Xiao Fan Struck It Rich

Inside the Fire and Flame Mystic Realm.

The strongest human squad immediately received word.

Captain Zhou Qingyang stared at the three points of light that had vanished from his electronic device, his eyes filled with hatred!

"The thirteenth squad was just wiped out."

"Come with me. We're going to avenge them!"

The four squad members behind him followed Zhou Qingyang without hesitation, and the five sped toward the place where the thirteenth squad had fallen!

But they had not flown far when an ordinary-blood great demon appeared before them.

Alone!

Zhou Qingyang frowned and roared, "Wait, something's wrong!"

Facing the five of them, the great demon should have been afraid, yet there was not the slightest ripple in its eyes.

At that moment, Zhou Qingyang's heart skipped a beat, because he saw several colors flash through the great demon's pupils.

He immediately roared, "Possible five-colored pupils!"

"Watch out!"

There were clearly no fluctuations of power around them, but the five scrambled to dodge nonetheless.

Then.

Sizzle! A scarlet line of blood shot from one man's arm.

Just a little closer, and he would have lost that arm!

The five hurriedly put on their psychic sunglasses.

Sure enough, once he had them on, Zhou Qingyang could clearly see that the entire area within a hundred meters was filled with deadly golden threads, all connected to the great demon's hands!

"Xie Linqing!" Zhou Qingyang said the name in an icy voice.

"Sigh, did you see through me? Not all humans are so stupid after all."

The great demon sighed, and the disguise on its body gradually melted away.

In the end, it transformed into a graceful figure.

The two green antlers on her head showed that she was an alien.

Her eyes, which held five colors, revealed her identity.

Xie Linqing, imperial blood, a mutated Five-Colored Pupiled Deer, at the fifth level of the fourth tier, currently ranked sixth on the Alien Prodigy Ranking!

Her ability was golden threads that could cut through anything. Their exact material was unknown. In any case, don't touch them!

At that moment, five-colored light flashed through Xie Linqing's eyes again.

Zhou Qingyang took a deep breath and said, "We can't retreat!"

"If we retreat, more people will die at her hands!"

"The young master hasn't fully mastered the Undying Fire yet. He's no match for her!"

"Fight a war of attrition!"

Every member of the first squad nodded, their eyes full of determination!

Somewhere in the mystic realm, Xiao Fan successfully absorbed the fire seed, opened his eyes, and walked out of the flames.

He raised his hand and looked at the slightly yellow earth fire in his palm, his face full of embarrassment. "So... weak."

He felt ashamed just holding the flame. He hurriedly put it away, intent on quickly finding a few more fire seeds to fuse with it!

Suddenly, his mighty frame trembled. He had broken through to the Martial Artist Ninth Stage!

He had only broken through to the Martial Artist Seventh Stage a few days ago, and now he was already at the ninth stage. The ultimate body-tempering fluid truly lived up to its name!

But the amount needed to advance from the ninth stage to Lesser Grandmaster was much greater!

Then... let the slaughter begin!

Lin Xianhuo had picked a random place to temper her weapon, but the results were mediocre. Seeing that Xiao Fan had finished absorbing the fire seed, she came out as well.

"Fan, take a look at this. Something seems to have happened."

She showed him a message from the first squad.

Xiao Fan frowned. "She's from the same generation as us? Mid-fourth tier? Do aliens cultivate that fast?"

"Xie Linqing is twenty," Lin Xianhuo explained.

Only then did Xiao Fan breathe a sigh of relief. He had been wondering why the gap between him and someone else was so huge.

Still, he was curious. Why was this alien named Xie Linqing? How strange.

"Aliens are very casual about naming themselves. I heard Xie Linqing has liked the Federation's eastern culture since she was little. Her original name seemed to be Lu Ji, but she thought it sounded too awful, so she changed it."

"She's particular, then."

After that bit of teasing, Xiao Fan's expression darkened. "Then we're in trouble. I even suspect they sent more than one person from the prodigy ranking to kill my brother-in-law."

"We need to pick up the pace!"

"Let's go!"

The Fire and Flame Mystic Realm was so vast that it exceeded Xiao Fan's expectations. Over the next several days, they encountered no people, nor any exotic beasts.

The electronic device did show the approximate locations of the other squad members, but after three days of travel, they had covered less than half the distance.

Of course, they had not been traveling at full speed. They had been picking things up along the way!

Xiao Fan struck it rich.

The mystic realm had existed for so many years, and every time it opened, new fire seeds were born inside!

But fire seeds below five stars were too weak, so no one ever took them. Xiao Fan could basically pick one up every hour or two, mainly thanks to the automatic navigation provided by the god-tier talent Xianhuo!

This was wonderful.

Over three days, he picked up nearly forty one-star fire seeds, more than ten two-star fire seeds, and two three-star ones. In the end, he fused just enough to produce a five-star fire seed: Heavenly Soaring Fire.

Elements were assigned star ratings in exactly the same way as talents.

Five stars was actually very weak.

Take Lin Lianshen's innate talent, the Undying Fire. It was a god-tier fire seed, but being god-tier did not necessarily make it powerful. It was only powerful if one could use it. Look at Lin Lianshen: his brother-in-law was already a Lesser Grandmaster, yet he still could not use the Undying Fire with ease, leaving a large part of his combat power unavailable.

His wife Shao Yan had it even worse. Her Dead Soul Fire was classified as a mythic-tier flame, but never mind using it-she had nearly burned herself to death at birth.

So a higher level was not necessarily better. Everything required a gradual process of mastery.

Xianhuo had it rather rough, though. Her affinity for and control over flames had reached god tier, but she did not have a fire seed of her own. That was why the Demon War God had given her the Fire God Saber, to make up for the combat power she lacked without a fire seed.

Xiao Fan was fairly satisfied with the Heavenly Soaring Fire in his hand. His goal was to scour the entire Fire and Flame Mystic Realm and fuse a seven-star flame!

At that moment, Lin Xianhuo was looking at her electronic device, bored out of her mind.

"Holy shit, my fire seed gained a star in a second-tier tempering pool! My luck is off the charts!"

"Hehe, I killed a fire beast and got my hands on a third-tier fire essence crystal!"

"What's so special about a fire essence crystal? My Heavenly Heart Fire rose to sovereign tier in a third-tier tempering pool!"

"Damn! You can reach sovereign tier in a third-tier pool? You're not making that up, are you?"

"Pictures or it didn't happen!"

"Awesome! I'm jealous!"

"..."

Everyone was sharing what they had obtained in the Fire and Flame Mystic Realm, where treasures covered the ground.

Lin Xianhuo, however, could only feel helpless. She had gained nothing so far, and she did not care for the things everyone else wanted. All she wanted was a fourth-tier tempering pool, so she could unlock the second stage of her Fire God Saber!

Suddenly, a pinned message popped up!

"Fourth-tier tempering pool discovered! The fire seed is Flying Sand Fire! But a fourth-tier associated fire beast is guarding it, so we can't get in!"

Lin Xianhuo instantly grew excited. As long as she tempered her saber in the pool for half a month, she should be able to form a closer bond with her Fire God Saber and unlock its second stage!

She checked the location. It was not far from here!

"Let's go!" Xiao Fan grinned, took Lin Xianhuo by the hand, and headed toward the tempering pool.

Along the way, he also picked up a few fire seeds.

By now, a squad was already outside the tempering pool.

It was the fourteenth squad, also a three-person team, and the very people who had discovered the pool.

Captain Li Kai frowned when he saw Xiao Fan, but when he saw Lin Xianhuo, he immediately bowed and scraped, saying with a smile, "Greetings, eldest young lady of the Lin Family."

"Eldest Young Lady Lin, the fire beast associated with this tempering pool is too hard to deal with. We can't get rid of it."

"Please take care of it, young lady!"

Lin Xianhuo nodded slightly. "Stand aside."

"Good luck." Xiao Fan smiled as he watched Lin Xianhuo walk forward, then swept a glance over the tempering pool.

The pool appeared to cover an area a hundred meters across. A Flying Sand Fire seed lay at its center, and the flames throughout the pool were much the same color as sand, making it look like a surging mass of sand.

A tempering pool was a phenomenon produced when different flames intertwined. The Flying Sand Fire was the fire seed that had dominated the intertwined flames at the time. It had devoured the other fire seeds and then occupied the tempering pool, tempering itself to gain stars.

The Fire and Flame Mystic Realm was a low-tier mystic realm. The fire seeds inside could reach seven stars at most, and the tempering pools could reach the fourth tier at most!

The Flying Sand Fire seed before him was a six-star fire seed. Xiao Fan was determined to claim it!