Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 21 Strengthening Liquid

The red sun on the horizon, about to set, foreshadows the impending darkness that will engulf the world.

On the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, a figure flickered repeatedly, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Unless one had been observing closely from the start, no one, not even monsters, would have been able to see it clearly.

Finally, at the last moment before the red sun was swallowed by darkness, Lin Feng appeared before the waterfall.

"Phew, I'm finally back."

After letting out a soft breath, Lin Feng was quite grateful that he had returned in time. If he had been alone in the dark Demon Beast Mountain Range, even as a two-star Dou Ling, he would have felt a chill run down his spine.

When night falls over the Monster Mountain Range, some monsters that usually hunt at night will come out.

Of course, this was nothing to Lin Feng, a two-star Dou Ling with powerful soul force. Most importantly, venomous snakes at night are extremely difficult to detect, even for someone like Lin Feng who could sense them with his strong soul force.

But people aren't made of iron; there are always moments of carelessness. In your moment of distraction, that may be the moment you lose your life.

This is why Lin Feng was so eager to return. Although he wouldn't have been in such a hurry if he hadn't been guarding the monkey troop for nearly three hours, this at least didn't go against Lin Feng's conscience. Perhaps in the future, this would be the key to overcoming difficulties.

After entering the cave, Lin Feng casually scattered some specially made, dried monster dung at the entrance and then paid no further attention.

It was the familiar process again: he laid out all the equipment that Little Fairy Doctor and Qinglin had carefully prepared for him, and after everything was settled.

Lin Feng swept his hand across his storage ring, and five medicine cauldrons flew out. Immediately afterwards, he took out a series of medicinal herbs beneficial for strengthening the body, including Body Strengthening Grass, Sword Bone Wood, Tenacious Tendon Vine, and many more.

"If my deduction is correct, the reason why the Spirit Flame Monkey's body is so strong is because it has been drinking monkey wine for many years." After a pause, a glint flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. "However, how can a monkey's wisdom compare to that of an alchemist like myself? In addition, by refining these medicinal herbs and combining them with medicinal baths, we can maximize the body-tempering power of the monkey wine."

After studying the theory again, Lin Feng threw all the medicinal herbs he had taken out into the medicine cauldron.

Since this was not about refining elixirs, but rather about processing medicinal herbs into a liquid that could be easily mixed with monkey wine.

Therefore, even though it was the first time he had refined it, and the method was something Lin Feng had researched and hadn't tested, he wasn't too nervous.

"Zzzzz."

As the sound of flames burning could be heard from time to time, the medicinal herbs inside the cauldron began to gradually melt.

At this point, Lin Feng would use his powerful soul force to temporarily suspend himself in the medicine cauldron, waiting for all the medicinal herbs to be burned into a liquid state before beginning the final fusion.

Finally, at a certain moment, Lin Feng opened his tightly closed eyes.

"Lin Feng's exclusive creation, the super invincible body-strengthening elixir, first edition—Strengthening Elixir," Lin Feng uttered an incomparably sacred phrase, then his hand seals changed, and his soul power burst forth from his body, "Give it to me, condense."

As Lin Feng moved, the medicinal liquid scattered throughout the cauldron began to merge, eventually transforming into a strange, colorful, flowing substance—the Strengthening Liquid.

After completing the refining of the body-strengthening liquid, Lin Feng put away the medicine cauldron and took out a huge wooden barrel that would take three people to hug.

After filling a basin with water outside the waterfall, a burst of beast fire rose from Lin Feng's palm again, raising the water temperature in the bucket to a certain level.

Lin Feng began mixing the strengthening liquid and monkey wine in a 3:7 ratio and putting them into the basin. As the liquid continued to spread in the bucket, it finally reached a certain point.

Lin Feng stripped off all his clothes, leaped into the tub, leaving only his head above water. He sat cross-legged, formed hand seals, and began to circulate his internal energy.

As the color of the medicine in the wooden tub gradually faded, Lin Feng's expression began to change, his brows furrowing from calm to deeply furrowed.

It is clear that this strengthening elixir is not something an ordinary person can withstand. Even Lin Feng, whose physique is almost comparable to that of a Dou Ling, frowned deeply. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Lin Feng to promote this method. Moreover, the amount of monkey wine is limited, so how could he possibly give it to anyone other than his close relatives?

Finally, at some point, the water in the bucket became completely clear.

Lin Feng's hand seals had somehow come undone, and he slumped down beside the wooden tub. After letting out a breath, Lin Feng sighed, "This medicinal bath was really too painful. Even with his physical strength, he could hardly bear it and almost cried out."

Then, Lin Feng changed the subject, clenching his fist, "However, as painful as it may be, the combination of this strengthening liquid and monkey wine is truly effective!"

Lin Feng looked inward and felt the formidable physical strength within his body, comparable to that of a low-level fourth-tier magical beast.

Moreover, when one probed into the dantian with their mind, they saw that the sea urchin crystal, which was originally covered with half a sharp spike, had unknowingly shrunk back to a whole circle.

Indeed, during this medicinal bath, Lin Feng not only advanced his physical strength to the first level of Dou Ling, but also improved his Dou Qi realm by one star, reaching the three-star Dou Ling realm.

Based on previous calculations, Lin Feng at this time, even if he is not a match for a nine-star Dou Ling, should still be a formidable presence among eight-star Dou Ling.

Moreover, feeling the several huge jade bottles in his storage ring filled with large amounts of monkey wine, Lin Feng could no longer suppress the smile on his lips, which eventually spread into a loud laugh that echoed throughout the entire cave.

The next morning, Lin Feng got out of the wooden tub, and with a flick of his fighting spirit, he had already dried himself off.

After storing everything in his storage ring, Lin Feng officially announced the end of his short-term training in the Monster Mountain Range. Then, his flying combat skill wings rose from his back, and with a gentle flap, they whipped up gusts of wind, sending him soaring into the sky. (A Xuan-rank flying combat skill that can't even generate a level seven or eight gale with a gentle flap? That's incredibly disrespectful!)

In the sky above the outer edge of the Monster Mountain Range, a black figure flashed by and slowly descended as it approached Green Mountain Town.

In the newly built market of Maple Leaf Tower, Lin Feng walked along the street. People from Maple Leaf Tower would come over from time to time to greet him respectfully, and Lin Feng would respond to each one.

Some residents of Qingshan Town looked at him gratefully, thankful that he had opened the Maple Leaf Pavilion's exchange area to them, giving them the opportunity to cultivate Xuan-level techniques, combat skills, and exchange for pills. Although, so far, they had only been able to exchange for things like first-grade healing pills.

After investigating, Lin Feng returned to his residence at Maple Leaf Building.

"Brother Lin Feng," Lin Feng heard Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor's concerned voices as soon as he returned. Then, he felt two soft things bump into his arms. He stroked their soft hair and swallowed the words he was about to say, enjoying the peaceful moment.

(P.S.: I just adjusted the format of the paper and was checking the backend data when I saw six extra little tickets. I must keep my word and keep pushing forward!)

(End of this chapter)