Xiao Xue merely gave Medusa a suggestion. How Medusa ultimately chose was not something she needed to concern herself with.
After conversing with Medusa, Xiao Xue no longer distracted herself and began to sit cross-legged, adjusting her state.
The battle with the Moon-Eyed Snow Wolf King had also consumed a lot of Xiao Xue's energy.
Although there were auxiliary Medicinal Pills like qi recovery pills that could quickly restore Dou Qi.
However, Medicinal Pills were external objects after all.
Constantly relying on them to recover Dou Qi would easily lead to the body developing a dependence on them.
If Medicinal Pills were taken continuously for a long time, the body's inherent Dou Qi recovery ability would likely gradually decline.
Eventually, this autonomous 'mana recovery' ability would completely disappear.
If a Dou Practitioner lost the ability to recover Dou Qi, it would be absolutely fatal.
Therefore, under non-essential circumstances, Xiao Xue generally would not use such 'addictive' Medicinal Pills.
In the original work, Xiao Yan also only used qi recovery pills before obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame, when his Dou Qi was insufficient due to Flame Mantra being a Yellow Rank Cultivation Technique.
Furthermore, for a Dou Ling, ordinary qi recovery pills no longer had much effect.
And Xiao Xue's current Cultivation Technique, Water Transformation Art, was already Profound Tier Low-Grade, so her Dou Qi recovery speed was not slow.
In fact, Xiao Xue's Soul Power consumption was far greater than her Dou Qi.
After all, when confronting the Moon Shadow of the Moon-Eyed Snow Wolf King, Xiao Xue did not rely on Ahri's Soul Power; she fought entirely with her Heart Sword.
Clashing with a Seventh-Tier Magical Beast skilled in Soul, even she expended some effort.
And when devouring and refining Heavenly Flames, the assistance of Soul Power was extremely important.
Therefore, Xiao Xue planned to adjust her state to the best possible before refining the Bone Chilling Flame.
Actually, she could just 'max out her mana' by performing an Upgrade in the System, but she didn't plan to do so.
After all, not long ago, she had spent millions to Upgrade her Soul Power and purchase the Heart Sword.
Then, to be safer when entering the ice plain, she had continuously leveled up four times, and her current experience points were not abundant.
Now was not the time to be anxious about this much time; it wasn't necessary.
Saving these experience points for a Breakthrough to Dou Wang would be more valuable.
After a long while, Xiao Xue opened her eyes, exhaled a turbid breath, and selected 'Extract' from the System backpack.
Then, a cluster of bone-white Heavenly Flame slowly floated before her.
What appeared this time was not a wisp of Bone Chilling Flame, but its Origin flame seed.
As the Bone Chilling Flame slowly ascended, it vaguely resembled a bone-white skull.
The texture of the flame was extremely similar to white bones.
When the bone-white Heavenly Flame appeared, the surrounding temperature seemed to drop slightly.
When the Bone Chilling Flame appeared, Medusa, who was nearby, also noticed.
She turned her head, looking at Xiao Xue with some shock.
More precisely, she was looking at the Heavenly Flame in Xiao Xue's hand.
Although she had seen Xiao Xue use the Bone Chilling Flame before, and had even been forced to eat its crystals.
Medusa was originally a Heavenly Flame Serpent Body. During her evolution, she also underwent Body Tempering with the Bone Chilling Flame, removing the yin-cold Bloodline within her.
Therefore, she had a considerable understanding of the power of the Bone Chilling Flame.
However, this was the first time she had so directly felt the power of the Bone Chilling Flame.
In Medusa's perception, even the cold Qi of the ice spirit cold marrow probably couldn't compare to that flame.
After all, the Bone Chilling Flame ranked eleventh, which was already a relatively high ranking among Heavenly Flames.
In the original work, the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth, tormented Medusa to near death, and the Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth, was comparable to a High-Tier Dou Zong.
If the eleventh-ranked Bone Chilling Flame fully erupted, even Peak Dou Zong powerhouses would be threatened.
Moreover, the two of them were currently above the Icy Earth Vein.
This place was quite strange. If one didn't protect their body with Dou Qi and allowed the cold Qi here to enter their body for a long time, even a Dou Huang would perish.
Xiao Xue, a Dou Ling, could remain unaffected by the cold Qi, presumably because of this Heavenly Flame power.
"A Dou Ling in her teens, Water Attribute, Sixth-Rank Alchemist, Dou Zong-level trump cards, extremely strong Soul Power and control, and possessing two Heavenly Flames..."
Medusa thought to herself, unable to help but feel shocked.
She had never been to the Central Plains, so she didn't really understand the strength of the top Geniuses on the continent.
However, the Snake-People Clan's ancestors had also been prosperous, and there were some records of events on the continent.
Thus, she also had a vague concept.
With the talent Xiao Xue displayed, even the most top-tier Geniuses of those major factions would be nothing more than this, right?
How confident was she back then to think that such a Genius was someone she could manipulate?!
Fortunately, although they had had unpleasant encounters, at least for now, the future looked promising.
Medusa shook her head, concentrated, and acted as Protector for Xiao Xue.
If something happened to Xiao Xue, even if she turned into a Nine-Headed Serpent, she wouldn't have enough heads to lose.
Moreover, working under such a promising young Alchemist was not demeaning.
Xiao Xue was completely unaware of what Medusa was thinking, a look of solemnity creeping onto her face.
Devouring Heavenly Flames was no child's play; she had to be cautious.
Lightly flicking her storage ring, Xiao Xue took out a small, transparent jade bottle.
Inside the jade bottle, a green Medicinal Pill the size of a longan lay quietly.
Through the reflection on the bottle's surface, some faint shadows were subtly visible within the green Medicinal Pill.
Slightly shaking the jade bottle, one could even see what appeared to be liquid sloshing inside.
After taking out the green lotus pill, Xiao Xue placed the ice spirit cold marrow aside for later use.
Then, she called out to Ahri in her mind.
The commotion caused by devouring the Heavenly Flame would be extremely vast, and she naturally wouldn't have the energy to distract herself with the outside world while refining it.
Therefore, Xiao Xue hoped that Ahri would envelop her surroundings with Soul Power later.
Otherwise, before she even finished devouring the Bone Chilling Flame, this valley would suffer.
The external world being affected was a minor issue; if it affected her because of this, that would be fatal.
After receiving Ahri's affirmative reply, Xiao Xue directly poured the green lotus pill from the jade bottle and swallowed it.
The Materials for refining the green lotus pill, besides the earth fire lotus seed, were all yin-cold Attribute medicinal ingredients and Water Attribute demonic cores.
Its purpose was to form a protective layer, preventing Xiao Xue from directly contacting the Heavenly Flame.
Without the green lotus pill, Xiao Xue would definitely not allow the Bone Chilling Flame to enter her body.
In that case, with her internal organs burned clean, even immortals couldn't save her, and she could only lie down with Ahri.
As soon as the green lotus pill entered her mouth, it transformed into a slightly yin-cold energy that quickly drilled into various Meridians.
Finally, this energy slowly permeated into her Meridians and bones, protecting Xiao Xue's body.
After all the Meridians and bones inside her body were completely enveloped, the excess energy surged out of her body, forming a layer of green energy crystal.
Then, Xiao Xue aimed her palm at the flame seed in the air, activated Suction Palm, and a powerful suction force suddenly erupted.
With the appearance of the suction force, the bone-white flame in mid-air suddenly surged, transforming into a giant white skull.
In the blink of an eye, a terrifying destructive power, as if awakening, slowly expanded from within the skull.
Staring intently at the increasingly massive bone-white flame, Xiao Xue knew that the devouring of the Heavenly Flame had begun!
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