Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 273: Peak of Dou Zong! Late Spirit Realm!
It has been two months since I broke through to the Eight-Star Dou Zong level.

Although Lin Yuan did not practice Dou Qi deliberately in the past two months, he had completely refined and absorbed the eighth-grade nine-color medicinal power given by Hunxuzi and the remaining medicinal power of Zongyuan Dan, and his cultivation level had advanced to the late stage of eight-star Dou Zong.

At the same time, the Fallen Heart Flame in his body also completed three rounds of tempering, making his foundation extremely strong.

Now is the time to complete the practice of Dou Qi at the Dou Zong stage.

With the extraordinary quality of this Earth Fire Yuan Dan and its powerful medicinal power, after taking it, it is enough to elevate one's cultivation to the peak of Dou Zong.

"It's time to get started!"

A hint of heat flashed in his eyes. Lin Yuan took a deep breath, took out the Earth Fire Yuan Dan, pondered for a moment, and then gently put it into his mouth.

The pill melted in his mouth, and before Lin Yuan could come to his senses, a stream of pure energy as vast as the ocean poured down his throat like a flood, then swept across with a roar, rushing towards Lin Yuan's limbs and bones.

The sudden influx of such terrifying energy caused Lin Yuan's body temperature to rise rapidly, and even wisps of white smoke rose from his head.

Feeling the changes in his body, Lin Yuan closed his eyes and quickly entered a state of cultivation, beginning to refine this vast energy...
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Xingyun Pavilion, Alchemy Square.

This quaint and spacious square was filled with a lively atmosphere rarely seen on ordinary days. The elders and disciples were eagerly waiting, staring intently at the stone platform in the center of the square, waiting for the legendary Pavilion Master to arrive.

Just yesterday, after Yao Lao fully recovered, Venerable Feng could no longer hold back his ecstasy. He summoned all the elders and disciples and officially announced the return of the Pavilion Master.

Xingyun Pavilion was almost built up single-handedly by Master Feng.

However, he had always kept the position of Pavilion Master vacant and had no intention of sitting on it, because he always believed that Yao Lao would return to Xingyun Pavilion sooner or later, and this position had always been reserved for him.

In response to this, Yao Lao could only smile bitterly, but he did not act pretentiously or make excuses.

The experiences of these years finally made him understand that a good reputation and kindness to others are fundamentally different from real benefits...

Strength is not absolute. There is always a big gap between an individual and a force.

This kind of thing was undoubtedly extremely shocking to Xingyun Pavilion.

In the past, Fenglei Pavilion was headed by Venerable Feng, but now, the real leader has been replaced, and the disciples under him are naturally a little uncomfortable with it.

However, when everyone finally knew the identity of the Pavilion Master, they were immediately filled with excitement.

The leader of his own pavilion is actually the legendary number one alchemist on the continent - Medicine Master?
Even the youngsters who were just starting out were familiar with the name of Medicine Venerable. Some elders with higher seniority were even more ecstatic. They had a lot of experience and naturally knew very well what kind of a big shot Medicine Venerable was.

With such a person as the pavilion master, why should Xingyun Pavilion not be strong?
Amidst everyone's anticipation, there was a "click" sound, and the space on the central stone platform shattered. A powerful and otherworldly figure, so powerful that it made people tremble, slowly walked out of the void.

Yao Lao stood on the stone platform and smiled gently at the people who were looking expectant.

With a flick of his finger, the black medicine cauldron was suspended in front of him. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of light balls flew out and hovered around him like stars.

Looking at the medicinal herbs and medicine cauldrons around him, Yao Lao smiled confidently, and with a thought, a white flame rose up...

The long-awaited alchemy has begun!
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Three days later.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, feeling the fullness in his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but slightly raise. According to his perception, although he is not as good as the Thousand and Hundred Elders, he is also a real Dou Zong peak cultivation.

"call--"

Lin Yuan let out a long breath, sensed the situation over there in the square for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Three pills in one furnace? As expected of Medicine Master... It looks like he'll need a few more days!"

With a light chuckle, Lin Yuan withdrew his attention and shifted his gaze slightly to the fiery red fire pill surrounded by elixir clouds.

Eighth grade, five-color, extremely flaming Xuanque Dan.

This pill was created by Hunxuzi, and it can refine the cultivator's fire-attributed Dou Qi to the extreme. By using this pill to hone one's cultivation, Lin Yuan, who had just reached the peak of Dou Zong, could surpass an ordinary Dou Zong who had practiced hard for decades to hone his cultivation.

The art of alchemy, the eight-grade five-colored elixir, its effect is so mysterious and overbearing.

In addition, the Ji Yan Xuan Cui Dan has another miraculous effect, which is to guide people into the unity of man and nature, causing their souls to mutate benignly and strengthen their connection with heaven and earth.

Although the chance of triggering this effect is less than half, but if it really succeeds... it would be truly a blessing from heaven!

This is because, once this effect is triggered, it can permanently enhance the user's affinity for the element of fire, and improve their ability to mobilize the energy of heaven and earth, thereby indirectly increasing the speed of cultivation, and also increasing the power of some fighting skills.

In a sense, this can be considered as a disguised way of improving people's talents.

However, if others knew that Lin Yuan had consumed an eighth-grade five-color elixir in order to hone his Dou Zong level cultivation, they would surely call him a "prodigal son"!
The value of an eighth-grade five-color elixir is not less than that of a Dou Zun... Lin Yuan's usage can be described as extremely extravagant.

However, for Lin Yuan, cost is rarely within his consideration. As long as the elixir can be used by himself and those around him, he will not be stingy and will use the most expensive and best ones!

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yuan adjusted his body and mind to the best state. He no longer hesitated, took out the Ji Yan Xuan Qu Dan from the jade bottle, and gently put it into his mouth.

As the pill entered his stomach, a stream of extremely pure medicinal power gushed out, flowing along his meridians and into his limbs and bones.

The vast medicinal power flowed through his body and merged with the fighting spirit in his body, like a skilled craftsman wielding a giant hammer, constantly tempering and polishing the powerful fighting spirit in Lin Yuan's body, removing the impurities and vanity in it.

Under this kind of polishing, Lin Yuan's fighting spirit seemed to be ignited and began a fierce transformation, becoming more and more pure and more and more condensed.

"Humph--"

It was as if his body was being crushed, and a muffled groan mixed with some pain came out of Lin Yuan's mouth.

The word "quenching" is never an easy thing and needs to be accompanied by pain.

However, Lin Yuan did not retreat at all. He just clenched his teeth, focused his mind, and continued to guide the hot medicinal power in an orderly manner, allowing it to flow through his body, tempering his body's fighting spirit bit by bit.

Under this continuous tempering and during the long wait, time passes slowly like fine sand.

At a certain moment, in the darkness, like an inconspicuous meteor flashing across the night sky, a subtle inspiration quietly emerged and then flashed by.

"It's coming, now!"

Having keenly captured this fleeting inspiration, Lin Yuan made a prompt decision and without hesitation immersed his powerful mind into it.

His soul trembled, and he immediately entered a mysterious state, a state of unity between man and nature.

In this mysterious state, Lin Yuan's soul blended with the vast world, his perception was infinitely magnified, and the rhythm of the world appeared in his heart. At the same time, as if in response to the current state, a mysterious fiery red medicinal power suddenly emerged from his body, and merged into the depths of his soul like a trickle, and an indescribable change began to occur.

Following the inspiration in his heart, Lin Yuan's mind moved, and he started to practice the soul technique without hesitation.

As the "Soul Art of Heaven and Earth" was activated, a dazzling light burst out from between his eyebrows, and immediately formed a small vortex, and the surrounding spiritual energy gathered at a terrifying speed.

These spiritual energies rushed into Lin Yuan's brows like a tide, interweaving with the fiery red medicinal power, nourishing his soul.

Under this dual transformation of soul and fighting spirit, time slowly passes by like fine sand on your fingertips.

Five days later.

When the last bit of medicinal power was completely absorbed, Lin Yuan's body shook slightly, and an unprecedented sense of power arose spontaneously.

He slowly opened his eyes, and majestic Dou Qi overflowed out, as hot and condensed as a flame, exuding a heart-pounding aura, far superior to that of an average Dou Zong peak, and far superior to that of the Qianbaier elders who had practiced hard for decades.

If we use a figurative term to describe it, it would be "Ten-star Dou Zong" or "Half-Venerable".

At the same time, the harvest this time is not limited to this...

"Late spiritual realm!" There was a barely perceptible excitement in Lin Yuan's voice.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's bright eyes showed a hint of surprise: "I didn't expect that practicing the 'Heaven and Earth Soul Art' in the state of unity between man and nature would have such a miraculous effect, saving me several months of hard training!"

Breaking through the late spiritual realm meant that, at least in terms of soul, he was qualified to refine eighth-grade six-color elixirs on his own.

When it comes to controlling fire, Lin Yuan is also absolutely confident that he will never lag behind in terms of soul.

Next, all you need to do is improve your techniques and with a bit of luck, you will be able to refine the eighth-grade six-color elixir in the near future.

Lin Yuan has already obtained the medicinal materials for practicing the techniques... As he is responsible for refining medicine for the Soul Palace, he needs to hand in ten eighth-grade pills every year, and the Soul Palace has already given him thirty packages of medicinal materials for eighth-grade pills.

With such a huge amount of medicinal materials as consumables for practice, the alchemy techniques were quickly able to meet the requirements.

Once he becomes proficient in the alchemy technique, Lin Yuan will be an eighth-grade, six-color alchemist.

The eighth-grade six-color alchemy technique, combined with the method of ascending the spirit, will have the opportunity to refine an eighth-grade seven-color, or even an eighth-grade eight-color natal blood pill, giving it the ability to transform into a pill beast.

In this way, Lin Yuan can refine his own blood pill and break through to the Dou Zun level.

However, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the soul-raising method, he still needs to go to Danta to continue collecting a large amount of soul-pregnant dust. Although he has already obtained a lot from the Soul Palace, the more soul-pregnant dust there is, the better!

After understanding what he needed to do next, Lin Yuan once again immersed his mind into his body.

“The harvest this time is really beyond imagination!”

With a slight smile, Lin Yuan looked at the mysterious fiery red runes on the soul body, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

This rune was the result of his good fortune. He seized the 50% chance and successfully triggered the hidden effect of the Ji Yan Xuan Que Dan. Based on the inspiration that seemed to be given by God, he condensed this fire rune during the soul transformation.

He could feel that if he activated this fire rune, his perception and control over the fire element would reach an unprecedented level.

In this state: when practicing, the speed of absorbing the energy of heaven and earth can be increased by 30%; when fighting, when performing fighting skills that mobilize the energy of heaven and earth, the power can also be increased by 30%.

“Haha!” Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction as he said clearly, “Eighth-grade elixir, Extreme Flame Mysterious Tempering Pill… Extraordinary!”

Afterwards, he slowly stood up, stretched his body lazily, straightened his clothes, and then walked towards the medicine refining square with leisurely steps.

Three pills in one furnace is worth observing.
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The northern region of Zhongzhou, Tianmu Mountains.

In the crater above the Tianshan Blood Pool, strong winds were raging and howling non-stop.

Not far away, there stands a stone pavilion.

At this moment, in the stone pavilion, Medusa and Xiao Yixian, two stunning beauties, were sitting opposite each other peacefully. In front of them was a chessboard. Occasionally, there was the crisp ticking sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard...

Zi Yan, who had already advanced to the late seventh level, was sleeping soundly on a stone chair beside her, muttering the word "Lin Yuan" angrily in her sleep.

"Xiao Cai and Qing Lin have been down there for two months..."

Medusa put down the black chess piece in her hand and looked towards the Tianshan Blood Pool with concern. "Is the energy under the blood pool really okay? Fire poison..."

"Care makes you confused. This is not like you."

Looking at the absent-minded Medusa, Xiao Yixiang smiled gently. She didn't expect that after involving Xiao Cai, this ruthless woman in front of her would show such a sentimental side. Perhaps, she was unexpectedly a good mother?

During the few months of spending time with Medusa, the two of them had a deeper understanding of each other.

After a moment of hesitation, the Little Medical Fairy chuckled and said, "Don't worry! I have indeed extracted all the fire poison... There will be no problem. Even if there is a problem, Lin Yuan can solve it."

Hearing this, Medusa felt more at ease and picked up the chess piece again.

"By the way, what are the results of the investigation into that matter?" Medusa asked in a deep voice after placing her move.

"The matter is clear, but... there are some troubles." When talking about the main matter, the little medical fairy's eyes darkened slightly, "I destroyed the Tianyu Sect. Although its leader was a two-star Dou Zun, this sect was attached to a lewd sect called Yunyu Sect."

Thinking of the information he had investigated before, Xiao Yixian's eyes turned cold: "Training women as meat cauldrons to enhance their strength is the tradition of this lineage!"

Hearing what the Little Medical Fairy said, Medusa's eyes also turned cold.

She stroked her temple with her slender hand, pondered for a moment, and said rationally: "The Yunyu Sect is quite powerful to be able to get a two-star Dou Zun sect to rely on it. Before we investigate it clearly, let's temporarily avoid it and wait until later..."

As they spoke, the two women looked at each other, and cold murderous intent flashed in their eyes at the same time.

"boom--"

A thunderous roar suddenly sounded from the blood pool of Tianshan Mountain.

Afterwards, two clear whistling sounds were heard from the blood pool. Streams of extremely rich energy continuously seeped out from between heaven and earth, and then, as if being pulled by something, began to rush madly into the blood pool.

After a moment, two majestic auras, like awakening dragons, slowly emanated from the bottom of the blood pool.

(End of this chapter)