183: Top-grade fire spirit root

Over all these years, it wasn't just Lin Yan's cultivation that had improved.

His various Magical Techniques and Concepts had also seen significant progress.

Even without intentionally meditating on it, his Wind Intent had reached the Third Transformation.

His movement technique, the Eight Directions Sword Step, had long since reached Major Achievement.

When performing this movement technique, he was not only extremely fast but could also create phantoms to confuse his opponents.

Of course, this phantom effect had its limits, and it clearly wouldn't be able to deceive the Snow Ape.

Fortunately, although the Snow Ape was strong, it wasn't particularly fast, nor did it have a strong killing intent toward Lin Yan.

After chasing for a while, the Snow Ape stopped, roared at Lin Yan a few times, and then headed back.

Lin Yan didn't dare linger, running all the way to the outskirts of the Snowy Plateau.

"Good thing I didn't kill that Snow Ape cub..." Lin Yan thought to himself, feeling lucky.

Otherwise, that big Snow Ape would have surely fought him to the death.

Returning to the Small Valley, Lin Yan couldn't be bothered to rest and impatiently began brewing fire crystal wine.

First, he took out the Fire Crystal Rice harvested over the years and repeatedly washed it with spiritual power to remove Impurities, leaving only the translucent, plump grains.

Then, he formed a hand seal, and streaks of spiritual fire rose up. He placed the Fire Crystal Rice over them, slow-roasting it with a gentle flame until the husks slightly cracked, releasing a scorched yet fragrant Spiritual Qi.

The roasted Fire Crystal Rice was spread out on a jade plate. Once it cooled to a suitable temperature, he circulated a soft spiritual light.

"Go."

With a soft shout, the spiritual light enveloped the Fire Crystal Rice, and it all fell into a prepared green jade vat.

The jade material was fine and dense, excellent for locking in spiritual energy and very strong.

Lin Yan then cast a Magical Technique to stabilize the spiritual energy, sealed the vat's mouth, and waited for it to ferment naturally.

After finishing this, he took out several pieces of ten-thousand-year profound ice and handed them to the Technique Spirit "Little Wine" standing on his shoulder.

"Little Wine, use these pieces of ten-thousand-year profound ice to cool the wine. I'll leave the rest to you."

"Alright, Master! Leave it to me, you can count on it!"

Little Wine's voice echoed in his Sea of Consciousness, tinged with a hint of excitement.

It transformed into a streak of light and dove into the jade vat, starting to mobilize its spiritual power to guide the pure cold energy from the ten-thousand-year profound ice, evenly blending it into the fermenting wine liquid.

With Little Wine around, brewing wine was very easy.

Lin Yan only needed to check once a day; the rest of the time, he could do whatever he wanted.

About ten days later, when Lin Yan approached the jade vat again, a mellow and intoxicating wine fragrance hit him, mixed with a hint of scorching fire intent.

"Master, the fire crystal wine is ready! Come take a look!"

Little Wine emerged from the green jade vat and hopped into Lin Yan's hand.

"Not bad~" Lin Yan praised it.

He uncovered the vat and saw that the originally clear liquid had taken on a red-gold luster, with tiny particles of fire crystal floating on the surface like scattered stars.

"It's done. It's even more beautiful than the first batch of fire crystal wine!"

Over these years, Little Wine had also made progress.

Its wine-brewing skills and strength were both slowly improving.

The first time it brewed fire crystal wine, it had been exhausted.

Now, it was much more composed.

Lin Yan took out a medium-sized jade bowl and poured out about a mouthful of the liquid.

The wine was crystal clear, and inside, it seemed to contain a flickering crimson flame.

"Let's test the effects first."

He tilted his head back and drained it in one gulp.

The liquid entered his throat like a line of fire, plunging straight into his Dantian. The rich fire essence instantly transformed into a rolling heat wave, sweeping through his limbs and bones.

His Meridians were scorched by the intense fire, bringing a tearing pain, but within that pain was an indescribable sense of comfort.

He immediately sat cross-legged and circulated the Green Wood Longevity Technique, guiding this violent fire essence to temper his Fire Spiritual Root.

Boom!

Deep within his body, the originally dim Fire Spiritual Root suddenly jolted, as if a ladle of scalding molten lava had been poured over it.

"Continue!"

He took out another bowl of fire crystal wine and drank heartily.

On the base of the Fire Spiritual Root, tiny cracks appeared, only to be quickly filled and solidified by new fire spiritual power.

After drinking the third bowl of fire crystal wine...

Crack...

A crisp sound echoed from his Sea of Consciousness, as if some sort of shackle had been broken.

Lin Yan's mind shook. Upon internal inspection, the Low Grade Fire Spiritual Root, which previously only had a faint red glow, had now expanded by a circle. Its color had turned orange-red, its spiritual light was restrained, and its aura was several times stronger.

"Low Grade... promoted to Medium Grade!"

He slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing through them briefly.

He felt that his control over flames was now even more effortless.

The effects of the fire crystal wine were as good as ever.

A look of joy flashed in Lin Yan's eyes, and he didn't hesitate to pour more wine.

A fourth bowl, a fifth bowl... he drank them in succession. The fire essence in his body became increasingly vast, nearly bursting his Meridians.

"How refreshing!"

Not only was the fire crystal wine's effect Heaven-Defying, but its taste was also the best among all the spirit wines he had brewed.

Drinking fine wine while upgrading his Spiritual Root.

This feeling was simply heavenly; he couldn't stop.

With every impact, the Fire Spiritual Root underwent a transformation.

Cracks appeared and healed, the roots grew thicker, and the color shifted from orange-red to deep red, finally turning crimson, like a piece of refined iron being repeatedly forged.

When the sixth bowl of liquid entered his stomach, Lin Yan's aura had climbed to its peak.

His entire body was scalding hot, and tiny beads of blood even seeped from his skin, only to be instantly evaporated by the high temperature.

"Now!"

He gave a low shout, sank his mind into his Dantian, and fully circulated the Green Wood Longevity Technique, guiding all the fire essence into a blazing line of fire to strike hard at the core of the Fire Spiritual Root.

Boom!!!

A deafening roar exploded inside his body, making his entire Sea of Consciousness tremble.

The Fire Spiritual Root suddenly brightened, and a scorching sensation erupted from Lin Yan's body.

"Medium Grade... High Grade!"

He felt the earth-shaking changes within him. The Fire Spiritual Root had completely transformed, its color crimson like blood-jade, with spiritual light contained within.

The intertwined roots were like a beating heart, continuously inhaling and exhaling the fire Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.

The more Spiritual Roots one had and the higher their quality, the faster the Cultivation speed!

He didn't stop.

"top grade is right before me!"

Lin Yan poured all the remaining fire crystal wine from the vat into the jade bowl.

Bowl after bowl, he drained them all.

As the last mouthful of liquid entered his stomach, his entire being was like a volcano about to erupt, his aura violent to the extreme.

"Open... for me!"

With eyes tightly shut, his mind completely merged with the Fire Spiritual Root as he launched an assault on that final threshold.

This time, there was no world-shaking roar, only a faint but clear "crack," as if coming from the depths of his Soul.

A vast and pure fire aura rose from Lin Yan's body into the sky, enveloping him entirely.

"top grade... Fire Spiritual Root!"

Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes, which seemed to have flames burning within them.

With a thought, a wisp of spiritual power surged from his palm, transforming into a crimson flame floating at his fingertip.

The flame was only the size of a thumb, but it was incredibly condensed. Tiny runes even faintly appeared on its surface, emitting a heart-palpitatingly high temperature.

"I feel much more affinity with fire spiritual power..."