Chapter 233: Zihuo, Ascended Spirit, Heavenly Demon Puppet
Black Horn Region, Iron Cloud City.

This place is the headquarters of the Black Cloud Sect, a Douhuang-level force in the Black Horn Region. An interrogation is taking place in the back mountain.

"They are from the Soul Palace? Are they targeting you, young master?"

Looking at the old man in front of him who was surrounded by black mist, Qinglin's voice couldn't help but become a little more serious.

If you look closely, you can see that the old man's eyes have lost focus. He is in a state of complete unconsciousness and has no ability to resist at all.

"Qinglin, do you want to beat him to death?" Zi Yan yawned casually and said boredly.

Intelligence work is so boring!
"No, this person is still useful." Qinglin shook his head slightly.

A green light flashed in her eyes, and her voice, mixed with the power of the soul, became more majestic: "Repeat the orders you received verbatim."

"Yes, Lord Qing!" The old man nodded mechanically.

"The original text of the order we received was, 'Use your secular power to keep a close eye on this person, but do not act rashly. Without the permission of this protector, do not engage in hostile behavior with this person.'"

"When did you start paying attention to Lin Yuan, and why did you notice him..."

Qing Lin, fully exerting his meticulous mind, carefully interrogated this Douhuang-level soul envoy, trying to figure out the whole picture...
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Inner courtyard, Panmen.

Lin Yuan, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao sat opposite each other.

"Before the step of ascending the spirit, please practice the soul skills for a while in advance to gather spiritual energy for me in advance!" Lin Yuan looked at Yao Lao and said in a deep voice: "Without the soul-bearing dust, if I want to ascend the spirit, this is the only way."

"Okay, leave this matter to me." Yao Lao nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Since it concerns his own resurrection, he must do his best.

Afterwards, Yao Lao straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Lin Yuan, I have something that I need your help with. I hope you can help me."

"Please speak, senior." Lin Yuan said seriously.

"With your strength and talent, I think you will go to Zhongzhou soon." Yao Lao chuckled and said thoughtfully: "I hope that after you arrive in Zhongzhou, you will go to Xingyun Pavilion and help me practice the method of refining the body."

Without any reference, Yao Lao could not be sure how long the resurrection would take, so naturally he had to carry it out in the safest place.

Fortunately, with Xun'er's help, he has contacted Feng Xian, and his old friend is coming quietly.

After that, with Feng Xian's protection, everything will be easy. It won't be long before he can get rid of this state of being neither human nor ghost.

Thinking of this, Yao Lao couldn't help but feel a little more excited. He waved his hand casually and said proudly: "Since it is related to my resurrection, I will not be stingy in the reward. Just like before, you can directly ask for it..."

"I agree to this." Lin Yuan nodded.

"As for the reward, please give me a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Fire! When I refine the perfect body, I need to borrow Bone Spirit Cold Fire from you, so that I can get familiar with it beforehand, and there will be less chance of mistakes..."

The Bone Spirit Cold Fire has the characteristics of extreme heat and extreme cold combined. Lin Yuan has always been jealous of it, and now the opportunity has come to him.

He concealed the expectation in his eyes and looked at Yao Lao indifferently.

"The sub-fire of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire?"

Yao Lao looked at Lin Yuan in confusion and said in a deep voice: "Don't you have a strange fire? Why are you looking for a sub-fire? Although the Bone Spirit Cold Fire ranks eleventh, the power of its sub-fire is still far inferior to that of a real strange fire."

"Why?" Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "As an alchemist, isn't it normal to seek interesting flames?"

"Interesting... huh?"

Yao Lao's eyes froze for a moment, and some fragments of the past flashed through his mind. He sighed and said, "Yes... Interesting! Now, whether it is your strength or alchemy skills, you have indeed reached the stage where you can pursue the word 'interesting'."

"Haha!" Lin Yuan chuckled and asked, "So, do you agree to this condition, Senior?"

Yao Lao pondered for a moment and nodded: "I can agree to this. After the bone-growing and blood-melting pill is refined, I will give the fire to you!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan stood up and chuckled, "Well, let's set off without further ado! We need the help of the seniors in refining the elixir this time, but the seniors' presence cannot be exposed. I have found a good place in the back mountain, let's go there to start the fire and refine the elixir."

As he spoke, he walked towards the back mountain with relaxed steps.

"Let's go, Xiao Yanzi!" Yao Lao waved to Xiao Yan and said calmly: "Watching the Grandmaster-level alchemy up close is also a great opportunity for you."

"Yes, teacher!" Xiao Yan nodded solemnly.

Not long after, Lin Yuan carried Xiao Yan and flew out of Panmen, heading towards the depths of the back mountain.
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Inner Courtyard, Back Hill

In a very quiet valley somewhere, a stream of light flew over from the distant sky.

After reaching the valley, it stopped in an instant. The transition from extreme movement to extreme stillness was seamless and natural.

The light dissipated, revealing the figures of Lin Yuan and Xiao Yan.

Lin Yuan casually threw it onto a stone platform and said playfully: "Brother Xiao, you can't handle this speed. You need to practice..."

Xiao Yan shook his dazed head and glanced at Lin Yuan helplessly.

The opponent didn't even do any defense against his Dou Qi, and directly took him flying at the speed of a Dou Zong, and even used the same super sudden brake as before. How could he, a Dou Ling, withstand it?
However, Xiao Yan glanced at the smiling Lin Yuan… If he couldn’t beat him, he would just endure it.

At this time, Yao Lao floated out of the Bone Inflammation Ring. After carefully sensing the surroundings, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He said in a deep voice: "This is indeed a good place. Practicing soul skills and gathering spiritual energy here will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort..."

"Of course, after all, I carefully selected it!" Lin Yuan chuckled and said lightly: "I will leave the spiritual energy matter to you, senior!"

After saying that, he moved and landed on a stone platform in the valley.

Lin Yuan raised his hand, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron fell "bang" onto the bluestone platform in front of him. He flicked his fingers, and a wisp of green flame fell into the cauldron, turning into a blazing flame. The scorching heat spread out from the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron as the center.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and pondered, the method of refining the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill flowing through his mind like water.

After a moment, he took a deep breath, and slowly opened his tightly closed eyes. A sharpness flashed in his eyes... He was confident about this refining process.

His palm swept across the void, and nearly a hundred herbs flew out from the ring and hovered around his body.

Then, he waved his sleeves lightly, and the three jade boxes floating in the air opened. Three medicinal herbs flew out of them. They were the three main ingredients of the Growing Bone and Melting Blood Pill - Blood Essence Demon Fruit, Evergreen Spirit Vine, and Snow Bone Ginseng.

Lin Yuan waved his sleeves violently, and a gust of strong wind swept the medicinal herbs circling around him into the medicine cauldron.

A green flame suddenly rose up, and with a casual roll, the pure medicinal power needed for the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill in the herbs was perfectly extracted and suspended in the medicine cauldron, emitting astonishingly pure energy.

At the same time, Lin Yuan devoted a part of his mind to practicing the Tianxin Soul Technique.

A trace of spiritual energy seeped out from the void, and under Lin Yuan's guidance, gathered towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Medicine Cauldron, and gradually merged into the refined medicinal powder and liquid.

The refined medicinal materials were mixed with a hint of spiritual energy, and their quality quietly improved a lot.

Seeing this, Yao Lao nodded slightly, and immediately activated his own soul technique - Zhengyi Soul Technique. Suddenly, a strange suction force emerged, the surrounding heaven and earth fluctuated slightly, and wisps of spiritual energy seeped out and gathered between his hands.

As Xiao Yan looked at the two of them, he could sense a hint of mystery, but his perception was not enough to truly grasp it.

An inexplicable feeling of "blockage" came over me.

"Xiao Yanzi, don't be too ambitious, just concentrate on observing the medicine refining." Yao Lao's serious voice suddenly came from the side: "Don't think too much about the Soul Art now. When you reach the requirements of cultivation, your master will pass it on to you, and then you will understand..."

In terms of the threshold for cultivation, soul cultivation is far higher than fighting qi cultivation.

The basic panel of soul power is not enough. Even with the bonus of soul skills, it is impossible to sense spiritual energy, let alone absorb it.

A mere Dou Ling, even with the blessing of soul skills, still cannot reach the standard of sensing spiritual energy.

The breakthrough of Dou Qi cultivation will have a strong effect of improving soul power. In this Dou Qi continent, people with strong souls may not have high Dou Qi cultivation; however, people with high Dou Qi cultivation will definitely not have weak soul power.

First focus on practicing fighting spirit, and after reaching a certain level, then practice soul skills as a supplement. This is the best way to sharpen the knife before chopping wood, and is also Yao Lao's training plan.

"is teacher!"

After Xiao Yan responded, he withdrew his thoughts and carefully observed Lin Yuan's medicine refining process.

With Lin Yuan's current soul power and ability to control fire, the medicine refining process is almost perfect. Even Yao Lao could not find any fault with the beauty of it, which was as smooth as flowing water. Xiao Yan was even more immersed in it, absorbing this rare experience.

Refining high-level elixirs is a very time-consuming process.

Even though Lin Yuan had the help of the strange fire, it still took him a full day to complete the refining step.

After the refining, the next step is the more time-consuming integration and nourishment.

As time went by, Xiao Yixian, Medusa and Qing Lin, who had completed their investigation, also came to this quiet valley and quietly watched Lin Yuan making the elixir.

It is also very rare for them to see the scene of refining eighth-grade elixirs.

In this quiet atmosphere, time passes quickly like sand between fingers...
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Ten days later.

"boom--"

A slight muffled thunder suddenly sounded above the cloudless sky, and everyone present keenly discovered that the energy of the entire world suddenly rioted.

Immediately, everyone looked towards the bluestone platform, towards the figure sitting cross-legged...

"Lin Yuan..."

Lin Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, opened his eyes that had been closed for several days. A gleam of lightning flashed in his deep eyes. The energy between heaven and earth seemed to be attracted. Clouds quickly condensed under the sky, and the world became dim.

Lin Yuan stood up slowly and calmly, looking at the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron calmly, and then he waved his sleeves fiercely...

"clang--"

A clear sound of metal and stone was heard, and the lid of the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron opened instantly. A powerful energy wave swept out, and a blazing green pillar of fire rose up into the sky with a whoosh, reaching the sky...

At the end of the pillar of fire, clouds began to condense rapidly, and in just a moment they became thunderclouds.

The thunderclouds rolled and gradually became more colorful. After a short while, the black thunderclouds turned into three-colored thunderclouds with blue, silver and red interwoven together.

"Three-color limit?" Lin Yuan nodded secretly.

Although the elixir was ready, he did not feel relaxed at all. Instead, he and Yao Lao looked even more solemn, because the next step was to ascend to spiritual power...

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yuan quickly formed a few hand seals, and the green flame pillar dissipated with a bang. A dark red pill surrounded by a faint mist, emitting amazing energy fluctuations, suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan's eyes became stern and the seals in his hands changed.

The majestic soul power surged out from his brows without reservation, penetrating deeply into the depths of the dark red pill and activating a green fire crystal buried within it.

"laugh--"

A very slight sound came from the center of the pill.

Countless invisible green fire threads were released from the center of the pill, and the round surface of the pill suddenly became uneven. A faint spiritual mist also diffused from the pill.

Under Lin Yuan's meticulous manipulation, the green fire thread turned into a green fire lotus, sealing the dissipated spiritual mist inside.

The dark red pill has now entered a special state of being a pill but not yet a pill.

"Right now! Senior Yao..."

"then!"

Yao Lao raised his hand, and a fist-sized ball of spiritual energy compressed to the extreme flew towards Lin Yuan... This was the result of his efforts over the past few days.

"Come on!" Lin Yuan used his soul power to take over this majestic spiritual energy, and then guided it into the Green Fire Lotus. Suddenly, the spiritual energy that permeated the Green Fire Lotus became much denser at this moment.

Then, he bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and a mouthful of blood mist spurted out, all of which sprinkled into the green fire lotus.

"Blood sacrifice, soul returns!"

A clear shout was heard, and under Lin Yuan's meticulous soul control, the Green Fire Lotus transformed into a vortex of flames, accurately compressing the huge amount of spiritual energy blocked within it into the pill through the tiny holes on the pill's surface!

When all the spiritual energy was absorbed into the pill, the uneven surface of the pill became smooth and round visibly to the naked eye.

The three-colored thunderclouds in the sky rolled over again as if being pulled by something.

At a certain moment, a ray of golden light finally appeared suddenly, and then quickly spread out...

Four-colored thunderclouds appear!

When the golden part of the thundercloud became the same size as the other colors, the rolling thundercloud gradually weakened. Immediately, a ray of purple light penetrated the cloud layer, rendering the thundercloud a light purple color!

Five-colored thundercloud appears!

An extremely terrifying thunderous might emerged, and then filled the sky. A breathtaking sense of oppression descended from the sky...

Seeing this, Yao Lao's eyes flashed with ecstasy, "It actually reached the fifth color, this is really..."

Although he and Lin Yuan talked about the eighth grade and four colors, but in terms of real thoughts, the eighth grade and three colors of the bone-melting blood pill were what Yao Lao could accept. And now, it has reached five colors, which is a real surprise, and it really exceeds expectations.

After all, without the Soul-Pregnant Dust, the difficulty of raising the two colors with the simple soul-raising method is not ordinary...

"The improvement of these two colors is really not easy to come by!"

"The perfect refining process, the integration of spiritual energy into each step, and my assistance... none of the three can be missing."

While Yao Lao was thinking, the thunderclouds suddenly shrank, and the sound of a violent thunderstorm rang out. An extremely large five-colored thunder burst out from the clouds, bringing with it a terrible "crackling" sound, and pounced fiercely towards Lin Yuan.

Feeling that terrifying energy, Medusa and Qinglin's faces suddenly changed. This was beyond their imagination.

Even Xiao Yixian, who had seen Dan Lei many times, couldn't help but clench his hands at this moment.

This five-colored pill thunder was completely different from the ones she had seen before.

Lin Yuan calmly looked at the powerful five-colored Dan Lei, his face was not worried but happy, and there was a bit more expectation in his eyes. He flicked his fingers, and a puppet emitting the aura of the peak Dou Zong and interwoven with gold and silver rushed up and collided fiercely with the Dan Lei.

"laugh--"

When the two collided, the extremely ferocious Dan Lei overflowed and turned into countless tiny electric snakes, and then were completely swallowed up by the demon puppet like a river entering the sea.

The aura of the demon puppet also began to rise slightly but steadily from the peak of Dou Zong.

After the demon puppet swallowed a pill of lightning, the thunderclouds in the sky were like angry, pouring down five-colored lightning pillars crazily. However, none of them successfully passed the demon puppet's harvest, and were all absorbed and swallowed...

The riot of the five-colored thunderclouds lasted for nearly ten minutes before it reluctantly dissipated.

At the moment when the thunderclouds dissipated, in Lin Yuan's fiery eyes, the last trace of silver on the demon puppet completely turned into gold...

Heavenly Demon Puppet, done!

(End of this chapter)