Wild Dogs

【Nine Secrets of Spiritual Flame】

Yang Fan picked up one of the booklets and immediately became interested after taking a look.

Clearly, one of the booklets contains the secret techniques of Lingyan Valley.

When the girl's grandfather left Lingyan Valley, it's likely that Lingyan Valley destroyed the secret techniques within to maintain secrecy.

The cover of the other book is very simple, with only the words "Danfang" on it.

Upon opening it, I found that it indeed contained hundreds of prescriptions for elixirs.

This is much more comprehensive than the pill formulas that Senior Brother Wang gave him before.

The last booklet became the "Celestial Divine Alchemy Method".

It not only changed from a booklet to a book, but it also became much thicker.

Yang Fan curiously opened the Heavenly Gang Alchemy Method and was immediately shocked.

This book contains several alchemy techniques, and it also covers all the details that need to be paid attention to during the alchemy process, making it much more detailed than previous alchemy notes.

"With this Heavenly Gang Alchemy Method, I can refine pills on my own from now on."

Although he currently only has some experience in controlling flames, as long as he devotes himself to learning the Heavenly Gang Alchemy Method, he may very well become an alchemy master.

He has already experienced the benefits of the pills; with so many pills, his strength has improved so quickly.

However, alchemy cannot be rushed; one must practice it slowly.

After a while, Yang Fan picked up the Nine Secrets of Spirit Flame and started reading. He wanted to see what kind of secret technique would make Spirit Flame Valley choose to destroy this booklet.

After opening it and glancing at it twice, Yang Fan's heart began to pound wildly.

These Nine Secrets of Spirit Flame clearly record nine immortal techniques from Spirit Flame Valley!

"A fireball technique that uses spiritual energy to ignite a fire and condense it into a fireball."

"Fire Dragon Technique, which manipulates flames to transform them into the shape of a dragon."

"Use the Fire Release technique."

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Indeed, there are nine immortal techniques!

Judging from the importance that Lingyan Valley attaches to these nine secret techniques, they are quite extraordinary.

Of these, Yang Fan was most interested in Fire Release Technique and Fire Dragon Technique!

The Five Elements Escape Techniques are all good ways to escape.

The earth-遁符 (earth-遁符) that the old Taoist priest gave him was made using the method of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique).

This fire escape technique is clearly a means of escaping and saving one's life by using flames.

It can be said to be the best choice for saving one's life.

If Yang Fan fails to eliminate the Old Daoist Bei Ming in the future, the Fire Escape Technique might save his life at a crucial moment.

Yang Fan carefully picked up the Nine Secrets of Spiritual Flame.

Before he was completely safe, Yang Fan planned to focus on the Nine Secrets of Spiritual Flame, in addition to cultivating the Azure Cloud Ascension Scripture.

In a critical moment, this secret method might just save your life.

Just as Yang Fan was about to put these things away, he suddenly froze.

He hadn't noticed before, but now all the spirit stones inside the small cauldron had changed.

Previously, the spirit stones he obtained from trading at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion were all ordinary low-grade spirit stones.

Low-grade spirit stones are not pure enough and contain many impurities.

But now the quality of these spirit stones has obviously improved a lot.

Not only is it full of spiritual energy, but it also has far fewer impurities.

"Could it be that even the spirit stones have been upgraded?"

Yang Fan excitedly picked up the spirit stone and examined it carefully.

It's obvious that there are far fewer impurities in the spirit stone.

Spirit stones are classified into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade according to their quality.

With each level, the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone will be a hundred times greater than before.

However, after watching for a while, Yang Fan was somewhat disappointed.

Although the quality of the spirit stones has improved, the spiritual energy within them has not changed much.

Clearly, these spirit stones have only become purer; they have not turned into mid-grade spirit stones.

This disappointed Yang Fan somewhat.

"One mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones. If only we could turn all of these into mid-grade spirit stones."

"That would make you rich!"

However, spirit stones can be used for cultivation in addition to trading.

Therefore, the purer the spirit stone, the easier it is to refine and absorb.

After putting all these things away, Yang Fan took out a Rejuvenation Pill, carefully swallowed it, and began refining the pill to enhance his strength.

With the help of the elixir, Yang Fan's strength improved much faster than before.

As dawn broke, Yang Fan slowly opened his eyes.

With the help of two Rejuvenation Pills, Yang Fan finally raised his cultivation level to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

But when he looked back at the small tripod, he became worried again.

Only one Rejuvenation Pill remained in the small cauldron; the other pills were nothing more than detoxifying and healing pills.

There are two other pills that can improve cultivation, but those pills are only effective for those who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage or later, and he cannot take them yet.

"Looks like I'll have to go to Poison Valley again to see if I can find any discarded pills."

Yang Fan carefully put away the small cauldron, stretched his limbs, and walked towards the front hall.

Over the next two days, Yang Fan found several more discarded pills in the Poison Valley, but he was somewhat disappointed after turning these useless pills into treasures.

There's no other reason than that these pills are not elixirs of rejuvenation, but rather some detoxifying pills.

Seeing that there were no suitable discarded pills, Yang Fan went to the front hall less often.

He devoted more of his energy to learning immortal techniques and alchemy.

However, the Nine Secrets of Spirit Flame were much harder to learn than he had imagined.

After several days of arduous training, Yang Fan had only barely mastered the Fireball Technique; he was still far from mastering the Fire Dragon Technique and Fire Release Technique.

This made Yang Fan somewhat anxious.

My current cultivation level is not high enough to use the flying needle talisman to eliminate the Gu worms.

He'll be going down the mountain in a few days, and he'll have gotten nothing from the old Taoist priest this month.

"We haven't gotten the jade pendant, nor the wooden sword. If this old Taoist priest goes berserk, we'll be in trouble."

Yang Fan rubbed his head, feeling a bit of a headache.

Getting to the Sword Tomb is still quite difficult.

After all, the Sword Tomb is heavily guarded, and there are restrictions inside.

Unless you obtain a token from an elder, you can pass through the barrier; otherwise, you will be captured once you enter.

"We can only try to see if we can get the jade pendant from Xu Longyue."

But how can I get close to Xu Longyue?

Xu Longyue usually stays on Red Lotus Peak, where even the outer disciples have difficulty getting close to him, let alone now that he is just a Pill Apprentice.

Without any legitimate reason, if he dared to approach Xu Longyue, he would likely be torn to pieces.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh.

As the day to descend the mountain drew closer, Yang Fan grew increasingly worried that the old Taoist priest would turn on him after they left.

After a while, Yang Fan picked up the Earth Escape Talisman.

"If all else fails, try to use an earth-遁符 (earth-遁符, a type of talisman) to sneak into Red Lotus Peak. As long as we're careful, they shouldn't be able to find us."

With no other options, he had no choice but to take a risk.

Just as Yang Fan was figuring out how to infiltrate Red Lotus Peak, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Senior Brother Yang, are you asleep? I need to tell you something."

Zhou Bantou's voice came from outside.

His voice was ingratiating.

Why is he here?

After hurriedly putting everything away, Yang Fan opened the door.

Zhou Bantou was looking at Yang Fan with a fawning expression.

"What's wrong so late?"

"Nothing much, it's just that the servants' quarters just sent an order saying that the sect's Qi Refining stage disciples will be going into the mountains to hunt spirit beasts tomorrow, and they need the servants' help."

"Each disciple is paired with two assistants; our Pill Hall also needs to provide personnel."

"I thought my senior brother was too busy to handle this, so I asked someone else to go for him."

Zhou, the squad leader, said with a fawning expression.

This kind of work, assisting disciples in the Qi Refining stage, is usually done by errand boys who have just entered the sect.

Yang Fan was a new handyman in the Pill Hall, and under normal circumstances, it was indeed his job to go.

In order to curry favor with Yang Fan, Zhou, the squad leader, assigned the task to someone else, and then eagerly showed his loyalty to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan nodded dismissively and was about to close the door when suddenly he grabbed it.

"You're saying that all disciples in the Qi Refining stage have to go into the mountains?"

Yang Fan's heart pounded with excitement.

Xu Longyue is also at the Qi Refining stage. If she also goes into the mountains to hunt spirit beasts, then my opportunity will come.

Since many people go into the mountains, we can easily find a way to get our hands on the jade pendant.

"Yes, all disciples at the Qi Refining stage must go into the mountains. After all, our sect emphasizes practical combat!"

"Only by fighting those spirit beasts can you better hone your combat skills."

Zhou Bantou looked at Yang Fan strangely, wondering why he asked that question.

"Will the senior sisters from Red Lotus Peak also be going?"

Yang Fan continued to ask, and the fat on Zhou Bantou's face twitched as he immediately realized what was going on.

So it turns out she wanted to see those senior female students.

This made Zhou Bantou look down on Yang Fan.

What a lecherous bastard! He's only a Dan Tong and he already dares to peep at his senior sister.

But upon closer reflection, it makes sense. You can't go to Red Lotus Peak normally, but once you enter the mountain, you can openly see those senior sisters.

"Of course, the senior sister from Red Lotus Peak will definitely go."

Yang Fan patted Zhou Bantou on the shoulder and gave him a knowing smile.

"Zhou, I think I should go. After all, I haven't been a member of the Pill Hall for long, so it wouldn't be right not to go."

Upon hearing this, Zhou, the squad leader, nodded repeatedly and gave a thumbs up.

"Senior Brother Yang is brilliant!"