Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 240 Assessment

"Very well, since it's your choice, I won't force you!"

Unexpectedly, Tian Leizi sighed helplessly, then took out two sets of scrolls from his storage ring and tossed them to Lin Feng.

"Young friend Lin Feng, one of these scrolls contains my insights into alchemy, and the other contains my understanding of thunder magic!"

Seeing Lin Feng's hesitant expression, Tian Leizi waved his hand, indicating that he should accept the two sets of scrolls.

"Over the years, I have encountered many geniuses, none of whom are suitable to inherit my mantle. Although we are not related as master and disciple, I do not care about such things."

"I'm passing on my legacy to you. If you find it useful, learn it; if you don't, pass it on to someone who is destined to receive it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, seemingly afraid that Lin Feng would refuse, Tian Leizi greeted Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi before disappearing from the spot.

Seeing this, Lin Feng could only look to Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, hoping they could help him find a solution.

"Haha, Lin Feng, just accept these two scrolls!"

Although he didn't understand why Lin Feng would refuse such a great opportunity, Xuan Kongzi didn't delve into it. Seeing Lin Feng's hesitant expression, he simply told him to accept the scroll.

"Just as Tian Leizi said, let's take it as his way of showing concern for a younger generation!"

"Yes, Lin Feng, Aunt Xuan has never seen this taciturn Tian Lei Zi speak so much in all these years. Please accept it!"

"Besides, he's already gone. If you want to return it, you'll have to do it to him in person next time."

Seeing this, Lin Feng had no choice but to put the two scrolls into his storage ring. In his heart, he felt a little respect for Tian Leizi, the giant of the Dan Tower who was described very little in the original work.

Of course, this did not change Lin Feng's mind; he still would not become Tian Lei Zi's disciple.

Having reached his current level, even without the master-disciple relationship, many secret techniques and methods would be available to Lin Feng once he entered the Pill Tower.

With his alchemy skills, he could also exchange many high-grade spiritual herbs for pills.

The greatest help Tian Leizi could give him was actually his status as a giant of the Pill Tower and his strength as a peak Dou Zun.

However, Lin Feng, who had already decided to stay in the Pill Tower and cultivate to at least the Dou Zun realm, did not have too much need for this.

Even if pushed to the brink, he still had the Dragon Emperor's essence blood as a backup, so after hesitating for a while, he still refused to become a disciple.

More importantly, Lin Feng values ​​the bond between master and disciple to the extreme. If he were to become his disciple today, he would inevitably have to consider this matter more carefully in the future.

Furthermore, Lin Feng didn't want to have an elder overshadowing him.

Of course, if Tian Leizi had appeared in front of Lin Feng ten years ago, he would have kowtowed ten times as a gesture of formality.

"Lin Feng, since you happen to have nothing to do, Aunt Xuan would like to go and watch your assessment!"

Knowing that Yao Chen was safe and sound and had even taken on a talented disciple, and that they would be able to meet again in a few years, Xuan Yi was in a very good mood.

As for Lin Feng, who brought the news, Xuan Yi naturally liked him more and more. If Lin Feng didn't already have several female confidantes, she would definitely try to make things happen between Lin Feng and that little vixen Cao Ying.

"Haha, I almost forgot about the important matter. Let's set off now!"

The appearance of the powerful figures Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi in the assessment area of ​​the Dan Tower headquarters naturally caused a sensation. Cao Ying and Lin Feng, following behind the two giants, also became the subject of much discussion.

"Miss Cao Ying has appeared again! Oh my god, she just looked at me! I'm in love!"

"Miss Cao Ying is truly my dream goddess! Look at her graceful figure and captivating eyes—she's the most beautiful woman in Danta!"

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"Who is that young man following behind the two presidents? Does anyone here know?"

"I don't know, but she's quite good-looking!"

"Could he be an alchemist too?"

"Have you noticed that I can't see through his battle qi level?!"

"hiss"

It wasn't until a sixth-grade alchemist spoke that everyone realized they truly couldn't see through Lin Feng's cultivation level.

You should know that this is the Dan Tower headquarters assessment area. In addition to the alchemists being assessed, there are also many powerful individuals here, hoping to meet the high-level alchemists who are rarely seen in the past.

Among the crowd was an old man whose Dou Qi level had reached the sixth-star Dou Zong.

If Lin Feng doesn't possess any secret treasures that conceal his aura, wouldn't that mean his Dou Qi realm is at least at the Seven-Star Dou Zong level?

Judging from its vigorous vitality, it must be no more than thirty years old!

"Click."

Ignoring the probing looks in everyone's eyes, Xuan Kongzi led Lin Feng and the others into the assessment area. He waved for the stewards who were about to bow to leave, and Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying in black robes came up to the top of the assessment room, indicating to Lin Feng that they could begin at any time.

"Thump"

Lin Feng, who was already prepared, showed no stage fright and threw the Heart of the Earth without hesitation, which landed inside the assessment room.

"Could this be the one on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking?"

Looking at the unique patterns on the medicine cauldron and the undulating earth power, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi exchanged a glance, both having their own guesses.

"Bang!"

However, what they were looking forward to was yet to come. After taking out the medicine cauldron, Lin Feng also began to mobilize the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame within his body.

A ball of bluish-green flame suddenly appeared in Lin Feng's palm, and he tossed it into the medicine cauldron to begin warming it.

"Teacher, could this be...?"

Feeling the tremors emanating from the Blood Demon Flame within her body, Cao Ying's eyes flashed with disbelief, and she asked with some doubt and uncertainty.

"When this extraordinary flame emerges, all other flames submit!"

"That's right, the strange fire in Lin Feng's hand is the supreme strange fire among fires, and judging from its color and intensity, it is most likely the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Strange Fire Ranking!"

"Having obtained this alchemist's supreme treasure, as well as Yao Chen's inheritance, coupled with Lin Feng's own powerful soul force talent, it's no wonder he has reached such a level at such a young age!"

Xuan Kongzi stroked his beard, a hint of emotion in his expression.

"A strange fire, back then, Yao Chen risked his life for the Bone Spirit Cold Fire. He suffered for several years in that frigid land, and when he finally subdued it, he also faced death almost every time."

"I wonder how this little guy managed to subdue that strange fire!"

Xuan Yi, standing to the side, also looked somewhat surprised. Hearing the praise from the two elders, Cao Ying became even more curious about Lin Feng.

Of course, it would be wishful thinking to expect the little vixen of the Cao family to admit defeat so easily.

As the favored daughter of one of the five great guest families of the Pill Tower, and also the personal disciple of Xuan Kongzi, one of the giants of the Pill Tower, her talent is extremely strong.

Becoming an alchemist at the age of seven means that he achieved the level of a fighter at the age of seven. He entered the Pill Tower at the age of fifteen and became a seventh-grade alchemist at the age of twenty.

In terms of alchemy alone, Cao Ying is currently only a hair's breadth away from Lin Feng.

Of course, the resources Cao Ying received were far beyond what Lin Feng could compare to.

However, if Lin Feng had received Cao Ying's resources from a young age, he might only be a Dou Huang and a sixth-grade alchemist now.

While the upbringing provided by large families offers stability, it also severely stifles the unbridled growth of exceptional talents, which is the difference between Lin Feng and Cao Ying.

Moreover, Lin Feng has now reached the final stage of Dou Zong in his cultivation of Dou Qi.

It won't be long before he's ready to go into seclusion and break through to the Dou Zun level. At that time, Lin Feng might even gain another title: Feng Zun or Five Elements Zun!

Regarding the cultivation of soul power, Lin Feng already had a vague premonition that even without any other opportunities, he could steadily enter the Spirit Realm within a year through his own cultivation alone.

If, during this period, one's battle qi reaches the Dou Zun realm, one's soul power may also be promoted as a result.

Lin Feng, who has reached the Spirit Realm Soul stage, is already considered a near-eighth-grade alchemist. As long as his alchemy skills keep up, he can finally be called a near-eighth-grade alchemist.

An eighth-grade alchemist or a Dou Zun powerhouse is already the strongest person on the continent in this era where Dou Sheng is no longer present!

One by one, the spiritual herbs radiating powerful energy fluctuations were thrown into the medicine cauldron by Lin Feng. Before long, a total of 49 kinds of medicinal herbs were put into the medicine cauldron by Lin Feng.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Feng still did not choose to use the Dragon Emperor's essence blood as the main ingredient of this pill.

The Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill I refined this time was merely for the purpose of the assessment, to prove that I had reached the level of a seventh-grade advanced alchemist.

If Cai Lin or Little Fairy Doctor were to become pregnant in the future, Lin Feng's alchemy skills would certainly far surpass his current abilities. At that time, he would need at least Grade 8 pills for Foundation Establishment.

What we have learned this time will serve as the legacy of the Snake-People race and will be used on a future Medusa Queen!

Moreover, Xuan Kongzi's cultivation level is quite high; he has one foot in the threshold of becoming a half-saint, and his knowledge is quite extensive. If he were to discern the origin of the Dragon Emperor's essence blood, even if he didn't say anything, he would most likely have some guesses in his heart.

"Dragon Blood Mushroom, Bone Spirit Fruit, Mysterious Heaven Green Vine, Teacher, can you tell what kind of pills Lin Feng is refining?"

Perhaps the Snake-People's inherited pill formulas were too obscure, because even Cao Ying, a prodigy of the Pill Tower, did not recognize what kind of pill Lin Feng was making.

"I have never seen them before either. However, judging from the mild nature of these medicinal herbs, the pills that Lin Feng is refining this time must be for consolidating the foundation and strengthening the body."

"Furthermore, if the violent energy within the blood essence of magical beasts could be harmonized, this would be extremely beneficial for magical beasts or physically strong infants!"

"Based on this, it can be inferred that the pill Lin Feng refined this time must be intended for newborns!"

As expected of one of the giants of the Pill Tower, even without having seen the pill formula or the complete refining process, he could roughly deduce the uses of a seventh-grade pill simply by analyzing the pharmacology of various medicinal herbs!

"Indeed, I still have a lot to learn!"

Lin Feng, who had not yet reached the Core Fusion stage, happened to overhear the conversation between Xuan Kongzi and the others, and couldn't help but feel admiration for the knowledge of this giant of the Pill Tower.

Of course, refining a seventh-grade pill takes at least ten days, let alone a high-grade seventh-grade pill.

The reason Lin Feng was able to refine more than ten Grade 7 pills in half a month was because he was so ruthless that he refined ten Grade 7 pills at the same time.

As long as Old Man Mo obtains medicinal herbs from the Loose Cultivator Alliance, Lin Feng will put them into the medicine cauldron and then use his powerful soul force combined with the Five Elements Alchemy Technique to isolate the medicine cauldron into ten separate spaces.

However, since this was a pill-refining assessment, Lin Feng naturally couldn't do that and had to start refining from scratch.

Even with the help of the strange fire, the time can be greatly shortened.

With his powerful soul perception, which was about to break through to the Spirit Realm, he quickly found the melting point of the spiritual medicine and began refining it rapidly. It took him five days to reach the final step.

During this time, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi also took turns offering guidance, even using Lin Feng's refining techniques as teaching materials to instruct Cao Ying, who was standing to the side.

Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi realized that Lin Feng's strength was certainly enough to easily refine this seventh-grade pill. However, their understanding of certain key aspects of alchemy was somewhat flawed.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Even though Lin Feng later obtained all of Yao Chen's inheritance, it was inevitable that errors would occur when he had to learn on his own without anyone to teach him.

"It seems that after entering the Pill Tower and advancing to the Dou Zun level, I'll need to spend some time relearning alchemy from the basics!"

Lin Feng couldn't help but feel envious when he thought of how Xiao Yan was able to refine pills of the eighth grade, five-colored pill lightning level as soon as he entered the Spirit Realm.

With the guidance of Master Yao Chen, even though his progress is not as good as his, his foundation is solid, and he can advance step by step.

For someone like him, a grassroots individual, even if he progresses quickly at the beginning, once he encounters a bottleneck, he will lose a lot of time.

This is another reason why Lin Feng entered the Pill Tower. Besides seeking protection and gaining time to develop, another important reason is that Lin Feng intends to use this opportunity to rebuild his alchemy skills.

"Buzz"

Time passed unnoticed and the sixth day arrived. At this moment, the forty-nine ingredients inside the medicine cauldron had long since transformed into clusters of energy light, scattered in various places.

Recalling the techniques recorded on the scroll, Lin Feng quickly formed hand seals and unleashed his soul power to suppress the numerous orbs of light within the cauldron.

"Seventh-grade high-level pill—Heavenly Soul Blood-Melting Pill, condense it for me!"

"Boom!"

As if the heavens were responding to Lin Feng's shout, a thunderclap suddenly resounded in the clear sky, followed by a cloud of dark clouds gathering above the examination room.

Upon witnessing this scene, Xuan Kongzi stroked his beard slightly and gazed at the sky, murmuring something.

"It's done!"

Lin Feng, however, did not move an inch. He continued to refine the pills in the cauldron under the Dan Lei, attempting to improve their quality by half a step.

The speed at which the high-grade seventh-rank pill lightning condensed was even faster than that of the low-grade seventh-rank pill lightning. Before Lin Feng could make any move, a huge bolt of lightning struck down fiercely towards the medicine cauldron, or rather, the pill that was about to be born.

Lin Feng, standing before the medicine cauldron, merely glanced up, and suddenly his entire body was enveloped in a burst of lightning, mingling with the lightning strikes from the pill.

"boom"

(End of this chapter)