Looking at the bewildered Ling Xiao, Lin Xiao nodded and smiled, “With the fire vine sap and the seventh-tier primary spirit core, we can refine a seventh-tier primary pill, the Fire Emperor Pill.”
“The Fire Emperor Pill has a seventy to eighty percent chance of allowing a Martial Emperor with a fire attribute talent, or a physique similar to the Heavenly Flame Emperor Tiger, to break through one level.”
In truth, this was a conservative estimate by Lin Xiao. With the Heaven-Devouring Spirit Emperor’s alchemy methods, a Martial Emperor with the Heavenly Flame Emperor Tiger physique could almost certainly break through by refining the Fire Emperor Pill.
However, even with his familiarity with the Heaven-Devouring Spirit Emperor’s alchemy methods and experience, Lin Xiao had never refined it himself. The seventy to eighty percent chance referred to his likelihood of successfully producing a high-quality Fire Emperor Pill.
Hearing Lin Xiao’s words, Ling Xiao’s heart surged with excitement, “You, you mean these two materials can be refined into a pill that will help me break through?”
Lin Xiao nodded confidently.
Ling Xiao was overjoyed, but then he recalled that a seventh-tier pill required at least a seventh-tier primary spirit controller to refine. His excitement waned, “But a seventh-tier primary pill would need a seventh-tier primary spirit controller, wouldn’t it? Where can I find one?”
There wasn’t a single seventh-tier spirit controller in the entire Southeast Region. Even with the materials for a seventh-tier pill, it was useless.
Otherwise, the Martial Emperors of the Southeast Region wouldn’t be limited to low and mid-tier cultivation.
Having the materials but being unable to refine the pill was even more frustrating.
“No need for a seventh-tier spirit controller,” Lin Xiao shook his head, smiling, “I can do it.”
“You can refine it?” Ling Xiao was stunned.
“That’s right. My spiritual power has broken through to the sixth-tier mid-level, and my spiritual combat strength has reached the level of a seventh-tier primary spirit controller. With my spiritual ability, there’s a good chance I can refine a seventh-tier primary pill,” Lin Xiao nodded confidently.
“What? Your spiritual power has reached the sixth-tier mid-level? And your combat strength matches a seventh-tier primary spirit controller?” Ling Xiao was dumbfounded, his face full of shock.
Sixth-tier spirit controllers were rare in the Southeast Region, and mid-to-high sixth-tier spirit controllers were even scarcer.
At Lin Xiao’s age, reaching the sixth-tier mid-level was astounding.
Moreover, breaking through from the fifth-tier high-level to the sixth-tier mid-level in just over a month—how did he do it?
Beyond that, at twenty years old, not only had he reached the sixth-tier mid-level spirit controller level, but his spiritual power was strong enough to rival a seventh-tier primary spirit controller.
This was simply unbelievable.
Add to that his sixth-level Martial Lord origin force, capable of killing a second-level Martial Emperor, and both his origin and spiritual powers rivaling Martial Emperors. With such exceptional talent in both, he was a once-in-a-millennium genius.
“No wonder, no wonder your spiritual energy attack was so terrifying!” Recalling Lin Xiao’s earlier energy attack, Ling Xiao finally understood, exclaiming in awe.
Lin Xiao nodded, “However, after unleashing that attack, my spiritual power is depleted, and my origin force is nearly exhausted. That’s why I let the Emperor Assailants leave.”
Ling Xiao understood. No wonder Lin Xiao let them go. His spiritual and origin forces were nearly spent.
Otherwise, with Lin Xiao’s decisive nature, he would never miss a chance to strike his enemies.
“Let’s leave this place first. Once my spiritual power recovers, I’ll refine the Fire Emperor Pill. It should take one or two days to succeed. Refining the Fire Emperor Pill will likely take a few days. After you break through, we’ll return to the Lingjian Sect. By then, even if Emperor Sheng sides with the Lingjian Sect, they won’t be able to touch us,” Lin Xiao said.
“A breakthrough in a few days,” Ling Xiao grew excited again.
He had entered the Martial Emperor realm by a stroke of luck. Though he later broke through one level in half a year due to an opportunity in the Sacred Emperor Ruins, it was fast.
Without further opportunities, relying solely on his own cultivation, who knew how long it would take to break through again.
His current combat strength, at the second-level Martial Emperor, could rival a third-level Martial Emperor. If he broke through another level, he could face a fourth-level Martial Emperor. In the current situation, this would be immensely beneficial.
“Lin Xiao, I’ll remember this great favour,” Ling Xiao wasn’t one for pretence. Though the pill was precious, it was most suited for him, and now wasn’t the time to refuse.
“Ling Uncle, you’re Ling Hu’s father. It’s only right. Besides, the gift you brought from the Sacred Emperor Ruins is worth more than this pill,” Lin Xiao said.
In terms of benefits, what he offered paled compared to what Ling Xiao had given him.
Especially the corpse spirit flower from the Sacred Emperor Ruins, which could make a corpse puppet break through an entire realm, far outweighed a pill that allowed a Martial Emperor to advance one level.
“That’s nothing. The corpse spirit flower was useless to me,” Ling Xiao said, a bit embarrassed at the mention of Ling Hu. “By the way, I forgot to mention. Don’t call me Senior anymore. Call me Ling Uncle.”
When they first met at the Jin family during his Martial Emperor breakthrough, and in their few subsequent meetings, Ling Xiao hadn’t paid much attention to formalities or how Lin Xiao addressed him.
Now, accepting such a significant gift from Lin Xiao while still being called Senior felt awkward.
Lin Xiao smiled and corrected himself, “Ling Uncle.”
Ling Xiao nodded with a smile, “Let’s leave this place.”
Lin Xiao nodded, cut some branches from the fire vine, and crafted a large wooden bucket to hold all the sap from the fire vine’s disc-shaped roots before departing.
Though taking the sap would harm the fire vine, Lin Xiao didn’t uproot it, leaving it a chance to recover. In a few years, the sap would reappear.
Two days after leaving the fire vine’s location, Lin Xiao and Ling Xiao arrived at a secluded valley.
Before a row of strange rocks by a hidden crevice, Lin Xiao took out the rhinoceros tapir’s corpse. Using his Yaoguang Broken Sword, he carefully cut open its head and extracted the spirit core.
Then, he took out the bucket of fire vine sap, placed it before him, took a deep breath, and sat cross-legged.
The purple corpse puppet and Ling Xiao stood on either side of him to guard against any surprises.
By now, Lin Xiao’s spiritual power had recovered. With a thought, he controlled the bucket of fire vine sap, lifting it into the air.
He then activated his spiritual ability.
With three types of spiritual abilities fused in his mind, he could unleash their combined energy or use each attribute separately.
To avoid overly intense flames, Lin Xiao only activated the green flame energy.
For refining a seventh-tier spirit core and fire vine sap, this reduced the risk of failure.
After all, it was his first time refining this pill.
Seeing Lin Xiao begin, Ling Xiao’s eyes lit up with anticipation.
If this breakthrough succeeded, with Lin Xiao’s current strength, they’d have a stronger position against both the Lingjian Sect and the Emperor Assailants.
If he reached the third-level Martial Emperor, he’d be close to the Southeast Region’s peak. Even in a major clash between the two alliances, they wouldn’t be so passive.
All sorts of excited thoughts swirled in Ling Xiao’s mind.
