BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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Raising his hand to take the scroll, Lin Feng focused his gaze and saw that it was the Explosive Step, a Mid-Grade Black Class movement technique.

As the name implied, this was a movement-type Dou Technique that relied on the explosive force of energy to accelerate speed.

Flipping through it for a moment, Lin Feng stored the scroll into his storage ring and chuckled. ”This is exactly what I needed, so I won’t be polite.”

His next destination was the most chaotic region of the Northwestern Region. For survival, the higher the rank of such techniques, the better.

”Oh right, turn around.”

At this moment, Yun Yun seemed to recall something and spoke to Lin Feng.

”Uh… okay.”

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

As he turned his back, Yun Yun reached behind herself and began unfastening something. Meanwhile, Lin Feng heard rustling sounds behind him.

”You can turn around now.”

Hearing her clear voice from behind, Lin Feng turned back to look at Yun Yun.

She was now holding a neatly folded metallic inner armor in both hands. Looking at the young man in front of her, she said gently, ”This Sea Heart Armor is crafted from a rare metal produced inside the stomach of a Rank 6 Sea Magic Beast, the Three-Tailed Blue Whale.

Its defensive strength depends on its owner’s power. Although you’re only at Dou Shi now, even a standard Da Dou Shi’s attack won’t be able to injure you easily. You’ve helped me several times—consider this my repayment.”

Receiving the slightly warm, light-blue inner armor, Lin Feng scratched his head awkwardly and said, ”You keep giving me things like this… I feel like a little boy toy being taken care of by you.”

Hearing this, Yun Yun’s near-perfect face instantly flushed red with shame and anger. ”You scoundrel! Can’t say anything decent, can you?”

”I’ve been out for quite a while. If I don’t go back soon, my sect will probably be in chaos. If you ever want to find me, take this token to Yun Lan Sect.”

Glancing at the sun that had unknowingly risen to its peak, Yun Yun spread her Dou Qi wings and soared into the sky.

At the same time, she flicked her delicate hand backward, sending a green jade token flying toward Lin Feng.

”Since I’ve already seen and touched everything, once I grow stronger, I might as well take this token to Yun Lan Sect and propose marriage—what do you think?”

Catching the item, Lin Feng cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted loudly toward Yun Yun’s departing figure.

High in the sky, Yun Yun, hearing such embarrassing words, suddenly lost control for a moment and nearly dropped in altitude.

Turning her head back, she snapped, ”Just try it and see!”

Well, women usually say the opposite of what they mean. Looks like this is a done deal.

”Ying ying~”

Seeing Yun Yun leave, Xiao Cai immediately emerged from Lin Feng’s body and began demanding the purple orb from earlier.

”You little thing, here you go.”

Lin Feng chuckled, then took out the orb and tossed it into the air.

The moment it saw its treasure, Xiao Cai vanished with a swoosh.

The next instant, it had already reappeared inside the orb, happily licking the remaining Amethyst Lion Birth Essence.

”Xiao Cai, let’s go. We still have to cross the Magic Beast Mountain Range to reach Daling City. The magic beasts along the way will be up to you.”

Saying this, Lin Feng spread his wings and shot forward toward his destination.

Beside him, the purple orb followed closely under Xiao Cai’s control.

Da Ling City was located in the northwestern province of the Jia Ma Empire. While its size couldn’t compare to the grand cities of the imperial capital, it was still considered a strong second-tier city within the empire.

Moreover, due to its proximity to the vast Magic Beast Mountain Range, which spanned nearly half the empire, countless adventurers and merchant groups passed through, injecting the city with a continuous stream of vitality.

At the northern city gate of Da Ling City, the bustling crowd nearly blocked the entrance entirely. The sheer volume of people made entry and exit incredibly difficult.

Since not far beyond the northern gate lay the boundless Magic Beast Mountain Range, most of the travelers here were mercenary groups.

They moved in groups of various sizes, resembling lines of ants constantly flowing in and out.

At this moment, Lin Feng had just walked out of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, holding a bounty notice about Feng Lin in his hands.

”This He Clan is really generous. Just providing my current whereabouts is enough to choose between a High-Grade Black Class technique or two fourth-tier pills.”

Looking at the bounty notice handed out by He Clan members as he exited the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Lin Feng sneered inwardly.

”So, it turns out that someone else knew about He Lei’s ambush attempt on me. Good thing I abandoned the identity of Feng Lin and ran off, or things would have gotten troublesome.”

With that thought in mind, Lin Feng looked at the city gate in the distance and chose not to use his alchemist identity. Instead, he lined up behind the others waiting to enter.

After entering the city, Lin Feng pondered for a moment before finding an inn to settle in.

Inside his room, Lin Feng took out a small jade bottle. Uncorking it, a cool and exotic fragrance immediately wafted out.

”Xiao Cai, dinner time.”

At his call, the Heaven Swallowing Python swiftly shot out from Lin Feng’s wrist and rushed to the jade bottle.

Then, it plunged its tiny head inside, greedily absorbing the Accompanying Source.

Lin Feng merely chuckled at the sight, placing no restrictions on its consumption, allowing it to drink as much as it pleased.

After all, during the past few days of crossing the Magic Beast Mountain Range, this little creature had been scaring away low-tier magic beasts and guiding him to avoid high-tier ones.

Now, it was only right to let it have a feast.

After Xiao Cai finished eating, Lin Feng stored the remaining Birth Essence, now reduced by one-fifth, back into his storage ring.

He then sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and let his mind sink into his body, focusing on the Rank 5 Beast Flame within him.

Under his control, the Qi Cyclone in his lower abdomen suddenly started spinning rapidly.

As the speed increased, the Beast Flame within the cyclone was gradually expelled in wisps, floating outside the cyclone.

Once the cyclone was completely cleansed, Lin Feng gathered all the expelled Beast Flame into a single cohesive flame core.

Just as the Beast Flame was about to instinctively rush back into the cyclone—

A surge of crimson Dou Qi erupted from within the cyclone, enveloping the Beast Flame entirely.

Under Lin Feng’s mental control, he guided the flame along his meridians, leading it out of his body.

Moments later, Lin Feng swiftly took out a jade bottle and extended a finger into it.

With a sudden burst, a pale yellow Beast Flame emerged from his fingertip and entered the bottle.

Once the flame core was fully expelled, Lin Feng quickly withdrew his finger and sealed the bottle with its stopper, then stored it in his storage ring.

Unlike Heavenly Flames, a Beast Flame could be extracted after absorption without harming its owner.

Thus, after completing the extraction, Lin Feng only paused for a brief moment before taking out another jade bottle.

This bottle contained several carefully refined drops of Birth Essence, which he had neutralized to remove most of its violent properties.

His goal was to consume these drops and obtain the Purple Flame within the Birth Essence.

However, to successfully refine these drops, he had failed multiple times and wasted over a dozen drops before finally succeeding.

But as long as he could obtain that Rank 6 Beast Flame, it was all worth it.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng brought the jade bottle to his lips and drank it all in one go.

As the Birth Essence entered his body, he immediately felt an intense heat spreading within him.

Waves of purple energy seeped from his meridians, slowly integrating into his bones and flesh.

Lin Feng hastily controlled his Qi Cyclone, spinning it at high speed to absorb the thick, surging purple energy into his meridians.

Once the energy passed through his cultivation technique, it was refined and converted into pure Dou Qi.

As time passed, despite Lin Feng’s efforts to refine and absorb the energy—

The purple energy within him continued to surge uncontrollably.

His skin gradually took on a faint purple hue.

His expression twisted slightly in pain as his meridians swelled from the pressure.

The sheer density of the purple energy even showed signs of darkening, shifting toward black.

At that moment, the surface of the deep purple energy suddenly trembled violently.

Then, wisps of raging purple flames began rising from the energy.

Seeing this, Lin Feng’s lips curled into a smile.

The Purple Flame had finally emerged. Now, all he needed to do was absorb it, and he would succeed.

As he continued absorbing energy, Lin Feng’s Dou Qi level rapidly increased.

In no time, he broke through from Five-Star Dou Shi to Six-Star Dou Shi.

Then, Seven-Star, Eight-Star—

”This won’t do! I have to suppress it!”

Realizing the situation, Lin Feng immediately forced his cultivation level down.

In an instant, his realm fell from Eight-Star Dou Shi back to Seven-Star Dou Shi.

But as he suppressed his level to Six-Star, his body’s energy retaliated fiercely.

He was forcefully pushed back to Seven-Star Dou Shi, but Lin Feng continued to suppress it.

After several back-and-forth struggles, his cultivation level finally stabilized at Six-Star Dou Shi.

However, judging by how full his Qi Cyclone was, he was only a hair’s breadth away from Seven-Star Dou Shi.

It wouldn’t take more than a few days for him to break through again.

Once he finished absorbing all the energy from the Birth Essence, a pale Purple Flame flickered into existence within his body.

This time, the Purple Flame was much gentler than before. Judging by its nature, he could now safely absorb it.

Fixing his gaze on the pale purple flame, Lin Feng let out a slow breath.

Then, wrapping it with his Dou Qi, he guided the flame toward his Qi Cyclone, which was still slowly rotating in his lower abdomen.

Under Lin Feng’s focused control, the pale Purple Flame swiftly traveled through a few meridians before diving straight into his Qi Cyclone.

The moment it entered, the Qi Cyclone’s spinning speed suddenly increased dramatically.

Strands of the pale Purple Flame continuously swirled along with the cyclone before merging into it completely.

As the last wisp of the Purple Flame fused into his cyclone, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

A faint purple light flashed through his pupils before vanishing.

”Come out.”

With a single thought, a tiny Purple Flame flickered into existence above his fingertip.

Seeing the faintly burning flame, Lin Feng grinned.

”Now, all that’s left is refining this Purple Flame into a Core Flame. Then, it’ll be complete.”

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