Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 691 The Choice of Burning Flame Valley! Ancestor Burning Flame!

Faced with the invitation from Burning Flame Valley, Jiang Lin pondered for a moment but ultimately did not refuse.

It's not that he's worried about anything, but the fact that the Burning Flame Valley has caught Jiang Lin's eye means that if they really fall out with the Soul Clan in the future, the Burning Flame Valley could be a source of help.

So, Jiang Lin and the other three followed the Fire Cloud Ancestor and soon arrived at a volcanic area with extremely hot air. After passing through one pass after another, Jiang Lin and the others finally discovered that the Burning Flame Valley was actually built in a cave under a volcano.

"Let's skip the formalities and go check on Tang Zhen first. If we delay any longer, he might drop in cultivation level, which wouldn't be worth it." Led by Ancestor Huoyun, Jiang Lin glanced at the core members of Burning Flame Valley and then followed Ancestor Huoyun into the Valley Master's Mansion.

At this very moment, inside the Valley Master's mansion, a burly man with fiery red hair, Tang Zhen, was completely blackened, his body showing extensive decay and deformity. Outside the sickbed, a hot-bodied girl with equally long red hair was kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down her face, being held back by other elders of the Burning Flame Valley, preventing her from approaching Tang Zhen's body.

"Fire, don't go. The Valley Master's body cannot be touched now; several Dou Zong physicians have already died!" The other elders of Burning Flame Valley earnestly advised.

The girl was Tang Zhen's daughter, Tang Huo'er.

"No!" Tang Huo'er's tears flowed uncontrollably. Just as she was about to cry out something, she heard the door outside being pushed open with a bang, followed by a cold male voice: "Oh, quite ruthless. I didn't expect that you would almost change the power structure here so soon after arriving in Zhongzhou without making a sound."

Upon hearing this, the other elders of Burning Flame Valley immediately turned around. They originally wanted to rebuke him, but after seeing the leader, Old Ancestor Fire Cloud, they immediately lowered their heads and bowed, not daring to say anything more.

"You..." Upon hearing this, Tang Huo'er subconsciously looked back and then saw that the long-unseen Old Ancestor Huoyun was leading four young people in from outside.

After the four young men entered, the black-robed man in the lead, wearing a black-patterned mask, curiously looked around and then casually said, "Your Burning Flame Valley is quite united. But it's alright, it's still early, so it's not a big problem."

As Jiang Lin spoke, he turned his head and gestured to the Little Fairy Doctor beside him to go up and detoxify: "The ability of the Warm Snow Demon Lotus is pollution and distortion, which you are capable of handling. You can give it a try."

Little Fairy Doctor nodded upon hearing this, and then stepped forward under everyone's gaze.

The elders of Burning Flame Valley originally wanted to stop it, but seeing that even the Fire Cloud Ancestor had no objections, they suppressed their inner turmoil and began to look at Little Fairy Doctor with expectant expressions, hoping that she could bring them a miracle.

As expected, Little Fairy Doctor walked to Tang Zhen's bedside, whose body was black and smelly, under the watchful eyes of others. She glanced silently at Tang Zhen, who was already on the verge of death, with her icy, pale purple eyes. Then she stretched out her finger and, amidst the gasps of others, silently hovered it above Tang Zhen's forehead.

Then, wisps of eerie black gas began to drift out from Tang Zhen's body, eventually gathering under Little Fairy Doctor's snow-white fingers. Then, wisps of pale purple threads shot out from Little Fairy Doctor's fingertips, merging with the black gas.

In just a few breaths, the black gas dissolved at a visible speed as it merged with the pale purple threads.

At this moment, Little Fairy Doctor basically understood what the Warm Snow Poison was. A faint purple light flashed in Little Fairy Doctor's eyes, and the next moment, Little Fairy Doctor's finger directly touched Tang Zhen's forehead!
Then, a scene that shocked everyone in Burning Flame Valley appeared! From Little Fairy Doctor's finger as the source, countless pale purple lights surged directly into Tang Zhen's body. In the next instant, Tang Zhen, whose body had turned black and deformed from the poison, began to recover visibly, centered on Little Fairy Doctor's finger!
"This is incredible!" In just a few breaths, Tang Zhen's body was covered by a purple halo. After the purple halo was withdrawn by Little Fairy Doctor, Tang Zhen's body returned to normal!
Of course, this wasn't entirely normal, because Tang Zhen's body was completely devoid of energy, and his cultivation level had dropped to the four-star Dou Zun. However, in the eyes of the others in Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen being able to escape with his life was already incredibly fortunate; they shouldn't ask for anything more.

"How are you feeling?" After Little Fairy Doctor stepped down, Jiang Lin noticed that her face was a little flushed and couldn't help but smile gently.

"It's alright." Little Fairy Doctor nodded gently, without saying anything else.

However, in the eyes of Jiang Linlei and Huoyun Ancestor, Little Fairy Doctor's aura seemed to have increased somewhat.
"..." Old Ancestor Huoyun looked at Tang Zhen, who was unconscious but in stable condition, and then glanced at Little Fairy Doctor, whose face was slightly rosy, and remained silent.

As a Dou Sheng (Battle Saint), Old Ancestor Huoyun roughly knew what Little Fairy Doctor had just done. Simply put, Little Fairy Doctor had absorbed a portion of Tang Zhen's cultivation.
Even after Tang Zhen awakens, it may take him two or three years to recover to his peak condition, and even then, he will only be able to reach the level of a four-star Dou Zun.

After absorbing Tang Zhen's energy, Little Fairy Doctor's actions were basically enough to raise her star level.
Even if the Fire Cloud Ancestor knew all this, he couldn't say anything, because Tang Zhen's life had been saved, and their Burning Flame Valley already owed Little Fairy Doctor a favor.

"Alright, the rest of the time is up to you. Laugh when you want to laugh, cry when you want to cry. We won't disturb you any longer." Seeing that Tang Zhen had been saved, Jiang Lin led Lei Dong and the others away without looking back, leaving the Burning Flame Valley members looking at each other, at a loss.

"You can handle it however you see fit." After leaving these words, Old Ancestor Huoyun immediately went out to catch up with Jiang Lin and the others.

Inside the Valley Master's mansion, only Tang Huo'er and a group of Burning Flame Valley elders remained, staring at each other in disbelief. From the time Jiang Lin and the others appeared to the time they left, it had only been two or three minutes. Yet Tang Zhen, who had almost died just moments before, was now alive? If Tang Zhen's body hadn't actually improved, everyone present would have seriously doubted whether they were dreaming.

"Young friend, Spirit Craftsman." Outside the Valley Master's mansion, Ancestor Fire Cloud caught up with Jiang Lin and the others.

"What? Does Senior Huoyun have something else to say?" Jiang Lin stopped in his tracks, and Lei Dong and Lan Hong behind him both turned around to look at Huoyun Ancestor. The gazes of the two Dou Sheng with extremely terrifying backgrounds made Huoyun Ancestor feel great pressure.

"No, what I meant was that Burning Flame Valley owes you a favor. You can..." Old Ancestor Fire Cloud couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. For some reason, under the gazes of Lei Dong and Lan Hong, Old Ancestor Fire Cloud felt as if he were about to die at any moment.

Fire Cloud Ancestor felt that even if he was not the best, he was still a strong person in the middle stage of a one-star Dou Sheng. Why did the person in front of him give him such a terrifying feeling?

"Forget about favors," Jiang Lin shook his head, looked towards the Valley Master's Mansion, and smiled, "Tang Zhen's matter is somewhat related to me. Treating Tang Zhen is a way of settling this score. If Burning Flame Valley suffers heavy casualties because of Venerable Ice River in the future, it won't be my concern." The main reason Jiang Lin was willing to save Tang Zhen's life was that he didn't want to antagonize Burning Flame Valley at this time. However, if Burning Flame Valley later went to seek death with Venerable Ice River, then it wouldn't be Jiang Lin's business.

The main reason Jiang Lin didn't want to antagonize Burning Flame Valley was because the Burning Flame Ancestor behind Burning Flame Valley was one of the strongest people in the world.

"This..." Old Ancestor Huoyun was stunned. He did not expect that Jiang Lin would take the initiative to admit that the changes in Ice River Valley were related to him and that he would take responsibility for them. Old Ancestor Huoyun had never seen such a responsible person in his life.

However, the old ancestor Huoyun's eyes quickly shifted, and his gaze toward Jiang Lin began to burn with fervor: "The strange phenomena of the Ice River Valley are related to you, young friend? If I'm not mistaken, that kind of tribulation should be the kind of fluctuation that only a ninth-grade Xuan Dan could have when it appears in the world!"

The Dou Sheng masters of Zhongzhou usually cultivate in the shadows, and they generally don't interfere in conflicts between Dou Zun. So when the Ice River Venerable single-handedly overwhelmed a group of Zhongzhou Dou Zun during the Black Snow incident in Ice River Valley, shaking the entire Zhongzhou, the Zhongzhou Dou Sheng were still unaware of it.

Even the Fire Cloud Ancestor only heard about the possible birth of a Grade 9 Profound Pill in Ice River Valley at the very end. By the time the Fire Cloud Ancestor arrived, many Battle Saints had already searched Ice River Valley, but they did not find the Ice River Venerable. It was rumored that the Ice River Venerable had been seriously injured by a Half-Saint and had fled.

The Valley Master, currently the strongest warrior in Ice River Valley, has gone missing, but outside forces dare not invade.
For a Dou Sheng, the Ice River Valley was simply their backyard, a place they could enter and leave at will. Therefore, if they wanted to take something, they could simply take it without the need for a large-scale massacre that would incur the wrath of the fleeing Ice River Venerable.

As for other forces that only possess Dou Zun level power, they will not dare to invade Ice River Valley as long as the missing Ice River Venerable remains alive. During the Black Snow incident, Ice River Venerable had already demonstrated astonishing area-of-effect (AOE) attacks! If Ice River Venerable were to hold a grudge and sneak up near their sects or families, unleashing a massive Black Snowstorm, then all forces below Dou Sheng level would be utterly destroyed in an instant!
"..." After the Fire Cloud Ancestor told Jiang Lin and the others the result of the battle with the Ice River Venerable, Lei Dong and the others looked at Jiang Lin with some complicated expressions.

This kid... he's only been in Zhongzhou for less than half a year, and he's already caused a huge incident?

No wonder many forces restricted the actions of top-tier weapon refiners back then; such beings were simply too easy to disrupt the balance. Especially a top-tier weapon refiner like Jiang Lin, who could destroy the order that had been maintained in the Central Continent for thousands of years without giving it any face.

"It's not a ninth-grade Xuan Dan, just a fighting weapon," Jiang Lin shook his head and explained.

Ice River Venerable suddenly activated the 'protagonist panel', and after becoming famous throughout the Central Plains in one battle, he was hunted down by a half-saint powerhouse. Jiang Lin was quite speechless about this.

"A battle weapon?" Ancestor Huoyun's face showed an expression of disbelief. He was about to say he didn't believe it, but then he quickly realized something and said with a strange expression, "...Dan Lei? Dan weapon...? The concept that the Soul Craftsman once proposed, you've brought it to life???"

"I didn't expect Senior Huoyun to know this." Jiang Lin was somewhat surprised, but then he suddenly understood. After all, Ancestor Huoyun was a Dou Sheng old monster from Zhongzhou, so it was normal for him to know these things.

Because when the Soul Craftsmen were researching the path of Soul Weapons, they had conducted large-scale cooperation with the Pill Tower to carry out 'Pill Weapon' experiments.

However, the Soul Craftsman eventually abandoned this path because he discovered that the 'spirits' he captured would be struck dead by heavenly lightning. This ultimately led the Soul Craftsman down a risky path of Soul Weaponry.

"Although there are some differences, they are roughly the same. Just follow your understanding." Jiang Lin didn't explain too much. Although the life weapon already had publicly revealed its power, Jiang Lin still mainly believed in letting things take their course.

"Um... young friend, I don't know..." Upon hearing that Jiang Lin was actually able to refine 'alchemy artifacts', Old Ancestor Huoyun's heart immediately became restless. He had heard of the Ice River Venerable's achievements not long ago. If Burning Flame Valley also possessed an 'alchemy artifact', wouldn't Burning Flame Valley's foundation be even stronger?

However, Jiang Lin laughed and asked, "Senior Huoyun, have you seen what happened to Venerable Binghe?"

High-level life artifacts are not easy to obtain. Ice River Venerable almost lost his life because of it. Perhaps it was the protagonist's halo that awakened, but he actually escaped from the hands of a half-saint powerhouse.
"This..." Old Ancestor Huoyun's face stiffened instantly. After Jiang Lin's reminder, he realized that if the news that Burning Flame Valley had also obtained the 'Ninth Grade Profound Pill' was exposed, then Dou Sheng experts would definitely come to try their luck.

Seeing that Ancestor Huoyun was hesitant, Jiang Lin couldn't help but smile slightly. He then took out a soul jade slip from his personal space and tossed it to Ancestor Huoyun in front of him: "Senior, this is the 'Treatise on Fate Weapons.' You might as well take a look first and then make a decision."

Jiang Lin started to increase the stakes for Old Ancestor Huoyun. Since they had already come to Burning Flame Valley, Jiang Lin naturally wanted to maximize his profits.

"This...this..." After quickly browsing through the "Theory of Fate Weapons," Old Ancestor Huoyun was immediately shocked, looking at Jiang Lin as if he were looking at some monster!
The young man before me possesses a talent that is even more terrifying than that of the Soul Craftsman!
"I wonder if Senior Huoyun has any ideas yet?" Jiang Lin asked Huoyun Ancestor softly.

"..." Old Ancestor Huoyun hesitated for a moment.

"I have some business to attend to at the Soul Palace next. It would be best if you made a decision sooner rather than later, as my time is precious," Jiang Lin said softly.

"..." Upon hearing the name of the Soul Palace, Ancestor Huoyun felt a surge of anxiety, his eyes instantly hardening as he said, "This matter is of great importance; please allow me to consult with you, Ancestor."

"Sure." Jiang Lin's lips curled up slightly. The ancestor of the Fire Cloud Ancestor? Who else could it be?
Naturally, it was Ancestor Burning Flame, one of the strongest beings in the world.

'Perfect timing, we can take advantage of both the Soul Clan and the Spirit Clan's reputations.'

(End of this chapter)