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--- Chapter 305 ---
Yun Yun supported Han Yuan on his shoulder as they slowly walked out of the burnt grassland. Of course, they also had salvaged every remnant of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
After all, this Rank 6 Magical Beast was the source of this night's sorrow and pain.
Even though Yun Yun wanted to spare the lion king a painful ending, the arrogant beast in question wouldn't die peacefully and chose to drag her down to hell as well.
So, even Yun Yun ultimately decided not to be kindhearted. While most of the remains fell into Han Yuan's hands, she also got some precious parts of the lion king for herself.
They couldn't possibly waste such a treasure, right?
As they walked, Yun Yun instinctively leaned against Han Yuan's body and smelled his addictive scents. She knew this was not something a woman her age should do, but she couldn't help it.
Suddenly, Han Yuan opened his mouth, "We agree to split the remains of Amethyst Winged Lion King, but is it really okay for me to get 80% and the beast flame? Senior, at the end of the day, your cultivation is the reason we could win."
Yun Yun snapped out of her daze in panic and reddened slightly, thinking she was getting caught. She coughed and played it off, "Ehem, it's fine."
"With your defensive secret technique, I couldn't even dream of defeating the Amethyst Winged Lion King. You saved my life too many times that I even felt ashamed of taking the rest of the lion king's remains."
"Not to mention, Amethyst Winged Lion King's beast flame is useless to me. I am not an Alchemist, or fire-attributed or mixed-attributed Dou Practitioner. My Dou Qi is purely a wind attribute."
"Well, if you say so, then I won't be polite," Han Yuan replied with a faint smile, which looked dazzling to Yun Yun.
Frankly, the very existence of the beast flame is unique to the Dou Qi Plane because of how overpoweringly strong the natural order of fire law in this world is. Even the lifeforms that live in this plane adapt to this rule.
Beast Flame was born from a fire-attributed or mutant Magical Beast that died. Some can be born naturally, while others require a special technique to mature and be born.
Of course, since the power of Beast Flame is 'strictly' tied to the Magical Beast's bloodline and strength before its death, it is many times weaker than Heavenly Flame, which is the tangible manifestation of heaven and earth concepts.
Han Yuan has already refined four Heavenly Flames, each of which is infinitely more powerful than the Rank 6 Amethyst Lion Flame.
Han Yuan thought to himself, 'If I can get my hands on some Rank 9 beast flames, their strength might not actually be weaker than some low-ranked Heavenly Flames.'
'But at the end of the day, Enma (Ten Thousand Beast Flame)'s existence is already considered an accumulation of many beast flames in nature.'
'Enma can naturally devour Beast Flames to grow stronger, but there must be limits...'
'Still, refining Beast Flame seems redundant.'
'Well, this was a worthwhile topic to research.'
Even then, the Amethyst Lion Flame has its own research value. Because of its unique existence, Han Yuan reckons he could turn Beast Flame into a spirit ring or Spirit Soul alike.
"Han Yuan? Han Yuan, are you still there?" Yun Yun's pleasant voice brushed Han Yuan's ears.
Han Yuan blinked, "Sorry, where are we again?"
Yun Yun pursed her lips, "You said you're not going to be polite."
"Ah," Han Yuan nodded in understanding. "Actually, Senior. Your Dou Qi might not be purely wind."
Yun Yun's eyes widened as she blurted, "What do you mean? Many years, cough, I mean, when I reached Dou Practitioner Realm, I got my Dou Qi tested, and it was pure wind element."
"In fact, my wind element is the purest at the time. I might not be at the same level as you, but it's still impressive nonetheless."
Han Yuan shook his head gently and explained calmly, "That's not what I mean. You indeed possess an extremely pure wind attribute, which you perceived by yourself and then further tested with Attribute Testing Artifacts."
"However, you were young back then, and the Attribute Testing Artifacts can be wrong as well."
"After cultivating wind-attributed dou techniques for years, they dulled your senses over your own innate attributes, Senior."
"Tell me, when I override your body with Unity of Man and Nature, do you feel something?"
"Freedom," Yun Yun unconsciously answered. "I feel the world around me is much more colorful, and my body as light as a feather, so is my mind and perception."
Han Yuan nodded in acknowledgement, "Good, that's how you feel if you really tapped into your full potential."
Yun Yun became even more confused, "But that doesn't answer what other attribute I could have possessed?"
"The answer is up there..." Han Yuan merely raised his index finger and then pointed at the night full of stars.
"S-Star? My other attribute is Star?!" Yun Yun was shocked.
Han Yuan chuckled, "As I said, Attribute Testing Artifacts can be wrong as they could only detect the surface of one's talent. Fire, water, earth, metal, wood, wind, lightning, ice, light, darkness, etc."
"Aside from the five basic ones, the others are rare but not that rare."
"But that's Primary Attribute, not True Attribute. The difference between the two is that the former is your destined path of cultivation, and the latter is more like an enhancer to it."
"After all, something like Star Attribute is unorthodox in the path of Dou Practitioner."
"Moreover, there aren't many dou techniques that allow one to cultivate Star-attributed Dou Qi, so you're indeed better off using wind-attributed dou techniques."
"But it would be better if you could harness this power," Han Yuan advised calmly. "At least you shouldn't have a problem breaking into the Dou Ancestor Realm."
Yun Yun took Han Yuan's words very seriously. She nodded and replied, "I understand."
Yet, deep inside, Yun Yun was in a dilemma because star-attributed dou techniques aren't something she could get her hands on effortlessly, yes, even as the Sect Master of Misty Cloud Sect. She doubts a small place like the Jia Ma Empire has such things.
"Enough about me, can you tell more about the technique you used when you override my body?" Yun Yun changed the topic, putting on a curious look. "Of course, if you don't want to, I won't ask about it anymore."
Han Yuan shook his head gently, "The technique I used is unconventional, so I'd rather not say too much. But I can tell you about the concept of my last attack."
"Since we both used wind-attributed Dou Qi, I believe this insight will help you, Senior."
"Then, please do tell me." Yun Yun was interested.
Han Yuan smiled in response, "Well, where do we start..."
"Wind is formless; it is a movement of air."
"Mm, I know that." Yun Yun commented lightly.
"Good, now the principle behind that last sword attack is actually quite simple. I rapidly condensed, no, more precisely, compressed winds into countless invisible and sharp blades before sending them flying in one direction."
"I call this Cleave!" Han Yuan raised his index finger, demonstrating a compression of stacking wind blades before sending them hurling to the nearest rock, splitting it in half.
Yun Yun's eyes lit up, "Impressive, to rapidly compress and stack wind like that. You did it almost instantly."
"No, there is no delay at all."
"All the operation was 'actually' done on your finger's tip, which became the extension of both you and the surrounding wind."
"Am I right?"
"Your observation is spot on." Han Yuan admitted it casually.
Yun Yun shook her head helplessly and said, "This Cleave of yours can be considered a brand new dou technique. In theory, anyone can learn it, but the result won't be as exaggerated as yours."
"For example." She tried to replicate Han Yuan's Cleave, but she could only compress and stack a few wind blades before throwing them at a split rock, turning it into dust.
"My wind-attributed Dou Qi is too heavy; rather than 'cutting', my wind is 'crushing' the target."
Han Yuan gave her a playful look, "What if I told you that Cleave is just a basic version of my technique?"
Yun Yun narrowed her eyes and stammered, "D-Don't tell me you have something more powerful than this?"
"Hehe, let me tell you about 'Dismantle' and a prototype enclosed space barrier-like domain..."
"Deva Shrine!" Han Yuan said mysteriously.
'J-Just how many secrets do you have?!!' Yun Yun was speechless.
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Alternative Title: Yun Yun's True Talent? Cleave, Dismantle, and Prototype Domain!