Chapter 1187

Hiss, no wonder it's a rare marvel that even strong fighters on the continent fight over; with such potent effect, even a Dou Saint would be drooling over it!

Coming to his senses from that strange feeling, Lin Feng immediately clicked his tongue in shock, his eyes filling with astonishment.

The energy inside this Soul-Washing Fruit, although it didn't greatly increase his soul power, nevertheless purged some negative aura from his soul and refined it.

And if applied to Dou Qi cultivation, it amounts to tempering the flesh, enhancing talent and potential.

This effect may not be as fast as devouring the soul's origin, but it is steadier and more solid!

Immediately after, thinking of the information he had obtained from the image left by the Golden Core Master, Lin Feng couldn't help exclaiming: 'This Soul-Washing Fruit is really a good thing; no wonder it could make even the parents of that Golden Core Master, such powerful beings, treat it so genuinely. Unfortunately, there are only twenty-one of them.'

If I had around two hundred of them, I might truly be able, as described in the ancient texts, to approach the Emperor Realm Soul infinitely with the help of the Soul-Washing Fruit. Then, relying on my current cultivation of a Heaven-Tier Soul Technique, even if I seclude myself to absorb it, I could break through to the Emperor Realm Soul within ten years!

As he spoke, Lin Feng's eyes were also filled with a strong sense of longing.

There was no way; as he opened the Ninth-Grade Golden Core Master's storage ring, he obtained countless books from the Dou Emperor era, giving him a deeper understanding of the Emperor Realm Soul. The benefits of that soul realm are truly too many, making him unable to help but yearn for it.

According to what he knows, once one reaches the Emperor Realm Soul, then when a cultivator reaches the peak of Dou Saint and breaks through to Dou Emperor, the process will go much more smoothly.

At the very least, the success rate increases by at least twenty percent compared to cultivators without an Emperor Realm Soul.

Secondly, after a cultivator's soul steps into the Emperor Realm, its survivability greatly increases, which is completely different from the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul.

For an Emperor Realm Soul, as long as the soul isn't completely shattered, even if only a single soul particle remains, there is still a chance to recover.

However, this process requires an extremely long time, and initially it is extremely fragile; even a battle by a Dou Venerate cultivator could interrupt the revival of the soul particle, leading to complete death.

As for the third benefit, Lin Feng actually already knew it: it provides the theoretical conditions for refining Golden Cores.

Of course, most importantly, an Emperor Realm Soul possesses an extremely powerful suppressive force over medicinal pills—those special lifeforms lacking a complete soul and relying solely on spiritual qi for sentience.

And if he could enter the Emperor Realm Soul, he could also gather Feng'er and the others to go to the relic left by that Golden Core Master, smash that Golden Core back to its original form, and then take it to boost his strength.

Thinking of the many benefits of the Emperor Realm Soul, Lin Feng couldn't help lick his lips, then he lightly rubbed his storage ring, took out another Soul-Washing Fruit, and directly popped it into his mouth.

After all, this Soul-Washing Fruit is different from the previous Demon Saint's essence blood and treasured pills; its use for him is extremely great, so he naturally keeps it for himself to absorb.

After all, he has already obtained the opportunity from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and upon reaching the Dou Saint level, the gaps between each stage are enormous.

Therefore, Lin Feng naturally used these resources to pile up his own strength.

Back then, even if he absorbed all of that Demon Saint's essence blood, it would at most raise him a few minor levels, not even a single star rank; moreover, Qing Lin's girl, who understood a special combat technique from the Azure Snake Triple Pupils during her hundred reincarnations, is extremely important to him.

Even if used well, it might allow him to break through the awkward situation of being unable to obtain internal information from those ancient clans, thereby enabling surveillance and infiltration of those families.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, he would divide the essence blood.

As for those treasured pills, by the time he obtained them he had already finished absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, reaching mid-five-star Dou Saint; for him, they weren't very useful.

After all, even a Ninth-Grade treasured pill given to a four-star Dou Saint would at most raise him by one minor level.

Perhaps even a late four-star Dou Saint might not be able to raise even a minor stage.

Although, due to his previous opportunity, Lin Feng's resistance to medicinal pills isn't as strong in the five-star Dou Saint realm, continuous use would still cause the effect of the Ninth-Grade treasured pill on him to plummet.

Unless the quantity is very large—at least over thirty—then it might possibly push him up to six-star Dou Saint.

Back then he only had a dozen or so in his hand, and furthermore, once Cao Ying and the others become proficient, they could also refine the Ninth-Grade treasured pills later.

Thus, after careful consideration, he divided the medicinal pills.

After all, at the very least he gave them to the other few women; once their strength increases, they can later help him hold back other Dou Saints when competing for resources with other ancient clans.

Perhaps later it could even prevent those ancient clans from deploying their clan-suppressing grand formation!

As Lin Feng focused on absorbing the Soul-Washing Fruit, the void thunder pool returned to its former state, with countless thunderbolts constantly darting back and forth within the vast pool, frolicking freely.

However, although most of the thunder pool is quite normal, a certain spot in the Demonic Magic Thunder region appears exceptionally violent.

Countless pitch-black massive thunder serpents furiously slashed at these three ignorant fools who dared to challenge their authority.

However, no matter how hard those black magic lightning tried, the three massive black bodies below, although shaken by the tremendous force of the black lightning strikes and moved about, remained completely unscathed no matter how the black magic lightning struck.

Even under the fierce strikes of those thick black lightning bolts, the aura emanating from the three equally black demonic beast bodies below grew increasingly terrifying.

Of course, in this void thunder pool, besides those three puppets, other things also grew stronger.

Sitting cross-legged outside the Demonic Magic Thunder region, Lin Feng, after spending about half a month, also completely absorbed the twenty-one Soul-Washing Fruits in his storage ring.

After absorbing all those Soul-Washing Fruits, Lin Feng's demeanor has undergone a tremendous change compared to before.

This change may be hard for ordinary people to put into words, but overall they can feel that Lin Feng now exudes a sacred, pure aura.

The source of this feeling is precisely the soul!

Upon exiting his cultivation state, Lin Feng's gaze immediately turned forward.

However, when he saw the three Dragon Kings, surrounded by a multitude of pitch-black thunder serpents, their aura growing ever more formidable, he couldn't help exclaiming: 'Hey, it seems the effect of this thunder pool is not bad; in such a short time, the three Dragon Kings' strength has already stepped into the four-star Dou Saint realm.'

After speaking, Lin Feng immediately sensed the auras of the three Dragon Kings more closely, then exclaimed delightedly: 'Looking at them, they seem still far from reaching their peak state. If this continues, they might even be able to rise to five-star Dou Saint.'

However, as soon as his words fell, Lin Feng suddenly realized he seemed to have nothing to do at the moment.

After all, the puppets are here being tempered by the thunder's power; he definitely needs to keep an eye on them and cannot leave.

But if he just sits here doing nothing, wouldn't that be wasting time?

"Forget it; since leaving now isn't easy, I might as well practice with the medicinal ingredients I previously obtained from that Golden Core Master's storage ring."

Thinking that he now possesses both prescriptions and medicinal ingredients, Lin Feng hesitated no longer, quickly took out the storage ring of the Ninth-Grade Golden Core Master, and then his soul power swiftly entered it.

Immediately, before him appeared numerous precious medicinal ingredients that are extremely rare in the outside world.

Gazing outward, these medicinal ingredients, densely packed and filling the space above his head, numbered over a thousand varieties!

Such a terrifying quantity of medicinal ingredients—if some eighth-grade peak alchemists from the Xiao Dan Tower were present, they'd surely be left speechless.

However, after taking out these materials, Lin Feng did not immediately reach for the alchemy furnace; instead, he slowly extended his right palm and then clenched it tightly.

"Bang!"

In a muffled boom, bronze-colored flames surged forth from behind Lin Feng, spreading like a blanket over the sky and earth.

"Boom!"

As soon as these flames appeared, with just a flick of Lin Feng's mind, they suddenly expanded.

In an instant, these flames swirled like a sea of fire above Lin Feng's head.

「Condense! 」

As Lin Feng lightly uttered this word from his mouth, the fire clouds above him condensed and surged up quickly, and then in the blink of an eye, right before him, it condensed into a cauldron entirely made of flame, bronze-colored. This cauldron, upon looking, is discovered to be much smaller than the one Xiao Ling used to refine the three Dragon Kings, only about a hundred zhang in size.

However, after all, Lin Feng is not refining a demon beast's body several thousand zhang in size, but rather pills; therefore this size is already completely sufficient.

And after settling the cauldron, Lin Feng immediately moved with a thought; violent flames sprang up inside the cauldron out of nowhere, and with a bang, they turned into a fire dragon that began to coil within the cauldron!

Having dealt with the cauldron, Lin Feng did not proceed to refine pills; instead, he directly closed his eyes and began to recall in his mind.

「Whoosh! 」

After a moment, Lin Feng suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes, then he swept his hand through the void before him, and stalk after stalk of medicinal herbs flew out continuously from beside him; in the blink of an eye, they turned into a torrent of herbs that swiftly poured into the cauldron ahead, where they were gulped down in one mouthful by the bronze fire dragon inside the cauldron.

At the same time, the aura of the fire dragon rapidly became extremely scorching and violent, madly roasting the medicinal herbs inside the cauldron.

「Boom! 」

And as the medicinal herbs continuously poured into the cauldron formed by condensed strange fire, in an instant, a terrifying energy fluctuation spread out from the hundred-zhang cauldron, causing the surrounding space to gently undulate.

Even those silver lightning snakes playing nearby all fled in fright to the distance, fearing to be touched by this energy fluctuation.

However, for those silver lightning snakes desperately fleeing from him, Lin Feng simply chose to ignore them, his eyes half-closed, like an old monk entering meditation.

After all, refining high-grade pills, especially this top-tier ninth-grade pill, requires a considerable amount of time.

And with his powerful soul strength, there's no need for him to stare constantly; he only needs to use his sense to monitor the situation inside the cauldron.

Of course, this step could have been left to Xiao Ling, but since this is Lin Feng's first time refining a ninth-grade pill in reality,

Therefore, he also wanted to personally go through the process, so he did not summon Xiao Ling, who drools from the corner of his mouth inside his body, has terrible sleeping posture, and is like a dead fire.

And while the fire dragon inside the cauldron blazed, time flew by; in the blink of an eye, eight days had passed.

During these eight days, the cauldron before Lin Feng had also exploded twice.

Fortunately, he had plenty of medicinal herbs, so after simply tallying the causes of failure and summarizing experience, he resumed refining.

But this waste of materials also made him unable to help feeling great heartache.

After all, the medicinal herbs needed for refining a ninth-grade treasure pill are not cheap; if it weren't for his good luck, he wouldn't have fortuitously obtained a space ring from a Golden Core Grandmaster.

It is estimated that he could only go to the Cao, Dan, and Ye families to gather the herbs, seeing if he could collect what is needed.

Otherwise, he would only be able to cooperate with the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan or the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan to obtain sufficient herbs.

Fortunately, after experiencing three failures, Lin Feng's speed in refining pills has become faster and faster, and he is also becoming more adept.

Furthermore, from the powerful energy fluctuations occasionally leaking from inside the cauldron, it is evident that the medicinal herbs inside have begun to transition from liquid to solid.

And after this refining continued for another five days, the energy inside the cauldron before Lin Feng suddenly began to churn.

At the same time, the silver lightning within a hundred-li radius around Lin Feng seemed to sense something terrible approaching; they suddenly became extremely frightened and uneasy, then all fled wildly toward the distance.

That appearance was just like refugees leaving their homes to seek shelter elsewhere.

However, unlike those fleeing silver lightning, the black demon lightning in the distant black demon lightning region ahead of Lin Feng, specifically those near the outer periphery, seemed to sense something and suddenly became extremely excited, continuously running wildly within.

And as the energy fluctuations from Lin Feng's flame cauldron continually spread outward, the tranquility of the surrounding Lightning Pool was quickly disrupted, becoming chaotic.

At the moment when those lightning bolts were either excited or fleeing for their lives, Lin Feng also opened his eyes, which had been closed for nearly half a month.

Immediately afterward, he slowly rose to his feet, his gaze fixed straight ahead on the hundred-zhang giant cauldron.

「Hum! 」

And as Lin Feng slowly rose to his feet, the bronze fire cauldron before him suddenly emitted a buzzing sound of energy rapidly expanding.

「Roar! 」

Not long after the humming sound rang out, the fire dragon inside Lin Feng's fire cauldron, which had been blown apart and recondensed twice, suddenly let out a resounding dragon roar that shook heaven and earth.

The next moment, its body, which had been coiled together for several days, suddenly began to expand rapidly.

And the fire dragon's volume swelled to several hundred zhang in size almost within just a few breaths.

「Bang! 」

As the fire dragon expanded, the fire cauldron, only a hundred zhang in size, could no longer contain it; it directly emitted a tremendous bang and burst apart.

With the cauldron that had been blocking the violent strange fire shattered, the scorching heat waves inside immediately surged forth across the sky and earth, and the ATM caused the temperature of this heaven and earth to surge straight up!

「Roar! 」

At the same time, the flame giant dragon that had shattered the cauldron immediately coiled in the firmament above and let out an angry roar toward the heavens.

And as that roar spread, a terrifying might emanated from within the fire dragon, making the surrounding silver lightning dare not approach even more.

However, if another sufficiently strong pill master were present, they would surely notice that, while the fire dragon roared toward the heavens, a unique fluctuation belonging to medicinal pills would immediately emanate from within the fire dragon's body.

「Roar! 」

With the passage of time, when the medicinal pill fluctuation inside the flame giant dragon reached a certain degree, the dragon coiled in the firmament above suddenly roared angrily toward the heavens once again.

And as that roar spread, a terrifying might emanated from within the fire dragon, causing the silver lightning even a hundred li away to tremble with fear.

「Boom! 」

Just after that dragon's cry faded, an even louder boom rang out from the sky where the dragon was.

The next moment, Lin Feng below felt as if the heaven and earth he inhabited had instantly darkened.

Above this Lightning Pool, clouds rapidly gathered from all directions.

However, the clouds that gathered this time were not the ordinary dark or colorful clouds summoned by common pill refiners when making pills, but an extremely profound blackness.

Vast expanses of black clouds spread across the entire sky, although no thunderous sound emanated from within them.

However, when a person of insufficient strength gazes with their eyes upon that profound black cloud devoid of any light, it seems as if even their soul trembles slightly at this moment.

「I didn't expect that after just two close failures I'd succeed; not bad, not too much of a failure. 」

Seeing the black clouds in the high sky, exuding a terrifying might that would make even half-sage experts feel chilled, Lin Feng immediately nodded slightly with some satisfaction.

However, the next moment, he lightly stroked his palm over the space ring.

「Whoosh! 」

In a burst of weak light, a towering figure nearly two meters tall immediately appeared beside Lin Feng's body.

And this figure, having hardly any vitality on it, at a glance one could see that it was not a normal living person.

However, the fact is indeed so; this figure is actually a human puppet that Lin Feng refined from Xuan Kongzi's corpse.

Such half-saint human puppets, Lin Lin Feng initially used the corpses he collected to refine four of them, and after that trip to the Manghuang Ancient Realm, Lin Feng and the Three Beauties of the Dan Tower each took one. (End of chapter)