Chapter 93: Zi Yan

This is because, once a cultivator reaches the Dou King realm.

They are no longer, as before, purely fighting by using their own Dou Qi.

Upon entering this tier, the Dou Qi inside can begin to resonate with the vast, almost infinite, mighty energy of the world, and then mobilize it for one's own use.

Its power and duration are far beyond what the previous realm could compare with.

Moreover, only at this realm can the full power of Earth Tier combat techniques be completely unleashed!

After all, a major characteristic of Earth Tier and higher combat techniques.

Is the ability to harness heaven‑and‑earth energy to attack opponents, thereby exerting a force stronger than one's own.

In realms before Dou King, using Earth Tier techniques can still absorb Dou Qi from heaven and earth via the technique.

But it relies entirely on the technique to absorb Dou Qi, offering no assistance from the self.

However, a Dou King can jointly draw Dou Qi from heaven and earth together with Earth Tier techniques, making both speed and other aspects far stronger.

With a deep, resonant thud, violet flames instantly filled the entire medicine cauldron.

A surge of Dou Qi left the body, quickly swooped toward the big fellow, heavily entangling it and pulling it to Lin Feng's side.

The person, upon seeing that they could snatch the pill from under Lin Feng, said without much surprise.

But it might also be a plan that makes me a top weakling of Xiao Lu...

He grasped it, gazing at the pill in his palm that we had seen seven times before, finally having refined the seventh‑grade pinnacle pill, Zi Xin Po Zhang Dan.

The big boy seemed to be over seventeen or eighteen, with long pale‑purple hair hanging down to his waist; his cheeks were extremely fair, and his delicate, jade‑like features were exceedingly annoying.

Although he made no move, he could clearly feel that the meridians inside his body now, compared with before, …

Seeing the flames too small, Fang Lan quickly lowered the high Dou Qi transmission…

Feeling the faint Dou Qi within, he murmured softly.

Anyway, all the materials needed for refining pills are abundant; rather than go to such a chaotic place, it's better to safely refine pills outside that valley.

A moment ago, the refining was finished…

He sighed lightly; regarding his own body's condition, he had long lost mental preparation, yet wasn't overly panicked.

"Swoosh~"

"Boom."

A weak airflow instantly turned the once picturesque great valley into a mess.

"Boom!"

Seeing that someone had managed to sneak up beside him and was discovered, Lin Feng broke out in a cold sweat, recalling the Dou Spirit he would meet later.

After all, even though fleeting Dou Qi is troublesome, it still cannot be solved.

I also want to know how far my pill‑refining art can advance now.

It must be effective; this would waste a chance for Medusa to act, so I ask you to help seize the Longevity King broth.

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes fixed on the crimson flame wings spreading from behind, a bit dazed.

Ahead, as if a soulless mist, a special violet cloud formed above Lin Feng's head.

He moved his hand, then immediately unleashed the Red Open Mountain Fist toward the white shadow.

Seeing the person who had ambushed him from behind, Fang Lan exclaimed, "A seventeen‑ or eighteen‑year‑old Dou King?"

That refinement lasted a whole night.

Ahead, Dou Qi surged swiftly along a strange meridian route, instantly bursting out from its front and back.

"Boom!"

"Weak force."

But regarding that situation, although Lin Feng wasn't particularly troubled, he felt no regret at all.

"Dou Qi Wing, that's also something you'll long for later…"

He thought with puzzlement in his heart.

Just before it completely stopped rotating, this dark‑red speck, under Fang Lan's focused gaze, exploded with a roar.

After advancing to Dou King, Lin Feng's mind swept through his own body.

Just as he was about to act, an enticing medicinal scent came from the valley; he held back, abandoned his intended move, and rushed over to loot.

Seeing this, Lin Feng exhaled lightly, poured the essence of the herbs again, and finished the refinement…

"Puff!"

As a low‑level cultivator without any background, I must gamble with my life, only then might there be a future.

Earlier, small swaths of violet flame poured out from the medicine cauldron, overwhelming everything.

Zi Yan's eyes were sharply fixed on the nearby Lin Feng.

When his mind stirred, seven points within his body instantly surged with Dou Qi that we could see; in the manipulation of that Dou Qi, the violet fire inside was quickly mobilized.

"Wait, that big boy behind me, could it be Zi Yan?!"

"How dare you snatch my pill?"

While Fang Lan was deep in thought, a large white silhouette with wings abruptly appeared beside him, then launched a burst toward the latter.

Surely unlucky, perhaps there wasn't even a sliver of chance to ascend to Dou Patriarch.

I am not employing any aerial Dou Technique now; it's entirely on my own, using the Dou Qi Wing!

Then, Lin Feng placed one hand beneath the medicine cauldron.

In an instant, he drove away the surrounding flames.

Only after refining the ten portions of required herbs did he finally finish the fusion and pill condensation…

But certainly, with unusual cultivation, given my talent, there's a small probability I would still stop at a low‑rank Dou Zong.

In the end, I also successfully struck the opponent, halting their action.

However, at this moment the rotation speed of the dark‑red vortex in his abdomen became faster than flying.

I know that the side effects caused by the rapid short‑term surge of battle‑Qi level are certainly uncontrolled, and the further I cultivate, the smaller the impact on my cultivation will be.

He casually tossed a herb into the medicine cauldron, then used the purple fire to refine the herb's essence.

The crimson flame wings suddenly launched outward from his back.

A few minutes earlier, I had already adapted to the familiar sensation of battle‑Qi increase, and promptly produced the Purple Heart Barrier‑Breaking Pill formula I had obtained outside the Snake-People Tribe.

As battle Qi surged, these crystal‑clear meridians resembled a dam long ago constructed, now flooded by surging water; the meridians contracted and expanded, emitting a joyous sound that seemed both heard and seen.

I discovered that within my body at this moment, a vibrant state already existed.

In its place was a scene of the sun sinking low in the western sky.

Just a moment earlier, this object began to gradually cease rotating.

Seeing the strong, colorless medicinal fragrance, Lin Feng's mouth curved slightly; with a flick of his palm, a purple pill from the source of the fragrance darted rapidly to his side.

The wings, spanning just under a zhang in arc, resembled phoenix wings—splendid and dazzling.

When the faint crimson and deep‑purple battle Qi collided, a violent battle‑Qi stream suddenly erupted outward in all directions.

As the light burst forth, a strong scent of purple pill rose rapidly.

"Boom."

Since I saw the Devouring Life Pill, no plan has yet formed in my mind.

Lin Feng, seeing this, exhaled heavily and employed his cultivation technique to refine the remaining energy…

Lin Feng considered that his first attempt at refining a pill of that grade had a low success rate.

At this moment my constitution has not yet deteriorated; those pill potencies have not brought me any joy.

The potency of a First‑Tier Pill is exceedingly small; even the leftover amount, combined with the energy later released by battle crystals, together managed to fill my meridians to the brim.

Seeing everything in place, Lin Feng carefully recalled Otto's successful experience in refining this pill and the cautions he had recorded.

I also thought that refining a pill would draw that big guy.

The moment contact was made, waves of massive yet subtle force surged through his arm, causing Fang Lan to suffer a severe setback, his body being forced to slide forward dozens of meters.

Compared with the previously narrow meridians, the current ones resemble crystal‑clear, spacious conduits, emitting a faint luminescence within the body.

Before accessing the external data, I finished scanning the inventory and discovered that beneath me I could roughly assemble ten portions of herbs.

In a moment, the missing herbs were completely refined.

"It seems we must obtain this Longevity King Soup..."

At the center of the flame, a burst of purple light shot outward.

You were originally concealed in a nearby forest, preparing to seize the herbs guarded by a Seventh‑Grade Demon Beast.

As the words finished, Lin Feng suddenly thought of a demon beast and once again reviewed the known information about the person behind the eyes: a big boy, seventeen or eighteen, with purple hair…

Lin Feng also considered that the boost from battle Qi could be so modest; with a faint smile, he whispered loudly, "Even the Purple Heart Barrier‑Breaking Pill can be refined; it seems you shouldn't attempt the Seventh‑Tier Pill..."

The growth of battle Qi also diminishes soul power.

Thinking of that, Lin Feng gazed at the big guy still dozing in the nearby grass, his palm moving slightly.

Regaining his senses, Lin Feng, employing his slightly weakened soul perception, scanned his own body.

I realized that this foremost energy actually raised my battle‑Qi level to the peak of a One‑Star Battle King.

His thoughts drifted for a long while; Lin Feng shook his head, temporarily suppressing these ideas, closed his eyes again, and the battle Qi within made seven attempts.

With a muffled thud, its foremost fragment of pill potency rapidly fed back into Lin Feng's meridians.

I realized that I would be discovered by the person behind the eyes.

"Huh, you actually found me?"

His spirit stirred slightly, and torrents of robust battle Qi surged abruptly from every part of his body, foremost flowing through the crystal‑clear meridians.

A pair of pale‑purple water‑spirit eyes stared intently at the Purple Heart Barrier‑Breaking Pill in my hand.

With a muffled thud, the eighth herb still successfully condensed into a pill, but was then expelled by the ordinary mechanism of the medicine cauldron.

"Then, isn't that the power of a Battle King… Indeed, being able to directly draw battle Qi from heaven and earth far exceeds what these minor battle masters and battle spirits can compare to; no wonder the Battle King is a pivotal watershed on the cultivation path…"

His gaze swept upward at the big boy behind the eyes, and Fang Lan silently exclaimed in surprise.

But considering his own strength, he immediately said in his immature voice, "Hey, he fought you, gave you this pill, you…"

"Could it be that someone from that battle spirit's faction discovered you?"

He pulled the big guy back into his arms and retrieved another medicine cauldron.

Considering the small amount of low‑grade herbs in hand, I decided to temporarily return to White Imperial City.

A moment later, Lin Feng's palm released a blast of battle Qi onto the medicine cauldron, and the previously quiet lid shot out abruptly.

Whether in resilience or capacity, it underwent a leap‑forward transformation!

At this moment, Lin Feng also steadied his posture, looked up at the sky, and saw that the ambusher was merely a white‑clothed big boy at waist height.

I could vaguely sense that beyond that faintness lay a fleeting emptiness.

Because my battle Qi and soul power have both increased, the refining speed is now several times slower than before.

Clenching both fists, I couldn't suppress a grin that stretched to my ears.

That might be a plan that could cause me to lose everything, even my life.

On the seventh morning, Lin Feng finally hurriedly opened his eyes, which had been tightly shut for a full day and night.