Battle Through the Heavens: The Beginning of the Dou Sheng Inheritance

Chapter 134 The Medicine King

Beyond the inner courtyard's sprawling mountain range lies a city called Maple City. The city is not large, yet it holds a pivotal position within the Black Corner Region, solely because Han Feng, the Medicine Emperor of the Black Corner Region, resides there.

As the number one alchemist in the Black Corner Region, Han Feng, who has long been a sixth-grade alchemist, holds a high position in the hearts of many forces and even powerful figures.

Even across the entire continent, a sixth-grade alchemist is extremely rare. Even ordinary Dou Huang or Dou Zong experts would have to be polite to them, because everyone knows how much influence a sixth-grade alchemist has!

The city of Maple City is named after Han Feng. In the Black Corner Region, which is filled with chaos and killing, only a handful of people can enjoy this honor, and Han Feng is one of them!

Mo Tianxing, who was previously robbed by Qianmu Bailie, was in the same situation. The city he lived in was named Black Emperor City because of the Black Emperor Sect.

At the very center of Maple City lies a bamboo forest, completely different from the bustling market outside. This bamboo forest has extremely strict defenses; ordinary people, let alone entering, will be attacked indiscriminately if they even approach a certain range.

Every year, many people are killed by the bamboo forest guards for these reasons, so although this place is quiet, it is also a forbidden place in the hearts of many people in Maple City.

Deep within the bamboo forest stands a bamboo house, its lush green color resembling jade, exuding a faint bamboo fragrance.

Inside a tall bamboo room by the window, a man sat cross-legged, dressed in an alchemist's robe with an exquisitely crafted character for "maple" on the back.

The man was engrossed in a prescription in his hand, completely absorbed and focused.

In the midst of quiet contemplation, the man, whose head was bowed, suddenly raised his head, his sharp gaze fixed on the distant southern horizon, where he sensed a strange yet vaguely familiar fluctuation of energy.

With his brows slightly furrowed, the man was quite handsome, his thin lips pressed tightly together, giving him a cold and stern look. But it was precisely this that made him even more charming.

"This feeling..." The man murmured softly, tapping his forehead gently with the scroll in his hand.

Countless pieces of information flashed through his mind. After a long while, the scroll that had been tapping his forehead suddenly froze. The man's eyes flashed like lightning as he looked again at the source of the energy fluctuations. His voice, filled with surprise and astonishment, said, "This seems to be the fluctuation of a strange fire?"

The man's calm state of mind was disturbed by the sudden energy fluctuation. He narrowed his eyes, and after a moment, he slowly closed them. He flicked his fingertips, and a deep blue flame, like clear lake water, emerged from his body and enveloped him completely.

The deep blue flame was quite strange, looking like a pool of clear lake water flowing, but the most realistic senses clearly told people that it was not a pool of water, but a flame.

As the deep blue flames rose, the man's soul power suddenly increased dramatically. The vague sensations he had felt before were now incredibly clear, as if they were surging around him.

"It really is a strange fire!" The deep blue flames around his body suddenly receded, and the man stood up abruptly, staring intently at the distant mountains.

After a moment, as if recognizing something, his brows furrowed again, and he muttered to himself, "The direction from which the energy fluctuations are coming isn't from the so-called inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, is it? A new strange flame!?"

Although he has an extremely large influence in the Black Corner Region, Canaan Academy is also a behemoth. Generally speaking, even he is unwilling to provoke it easily. Of course, this unwillingness to provoke will automatically dissipate when a certain benefit is achieved, such as the temptation of the strange fire!

Although Han Feng had always known that Canaan Academy possessed a strange fire, he had too many concerns, especially regarding the dean of Canaan Academy, whose strength was unfathomable and probably not much weaker than his teacher, Yao Chen.

That time, it was only through a joint effort with Elder Mu Gu and various schemes that Yao Chen was killed. Facing Mang Qianchi, Han Feng had no confidence and hesitated to make a decision.

Moreover, with Su Qian, a Dou Zong, already in the inner courtyard, and Canaan Academy recently gaining three more Dou Zongs, Han Feng dared not easily go to Canaan Academy to seize the Strange Flame.

Now that a mysterious flame has appeared at Canaan Academy, Han Feng is determined to give it a try.

"Han Beng!" The man turned abruptly and shouted in a deep voice.

The words had barely faded when a figure, as elusive as a ghost, flashed out and appeared inside the bamboo hut. Kneeling on one knee, the figure's voice, though hoarse, remained respectful: "What are your orders, Master?"

"Take these tokens and notify the Earth Flame Sect, the Blood Sect, and... have their sect leaders go to the mountains south of Maple City within two hours. Also, personally deliver these two tokens to that place and ask the two gentlemen to go there as well."

The man casually flicked out several strangely shaped tokens, throwing them at the kneeling figure. The latter swiftly used them and stored them in his storage ring. Just then, two more tokens, one gold and one silver, shot towards him.

The figure, who had been expressionless, accepted the somewhat unusual gold and silver tokens with both hands. His expression softened slightly as he said in a low voice, "Master, you're even inviting them? They don't even see ordinary people. I'm afraid you need to offer them something they're interested in this time."

"Just do as I say. If I can achieve my goal, what they want will naturally be no problem," the man said with a wave of his hand.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the figure no longer hesitated and respectfully responded. Then, the figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.

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Watching the dark figure disappear, the man slowly exhaled, walked to the window, and gazed at the distant mountains. Suddenly, a deep blue flame surged in his eyes.

"A strange fire... Heh, I've been searching for it for so many years, and I never expected a strange fire to come to me of its own accord. If I can obtain the second strange fire and devour and refine it, then..."

A sudden surge of fervor washed over the man's usually cold and stern face. He clenched his fists tightly, about to speak, when his brows furrowed, he clutched his chest, coughed rapidly, and his breathing became slightly erratic.

The cough persisted for a while before slowly subsiding. The man let out a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and muttered, "Damn old man, if you had let me learn the Burning Flame Technique back then, everything would have been fine. What bullshit about being morally corrupt? My alchemy talent is far superior to yours!"

His voice trailed off at the end, but his clenched fists revealed the anger and hatred in his heart.

Without hesitation, he left Maple City and headed towards the location where the strange fire aura had appeared.

(End of this chapter)