Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 214 Who am I, and where am I?

Seeing the admiration on the faces of the elders, Yao Chen's expression remained unchanged. Although he also liked to show off, once he reached his level, even if all the alchemists on the continent, both overt and covert, were combined, there would be very few who could surpass him.

Therefore, the audience required for his iconic scenes naturally has strict requirements; at the very least, the elders of Canaan Academy are indeed of a somewhat low level.

With his alchemy skills, only a Dou Zun level expert would be qualified to watch. In fact, it wouldn't be of much use to someone who hasn't reached the advanced Dou Zun level or even the Transcendent Realm.

After all, at his peak, he was a Nine-Turn Battle Venerable, a being only half a step away from becoming a Half-Saint.

"Elders, there's no need to worry," Yao Chen continued, reassuring everyone, "Have you noticed that Lin Feng's two confidantes aren't here?"

After Yao Chen's prompting, the elders came to their senses and looked around, but they did not find Little Fairy Doctor and Cai Lin.

"No need to look anymore, look in the distance!"

Following the direction Yao Chen pointed, the elders looked into the distance and indeed found several tiny figures colliding incessantly. Two of them were Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor.

"Elder Little Fairy Doctor and the others?"

"Hahaha, Lin Feng must have been confident, otherwise those two wouldn't have felt comfortable stopping Han Feng," Yao Chen said with a slight stroke of his beard. "Everyone, our most important task now is to capture these people from the Black Corner Region, and then wait for Lin Feng to awaken!"

"What Senior Medicine Venerable says is true. Elder Lin Feng has already dealt with two Dou Zong level experts for us, but we have yet to achieve anything. Everyone, leave two Dou Huang level elders here to protect Elder Lin Feng. The rest of you, follow me and we must capture these lawless bastards before Elder Lin Feng awakens!"

"yes!"

The elders clasped their hands in a fist salute and loudly agreed. Before Elder Su Qian could make a move, they were the first to attack the people from the Black Corner Region in the distance. After gesturing to Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, Elder Su Qian also flew rapidly to catch up.

"Master, is Senior Brother Lin Feng really alright?"

Once only four people remained, Xiao Yan secretly sent a telepathic message to his teacher, as the pitch-black object from before had been far too evil.

What was even more shocking was that he had just witnessed Lin Feng's attack, so powerful that he couldn't even muster the will to resist, yet it hadn't caused the slightest harm to the dark demonic beast. At this moment, Lin Feng was possessed by the demonic beast, and although he wasn't currently showing any signs of life, it was still incredibly unsettling.

Don't worry!

Yao Chen glanced at his foolish disciple. Although this guy was loyal and righteous, on the other hand, you could also say that he was being sold out and still helping the other party count the money.

"Lin Feng is a ruthless guy. If he couldn't solve this problem, he would have run away long ago. His spatial mastery is already close to the threshold of Dou Zun. He has every opportunity to escape. This might be his lucky break."

Seeing Xiao Yan breathe a sigh of relief, Yao Chen continued.

"As for you, Lin Feng has already reached the intermediate Dou Zong level. Judging from his bone age, he's at most five years younger than you. You, on the other hand, are still struggling at the Dou Ling level. That's a huge difference, especially in alchemy cultivation..."

At this point, a hint of amazement flashed in Yao Chen's eyes. "I suspect that Lin Feng's alchemy skills have definitely reached the level of a seventh-grade alchemist. The effort you would have to put in to catch up with him is unimaginable."

"What!?"

Xiao Yan's mind was filled with his master's telepathic message, the shocked voice echoing, "Seventh-grade alchemist, intermediate-level Dou Zong!"

"Don't be discouraged. Lin Feng's talent is top-tier even on the entire Dou Qi Continent!"

Yao Chen couldn't help but recall his childhood, when he was forcibly expelled from his clan. "If I had possessed this talent back then, even with a low bloodline concentration, those arrogant fellows would probably have acknowledged me!"

"When I was young, I wasn't the most talented among my peers. But whoever has the last laugh depends on more than just talent. Opportunity, hard work, and even luck are all indispensable factors."

Seeing his foolish disciple staring at him expectantly, Yao Chen naturally wanted to encourage and boost his confidence.

"Moreover, you cultivate the miraculous Burning Technique. As long as you absorb enough strange fire in the future, your potential will be beyond what Lin Feng can compare to."

At this point, Yao Chen's gaze suddenly turned to the surging figures in the distance, and he murmured softly.

"Right now, this Sea Heart Flame is your chance to quickly become stronger. As long as you defeat that beast Han Feng, with the Sea Heart Flame's ranking and power, it might even be enough to elevate you to the Dou Wang realm!"

"After reaching the Dou Wang realm, with that puppet protecting me, as long as I am careful, I can go to the Central Continent."

Yao Chen gazed towards the direction of Zhongzhou, seemingly already seeing a place shimmering with starlight. There, an old friend awaited his return.

"Yes, Master!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's heart surged with pride once more. He could only say that he truly deserved to be called the future Yan-di. His unwavering perseverance alone was enough to surpass most of the mediocre people in the world.

However, the Dou Qi Continent is teeming with heroes, and those whose perseverance and willpower are no less than Xiao Yan's are as numerous as the fish crossing the river. In fact, the strongest member of the Soul Clan, the Soul Emperor, can be considered the most formidable and ruthless figure in the world.

However, without Lin Feng's appearance, the world would only have left behind the legend of Yan Di!

Encouraged by Yao Chen, Xiao Yan rallied and rushed to Han Feng's location with him. After all, the Sea Heart Flame originally belonged to Xiao Yan in the original distribution of spoils, and he had to contribute significantly to the fight against Han Feng.

As everyone left, only two white-haired Dou Huang-level elders remained in the sky, guarding Lin Feng on his left and right.

Everything seemed to fall into silence.

"What's going on? How could a mere Dou Zong like you possess such power? Ah!"

The sounds of painful struggle echoed in Lin Feng's mind, but the expected scenario of the Old Man of Eagle Mountain easily possessing Lin Feng, or the two fighting to a standstill, did not occur.

If someone were to enter Lin Feng's soul sea, they would find that Lin Feng's soul sea is incredibly vast, and at its very center is an enormous millstone.

The millstone rotated at an extremely slow speed, almost invisible unless one looked closely.

However, this seemingly slowly rotating millstone has a great function.

After a long period of rotation, a large amount of soul power is absorbed into the soul sea, and when it rotates out again, it will be even purer.

What's even stranger is that the transferred soul power doesn't seem to decrease with the increase in quality; on the contrary, it seems to increase slightly.

It turns out that this millstone, besides purifying a person's soul power, can also absorb the spiritual energy that exists in the universe. And this spiritual energy is the most important thing for a soul to transcend the mundane and enter the spiritual realm.

Of course, none of that matters. What matters is that beneath this roulette wheel, a demonic beast radiating an evil aura is being suppressed. It is struggling violently, but to no avail, because above the roulette wheel, a huge drop of blood, exuding a powerful dragon's might, is slowly emitting light.

Whenever the demonic beast trembled, the blood droplet would emit a dragon's might, stunning it. All of this was under Lin Feng's control; without Lin Feng's control, a mere Dou Zong would have been blasted apart the moment it entered Lin Feng's body.

However, if he did that, Lin Feng wouldn't have gained as much as he has now.

As the soul force is continuously crushed and ground by the millstone, a wisp of pure soul power slowly dissipates and then merges into Lin Feng's soul ocean.

"If this old man from Eagle Mountain is capable, perhaps this will be the opportunity for my soul power to advance to the Spirit Realm!"

Thinking of the immense power of the Spirit Realm soul, Lin Feng's heart was stirred. He had originally thought that he would need to go through the incomplete Medicine Realm of the Pill Tower and use Xiao Yan's formula from the original novel to advance to the Spirit Realm soul.

Unexpectedly, I encountered another treasure-giving boy. I remember the last time I met such a kind person was a long time ago in the Izumo Empire, with that guy named Scorpion Biyan.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng couldn't help but glance again at the old man from Eagle Mountain struggling below the millstone. He couldn't help but recall a few hours ago when the old man from Eagle Mountain, thinking he had no means to restrain him, was attracted by the vastness of Lin Feng's soul sea as soon as he entered it, completely disregarding his existence.

"Hehehe, such a vast ocean of souls, it even has the potential to reach that realm in the future."

The old man from Eagle Mountain wandered around, constantly looking him over, nodding occasionally, and then offering a few comments. However, all his evaluations were positive, followed by a few loud, self-deprecating laughs, clearly showing he didn't take Lin Feng seriously at all.

"Senior Eagle Mountain, you seem to be being rather rude?"

Lin Feng looked at the arrogant Old Man Eagle Mountain, but he wasn't angry. Having the world's number one trump card, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move. He watched the Old Man Eagle Mountain's actions with appreciation, seemingly already imagining his struggles in a moment.

"Oh? Is that so? I apologize, Mr. Lin Feng, that was indeed my rudeness!"

Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the monster snapped out of its daze, a strange smile appearing on its dark lips.

"Heh heh heh, what an arrogant brat! Since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish!"

"However," the old man from Eagle Mountain paused, his strange, dark face looking at Lin Feng with an evil, magical aura, "I'll mercifully tell you, I'm not that mediocre guy like Old Ghost Eagle Mountain."

At this point, the pitch-black demonic beast chuckled again, "My body contains the noble bloodline of the Holy Race. As for what the Holy Race is, perhaps those ancient imperial clans still have some legends about it. However, you are destined not to have the fortune to witness the ultimate glory right now."

"You'd better obediently become my vessel! Hehehehe."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge millstone appeared out of nowhere and instantly suppressed the chuckling "Old Man Eagle Mountain".

"What is this thing? It's despicable!"

The "Old Man of Eagle Mountain" suddenly began to struggle in agony, his violent movements seemingly capable of overturning the millstone. Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly chanted the incantation given to him by the Dragon Emperor, "..."

Before long, a drop of purple-gold blood radiating powerful energy appeared on the millstone. The combined force of the two, or rather, the powerful force generated by their fusion, instantly suppressed the "Old Man of Eagle Mountain" so that he could not move.

"Senior, please tell me!"

Lin Feng walked up to "Old Man Eagle Mountain" with a smile and spoke softly.

"Sir, I now know your true name and origins. Please tell me the truth, lest you suffer a humiliation!"

"You damned brat, hehehe, you think you can trap me with this messy millstone? Just you wait, I will break free one day, and then your young and talented body will be the best resources for me to become a king. Hehehe."

"ah"

Seeing how arrogant this guy was, Lin Feng naturally wouldn't tolerate it. Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that since he came to the Dou Qi Continent, no one had ever dared to be so arrogant in front of him and had a good ending.

"You brat, you just wait, I won't let you get away with this!"

Lin Feng ignored the stubborn old man who still hadn't grasped the situation. He quickly formed hand seals and used his full sealing technique to temporarily seal him away, intending to slowly extract the guy's secrets later.

However, Lin Feng will not stop absorbing its soul.

Originally, relying on his soul cultivation technique, Lin Feng was confident that he could advance his soul power to the Spirit Realm within three years without relying on external forces. Now, with the blessing of the "Old Man of Eagle Mountain," Lin Feng could shorten that time by at least half.

However, everything depends on whether its soul essence is sufficient to support Lin Feng's continuous extraction.

"Buzz"

After sealing the "Old Man of Eagle Mountain," Lin Feng slowly withdrew from his soul sea. However, in the eyes of the two Dou Huang elders, the black mist on Lin Feng's body disappeared at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this, the two elders' eyes were filled with surprise, followed by a hint of caution. After all, that monster was truly terrifying; they had witnessed Lin Feng's powerful attack, yet it hadn't caused them the slightest harm.

As the black mist dissipated and Lin Feng gradually opened his eyes, the two elders couldn't help but feel uneasy.

After exchanging a glance, one of the slightly thin elders spoke first.

Elder Lin Feng, are you alright?

"Um?"

As Lin Feng gradually regained consciousness, he opened his eyes to find the two elders staring at him warily. After hearing Elder Shou's words, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Who am I? Where am I?"

(End of this chapter)