358: Chapter 358 The Emperor's Flame Pearl! The Secret of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe

The person asking was Huo Zhi, the daughter of the Yan Clan Chief.

It was no wonder Huo Zhi was so agitated that she even lost her composure.

As the only daughter of the Yan Clan Chief and the niece of Fairy Huoling, the strongest female powerhouse on the Fighting Qi Continent, her status and standing were no less than Gu Xun'er's.

Even before Gu Xun'er revealed her talent, the extent to which she was doted upon in the Yan Clan was incomparable to Gu Xun'er's standing in the Gu Family.

Yet, such a proud daughter of heaven with such background and status had an unspeakable flaw.

The Yan Clan Dou Di Bloodline within her was only Grade Four; she didn't even qualify to be bestowed with the clan tattoo during the Yan Clan's coming-of-age ceremony.

In all major Dou Di families, the Dou Di Bloodline must reach at least Grade Six to be valued by the clan and receive abundant resources for cultivation.

Huo Zhi's Bloodline grade was too low, so much so that Fairy Huoling gave up the Red Lotus Karma Fire she had subdued to her, allowing her to possess an Acquired Red Lotus Karma Fire Body, making her cultivation talent comparable to someone with a Grade Seven Dou Di Bloodline.

Even so, the Grade Four Dou Di Bloodline remained the point that Huo Zhi cared about the most in her heart.

And now, Gu Han was helping Gu Xun'er, who possessed a Divine Grade Bloodline, to further improve her Bloodline grade with two unknown fire beads in public, which deeply moved her.

In fact, the others from the various Dou Di families were in no better mood than Huo Zhi.

Throughout history, countless prodigies and capable people, and even some Dou Di themselves, had tried to find ways to ensure the Dou Di Bloodline would not wither away over time.

But in this current era, the only path remained the continuous birth of Dou Di, yet it seemed the Fighting Qi Continent could no longer give birth to a Dou Di.

With Gu Han revealing a method to help descendants of Dou Di improve their Bloodline grade at this moment, they could not help but care.

"You mean this?" Gu Han took out two more fire beads and said in a cold tone: "These are things similar to the Demonic Beast cores, coming from a creature I named Fire Lizardmen. I call them Emperor Flame Fire Beads. They only appear in those that have reached the Dou Wang level, and the highest strength can reach the Semi-Saint level."

"Fire Lizardmen? Emperor Flame Fire Beads!?"

Everyone was certain they had never heard of such a creature as Fire Lizardmen.

But they were certainly no strangers to the Emperor Flame.

"The Emperor Flame that Palace Master Gu Han speaks of, it wouldn't be the one ranked first on the strange fire ranking list, would it?" A Dou Sheng powerhouse couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Gu Han nodded slightly, dropping a bombshell: "Actually, he has another name, called Tuoshe Ancient Emperor."

"What!?" Even Gu Yuan was shocked in his heart and opened his mouth to confirm: "The Emperor Flame ranked first on the strange fire ranking list is Tuoshe Ancient Emperor?"

"That's right." At this point, Gu Han didn't intend to hide some things; instead, he was prepared to expose them extensively to pave the way for other matters: "As far as I know, Emperor Flame was an strange fire that, when it was weak, obtained a special Cultivation Technique and continued to devour other strange fires to transform and improve its strength. The Void Swallowing Flame of the Hun Clan and the Purification Lotus Demon Flame subdued by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint were both devoured by it before."

"After breaking through to Dou Di, he called himself Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. The strange fire ranking list was also issued by him at that time, established according to the growth upper limit and the birth lower limit of strange fires under normal circumstances."

Hearing this news, Xiao Yan's heart was stirred with stormy waves.

A special Cultivation Technique that devours strange fires... Could it be the "Burning Technique" he was cultivating?

If this bizarre Cultivation Technique that could devour strange fires to become stronger was obtained and cultivated by a sentient strange fire...

"Emperor Flame, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor." Xiao Yan's breathing suddenly quickened.

He was thinking, since Tuoshe Ancient Emperor could rely on devouring all strange fires to become a Dou Di in an era where no Dou Di had been born for ten thousand years.

Then if he were to replicate the path of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, could he also become a Dou Di!?

"Young Master Gu Han." Huo Zhi crossed space and arrived in front of Gu Han, bowing generously and continuing to ask: "You said the bead in your hand is called the Emperor Flame Fire Bead; could it be related to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor?"

"That is the case." Gu Han stood with his hands behind his back, giving a definitive answer: "I said earlier that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor is an strange fire. When he broke through to become a Dou Di, it was naturally impossible for him to be like the Dou Di of other races on the Fighting Qi Continent, who could change their own Bloodline, benefit their descendants, and revitalize an entire clan with the power of one person."

"He chose to feed back this transformative power to his birthplace, which was also the place where he broke through to become a Dou Di. The Fire Lizard Clan was thus born, and they regarded him as a god."

"In other words, the fire beads inside these Fire Lizardmen possess the power to change one's own Bloodline and benefit descendants after a Dou Di breaks through."

"I just gave Xun'er two Semi-Saint level Emperor Flame Fire Beads to help her Dou Di Bloodline grade improve."

"Tuoshe Ancient Emperor is the most recent Dou Di, so the Bloodline Power is naturally the most concentrated."

Hearing these words, everyone understood.

Simply put, after a normal Dou Di breaks through, they would use their Bloodline Power to revitalize their entire clan, but Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was an strange fire and there was no such thing as an entire clan, so that transformative power was left by him at his birthplace, becoming the Fire Lizard Clan, and the fire beads were the carriers of this power.

Every Dou Di clan's Dou Di Bloodline could only be continued within their own Family.

But Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Dou Di Bloodline was very primitive and could be continued by any Family.

At this thought, Huo Zhi stared at the fire beads in Gu Han's hand and asked without hesitation: "Young Master Gu Han, can these beads be traded?"

She was not stupid; on the contrary, she was very smart. Gu Han had just said the strongest of the Fire Lizard Clan was only at the Semi-Saint level, so they must have been wiped out by him. This meant that these fire beads, which could improve the Bloodline grade of a Dou Di Family, were only possessed by Gu Han.

Even if the Fire Lizardmen hadn't been wiped out, Gu Han would never tell anyone else.

"Of course. I am not a person of a Dou Di clan, nor am I a fire-attribute Cultivator. For me, these fire beads only serve to improve the grade of strange fire, which is truly a bit of a waste." Gu Han nodded slightly.

He took out the fire beads in public partly because he wanted to attract customers.

It would be a waste to give them to Xiao Yan; he had the big gift package prepared by Xiao Xuan, and not having a Dou Di Bloodline wouldn't affect his future Breakthrough to Dou Di.

It would be better to sell them to those in need now in exchange for resources.

"Good, I want to trade." Huo Zhi immediately said: "Young Master Tianji knows everything, and Palace Master Gu Han even knows that Xun'er has a Divine Grade Bloodline, so you should also know my situation."

"See what grade the fire beads in your hand can help me reach, and what benefits I need to offer?"

"Huo Zhi, we also want the fire beads; don't think about monopolizing them alone." A voice came from the side; it was a Disciple of the Ling Clan.

People like Gu Qingyang and others were also eyeing them covetously.

Who wouldn't want such good things that could improve Bloodline grade?

Even some Dou Sheng Elders were considering whether to get a fire bead to devour, after all, it was related to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

"Everyone, don't get excited." Gu Han raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, smiling: "I forgot to mention one point: these fire beads can only be swallowed and refined to improve strength and Bloodline grade by Cultivators with fire-attribute Qi; otherwise, some of my friends from the Dou Di clans could have digested them all."

"After all, Tuoshe Ancient Emperor is an strange fire."