89: Chapter 89 The Northwest Secrets Spoken by the Fire Spirit

"Speak up, Brother Yan. What exactly do you need from me?"

Seeing the speechless expression on Xiao Yan's face, Xiao Ting let out a soft laugh and steered the conversation toward business.

Given Xiao Yan's personality, he wouldn't come looking for him just to complain or simply to have a good meal.

Well, no, he might actually do that if he were acting crazy, but he certainly wouldn't do it while spending time with Xun'er and the others.

Xiao Yan had always been very good with boundaries, so coming to find him at this time must mean there was real business at hand.

"It's about the Green Lotus Core Flame." Xiao Yan cleared his throat and stated his true purpose: "I want to go retrieve it first. Leaving such a rare treasure out in the open is unsettling."

This idea coincided exactly with the plans of Xun'er and the others.

Seeing the thoughtful expression on Xiao Ting's face, Xun'er spoke up: "That is true. For rare treasures like strange fire, the sooner they are in our possession, the better. We must not follow in the footsteps of Queen Medusa."

On the surface, the Green Lotus Core Flame was originally discovered by Queen Medusa, and they were the ones who found it later, but because of Ling Yue's immense strength, it ended up belonging to them.

"Indeed." Xiao Ting nodded slightly, readily agreeing: "Then we shall go retrieve the strange fire first, but it will not be easy."

"Teacher says he can step in. As long as you are willing to help, Brother Ting, it shouldn't be a problem," Xiao Yan immediately said.

Bringing back the Green Lotus Core Flame was actually Yao Lao's suggestion.

As the owner of the Bone Chilling Flame, he was also quite eager to see a second strange fire.

"How can I help?" A look of perfectly timed confusion appeared on Xiao Ting's face.

Xiao Yan reached out and scratched his nose: "At that time, Teacher will use your body. With your current cultivation as a high-level Great Dou Master, you should barely be able to unleash power close to a Dou Zong. Retrieving the Green Lotus Core Flame won't be an issue."

If it were his own body, Xiao Yan would agree without a second thought and wouldn't think there was any problem.

However, persuading Xiao Ting to let Yao Lao take control of his body gave him a strange feeling.

"Senior Yao Lao will possess my body?" Despite having guessed it earlier, the corner of Xiao Ting's eye still twitched slightly.

[The most powerful emperor realm Dou Technique in Battle Through the Heavens is actually something I get to experience first.]

The women holding the Diary copies: !!!

An emperor realm Dou Technique?

"How is that possible!"

Inside a large city near an exit of the Medicine World, a look of shock appeared in Yao Ling's lively, beautiful eyes.

With her current strength as a Dou Zong, it was impossible for her to cultivate Heaven Rank cultivation methods or learn to execute Heaven Rank Dou Skills.

Xiao Ting was only at the Great Dou Master level; it was impossible for him to execute an emperor realm Dou Technique, which was even above Heaven Rank.

He would be drained dry, wouldn't he!?

[emperor realm Dou Technique: "Ghost Possession"]

[Also known as: "Hand It Over, Your Body"]

[Also known as: "Teacher, Lend Me Your Power"]

[The learning method is very simple. You only need a soul entity at the Spirit Realm level or higher to lend you their soul power, then mobilize the external heaven and earth energy of the same attribute to bolster you. This can cause your strength to skyrocket, allowing a Great Dou Master to fight a Dou Zong.]

[If Yao Lao possesses my body, taking away the Green Lotus Core Flame will be a breeze.]

The women: "..."

So that's what kind of emperor realm Dou Technique it is.

"So it's an emperor realm Dou Technique like this."

Seeing the way this Dou Technique was used, Huo Zhi, who was in a mountain range somewhere in the Northwest Continent, inexplicably wanted to laugh.

But thinking about it carefully, this was indeed a powerful Dou Technique. Not to mention anything else, just her aunt, Huo Ling, had an extremely profound soul realm, having already reached the peak of the Heaven Realm. Just by relying on her soul, she could battle some three-star or even four-star Dou Sheng experts.

She had heard from Huo Ling that if one's soul realm could reach the legendary emperor realm, the soul's combat power would be no weaker than some seven-star Dou Sheng experts.

Right now, she was only a one-star Dou Zun, but if she allowed Huo Ling's soul to possess her, she could even slay a Ban-Sheng expert.

"Little Zhi'er, your mood seems to have suddenly improved?"

A flash of fire appeared, and Huo Ling materialized in front of Huo Zhi.

"I just thought of something that made me happy." The information in the journal copy could not be revealed, so Huo Zhi immediately changed the subject: "Aunt, did you find anything here?"

"I actually did." Huo Ling extended her hand, and yellow flames danced upon it.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire within Huo Zhi immediately reacted, and her pitch-black eyes lit up: "Is this the Mysterious Yellow Flame?"

"That's right. I didn't expect to actually find it here." A look of reminiscence appeared in Huo Ling's eyes, and she sighed: "The last time I saw this kind of flame was a thousand years ago in the hands of Xiao Xuan. He relied on his own strength to forcibly subdue three types of strange fire and even created a secret technique that allowed the three strange fires to cooperate with each other in a marvelous way."

"At that time, he was the man closest to becoming a Dou Di. Your father said that if he could have obtained three of the top five strange fires on the strange fire ranking list, he might have truly succeeded."

"Xiao Xuan... is that the ancestor of the Xiao Clan who failed to break through to Dou Di?" Huo Zhi asked.

"That's right, it was him." Huo Ling withdrew her gaze and sighed: "At that time, Xiao Xuan was recognized as the strongest person below a Dou Di. However, the Xiao Clan did not have a second Nine-Star Dou Sheng. If he hadn't fought with everything he had, the Xiao Clan's Dou Di Bloodline would have likely dried up within a hundred years. When that happened, their heritage would have faced problems, and the Dou Sheng experts within the clan would have suffered a decline in strength. All the great emperor clans succeed because of their Dou Di Bloodline, and fail because of it as well."

"In a few hundred years, my Yan Clan will also face this problem, and the Lei Clan, the Gu Clan, and other emperor clans won't be any better off."

None of the great emperor clans had produced a new Dou Di in over ten thousand years. Excluding some emperor clans that had used methods to leave the Fighting Qi Continent, the drying up of their bloodlines was already imminent.

"Is a new Dou Di needed?" Huo Zhi visualized the journal copy, flames rising in her eyes, and said confidently: "I will do it."

Hearing this, Huo Ling was very surprised.

The Dou Di Bloodline is divided into grades one through ten, with one being the lowest and ten being the highest. Among them, grade ten is known as the Divine Grade Bloodline.

Holders of the Divine Grade Bloodline have cultivation talent and comprehension infinitely close to the direct descendants of a first-generation Dou Di, and they face no bottlenecks in breaking through to Dou Sheng.

Within each great emperor clan, holders of a Dou Di Bloodline above grade six receive vigorous cultivation and are qualified to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony to receive a clan tattoo, making them core members of the emperor clan. Those above grade eight are considered Dou Sheng seeds.

When Huo Zhi began cultivating at the age of four, she was tested and found to have only a grade four bloodline, which was very ordinary among the descendants of the emperor clans. As the daughter of the clan leader, it could be said to be quite embarrassing.

Because her bloodline was too low-grade, her cultivation speed had always been inferior to those around her, and she didn't learn Dou Techniques as fast as others. Over time, she became somewhat insecure and reticent.

It wasn't until she awakened a special physique and gained the recognition of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, causing her physique to sublimate once more, that her talent became no weaker than that of a grade eight bloodline holder, and the situation began to improve.

This matter was not a secret among the great emperor clans, so when she received the news that Gu Yuan of the Gu Clan had secretly sent his daughter away, Huo Ling even teased her own brother: "Look at how much he dotes on his daughter; unlike you."

What Huo Ling didn't expect was that Huo Zhi was now so confident that she could break through to Dou Di.

This was not just confidence; it was a bit arrogant.

"Little Zhi'er, Aunt is very curious." Huo Ling curled her lips: "Where does this confidence of yours come from?"