He vaguely remembered that in the original story, Xiao Yan soaked in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool for several months and broke through directly from the peak of Dou Huang to Dou Zong.

Wei Wen didn't intend to steal Xiao Yan's opportunity, but he still wanted to go and see.

If there is enough energy in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, soaking in it won't affect Xiao Yan's breakthrough.

The Blood Pool of Tianshan is located deep within the Tianmu Mountains, surrounded by numerous magical beasts, including many high-level ones.

Wei Wen searched for nearly a month in the Tianmu Mountains and finally found the Tianshan Blood Pool on the highest peak of the Tianmu Mountains.

It was a small pool of water, red like blood, with a thin white mist floating on its surface, carrying a faint fragrance.

He squatted by the pool and scooped up a handful of water. The water was cool and had a faint sweet taste.

Wei Wen stood up and silently released his domain. Everything within ten thousand feet was within his perception. There were no magical beasts or people around him, only the sound of wind and water.

He didn't intend to take the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool for himself; Xiao Yan still needed it to break through to the Dou Zong realm.

However, he can soak in the water before Xiao Yan arrives. If he doesn't have enough energy, he can wait until Xiao Yan finishes soaking before coming. If he has enough energy, soaking in the water won't affect Xiao Yan's breakthrough.

He took off his outer robe and stepped into the pool of blood. The water reached above his chest, and the icy energy surged into his body, flowing through his meridians.

He closed his eyes and began to circulate his energy to absorb the energy from the blood pool.

This soak lasted for three days and three nights.

When Wei Wen emerged from the blood pool, his entire aura had changed. He was at the peak of the fifth level of Dou Huang, just one step away from the sixth level.

The energy in the blood pool was much less than he had expected. It wasn't that there wasn't enough energy, but that the Northern Darkness Divine Art absorbed it too quickly, absorbing nearly 30% of the energy in three days.

If we keep soaking, there won't be any left for Xiao Yan to soak in when he arrives.

He emerged from the pool of blood, put on his clothes, and found a cave deep within the Tianmu Mountains to live in.

He didn't plan to leave; he wanted to wait for Xiao Yan to come and see the protagonist from the original story with his own eyes.

And so another few months passed.

In the autumn of the twelfth year, Xiao Yan arrived.

Wei Wen stood on the highest peak of the Tianmu Mountains and watched Xiao Yan fly in from the sky. The aura of a peak Dou Huang was emanating from him, which was even stronger than Wei Wen had expected.

Xiao Yan did not notice him. The perception range of a peak Dou Huang is limited, and he is not yet able to detect the gaze that is watching from ten thousand feet away.

Xiao Yan spent several months soaking in the Blood Pool of Tianshan Mountain, breaking through from the peak of Dou Huang to Dou Zong.

On the day he emerged from seclusion, Wei Wen stood at a distance watching Xiao Yan fly up from the highest peak of the Tianmu Mountains, his robes fluttering in the wind, his aura astonishing.

"A Dou Zong level expert?" He withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked down the mountain. Xiao Yan's road was still long, and so was his.

In the winter of the twelfth year, Wei Wen drew another white-attribute item, "Tianshan Snow Lotus," in a cave in the Tianmu Mountains. Its effect was to increase the effectiveness of water-attribute combat skills by 10%, which was better than nothing.

Wei Wen left the Tianmu Mountains and headed south to Luoshen Ravine, where there was a strange fire called the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

In the original novel, Xiao Yan subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flames in the Fallen God Abyss and refined them using the Burning Technique, greatly increasing his cultivation level.

Wei Wen had no interest in the Three Thousand Burning Flames. He didn't have the Burning Technique, so the strange flames were just icing on the cake for him.

But he was interested in the things that accompanied the strange fire, those spiritual herbs and ores that had been tempered by the strange fire for thousands of years, all of which were good things.

The Three Thousand Burning Flames are hidden deep underground, and the surrounding temperature is much higher than that of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Wei Wen searched for several days in the underground caves and found the Three Thousand Burning Flames on the bank of a lava river.

The purple flame hovered silently above the magma, and the temperature thousands of feet around it was terrifyingly high.

Wei Wen didn't approach the flames, but walked around the bank of the lava river and found quite a few good things.

Several purple Ganoderma lucidum plants grow in the crevices of the rocks along the lava riverbank. They remain vibrant despite the high temperatures. The Purple Flame Ganoderma lucidum is a grade seven spiritual herb and the main ingredient for refining grade seven pills.

The ore along the banks of the lava river is rich in fire-attribute battle qi, making it of a higher grade than the ore around the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

After emerging from the underground cave, Wei Wen spent half a month exploring the Fallen God Ravine, finding several sixth-grade spiritual herbs, killing several fifth-order magical beasts, and mining several small spiritual mines.

The bundles grew increasingly full, the bottles of pills multiplied, and a large pile of monster cores was accumulated.

In the spring of the thirteenth year, Wei Wen went to the Pill Tower, which was located in the core area of ​​Zhongzhou and was the highest hall for alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Yan shone brightly in the Pill Tower, winning the Pill Gathering Championship and subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

Wei Wen was not interested in winning the Dan Club championship, but he was interested in the Dan Tower's library.

The library of the Pill Tower contains countless pill formulas and alchemy insights, ranging from first to ninth grade.

In the original novel, Xiao Yan obtained many valuable items in the Scripture Pavilion of the Pill Tower.

Wei Wen didn't want to snatch it, but he wanted to take a look. Just one look would allow him to memorize the contents of the pill formula.

The defenses of the Pill Tower are very tight, with a Dou Zun-level expert in charge and a Dou Sheng-level ancestor secretly protecting it.

He couldn't force his way in, but he could wait—wait until the Three Thousand Burning Flames went out of control, until the Pill Tower's defense system was destroyed by the flames, until everyone's attention was drawn to the strange fire.

And so another year passed.

In the autumn of the fourteenth year, the Three Thousand Blazing Fires went out of control. Purple flames erupted from the ground beneath the Pill Tower, and towering pillars of fire illuminated half the sky.

Wei Wen stood on the hill outside the Dan Tower, looking at the sky ablaze with fire, a slight smile playing on his lips. His chance had come.

As he gracefully descended from the hill, he landed silently behind the walls of the Pill Tower, releasing his domain and gaining complete perception of everything within a ten-thousand-foot radius.

The library is located to the east of the Dan Tower, but the guards have disappeared.

He went straight to the library, pushed open the door, and found that there were far more pill formulas and alchemy tips inside than he had expected, ranging from first-grade to eighth-grade, from ordinary pill formulas to lost ancient formulas, everything imaginable.

Wei Wen didn't take anything; he flipped through the pages one by one, memorizing each word.

Thanks to the photographic memory that gave him this advantage, he could remember all the information after just one look, even though there was a lot of stuff.

However, the library contained many prescriptions and alchemy tips, and he spent the entire night studying them.

When dawn broke, having memorized the last pill formula, he put it back in its place and turned to leave the library.

The flames in the tower were still raging, and the teachers were busy putting out the fire. No one noticed that the library had been visited.

Wei Wen stood on the wall of the Dan Tower, glanced back at the blazing fire, then turned and disappeared into the dawn. The sunlight shone on him, casting a long, long shadow.

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