Medicine Emperor Han Feng

"What a flock of mongrel birds! You really think you're Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes!"

The Spirit Clan members flew into a rage. Dou Qi surged wildly, the clan marks between their brows blazed with light, and they charged toward Huang Kun.

"No... she... I...!" Huang Kun choked, but the Spirit Clan members were already upon her.

"You've gone too far! Do you really think your Spirit Emperor is still alive? All day long, it's 'our clan' this and 'our clan' that. What, does your family own the Dou Qi Continent? You want a fight? Then fight! Who's afraid of you?"

The Dou Zun of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan finally lost their tempers and stopped holding back.

The two sides began fighting in earnest.

The Heavenly Venerates of the Hall of Souls exchanged looks, disbelief written all over their faces.

"Lord Gu You, should we join in?"

Star-Picking Old Ghost watched the people fighting and licked his lips.

Gu You's face flushed, and an irrepressible smile spread across his wrinkled features. "What's the hurry? The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan may not be Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes, but they're still one of the Beast Region's three great clans. Let them clash!"

Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He took a Dou Qi restoration pill from his Storage Ring and swallowed it in one gulp. "I wonder how things are going back at the clan. That damned Hun Miesheng! He'd better hope I never find out who he is!"

Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said in a choked voice, "With the Clan Leader and Lord Void there, we can hold our own even against the Six-Clan Alliance!"

The figures of Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame surfaced in the minds of the Hall of Souls members. Their bodies relaxed slightly, and they let out long breaths.

The Hun Clan's twin stars-two nine-star experts under one roof-had the clan's grand formation at their backs. At a critical moment, they could summon the Hun Emperor's remnant soul for aid, and there were also those elders hidden away. Victory might not be certain, but defeat would be no easy matter either.

"We needn't concern ourselves with the clan's affairs. Right now, the Spirit and Stone Clans intend to destroy our Hall of Souls. They're probably planning for a war of attrition!" Gu You said calmly.

"A war of attrition?"

The others were puzzled.

A sharp glint flashed through Gu You's cloudy eyes. "Once their reserves are exhausted and their resources depleted, they'll begin gathering resources across the entire Dou Qi Continent to support the front lines. The most important will be the various medicinal ingredients used to refine healing and restoration pills."

"After destroying our Hall of Souls, the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan will inevitably begin scouring the continent for resources, keeping fresh blood flowing into the battlefield!"

The Black-Corner Region.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen had spent the past few days refining pills. In Black Seal City, heavenly phenomena appeared one after another, and pill lightning thundered.

The reputation of Black Seal City's Heavenly Mansion Alliance spread through the Black-Corner Region at astonishing speed.

A Dou Zong expert and Seventh-Grade Pills stirred towering waves throughout the Black-Corner Region.

Jia Nan Academy.

Great Elder Su Qian frowned at the confidential letter in his hand and sighed deeply.

The confidential letter rushed over by Jia Nan Academy's enforcement team read, "A Dou Zong has arrived in Black Seal City and subdued Yuan Yi's Eight Gates, calling his organization the Heavenly Mansion. Recently, he has been recruiting experts throughout the Black-Corner Region and has already amassed considerable strength. A pill auction will be held in one month, with Seventh-Grade Pills among the items offered."

"They say this Heavenly Mansion Alliance Lord is about the same age as Lin Xiuya from the Inner Academy. To reach the Dou Zong realm at such an age, he's probably someone from the Central Plains!" Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan said with a face full of wistful amazement.

At his advanced age, he had barely reached the peak of the Dou Emperor realm. Comparing oneself to others really could drive a man to his grave.

Su Qian stroked his beard and looked toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

"The headmaster sent word the day before yesterday. A great war has begun, and the Central Plains are in turmoil. He told us to suspend admissions and improve our strength as much as possible."

Su Qian slowly rose and turned his gaze toward Black Seal City. "An auction featuring Seventh-Grade Pills is something our Jia Nan Academy cannot miss!"

Excitement also appeared in Hu Gan's eyes. He had been stuck at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm for a long time, but the academy's Elder Huo was only a fifth-grade alchemist and could offer no help at all.

Even the Black-Corner Region's foremost alchemist, Medicine Emperor Han Feng, was merely at the peak of the sixth grade.

"Seventh-Grade Pills will draw the covetous eyes of quite a few old monsters in the Black-Corner Region!" Hu Gan exclaimed.

Su Qian waved his hand. "Pass down the order. Jia Nan Academy will temporarily suspend all admissions. Have every elder prepare. We leave for Black Seal City in one month!"

The Black-Corner Region.

Maple City.

Maple City lay at the center of the Black-Corner Region. Han Feng had fled here from the Central Plains many years ago. With his skills as a peak sixth-grade alchemist and his strength at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, he had become the Black-Corner Region's foremost alchemist, known as the "Medicine Emperor"!

Maple City was named after the Medicine Emperor. At its center stood a vast, heavily guarded bamboo grove, also known as Medicine Emperor Valley.

At that moment, deep within the bamboo grove, a dozen or so figures sat cross-legged at scattered intervals.

Dressed in finery and bearing themselves with distinction, they all possessed deep, enduring auras. Every one of them was a Dou Emperor-level expert and a prominent figure in the Black-Corner Region.

At their center, occupying the seat of honor, sat a rather handsome man in a blue-green robe who looked about thirty years old.

He was the master of this city, Han Feng, known as the Medicine Emperor.

"Seventh-Grade Pills? Aren't they afraid such big talk will sprain their tongues?" Han Feng said coldly.

"Heh heh, whether it's true or not, we'll all go together when the time comes. I'm sure we won't return empty-handed!"

Fan Lao, the Blood Sect's sect master, spoke with vicious malice.

"Rumor has it that this Heavenly Mansion Alliance Lord possesses Dou Zong-level strength. I wonder if that's true!" the Earth Flame Sect's sect master said with a frown.

At those words, the others were struck speechless, fear surfacing in their eyes. Even they felt rather powerless before an expert at the Dou Zong level!

"Hmph! If there really are Seventh-Grade Pills, so what if he's a Dou Zong?"

"Whether he's a Dou Emperor or a Dou Zong, once he comes to the Black-Corner Region, he'd better behave himself!"

Two icy voices rang out beside Han Feng.

The two men who spoke had rather unusual appearances. One had a golden horn atop his head, while the other had a silver horn. Their faces were almost identical, for they were twin brothers.

Their names were Jin Tian and Yin Di, and they were known as the Gold and Silver Elders. On the Black-Corner Region's infamous Black List, they ranked first and second respectively.

The pair were ruthless and had committed every manner of evil. Everyone in the Black-Corner Region trembled at the mere mention of their names.

Although their cultivation was only at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, together they could put up a fight even against a Two-Star Dou Zong!

"Ha ha! With the Gold and Silver Elders taking action, what do I have to worry about? In the Black-Corner Region, even a dragon must coil itself, and even a tiger must lie low!" Han Feng pressed his thin lips together and spoke coldly.

Ever since betraying his teacher, he had made no progress in either alchemy or Dou Qi cultivation all these years. Whether it was retribution or some other cause, he did not know.

Heavenly flames... heavenly flames! Icy-blue flames welled up in Han Feng's eyes, and he suddenly looked toward Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy!

There, something he yearned for day and night was constantly calling to him!

"Those bastards at Jia Nan Academy hid the Fallen Heart Flame so deeply!"

The Gold and Silver Elders frowned as they looked at Han Feng, whose entire body was wreathed in blue, flaming Dou Qi!

With that terrifying heavenly flame and the soul power of a peak sixth-grade alchemist, this fellow Han Feng could probably put up a fight even against an ordinary Dou Zong expert!