Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 214 Fusion of Strange Fire
In the Tagor Desert, in a sand pit surrounded by people, a stone tablet shines brightly.

Just when someone wanted to go down and test it out, a figure suddenly jumped out from the stone tablet.

"Axing?" A familiar voice made the figure look in the direction of the voice.

"Xiao Yan." The person who came out of the stone tablet said while panting. This person was Tong Rui.

"Let's leave first." Xiao Yan pulled Tong Rui who was on the pit, took a quick look around, and planned to take Tong Rui away.

"I say, you're just going to leave like this? What good stuff is down there? Take it out and show it to us guys."

Just when Xiao Yan was about to leave with his men, dozens of figures blocked their way.

"Who are you?" Xiao Yan looked at the other party, feeling that the other party's aura was stronger than his own, and frowned.

"Xiao Yanzi, they are from the Sand Mercenary Group, led by their leader Rob, who is at the Grand Fighter level."

The one who spoke was Xiao Yan's elder brother Xiao Ding, who was also the leader of the Motie Mercenary Group.

However, just as the few people were confronting each other, Tong Rui also calmed down.

"So what do you want to do?" Xiao Yan felt more confident when he saw that Tong Rui had recovered.

"Nothing, I just want to know what this little brother has gained down there. After all, we are all from the mercenary group, so it's not good to tear each other apart."

"Are you threatening me?" Before Xiao Yan could speak, Tong Rui came out.

With every step he took, Tong Rui's aura was released a little bit, until he reached the front of the Sand Mercenaries, and released his own fighting spirit along with his mental pressure.

Feeling Tong Rui's momentum, Rob's face turned pale, and he suddenly felt a little breathless and fell to his knees.

Behind him, some people with weaker willpower even fainted.

"No, no, sir, we, we dare not, please, please, spare me."

Rob felt Tong Rui's Dou Ling-level strength and his overwhelming aura, and begged for mercy breathlessly.

After hearing this, Tong Rui looked at Xiao Yan behind him. Xiao Yan was stunned, then looked at Xiao Ding beside him.

Xiao Dinghe glanced at Rob, then at Tong Rui and Xiao Yan. His eyes were full of shock and confusion, as if asking: Is it okay?
Xiao Yan glanced at Tong Rui who had been looking at him, nodded, then looked at Xiao Ding and said, "Do whatever you want, big brother."

Xiao Ding nodded when he heard this, looked at the people behind him, and took the lead to walk up
In the spacious hall, Xiao Yan and his companions were sitting there, while the other members of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group began to sort out the spoils from destroying the Sand Mercenary Group.

Occasionally, some mercenaries would pass by the living room and cast a awed look at the young man who was sitting at the table, sipping tea with a warm smile on his face.

Holding the warm cup of tea, Tong Rui glanced at the busy mercenaries outside.

Xiao Yan first asked about Tong Rui's physical condition, then smiled and asked, "Ah Xing, your strength has really improved by leaps and bounds. You didn't encounter any danger down there, did you?"

After hearing Xiao Yan's question, Tong Rui pondered for a while, as if he was organizing his words. After a long while, he slowly said, "There is no danger down there. In other words, I received a sect inheritance from ancient times down there. But the herbs and pills inside have all turned to ashes because of the passage of time."

"However, I have basically pulled out all the fresh herbs that are still alive. After all, they are herbs that are tens of thousands of years old. Although I don't know them, they should be quite useful."

"That's a good thing." Xiao Yan said happily.

"This is Mr. Axing." Xiao Ding didn't know what to address him.

"Just call me Axing." Tong Rui said.

"Okay, Brother Xing, you also know the current situation of our Desert Iron Mercenary Group. We need the treasures of the Sand Mercenary Group to improve. Your help to us is undoubtedly a timely help."

Xiao Ding sighed gratefully, paused for a moment, and tentatively said, "How about this, our mercenary group will be responsible for selling these materials, and brother Axing will take 70% of the proceeds, and the remaining 30%. Haha, although it's a bit shameless, we still need this money to subsidize the brothers in the mercenary group. What do you think?"

Tong Rui looked at Xiao Ding and said, "No need, they asked for it themselves. I don't need those things, so you can keep them for yourselves."

After hearing Tong Rui's words, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li looked at each other and winked at Xiao Yan.

Seeing that Tong Rui had no intention of collecting them, Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Brother, just keep them. Ah Xing really doesn't like these things. He is now a fourth-rank alchemist. If you have any precious herbs, you can give them to Ah Xing."

After hearing this, the two brothers Xiao Ding looked at each other with joy on their faces. Then Xiao Ding looked at Tong Rui and said, "Then I will sort it out later and give the herbs to Brother Axing."

Then he said a little embarrassedly: "Well, if Brother Xing is already a fourth-grade alchemist, I have a favor to ask."

"You can come to me to make medicine during this period. Anyway, Xiao Yan and I have something to do recently and need to find a quiet place. If you need to make medicine, just come to me. But don't do it too much."

Hearing Tong Rui's words, Xiao Li said happily: "Great, thank you so much, Brother Xing. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on those brats and won't let them disturb you."

Xiao Yan was confused after hearing this: "We don't want..."

But after seeing Tong Rui blinking at him, he nodded ignorantly.

Of course, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were not the kind of people who didn't understand what was going on. They immediately took him out, closed the door and said, "Then you can discuss whatever you want first. We brothers are still busy sorting out the herbs, so we won't delay you."

After the two of them left, Xiao Yan looked at Tong Rui and asked curiously, "Can you tell me what happened now?"

Tong Rui smiled mysteriously: "Let's go back to the room first."

"You mean, you got two strange fires, and even absorbed one to strengthen the strange fire in your body, and you can also separate a seed fire for me to absorb!"

Seeing Xiao Yan's surprised expression, Tong Rui suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. "That's right, so in the next few days, you should quickly prepare the elixir and take the time to absorb the two strange fires."

"This is really..." Yao Lao's expression was also complicated at this time.

Thinking about how he had risked his life in the snow and ice to obtain a strange fire, and how Tong Rui accidentally entered an unknown space and easily obtained two strange fires, and even if he became stronger in the future, he would be able to infinitely differentiate into sub-fires if he had enough time.

"Thank you so much, Tong Rui. I, I really don't know how to repay you."

Listening to Xiao Yan's words, Tong Rui waved his hands casually and said, "These things are of no use to me anyway. You have been doing your best to help me regain my memory and cultivate my fighting spirit. This is my reward."

"You can't say that, it's still you." Xiao Yan seemed to be hesitant to speak here.

He didn't know how to tell Tong Rui. Should he say that the clothes he was wearing came from Earth and that he and he were from the same hometown?

Yao Lao is still around, and it is not clear what kind of strong man Tong Rui used to be, but he has just accepted the memories of this Douqi Continent. This means that he was probably either possessed by the two of them or he was mentally ill.

Fortunately, Tong Rui looked at Xiao Yan's hesitation and smiled, "Alright, alright, I still have to help your two brothers refine medicine and get familiar with the art of refining medicine. Just practice slowly and come to me when you need to fuse the strange fire."

Tong Rui suddenly remembered something and said to Xiao Yan, "Also, my sub-fire seems to be the 'Three Thousand Flames' ranked ninth on the Different Fire List. You should absorb that different fire first, especially at night. I think I can use the power of the stars to help you."

Xiao Yan nodded after hearing this and said, "I understand. You should stay alert these few days. I have prepared all the herbs. Once Yao Lao refines them, I can absorb them."

After hearing this, Tong Rui nodded and returned to his own yard next door.

Under the close gazes of Tong Rui and Yao Lao, Xiao Yan took out the Three Thousand Flames from his soul.

Now that he had come into close contact with the Three Thousand Flames, Xiao Yan once again clearly felt the shock brought by this strange fire.

The moment the Three Thousand Flames of Fire were taken out, Tong Rui felt the movement of the mother fire in his body, and the stars in the sky became extremely bright, just like the day when Tong Rui first obtained the strange fire.

"Xiao Yan, sink your consciousness into it. I will use the mother fire in my body to help it calm down." Tong Rui's voice rang out while Xiao Yan was secretly shocked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded, stared at the Three Thousand Flames, and immersed his consciousness in them.

Tong Rui looked at Yao Lao, who nodded slightly and flicked his fingers. Suddenly, a faint grey light slowly rose from his fingertips. The grey light circled in the air and then gently fell on the stone surface. The light dissipated, revealing something hidden inside.

This is a gray stone about the size of a thumb. It is as smooth as jade without any flaws. In the heart of the stone, a little light blue light is slowly squirming, like a small insect with vitality.

This is Na Ling, an extremely rare natural resource that can only be dug out with a very small chance from high-level Na Shi.

Then Xiao Yan swallowed the fifth-grade elixir - Blood Lotus Pill. His body suddenly trembled violently and traces of blood kept oozing out from his pores. In just a blink of an eye, Xiao Yan's body was covered with a layer of bright red blood, which looked extremely terrifying.

Soon after the blood appeared, it quickly coagulated and finally formed a bloody stratum corneum. This stratum corneum not only wrapped Xiao Yan's hands and feet, but also completely sealed his eyes.

The blood-colored stratum corneum was like a set of airtight blood-colored armor, protecting Xiao Yan tightly inside.

He slowly stretched out his palm covered with a bloody cuticle. With Tong Rui's help, the fire of the sub-fire was very conspicuous.

His palm was tightly grasping an object that seemed to be solid. Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, endured the burning pain on his palm, slowly pulled his arm out of the blue-purple flame, and swallowed it into his stomach.

As Xiao Yan swallowed the fire, Tong Rui could also sense that the fire was a little restless. Even with Tong Rui's auxiliary control, the heat it emitted was melting the blood film formed by the Blood Lotus Pill in Xiao Yan's meridians.

At the same time, Yao Lao placed a white jade bottle in Xiao Yan's hand and said, "Take the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and then drive it to flow through the meridians in your body to improve each other's proficiency! After the operation is completed, wrap the strange fire with your fighting spirit, drive it to run the route of the Burning Decision, and then devour it!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan quickly grabbed the jade bottle and swallowed the icy spring water inside.

The cold current flowed into his body, and the bone-chilling cold just offset the heat in his body caused by the strange fire. The sudden feeling of comfort made Xiao Yan breathe a sigh of relief, and his originally extremely pale face also smoothed out a lot.

Seeing this, Tong Rui also began to use his mental power to coordinate with the mother fire, guiding the child fire along the direction of Xiao Yan's fighting spirit.

When the blue-purple flame flowed out from one of Xiao Yan's main meridians, the Burning Art finally completed a perfect cycle.

At this moment, Xiao Yan could clearly feel that the connection between his mind and the Three Thousand Flames had become a little more tacit.

When the blue-purple flame passed through the last meridian, Xiao Yan's head, which had been almost numbed by the severe pain, suddenly felt a faint warmth and coolness, which made him regain a lot of calmness.

At this time, the Three Thousand Flames, after passing through the route of the Burning Decree, released extremely destructive high temperatures that suddenly converged slowly. After a moment, the high temperatures were almost completely converged into the lava, the violence faded away, and a hint of gentleness emanated faintly.

Tong Rui also disconnected most of the connections with the Three Thousand Flames, and only a vague feeling allowed Tong Rui to sense the location of the strange fire in Xiao Yan's body.

"Did it succeed..."

Inside the cave, Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan, whose body was still relatively intact, and heaved a sigh of relief. A gratified smile filled his face. He nodded slightly, flicked his fingers, and the tiny Na Ling on the stone surface turned into a gray light and shot straight into Xiao Yan's body.

As the Na Ling entered Xiao Yan's body, in an instant, a dazzling blue-purple flame shield suddenly shot out from Xiao Yan's body and finally wrapped him up. The surging hot blue-purple flames on it blocked out all eyes from outside.

"As long as he completes the step of refining the fire, the next step is to use the Three Thousand Flames to evolve the Burning Technique. With the energy intensity of the Three Thousand Flames, I'm afraid that this Burning Technique should be able to reach the level of a yellow-grade advanced technique, right?" Yao Lao said with a smile.

Tong Rui looked at Xiao Yan, nodded and said: "Although I used a secret method to peel off the fire seed, its energy content is not low when combined with the power of the starry sky. If it really doesn't work, don't we still have another fire seed?"

"Hehe, it's really a blessing for Xiao Yanzi to meet you."

Listening to Yao Lao's sigh, Tong Rui smiled, but then felt that there was something wrong with what he said, so he didn't say anything and continued to watch Xiao Yan barbecue.

(End of this chapter)