Chapter 36 The Strange Flame Seed
After making his decision, Xiao Feng put away the other two strange flames, the volcanic stone flame and the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, and went to a place with abundant fire battle qi to seal them and store them there.
"I chose this place because I'm a fire elementalist, and I thought it would be faster to cultivate here. I never expected it would be so useful now," Xiao Feng thought with a wry smile.
Both strange flames had lost some of their power because Xiao Xuan had refined them before. Now, leaving them here to absorb the energy of heaven and earth would allow them to recover to their original state more quickly. At that time, their power would be even greater, and the benefits of refining them would be even greater.
Before refining the strange fire in seclusion, Xiao Feng first gathered several clansmen and told them everything that had happened in the outside world. Then he gave them some instructions before going to the secret chamber to begin refining the strange fire.
Looking at the blazing purple flames before him, Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a sense of doubt. "The Three Thousand Burning Flames, in the original story, were sealed above the Pill Tower. They were shaped like a dragon and were eventually subdued by Xiao Yan. Moreover, the original story seems to mention that before that, the Three Thousand Burning Flames were encountered by an elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, who even imprinted a dragon seal into its body, which is why Xiao Yan was able to subdue it."
"But the Three Thousand Burning Flames were clearly Xiao Xuan's strange flames, so why did they end up in the hands of the Ancient Dragon of the Void, and then in the hands of the Pill Tower?" Xiao Feng was completely baffled.
"Could it be because Xiao Xuan detonated the strange fire, and the power of the self-destruction was so great that it even shattered space, so they accidentally fell into the spatial rift and fell into different places through the spatial rift?"
Because it was detonated by Xiao Xuan, its main body was damaged, and its strength was greatly reduced. Therefore, even after being discovered by the elders of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, it was not immediately refined. Instead, mistakenly believing that it was not yet fully "mature," a dragon seal was planted inside its body, intending to refine it only after it had fully matured.
"However, something happened afterward that led to its acquisition by the Pill Tower? Or becoming a possession of the Pill Tower? It seems that this is the only explanation."
After thinking for a long time, Xiao Feng could only come up with this answer, which was also the most reasonable explanation he could think of.
"Looking at it this way, it's fortunate that Xiao Xuan didn't detonate the strange fire. Otherwise, the strange fire's strength would be much weaker than before, and I would need to let it slowly recover before I could refine it. If that were the case, I don't know how long I would have to wait, instead of refining it directly like I can now."
After pondering for a long time, Xiao Feng finally held his breath and focused his mind, clearing away all distractions, and began to refine the strange fire in front of him. Unlike in the original story, he didn't prepare various pills before refining the strange fire. This wasn't because he didn't have any; on the contrary, Xiao Feng was quite wealthy now, possessing countless pills of all kinds. Not to mention these low-grade pills for refining strange fires, he even had some ninth-grade pills.
How could ordinary people comprehend the accumulated wealth of the Xiao clan over tens of thousands of years? Even if Xiao Feng only took a portion of it, it would still be an extremely terrifying number, enough to create a massive race or even a powerful force in no time.
However, Xiao Feng's opponent was no ordinary force, but the most mysterious Soul Clan among the eight ancient clans! It was also the Soul Emperor, who possessed the peak realm of a nine-star Dou Sheng! Therefore, he did not immediately digest all these pills to build such a force, but instead chose to take a long-term approach, using his foresight and wisdom to plan everything.
Moreover, just in case, in addition to taking away some of the pills from the Xiao clan, Xiao Feng also had Xiao Xuan and others order the clan's high-level alchemists to refine many more pills. These pills did not end up in the Xiao clan, but instead ended up in his pocket.
The reason he's not using any pills now is simply because it's unnecessary. With his current strength, refining a strange fire isn't too difficult, even if that fire is ranked ninth on the Strange Fire Ranking. Of course, if he were facing a strange fire ranked higher, he certainly wouldn't be so confident and would choose a more cautious method, after all, life is only once!
Battle aura enveloped his arm, completely covering it. Then, Xiao Feng slowly extended his arm into the strange fire, searching for the "fire seed" within. This so-called fire seed was the essence of the strange fire, its very origin. Once he found it and refined it, he could completely control the strange fire.
The instant his arm plunged into the Three Thousand Burning Flames, the flames erupted violently, raging and burning Xiao Feng's arm, attempting to incinerate this "intruder." However, his arm was completely enveloped in battle qi, the sheer strength and solidity of which prevented the strange fire from burning it away in an instant. Therefore, Xiao Feng felt no pain whatsoever, only a slight warmth, as if he were immersed in a hot spring, extremely comfortable.
Of course, it's best to do this as quickly as possible. If something goes wrong, it could be troublesome, especially for someone like him who is refining a different kind of fire for the first time. He needs to be careful and decisive, and not let his guard down just because of a temporary success.
The entire strange fire was only this big, and it didn't take long for him to find the fire seed hidden deep within it. Without hesitation, he immediately grasped the fire seed in his hand. The instant he held the fire seed, he felt a burning sensation in his palm, a heat that shot straight into his body, almost making him let go of the fire seed, but he endured it.
In that instant, all the surrounding flames disappeared, not vanished, but were drawn back into the fire source.
He pulled back his arm, opened his palm, and suddenly grimaced. He quickly covered his other palm with battle qi, and then transferred the fire seed in his palm to the other palm.
The fire seed shifted, revealing the skin it had been pressing down on. Looking at the red and swollen spot on his palm, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He hadn't expected the fire seed to trick him at the last moment, unleashing such a terrifying temperature. If it weren't for the protection of his battle qi, his palm would probably have been burned by the high temperature by now, and he wouldn't dare to touch it.
Now that the flames have been drawn back into the fire seed, such a thing will no longer happen. Only then did Xiao Feng have the opportunity to closely observe the fire seed in his hand.
Looking at the deep purple, crystal-clear fire seed in front of him, which was shaped like a grain of rice, he couldn't help but think: "It is such a fire seed that can give birth to such a powerful flame, and the power of such a flame is all attributed to such a fire seed. Strange fire is indeed amazing!"
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