Heavenly Flames, Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame

In recent years, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had become an overlord in all of Green Mountain Town. With Mu She's formidable strength, they had suppressed the Blood Battle Mercenary Group and Snake Nest Mercenary Group until they were utterly unable to fight back.

Naturally, it had become much easier for them to plunder the common people's wealth. Otherwise, they could never have grown into a mercenary group with over a hundred members.

Jiang Cheng slightly moved his fingers, and a fourth-grade herb tucked away in the corner slowly flew over. "I didn't expect the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to have Ice Ling Grass, an essential ingredient for a Fourth-grade Pill. They probably hadn't recognized its grade, or they wouldn't have tossed it here."

With that thought, Jiang Cheng casually put the herb away. He liked collecting good things, while this money could be left for renovating the rooms later.

Xiao Yi Xian had already begun searching for treasure impatiently, yet she did not find the Bronze Treasure Chest they had obtained in the cave last time.

"Looks like the bronze chest had been on Mu She all along."

Jiang Cheng turned around. By then, Mu She had long since stopped breathing. His brains had burst out, and his limbs were broken. Clearly, he had been beaten to death by a Fourth-Tier Magical Beast.

Mu She's biological son, Mu Li, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's Second Leader had also been killed. With the strength of mere Dou Zhes, they naturally could not have been a match for a Fourth-Tier Magical Beast. A single encounter had been enough to wipe them out.

Jiang Cheng caught the Storage Ring flying toward him. Seeing the countless treasures inside, he took some interest in it, but its contents were all useful only to Dou Masters. As a Dou Saint Expert, such things naturally could not satisfy his appetite.

The bronze chest Xiao Yi Xian had been looking for was inside as well. With a casual wave, he sent it steadily down onto the ground.

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes lit up, and she hurried over impatiently. "Sir, this is the treasure we found in the cave."

"It just needs a key..."

"Hehehe."

Jiang Cheng smiled faintly and tapped a finger. The restriction attached to the bronze chest shattered instantly. Before absolute strength, anything involving restrictions was nothing to fear.

Xiao Yi Xian was even more shocked. Just what level of cultivation did Sir possess? How could such an Understated motion tear apart the shackles on it? Was this Sir's true strength?

Jiang Cheng said nothing. Instead, he picked up the fighting skill scroll inside and said, "It's only a Mysterious Tier High-grade Fighting Skill. It's nothing remarkable."

"Compared to that, I'm more interested in the herbs and books here."

Xiao Yi Xian giggled. "Since Sir doesn't like it, can you give it to me?"

Jiang Cheng did not refuse. He casually tossed the Mysterious Tier High-grade Fighting Skill downward from his hand. It traced a perfect arc through mid-air before landing steadily in Xiao Yi Xian's arms.

Xiao Yi Xian was only a Dou Zhe at present, so she naturally could not refuse a Mysterious Tier High-grade Fighting Skill. Besides, there were also enough gold, silver, and jewels here to last her a lifetime.

"Sir, should we take all this money back?"

Xiao Yi Xian asked, blinking her eyes.

"Do as you wish." Jiang Cheng did not care much for wealth. At his level, only supreme treasures interested him—high-grade herbs, medicinal pills, fighting skills, cultivation methods, and the like.

And the highest-grade item here was the Mysterious Tier High-grade Fighting Skill Cultivation Method in Xiao Yi Xian's arms.

After casually taking a few things, Jiang Cheng set the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters ablaze with a single fire. From that day onward, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group no longer existed.

They returned to Peach Forest Mountain.

Jiang Cheng lay in a chair, reading and studying, while Xiao Yi Xian and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King began counting the gold coins and herbs they had brought back. When they bought things in the future, they would no longer need to worry about the prices of herbs.

"Master, all the herbs you required have been gathered."

At that moment, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King came to Jiang Cheng's side and presented a Storage Ring containing herbs. As the overlord of the Monster Mountain Range, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King naturally knew where herbs and supreme treasures could be found.

Jiang Cheng put down the book in his hand and took the Storage Ring for a look. It was filled with high-grade herbs, the most precious items in the eastern mountain range, all of which the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had picked and offered to its Master.

"Mm, not bad. I'll refine pills for you."

Jiang Cheng was a Confucian Sage, but he had another identity as well—an Eighth-Grade Alchemist. Over the past ten years, he had read countless books on alchemy. Through constant exploration, he had gradually discovered the subtle pleasures of pill refinement.

As a golden cauldron abruptly appeared before them, a dense aura erupted with startling force.

The surface of the medicinal cauldron was engraved with lifelike golden dragon and fiery phoenix totems. As the cauldron slowly rotated, those flame totems seemed to emerge for the first time as though they were real.

They could even hear the deafening roars of dragons and cries of phoenixes.

This was the pill furnace rewarded to him by the system, named the Golden Dragon Phoenix Cauldron. It was a supreme-grade cauldron. Although it had never appeared on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, the system had explicitly stated that the Golden Dragon Phoenix Cauldron transcended this world's understanding of cauldrons.

It could withstand any medicinal pill attack. Not even a Dou Saint Expert would dare claim to be able to shatter it with a single punch.

A powerful holy force seemed to burst forth, shattering the stillness of the night. As an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, he decided to refine some pills that could increase their strength.

Xiao Yi Xian and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King turned their heads at the same time, looking at the Heavenly Flames floating around Sir's body.

The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King clearly felt a trace of fear. Magical Beasts were innately afraid of Heavenly Flames, and it was no exception.

The Heavenly Flame Jiang Cheng had obtained was named the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame!

Although the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was not as mysterious as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, it had possessed a formidable reputation even in ancient times.

Furthermore, this Heavenly Flame was the inherited flame of the Gu Clan, and few had ever been able to subdue it. The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was known as a terrifying Heavenly Flame capable of burning even Dou Qi.

Legend had it that when the first owner of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame used this flame, he directly burned the space created by a Dou Saint Expert into nothingness.

If the system had not rewarded it to him, he likely would never have been able to obtain the inherited Heavenly Flame, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Golden firelight flickered in and out of view, its scorching temperature seeming capable of destroying everything. Even an expert of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's level could only shrink back from it.

Master's strength would always remain a mystery.

Flames enveloped the Golden Dragon Phoenix Cauldron. Only once the cauldron had been heated until it glowed red did Jiang Cheng unhurriedly toss in the herbs brought by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

The moment the herbs touched the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, they instantly transformed into droplets of liquid that spun continuously within the pill furnace. Yet once a strand of Dou Qi entered them, these spiritual liquids were instantly suppressed, with no room whatsoever to resist.

"Xiao Yi Xian."

"Sir." Xiao Yi Xian hurried over and cupped her hands in response. "Sir, what are your instructions?"

"Sit down and watch my pill-refining process from up close. It will greatly help you in the future, and it is also the most important step toward becoming a poison master."