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Just as Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian were busy making an effort to create life, in a certain small world within the Pill Tower, a young man sat cross-legged inside a dimly lit cultivation room.
He wasn't particularly handsome, but his face carried a firm, determined look. He was cultivating with complete focus. Around his body floated several clusters of pure light, each giving off a faint yellow glow.
As time ticked by, these clusters of light were gradually absorbed into the space between the young man's brows. At the same time, as he continued devouring the light clusters, the invisible pressure around him grew stronger and stronger.
"Hu~"
A long while later, the young man slowly opened his tightly shut eyes and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
Sensing that his soul power had grown significantly stronger, Xiao Yan let out a soft laugh, "Fortunately, I learned from Aunt Xuan that this Fallen Heart Flame actually has such a wondrous effect. Otherwise, if I had to rely solely on my own cultivation, I don't know how long it would take for my soul power to break through to high-grade seventh-tier."
But when he thought of how, during the Hall of Souls hunts, even when the Pill Tower experts joined him to capture Hall of Souls Protectors, those experts would always release the souls the protectors had seized, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh.
If only he could refine all the souls gathered by those protectors, his soul power might have already advanced even further. He glanced at the surrounding area, now stripped clean of soul essence, and sighed heavily once more. Then he stood up and walked toward the stone door.
"Hong long long~"
With the rumbling sound of the stone door opening, Xiao Yan stepped out of the pitch-black cultivation chamber and entered a courtyard.
"Xiao Yan, you're finally out. Hm, your soul power has almost reached the peak of the Mortal Realm."
Seeing him appear, an old man tending herbs in the courtyard next door paused his work and spoke with a smile.
"Hehe, just a bit of luck."
Hearing the old man's surprise, Xiao Yan didn't act arrogant, but instead replied with a light laugh. After all, he had lived two lives, and was naturally much more mature than most youths.
"You kid, still so steady and reserved."
The old man shook his head with a smile. Then, his tone suddenly shifted, a hint of amazement in his voice, "But, I heard from those fellows earlier that they're planning to let a young genius in here through the application of one of the Five Great Clans, the Ye Clan. They want him to receive better guidance here. When that happens, you'll be under a lot of pressure."
"Oh? That young genius, is he really that strong?"
Hearing the trace of awe in the old man's tone, Xiao Yan immediately asked curiously.
After all, he knew this old man's strength was extremely formidable. For someone to earn his admiration, their talent and power had to be extraordinary.
"Hehe, you guessed right. That young genius is named Lin Feng. It's said that at such a young age, he's already a peak seventh-tier alchemist, and what's more, back when he was only at the peak of Dou Zong, he managed to leap across realms and defeat a peak Two-Star Dou Zun expert."
The old man stroked his beard, clicking his tongue in amazement.
At his own age back then, he had barely managed to refine a mid-level seventh-tier pill. But this Lin Feng was already a half-step Dou Zun powerhouse. Even his soul power had reached the half-step Spirit Realm.
"Lin Feng?"
When he heard this name, Xiao Yan's body abruptly froze.
In his mind, he couldn't help recalling a few years back, during the auction held in Ling Mountain City of the Black-Corner Region, when the pavilion master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion also bore this very name.
Of course, the most important thing was that Xiao Yan remembered that Lin Feng had a Green Lotus Core Flame.
"This might just be someone with the same name. After all, that Lin Feng was only an early-stage Dou Huang back then. In just a few years, being able to break through to a high-level Dou Huang would already be incredible, so how could he possibly have reached such a terrifying realm now?"
Xiao Yan shook his head with a light laugh.
"By the way, I heard that during the Five Great Clans' assessment, even Cao Ying lost to that Lin Feng."
At this moment, the old man added again.
"What, even she was defeated?!"
Hearing this news, Xiao Yan was taken aback.
As for Cao Ying, the disciple of his master's old friend Xuan Kongzi, he had seen her from time to time. He was also very clear just how heaven-defying her talent truly was. Yet he never expected that this Lin Feng could even defeat Cao Ying.
After chatting with the old man for a while longer, Xiao Yan left and went toward the outside of the Pill Tower to find the Three Leaders.
"Elder Xuan, Aunt Xuan."
Inside a grand hall of the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan slowly walked in and saluted the two people inside.
"Eh, your soul power has reached high-grade seventh-tier, it seems the effect of that Fallen Heart Flame really is heaven-defying."
Sensing Xiao Yan's soul strength, Xuan Kongzi was somewhat astonished.
For Xiao Yan to become a high-grade seventh-tier alchemist at this age was rare, but not shocking. But just over a year ago, he had only just stepped into the realm of a seventh-tier alchemist. And now, in just over a year, he had already leapt straight to high-grade seventh-tier.
This terrifying speed left him amazed at the strange effect of the Fallen Heart Flame.
At this moment, however, the charming woman beside him suddenly spoke, "Although these Hall of Souls Protectors have made you progress very quickly, you should stop hunting Hall of Souls Protectors for now."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan was puzzled, "Aunt Xuan, why is that?"
"Because over this past year, you've led Pill Tower experts in large-scale hunts of Hall of Souls Protectors around the Pill Region, and now the Hall of Souls is furious. They've already sent several Dou Zun Elders to massacre some of our branch towers, and they are actively searching for you. If you continue to hunt Hall of Souls Protectors, you'll likely fall right into their trap."
The woman gently brushed a strand of hair from her ear, her brows furrowed as she explained.
Then she comforted him further, "With your current soul realm, and with the advanced Xuan Class soul cultivation technique I gave you, before next year's Pill Gathering begins, you should be able to reach the peak of seventh-tier. By then, getting into the top ten shouldn't be a problem."
"Thank you for the reminder, Aunt Xuan. In that case, for the time being I'll try refining some high-grade seventh-tier pills. Afterward, I'll travel the other continents for a year and try my luck."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly and replied.
But when he thought of how even the Three Leaders had failed to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan felt that as long as he made it into the top ten, his specific ranking didn't really matter.
After all, those ahead of him had almost no chance of successfully subduing a Heavenly Flame either.
"That works too. After all, when it comes to Heavenly Flames, there isn't much we can do to help you. Treasures of heaven and earth like that are far too difficult to track down."
Xuan Yi also nodded in agreement with his plan.
After all, the Dou Qi Continent was far too vast, while Heavenly Flames were far too rare. To find one completely depended on luck. Shortly after, Xiao Yan exchanged a few more words with the two, then left the hall to head elsewhere.
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