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In the dead-silent, crimson world at the bottom of the tower, Lin Feng sat cross-legged inside a lava cave, a fiery red bead held in his hand, his eyes tightly shut.
Streams of scorching, fire-red energy continuously surged out from the bead, winding like crimson serpents into Lin Feng's body with each breath he took.
This continued for an unknown length of time. Eventually, the space around Lin Feng began to ripple violently.
If any strong expert with keen senses were present, they would immediately recognize it—
These fluctuations were a sign of an imminent breakthrough.
However, at this moment, Lin Feng had no attention to spare for that.
As more and more fire-attributed energy poured into his body, his skin gradually flushed with heat.
The intense temperature was so extreme that wisps of white vapor actually began to rise from the top of his head.
Under the constant infusion of energy from the fire bead, his body underwent rapid changes.
His meridians, bones, muscles—every part of his being—were being reinforced to varying degrees.
And this enhancement wasn't limited to physical strength—the amount of Dou Qi his body could contain was also expanding significantly.
As time passed, Lin Feng's breakthrough had reached its most critical moment!
His body had become like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring the dense energy within the fire bead.
The red bead in his hand was visibly draining of energy at a speed noticeable to the naked eye.
Yet each time a fire bead was depleted, Lin Feng would quickly retrieve another from his ring and continue absorbing.
With an abundance of fire beads inside his spatial ring, and the dense fire-element Dou Qi of the magma world, he had no concerns about running out of energy or failing his advancement.
This seemingly endless process of absorption continued for nearly two full days before it slowly came to a halt.
Slowly opening his eyes after several days, Lin Feng stood up and walked to the mouth of the cave, stretching his long-stiffened body.
"I finally broke through to Seven-Star Dou Huang. Looks like… it's time to head to Demon Flame Valley."
Feeling the vastly strengthened Dou Qi circulating within him, Lin Feng gazed at the crimson world ahead and murmured to himself.
Then—with a flap of the wings behind him—he soared swiftly toward the exit above.
Back in the Inner Academy.
After flying out, Lin Feng spent a little time searching, and soon found Zi Yan in a tall tree, happily munching on medicinal herbs.
"Zi Yan, so this is where you've been hiding."
"Lin Feng?! You're finally out!"
Upon seeing him, Zi Yan let out a surprised squeal. Her little face—still stained with herbal juice—instantly lit up with joy.
She flung away the leftovers in her hand and leaped straight into Lin Feng's arms, crying out: "You jerk! You stayed at the bottom of the tower for two whole months! And before going in, you didn't make me any reserve pills—I've been gnawing on herbs for half a month now!"
"Even with all those fire beads helping, it still took two months to break through, huh? The final stars of each realm really are tough…"
Lin Feng could only shake his head with a bitter smile at her complaints.
But when he noticed the herbal juice smeared all over his clothes, courtesy of the clingy girl in his arms, his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Grabbing the back of her collar, he lifted the little troublemaker off the ground and scolded: "Wasn't it you, who ran off to the Magic Beast Forest before I even went into the tower?"
"Uhh…"
Zi Yan was instantly tongue-tied.
But then her violet gemstone-like eyes spun slightly, and she raised her little face to argue—bold but lacking confidence: "Well… you should've reminded me I forgot to ask for pills!"
"Alright, enough talk. You coming out with me or not?"
Lin Feng gave her collar a little shake, casually asking.
"Go! It's boring here anyway."
Hearing that they were going out, Zi Yan's violet eyes lit up, and she laughed happily.
Hearing this, Lin Feng picked her up by the back of her collar and shot off toward Spirit Mountain City.
When Lin Feng returned to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, he was immediately greeted by Lin Fei and Xue Mei, who rushed over with excitement, each clinging tightly to one of his arms.
Seeing that the first to greet him were these two—not Xiao Yixian or Medusa—Lin Feng was momentarily stunned. But upon sensing the Dou Qi levels of the girls beside him, his expression quickly shifted into a smile.
"Not bad at all. You two have advanced to Four-Star Dou Ling, and it's only been four months since you broke through to the Dou Ling realm."
"If not for the Earth Class cultivation technique you gave us, how could we have advanced this fast?"
As she spoke, Lin Fei's jade-like arms tightened around his, holding him closer.
Recalling all they'd seen and experienced in recent days, a strange glint flickered in her beautiful eyes.
"Yeah, without your Core Quenching Body Milk and all those other resources, we probably would've just barely reached the Dou Ling level by now,"
Xue Mei added in agreement, her snow-like face flashing with sincerity.
Since arriving in the Black-Corner Region, they finally realized just how narrow their worldview had been.
The Earth Class cultivation techniques, high-tier pills, and rare medicinal treasures they once thought impossible to obtain in the Jia Ma Empire—they had now used and experienced them all.
"Those things? They're nothing,"
Lin Feng chuckled lightly as he looked at the two women's expressions.
"Once your alchemy ranks rise, I'll make all of it back in no time."
After all, the leftover Core Quenching Body Milk had no real use for him at the moment. Letting the two girls use it wasn't a waste at all.
Besides, they were now members of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and had decent talent. Once they matured fully, they'd be more than capable of overseeing the Pavilion's alchemy division in the Northwestern Region, sparing him from having to worry about local alchemists all the time.
Not to mention, their two teachers had also advanced to fifth-tier alchemists and were currently refining pills for the Pavilion.
He could just consider those resources as their salaries.
"Don't worry, Lin Feng! We've got nowhere else to go anyway. Might as well stay in Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and refine pills for you for the rest of our lives—you'll never lose out!"
Lin Fei patted her own generous chest with a confident expression on her pretty face.
Hearing this, Xue Mei immediately stepped forward and echoed,
"I feel the same way as her!"
After all, they had witnessed everything Lin Feng had done for them over these past months.
Countless medicinal ingredients and pill formulas—never lacking.
Even the alchemy techniques he had personally taught them were far more advanced than anything they'd ever learned in Black Rock City.
And the level of resources they now enjoyed…
Even Gu He, who had once taken them in after they joined Yun Lan Sect, probably never treated them this well.
Realizing all of this, the emotion in their hearts only grew deeper.
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