Sitting on the chair, Xiao Ling looked intently at the changes in Hai Bodong's body. Xiao Ling was also somewhat interested in the seal of Medusa.
In the cold basement, as Hai Bodong gradually entered the state of cultivation, the atmosphere gradually became quiet. Xiao Ling sat on the chair and stared at Hai Bodong's direction, using his soul perception to check the situation inside his body.
At this moment, under the detection of Xiao Ling's soul perception, two auras of different attributes walked into Hai Bodong's map shop. It was obvious that the two little girls Zi Yan and Qing Lin had returned.
Xiao Ling did not hide his aura, and Zi Yan easily found Xiao Ling's location. Without planning to take this winding passage, Zi Yan directly tore open a small space crack, grabbed Qing Lin's little hand, and quickly got in.
Sensing the spatial fluctuations coming from the surroundings, Xiao Ling was surprised to find that Zi Yan and Qing Lin jumped out from a dark spatial crack.
After using his soul power to set up a barrier to block the sound, Xiao Ling first greeted Qing Lin, then looked at Zi Yan as if she were a monster, and asked curiously, "How did you do it? Teleporting through space is something that only ordinary Dou Zun can do."
Sticking her tongue out at Xiao Ling, Zi Yan said with some pride, "This is an ability that can only be used recently, and the distance cannot be too far, only a short distance, and if I don't get out quickly, I will be forcibly expelled from the space. As my strength improves, this feeling of rejection will continue to decrease, until I can fully master the ability to travel through space, and then it won't matter even if I sleep in the cracks of space."
Xiao Ling replied with some sighs: "Your spatial talent is really terrifying." But he muttered in his heart: "As expected of you, you are the royal bloodline of the Taixu Ancient Dragon. You are really the darling of space."
When Qing Lin heard Xiao Ling's praise for Zi Yan, he remembered Zi Yan's strong strength and talent, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Young Master and Sister Zi Yan are so outstanding, can I stay with them forever?"
Seeing the hint of disappointment in Qinglin's eyes, Xiao Ling didn't quite understand what was going on, but after thinking about it for a while, he roughly guessed what Qinglin was thinking.
Walking forward and touching Qinglin's little head, Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Qinglin, I want to tell you a good news. I had some guesses about you when I first saw you in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. After observing you for the past few days, I found that you have awakened the legendary Green Snake Three Flower Pupils."
Tilting his head, Qing Lin asked curiously, "Green Snake Triple Eyes? Master, why haven't I heard of it before? Is it a very powerful ability?"
Nodding, Xiao Ling replied softly, "The Green Snake Triple Flower Pupil is a strange pupil that almost only appears in the offspring of humans and snake people. The reason is that the hybrid of snake people and humans accidentally activated the bloodline of the snake people's ancestor, the Heavenly Snake Emperor. The Green Snake Triple Flower Pupil can make people hallucinate, and can easily control most snake-shaped monsters. It can also open up space in the pupil and take monsters or people into the space. The strength of the monsters or people taken into the space will be slowly absorbed by the user, but the swallowing speed is very slow and there is a strength limit."
Zi Yan, who was standing by, was very surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that this newly recognized sister was so extraordinary.
Qinglin was very happy when he heard Xiao Ling's description, and said, "I didn't expect Qinglin to be so lucky to have this physique. When Qinglin becomes stronger in the future, he will be able to help the young master."
Hearing that Qinglin actually thought of helping him first, Xiao Ling felt a little guilty and asked Qinglin, "Qinglin, don't you blame me for taking you away from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group because I saw your talent?"
"Qinglin will be very happy as long as I can help the young master. It is the young master who makes Qinglin feel cared for. Moreover, Qinglin does not sense any malice towards Qinglin from the young master's eyes. Instead, he feels pity for her. So no matter what, Qinglin wants to stay with the young master." Hearing Xiao Ling's question, Qinglin spoke without thinking.
Looking at Qinglin's innocent eyes, Xiao Ling was deeply touched. He reached out and touched Qinglin's little head, and said seriously: "Don't worry, as long as Qinglin is willing to stay with me, no one can take you away from me."
Feeling the warm touch coming from the top of his head and listening to Xiao Ling's serious words, Qing Lin felt full of security, as if no matter what difficulties or dangers he encountered, there would always be someone to protect him.
Seeing this, Zi Yan narrowed her eyes, interrupted the conversation between the two, and changed the subject: "Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, what is Old Hai doing? Why is he sitting there motionless?"
Hearing Zi Yan's question, Xiao Ling withdrew his hand from Qing Lin's head. Qing Lin, who was originally enjoying Xiao Ling's touch, suddenly felt the hand on his head disappear. He glanced in Zi Yan's direction with some resentment.
Xiao Ling said to Zi Yan, "Mr. Hai is now refining the Po Evil Pill. Once the pill takes effect, he will be able to recover to his former Dou Huang level. However, because he has been sealed for decades, it is highly likely that he will not be able to recover to his previous peak state."
After a slight pause, Xiao Ling turned his gaze in the direction of Hai Bodong and said meaningfully: "You must watch Hai Bodong carefully later. After his strength is restored, his appearance will instantly become several dozen years younger. This situation is very rare. If you miss this opportunity, you may never see it again in the future."
After hearing what Xiao Ling said was so magical, Zi Yan and Qing Lin also became interested and turned their eyes to Hai Bodong who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the room.
……
The quiet atmosphere lasted for about ten minutes, but was broken by a circle of violent energy ripples.
On the ice platform, Hai Bodong, who had been silent, suddenly began to tremble violently. Fierce energy ripples spread rapidly from his body. Wherever the energy ripples passed, the surrounding tables and icicles were shattered.
Xiao Ling narrowed his eyes and looked at the rapidly approaching energy ripples. His heart moved as the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame in his body quickly appeared in front of Xiao Ling and protected the three of them. The blazing golden flames burned all the spreading energy ripples into nothingness.
Hai Bodong on the ice platform seemed unaware of the damage he had caused. His body trembled violently for a while, and his old face suddenly tensed up. A strange dark green energy rapidly condensed on his forehead. After a moment, it formed a tiny dark green energy serpentine pattern... The serpentine pattern coiled on Hai Bodong's forehead, sealing the surging fighting spirit in his body.
At the moment the snake pattern appeared, lavender energy slowly swirled up from Hai Bodong's neck. In just a blink of an eye, it began to come into contact with the small dark green snake.
The contact between the two fierce energies caused the previous waves of energy ripples.
The purple energy and the dark green snake pattern were in a stalemate on Hai Bodong's forehead, moving up and down. The faint light released by the two energies made Hai Bodong's face look quite strange. In addition, the intense pain caused by the competition between the two energies in such an important position in the brain also made Hai Bodong's face slightly distorted. He looked ferocious.
With his fingers crossed in front of him, Xiao Ling raised his head and stared closely at Hai Bodong, whose face was emitting two colors of light. He was a little curious in his heart whether this so-called Evil-Breaking Pill had the power to break the seal set by Queen Medusa.
The purple and green energies were stuck in a stalemate on Hai Bodong's face, but after nearly half an hour, the dark green snake pattern finally dimmed a little. Obviously, this so-called Evil-Breaking Pill seemed to have the miraculous effect of restraining this seal.
"Tsk tsk, this broken evil pill is really good... If I get the chance in the future, I must prepare some for myself. Otherwise, if I get sealed by someone one day, I'd better have some foundation." Looking at the snake pattern that was getting dimmer and dimmer in the purple light, Xiao Ling's eyes lit up and he chuckled.
Seeing this, Zi Yan said with some regret, "If we let Sister Medusa remove the seal on Old Man Hai, we can save the ingredients for a set of sixth-grade elixirs. It will be enough for me to eat for half a day."
After patting Zi Yan's little head, Xiao Ling said with some amusement: "I don't have such a big face in front of your sister Medusa."
Thinking of Medusa, Zi Yan said curiously, "I wonder if Sister Medusa can successfully break through to Dou Zong after taking that Po Zong Pill."
Qing Lin, who was standing by, heard Xiao Ling and Zi Yan discussing Medusa, and asked curiously, "Master and Sister Zi Yan, do you know Medusa, the queen of the snake people?"
Nodding slightly, Zi Yan replied, "I met her not long ago. At that time, Xiao Ling went to the snake tribe to exchange a sand mandala in order to refine medicine for Old Man Hai. I also met Sister Medusa at that time. Sister Medusa was very kind and gave me several medicinal herbs..."
Qinglin and Ziyan started chatting on the side, while Xiao Ling continued to focus his attention on Hai Bodong and observed the changes in his body.
With the help of the restraint effect, the purple energy slowly drove away the territory occupied by the snake pattern. When the latter was gradually driven away from the top of Hai Bodong's forehead, the purple energy surged up violently, with a fierce force. , actually squeezed the snake pattern out of Hai Bodong's head.
As soon as the snake pattern left Hai Bodong's head, it trembled violently, then turned into a puff of green smoke and dissipated.
The moment the snake pattern left the body, Hai Bodong's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and a gleam of light shot out from his eyes as if it were real. A fierce aura, like an awakening lion, burst out from his body that had been deeply suppressed for nearly decades.
Under this powerful momentum, the ice crystal layers deep underground actually began to expand.
Hai Bodong was sitting cross-legged, with a white light emanating from his body, spreading throughout his entire body, like shattered ice crystals.
The face of the elderly man turned into that of a handsome middle-aged man with white hair.
His white beard and eyebrows fluttered slightly in the wind, making him look indescribably cool and confident.
"Haha, this damn seal is finally gone! I am the Douhuang again!" Hai Bodong stepped on the ice platform, and his body was suspended in the air like lightning. His face was filled with ecstasy, and he raised his head and laughed wildly. "I have never felt so refreshed!"
The violent sound waves, carried by the fighting spirit, caused the surrounding cracked ice to explode with a loud bang.
After laughing wildly for a long while, Hai Bodong in mid-air stopped laughing and cast his gleaming eyes towards Xiao Ling and the other two who were sitting on the chairs below.
Xiao Ling also stood up and nodded towards Hai Bodong with a smile, but his soul perception was locked on Hai Bodong. If Hai Bodong wanted to take action, Xiao Ling was confident that he could take him down instantly, relying on his strength that had just recovered to the second star of Dou Huang.
After flying in the sky for a while, Hai Bodong slowly landed in front of Xiao Ling and the other two, and said cheerfully: "Thank you Master Xiao Ling for refining the Breaking Evil Pill for me. This has restored my cultivation to Dou Huang 2nd Star."
Hai Bodong obviously had no intention of having any bad intentions towards Xiao Ling. Now that he knew the approximate origin of the incomplete map and had an idea of its approximate value, it would be more cost-effective to make friends with Xiao Ling, a young sixth-rank alchemist, than to go to great lengths to snatch away a incomplete map. Moreover, with his four-star Dou Wang and the combat power of the Strange Fire, and the help of the little girl at the peak of the Dou King level, he might not be able to subdue the two of them with his newly recovered two-star Dou Huang cultivation, let alone snatch the incomplete Strange Fire map from them.
Xiao Ling responded: "Congratulations, Mr. Hai, on regaining your Douhuang cultivation. From now on, I will call you the "Ice Emperor."
Waving his hands, Hai Bodong said with a smile: "I am not worthy of the title of Master Xiao Ling. Please call me Hai Lao from now on."
The two chatted for a while, and Xiao Ling asked first: "Now that Mr. Hai has recovered his Douhuang cultivation, he will also leave this Mo City, right?"
"I stayed here originally mainly to study the remaining map and find a way to break the seal. Now that the seal has been broken, there is naturally no reason to stay here any longer." Hai Bodong nodded, glanced at the smiling Xiao Ling, and couldn't help but say: "Master Xiao Ling, do you need my help? As long as it is within my ability, I, Hai Bodong, will do my best to help you."
Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Nothing else, but I have to stay in the Tagor Desert for a while. When Hai Lao returns to the imperial capital, please take care of my family for me. We have just moved back to the imperial capital, so there will definitely be many inconveniences. My Xiao family doesn't have any strong people in charge now, so I'm afraid some short-sighted people will have some crooked thoughts."
Patting his chest, Hai Bodong answered seriously: "I promised to take care of your family in the imperial capital before. I, Hai Bodong, have not forgotten this. Don't worry, in the Jia Ma Empire, no one dares to underestimate the importance of a Dou Huang strongman."
After hearing what Hai Bodong said, Xiao Ling nodded in satisfaction and said, "With Mr. Hai's promise, I feel relieved. I'm sure that when Mr. Hai returns to the imperial capital, it will definitely surprise many people."
With a Douhuang powerhouse like Hai Bodong taking care of the Xiao family, even if the Soul Palace guardians wanted to have the Yunlan Sect's people attack the Xiao family, they would have to consider the consequences.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ling thought helplessly: "As long as the Soul Clan remains standing, the Xiao family will never be safe. But this is all I can do now. Let's talk about the future later."
Since he didn't want to continue staying in Mo City as a map vendor, after the discussion, Hai Bodong left the city alone early the next morning and flew towards the imperial capital.
Hai Bodong did not take away anything from the small shop where he had stayed for decades. As he said, perhaps one day in the future, tired of disputes, he might come back here again and spend the rest of his life in complete peace.
Chapter 84 Preparation
Standing on a small hill, Xiao Ling and the other two looked in the direction where Hai Bodong left until his figure disappeared from their sight.
Retracting his gaze, Xiao Ling touched the heads of the two girls beside him and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Hai has left, we should also do our own business."
After a short pause, Xiao Ling said to Zi Yan and Qing Lin, "We can't set out to look for the strange fire right now. The elixir I prepared for refining the strange fire was used up when I devoured the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame. In order to suffer less, I have to spend some time preparing a few elixirs. I will go to Mr. Hai's shop to refine them later. It won't take much time to prepare the elixir. When everything is ready, we can set out to find the location of the strange fire."
Now Xiao Ling has swallowed a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and he also has the ability to recover from injuries. With the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame suppressing the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, and with the help of the effect of "Wildfires cannot be extinguished, spring breezes will bring new life", he should be able to swallow the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire safely. However, Xiao Ling is still a little afraid of pain. Anyway, it is something that can be handled in a few days at most, so it is easy to prepare.
The two girls nodded, and Zi Yan asked curiously, "Then Xiao Ling, should we stay in the shop and practice until you finish refining the pills before setting off?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ling replied to Zi Yan, "Zi Yan, while I'm refining the elixir, you take Qing Lin to catch some snake monsters. With your strength, it's easy to subdue some fourth- and fifth-level monsters. When the monsters have no combat capability, you can let Qing Lin use the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils to subdue them. But don't go out for more than two days, just look around. There should be quite a few rock snakes and sand pythons on the edge of the Tagor Desert, which is more than enough for Qing Lin to awaken the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils. I'm afraid it will hurt her body if she directly subdues snake monsters that are much stronger than her."
After touching Qinglin's little head again, Xiao Ling took out the "Heavenly Snake Manual" that he had extracted from the system to the Heavenly Snake Mansion from the storage ring and handed it to Qinglin.
Before, Xiao Ling had roughly looked through some of the contents recorded therein. Regarding the first use of the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils to subdue a monster, the first Lord of the Heavenly Snake Palace suggested that it was most appropriate to subdue a snake monster that was no more than two realms higher than one's own. If the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils was used on a snake monster that exceeded this limit, there would be a chance of failure to subdue it. Even if it succeeded, it would cause some damage to one's own spirit.
That's why Xiao Ling planned to let Zi Yan take Qing Lin to capture a few low-level monsters to subdue them, so as to open the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils. In the original novel, Qing Lin used the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils directly on the two-headed fire spirit snake. Although he successfully subdued the two-headed fire spirit snake, he also fell into a coma. Although it is not known whether this situation has sequelae, it is better to use a gentler method to open the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils.
He said to Qinglin, "I got this book by chance. It is the secret and unique skill of the Tianshe Mansion. It records the lifelong learning and cultivation experience of the first generation Tianshe Mansion Master. The first generation Tianshe Mansion Master is the owner of the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils like Qinglin. With the help of this book, you can avoid many detours on the road to developing the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils. When we look for the strange fire, we may need Qinglin's help."
After hearing Xiao Ling's words, he reached out and took the "Heavenly Snake Book" and carefully put it into the ring that Xiao Ling had previously worn on Qinglin's finger.
After putting it away, Qinglin nodded his head seriously and said softly: "Master, don't worry, Qinglin will practice seriously and will be able to help you when the time comes."
Xiao Ling smiled and nodded without comment. With Qing Lin's help, he could use the Green Snake's Three-Flower Pupil to control the two-headed fire snake and take him to find the Blue Lotus Earth Fire. According to the description in the original book, it would not be an easy task to blindly search for the Blue Lotus Earth Fire in the magma. With the help of the indigenous two-headed fire snake there, the efficiency of finding the strange fire would definitely be much faster.
After arranging everything, Xiao Ling spread his fighting spirit wings and flew towards Hai Bodong's shop. Next, he chose a location to refine the elixir. Xiao Ling planned to use the secret room where he had refined the Evil-Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong before.
Zi Yan took Qing Lin and, according to Xiao Ling's arrangement, went to the edge of the desert to find a few low-level snake monsters for Qing Lin to use to open the Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil.
After a while, Xiao Ling arrived in front of Hai Bodong's shop. Since he did not take anything away, except for the door in front of the shop being closed, other facilities had not changed at all.
Knowing that Xiao Ling still had to search for the strange fire in the Tagor Desert, Hai Bodong told Xiao Ling how to open this shop, which could be considered a good place to stay.
Taking out an old key from the ring, Xiao Ling walked to the door of the shop and opened the lock. With a creaky sound, the door lock was opened.
Xiao Ling gently pushed open the door of the shop, walked in, and closed the door behind him.
Following the route in his memory, Xiao Ling walked around and finally arrived at the secret room that was used to refine the Evil-Breaking Pill.
He took out the medicine cauldron from the ring and placed it in the middle of the room. He also took out the herbs needed to make the elixir and placed them on the table beside him.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ling couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Fortunately, I had considered obtaining the unexpected strange fire before. I have collected quite a few of the medicinal materials needed for refining the elixirs that can have some effect on devouring the strange fire in Canaan College."
The elixir Xiao Ling planned to refine this time was the fifth-grade Blood Lotus Pill that Xiao Yan used in the original novel to swallow the Azure Lotus Earth Fire. The other one was a sixth-grade top-level elixir called the Hanpo Pill. Its effect was to lower the body temperature when swallowing the strange fire, and also to suppress the spirituality of the spiritual fire before it was refined in the body, making it easier to refine.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ling began to think: "Now that Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire has not been used by Queen Medusa, its energy must be much greater than when Xiao Yan refined it in the original novel. It never hurts to make some more preparations. Anyway, with my identity as an alchemist, it is relatively easy to obtain resources, and I don't have to be stingy when it comes to using them."
Chapter 85 Awakening the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils
Clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Xiao Ling stretched out his fair palm and pressed it on the fire outlet of the medicine cauldron. The Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame in his body penetrated into it.
After using the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame to raise the temperature of the medicine cauldron, the soul power between his eyebrows was released, and the wooden boxes containing medicinal materials placed on the table nearby were opened one after another, and the medicinal materials emitting enticing medicinal fragrance were exposed to the air.
The soul power wrapped around the medicinal herbs, and put seven of them into the medicine cauldron. With his mind moving at will, the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame split into seven flames and began to burn those precious medicinal herbs, refining the essence of the medicinal liquid.
In Xiao Ling's opinion, as his soul power gradually improves, he can follow the training methods in "Divided Mind Control Method" as a basis to deduce a higher level, so that he can divide his mind into more parts at one time. When the soul perception is strong enough, it may not be impossible to use one mind for many purposes.
……
On the edge of the Tagor Desert, Zi Yan and Qing Lin were walking in the endless desert.
"Sister Zi Yan, have you found any snake monsters around?" Qing Lin asked Zi Yan curiously, using his hands to block the sun in the sky.
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