This was a brute-force method of subduing the flames. If it succeeded once, he could keep trying to refine a third flame, then a fourth.
But if his Dou Qi ran dry and he could no longer keep the Beast Flames wrapped and separated, he risked suffering a backlash from them.
Xiao Yan dared to disregard the cost only because he cultivated an Earth Tier Cultivation Method and, as an alchemist, had plenty of ways to restore his Dou Qi.
The senior from the Alchemy Department had also tried spending a vast amount of Dou Qi at once to make two Beast Flames settle together. Yet even with a Dou Wang expert's reserves, he had failed. The Beast Flames had run wild inside his body and left him badly injured.
Xiao Yan had no proper method at present, so there was no harm in trying them all. His Dou Qi reserves could not match a Dou Wang's, but Earth Core Tempering Milk could replenish them continuously. Cycle after cycle, he could even keep pace with a Dou Emperor's reserves.
Having made up his mind, Xiao Yan planted Three-Leaf Green Ganoderma, Fire Lotus Fruit, Thousand Spirit Grass, Night Spirit Leaf, Ice Spirit Grass, and other medicinal ingredients in the cave.
Once he had filled the cave with plants, Xiao Yan touched his Storage Ring and took out the two Beast Flames inside.
One was the Azure Tide Ember Flame he had just obtained from Liu Elder. The other was the Beast Flame of a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast, the Great Earth Wolf, which Xiao Yi Xian had obtained from the Scripture Pavilion.
Xiao Yan picked up the water-blue Azure Tide Ember Flame. With his other hand, he took out several Ice Spirit Pills and swallowed them with a mouthful of dilute Earth