Nether Poison Dragon Fire

Central Plains, Sky Medicine City.

The figure of Lin Hai appeared once again within this massive city, which was permeated with the fragrance of pills.

Without the slightest delay, he headed straight for the most magnificent building, the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, which bore the emblem of the Pill Tower.

This time, the moment he stepped through the main entrance, the deacon Mo Li, who had served him last time, rushed out from the inner hall as if his backside were on fire. His face was filled with unprecedented awe and sycophancy, his waist bent so low it nearly touched the ground.

"My Lord! Your arrival is a great honor, and I apologize for failing to welcome you properly! Please, this way! Please, to the private room on the top floor!" Mo Li's voice trembled with excitement.

The batch of Fire Beads from last time and the unfathomable strength of this Lord had long since spread among the upper echelons of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, earning him the status of a highest-tier VIP.

Lin Hai nodded slightly and followed him directly to the heavily guarded private room on the top floor.

After taking his seat, and before the maid could even serve tea, Lin Hai took out the jade bottle sealed with the Supreme Pill and placed it on the table.

The moment the jade bottle appeared, the space within the entire private room seemed to stagnate.

Although not a shred of medicinal power leaked out, the immense energy fluctuation—restrained to the extreme and seemingly containing the very laws of heaven and earth—made the soul of Mo Li, a sixth-rank alchemist, tremble!

He didn't even need to use his soul power to investigate; simply looking at the fine pill patterns naturally formed on the jade bottle and the swirling seven-colored glow was enough to judge the terrifying grade of the pill inside!

"An... an eighth-rank pill?!" Mo Li's voice was dry and trembling, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

How much time had passed? This Lord had actually produced another eighth-rank pill?!

Judging by the quality of this pill, it had definitely been refined recently—it was flawless!

"Mm, a Supreme Pill," Lin Hai said in a flat tone. "I want to exchange it for four sets of ingredients to refine this pill."

"F-four sets?!" Mo Li nearly bit his own tongue.

Exchanging a finished eighth-rank pill for four sets of raw materials? This sounded like a losing business, but the math didn't work that way!

The success rate for eighth-rank pills was outrageously low; even the people from the Pill Tower themselves wouldn't dare guarantee a successful batch.

In many cases, consuming two or three sets of materials to produce a single pill was considered extremely lucky!

For this Lord to offer a finished pill in exchange for raw materials meant either he was extremely confident in his own success rate, or... he simply didn't care about such losses!

Either way, it highlighted his unimaginable foundation and strength!

Mo Li dared not hesitate or attempt to bargain, immediately bowing and saying, "My Lord, please wait a moment! This matter is of great importance; I must immediately consult the head elder!"

Soon, the Great Elder of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, a peak eight-star Dou Zun, appeared in person, his attitude even more respectful than before.

After carefully inspecting the pill in the jade bottle, a look of immense shock and ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Perfect! It is simply a perfect Supreme Pill! Not a shred of medicinal power has been lost, and the pill patterns are heaven-sent! My Lord, please wait; the ingredients will be prepared for you immediately!" The Great Elder was overwhelmed with excitement and issued orders at once.

Within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, four jade boxes, each reinforced with multiple seals and radiating intense spatial fluctuations, were brought in. Inside each box lay a complete set of top-tier, high-quality ingredients for the Supreme Pill!

Lin Hai swept his divine sense over them, confirmed they were correct, then stowed the four jade boxes away and stood up to leave.

"My Lord! Please stay! This is the highest-level VIP token of our Myriad Medicine Pavilion; please, you must accept it! Should you have any commands in the future, the Myriad Medicine Pavilion will certainly do its utmost!" The Great Elder hurriedly presented a purple-gold token, upon which the Pill Tower emblem looked vivid and lifelike.

Lin Hai took it casually and, without even looking at it, tucked it into his storage ring before his figure faded and vanished.

He came suddenly and left decisively.

He left behind only the high-ranking members of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, who remained in a state of uncontrollable excitement as they gazed at the incomparably precious Supreme Pill.

After leaving the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Lin Hai did not immediately return to Wutan City.

He strolled through the streets of Sky Medicine City, his divine sense spreading out like mercury flowing across the ground.

Soon, he locked onto a shop called "Myriad Fire Hall."

This shop was quite large and specialized in selling all kinds of exotic flames, ranging from low-rank beast fires to various cold fires collected from deep underground, fire from within stones, and so on.

Lin Hai had come here mainly to see if there were any substitute beast fires that could replace the Nether Poison Fire, so that Xiao Yixian could possess her own flame early and begin learning alchemy.

Lin Hai walked in at a leisurely pace.

The temperature inside the shop was significantly higher than outside. Embedded in the walls were specially made crystal covers, each sealing a different colored, constantly leaping flame. There were so many that there must have been at least a thousand varieties.

Many fire-attribute cultivators and alchemists were lingering and browsing.

A clerk approached him: "Guest, what kind of flame do you need? Our shop has beast fires and exotic fires of all grades, and we even have a wisp of 'Earth Core Flame' sub-fire captured from the depths of a volcano..."

Lin Hai interrupted him and asked directly: "Do you have any beast fire or exotic fire here that has poison attributes and effects similar to the 'Nether Poison Fire'?"

"Poison attribute? Similar to Nether Poison Fire?" The clerk was stunned for a moment. He thought carefully, and then his eyes suddenly lit up. "Ah! You've really come to the right place! We happened to receive a peculiar beast fire a while ago; it is the natal poison fire of a sixth-rank magical beast, the 'Nether Poison Dragon'! This flame is dark green and contains potent poison; it is indeed somewhat similar to the legendary Nether Poison Fire. Of course, the power is worlds apart and cannot be mentioned in the same breath."

Nether Poison Dragon Fire? Lin Hai's eyes flickered. "Bring it here for me to see."

The clerk quickly retrieved a specially made dark green crystal bottle from the inner hall. Sealed inside was a cluster of dark green flames that leaped incessantly, surrounded by ominous green poison mist that looked quite eerie.

Lin Hai swept his divine sense over it and nodded slightly.

The quality of this flame was indeed not high, but the poison power contained within it was essentially of the same origin as the Nether Poison Fire.

It was the most suitable substitute for the Nether Poison Fire, and it would be almost entirely safe to refine.

"How much?" Lin Hai asked concisely.

The clerk smiled: "The guest has a good eye. Although this Nether Poison Dragon Fire is a sixth-rank beast fire, it is quite rare due to its special attributes. The price is one sixth-rank magical beast core, or other treasures or pills of equivalent value."

A Tier 6 Monster Core? Lin Hai's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He no longer had any monster cores in his storage ring. As for medicinal pills, the Grade 5 and 6 pills he previously possessed had all been traded for medicinal herbs, and he carried no loose ones on his person.

"Wait a moment," Lin Hai said indifferently, his figure instantly vanishing from within Myriad Fire Hall.

The shop assistant felt a blur before his eyes, and the man was simply gone, leaving him standing there in a daze, completely bewildered.

Deep within the Hengduan Mountain Range.

Lin Hai's figure appeared abruptly, his powerful divine sense instantly locking onto a Tier 6 low-level Storm Demon Tiger resting in its lair.

The demon tiger seemed to sense danger; it had just opened its scarlet pupils and let out a low, threatening growl.

Lin Hai pointed a finger through the air.

Puff!

A faint spatial rift flashed by, and the Storm Demon Tiger's skull was instantly pierced through, killing it on the spot before it could even let out a whimper.

A Tier 6 monster core wreathed in cyan wind energy was extracted by an invisible force.

The entire process took less than a single breath of time.

Lin Hai stowed the monster core away, and his figure vanished once more.

Back in Myriad Fire Hall, the shop assistant was still scratching his head, wondering how the previous customer had suddenly disappeared.

Suddenly, a blur passed before his eyes, and that cyan-clad figure reappeared as if he had never left.

Lin Hai placed the Tier 6 wind-attribute monster core, still warm and pulsing with energy, onto the counter: "Is this enough?"

The shop assistant stared at the freshly harvested Tier 6 monster core, its energy not yet fully settled, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets!

This... how long had it been?

Had it even been ten seconds?

Did this gentleman just go out and kill a Tier 6 magical beast on the spot?!

What kind of terrifying efficiency is this?!

Terrified, cold sweat streaming down his face, he hurriedly cupped the crystal bottle containing the Nether Poison Dragon Fire in both hands and respectfully offered it: "Enough! It is absolutely enough! Please, my lord, take this!"

Lin Hai took the crystal bottle, didn't even glance at the Tier 6 monster core, and turned to leave.

The shop assistant looked at the Tier 6 monster core on the counter, then at the empty doorway, his legs feeling weak and trembling.

As for Lin Hai, he had already departed Sky Medicine City; with a single step, space shifted around him.

The next moment, his figure appeared within the small courtyard of the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.