Misty Canyon Volume 2 Chapter 12: Scarlet Flame Crystal

  Wang Guanlan has never had any experience managing a team in his past life or this life.

  Suddenly letting him grasp the entire Yicheng industry, it's inevitable that he would be busy and flustered, especially when there were not many useful people under his command. He needed an adaptation process.

  Genius!!

  After truly taking over the industry of Yicheng, Wang Guanlan finally understood the importance of talent. If he had enough talent resources, he wouldn't need to keep those seven suspicious shopkeepers and could directly drive them away. If he had enough talent, he wouldn't be standing alone at midnight thinking deeply about the development path of his industry. If he had enough talent, he would have already started cultivating the extraordinary skill "Lingyuan Xueyan" instead of thinking about the future development plan of his industry and worrying about the price increase of medicinal herbs.

  "Alas, the foundation is still too shallow!!" He sighed in his heart, but also had no choice. The accountants and servants brought from Ning Wangfu, as well as Hua Li Wei and some maidservants, were not up to par. Only a few people like Wang Qing and Tian Cheng Tian You stood out, but it was clear that in his eyes, these people still lacked some experience.

  "Come slowly, I'm not in a hurry anyway. First, let's deploy the formation here and then practice that 'Lingyuan Xueyan' thoroughly. At least this way, safety will be guaranteed!"

  Wang Guanlan is a man who fears death particularly, especially after having died once. He attaches great importance to his own life, and now there are many people who want his life, so he has no choice but to be cautious.

  In this quiet courtyard, he had already set up the Five Elements Formation in reverse. After the battle at An Tun Inn, he was filled with confidence in this formation technique. Apart from that, he had now put all his energy into the [Ling Yuan Xi Xue] body technique. This body technique, which originated from the treasure book, was mysterious and unfathomable, profound and boundless. Only when one truly began to study it would they discover how shallow and laughable their previous understanding of body techniques was.

  "Snowy Ridge, Mischievous Ape!!" His body slowly sat down in the chair in front of the desk, and Wang Guanlan slowly unfolded the ancient secret book. Under the faint moonlight, a white ape leaped onto the paper. At first glance, it was just a white ape, but upon closer inspection, the number of white apes seemed to gradually increase. Each white ape's posture was extraordinary, and when connected together, they formed an exquisite and unparalleled body technique. It was so intricate that Wang Guanlan couldn't even understand it.

  Staring at the secret recipe, Wang Guanlan's body suddenly moved, and he jumped up like a spiritual monkey. In the middle of a flip, his toes lightly touched the wall, and his body split into two, just like a white ape playing on a snowy cliff. However, suddenly, the originally smooth movement produced an uncoordinated feeling, and Wang Guanlan's body in mid-air also paused. The two silhouettes merged into one, and he fell down at once.

  "With such a technique, even if it's just the surface, it would be enough to save my life in critical moments. Unfortunately, it's too difficult to practice!" Wang Guanlan sighed as he looked at the secret recipe, it seemed that wanting to master this technique in a short period of time was an unrealistic expectation.

  "The agile monkey plays on the snowy cliff, facing not only the steep rock wall, but also the complex terrain and the smooth ice surface underfoot. Therefore, the most critical part of this body method is still the control of foot strength, and even requires the coordination of spiritual awareness. Unfortunately, although my spiritual awareness is strong, it appears to be lacking in subtlety when applied, so I am fundamentally unable to deeply cultivate this body method."

  Undoubtedly, the "Lingyuan Play Snow Ridge" is a powerful enough physical skill, but the requirements are equally high. Without mentioning spiritual awareness, to grasp the foundation of this physical skill, at least three layers of Qi refining strength are needed. Only when one's cultivation reaches the third layer of Qi refining can they achieve full-body strength and control every part of their body through internal energy. Only then do they have the qualifications to practice the foundation of this physical skill. Now, he is only in the late stage of the second layer of Qi refining.

  Of course, if he wanted to break through the third layer of Qi Refining, it would also be a very simple matter. The eighteen mountain thieves had given him enough elixirs, although most of these elixirs were ordinary ones, but there were also many precious elixirs that could directly increase his power, among which the elixir on Qing Xiang's body, the leader of the eighteen mountain thieves, was the most precious.

  Apart from the ordinary Yiqi Dan and Buxi Dan, there were eleven Baoling Antidote Pills, seven Longhu Jin Dan, and one Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan on the body of the green-striped snake. The black-clothed woman's elixirs were not many, but they were precious enough: five Baoling Antidote Pills, three Longhu Jin Dan, and two Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan. The rest of the mountain bandits' bodies also yielded a total of seven Baoling Antidote Pills and five Longhu Jin Dan, but there was no more Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan to be found.

  Of course, he also knew that such good things could not be found on ordinary mountain bandits.

  Not to mention Zi Qi Xiao Dan, just talking about Long Hu Jin Dan, for this kind of small Wu Zhe who refines his energy in one layer, it is extremely useful.

  It's not clear when it started, but ** has become one of the necessary means of martial arts cultivation. Even ordinary warriors will take a few pills like Yiqi Dan or Bugi Dan every month. It is precisely because of the existence of these pills that the development of martial arts in this world has been so rapid. In the Ning Wang Fu, Yiqi Dan and Bugi Dan are also supplied continuously, and their quality is much better than the ones he currently holds, they are all top-notch products.

  However, he had never seen Longhu Jingdan and Zi Qi Xiaohuandan before.

  Longhu Jin Dan is a special pill for cultivators in the Qi Condensation stage to break through bottlenecks, containing a large amount of spiritual energy. Even ordinary high-level cultivators in the Qi Condensation stage find it difficult to obtain. The Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan is even more precious, used by cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage to break through bottlenecks. Its most renowned effect is that when taken by a cultivator at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, it increases their success rate by 30%. This is why the Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan is worth a fortune on the market and is extremely rare.

  Now, Wang Guanlan would not dare to take the Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan. With his current cultivation and physical strength, taking the Zi Qi Xiao Huan Dan would only result in his body exploding and dying. Even taking the Long Hu Jin Dan would be extremely dangerous.

  This is also the reason why he has been hesitant all along. The foundation left by Wang Guanlan was really too bad.

  If it were placed in a critical moment like the Misty Valley, he wouldn't think twice about it. But now that he has taken over Yicheng and set up the Five Elements Formation around it, ensuring its safety, his laziness is coming out again if he wants to take risks.

  "Never mind, let's wait a bit longer. Anyway, I'm already in the second layer of the later period now. After waiting for a few more months, my internal energy will be full and I'll be able to enter the third layer of refining energy. At that time, using my internal energy to temper my body will make it even more solid, and then taking the Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixir will be the most reasonable choice!" Wang Guanlan found a grand reason for his own cowardice, carefully putting away the ten pale golden Dragon-Tiger Golden Elixirs and three purple Qi Restoring Pills. As for the other elixirs, he put them back in their original place.

  "Actually, enhancing one's strength is only one aspect of martial arts!" Wang Guanlan took out an object from his bosom, feeling the warmth emanating from it, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, "Just a little more and it'll be complete!!"

  In his hand was a semi-circular, fiery red jade stone, about the size of a thumb cover. In Wang Guanlan's eyes, it looked like a semi-transparent, fiery red amber. It was precisely because it resembled amber and wasn't so transparent that the eighteen mountain thieves took it for a second-rate agate and put it in a black bag, unaware that this thing wasn't any kind of precious stone or agate at all, but rather a heavenly treasure called Chi Yan Jing.

  This Chi Yan Jing is not outstanding among the many heavenly treasures, it's just an ordinary product. However, what's considered ordinary is only relative, heavenly treasures are hard to come by even if they're ordinary, and ordinary people often miss out on them because they can't tell them apart.

  If it weren't for Wang Guanlan's divine soul having gone through the amplification of the One Thought Gives Rise to Myriad Dharmas symbol, and his extraordinary spiritual awareness, it would be very difficult to discover the anomaly of this piece of Scarlet Flame Crystal.

  This scarlet flame crystal is a fire jade crystal that has been formed in the underground fire veins for millions of years, not only does it contain a large amount of fire element aura, but also has a natural affinity for the fire element aura, and is the most common material for making fire attribute artifacts.

  Of course, this piece of Scarlet Flame Crystal is too small and its use is not very great. However, for the current Wang Guanlan, it is extremely suitable because his level is also too low. This small piece of Scarlet Flame Crystal can play a huge role in his hands and has a tremendous help in enhancing his strength.

  These past few days, he had been trying to use this piece of Scarlet Flame Crystal to forge a magical artifact.

  Magic tools, or rather, crafting them sounds like a profound and complex task. A low-ranking young magician wanting to craft magic tools would be laughed at by others if he dared to say it out loud. But in reality, for Wang Guanlan, it wasn't anything special.

  He didn't want to create some kind of top-grade or high-grade artifact, what he wanted to make was just a basic fire-attribute auxiliary artifact. He wouldn't even need to change the structure and appearance of this piece of Scarlet Flame Crystal, but rather completely utilize its properties to construct it. Like the Scarlet Flame Crystal, this heavenly material and earthly treasure, even without processing, has many mysterious effects, such as increasing the sensitivity to surrounding fire-attributed energies, enhancing the affinity with fire-attributed energies, and when worn on the body, casting fire-attributed spells would have a doubled effect. The intense fire-attributed energy contained within it also had a pretty good additive effect on the casting of fire-attributed spells. What Wang Guanlan was doing, in short, was just amplifying the original functions of the Scarlet Flame Crystal.

  Don't underestimate the amplification of this kind, if it really succeeds, then his consumption of fireball technique will be reduced by several times, and the casting time and technique power will rise. In other words, he can cast fireballs faster, with greater power, and in larger quantities. Moreover, with the help of this artifact, he can even cast a few powerful scarlet flame arrows, which are far more powerful than ordinary fireball techniques.