When Long Chen arrived at the area of the ancient Fusang tree, above the forest area, eighteen giant golden crows were circling and dancing atop eighteen ancient Fusang trees.
In less than three days, eighteen three-legged golden crows had grown over a hundred zhang long. Their feathers were made of gold, and their wings spread out, exuding an unmatched divine spirit.
These three Golden Crows were far more beautiful than the true Golden Crow clan experts. Although still in their growth phase, their flame power was incredibly pure, their wings spread wide, golden sand filling the sky—a scene that was truly breathtaking.
Eighteen golden crows danced, forming a flame formation. At the center of the formation, Huo Ling'er formed hand seals, and a divine ring emerged behind her. A gigantic Golden Crow totem appeared, and countless runes flowed within it, continuously pouring into Huo Ling'er's body.
Long Chen knew that Huo Ling'er was studying the secret techniques of the Golden Crow clan. She had said that as long as these Golden Crows grew up, when they awakened their divine abilities, she could learn alongside them. The Golden Crow clan's divine abilities were her divine powers.
Long Chen watched for a while, his heart filled with shock and satisfaction. Huo Ling'er and Lei Ling'er had grown alongside him all the way, and now, they had truly matured. Moreover, their future strength was immeasurable, and they might even surpass him.
In the chaotic space, Huo Ling'er was cultivating the divine abilities of the Golden Crow clan, Lei Ling'er was devouring the thunder of the Heavenly Tribulation, Yao Ling'er was diligently training to adapt to her new body, and even Heitu was striving to devour three giant dragons. So far, Long Chen was the most idle.
Just as Long Chen was about to leave the chaotic space, the Qiankun Cauldron suddenly appeared before him and said,
"Yao Ling'er is almost done with it. Once she's digested everything I taught her, she can fully control the Yaoyue Cauldron."
Don't just sit idle—come with me to refine Nirvana Chong Pills. Consider it a preview for now." "
Didn't you say I still can't refine it now?" Long Chen said.
"I'm saying you can't use it now, not that you can't refine it." Qiankun Cauldron said.
After saying that, without giving Long Chen a chance to argue, he directly took out the rare herbs used to refine the Nirvana Chong Pill. Long Chen saw it and thought, wow, the Qiankun Cauldron was even more anxious than he was.
All the rare herbs had long been refined into powders by it. The refining step was already done by it, so he only needed to cooperate with the pill refining.
"Let me tell you, the Niechong Pill is different from other pills. You can't refine it using ordinary flames." Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Do we need to use heavenly fire?" Long Chen asked.
"Heavenly Fire won't work either. Looking across the entire world, only people from the Nine Star lineage can refine the Nirvana Pill. Even the Great Brahma Heaven can't do it." Qiankun Cauldron said.
"That strong?" Wait, isn't the Nine-Star lineage supposed to be the strongest warrior? Never heard of being able to refine pills. Long Chen asked.
"It's true that the Nine-Star lineage is basically made up of warriors, but it also has branches. One branch specializes in alchemy for the Nine-Star lineage, and its leader is ... with the Great Brahma Heaven.
Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. It's pointless. You just need to know that the flame needed to refine the Nirvana Chong Pill is your Star Fire. "The Qiankun Cauldron said.
Long Chen hated it when others spoke halfway—either you finish or you don't say anything. But when it came to the Qiankun Cauldron, Long Chen was completely helpless.
"What is the Star Fire?" Long Chen asked.
"Within your star sea, purple energy flows, condensing fire with qi, burning the power of the stars, using the fire of the sun as a seed to ignite it. Give it a try!" As the Qiankun Cauldron spoke, he imparted a technique Long Chen had never heard of before.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sea of stars inside Long Chen's dantian trembled, endless stars lit up, and the violent power erupted like a volcano, instantly losing control and leaving Long Chen stunned.
"Idiot, I told you to ignite, not to detonate!" Long Chen's actions startled the Qiankun Cauldron, who hurriedly helped him suppress it.
After a flustered struggle, Xinghai finally regained its composure. At that moment, Long Chen was so frightened his face turned pale. He hadn't expected that Xinghai could lose control sometimes.
With this experience, Long Chen once again activated the star sea. This time, he dared not be so reckless. Purple energy rose above the star sea, floating in midair, ignited by Long Chen with the fire of the sun.
"Buzz"
This time, a purple sea of fire appeared above the star sea. The flames rose and fell with the flow of the starry sea, vast but not violent.
Seeing this, Long Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, with his control over the power of the stars, he could easily achieve it.
The Qiankun Cauldron didn't take it seriously, so his explanation was somewhat vague. He thought Long Chen would understand, and since he thought it was very simple, he overlooked the details, which almost led to a major incident.
Fortunately, everything had passed. When the purple energy was ignited, Long Chen could quickly control it. These flames were controlled by the power of the stars, so the Qiankun Cauldron also called them the Star Fire.
However, this flame is considered internal fire and can only be used for alchemy, not to attack others. Because it's hard to control, once it flares up, the star sea explodes, and Long Chen will be blown to pieces. This is no joke.
After a round of testing by the Qiankun Cauldron, it was found that Long Chen had indeed mastered the Star Fire, and the cauldron began cooperating with him in pill refining.
"Buzz"
When the first rare herb entered the cauldron, Long Chen noticed that the powder was emitting specks of purple starlight. In all his years of alchemy, Long Chen had never seen anything like this.
"There's nothing strange about it. Within the starfire lies your star power, and the rare medicine has been nourished by the sun, moon, and stars to reach this stage, so it has developed a sense of resonance.
Your Star Fire not only needs to extract the medicinal essence but also activate the star power it absorbs; otherwise, you simply cannot refine the Nie Chong Pill. That's why only the Nine Star lineage can refine the Nie Chong Pill. "The Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
When a rare herb enters the cauldron, under the scorching of the starfire, some powder turns into a viscous liquid, which condenses into beads that pulse continuously inside the cauldron.
Some rare medicines can transform into one-moment pill beads, while others can turn into dozens of pearls. The Qiankun Cauldron explained that some rare medicines absorb more essence of the sun and moon, while others absorb less of the essence of the stars, which is why this situation occurred.
Some rare medicines have many different types of energy themselves, and after refining, these energies repel each other and form independent entities.
As the precious medicine kept pouring in, the number of pill beads inside the cauldron grew, repelling each other. The cauldron burst like beans, thousands upon thousands of droplet-like droplets collided and exploded nonstop.
"Buzz"
When the last rare herb was poured into it, the pearls instantly fell silent. But only for a brief moment before Long Chen saw star patterns appear on each pearl, and their auras instantly became violent.