In a back mountain within the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, Lin Feng, Little Fairy Doctor, and the others were currently searching for a suitable place for seclusion using their Dou Qi wings.
Nearly half a year had passed since Lin Feng refined the Breakthrough Pill and gave it to Hu Qian and the others. During this time, the four of them had spent most of their time in seclusion.
Of course, the lively and active Miss Zi Yan had little patience, and Cai Lin had gone out with her a few times to search for pills. Even so, with her powerful talent and the support of Lin Feng's pills, she had still advanced two stars in her cultivation, reaching the level of a three-star Dou Huang.
If Zi Yan, who was cultivating while playing, was doing so well, then the three of them, focused solely on cultivation, were even more so. During this time, Lin Feng was researching alchemy while also delving deeper into the Five Elements Sealing Technique. He discovered that this Dou Technique was practically tailor-made for him.
Although distracted by these things, Lin Feng didn't have as much time to cultivate Dou Qi. However, with the blessing left behind by the kind-hearted Scorpion Bi Yan, Lin Feng made further progress in his Dou Qi cultivation, reaching the mid-stage of the Six-Star Dou Huang realm.
Next, he only needed to steadily reach the peak of the Six-Star Dou Huang realm, which would allow him to consume Royal-grade pills or Five Elements Pills of Dou Huang level. Indeed, Lin Feng, who was already a peak Sixth-Rank alchemist more than half a year ago, naturally had no problem researching a Sixth-Rank pill. Moreover, this was simply an enhancement of an existing Fifth-Rank pill.
This might be a challenge for Elder Huo, whose talent was mediocre, but a genius was naturally different. Lin Feng's powerful soul force alone allowed him to perceive the subtle changes that occurred in the medicinal herbs and spiritual objects during the refining process.
The help this provided to an alchemist was unimaginable.
Cai Lin's progress was also immense. For a sixth-tier magical beast with a snake soul, reaching the Dou Zong realm was essentially her limit. However, she was unwilling to give up. She desperately sought a sliver of hope, using a strange fire to burn her bloodline, evolving into the Serpent King's Blood – the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python!
Even after reaching the Dou Zong realm, her progress was rapid. Coupled with the pills Lin Feng refined based on Yao Chen's inheritance to increase Dou Zong cultivation speed, in just half a year, she improved by more than one star, reaching the mid-to-late stage of a five-star Dou Zong.
With the strength of her demonic beast body and the terrifying combat power of the Serpent King's Blood, Lin Feng believed that even the seven-star Dou Zong of the Earth Demon Old Ghost would be no match for Cai Lin. If it weren't for wanting to play it safe, Lin Feng would now want to exchange with the Earth Demon Old Ghost for the method of refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
As for the Earth Demon Old Ghost's opinion, hahaha, he already said he'd exchange; Lin Feng, a peak sixth-grade alchemist, even about to break through to the seventh grade, would he really suffer a loss? Furthermore, Lin Feng was also somewhat interested in the secret technique of generating fire.
Lin Feng naturally had no interest in the newly generated strange fire, but the method of controlling the fire was worth studying for an alchemist.
The progress of Little Fairy Doctor was truly beyond everyone's imagination. Lin Feng slightly turned his head to look at Little Fairy Doctor, who had unleashed her Dou Qi wings and was now flying. In just over half a year, her Calamity Poison Body, unleashed at full power and supported by abundant poison-attribute spiritual objects, had become incredibly terrifying.
At this moment, Little Fairy Doctor's aura had already reached the level of a three-star Dou Huang. Indeed, in order to absorb the Netherworld Poison Fire as soon as possible and avoid any unforeseen complications, Lin Feng and Little Fairy Doctor discussed the matter and then lifted the seal on the origin of the poison body.
Perhaps because the seal had been too strong, the origin of the poison body rebounded rapidly after being unsealed, and its cultivation speed far exceeded what was shown in the original work.
However, this rapid progress also led to a rapid decrease in Little Fairy Doctor's control over the poison body. Therefore, after Lin Feng used the Five Elements Sealing Technique again, relying on the power of the five-star sacred beast to seal the poison body, the group immediately set off to find a secluded cultivation place, intending to help Little Fairy Doctor absorb and refine the Netherworld Poison Fire as soon as possible.
As for why the refining wasn't done in the inner courtyard, firstly, absorbing this strange fire is inherently extremely dangerous, so a tranquil place is necessary. Secondly, Elder Su Qian had already faced immense pressure by risking his life to keep Little Fairy Doctor in the inner courtyard, so it wouldn't be good to put him in a difficult position further.
Indeed, Lin Feng had already informed Elder Su Qian about Little Fairy Doctor's possession of the Calamity Poison Body. After all, the academy had always treated him with sincerity, and he naturally wouldn't want to pose a threat to any student.
Elder Su Qian, upon learning that Lin Feng had a method to control this Calamity Poison Body, allowed Little Fairy Doctor to remain in the inner courtyard, naturally out of consideration for Lin Feng. Otherwise, Little Fairy Doctor would have been expelled, even though she was also a student of the academy.
After all, throughout history, the Calamity Poison Body has never met a good end; at least, Canaan Academy couldn't do anything about it.
"Let's do it here!"
After searching through numerous locations, Lin Feng and the others finally decided to carve out a cave beneath a large waterfall to assist Little Fairy Doctor in refining the fire. With
a thunderous crash
, Lin Feng landed, and with a wave of his hand, a ball of five-colored battle qi, under his extraordinary control, swiftly carved two caves into the rock wall.
With another wave, another ball of battle qi appeared, rapidly soaring into the sky. Upon reaching a certain critical point, it transformed into a colorless light curtain, enveloping the surrounding thousand meters.
"Alright, with this barrier, no matter how much noise is generated during the absorption of the strange fire, the outside world won't sense it!"
Lin Feng, now a six-star Dou Huang, could naturally set up barriers far exceeding this mere thousand meters, but they didn't need a vast area.
"Cai Lin, Zi Yan, I will now fully assist Fairy Doctor in absorbing and refining the strange fire. The task of protecting her is entrusted to you!"
After completing all preparations, Lin Feng turned to Cai Lin and Zi Yan.
"Don't worry, my husband! With Ziyan and I here to protect you, no one in the Northwest Continent can disturb you!" Cai Lin,
unaware of the existence of Dou Zun in the Northwest Continent, was brimming with confidence. Of course, those few Dou Zun in the Northwest Continent would never appear in the back mountains of Canaan Academy.
"Yes, Lin Feng, just leave it to me and Sister Cai Lin. After you emerge from seclusion, we can start preparing to set off for Zhongzhou. You promised to take me to find our clan!"
Ziyan chimed in eagerly after Cai Lin spoke. Indeed, Lin Feng already planned to go to Zhongzhou. Of course, he wouldn't let any useful opportunities in the Northwest Continent slip by.
"Moreover," Lin Feng turned to look at a certain spot in the Northwest Continent, his eyes flickering, "we haven't seen each other for so long!"
"Xian'er, let's go in!"
"Yes, Brother Lin Feng, we will definitely succeed!"
Then, under Cai Lin's watchful gaze, the two entered the cave one after the other.
(End of Chapter)