Chapter 187 "Travel" Plan, Douhuang Peak
"Traveling? So sudden?" The Little Medical Fairy was slightly stunned and looked at Lin Yuan in surprise.

However, seeing the smile on his face, Xiao Yixian immediately understood what he was thinking, "I see, are you planning to capture a rank seven monster?"

A faint smile appeared on her face, "Let me accompany you on this matter!"

As for Zi Yan, this girl's face showed an expression of impatience. She licked her lips and said excitedly: "Are we going out to grab the treasures? That's great, brother, let's go quickly!"

"Don't worry, let me arrange the Poison Sect's recent affairs before setting off." Lin Yuan chuckled.

At the same time, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself: "I thought of some things before going out this time, I can do them all at once!"

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan pressed down Zi Yan's little head, tilted his head to look at Little Medical Fairy, and asked, "Little Medical Fairy, do you know which forces in the Northwest Territory we can defeat and which have some special skills we can use?"

"It's similar to the Golden Goose Sect of the Falling Goose Empire. Their highest combat power is just a beginner Dou Zong, but they have the unique skill of the Sky Goose Nine-Line Wings."

After a moment's silence, he continued, "Of course, we can also talk about those forces with rich collections of medicinal herbs."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yixian glanced at him and immediately had a guess, saying playfully: "You are asking about this, are you planning to go to these forces to rob them of their treasures?"

"Yes!" Lin Yuan nodded slightly, and said to the Little Medical Fairy without any hesitation: "At present, we have gathered here you, me and Xuehun, three Dou Zong-level combat forces, and Zi Yan, a special combat force. With such a strong combat force, it would be a waste if we don't do a few things."

"My brother is right!" Zi Yan also nodded and agreed, "We are so strong, if we don't go and grab a wave, it would be a shame to our strength."

As they spoke, Lin Yuan and Zi Yan both looked at the Little Medical Fairy with burning eyes.

Little Medical Fairy rubbed her forehead and gained a better understanding of the brother and sister's style of doing things.

However, she did not object, but thought about it seriously, then stared at Lin Yuan and said seriously: "It will take one month. According to the criteria you mentioned, in addition to the Jinyan Sect you just mentioned, I can think of four alternative targets."

"Tell me in detail!" Lin Yuan said with interest.

Xiao Yixian nodded, took out a map from her ring, spread it out, and pointed to a country adjacent to the Luoyan Empire.

"The Qiwu Sect of the Luohuang Empire. As far as I know, this sect is good at combined attack techniques. The leaders of the Qiwu Sect in each generation practiced a powerful defensive fighting technique - the Luohuang Bell. In addition, there are rumors that the Qiwu Sect has an ancient bloodline that is passed down from generation to generation."

"As for strength, the current Qiwu Sect's leader, Huang Ning, broke through to the Dou Zong level five years ago."

"Falling Phoenix Empire, Qiwu Sect, Falling Phoenix Bell, Ancient Bloodline!" Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance, "What about the others?"

"Another alternative target is the Medicine King Valley located in the Feiyun Empire!" Xiao Yixiang's finger moved to another location, a place not far from the Izumo Empire.

"Medicine King Valley?" Lin Yuan's eyes showed a little more interest. "Hearing the name, it seems that this is a force that deals with medicinal materials?"

The Little Medical Immortal nodded and said quietly, "Medicine King Valley is the sacred place for physicians in the Northwest. Their research and inheritance of medicine are the best in the Northwest. Since it is a medical sect, the amount of medicinal materials they store is also extremely large."

Speaking of this force, Xiao Yixiang's voice unconsciously contained a hint of sigh.

If the poisonous body had not awakened, Xiao Yixian originally planned to find an opportunity to go to the Feiyun Empire, settle down there, and study medicine.

However, good fortune fools people.

Having awakened the evil poison body, she has long become the most hostile poison master among doctors, and is also the ruler of the Izumo Empire, which is hostile to the Feiyun Empire.

Medicine and poison are inseparable, and there is a lot of grudge between them.

Although the Feiyun Empire and the Chuyun Empire were not strong, their ideologies were completely conflicting, so they disliked each other. If they were not completely separated by a huge mountain range, the two countries would have been in a mess long ago.

At this moment, as if sensing her complicated emotions, a hand gently rested on her shoulder, trying to give her some spiritual support.

Little Medical Immortal shook her head, dispelling the distracting thoughts in her mind, and continued, "In terms of strength, although the specific level of cultivation is unknown, according to the information I have obtained, the current head of Medicine King Valley, Sun Ping, achieved Dou Zong seven years ago."

"Medicine King Valley, medical science, Sun Ping, interesting!" Lin Yuan immediately decided, "Then let's make Feiyun Empire one of the destinations of this trip!"

"Yes!" The little medical fairy nodded.

Then, she introduced two alternative targets to Lin Yuan: the Tianlei Empire, which had the Kuanglei Sect that practiced earth-level body refining techniques; and the Tiandou Empire, which had the Wanqi Sect that produced all kinds of weapons.

After comparing information from various sources, Lin Yuan finally decided on the route and destination of this trip after careful consideration.

The route starts from the Izumo Empire, goes to the Luoyan Empire, Luohuang Empire, Feiyun Empire in turn, and finally crosses the Demon Beast Mountains to return to the Izumo Empire.

The goal is to obtain the Nine-Winged Sky Goose of the Golden Goose Sect, the combined attack method of the Qiwu Sect and the Fallen Phoenix Bell, seize the medicinal materials they have stored, and kill some strong men, in preparation for the subsequent annexation of these empires by the Seven Stars affiliated forces.

As for Yaowang Valley, this medical force, Lin Yuan has not yet decided how to deal with it.

Out of his fondness for the word "medicine" and his admiration for the fact that they were still studying pharmacology and medicine even though the art of alchemy was so advanced in the Douqi Continent, Lin Yuan decided to go and take a look before making a decision.

The follow-up plan has been decided. Lin Yuan and Xiao Yixian immediately summoned everyone including Xie Bi Yan and Xie Shan to hold a meeting on the theme of "Demon Poison Spots".

After giving the necessary commendations, Lin Yuan arranged the next steps.

He ordered Scorpion Mountain to gather the power of the entire country of Izumo, mobilize more manpower and material resources, and speed up the analysis and improvement of the magic poison spots...

After arranging everything in a swift and decisive manner, Lin Yuan took Zi Yan and Xiao Yixian away from the Poison Sect that night. Three figures rose from Tiandu City and transformed into three streams of light, one blue and two purple, and shot towards the direction of the Luoyan Empire.
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The next day, in the distant sky, three streams of light flashed past quickly like chasing the stars and the moon.

At a certain moment, when passing through a secluded valley with beautiful mountains and clear water, three streams of light suddenly turned and fell from the sky like thunder. The streams of light dissipated, and the figures of Lin Yuan, Zi Yan and Xiao Yixian appeared beside a pool in the valley.

Soul power surged out like a tide, and Lin Yuan scanned the surroundings carefully.

Soon, a satisfied smile appeared on his lips, and he said softly, "Great place, this is it!"

Little Medical Immortal looked around and said softly, "This place is very similar to the valley in Qingshan Town. It is full of energy and very suitable for breakthroughs!"

"Yes!" Lin Yuan nodded, looked at Zi Yan and Xiao Yixian, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to take the elixir here to improve my cultivation to the nine-star Dou Huang. This may take a few days, you two will protect me!"

"Brother, don't worry! I'm here, and I guarantee that no one can disturb you." Zi Yan showed her little fist and said confidently.

The Little Medical Fairy nodded gently and said gently: "Just rest assured and retreat. I'll take care of everything."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, then flew and landed on a high peak in the valley.

He took out the Blue Lotus Seat from his ring and placed it on a piece of bluestone. Then he formed a series of complicated seals with his hands, and six shadow clones appeared. With a thought, the blood soul also condensed on the side. After the clones and blood soul appeared, they dispersed and flew to a position quite far away from Lin Yuan, and then began to operate the Heavenly Heart Soul Art with all their strength at the same time.

Soon, Lin Yuan felt the spiritual energy in the void gathering towards his clone and blood soul, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. This time, he not only wanted to reach the peak of Dou Huang in terms of fighting spirit, but also advance his soul to the peak of the mortal realm.

Lin Yuan's real body sat upright on the Green Lotus Seat. After swallowing the Yuanhun Pill, he slowly closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.

After a while, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and a mellow aura emanated from his body.

"It's time!" Lin Yuan pondered for a moment, then flipped his hand. A pure jade bottle emitting a faint green glow appeared in his hand, with a red dragon eye-sized object suspended in it. "Let's start with you, the Fire Emperor Pill."

Lin Yuan dispersed the green fire that was lingering around the jade bottle, opened the bottle, and took out the Fire Emperor Pill from the jade bottle.

Suddenly, a strange fragrance spread out, which lifted people's spirits, and the energy of heaven and earth in the valley seemed to be hotter.

Lin Yuan let out a light breath, opened his mouth, and quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth.

The Fire Emperor Pill melted in its mouth, transforming into a hot and powerful medicinal power that madly rushed into Lin Yuan's well-tempered body. The huge medicinal power rushed through his meridians.

"This huge amount of fire elemental energy is so cool—"

Lin Yuan uttered a joyful groan, then immediately closed his eyes and sank his mind into his body. At this moment, in his resilient meridians, huge and pure medicinal power flowed around, filling the main meridians of his body.

Without any hesitation, Lin Yuan formed the seals for cultivation with his hands and started practicing the Tiandu Fire Sutra.

At this time, the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire rushed out from the Naling, rushed into the meridians, wrapped up the huge medicinal power, and dragged this huge medicinal power to circulate along the route of the technique one cycle at a time.

Outside his body, the energy of heaven and earth seemed to be pulled by some force, madly converging towards Lin Yuan, forming a spectacular colorful energy vortex.

The energy vortex swirled, compressing the center into liquid energy and infusing it into Lin Yuan who was sitting cross-legged on the Green Lotus Seat.

After being purified by three kinds of strange fire - Sea Heart Flame, Blue Lotus Earth Heart Fire, and Heart Flame Sub-Fire, this tremendous energy turned into the purest fire element energy, continuously flowing into Lin Yuan's body.

The energy of heaven and earth entered his body and intertwined with the hot medicinal power of the Fire Emperor Pill in his body. After being refined, it turned into streams of pure fighting spirit, which were absorbed by his meridians and flesh and blood.

Lin Yuan's aura began to rise steadily from the middle stage of the eighth star, and a powerful force began to brew in the valley.
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Five days later.

Lin Yuan, standing still like a sculpture, slowly opened his eyes. In his pupils as deep as the night sky, a gleam of brilliance flashed like a shooting star.

Feeling the powerful fighting spirit surging in his body, Lin Yuan's mouth corners unconsciously lifted up, outlining a confident arc. At this moment, every inch of his bones and meridians exuded a bright luster, becoming more resilient than before.

"The peak of Douhuang, accomplished!"

Lin Yuan's eyes flashed, and the vortex of energy surrounding his body dissipated. The powerful aura was instantly restrained within his body, and everything returned to calm.

And just when the valley was returning to peace, suddenly...

"Yin——"

A clear whistle and a deep sound wave, accompanied by the majestic momentum of Lin Yuan's peak Douhuang, swept through the clouds and cracked the rocks. The two intertwined and echoed in the valley, and the streams in the distant mountain streams seemed to stop for a moment.

The air around Lin Yuan seemed to be ignited, and circles of heat waves spread out with him as the center. The air was filled with a faint burnt smell and a hot breath.

He exhaled deeply, feeling the powerful fighting spirit surging in his body, and an unprecedented sense of confidence and pride surged in his heart.

"Finally, I am only one step away from Dou Zong realm."

"But it's not over yet!" Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took out the Tianyuan Qi-quenching Pill he had refined from his storage ring. "Now that I have just broken through, it is the best time to use this pill to refine my fighting spirit..."

He took a deep breath, adjusted his body and mind to the best state, and then gently put the Tianyuan Quenching Pill into his mouth.

As the pill entered his mouth, a cool and pure medicinal power flowed out from it, along the meridians of his body, and spread to his limbs and bones.

Unlike the violent power of the Fire Emperor Pill, this force seems unusually gentle.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and concentrated, guiding the medicinal power to flow through his body and merge with his own fighting spirit.

However, at the moment of contact, the fighting spirit in his body seemed to be ignited and began a fierce transformation.

This medicinal power was like a giant hammer in the hands of a skilled blacksmith, constantly tempering and polishing Lin Yuan's fighting spirit, removing impurities and vanity, making it purer and more condensed.

Tempering fighting spirit is by no means an easy task and requires accompanying pain.

"Humph--"

The pain was like that of his body being crushed, and a muffled groan mixed with some pain came from Lin Yuan's mouth.

But even so, he never backed down.

He simply gritted his teeth, focused his mind, and continued to methodically guide the medicinal power of the Tianyuan Quenching Qi Pill, allowing it to flow through his body, tempering the fighting spirit in his body bit by bit.

In the intervals between waves of pain, Lin Yuan seemed to be finding joy in suffering, with all kinds of thoughts flying around.

"It seems that there is still room for improvement in this Tianyuan Quenching Pill. Learn from this lesson. When you deduce the pill formula in the future, you must take into account the comfort level when the pill takes effect."

Tianyuan Qi quenching, this process lasted for a day and a night before it ended.

The next day, when the sun rose.

"Huh..." Finally, when the last bit of fighting spirit in his body was tempered, Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and two bright rays of light cut through the darkness like sharp swords. He seemed to be reborn, refreshed and renewed.

He stretched out his hand, and a wisp of condensed green fighting spirit emerged from the palm of his hand.

Looking at the Dou Qi in his palm, which was a little darker than yesterday, Lin Yuan felt relieved. "This hard work has not been in vain. After this Tianyuan Qi tempering, the possibility of breaking through to Dou Zong has increased by at least 10%."

"Next, I will fight to my heart's content and master my cultivation that has skyrocketed during this period."

(End of this chapter)