Refining Beast Fire

Long Chen examined the jade bottle in his hand. Inside was a mass of liquid, but it emitted warmth, as if it contained a warm current.

However, Long Chen knew that this warm current, which looked like a mass of hot water, was actually Demonic Beast Fire, the flame essence of a fire-type Demonic Beast.

Demonic Beast Fire was extremely precious; one mass of Demonic Beast Fire was equivalent to the life of a Demonic Beast, and only Demonic Beasts above the second rank had the ability to nourish Demonic Beast Fire.

Long Chen had observed this mass of Demonic Beast Fire with his Divine Sense, and the fire elements within were extremely dense. According to Long Chen's memories, this Demonic Beast Fire likely belonged to a Peak second-rank Demonic Beast. No wonder Wei Cang's expression had been uglier than if his wife had died when he handed over the Demonic Beast Fire.

"Hoo."

Long Chen circulated his Dantian fire, enveloping his body, opened the jade bottle, and swallowed the mass of Demonic Beast Fire essence in one gulp.

"Boom."

When Long Chen swallowed that mass of Demonic Beast Fire, it originally felt like a mass of water, but it instantly erupted. The Demonic Beast Fire, which had originally been as gentle as a rabbit, suddenly became as violent as a ferocious tiger.

Originally, Demonic Beast Fire was the life essence of a Demonic Beast, containing the violent will of the beast itself. Generally, when an Alchemist Cultivator wanted to subdue Demonic Beast Fire, they needed to spend a large amount of time grinding away the violent will within the Demonic Beast Fire.

Only after the violent will of the Demonic Beast Fire was smoothed out would they start using their own Dantian fire to communicate with the Demonic Beast Fire, slowly making it give up resistance and gradually refining it step by step.

However, Long Chen could not wait. Today's battle had completely exposed his trump card; he needed a more powerful trump card to save his life.

Xia Changfeng had lost a capable subordinate, and Wei Cang had lost his Demonic Beast Fire. Even if one thought with their backside, they would know that they would absolutely not let it go.

Now, in the entire Fengming Empire, the only person Long Chen could rely on was Great Master Yun Qi, but as the president of the Alchemist Guild, he could not directly intervene in the disputes of Fengming.

Unless Long Chen was willing to completely join the Alchemist Guild and no longer get involved in the affairs of Fengming. But Long Chen had endured suppression for so many years; if he didn't find out who the mastermind behind the scenes was, how could he be willing to give up?

Furthermore, how could he possibly abandon Chu Yao? At the same time, Chu Yao's encounter reminded him of his own. Was the person who tampered with Chu Yao also the one who stole his Spiritual Root?

Before everything was clear, Long Chen absolutely could not swallow this anger if he gave up. Therefore, his time was too tight; he could only use the most violent and direct method to refine the Demonic Beast Fire.

"Boom."

There was another explosion within Long Chen's body. After the Demonic Beast Fire entered his stomach, it turned into a ferocious leopard, crashing wildly. The terrifying high temperature seemed as if it wanted to destroy Long Chen completely.

Usually, when Demonic Beast Fire was extracted, in order to maintain the power of the Demonic Beast Fire, it could not be suppressed, otherwise, the quality of the Demonic Beast Fire would be reduced.

At this moment, Long Chen was equivalent to facing the scorching of a Peak second-rank Demonic Beast's Demonic Beast Fire. The violent power caused Long Chen to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

That mouthful of fresh blood turned into steam the moment it left his body, which showed that Long Chen's body was already like a furnace.

"Hmph, a mere second-rank Demonic Beast dares to resist?"

Long Chen snorted coldly. The Fengfu Star circulated, seven Qi cyclones erupted, and the flame power of his whole body, like a giant net, covered the mass of Demonic Beast Fire tightly.

That mass of Demonic Beast Fire was extremely violent at first, but although Long Chen's Dantian fire was not particularly powerful, with the support of the Fengfu Star and the seven enlarged Qi cyclones, his power became incomparably vigorous.

At the beginning, that mass of Demonic Beast Fire could still break left and right, but after a few breaths, it began to turn into a trapped beast. No matter how it struggled, it was to no avail.

After all, that mass of Demonic Beast Fire had no follow-up power. Under Long Chen's all-out refining, the violent aura was gradually ground away and gradually calmed down.

Although he had expected it in his heart, Long Chen still let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were soaked.

Long Chen felt as if he had a split personality; on one hand, he looked down on this mass of Demonic Beast Fire, and on the other hand, he was extremely eager for it. There was a hint of surprise, and a hint of disdain.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly. Long Chen knew that he had fused with the Soul of a generation of Alchemist Emperors, and the Alchemist Emperor naturally looked down on such Demonic Beast Fire.

But he needed it, and he needed it urgently. This mass of Demonic Beast Fire would be the first step for him to embark on the path of Alchemist cultivation.

After Long Chen's continuous refining, that mass of Demonic Beast Fire returned to calm, turning into the appearance of a mass of water, extremely docile. At this time, it was completely purified, and there was no longer a trace of violent aura.

Generally, the most primitive Dantian fire of an Alchemist Cultivator was actually the Spiritual Qi within the Dantian, which, following a specific operating route, released Spiritual Qi outside the body to produce high temperature.

Rather than calling it fire, it was more like a kind of high-temperature gas. Only those who could form such gas had the potential to become an Alchemist Cultivator.

And such people were basically one in a thousand. Therefore, Alchemist Cultivators were very scarce. However, there was a kind of person who was born with a trace of flame power in their Dantian. After Acquired guidance, it became Dantian fire. Only such Dantian fire could be called true Dantian fire.

But that kind of person was not one in a thousand, but one in ten million. Therefore, among all the commoner Alchemist Cultivators, basically everyone was like Long Chen; their true rise began with refining Demonic Beast Fire.

But even so, Demonic Beast Fire was extremely precious and could not be measured by money. He didn't know about others, but anyway, within the Fengming Empire, besides Yun Qi, it seemed that no one possessed Demonic Beast Fire.

Slowly withdrawing his own flame, looking at the mass of Demonic Beast Fire in his body, Long Chen couldn't help but feel a bit troubled.

Generally, after an Alchemist Cultivator refined Demonic Beast Fire, they would fuse it into their Dantian, taking the Demonic Beast Fire as their lifelong path of cultivation.

But Long Chen couldn't do that. First, his source of Spiritual Qi did not come from the Dantian, but from the Fengfu Star.

Second, he had the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, and this Cultivation Technique was extremely mysterious and powerful, giving him the strength to challenge across ranks. Even if he were beaten to death, he would not abandon the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art to switch to Alchemist cultivation.

"I have it."

Long Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He placed the mass of Demonic Beast Fire in his Dantian, and the seven Qi cyclones slowly surrounded the mass of Demonic Beast Fire.

"Try this."

Long Chen took a deep breath. He made an extremely bold attempt, slowly circulating several Qi cyclones to absorb the Demonic Beast Fire.

Through the absorption of the Qi cyclones, the mass of Demonic Beast Fire had no resistance and just let Long Chen control it, melting into every part of Long Chen's meridians.

This was Fire Fusion, to melt the Demonic Beast Fire into every part of his body, letting his body become familiar with this flame and achieve the maximum degree of compatibility.

The Demonic Beast Fire was refined very thoroughly, so this process was very easy. That mass of Demonic Beast Fire just scattered throughout all of Long Chen's meridians.

Long Chen's approach was definitely a precedent. No one would try this. Even in the memories of the Alchemist Emperor, it had never existed.

After melting the Demonic Beast Fire into his meridians, Long Chen was pleasantly surprised to find that his meridians were actually widened by a few points.

Don't underestimate these few points. Each meridian was like a canal. The wider the canal, the more Spiritual Qi it could carry during battle, and the greater the power it could erupt with.

It was like comparing the Dantian to the ocean and the meridians to canals. During battle, one needed to inject the water of the ocean into various canals and finally gather it at one point to erupt. This was the process of triggering battle skills.

However, the more powerful the battle skill, the more energy it required to trigger. But if the capacity of the canal was not enough, it would collapse. Before hurting the enemy, one would break their own meridians and be scrapped.

This was also why Long Chen clearly knew how to trigger the Heaven Opening, but just couldn't trigger it. Because his meridians were not wide enough.

But today's attempt made him so excited that he almost jumped up. He used his meridians as a carrier to nourish the Demonic Beast Fire, and the two complemented each other.

As his cultivation became stronger, the meridians would be continuously widened and consolidated by the Demonic Beast Fire. Long Chen had simply picked up a treasure this time.

Although other Alchemist Cultivators fused Demonic Beast Fire into their Dantian, which would accelerate cultivation, how could it compare to the benefits of widening meridians?

"Alright, whether it's a dragon or a snake, I still have to see this. Give me some power."

Long Chen took a deep breath, praying in his heart. With a movement of his mind, the Demonic Beast Fire fused into his meridians slowly gathered towards his Dantian.

"Hoo."

A flame appeared in Long Chen's palm, light red in color. As soon as that flame appeared, it caused the space to distort.

He nodded. Just refined, it could have such power. It was indeed worthy of being Demonic Beast Fire; it was several times more powerful than the original Dantian fire.

He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth. The Fengfu Star slowly circulated, cautiously injecting a trace of Spiritual Qi into the Qi cyclones.

The seven Qi cyclones that were originally rotating slowly instantly enlarged, rotating rapidly like windmills.

"I don't know if it will work."

Long Chen had a tangled expression, looking at the flame in his hand, his heart beating like a drum. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

However, Long Chen still guided the power of the seven Qi cyclones onto the flame surrounded by the seven Qi cyclones in the middle.

"Hoo."

Long Chen felt his body shake, as if it were about to explode. The flame, which was more than a foot long on his palm, suddenly surged to more than a zhang high.

"Not good."

Long Chen was startled and hurriedly withdrew the flame, slapping his palm towards the roof.

It turned out that the Dantian fire in his hand had surged, and the terrifying high temperature had instantly set the roof on fire.

"Bang."

With an explosion, Long Chen used his palm wind to extinguish the fire. However, the fire was extinguished, but the entire roof was also blown away by Long Chen's palm.

Looking at the starry sky above, the 360-degree panoramic skylight, Long Chen couldn't help but feel like crying. Just after arriving at someone's house, he was either burning the house or tearing it down. This was a bit bad, right!

Sure enough, footsteps sounded. The people of the Shi residence were alarmed. There was no way, the entire roof had been blown away. With such a big movement, even a deaf person could hear it.

Looking at Long Chen's embarrassed expression, Shi Feng's father concealed the shock in his eyes, smiled slightly, and said nothing, letting the servants arrange a new room for Long Chen.

Long Chen wanted to say something, but Shi Feng's father patted Long Chen's shoulder and laughed: "You and Shi Feng are brothers, just treat this as your own home."

After rearranging the room, Long Chen dared not experiment with the method he had invented again. He sat cross-legged on the bed, began to circulate the Qi cyclones, absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, injected it into the Fengfu Star, and began to Cultivate.

Early the next morning, before the sun revealed its unchanging face, a loud explosion suddenly came from Long Chen's body.

"Boom."

Long Chen slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of joy. He didn't expect that after the great battle with Huang Shang, he had broken through the Bottleneck so quickly and entered the eighth level of Qi Gathering.

After breakfast, he checked on Shi Feng and found that he was already fine. He left him two Medicinal Pills, and Long Chen left the Shi residence and went straight to the Alchemist Guild.