Chapter 910

However, at this moment, Lin Feng focused all his attention on the energy medicine cauldron before him.

Inside it, the pitch-black flames surged and burned like ghostly claws.

: Medicine Emperor? Actually "Medicine Emperor" appears later. Not here.

The terrifying heat continuously emanated from that medicine cauldron, spreading into the surrounding space.

Under Lin Feng's continual roasting, those energy medicinal herbs were quickly calcined into clumps of liquid energy.

Seeing that, the former immediately continued using Dou Qi without pause, controlling the other medicinal herbs, then tossing them in to continue refining.

: No.

During Lin Feng's nonstop day-and-night refining, after about ten days, a medicinal pill successfully formed inside the huge medicine cauldron before him, continuously releasing powerful energy shockwaves that bombarded the cauldron's inner walls.

However, those energy shocks were nothing to a medicine cauldron condensed by a Dou Emperor expert—trivial, causing no damage at all.

: Medicine Emperor (Medicine Emperor? Actually "Medicine Emperor") appears. Also Medicine Clan small world (Medicine Clan small world). "Medicine Clan" is Medicine Clan. Need to decide if it's a named entity: it's a clan/people. Should we include? The glossary list includes only certain terms, but we need to list every named entity appearing in these lines. So we should include "Medicine Clan" (Medicine Clan). Also "Medicine Emperor" (Medicine Emperor). Also "Soul Hall" (Soul Hall) appears later.

After all, the former was a clone condensed by a past Dou Emperor expert that entered the river of time.

Meanwhile, the latter, having endured countless years of wear and tear, is barely a remnant soul, its memory almost gone.

"Twenty-seven years old reaching this level counts as mid-tier, and your pill-refining technique is rather crude; from this, I'd say your faction likely hasn't even produced a proper Golden Core pill refiner. If you continue advancing and inheriting at this pace, your future chances of breaking through to become a Golden Core pill refiner are no more than ten percent."

After watching the former's pill refining, the Medicine Emperor directly gave a mediocre evaluation.

: No.

Hearing the former's evaluation, Lin Feng said with a mix of laughter and tears: "Senior, I am already considered the top pill-refining genius on the surface of the Dou Qi Continent; I even took first place in the continent's premier pill-refining event. Even in your Medicine Clan, which possesses resources more than ten times mine, peers my age who could defeat me are likely countable on one hand."

"Has the Dou Qi Continent really weakened to this state?"

After the former spoke, the Medicine Emperor immediately sighed disappointedly, his voice tinged with bitterness: "Judging from your pill-refining process just now, even if you were at the peak of your physical form, you'd likely have at most a twenty-odd percent chance to refine an Eighth Grade Nine-Colored medicinal pill. In my era, if such a pill-refining contest were held, you'd probably have to rely on luck just to break into the top fifteen."

Hearing that, Lin Feng's mouth twitched; he's after all an Eighth Grade High-level pill refiner—how could it be that bad?

Nevertheless, Lin Feng greatly admired the Medicine Emperor's insight; the information inferred was incredibly accurate.

Although he had previously refined an Eighth Grade Eight-Colored Bodhi medicinal pill at the pill fair arena.

But that time, he had nearly exhausted every means available to boost the success rate, and only then did he succeed.

If he had directly refined it then, it would have failed miserably with a hundred percent certainty.

Now, although his soul power has become much stronger.

But at the same time, the difficulty of refining an Eighth Grade Eight-Colored versus an Eighth Grade Nine-Colored medicinal pill differs by at least tenfold.

In fact, one need not look elsewhere; merely comparing the value gap between these two pills already gives a rough idea.

After all, in most cases, a medicinal pill's value is directly proportional to its refining difficulty.

And if he now refines an Eighth Grade Nine-Colored medicinal pill without any aids, his success rate would likely be at most around twenty percent.

: Yaochen (Medicine Dust? Actually a person name? Might be a name: "Yaochen" could be a person. It's a name of an elder. Should treat as a person name. We need to translate? According to rules, person names should be pinyin. So "Yaochen" -> "Yaochen"? Actually "Yao Chen"? In the novel, Yao Chen is "Yao Lao". But here "Yaochen" maybe a different character. We'll treat as a person name, romanize as "Yaochen"? But we need to decide: The glossary didn't list it, but we need to list it in glossary. According to rule: Use Hanyu Pinyin ONLY for a person's actual NAME. So we need to romanize "Yaochen". The characters: medicine (yao) dust (chen). So pinyin: Yaochen. Capitalize? Usually each word capitalized? In prior examples they used "Lin Feng", "Xiao Yan". So we should output "Yaochen". However, we need to check if it's a known name: In Battle Through the Heavens, there is "Yaochen" (Yaochen) indeed an alias of Yao Lao. So it's a person name. So we will list "Yaochen".

Thinking this, Lin Feng curiously asked: "Senior, what was your strength back when you were my age?"

"Twenty-seven years old. Hmm. This old man remembers that I had just reached the rank of Ninth-Tier Treasure Pill Alchemist not long ago, with a late Heavenly Tier soul and the strength of a peak one-star Dou Sheng. Later, on the continent, there was a top-tier pill-refining competition; when this old man participated, he was three years older than you. But unfortunately, this old man's skills were lacking, and on the stage he fell just short, failing to successfully refine a Ninth-Tier Mystic Pill, and thus lost the title of champion."

The Medicine Emperor seemed to be recalling those youthful years, his tone also carrying a hint of nostalgia.

"Senior, couldn't you say it a bit lower? Let me feel a bit better. I possess an Earth Tier low-level soul cultivation method, as well as the strange Fallen Heart Flame, and I have walked the tightrope countless times, risking my life, to reach where I am now. And yet you say that at thirty you were just a step away from refining a Ninth-Tier Mystic Pill—how can the gap between people be so huge?"

Hearing that slightly disappointed tone from the former, Lin Feng's eyes instantly reddened with envy.

After all, only he himself knows how great a price he has paid for this strength, how many times he has walked the tightrope.

If he were to make a mistake halfway through, he would likely lose his life on the spot.

In the end, the Medicine Emperor, in his youth, easily reached the Dou Sheng realm and the rank of Treasure Pill Grandmaster—who could remain calm about that?

Even if he were to absorb the souls of several of his wives now, he would still fall short of the Medicine Emperor's soul power back then.

After all, once the soul realm reaches the Heavenly Tier, the accumulation required for each advancement is extremely terrifying.

In the original story, Xiao Yan's successful breakthrough after absorbing the soul light clusters from the Soul Hall's Heaven and Human Halls may be due to his already being at the peak of his minor realm.

Otherwise, it's estimated that even if he absorbed another soul light cluster of the same amount, he might not be able to break through.

"Your soul cultivation method—how can its level be so low?"

As for the Medicine Emperor standing nearby, upon hearing those words, he was momentarily startled.

Although Lin Feng's talent is somewhat lacking, if he puts in some effort, he might still be able to make up for it and enter the rank of Golden Core Alchemist.

As a result, the forces behind him, instead of trying to profit from him, went so far as to tie him to a stone and sink him.

"Low?"

As soon as the former finished speaking, Lin Feng froze on the spot.

Immediately afterward, upon regaining his senses, he guessed that in that former's era, soul cultivation methods were probably still normal, without any occurrence of discontinuation.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but wryly smile and shake his head, saying: 'Senior, you are unaware that on the current Dou Qi continent, soul cultivation methods have mostly been severed. This soul cultivation manual of mine is also considered quite excellent on the continent. Even if some Half-Saints or even true Dou Sheng experts were to see it, they might well feel envious.'