Chapter Thirty-Seven Further Progress

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  That voice sounds like... Fengyi!

  Ling Xiao was startled and hastily followed the direction of the sound.

  The sound of the torn clothes was still in his ears, and now the woman's cry of alarm made him imagine all sorts of things. He had known Fengyi since childhood, and now he worried that something had happened to her, so he rushed over in a great hurry.

  Hurriedly turning several corners, in a secluded forest where people rarely set foot, I saw two people struggling with each other. One was desperately dodging and the other was closing in step by step.

  One of them was Fengyi, and the other was Qiming.

  "What are you doing?"

  From a distance, Ling Xiao suddenly let out a loud shout and rushed over with several consecutive steps. His heart was both shocked and furious - how could Qi Ming be so reckless? This was within the Qi Yun Sect, near the residence of outer sect disciples, yet he dared to act wildly? The Black Gold Claw was already in his hand, its light faintly visible, ready to be unleashed at any moment.

  Although Zhi Ming had a cultivation base of four layers of Qi Refining, Ling Xiao was not afraid of him at all.

  The sudden sound startled the two people behind the forest. Fengyi turned around and saw that it was Ling Xiao, with tears still on his face, but a look of surprise and delight, "Ling Xiao——"

  He suddenly struggled free from Zhi Ming's grasp and ran towards Ling Xiao.

  And then Qi Ming saw Ling Xiao arrive, and a look of hatred appeared on his face. But he hesitated for a moment, and didn't dare to face Ling Xiao again, turning around and leaving.

  Fengyi ran over and threw herself into Ling Xiao's arms, still sobbing softly.

  Ling Xiao was blocked by her and couldn't chase after Qi Ming. Fortunately, when she bowed her head to see that only her outer garment had been torn open, the clothes inside were intact, and she finally put her mind at ease. In her heart, there were still a few parts of fear and shock, thanks to herself for arriving in time, who would have thought that Qi Ming dared to violate the rules within the sect and attempted to assault his fellow sister?

  He spoke softly to comfort Fengyi, waiting for her to calm down before asking what was wrong.

  Feng Yi explained the whole thing to Ling Xiao with a choked voice, intermittently. The course of events made Ling Xiao feel somewhat amused and annoyed at the same time.

  Originally, Qi Ming had entangled with Feng Yi several times after Ling Xiao started following Fu Ling to learn alchemy, wanting to "dual cultivate" with Feng Yi. Feng Yi would not agree, but she was gentle and weak, and could not say anything harsh, nor dare to publicize the matter. Her tolerance and intimidation only made Qi Ming's arrogance more rampant. Today, in this remote place, Qi Ming actually rushed up to pull and grab her, and Feng Yi was scared to tears.

  Ling Xiao's tone was calm.

  It turned out to be just like this, even if Ziqi was bolder, he didn't dare to make a scene within the sect.

  So-called dual cultivation is actually just a euphemism. These low-ranking disciples in the Qi Refining stage, what do they know about the dual cultivation technique? Most of them are just using it as an excuse to indulge in carnal pleasures. How could Fengyi possibly agree to Qiming's request?

  It's actually no big deal once you understand what happened.

  Ling Xiao then comforted Feng Yi and sent her back to her residence, reminding her to be more careful in the future, and it would be best if she went out with Ma Ru and the others.

  He didn't leave until Fengyi had calmed down.

  As he walked away, he glanced back at Feng Yi, but saw that her pretty face was filled with surprise, and between her eyebrows and eyes, there were still faint tears, a delicate and charming appearance. Although she wore simple clothes, they also revealed a few touches of elegant beauty. It made his heart beat faster without him realizing it.

  She smiled slightly and closed the door behind her as she left.

  But in her heart, she couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy, Fengyi had really grown up and become a beautiful young lady. There was an inexplicable faint sense of loss in her heart.

  ……

  When I returned home, all these distracting thoughts had been discarded.

  He carefully closed all the doors and windows, then took out the array flag he had bought at Wanyue Pavilion and carefully set up the Devouring Sun and Hiding Moon Array in the house. He had originally bought this array flag to prevent being disturbed by others when cultivating in the cold cave; so every time he left the cold cave, he would also take the array flag with him.

  The banner was unfolded and Ling Xiao sat down cross-legged.

  Then he focused his mind and regulated his breath, slowly using his true energy to force out the strange flame in his body bit by bit.

  A blue flame ran along the veins of his left hand, slowly emerging from the palm of his left hand, and with a burst of sparks, it suddenly took shape, transforming into a small bird made of blue flames. It flapped its wings and flew away, looking extremely joyful.

  This is the biggest secret on his body, so he is careful in doing things.

  He carefully observed the small bird of blue flames standing proudly on his palm. The color of these flames was slightly deeper than before, and the outline of this bird's shape was also clearer than before.

  Ling Xiao tried using his true energy to drive away the small green flame bird.

  This strange flame, in an instant, was like a real small bird, and actually spread its wings to fly out, as fast as lightning, only to see the void suddenly slash through a green mark, and suddenly appear three feet away.

  Three feet away!

  This was exactly Ling Xiao's sudden discovery. Yesterday, when he was refining the elixir at Fuling's place, he had already sensed something strange; but at that time, under Fuling's watchful eyes, he didn't dare to make any rash moves. It wasn't until today, after returning to his own room, that he took advantage of this free time to re-examine the flames within his body once again.

  Originally, this small bird of green flames could hardly leave his palm. Only when driving the flames to burn materials or waste pills could it slightly leave for a few breaths, but it couldn't last too long.

  And now, it can appear freely three feet away.

  Ling Xiao attempted to control the flames with his true energy from a distance, and the small green flame bird also fluttered and circled around him, more agile than before, and its control was even more effortless.

  Ling Xiao couldn't help but feel delighted, this flame seemed to have even more spiritual energy than before.

  He then took out the materials he had just bought back and used his true energy to remotely control the Qingyan Xiaoniao to burn them. The speed at which the Hunyuan Yushi, Tongling Zhi, Peiyuan Cao... were burned into powder was slightly faster than before, and the powder seemed to be more pure, but the difference was too small, and Ling Xiao didn't dare to confirm it.

  Moreover, most importantly, because the Azure Flame Sparrow can move three feet away from its body, it makes his use of flames even more flexible and unpredictable.

  After playing with it for nearly half an hour, Ling Xiao felt mentally exhausted and hastily retracted the strange flame into his body. However, he was overjoyed in his heart. It was already enough to confirm that his control and utilization of this flame had truly taken a huge step forward compared to before.

  But I don't know if it's because I broke through to the third layer of Qi training, or if it's because I've been constantly using this flame to burn materials and waste pellets recently.

  But no matter what, it's all good for oneself.

  It wasn't until after noon that Ling Xiao withdrew his banner and left his residence to return to Fuling.

  As soon as he saw Fuling, the latter frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Where have you been? Why are you so slow?"

  Ling Xiao didn't dare to tell the truth, so he just said: "The disciple returned to his residence and washed up." Because he had been in the earth fire room for a whole day before, and later was affected by the explosion of the alchemy furnace, his clothes were already tattered. So when he went back, he also meant to change into some clean clothes, which happened to be a good excuse.

  Feng Ling looked him up and down, furrowed his brow, and finally didn't say anything.

  However, she woke up Ling Xiao and carefully explained the refining techniques of Tianyan Dan to him. Afterwards, she ordered Ling Xiao to refine it, watching from the side and occasionally pointing out his mistakes.

  Ling Xiao was in a state of constant suffering.

  Right under the nose of a foundation-building cultivator, no matter how bold he was, he didn't dare to use that strange flame in his body.

  This way, he had to be extremely careful when refining materials and didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless. The speed of alchemy was reduced by more than half; moreover, the purity of the refined powder and the success rate of alchemy both decreased significantly.

  It's a good thing that his alchemy skills have improved significantly over this period of time, otherwise he might have aroused the suspicion of Fuling due to being too bad.

  Feng Ling's face turned increasingly cold, his brow furrowed deeper, and when he saw him fail for the third time, he finally gave up in despair. With Ling Xiao's current performance, even if he managed to refine a single Tianyan Dan three days later, it would be at most of inferior quality...

  It seems that his foundation is still a bit weak, and he needs to recast a new elixir formula, which requires him to re-cultivate.

  Simmering with frustration, he let out a soft sigh and turned to leave the Earth Fire Chamber, leaving Ling Xiao alone to practice.

  Because Ling Xiao had once refined a single grain of Xuan Yin Dan in just one day, she understood the difficulty of refining Tian Yan Dan with three times the materials, but deep down, she still had some lingering hopes about Ling Xiao's "Dan-refining talent". But now it seems that her expectations were too high...

  After Tai Fu Ling left, Ling Xiao finally let out a breath of relief.

  Fortunately, when refining the elixir, in order to ensure the success rate of the refinement, it is generally done in a sealed earth fire room to prevent being disturbed. Otherwise, there would be no way to borrow the strange flame inside the body, and with his current level, thinking that he could refine such a second-order elixir all at once was still far from enough.

  This thought flashed through her mind and Ling Xiao didn't think about it anymore.

  Having obtained the materials for Pei Yuan Dan and Xuan Yin Dan, I began preparing to refine these two.

  The materials for Pei Yuan Dan are only eight portions, and at his current level, it shouldn't take much time. However, the Xuan Yin Dan is different; he originally purchased three portions of materials, and Fu Ling left him six more, which was enough to refine four Xuan Yin Dans, leaving five portions remaining. Although there aren't many materials, refining them into Xuan Yin Dan with a medicinal efficacy above 80% will undoubtedly take a significant amount of time.

  Of course, Fuling also left him more than 20 sets of Tianyan Dan materials... Hmm, if he had nothing to do, he might as well consider refining a few grains to sell.

  These second-order elixir materials are completely insignificant for a cultivator like Fú Líng who is in the foundation-building period. But for him, it also saved quite a bit of material cost.

  After expelling distracting thoughts from his mind, he began to recite the mantra, activate the earth fire and start refining the elixir.

  For the next few days, he stayed in the Earth Fire Room without taking a step out. Every day, he would first refine the elixir, and when he was tired from refining the elixir, he would swallow the medicinal pill to cultivate, and after absorbing the medicinal properties of the pill, he would continue to refine the elixir... The days passed by in such a monotonous yet fulfilling way, with sufficient medicinal pills supporting him, he didn't stop cultivating day and night, making him feel his progress almost every day.

  Not just alchemy, but also cultivation.

  However, this period of hard work almost made him forget about his duel with Sima Shi...