Swallowing Fire, Third-grade Alchemist

After extracting the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, Su Luo adjusted himself for a moment. Once he confirmed that he was in good condition, he tossed a Third-grade Ice Heart Pill and a Third-grade Meridian Protecting Pill into his mouth.

As soon as the pills entered his stomach, a wave of chill swept through him. He inspected the meridians within his body and, after confirming they were completely wrapped in medicinal power, grabbed the Beast Fire and swallowed it whole.

The moment the Beast Fire entered his body, an intense burning sensation erupted. It was about to scorch Su Luo's meridians and inflict irreversible injuries, but when the Beast Fire's scorching heat came into contact with the faint white mist formed by the Ice Heart Pill inside him, its violent nature was swiftly suppressed.

Sensing the Third-grade Ice Heart Pill's restraining effect on the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, Su Luo was delighted.

Fusing with the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire was easier than he had imagined, which was exactly what Su Luo had hoped for. After all, Medicine Elder was not by his side. That meant Su Luo did not have Xiao Yan's margin for error. If he failed, it would not merely mean that everything was over; Su Muyue's life might not be saved either.

Reaching the level of a Peak Sixth-grade Alchemist within two years was already extremely difficult. There was practically no room for error.

Once the Beast Fire was suppressed, Su Luo finally dared to use the Fire Control Art without restraint and began refining the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire.

Whenever Su Luo sensed danger, he would toss a Meridian Protecting Pill or an Ice Heart Pill into his mouth. Third-grade Pills were still easy to purchase on the market, especially since Su Luo had paid extra at the Mite'er Family auction long ago. Thus, he did not lack pills to counter the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire.

After two hours of refinement, Su Luo's Dou Qi Vortex gradually turned black, the color belonging to the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire.

At the same time, Su Luo's aura became much stronger than before. Clearly, after refining the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire for those two hours, his strength had increased considerably once more.

When Su Luo opened his eyes again and took out the Magic Stone Tablet to test himself, he unsurprisingly reached the level of a Four-star Dou Zhe.

"Not bad. This level is just right."

In the original story, after Xiao Yan licked the Companion Purple Crystal Source, Yun Yun's help allowed him to leap from a Seven-star Dou Zhe to a Nine-star Dou Zhe. However, Medicine Elder had said that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had grown too much all at once, so he could not break through again in the short term, or his foundation would become unstable. Even something from a Sixth-tier Magical Beast had such effects. Su Luo gaining only one star from the Beast Fire of a Fifth-tier Magical Beast was far more reassuring.

If his Dou Qi increased too much and became unstable, the loss would outweigh the gain. Especially after Su Luo's recent consecutive breakthroughs, gaining only one star to ensure a solid foundation was best.

"The effects of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle have finally been completely absorbed. In that case..."

Su Luo spread open his palm. As a thread of Dou Qi was released, black flames appeared in his hand. They were the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire.

"My Dou Qi is fine, then..."

Su Luo extinguished the flames in his hand. Rather than use Dou Qi again to ignite the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, he injected Soul Power into it and began activating the flames.

A moment later, black flames appeared in Su Luo's hand again. The same black color and the same temperature proved that it was indeed the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire from earlier.

"It really works."

Su Luo's eyes lit up, and he was extremely pleased with the flames activated by Soul Power.

He was not merely satisfied with the strength of the flames, but even more with their ability to be activated by Soul Power.

The Soul Tool pill cauldron Su Luo had used before recognized only Soul Power and not Dou Qi, while ordinary pill cauldrons recognized only Dou Qi and not Soul Power.

This had severely limited Su Luo's endurance in pill refinement. But if both Soul Power and Dou Qi could activate the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, then when his Soul Power ran low, he could continue refining pills with Dou Qi. When his Dou Qi ran low, he could continue with Soul Power. As long as he ensured the precision of switching between the two, his pill-refining endurance would increase greatly. Refining Third-grade Pills, something only a Dou Master could attempt, would no longer be difficult for Su Luo, a Dou Zhe.

"Borrowed flames really are better. Compared to flames activated by Dou Qi, these flames accept any kind of energy from their user."

Su Luo greatly liked this Beast Fire that could be activated by Soul Power, but he was not overly surprised.

The reason was simple. In the original Battle Through the Heavens, whether Medicine Elder used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame or Heavenly Fire Venerable used the Fallen Heart Flame, they invariably used Soul Power rather than Dou Qi.

Flames condensed from Dou Qi recognized only Dou Qi, since they were flames formed from Dou Qi in the first place. But borrowed flames like this could be activated by Soul Power or any other kind of power, as long as it contained energy. They were not picky at all.

After briefly familiarizing himself with the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, Su Luo took out a pill cauldron.

Without a doubt, that pill cauldron had also been left behind by Senior Ye Fan in the cave.

When he used Soul Power before, this obviously high-quality pill cauldron would not recognize it. Su Luo had been helpless about that, but after swallowing the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, he could directly use it to condense Real Fire. This pill cauldron had thus become quite useful.

Opening the lid, Su Luo casually tossed out the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire. With the Fire Control Art's enhancement to flame control, along with Soul Power that was forced to be stronger than that of Alchemists at the same level due to his lack of a Wood Attribute, Su Luo could fully control these flames even after they had left his body.

"I've managed to achieve Dou Qi Projection, something only a Da Dou Shi can do, by relying on flames and a cultivation art."

Su Luo made the casual joke. Then, once he sensed that the flames had heated the pill cauldron sufficiently, he tossed a Qi Replenishing Fruit used to refine a Third-grade Qi Replenishing Pill into the cauldron.

The moment the Qi Replenishing Fruit entered the cauldron and touched the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's Beast Fire, a burnt smell instantly wafted out.

"Even with the energy weakened, it still won't work? As expected of a Fifth-tier Magical Beast's Beast Fire. With less than one-third of my usual Soul Power, its temperature is higher than the flames I used to produce at full strength. Very good."

Su Luo did not care that the Qi Replenishing Fruit had been burned to waste. Failure was far too normal in pill refinement, especially on the first attempt. Those who did not fail were the rare ones.

The medicinal ingredient he had just tossed in had been ruined without costing Su Luo much time. Moreover, the money he used to buy ingredients had been obtained for free from Ye Fan. Su Luo did not even need to adjust his mindset before tossing another Qi Replenishing Fruit inside.

Refining pills, failing, refining pills again, failing again. After eight consecutive days, the Pill Fragrance belonging to a Third-grade Pill finally drifted from Su Luo's pill cauldron.