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While the various forces in Black-Corner Region were still bickering, Lin Feng had already returned with Medusa to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion headquarters.
He placed Yao Tianhuo's storage ring in a separate room, then instructed Medusa to use her spatial power to seal and protect it.
Afterward, he took her into the alchemy room, ready to sort through the spoils they had collected from the Feng City treasury.
"Not bad. This trip to Feng City was definitely worth it," Lin Feng said with a soft chuckle after finishing the inventory.
Among the haul were several Earth Class cultivation techniques and dou techniques, as well as a massive amount of rare medicinal ingredients.
Just the sixth-grade ingredients alone numbered over fifty stalks.
Many of them were so rare that even with his current status in Black-Corner Region, they would've been difficult to find.
"Hehe, now let's see if this little treasure has what I'm really looking for."
With a grin, Lin Feng pulled out Han Feng's Serene Sea Storage Ring, gently caressing it with an affectionate look.
This kind of high-grade storage ring was extremely rare on the Northwestern Region.
Even among the Dou Huang powerhouses of the Black-Corner Region, not many could own one.
And even if you had the money, there might not be anywhere to buy it.
After playing with it for a moment, Lin Feng then released a surge of powerful soul power, slamming it against the soul protection that Han Feng had set during his lifetime.
This soul strike drained a good portion of the shield's energy—but didn't fully break it.
"Tch, no wonder it's a high-grade ring. That defense is tough."
Staring at the deep blue ring in his hand, Lin Feng took a deep breath and poured more of his soul power from his brow into the ring again.
Since Han Feng was already dead, the protection left behind had greatly weakened.
What's more, Lin Feng's sixth-grade alchemist soul gave him powerful spiritual strength. On his second attempt, a soft cracking sound echoed through the alchemy room—and the soul shield of the Serene Sea Storage Ring shattered completely.
Without wasting any time to recover, Lin Feng hurriedly sent his spiritual perception into the ring's space.
After just a brief scan, he slowly withdrew his senses.
His expression now overflowed with undisguisable delight.
At the outer edge of the storage space was a crimson medicinal cauldron.
It was quite large, its surface engraved with all sorts of intricate patterns.
Around the body of the cauldron were lifelike carvings of fierce beasts.
Just by glancing at those exquisite carvings, Lin Feng could already guess—
This was surely the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, ranked 13th on the Heavenly Cauldron Rankings!
Inside the cauldron, a large number of prescriptions were neatly arranged.
Among them were nearly twenty seventh-grade prescriptions!
And within those prescriptions were various alchemical insights and notes—
The highest among them also reaching the seventh-grade level.
As for medicinal ingredients, there was no need to elaborate.
Over a hundred stalks of various shapes and sizes—all of them were fifth-grade or higher.
Naturally, as an alchemist, Han Feng's ring also contained a rich variety of pills.
There were four Zong Breaking Pills, and no fewer than nine Mighty Huang Pills.
As for the rest, Lin Feng couldn't even be bothered to count them one by one.
In addition, the techniques and dou techniques stored within the Serene Sea Storage Ring far outclassed the ones found in the Feng City treasury.
There were fifteen Low-Grade Earth Class cultivation techniques and dou techniques alone!
As for Mid-Grade Earth Class cultivation techniques, there were fewer—but still around seven or eight scrolls.
High-Grade Earth Class techniques were rarer still—only two scrolls each for dou tehcniques and cultivation techniques.
However, Lin Feng didn't really care about any of that.
His soul perception continued to search through the space like a mad tide, desperately looking for the Flame Mantra.
Before long, in a corner of the ring, Lin Feng discovered over a dozen scrolls that had been separately stored.
He immediately began opening them one by one, reading through the texts recorded within.
And the more he read, the wider his grin stretched across his face.
When he finally pulled out one scroll marked "Flame Mantra · Complete Version", Lin Feng hurriedly took it in hand—
And began examining it in detail.
As he read, the corners of his mouth slowly curled upward—until the grin nearly reached behind his ears.
Even though he had never seen the Flame Mantra before, based on the content alone—
This scroll's credibility and feasibility were incredibly high.
There was at least a 90% chance that this was the true Flame Mantra!
A few moments later, Lin Feng couldn't help but burst out into a steady stream of laughter—
Which soon turned into booming chuckles, and eventually, into a full-blown manic laugh.
His wild laughter echoed continuously inside the sealed alchemy room.
Seeing his strange reaction, Medusa curiously leaned her alluring face closer.
When she saw the title on the scroll, she frowned and said, "Flame Mantra? Even if it's a high class cultivation technique, there's no need to be that happy about it."
"Haha! Sasha, you don't understand. This technique doesn't just let me absorb multiple Heavenly Flames—it can also raise my Dou Qi level without side effects during the process!"
Hearing her question, Lin Feng didn't hide anything. He gave her a rough explanation of the Flame Mantra.
After all, Medusa had been by his side the entire time. Even if he didn't tell her now, once he began absorbing Heavenly Flames, she would eventually figure it out.
And at that point, not only would she still know the general truth—
But this lack of trust might even cause a rift between them.
By then, trying to fix that relationship would be much harder.
"Oh? I didn't expect such a strange technique to exist in this world."
Medusa was visibly shaken after hearing his explanation.
Because of her own need to evolve through a Heavenly Flame, she had once studied a great deal of information on them.
Naturally, she knew that under normal circumstances, a person's body could only contain one Heavenly Flame.
Moreover, the process of absorbing a Heavenly Flame required completely refining its energy first—
Which meant it usually would not increase one's cultivation level.
At best, if you were lucky, it might help you find a breakthrough opportunity.
But this technique not only allowed someone to wield multiple Heavenly Flames—
It also helped raise one's cultivation level without any negative side effects during the absorption process.
Its value… not even High-Grade Earth Class techniques could compare to it.
Realizing this, Medusa finally understood why Lin Feng was so elated.
After a long while, Lin Feng gradually calmed down from his overwhelming joy.
Then, he once again began searching through the Serene Sea Storage Ring.
To his delight, not only was there the complete version of the Flame Mantra—
There was also Han Feng's previously practiced version, the "Self-Modified Flame Mantra", along with the upper and lower volumes of the original technique.
What made him even more thrilled was that all of Han Feng's research notes on the Flame Mantra were still intact.
In fact, the upper and lower scrolls contained many insights and analyses of the cultivation technique—
From the looks of it, they were most likely written by Yao Chen himself.
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