Chapter 218: The Little Dragon Carp’s Adventure

The next day, the Tongtian Pagoda flying ship left Tianqing City. The transformation of Xia Yan, the only son of Pill Venerable Xia Jie, piqued many people’s curiosity. Among them, Venerable Lingquan of the Qingming Chamber of Commerce was the one in Tianqing City who currently understood the truth best.

“It seems this Xia Yan completed his transformation through this ‘Gluttony Pill.’ Alchemy Master Jiegeng should have also come into contact with this wandering Alchemist… Do you know of the Gluttony Pill sold by this wandering Alchemist?”

He looked at the bald old man kneeling before him, drenched in sweat.

“Replying to the Venerable, I… I know of it. However, your subordinate is not an Alchemist and did not know that this Gluttony Pill had such divine effects.”

“If I had known, I would have reported it to the chamber long ago—”

“I am not blaming you,” Venerable Lingquan said slowly. “You just said that he claims his Master is also a fifth-Rank Alchemist, known as the Fire Dragon Pill Master?”

“If that’s the case, this pill was likely not created by him, but by his Master. Although a third-Rank Alchemist at the Foundation Establishment Stage is decent, they couldn’t create such a pill.”

“Interesting. Who exactly is this Fire Dragon Pill Master? I’ve never heard of him. Could it be that he isn’t a human Alchemist,”

“but rather from the Yao Beast race?” Venerable Lingquan pondered.

Although the Yao Beast race was not skilled in arts like Alchemy and Artifact Refining, this only applied to the majority; there were always exceptional outliers.

Some Yao Beasts even surpassed the Human Race in certain immortal cultivation skills, such as the Spiritual Brewing Techniques of certain monkey demons…

In any case, the title of Fire Dragon Venerable didn’t sound like a human.

Regarding Alchemists of the Yao Beast race, he indeed didn’t know much.

“Let’s go take a look.”

“An expert!”

On Lin Jing’s side, following Alchemy Master Jiegeng, the Nameless Pill Pavilion welcomed another distinguished guest.

Although this person did not reveal his cultivation, Lin Jing’s beast-like sharp intuition, combined with his special perception of the Soul—that is, the power of the Primordial Spirit—told him that this was by no means an ordinary old man, but at least a Soul Transformation powerhouse!

As the old man dressed in luxurious blue robes entered the pill pavilion, Lin Jing immediately stood up, having guessed the other’s identity.

“Is Senior perhaps Senior Lingquan of the Qingming Chamber of Commerce?” He gave a simple salute.

“The little fellow recognizes me. No need to be nervous. This old man is just quite interested in the Gluttony Pill sold here. Was this pill created by you?” Venerable Lingquan approached the Gluttony Pill, took a few looks, and felt it was quite miraculous.

Lin Jing shook his head and said, “Replying to Senior, the pills here were refined by me, but the Pill Formula and refining method of this Gluttony Pill were created by my Master, the Fire Dragon Pill Master, and passed down to me—”

“This is a seed of the ‘Crystal Flame’ exotic fire. I wonder how many of your Gluttony Pills it can be exchanged for?” Venerable Lingquan reached out, and a transparent container appeared with a blue flame floating inside.

“Crystal Flame?!” Lin Jing licked his lips. An Advanced Exotic Fire!

The quality of flames, from low to high, can be roughly divided into ‘Mortal Fire,’ ‘Ordinary Spiritual Fire,’ ‘Advanced Exotic Fire,’ and ‘Top-tier Exotic Fire.’

Mortal Fire is mundane fire that does not involve spiritual power, while Ordinary Spiritual Fire is the most common flame converted by Cultivators through True Qi and True Essence!

converted into the most common flames!

Basic and common fire Spells, such as the Fireball Technique, are all composed of Ordinary Spiritual Fire.

Starting from Advanced Exotic Fires, they become quite rare. They need to be cultivated through special Cultivation Techniques or secret methods, or they are born in certain precious lands.

Major Alchemy Sects or Sects that specialize in fire Spells generally have Cultivation Techniques or secret methods to produce Advanced Exotic Fires. For instance, the purple pill fire of the Dragon Palace Alchemist Zi Ling’er back then was a type of Advanced fire from the Dan Ding Sect.

Fire of this quality can be used all the way to the Nascent Soul level without issue; it is the mainstream in the Immortal Cultivation World and has many effects.

The Life-Sustaining Lotus Heart Flame obtained by the Dragon Carp through the Saint Fire Lotus also belongs to this Rank.

As for the even higher Top-tier Exotic Fires, they are even more elusive. For example, the Fire Scale Dragon’s Dragon Scale Fire, as a Top-tier Beast Fire, is actually a type of Top-tier Exotic Fire originating from its Bloodline Legacy.

However, this kind of Top-tier Beast Fire is different from the Top-tier Exotic Fires nurtured by heaven and earth that are immensely powerful from the start.

It isn’t at full power from the beginning; rather, it’s a flame seed whose growth potential can reach top-tier quality. Its power will increase along with the elevation of the Yao Beast’s Bloodline Rank.

When the Fire Scale Dragon activated its beast fire with a King-level Bloodline versus now with an imperial-level bloodline, even if the power consumed is equivalent, the prowess displayed by the latter far exceeds the former.

The same applies to the Netherworld Ghost Fire, which is also a type of Top-tier Exotic Fire. However, like the beast fire, this ghost fire is also quite special; it doesn’t start at maximum power but lies in its growth potential.

The Netherworld Ghost Fire needs to increase its Rank by burning and absorbing Souls. The more Souls it burns, the stronger its prowess. Therefore, the demonic Cultivators of the Netherworld Hall have harmed many Cultivators’ Souls to enhance their Netherworld Ghost Fire technique.

Since Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp are good people, their Netherworld Ghost Fire technique is currently far from reaching the quality of a Top-tier Exotic Fire.

Usually, they just roast the Souls of mosquitoes.

Compared to the high-quality human Souls, the Souls of such brainless mosquitoes really can’t bring any improvement to the ghost fire.

And this Crystal Flame, as a type of Advanced Exotic Fire, is already enough to make Lin Jing’s heart stir. If he remembers correctly,

the effect of the Crystal Flame is to resist the ‘Water Element’!

The Five Elements generate and overcome each other. When cultivation levels are similar, a Cultivator specializing in water Spells has an overwhelming advantage in battle against a Cultivator specializing in fire Spells.

However, this Crystal Flame is very special. It does not fear water Spells. Even when wrapping one’s entire body in Crystal Flame, one can dive underwater and move freely like a water beast, similar to a Water Evasion Technique.

“This is good.” His little Dragon Carp hadn’t properly swam in water since it was little. Lin Jing even wondered if it, as a Dragon Carp turning into a dragon, would be able to go into the sea in the future…

If it refines this Crystal Flame, it shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

However, “Senior, the current quantity of Gluttony Pills in Junior’s hands might not be enough to exchange for this Crystal Flame. If Senior doesn’t mind, could Junior have a few more days to prepare?”

Although Lin Jing wanted to exchange for it immediately, because he encountered the two distinguished guests, Xia Yan and Jiegeng, their stock of Gluttony Pills—was already bottoming out.

“No matter.” Venerable Lingquan threw the Crystal Flame to Lin Jing and turned to leave.

“When you have refined them, send the pills to the Qingming Pavilion. This old man will wait for you there.”

After Venerable Lingquan left, Lin Jing let out a long breath, and his tensed nerves relaxed slightly. Fortunately, Venerable Lingquan didn’t see through his illusory image. He casually threw the Crystal Flame seed into the Zen Staff. The Fire Scale Dragon refined it in an instant and even let out a full burp. Seeing this, Lin Jing sensed that after refining another Advanced Exotic Fire, it might already be at the limit of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

“Come out. Refining two types of exotic fire in a row, it’s hard to consolidate your power just by refining pills, which isn’t conducive to your upcoming Core Formation.”

“I’ll let you out to temper your power now. We’ll be refining ‘False Cores’ next, and the Alchemy Materials lack the auxiliary ingredient ‘Yao Core.’ Yao Cores are expensive, so we might as well go hunting for them ourselves.”

“I’ll leave this task to you. Outside Tianqing City, in the Sunset Mountains, the hunting grounds for many Loose Cultivators. Remember to prioritize hunting fire-attribute Yao Beasts. If you encounter danger, activate this ‘Fire Dragon Bead,’ which contains the Fire Dragon Illusory Aura at the Peak of Soul Transformation that I branded inside.” Lin Jing began to arrange the adventure for the little Dragon Carp. Compared to Alchemy, it indeed seemed more interested in obtaining Yao Cores.