BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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As those streams of information poured into Lin Feng’s mind, they quickly transformed into a collection of profound and mysterious symbols floating deep within his consciousness.

These arcane characters were the complete contents of the Soul Technique scroll.

After carefully studying it, Lin Feng finally confirmed that the purpose of this Soul Technique was to draw in spiritual energy from the depths of space directly into the soul.

Through this simplest and most direct form of accumulation, the technique strengthened the cultivator’s soul power over time.

However, a more accurate term for this kind of soul-enhancing technique would be: Soul Cultivation Technique.

As the name suggests, it is a technique meant specifically to cultivate the soul, much like how Dou Qi cultivation techniques are used to train Dou Qi.

The difference is that one focuses on the soul, while the other focuses on physical Dou Qi.

On the other hand, Soul Techniques that possess offensive or utility effects are referred to as Soul Techniques.

The relationship between Soul cultivation techniques and Soul Techniques is similar to that of Dou Qi cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques—

One primarily strengthens the user, the other is meant for combat.

As Lin Feng continued studying the profound symbols deep in his mind, the soul power coiled at his brow began to gently spin on its own.

Before he realized it, a strange, tingling sensation suddenly spread out from the center of his forehead.

Moments later, Lin Feng sharply sensed a peculiar pulling force radiating from his brow.

Around that invisible pull, the surrounding space subtly distorted, and threadlike streams of ethereal gas began to seep out from the void all of which flowed straight into his forehead.

”This is... spiritual energy?!”

Feeling the uniqueness of this cultivation technique, Lin Feng murmured to himself in amazement, ”So this is how the ancient Soul Cultivators trained… truly mysterious.”

The act of cultivating soul power with this Soul Technique did resemble the process of training Dou Qi in some ways.

The only difference was that instead of absorbing Dou Qi, this technique absorbed spiritual energy, the essential fuel of the soul!

”No wonder those high-ranking alchemists in Central Plains can advance so quickly. Besides their talent, this kind of soul cultivation technique must play a huge role.”

Sensing those thin wisps of spiritual energy from the depths of space being drawn in by the vortex at his brow and absorbed into his soul, Lin Feng couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

The more he saw of the world, the more clearly he felt it just how hopeless the common folk truly were on this Dou Qi continent.

Never mind rare pills or spiritual treasures even Earth Class cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, which were nothing special to the scions of major powers, were revered as priceless clan-guarding treasures by the commoners, unattainable for dozens of generations.

As for Soul Cultivation Techniques? Forget it.

Even among alchemists across the entire Northwestern Region, only a handful had even heard of such things.

Under this vast disparity, if any ordinary person wanted to rise above their fate...

Aside from the extremely lucky few who stumbled upon legacies left by predecessors—

The rest had no choice but to fight and plunder their way forward.

”Not bad. At this rate, even if I don’t devour any more soul fragments, I might still reach eighth-tier alchemist before the Pill Gathering starts!”

After absorbing for quite some time, Lin Feng slowly halted the Soul Gathering Technique and exclaimed in delight.

While the growth rate from this Soul Technique was slower than directly devouring soul essence, it was far safer and more stable.

”If even a High-Grade Huang Class Soul cultivation technique can be this effective…

I wonder what kind of progress speed a Black Class, or even Earth Class soul cultivation technique could provide?”

Licking his lips slightly, Lin Feng muttered with longing in his voice.

But then, remembering just how rare Soul cultivation techniques were, he sighed again, secretly berating himself for being too greedy.

Just obtaining one Soul Technique—even if it was only Huang Class—was already an incredible stroke of luck.

And yet here he was, daydreaming about higher-grade methods.

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, Lin Feng returned to exploring Elder Ying Shan’s storage ring.

After all, he had only explored the left side of the storage ring earlier as for the right side, he hadn’t even started yet.

This time, Lin Feng’s mood was much calmer as he began his exploration.

The right side of the ring was filled with fairly standard items: cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, pills, and various tools.

Among the Dou Techniques and cultivation techniques, there was only one scroll—a High-Grade Earth Class fire-attribute Dou Technique—and a few Mid-Grade Earth Class cultivation techniques that brought him a bit of surprise.

The rest—Low-Grade Earth Class and even some Black Class techniques—

were no longer enough to stir any waves in Lin Feng’s heart.

However, that one High-Grade Earth Class Dou Technique did strike him as a little strange.

Not only had it been stored separately, but the scroll used to record its contents had been made from shockingly high-quality materials.

From Lin Feng’s observation, the fiery red scroll storing this High-Grade Earth Class Dou Technique was likely more expensive to make than the scroll used for the Soul Gathering Technique.

Still, since he currently had no urgent need for a new Dou Technique, he didn’t bother to study it too closely.

Of course, this high-grade storage ring also contained a considerable number of medicinal pills.

However, Lin Feng noticed that only some of the jade bottles had labels on them, indicating what kind of pill they held.

The majority were just unmarked jade bottles.

At first, this puzzled him—but he quickly figured it out.

The labeled pills were likely ones Elder Ying Shan had acquired himself through various sources and purchases.

As for those unlabeled ones, they were probably pills inherited from that ancient alchemist.

After all, Elder Ying Shan himself probably had no way of identifying all of them either.

Therefore, Lin Feng chose to ignore the unmarked bottles for now.

Redirecting his soul perception, he focused on those labeled with pill names.

After a quick scan, Lin Feng discovered that most of the pills here were below seventh-tier.

Only one pill among them—the Life Returning Pill—qualified as a low-level seventh-tier pill.

Still, its effects were impressive.

As long as the user’s head wasn’t severed or their heart completely destroyed,

this pill could pull them back from the brink of death.

Among low-level seventh-tier pills, it was considered extremely popular.

It was the inferior version of the mid-level seventh-tier pill: Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.

As Lin Feng’s exploration continued, he came across an eight-spout medicinal cauldron, and his heart leapt with delight.

This type of advanced cauldron was more than sufficient to refine eighth-tier pills.

Although he didn’t need it right now, if there came a time when he couldn’t publicly bring out the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, this cauldron would serve as an excellent alternative—saving him a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After all, he would soon be heading to Central Plains, and that was nothing like the Northwestern Region.

There, he could encounter people familiar with the Heaven Cauldron Ranking at any time.

If he were forced to refine pills in public and brought out the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, and someone recognized it...

That could attract the attention of eighth-tier alchemists or even Dou Zun-level experts trying to steal it.

That would be a disaster.

After some thought, Lin Feng decided to set aside the study of those ancient pill recipes and alchemy techniques for now.

What he needed most right now... was greater personal strength.

Studying those ancient materials wasn’t urgent at the moment.

With that in mind, Lin Feng stood up and walked to the edge of the lava cave.

Gazing down at the now-vanished lizardmen, he lightly leapt forward and dove straight into the crimson magma below.

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