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At this thought, Tang Zhen couldn't help but feel deeply stifled. He had spent hundreds of painstaking years cultivating, and yet this woman called Xiao Yixian—after just over twenty years of cultivation—had already surpassed him.
It made him feel as if all those centuries of his life had been wasted like a dog's.
But what astonished Tang Zhen even more was that the moment he laid eyes on Lin Feng, the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame within his body suddenly began to stir restlessly, something that almost never happened.
The last time he had felt this way was over a hundred years ago, when he encountered a reclusive powerhouse who possessed a Heavenly Flame.
"Could it be… that Lin Feng also has a Heavenly Flame within him?"
Tang Zhen frowned slightly, secretly guessing in his heart. Then, recalling the injuries on his daughter's body, his hands unconsciously rubbed against the armrests of his chair.
On his aged face appeared a thoughtful expression.
Meanwhile, the woman beside Tang Zhen looked at Lin Feng in disbelief, faint suspicion flickering in her eyes.
As one of the most outstanding of Burning Flame Valley's younger generation, she was very clear reaching the Dou Zong realm at her age was an incredibly difficult feat.
Even she, the one praised as the valley's most gifted talent in a thousand years, had only managed to reach the Dou Zong realm at this age because of the immense resources and treasures provided by the valley.
Yet this young man called Lin Feng, according to her father, not only had Dou Qi cultivation at the peak of Dou Zong, but his alchemy had reached the peak of the seventh grade as well. And what made it even harder for her to accept was that Lin Feng looked even younger than she was.
"By the way, young friend, what is it that brings you to our Burning Flame Valley?"
At this time, Tang Zhen's gaze once again fell upon Lin Feng, and he asked with a genial smile.
"The reason I came here today is because I hope Valley Chief Tang might allow me to study your esteemed valley's Skyfire Three Mysterious Change."
Lin Feng took a deep breath and slowly stated the purpose of his visit.
"The Skyfire Three Mysterious Change?"
Hearing these words, both Tang Zhen and the red-robed woman beside him were stunned. Right after, their brows furrowed deeply.
The Skyfire Three Mysterious Change was one of the greatest treasures of Burning Flame Valley. For ordinary people, it might be considered tasteless—something that was a pity to throw away, yet of little use.
But for those with certain unique flames in their bodies, it was akin to a weapon of immense power!
Even within Burning Flame Valley, this secret art was guarded with extreme strictness. Only some core disciples could train in the first transformation of the Three Mysterious Changes.
As for the remaining two changes, that depended on both the disciple's contribution to the sect and their own talent.
Because of this, in the entire valley, those who could cultivate the full three transformations were extremely few. This showed just how important the valley regarded the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change.
At this time, Lin Feng added, "Of course, I'm not asking to take it for free. If Valley Chief Tang agrees, whether you want me to refine pills, or if you require some other form of compensation—even if it's eighth-tier pills, or high-class cultivation techniques or Dou Techniques—as long as it is within my means, I will offer it with both hands!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Zhen's expression suddenly changed.
Because with the legacy of their ancestor, the peak Dou Sheng powerhouse Ancestor Fen Yan, Burning Flame Valley had no shortage of high-class cultivation techniques or Dou Techniques.
Even heaven-tier cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques were not lacking in Burning Flame Valley. But eighth-tier pills—they were in short supply.
After all, such things were consumables. Unlike cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, which if some powerhouse was willing to spend time writing them down, could always be copied and recorded.
Those high-grade pills, however, placed extremely harsh demands on an alchemist. And within Burning Flame Valley, the strongest alchemist they had only reached the level of a mid-level seventh-tier. To refine eighth-tier pills was nothing more than a fool's dream.
As for the pills left behind by their ancestor, most had already been depleted over the course of more than a thousand years.
Of course, if they were to announce that the strongest figure in the valley, Ancestor Huo Yun, had successfully broken through to the Dou Sheng realm, then not only could they suppress Ice River Valley and Sound Valley, their peers among the Three Valleys, but even the Two Sects would have their prestige overshadowed.
At that time, they would surely attract some eighth-tier alchemist grandmasters.
But Burning Flame Valley would never do that. After all, the death of their founder, Ancestor Fen Yan, was closely tied to the Hun Clan. Now, after so much hardship, they finally had another genuine Dou Sheng powerhouse.
If they flaunted it and happened to draw the attention of the Hun Clan, what then?
If Ancestor Huo Yun were killed, Burning Flame Valley would immediately fall to the level of Four Pavilion.
After all, Ice River Valley and Sound Valley both had Ban Sheng powerhouses guarding them. If Burning Flame Valley lost Ancestor Huo Yun, they would have no strong figure with the title of "Saint" left.
What was most frightening was that when the Hall of Souls, a subordinate force of the Hun Clan, had been established, its hall master had once slaughtered dozens of sects in a single night.
That night, rivers of blood flowed, corpses littered the land.
Five peak experts at Two-Star Dou Sheng had all fallen miserably in his hands. Burning Flame Valley had only escaped that massacre because they had no Dou Sheng at the time.
Now that the Hall of Souls had grown even stronger, how would they dare let their sole Dou Sheng recklessly move about outside?
Hearing Lin Feng's words, countless thoughts flashed through Tang Zhen's mind. And the most important of them was his daughter's condition.
Years ago, because of her extreme competitiveness, his daughter had tried to forcibly fuse the valley's legacy Heavenly Flame, the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
But because she failed to subdue the Heavenly Flame, she suffered a violent backlash. Although her life was saved, it left her with immense side effects. Now, she required nothing less than a high-grade seventh-tier Fire Bodhisattva Pill, or an even higher-tier pill, to recover.
Otherwise, in no more than two years, the vital energy within her body would be completely depleted.
But considering the value of the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change, which was comparable to a peak High-Grade Earth Class Dou Technique, Tang Zhen, after some contemplation, secretly signaled to the second elder beside him.
"Honored guests, I must ask you to return. The Skyfire Three Mysterious Change is one of Burning Flame Valley's most guarded treasures. It absolutely cannot be passed on."
Receiving Tang Zhen's signal, the second elder immediately stepped forward and spoke to Lin Feng and the others.
As for what he felt in his heart, there was a hint of helplessness. Having followed his valley chief for so long, how could he not understand Tang Zhen's intentions?
In his heart, Tang Zhen wished nothing more than for this alchemist to immediately take action and refine a pill to heal his daughter.
But because he was unwilling to part with the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change, he instead had him step out and play the villain. So that this alchemist might be persuaded into offering some other condition.
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