Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 690 Black Snow! The incredibly unlucky Burning Flame Valley!

The Poison Venerable mentioned by Binghe is the same Poison Body cultivator whom Yaotianhuo knew.

Nothing comes out of thin air. Just like many strange and bizarre regulations, such as not being able to violate lizards or have relations with one's own dog, these are all based on a large number of individual cases, which is why relevant laws had to be introduced.

Yao Tianhuo's unique sealing technique specifically targeting the Calamity Poison Body was naturally based on his prior experience; otherwise, he wouldn't have researched the extremely rare Calamity Poison Body for no reason.

“I actually have a vague impression of that Poison Venerable. I met her when I was traveling across the continent. She is the only person I can remember in the past ten thousand years who has cultivated the Calamity Poison Body to the peak of Dou Zun, just one step away from Dou Sheng,” Pei Xuan said from within Jiang Lin’s body.

At the same time, Lan Hong from outside also spoke up: "Being able to cultivate to the peak of Dou Zun is already considered to be exceptionally fortunate. The only legend of the Calamity Poison Body in the Dou Qi Continent has to be traced back to ten thousand years ago, because the world's understanding of the Calamity Poison Body is basically based on that Calamity Saint who cultivated to the Dou Sheng realm and possessed the Great Perfection Poison Body."

Jiang Lin combined the information from the two people and then said, "So, the legends about the Dou Sheng realm of the Calamity Poison Body are all about that Calamity Saint? But since that Calamity Saint, no one who possesses the Calamity Poison Body has ever been able to break through to Dou Sheng, right?"

"Yes, that's pretty much the idea," Lan Hong nodded.

"Is it really that difficult for someone with the Calamity Poison Body to break through to the Dou Sheng realm?" Little Fairy Doctor, dressed in a white and purple gauze, suddenly asked in the courtyard.

“Yes, that’s right.” Lan Hong nodded, then glanced at Little Fairy Doctor and added, “But you are not among them. Your opportunity surpasses that of the Calamity Poison Body itself.”

Lan Hong has been by Jiang Lin's side for many years and has a general understanding of the final divine body that Little Fairy Doctor has transformed into.

The Divine Body of the End is one of the most powerful physiques in Lan Hong's memory. The Divine Battle Qi that Little Fairy Doctor is gradually perfecting is extremely poisonous to all Battle Qi experts. Once the Divine Battle Qi damages your foundation, you will be unable to cultivate for the rest of your life unless you find Jiang Lin, who possesses the Divine Essence Spirit Body, to repair it.

The power of calamity entering the body is a poison, and poisons usually have an antidote. However, the power of the end has no antidote. Ordinary battle qi shields are completely ineffective against the power of the end. This is because the power of the end is an advanced energy, a level higher than battle qi. When the power of the end meets battle qi, it results in a dimensional reduction attack. The only ones who can barely resist it are Lei Dong's Black Demon Thunder Battle Qi and Xiao Yan's Different Flame Battle Qi, because their special battle qi energy is half a level higher than traditional battle qi, so they are not completely suppressed by the power of the end.

"Alright, I have a basic understanding now." After exchanging information for a while, Jiang Lin and the others had a clearer understanding of the relationship between Ice River Valley and the Poison Venerable. So he looked at the Warm Snow Demon Lotus outside and said, "Normally, I might take this Poison Lotus, but now, it's just right. I'll use this Poison Lotus as the core to give you an opportunity."

Regarding the Calamity Poison Body, Yaotianhuo attempted to use the power of a different kind of fire, while the Poison Venerable ultimately chose to use the power of a different kind of ice. Without going into who was right or wrong, because neither of them was wrong, Jiang Lin simply admired their spirit of continuous research and advancement.

Since the Warm Snow Demon Lotus is a relic left by the Poison Venerable, and the Ice River Venerable is a rare genius in the world, Jiang Lin does not mind giving the Ice River Venerable a great opportunity.

The Warm Snow Fairy Lotus has negligible effect on Little Fairy Doctor, serving only as an 'experience pill' to improve her cultivation level, and experience pills are exactly what Jiang Lin has in abundance right now.

Under the excited yet puzzled gaze of the Ice River Venerable, Jiang Lin stepped forward and plucked the Warm Snow Demon Lotus. The moment Jiang Lin's fingers touched the Warm Snow Demon Lotus, he felt a strange power corroding the spiritual energy on his body, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

A stream of pure spiritual water flowed from Jiang Lin's hand, then enveloped the Warm Snow Demon Lotus, which Jiang Lin then swallowed.

"Use this place as a forbidden area. Senior, Young Master Lei, Little Fairy Doctor, protect me." Jiang Lin gave these instructions, then used his own divine essence and spiritual body as a furnace for forging spiritual artifacts, and began to sit cross-legged, entering the state of refining artifacts.

"Using one's own body as a weapon...tsk tsk tsk...impressive." Lei Dong glanced at Jiang Lin's weapon-forging process, his pupils trembled slightly, and then he sighed before disappearing into the surrounding void to protect Jiang Lin from being disturbed.

Seeing this, Lan Hong and the others followed suit, retreating outside the Snow Mountain Courtyard to silently protect Jiang Lin.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly one day, black snow began to fall from the sky above the Ice River Valley. This extraordinary sight naturally attracted powerful figures from other surrounding forces to come and see. However, those people did not dare to venture deep into the Ice River Valley, because they knew that the Ice River Venerable's acquired Calamity Poison Body was extremely poisonous, and they were worried that the black snow might be poisonous, so they dared not touch it casually.

Time continued to flow in this stalemate, and three days later, deep in the black snow, endless thunderclouds suddenly rolled!

"Is someone refining pills in the Ice Valley?" When the people outside the Ice Valley saw lightning flashing in the black snow, they subconsciously assumed that someone was refining pills inside.

"A pill capable of triggering the tribulation lightning must be an eighth-grade pill or even higher?!" As everyone watched the tribulation lightning descend one after another above the Ice River Valley, their eyes gleamed with fervor. Some who were familiar with the Pill Tower sensed the fluctuations of the tribulation lightning and exclaimed excitedly, "An eighth-grade pill wouldn't be enough for that level of tribulation lightning! It might be a ninth-grade treasure pill!"

The intensity of weapon lightning is naturally stronger than that of pill lightning. Therefore, the lightning tribulation that Jiang Lin used when refining weapons led the people outside the Ice River Valley to mistake it for a ninth-grade precious pill!
However, the reasoning of those forces in Zhongzhou was not entirely wrong, because the life artifact that Jiang Lin forged for Venerable Binghe was the most terrifyingly powerful life artifact he had forged over the years, reaching the peak of the eighth rank!
"If I didn't want to cause too much of a commotion, with the strength of Nuanxue Yaolian, entering the ninth rank wouldn't be a problem." Under the lightning tribulation, in a world full of thunder, Jiang Lin's aura steadily increased, and a large amount of thunder power was absorbed by him. When all the lightning tribulation fell, Jiang Lin's realm had reached the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Zun.

"To say that 'the weapon is formless' is a bit excessive. Of course, this is also related to my exceptionally high energy absorption efficiency." Jiang Lin sighed softly, feeling the uncontrollable increase in his cultivation level within his body. Every spiritual weapon possesses a unique spiritual rune, also known as a Dao rune.

Jiang Lin's Dao patterns, also known as his Qilin patterns, possess the ability of energy conversion and purification.
Unlike other magical artifacts that possess the power to destroy the world at will, Jiang Lin's ability is simply the conversion and purification of energy.

However, to be fair, this is also the ability most suitable for Jiang Lin. Or rather, this was originally Jiang Lin's ability, only it was amplified by the laws of the plane.

In its initial stages, "Formless Weapon" merely results in the process of refining a weapon while simultaneously cultivating qi. However, in its later stages, it truly surpasses even Heavenly-Rank cultivation techniques! When a high-ranking life-bound weapon is successfully forged, it triggers a heavenly tribulation of lightning. While this tribulation is undeniably powerful, it undeniably enhances the quality of the weapon. At this stage, "Formless Weapon" allows the excess lightning to be drawn onto the user, forging the user like a spiritual weapon, thus strengthening their soul, battle qi, and even physical body from the inside out!
Jiang Lin, who was able to comprehend "The Formless Artifacts," was naturally at the Great Perfection realm. Now, he didn't even need to cultivate; he only needed to forge high-level life artifacts for different people, and he could gradually reach the world's peak under the baptism of thunder!

Xiao Yan might break through realms relatively quickly by absorbing different flames, but after reaching the Dou Sheng realm, he won't be able to absorb many higher-level different flames! However, Jiang Lin, at the Dou Sheng realm, can absorb a ninth-order lightning tribulation!

“There are too many people outside, it’s time to leave.” Amidst the black snow and thunder, Jiang Lin glanced at the Ice River Venerable, who was sitting cross-legged on a crystal snow lotus, cultivating with his eyes closed. At this moment, the Ice River Venerable’s aura had already broken through to the fifth-star Dou Zun level.

When the black snow was at its thickest, Jiang Lin picked up the mysterious jade box given to him by the Ice River Venerable, and then, with Lei Dong and the others who had different expressions, they left quietly.

After Jiang Lin and the others left, the Ice River Venerable on the Warm Snow Demon Lotus slowly opened his eyes. He first glanced at his own body and the Warm Snow Demon Lotus beneath him, whose soul was intertwined with his, and fell silent for a moment. Then he looked up at the large number of Central Continent forces that had gathered outside Ice River Valley because of the Black Snow incident.

"Hyoga! Hand over the treasure!" someone shouted from the crowd, and then made their move!
A great battle is about to break out. Some have chosen to attack Ice Valley, while others have chosen to remain silent and observe.

However, the Ice River Venerable's cold and effeminate face remained unchanged. He simply raised his hand slowly, and in an instant, black snow fell from the sky once again.

The black snow was extremely strange. All the Dou Zong powerhouses within the black snow's coverage area had their Dou Qi shields melt instantly, like bubbles meeting red-hot coals!
Even the protective aura of a Dou Zun expert was corroded by the black snow, causing it to emit black smoke!
It was seven days later when Jiang Lin and the others received the message from Ice River Valley again.

However, Jiang Lin and the others who were preparing to search for the Soul Palace did not learn about the news from Ice River Valley on their own initiative, but rather passively.

Because they were blocked in their way.

"The Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen, was severely injured by Binghe. This has nothing to do with us, right, Senior?" In a mountain range in Zhongzhou, Jiang Lin looked at the white-haired old man in a red robe who suddenly appeared in front of them and smiled.

The old man in red just stopped them, saying that in the Black Snow incident seven days ago, their Burning Flame Valley Master was almost killed by Ice River, and now they need to go and take a look.

“Spiritual craftsman, the Black Snow Poison is extremely strange and can damage a person’s foundation. As the former Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, I hope you can help me remove the root of the disease. Burning Flame Valley will definitely repay you handsomely!” The Supreme Ancestor of Burning Flame Valley, Ancestor Huoyun, looked at the four people in front of him with a solemn expression.

Originally, Old Ancestor Huoyun wanted to be more assertive, but after seeing Lei Dong and Lan Hong, he realized that he couldn't be assertive at all.

Although Huoyun Patriarch is the strongest fighter among the 'Three Valleys', he currently only has the cultivation of a mid-stage one-star Dou Sheng, while he is facing Lei Dong, a late-stage three-star Dou Sheng, and Lan Hong, a mid-stage two-star Dou Sheng.

"This spectacle at Burning Flame Valley is definitely worth watching," Lei Dong said coldly, looking at the Fire Cloud Ancestor blocking his way.

Burning Flame Valley clearly couldn't stand seeing Ice River Valley doing well, so they tried to take advantage of the chaos, only to be nearly poisoned to death by Ice River Venerable. Under normal circumstances, Tang Zhen, a five-star Dou Zun, wouldn't be so easily severely injured by Ice River, who had just entered the five-star Dou Zun realm, especially since Tang Zhen had refined the Nine Dragons Thunderfire and possessed strong resistance. Unless Tang Zhen deliberately courted death by directly confronting Ice River, who had just obtained his life weapon, the Warm Snow Demon Lotus.
However, after hearing Lei Dong say that Burning Flame Valley and Ice River Valley were sworn enemies, Jiang Lin felt that it was understandable.

"Ah, this..." Old Ancestor Huoyun was a little uncomfortable after being rebuked by Lei Dong, but he didn't dare to retaliate. Although Lei Dong didn't say his name, Old Ancestor Huoyun had already roughly guessed Lei Dong's identity from the aura emanating from the pure lightning-type battle qi.

The Nine Dragons Thunderfire, a unique and inherited flame of the Burning Flame Valley, happens to have a slight connection with thunder and dragons. Furthermore, the Fire Cloud Ancestor had refined the Nine Dragons Thunderfire, thus he was somewhat sensitive to the auras of thunder and rainbows.
"How did you know my whereabouts?" Jiang Lin ignored Huo Yun Lao Zu's embarrassment and asked the question he was more concerned about.

Old Ancestor Huoyun quickly replied, "Tang Zhen is a member of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, and you recently passed by a weapon-refining guild, so you knew about it."

"I see." Jiang Lin nodded slightly, not particularly surprised.

Binghe and Tang Zhen are both members of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, but that doesn't stop them from killing each other.

"We can try to contact the Burning Flame Valley. The Burning Flame Ancestor was one of the five strongest beings a thousand years ago," Pei Xuan, who always seemed to know a bit of strange information, thought to Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin thought about it and decided that he could also visit the Burning Flame Valley. However, before doing so, he asked a few more questions, wanting to know why Ancestor Fire Cloud had gone to such lengths to actively seek them out.

However, the Fire Cloud Ancestor explained with a complicated expression: "Not long ago, Tang Zhen's daughter from Burning Flame Valley, Tang Huo'er, the most talented descendant of Burning Flame Valley for the next thousand years, suffered a foundation injury while refining the Nine Dragons Thunderfire."

Jiang Lin and the other three: "."

The Burning Flame Valley is truly unlucky. Tang Huo'er was probably being groomed as the next Valley Master, otherwise they wouldn't have let her refine the Nine Dragons Thunderfire. However, Tang Huo'er damaged her foundation during the refining process.
And now, Tang Zhen, the current master of Burning Flame Valley, has also had his foundation damaged.
Ultimately, the Fire Cloud Ancestor had no choice but to step in and search for the mysterious spirit craftsman who had appeared in the Ice River Valley, in order to save the future of the Burning Flame Valley.
"In that case, let's go."

(End of this chapter)