"Peach Blossom Flame..." Jing Hongchen looked at the Peach Blossom Flame before him. Although this flame was extremely gentle, he could sense the immense energy contained within it—stronger even than many fire-attributed soul beasts he had seen.
"This Peach Blossom Flame came from a high-level beast race. Extracted from the body of such a high-level beast, it is already quite formidable."
In the world of Battle Through the Heavens, a fifth-tier Beast Fire was only useful in small countries and towns on the fringes. Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, a fifth-tier Beast Fire was practically worthless. But Douluo Continent was different; here, a fifth-tier Beast Fire was already top-tier.
In many novels that merged Battle Through the Heavens with Douluo Continent, many authors believed that Dou Emperors were already god-level powerhouses, while Dou Zongs were God Kings.
Therefore, a fifth-tier Beast Fire like Peach Blossom Flame would either be Beast Fire at the Title Douluo level, Beast Fire at the Super Douluo level, or perhaps had already reached the level of a divine official in this world.
"Then are there any special conditions for obtaining such a powerful flame?" Jing Hongchen suppressed his excitement and hurriedly asked about this powerful beast flame. If every warrior of the Sun Moon Empire could use it, their combat strength would increase tremendously.
He could sense the immense power contained within this Peach Blossom Flame. In that case, even if the Sun Moon Empire's Title Douluo-level powerhouses had yet to reach the Super Douluo level, they should still be able to stand against the Super Douluos of Douluo Three Kingdoms.
They might even be able to contend with Shrek's Super Douluos. That way, the Sun Moon Empire's army could focus on dealing with the armies of Douluo Three Kingdoms.
"One must cultivate fire-attributed Dou Qi."
That was also what Zhong Kui wanted to say. He hoped to spread the cultivation method of Dou Qi through the master of Virtue Hall, thereby changing Douluo Continent's distorted cultivation system.
At the same time, it was a gesture of goodwill toward soul beasts. It could both win them over and play an important role when they fought Tang San in the future.
Although Zhong Kui greatly disliked Silver Dragon Fish and believed she was utterly unqualified to lead the soul beasts—and would even drag them down—she still had her uses. Though Silver Dragon Fish's combat strength could not compare with the Golden Dragon King's, no one could deny that once the two fused, they would become the Dragon God, possessing overwhelming combat power.
Zhong Kui's current combat strength could not be considered top-tier at all. Electrolux had yet to be resurrected, and even with the system, he could at most contend against Title Douluo-level powerhouses.
What he lacked now was top-tier combat power. Moreover, in the world of Douluo Continent—or rather, the Tang Clan's Douluo Universe—one could only become a god-level powerhouse with a god's assistance or by creating one's own divine position.
But with the God Realm and Tang San around, would he allow anyone to disrupt his game?
So having combat power at this point was already quite good. Having combat power was enough; if it could be used, then use it for now.
"Dou Qi? May I ask what Dou Qi is?" The master of Virtue Hall was utterly bewildered. After all, he was native to Douluo Continent and only understood its cultivation system. Furthermore, the development of knowledge and culture on Douluo Continent was also severely distorted.
"This is an ancient cultivation system. It is said that one can become stronger without hunting soul beasts."
Zhong Kui said this.
He was now cultivating both Dou Qi and Soul Power, practicing both in order to make himself stronger.
He had already tested it. Dou Qi could indeed be cultivated in this world, though converting absorbed Soul Power into Dou Qi was rather troublesome. Still, no one could deny that Dou Qi was far less distorted than martial soul cultivation.
"One can become stronger without hunting soul beasts? I have never heard of a cultivation method that does not require hunting soul beasts to cultivate one's martial soul."
"This is a very ancient cultivation method. It is said that long ago, some people realized that if the conflict between humans and soul beasts continued, then once soul beasts went extinct, humans would have no Soul Rings and would no longer be able to cultivate. Thus, they created this Dou Qi system to ensure that humans could still cultivate and grow stronger without hunting soul beasts. Dou Qi is a form of energy created by converting Soul Power."
"...I have never heard of it. Did you find it in some ruins?" Jing Hongchen truly approved of such a cultivation system, because once soul beasts were gone, humans would no longer be able to cultivate either. Yet there was currently no way to change this distorted state of affairs. Still, he had never heard of such a system. If it existed, it should have spread throughout the continent long ago.
"That is my personal secret. I cannot reveal it yet. I can tell you in the future, but not now. Let's begin refining pills for you first. My alchemy method is actually related to Dou Qi. I refine medicinal pills by cultivating fire-attributed Dou Qi, but this fire attribute needs to contain a trace of wood energy. I'll demonstrate it for you."
Zhong Kui then picked up the Alchemy Cauldron, immediately released the Peach Blossom Flame, and began refining pills with medicinal herbs as ingredients.
"His movements are smooth. It seems he has done this more than once." Watching Zhong Kui ignite the Alchemy Cauldron, Jing Hongchen understood that this was clearly not his first time refining medicine. He must have practiced it many times.
"I will first give you a pill that increases Soul Power."
Zhong Kui then began adding the ingredients. However, rather than placing them directly into the cauldron with his hands, he skillfully made the medicinal herbs float on their own. They spun around the Alchemy Cauldron before slowly entering it by themselves.
"Were ancient people all this skilled at refining pills?" The master of Virtue Hall was truly having his horizons broadened. He had seen sects that refined medicinal pills and watched their processes, but he had never seen anyone as impressive as Zhong Kui—they placed medicinal herbs into the Alchemy Cauldron one handful at a time and refined them slowly.
But Zhong Kui's pill-refining process was simply like that of a god from legend refining elixirs.
"Put in some effort, second flame: Purple Flame!" This was a sixth-tier Beast Fire. Purple Flame was a sixth-tier Beast Fire, even more formidable than the fifth-tier Peach Blossom Flame.
"...Purple flame... Purple Flame. I can sense even more powerful energy within this flame. I even feel like kneeling in worship. What powerful soul beast did this flame come from?" When Jing Hongchen saw the second flame appear, he was shocked that it was even more powerful than he was.
He could sense that this violet flame contained extremely powerful energy.
This energy felt as though even a Super Douluo could not compare to it. At the very least, it had to be at the level of a Limit Douluo.
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