Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 656 Teacher, you always soften your heart when you shouldn't. I hate you.

"Hmm? It's finally over?" Just as Jiang Lin was returning to Canaan Academy with Hun Ke'er and the others, Jiang Lin suddenly had a thought and looked at Xiao Yan, who was cultivating in the terrifying colorful flames in his spiritual space. He had finally ended his seclusion.

At the same time, the various colorful flames on Xiao Yan's body gradually dissipated, absorbed by the divine energy black hole above, and became Jiang Lin's energy.

However, this energy was not much, because most of it was absorbed by Xiao Yan, and the core element of the strange fire spirit also became food for the Burning Technique.

"Of the twelve types of Law Flames, excluding the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame which cannot be devoured, and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame which have already been devoured, how many of the nine Law Flames have you devoured?"

Inside the spirit space, Little Fairy Doctor and the others, who had been silently meditating and cultivating, opened their eyes upon hearing this and looked at Xiao Yan, who had been in seclusion for a long time.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's body was covered with a faint layer of strange fire flowers. Although all his clothes were burned, he was not naked in front of everyone.

"..." Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan, who was meditating and adjusting his breathing, silently glanced inward. Looking at his terrifying meridians, which were countless times stronger than his own two years ago, and the Burning Technique energy that was comparable to the roar of ocean waves, he couldn't help but subconsciously swallow.

At this moment, he no longer knew how to describe his power.

Pure imperial blood, peak nine-star Dou Zong level, nine kinds of devourable strange flames.
"Eight kinds! I was almost able to devour them all!" Xiao Yan suppressed his excitement and excitedly told Jiang Lin and everyone in the spirit space!
"What an amazing technique!" Gu Xun'er sighed softly as she watched Xiao Yan's aura grow increasingly powerful and terrifying.

Jiang Lin's little group has gained so much that Gu Xun'er sometimes can't help but feel a little jealous.

"Since I haven't been exposed to any better cultivation techniques, I don't know what level my current cultivation technique has reached, but I think it should be at the level of a Heaven-rank cultivation technique!"

Heavenly Rank Technique! After absorbing eight different kinds of strange flames, Xiao Yan's Burning Flame Technique reached an astonishing Heavenly Rank level!

Everyone was shocked by Xiao Yan's Heavenly Rank Burning Technique, but considering their own gains, they suddenly felt that it wasn't unacceptable.

In addition to achieving Foundation Establishment at the Glazed Realm and enhancing their talent potential, everyone also received different opportunities.

For example, Xiao Lan obtained her own destiny weapon and the Jiuyou inheritance.

Cai Lin obtained her destiny weapon, and at the same time, her path to the Nine-Colored Devouring Python was opened.

Little Fairy Doctor's Ultimate Divine Body has reached a minor stage of completion, and its deterrent power is far stronger than that of the Calamity Poison Body.

While obtaining her own destiny weapon, Zi Yan also received Lan Hong's inheritance.

Gu Xun'er's gains might be slightly less, since she had the best background and lacked nothing. Relatively speaking, her gains were not as great as others.

As for Xiao Yan, he was the second luckiest person after Jiang Lin.

"A Heaven-Rank cultivation technique?" However, while others focused on the level of the technique, Jiang Lin's focus was on something else entirely.

"So, out of the nine flames, you wasted a temporary law flame, which was then devoured by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame?" Jiang Lin couldn't help but chuckle.

"Ah, this." Xiao Yan, who had been beaming with joy, froze upon hearing this, scratching his head somewhat sheepishly. "Well, I didn't think that much about it at the time."

Faced with Xiao Yan's sophistry, Jiang Lin simply smiled and said nothing more, leaving behind the words: "Hurry up and think of an excuse, lest you get scolded by someone in the end."

"Uh..." Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed. He originally thought he could absorb and refine it all. The speed at which the Burning Technique devoured the strange fire would only get faster and faster. The higher the level of the Burning Technique, the stronger its control over the strange fire. However, he was a little short in time, which caused Xiao Yan to waste a temporary law flame and instead have Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Fire devoured.

If they had all been devoured, it wouldn't have been a big deal, and Yao Chen would certainly have been able to understand.

But Xiao Yan's current state is a bit strange.

"Teacher...he's such a good person," Xiao Yan said with a slightly embarrassed smile.
"It's up to you." Jiang Lin didn't say anything more, withdrew his divine sense, and continued on his way.

After two years of development, Black Corner has undergone many changes.

Large-scale Nine-One Gathering Qi Arrays have appeared in more and more cities in this region. Of course, nowadays, most people in the Black Corner Region prefer to call the Nine-One Gathering Qi Array a 'Spirit Gathering Array'.

At the same time, along with the Spirit Gathering Array, the Spirit Stone system also developed.

Previously, Jiang Lin's spirit stone system wasn't very eye-catching because of the small quantity. However, as the spirit furnace continued to expand, the number of existing spirit stones in the Black Corner Region continued to accumulate. Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million. When the total amount of spirit stones of various grades reached one million, spirit stones had become a brand new and timeless 'extraordinary currency'!
What is the essence of money? Is it a general equivalent? An abstract expression of labor power?
However, the spirit stones that Jiang Lin conjured up here represent the 'aggregation of energy production'!
After all, the energy intensity of the spirit stones Jiang Lin provided at the time was different. For example, a fifth-tier low-level spirit stone was equivalent to the total amount of battle qi that an ordinary one-star Dou Wang would condense in a month. A fifth-tier high-level spirit stone was equivalent to the harvest of an ordinary seven-star Dou Wang's labor in a month.

Perhaps for some prodigies, their productivity is even higher; while others might only be able to condense one spirit stone a month, they can do so in half a month. This is a good thing; geniuses should enjoy the special treatment afforded to them. "I never expected spirit stones, as a renewable cultivation resource, to develop so rapidly," Jiang Lin and Hun Ke'er remarked after inquiring about recent developments while passing through the Black Corner Region's Great Plains.

The group at Canaan Academy had quite a few brilliant ideas. Some clever idiot came up with the 'free spirit furnace' plan, which allowed Yao Tianhuo, who had already received authorization from Jiang Lin and was secretly implementing a 'spirit furnace manufacturing assembly line,' to successfully promote the spirit stone system at an unimaginable speed.

Canaan Academy is giving away free spirit furnaces, so how do you recoup your investment?

That's too easy. The spirit furnace is free, but blank spirit stones aren't.

It's difficult for a cultivator of Dou Qi who doesn't possess a certain level of strength to condense spirit stones out of thin air using their own power. Those who can condense them are generally at the Dou Zong level or higher, and they wouldn't begrudge the free quota of a spirit furnace.
Canaan Academy is now even preparing to distribute its spirit furnace technology so that they can profit from mass-producing blank spirit stones on an assembly line.
Most importantly, Canaan Academy's production line for blank spirit stones is something other forces find difficult to replicate because Canaan Academy possesses abundant underground magma energy and also has the same production line as the Burning Heaven Qi Refining Tower. The costs for other forces would be much higher than those of Canaan Academy.
At the same time, Jiang Lin also heard a rumor that, thanks to spirit stones and soul pills, many nine-star Dou Huangs in the Black Corner Region had successfully broken through to Dou Zong.

Among them were Hu Qian from Canaan Academy and Han Feng from the Black Alliance.

"What do the older generation think about this?" Upon receiving the news that Han Feng had broken through to the Dou Zong realm, Jiang Lin couldn't help but ask Yao Chen beside him.

Yao Chen's expression was originally complicated, but seeing that Jiang Lin was deliberately bringing up the wrong thing, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and said unhappily, "What else can I see?"

"However..." Yao Chen's gaze was somewhat complicated. If his expression was mostly angry when Han Feng was mentioned before, now that Yao Chen realized that even Han Feng, who had broken through to the Dou Zong level, seemed to be just a clown, Yao Chen's heart was somewhat complicated.

Especially when Yao Chen deduced from some of Jiang Lin's hints that Xiao Yan might have already broken through to the Dou Zong level, Yao Chen suddenly realized that revenge didn't seem so difficult after all.

"I didn't expect this day to come so soon," Yao Chen said after a moment of silence.

Yao Chen's feelings towards Han Feng were complex.

In some ways, Yao Chen treated Han Feng better than he treated Xiao Yan. Yao Chen cared about Han Feng's safety back then, but with Xiao Yan, he was just trying anything as a last resort.

Some might object, but Yao Chen himself dared not cultivate such a strange technique as the Burning Technique. He gave Han Feng half of the Burning Technique not because he was worried that Han Feng was too strong, but because he was worried that Han Feng would have problems. If the half of the Burning Technique was not right, then Yao Chen could also make Han Feng disperse his cultivation and start cultivating again, so that he would not be so badly hurt.

As a result, Yao Chen's half of the Burning Technique ended up causing Han Feng a huge mess.
If Yao Chen hadn't given Han Feng the Burning Flame Technique, or had given him the complete Burning Flame Technique, the master-disciple relationship between Yao Chen and Han Feng wouldn't have been so strained. After all, Han Feng was a child Yao Chen had raised himself.
"I actually have a question." Perhaps it was because the Medicine King was suddenly mentioned, and also because he realized that the other party should also have cultivated the Burning Technique, Jiang Lin couldn't help but ask Yao Chen some questions that were on his mind.

"Although I didn't actively investigate Han Feng, my Martial Aunt Ke'er did, and I happened to know a little about it."

"Based on my own speculation, I don't really believe that unless there is some extremely serious deep-seated hatred, the child you raised would suddenly betray you?" Jiang Lin didn't say it explicitly. Although the omnipotent soul craftsman might know something about the Burning Technique, it's better to say as little as possible now.

"You can't possibly raise a child yourself, and as a Dou Zun, you can't even tell what kind of personality the child has, right?" Jiang Lin, who was flying rapidly in the sky, looked back at the direction of the Black Corner Region Plain, and then murmured to Yao Chen behind him.

Human hearts are unpredictable? You, a mere brat, dare to spout that nonsense about unpredictable human hearts in front of a Dou Zun? Do you even believe it yourself?
“I didn’t care much about this before, but it just so happens that we’re talking about this.” Jiang Lin looked at Yao Chen, who was silent behind him, and then glanced at Ling Jiu, Hun Ke’er and the others beside him who looked curious.

"If he wasn't utterly desperate, I don't think a Dou Huang—or even a Dou Huang who's not a child—would have the audacity to conspire with outsiders to betray his own Nine-Star Dou Zun peak master, right?" When Jiang Lin learned that Han Feng was barely a Dou Huang at the time, yet he betrayed Yao Chen, a Nine-Star Dou Zun, his first reaction wasn't that Han Feng was evil, but rather that he questioned whether Yao Chen was inhuman.

Because Han Feng is a smart person; at least, according to Han Feng's research data, he is not stupid and has a pretty sharp mind.

Intelligent people, on the other hand, are generally good at assessing the situation and making decisions.

At that time, Venerable Medicine had a high level of talent and a great chance of becoming a saint. As long as Han Feng didn't have any mental problems, given how much Yao Chen treated Han Feng like his own son, the conditions offered by the Soul Palace were actually not as good as those offered by Yao Chen.

The Soul Palace's Dou Sheng Black Hand might be stronger and seem to have more potential. But why? Why should they mentor you? And what about Yao Chen? Han Feng is treated like a son here! Only a fool would betray him!
Being the crown prince in Yao Chen's own life is much more promising than being a dog in the Soul Palace!
In the end, Han Feng still betrayed him.

"..." Yao Chen remained silent until Ling Jiu and the others stared at him for a long time before he finally let out a slow sigh.

"Alright, this is my own fault, is that enough?" Yao Chen still didn't give a direct answer, but instead transformed his hatred for Han Feng into the fact that he had brought this upon himself.
“Sigh,” Jiang Lin shook his head. Yao Chen seemed not to say it, but he had actually said it. He didn’t really care about Han Feng’s life or death. It was just that he was a little curious about how Yao Chen could be so inhuman when this topic came up. Yes, Jiang Lin was naturally curious about inhuman behavior.

"I don't care about Han Feng. It's up to you. I just found it interesting for a moment. After careful consideration, I found it to be quite unique." Jiang Lin smiled and then stopped talking. He led everyone to quickly cross the Black Corner Plain and flew towards the mountain range where Canaan Academy was located.

"..." Yao Chen, who had been casually mentioned by Jiang Lin, remained silent and followed behind the others.

Han Feng was a bright and studious child, and also very gentle and refined. At least, that was the case before Yao Chen gave him half of the Burning Technique.

"Why...why...! Ah!!! Teacher, please..." In a daze, certain memories from the past seemed to resurface before Yao Chen's eyes. The young child was writhing in agony on the ground, his face contorted in agony, his entire body engulfed in azure flames, while Yao Chen had merely watched silently from the sidelines.
Half of the Burning Technique destroyed everything. Under the torment of the backlash from the strange fire, the boy was transforming in a direction that Yao Chen could not control.
At that moment, Yao Chen hesitated. He suddenly realized that devouring a strange fire was a life-or-death endeavor, and for a cultivator of the Burning Technique, it required repeated trials and tribulations.
Therefore, Yao Chen wanted the young man to give up the Burning Technique and start over.
But how could a boy who has already endured such pain possibly give up now? Wouldn't that mean all the suffering he had gone through was for nothing?
At that moment, a disagreement arose between the master and his disciple.
Yao Chen believed that the backlash from the strange fire would surely force the boy to submit and ultimately abandon the Burning Technique.
However, each backlash from the strange fire eroded the boy's reverence for his master.
Until, everything turned into a sharp blade piercing Yao Chen!

'Teacher, you always soften your heart when you shouldn't. I hate you.'

(End of this chapter)