BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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After marveling at the pill, Han Chi carefully placed it back into the jade bottle.

Then he picked up the scroll that Lin Feng had handed over at the same time, unfurled it, and began examining the list of medicinal ingredients written on it.

After a long while, Han Chi slowly set the scroll down, turned his head toward Lin Feng, and spoke:

"Lin Feng, although I'm not particularly versed in the art of alchemy, the Han Clan has been in business for generations, so I'm familiar with a few things about medicinal theory."

He glanced at Lin Feng's expression, then continued: "If I'm not mistaken, many of the ingredients on this list are used for refining seventh-tier pills. Even if someone else were to obtain them, I doubt they'd be able to put them to use…"

"Heh… no need to worry, Senior. This junior can make good use of them."

The corners of Lin Feng's mouth curled slightly as he spoke.

At the same time, a vast, surging soul power suddenly spread out from the center of his brow.

That formidable soul power quickly enveloped the entire spacious hall!

"This soul power… sixth… no, seventh-tier alchemist?!"

Feeling the oppressively powerful soul power, Han Chi abruptly shot to his feet, his face full of shock.

Because his emotions were fluctuating too strongly, his voice even became sharp.

A normal cultivator simply couldn't possess such a mighty soul power.

Aside from a seventh-tier alchemist, he truly couldn't imagine who else could possess such a vast and surging soul power!

"Heh, Senior's eyes are sharp indeed. This junior was lucky enough to have just advanced to seventh-tier alchemist not long ago."

Seeing that his point had been made, Lin Feng slowly withdrew his soul power, smiling faintly as he spoke.

The reason he did this was to send a message to the Han Clan:

These things might be precious, but feel free to find them — I can afford them!

Sure enough, after a long moment, Han Chi recovered from his shock, and his expression immediately grew serious, just as Lin Feng had expected.

Looking at Lin Feng's calm smile, he let out a bitter laugh: "Master, you're too kind. In front of a seventh-tier alchemist like yourself, how dare I, a mere cultivator not even at Dou Zong, call myself 'Senior'?"

Then he continued solemnly: "But rest assured, the items you've mentioned — my Han Clan will mobilize all our connections to search for them. I can't guarantee everything, but we should be able to find the majority. As for whether their current owners are willing to sell, that I cannot promise…"

"Very well, I'll await good news."

Lin Feng nodded slightly, smiling.

Back in Xi Yun City, he had already visited the largest auction house there.

Although he hadn't found an eighth-rank beast flame, he had purchased quite a few Rank 7 beast flames, as well as a magical core harvested from a fire-attribute magic beast at the Seven-Star Dou Zong level.

The reason he insisted on this level of magical core was because, after testing the Grand Profound Flame Control Array a few times, he had discovered:

The energy quality in the cores of low-level Dou Zong magic beasts was only sufficient to kill six-star Dou Zong or weaker opponents.

If he wanted to suppress high-rank Dou Zong powerhouses, it was virtually impossible.

Furthermore, while the array was very effective, it consumed magical cores or pills that served as the array's energy source at an alarming rate.

Therefore, whenever possible, it was best to prepare more magical cores in advance.

After all, if he were forced to use seventh-tier pills directly to activate the array in a dangerous moment, even he would feel that kind of cost was painful.

As for the seventh-tier medicinal ingredients, those were meant for practice.

Back in Black-Corner Region, even with his influence, he had only been able to gather ingredients for low seventh-tier pills.

As for the materials for mid seventh-tier pills, they were far too rare in the Black-Corner Region.

Even after nearly scouring the entire area, he still couldn't find much.

This had left him with no opportunity to practice even a little of the mid-grade seventh-tier alchemy techniques he wanted to learn.

Now that he was in the Central Plains, he naturally had to gather as many mid seventh-tier ingredients as possible and quickly raise his alchemy skills.

After all, the Pill Tower's competition was already less than three and a half years away.

If he didn't find a way to improve his alchemy quickly, he might not even make it into the top ten when the time came.

And if that happened…then the Three Thousand Burning Flame would bid him farewell.

After finishing his business with the Han Clan, Lin Feng also exchanged for several clusters of Rank 7 beast flames from them.

Afterward, under Han Chi's personal guidance, he entered the Han Clan's best cultivation room and began closed-door cultivation.

As for Xiao Yixian and Zi Yan, they spent their days with the Han sisters.

Roaming the nearby mountains and rivers, enjoying a rather leisurely and carefree time.

"Bang!"

After nearly half a month, a muffled sound suddenly rang out inside the cultivation room where Lin Feng was training.

The sound slowly echoed through the chamber.

In his palm appeared a pale flame, fierce and violent.

Under the scorching heat of this flame, even the surrounding space showed faint signs of distortion.

This flame was none other than the Life Transforming Flame he had refined back when passing through the spatial wormhole.

Over these past days, he had tirelessly tempered Rank 7 beast flames, fusing them into it.

After devouring more than twenty Rank 7 beast flames, the Life Transforming Flame seed at this moment already possessed considerable power.

At the very least, it was several times more formidable than the Life Transforming Flame he had snatched from Fang Yan and the others back in Demon Flame Valley.

But then Lin Feng suddenly opened his mouth as he thought of the Life Transforming Flame he had seized from the three elders of Demon Flame Valley.

A gray-brown flame wrapped in verdant green firelight appeared in his hand.

"Hopefully, after devouring it, my strength can improve a little more…"

Gazing at the gray-brown flame in his hand, Lin Feng murmured.

Originally, he had planned to save this remaining half of the Life Transforming Flame for emergencies —to fuse it with other flames into an Emperor Lotus Flame, to kill enemies.

But now that a new, fully-tempered Life Transforming Flame was ready, and it was just as powerful, Lin Feng naturally had no need to waste Fang Yan's flame for an Emperor Lotus Flame.

After all, doing so would cause the lifelong dou qi of Fang Yan and the other two to dissipate completely.

Even though he had already used up half of this flame during the great battle at Demon Flame Valley, it still contained the lifelong dou qi of one Half-Step Dou Zong and two Nine-Star Dou Huang.

Even though only half of it remained now, it could still allow him, a nine-star Dou Huang, to take yet another step forward!

Thinking of the benefits within, Lin Feng waved his palm lightly, and a sea of verdant green flame rolled forth.

The scorching fire quickly gathered above his head.

Then the flame began writhing nonstop, and in the blink of an eye, it formed into a hemispherical flame dome, falling straight down.

It completely enveloped Lin Feng inside.

At the same time, the fiery orb formed from the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame in his palm rapidly dissipated, exposing the gray-brown flame inside to the open air.

Without the protection of the heavenly flame, the Life Transforming Flame began to release the refined dou qi of Fang Yan and the others, which slowly spread into the nearby space.

However, upon encountering the verdant green flame dome, the dou qi was unable to advance further.

It all accumulated in this small enclosed space.

Seeing that all the dou qi was trapped and could not escape, a smile immediately appeared on Lin Feng's face.

He slowly closed his eyes, then began to crazily absorb the dou qi into his body.

As soon as the dou qi entered his body, the Falling Heart Flame surged forth, wrapping the dou qi completely and constantly tempering it.

The purpose of this tempering was to erase the traces of Fang Yan and the others still hidden in the dou qi.

These remnants were deeply hidden and formless. If not for his possession of the Fallen Heart Flame, which could completely purify dou qi, even if he obtained this Life Transforming Flame, he would only be able to watch helplessly as the dou qi inside slowly dissipated.

After all, forcibly absorbing it would risk contaminating his own dou qi with another's aura, which would cause his future cultivation to stagnate and become extremely difficult to improve.

Therefore, Lin Feng patiently continued to use the Fallen Heart Flame to temper the dou qi.

Not until the dou qi was purified to its purest form, stripped of all foreign traces, did he finally guide it into the circulation routes of the Flame Mantra.

After circulating it for several rounds, he quickly absorbed it into his own body.

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