Chapter 82

Lin Feng reached out and took the scroll, examined it closely, and saw that it was the Mysterious Tier intermediate movement technique called "Burst Step."

As the name suggests, it is a movement fighting technique that increases speed by relying on the thrust from an energy explosion.

After glancing at it for a moment, Lin Feng stored the scroll in his space ring and chuckled lightly, saying, "This is exactly what I wanted, so I won't stand on ceremony."

The place he is heading to now is the most chaotic region of the Northwest Continent, and for such life-saving items, naturally the higher the grade, the better.

"By the way, turn around."

At that moment, Yun Yun thought of something and said to Lin Feng.

"Uh... okay."

Although Lin Feng didn't know what she intended to do, he still followed her instructions.

Gazing at Lin Feng's back, Yun Yun then reached behind her and began to undo the clasps...

Meanwhile, Lin Feng heard a rustling sound coming from behind him.

"You can turn around now."

Hearing the clear sound from behind, Lin Feng turned around again to look at Yun Yun.

Yun Yun held up the folded metal inner armor in both hands and softly said to the youth before her, "This Heart of the Sea armor is made from a strange metal produced in the belly of a sixth‑rank sea magic beast, the three‑tailed blue whale. Its defensive power depends on the wielder's strength; although you are only a Dou Shi now, ordinary attacks from a Great Dou Shi cannot easily harm you... Since you've helped me several times, consider this my repayment."

Taking the warm, light‑blue inner armor, Lin Feng felt a bit embarrassed and said, "You keep giving me things; I feel like I'm being kept as your pretty boy."

Hearing this, Yun Yun's nearly perfect little face instantly flushed crimson, and she angrily retorted, "You jerk, a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory."

"I've been out this long; if I don't go back, the sect will probably descend into chaos. If you want to find me, just take this token to the Yun Lan Sect."

Yun Yun gazed at the sun that had unknowingly risen above her head, spread her Dou Qi wings, and flew into the sky.

At the same time, she flicked her jade hand backward, shooting a green jade tablet toward Lin Feng.

"Anyway, I've already looked and touched it; when I become stronger, I might as well take this jade tablet to the Yun Lan Sect to propose marriage—what do you think?"

Having caught the item, Lin Feng cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted loudly in the direction Yun Yun had departed.

High above, Yun Yun heard those embarrassing remarks, her body went limp, and her altitude uncontrollably dropped to a point above the forest.

She turned her head and, with a flirtatious shout at those behind her, said, "Dare you come try it!"

Hmm, women usually say the opposite of what they mean; it looks like this is settled.

"Chirp chirp~"

Seeing Yun Yun leave, Xiao Cai immediately popped out from Lin Feng's body, demanding the purple sphere from before.

"You little rascal, here you go."

Lin Feng gave a light chuckle, then promptly took out the sphere and tossed it into the air.

Seeing her treasure, Xiao Cai vanished from the spot with a "whoosh."

Then she appeared inside the sphere, eagerly licking the remaining companion purple crystal source.

"Xiao Cai, let's go; we still need to cross the Magic Beast Mountain Range to reach Daling City, and the magic beasts ahead will be up to you to handle."

Saying that, Lin Feng unfolded his wings and shot explosively toward the target direction.

Meanwhile, the purple sphere nearby, under Xiao Cai's control, closely followed at his side.

Daling City lies in the northwest province of the Jia Ma Empire; although its size cannot compare to the imperial capital's major cities, within the Jia Ma Empire it counts as a strong second‑tier city.

Moreover, because it neighbors the Magic Beast Mountain Range that stretches across nearly half the empire.

Consequently, countless adventurers and merchant groups travel through here, continually infusing the city with vitality.

At the north gate of Daling City, the flow of people coming and going almost blocks the gate; the large numbers make entering and exiting extremely difficult.

Because just outside the north gate lies the endless Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Therefore, the traffic consists mostly of mercenary squads.

They come in twos and threes, with varied formations, like ants moving house, constantly going in and out here...

And Lin Feng, at this moment, had just walked out of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, holding in his hand a bounty notice concerning Feng Lin, which was quite striking.

"The He family is really generous; as long as I provide my exact current location, I can choose either a Mysterious Tier high‑level cultivation method or two fourth‑grade pills."

Looking at the bounty notice issued by a He family member when he had just exited the Magic Beast Mountain Range, he silently sneered in his heart.

"As expected, the fact that He Lei came to ambush me is known to others; fortunately I directly abandoned the Feng Lin identity to avoid fleeing, otherwise it would have been troublesome..."

Thinking this, Lin Feng looked at the not‑distant city gate, no longer using his alchemist identity, but instead took his place at the back of the line entering the city.

Entering the city, Lin Feng pondered a moment and then found an inn to stay at.

Upon reaching the room, Lin Feng produced a small jade bottle, pulled out the stopper, and a cool, fragrant aroma wafted out.

"Xiao Cai, it's time to eat."

With that call, the Heaven‑Swallowing Python swiftly slipped off Lin Feng's wrist and ran to the front of the jade bottle.

Then it poked its little head inside and sucked up the companion source within.

Lin Feng watched smiling, not restricting its intake, letting it gulp down large mouthfuls.

After all, during these days of crossing the Magic Beast Mountain Range, this little fellow had been scaring off low‑rank magic beasts and guiding him to avoid high‑rank ones.

Now, naturally, it's time to let it have a good meal.

Once Xiao Cai had her fill, Lin Feng collected the remaining companion source, now reduced by one‑fifth, back into his space ring.

Then he sat cross‑legged, closed his eyes, and let his mind sink slowly into his body, arriving at the fifth‑rank Beast Fire within.

Under the control of his mind, the vortex in his lower abdomen suddenly began to spin at high speed.

As the spinning intensified, the Beast Fire inside the vortex was flung out in clusters, swirling around outside the vortex.

After clearing it away, Lin Feng absorbed all the scattered Beast Fire together, finally forming a complete seed of fire.

Just as the Beast Fire, unconscious, was preparing to strike the vortex,

the surging crimson Dou Qi inside the vortex erupted wildly, engulfing the Beast Fire.

Then, under Lin Feng's mental control, it was pulled and began to follow the meridians out of his body.

After a moment, Lin Feng quickly took out a jade bottle and inserted his finger into it.

Then, a pale yellow Beast Fire suddenly surged from his finger and entered the bottle.

After the fire seed had completely left his body, Lin Feng hastily withdrew his finger from the bottle, and with a plug inserted, he stored it in his space ring.

Unlike Alien Fire, Beast Fire can be taken out after absorption without harming its owner.

Therefore, after taking it out, Lin Feng merely paused a moment, then promptly took out another jade bottle.

This bottle contained a few drops of companion source that he had prepared, which neutralized most of the violent factors.

Its purpose was for him to consume it himself, thereby obtaining the purple fire within the companion source.

However, to obtain these few drops on his hand, he had failed several times, wasting over ten drops before finally succeeding.

But as long as he could obtain that sixth-tier Beast Fire, everything would be worth it.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng aligned his mouth with the bottle and gulped it all down.

As the companion source entered his body, he felt his body growing hotter and hotter.

Strands of purple energy seeped out from his meridians, then continuously merged into his bones and flesh.

Lin Feng also hurriedly controlled his qi vortex to spin rapidly, absorbing those thick strands of purple energy within his body into his meridians.

Then, after being refined by his cultivation method, it was transformed into pure, absorbable Battle Qi.

As time passed second by second, although Lin Feng was striving to refine and absorb it.

but the purple energy within his body continued to increase without cease.

This also caused Lin Feng's skin to gradually take on a purple hue.

His complexion also became somewhat painful due to the distension of his meridians.

Moreover, the purple energy within his body, being overly dense, faintly showed signs of turning black.

At that very moment, the surface of the deep purple energy suddenly transmitted a violent tremor.

Thereafter, strands of turbulent purple flame rose up from the energy in a wavering manner.

Seeing this, Lin Feng's face nonetheless broke into a faint smile.

Now that the purple fire has appeared, as long as he absorbs it next, success will be achieved.

As he continuously absorbed energy, Lin Feng's Battle Qi rank also began to rise rapidly.

Before long, he advanced from five-star Dou Shi to six-star.

Then came seven-star... eight-star...

"This can't go on; I must suppress it."

Seeing this, Lin Feng hastily exerted force to press his Battle Qi rank downward.

In an instant, it dropped from eight-star back to seven-star...

As his Battle Qi rank was pressed down to six-star, the energy within his body suddenly rebounded.

It actually reached the seven-star realm again, while Lin Feng continued to press downward...

After several such exchanges, Lin Feng's Battle Qi rank finally settled at six-star Dou Shi.

However, judging by the fullness of his Battle Qi vortex, he was only a hair's breadth away from seven-star Dou Shi.

He estimated that he would be able to break through in just a few days.

After the energy of the companion source was completely absorbed, a cluster of somewhat light purple flame appeared within Lin Feng's body, wavering.

This time the purple flame was noticeably milder than before; judging by its appearance, it could now be safely absorbed by him.

With his mind fixed on that cluster of light purple flame, Lin Feng exhaled slightly.

He then immediately wrapped his Battle Qi around that cluster of light purple flame and drew it toward the slowly rotating vortex at his lower abdomen.

Under Lin Feng's mental gaze, the light purple flame swiftly shuttled through several meridians and then shot straight into the vortex.

As soon as the light purple flame entered the vortex, the vortex's rotational speed suddenly increased greatly.

Strands of light purple flame continuously rotated along with the vortex's spin, then were separated out from within and merged into the vortex...

As the final strand of purple fire merged into the vortex, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

In his pupils, a flash of purple light flickered and then vanished.

"Come out."

With a thought from Lin Feng's mind, a tiny purple flame slowly rose from above his finger.

Seeing this weak flame, he involuntarily grinned and said, "Now, as long as I refine this cluster of purple fire into a fire seed, the task will be complete."