Chapter 104 Current Situation
The Fallen Heart Flame on the Blue Lotus Seat was burning and jumping. Lin Yuan gently stretched out his palm, and the Heart Flame seemed to sense something and floated down from the Blue Lotus Seat on its own initiative, gently jumping to Lin Yuan's fingertips.
This wisp of fire turned into a small and agile fire python between Lin Yuan's fingers, and the fire python's eyes flashed with wisdom. In the fire python, a faint but extremely condensed soul power could be vaguely felt. The most peculiar thing was that this soul power exuded an aura that was very similar to Lin Yuan's soul power, but also different.
Lin Yuan looked at the flame carefully, and the fire python also looked at Lin Yuan, and both of them showed satisfaction in their eyes.
"Using the Heart Fire Pearl that sealed the soul of the Fallen Heart Flame as the seed, the Azure Lotus Earth Heart Fire's sub-fire as the framework, and multiple Earth Fire Lotus seeds containing a large amount of Earth Fire essence as nutrients, after several months of careful cultivation, I finally succeeded in giving birth to this Fallen Heart Flame sub-fire."
"Then, I used the secret soul method to wash away the spiritual wisdom in the sub-fire soul, and merged part of my own soul power with the sub-fire soul that had been washed away, and together they constructed the fire spirit of this sub-fire. In this way, a sub-fire of the Fallen Heart Flame that contained my soul power and could be perfectly controlled by me was born."
"The anchor for the soul battle with Fallen Heart Flame is ready. Fallen Heart Flame, I am looking forward to the day of the duel."
Lin Yuan smiled meaningfully and formed a few seals with his hands.
Then, the invisible fire python quietly drilled into Lin Yuan's body, landed on a key position in the meridians where the Dou Qi flowed, and began to temper the Dou Qi flowing through there.
At the same time, Lin Yuan also began to feed the fire with his own fighting spirit. For Lin Yuan, who practiced the Tiandu Fire Classic, the consumption of feeding the fire could be borne by him alone. Continuously consuming and restoring fighting spirit is also an excellent way to practice.
The fire burned in Lin Yuan's body. At first, his body was a little uncomfortable, but soon his body began to adapt to the power of the heart fire. Soon, Lin Yuan no longer needed to deliberately use Dou Qi or Qinglian heart fire to resist the heat of the heart fire.
"Well, with the Fallen Heart Flame's seed fire in my body, even if I'm not practicing in the Skyburning Refining Qi Tower, the effect of accelerating my practice is better than that of the best practice room. At the same time, I can also use this seed fire to conduct adaptive training against the Fallen Heart Flame, so that my body can adapt to the power of the Fallen Heart Flame in advance and be prepared to fight it in advance."
Lin Yuan withdrew his thoughts and began to carefully review the message conveyed by Qinglin. That was the secret code that the Mitel family received from Yunshan.
"There is still more than half a year until the three-year agreement between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran. According to Yunshan's message, Guardian Wu seems to have a plan to take action against the Xiao family. From a series of intelligence, it seems that he is targeting the three-year deadline."
"Hmm? Guardian Wu also asked Yunshan to prepare to help him deal with someone in Yunlan Sect within three years. For this, he also gave Yunshan a lot of benefits, which made Yunshan's cultivation level improve a lot and he has already stabilized at the level of a one-star Dou Zong."
"Help to deal with someone during the three-year agreement?" Lin Yuan rubbed his temple, pondered for a moment, his eyes slightly focused, "Has Yao Lao been discovered? Did Xiao Yan and Yao Lao do something, or did something happen, which made Guardian Wu notice Yao Lao? It seems that some unknown changes have happened in the Jia Ma Empire."
"Qing'er left a message. There is also a lot of other information from the Mittel family. They are all in her room. Go and take a look. Maybe you can find some clues from them."
"We have finished what we need to do here, it's time to leave. But before we go..." Lin Yuan looked up at the sky, and with a move of his body, he appeared in the air out of thin air, looking at the slightly distorted space not far away with interest, "Is the space barrier a space blockade that can only be used after becoming a Dou Zong powerhouse? This is a rare opportunity, let's give it a try."
Afterwards, Lin Yuan activated his powerful fighting spirit and began to conduct various experiments and precise calculations on the space barrier set up by Su Qian. This was Lin Yuan's style. Even if he couldn't use certain methods at the moment, if he had the chance, he would still understand and experiment with how to deal with these methods.
Two hours later, Lin Yuan finished what he wanted to do. "Well, I have a basic understanding of the space barrier set up by the space blockade. It's time to leave."
Then, he gathered powerful fighting spirit, and a seal took shape in his hand.
"Mountain and River Seal!" With a light shout, the blue and red seal landed on the weakest part of the space barrier, and the energy exploded instantly, creating a hole in the space barrier. Then the space barrier split open with the hole as the center, and finally shattered like a mirror and dissipated.
"It's indeed correct to calculate the weak points of the space barrier in this way, and the required output is also estimated quite accurately." Lin Yuan smiled with satisfaction, then spread his wings and flew towards Su Qian.
Soon, Lin Yuan arrived at Su Qian's residence. After entering, Lin Yuan clasped his fists and bowed to Su Qian, thanking him: "Thank you for your help in this breakthrough, Great Elder."
Su Qian smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said, "We are family, no need to be polite." He then waved to Lin Yuan, motioning him to sit down, "Come, sit down and talk."
Lin Yuan sat down as he was told. Su Qian picked up the pot of tea he had carefully brewed on the table and poured a cup for Lin Yuan. He spoke with some anticipation, "Try it. This is a new tea that I have researched. It is my masterpiece. You are a professional alchemist. Use your eyes to judge. How is this tea?"
Hearing this, Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he picked up the teacup and took a sip. The moment he took a sip, an indescribable bitter taste spread from the tip of his tongue to his heart.
He saw Su Qian's eyes full of expectation, so he suppressed the bitterness, swallowed the tea calmly, nodded and praised: "This tea is indeed unique and has a special taste. I highly praise it. I believe that everyone will appreciate it after tasting it."
"Hehe, you have good taste!" Su Qian said proudly. He took a sip, his eyes slightly closed, and an intoxicated look appeared on his face. "It is indeed a good tea. My efforts were not in vain."
Seeing this, Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and muttered to himself: "It seems that the elder's taste is really different. It's better to drink tea with him less in the future."
After drinking the tea, Su Qian opened his eyes and looked at Lin Yuan with admiration in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Lin Yuan, you are really good. Although there is the factor of Life Devouring Pill, you have broken through from Dou Wang to Dou Huang at such a young age. Such talent is extremely rare in the entire continent. What's more..."
He paused, and his smile deepened. "Your attainments in alchemy are even more astonishing. Have you already broken through to the seventh-grade alchemist?"
Lin Yuan nodded first, then shook his head, and explained to Su Qian's puzzled eyes: "My soul power has indeed reached the standard of a seventh-grade alchemist, but I am not yet a true seventh-grade alchemist. According to the rules of the alchemy world, I still need to pass the test of the Dan Tower or refine a seventh-grade pill before I can be considered a true seventh-grade alchemist."
"So there are such rules." Su Qian nodded, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled: "But since your soul power has reached a certain level, it won't be difficult to improve the rank of alchemist. In addition, you have a talent in alchemy..."
Lin Yuan did not refute but nodded calmly. There was really no need to be overly modest.
After straightening his expression, Lin Yuan said in a deep voice: "Great Elder, my current alchemy skills should be able to make some Pozong Pills and Huangji Pills for the academy. If the academy needs them and has all the materials, I am willing to help make these pills."
Su Qian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "Okay! Okay! I'll trouble you to take care of it. The academy will certainly not treat you unfairly, and the remuneration will definitely satisfy you."
Lin Yuan said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your courtesy, Great Elder. I am also a member of Canaan College. This is the list of medicinal materials needed to refine these two kinds of pills." As he spoke, he handed over a list filled with the names of medicinal materials.
Su Qian took the list and glanced at it. He found that he had memories of many of the herbs. They should be in the advanced herb warehouse of Canaan College. He put the list away and said in a deep voice, "I have memories of most of these things. I will go to the herb warehouse to check them out later."
"By the way, Dean, how are Qinglin and Ziyan now?" Lin Yuan suddenly asked. Hearing this, Su Qian couldn't help but sighed: "These two little guys are really amazing. You should have left a lot of pills for them, right?"
"Qing Lin, that girl, she quickly broke through to the Dou Ling level while you were in seclusion. After that, her cultivation speed remained unabated. In just a few months, she cultivated to the Nine-Star Dou Ling level and even participated in this year's Power Ranking Competition. She swept all the way and directly broke through the Power Ranking when Zi Yan did not participate. Now the students in the inner courtyard respectfully call her 'Queen Qing'."
"Fortunately, she changed her appearance to look a few years older when she entered the competition. Otherwise, the students in the inner courtyard would really doubt whether she was the genius that the outside world said she was. If they knew that the one who crushed them was a girl who was a few years younger than them or even a teenager, I really don't know what they would think."
Su Qian couldn't help laughing when he said this. Previously, Zi Yan, who was ranked first on the Strongest List, was a little girl, and now she is ranked first on the Strongest List and is a 15-year-old girl.
When Lin Yuan heard these interesting things that Qing Lin had not told him through the Skynet, a smile appeared on his face. "So there are such things? Interesting."
Su Qian continued, "After the Power Ranking Competition, Qing Lin felt the opportunity for a breakthrough after receiving the 'Original Heart Fire Body Refining', so she chose to retreat like you, and is now trying to break through to the Dou Wang realm. This little girl is really a genius with a promising future. The Green Snake Three Flower Pupils are truly the most amazing pupils in the world."
Lin Yuan nodded, a gentle smile on his face, and said softly: "Qinglin is indeed an indescribable genius. What about Ziyan? How has she been doing recently?"
Su Qian shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Zi Yan, this little girl, her situation is a bit special. In the third month of your retreat, she ate too many natural treasures and the pills you made, and the energy accumulated in her body was too huge, so she formed a cocoon. I moved her to a place with abundant energy, which should help her break through. I think when she breaks out of the cocoon, it will be time for her to advance."
After hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded in understanding. He was not surprised by this result. The medicinal materials and pills he prepared for Zi Yan were extremely rich and precious, and even had seventh-level medicinal materials. Mulan Valley, a dominant force in an empire, had accumulated a small portion of the medicinal materials for decades, and she had eaten it. If she could digest that huge amount of energy, it would be easy for the Taixu Ancient Dragon to advance to the sixth level.
"Zi Yan's talent is amazing to be able to digest such a huge amount of medicinal power and energy." Lin Yuan chuckled, "I hope everything goes well for the two of them."
Afterwards, Lin Yuan and Su Qian discussed the matter of alchemy and then said goodbye.
After returning to his courtyard, Lin Yuan took out the information that Qing Lin had stored away before his retreat and started reading it.
Looking at the considerable amount of intelligence in front of him, Lin Yuan couldn't help but praise Mitel Tengshan for his tactfulness. "Mitel Tengshan is really a smart man. The people Hai Bodong values are really capable. Not only did he send the code from Yunshan, but he also attached the noteworthy intelligence of the Gama Empire every time. He is really thoughtful."
Nodding with satisfaction, Lin Yuan began to search carefully through the information, hoping to find clues to explain the unusual behavior of the guardian Wu.
After a while, a piece of intelligence from two months ago caught his attention. He picked it out and read it carefully.
"This intelligence was delivered two months ago. The communication line built by the Mittel family takes two months to be delivered. So, the events described in this intelligence should have happened four months ago."
"Four months ago, a strong riot of wind and fire energy occurred in the northwest part of the Tagor Desert. According to the intelligence personnel stationed there by the Mittel family, a fire tornado hundreds of meters high appeared in the desert."
"Afterwards, a great battle broke out there. According to the information obtained by the Mittel family, a strong man who used a strange white flame stole something."
"Hai Bodong later went to the scene to check it out himself and found that there was an extremely cold aura lingering there. According to him, that kind of aura can only be released by people who have cultivated ice-attributed fighting spirit to a very high level."
Lin Yuan looked at the information on the table, rubbed his temples gently, and had some guesses in his mind about what had happened.
"The white flames and the extremely cold atmosphere at the scene, there is no doubt that it was Yao Lao who made the move. And the only thing that could make Yao Lao make such a desperate move is the strange fire."
"In the desert, there is a flaming tornado that is hundreds of meters high. Is that Wind Fury Dragon Flame?"
Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked 18th on the list of strange fires, was born in the eye of a fire tornado in the ancient desert. Unlike other strange fires, it has no fixed location, but randomly appears anywhere in the desert during the hottest days of the year. It is extremely rare. When it appears, it forms a tornado, with wind and fire combined, and the flames are hundreds of meters high, like a giant fire dragon roaring and spinning forward. It has a very strong destructive ability, and wherever it goes, it turns into a sea of fire.
This very familiar description flashed through Lin Yuan's mind. The information about the strange fire was deeply engraved in his mind.
"It seems that everything is connected. Four months ago, Xiao Yan should have finished his training in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and stepped into the Tagor Desert. He should have encountered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame while training with Yao Lao in the desert. When encountering the strange fire, Yao Lao would naturally attack with all his strength, and thus he was exposed."
"Since the Miter family was able to gather this information, it's not surprising that Guardian Wu found out about it. As a member of the Soul Palace, he naturally knew that Yao Lao was not truly dead. It wasn't difficult for him to guess from the white flames and the extremely cold aura that this was Yao Zun, only his soul was left."
"Letting Yunshan take action at the end of the three-year agreement, does this mean that he knows about Yao Lao and Xiao Yan's relationship? That's right, that master and disciple are not low-key people, they are also the kind of people who attract a lot of attention wherever they go. The Xiao family was originally his target, and Ling Ying, the ancient clan Dou Huang, followed behind, which was also a big target. If the guardian Wu was interested in investigating, it would not be surprising to find out his relationship with Yao Lao from the details."
"The reason why Guardian Wu chose Yunshan as his helper instead of reporting directly is that he wanted to take all the credit? That's right. If there was no variable like me, he would have made preparations in advance and his chances of success would be quite good."
"It seems that the competition pressure in Soul Palace is not small. I wonder if he would mind changing his employer? Or taking a part-time job and doing two jobs." Lin Yuan pondered secretly in his heart.
Lin Yuan's brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to gain the greatest benefit from the three-year agreement.
After a long time, he suddenly slapped his forehead heavily and said self-deprecatingly: "Am I blinded by greed? The Xiao family's ancient jade is of great importance. Instead of greed for profit, we should focus more on avoiding risks and focusing on the primary goal. Let's get the ancient jade first. As for the rest, if it's convenient, then go for it. If it's not, there's no need to force it."
"However, this three-year agreement is quite interesting. Both sides have many 'surprises', which is exciting."
"There is still half a year left before the three-year agreement. I still have time to deal with the affairs in the Black Horn Region. But before that..."
Lin Yuan took out a few scrolls and said, "It's time for me to practice fighting skills for a while. On the one hand, I will strengthen my control over fighting spirit, and on the other hand, I will gain some new means to fight the enemy."
The setting of Feng Nu Long Yan comes from the authorized mobile game "Battle Through the Heavens: The Road to the Emperor"
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