BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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Lin Feng’s dark eyes flickered slightly as he stood to the side.

The little girl before him was one of the rare super-rich figures in the entire Dou Qi Continent. He had to find a way to build a connection with her.

After a moment of contemplation, a smile appeared on his face as he tempted her, ”How about this? I need to stay focused when refining pills, so it’s difficult to protect myself at the same time. If you help ensure my safety while I refine, I’ll give you pills as payment. How about that?”

”No way! Too troublesome! I can just rob your pills directly. Why would I need to work for them?”

Hearing this, Zi Yan immediately rejected his offer. The task sounded boring, and she wasn’t interested in anything tedious.

Lin Feng wasn’t discouraged by her refusal. His shoulders trembled slightly, and with a surge of energy, a pair of crimson wings burst from his back.

As soon as the fiery wings unfolded, a wave of deep purple-black light followed.

A pair of seemingly solid purple-black wings slowly emerged, overlapping the fiery wings.

It looked as if the flames were wrapped in an additional layer of dark-colored wings.

This was the hidden function of flying Dou Techniques—stacking!

As the name suggested, it was the ability to overlay two flying techniques to enhance speed.

Once a cultivator reached the Dou Wang realm, they could stack flying wings together.

This greatly enhanced their speed, far surpassing normal Dou Qi wings.

The only downside was the significant consumption of Dou Qi.

If not for that, this technique would make long-distance travel incredibly fast—truly like chasing the stars and the moon.

Lin Feng flapped his wings and shot into the sky, reaching Zi Yan’s altitude in an instant. He then smiled and said, ”I might not be able to defeat you, but if I want to escape, you won’t be able to catch me either. Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?”

”So fast!”

Zi Yan exclaimed in shock.

Her adorable face showed complete disbelief at his speed.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Feng chuckled, ”So? Want to rethink it? If you agree, you’ll get a steady supply of pills every month. Plus, if you find more medicinal herbs in the future, I can refine them for you for free.”

Zi Yan’s purple eyes lit up slightly. ”Really?”

”I’m hiring you as my bodyguard. We’ll be together often. If I lie to you, you can find me anytime. Would I really be dumb enough to cause myself trouble?” Lin Feng shook his head with a smile.

Zi Yan thought about it for a moment and realized he had a point.

She would be near him most of the time. If he dared to lie to her, she could just beat him up.

”You make sense. Alright, I’ll agree! But if you trick me… hmph!”

Zi Yan nodded but clenched her tiny fists in warning, her childish voice carrying a hint of menace.

Then, she suddenly remembered something and added, ”But I have to leave for a few days every month. You can’t stop me.”

”No problem. To show my sincerity, this pill is yours.”

Lin Feng grinned and tossed the pill in his hand to her.

”Hehe, now you’re being sensible. Your safety is in my hands from now on!”

Zi Yan’s small face lit up with joy as she caught the pill. Without hesitation, she tossed it into her mouth, chewing and swallowing it like candy.

Lin Feng was in a great mood as well. Not only had he formed a connection with this little tycoon, but he also now had more confidence in obtaining the Longevity King Pulp.

With three Dou Wang-level fighters on his side, as long as he didn’t face a five-star Dou Huang or above, he had nothing to fear.

As for whether he could buy the Longevity King Pulp?

His wallet told him—no problem!

Suddenly, Lin Feng realized he hadn’t asked for Zi Yan’s name yet. He turned and asked, ”By the way, my name is Lin Feng. What’s yours?”

”Oh! I almost forgot. I’m Zi Yan.”

Zi Yan responded casually.

Lin Feng nodded slightly before flying toward his cauldron, which had been blown away by their battle.

Upon closer inspection, he found that the cauldron, due to being too close to the fight, was now covered in dents and had been rendered unusable.

”As expected… it’s ruined.”

Looking at the cauldron he had obtained from the Snake-People Tribe in exchange for pills, he couldn’t help but feel a little regret.

After all, it had accompanied him for quite some time, and he had grown a bit attached to it.

”Lin Feng, now that your cauldron is broken, can you still refine pills?”

At that moment, Zi Yan descended beside him, looking a little guilty.

She knew she was responsible for most of the damage to the cauldron.

”No worries. I have another one.”

Lin Feng took out a four-spouted cauldron he had obtained from Gu Te.

”That’s good.”

Seeing the new cauldron, Zi Yan patted her flat belly and sighed in relief.

At this moment, Lin Feng suddenly recalled something. During his battle with Zi Yan earlier, she hadn’t used any Dou Techniques at all.

Curious, he asked, ”Why didn’t you use any Dou Techniques during our fight?”

Hearing this, Zi Yan’s delicate, doll-like face instantly turned gloomy. She lowered her head in disappointment and muttered, ”I don’t know any… No one taught me.”

Lin Feng was slightly surprised but quickly figured out the reason after thinking for a moment.

In Jia Nan Academy, the person closest to Zi Yan was probably the Grand Elder Su Qian, who had brought her back.

However, Su Qian was responsible for managing the massive academy and likely had no time to personally guide Zi Yan’s cultivation.

Moreover, no one in the academy dared to bully her, so the Grand Elder probably wasn’t too concerned about her learning Dou Techniques.

As for others, Zi Yan wasn’t particularly close to anyone, so naturally, no one took the initiative to train her.

Realizing this was a great opportunity to build a stronger relationship with her, Lin Feng quickly asked, ”What kind of Dou Techniques do you like? Once I fully familiarize myself with my current strength, I’ll teach you some, and we can spar together.”

Hearing this, Zi Yan lifted her little head and waved her fists enthusiastically before saying, ”I like using my fists to beat people up! So, fist techniques!”

Lin Feng thought for a moment and recalled that he had the Mountain Shattering Fist, a High-Grade Black Class technique from Mo Cheng. Hai Bodong’s storage ring also contained a few Mid- and Low-Grade Black Class fist techniques.

Although none of them were particularly strong, they would be good enough for now. He could always try to find a higher-tier technique for her later.

After all, he himself didn’t own any Earth Class Dou Techniques yet, let alone one he could give away.

With that thought, he took out a few scrolls and said, ”Here’s a High-Grade Black Class and a Mid-Grade Black Class fist technique. Take a look at them first, and I’ll teach you later.”

Saying that, he flicked his finger, sending the two scrolls flying toward Zi Yan.

”Huh? Why are they such low class? I saw those old geezers using Earth Class techniques!”

Zi Yan caught the scrolls, flipped through them, and immediately complained.

Lin Feng twitched the corner of his mouth and said in exasperation, ”I’d love to have Earth Class techniques too! Just use these for now. There’s an auction in two months—I’ll take you there to see if we can find a better one.”

”Auction? There must be lots of good stuff there, right? I want to go!”

Zi Yan repeated the word as if tasting it, then quickly agreed.

She had never been to such an event before and was naturally filled with curiosity.

Lin Feng nodded. ”Alright, I need to refine pills now. You’ll be on guard duty, and all the pills I refine will be yours to eat.”

”No problem!”

More than a month later.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng waved his hand, and a surge of thick purple flames instantly poured into the cauldron.

Then, he retrieved several medicinal herbs from his storage ring, tossing them into the cauldron one by one while keeping his soul perception locked onto every change inside.

Repeating this process, dozens of herbs were soon added to the mix.

Wrapped in the raging purple flames, clusters of blue medicinal essences floated within the cauldron.

”Next is the fusion step… Whether I can advance to a fifth-tier alchemist depends on this!”

Staring at the swirling, multicolored medicinal liquids in the cauldron, Lin Feng murmured to himself.

With that, his soul power split into two streams and surged into the cauldron.

One stream firmly suppressed the flames, while the other swiftly enveloped the medicinal liquids before suddenly exerting immense compressive force.

Sensing the intense pressure around them, the blue medicinal liquids began to pulsate violently.

With each fluctuation, powerful energy ripples burst forth, colliding with the formless hand formed by Lin Feng’s soul power.

”Bang!”

A sharp collision of energy resounded, causing the cauldron in front of Lin Feng to tremble slightly, producing a crisp clattering sound.

The cauldron shook, and small bumps began appearing on its surface.

Seeing the slightly distorted cauldron, Lin Feng’s expression changed subtly. He raised his hand and clenched it in the air.

It looked as though he was trying to crush the space itself.

As his hand tightened, the violently churning medicinal liquids inside the cauldron momentarily froze, while the formless soul-powered hand’s strength surged.

The originally large glob of medicinal liquid shrank to the size of a ping-pong ball. However, upon reaching this size, it began fiercely resisting, refusing to take the final step no matter what.

Seeing how stubborn the medicinal liquid was, Lin Feng exhaled slowly.

”Condense!”

As his shout fell, the soul power inside the cauldron suddenly surged once again.

With his palm clenching tighter, the tiny glob of medicinal liquid shuddered violently before rapidly shrinking.

In just the blink of an eye, the liquid disappeared entirely, replaced by a thumb-sized green pill embryo.

With the pill formed, the hardest step was complete.

Lin Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief and kept the raging purple flames under control.

At the same time, he gradually released their heat, gently roasting the misshapen pill embryo.

Under the flames’ refining touch, the irregularly shaped embryo slowly began to take on a more rounded form.

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