Chapter 84

Xiao Yan, be careful.

Nalan Yanran lightly covered her chest, speaking with some worry.

Don't worry, you know too, I've already refined Strange Fire before. This time it's just adding a bit of bloodline power.

Turning back, Xiao Yan revealed a reassuring gaze, gave a light smile, then without hesitation, stepped forward and walked straight into the raging sea of Yin-Yang Twin Flames.

Perhaps sensing the other Strange Fires hidden deep within Xiao Yan's body, the originally calm Yin-Yang Twin Flames suddenly became agitated, and even Xiao Xuan's soul phantom showed signs of being unable to suppress it!

Xiao Xuan frowned slightly; under normal circumstances, the Strange Fire and bloodline power should come one by one, but Xiao Yan's situation clearly wouldn't work.

His soul phantom is attached to the Strange Fire, and now, due to the agitation of the Strange Fire, it has become unstable and cannot possibly persist until Xiao Yan finishes refining the bloodline; for now, the only option is to hand both over to Xiao Yan together, hoping he can handle it!

At this moment, Xiao Yan had already sat cross-legged quietly before Xiao Xuan; under Xiao Xuan's control, the originally suspended Dou Emperor Bloodline, like a colored silk ribbon, surged into Xiao Yan's body with a strange fragrant aroma.

At the instant the Dou Emperor Bloodline entered Xiao Yan's body, his blood instantly boiled, nearly evaporating, swelling the wrapped blood vessels to towering heights!

Blue veins like centipedes crawled all over Xiao Yan's body and face, making him look exceptionally terrifying at this moment!

Facing this tremendous bodily change and the accompanying extreme discomfort and pain, Xiao Yan merely furrowed his brow and said to Xiao Xuan: "Ancestor, now is the perfect time to give me the source of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames as well, that way I won't need to exchange blood."

Since the Dou Emperor in the Xiao family's bodies has long been exhausted, though a trace of almost meaningless aura remains, the essence of refining the bloodline is no different from exchanging blood, so Xiao Yan should first drain his own blood, but Xiao Yan's intention seems not to be so.

However, this also aligns with Xiao Xuan's opinion; nodding, Xiao Xuan's face finally showed a relieved smile, and then his thin soul phantom transformed into a pure soul imprint, carrying a tiny black-and-white flame that drilled into Xiao Yan's body.

This tiny black-and-white flame is precisely the source fire of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames!

After being forced to follow Xiao Xuan into Xiao Yan's body, it quickly sensed the presence of two other Strange Fires; although among the three it is the weakest, it still fearlessly charged forward!

But who would have thought the two stronger fellows, instead of following the old Strange Fire tradition of fighting each other to the death, actually joined forces to deal with this two-thousand-year-old old man!

The Yin-Yang Twin Flames acknowledged their lack of strength, but more so their carelessness—no dodging, they were easily disarmed by the two old sixes and forced to follow the Burning Scripture's operational path, running through Xiao Yan's body.

At the same time, in the instant of the three-way clash, since Xiao Yan was also unprepared, his entire body's blood instantly evaporated into nothing, turning into continuous blood mist that seeped out from his seven orifices; immediately, Xiao Yan's complexion became as pale as a corpse, even worse, after all, even a corpse's body still has blood!

As the blood in the blood vessels was completely evaporated, the Dou Emperor Bloodline previously hidden by Xiao Yan in his heart during the Strange Fire's burning of the body, under his control, slowly extended, flowed along the blood vessels, and continuously remodeled his entire bone marrow.

For a moment, in Xiao Yan's body, black-and-white fire flowed through the meridians, while the colored silk ribbon flowed through the blood vessels—a spectacle nearly impossible in ordinary eyes, yet Xiao Yan made it seem as common as daily meals!

Xiao Yan said, as an alchemist, isn't multitasking basic?

And the vast majority of alchemists said they dare not face Strange Fire like this!

Watching Xiao Yan's body now on the right track with the Strange Fire and Dou Emperor Bloodline, only a soul imprint remained of Xiao Xuan, who finally let out his last breath.

Hum!!!

The crystalline soul imprint gradually collapsed, transforming into pure soul power and a stream of soul information that surged into Xiao Yan's consciousness sea.

"Xiao Yan, although I don't know the origin of the Burning Scripture, in this world there is absolutely no technique that appears out of nowhere! So-called evolution, in my view, should merely be a method of refining Strange Fire to unlock further chapters. Although I don't know why its creator made such a troublesome technique, there must be profound meaning in it. Since you've chosen this path, you must truly comprehend it!"

Xiao Xuan's final words echoed in Xiao Yan's mind, accompanied by this advice, a vast amount of soul power and technique information spread deep within Xiao Yan's soul.

This immense soul power originates from Xiao Xuan's separated remnant soul and the soul power he accumulated over a thousand years in this small world filled with spirit power.

With the help of this power, Xiao Yan's soul power has grown tremendously!

Originally nearly comparable to a Dou King's soul power, it surged rapidly at this moment!

Dou King, Dou Emperor, Dou Sect!

It kept growing until it reached the peak of the Fan Jing Soul Realm before stopping.

It can be said that, now, Xiao Yan's soul power alone is sufficient to refine Seven Grade Pills!

During the period of Xiao Yan's soul power transformation, his remaining consciousness has already basically refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, leaving only the final fusion for him to fully possess this Strange Fire.

However, Xiao Yan is not in a hurry; even for someone as practiced as him, fusing Strange Fire is absolutely not something to be taken lightly.

Temporarily storing the Yin-Yang Twin Flames in the Nasal Spirit, separating them from the Volcano Stone Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan focused his mind entirely on the Dou Emperor Bloodline still flowing in his blood vessels.

Under the constant immersion of the Dou Emperor Bloodline, at this moment Xiao Yan's blood vessels and bone marrow began to emit a faint seven-colored luster.

Even so, the distance to thoroughly fuse the bloodline is still considerable.

Xiao Yan carefully examined everything; finding no issues, most of what remained was simply waiting for the bone marrow to be completely remodeled and fused by the Dou Emperor Bloodline.

This is a water-grinding process that cannot be rushed; thus, Xiao Yan retained only part of his mind to continue monitoring, then redirected most of his energy to the technique information left by Xiao Xuan.

Although I had long guessed Xiao Xuan's left technique couldn't be ordinary, upon truly understanding it, Xiao Yan's face still showed a hint of delighted surprise.

Besides the first change of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysteries Transformation, Xiao Xuan left behind a technique named the Star Observation Decree, a soul cultivation method!

The Star Observation Decree—though its name sounds unimpressive, its effect is astonishingly powerful: it allows him to increase soul power through contemplating the stars!

Know that soul cultivation relies on spirit power, and on the Dou Qi Continent, aside from a few special places, the spirit power above the sky is the most abundant!

This is because although most people lack soul cultivation methods, when they break through cultivation levels and their soul power increases, they similarly consume the free-floating spirit power in space; thus, generally, the closer to where living beings dwell on the ground, the less spirit power there is, and vice versa, the more.

From this, one can see how extraordinary the Star Observation Decree is; moreover, its cultivation method can combine with the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Burning Flame's trait of drawing stellar power, erupting into even greater strength!

And as everyone knows, Xiao Yan knows the location of the Three Thousand Burning Flame!

Overjoyed, Xiao Yan quickly immersed his mind into it.

However, the Star Observation Decree is indeed an extremely precious and profound, obscure technique; combined with Xiao Yan's low realm, he spent several days unable to figure out how to cultivate it.

Fortunately, the fusion of the Dou Emperor Bloodline also requires time, so Xiao Yan simply entered seclusion.

Outside the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, since Xiao Yan entered to receive the inheritance, Nalan Yanran has stood outside, personally witnessing Xiao Yan from blood boiling, veins bulging, to blood mist spreading, body turning deathly pale.

Now, after a long time without blood nourishment, Xiao Yan's eye sockets are sunken, his skin somewhat darkened and necrotic.

If not for the colored light emitted by the constantly circulating Dou Emperor Bloodline and Xiao Yan's breathing, Nalan Yanran would likely truly believe Xiao Yan had met with an accident.

Even so, seeing Xiao Yan in such a state, Nalan Yanran feels uneasy, but she can hardly do anything at this moment; after all, although the source of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames' Strange Fire has been refined by Xiao Yan, the lingering Strange Fire energy is still something Nalan Yanran, who hasn't even reached Dou Zhe level, cannot handle.

Biting her lip lightly, Nalan Yanran also knew waiting longer was meaningless, so she sat cross-legged on the ground and began to breathe.

It must be said, although the world's rules are disordered, the rich Heaven and Earth Energy and Spirit Qi indeed make a good place for cultivation; Nalan Yanran, who had just entered the Nine-star Dou Zhe level, rapidly solidified and increased her cultivation.

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