Chapter 41: Soul Flame

Chapter 41: Soul Flame

Lingering deep within his soul, Gu He saw the flicker of the purple flame, and his face lit up with excitement.

It worked!

He successfully condensed his Essence Flame!

The first step in practicing the Divine Fire Technique is to condense one's own Essence Flame.

The sign of successful condensation of the Essence Flame is integrating the flame into the soul.

Now, the purple flame deep within his soul belonged to Gu He's Essence Flame.

With a look of excitement on his face, Gu He eagerly wanted to demonstrate the power of his Essence Flame.

With a thought, Gu He urged the purple flame deep within his soul.

In the next moment, Gu He's soul power surged, sweeping toward the table in the alchemy room. As the purple flame flickered in his eyes, the table in the room was instantly engulfed in roaring purple flames.

Under the burning of Gu He's Essence Flame, the table quickly turned into a pile of ashes.

Seeing this, Gu He's eyes were filled with excitement.

The technique he just demonstrated is called Soul Flame.

After successfully condensing his Essence Flame, because the Essence Flame is integrated into his soul, Gu He's soul power also contains the power of the Essence Flame.

From now on, wherever Gu He's soul power reaches, with just a thought, it can instantly turn into a sea of fire.

This is the terrifying power of the Soul Flame!

In the future, as Gu He's Essence Flame devours other flames and grows stronger, the power of the Soul Flame will become even more terrifying.

Wherever the soul reaches, there will be a sea of fire!

This is no exaggeration at all!

From now on, when facing opponents of the same level, Gu He wouldn't even need to make a move.

He could just stand from afar, give a cold look, and instantly engulf the opponent in roaring flames.

Thinking of this scene, Gu He couldn't help but smile slightly.

This Soul Flame, when used, seems quite impressive.

It certainly adds a lot of flair.

Moreover, with the Essence Flame residing deep in his soul, whether using soul attacks or facing soul attacks from others, Gu He would be utterly fearless.

If anyone dares to use a soul attack on Gu He, they would surely be counterattacked by the Essence Flame residing deep in his soul.

The feeling of having one's soul burned by the Essence Flame is not pleasant at all, and Gu He has experienced this firsthand.

Next, Gu He began to test the other functions of his Essence Flame.

He slowly closed his eyes and directly activated the Essence Flame.

Then, the Essence Flame deep within his soul suddenly emitted a dazzling purple light, and a powerful suction force instantly emanated from Gu He, pulling the surrounding energy madly into his body.

Accelerating cultivation speed!

This is another function of the Essence Flame. It can autonomously attract energy and absorb it into the host's body.

This means that in the future, Gu He wouldn't even need to consciously cultivate. This Essence Flame already possesses the ability to autonomously cultivate.

And as the Essence Flame grows stronger in the future, this autonomous cultivation speed will also increase.

Eventually, it might reach a point where Gu He could wake up after a night's sleep to find himself having unknowingly broken through to the next level.

Thinking of this ability, Gu He couldn't help but think of the Fallen Heart Flame from the original story.

After refining the Fallen Heart Flame, the Dou Qi (Battle Qi) could be continuously tempered by the Heart Flame, accelerating one's cultivation.

Therefore, the Fallen Heart Flame is also known as a cheat for cultivation.

However, compared to the Fallen Heart Flame, the function of Gu He's Essence Flame is obviously greater.

After all, the Essence Flame can grant Gu He the ability to autonomously cultivate, such a heaven-defying ability is truly a real cheat for cultivation.

Moreover, as the Essence Flame grows stronger in the future, this cheat's effect will become more and more remarkable.

Then, Gu He continued to test the many wonderful uses of his Essence Flame.

Afterward, Gu He was astonished to find that although he had just broken through to the Four-Star Dou Emperor level, his Dou Qi within was still somewhat unstable.

But now, after the exotic fire entered his body, Gu He was surprised to find that his cultivation had completely stabilized.

In the Divine Fire Technique, there is a chapter on Body Tempering with Divine Fire, which uses the Essence Flame for tempering.

This tempering range is vast, including blood, muscles, bones, and Dou Qi, all having strong tempering effects.

With this Body Tempering chapter, in the future, when Gu He's cultivation rapidly increases, he would no longer need to worry about the instability of his Dou Qi.

"I wonder how effective this Essence Flame will be for alchemy?"

With a hint of anticipation in his eyes, Gu He had a thought, and a golden cauldron, the size of a table, suddenly appeared in the alchemy room.

The golden cauldron was quite robust, with a thick aura faintly swirling around it. On the surface of the cauldron were lifelike dragon totems, which seemed almost real as the cauldron slowly rotated.

This golden cauldron was the Dragon Soul Cauldron.

Using the Dragon Soul Cauldron for alchemy for the first time, Gu He felt slightly expectant.

This Dragon Soul Cauldron, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Cauldron List, what mysteries does it hold?

With a slight shake of his hand, the purple flame quickly wrapped around his palm, and he gently pressed his hand against a diamond-shaped fire port on the golden cauldron. With a flick of his finger, the purple flame swirled inside the cauldron.

Then, Gu He brushed his ring, and one by one, medicinal herbs were grasped in his hand and then all thrown into the cauldron.

As his hand left the cauldron, Gu He's face was calm. His white hand suddenly moved swiftly, as if picking flowers and plucking leaves, and with the flick of his fingers, the blazing purple flames inside the golden cauldron obediently divided into dozens of small flames, wrapping around the herbs thrown in.

"Using the Essence Flame is indeed much smoother than before."

Seeing this scene, Gu He's lips curved into a satisfied smile.

In the quiet alchemy room, the purple flames danced enchantingly, with a faint medicinal fragrance permeating the air.

The pill Gu He was currently refining was called Dou Spirit Pill.

This was commissioned by an elder of the Yun Lan Sect some time ago.

As an honorary elder of the Yun Lan Sect, Gu He enjoyed many benefits provided by the sect.

However, he naturally had to fulfill corresponding obligations as well.

Gu He's obligation was to refine high-grade pills for the upper echelons of the Yun Lan Sect.

The Dou Spirit Pill he was refining now was a sixth-grade pill.

The effect of this pill is to forcibly elevate a Dou King-level warrior by one star level!

However, it comes with a high resistance; a Dou King can only consume one Dou Spirit Pill in their lifetime!

This Dou Spirit Pill was specifically commissioned by an elder who had been stuck at a bottleneck for years and was unable to break through.

Of course, in the world of alchemy, when requesting an alchemist to refine a pill, one must provide double the ingredients.

Moreover, alchemy has a failure rate, and if the alchemist fails, they bear no responsibility.

In the past, Gu He only had a fifty percent success rate when refining sixth-grade pills.

It often took two sets of materials to successfully produce the pill.

But now, with the Essence Flame, he had much better control over the flames, and with the aid of the Dragon Soul Cauldron, he was confident that he had an eighty percent success rate in refining sixth-grade pills.

This way, he could save one set of materials for himself.

This was a common unspoken rule in the world of alchemy. The reason alchemists were often incredibly wealthy was closely tied to this rule.

In the tidy room, the golden cauldron rotated slowly in mid-air, with the purple flames churning violently within.

As the golden cauldron rotated, waves of tiny energy ripples continuously emanated from its surroundings, spreading outwards in a circular pattern. These ripples quietly dissipated upon reaching the walls.

Inside the cauldron, a light yellow pill the size of a thumb slowly took shape under the flames' roasting. At a certain moment, a rich yellow medicinal fragrance suddenly wafted out, filling the room and lingering for a long time.

Seeing the almost fully formed pill, Gu He nodded slightly. After a moment of contemplation, he waved his hand, and the purple flames in the cauldron suddenly surged, instantly engulfing the yellow pill completely, starting the final intense burning.

The purple flames blazed for just a blink before quickly dying down. With the flames extinguished, a thumb-sized, translucent yellow pill with a faint luster appeared, spinning gently in the cauldron.

At the moment the yellow pill appeared, a fierce energy ripple burst out from it. Although the golden cauldron intercepted part of this ripple, the rest still seeped out and surged in all directions. If left unchecked, it would cause some damage to the alchemy room, though not collapse it.

Casually glancing at the rapidly spreading energy ripple, Gu He waved his hand, and an invisible soul energy quickly formed a transparent energy shield in the room.

As the energy ripple collided with the soul shield, waves of ripples spread across the shield like stones thrown into a lake.

The ripples gradually subsided, and after a moment, they completely disappeared.

Once the final ripple faded, Gu He withdrew the soul shield. With a beckon of his hand, the yellow Dou Spirit Pill was expelled from the cauldron and obediently fell into his palm.

Holding the yellow pill, Gu He examined it carefully, nodding slightly. The quality of this pill was indeed much better than before.

The Dragon Soul Cauldron and the Essence Flame had significantly enhanced Gu He's abilities.

Not only did they increase the pill success rate, but they also improved the quality of the pills.

Moreover, Gu He noticed that the time taken to refine the pill was considerably shorter.

In the past, using the Red Serpent Cauldron, it would take him almost an entire day to refine a sixth-grade pill.

But this time, refining the Dou Spirit Pill took less than half a day.

Generally, alchemy cauldrons provide some enhancement to alchemists, but the effect is often quite subtle.

A good cauldron could reduce refining time by a couple of hours for a day-long process.

The Red Serpent Cauldron Gu He used previously could at most save an hour. Comparing the two, Gu He increasingly appreciated the exceptional quality of the Dragon Soul Cauldron.

"Might as well take advantage and refine the other set of materials too."

"In three days, the Miteer Auction House will hold its event."

"This Dou Spirit Pill will definitely fetch a good price."

(End of Chapter)

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