Chapter 218: Adventures of the Little Carp

The next day, the Tongtian Tower flying boat left Tianqing City. The changes in Xia Yan, the only son of Alchemy Venerable Xia Jie, made many people curious. Among them, Venerable Ling Quan of the Qingming Chamber of Commerce was the person who knew the truth best in Tianqing City at the moment.

"This Xia Yan, it seems, completed his transformation through this 'Taotie Elixir'. Alchemist Jiegeng should have also been in contact with this wandering alchemist... Do you know about the Taotie Elixir sold by this wandering alchemist?"

He looked at the bald old man kneeling on one knee in front of him, sweating profusely.

"Back to Venerable, know, know, but I am not an alchemist, and I don't know that this Taotie Elixir has such miraculous effects. If I had known, I would have reported it to the Chamber of Commerce long ago..."

"I am not blaming you." Venerable Ling Quan said slowly: "You said just now that he called his master also a fifth-grade alchemist, named Fire Dragon Alchemy Venerable?"

"If this is the case, this elixir should not have been created by him, but by his master. Although a third-grade alchemist at the Foundation Establishment stage is not bad, he cannot create such an elixir."

"Interesting. Who is this Fire Dragon Alchemy Venerable? I have never heard of him. Could it be that he is not a human alchemist, but a demonic beast alchemist?" Venerable Ling Quan pondered.

Although the demonic beast race is not good at skills like alchemy and artifact refining, this refers to the majority, but there are always a small number of exceptions.

Some demonic beasts even surpass humans in some cultivation skills, such as the spirit brewing skills of some monkey demons...

In short, the name Fire Dragon Venerable does not sound like a human.

He really doesn't know much about the alchemists of the demonic beast race.

"Go and see."

"Expert!"

On Lin Jing's side, following Alchemist Jiegeng, the Nameless Elixir Pavilion welcomed another distinguished guest.

Although this person did not reveal his cultivation, Lin Jing, through his special perception of soul... that is, primordial spirit power, his wild beast-like keen intuition told him that this was by no means an ordinary old man, but at least a Soul Transformation powerhouse!

The old man dressed in a luxurious blue robe walked into the elixir pavilion. Lin Jing immediately stood up and guessed the other party's identity.

"Is the senior Venerable Ling Quan of the Qingming Chamber of Commerce?" He bowed simply.

"The little guy recognized me. No need to be nervous. The old man is just quite interested in the Taotie Elixir sold here. Was this elixir created by you?" Venerable Ling Quan walked close to the Taotie Elixir and looked at it for a few times, feeling very magical.

Lin Jing shook his head and said: "Back to Senior, the elixirs here were refined by me, but the elixir formula and refining method of this Taotie Elixir were created by my master, Fire Dragon Alchemy Venerable, and taught to me..."

"This is the fire seed of the strange fire 'Crystal Flame'. I wonder how many of these Taotie Elixirs it can exchange for?" Venerable Ling Quan extended his hand, and a transparent container with a blue flame floating inside appeared.

"Crystal Flame?!" Lin Jing licked his lips. A high-grade strange fire!

The quality of flames from low to high can be roughly

divided into "Mortal Fire," "Ordinary Spirit Fire," "High-grade Strange Fire," and "Top-grade Strange Fire."

Mortal Fire is the ordinary fire in the mortal world that does not involve spirit power, while Ordinary Spirit Fire is the most ordinary fire converted by cultivators through true qi and true yuan!

Like some basic and common flame spells, such as the Fireball Technique, they are all composed of Ordinary Spirit Fire.

Starting from High-grade Strange Fire, it is relatively rare. It requires special techniques and secret arts to cultivate, or it can be born in some treasure lands.

Like some alchemy sects or large sects that specialize in fire techniques, they generally have techniques and secret arts to cultivate High-grade Strange Fire. For example, the purple elixir fire of Zi Ling'er, an alchemist of the Dragon Palace back then, was a high-grade flame of the Alchemy Tripod Sect.

This quality of flame can be used all the way to the Nascent Soul level without any problem, and it is the mainstream in the cultivation world, with many effects.

The Life-Healing Lotus Heart Flame obtained by the Dragon Carp through the Holy Fire Lotus also belongs to this level.

As for even more top-grade strange fires, they are even more unattainable. Like the Fire Qilin Dragon's Dragon Scale Fire, as a top-grade beast fire, it is actually a type of top-grade strange fire, originating from its bloodline inheritance.

However, this kind of top-grade beast fire is different from top-grade strange fires born from heaven and earth that have infinite power from the beginning. It is not full-strength power from the beginning, but a growth-type fire seed whose power will increase with the improvement of the demonic beast's bloodline level.

When the Fire Qilin Dragon drives the beast fire with Imperial-level bloodline, and when it drives the beast fire with Imperial-level bloodline now, even if the power consumed is equivalent, the power displayed by the latter is far beyond the former.

The same is true for the Netherworld Ghost Fire, which is actually a type of top-grade strange fire. However, like the beast fire, this ghost fire is also relatively special, and it is not the highest power from the beginning, but its growth lies in its growth, which is improved by burning and absorbing souls. The more souls it burns, the stronger the power, so... Netherworld Palace demonic cultivators harmed many cultivator souls in order to improve the Netherworld Ghost Fire technique.

Because Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp are good people, their Netherworld Ghost Fire technique is still far from reaching the quality of top-grade strange fire.

On weekdays, they just roast mosquito souls.

Compared to the best human souls, the souls of these mentally retarded mosquitoes cannot give the ghost fire any improvement.

And this Crystal Flame, as a type of High-grade Strange Fire, has already made Lin Jing's heart move. If he remembers correctly, the effect of Crystal Flame is to resist "Water Element"!

The five elements generate and restrain each other. When the cultivation level is not much different, water-system cultivators have an overwhelming advantage when fighting fire-system cultivators.

However, this Crystal Flame is very special. It does not fear water techniques, and even when Crystal Flame wraps the whole body, it can allow oneself to act freely in the water like a water beast, just like a water escape technique.

"This is not bad." The little carp has never swum properly since it was young. Lin Jing even doubted whether it, as a carp transforming into a dragon, could go into the sea in the future...

If it refines this Crystal Flame, it should not be a problem.

However...

"Senior, the number of Taotie Elixirs in the junior's hands at the moment might not be enough to exchange for this Crystal Flame. If Senior doesn't mind, can you let the junior prepare for a few more days?"

Although Lin Jing wanted to exchange for it immediately, because he met two distinguished guests, Xia Yan and Jiegeng, their Taotie Elixirs... were already bottomed out.

"No problem." Venerable Ling Quan threw the Crystal Flame to Lin Jing and turned to leave.

"When you finish refining, send the elixirs to the Qingming Pavilion. The old man will wait for you there."

After Venerable Ling Quan left, Lin Jing took a long breath, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly. Fortunately, this Venerable Ling Quan did not see through his illusion image...

He threw the Crystal Flame fire seed into the Zen staff casually. The Fire Qilin Dragon refined it instantly and even burped. Lin Jing saw this and perceived that if it refined another High-grade Strange Fire, it might already be the limit of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Come out. Refining two strange fires in a row, relying solely on alchemy is difficult to consolidate your power, which is not conducive to your next core formation."

"Let's release you to hone your strength now. Next, we will refine 'False Core'. Among the alchemy materials, the auxiliary material 'Demon Core' is missing. Demon cores are expensive, so we'd better hunt them ourselves."

"This task is handed to you. Outside Tianqing City, Sunset Mountain Range, a hunting place for many rogue cultivators. Remember to prioritize hunting fire-attribute demonic beasts. If you encounter danger, activate this 'Fire Dragon Pearl'. Inside, there is the Fire Dragon Illusion Might of the Soul Transformation Great Perfection level that I imprinted..." Lin Jing began to arrange the little carp's adventure. Compared to alchemy, it seemed that it was indeed more interested in taking demon cores. ===== CHAPTER 219 =====

"I'll let you out now to hone your strength. We are going to refine 'False Cores' next, and we are missing a 'Demon Core' as an auxiliary material among the pill ingredients. Demon Cores are expensive, so we might as well go hunt for them ourselves."

"This task is entrusted to you. Outside Tianqing City, in the Sunset Mountain Range, there is a hunting ground for many rogue cultivators. Remember to prioritize hunting fire-type demon beasts. If you encounter danger, activate this 'Fire Dragon Pearl'; it contains the phantom power of a Deity Transformation peak-level Fire Dragon that I imprinted inside..." Lin Jing began to arrange the Little Carp's adventure; compared to alchemy, it seemed to be indeed more interested in obtaining demon cores.