A Sudden Clench

Burning Flame Valley...

So Tang Zhen started looking for Alchemist so early?

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu immediately recalled Xiao Yan's experiences when he arrived in Central Plains in the original storyline.

That's really something! So Tang Zhen searched for years without finding a suitable Alchemist, and the problem was only solved when Xiao Yan appeared?

Haji Yan, you truly live up to your reputation.

"I see that Master Qin can refine Seventh-Rank Mid-Level Pill with ease, so I'm sure the request from Burning Flame Valley won't be a problem for you either."

"I won't say anything more about other matters. If Master Qin is interested, he will certainly be a distinguished guest when he goes to Burning Flame Valley."

After speaking, the person seeking the medicine hurriedly left with it.

"Burning Flame Valley..."

Qin Yu was alone, and his mind gradually went blank.

His first thought about what happened in Burning Flame Valley was that he wanted to go there.

Tang Zhen was going to refine a High Seventh Grade Fire Bodhi Pill. He had prepared all the medicinal materials himself. Qin Yu could take this opportunity to try refining Seventh-Rank High-Level Pill without any cost.

If we succeed, it would be a good thing to get our hands on the Three Mysterious Flame Change.

The complete version of the Three Mysterious Flame Change can greatly increase one's strength through the Heavenly Flames. Even though the effect may not be as good as the secret technique he developed based on his own Qilin Bloodline, he can still use this complete version of the Three Mysterious Flame Change to further improve his secret technique.

Okay, let's go then.

However, Qin Yu needed to get some rest before going.

Six months of constant travel and medicine-making had left him somewhat exhausted.

In the past six months, I've been so focused on refining medicine that my cultivation has slowed down a bit. I've only managed to advance from the Three-Star Dou Zong to the Five-Star Dou Zong realm.

However, his Soul Power has increased considerably in the past six months. According to his own estimation, he should have reached the Mortal Realm Great Perfection and is about to reach the Spirit Realm.

For this final push, Qin Yu decided to rely on some external help.

"I hope you can treat the soul a little less harshly."

Qin Yu closed his eyes and focused his mind, once again drawing a small amount of power from the Emperor Hong Violet Qi deep within his soul.

After breaking through to the Five-Star Dou Zong, he clearly felt that he could once again draw power from the Emperor Hong Violet Qi.

However, because Qin Yu wanted to strengthen his Soul Power this time, he was being extra careful.

Only now, with the alchemy work finished and his own condition at its peak, has he begun to take the risk.

If the slightest abnormality occurs, he will immediately transfer this power to refine his Dou Qi.

But time flew by, and more than half a month had passed.

Good news: After Qin Yu suppressed it, this thing can indeed be used to enhance his own Soul Power.

Bad news: Qin Yu couldn't find that feeling of Spirit-Realm Soul for the time being.

Perhaps due to a restless state of mind, Qin Yu was slow to grasp the special realm where spiritual energy was gradually emerging.

"I wonder if you'll be able to help..."

After several unsuccessful attempts, Qin Yu let out a long sigh and took out the Soul Art he had previously tricked Yao Chen out of.

As he chanted the incantation for the Soul Art, he emptied his mind and focused on sensing the essence of the matter. In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed.

For a month and a half, Qin Yu stayed indoors, and the first to notice something was wrong were the people at the Pill Tower office.

What happened to Master Qin, who had been frantically refining elixirs for the past six months? He suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Feeling tired? Take a break?

Meanwhile, in a Mountain Range dozens of miles from Saint Pill City, on a seemingly Plain and Unremarkable morning, the creatures of the forest were just waking up from their slumber, preparing to begin their day's activities.

Suddenly, a loud bang echoed throughout the entire forest, startling all the creatures within.

Above the sky, a vast and powerful Soul Power gradually surged, sweeping out in all directions like a tide.

Under the Soul Pressure, the powerful Magical Beast all moved away from the center, while those without strength had already run away the moment the loud noise rang out.

"Phew... I finally broke through."

Inside the Mountain Range, in the stone cave where Qin Yu was in seclusion, his soul was already able to exist independently of the world.

However, looking at himself from a third-person perspective always felt strange, so after briefly experiencing the power of the Spirit-Realm Soul, Qin Yu's soul returned to his body.

With his Soul Power reaching the Spirit Realm, Qin Yu was even more confident in refining the Seventh-Rank High-Level Pill, the Fire Bodhi Pill.

"I hope things go well."

I wonder if, if someone else went to Burning Flame Valley, they would still be willing to let them comprehend the Three Mysterious Flame Change?

Ten thousand miles away from Saint Pill City, on Misty Cloud Mountain in the Jia Ma Empire.

"Hmm... that's what it means to be alive."

Yun Shan Laoshen lay leisurely in a recliner, rocking back and forth as he looked down at the scenery of Misty Cloud Mountain. He took a sip of tea and couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking back on what I've done, what incredibly stupid things were those?

A hasty, desperate attempt to break through to the Dou Zong —how could that compare to the enjoyment of my current life?

"Yanran greets Grandmaster."

Just then, a tall figure appeared not far behind Yun Shan.

"It's Yanran. What is it?"

Yun Shan did not get up, but there was a hint of appreciation in his gaze as he looked at Nalan Yanran.

Yun Shan was quite satisfied with his official grand-disciple, Yunshan, for having the courage to enter the Life-and-Death Gate for training and even emerging as a Dou Wang.

"Grandmaster, how much longer will our teacher go into seclusion?"

Nalan Yanran's expression was still somewhat unnatural when she said this.

She absolutely couldn't believe that in the short time it took her to enter the Life-and-Death Gate, her master had already found a man.

And it was so...

Awesome.

The words may be a bit crude, but these are Nalan Yanran's true thoughts.

She had met Qin Yu before, and at their first meeting, he wasn't yet this powerful.

"Sigh. Breaking through to the Dou Zong isn't easy. She's only been in seclusion for a little over half a year. Let's wait a bit longer."

Nalan Yanran was concerned about him, and so was Yun Shan.

As someone who had once "broken through" to the Dou Zong level, Yun Shan knew all too well how "difficult" it was to cross the threshold from Dou Emperor to Dou Zong.

However, not long after Yun Shan finished speaking, two terrifying auras simultaneously emanated from the back of Misty Cloud Mountain.

Yun Shan's expression changed, and he immediately rushed over.

Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran arrived at the same time as him.

Dong-ge is now an honorary elder of the Misty Cloud Sect. Those two auras just now caused a small commotion within the sect, but he quickly calmed them down.

When he calmed the commotion and arrived at the back mountain, he saw Nalan Yanran snuggling in Yun Yun's arms, and Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian chatting away. Only Yun Shan stood there dumbfounded, like a helpless old man living alone.

"Hey, old man, are you just standing here like a mascot?"

Yun Shan turned his head, and the resentment in his eyes sent a chill down Hai Bo Dong's spine and made his anus tighten.

"... What kind of look is that?"