Golden Earthcore Flame
While reaching the Tier 5 Alchemist wouldn't be too difficult for Lin Ming, it's unlikely he could achieve it in a short time.
According to Lin Ming's prediction, he would probably only be able to refine Tier 5 Medicinal Pill stably after his cultivation level broke through to the Dou Ling.
Otherwise, given his current state, he definitely wouldn't have enough Dou Qi to refine Tier 5 Medicinal Pill. Therefore, for Lin Ming, this gave him another reason to quickly improve his cultivation.
After chatting with Elder Huo over an hour, Lin Ming took his leave and then spent some time talking with Steward Yang and the others in the Alchemy Department. It was nearly evening when Lin Ming finally returned to his courtyard.
Tomorrow is the official day to set off and enter the Inner Academy. Fortunately, this world has storage Storage Ring, and Lin Ming's Storage Ring Mid-Grade Storage Ring one with a large capacity, which can easily hold everyday items.
After dinner, Lin Ming washed up and returned to his room. Seeing that it was still early, Lin Ming began his Dou Qi training for the day.
Before starting his cultivation, Lin Ming maintained his habit from the past few days and first examined his dantian to check the condition of the Flame Gold Flame.
Under Lin Ming's internal observation, the shape of the Flame Gold Flame had changed significantly. Originally, the Flame Gold Flame was golden in color, and its origin in the dantian resembled a small snake.
After absorbing the energy of the Earth Heart Fire Stone, it still resembled a small snake, but the shape of its scales had changed, resembling lotus petals.
The lotus petal-shaped scales are blue in color, which makes the Flame Gold Flame look like a small blue snake, except for its belly which is still gold, the rest of its color has turned blue.
The current blue- Flame Gold Flame can probably no longer be called the simple Flame Gold Flame. Lin Ming now believes that the Flame Gold Flame has undergone its current mutation because it absorbed the Earth Heart Fire Stone, so he has changed the name of the Flame Gold Flame accordingly. After the Flame Gold Flame has completely mutated, it will probably have to be called the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
Upon internal observation, Lin Ming saw that the Flame Gold Flame was still in a deep sleep, unresponsive, so Lin Ming could only continue to wait. Lin Ming had no experience with the mutation of flames and didn't know how long it would take to complete.
However, judging from the reactions of these Heavenly Flame Gold Flame, it seems they are nearing the completion of their mutation. With this in mind, Lin Ming withdrew from his inner vision state and began cultivating.
As Lin Ming cultivated, the night gradually progressed from the first half of the night to the second half.
As night deepened, Lin Ming habitually ended his cultivation and prepared for his nightly sleep.
Lin Ming had just finished his cultivation and was lying in bed with his eyes closed, about to drift off to sleep, was startled awake by a powerful suction force emanating from his dantian.
The dantian is the most important place for a cultivator. If there is a problem with the dantian, one's cultivation will be ruined.
Upon feeling the suction, Lin Ming immediately woke up from his sleep and sat up instantly. He sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, focusing his inner gaze on his dantian to see what was happening inside.
Under Lin Ming's internal observation, the Flame Gold Flame, which had remained silent and still before tonight's cultivation, was now writhing wildly like a snake awakening from hibernation, as if trying to make up for the rest of its body that had been dormant throughout the winter.
The flame that had awakened at this moment had officially transformed from Flame Gold Flame into Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. Its azure body was covered from head to tail, and except for its abdomen, which was still golden, the rest of its color had completely changed.
The suction force that Lin Ming sensed was caused by the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. At this moment, the snake-like Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire was raising its triangular head, opening its large mouth, and frantically absorbing energy into its body.
Upon seeing this situation, Lin Ming didn't dare to delay at all and immediately entered a state of cultivation, absorbing external energy in conjunction with the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
If the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire were to absorb energy in such a powerful way, it might directly devour the energy within Lin Ming's dantian if it sensed that the absorbed energy was insufficient. Lin Ming feared that the Flaming Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire might even consume his own Dou Crystal.
If such a thing were to happen, Lin Ming would probably feel like dying. Without the Dou Crystal, wouldn't Lin Ming cultivation level drop back to the Dou Master realm? This was unacceptable to Lin Ming, who had finally broken through to the Da Dou Shi.
Therefore, after Lin Ming realized that the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire needed energy, he immediately entered a state of cultivation and gave all the energy he absorbed to the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
After Lin Ming entered a meditative state, he frantically drew upon the Heaven and Earth Energy in conjunction with the Flaming Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
Lin Ming's frantic extraction of the Heaven and Earth Energy caused a pressure difference, resulting in an energy vortex appearing above Lin Ming's courtyard.
Such a large energy fluctuation would wake many people, even in the dead of night. The first to notice the anomaly was naturally Elder Huo, who was closest to Lin Ming.
After sensing the unusual energy fluctuations emanating from Lin Ming while in his room, Elder Huo immediately rushed to the sky above Lin Ming's courtyard to Protector Lin Ming.
Although Elder Huo didn't know what had happened to Lin Ming, based on Elder Huo understanding of Lin Ming wasn't the type to act recklessly. So, the priority now was to ensure Lin Ming wasn't disturbed, and he could ask about the rest after Lin Ming finished.
"Why aren't you resting in the middle of the night? What are you doing here?" Elder Huo's stern words reached those below, who had also been awakened by the unusual energy fluctuations and rushed over to watch, and he shouted them away.
Upon seeing Elder Huo in the sky, the onlookers below dared not utter another word and turned to leave towards their own residences.
Inside the room, Lin Ming was currently absorbing the Heaven and Earth Energy and pouring it into the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire. The Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire absorbed all the Heaven and Earth Energy that Lin Ming poured in, regardless of whether the Heaven and Earth Energy was pure or not.
For the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire, as long as it absorbs the Heaven and Earth Energy and earth, its high temperature can transform this Heaven and Earth Energy into pure energy that can support its growth.
At this moment, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire was just like those snakes that had just finished hibernating and were already starving; its only purpose was to fill its stomach, and everything else could be put aside.
The vortex formed by the Heaven and Earth Energy continued from late at night until dawn before finally dissipating slowly.
After several hours of frantically absorbing the Heaven and Earth Energy, Lin Ming was exhausted. At this moment, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire, like a little snake that had eaten its fill, burped, twisted its body, found a comfortable spot, and lay still, as if it wanted to quietly digest its food.
After lying down, the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire Serpent probably remembered that Lin Ming had also put in effort to help it absorb the energy of the Heavenly Cauldron. So, before it lay down to sleep, it spat out a mouthful of pure energy and sent it into Lin Ming's dantian.
After the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire transferred pure energy to Lin Ming's dantian, the Dou Crystal in Lin Ming's dantian seemed to gain consciousness, thinking, "You flame just devoured all that energy, it made me so hungry. Now that you're sensible enough to share some with me, I won't be polite."
Then, Dou Crystal swallowed the pure energy in one gulp, turning it into his own energy.
This entire operation was completed in an instant. By the time Lin Ming reacted, he saw that the Dou Crystal had grown even larger. This also indicated that Lin Ming had entered the cultivation level of Two Star Dou Grandmaster.
Seeing himself advance to the Two Star Dou Grandmaster so easily, Lin Ming was still in a daze. The advancement was so simple that Lin Ming could hardly believe it.
After confirming it several times, Lin Ming finally accepted the fact and then burst into laughter.
"Haha! Hahaha..."
"Lin Ming, what happened to you just now?" Elder Huo's voice rang out. It seemed that Elder Huo had heard Lin Ming's laughter and knew that Lin Ming had regained his senses, which was why he asked.
Although Elder Huo believed that Lin Ming would act with discretion, the commotion Lin Ming made while absorbing energy was simply too great. Such frantic absorption of Heaven and Earth Energy could easily lead to impurities in one's own Dou Qi, thus affecting future cultivation.
Therefore, after Lin Ming laughed, Elder Huo asked Lin Ming his condition, wanting to see it for himself so he could be at ease. If he discovered that Lin Ming's Dou Qi was not pure, he could then find a way to resolve the issue.
Lin Ming, who was laughing loudly in the room, stopped laughing, got up, and opened the door after hearing Elder Huo's voice.
"Elder Huo, what are you doing here?" After opening the door, Lin Ming asked, seeing Elder Huo's anxious expression.
"You brat, you're asking me why I'm here? Don't you know that since the middle of the night, you've been frantically drawing Heaven and Earth Energy, creating an energy vortex above your little courtyard?" Elder Huo said irritably.
"That's incredible!" Lin Ming exclaimed, then told Elder Huo about the energy requirements of the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire from the previous night.
"Oh? Lin Ming, quickly summon your flames and see how powerful they are!" After listening to Lin Ming's explanation, Elder Huo urged Lin Ming impatiently.
Lin Ming, who also wanted to know the power of the mutated Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire after absorbing the energy of the Earth Heart Fire Stone, did not hesitate. With a thought, a ball of flame appeared in Lin Ming's hand.
The flame in Lin Ming's hand had a golden core and a blue outer flame. Overall, it looked as if the gold at the center gradually changed to the blue of the outer flame.
At this moment, Elder Huo also summoned his own flames. After appearing, the deep red flames flickered erratically in the face of Lin Ming's two-colored flames, as if they were showing a hint of fear.