The next morning, Xiao Lei left Twilight City and headed toward the vast Black Domain Great Plain.
He had been busy rewarding Ya Fei yesterday and hadn't yet digested the alchemy techniques he'd obtained from Han Feng. Now he was looking for a suitable place to go into seclusion and refine pills.
Naturally, Xiao Lei intended to refine a seventh-grade pill. Pill Lightning made too much of a commotion, and making a spectacle of himself in the Black-Corner Region would be unwise, so he had chosen the Black Domain Great Plain.
After searching the Black Domain Great Plain for a day, Xiao Lei finally stopped beneath a stretch of Gobi Desert.
Sitting cross-legged, Xiao Lei first summoned the Sea Heart Flame.
He had copied it from its owner, but hadn't yet had the chance to use the Flame Mantra to devour it.
He focused his mind and calmed his thoughts, then activated the Flame Mantra and guided the Sea Heart Flame along the technique's circulation route...
Soon, Xiao Lei had obtained a brand-new Flame Mantra—Earth Tier Mid Grade!
The newly Fused Heavenly Flame coiled around him. Its original blue-purple appearance had turned deep blue. As the flame surged, it flowed like seawater and churned like lava, accompanied by faint roars of beasts. It was truly wondrous.
At the same time, in one corner of the Black Domain Great Plain, a ghostly figure was rapidly approaching.
The man's Dou Qi was in disarray, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he had just been through a fierce battle.
"Though I suffered some injuries this time, the gains were substantial: a seventh-grade Life-Returning Pill and an Earth Tier Low Grade Dou Technique. Once I've recuperated for a few days, I'll be able to roam the Black-Corner Region again..."
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