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Afterward, Lin Feng carefully observed the condition of the pill for a while, then quickly stored it into a high-quality jade bottle.
"Hehe, from now on, I'm also a sixth-tier alchemist."
Looking at the jade bottle in his hand, Lin Feng grinned and laughed.
Advancing from fifth-tier to sixth-tier was a major hurdle on the path of an alchemist.
Most alchemists, even those with good talent, would stumble before this hurdle and be unable to break through for life.
Even someone like Lin Feng, whose alchemy talent ranked among the top in the Northwestern Region, had only managed to break through today — relying on massive resources and a year and a half of hard accumulation.
Walking out of the alchemy room, Lin Feng looked up at the bright moon hanging in the sky and realized it was already deep into the night, so he headed toward his bedroom.
"You still know to come back? You spent the whole day holed up in the alchemy room."
As Lin Feng pushed the door open, Medusa, who was lying sideways on the bed, let out a soft hum, her tone somewhat unhappy.
After all, this guy had taken her body last night, and the very next day he disappeared for an entire day.
How could she not be angry?
"Hehe, Sasa, wasn't I refining a Soul Mending Pill for you?"
As he spoke, Lin Feng walked toward the bed, taking out the freshly refined pill from his storage ring and handing it to her.
"Oh? You've advanced to a sixth-tier alchemist?"
Taking the jade bottle, Medusa poured out the pill.
Instantly, a rich, faint blue pill fragrance spread through the entire bedroom.
"Something like that. I can now refine some low-level sixth-tier pills, but the success rate is still pretty low."
Sitting down on the bed, Lin Feng scooped Medusa into his arms, placing her on his lap.
Then he said softly, "You should take this pill tomorrow. In current situation, it is estimated that it won't be long before the Fallen Heart Flame breaks through the seal."
As he spoke, Lin Feng gazed at Medusa's perfectly flat and taut stomach, secretly thinking to himself:
"Little one, right now is when I desperately need a Dou Zong trump card.
You'll have to endure for a while. Once your master succeeds, you'll be able to come out again."
In his memories, in the original story, the little one seemed capable of attaching itself to Medusa's descendants.
For now, he could only let Xiao Cai suffer a bit.
As long as he succeeded in "creating a person," Xiao Cai would soon be free.
"Mm."
Medusa nodded slightly, then stored the pill into her storage ring.
Looking at Lin Feng in front of her, she said charmingly:
"Since you refined it for me, tonight I'll reward you."
With that, she pushed Lin Feng down onto the bed and climbed on top of him.
The next day, after Lin Feng and the little one spent the entire morning together, Medusa swallowed the Soul Mending Pill.
With the pill's help, Medusa successfully solved the problem of her body's control.
Afterward, with Zi Yan's help, Lin Feng successfully re-entered the Inner Academy.
"Tomorrow is the Inner Academy Competition. What do you say, interested in going to watch?"
Zi Yan tilted her head slightly, looking up at Lin Feng and asking.
"Forget it. The Inner Academy Competition will definitely have a lot of Elders present.
It's not really suitable for me to show up.
I'd better behave and go cultivate inside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower."
Shaking his head, Lin Feng said helplessly.
"You're already at the peak of Dou Wang. Even if you go there, you wouldn't improve much anymore, unless you cultivate on the ninth floor.
But only Inner Academy Elders are allowed to go there — I can't help you with that either."
Zi Yan casually grabbed a handful of pills and tossed them into her mouth, speaking unclearly.
"Even though it's not as good as before, it's still better than cultivating outside." Lin Feng smiled lightly. However, he hadn't yet told Zi Yan about his plan to seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
After all, he had no way to explain how he knew there was a second Fallen Heart Flame hidden below.
The probability of two Heavenly Flames existing in one place was unbelievably low — so low that no one would even think about it.
Moreover, Zi Yan had deep feelings for the Inner Academy too.
Normally, he was allowed into the Inner Academy to cultivate only because he had no hostility toward it.
Otherwise, Zi Yan would never have let him enter the Inner Academy.
"Alright then, you can train in the tower. I'm going into the mountains to find some medicinal herbs. I'm almost out of pills," Zi Yan said.
After speaking, she unfurled her wings and flew toward the depths of the Inner Academy's forests.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng headed toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
In his memory, the Fallen Heart Flame was supposed to break out of the tower just a few days after the Inner Academy Competition ended.
During such a critical period, he naturally needed to stay quietly inside the tower, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
"This place is even more unbearable than the Tagore Desert," he muttered.
As Lin Feng stepped inside, Medusa, who had taken the form of a Heaven Swallowing Python, immediately slithered out.
For a race that favored cold and yin energy like hers, this place—where fire-attribute Dou Qi was extremely dense—was utterly loathsome.
"Just bear with it a little longer. Judging by the current situation, it shouldn't be long before the Fallen Heart Flame breaks free. Once we obtain the Heavenly Flame, we'll leave the Inner Academy immediately," Lin Feng said, pulling her into his arms.
After thinking for a moment, he added, "In about a year or so, we'll return to the Jia Ma Empire. Then, I'll refine some pills to strengthen your Snake-People Clan. With that, the Snake-People can leave the Tagore Desert and find a more suitable place to live."
"Mm," Medusa responded softly, burying her head in his chest.
Gently stroking her fragrant back, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel emotional at how much Medusa's attitude had changed after they confirmed their relationship.
On the Dou Qi Continent, it was often said that once a magic beast recognized someone, they would never easily betray them. It seemed that saying was indeed true.
While Lin Feng was tenderly whispering sweet nothings here, Xiao Yan, who was participating in the Inner Academy Competition, was fighting desperately against Liu Qing.
After all, the top ten finishers of this competition would have the chance to descend to the bottom of the tower to undergo body tempering with the Heart Flame.
If they could endure it, they would earn a ticket straight to the Dou Wang realm.
Who among the students of the Inner Academy wouldn't want such an opportunity?
However, with such rare slots, it was inevitable that they had to fight fiercely to claim one.
This time, Xiao Yan was struggling especially hard because he didn't have the boost from the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change or an actual Heavenly Flame.
If his little girlfriend hadn't given him a scroll of a Low-Grade Earth Class movement Dou Technique, he would have already lost, given his mere two-star Dou Ling strength.
Of course, Yao Chen had also given him a movement technique scroll, but because Yao Chen had never paid much attention to such techniques before, the one he provided was only a High-grade Black Class technique.
After Ling Ying recounted the full story of the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Xun'er had also deduced that the reason her Brother Xiao Yan had lost to Nalan Yanran was largely due to speed.
He couldn't dodge the energy shockwaves like Nalan Yanran could with her movement technique.
So, she urgently instructed her subordinates to acquire a Low-Grade Earth Class movement technique from elsewhere and sent it to her Brother Xiao Yan.
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