Chapter 47

Longchen examined the jade bottle in his hand, which contained a liquid that emitted a warm heat, as if it were a stream of warmth.

However, Longchen knew that this stream of warmth, which looked like a ball of hot water, was actually the Beast Fire, the essence of fire from a fire-type magical beast.

The Beast Fire was extremely precious; a ball of it was equivalent to the life of a magical beast. Moreover, only magical beasts of the second rank and above had the ability to nurture the Beast Fire.

Longchen had observed this ball of Beast Fire with his divine sense, and the fire element within it was very concentrated. According to Longchen's memory, this Beast Fire was likely from a second-rank peak magical beast. No wonder Wei Cang's face was even more miserable than if his wife had died when he handed over the Beast Fire.

"Huff"

Longchen activated his Dan Fire, enveloping his body, opened the jade bottle, and swallowed the ball of Beast Fire essence in one gulp.

"Boom"

The moment Longchen swallowed the Beast Fire, it instantly exploded, transforming from a gentle rabbit into a ferocious tiger.

The Beast Fire was the essence of a magical beast, containing the beast's own ferocious will. Generally, a pill cultivator would need a lot of time to subdue the Beast Fire, gradually wearing down its ferocious will.

Once the ferocious will of the Beast Fire was worn down, they would begin to communicate with it using their own Dan Fire, slowly making the Beast Fire give up its resistance, and then gradually refining it.

However, Longchen couldn't wait. The battle today had completely exposed his trump card, and he needed a more powerful trump card to save his life.

Xia Changfeng had lost his capable general, and Wei Cang had lost his Beast Fire. Even if they thought with their butts, they would know that they wouldn't let it go easily.

Now, in the entire Phoenix Cry Empire, the only person Longchen could rely on was Master Yun Qi, but as the president of the Alchemist Guild, he couldn't directly intervene in the conflicts of Phoenix Cry.

Unless Longchen was willing to completely join the Alchemist Guild and no longer involve himself in Phoenix Cry's affairs, but after enduring so much suppression, how could he be content without finding out the mastermind behind it all?

Moreover, how could he possibly abandon Chu Yao? Her experience reminded him of his own. Could the person who tampered with Chu Yao also be the one who stole his spiritual root?

Before everything was clear, Longchen couldn't give up. His time was too tight, so he could only use the most violent and direct method to refine the Beast Fire.

"Boom"

Another explosion sounded within Longchen's body. After the Beast Fire entered his abdomen, it transformed into a fierce leopard, desperately colliding with his insides. The terrifying high temperature seemed to want to destroy Longchen completely.

Usually, when the Beast Fire was extracted, to maintain its power, it couldn't be suppressed, or its quality would decrease.

At this moment, Longchen was facing the Beast Fire of a second-rank peak magical beast. The ferocious power made Longchen spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The moment the fresh blood left his body, it immediately turned into steam, showing that Longchen's body was already like a furnace.

"Hmph, a mere second-rank magical beast, daring to resist?"

Longchen coldly snorted, and the Fengfu Star rotated, causing seven vortexes to burst. The fire power in his body, like a giant net, tightly enveloped the ball of Beast Fire.

Initially, the Beast Fire was extremely ferocious, but Longchen's Dan Fire, though not particularly powerful, was supported by the Fengfu Star and the enlarged seven vortexes, making it incredibly strong.

At first, the Beast Fire could still charge left and right, but after a few breaths, it became a trapped beast, and no matter how it struggled, it was futile.

After all, the Beast Fire had no subsequent power. Under Longchen's full refinement, its ferocity gradually diminished, and it eventually calmed down.

Although he had expected this, Longchen still felt a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was drenched in sweat.

Longchen felt as if he had a split personality, looking down on the Beast Fire while also desperately craving it. He felt a mix of surprise and disdain.

He couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Knowing that he had merged with the soul of a Pill Emperor, the Pill Emperor naturally looked down on such a Beast Fire.

But he needed it, and he needed it urgently. This Beast Fire would be the first step on his path to pill cultivation.

After Longchen's continuous refinement, the Beast Fire returned to a calm state, resembling a ball of water, extremely gentle. At this point, it was completely purified, with no trace of ferocity left.

For most pill cultivators, their original Dan Fire was actually the spiritual energy in their dantian, released along a specific route to produce high temperatures.

It was more like a high-temperature gas than fire. Those who could form such a gas had the potential to become pill cultivators.

Such people were extremely rare, so pill cultivators were very scarce. However, there were some people who were born with a trace of fire power in their dantian, which could be cultivated into Dan Fire. That kind of Dan Fire could be called true Dan Fire.

But such people were not one in a thousand, but one in a million. Therefore, among all the underdog pill cultivators, most were like Longchen, truly rising after refining the Beast Fire.

Even so, the Beast Fire was extremely precious and could not be measured by money. In the Phoenix Cry Empire, besides Master Yun Qi, no one seemed to possess the Beast Fire.

Slowly retracting his own fire, Longchen looked at the ball of Beast Fire in his body and felt a bit at a loss.

Most pill cultivators, after refining the Beast Fire, would integrate it into their dantian, making the Beast Fire their lifelong path of cultivation.

However, Longchen couldn't do that. First, his source of spiritual energy was not from the dantian but from the Fengfu Star.

Second, he had a cultivation technique that was extremely mysterious and powerful, giving him the strength to challenge higher ranks. He would never abandon the Nine Star Tyrant Body and switch to the path of pill cultivation.

"Got it"

A flash of inspiration struck Longchen, and he placed the ball of Beast Fire in his dantian, with the seven vortexes slowly surrounding it.

"Let's try this"

Longchen took a deep breath and made a very bold attempt, slowly rotating the vortexes to absorb the Beast Fire.

Through the absorption by the vortexes, the Beast Fire offered no resistance, allowing Longchen to control it and integrate it into his entire meridian system.

This was the process of integrating the fire, making the Beast Fire a part of his body, allowing his body to become familiar with this fire and achieve the highest degree of compatibility.

Since the Beast Fire was thoroughly refined, this process was very easy, and the Beast Fire was scattered throughout Longchen's meridians.

Longchen's approach was absolutely unprecedented. No one would attempt this, not even in the memory of the Pill Emperor.

After integrating the Beast Fire into his meridians, Longchen was pleasantly surprised to find that his meridians had widened slightly.

Don't underestimate this slight widening. Each meridian is like a water channel. The wider the channel, the more spiritual energy it can carry during battle, and the greater the power it can unleash.

It's like comparing the dantian to the sea and the meridians to the channels. During battle, the water from the sea needs to be injected into various channels and finally converge at a point to explode, which is the process of activating a battle skill.

However, the more powerful the battle skill, the more energy it requires. If the capacity of the channels is insufficient, they will shatter, and before the enemy is harmed, the cultivator's meridians will be destroyed.

This is why Longchen, despite knowing how to activate the Heaven-Opening skill, couldn't do it, because his meridians were not wide enough.

But today's attempt made him so excited that he almost jumped. By using his meridians as a carrier to nurture the Beast Fire, the two complemented each other.

As his cultivation grew stronger, his meridians would be continuously widened and reinforced by the Beast Fire. Longchen felt like he had struck gold.

Although other pill cultivators who integrated the Beast Fire into their dantian would accelerate their cultivation, it couldn't compare to the practical benefits of widening the meridians.

"Alright, let's see if this works, give it some power"

Longchen took a deep breath, praying in his heart. With a thought, the Beast Fire integrated into his meridians slowly gathered in his dantian.

"Huff"

A flame appeared in Longchen's palm, a light red color. The moment it appeared, it distorted the space around it.

Nodding, he was pleased that the newly refined Beast Fire had such power, far surpassing his original Dan Fire.

After hesitating, he finally gritted his teeth, and the Fengfu Star slowly rotated, carefully guiding a thread of spiritual energy into the vortexes.

The originally slowly rotating seven vortexes instantly expanded, spinning rapidly like a windmill.

"I wonder if this will work"

Longchen's face was tense as he looked at the flame in his hand, his heart pounding. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

However, Longchen still guided the power of the seven vortexes to the ball of fire in the center.

"Huff"

Longchen felt a jolt in his body, as if it were about to explode. The flame on his palm, which was over a foot long, suddenly grew to over ten feet.

"Bad"

Longchen was startled and quickly retracted the flame, striking the roof with his palm.

The intense heat from the flame had instantly set the roof on fire.

"Bang"

A loud explosion, and Longchen used his palm wind to extinguish the fire. However, the entire roof was blown off by his palm.

Looking at the sky, a 360-degree panoramic view, Longchen felt a mix of emotions. Just arriving, he was either burning the house or tearing it down. This wasn't quite right!

Sure enough, footsteps sounded, and the people of the Shi residence were alarmed. It was impossible not to be alarmed when the entire roof was blown off, such a loud noise that even a deaf person could hear it.

Seeing Longchen's embarrassed face, Shi Feng's father concealed his shock, smiled slightly, and said nothing, instructing his subordinates to arrange a new room for Longchen.

Longchen wanted to say something, but Shi Feng's father patted his shoulder and smiled, "You and Shi Feng are brothers, treat this place like your home."

After being given a new room, Longchen no longer dared to experiment with his newly invented method. He sat cross-legged on the bed, began to rotate the vortexes, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and inject it into the Fengfu Star, starting his cultivation.

The next morning, before the sun had even shown its unchanging face, a loud explosion sounded within Longchen's body.

"Boom"

Longchen slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of joy. He hadn't expected to break through the bottleneck so quickly after the battle with Huang Shang, entering the eighth level of the Gathering Qi stage.

After eating breakfast, he checked on Shi Feng and found that he was no longer in serious condition. He left him two pills and then left the Shi residence, heading straight for the Alchemist Guild.