Chapter 1165

However, in his storage ring now, the only corner that Lin Feng hasn't explored yet is the very last one.

Then, when his soul sense arrived here, he immediately saw wooden tables piled with books over a person tall.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng immediately curiously took the book on the top of a wooden table.

In the next moment, a faint light flashed, and an extremely antiquated light‑gray book appeared in Lin Feng's hand.

"Alchemist's Random Notes · Volume 453."

As Lin Feng's gaze fell on this light‑gray book, a string of vertical writing quickly appeared before his eyes.

"Alchemist's Notes?!"

Seeing the words on the book, Lin Feng's expression changed instantly, his eyes lighting up with delight as he stared at the book in his hand.

After all, for an alchemist's random notes to appear in this storage ring, aside from this Golden Core Master, it's hardly possible that anyone else could have left them!

Thinking that this might be the alchemist's notes written by a Nine‑Grade Golden Core Master—something no one on the continent currently possesses—Lin Feng hastily opened it and began to examine it closely.

As he examined it, Lin Feng quickly discovered that it contained precautions and insights for refining Nine‑Grade Treasure Pills.

"Hehe, a Golden Core Master's alchemist's notebook—I've struck it rich this time!"

After a rough look at the book's contents, Lin Feng's expression instantly turned to ecstatic joy.

With these notes, his and the other few women's alchemy skills will undoubtedly receive tremendous help!

However, after a moment's thought, Lin Feng promptly put the notebook back.

After all, now is not the time to be looking at these alchemist's notes.

Afterwards, his soul sense returned to the storage ring space; after sweeping past those alchemist's notes, Lin Feng in this corner soon found many miscellaneous items.

Some were decent formation diagrams, some were inscrutable treasure maps, and there were also various strange materials.

Looking at this, it's clearly a corner for storing junk.

As for these things, Lin Feng wasn't particularly interested except for those few treasure maps.

Consequently, his mood showed no fluctuation.

However, not long after, he discovered an interesting map on the innermost wooden table in the corner.

More precisely, it was a map of the ancient Dou Qi Continent.

Seeing this, he immediately curiously took it out.

Next, he opened this map of the Dou Qi Continent from who knows how many years ago.

As the map unfolded, Lin Feng's gaze fell upon it and he discovered that the Dou Qi Continent of the Dou Emperor era lacked the fine divisions seen today.

Instead, it simply and crudely divided the entire Dou Qi Continent into five regions: East, South, West, North, and Central.

However, as Lin Feng examined it closely, he soon found that the ancient Dou Qi Continent appeared considerably larger than the present one.

According to his estimate, the current continent is about two‑fifths smaller than it was in the Dou Emperor era!

Combined with those earlier visions, Lin Feng could easily guess the reason.

The large missing portion of today's Dou Qi Continent is precisely what was sealed away by the powerful beings of the Dou Emperor era.

"However, there should be a detailed map of the sealed lands inside, right?"

Thinking about that missing two‑fifths of the continent, Lin Feng muttered and quickly dove into his storage ring to search.

Soon, he found on the same wooden table where he'd discovered the map a slightly different map.

Seeing the map, Lin Feng hesitated not at all, directly taking it out and spreading it open.

What then entered his eyes was a map very similar to the previous one.

Except that the southern and eastern regions were each stained red.

At the same time, the map specifically noted that these two lands had been sealed, and gave the exact methods to break and reseal the seal.

"It seems these two regions are the lands that this Golden Core Master once drained of Dou Qi, causing ecological imbalance and making them unable to sustain life."

Gazing at the two specially red‑stained areas on the map in his hand, Lin Feng couldn't help but a sigh appear on his face.

Who would have thought that such vast two lands would be rendered almost useless just because of eight pills?

"The price of refining an Emperor‑Grade pill is truly terrifying!"

Immediately, Lin Feng couldn't help but click his tongue, his face full of shock.

Even though he had long known that the energy required for an Emperor Pill was horrendous, seeing with his own eyes on the map such a vast region rendered waste by just a few pills still made it hard for him to control his expression.

However, he recalled that in the original story, the Soul Heaven Emperor obtained an Emperor‑Grade pill already refined into an Infant Pill.

Even though perfecting the Infant Pill is the lowest‑energy step in the entire pill‑refining process, the Soul Heaven Emperor still turned the most prosperous Zhongzhou region of the Dou Qi Continent into a literal mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

Furthermore, he poured nearly all of the Dou Emperor bloodlines of metal, stone, and medicine, as well as most of the descendants of his own Soul Clan, into the blood pool, and added the energy drawn from countless Soul‑Devouring Absolute Life formations set up in Zhongzhou, only then completing the final step of the Emperor Pill.

From this it can be seen that the situation back then was still considerably better than the present Dou Qi Continent.

After all, if the Soul Heaven Emperor didn't move his own family and other ancient clans, as well as Zhongzhou Continent, it's unlikely he could finish that Emperor Pill even if he exhausted himself on the other regions.

"However, those two sealed places—I'd like to go see what they're like once I finish what's on my plate."

Storing the map marked with the sealed lands' locations and the sealing/unsealing methods into his storage ring, Lin Feng mused inwardly with considerable curiosity about those two places.

"Whoosh!"

However, before his words faded, a message swiftly tore through the void, came rushing down from above the secret chamber, and entered his mind.

"Oh, Feng'er finally managed to coax the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's chief out."

Upon receiving the message, Lin Feng immediately gave a slight smile and then quickly rose to his feet.

Next, he proceeded to the exit and continued charging upward through the passage.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished at the end of the passage.

"Qinger, does the place you mentioned truly still have the Dragon‑Phoenix Origin Fruit?"

And while Lin Feng was leaving the secret chamber beneath the Lin family fortress, Feng Qinger on the other side also succeeded in using the Dragon‑Phoenix Origin Fruit to coax out their Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan chief, Phoenix Heaven—a peak Five‑Star Dou Saint expert—and then casually headed toward the Northwest Continent.

Of course, to avoid alerting the enemy prematurely, she also suppressed her own strength to the level of a Three‑Star Dou Saint.

Clan Chief, deceiving you brings no benefit. Moreover, I have already taken a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit; taking another would only increase my strength a bit, with no other use. Therefore, I intend to give it to you, Clan Chief, for giving it to you would not only raise your own strength but also let you evolve into the supreme Dragon-Phoenix among magic beasts.

Seeing his somewhat incredulous expression, Feng Qinger also patiently smiled and explained.

After all, she also knew that the other party feeling doubtful was normal.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes earlier, she would not have believed others saying that two Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruits had appeared simultaneously somewhere.

After her words fell, she immediately continued to add: "Previously I went to the Northwest Continent with my husband for this matter, but we were obstructed by the clan's Punishment Elder. However, we ultimately still managed to find the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit; otherwise, how could my strength have risen so quickly from Half-Saint to Three-Star Dou Saint?"

Haha, Qinger, you have good intentions. If I can truly break through and smoothly enter the Six-Star realm, Qinger, rest assured, I guarantee that the Vice Clan Chief position will be yours alone. Moreover, I, as the Clan Chief, will decide on your marriage to that human man, directly letting him join our Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan as a son-in-law.

Hearing Feng Qinger's truly sincere words, and given that the Punishment Elder earlier also said Feng Qinger was at Half-Saint Ninth Level, Huang Tian believed it and, without hesitation, made a promise.

After all, if he could truly break through the bottleneck that has hindered him for hundreds of years, plus the other party's Three-Star Dou Saint strength, becoming a son-in-law to a human man and gaining the Vice Clan Chief position would be no problem.

Qinger here first thanks you, Clan Chief, but Clan Chief, rest assured, the energy of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit is extremely rich, and given that you have already accumulated hundreds of years at the Five-Star Peak, breaking through should be no problem.

Upon hearing the promise of becoming a son-in-law and receiving the position, Feng Qinger's eyes lit up, and she happily replied.

Hearing those words, Huang Tian immediately nodded in satisfaction, his eyes filled with excitement.

After all, as he himself said, he has already accumulated hundreds of years at the Five-Star Dou Saint Peak, and what he now lacks is merely an opportunity.

And if he could obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, he would not only rely on its heaven-defying efficacy to refine his own bloodline, evolving into the Dragon-Phoenix that even magic beasts fear, and he would also be able to find that opportunity.

Moreover, he has already heard rumors that the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan has apparently been in a state of division for thousands of years.

In this prolonged division, the strength of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan has undoubtedly been severely weakened.

If he succeeds in breaking through, then as a Six-Star Dou Saint expert, relying on his Dragon-Phoenix Physique, slaughtering the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan would be as easy as cutting melons and slicing vegetables.

Moreover, the most important thing is that, after destroying the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon, the age-old enemy of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, he will become the hero of the entire Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, surely to be recorded in history and remembered for all ages.

Thinking of this, Huang Tian's face involuntarily broke into a smile.