, and he would have plenty of leisure. For now, there was only one thing to do: do everything possible to improve his combat strength. Only with sufficient combat strength could he ensure that he, the future Creator, wouldn’t perish and that a bright future could become a reality… In just half an hour, Su Che created the five hundred mutated spiritual flames he had promised to the spirit of the furnace.

The Lord of the Fire Realm was still busy creating more mutated spiritual flames. With an additional 500 types of divine-grade spiritual flames, it meant that hundreds of thousands more divine-grade mutated spiritual flames would be added to the Fire Realm. It was evident that he was also extremely excited.

The more spiritual flames there were and the higher their grade, the stronger his power as the Lord of the Fire Realm would inevitably become.

It had only been half an hour, and Su Che didn’t intend to reveal those 500 mutated spiritual flames so early. Doing so would make it seem as though completing the task was extremely easy, with no difficulty at all.

If others perceived that he had put in very little effort, it might affect the reward he deserved.

Of course, to showcase his special abilities, it couldn’t be too difficult either—finding the right balance was key.

“Five hours!” Su Che murmured to himself. “Five hours should be just right to create those 500 mutated spiritual flames.”