Nine Star Dou Zhe

Su Yun had already trained Eight Extremities Collapse to two layers of Hidden Force.

In terms of combat strength, in a small place like the Jiama Empire, with his current cultivation, he probably would not find many opponents at the Dou Zhe stage.

But his Six Star cultivation was still a little too low. Fighting across ranks against a Dou Shi was unrealistic.

If he had a Fourth Tier Magic Core and could raise Eight Extremities Collapse to major accomplishment, that would be another matter. But with his current strength, trying to get a Fourth Tier Magic Core...

"Hard, hard, hard!"

This was what having no background was like.

A Fourth Tier Magical Beast corresponded to a human Dou Ling expert. With his current little body...

His current cultivation was simply too low, and some ideas could not be carried out at all.

If he had the strength of a Dou Shi, then fused with Medicine Elder's second- and third-grade alchemist Memories, refined some pills, and saved Gold Coins for a while, there would be something to work with.

But the Dou Qi at the Dou Zhe stage was far too thin. It could not support the refinement of pills above the second grade at all...

Su Yun shook his head and put away those thoughts.

The urgent priority was to raise his strength. The identity of an alchemist brought many conveniences on this Douqi Continent, but it also needed Dou Qi cultivation to support it.

With a thought, an ancient scroll, simple and somewhat yellowed, appeared in Su Yun's hand.

This ancient scroll was the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map.

Back then, when the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's end was approaching, he suffered the backlash of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and died, failing to erase the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's spiritual intelligence and Memories. He sealed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame within the Demonic Flame Space and left behind four Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Maps.

However, that talent Hai Bodong had split one of them into two, so now there were five fragments left on the continent.

All five fragment maps contained his Soul Remnant Image. For others, they needed to gather them all before it could take effect, but for Su Yun, it was completely different.

"System, scan the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map."

"Ding, scan successful."

"Ding, detected one remnant soul of the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint."

"Continue. Scan the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's remnant soul."

"Ding, scan successful."

"Ding, obtained one set of Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's Memories (incomplete)."

A trace of joy flashed through Su Yun's eyes.

It really worked!

Su Yun gave a low laugh. "Medicine Elder's Memories have already been more or less digested over these seven months.

"This fragment map came just in time."

Rather than calling him a Demonic Saint, it would be more fitting to call him the Purifying Lotus Half-Emperor.

He was an existence who had taken another half step beyond the Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak. His cultivation was so high that he was invincible in his era.

If not for the restriction of Origin Qi, he would likely have shattered through the void and left long ago.

The smile in Su Yun's eyes was completely unconcealed.

A Half-Emperor who had lived until the end of his lifespan had collected far more cultivation methods and Dou Techniques than Yao Chen could compare with.

A Dou Zun was also extremely impressive. In the Central Plains of the continent, when the Eight Ancient Clans did not appear, they were the rulers of the continent.

But let alone a Half-Emperor, even compared with the Saint Realm, that was already the difference between clouds and mud.

This was also greatly reflected in cultivation methods and Dou Techniques. Medicine Elder himself had a fire attribute, but the cultivation method he practiced was only Earth Rank.

Not to mention the Memories from his previous life, after Su Yun obtained Medicine Elder's Memories, he already knew Medicine Elder's high-end collection of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques like the back of his hand.

There were Earth Rank ones, but as for Heaven Rank, there was not even a damaged copy.

Yao Chen had been expelled from the Yao Clan since he was young, so he could not enjoy the Yao Clan's resources.

Right now, Su Yun's cultivation was low, but he still had to plan for the future.

Even if a Half-Emperor's Memories were incomplete, they would be of enormous help to the future. Leaving other things aside, he would not have to worry about lacking Heaven Tier Dou Techniques to cultivate in the future.

Su Yun put the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map back into the System Space and took out a stalk of grass with leaves alternating between white and red.

"I only thought of how the Bone Chilling Flame combined extreme cold and extreme heat before, but I overlooked the Ice Spirit Flame Grass's feature of possessing both attributes." Su Yun murmured.

The problem of Fennel Cold Art being unable to fuse the ice and fire attributes into a single stream of Dou Qi might not need to wait until he absorbed the Bone Chilling Flame to be solved.

"System, fuse the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and Fennel Cold Art."

"Ding, fusible plan detected."

"Ding, one Fourth Tier Magic Core needs to be consumed. Fuse?"

"Fourth Tier!" Su Yun's eyes nearly bulged out.

What the hell was this?

Wasn't fusion charged according to the rank after fusion?

Could it be that after fusion, it could advance to Mysterious Rank High Grade?

A Fourth Tier Magical Beast corresponded to a Dou Ling. A Dou Zhe-level piece of trash like him was only equivalent to a First Tier Magical Beast.

The consumption required to fuse this medicinal herb's ice-fire trait with the cultivation method was probably different from fusing cultivation methods together.

Su Yun cursed as he left the inn and set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range once again.

"Eight Extremities Collapse needs a Fourth Tier Magic Core to reach major accomplishment, and fixing Fennel Cold Art's flaw also needs a Fourth Tier Magic Core?!

"Am I supposed to risk my life looking for them?!"

He could only place his hopes on his identity as an alchemist.

The old trick from Wutan City probably would not work too well. Magic Cores above Third Tier would not appear in low-end places like markets.

He could go to an auction house, but it was too far away, and the system could not recycle things there either.

The little money in the cave could buy one Third Tier Magic Core, but he could forget about Fourth Tier.

One day, in a cave on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

"That Fierce Tiger's claw really hurts like a damn!"

The longer Su Yun stayed in this Magical Beast Mountain Range, the farther he threw his nine years of compulsory education behind him.

There was no one else in the cave besides Su Yun. Aside from Su Yun's cursing, only the crackle of the fire remained.

With a few "snap, snap" sounds, sparks burst from the top of the flames.

A faint thread of light shone onto the young man's face.

Cultivation did not count the years. From Dou Qi Stage Three until now, the young child was no longer soft and tender. Wind and sun had tempered the youth's heart.

It had already been a year since he left Wutan City, hadn't it?

Su Yun silently calculated the time in his heart.

From when he had first arrived at the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range to finding the cave, it had been seven months.

Now another six months had passed.

"A year already." Su Yun sighed.

Cultivation was truly difficult.

Su Yun shook his head and smeared Blood Coagulation Powder onto the wound on his arm.

How could there be any reason not to get injured in battle?

With his current talent, cultivation at the Dou Zhe stage was simple and easy.

Now his cultivation had advanced again, already reaching Nine Star Dou Zhe. Relying on Eight Extremities Collapse, which he had already trained to four layers of Hidden Force, resisting Second Tier Magical Beasts was not difficult.

The facts were also like this. Over the past few days, he had been looking everywhere in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for trouble with Second Tier Magical Beasts.

With the feature of Eight Extremities Collapse's Hidden Force erupting inside the body, Su Yun was not afraid of the naturally powerful physiques of Magical Beasts at all.

Magical Beast physiques were strong, but their internal organs were just as fragile. Moreover, low-level Magical Beasts basically did not have much intelligence, which was why he had been able to kill them alone many times.

But after shooting birds all day, today he had been pecked by a bird.

In the morning, he had been ambushed by a Second Tier Fierce Tiger. Although he killed it, he still took a claw.

Su Yun bandaged the wound and began refining Flame Blood.

Although Flame Blood was a First Grade Pill, it was actually a "pill liquid."

The Alchemist Guild's grade assessments for alchemists were all based on refining formed pills, showing just how easy a "pill liquid" like Flame Blood was to refine.

Over the past year or so, Su Yun's cultivation had progressed so quickly, and Flame Blood deserved no small amount of credit.