Chapter 187 The deal is concluded
"Yes, this fire is called Eight Desolate Destruction Flame, and it ranks sixth on the Strange Fire List!" Xiao Yun nodded and answered Tang Zhen's question. Then he waved his hand again, and the pitch-black flame was taken back into his body."The sixth-ranked Eight Desolate Destruction Flame!" Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Tang Zhen's heart twitched again. Around twenty years old, an eighth-grade alchemy master, a semi-saint level strange fire, and the cultivation of a Dou Zun, is this the talent of the strongest person that the ancestor talked about?
Is this the appearance of a Dou Di?
Although his Strange Fire is ranked twelfth, seemingly only twice as high as the Eight Desolate Destruction Flame, this is not a gap that can be made up by adding another Nine Dragon Thunder Fire. The ranking gap on the Strange Fire list is small, but each one is very different, and this is even more so when placed in the top ten.
"Well, when people get old, they just like to reminisce about the past." Tang Zhen's mention of Tang Huo'er might have touched the old man's sore spot, and he skipped the discussion of Xiao Yun's talent.
"Xiao Yun, in the past, your ancestor, Senior Xiao Xuan, once gave our Burning Flame Valley a self-created technique called the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire. It has now become our Burning Flame Valley's secret."
"As a member of the Xiao clan, my Burning Flame Valley should return the favor. Let's do this. I'll let Tang Zhen take you to my Burning Flame Valley treasure house later. You can learn any martial arts and fighting skills. Just don't teach them to others in the future."
"Thank you for your kindness, old ancestor, but I'd better remove the hidden danger in your body first, and then choose the martial arts fighting skills."
Hearing the promise from Ancestor Huoyun, Xiao Yun was overjoyed. He had originally revealed his identity as a member of the Xiao clan just to obtain a copy of a heavenly-level martial arts technique. But now it seems that there must be more than one copy, but many!
In the Burning Flame Valley, apart from the heavenly grade techniques, the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire was what Xiao Yun coveted. Although he did not have the three kinds of strange fire to improve his strength, the real purpose of this technique was to cultivate the Xiao family pattern.
"Okay, Xiao Zhen, you take Xiao Yun to rest first, and we will refine the pills tomorrow!" Ancestor Huoyun waved his hand and sat back on the stone chair.
"Yes! Ancestor." Tang Zhen and Xiao Yun both bowed and said goodbye, then returned the same way and left the quiet valley.
And Patriarch Huoyun just sat on the stone chair, quietly watching the two leave.
"call out!"
Shortly after Tang Zhen and Xiao Yun left, a beam of fire suddenly appeared on the ground. The next moment, it turned into Tang Zhen's appearance, but it did not look like a physical entity. Instead, it felt illusory.
"Ancestor."
"Well, Xiao Zhen, you are becoming more and more proficient in using this fire phantom body." Patriarch Huoyun was not surprised by Tang Zhen's sudden appearance and still sat upright on the stone chair.
"Ancestor, do we really have to open the entire treasure house to Master Xiao? There are heavenly-level beings in there!"
Tang Zhen said with a somewhat sad face that the heavenly-level fighting skills would be regarded as heirlooms no matter which force they were placed in. Normally, they would not even be shown to outsiders, let alone allowed to learn.
"Of course, those who seek big things do not care about small gains!" Ancestor Huoyun knocked on Tang Zhen's head, causing the latter to be dissatisfied.
“If it were not impossible, I would even like to give him the entire Burning Flame Valley and let him be the next Valley Master.
If this kind of proud child of heaven does not die in the future, he will surely make the name of the Xiao clan resound throughout the entire continent like his ancestor Xiao Xuan did. "
“And we in Fenyan Valley cannot produce such evil people, so we can only make friends with him. What’s the point of a mere heavenly-level martial arts? Now that he needs it, we give it to him. That’s what friendship is.
A person like him will never lack heavenly-level skills. Now that the opportunity has been given to Burning Flame Valley, we must seize it!"
"Okay." Tang Zhen nodded helplessly. Since his ancestor was determined to give it, he had no choice but to go along with the latter's wishes.
"I'm just afraid of those pedantic guys in the Elders' Council. Even though they can't make a decision, they will definitely scold me behind my back again."
Although Fen Yan Valley is a family power, it is not something that Tang Zhen can decide alone. Even he only learned about the relationship between the Xiao family and Fen Yan Valley today, not to mention the group of elders.
The elders were unaware of the existence of Patriarch Huoyun and were not clear about Xiao Yun's background. They would definitely not agree to let him enter the treasury of Fenyan Valley and choose anything he wanted just for refining a pill.
"It doesn't matter. I will tell Tang Huo about the situation. With him helping you, the Elders Council will have nothing to say."
Tang Huo is the grand elder of Fenyan Valley and the only two Dou Zun masters in public. He is also a direct descendant of the Tang family. His voice in the valley is no less powerful than Tang Zhen.
"That's good. I don't have to worry about those old-fashioned guys nagging me all day long."
……
The next day, in the room that Fenyan Valley arranged for Xiao Yun.
The young man sat cross-legged on the bed, his chest rising and falling slowly. Every breath he took caused a whistling sound in the wind. In the room, the energy of heaven and earth flowed freely.
"Huh!" Xiao Yun opened his eyes, and a brilliant streak of lightning flashed in them. After a night's rest, the fighting spirit that he had consumed while rushing through the space channel had been completely restored.
Moreover, his cultivation has been greatly improved. If he is given some more time, he will be able to naturally break through to the five-star Dou Zun realm.
"Heavenly Rank Technique! With it, I won't have to worry about the loss of fighting spirit anymore."
Heaven-level skills, even quasi-heaven-level skills, have very different effects from earth-level skills. When practicing the former, not only will the amount of fighting spirit stored in the body increase, but the speed of recovery and absorption will also far exceed that of earth-level skills.
It is said that once a true heavenly-level technique is performed, it can immediately absorb all the energy within a hundred feet radius, convert it into fighting spirit, and use it for one's own benefit. Only in this way can a Fighting Saint fight at will, and unless the gap between the two sides is too great, it will be difficult to determine the winner.
After feeling emotional for a moment, Xiao Yun stood up from the bed. As long as he finished refining the Nine-Star Yin-Yang Pill, he would be able to practice this kind of technique, and maybe even break through to the Five-Star Dou Zun level in one fell swoop.
"Crench!"
As soon as he opened the door, Xiao Yun saw Tang Zhen standing not far away and said with a smile, "Valley Master Tang, you didn't wait outside all night, did you?"
"Haha, no, I just got up early." Hearing Xiao Yun's voice, Tang Zhen waved his hand, then walked in front of the former and said with a smile: "Master Xiao, have you rested well?"
In fact, he just waited outside for a whole night. After all, it was related to the health of his own ancestor, and he couldn't help but be anxious.
However, with his cultivation as a Dou Zun strongman, let alone one night, even ten days or half a month would not have much impact.
"Have you rested well, Valley Master Tang? Are all the ingredients for the Nine-Star Yin-Yang Pill ready?"
"Everything is ready. This is the pill recipe, and there are four doses of medicinal ingredients in the storage ring." After getting Xiao Yun's approval, Tang Zhen swiftly took out a scroll and a storage ring from his arms and handed them to him.
"Four copies?" Xiao Yun took the things and asked doubtfully, "Valley Master Tang, three copies are enough."
"Haha, this extra portion was bought by me yesterday when I sent someone to Tianhuang City. One more portion means more assurance. But don't worry, no matter how much you have left, according to the rules of the alchemist, it all belongs to you."
"Okay then." Since people said so, he didn't know what to say. He put the recipe into the ring and then put it on his finger.
According to the rules of the alchemist, the recipe for this eighth-grade elixir has become his.
"Master Xiao, will you need to use this cauldron when you make medicine later?" After seeing Xiao Yun accept the things, Tang Zhen waved his hand again, and a huge medicine cauldron appeared in the air.
This tripod is fiery red all over, and its appearance is similar to the Ten Thousand Beasts Tripod. The only difference is that the former has a volcanic eruption pattern engraved on its wall, while the Ten Thousand Beasts Tripod has a pattern of ten thousand beasts galloping.
"Mountain Melting Cauldron? This is a rare item on the Heavenly Cauldron List." As a master of alchemy, Xiao Yun could tell the origin of this cauldron at a glance.
"Yes, this cauldron is the Mountain Melting Cauldron! Master Xiao, the Mountain Melting Cauldron is also very helpful in refining eighth-grade elixirs. How about you..."
"No need." Xiao Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although the Mountain Melting Cauldron is good, it is my first time using it after all, so it is inevitable that I am a little unskilled. Besides, I also have the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, so the difference is not much."
The function of the Mountain Melting Cauldron is to enhance the intensity of the flame, and at the same time help the alchemist better control the flame.
Strictly speaking, his Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron is slightly inferior, but in reality, the difference is negligible.
Speaking of the Mountain Melting Cauldron, Xiao Yun suddenly remembered that the master of the Fenyan Valley in front of him was a heavy alchemy enthusiast. Obviously, he had pure fire attributes, which was not suitable for alchemy, but he forced himself to be obsessed with it, and with the help of the Nine Dragon Thunder Fire, he actually managed to refine some low-level pills.
Wait, will this old man ask for his request to refine the medicinal materials? The most important difference between the eighth-grade elixir and the seventh-grade elixir is that when the medicinal materials of the former are refined in the flames, they will be stained with a trace of spiritual energy by the alchemist's spiritual realm soul.
And this trace of spiritual energy is the key to the elixir's breakthrough to the eighth grade. Without this trace of spiritual energy, even the most powerful seventh-grade alchemist cannot refine an eighth-grade elixir.
Fortunately, Tang Zhen still had some AC knowledge. Apart from recommending the medicine cauldron at the beginning, he didn't say anything else and directly took Xiao Yun to the location where the alchemy was.
……
This is a very large square. The whole square is bright red and is built with volcanic rocks. In the center of the square, there is a stone platform about ten feet high.
At this moment, many disciples and elders of Fenyan Valley were standing around the square. They looked around vigilantly and were obviously the people sent by Tang Zhen to guard the stone platform.
"Whoa!"
Suddenly, the sound of breaking wind broke the silent atmosphere in the square, and then two figures flashed from a distance and landed lightly on the stone platform.
The figures appeared in the vigilant gaze of the surrounding elders and disciples. They were Tang Zhen and Xiao Yun.
Seeing Tang Zhen, the crowd immediately relaxed, but still did not dare to speak, because they knew that an eighth-grade alchemy master would come here to refine pills today.
Naturally, he didn't dare to speak casually, for fear of disturbing Xiao Yun's refining process.
(End of this chapter)
