BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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As for Lin Feng on the stone platform, after placing the Spirit Nourishment Powder into the cauldron, he immediately raised the temperature of the Green Lotus Core Flame once again. The moment the dust entered the flame, it dispersed instantly into nothingness, as if it had never existed.

However, if a strong expert with powerful perception were present, they would clearly sense it the spiritual energy within the blazing cyan flame suddenly became several times denser at that very instant.

As the spiritual energy surged violently, Lin Feng’s expression grew increasingly solemn.

A vast wave of soul power erupted from within him without reservation, flooding entirely into the Green Lotus Core Flame. Then, with an incomparably precise control of the flame’s intensity, he carefully guided that energy, fusing all of it into the pill!

As the flames continuously roasted, the pill, which was still slightly uneven, began to rapidly smooth out and round under the naked eye.

At this moment, if an alchemist with powerful soul strength could scan the pill inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron using their soul sense at close range, they would discover something astonishing.

On the surface of that uneven pill, countless tiny, densely packed holes covered every inch. These pores were so minuscule that they were completely invisible to the naked eye. However, what mattered most was that inside each of these holes lay an extremely faint thread of spiritual energy.

These threads were like tiny ropes, pulling in the surrounding spiritual energy that had spread out from the Spirit Nourishment Powder. Then, following the threads, that spiritual energy was drawn into the pill.

”This kid… where the hell did he come from? To think that at such a young age, he can refine an eight-colored Bodhisattva Pill?”

Old Mu Gu glanced sideways at Lin Feng’s stone platform, frowning slightly.

Although he had been refining his own pill the entire time, he had clearly heard the commotion and exclamations from those around him.

A pill that required Bodhisattva Seeds to refine — that could only be the Bodhisattva Pill, which increased the success rate of breaking through from Dou Zun to Ban Sheng by twenty percent.

”Still, even if that brat manages to refine the Bodhisattva Pill, it’ll only end up benefiting me in the end. Oh right, there’s also that kid’s Heavenly Flame, and his Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron — all those treasures will be mine, hehe.”

Thinking about the Bodhisattva Pill inside Lin Feng’s cauldron and the many rare items he possessed, Old Mu Gu couldn’t help but lick his lips, his grin filled with greed.

As long as he could get his hands on those treasures — Lin Feng’s Heavenly Flame, and even the Heavenly Flame and Flame Mantra that Xiao Yan possessed — then after a period of secluded cultivation, his future would be limitless!

At that very moment, on the high platform, the Three Leaders of the Pill Tower were watching with solemn faces as Xiao Yan tossed the pill back into the flame for another round of refinement.

When they first saw that reckless act, they were stunned — but soon enough, they realized the reason behind it. Back when Yao Chen had not yet gone missing, he had created a special method — Spiritual Enhancement — capable of enhancing the quality of a pill.

As Yao Chen’s old friends, they were naturally aware of this technique. Thus, after their initial shock, their expressions quickly calmed down once more. However, deep down, they were all extremely tense.

Because they also knew just how high the failure rate of that method was. If Xiao Yan failed to ascend the pill’s spirit, the entire pill would be ruined. By then, forget about entering the top ten — Xiao Yan would have to join the failed participants’ group instead.

When that happened, even as the Three Leaders of the Pill Tower, they would have no choice but to bar Xiao Yan from entering the Star Region. At that point, Xiao Yan wouldn’t even be able to come into contact with the Three Thousand Burning Flames, much less attempt to absorb it.

”Pfft!”

Just then, Xiao Yan’s expression turned deathly serious. Suddenly, he bit down on the tip of his tongue, spraying a mouthful of blood mist outward. The blood mist slowly scattered, before finally all of it poured into the raging flame.

”Blood offering, Spiritual return!”

The instant those words left his lips, the two-colored thundercloud high above the heavens suddenly began to churn violently once again, as though responding to some unseen force.

”The thundercloud above Xiao Yan is changing!”

Right after that shout of disbelief rang out, countless gazes instantly turned toward the sky above Xiao Yan’s head.

”Whoosh!”

In the next instant, every pair of eyes widened as they stared at the thundercloud that loomed over him. They could clearly see that the Pill Lightning, which had already taken shape within the rolling thundercloud, had once again begun to transform.

Seeing such a miraculous scene, everyone’s expressions froze in shock. After all, for most of them, this was their first time witnessing someone refine a pill after it had already formed—conducting a second refinement to enhance its quality.

As for the Three Leaders on the high platform, when they saw the thunderclouds start to surge again, the tension in their hearts finally eased a little, and faint smiles appeared on their faces.

”Yao Chen, that guy really did take in one fine disciple,” Xuan Kongzi said with a helpless shake of his head, a trace of emotion in his voice.

He couldn’t help but feel envious of the bond between Xiao Yan and Yao Chen. If he had been captured by the Hall of Souls, the Cao Clan and the others would never have gone to such desperate lengths—risking their lives time and again—to rescue him.

After all, the Cao Clan had only sent Cao Ying to him as a disciple because they coveted his status as one of the Pill Tower’s Leaders. Otherwise, with their own alchemy heritage, they were fully capable of cultivating Cao Ying themselves.

There was no real need to send her to him as a disciple. Now, because of everything that had happened before, the two of them had started to drift apart.

”The third color is appearing!”

Just then, someone sharp-eyed among the audience suddenly pointed excitedly toward the thundercloud above Xiao Yan’s head.

Hearing that, everyone looked up carefully—and sure enough, beneath the layers of azure and silver, a faint red hue was rapidly deepening. In the blink of an eye, it became just as vibrant as the previous two colors.

However, due to Lin Feng’s earlier appearance, Xiao Yan didn’t have the Spirit Nourishment Powder in his possession this time. As a result, the Pill Lightning in the sky didn’t ascend by two colors as it had in the original records.

Once the third color appeared, the thundercloud slowly stopped rolling and began condensing the Pill Lightning.

”So it only rose to three colors, huh…”

Looking up at the sky where the cloud had solidified after the red appeared, Xiao Yan spoke with a faint hint of disappointment.

He had originally thought that after using the Spiritual Enhancement, the Pill Lightning summoned by his pill might rise to the same level as Old Mu Gu’s.

But now, it seemed he had overestimated it.

”Rumble!”

At that moment, the three-colored thunder—azure, silver, and crimson—suddenly crashed down from the heavens!

”Come on then, let’s see just how powerful this three-colored Pill Lightning really is!”

In the next second, Xiao Yan cast aside his disappointment. His eyes blazed with fighting spirit as he looked up at the roaring thunder that descended from the heavens.

Even though he often ended up suffering losses in Lin Feng’s hands, which was mostly because he was at an informational disadvantage.

When it came down to true courage and willpower, Xiao Yan—aside from his occasional impulsiveness and tendency to act before thinking—was by no means weak in spirit. Naturally, he wouldn’t back down in fear!

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