Chapter 7: Obtaining the Bone Cold Fire
In a small room, Su Yun opened his eyes.
The first conversion of Dou Qi didn't take too long; Su Yun completed it in just an hour.
"Now it's time to consider future cultivation," Su Yun thought.
Su Yun didn't plan to continue cultivating in Wutan City.
The flowers in the greenhouse couldn't compare to the wild weeds.
He didn't want to end up as a waste with Dou Qi but no real strength!
Although the strength of a martial artist was still at the bottom level, it was much better than the Dou Qi stage, and in slightly remote places, one could already have some power.
Moreover, over the years with the system, he discovered a lifesaving method.
The system space.
The system space could accommodate living beings!
And he only needed a thought to enter it.
This meant that as long as he didn't encounter enemies who could kill him in an instant, he would be invincible!
...
In a corner of the main street of the Xiao family, Su Yun was quietly waiting in a black robe.
The Bone Cold Fire might allow the fusion of the fire and ice attributes of the "Burning Cold Decision," and he couldn't give up on that.
Although Yao Lao only woke up when Xiao Yan was fifteen, in two more years, he would be able to absorb Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, and it was difficult to guarantee that he wouldn't be conscious at that time.
Although he couldn't absorb the Bone Cold Fire now, it wouldn't hurt to get it first.
Time passed slowly, and after seven days, a boy of about ten slowly emerged.
"Scan," Su Yun thought in his corner.
He and Xiao Yan had only met once three years ago, and he couldn't remember his appearance.
During the seven days of waiting, he had to scan almost every child who came out, which was a helpless move.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Xiao Yan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Eight stages of Dou Qi
Techniques: None
Skills: None
Items: None
"Finally, after waiting for seven days, it's not in vain," Su Yun's eyes lit up under the black robe.
"System, scan that ring!"
"Ding, scan successful."
"Detected a dormant soul body."
"Continue, scan that soul body," Su Yun continued.
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Yao Chen
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Peak Dou Zun
Identity: Peak Eighth Grade Alchemist
Techniques: "Fiery Sun Burning Heaven Decision" high-grade earth tier
Skills: "Flame Splitting Wave Ruler" low-grade earth tier...
Items: Bone Cold Fire, Mysterious Heavy Ruler, Black Magic Cauldron, Bone Flame Ring...
"Scan the Bone Cold Fire."
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Bone Cold Fire
Description: Ranked eleventh on the Strange Fire List. A peculiar flame combining extreme cold and extreme heat, it can only be encountered in extremely cold and yin places every hundred years when the sun and moon alternate.
"Retrieve the Bone Cold Fire!"
"Ding, retrieval successful."
With the sound of the system prompt, the Bone Cold Fire appeared in the system's warehouse.
Su Yun grinned under his black robe and turned to leave.
He couldn't refine the Bone Cold Fire with his current status as a mere one-star martial artist.
But that didn't stop Su Yun from feeling delighted about obtaining it.
At the same time, Xiao Yan at the gate of the Xiao family was also feeling content.
At nine years old, he was already at the eight-stage Dou Qi level, shining brightly in the Xiao family.
People of the same age in the clan all nodded and bowed to him. Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, and other little girls surrounded him every day.
Although he wasn't interested in little kids, his vanity was greatly satisfied.
Obviously, the future Flame Emperor had not experienced the low period of the original plot for three years, and he hadn't yet reached the state of being unaffected by favor or disgrace.
It made sense.
A mediocre person from the 20th century who crossed over and became a young man full of ambition and vigor was the norm.
A cautious person like Su Yun, who was well aware of the cruelty of the world and focused on cultivation step by step, was the exception.
...
At this moment, Su Yun was on his way to Qingshan Town.
He had already decided to go there for adventure.
Firstly, there was the cave where the original Xiao Yan and the Little Doctor entered.
There were many good things there, whether it was flying martial arts, the remains of the Pure Lian Yao Fire, or the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, they all needed to be obtained.
Although this place had been written to death in the fanfiction works, since it was written to death, it undoubtedly represented its importance.
Regardless of how the dog author intended to write it, Su Yun was determined to go there.
In addition, the overall strength of the martial artists in Qingshan Town was low.
If the celestial empire's ceiling was the semi-emperor level of the nine-star Dou Saint with a batch of imperial-grade pill elixirs, then the ceiling in Qingshan Town was Dou Shi.
In Qingshan Town, martial artists with higher star levels were already the backbone.
Just like the deputy commander of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Hemont, an eight-star martial artist.
It can be seen that the overall strength of Qingshan Town was far from comparable to other places.
He was only a one-star martial artist now, and there was no need to go to a bigger stage. Qingshan Town was fine.
With the "Burning Cold Decision" equivalent to the low-grade earth-tier technique, plus the high-grade martial arts collected by Yao Lao, he could have decent strength in Qingshan Town after practicing for a few months.
...
Before the sky gradually darkened, Su Yun finally arrived at his destination.
Su Yun couldn't help but be curious about the new environment he had come to, looking around and observing the style of Qingshan Town.
In the town, mercenaries who lived by the sword gathered in groups, talking freely and wildly discussing which women in town were the most flavorful, where the strongest wine was, and which beasts were the fiercest...
On both sides of the street, there were many shops, and because of its geographical advantages, the popularity was quite high. Su Yun looked around with interest at those brightly lit shops.
When his gaze fell on a spacious herb shop, he stopped.
This herb shop turned out to be the Wan Yao Pavilion.
Su Yun had an impression of the Wan Yao Pavilion. It was where the Little Doctor with the calamitous poison body made her appearance.
But now, it was still six years away from the beginning of the plot. It was unlikely that he would see the Little Doctor now.
Shaking his head, he had no intention of going in. Xiao Yan would come to Qingshan Town the next year, which was seven years away from now, and the Blood Lotus Essence was unlikely to appear now.
Continuing to walk forward, Su Yun spent an hour wandering around Qingshan Town. Then he began to focus.
He always remembered the cruelty of the Dou Qi continent and his purpose in coming to Qingshan Town.
His humble cultivation was ubiquitous in Qingshan Town, let alone elsewhere.
(End of this chapter)