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Ye Tian was led by Shi Tan to the cave where the patriarch lived. Not long after the two of them entered, they heard a wave of scolding voices: "What are you doing, Shi Xiong? The matters that have been handed down by the hall master for so many years have not been settled yet, hmph, you want the hall master to use you to refine your soul?"

When Shi Tan heard this voice, he hurriedly stopped Ye Tian and told him not to make any noise. He then quietly stood where he was and listened for the sound coming from inside.

Then, a slightly aged voice replied, "Senior envoy, I've tried my best. For this matter, the Stone Clan has less than a hundred people left, so please tell the hall master about it. If this goes on, our Stone Clan will be exterminated."

"Hmph, so what if your Stone Clan is exterminated? The Palace Master's orders have been delayed for over a hundred years, and you still haven't finished it. What's more useless is the extermination of your clan." At the beginning, the reprimanding voice sounded again.

"Hmm? "Who's outside? Get the hell out here." At this moment, a voice rang out. Following that, Ye Tian and Shi Tan felt an enormous pressure pressing down on them before they were pulled directly into the cave.

Ye Tian was forcefully dragged into the cave. He discovered a middle-aged man with a dark expression sitting on top of the main hall. He emitted a sinister aura that caused people to unconsciously feel chills run down their spines. Without even thinking, it was obvious that this person had used a great divine ability to directly drag Ye Tian and Shi Tan into the cave. Below him was a stone beast that looked like a stone tower. It had a stone face and a body shaped like a stone. Its two large eyes were flashing with lightning. The only difference was that this stone beast was filled with a vicissitudes of life.

The middle-aged man above them didn't say a word after dragging Ye Tian and Shi Tan in, and only coldly looked at them. At this time, the old stone beast kneeling below angrily said when it saw that Shi Tan and Ye Tian were dragged inside by the middle-aged man, "Shi Tan, who called you in? Why did you bring an outsider in here? You reckless fool, get the hell out of here! " As he spoke, he winked at Shi Tan. Hearing this, Shi Tan immediately stood up and prepared to leave with Ye Tian.

"Wait, who are you? From the way you dress up, you look like a monk. " The middle-aged man condescendingly looked down at Ye Tian Tian.

"I am indeed a cultivator. I came to the Heavenly Thunder Mountain to gather lightning stones, but ended up joining the alliance with Brother Shi Tan, so I was invited to visit the Stone Clan." Ye Tian bowed.

The middle-aged man stared at Ye Tian, seeing that he did not seem to be lying, he said: "Since you came to Stone Clan for some reason, why are you sneaking around? Humph, and you, Shi Xiong, next time I do not wish for this kind of thing to happen, as for the things that are being said, you better take care of yourself. "I'll give you three months in the end. Hmph, if you can't complete it, you know the consequences." As he spoke, the middle-aged man didn't even look at Ye Tian and Shi Tan. His figure slowly blurred and gradually disappeared from his seat.

Seeing that the middle-aged man had left, Shi Tan immediately went to help the chief up. Chief, what is going on? Who was that person? How could he be so arrogant? "

Shi Xiong sighed, "Sigh, that's the Nine Nether Palace's emissary. It's all my fault, I'm the incompetent one." After a series of sighs, Shi Xiong told the two of them the reason. A hundred years ago, Stone Clan had thousands of members. They lived in a small world inside Heavenly Thunder Mountain, and they were considered to be from a foreign world, because the Stone Clan had bodies as hard as steel, and their bodies were naturally the best defense, and once they were born, they could be said to be comparable to human cultivators of the Aurous Core stage. It could be said that Stone Clan was quite good to thrive and reproduce within Heavenly Thunder Mountain, but a hundred years ago, a person who claimed to be the Hall Master of Nine Serenities changed everything here. He had indicated for the Stone Clan to submit to him, or else they would be exterminated. At that time, the chief was Shi Xiong and if he wanted to resist, he couldn't even withstand a single blow from his opponent. At that time, Shi Xiong was at the late stage of the Grand Master Stage, so one could imagine how powerful that Hall Master Jiu You was. Helplessly, the Stone Clan sought refuge in Nine Nether Palace.

Since they had joined Nine Nether Palace, they were not allowed to fight or kill. As long as they did one thing and succeeded, the hall master would give them back their freedom. Once they succeeded, they would have the thunder and fire attributes. Furthermore, their Stone Tribe was known for its defense, and with the fire and water attributes, they would be invincible existences at the same level.

"That's a good thing. Once a powerful existence is born in your Stone Clan, wouldn't that also be a good thing for your Stone Clan?" Ye Tian subconsciously interrupted as he listened to Shi Xiong.

"Hmph, that's a good thing. Every clansman who wishes to fuse with a fire spirit must first erase their consciousness before they can merge with it. I even suspect that the Nine Nether Palace mainly uses their fused body as a puppet or as an external embodiment. Shi Xiong snorted coldly.

Many clansmen had tried it over the years, but none of them had succeeded. The ones that hadn't succeeded had been destroyed by the energy contained within the fire spirit. One fire spirit was enough for hundreds of clansmen to try, and only in the end would the energy within the fire spirit be exhausted. For example, Shi Tan's parents went to fuse with a fire spirit and failed to fuse with it. Ah, they all volunteered to merge with it, so they can only hope for a miracle to happen and for the next generation of Shi family to live freely. If this goes on, there will only be a hundred or so people left in our Shi family. " Shi Xiong sighed.

"Then why didn't you leave? Why didn't you just move your people away?" Ye Tian asked curiously.

"Sigh, that Nine Nether Palace Master placed a Blood Soul Curse on our Stone Tribe. Once we leave the vicinity of Heavenly Thunder Mountain, we will explode and die." Shi Xiong laughed bitterly.

"This Lord of Tartarus is actually so vicious." Ye Tian was furious.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't consulted you for a long time. Who is it?" Shi Xiong asked curiously as he saw Ye Tian Tian continuously interrupt.

I saw that he was looking for a fire spirit, and he also had a way to greatly increase the defense of our Stone Clan's cultivation methods, so I brought him back to the clan to pay respects to the chief and see if the chief could give him the fire spirit. Shi Tan said helplessly.

When Shi Xiong heard that Ye Tian actually had a way to increase the defenses of his Stone Clan, he was slightly moved and said, "Little friend, just what method do you have? And to what extent can you increase it? If you increase the defenses of our Stone Clan greatly, then you might really be able to fuse with a Flame Soul."

"To tell you the truth, Senior, I once received a drop of blood essence from a Black Tortoise Divine Beast. After refining it, my body's strength has also greatly increased. If Senior is willing to exchange the fire spirit, junior is willing to exchange some of his own blood essence. Why don't we let Brother Shi Tan and Brother Shi Tan see just how useful it is? " As Ye Tian spoke, he forced a drop of his blood essence to fly towards Shi Tan. Ye Tian had revealed the Black Tortoise blood essence in order to dispel Shi Xiong's worries. Moreover, he believed that the Stone Clan would not directly capture him and extract his blood essence. As such, he openly sold the Stone Clan a favor.

When Shi Xiong heard the words' Black Tortoise blood essence ', he was shocked speechless for a long time.

As he refined Shi Tan, the earthen yellow light around his body became denser and denser. In fact, when Ye Tian obtained that drop of Black Tortoise blood essence, his cultivation realm was not high, so he was unable to fully exploit the benefits of this blood essence. As for the blood essence, it automatically dispersed into his blood vessels and bones to be accumulated, waiting for Ye Tian to develop it step by step. As for Shi Tan, his cultivation level was clearly higher than Ye Tian's, so the energy he could use from his blood essence was also much higher than Ye Tian's.

After half a day of hard work, Shi Tan finally refined the drop of blood essence that Ye Tian had given him. Although the black art blood essence had been diluted and dispersed throughout Ye Tian's body, Ye Tian's blood essence still contained the power of a divine beast. As soon as Shi Xiong saw it, he said in shock, "This is the legendary Stone God Armour. It's said that species like us, the Stone Clan, who are born in this world, can evolve, and once our Stone God Armor reaches a high level, it will automatically appear on our bodies. I never thought that little friend's blood essence would have such a great effect. Little friend Ye Tian, how about I exchange a fire spirit for 30 drops of blood essence?

When Ye Tian heard this, he jumped in fright, "Hehe, Senior, you must be joking. Essence blood is the foundation of my cultivators, even if I were to fight with my life on the line, I still wouldn't lose so much at once. If I lose too much essence blood, it would be hard to advance even a single inch. "How about this, senior, I can provide a maximum of ten drops, this is my limit. In addition, I can also provide some ordinary blood, although it won't have that much of an effect, but I think it will still be helpful to your Stone Clan."

So it's like that." Shi Xiong squinted his eyes as if he was considering something. Ye Tian didn't disturb him, only looking at him with a meaningful gaze. After a long while, Shi Xiong gritted his teeth and said, "Alright then, little friend, I'll go retrieve the fire spirits from the future. My Stone Clan still has the three fire spirits sealed, so I'll let little friend know about the one that came out of Lei Chi not long ago. That fire spirit has just gained intelligence, and is much easier to tame than a baby.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior." Ye Tian bowed and greeted.

"Hehe, it's alright. We'll just take what we need." As he spoke, Shi Xiong walked towards the inner chamber of the abode.