Yao Tian Huo expresses gratitude, emotion value +60
"Thank you, my friend! Once I regain my physical body, if you ever need anything, just ask!"
Venerable Tian Huo's eyes lit up, filled with gratitude as he looked at Gu Fei. However, Gu Fei's hesitant expression made the venerable a bit unsure.
"Is there something wrong, my friend?"
"Not exactly, it's just that to revive you, I still lack a few essential items," Gu Fei replied, shaking his head lightly.
Although Gu Fei had agreed to help the venerable rebuild his physical body, it couldn't be done immediately. Gu Fei didn't carry the required human body with him, despite having the necessary pills and magical beast blood.
"No worries, after all these years of waiting, I don't mind waiting a little longer," Heavenly Fire Venerable said, reassured, trusting that Gu Fei wouldn't go back on his word easily.
So, the venerable's soul returned to the storage ring, waiting for Gu Fei to find a suitable human body to begin the process of resurrection.
After resolving the hidden dangers of the Woeful Poison Body for Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Fei's next priority was to focus on collecting and refining different kinds of heavenly flames.
Recalling the original story, Gu Fei realized that the only known unrefined heavenly flame was the Three Thousand Burning Flames, which was imprisoned by the Pill Tower. No one had yet refined it, and everyone had a chance to try.
However, this opportunity required obtaining a place in the top ten of the Pill Tower's competition.
Getting into the top ten wouldn't be difficult for Gu Fei, but with a few years left before the competition, he didn't plan on waiting.
"All rules can be broken with enough power!"
Gu Fei decided to head to the Pill Region to try his luck. Though the Pill Tower's rule stated that only the top ten could attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames, Gu Fei believed that with enough leverage, the Pill Tower might make an exception for him.
The Pill Tower was located in Holy Pill City, the heart of the Central Plains. Gu Fei was already in the Pill Region, so it wouldn't be much of a hassle.
The journey was mostly uneventful, but there were exceptions. One evening, Gu Fei and his group encountered trouble with a faction within the Pill Region.
"Kill that magical beast for me, and kill the man too! Leave the women to warm my bed!"
Opposite Gu Fei, three flying magical beasts hovered. The leader was a young man in his twenties, looking at Gu Fei's group with a mocking smile, while the two elderly men beside him also showed cruel smiles.
Having a sixth-rank flying magical beast wasn't uncommon in the Pill Region, so the other group clearly didn't take Gu Fei and his companions seriously.
"I was just worried about not having a body to use, and here you are, right on time..."
Hearing the young man's words, Gu Fei's eyes flashed with killing intent. With a wave of his hand, everyone except the young man and the two elderly men was instantly crushed.
"What?"
Seeing this terrifying scene, the young man turned pale. Among the dead was a Dou Ancestor, who had been killed without warning.
"Master Li, Master Wang, protect me!" The young man quickly hid behind the two elderly men.
The two elders, a seven-star and an eight-star Dou Ancestor, also felt a sense of fear, as Gu Fei's earlier action had placed immense pressure on them.
"Senior! We were foolish, please don't hold it against us!" One of them quickly lowered his head, trembling.
The young man hadn't expected to kick such a tough opponent, realizing that not even the two elders could protect him.
"It's too late..."
Gu Fei said coldly. If he hadn't been strong enough, he would have been the one dead, so he had no mercy for these people.
In the blink of an eye, the young man and the two Dou Ancestors were all killed by Gu Fei. He kept the body of the eight-star Dou Ancestor, planning to use it to revive Venerable Tian Huo.
Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were unfazed by the scene. If they had the strength, they would have done the same, knowing what fate awaited them if they were weaker.
"Let's go..."
Next, Gu Fei found a secluded place, took out the pills, several bottles of magical beast blood, and the corpse. He then released the soul of the Heavenly Fire Venerable from the ring.
"Sir Yao, give me a strand of your soul power," Gu Fei said calmly, confident that he could succeed in this resurrection technique, even though he had never attempted it before.
Without hesitation, Venerable Tian Huo extracted a strand of his soul power from his brow and sent it toward Gu Fei.
Gu Fei caught the soul strand and casually infused it into the corpse. He then tossed a pill to him, saying, "Take this and enter the body as soon as I give the signal!"
Venerable Tian Huo nodded gravely, swallowed the pill without hesitation, and looked eager.
Gu Fei then began refining the corpse with heavenly flames, infusing it with magical beast blood to energize the body. As the blood merged, the corpse started to come alive.
"Sir Yao, now!"
At Gu Fei's command, the Venerable Tian Huo's soul shot into the body, feeling a burning heat, but instead of pain, he laughed with joy.
When he opened his eyes again, Yao Tian Huo felt truly alive, no longer a mere wandering soul.
Although his strength hadn't returned to its peak, he had reached the level of a two-star Dou Venerate. It would take a few years to regain his former power.
Yao Tian Huo expresses gratitude, emotion value +50
"Great kindness needs no thanks! From now on, I am at your service, my friend!"
He was so overwhelmed by the sensation of being alive again that he was nearly brought to tears.
Now, Gu Fei's group had one more member. Though the venerable wasn't talkative, the lively atmosphere grew on him.
One day, as Zi Yan was chewing on a pill, she suddenly froze, her expression turning serious.
Noticing this, Xiao Yi Xian asked, "Zi Yan, is something wrong?"
"Big Sister Xiao Yi Xian... I think I sense a presence connected to my bloodline," Zi Yan said softly, her gaze following the faint trace of that presence.