Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology
Chapter 264 - 242: Fire World, Phoenix Blood Mother Qi

Chapter 264: Chapter 242: Fire World, Phoenix Blood Mother Qi

"Temple Master! A Monster Tribe has been spotted ahead!"

The next moment, a flash of light streaked forward, and Guu Yuchan stopped steadily in front of him.

"What kind of monster?"

Song Lin’s eyes lit up.

"A herd of Fire Cows."

As the name suggests, Fire Cows are cows enveloped in flames.

They are massive in size, some towering up to three zhang in height, and they live in herds. Wherever they go, the land becomes a sea of fire.

Technically part of the Demon Clan, they are more commonly classified as mutant beasts, as they generally do not possess the transformative abilities of demons.

"Good. Lead me there."

The group flew at low altitude.

Soon, they arrived at a vast expanse of flames ahead.

Amidst the sea of fire, one could vaguely make out fiery-red, flame-covered Fire Cows.

These Fire Cows were enormous and intensely temperamental, subsisting on fire as their primary food source.

Song Lin roughly counted their numbers—there were over a thousand Fire Cows.

"Excellent!"

Song Lin pulled out the white jade gourd and turned to speak to the group.

"Guard the four directions, and leave the slaying to me."

"Understood... but Temple Master, do you not need our assistance?"

Guu Yuchan inquired.

After all, even if they were slaughtering mere pigs, killing thousands of creatures would take quite some time.

Was he going to summon the Little Giant Spirit God again?

If the Little Giant Spirit God were used, coupled with the Heavenly Dharma, their position would be too easily exposed.

"Just wait and see."

Song Lin smiled enigmatically.

Both Guu Yuchan and his companion placed great trust in him; they each led their subordinates to block the periphery.

Song Lin flew above the herd of cows.

The air above the fiery sea was thin and intensely hot, visibly distorted by the heat.

"Moo!!"

The herd of Fire Cows below, upon spotting Song Lin, erupted into enraged roars.

The sea of fire boiled, and innumerable fiery tongues surged upward with scorching heat.

The area within a hundred-mile radius was engulfed by this overwhelming display.

Nearby, Guu Yuchan and the others couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.

This was no ordinary flame—the fires were the genuine magic flames of mutant beasts and impervious to water.

Even Purple Mansion cultivators would find themselves powerless against the assaults of thousands of mutant beasts.

At this moment, Song Lin threw the jade gourd.

The gourd expanded with the wind, growing to the size of a house. Its open mouth emitted dazzling golden light.

"Roar!!!"

Three Exotic Dragons flew out.

Each stretched to a majestic eighty zhang in length.

One was transparent as glass, radiating chilling cold. The Chi Dragon opened its maw and froze the advancing flames below it.

Another, earthy-yellow like soil, with a single foot and round eyes, spewed a yellowish aura that coalesced into walls of earth to block the fire.

In contrast, the Coiled Dragon seemed somewhat out of place.

The Coiled Dragon specialized in poison and wood manipulation, so it reluctantly transformed into armor and attached itself to Song Lin’s body.

Soon, the sea of fire was held at bay.

And that wasn’t the end of it.

The space around Song Lin began to distort and swirl, coalescing into a bi-colored Yin Yang Transformation Wheel.

Humming sounds filled the air as the wheel spun, emitting intangible waves.

The waves spread downward, expanding from a single point into an ever-widening radius.

Wherever the waves reached, the Fire Cows silently dissolved into nothingness.

Strands of energy were absorbed into the gourd.

"This..."

Witnessing this scene, Guu Yuchan and the others were left dumbfounded.

No wonder the Temple Master was so confident.

They had assumed he might resort to Thunder Skills or Taoist Soldiers, but instead, he had used such a silent, deadly technique.

This method left no chance for its victims to even realize how they had died.

Such a spell was far more chilling than any grand, overt technique.

They were fortunate that this was their Temple Master.

In less than a moment, over a thousand Fire Cows had vanished without a trace.

Some of the Fire Cows, sensing something was wrong, immediately turned to flee.

"Strike!!"

Guu Yuchan shouted, transforming into a streak of lightning. While flying, he unleashed Palm Thunder like a meteor shower, killing dozens of Fire Cows.

If any outsiders had been there to witness Guu Yuchan’s immense True Qi, they would have been terrified.

The Cultivation Path was derived from Pre-Qin Qi Cultivation.

It emphasized a seamless flow of energy.

Breaking through using Qi Refinement techniques, maintaining clarity of intent from start to finish.

Yan Jiuge’s fire sword was incredibly sharp, slicing through the air with a sonic boom and leaving numerous dead in his wake.

The battlefield was not their solo performance.

The Taoists they had brought with them traversed the chaos, each employing their own methods.

This time, Song Lin did not lend a hand; he simply instructed them to keep the beast bones and demon cores.

Then he quietly observed.

Shi Yinhua, Wang Ziyue, Guu Yuchan, and Yan Jiuge were the disciples Song Lin was most focused on cultivating. The other two female disciples had relatively unimpressive records and at most served as high-ranking figures in the Taoist Temple.

The four had ambitions for exterior positions of authority.

Starting with the Temple Master, then advancing to roles like Jungle Taoist or other departmental leaders.

To attain the title of Heavenly Master, individual effort alone wasn’t enough.

A Taoist without strategy would remain a brute force fighter for life.

It was necessary to cultivate one’s own network of influence, expanding it as one’s power grew.

This was why Song Lin, foreseeing adversity for the Taoist Temple, refrained from intervening directly—this experience served as a trial for his disciples.

Even if he hadn’t foreseen it, he could always consult Zhi Xin to eradicate future threats.

But doing so would undermine the training of Shi Yinhua and Wang Ziyue.

The objectives of this expedition were simple.

First, to train the future leadership pipeline, further solidify their loyalty, and amass two hundred thousand yin merit points.

Second, to deal with the Fire Cloud faction, overturn the playing board by exterminating both the faction and its supporters, and capitalize on his current prestige to ascend the ranks prematurely.

Beyond these two goals, there was also the matter of leveraging their surroundings for personal gain.

The three dragons returned to the Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd.

Each grew several zhang taller, reaching a new length of eighty-five zhang.

As expected, slaying monsters increased their size, and the Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd appeared to have grown stronger as well.

Once the three dragons reached lengths of one hundred zhang, their power would likely rival that of Perfect Core Formation.

Three Perfect Core Formation dragons, combined with the Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd, greatly improved Song Lin’s chances of defeating the Fire Cloud faction.

"Temple Master, the enemies have been eradicated!"

Guu Yuchan and the others approached to report.

"Keep the beast bones; the demon cores are mine."

The beast bones served as evidence for assessing yin merit.

At this thought, Song Lin felt a twinge of regret. He should have restrained himself, leaving some beast bones intact. Otherwise, he might’ve earned several hundred more yin merit points in this round alone.

"Continue the sweep!"

Song Lin ordered.

The group proceeded down their path, sweeping through as they went.

Using his Qi Observation Technique, Song Lin rendered all demons and ghosts unable to hide, proving even more effective than the Taiyang Taiyin Golden Pupil.

Slaying gods when encountering gods, slaying demons when encountering demons.

Fire Sheep, Fire Rats, Fire Scale Crocodiles, Fire Worms, Fire-eating Chickens...

Curiously, all the demon beasts they encountered were fire-related.

This reminded Song Lin of the eight distinct regions surrounding the trees he had once observed using the Qi Observation Technique.

One region had been fiery red like flames.

Had he inadvertently fallen into this flame region?

As the sweeping continued, the three dragons finally broke through to one hundred zhang in size.

Though Song Lin himself was only at the Core Formation Mid-stage, he wielded a lower-grade Dao Artifact along with three Late-stage Core Formation dragons—a formidable trump card.

Such capability would undoubtedly shock everyone.

By a lakeside, they gathered to roast fiery fish retrieved from the water. The fish was astonishingly delicious.

At that moment, Song Lin stood up.

His pupils turned pure white, focusing on a distant direction.

In that area, streams of differing-colored energies intertwined.

"Stay here. In one incense stick’s time, sneak over there."

Song Lin pointed toward the direction of the energy.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished, swept away by the breeze, leaving no trace.

Using the Assassin Chronicles Invisibility Technique, Song Lin stealthily made his way forward.

Crossing hundreds of miles, he arrived to find the skies ahead ablaze like a consuming fire.

Below lay an endless expanse of Fire Pools.

Suspended at the center of the Fire Pools—was that... a phoenix?

Song Lin’s heart skipped a beat.

The phoenix was composed entirely of flames, crimson as blood, lifelike but impossible to discern if it was real or an illusion.

Two groups were in confrontation above it.

The group to the right—wasn’t that Zhao Wuji?!

"Heh heh, old man from the Heaven and Earth Xuan Sect, we’re claiming this Phoenix Blood Mother Qi. Leave now!"

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