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Chapter 125 Refining the Azure Lotus Flame Seed and Reaching the Sixth Level of Qi Refining (Please Subscribe)
When he got home, his parents were not home. Zhou Ling closed the door, sat down on the wooden bed, and took out the pill bottle and the wooden bottle from his storage bag.

Next, Zhou Ling took out the Azure Lotus Flame.

[Your Beast Flame and Five Elements Spirit Flame absorb the earth's fire energy, Five Elements Qi-Eating Spirit Flame +1, Beast Flame and Five Elements Spirit Flame grade +1]

[Your Beast Flame absorbs the earth's fire energy, Five Elements Qi-Eating Spirit Fire +1, Haoyang Fusion Technique Proficiency +1]

Even though the Azure Lotus Flame was sealed, a scorching aura rushed towards him, making Chen Ling feel his breath catch in his throat.

The immense pressure from the Heavenly Fire!
Undoubtedly revealed.

Zhou Ling even felt that the Azure Lotus Flame seemed to be devouring the spiritual flame within his body.

Through the seal, he could see a faint blue flame inside, shaped like a blue lotus, as if it were in a deep sleep.

But it constantly changes its form, sometimes rising, sometimes blooming, as if it has a spirit.

"The Azure Lotus Flame is a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, born from the combination of the essence and rules of heaven and earth, and is extremely rare."

"And to be able to seal it when it is still a spark requires an extremely rare opportunity."

"After all, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame belongs to a high-level creature in the world and has its own unique attributes. Once it grows to the second or third grade, the difficulty of refining it will increase many times over."

"Moreover, this kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame could explode at any time, which is too dangerous!"

Zhou Ling pondered the instructions his master had given him when introducing the Azure Lotus Flame.

His gaze was fixed on the Azure Lotus Flame on his right hand, which shimmered with a faint blue light. This was his only hope for rapidly improving his cultivation.

If it were the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, he wouldn't be able to fuse with it at all right now, but this Azure Lotus Fire Seed is just right for his current cultivation technique and level of cultivation.

Then, their gazes turned to the Blood Lotus Fusion Pill and the True Cloud Spirit Spring.

The former assists in the fusion of the fire seed and protects the body's flesh and meridians, while the latter protects the divine consciousness.

Then, Zhou Ling first circulated the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique," allowing his meridians to be enveloped in spiritual energy.

He then directly swallowed the Blood Lotus Fire-Melting Pill, and the medicinal power of the pill was dissolved by his magic power.

Zhou Ling opened the wooden bottle again and drank the True Cloud Spirit Spring inside.

Instantly, a refreshing and sweet sensation rushed down his throat, and a cool and soothing feeling enveloped his entire body, making him feel invigorated.

Then, without hesitation, he activated the seal on the Azure Lotus Flame.

An intensely hot and powerful aura immediately emanated from the area.

It made a buzzing sound, like warm water suddenly igniting and exploding.

Immediately, the sealed jade cracked open, and a fist-sized blue flame shot out.

At this moment, it seemed to awaken suddenly, struggling to break free from the seal.

As Zhou Ling rapidly activated the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique," forming cultivation hand seals, he also activated the Haoyang Fusion Fire Technique.

The Azure Lotus Flame, which had just broken free from its seal, suddenly felt a violent suction force.

It then transformed into wisps of flame, which traveled along Zhou Ling's meridians and were absorbed into his body.

Instantly, azure flames erupted within the meridians, and the original spiritual energy rapidly dissipated.

At the same time, intense, sharp pains spread through Zhou Ling's meridians, as if they were about to be torn apart at any moment.

He gritted his teeth, not daring to be distracted in the slightest, and circulated his spiritual power to mobilize the medicinal effects, using all his strength to envelop the blue flames.

In this situation, if the azure spiritual flames suddenly erupt, I will be in danger.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot guarantee the success of this fusion of spiritual flames.

Instantly, the meridians and acupoints, working in conjunction with the medicinal power, began to suppress the azure spiritual flame.

The azure spiritual flames surged and surged throughout the meridians.

Externally, Zhou Ling's body was wreathed in flames.

His body, meridians, and internal organs became extremely hot, as if a fiery sun had suddenly appeared inside him, constantly scorching his body and trying to evaporate it completely.

While rapidly circulating the Haoyang Fusion Fire Technique, Zhou Ling tenaciously resisted the excruciating pain.

Having previously fused with beast flames, he had already anticipated this intense pain.

However, the next moment, the raging flames seemed to spread into his sea of ​​consciousness, and a tearing pain also came from within his sea of ​​consciousness.

It was as if it wanted to incinerate one's divine consciousness.

Fortunately, the True Cloud Spirit Spring nourished him, allowing him to maintain the clarity of his consciousness.

However, the blue flames grew increasingly hot, as if they could burn Zhou Ling into nothingness in the next moment.

[You are absorbing the Azure Lotus Flame Seed. Your resilience increases by 1. Haoyang Fire Fusion Technique proficiency increases by 10. Refining speed increases by 5.]

At this moment, Haoyang's Fire Fusion Technique suddenly began to operate violently, and a golden flame vortex condensed within his meridians.

The golden flame vortex was the size of a fist, as thick and scorching as a golden sun.

The Azure Lotus Flame, which had been recklessly attacking Zhou Ling's meridians, seemed to be suppressed and drawn in by a force.

In an instant, golden flames surged from all parts of his body.

The golden flame vortex spun rapidly, absorbing the violent power of the cyan flame.

Slowly, the golden flames formed a shape resembling a blue lotus seed.

The more flames absorbed by the Azure Lotus Fire Seed, the larger the flames grew.

Time passes slowly.

Zhou Ling seemed to transform into a blazing flame.

His clothes had been completely burned to ashes, leaving only a faint white light shield formed by his black robe.

[You are refining the Azure Lotus Flame Seed. Resilience +1, Refining Speed ​​+3]

[You are refining and absorbing the Azure Lotus Fire Seed, Marrow Cleansing and Root Refinement +1, Spiritual Root Attribute +1]

As the notification sound rang out, Zhou Ling felt a cool sensation within his body, which slightly relieved the indescribable pain throughout his body.

At the same time, the wood-attribute meridians within his body are slowly merging with the Azure Lotus Fire Seed.

After an unknown amount of time, at the very moment when the cyan flame was completely absorbed and fused with the golden flame, the cyan lotus fire flame fully radiated cyan light and merged into the wood-attribute meridian in Zhou Ling's body.

At the same time, a stream of blazing spiritual flames flowed into the meridians.

It transformed into a pure spiritual energy.

puff!
puff!
This spiritual energy flowed through the meridians, instantly opening up the spiritual acupoints within.

One, two, three...

Only after seven spiritual acupoints were opened in succession did this spiritual power slowly flow into the meridians.

At the same time, the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame also transformed into a stream of azure light, flowing slowly within the meridians.

The excruciating pain throughout Zhou Ling's body finally subsided.

"I activated seven acupoints at once and finally reached the sixth level of Qi Refining."

Zhou Ling exhaled and couldn't help but wave excitedly.

Moreover, he felt that the spiritual energy in his body was now more than twice as pure as before.

This means that although he is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining at this moment, his spiritual energy is actually no less than that of an ordinary seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling continued to circulate the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique" and began to try to control the newly refined Azure Lotus Spirit Flame.

As soon as his spiritual energy began to circulate, he unexpectedly discovered that an additional spiritual energy meridian had formed within his body.

It was a water-attribute meridian. After a moment's thought, Zhou Ling understood that this was most likely a meridian that had been formed during the process of refining the Azure Lotus Fire Seed, with the help of the True Cloud Spirit Spring.

Now, of the five elements and meridians, only the earth element is missing.

As the cultivation technique was activated, the faint blue spiritual flames also began to circulate.

Zhou Ling felt a burning yet inexhaustible sensation at this moment. The Azure Lotus Spirit Flame seemed to merge with the little wood-attribute spiritual power in his body, exuding a vibrant and evergreen aura.

Gone was its original ferocity; instead, it exuded a long and deep aura.

After the azure spiritual flame merged with spiritual power, Zhou Ling was able to discover that the operating speed of the "Evergreen Wood Source Technique" had automatically increased.

Zhou Ling was taken aback at first, then overjoyed. He integrated the wood-attribute magic power of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, and its circulation speed increased significantly.

This means that the cultivation speed will increase exponentially, and the wood-attribute spiritual energy in the world will also be absorbed into one's body at a faster rate.

This will undoubtedly be of great help to his cultivation.

Only after confirming that he could fully control the newly condensed Azure Lotus Spirit Flame within his body did Zhou Ling exhale.

He opened his eyes, looked at the mess around him, and shook his head.

This fusion of the Azure Lotus Flame is completely different from the previous Beast Flame.

The beast flame already had his divine imprint on it, so he wouldn't deliberately unleash it.

The Azure Lotus Flame, however, is different. Once it erupts, the entire courtyard may be razed to the ground.

Fortunately, he was wearing a black robe, but at this moment the robe was extremely dim.

The inscriptions on it are damaged to varying degrees.

We'll have to fix it all over again.

"Now that I've reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, it should be enough to ensure that I can enter the top eight in this year's Six Great Dao Academies' practical assessment!"

After calming down, Zhou Ling murmured.

Since he plans to apply to Xuan Yuan Dao Academy this time, his performance in terms of techniques will be even more important.

In terms of actual combat, if they can reach the top eight, there shouldn't be any problems.

With his improved cultivation level and the addition of other methods at his disposal, Zhou Ling now has a great deal of confidence.

"However, we cannot be careless, since most of the people we are facing are from aristocratic families!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

His gaze sharpened slightly. "Let's first see what grade this Azure Lotus Spirit Flame is and what kind of power it possesses."

Then he stretched out his palm, and with a thought, he gently flicked his fingers, accompanied by a crisp, fluttering sound.

A wisp of cyan flame condensed in Zhou Ling's hand.

"Purple-red grade! Excellent!"

Seeing the faint purplish-red light flickering in the center of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, Zhou Ling was overjoyed.

According to Aunt Wang's description of the spirit flame's grade, this Azure Lotus Spirit Flame is actually a Xuan-level spirit flame.

It has the terrifying potential to grow into a fourth-grade or higher spirit flame in the future.

Zhou Ling was extremely excited.

A fourth-grade spirit flame is comparable to the combat power of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"However, apart from its long aura, this Azure Lotus Spirit Flame seems much weaker than the Beast Flame!" Zhou Ling murmured, gazing at the rising azure spirit flame in his hand.

"However, perhaps it's because it's only recently been refined, and its attributes and strength haven't fully materialized yet!"

"No matter what, the power of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame is definitely stronger than that of the Beast Flame, which is a kind of acquired spirit flame!"

"However, for now, it's clear that Beast Flame suits me better!"

"After all, apart from its long aura and ability to cleanse spiritual energy, the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame doesn't seem to have any other uses right now."

"It seems more suitable for Xin'er to refine this spiritual flame for alchemy."

"My expectations are too high. After all, it has only just been fused and may not even be considered a first-grade spirit flame. How much power do I expect it to have!"

Zhou Ling shook his head and then put the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame back into his body.

Beast flames condensed in his palm, now the size of a palm. In the center of the raging flames, there seemed to be a sun the size of a fist, radiating intense heat, with wisps of purplish-red flames flickering within.

"It's also a Xuan-rank flame!"

"I never expected that the Haoyang Bird Demon Core, which is fused with beast flames, would actually be at least fourth-tier."

"How could that be possible in a place like Lingxia Immortal City?"

Zhou Ling felt a surge of joy, but also some doubt.

After all, the chances of encountering a third-tier demonic beast in Lingxia Immortal City are extremely rare, and fourth-tier demonic beasts are almost unheard of.

However, this purplish-red light was significantly dimmer than the light of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame.

Clearly, the quality of the Beast Flame is inferior to that of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame.

Its growth potential is not as good.

However, the beast flame, having fused with the Haoyang Bird Demon Core, is even more effective for Zhou Ling.

The Haoyang Bird's own bloodline talent alone is a huge resource.

After putting away the beast flame, Zhou Ling got up and changed into a clean set of clothes.

After brewing a cup of spiritual tea and taking a few sips, I opened the panel to check the attributes.

[Spiritual Root]: Low-grade of the Five Elements 3/100
[Cultivation Level]: Qi Refining Level 6, 53/100
[Body Refinement]: Tier 1, Level 7, 25/100
[Divine Sense]: First Tier, Eighth Level, 5/100
[Physical Attributes]: Comprehension (outstanding 1720/10,000), Physique (highly promising 63500/100,000)

[Unique Talent]: Resilient to setbacks (Tier 2 850/1000)

【成长天赋】:危机反应（二阶380/1000）、体质进化（三阶9525/一万）、搜山寻宝（三阶2270/一万）、仙人慧根（三阶1973/一万）、中级洞察（四阶22355/十万）、灵气亲和（四阶73500/十万）、狮吼（四阶22330/十万）、天生我才（三阶5270/一万）、中级分析（四阶22218/十万）、精准把控（三阶7836/一万）、灵药应激（二阶438/1000）、御剑（三阶5236/一万）、五行食气异火（二阶703/1000）、妖兽威压（二阶198/1000）、洗髓炼根（一阶1/10）、幻境模拟（二阶301/1000）、神识锻炼（二阶620/1000）、神魂如刀（二阶350/1000）、敛气（二阶315/1000）、复原如初（一阶39/100）、烈阳搬血（一阶31/100）

[Techniques]: Five Elements Qianyang True Technique (Level 1 Entry 33/100), Qinghui Nourishing Spirit Technique (Minor Success 323/1000)

[Techniques]: Great Yang Fist (Level 2 Beginner 30/100), First-Tier Inscription Complete Collection (Mastery 39/100)

Looking at the various data, Zhou Ling had a satisfied look on his face.

That's not easy; her comprehension and physique are already above average.

Then he closed the panel and took out the spirit paper, spirit ink, and spirit pen from the storage bag and arranged them one by one.

He has now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, his spiritual power cultivation has significantly improved, and his divine sense has also reached the eighth level of the first rank.

With his current cultivation level, he should be able to draw the metal-wood composite inscription that He Zijian requested.

Zhou Ling recalled the two matching imprints he had chosen over the past few days.

The Golden Armor Seal and the Wood Source Seal.

Both seals contain twenty-three inscriptions.

Zhou Ling already knew the situation of these two inscriptions, but his spiritual power cultivation was insufficient before, so he was unable to connect them to form a complete inscription.

Now that Zhou Ling has entered the sixth level of Qi Refining, his cultivation has significantly improved, and he is now able to attempt it.

Zhou Ling calmed himself down and went over the method of drawing the two inscription nodes in his mind once again.

Then, he spread out the spirit paper, mixed the spirit ink with metal and wood attributes, and began to draw.

(End of this chapter)