Early the next morning.
Han Feng practiced martial arts in the front yard of the bamboo pavilion.
His movements were very slow, not showing any fierce and domineering strength at all.
If seen by the Dou Masters teaching children martial arts in the city, they would probably shake their heads repeatedly.
Ordinary people couldn't see through the mysteries in Han Feng's moves and stances at all; only senior Dou Venerate experts could see some clues.
Gu Xun'er wore a loose silk nightgown, standing in front of the second-floor window, watching Han Feng practice in the courtyard.
Her graceful figure leaned against the window sill, her eyebrows and eyes revealing attachment.
Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she glimpsed Lin Xian'er on another pavilion, crossing her arms and looking at her with a meaningful gaze.
Gu Xun'er raised her eyebrows slightly, gave the other party a friendly smile with a hint of provocation, and slowly closed the curtains.
Lin Xian'er snorted lightly, clenching her jade hand.
"Xun'er indeed has that intention towards Master!"
A good sister snatching her man—oh no, snatching her master—Lin Xian'er had mixed feelings in her heart.
Although Xun'er was a very good person, with high aptitude, beautiful appearance, and powerful background.
The more Lin Xian'er thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
Compared to Gu Xun'er, she was inferior in every aspect.
In terms of aptitude, she definitely couldn't compete. In terms of appearance, although she wasn't bad, Gu Xun'er's beauty was even more stunning. Background went without saying; she was the eldest miss of the Gu Clan.
Lin Xian'er sighed, but soon clenched her fists again.
Although the opponent was powerful... she wouldn't give up!
The two girls went downstairs together, exchanged a glance tacitly, and neither mentioned that matter.
Some things were bad for everyone if spoken openly. Secretly, fair competition.
"Mr. Han, are we going to explore that cave today?"
At the dining table, Gu Xun'er asked.
Han Feng nodded.
"I'll have to trouble one of you to lead the way."
"I'll do it!"
"I'll do it!"
The two girls shouted simultaneously.
"Sister Xian'er, I opened the path in the gorge that day; do you still remember the direction?"
"Of course, I remember very clearly, so let me do it. Xun'er, you rest well at home."
Han Feng glanced at the two, helpless in his heart.
Fighting over this kind of thing too?
Addicted to fighting?
"Let's go together."
Han Feng ended this confrontation.
The two girls quieted down again.
After breakfast, Han Feng rested for half an hour. After the food in his body was digested, he summoned a golden light, attaching it to Lin Xian'er and Gu Xun'er's legs.
"This is the Vertical Golden Light. Following the residual earth qi from last time, we can quickly reach the destination."
This was a unique method developed from the Black Yellow Flame.
If Han Feng used it alone, he could travel thousands of miles back and forth in the blink of an eye, as if a distant horizon was close at hand, not much inferior to the spatial shifting that only Six-Star Dou Saints could perform.
Han Feng snapped his fingers, and the three disappeared instantly, turning into three golden lights speeding across the ground.
Along the way, even if they encountered obstacles, the golden lights would immediately avoid them. This speed was beyond what Gu Xun'er and Lin Xian'er could react to.
About less than an hour later, after winding around, the three finally arrived at the cave entrance Gu Xun'er mentioned.
Since they followed the path explored by Gu Xun'er before, Han Feng also experienced the road the two had walked.
Quite tortuous indeed.
It was really tough for you guys to find this place.
Han Feng looked at the black cave in front of him, his gaze slightly condensed, a wisp of golden divine light flashing deep in his pupils.
Powerful eyesight pierced through the darkness. Han Feng used a trace of soul power to investigate and soon understood the strangeness within.
"This black wind... can actually erode bones and melt souls!"
Han Feng exclaimed, feeling the feedback from his soul.
Although the black wind couldn't hurt his soul and could only be considered tickling him, if others entered, their souls would probably be scattered by the black wind in an instant.
No wonder Gu Xun'er, possessing a powerful Heavenly Flame like the Gold Emperor Burning Heavens Flame, also chose to retreat.
Not that anything would happen to her—Gu Xun'er's soul had already advanced to the Spirit Realm; facing the black wind, although tricky, her life would be safe at least.
Mainly Lin Xian'er; she hadn't entered the Spirit Realm yet. If affected by the black wind, she would probably suffer irreparable original damage.
Han Feng flicked his finger, and a golden fire seed flew into the pitch-black cave.
Buzz!
A few seconds later, golden light bloomed in the cave, suppressing all the black wild winds firmly.
"Let's go, go in and see what exactly it is."
Han Feng led the two girls into the cave.
With him here, if the two girls still had to worry about safety, he would be too incompetent as a Dou Saint.
The golden light in the cave lingered. Gu Xun'er exclaimed in admiration; this was another new usage of Heavenly Flames.
Mr. Han's attainments in the path of fire were truly profound.
The pitch-black cave now revealed its original appearance. Its rock walls were full of traces as if cut by fine knives, making one tremble with fear.
This kind of eerie scene in the dark was most likely to make little girls cry.
Lin Xian'er had been afraid of these things since childhood. Fortunately, Han Feng walked in front, greatly alleviating the fear in her heart.
"This place has been eroded by black wind all year round and has formed a unique field, capable of hooking up the most fearful memories in people's hearts."
Han Feng frowned slightly.
Black wind that could affect the mind should not be underestimated.
Hearing Han Feng's reminder, Gu Xun'er hurriedly expanded the Gold Emperor Burning Heavens Flame to protect her upper, middle, and lower dantians.
The major acupoints of the human body operated endlessly, but the most important were the upper, middle, and lower dantians, representing three desires of the human body.
Greed, anger, and obsession respectively.
Under the suppression of rationality, usually, the three desires wouldn't dominate.
But if desires were indulged blindly, one desire would eventually occupy your mind.
Lin Xian'er just now was hooked by the residual field of the black wind at her lower dantian, triggering obsession.
Perhaps the emotional fluctuation left from confronting Gu Xun'er in the morning made Lin Xian'er quickly fall into an obsessed state unable to distinguish right from wrong.
Fortunately, Han Feng had already noticed Lin Xian'er's abnormality. He flicked his finger gently, and a wisp of cyan divine light flew into Lin Xian'er's body.
The next instant, Lin Xian'er's desire was calmed.
The Green Lotus Core Flame was best at calming the mind and expelling evil demons.
Back when adventuring in the Purple Shattered Ruins of the Nanli Empire, Han Feng used this move to bring an alchemist trapped in greed back to the right path.
Lin Xian'er's eyes were slightly dazed. She herself didn't notice at all that she almost fell into a state of obsession before.
This was the terrifying part of those evil thoughts that caused people to go berserk.
It wouldn't deliberately lure, but drag you into the abyss silently.
The three arrived in front of the deep pit in the cave.
Gu Xun'er had explored up to this strange deep pit before and stopped advancing.
Even with Han Feng's golden light suppression now, Gu Xun'er could still feel a strong suction force generated from the deep pit.
As if one would be sucked in if not careful.
"You two wait here first; I'll go down and investigate."
The bottom was deep and strange. Han Feng didn't dare to be careless and let the two girls take risks.
At this step, Han Feng was already very surprised.
The source of the black storm was actually such a strange thing.
If he hadn't seen evil demonic qi before and knew this black wind had nothing to do with that energy, he would have suspected this was also an evil demonic place left from ancient times.
Han Feng's body turned into golden light and escaped into the deep pit.
Feeling his body sinking constantly, Han Feng thought to himself that this place was indeed strange.
The deeper he went, the more he could feel the thickness of the surrounding Yin qi.
Even ordinary Dou Venerates, if they didn't cultivate Yin attribute techniques, would probably not be able to stand it.
Bang!
Finally, Han Feng's feet landed.
He looked around, golden light flashing in his eyes.
"Interesting."
Han Feng smiled slightly.
This was actually an Extreme Yin Land.
For Yin attribute cultivators, cultivating here was tantamount to being in a paradise, efficiency directly doubling several times.
Lin Xian'er and Qing Lin were both Yin attribute cultivators. It seemed they were lucky.
Han Feng stepped forward.
An Extreme Yin Land should have birthed many good things.
Extreme Yin Stones polished by Yin wind all year round could be used to refine top-grade Yin attribute spiritual tools.
Han Feng prepared the Sky Phoenix Armor for Lin Xian'er. Now he could use the Extreme Yin Stone to prepare another top-notch tool for Qing Lin.
Walking forward for a while, Han Feng's eyes lit up.
Look what he found.
A ninth-grade Cloudy Sky Stone King Flower!
A wondrous flower growing from a group of Extreme Yin Stones, naturally possessing the effect of condensing Yin qi, able to slowly transform the surrounding environment into an Extreme Yin field.
The Yin qi here being rich enough to amaze Han Feng was thanks to this flower.
Han Feng carefully picked the Cloudy Sky Stone King Flower.
Such a ninth-grade medicinal herb was something one could only come across by luck; every single one was a treasure with a price but no market.
With Han Feng's current alchemy skills, refining ninth-grade pills was a familiar road.
His Dou Qi realm and soul realm both met the standards for refining ninth-grade pills; all obstacles had been overcome.
Now he only lacked medicinal herbs worthy of the ninth-grade pill rank.
This Cloudy Sky Stone King Flower belonged to Extreme Yin nature, so it could only be used to refine some Yin attribute pills.
It wasn't that helpful to Han Feng; he was a fire attribute cultivator.
But everything couldn't always go as wished. Finding a ninth-grade medicinal herb in a nook of the Black-Corner Region was already a pleasant surprise for Han Feng.
Suddenly!
A burst of black astral wind blew towards Han Feng.
Like a sharp blade cutting through the air, emitting a harsh whistling sound.
Han Feng's figure flashed, easily dodging the attack of the black astral wind.
But after one miss, a new slash was born quickly.
Buzz buzz buzz!
This Extreme Yin Land seemed unusually furious because of Han Feng's act of taking the flower.
Endless Yin wind blew up.
After dodging a few times, Han Feng forcibly withstood the attack of a black wind blade.
The moment the wind blade hit Han Feng, a scorching sensation made his pupils shrink.
"This is..."
Han Feng's heart beat wildly, somewhat disbelieving yet expectant.
Previously, the Yin qi here was too heavy, making him ignore the temperature of the Yin wind for a time.
But the fierce attack of the black astral wind just now made him detect a clue.
"Could this be... the Nine Nether Wind Flame recorded on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, born in Extreme Yin Lands, eroding bones and melting souls, hooking people's emotions!"
Han Feng's soul power spread instantly, probing towards the surroundings.
At this time, no matter how fiercely the black wind attacked, Han Feng didn't care.
In fact, the fiercer the black wind attacked, the happier he was, because this would expose the opponent's position.
"Found it!"
Han Feng's gaze sharpened, instantly rushing towards the source.
Swish!
The black astral wind seemed not to expect Han Feng's speed to be so fast and subconsciously wanted to flee. However, the next second, it was held in Han Feng's palm.
The fierce astral wind struggled desperately in the palm, but everything was futile.
In front of Han Feng at the Dou Saint realm, it had neither the strength nor the luck to escape.
"Sure enough, it's the Nine Nether Wind Flame!"
Han Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart and said fervently.
This was the tenth-ranked Heavenly Flame, and it didn't belong to the scope of known intelligence.
If it were the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Pill Tower, Han Feng wouldn't be so excited.
Because that was known, and Han Feng would go get it sooner or later.
But encountering a Heavenly Flame unexpectedly was completely a surprise joy; of course, Han Feng would be excited.
"Unfortunately, this Nine Nether Wind Flame is too immature."
Han Feng spread his palm, looking at that tiny fire seed, and sighed lightly.
Compared to the mature Nine Nether Wind Flame in the hands of the Yao Clan, the one before his eyes was like a newly formed baby, the kind that hadn't grown up yet!
Even the Green Lotus Core Flame back then was more mature than this one.
Han Feng's mood went up and down. Looking at the Nine Nether Wind Flame, which was tasteless to eat but a pity to discard, he was somewhat helpless for a moment.
If Han Feng was still at the Dou Emperor realm, discovering this fire and refining it would naturally bring considerable benefits.
But he was already a Dou Saint. Refining an unformed Nine Nether Wind Flame was completely wasting a treasure.
Don't even think about cultivation improvement; he would probably have to feed back Dou Qi to nourish its growth.
Han Feng was silent for a moment, coming up with a plan in his mind.
Giving up was absolutely impossible.
Finally encountering an ownerless Heavenly Flame, even if it hadn't grown up, he had to take it into his bag.
And this was the tenth-ranked Nine Nether Wind Flame with powerful effects.
A flash of inspiration hit Han Feng.
Since the Nine Nether Wind Flame hadn't grown up yet, use external force to make it grow quickly.
Nothing more than giving some Yin attribute treasures.
Although this place was an Extreme Yin Land, Han Feng, a Dou Saint, felt no discomfort here at all.
This indicated that this place was still a bit weak; at least for Dou Saint level experts, the Yin qi wasn't strong enough.
It could only target the Dou Venerate realm.
And there was a place on the Dou Qi Continent recognized for its powerful Yin qi.
That was—Nine Nether Yellow Spring!
Located in the Beast Region of the Central Plains, the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python clan.
That was a true paradise, having significant effects even on Dou Saint experts.
If the young Nine Nether Wind Flame was placed in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring for nourishment, its growth speed would definitely be several times faster!
As long as a formed Nine Nether Wind Flame was cultivated within twenty years, it would be worth it.
"Beast Region, seems I have to make a trip."
Han Feng murmured softly.
Since awakening the profound meaning of the Myriad Beast Flame, Han Feng had wanted to venture into the Beast Region and subdue some powerful magical beast races with the power of the Myriad Beast Flame.
However, due to various trivial matters, Han Feng had delayed going.
Now this Nine Nether Wind Flame gave Han Feng a reason to go to the Beast Region.