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--- Chapter 213 ---
[Ding! You have Signed to the Inner Fire Veins!]
[You have received the following rewards...]
[13x Fractured Crown Piece(A+), 2x Drop of Vermillion Bird's Impure Blood(S), 1x Fire God's Crystal(SSS)]
[Displaying the rewards...]
...
[Name: Fractured Crown Piece]
[Type: Treasure]
[Grade: A+]
[Description: A fractured piece of ancient crown, which is 'roughly' shaped like an uneven triangle yet holds a lingering king's presence. Must be combined to see further effect]
[Quantity: 13]
...
[Name: A Drop of Vermillion Bird's Impure Blood]
[Type: Bloodline]
[Grade: S]
[Description: An impure bloodline from the long descendant of Vermillion Bird. Although it has the presence of the ancient beast, the royal aura and vibrant upbringing have weakened due to corrosion of time]
[Quantity: 2]
...
[Name: Fire God's Crystal(Low)]
[Type: Heavenly Material]
[Grade: SSS+]
[Description: This sun-shaped crystal was the crystallization of Fire God's remaining energy. It has existed since the ancient era when Dou Gods dominated the lands but is only unearthed now due to otherworldly power]
...
Baek Ain was stunned by his new rewards.
He already expected the Skyfire Three Mysterious Changes not to appear from the rewards pool. But the appearance of Vermillion Bird's Impure Blood and Fire God's Crystal surprised him.
It's because Vermillion Bird is one of Three Supreme Fire-Attribute Beasts, just like Golden Crow!
As long as Baek Ain cleansed the blood, he could get his hand on the Vermillion Bird's bloodline. Others might have a problem doing so, but he had Golden Crow's Flame and many other Heavenly Flames to stimulate the impure blood's hidden potential.
If that doesn't work, he could gather the rest of Heavenly Flames to add a more purification effect.
On the other hand, Fire God's Crystal intrigued Baek Ain.
The essence of Dou God has long vanished from this world. It is also one of many things that allowed someone from the Dou Saint Realm to have a glimpse of a chance to enter the Dou God Realm in this era.
Although Baek Ain has another way to become a Dou God, taking Fire God's Crystal is definitely an easier route. Unfortunately, absorbing Fire God's Crystals also comes with a risk.
'This Fire God's Crystal is only the lowest of the kinds. I could absorb it to raise my realm, but considering my accumulation. Just this one crystal alone is far from enough.'
Baek Ain would have never thought being overpowered would bite him in the ass.
Soon, a system panel appeared before Baek Ain's eyes.
[Ding! You have triggered a side quest]
[Name: Restore the Fractured Crown]
[Objective: Collect Fractured Crown Pieces and restore them to their original state(13/100)
[Time Limit: A week]
[Penalty: None]
[Reward: 1x Fire God's Crystal(High)]
[Do you want to accept the side quest?]
The corner of Baek Ain's mouth twitched slightly. What do you mean by side quest? The time limit is literally one week!
'Alicia, why do I feel the quest is trying to keep me in the Burning Flame Valley?' Baek Ain frowned at the system panel.
[This, I don't know...]
[Maybe this is just the natural flow of destiny]
'You're sugarcoating it!'
[I-I'm not]
Baek Ain gazed suspiciously at the system panel and snorted, 'You're bad at lying, Alicia.'
Still, Baek Ain was 'actually' tempted because of the reward. With his not-so-accurate calculation, one Fire God's Crystal(High) is around one hundred or more Fire God's Crystal(Low).
He considered the pros and cons of this situation.
Baek Ain really wanted to finish his other Main Quest as soon as possible, but being too hasty sometimes led to downfall.
The Four Ancient Clans under Baek Ain used their best efforts to lay down traps in Gu Sacred Mountain Range for the Hall of Souls and Hun Clan.
Rushing such a project is not good.
They cannot afford such mistakes.
With that in mind, Baek Ain would tell his father-in-law and others to slow down their tempo later. Of course, slowing down doesn't mean they would stop laying traps.
"One week..."
"That should be enough for me to raise my cultivation base to the peak of Dou Saint Realm and put Burning Flame Valley under my control. Even then, I still have four to five days left."
"Wait, the time limit of Cleaning the World's Filth III quest is also a week..."
"Uuh, this is annoying."
Baek Ain was confident in controlling Burning Flame Valley because of [Emperor of Parasite] skill. It shouldn't have taken him more than two days to take control of everyone here.
[Who said you need a week to finish a quest?] Alicia was confused by his puzzlement.
[Don't you always finish a quest ahead of its deadline?]
"That's true." Baek Ain nodded in agreement. "But considering the initial drop rate of Fractured Crown Pieces, I need a week to finish the side quest."
[Well, the lowest drop rate is actually ten per Sign-In, so you're pretty unlucky on your first time...]
"Is that so?" Baek Ain sighed in relief.
"But that still doesn't address my 4-5 days of free time."
[Actually, Host]
[I might have another method to increase your strength]
[It is the same method we were talking about earlier]
[But the success rate is very troublesome...]
Baek Ain was interested, 'Tell me.'
[Listen to me first, Host. This method is very demanding, and you would have to pay an immense price to even attempt it]
'Just tell me. Stop keeping me in suspense!'
[Okay, okay, chill]
[The method I talked about is called the Constellation Nurturing Method!]
[With this method, you can turn your skills into stars and draw them into a Constellation]
[The first requirement is SS+ to SSS-grade skills with great synergy with each other]
[The second requirement is one's soul must have experienced 1st transition or more]
[The third requirement is one must draw a brand new Constellation and cannot copy others]
'That, that doesn't sound bad.' Baek Ain was confused. Why did Alicia make so much fuss about it?
[Hehe, another reminder, you cannot get any skills you have sacrificed into stars. So, if you failed once, that skill lost forever]
[And with your 1st Transition Soul, you can only form three or five Low-Tier Constellations depends on your progress]
[Lastly, don't underestimate the difficulty of drawing a brand-new Constellation]
[There are reasons only some of them are in the night sky, even the lowest constellations]
Even with Alicia's warning, Baek Ain couldn't help but find this new method of becoming stronger 'incredibly' interesting. And Baek Ain has many skills he could synthesize as fodder.
Baek Ain wouldn't believe it's that hard.
"Okay, let's do this." Baek Ain clenched his hand excitedly.
He turned around and smiled at Ancestor Huo Yun, "Elder, I will give you this Essence Flame's progeny, and you should nurture it as quickly as possible."
"By the way, the name of this Essence Flame is Earthly Four-Colored Spirit Flame."
At first, Baek Ain wanted to tell Ancestor Huo Yun Gnome's real name, but he decided not to. So, he only gave him a long name.
"Earthly Four-Colored Spirit Flame... Nice name." Ancestor Huo Yun nodded in understanding.
Baek Ain handed the weaker copy of Gnome to the Ancestor Huo Yun and added, "Oh, yeah. Fixing the Ancient Furnace would take time, so I hope the Burning Flame Valley could provide me with quiet residence."
"That shouldn't be much to ask for, right?"
"No, not really." Ancestor Huo Yun had contacted someone at the Tang Clan to clean up a big residence not far away. "Is there anything else you want? For example, materials for the Ancient Furnace?"
"Hmm, that would do. Here, I have a list." Baek Ain gave him a paper with a list of precious minerals.
"Hahaha, this much is nothing!" Ancestor Huo Yun peeked at the paper and laughed proudly. "Our Burning Flame Valley has tons of these minerals."
"Saint Lin, with this, our happy cooperation begins." He patted Baek Ain strongly on the back.
"Yes." Baek Ain responded calmly.
He couldn't wait to try the Constellation Nurturing Method.