Yancheng (Salt City)

Chapter 44: Yancheng (Salt City)

A remote part of the Tagore Desert.

Deep underground in the desert, a black-robed youth stared intently at a cyan flame before him, his eyes filled with excitement.

Before him, a cyan flame swayed gently on a cyan lotus platform, moving without a breeze.

"Kid, you're really lucky. I never imagined there would be a second Green Lotus Core Flame here in the Tagore Desert. It truly seems like fate is on your side."

A soul body emerged from a ring on the black-robed youth's hand, speaking with a wide smile.

"Teacher, how do I collect it now?" the black-robed youth asked excitedly.

Although he hadn't obtained a Heavenly Flame from Queen Medusa, fate had been incredibly kind to him, allowing him to encounter a second Green Lotus Core Flame.

"Now, you'll collect the Heavenly Flame according to my instructions," the soul body said with a solemn expression.

If the black-robed youth were to try to subdue the Heavenly Flame purely with his own strength, it would be impossible.

So, he still needed the help of the soul body.

The black-robed youth's expression was solemn as he nodded seriously.

Following his teacher's instructions, he took out the prepared items.

Next was the moment to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame.

A white flame appeared in his palm.

The white flame enveloped his palm as he slowly extended it towards the Green Lotus Core Flame.

As his palm touched the Green Lotus Core Flame, the black-robed youth immediately felt an unprecedented pain.

But he grit his teeth and continued the orderly process as instructed.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but finally, he extracted the core of the Green Lotus Core Flame and swallowed it into his body.

Once the core flame was swallowed, he once again endured excruciating, heart-wrenching pain.

The process of subduing it was an unbearable torment.

Time passed by bit by bit, and eventually, the pain the black-robed youth endured gradually lessened.

The moment he opened his eyes, a flicker of cyan flame appeared within them.

"Teacher, I succeeded!" the black-robed youth exclaimed excitedly.

From the painstaking search for the Heavenly Flame to the pain endured during the subduing process, the black-robed youth felt a sense of triumphant joy.

"Heh heh, congratulations. You truly didn't disappoint me," the soul body old man said with relief, looking at the black-robed youth.

"Teacher, if I fuse these two Heavenly Flames, how powerful will they become?" the black-robed youth licked his lips, a hint of madness in his eyes.

Recalling the silver-robed expert he had faced in the Snake People Race tribe, the black-robed youth felt a lingering fear.

He had been shocked by the power unleashed when that person fused two Beast Fires.

Now that he possessed two Heavenly Flames, if he could fuse them, their power would definitely be far more terrifying than the silver-robed man's Beast Fires.

"Kid, don't try something like that lightly; you could lose your life," the soul body old man said. "To this day, I, Yao Chen, have never heard of anyone being able to fuse two Heavenly Flames, but I can assure you, the process of fusing two Heavenly Flames is extremely dangerous."

"Heh heh, I was just saying," the black-robed youth chuckled. "Teacher, if I could fuse two Heavenly Flames, do you think the power would be greater than the power produced by fusing two Beast Fires?"

"Logically, it should be stronger than fusing two Beast Fires. After all, Beast Fires and Heavenly Flames aren't in the same league," Yao Chen said.

The black-robed youth nodded slightly.

He thought so too; after all, the power of Heavenly Flames was far more terrifying than Beast Fires.

"You've obtained the Heavenly Flame. Now, continue cultivating and raise your strength to the Great Dou Master level as soon as possible," Yao Chen said.

"Don't worry, Teacher, I will never disappoint you," the black-robed youth said with a firm tone. "Three-Year Agreement, just wait for me at the Cloud Mist Sect. I will return the humiliation you gave me back then."

"Kid, your cultivation speed is already very impressive," Yao Chen said. "I believe you can redeem yourself."

The black-robed youth's eyes were resolute, radiating a strong sense of hatred.

Chen Xuan waited for a few days in the Snake People Race tribe, and then Yun Yun arrived with experts from the Alchemist Guild.

They didn't dare to act again and could only obediently hand over twenty million gold coins to Chen Xuan, finally leaving with the disgraced Gu He.

Even though they saw Gu He's injuries, they dared not voice their anger.

The culprit behind Gu He's injuries was Chen Xuan.

Because Chen Xuan had demanded that Gu He hand over the Dou Ling Pill and valuable medicinal ingredients he possessed.

Gu He initially refused, so Chen Xuan had to make him suffer a bit.

Facing the torment, he could only obediently hand over the Dou Ling Pill.

This time, he had come to Queen Medusa for a Heavenly Flame but ended up losing both his "wife" and his "soldiers."

He had suffered a huge loss.

After obtaining twenty million gold coins, Chen Xuan used a Teleportation Jade Talisman to return to the Cloud Mist Sect.

"A Fifth-Grade Alchemist talent costs ten million gold coins. I'll buy it," Chen Xuan gritted his teeth, deciding to purchase the Fifth-Grade Alchemist talent.

To earn a lot of money, he needed to refine high-grade pills.

So, he had no choice but to spend more gold coins.

The System Shop contained many pill formulas for fifth-grade pills, many of which didn't exist on the Dou Qi Continent.

This allowed Chen Xuan to create exclusive products.

The two Dou Ling Pills he obtained from Gu He, Chen Xuan planned to sell later.

For the next period of time, he stayed at Cloud Mist Sect to cultivate.

During his time cultivating at Cloud Mist Sect, Chen Xuan learned that the Cloud Mist Sect didn't have Combat Skills above Earth-tier, with the highest being high-grade Profound-tier.

However, he could only cultivate low-grade Profound-tier Combat Skills at the moment, unable to cultivate high-grade Profound-tier Combat Skills.

This was because high-grade Profound-tier Combat Skills could only be cultivated by high-ranking elders.

The System Shop had Earth-tier Combat Skills, but their prices were ridiculously high, starting at a minimum of ten million gold coins.

After years of inquiries, he learned that if an Earth-tier Combat Skill appeared on the Dou Qi Continent, its price would start in the millions.

So, Chen Xuan kept some gold coins to purchase Earth-tier Combat Skills, not wanting the System to swindle him out of too much money.

Since integrating the Green Lotus Core Flame, Chen Xuan had broken through to the One-star Great Dou Master level.

He had also tasted the sweetness of it, realizing that continuing to devour Heavenly Flames would accelerate his strength improvement.

After devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame this time, Chen Xuan felt that he shouldn't have only broken through to One-star Great Dou Master.

This was because the Green Lotus Core Flame contained an immense amount of energy, enough to allow him to break through to the Dou Wang level.

Although his strength improved less, his entire skeletal structure became much harder after being tempered by the Green Lotus Core Flame's energy.

After reaching the Great Dou Master level, the System provided Chen Xuan with information about a Heavenly Flame.

This Heavenly Flame was located in a place called Jia Nan Academy.

Chen Xuan planned to go to Jia Nan Academy after gathering more information.

Over the next six months of cultivation, Chen Xuan remained at Cloud Mist Sect, further raising his strength to the Five-star Great Dou Master level.

After reaching Five-star Great Dou Master, Chen Xuan verified his strength at Cloud Mist Sect as only One-star Great Dou Master.

Even as a One-star Great Dou Master, he was still the most highly regarded disciple besides Nalan Yanran.

As for Nalan Yanran's current strength? Chen Xuan wasn't sure.

In recent years, he had rarely spent time with Nalan Yanran, as the Sect Master had been training her, making it difficult to even meet her.

Finding an excuse to go out for training, Chen Xuan left Cloud Mist Sect.

The reason he had to leave Cloud Mist Sect was to sell the two Dou Ling Pills he possessed.

After several days of travel, he arrived at Yancheng (Salt City), a large city in the Jia Ma Empire.

Upon entering Yancheng, Chen Xuan prepared to find a place to sell the Dou Ling Pills.

Just as he was walking down the main thoroughfare of the city, a commotion erupted behind him.

Looking back, Chen Xuan saw several men and women riding galloping horses, completely disregardful of the pedestrians on the street.

Why should Xiao Yan get the Heavenly Flame? I just don't want him to be too weak, otherwise, it's no fun to bully him. The protagonist of this story is the one with the halo and cheat.