Chapter 41: Refining the Wind Fury Dragon Flame

Jiang Xing's handwriting was neat and fluent, and the characters were beautiful and elegant.

The note read: "The things in the ring are cultivation resources for you. They were always meant for you. I would have given them to you even if you hadn't asked. You should practice well. It will take me a few days to refine the strange fire. Remember to think of me."

Medusa, associating the note with Jiang Xing's mischievous expression, snorted arrogantly: "Humph, I won't miss you!"

Then, she probed her soul power into the ring.

What she saw inside was shocking.

There were several shelves inside the ring, each filled with jade bottles of various sizes. At a rough glance, there were more than a hundred bottles.

Even though she knew that Jiang Xing would provide a considerable amount of cultivation resources and had mentally prepared herself, Medusa was still greatly shocked by the sheer volume of resources inside.

Medusa estimated that the training resources Jiang Xing had given her were enough for her to cultivate to the level of Dou Zun!

Meanwhile, Jiang Xing had returned to his training room.

Jiang Xing's current Burning Decree level was only at the intermediate Earth Rank. Although his ability to absorb Dou Qi and his Dou Qi capacity were still somewhat lacking, Jiang Xing planned to absorb the Wind Fury Dragon Flame that had been stripped from Xiao Yan.

The Wind Fury Dragon Flame was born in the eye of a fire tornado in the ancient desert. Unlike other strange fires, it had no fixed location, appearing randomly anywhere in the desert during the hottest days of each year.

It ranked eighteenth on the list of strange fires, one place higher than the Green Lotus Earth Core Flame that Jiang Xing had previously absorbed.

"I wonder how much this strange fire, which ranks so low, will improve me?" he mused.

His realm was only three-star Dou Zun, and he no longer needed the assistance of elixirs to refine the 18th-ranked Wind Fury Dragon Flame.

After adjusting his state, Jiang Xing took out the Wind Fury Dragon Flame from its special container, skillfully separated the original fire from the strange fire, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

He immersed his mind into his body, feeling the familiar burning sensation, but Jiang Xing did not experience any pain—he even felt somewhat comfortable.

Although he did not take any elixirs, his body had been tempered to be very strong in the Gate of Life and Death, and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, which was ranked low, could not harm him at all.

The intelligence of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame had long been destroyed by Xiao Yan, so after Jiang Xing swallowed it, he directly used the Burning Technique to begin refining it.

After completely refining the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Jiang Xing controlled the Burning Technique's Dou Qi and channeled it into the green flame and the khaki flame, allowing the two colors of flame to slowly merge.

…

At Canaan College, the ancient clan's Dou Zong who had been sent to protect Xiao Yan woke up and immediately went to check on Xiao Yan's condition.

He discovered that Xiao Yan was missing. This Dou Zong knew how important Xiao Yan was to his young lady.

Not only had he failed to protect Xiao Yan, but he had also allowed Xiao Yan to be captured by the Soul Palace.

To make up for his failure, the Dou Zong of the Ancient Clan rushed back to his clan as quickly as possible. However, with the Northwest Continent so far away from Zhongzhou, how could a Dou Zong like him return in such a short time?

Meanwhile, at the Soul Palace, a guardian who had completed his mission was about to take a soul back to the palace.

Just as the guardian was about to enter the Soul Hall, he noticed a corpse not far from the hall.

Initially, the guardian didn't want to pay attention to it, but he sensed a strong energy fluctuation emanating from the corpse.

Curious, the guardian approached the body.

Upon closer inspection, the Soul Palace guardian saw the flame emitting fluctuating power.

"Gold Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?"

"No, the Gold Emperor Burning Heaven Flame shouldn't be that weak. This must be a sub-fire of the Gold Emperor Burning Heaven Flame."

The guardian curiously inspected Xiao Yan's body and recognized his face.

"Xiao Yan!?"

The guardian was obviously familiar with Xiao Yan, the most talented member of the Xiao family.

…

Five days later, after five days of fusion, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame was finally completely integrated with the other three strange fires.

The newly generated flame remained blue, but now had a hint of yellow within the blue.

After the strange fire was fully integrated, Jiang Xing's realm was still at three-star Dou Zun.

That's right—even after refining the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Jiang Xing's rank didn't improve by even a single star!

However, the level of the Burning Technique had upgraded to the advanced Earth Rank, which was something Jiang Xing hadn't expected. He had thought that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked so low, wouldn't be enough to upgrade the Burning Technique.

Jiang Xing guessed that it was because his last refinement of the Sea Heart Flame had elevated the Burning Technique to the peak of the intermediate Earth Rank, so absorbing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame helped it break through to the advanced Earth Rank.

Feeling the speed at which he could now absorb fighting spirit, Jiang Xing was quite pleased.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had been able to evolve the level of the Burning Technique to a high-level Earth Rank or even higher before entering the Gate of Life and Death, perhaps...

Alas, that's why people shouldn't dwell on the past—looking back often leads to regret.

Jiang Xing stood up and left the practice room.

It was already dark by this time. Jiang Xing, having just finished refining the strange fire, didn't want to continue practicing. He thought of looking for Medusa.

"I wonder if the Queen has missed me these past few days?"

He arrived at Medusa's residence and knocked on the door.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The reason Jiang Xing knocked on the door every time he visited, instead of using space power directly, was because he was afraid of disturbing Medusa's practice.

The most dangerous thing during cultivation is being interrupted, and Jiang Xing didn't want to harm Medusa because of a momentary impulse.

"Squeak."

The door opened, and Medusa, dressed in a graceful purple brocade robe, walked out.

Obviously, Medusa hadn't planned to sleep tonight and intended to spend the night practicing.

Medusa was a little surprised to see Jiang Xing at the door.

"Jiang Xing, have you finished refining the strange fire?"

It had been five days since they last met. Although Medusa was reluctant to admit it, she had to confess that she missed Jiang Xing a little.

"Yeah, I just finished refining it, and I missed you, so I came to find you."

Jiang Xing's way of expressing affection was direct.

As he spoke, Jiang Xing entered Medusa's room without hesitation.

Medusa did not stop him this time. After closing the door, she also walked inside.

"You didn't make a breakthrough in your realm this time when you refined the strange fire?"

"How did you know?"

Jiang Xing was puzzled as to how Medusa could tell. She was weaker than him, after all.

Medusa replied, "I could sense that your aura didn't change much."

"The strange fire I refined this time is ranked too low. Its energy wasn't enough for me to break through."

Medusa was a little worried and asked, "What will you do in the future?"

Strange fires are rare treasures in the world. Medusa hadn't expected that Jiang Xing's absorption of the strange fire wouldn't be enough to help him break through to a new realm.

"Don't worry about that. My grandfather is a six-star Dou Sheng. It won't be difficult for him to snatch a few strange fires."

Jiang Xing was very pleased to see that Medusa truly cared about him.

Well, it's not in vain that I love her!