Cultivating Blazing Flame Force!

As time passed, two hours went by in the blink of an eye.

The auction was already nearing its end.

Ye Yan and Ye Jingheng had left their seats and headed toward the room where the auction items were handed over.

"Sir, these are your Earth Core Fire and Earth Core Fire Ganoderma."

A middle-aged man stepped forward, followed by two attendants carrying jade trays. The Earth Core Fire and Earth Core Fire Ganoderma rested on the trays respectively.

"Many thanks!" Ye Jingheng said with a cupped-fist salute.

Behind him, Ye Yan stepped forward and handed over several jade bottles.

The middle-aged man smiled, accepted them, and opened their stoppers. An extremely rich pill fragrance lingered around the mouths of the bottles.

"Then the payment and goods are settled. We welcome you both to visit again."

After speaking, the middle-aged man waved for the two attendants to step forward.

With a wave of his hand, Ye Jingheng stored the Earth Core Fire and Earth Core Fire Ganoderma in his Storage Ring, then turned and left with Ye Yan.

Once they left the auction house, Ye Jingheng handed the Storage Ring to Ye Yan.

Meanwhile.

Inside Bai Li and Cao Ge's room, more than ten attendants held jade trays bearing the items they had just purchased.

An old man stood before the attendants.

"Young Master Bai, Young Master Cao, these are the items you purchased."

"Good! Sorry to trouble you, Elder Li."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Bai Li accepted the items he had bought.

Seeing that Bai Li had something to discuss, the old man slowly withdrew with the dozen or so attendants.

"Brother Cao, does the Cao Family have any interest in testing the Pill Tower?"

Bai Li asked Cao Ge with a grave expression.

After much thought, he still could not swallow this insult. Moreover, the Bai Clan had recently urged him to make another attempt.

To see whether there was a chance for Bai Ying to take one of the giants as his master.

"After all, isn't the Cao Family also paving the way for that genius?"

Cao Ge pondered for a moment before finally nodding.

The Cao Family's goal was naturally to have Cao Ying take a giant as her master as well, but they were not as desperate as the Bai Clan.

They believed in Cao Ying's talent. As long as she matured, her chances of successfully taking a master would be extremely high.

Therefore, there was no harm in going to watch the excitement now.

Late at night.

Inside the small courtyard, in Ye Yan's room.

Ye Jingheng sat to one side, watching Ye Yan make preparations with great interest.

Ye Yan took out the crystal-sealed Earth Core Fire from his Storage Ring. As for the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma, he had already stored it in a jade box to prevent its medicinal potency from dissipating.

"Brother Heng, help me extract some of the Earth Core Fire."

Ye Yan turned to Ye Jingheng.

"Alright, but how much should I extract?"

Ye Jingheng asked cautiously. He feared that if one careless mistake on his part injured Ye Yan, there would be trouble.

"Extract enough to injure a Dou Shi," Ye Yan said carefully.

With the toughness of his meridians, which was comparable to the peak of the Dou Zhe realm, along with the restraint his cultivation method had over ordinary flames, absorbing flames at the Dou Shi level should not be much of a problem.

Judging from Xiao Yan's absorption of the Green Lotus Core Flame in the original story, he was already being exceedingly cautious.

Ye Jingheng swallowed. Thinking of his father's furious expression if he made a mistake, he felt his palms begin to sweat.

"Alright, Brother Heng, stop overthinking it. Nothing will go wrong."

Ye Yan was rather helpless.

"At this rate, once I break through to Dou Shi and go out to gain experience, you and Old Master will be scared into having heart attacks!"

"Heart attacks?"

"It's a kind of illness. Don't ask so much. Just help me extract some first."

Ye Jingheng nodded and mobilized the Dou Qi in his body, condensing it into a small blade in his hand before cutting toward the transparent crystal.

With a crack, the Earth Core Fire within the transparent crystal immediately erupted, trying to burst out through the fissure.

Ye Jingheng unleashed the aura of a Dou Emperor and used his soul perception to carefully separate the Earth Core Fire until its origin was exposed, then extracted a strand of origin as thick as a chopstick.

The moment the origin was separated, a crimson flame ignited before Ye Yan.

Ye Yan sat cross-legged and swallowed a second-tier Pulse Protecting Pill. Then he circulated the Dou Qi in his body, and the furnace at his dantian trembled slightly under the operation of his cultivation method.

That strange vibration passed through Ye Yan's body and spread into the air.

Then Ye Yan parted his lips slightly. A suction force erupted from his mouth, slowly drawing the chopstick-thick flame inside.

"What? He just swallowed it directly like that?"

Ye Jingheng's eyes widened as he stared blankly at Ye Yan's actions.

His vigilance had already risen to its peak.

He had never heard of an alchemist this fierce.

After a while, seeing that nothing had happened to Ye Yan, Ye Jingheng finally let out a sigh of relief.

Then pride naturally surged in his heart. This was his younger brother, the hope of the Ye Family.

Ye Jingheng's talent could only be considered average. Under Ye Zhong's guidance, he had broken through to Dou Emperor and become a fifth-tier alchemist.

However, he knew his talent was lacking, so his ambitions were naturally not high either.

Once Ye Yan grew stronger and broke through to Battle Sovereign, as Ye Yan's elder brother, would he not be able to ride on his coattails?

Then, when facing Dou Zongs or even Battle Sovereigns in the future, he could proudly declare—

'Ye Jingheng, elder brother of Ye Yan of the Ye Family!'

The very thought made Ye Jingheng feel excited.

Just as Ye Jingheng was indulging in his fantasies.

Ye Yan's absorption of the Earth Core Fire was nearing its end.

At this moment, strands of crimson airflow coiled around the furnace within his dantian.

Under the control of his Heaven Burning Furnace, the Earth Core Fire's origin could not reveal any flames and could only be absorbed as nourishment.

On a whim, he had just decided to give the furnace in his dantian a name. Since it had been cultivated through the Heaven-Burning Furnace Fire Art, it should naturally be called the Heaven Burning Furnace.

The current Heaven Burning Furnace was a dark green, and after being nourished by Wood Qi for many days, its woody texture had become even clearer.

Cloud patterns and flame patterns faintly wound around its walls.

Its handles were smooth and rounded, seemingly wreathed in smoke. At the bottom of the furnace was an even more intricate flame pattern, around which two strands of emerald-green Wood Qi curled.

Within the furnace bottom was the Life Fire Seed currently being nurtured.

When he had first begun cultivating in the Ye Family, he could only see a few scant strokes of flame patterns.

After being nourished by Yang Fire and Wood Qi these days, some patterns representing Yang Fire's traits could now be seen, while the Wood Qi continuously extended the flame patterns.

Once the flame patterns covered the entire furnace bottom, the Life Fire Seed should be formed.

However, what concerned him most was that if the Life Fire Seed absorbed Yang Fire, it would gain Yang Fire's traits. If it absorbed other flames, it might gain their traits as well.

After finishing his thoughts, Ye Yan stopped circulating his cultivation method and slowly opened his eyes.

"Little Yan, your aura has risen quite a bit again."

"It'll still take some time before I break through."

Ye Yan stood and stretched, his body letting out a series of faint cracking sounds.

"Besides, the only Dou Technique I've practiced over the years is Flowing Cloud Steps. I just obtained Blazing Flame Force today, so I still need to cultivate this Dou Technique."

As Ye Yan spoke, he stored the resealed Earth Core Fire in his Storage Ring.

"Also, while I'm in Sacred Pill City, I have President Xuan Yi's guidance. I need to seize the chance to improve my alchemy skills as well."

"Ah!"

Ye Yan sighed. He felt that he was about to become busy lately.