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Su Yun had practiced the Eight Extremes Collapse to the second layer of hidden force.
In terms of combat power, in the small place of the Jiamai Empire, with his current cultivation, he probably wouldn't find many opponents at the Martial Practitioner stage.
However, the Sixth-Rank cultivation was still too low. Fighting a Martial Master of a higher rank was unrealistic.
If he had a Fourth-Rank Magic Core to advance the Eight Extremes Collapse to its peak, it would be much easier, but with his current strength, obtaining a Fourth-Rank Magic Core...
"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"
That's what it meant to have no background.
A Fourth-Rank Magic Beast corresponded to a Spirit Fighter among humans, and with his current petite body...
His current cultivation was too low, and some ideas were simply unfeasible.
If he had the strength of a Martial Master and could integrate the memories of Old Medicine as a Second or Third-Rank Alchemist, he could refine some pills, accumulate some gold coins, and make some progress.
However, the martial qi at the Martial Practitioner stage was too thin, unable to support the refinement of pills above the Second Rank...
Su Yun shook his head and put away the thought.
The top priority was to enhance his strength. The identity of an Alchemist offered many conveniences on this Martial Arts Continent, but it also required the support of martial qi cultivation.
With a thought, an ancient, somewhat yellowed scroll appeared in Su Yun's hand.
This ancient scroll was the Fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map.
In the past, when the Purified Lotus Demon Sage was nearing the end of his life, he died from the backlash of the Purified Lotus Demon Fire, failing to erase its intelligence and memories. He sealed the Purified Lotus Demon Fire in a demon fire space and left behind four Fragments of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map.
However, Hai Bодong split one of the fragments in two, leaving five fragments scattered across the continent.
All five fragments contained soul residues, which meant that others needed to gather all of them to make use of them. But for Su Yun, it was different.
"System, scan the Fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map."
"Ding, scan successful."
"Ding, detected one fragment of the Purified Lotus Demon Sage's soul residue."
"Continue, scan the Purified Lotus Demon Sage's soul residue."
"Ding, scan successful."
"Ding, obtained one fragment of the Purified Lotus Demon Sage's memory (incomplete)."
A hint of joy flashed in Su Yun's eyes.
Indeed, it worked!
Su Yun chuckled softly, "I've almost digested Old Medicine's memories over these seven months.
This fragment came just in time."
The Purified Lotus Demon Sage was more like a Half-Emperor of the Pure Lotus, having taken a half-step beyond the peak of the Ninth-Rank Sage Fighter. His cultivation was so high that he was invincible in his era.
If not for the Primordial Qi, he would have long transcended.
Su Yun's smile was unhidden.
A Half-Emperor who had lived to the end of his life had far more cultivation techniques and combat skills than Yao Chen.
A Martial Ancestor was also excellent, being the ruler of the continent in the Central Province when the Ancient Eight Clans did not emerge.
But even compared to the Saint Realm, the difference was like that between heaven and earth.
This was also reflected in cultivation techniques and combat skills. Old Medicine himself was fire-attribute, but his cultivation technique was only Earth Rank.
Not to mention his past life's memories, after obtaining Old Medicine's memories, Su Yun was already well-versed in Old Medicine's high-end cultivation techniques and combat skills.
Earth Rank techniques existed, but there wasn't even a fragment of a Heaven Rank technique.
Yao Chen was expelled from the Medicine Clan at a young age and could not enjoy the clan's resources.
Now, although Su Yun's cultivation was low, he had to plan for the future.
Even if the Half-Emperor's memory was incomplete, it would still be of great help in the future. Not to mention other things, he wouldn't have to worry about lacking Heaven Rank combat skills in the future.
Su Yun put the Fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map back into the System space and took out a white and red alternating leaf.
"I only remembered the Bonespirit Cold Fire, which combines extreme cold and extreme heat, and the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, which also possesses dual attributes, but I overlooked it." Su Yun muttered.
The problem of integrating the ice and fire dual attributes in the Burning Cold Decision might be solved without absorbing the Bonespirit Cold Fire.
"System, fuse the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and the Burning Cold Decision."
"Ding, detected a fusion plan."
"Ding, requires one Fourth-Rank Magic Core. Proceed with fusion?"
"Fourth Rank!" Su Yun's eyes almost popped out.
What's going on!
Isn't fusion charged based on the rank after fusion?
Could it be that it will advance to High Mystic Rank after fusion?
A Fourth-Rank Magic Beast corresponded to a Spirit Fighter, and he, a Martial Practitioner, was only equivalent to a First-Rank Magic Beast.
The consumption required to fuse the ice and fire characteristics of the herb with the cultivation technique might be different from the fusion of cultivation techniques.
Su Yun cursed as he left the inn and headed back to the Beast Mountain Range.
"Eight Extremes Collapse to its peak requires a Fourth-Rank Magic Core, and solving the flaw in the Burning Cold Decision also requires a Fourth-Rank Magic Core?!
This is a matter of life and death?!"
He could only pin his hopes on his identity as an Alchemist.
The methods used in Wu Tan City might not work, as Third-Rank and above magic cores wouldn't appear in low-end places like the Marketplace.
He could go to an Auction House, but it was too far away, and the System couldn't recycle them.
The money in the cave could buy a Third-Rank magic core, but a Fourth-Rank was out of the question.
...
One day, in a cave on the outskirts of the Beast Mountain Range.
"This Fierce Tiger really hurts!"
The longer Su Yun stayed in the Beast Mountain Range, the further his nine years of compulsory education were thrown away.
Apart from Su Yun, there was no one else in the cave. Besides Su Yun's curses, only the sound of the fire burning could be heard.
A few "pop" sounds came from the top of the flames as sparks flew out.
A faint light illuminated the young man's face.
Time passed unnoticed. From the third segment of martial qi to now, the young boy was no longer smooth-skinned. The wind and sun had hardened his heart.
It had been a year since he left Wu Tan City.
Su Yun silently calculated the time in his heart.
It took seven months to find a cave after arriving at the outskirts of the Beast Mountain Range.
Now, another six months had passed.
"A year already." Su Yun sighed.
Cultivation was truly difficult.
Su Yun shook his head and applied Blood-Clotting Powder to the wound on his arm.
In battle, getting hurt was inevitable.
Cultivation at the Martial Practitioner stage was simple for him with his current talent.
Now, his cultivation had advanced further, reaching the Ninth-Rank Martial Practitioner. With the Eight Extremes Collapse already practiced to the fourth layer of hidden force, fighting a Second-Rank Magic Beast was not difficult.
Indeed, over these few days, he had been causing trouble for Second-Rank Magic Beasts all over the Beast Mountain Range.
With the characteristics of the Eight Extremes Collapse's hidden force exploding within the body, Su Yun was not afraid of the Magic Beasts' naturally strong physiques.
The physiques of Magic Beasts were strong, but their internal organs were fragile, and low-level Magic Beasts had little intelligence, allowing him to defeat them multiple times.
But after a long time of hunting, today he was pecked by a bird.
This morning, he was ambushed by a Second-Rank Fierce Tiger. Although he killed it, he still got scratched.
Su Yun bandaged his wound and began refining Flame Blood.
Although Flame Blood was a First-Rank pill, it was actually a "pill liquid."
The Alchemist Guild evaluated the ranks of Alchemists based on the formation of pills, which shows how easy it is to refine "pill liquids" like Flame Blood.
Over this year, Su Yun's rapid cultivation progress was largely due to Flame Blood.
(End of Chapter)