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Xiao Yan glanced at Zi Yan and smiled. "Want me to cut a piece for you? I heard your tribe eats this stuff?"
Zi Yan immediately shot Xiao Yan a look of utter disgust and said indignantly, "What do you take me for? If I wanted to eat one, I'd eat it fresh. This thing has been dead for who knows how long."
Her true form was the Ancient Void Dragon after all! What was the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe to her? Merely a snack.
The corpse of the Heaven Demon Phoenix appeared and occupied more than half the room. Little Fairy Doctor and Ya Fei distanced themselves in disgust. They even gave Xiao Yan a sidelong glance before hurriedly leaving his room.
It was simply too foul-smelling!
However, magical beasts like Zi Yan and the two Lion Kings didn't mind the stench of the corpse at all. Their olfactory systems differed completely from humans'.
"Zi Yan, how do we extract the Monster Core and Essence Blood?" Although Xiao Yan found it smelly, he was eager to dissect the Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse. He was particularly interested in refining the Sky Bird Nine Flying Wings!
Especially that pair of jade-like bone wings. Under the soft lamplight, they reflected a faint fluorescent glow, appearing exceptionally unusual.
Zi Yan pondered for a moment. "First, remove those bone spikes. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe is known for its speed, and the power contained in those bone spikes is definitely not inferior to that of ordinary Rank 8 magical beasts."
Xiao Yan nodded. He moved lightly and stopped beside the jade-like bone wings that were about two or three meters wide. He squatted down and gently stroked the bone wings. They felt ice-cold to the touch, yet within that coldness lingered traces of warmth. It was hard to imagine that this withered corpse, dead for countless years, could still emit heat.
The jade-like bone wings were slightly transparent, allowing him to clearly see the strange energy flowing within them like tiny floating particles with his naked eye.
Without hesitation, he enveloped his palm with the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame. Using his hand as a blade, the scorching wind blade made two swift cuts, cleanly severing the bone spikes.
Once separated from the body, the jade bone wings showed no signs of dimming. This relieved him considerably, as he had worried they might turn to worthless dust upon separation. Now it seemed his concerns were unfounded.
However, when he broke open the corpse, a sour stench made even him feel nauseous.
'Are all Heaven Demon Phoenixes this foul?!' Xiao Yan couldn't help but complain inwardly. His impression of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe plummeted.
He turned his head to look at Zi Yan, who was playing with the claws and fangs from the corpse. "Zi Yan, where are the Monster Core and Essence Blood? You know, right?"
She extended her small hand, palm open, and smiled sweetly. "One tier 7 medicinal pill."
Xiao Yan stared in momentary disbelief before breaking into helpless laughter. He gave her palm a light slap and said, "You little rascal, trying to extort me now, huh!"
Zi Yan quickly withdrew her hand with a pout of dissatisfaction. "You have to treat everyone equally! You're biased toward Sister Fairy Doctor!"
"Alright, alright, I'll owe you for now. I'll refine it when we return to Jia Nan Academy." Xiao Yan truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was actually being extorted!
"Hehehe, you said it," Zi Yan beamed with joy upon hearing his promise. She said cheerfully, "Burn it! The Essence Blood is in the flesh, and the Monster Core is in the head. First, burn the flesh and collect the Essence Blood. Then use a small drop and drip it into the head before burning it again. The Essence Blood will absorb the power from the head and condense into a Monster Core. But your flames need to be intense. Weak flames won't do."
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at her. He now possessed nine kinds of Heavenly Flames. After fully merging them, their power should be second only to the top three Heavenly Flames.
Without further ado, he began burning the corpse using the Ten Thousand Beast Flame.
As the flames enveloped the body, terrifying heat spread throughout, seeping deep into the magical beast's remains.
The meat chunks, resembling dried chicken breast, sizzled continuously as they gradually shrank within the flames. After the surface's pale white color was burned away, a faint cyan-red hue soon began to emerge on the magical beast's exterior.
'Hmm? Such a peculiar effect!' Xiao Yan was surprised. Even his Soul State Spiritual Strength hadn't detected any Essence Blood or Monster Core, yet burning with flames produced this unexpected reaction.
Soon, as the Ten Thousand Beast Flame continuously refined the corpse, drops of cyan-red Essence Blood began to condense.
Xiao Yan's eyes were sharp and his hands swift. He quickly took out a high-quality jade bottle from his storage ring and collected the drop of cyan-red blood into it.
Realizing it was effective, he diligently continued refining. After much effort, he finally burned the flesh of the long-dead Heaven Demon Phoenix into ash, and obtained a small bottle of cyan-red Essence Blood.
"This head is quite resistant to burning." After incinerating the entire body, only the skull remained stubbornly intact.
"The Monster Core is in the head. Increase your firepower!" Zi Yan urged.
Xiao Yan nodded. Without holding back, he merged the Ten Thousand Beast Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame. The Ten Thousand Beast Glazed Flame emerged, and the temperature in the entire space soared dramatically.
This terrifying high temperature caused even the curious Little Lion King to sweat profusely. One could imagine how high it was.
The drop of Essence Blood placed inside the head began to expand like a water droplet, absorbing some special energy from throughout the skull.
Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with joy. He immediately increased the temperature of the Ten Thousand Beast Glazed Flame.
Chirp!!
Just as the Essence Blood was slowly taking shape, a high-pitched cry suddenly rang out. A cloud of cyan-red mist sprayed out from the flames and gradually formed the shape of a phoenix-like bird. A terrifying energy pressure spread out from it.
"Hoho, there's still some remnant soul left in the head," Xiao Yan sneered coldly. With a thought, his Soul State Spiritual Strength surged out, and black soul chains shot out from beneath his feet, firmly locking onto the cyan-red mist.
The void suddenly tore open, and a small black cat appeared.
Like a night prowler catching a bird, Mao Wu seized the cyan-red phoenix with a single paw and bite. The terrifying Seed Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame surged forth as Mao Wu dragged this 'little bird' into the void with elegant cat-like strides and began feasting.
"After all, it's just a peak Rank 7 magical beast that's been dead for countless years. If you were still alive, I might have feared you a bit," Xiao Yan sneered. A Heaven Demon Phoenix that had died who knows how long ago dared to show off in front of him?
Not long after Mao Wu dragged that cyan-red mist into the void, a burst of intense light flared, but it lasted only an instant before gradually dissipating. As the last trace of light faded, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze suddenly froze.
A cyan-red crystal with a slightly irregular shape floated mid-air without any support. As it slowly rotated, faint cyan-red glow emanated from it. Even these slight energy radiations caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.
Xiao Yan stared intently at this crystal, which contained extremely terrifying energy. He took a deep breath, and an astonishing fervor erupted in his eyes.
"Not bad. It's indeed worthy of being the Monster Core of a half-step Rank 8 Heaven Demon Phoenix. It contains such powerful and pure energy!"
The use of Monster Cores wasn't limited to alchemy. They were also essential in crafting weapons, armor, and even puppets.
For Xiao Yan, refining bone wings using the Sky Bird Nine Flying Wings method also required a Monster Core.
Flying-type Dou Techniques were essentially a type of flying weapon. It was just that due to their special crafting method, they were hidden in scrolls, so they were called Dou Techniques.
When he previously used the Purple Cloud Wings, he hadn't really cultivated them much. There was no distinction between minor or major mastery, and no matter how he cultivated, the speed remained the same.
When Zi Yan saw Xiao Yan start to refine the flying-type Dou Technique, she lost interest and left. Before leaving, she reminded him, "Remember to refine pills for me!"
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Xiao Yan spared no expense in refining these Sky Bird Nine Flying Wings. The strength of a flying Dou Technique depended entirely on the quality of the materials used.
The jade bones used as the base material came from a half-step Rank 8 Heaven Demon Phoenix. If the quality could be maintained, this flying Dou Technique could even reach the terrifying level of a quasi-Tian Class.
Xiao Yan held nothing back. He used most of the small bottle of refined Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe Essence Blood and incorporated various exotic bones from his storage ring.
There were feathers, bone spikes, and quite a few small wings. Although these things varied in appearance, they all shared a common trait: they contained some energy. While this energy wasn't extremely potent, it could add the finishing touches when refining the flying wings.
He even asked the two Lion Kings for some of the purple crystals on their bodies that could absorb solar energy and added them into the mix.
His cultivation was already at 8-star Dou Emperor, his Spiritual Strength had reached the Soul State, and he used the Ten Thousand Beast Glazed Flame merged from three kinds of Heavenly Flames. Despite all this, it still took him a full day and night.
After a day and night, he finally refined everything within the Ten Thousand Beast Glazed Flame into a mass of jade-white liquid containing faint traces of cyan-red color.
With his keen Spiritual Strength, he could even sense a bit of wind and lightning power.
"It's rumored that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe can manipulate the power of wind and lightning. Looks like it's true," Xiao Yan muttered to himself. Then, he began using his Spiritual Strength to shape the liquid according to his desires.
After about half an hour of molding, the mass of jade-colored liquid finally took shape.
A pair of huge bone wings about a meter long and wide appeared before him. Numerous silver spikes about an inch long extended along the edges of the wings, with faint lightning coiling around them. Other parts of the bone wings bore cyan-red patterns of varying shades. The most striking feature was the purple gems dotted on them, emitting traces of warmth, giving the wings a mysterious and magnificent appearance.
If someone were to fly around with such wings, they would undoubtedly attract immense attention.
An irrepressible excitement surged in Xiao Yan's eyes as he looked at the fully formed bone wings. He took a deep breath, and with a thought, the temperature of the Ten Thousand Beast Glazed Flame suddenly soared, then was swiftly retracted!
'Just the final step.' Xiao Yan took out the Monster Core of the half-step Rank 8 Heaven Demon Phoenix. The Monster Core could provide an immense amount of power as the energy core. Combined with his Dou Qi, the resulting speed would be even more terrifying.
This was the principle behind Monster Core weapons.
Xiao Yan gently pushed, and the cyan-red Monster Core slowly floated to the center of the bone wings. With a buzz, the Monster Core clicked into place and embedded itself into the central position of the bone wings.
BOOM!!!
Instantly, a terrifying thunderstorm swept through the entire room.
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
Bolts of lightning shot out from the bone wings, destroying everything in Xiao Yan's room. Whirlwinds lifted and pulverized all objects, reducing them to dust.
'Good! Not bad, really not bad!' Xiao Yan licked his lips. He was very satisfied with his first attempt at refining a flying-type Dou Technique.
Only this level of flying-type Dou Technique would be of help to him! If it were only a Low Di Class, he might as well rely on pills instead.
A gratified smile appeared on his face as he looked at this pair of bone wings. He bit his middle finger, and a drop of crimson blood dripped onto the bone wings.
As soon as the blood touched the bone wings, they rapidly absorbed it and burst into a brilliant jade light. With a whoosh, they transformed into a beam of light and shot into his body.
Suddenly, a sharp pain spread from his back throughout his body. He could feel the domineering and unruly nature of the bone wings, like a wild horse unwilling to be tamed.
"Hmph!" Xiao Yan let out a cold snort. The shadow beneath his feet squirmed again, and wisps of ominous black energy began to climb up from his feet, all the way to his back, as if a black hand was gripping the bone wings. It was as if a pair of demonic Asura eyes were watching intently.
No matter how domineering the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe's bone wings were, they couldn't surpass the overbearing nature of the High Di Class Soul Skill created by the Hun Clan. Soon, under the gaze of the Asura, the bone wings gradually calmed down and fully merged into Xiao Yan's body.
"Smart choice."
Xiao Yan stomped his foot, trampling the abyss beneath him. Having reached the Soul State, he was gradually gaining control over the Asura Soul Reaping Technique.
With a thought, there was a ripping sound as the wide bone wings glimmering with jade light suddenly shot out from his back. The wings fluttered gently as he sensed the surrounding wind attribute energy. His sensitivity to the wind had suddenly become extremely acute. Xiao Yan couldn't help but lick his lips. It seemed he had indeed refined a treasure this time.
'What a pity, the materials were still a bit lacking. It can only reach the High Di Class level.' However, he still felt a tinge of regret. Although the jade bones, Essence Blood, and Monster Core had all reached half-step Rank 8, the other materials were slightly inferior and prevented it from reaching the most ideal state.
Nevertheless, he was quite satisfied. He had no other equipment apart from the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Now, with the addition of these flying bone wings to increase his speed, he had no complaints.
Xiao Yan looked at the ruined state of the room and shook his head. He couldn't be bothered to clean it up. He simply left a small pouch of gold coins as compensation and walked out of the room.
By this time, Little Fairy Doctor and the others were already waiting outside. A day and a half had passed since the auction.
"They should have thought it through by now. I hope they can be a little smarter." Xiao Yan revealed a profound smile as he looked toward the sky.
Of course, inwardly, he actually hoped these bone wings could be put to use today!