Chapter 1226

This astonishing devouring power, as time passed, not only did not weaken, but became even more terrifying.

Later, those rich fire-attribute energies gathered together, and under the guidance of a few sparks, they were actually ignited, forming a huge fire-energy storm that roared wildly in the sky, and finally all of it was swallowed into the cauldron.

And the variegated energy that entered the cauldron would be refined by the extremely violent flames inside into pure and gentle energy, finally flowing into the dark-gray pill the size of a pigeon egg inside!

As for Lin Feng, facing the endless influx of heavenly and earthly energy, he dared not be careless; after having Xiao Ling refine it, he then carefully used his soul power to guide this now extremely pure energy into the pill.

Throughout the process, Lin Feng was extremely cautious, fearing that a single mistake would lead to the cauldron exploding and the pill being ruined.

At the same time, he also had to constantly monitor the pill's internal stability, because the influx of heavenly and earthly energy could easily disrupt the pill's original balance, directly causing it to explode.

Therefore, Lin Feng, who was making his first attempt to draw heavenly and earthly energy into the pill, dared not be careless.

"This is... Husband is preparing to raise the pill's quality as much as possible, trying to upgrade that pill into a treasure pill, but using this method, even if the treasure pill is finally raised to the level of a profound pill, it still cannot compare with a genuine nine-star profound pill, after all the medicinal ingredient quality used to refine this nine-star treasure pill differs too much from that of a genuine profound pill."

And Yun Yun, far away, seeing this scene, after a brief moment of thought, guessed Lin Feng's intention.

After all, with her family's vast collection of classics backing her up, her vision is now far superior to before, and she naturally wouldn't be as clueless as she once was.

However, seeing this terrifying pill-refining spectacle, Yun Yun couldn't help but inwardly click her tongue.

Generally speaking, when alchemists refine pills, they try to avoid letting heavenly and earthly energy enter the pill cauldron, because these mottled, unrefined energies would disrupt the medicinal property balance among the ingredients, leading to pill-refining failure.

However, this nine-star profound pill differs from other pills; because the required energy is too terrifying, even some eight-star, or even early nine-star Dou Saints, when refining it, would not rely solely on their internal reserves but would prioritize using external heavenly and earthly energy.

After all, using one's own energy would consume a large amount of personal energy during pill refinement, leading to a decrease in combat power.

At that point, if an enemy comes knocking, or if someone with ill intentions discovers your pill-refining site and attacks you for various reasons, you, greatly weakened, would suffer a major loss.

"Moreover, the energy of this demonic fire space is several times richer than that of normal external regions, and with the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire having been processed, there's no need to worry about someone tampering with the heavenly and earthly energy inside, which could cause unexpected situations. Husband attempting to upgrade the pill here might not necessarily fail."

Yun Yun gazed at the mighty streams of energy within the demonic fire space being pulled into her husband's cauldron before him, and a look of anticipation appeared on her lovely face.

She also really wanted to know whether her husband could this time refine a nine-star profound pill.

"Hmph, that thief still dares to dream of elevating that nine-star treasure pill to the profound-pill level; when I see it, I'll destroy its medicinal properties, and in the end he'll get nothing!"

Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er, seeing this, could not help but feel jealous to the point of nearly grinding her teeth.

Her brother Xiao Yan had worked so hard, yet in the end, due to lack of medicinal ingredients, even refining a single nine-star treasure pill was difficult.

But Lin Feng, despite his humble origins, could effortlessly produce two portions of top-tier nine-star treasure pill ingredients without blinking, making her feel extreme resentment for her brother Xiao Yan.

"Damn it, it's all the fault of those old fogies in the clan; if they hadn't caused trouble, Brother Xiao Yan wouldn't have been stalled in his alchemy due to a lack of nine-star treasure pill ingredients!"

Thinking of her brother Xiao Yan's current low success rate in refining nine-star treasure pills, while Lin Feng could effortlessly refine two treasure pills in one go without any failure, Gu Xun'er felt like rushing over to seize all the ingredients in Lin Feng's hands and give them to her brother Xiao Yan.

"If you keep shouting, I'll cut off your two little things with one sword."

Beside her, Yun Yun saw Gu Xun'er open her mouth to mock her man; she instantly grasped with her jade hand, forming an azure energy dagger in her hand, then slightly raised the sword tip and placed it before Gu Xun'er.

"You"

The latter, sensing that sharp aura on her skin, immediately raised her eyebrows, her pretty face turning icy as she glared at the vicious woman beside her.

Since she awakened over a month ago, she has begun using both soft and hard tactics to make Yun Yun let her go.

But this shameless woman, having learned who-knows-what tricks for dealing with women, each time makes her only able to submit with a face full of shame and anger under the opponent's maneuvers.

Those various 'vicious' torment methods practically make her wish she were dead.

Every time she thinks of this, Gu Xun'er wishes she could apply each of those methods one by one onto the other person, returning all the pent-up frustration!

However, if Yun Yun knew Gu Xun'er's thoughts, she would probably just laugh it off.

After all, she is now a four-star Dou Saint; if she later obtains some resources, she might even directly leap to five-star.

And Gu Xun'er, a two-star Dou Saint, is not afraid even if you possess the fourth-ranked heavenly flame on the exotic fire list, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Because the gap between each star of Dou Saint is truly enormous.

So large that even top-tier geniuses of those ancient races find it hard to cross multiple star levels to slay enemies.

Moreover, she herself also possesses the Nine-tier Heavenly Phoenix Bone Wings, a treasure that boosts growth speed, plus powerful soul power.

If they really fought, even a five-star Dou Saint might not be able to avoid leaving her behind completely.

Therefore, the threat of a two-star Dou Saint is, for the four-star Dou Saint Yun Yun, naturally as good as nonexistent.

However, Gu Xun'er does cause her some worry in another aspect.

Because as time passes, Gu Xun'er's tolerance for her tormenting methods has greatly increased.

And seeing the opponent's methods gradually lose effectiveness, the former has begun to become arrogant again.

This also forces Yun Yun to start changing her tactics, turning to the methods Lin Feng mentioned to deal with her.

Moreover, Gu Xun'er is actually especially afraid of these tactics.

After all, in her heart she is certain she will eventually be with her Xiao Yan brother, so she naturally fears that Yun Yun might really strike, leaving her utterly disgraced.

However, Gu Xun'er again thinks of how this damned woman before her has sealed her Dou Qi and even used various methods to threaten her, and Gu Xun'er secretly vows in her heart.

In the future, once she gets out, she will definitely strip the woman naked and tie her at the entrance/exit of the Space Wormhole in the central square of the Ancient Saint City, to infuriate her!

However, Yun Yun naturally does not know the other's thoughts.

After seeing Gu Xun'er woman calm down, she immediately dispersed the dagger in her hand and redirected her gaze toward the distant cauldron in the sky.

There, as the suction from the golden cauldron continues uninterrupted, the rich energy within the demonic fire space is being continuously and wildly poured into that hundred-zhang-tall cauldron.

This phenomenon, seeming endless, this frantic absorption of heavenly and earthly energy from the demonic fire space, lasted nearly three days.

During these three days, Yun Yun and Gu Xun'er did not know how much of the wandering energy within the demonic fire space had been sucked and pulled by Lin Feng.

But the only thing they could perceive was that the heavenly and earthly energy contained in the surrounding air had become diluted by sixty or seventy percent compared to before!

As for this scene, both of their faces also involuntarily showed a look of shock.

Such energy, likely even a four-star Dou Saint's body couldn't contain it.

Yet who could have imagined that the energy a four-star Dou Saint couldn't hold would be completely exhausted, down to the last drop, by refining a mere pigeon-egg-sized pill!

Such a spectacle, even Gu Xun'er is seeing it for the first time today.

Although there is an Elder in their ancient clan capable of refining a nine-star profound pill.

But according to those old-timers, the success rate is only around twenty to thirty percent; unless someone urgently needs it and that person has great potential, the clan would not approve the application for the medicinal ingredients required to refine a nine-star profound pill.

After all, such medicinal ingredients, even for their ancient clan, are equally extremely precious things; good steel must be used where it counts.

Ordinary people, including the third‑ranked Ancient Clan Three Immortals in their clan, have likewise never been allowed by the Elder Council to requisition medicinal ingredients, so that Elder could refine a Nine‑Star Mystic Pill for them.

"According to ancient texts, even in that remote era, wherever a Nine‑Star Mystic Pill came into being, the space within a thousand‑li radius would be a barren wasteland, with not a blade of grass growing, because all the energy of that heaven and earth was drawn into the pill; looking at it now, it's truly the case!"

Yun Yun stretched out her hand, lightly making a grasping motion, sensing the scarce heaven‑and‑earth energy in the surrounding air, and couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

However, speaking of it, a Nine‑Star Mystic Pill can essentially be considered a man‑made divine object; the energy required for its formation is terrifying enough to make many Dou Saint powerhouses feel shocked.

Even when taking it, if one is not a seven‑star high‑rank Dou Saint, one must make many preparations before daring to swallow it; otherwise, one will surely end up exploding and dying.

Even demon beasts renowned for their sturdy physiques need at least to reach the mid six‑star level or higher before they dare to directly consume it.

Otherwise, they too will be burst apart by the terrifyingly rich energy inside the Nine‑Star Mystic Pill, their bodies exploding with a bang.

"Hmph, that bastard will definitely blow up the furnace in the end; it'd be best to just blow him up outright, so Xiao Yan brother won't have to feel depressed every day."

And Gu Xun'er, upon seeing this scene, immediately began cursing nonstop in her heart.

After all, she harbors not a shred of good feeling toward Lin Feng; all she has is malice overflowing.

However, things don't always go as one wishes; no matter what Gu Xun'er thinks in her heart, the huge cauldron of fire in the sky has no intention of exploding; instead, as the nearly endless heaven‑and‑earth energy pours in, it becomes ever more brilliant.

At the same time, Lin Feng sensed the dark‑gray pill at the center of the cauldron; its emitted fluctuations were gradually strengthening, and he couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth.

Having reached this point, even if the pill he refined this time fails to reach the Mystic Pill level, it certainly won't end in a furnace explosion.

And after this suction from the cauldron before Lin Feng continued for several days, the heaven‑and‑earth energy within the demonic fire space had almost been completely drained.

Even the molten rock below has become much thinner because it can no longer absorb heaven‑and‑earth energy.

After all, this milky‑white molten rock is not ordinary lava; it is an energy reserve created by the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, meant to provide sufficient energy when he executes the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation.

And although these energies have already been largely consumed by the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire in the previous grand formation, their remaining stock is still not to be underestimated.

However, now about a small half of it has been sucked away.

As for the rest, since Lin Feng still cannot fully control this demonic fire space and cannot easily separate those energies from the molten rock, he can only temporarily give up on them.

Just after the sixth day of Lin Feng beginning to absorb heaven‑and‑earth energy, the tremendous suction emanating from the huge cauldron finally gradually ceased.

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

At the very moment the suction stopped, a series of earth‑shaking, deafening roars suddenly came from the heavens above.

And as the thunderclap's sound just reached the ears of the three present, the next moment the high sky instantly filled with dark clouds, heavily blanketing the surrounding tens of li of heaven and earth.

Bolts of black lightning several zhang in size, carrying destructive force, immediately began to dart and weave at extreme speed through the clouds above, like black dragons hidden within the clouds.

"Is this… success?"

Yun Yun down below saw the pill‑lightning appear again, and its pressure was many times greater than that of the pill‑lightning when it first began to form; she couldn't help but frown slightly, murmuring full of doubt. She had previously witnessed the scene when Cao Ying and the others refined their Nine‑Star Treasure Pill and it came into being.

But that kind of momentum had no effect whatsoever on her, a four‑star Dou Saint.

But the pill‑lightning that Lin Feng has now imprinted, even for her, she cannot help but sense a faint, deadly threat within it.

And this is already very obvious; compared to the commotion caused by her own man right now, Cao Ying and the others' earlier efforts were far inferior.

"Hehe, what a daydream! According to ancient records, before a Mystic Pill appears, there must be a pill‑rain. Yet now there's not even a trace of pill‑rain, and still they talk about a Mystic Pill—it's downright laughable!"

After finally seizing an opportunity, Gu Xun'er immediately opened her mouth and harshly mocked Yun Yun, venting the resentment that had built up over the past two‑plus months.

To be frank, Lin Feng, barely in his early thirties, able to refine a pill far surpassing ordinary Nine‑Star Treasure Pills, is already the undisputed top young alchemist on the continent; even those old fogies in the Medicine Clan might not be able to outdo him.

Even she, in her heart, cannot help but feel amazed by Lin Feng's current achievements.

However, this still cannot stop her unwillingness to lose; she intends to seize the chance to mock him harshly.

"I think you've forgotten the lesson from before again."

Yun Yun, having been mocked, did not become angry and flustered; she simply turned her elegant, noble face expressionlessly and suddenly said this.

"Bastard, is that all you've got?"

Gu Xun'er, who had been tormented countless times up front for refusing to yield, instantly guessed what the former intended to do; a flash of panic crossed her pretty face as she shouted at Yun Yun.

"Hah"

However, before her words even finished, her body suddenly cried out in pain.

And her body, too, began to twist uncontrollably under that "excruciating pain."

As for Yun Yun, she couldn't be bothered to manage that "street‑dancing" Gu Xun'er; her beautiful eyes continued to gaze upward at the thunderclouds.

After all, compared to that crazy woman, her husband is far more important.

As for Gu Xun'er, although her mouth kept uttering the same syllable due to pain, in her heart she was unleashing every curse she could think of, wildly swearing at Yun Yun.

Who knows how Yun Yun learned these methods, and moreover there is that pill that heightens perception, leaving her willpower utterly unable to resist the sensation it causes.

Furthermore, as the water vapor rising from the surface of the molten rock gradually drifted up from beside her, it only deepened Gu Xun'er's shame and embarrassment.

"Alas, it seems this pill ultimately fell a little short, failing to reach the Nine‑Star Mystic Pill level."

Meanwhile, Lin Feng up in the sky naturally had no attention to spare for Gu Xun'er's affairs.

At this moment, all of his focus was placed entirely on the thunderclouds in the sky.

However, shortly thereafter he lowered his head, gazing levelly at the not‑far‑off huge cauldron, and thought to himself: "Failure is certainly unpleasant, but the good news is that I succeeded in controlling heaven‑and‑earth energy and integrating it into the pill this time; moreover, my theoretical conditions in all aspects are already satisfied. I expect it won't be long before I can join the ranks of Mystic Pill masters."

As he spoke, Lin Feng suddenly waved his hand, releasing a gentle burst of qi that directly turned the flame lid on the front cauldron back into flame, then swept it across the sky and returned it to his body.

And with the medicine cauldron lid, in an instant an inseparable medicinal fragrance rapidly spread from the hundred‑zhang‑wide golden cauldron.

Eventually, those medicinal fragrances actually condensed into granules of varying colors.

As soon as those granules formed from the condensed medicinal fragrance, they began to fall sparsely from the sky, like a light drizzle.

"Pill‑rain descends, Mystic Pill emerges!"

Gazing at this scene beyond his expectations, Lin Feng before the cauldron couldn't help but draw a deep breath, his voice trembling as he whispered.

As an alchemist, he naturally knows what this pill‑rain signifies.

And Yun Yun, standing afar, gazed at the granules of pill‑fragrance dripping patteringly from the sky; her pretty face likewise welled up with intense excitement.

"Pfft!"

As Lin Feng and Yun Yun fell silent, in this heaven and earth, aside from Gu Xun'er's complex moans, there was only the sound of these elixir granules pouring down, falling onto the milky-white lava, emitting a hiss like water poured on a blazing fire.

This is impossible. Hmm, why you hmm?

And Gu Xun'er, bound by Yun Yun, arched her body upward with her legs flailing, upon seeing those falling elixir rains, immediately let out an indistinct sound.

If one listens carefully, it can be known that the former obviously finds this scene hard to believe.

Although from the amount of this elixir rain, Lin Feng's refined pill clearly fails to reach the standard of a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.

But she knows that, since the other party can draw forth elixir rain, giving them more practice opportunities will almost certainly make them a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill master.

And this level, her Xiao Yan brother has never reached!

At the same time Gu Xun'er finds it unbelievable, Lin Feng gazes at the terrifying thunder in the sky capable of heavily injuring a four-star Dou Saint, unconsciously stroking his chin, somewhat hesitant, saying: "Such excellent thunder elixir, should it be used to refine Thunder Tribulation Pills, or to enhance pill quality via the tempering-pill method?"

Thinking of this, Lin Feng suddenly felt a bit troubled.

To be frank, although this thunder is capable of heavily injuring or even killing a four-star Dou Saint, for him, a five-star late-stage with a physique stronger than that of an ordinary Taixu Ancient Dragon, he can still endure it, and can use his own invented tempering-pill method to enhance pill quality, making it even better.

It's even uncertain whether he could truly accomplish the last point, reaching the level of Profound Pills.

However, he thought that Yun Yun is currently a four-star Dou Saint, and having already taken a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, this is precisely a time when her strength is hard to increase.

He then lightly exhaled, made up his mind, saying: "Forget it, now is a tumultuous autumn; it's more important to first help Yun'er increase her strength; as for the rest, we can talk about it later."

As soon as his words fell, Lin Feng, without hesitation, turned to look at Xiao Ling sitting on his shoulder and said: "Girl, give me, on top of that medicine cauldron, to condense another fire cauldron, make it sturdier. Forget it, you're only a one-star Dou Saint, better use the medicine cauldron you obtained before."

As soon as his words fell, Lin Feng immediately flicked his finger, and a verdant medicine cauldron was promptly shot out by him.

Then that verdant medicine cauldron, facing the storm, swelled, and in the blink of an eye turned into a sturdy medicine cauldron several hundred zhang in size, landing atop the fire cauldron Lin Feng had previously used to refine pills.

And this giant cauldron, without exception, is precisely the Dragon Soul Cauldron given to him by the ancient dragon clan; it ranks fourth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, forged in ancient times by a Dou Emperor powerhouse of the ancient dragon clan, and still retains a thread of dragon soul within, making it extremely sturdy.

Hmph, hateful master.

And Xiao Ling, seeing that the former seemed not to believe in her own power, turned her head and started using something else to substitute herself, instantly making her delicate little face puff with anger as she fiercely gritted her teeth, extremely indignant.

However, when she saw the terrifying thunder constantly ravaging the sky above, she immediately couldn't help but shrink her little head.

Given that she had already condensed a medicine cauldron, to then condense a fire cauldron capable of withstanding such powerful thunder, she seemingly truly couldn't do it.

Although she can condense that kind of fire lotus, thereby increasing her attack power by several levels, for this indestructible thunder elixir, it turns out to be quite useless.

Moreover, she truly has no confidence in capturing these thunder elixirs.

"Damn it, once I absorb the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, I will definitely let the master know how formidable I am!"

Thinking of the gap in strength between herself and those thunderbolts in the sky, Xiao Ling immediately gritted her teeth in her heart.

Boom—rumble—rumble!

Just as Xiao Ling was jumping in anger, the thunderclouds above suddenly surged violently, and then successive bolts of black thunder several zhang thick, like roaring black serpents, densely poured down.

And under these pitch-black thunderbolts carrying a rich aura of destruction, even a four-star Dou Saint could only retreat at this moment, lest they endanger their lives.

Collect.

However, Lin Feng, seeing those thunderbolts striking down, quickly formed a seal with his palm, then extended his index and middle fingers together, pointing straight at the Dragon Soul Cauldron in the sky.

Hum.

Following Lin Feng's movement, the Dragon Soul Cauldron in the sky immediately emitted a faint verdant glow.

At the same time, the lid of the medicine cauldron above also shifted to the side, exposing the interior space to facilitate the later entry of the thunder elixir.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

However, the moment the medicine cauldron lid was moved aside, those black thunder serpents several zhang thick falling from the sky fiercely struck the verdant giant cauldron.

However, facing the barrage of thunder strikes, the Dragon Soul Cauldron atop the fire cauldron, aside from being knocked down several dozen zhang by the impact force, showed not a single scar.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

And the thick dark clouds above, seeing this situation, immediately unleashed a large number of similarly sized terrifying thunder serpents, directly bombarding the Dragon Soul Cauldron.

However, for those falling thunderbolts, the Dragon Soul Cauldron below accepted them all, completely storing them inside.

Furthermore, the heavy medicine cauldron above also showed not a single blemish.

And at the instant the dark demon thunder entered the medicine cauldron, Lin Feng immediately reached out and patted Xiao Ling sitting on his shoulder, signaling her to start working.

"Watch my fire dragon burn the warehouse—no, burn thunder!"

Upon receiving the signal, Xiao Ling swiftly struck her palm to her mouth, and in an instant a copper-colored flame line shot from her lips, swelling with the wind; upon entering the fire opening of the Dragon Soul Cauldron, it instantly turned into rolling copper-colored flames, fiercely calcining the dark demon thunder inside.

Boom! Boom!

Amidst the violent calcination of the entrapped thunder serpents by the extraordinary fire within the cauldron, the clouds aloft, now much thinner, continued to incessantly drop black demon thunder several zhang in size.

However, those black demon thunderbolts were each caught by the Dragon Soul Cauldron above the fire cauldron, and finally were fiercely calcined by the extraordinary fire released by Xiao Ling.

However, the energy of those dark clouds was not infinite; after they dropped another dozen or so black demon thunderbolts, the clouds finally exhausted their last shred of strength and gradually dissipated.

As for Lin Feng, upon seeing the dark clouds above dissipate, he swiftly flicked his storage ring, taking out numerous rare medicinal ingredients from the outside world that are hard to come by in hundreds of years, continuously feeding them into the medicine cauldron.

Among them, there was even a top-grade demonic core of ninth rank.

However, although the quantity of these medicinal ingredients is large, there are only about a hundred types, whereas refining ordinary Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills often requires thousands of types, so this is considered few.

"Hehe, this grade of material can also be considered a peak existence among treasure pills; giving it to the current four-star Dou Saint Yun'er to eat will neither waste this unique opportunity nor be too potent to dare consume, simply perfect."

After placing them into the medicine cauldron, Lin Feng, while controlling the lid of the Dragon Soul Cauldron to close, couldn't help but softly speak with a look of joy on his face. (End of chapter)