Boom—
The moment the Heavenly Flame jumped in Yang Fan's palm, the emotions of the Breaking Clan members were also ignited along with it.
For them, who had long taken alchemy as a side profession, the Heavenly Flame that suddenly rose in Yang Fan's palm was simply what they dreamed of.
However...
When Yang Fan took out the Crimson Flame Furnace from his storage soul guide device, the clan members were once again shocked.
The Speed Clan and Defense Clan might not understand the brilliance in their eyes, but only those who had long been in alchemy knew how much a good furnace could contribute to alchemy.
Preheating, adding medicine, refining...
Yang Fan demonstrated his years of alchemy foundation with skilled techniques.
"Mm... not simple."
"This kid Yang Fan really has some skills."
As the saying goes: insiders see the intricacies, casual observers see the theatrics.
Though Niu Gao didn't understand alchemy methods, just looking at Yang Fan's posture told him there was a solid foundation there.
The silky smooth operation was very enjoyable!
"Old Goat."
"Does that Yao Lao also refine pills like this?"
Though Niu Gao and Bai He were in the Breaking Clan, they didn't actually have much interaction with Yao Lao.
Not just them.
One could say that in the entire Breaking Clan, besides Yang Fan, only Yang Wudi could exchange a few words with this big shot.
"Yao Lao?"
Yang Wudi repeated with a face full of disdain, then raised his thumb.
"Yao Lao isn't someone this little kid Yang Fan can be mentioned in the same breath with."
Yang Wudi had previously been fortunate enough to see Yao Lao refine Blood Coagulation Powder once. That wasn't refining pills one by one, but gathering all medicinal materials in one place and instantly forming tens of thousands of pills, with each pill's quality being an absolute masterpiece.
With this skill, Yang Wudi knew that even if he worked hard for another five hundred years, he couldn't catch up.
"I really don't know how this Yao Lao came to our Douluo Continent."
Niu Gao and Bai He both knew very well what kind of person Yang Wudi was.
Even the old sect master of the Hao Tian Sect back then hadn't received a single word of praise from this old fellow.
...
Time passed minute by second, from morning to afternoon to late night.
Yang Fan always stood before the Crimson Flame Furnace maintaining his fire-controlling posture, but for the surrounding soul masters, there wasn't the slightest bit of dullness.
Whether it was pill refining, flame control, or the circulation of energy within the body, it was enough for these cultivators to learn a good deal.
Especially the release and control of spiritual power that opened their eyes.
Everyone had a moment of realization: Damn, so spiritual power can be used like this!
At this moment...
Yang Fan, standing before the Crimson Flame Furnace, didn't dare the slightest carelessness. He didn't even dare to have any fluctuation in his breathing strength, and used Dou Qi to seal his ears to avoid outside sounds disrupting his rhythm.
The Tier-6 pills he had refined before were all low-grade, and this time the mid-grade Seven Core Pill really wasn't as simple as he imagined.
"Whew—"
At this moment, Yang Fan recalled the teaching from when he first refined Tier-6 pills.
Focus...
Pills were actually the alchemist's lover.
Insufficient force would make the 'lover' lose control, while excessive force would make the 'lover' completely collapse.
With this teaching in his heart...
He used his Dou Qi to continuously draw the essence extracted from medicinal materials to coagulate, while on the other hand using divided soul power to feel the pill's emotions.
This process continued for about two more hours...
A mass of white mist erupted from the pill furnace, and dense pill energy instantly filled the air, pouring into the soul masters' bodies through their nasal cavities.
The soul masters present were excited!
The moment the pill energy was inhaled into their nasal cavities, their spirits couldn't help but be shaken, making them start sniffing the air vigorously.
"What a powerful aura."
"Is this the Tier-6 pill the clan leader mentioned before?"
"Could this be fake?"
"Just the pill energy leaking from the pill furnace is countless times stronger than those supplements we ate before."
"If only I had such skill."
"..."
This was almost the dream of all soul masters present.
Just imagine...
If they could refine pills of this grade, wouldn't it also mean they could become famous powerhouses on the Douluo Continent in just a few years like Yang Fan.
Pill complete!
The moment the Crimson Flame Furnace opened, powerful gas suddenly distorted the surrounding air.
Invisible forces spread outward, pushing the soul masters present to move backward involuntarily.
When they stabilized their footing, a pill with special blue patterns appeared in Yang Fan's hand.
Yao Lao nodded continuously with a smile.
In his eyes was not only appreciation for Yang Fan, but also the relief after success.
His lifelong reputation was finally preserved.
Everyone stepped forward...
Constantly examining the Tier-6 pill in Yang Fan's hand. For them, this was perhaps the best treasure they had seen in their lives so far.
This was no joke!
The preciousness of a Tier-6 pill was in no way inferior to any immortal-grade medicinal herb.
At this moment...
A large hand suddenly stretched out from the crowd.
Whose it was, no one knew!
Slap—
Before it could touch the Seven Core Pill, it was slapped by Third Uncle of the family who discovered it in time. The sound was clearly audible even from dozens of meters away.
"Looking is enough."
"Control your claws well."
If everyone touched it once, after several hundred people the pill would be polished to a rice grain.
The taste when eaten then...
"How is it?"
"Everyone should have broadened their horizons now."
"Not to mention you, even this old man learned a trick or two from my grandson today."
"After going back, everyone think well about how their future cultivation path should go."
Yang Wudi dispersed the reluctant clan members close to midnight.
At this moment...
They discovered that at some point, guests had arrived at the family.
"Sect Leader Ning?"
"When did you... arrive?"
The visitors were precisely Ning Fengzhi, with Sword Douluo Chen Xin as his bodyguard.
Besides that...
The unruly princess Ning Rongrong also followed behind the two.
What surprised Yang Fan most was that old fellow Dugu Bo was also mixed in with them.
"Yesterday afternoon."
"When we arrived, we saw you were holding such a grand alchemy ceremony. We originally wanted to have clan members notify you, but we really couldn't bear to miss this once-in-a-century scene."
Dugu Bo interjected at this moment...
"We hid preparing to learn a trick or two, but in the end just watched the gathering."
After the jokes...
A serious expression appeared on Ning Fengzhi's face.
"I don't visit the Three Treasures Hall without reason. I'll be brief this time..."
"The Tian Dou Imperial Family provided me with news yesterday that there is now danger near Tian Dou City."
Ning Fengzhi's words made everyone present tense up.
"Danger?"
"Is Spirit Hall active around here?"
Ning Fengzhi shook his head.
He already knew about Yue Guan and Gui Mei's surprise attack on Yang Wudi this time.
With Spirit Hall's style, after just suffering a dumb loss, they absolutely wouldn't have any other actions.
"Some time ago, several young nobles of Tian Dou City went out to hunt soul rings under the leadership of two Soul Douluos, but afterward none of them returned..."
"The Tian Dou Imperial Family sent people to find their bodies..."
"There were sword wounds and traces of being gnawed by soul beasts, and according to our inference these two fatal wounds occurred simultaneously, so it's now hard to determine whether the killer was human or soul beast."
"Just a few days ago another group fell victim!"
"Emperor Xue Ye had no choice but to send people to notify the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I led people to search outside Tian Dou City for three days with no results, so I thought of coming to the Breaking Clan for reinforcements."
Ning Fengzhi's gaze fell on Bai He beside him.
The meaning in his expression was self-evident!
To speak of search work on the Douluo Continent, nothing was more suitable than the Speed Clan with their Needle-tailed Swift soul masters.
The Needle-tailed Swift not only had invincible speed among the same level, but also because they were rare flying-type soul masters, their advantage at high altitude allowed them to quickly control the entire area.
"One of the dead nobles was even Prince Xue Xing's nephew."
Dugu Bo added a sentence beside him.
This was also the reason he was standing here with Ning Fengzhi today.
Though most nobles of the Tian Dou Empire's imperial family were playboys, there was also a small group of exceptions.
"Let's join forces!"
A potential threat suddenly appeared outside Tian Dou City. This might be targeting the Tian Dou Empire, might be targeting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but it was also very likely targeting the Breaking Clan.
So this matter couldn't be said to be who was helping whom.
"Alright...!"
"Let's set out now."
Yang Wudi originally wanted to lead the team personally, but was stopped on the spot by the clever Yang Fan.
The Breaking Clan couldn't be without a leader!
Though Grandpa Yang Wudi's current strength was also an invincible Super Douluo, he, Yang Fan, wasn't a family leader who could control the overall situation.
Ultimately...
Yang Wudi stayed to coordinate the overall situation, while Yang Fan and the Speed Clan followed Ning Fengzhi to cause trouble outside the city.
...
On the way.
Ning Fengzhi told them about what happened outside Tian Dou City yesterday.
More people died!
Most importantly, it was committed under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's all-out search, which made Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin lose some face.
To prevent such things from happening again, Ning Fengzhi decided to find the Breaking Clan for help.
More precisely, Bai He!
When they arrived outside Tian Dou City, it was already quiet here, to the point where even animals commonly seen in the forest were few and far between.
Bai He gathered all the Speed Clan members he brought out.
"Everyone pay attention!"
"There is a dangerous thing in this forest, whether it's a soul master or soul beast, we don't know."
"Our mission is to find him and then release a signal."
"Remember!"
"Absolutely cannot get too close to this thing."
Bai He had decades of rich experience in reconnaissance, so before each operation he would remind his clan members to use the Needle-tailed Swift's advantages and avoid their weaknesses.
"Xiangxiang."
"You follow me, not one step away."
Bai He didn't plan to bring his granddaughter to participate in such a dangerous operation, but ever since this girl obtained her soul bone, she wanted to display her value at all times.
This old man couldn't stop her even if he tried!
"Grandpa, I will."
This was the agreement before coming, which Bai Chenxiang readily agreed to.
...
On the other side.
After Yang Fan arrived, he didn't idle either, first looking at yesterday's battlefield.
"Master."
"Have you discovered anything different?"
At this moment, four words came from Yao Lao's mouth: "Slaughter City!"
Yes... Yang Fan had discovered it too!
In this forest outside Tian Dou City, he felt the same aura as the Slaughter City.
"Master."
"Do you think it's because after I devoured the Hellfire, the Slaughter City collapsed causing the degenerates to flee out?"
Since the Hellfire was devoured by him, the Slaughter City had already lost its original training effect, but the Hell Road could still be walked!
This presented two possibilities!
One was that someone passed through the Hell Road and came out to massacre, the other was that because the Hellfire was devoured, the degenerates inside fled out.
"Absolutely impossible!"
"The Heavenly Flame controls the killing aura within the Slaughter City, thus forming a violent, bloody place of slaughter. What controls the inability to use martial souls in the Slaughter City and only being able to walk out through the Hell Road is an invisible barrier."
"Furthermore... when you devoured the Hellfire back then, you left a fire seed. As long as the fire seed exists, it won't destroy the Slaughter City, this natural prison. After a thousand years..."
Yao Lao's words suddenly stopped, and his expression also became suddenly serious.
"The devouring of the Hellfire will inevitably weaken the effect of killing influence on degenerates. In this situation, there is one person who might be able to regain their senses and walk out from inside."
Yao Lao had lived in the Slaughter City for a year after all, and was already familiar with the rules, mechanisms, and barriers inside.
"The King of Slaughter!"
Yao Lao had already spoken to this point. If he still couldn't guess, he would be too stupid.
"Yes... it's the King of Slaughter."
"Only he has the strength to kill under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's nose and then disappear without a trace."
The King of Slaughter... could also be called Tang Chen.
He was originally a Level 99 Limit Douluo, and after becoming the King of Slaughter, his strength probably rose another level.
If their opponent was really this old fellow, it would really be more troublesome than previously imagined.
"Tang Chen?"
"Are you sure?"
When Ning Fengzhi received this news, he was extremely surprised.
Tang Chen was also a famous figure on the Douluo Continent back then.
One of the three Limit Douluos!
Known to all soul masters, known to all.
Though he had been missing for decades, rumors about Tang Chen had circulated to this day.
Some said he followed a beautiful woman to retire in the sect, some said he never came out of the Hao Tian Sect, and more said Tang Chen was dead.
Before this, not a single rumor said Tang Chen was hidden in the Slaughter City!
"Certain!"
"This person is definitely Tang Chen, but not the Tang Chen of before."
Ning Fengzhi understood.
The Slaughter City on the Douluo Continent was a place people were unwilling to mention.
It was synonymous with killing and degeneration!
The Slaughter City suddenly appeared a thousand years ago. Most who entered were either avoiding pursuit by enemies or those that everyone despised and wanted to kill.
Long ago, Spirit Hall, Tian Dou, and the Star Luo Empire planned to completely exterminate it, but when they saw the special barrier where one could only enter but not exit, they tacitly accepted this place's existence.
One could say...
The current Slaughter City was a natural prison existing on the Douluo Continent.
Precisely because of this!
Ning Fengzhi was extremely curious why the arrogant Tang Chen was willing to go to the Slaughter City to be a warden.
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