Chapter 3: Life Devouring Pill, Dan Fire Skill, Hidden Abyss Method

The Life-Devouring Pill was a miraculous pill that had shocked the entire continent many years ago. It could be considered as a top-seven-grade pill. The creator of this pill was also a renowned master of alchemy.

Once this magical pill is used, the user can be promoted from a great fighting master to a fighting king level, but as a price, the user can only maintain his lifespan for three years.

For Lin Yuan, after he got the Life-Devouring Pill by chance, he directly modified his subsequent plans and formulated a new plan with the Life-Devouring Pill as the core.

Lin Yuan's fortune from his previous life means that the information in his mind about the future trend of the Douqi Continent is undoubtedly of extremely high value. However, without a strong background and with weak strength, it is difficult for him to make good use of this information to gain the greatest benefit for himself, because in this Douqi Continent where the strong are respected, the weak have no say.

In this world, the strong don't need too many reasons to take away the wealth or even the lives of the weak. Lin Yuan's own vigilance towards people and the world does not allow him to reveal his biggest secret.

He determined a relatively accurate timeline through a series of intelligence such as Hu Jia, Xiao Yu and Canaan College's enrollment plan, and calculated that he and Xiao Yan were similar in age.

He wanted to go to Wutan City to intercept Xiao Yan's various opportunities, but denied that possibility. Yao Lao was Xiao Yan's greatest opportunity. Not only did he give Xiao Yan the foundation for becoming an emperor, the "Burning Decree", but his teachings also gave Xiao Yan all the elements for growth. He was also Xiao Yan's protector in the early and middle stages.

The existence of Yao Lao allowed Xiao Yan to participate in the top-level game of the Gama Empire when he was a fighter and a master fighter, because he and Yao Lao were participating in the game with the top combat power of the Gama Empire. Even the Warcraft Forest, a place that could kill Dou Ling, was like an amusement park to Xiao Yan. This was also the basis for Xiao Yan to obtain a lot of opportunities in the early stage.

The existence of Xiao Xun'er, who is close in age to Xiao Yan, and the uncertainty of when Yao Lao will wake up make Lin Yuan lose the possibility of seizing Yao Lao, which is his greatest opportunity.

Lin Yuan's original plan was to make friends with Xiao Yan through some suitable information at the right time, and take the investment master route like Hai Bodong to catch Xiao Yan's coattails.

However, later on, during his training in the law enforcement team, he almost fell into a dead end and realized the naivety of his own thoughts. In addition to the major events recorded in the book, there were countless events and coincidences in the Douqi Continent that could put him to death. The aftermath of the battle between the strong was a disaster for the weak.

No matter how powerful others are, they are just others. What they should do is to do everything possible to strengthen themselves and face all challenges with strength, instead of thinking about relying on others.

Therefore, when Lin Yuan obtained the Life-Devouring Pill, he decided to use it, because the Life-Devouring Pill was the basis for Lin Yuan to enter the game and seek opportunities. With it, Lin Yuan would be able to transform the information in his brain into nourishment for his own growth.

Now the time has come. In more than a year, Canaan College will start recruiting students, which is also the time for Xiao Yan to leave the family for training. Before that, Lin Yuan needs to increase the layout of the empire in advance.

After checking that the Life-Devouring Pill was intact, Lin Yuan put it back into the storage ring, sat on the cushion where he usually practiced, and began to practice his technique. He made hand seals, preparing to transform his technique into the "Spirit Flame Technique".

Three days later, in Lin Yuan’s courtyard.

A powerful fighting spirit burst out from Lin Yuan who had his eyes closed, and then quickly recovered. As the fighting spirit was recovered, Lin Yuan's aura became even stronger. At a certain moment, a faint sound like shattering came from Lin Yuan's body, and Lin Yuan's aura completely stabilized.

After a moment, Lin Yuan opened his eyes, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

"The Spirit Flame Art is indeed the top-notch technique among the advanced Xuan-level techniques. Now, the quality and quantity of my fighting spirit are much better than those of the intermediate Xuan-level techniques. Moreover, there are indeed many benefits to switching from low-level techniques to advanced techniques. This time, I have increased my strength by one star, and I have become a two-star Grand Fighter."

Lin Yuan raised his right hand and circulated his fighting spirit. A green flame appeared in his hand and then split into four parts, transforming into four small and agile fire beasts, namely a tiger, a leopard, a dragon and a phoenix. The four fire beasts moved and leaped as if they had life. Then, Lin Yuan used his powerful soul power and spiral force to control the four fire beasts to gather into a high-speed rotating fire cone.

"The skill of Danhuo - Flying Star." With a chuckle from the young man, the cone of fire shot into the sky at a high speed, leaving a white mark in the air, and then exploded like fireworks in the night sky.

"With the help of the Spirit Flame Technique, my control over flames has indeed become much stronger. The idea of ​​integrating spiral power into the Danhuo technique has finally been completed." Lin Yuan recalled the insights from the experiment just now, sorted out his thoughts for a while, and continued to deduce ways to further improve this move in his mind.

The next day, Lin Yuan walked towards the Alchemy Department with a written notebook.

Arriving at the Alchemy Department, Lin Yuan successfully met Elder Huo who was instructing Lu Mu. Elder Huo saw Lin Yuan, and a burst of soul power swept over him, and said with satisfaction: "Two-star Great Fighting Master, fighting spirit is condensed, very good, now when you refine the fourth-grade elixir, you won't be as exhausted as before!"

Lin Yuan performed the disciple's salute and said respectfully: "Thanks to the cultivation of the Fire Master!"

By the way, he nodded to Lu Mu who was standing next to him with a surprised look on his face.

Elder Huo waved his hand and sighed, "My training is secondary. It's up to you to strive for excellence. Your talent in soul and alchemy is the best among the young people I have ever seen in my life. In the future, you may be able to bring the future of the Alchemy Department of Canaan College to unimaginable heights!"

Looking at Lin Yuan, Elder Huo's eyes were slightly complicated. He had thought about formally accepting the talented young man as his apprentice, but later gave up. Because even if he accepted this apprentice, he, a fifth-grade alchemist, could not teach him for too long. Alchemists also attach great importance to inheritance. Taking him as a master would cause unnecessary obstacles for Lin Yuan when he took other masters as his masters in the future.

Lin Yuan said nothing after hearing this, he knew something about Elder Huo's thoughts. The unique title of "Fire Master" was enough to show Elder Huo's kindness to him. There was no need to express gratitude too much, he should repay him with actions in the future.

Lin Yuan handed the note in his hand to Elder Huo, "I once thought of combining my alchemy department's Dan Fire skills with fighting skills to improve Dan Fire skills. This will not only increase the power of Dan Fire skills, but also allow learners to hone their fighting spirit and fighting skills while practicing fire control. Recently, I have made some progress. This is some of my insights and skills related to this."

Elder Huo was slightly surprised when he heard this. He took the notebook and read it carefully, thinking as he read. A quarter of an hour later, Elder Huo closed the notebook and said in a serious tone: "Although there are some flaws, your practice this time is very meaningful to our Alchemy Department. It is a direction that our Alchemy Department can further study. It is very good! I must reward you. Lin boy, is there anything you want?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan said without hesitation, "Thank you, Fire Master, for your appreciation! I want to travel for a while, but I'm currently lacking a secret method that can hide my cultivation. Does Fire Master have any clues?"

Elder Huo patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You understand very well, kid. You know the principles of keeping a low profile and not showing off your wealth at such a young age. You are lucky, kid. Others may not have it, but I have what you need. Here!"

After that, Elder Huo took out a scroll from his ring and handed it to Lin Yuan. "This secret method can allow you to hide your two-level cultivation before reaching Dou Zong, so that others will see the Great Dou Master as a Dou Zhe, and the Dou King as a Great Dou Master. It should be enough for a long time. Of course, it is useless for those whose soul realm is far beyond yours."

Lin Yuan took the scroll and looked at it carefully. He saw three words written in small characters on the side of the scroll: Hidden Abyss Method. Then he thanked him, "Thank you, Master Fire."

Elder Huo smiled and said, "You deserve this."

Lin Yuan talked with Elder Huo for a while, asked a few questions about practicing alchemy, then bowed and turned to leave.

After Lin Yuan left, Elder Huo looked at Lu Mu, whose face had become as lazy as usual, and was immediately furious. He lectured him, "Lu Mu, you stinky boy! Lin Yuan, who is younger than you, has done so many outstanding things, but you are still so lazy. I am so angry. If you can't learn the Danhuo technique within a month, I will skin you alive."

After watching Lu Mu's lazy face turn into bitter one, Elder Huo opened the notebook with a smile on his face, summoned a ball of red flame and began to experiment.

(End of this chapter)