Chapter 650

As for Xiao Yixian, after swallowing the poisonous substances she obtained by exchanging pills and collecting from the Wind Thunder Pavilion, her strength also reached eight-star Dou Zong.

This is still because she needed to handle many matters, wasting a lot of time.

Otherwise, her strength would definitely be even more terrifying.

And after Xiao Yan signed the agreement, the Ancient Clan, to prevent any mishap with this agreement, also didn't play any tricks.

After going through a lot of trouble, they also managed to extract two Nine-Star Saint Pills from the mouths of two Dou Saint Elders.

For this, the two Ancient Clan Elders complained endlessly that Xiao Yan had opened his mouth like a lion.

At the same time, since the items were already in hand, there was no need to waste these things to forge a seemingly legitimate agreement.

After all, Nine-Star Saint Pills, even within the Ancient Clan, are relatively precious.

Even Dou Saint-level Elders may not all be able to enjoy them.

Moreover, Xiao Xuan is now dead, the Xiao Family's descendants are lackluster, with the strongest only at Dou Sect level—could they possibly still want to come and snatch the Ancient Clan's things?

But this proposal, as soon as it was sent to the council of elders, was immediately rejected by most of the Ancient Clan Elders.

After all, they had previously acted extremely unjustly; if anything happened, they would easily earn a reputation no different from that of the Soul Clan.

And this time, having finally gotten a chance to turn things around, most elders still felt that giving up these things was worth it.

And after the Ancient Clan sent out their top alchemist, they also successfully cured the Old Fire Cloud Ancestor.

Plus a Nine-Star Saint Pill that can boost the strength of pre-Dou Saint experts, the Ancient Clan also successfully exchanged for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire from the Flame Valley.

As for the Flame Valley side, although they felt great heartache.

But thinking that their valley's Dou Saint Old Ancestor could regain health and also have a Nine-Saint Pill to increase strength, they reluctantly handed over the strange fire.

After all, once the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor regains health, with the aid of that Nine-Star Saint Pill to break through to a new realm, his lifespan could reach about a thousand years.

And a healthy Dou Saint expert, over that span of over a thousand years, could bring benefits far beyond what a single Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire could match.

However, when they brought the pills to that secluded family for trade, an unexpected situation occurred.

The reason was that the family felt their strongest member was only an early-stage Half-Saint, and thus had no use for a Nine-Star Saint Pill.

After all, Nine-Star Saint Pills are medicines used by true Dou Saint experts of five stars or lower.

For their early-stage Half-Saint predecessors, whose lifespans were nearly exhausted, taking a Nine-Star Saint Pill would be utterly useless.

On the contrary, after obtaining such top-tier pills, they would easily attract envy.

Thus, after a moment's thought, they refused the exchange proposal from the Ancient Clan's envoy.

And seeing this situation, the Ancient Clan Elders also scratched their heads.

Although they thought wiping out this family wouldn't be particularly difficult.

But if the Ancient Clan randomly slaughtered without cause, it would easily alert other ancient powers.

Especially this secluded family, which is not rooted in their Eastern Region, but rather on the territory of other Dou Emperor families.

Finally, the Ancient Clan Elders had no choice but to promise the other party: if they were willing to produce that Volcanic Stone Flame, the Ancient Clan would be willing to marry into their family by taking their daughter as a wife, thus becoming in-laws.

Of course, the Dou Emperor families value bloodlines greatly, so they would naturally not allow Ancient Realm clansmen to marry their daughters.

The one who actually married their daughter was a person from the outskirts of the Ancient Clan.

These people, although having thousands of threads of connection with the Ancient Clan, and indeed in the outside world could act under the Ancient Clan's name.

But they fundamentally do not bear the surname Gu, nor have the right to reside in the Ancient Realm.

Instead, they live in the outside world, managing part of the Ancient Clan's external assets on its behalf.

Under the temptation of being able to connect with the Ancient Clan, that secluded family ultimately agreed to exchange the Volcanic Stone Flame.

After all, the opportunity to connect with the Ancient Clan is something that can be encountered but not sought; they really did not want to miss it.

And after that, the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and the Volcanic Stone Flame naturally fell into Xiao Yan's hands.

Xiao Yan, who had been stuck in place for a long time, upon obtaining those two strange fires, was naturally overjoyed.

Especially the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire among them, which is ranked twelfth on the Strange Fire list, made him feel even more delighted.

And after Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, he ultimately decided to first absorb the Volcanic Stone Flame.

After all, the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire is a flame only one rank below his teacher's Bone Spirit Cold Fire, with astonishing power.

Now, as only a four-star Dou Sect practitioner, if he rashly absorbs it, the risk would be extremely high.

By comparison, this Volcanic Stone Flame ranked seventeenth carries a risk that is more than ten times lower.

Furthermore, the Pill Assembly is now only four or five months away.

If he absorbs it and, at the start of the Pill Assembly, fails to successfully subdue the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, thus missing the assembly, that would be a huge loss!

And while Xiao Yan, forgetting his worries, happily entered closed-door cultivation.

At this moment, around the mountain cave where Lin Feng is in closed-door cultivation, a terrifying pressure silently spreads out.

And its might is becoming increasingly overbearing.

Causing nearby magical beasts, whose highest level is only sixth rank, to dare not linger here, all fleeing hundreds of miles away.

"Bang!"

At a certain moment, the cave that had been quiet for about eight months suddenly burst forth with a shocking pressure.

The extremely terrifying pressure, like a slumbering giant dragon, slowly awakens.

The overbearing force of the pressure directly turns the dense forest within ten or so li around the cave into a loess plateau.

Even space itself becomes wrinkled and creased.

"Boom—rumble!"

Not long after, an energy pillar as thick as a person's waist shoots up from where Lin Feng is, piercing the heavens.

At the same time, his eyes, which had been tightly shut for over half a year, suddenly snap open.

A vast aura, at this moment, spreads out from within him like a tide.

And his pair of pitch-black eyes are now occupied by red flames.

However, this situation did not last long; the red flames in his eyes gradually faded and eventually disappeared.

And his pair of jet-black eyes also reappeared.

Suddenly, Lin Feng disappeared from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, his somewhat thin figure had already arrived high above.

「Ha! 」

Immediately after, he let out a mighty shout.

The invisible sound wave spread rapidly in all directions.

Along the path it passed, space suddenly warped and all mountain peaks shattered.

Its terrifying might was enough to slay many Fighting Sect cultivators.

After a moment, Lin Feng stretched his body, which had not moved in half a year, and lightly clenched his fists.

Feeling the vast fighting qi within him like a sea, he couldn't help but feel extremely delighted.

「I've trained for so many years; today I have finally reached the Dou Zun Realm. 」

Lin Feng took a deep breath and murmured with a smile.