Within the vast ancient hall, the flames in the medicine cauldron flickered almost without pause.
Hun Han watched the talisman brush in his hand with full concentration, tracing dazzling lines across pieces of cut leather. His face was slightly pale, and sweat covered his forehead. Refining medicine and drawing talismans for such a long time consumed a great deal of Dou Qi. Fortunately, Hun Han's cultivation technique was of no low grade, and the Dou Qi within him was exceptionally pure and abundant, giving him considerable endurance.
"Another one is done!"
Hun Han straightened up. Before him lay a Blood Rock Talisman radiating a blood-red glow. By now, he had more than two hundred such talismans in his storage ring. Seven or eight hours had passed since he began refining medicinal ingredients and drawing talismans. For a two-star Dou Zhe to endure for so long was already quite impressive.
Naturally, he had experienced failures while drawing the talismans. Yet as he continued, Hun Han gained increasingly better control over the amount of liquid released, as well as the thickness and flow of his brushstrokes. The time needed to draw each talisman also grew shorter and shorter.
Although the talisman before Hun Han was likewise a first-grade Blood Rock Talisman, the red radiance it emitted was far richer than that of the first talisman he had made.
"All right, rest for a while first. Don't rush to eat anything. Cultivating at a time like this will yield the best results." The Exploding Heaven Gang's leader spoke calmly as he watched Hun Han's exhausted appearance.
After working continuously for seven or eight hours, Hun Han wanted nothing more than to lie on the ground and sleep soundly. He did not even want to move a single finger.
"Mm."
Hun Han nodded. To achieve what ordinary people could not, one had to do what ordinary people could not. If he rested on the ground like an ordinary person at such a time, then he could only ever be an ordinary Dou Zhe.
Even though his entire body was weak, sore, and numb, Hun Han still forced himself to stay alert. He sat cross-legged on the ground, formed the hand seals for cultivation, closed his eyes, and began circulating his cultivation technique.
"Huh? The Dou Qi in the entire hall has been drained dry?"
The moment Hun Han began cultivating, the Exploding Heaven Gang's leader was stunned. He stared blankly at Hun Han. Not only the Dou Qi within the hall, but even the Dou Qi in the courtyard outside was being plundered almost completely.
This brat actually possesses such a high-grade cultivation technique. Its grade has probably surpassed Earth-tier Mid-grade. Just who is he? The Exploding Heaven Gang's leader looked at Hun Han with curiosity in his eyes.
In the current Black Corner Region, even an Earth-tier Low-grade cultivation technique was exceedingly rare. The Exploding Heaven Gang's leader had never considered the possibility of a Heaven-tier cultivation technique. After all, no one in the northwestern region had ever possessed one.
"Huh? His realm has risen? He actually crossed three-star Dou Zhe, four-star Dou Zhe, and five-star Dou Zhe, entering the realm of a six-star Dou Zhe?"
Immediately afterward, something even more astonishing happened. Fine ripples of Dou Qi appeared around Hun Han. As a Dou Emperor, the Exploding Heaven Gang's leader could see at a glance that Hun Han had just advanced four minor realms.
After cultivating with his eyes closed for nearly ten minutes, the dim Qi vortex within Hun Han, which had been drained of Dou Qi, finally shone brightly once more.
Just as Hun Han was about to open his eyes, an exceptionally pure energy suddenly flowed from his bloodline. It circulated with his blood before finally pouring into his Qi vortex, making it shine even more brilliantly. The energy contained within the vortex was a full three times greater than before.
"Six-star Dou Zhe!"
Hun Han slowly opened his eyes. The weak, numb sensation throughout his body had vanished. At that moment, he was full of energy, as though he had been pumped full of blood.
Is this the terrifying power of a Saint Grade Bloodline?
Hun Han was overjoyed. With the perspective of a god, he naturally knew that the reason he had leaped four minor realms at once was because he possessed a Saint Grade Bloodline even more terrifying than a Divine Grade Bloodline.
"Judging by your condition, you do not need to eat anymore. Since you have recovered, continue!" The Exploding Heaven Gang's leader looked at the lively Hun Han once again, unable to conceal the shock in his eyes. He seemed even more anxious than Hun Han about devouring the Exotic Water.
"Yes, Master!" Hun Han nodded with a smile.
With his previous experience, Hun Han became faster and faster at refining medicinal ingredients and drawing talismans. After drawing another five hundred and fifty-one talismans, followed by more than one thousand three hundred, Hun Han took advantage of his exhaustion twice more to sit cross-legged and cultivate with his eyes closed.
"Hehe, I'm already a one-star Dou Master!"
Hun Han grinned foolishly. The exhilaration in his heart was beyond the power of any words in the world to describe.
As for the Exploding Heaven Gang's leader, his jaw nearly dropped to the floor in shock. His mouth hung open as he stared at Hun Han like a statue.
Three days had passed since Hun Han began drawing talismans. During those three days, Hun Han had drawn talismans almost without stopping. As he drew, his cultivation had actually soared from a two-star Dou Zhe to a one-star Dou Master.
What kind of terrifying speed was that?
It was worth mentioning that this one-star Dou Master was only a child of six or seven.
A smile curled at Hun Han's lips as he said, "Master, all the materials have been used up. Master... Master, are you daydreaming?"
"Uh!"
The Exploding Heaven Gang's leader came back to his senses and walked toward the teleportation array at the center of the hall. In a calm tone, he said, "Come. It is time to refine it!"
"Mm!"
Hun Han nodded. At the thought of soon possessing an Exotic Water comparable to Heavenly Flames, he could not help feeling wildly excited.
Once Hun Han stepped onto the teleportation array, the Exploding Heaven Gang's leader took out another fourth-tier Magic Core. He placed it into the groove on the stone platform at the center of the array. As a dazzling light flashed, Hun Han arrived once again at the small underground plaza.
"It's so cold here!"
Zi Yan surveyed her surroundings, then looked ahead in delight. "Huh, there's something incredible over there. I have a feeling that if I eat it, I'll definitely be able to grow up!"
Zi Yan's true form was an Ancient Void Dragon, and she possessed the ability to sense spiritual treasures. The moment she entered this place, Zi Yan immediately sensed the extraordinary object on the altar ahead.
"Zi Yan, I have already given that thing to your senior brother. I still have plenty of things you like to eat in my storage ring."
Then, with unprecedented gravity in his eyes, the Exploding Heaven Gang's leader instructed, "You and Zi Yan stay here and wait for me. Once I obtain the source of Nine Nether Wind Ice, you can come over!"
Hearing this, Hun Han was slightly startled. He gazed at the altar ahead, seemingly deep in thought, before asking, "Master, are you saying that it has already developed intelligence?"
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