While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 95 Soul Splitting Pill (Part 1)

At dusk after the inner court selection competition concluded,
Lu Yu and his group met with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin in a secluded woodland behind the outer courtyard. The afterglow of the setting sun filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

Several freshly hunted magical beasts had been cleaned and placed around the campfire.

The little fairy doctor was skillfully slicing the monster meat, skewering it with twigs, and grilling it over charcoal. The dripping oil made a sizzling sound, and the aroma filled the air.

Several jars of aged wine were placed in the middle of the group, their aroma mingling with the scent of meat.

"Brother Lu, you really are..."

Xiao Yan tilted his head back and drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp, then said with a wry smile, "With this girl's strength, why would I need to hold back?"

Upon hearing this, Qinglin smiled shyly.

Lu Yu toyed with the wine bowl in his hand and laughed, "I didn't expect her to be able to comprehend the Five Serpent Poison Seal. If I had known this, I wouldn't have needed to ask you for help..."

Ziyan, on the other hand, paid no attention to the conversation and was focused on eating heartily, her little face covered in oil stains.

"What are your plans next?" Lu Yu suddenly asked seriously.

"Intend?"

Xiao Yan blinked, puzzled, and said, "Naturally, it's to enter the inner courtyard for cultivation..."

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor exchanged a glance.

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Yu decided to be frank and said, "Brother Yan, to be honest, the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower in the inner courtyard has been temporarily closed. Even if you enter the inner courtyard now, you probably won't be able to use it to accelerate your cultivation."

"what?"

Xiao Yan was visibly startled, then fell silent.

Lu Yu waited patiently, guessing that he was communicating with the old doctor.

After a moment, Xiao Yan looked up, his eyes clearing again, and said frankly, "Now that I've come to Canaan Academy, I can't leave empty-handed. If the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is unusable, I plan to go to the Black Corner Region for some training."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu nodded thoughtfully, then said, "The Black Corner Region? It's quite a good place for training..."

"After this Fire Energy Hunting Competition ends, I've decided to take Azure Scale to the Tagor Desert for training..."

"The Tagor Desert?"

Xiao Yan was taken aback upon hearing this, then looked at Little Fairy Doctor beside him, and as if he had thought of something, said, "Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame?"

"Brother Lu, are you planning to create a unique fire vein for your wife?"

Upon hearing this, the little fairy doctor's hand trembled slightly on the skewers of grilled meat, and a few drops of oil fell onto the charcoal fire, causing a bright flame to rise.

Her ears turned red as she focused intently on flipping the grilled meat, pretending not to hear.

Lu Yu chuckled, added a piece of firewood to the fire, and said, "If we can succeed, that would be best. I heard about your previous information and specially found a prescription for treating the symptoms of multiple souls in one body. Perhaps we can exchange it for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame from Medusa..."

"However, this kind of pill is of a high grade of seven, so it still requires the help of the Elder Medicine Master..."

"A seventh-grade medicine prescription?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was taken aback, then remained silent for a moment, during which a faint light flashed on the ring.

The old man's calm voice echoed in Lu Yu's mind: "Young Lu, Medusa has already broken through to the Dou Zong realm. Even if you refine this kind of pill, she might not necessarily trade with you..."

"In the Dou Qi Continent, the strong prey on the weak. Although the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame is useless to her, she can use it as a bargaining chip to get other seventh-grade alchemists to refine pills for her..."

"It won't be easy for you to exchange the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame for her..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu chuckled softly, his slender fingers retrieving a scroll of medicinal formula emitting a faint blue light from his storage ring. In the firelight, the mysterious patterns flowing across the formula were faintly visible.

"Other alchemists might be able to solve Medusa's problem as well."

He flicked his wrist, and the prescription moved without wind, slowly floating towards Xiao Yan. He said calmly, "But it's nowhere near as perfect as my 'Soul Splitting Pill' prescription. Senior Yao will know that at a glance." The prescription hovered three feet in front of Xiao Yan, and a subtle soul fluctuation swept across the scroll. After a moment of silence, Yao Lao's astonished voice echoed in Lu Yu's mind:

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! The ingenuity of this prescription surpasses even my treasured 'Spirit Fusion Pill.' Soul separation and thought transformation… the user can not only perfectly separate the foreign soul within their body, but also preserve their original soul from damage…"

"What's even more remarkable is that this pill can enhance the user's control over their soul power and strengthen the body's rejection of other soul entities..."

"This is truly unheard of; this elixir... is indeed extraordinary..."

The old alchemist couldn't hide his excitement. With the eyes of a peak eighth-grade alchemist, he had actually glimpsed a brand new path to the ninth grade and above from this prescription.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu's lips curled up slightly. He was already very confident in the alchemy inheritance he had obtained from the Endless Fire Domain.

"In your opinion, senior, could we use this pill to trade with Queen Medusa for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame?"

The old apothecary was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course..."

"The value of this pill to Queen Medusa must far exceed that of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, but the only concern is that she might not abide by the rules of the transaction..."

He paused, his tone turning somber: "In this dog-eat-dog world of Dou Qi, even the most precious transaction cannot compare to the supremacy of strength. What alchemists fear most is encountering those who are blinded by greed and forget morality..."

"Young man Lu, you should think this through. When making a deal with a Dou Zong expert, the value of the pills alone is not enough."

Do you have any backup plans?

"Backhand?"

Lu Yu chuckled and said, "What does Senior think of this junior?"

Having said that, a golden glint flashed in his eyes, and his battle qi surged like a mighty river, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones. He swiftly formed hand seals, his fingertips tracing a profound arc in the air:
"Burning Heaven and Igniting Spirit, activate!"

With a muffled boom, it was as if some shackle within his body had been forcibly broken. Golden Floating Pagoda Fire erupted from his body, transforming into raging flames that surrounded him.

"Shoot..."

Countless golden lines spread up from his neck, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye. The intense heat distorted the surrounding air, and the sand beneath his feet melted into crimson crystal fragments in an instant.

His aura began to rise at an astonishing rate!
Eight-Star Battle King!

Nine-Star Battle King!

One-Star Dou Huang!
Two-Star Dou Huang!

With a muffled thud, it finally stopped at the peak of the two-star Dou Huang level.

Lu Yu slowly clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body, his eyes flashing with a sharp light. The effects of the Heaven-Burning Spirit-Igniting Secret Technique were inherently closely related to the strength and compatibility of the strange fire.

Now, this Floating Pagoda Flame is not only far more powerful than the Earth Core Flame, but it also perfectly matches him, which is why he was able to break through the Dou Huang barrier directly and reach the peak of the second star!

With the addition of the Floating Pagoda, the three great strange flames, and the Meridian Opening Technique, he was confident that he could defeat even a true Dou Zong powerhouse!
In an instant, the forest fell into a deathly silence.

"Crack!"

Xiao Yan, sitting opposite him, stared blankly as the wine bowl in his hand suddenly shattered, the wine dripping from between his fingers onto the ground.

Was he dazzled?

How did Brother Lu suddenly become a Dou Huang?

The old man's shocked voice echoed in his mind: "What an overbearing strange fire... what an overbearing secret technique..."

"A two-star Dou Huang..."

The old doctor's voice was more solemn than ever before, "With this kind of strange fire and meridian opening technique, he is indeed qualified to contend with a low-level Dou Zong."

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(End of this chapter)