Fire Attribute Blood Lotus Pill!
With God's vision, Hun Han knew that more than ten years later, Yao Chen would refine a Blood Lotus Pill for Xiao Yan. The Blood Lotus Pill required three medicinal ingredients in total: Blood Lotus Essence, Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and a fourth-tier ice-attributed Magic Core.
Familiar with the storyline of Battle Through the Heavens, Hun Han knew that the Blood Lotus Pill was an essential medicinal pill for devouring Heavenly Flames. Now that he wanted to devour Exotic Water, possessing a Fire Attribute Blood Lotus Pill would allow him to approach it!
For now, Hun Han could only get within a hundred meters of the Nine Nether Wind Ice.
"Ding dong!"
"Time Sign-in is available. Would you like to sign in?"
"Sign in!"
"Ding dong!"
"Congratulations. Through Time Sign-in, you have obtained: Spirit Storage!"
A thumb-sized gray stone appeared before Hun Han. The stone was smooth as jade throughout, without the slightest flaw. Within its core, a faint blue glow slowly wriggled, like a tiny living worm.
"Damn it, System, I want to report you for giving me special treatment. I ran into the Exotic Water, Nine Nether Wind Ice, and you actually sent me Spirit Storage!" Hun Han's face was filled with wild joy as he stared at the Spirit Storage before him.
To devour Exotic Water, just as with Heavenly Flames, one needed an indispensable item. That was the Spirit Storage before him.
The human body was extremely fragile and needed a space to store Exotic Water and Heavenly Flames. That space was the Spirit Storage.
On the Time Sign-in panel, Hun Han learned that there were still fifteen days until his next Time Sign-in.
"What is that?" the leader of the Exploding Heaven Gang asked curiously as he looked at Hun Han.
"Spirit Storage!" Hun Han said delightedly.
"Spirit Storage?" A trace of confusion appeared in the Exploding Heaven Gang leader's eyes.
"Yes. To devour Heavenly Flames and Exotic Water, one must have Spirit Storage. Master, don't tell me you don't even know that?" Hun Han looked at the Exploding Heaven Gang leader skeptically.
"Ahem!"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader took a sip of wine, though it was unclear whether he was trying to hide his embarrassment. He stepped forward and urged, "Let's go. It's time to head out and rest. We still have to leave for Maple City early tomorrow. It'll take seven days to get there from here!"
"Master, we actually don't need to go to Maple City to seek medicine!" Hun Han followed after him and spoke softly.
"Without a Blood Lotus Pill, you can't even get close to the Exotic Water. How could you speak of devouring it?" The Exploding Heaven Gang leader glanced at Hun Han and continued drinking. Ever since entering this place, he had been drinking more and more frequently.
"Master, who said that getting close to Exotic Water requires a Blood Lotus Pill?" A faint smile curled across Hun Han's lips.
"What do you mean?"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader stopped and turned to look at Hun Han. The corners of his lips lifted slightly, mockery flashing in his eyes as he smiled. "Don't tell me you're actually a fourth-tier alchemist who can refine a pill with the same effect?"
Hun Han shook his head. "Although I possess fire and wood attributes, I'm not an alchemist yet."
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader rolled his eyes at Hun Han and chuckled. "Then what nonsense are you talking about?"
Hun Han continued smiling. "Master, while I'm not an alchemist, I am a Talisman Master!"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader frowned and stared at Hun Han, muttering, "A Talisman Master?"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader had not forgotten that this place was the ruins of the ancient Talisman Sect.
Hun Han nodded. "Yes, Master. Though I still cannot refine pills at present, I can draw talismans."
"Talismans?"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader pondered for a moment, then said happily, "You mean you can draw talismans with effects equal to the Blood Lotus Pill?"
Hun Han nodded heavily. "Yes."
Overjoyed, the Exploding Heaven Gang leader asked again, "Then... what do we need to prepare?"
The Exploding Heaven Gang leader had studied ancient records from the Black Corner Region and knew that Talisman Masters were a profession capable of rivaling alchemists. He had spent nearly half his life researching this mysterious profession. Now that he heard Hun Han could draw talismans, he could not help feeling immensely excited.
"We need a fourth-tier Fire Attribute Magic Core, Blood Lotus Essence, Fire Spirit Ice Grass, as well as the hide and fur of at least a fourth-tier magical beast," Hun Han answered.
If he had not just obtained the Spirit Storage through sign-in, Hun Han would not have been confident that he could devour the Exotic Water, Nine Nether Wind Ice, by himself.
"A fourth-tier Fire Attribute Magic Core, Blood Lotus Essence, Fire Spirit Ice Grass, and the hide and fur of at least a fourth-tier magical beast." The Exploding Heaven Gang leader repeated the list under his breath, then shook his head. "No. I don't have any of those things."
"If we don't have them, then we can only settle for the next best thing. Hmm, we'll need a great many first-tier Fire Attribute Magic Cores, Blood Spirit Ganoderma, Flame Grass, and Magic Cores and fur from at least first-tier magical beasts!" Hun Han pondered for a moment, then recited all the relevant information from the Talisman Secret Codex in his mind.
"Blood Spirit Ganoderma and Flame Grass are first-tier medicinal ingredients. Will that work?" the Exploding Heaven Gang leader asked doubtfully. Could they really subdue the Exotic Water using only such first-tier materials?
"There's no other choice. Even if we go to Maple City, I'm afraid it won't be easy to obtain a Blood Lotus Pill, will it?" Hun Han asked helplessly.
"Mm. That fellow is extremely arrogant. When he talks, it's as though his eyes are growing on top of his head. Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want to speak to him! In the entire Black Corner Region, when it comes to arrogance and conceit, if he claims second place, who would dare claim first?" the Exploding Heaven Gang leader said disdainfully.
After stepping onto the teleportation array, Hun Han arrived at the ancient hall aboveground. Only then did he discover that a thin layer of ice crystals had formed over his clothes.
"As for first-tier Fire Attribute Magic Cores, I have more than six hundred. Do you think that's enough?" the Exploding Heaven Gang leader asked.
"More than six hundred? Master, how do you have so many?" Hun Han asked in surprise.
"Hehe, the forest has everything. Whenever your master wants meat, I go into the forest and kill a few," the Exploding Heaven Gang leader said with a light laugh, though the smile on his lips carried a hint of inscrutable bitterness.
"More than six hundred still isn't enough. I estimated we would need a thousand. Of course, the more, the better!" Hun Han said.
"Fine. Tomorrow, we'll make a trip to Twilight City. There's an auction house established by the Blood Sect there. We can buy them then. All right, it's getting late. Go to sleep early," the Exploding Heaven Gang leader instructed.
"Master, I still have one question. Of all the names you could have chosen, why did you pick Exploding Heaven Gang?" Hun Han asked curiously.
"Exploding Heaven Gang—even the heavens dare be blown apart. What a resounding name! All right, stop fooling around and go sleep!"
However, in the dead of night, the Exploding Heaven Gang leader's voice drifted softly in from outside the window.
"Ten years, life and death apart; though I do not think of you, I cannot forget. A lone grave a thousand miles away, with nowhere to speak of my desolation. Even if we met, you would likely not know me—my face covered in dust, my temples frosted like snow."
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