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Now that he had so many eighth-tier pill formulas, it could be said…before he became an eight-colored eighth-tier alchemist, he basically no longer had to worry about pill formulas.
After all, among these precious pill formulas, the highest grade even reached the level of a seven-colored eighth-tier pill pill formula!
"This really is a great harvest, so many treasures… it's almost unimaginable."
Sighing in amazement, Lin Feng's soul perception continued flying toward the final area within the storage ring's space.
When he arrived, he noticed that aside from a wooden shelf with a few scattered items, the rest of the miscellaneous objects were all placed directly on the ground.
And among them, the most eye-catching item was undoubtedly that enormous, heavy gray metallic cauldron.
This ancient cauldron was simple yet imposing, its body evenly distributed with eight fire mouths, the entire surface flickering with a faint metallic sheen.
"An eight-mouthed pill cauldron… and judging from its quality, it's far superior to the one Dan Yitian had."
Lin Feng's soul perception carefully observed this pill cauldron, then silently remarked in his heart.
After watching it for a while, he immediately began sorting through the other miscellaneous items scattered on the ground.
After organizing them, Lin Feng found that most of these were just weapons, metal materials, and the like.
Feeling a little disappointed, he turned toward the last wooden shelf.
Sweeping his gaze across the items upon it, he drew out a piece of magical beast hide. The moment it entered his hand, he discovered that this beast hide was extremely delicate, almost like human skin.
He then spread the hide open and looked closely. He saw that on this beast hide, which was about the size of two sheets of A4 paper, aside from a few lines of small characters written on the left side, the rest of it was occupied by the diagram of a star-patterned formation.
"This is… the diagram of the Bloodthirsty Spirit Formation?!"
After sweeping his eyes across the words on the left side of the hide, Lin Feng immediately cried out in shock.
He was indeed quite interested in this formation that had nearly cost him his life.
After all, judging from Tian Huo Zun Zhe's heavy tone back then, it was clear that this formation was anything but simple.
Besides, according to Tian Huo Zun Zhe's explanation, this formation was originally created for the purpose of refining pills.
Lin Feng speculated that the one who created it might have been a Mysterious Pill or even a Golden Pill alchemist.
After all, pills below the Mysterious Pill rank basically didn't require the large-scale absorption of external energy.
Only when the pill grade reached the level of a Mysterious Pill did the energy demand become too terrifying.
The energy contained within medicinal ingredients alone was far from sufficient to allow the birth of a Mysterious Pill.
Thus, vast amounts of heaven-and-earth energy needed to be gathered for refining, to make up for the lack of energy in the medicinal ingredients.
"Sigh, what's the point of thinking so far ahead… I haven't even reached eighth-tier yet. As for becoming a ninth-tier alchemist, who knows what year that will ever be."
Shaking his head, Lin Feng let his gaze return to the beast hide in his hand.
"The Bloodthirsty Spirit Formation, an ancient grand formation. When deployed, it can shatter all living beings within a thousand-zhang radius into blood and flesh, to be used by the one who casts it.
It is said that in ancient times, when a Seven-Star Dou Sheng was refining a pill, he unleashed this method and shattered several Six-Star Dou Shengs along with over a dozen low-level Dou Shengs into blood and flesh. Using the energy within that blood and flesh, he successfully refined a ninth-tier Mysterious Pill."
The old man once said, "Back when I was at the peak of Dou Zun, I happened to obtain a seventy-percent incomplete diagram of this ancient formation from an ancient cave dwelling.
After spending several hundred years constantly perfecting and improving it, I finally managed, based on my own understanding of the formation, to complete the remaining thirty percent and transform it into what is now the 'Bloodthirsty Spirit Formation'!"
"The formation I modified, while not as powerful as the original, has methods of deployment that are much simpler than the original version. After completing it, when I tested its power, I once shattered all living beings within several hundred zhang into flesh and blood… its might was still quite remarkable."
"But because my talent was limited, throughout my life I was never able to step into the ranks of a Mysterious Pill Master. So in the end, though I had the formation diagram, I never got the chance to put it to use. What a pity."
After reading the words left by the creator, Lin Feng could not help but sigh.
This man had spent so many years, painstakingly perfecting such an ancient grand formation…and in the end, he never once had the chance to use it in pill refinement.
"So it's not the original version… what a pity."
Staring at the recorded words, Lin Feng let out a light sigh, murmuring softly.
After finishing the introduction written on the diagram, Lin Feng's soul power surged out from between his brows, rapidly pouring into that star-patterned formation diagram.
In that instant, streams of information on the Bloodthirsty Spirit Formation's deployment methods and cautions all flooded into his mind.
"No wonder that old Lue Feng Zun Zhe back then used the Black Stone Plaza as the formation plate… if this formation is deployed barehanded, for anyone below Dou Zun it consumes an enormous amount of Dou Qi.
If that old guy hadn't relied on those permanent formation patterns to help him and instead tried to cast it barehanded, then as long as the people inside lasted long enough, he'd have exhausted himself to death first."
After fully receiving the inheritance recorded on the beast hide, Lin Feng shook his head and laughed.
By now, he understood this grand formation inside and out.
Looking at the now-blurred star pattern diagram, Lin Feng reluctantly put it away with some care.
He then reached for another beast hide lying next to the Bloodthirsty Spirit Formation.
Once in hand, Lin Feng noticed that although the texture of this beast hide was different from the previous one, its size was almost the same.
He immediately gazed upon it with anticipation.
"Spirit-Suppressing Soul Refining Formation!"
The moment his eyes fell upon the five large characters written on it, Lin Feng's pupils lit up.
"Spirit-Suppressing Soul Refining Formation, haha, yet another formation… why do I feel like I'm fated to encounter formations one after another?"
Seeing the word "soul" among the name, Lin Feng's face instantly revealed joy, chuckling to himself.
After all, for alchemists, anything related to the soul was of the utmost importance. And since this formation bore the word "soul," it was surely related to that domain.
He quickly focused his gaze back on the words written above.
"No wonder that Lue Feng Zun Zhe could suppress my soul back then… so this ancient formation has the ability to suppress the souls of those weaker than the caster. But even more terrifying, this formation can silently refine away the souls of all living beings trapped within… that's truly formidable."
After reading, Lin Feng finally realized that this formation… was exactly the same one that had covered the forest within Lue Feng Zun Zhe's space back then, the one he had been running around inside, destroying wherever he went.
But now, seeing its incredibly powerful effects… Lin Feng immediately let his soul power seep into it, drawing out all the information etched within the beast hide.
A while later, he once again placed it back down gently, his face carrying an expression of admiration.
With that, he had completely finished exploring everything inside the storage ring's space.
Treasuring it dearly, he used a simple cord to tie the green storage ring into a pendant, and then slipped the necklace around his own neck.
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