Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 218 The Adventures of Little Carp
The next day, the flying boat of the Tower of Babel left Tianqing City. The changes in Xia Yan, the only son of Xia Jie Dan Zun, made many people curious. Among them, Master Lingquan of Qingming Chamber of Commerce was the person who knew the truth best in Tianqing City.

"This Xia Yan, it seems, completed his transformation through this 'Taotie Pill'. Master Kikyo should have also come into contact with this wandering pill master... Do you know about the Taotie Pill that this wandering pill master sells?"

He looked at the bald old man who was half-kneeling in front of him with sweat all over his forehead.

“Your Excellency, I know, I know, but I am not an alchemist and did not know that this Taotie Pill has such miraculous effects. If I knew, I would have reported it to the Chamber of Commerce long ago…”

"I don't blame you." Lingquan Zun said slowly: "You just said that he called his master a fifth-grade alchemist, also known as Fire Dragon Alchemist?"

"If that's the case, this elixir should not be created by him, but by his master. Although a third-grade alchemist in the foundation-building stage is good, he can't create such an elixir."

"Interesting, who is this Fire Dragon Alchemist? I have never heard of him. Could it be that he is not a human alchemist, but a demon beast?" Venerable Lingquan pondered.

Although the monster clan is not good at skills such as refining medicine and refining weapons, this only applies to the majority of them, but there are always a small number of outliers.

Some monsters are even better than humans in some immortal cultivation techniques, such as the spirit brewing technique of some monkey monsters...

In short, the title of Fire Dragon Venerable does not sound like a human.

He really didn't know much about the alchemists of the monster clan.

"Go and have a look."

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"Master!"

On Lin Jing's side, after Master Platycodon, Wuming Dan Pavilion welcomed another distinguished guest.

Although this person did not show his cultivation level, Lin Jing's special perception of the soul... that is, the power of the primordial spirit, and his keen instinct like a wild beast told him that this was definitely not an ordinary old man, but at least a powerful person who had reached the state of transformation of spirits!
An old man in a luxurious blue robe walked into the Dan Pavilion. Lin Jing immediately stood up and guessed the other party's identity.

"Are you Senior Ling Quan from Qingming Chamber of Commerce?" He simply saluted.

"Little guy, you recognized me. Don't be nervous. I'm just interested in the Taotie Pill you sell here. Is this pill created by you?" Venerable Lingquan walked closer to the Taotie Pill, took a few glances at it, and felt it was amazing.

Lin Jing shook his head and said, "Senior, I made the elixirs here, but the recipe and refining method of the Taotie Pill were created by my master, the Fire Dragon Pill Master, and passed on to me..."

"This is the fire of the strange fire 'Crystal Flame'. I wonder how much of your Taotie Pills it can be exchanged for?" Venerable Lingquan stretched out his hand, and a transparent container with blue flames floating inside appeared.

"Crystal flame?!" Lin Jing licked his lips. It was a high-level exotic fire!

The quality of flames can be roughly divided into "ordinary fire", "ordinary spiritual fire", "high-level exotic fire" and "top-level exotic fire" from low to high.

Ordinary fire is the mortal fire that does not involve spiritual power, while ordinary spiritual fire is the most common fire transformed by cultivators through true energy and true essence!

Some basic and common fire spells, such as fireball, are made up of ordinary spiritual fire.

Starting from the high-level strange fire, it is relatively rare. It requires special skills and secret methods to cultivate, or it can be born in some precious land.

Some large sects that specialize in alchemy or fire magic usually have secret techniques to cultivate high-level exotic fire. For example, the purple alchemy fire of Zi Ling'er, the alchemist of Dragon Palace, is a high-level flame of the Danding Sect.

This quality of flame can be used all the way to the Nascent Soul stage without any problem. It is the mainstream in the world of immortal cultivation and has many effects. The healing lotus heart flame obtained by Longli through the Holy Fire Lotus also belongs to this level.

As for the top-level exotic fire, it is even harder to come by. For example, the Dragon Scale Fire of the Fire Scale Dragon, as a top-level beast fire, is actually also a kind of top-level exotic fire, which comes from its bloodline inheritance.

However, this top-level beast fire is different from the top-level strange fire that was born from heaven and earth and has infinite power from the beginning. It is not at its full power from the beginning, but a fire that has the potential to grow to top-level quality. Its power will increase with the increase of the monster's bloodline level.

When the Fire Scale Dragon King bloodline was used to activate the beast fire, and now when the Emperor bloodline was used to activate the beast fire, even if the power consumed was the same, the power displayed by the latter was far greater than the former.

The same is true for the Netherworld Ghost Fire, which is actually also a top-level exotic fire. However, like the Beast Fire, this ghost fire is also quite special. It also does not have the highest power at the beginning, but rather lies in its growth potential.

The Netherworld Ghost Fire needs to burn and absorb souls to improve its grade. The more souls it burns, the stronger its power will be. Therefore... in order to improve the art of the Netherworld Ghost Fire, the evil cultivators in the Netherworld Palace have destroyed the souls of many cultivators.

Since Lin Jing and Long Li are good people, their Netherworld Ghost Fire Technique is still far from reaching the quality of top-level exotic fire.

On weekdays, it’s just to roast the souls of mosquitoes.

Compared with the best quality human soul, the soul of this mentally retarded mosquito can't really bring any improvement to the will-o'-the-wisp.

And this crystal flame, as a kind of high-level exotic fire, is enough to make Lin Jing excited. If he remembered correctly, the effect of the crystal flame is to resist "water"!
The five elements are mutually generated and restrained. When the difference in cultivation levels is not much, a cultivator who majors in water magic will have an overwhelming advantage in battle against a cultivator who majors in fire magic.

However, this crystal flame is very special. It is not afraid of water magic. When the whole body is wrapped with the crystal flame, it can even allow oneself to dive into the water and move freely like a water beast, just like the water escape technique.

"This is good." Lin Jing's little carp had never properly swam in the water since it was a child. He even doubted whether it could go to the sea after it turned into a dragon from a carp...

If I refine this crystal flame, it shouldn't be a problem.

but……

"Senior, the number of Taotie Pills I have right now may not be enough to exchange for this crystal flame. If you don't mind, can you allow me to prepare it for a little longer?"

Although Lin Jing wanted to exchange it immediately, due to the two distinguished guests Xia Yan and Jie Geng, their Taotie Pills... were already out of stock.

"No problem." Venerable Lingquan threw the crystal flame to Lin Jing and turned to leave.

"When you have finished refining, send the elixir to Qingming Pavilion. I will be waiting for you there."

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After Venerable Lingquan left, Lin Jing let out a long sigh, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly. Fortunately, Venerable Lingquan did not see that he was an illusion...

He casually threw the crystal flame seed into the Zen staff, and the Fire Scale Dragon refined it instantly and burped. Seeing this, Lin Jing sensed that if it could refine another high-level exotic fire, it might have reached the limit of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Come out, and refine two kinds of strange fire in succession. It is difficult to consolidate your strength by refining pills alone, which is not conducive to your next pill formation."

"We'll let you go out now to hone your strength. We'll then refine the 'fake pill'. We're missing the 'demon pill' as an auxiliary ingredient in the pill refining process. The price of the demon pill is very high, so we'd better go hunting on our own."

"This task is now handed over to you. Outside Tianqing City, in the Sunset Mountains, there are many hunting grounds for independent cultivators. Remember to give priority to hunting fire-type monsters. If you encounter danger, activate this 'Fire Dragon Ball'. It contains the Fire Dragon Magic Power of the peak level of the Incarnation Realm that I have imprinted on it..." Lin Jing began to arrange the adventure for the little carp. Compared to refining the pill, it seemed that it was indeed more interested in obtaining the monster pill.

(End of this chapter)