Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 7 The Crow's Development
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Lin Changheng follows a set routine in his daily work and life, which has led to his unique trajectory.

Between his rented cave dwelling and Xu's alchemy shop, he lived a simple life, occasionally extending his stay to Li's spirit meat shop each month.

With the enhanced comprehension from the [First-Level Origin Treasure Seed], Lin Changheng's cultivation of the "Flowing Fire Technique" steadily progressed towards mastery, yielding gratifying results.

The same applies to alchemy.

The strong positive feedback made Lin Changheng infatuated and addicted to it.

……

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Changheng was alone in the scorching alchemy room, looking slightly tired, but he was desperately trying to suppress the joy in his eyes.

Before him were three long wooden boxes.

That's right, there are three!
Their lids were all lifted, revealing that they were full of waste pills and inferior pills.

For the first two months, Master Mo continued his training as before, practicing every two days and resting for one day, enjoying a very leisurely life.

But ever since the Xu family sent an urgent letter...
Mo Shi's leisurely retirement life was completely shattered.

It became two refining sessions every three days, two furnaces per day, and one day of rest after two refining sessions.

Although Master Mo did not reveal the specifics, Lin Changheng noticed it carefully.

Originally, one batch of Wood Essence Pills and one batch of Crimson Flame Pills were refined each day, but now it has become three batches of Crimson Flame Pills and one batch of Wood Essence Pills every two days.

This means that the Xu family's demand for the Crimson Flame Pill has increased significantly for some reason.

But this is a great thing for Lin Changheng.

Human joys and sorrows are not shared, but they are conserved!
Mo Shi's initial smugness slowly vanished from his face due to his overtime work refining pills, and successfully transferred to Lin Changheng's heart.

It's just not something to be shown outwardly.

Moreover, due to his advanced age and declining health, Master Mo found it difficult to concentrate and maintain his physical strength for such intense alchemy.

Although the alchemy skills were highly proficient, the rate of defective and inferior pills produced was still rising, from nearly 20% to almost 30%!
This results in Lin Changheng's [Fire Crow Treasure Seed] only gaining nine to ten points of spirit-stealing progress each month.
It jumped to 18 or 19, almost 20!
He communicated with Yuan Ding telepathically.
[Fire Crow Treasure Seed - Spirit-Seizing and Rebirth in Progress]

[Spirit Stealing: 82/100]

"Success will be achieved at this moment!"

Muttering a secret phrase, Lin Changheng focused his mind and reached out to stroke the discarded elixir.

call out!
In an instant, all the essence and blood of the discarded pills were completely drained.

"No rush, we'll handle it step by step."

Without rushing, Lin Changheng disposed of the waste pills in the same manner as always before continuing to extract about 50% of the essence and blood from the inferior pills.

An hour later.

The pills in front of him had all been processed and packaged. Lin Changheng stared at them intently, but his mind was no longer on them.

Instead, it sank into the sea of ​​consciousness and landed on the central Yuan Cauldron.

[Fire Crow Treasure Seed - Spirit-Seizing and Rebirth in Progress]

[Spirit Stealing: 100/100]

Then, under Lin Changheng's gaze, the azure light at the mouth of the cauldron undulated continuously.
A crimson seed that was about to solidify quietly split into three phantom seeds.

[Fire Crow Treasure Seed - Level 1]

[Choose one to cultivate into the demon race's innate talent: Fire Control, Breath Control, or Beak Strike]

"Refine it into [Fire Control]!"

Lin Changheng has already thoroughly discussed and made his decision; there is no need for further hesitation.

The other two treasure seeds withered instantly, and the misty energy and Daoist rhyme were channeled into the treasure seed representing [fire control].

[Already mastered: Fire Control Technique - Insight]

Lin Changheng's mind stirred; he plucked the precious seed and sent it into his mind. He only felt a slight warmth in his soul.
"Om-"

Then a soft sound spread through my mind, and I was immediately enveloped in warmth, as if I were surrounded by flames.

He opened his eyes and found everything in his field of vision shrouded in a reddish halo; even the remaining flames in the alchemy furnace appeared completely different to him…

According to Lin Changheng, the remaining fire in the furnace was clearly the flickering embers, and the fire elemental energy was attracting, rising, and bursting forth.

He slowly raised his right hand thoughtfully, spread his fingers, and gently flicked them.

Surprisingly, the embers swayed from side to side in rhythm, like an obedient pet.

At the same time, a realization dawned on Lin Changheng.

"The flames are so obedient and compliant; it must be due to the ability to control fire..."

After a closer examination, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not only the embers in the furnace, but also the surrounding wandering fire elemental energy were clearly more compatible and easier to control.

"Come."

With a thought, Lin Heng made a gesture towards the embers in the furnace, and they immediately detached and floated above his palm.

The flames gently coiled around his fingers, without causing the slightest burning pain.

[Effect: Provides basic control over ordinary flames and slightly enhances fire-based spells]

Noticing this, Lin Changheng looked puzzled. "Such fire manipulation ability is only at the 'preliminary' stage?"

In the past six months, he had observed alchemists, including a mid-grade first-level alchemist and a Qi Refining Stage 5 master, refining pills more than ten times. Their fire control abilities seemed to be only slightly better than his own...

It is worth mentioning that Lin Changheng had not observed Master Mo's alchemy up close more often in the past ten years than he had in the last six months.

He speculated that the turning point would come after the family increased the demands on him to refine pills.

It seems that Master Mo has been intentionally grooming him during this period.

"Would it be good to share his heavy alchemy burden?" Lin Changheng smiled, naturally not refusing and happy to see it happen, and became even more proactive in his work.

……

"Once the [Double Fire Crow Treasure Seed] is successfully completed, will my fire control ability surpass that of a mid-grade alchemist who has been immersed in this field for many years?"

Mid-grade alchemists hold a certain status in Zichuanfang and the Xu family.

"Then, to what extent does the 'minor' enhancement of fire-based spells mean?"

With a burning passion in his heart, even the crimson clouds on the horizon became a reflection of his emotions.

Finally, the time for the value to be distributed was over, and Lin Changheng went straight back to his Class D cave dwelling.

"Fire bomb technique!"

After closing the door, Lin Changheng immediately began to try it out.

He made a hand seal with one hand and chanted incantations. After about three breaths, a ball of fire the size of an adult's fist appeared in his palm, sizzling and burning.

This technique is one of the three low-level spells that Lin Changheng practiced.

The other two are the Wood-type Entangling Spell and the Earth-type Earth Shield Spell.

One offensive, one controlling, and one defensive strategy, all combined in a reasonable way.

The fireball technique, in particular, is incredibly powerful.

However, it takes a long time to form and flies, making it difficult to hit. Yet, it is a spell favored by most low-level cultivators. As long as it hits one person, the opponent will be dead, and the battle will be over.

Lin Changheng did not release it, after all, this one contained 20% of his magic power and could not be wasted. After holding it back, he made a hand seal to guide it again, and at the same time added fire control techniques to it.

In less than two breaths!

"Stab!"

Like adding fuel to the fire, the fist-sized ball of fire instantly burst into flames, expanding by more than half its original size, with continuous crackling sounds and sparks flying everywhere.

(End of this chapter)