Su Yun had already mastered the Eight Extreme Collapse to the second level of Dark Energy.
In terms of combat power, in the small Jiamao Empire, with his current cultivation level, he would likely face few opponents at the Fighter stage.
However, a six-star cultivation level was still too low, making the leap to a Battle Master impossible.
If he had a fourth-level magic core, raising the Eight Extreme Collapse to full perfection would be easy, but with his current strength, acquiring a fourth-level magic core...
"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"
Without connections, that was the truth.
A fourth-level magical beast was the equivalent of a powerful human Douling Spirit. With his current small stature...
his current cultivation level was simply too low, making some of his ideas impossible to implement.
With Fighter Master strength, combined with Yao Lao's second- or third-level alchemist memories, refining some elixirs, and saving up gold for a while, he might be able to achieve something.
However, the Dou Qi at the Fighter stage was too thin to support the refining of elixirs above the second level...
Su Yun shook his head and dismissed the idea.
The most urgent task was to improve his strength. While the status of an alchemist offered many advantages on this Dou Qi Continent, it also required the support of Dou Qi cultivation.
With a thought, a pristine, slightly yellowed scroll appeared in Su Yun's hand.
This ancient scroll was the fragmentary diagram of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
When the Pure Lotus Demon Saint neared his end, he was consumed by the backlash of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire and died. Unsuccessful in erasing the Pure Lotus Demon Fire's intelligence and memories, he sealed it within the Demon Fire Dimension, leaving behind four fragments of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
However, Hai Bodong had only just split one of them in two, leaving five fragments on the continent.
Each of these fragments contained a fragment of his soul. While others would need all of them to function, for Su Yun to be fully utilized, the situation was quite different.
"System, scan the remaining diagram of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire." "
Ding, scan successful." "
Ding, detected a remnant of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's soul."
"Continue, scan the remnant of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's soul."
"Ding, scan successful."
"Ding, obtained a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's memories (incomplete)."
A hint of joy flashed in Su Yun's eyes.
It worked!
Su Yun chuckled softly. "Yao Lao has almost digested his memories in the past seven months
. This fragment arrived just in time."
The Pure Lotus Demon Saint is more like a Pure Lotus Half-Emperor than a Demon Saint.
A being who has taken another half-step beyond the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, his cultivation is unrivaled among his contemporaries.
If it weren't for the primordial energy, he would have already pierced the air and passed away.
Su Yun's smile was unconcealed.
A Half-Emperor who lived to the end of his life possessed a collection of techniques and fighting skills far beyond Yao Chen's reach.
Dou Zun was also quite impressive. In Zhongzhou, if the Eight Ancient Clans hadn't appeared, they would have been the dominant force on the continent.
But let alone a Half-Emperor, even compared to the Saint realm, the difference was vast.
This is also evident in the cultivation techniques and fighting skills. Yao Lao himself possesses a fire attribute, but the cultivation
techniques he cultivates are only Earth-grade. Even without the memories of his previous life, Su Yun, after gaining Yao Lao's memories, is already fully acquainted with his collection of high-end cultivation techniques and fighting skills.
There are Earth-grade ones, but not even a fragment of Heaven-grade ones.
Yao Chen was expelled from the Yao Clan at a young age, deprived of their resources.
Su Yun's cultivation level is currently low, but he must always plan for the future.
Even if the memories of the Half-Emperor are fragmented, they will be of great benefit. Beyond all else, there will be no shortage of Heaven-grade fighting skills to cultivate in the future.
Su Yun returned the remaining diagram of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire to the system space and retrieved a blade of grass with alternating white and red leaves.
"Before, I only remembered that the Bone Spirit Cold Fire combines extreme cold and heat, but I overlooked the dual attributes of the Ice Spirit Flame Grass," Su Yun muttered.
The problem with the "Burning Cold Art"'s inability to combine the dual attributes of ice and fire into a single Dou Qi might be solved before absorbing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
"System, fuse the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and the Burning Cold Art."
"Ding, a fusion solution detected."
"Ding, requires a fourth-tier magic core. Fusion?"
"Fourth-tier!" Su Yun's eyes nearly popped out.
What the hell!
Aren't fusions charged based on the tier of the fused item?
Could it even advance to the higher Profound tier after fusion?
Fourth-tier magical beasts correspond to Dou Lings, and a Dou Zhe-level scumbag like him is only equivalent to a first-tier magical beast.
The icy and fire properties of this herb combined with the technique would require a different cost than fusing one technique with another.
Su Yun cursed as he left the inn and headed back towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
"Eight Extreme Collapse requires a fourth-tier magic core to reach full perfection, and resolving the flaws in the Burning Cold Art also requires a fourth-tier magic core?! I'm
risking my life trying to find that!" He
could only pin his hopes on his alchemy skills.
The method he'd used in Wutan City wasn't working. Magic cores above third tier wouldn't be found in such a low-end place like the market.
I could go to the auction house, but it's too far away, and the system can't recover it.
The little money in the cave could buy a third-tier magic core, but forget about the fourth. One day, in a cave on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range.
" This fierce tiger's claws really hurt!" The longer Su Yun stayed in the Monster Mountain Range, the further he left his nine years of compulsory education behind. The cave was empty except for Su Yun, and besides his scolding, the only sound was the burning fire. "Crack," "crack," and sparks burst from the tip of the flame. A faint light shone on the young man's face. Cultivation doesn't count years. From the third stage of Dou Qi to now, the young child's skin is no longer delicate, and the wind and sun have hardened the young man's heart. It must have been a year since we left Wutan City. Su Yun silently calculated the time. From arriving on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range to finding the cave, it had been seven months. Now another six months have passed. "A year already," Su Yun sighed. Cultivation is truly arduous. Su Yun shook his head and smeared blood-clotting powder on the wound on his arm. It was impossible to fight without getting hurt. Training at the Fighter stage was simple enough for his current talent. Now that his cultivation had advanced further, he had reached the Nine-Star Fighter level. With his "Eight Extreme Collapse" technique, which had reached the fourth level of Dark Energy, fighting a second-tier monster was no problem. Indeed, he had been harassing second-tier monsters in the Monster Mountain Range for the past few days. With the Dark Energy of the Eight Extreme Collapse unleashed within him, Su Yun was completely unafraid of the monsters' naturally formidable physiques. While monsters might be physically strong, their internal organs were also fragile. Furthermore, low-level monsters had little intelligence, which allowed him to achieve numerous solo kills. But after all day hunting birds, today he was pecked by one. This morning, he was ambushed by a second-tier Fierce Tiger. Although he managed to kill it, he still sustained a claw injury. Su Yun bandaged the wound and began refining Flame Blood. While Flame Blood was a first-grade elixir, it was actually a "liquid elixir." The Alchemist Guild evaluates the rank of alchemists based on the elixir they refine, which shows how easy it is to refine a "liquid elixir" like Flame Blood. Over the past year or so, Su Yun's rapid progress in cultivation has been largely due to Flame Blood. (End of this chapter)