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"No choice. Your man here is just too poor. I don't have any other way to improve my strength. If I don't use some methods, Xiao Yan will probably surpass us sooner or later, then show up at our doorstep to rob us."
Shrugging, Lin Feng continued, "Besides, those guys in the Hall of Souls are filthy rich, and they often bully the Pill Tower. Taking a little something off them is basically helping the Pill Tower get some payback."
Hearing his so-called righteous speech, Cao Ying's eye twitched. In her heart, she silently complained, "The Hall of Souls is indeed bad, but honestly, you're not exactly much better."
Still, remembering what Xiao Yixian said earlier—how Soul Origin could be directly absorbed by a cultivator and had miraculous effects on improving soul realm—she had to admit it did sound like a good method.
After all, even with her exceptional talent, once she stepped into the Spirit Realm, she felt the improvement of soul power had become more than ten times harder.
In that situation, if she also possessed the Fallen Heart Flame that could refine souls and provide soul essence, she might have done the exact same thing.
"Wait, those pills you gave me before... The reason they could enhance soul power—did you mix Soul Essence into them?"
Suddenly thinking of those pills, Cao Ying turned sharply and stared at Lin Feng.
"Yep. Aside from that stuff, I don't really have many heaven-and-earth treasures that can boost soul strength."
Lin Feng nodded and answered casually.
Hearing that, Cao Ying couldn't help but sigh, "Never thought the one hiding the deepest in this entire Pill Tower was actually you."
"If the old men of the Small Pill Tower knew you alone possessed several Heavenly Flames, while they've spent most of their lives searching and couldn't even find a single strand, they'd probably vomit blood on the spot."
Saying this, she frowned again and asked in confusion, "But even though Heavenly Flames are extremely useful to us alchemists, after owning one, even if someone can fuse more Flames, they don't provide that much extra help in pill refinement, right?"
Her brows tightened, curiosity filling her gaze as she looked at Lin Feng.
After all, subduing a Heavenly Flame required immense risk. But the benefits of having multiple Heavenly Flames seemed rather low. From a rational standpoint, he should have given the extra Flames to his family.
If he didn't have family, or they weren't suited for Flame absorption, he could trade them for high-level techniques, Dou Techniques, or rare pills. That would be far more practical.
Knock knock.
Before Lin Feng could answer, a sudden knocking sounded outside the room.
"Miss, Young Master, there's a young man outside named Xiao Yan. He says he has important matters to discuss. Should we let him in?"
A servant of Ye Courtyard announced respectfully.
"Xiao Yan?"
Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly as he immediately began guessing the reason for Xiao Yan's arrival.
As for the other four girls, once they heard his name, each of their beautiful faces showed faint surprise. After all, their relationship with Xiao Yan's group was outwardly bad and, in truth, extremely terrible. In this situation, he actually came directly to find them.
After thinking briefly, Xiao Yixian frowned slightly: "Husband, that guy Xiao Yan is probably planning to use information about my Woeful Poison Body to blackmail us."
"Woeful Poison Body?!"
Before Lin Feng could speak, Cao Ying instantly lost her composure.
For that terrifying physique that brought fear at the mere mention, she naturally had heard of it. But she never expected that a constitution she had only seen in books would appear right beside her!
"Relax, Xian'er's constitution has already been completely stabilized. Nothing to be scared of."
Seeing her shocked expression, Lin Feng waved his hand casually.
Then he instructed the servant outside, "Take him to the guest hall. I'll go in a moment."
He had already guessed seventy to eighty percent of Xiao Yan's intentions. After thinking it over, he still decided to meet him.
"Yes."
The servant responded respectfully and left.
After the servant left, Lin Feng stood up and asked the four women, "Do any of you want to come along?"
"I'll go with you."
Before his words even faded, Xiao Yixian immediately stood up, thinking this matter might involve her.
As for the other three, they all shook their heads. They had no interest in Xiao Yan, so naturally, they had no intention of going. Seeing this, Lin Feng let them do as they wished, then took Xiao Yixian and headed out the door.
At the same time, under the guidance of a Ye Courtyard servant, Xiao Yan arrived at a guest hall.
Right now, his eyes held a trace of nervousness. Whether he could retrieve anything from Lin Feng this time depended entirely on how effective this piece of information would be.
But when he thought back to the Black-Corner Region, when he'd stupidly asked his teacher for that poison pill method to trade for materials to refine Ground Spirit Pills, he wanted to slap himself a few times.
If he hadn't traded that poison pill method away back then, he could now use it to threaten Lin Feng. Then he would've been able to easily reclaim the Bone Chilling Flame and the Bone Flame Ring that Lin Feng had robbed from him earlier!
But now, he had no idea how Lin Feng—who had already helped stabilize his wife's Woeful Poison Body—would respond.
"It's fine. If he refuses to cooperate, I'll spread this information everywhere. If I can force that white-clothed woman out of Holy Pill City, then I'll have a chance to kill her and take that unknown Heavenly Flame."
Xiao Yan comforted himself silently, then sat on a wooden chair, quietly waiting for Lin Feng.
After a few minutes, the sound of light footsteps echoed outside the door. The footsteps grew closer and closer.
Before long, a man and a woman appeared at the entrance.
"Alright, speak. Why did you come looking for me?"
Entering the guest hall, Lin Feng didn't bother wasting words with Xiao Yan and directly asked his purpose. While speaking, both he and Xiao Yixian walked over and sat in the wooden chairs opposite Xiao Yan.
Seeing that Lin Feng didn't want to exchange any pleasantries, Xiao Yan wasn't upset. After all, he hadn't come to chat either. Since the other party wanted to get straight to the point, he was happy to oblige.
With that in mind, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yixian beside Lin Feng and sneered, "The poisonous Dou Qi your wife used to attack me earlier, we've confirmed it.
That was precisely the toxin of the Woeful Poison Body. As a disciple of the Pill Tower, you secretly brought such a ticking time bomb into the Tower. That's not very acceptable, is it?"
"Everyone knows the Woeful Poison Body is extremely dangerous and can erupt at any time. You're basically ignoring the safety of all of Holy Pill City!"
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