Lin Jin immediately appraised Xiao Huo again.
Only after the appraisal could Lin Jin confirm Xiao Huo's advancement. Apart from that, Lin Jin also wanted to know Xiao Huo's next advancement requirement.
"I need nine suns crystals!" When Lin Jin saw the requirements for Xiao Huo to reach Rank 7, he immediately frowned. Ascending to Rank 6 was already difficult enough for Lin Jin, requiring him to venture into the outer realm to find the necessary materials. But to reach Rank 7, Lin Jin had never even heard of most of the materials required.
Besides the familiar Intense Flame Pill and nine suns crystals.
As for the next thirty Intense Flame Pills, Lin Jin had to consume one every day for a month before the advancement.
Lin Jin felt a headache coming on at the thought of the materials needed for the Intense Flame Pill. Although he still had a few pills on hand, he was still far from reaching the required thirty.
However, it would be a monumental task to gather the necessary ingredients to refine thirty Intense Flame Pills.
Lin Jin immediately thought of Lord Yan's cave.
Perhaps there would be enough ingredients there to refine thirty Intense Flame Pills.
The good news was that Lin Jin now had an immortal-grade alchemist by his side, Northern Qi's Xiang Yun. Lin Jin now knew about this female immortal's background. It was safe to say that there was no better alchemist than Northern Qi's Xiang Yun in the foreign lands.
This was Lin Jin's good fortune. Besides, Northern Qi's Xiang Yun definitely wouldn't reject this request.
Xiao Huo also needed ten nine suns crystals to advance to Rank 7.
Had it been in the past, this would have been fatal. One nine suns crystal was enough to drive a man to his grave. Under normal circumstances, gathering ten nine suns crystals was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
But sometimes, luck worked in strange ways. Not only did Lin Jin have the best immortal-grade alchemist, Northern Qi's Xiang Yun, but he also had the one and only immortal, Fire-Refined True Immortal, by his side.
What did Huo Yuan say just now? He said he wanted to give Lin Jin a few strings of prayer beads made from nine suns crystals. Lin Jin could never have too many of them.
After all, there were one hundred and eight prayer beads, which meant one hundred and eight nine suns crystals.
Just the thought of it was enough to make him excited.
Lin Jin was afraid that Huo Yuan would go back on his word so he arranged for Huo Yuan to bring him to the secret cave so he could broaden his horizons.
Who was Fire Source Monk? Of course, he could tell what Lin Jin was up to but he didn't mind.
No matter how precious the Nine Yang Crystal was, since he had already said that he would give it away, then no matter how precious it was, he would still give it away. After all, he was a True Immortal. He wouldn't ruin his reputation over such a small matter.
"Alright, let's move out now. There was quite a commotion here just now, and I'm also afraid of attracting some people with ulterior motives." Having said that, the Fire Source Monk transformed back into his diamond form and left with Lin Jin and Northern Qi.
Huo Yuan's Diamond Form was incredibly fast, much faster than Lin Jin's cloud. Hence, Lin Jin was able to hitch a ride without any worries.
Moreover, Huo Yuan was running on land and not ascending. This way, he was much less of a target and no one would notice him.
The scenery in front of him flashed by quickly. Dense forests, rocky lands, swamps, snowy mountains.
That's right, there were actually snowy mountains in the Foreign Lands, and this was where Huo Yuan's hidden cave abode was located. Huo Yuan put them down. Lin Jin looked around and saw thick layers of snow all around him. The cold wind blew, sending chills down his spine.
However, he channeled his blood contract power and borrowed a bit of Xiao Huo's strength. Immediately, he felt warm and unafraid of the cold wind.
"Haha, everyone knows that I, Huo Yuan, am a fire-cultivating True Immortal. A fire-cultivating True Immortal loves hot places, but I'm going to do the exact opposite. I'm going to hide in this cold place so that no one would suspect me. That's what I call safe," Huo Yuan said with a hint of smugness.
Indeed, this was a normal way of thinking. The most dangerous place was also the safest place.
However, no one in the world was a fool, especially those who had reached the Celestial Realm. For example, Sir God Gai, who was extremely intelligent, it would be a joke if he wanted to deceive the other party with such a reverse thinking.
However, Lin Jin didn't tell Huo Yuan this.
That would be too much of a blow.
There was a cave up ahead. Huo Yuan led the two inside. In front of a rock wall, he invoked a spell and a ring of fire appeared out of thin air. Through the ring of fire, they could see the cave abode hidden in the depths of this snowy mountain.
"Come on!" Huo Yuan said and led the way in. Lin Jin and Northern Qi followed closely behind him.
Sure enough, it was a rather well-hidden cave abode. Although it was slightly inferior to God Lord Yan's cave, it was still quite spacious.
The temperature inside the cave was obviously higher but it was also deserted. Other than the three of them, there was no one else here, unlike God Lord Yan who kept many immortal slaves.
This was basically Huo Yuan's home.
Since they were already home, Huo Yuan was familiar with the place. He first used a spell to brew a pot of tea for Lin Jin and Northern Qi and Xiang Yun before asking them to wait for a moment. Then, he went out and soon returned with a cloth bag.
The bag looked tattered but the immortal energy it exuded told others that this wasn't just any ordinary tattered bag.
"I used a Cosmos Sack in my early years. At that time, I had just stepped into the Pseudo Immortal Realm. I was so free and unfettered at that time. Sigh." Monk Huo Yuan sighed as if he was reminiscing about his youth.
Then, he took out a handful of Buddha beads from the tattered Universe Bag.
Lin Jin's eyes widened.
Huo Yuan's hand wasn't small so he must have taken out at least seven or eight strings of beads, right?
At the sight of the strings of Buddha beads, Lin Jin's heart thumped wildly. He couldn't help it. This was what he needed right now. He needed ten beads now but who knows, he might need a hundred or more in the future.
Hence, he needed as many nine suns crystals as he could get his hands on.
However, Lin Jin soon realized that Huo Yuan's Buddha beads weren't all made of nine suns crystals. Some were made of wood, some seemed to be made of some kind of shell, and some seemed to be made of bone.
Of course, there were also nine suns crystals but only a string of Buddha beads. Even after hundreds of years, the beads still glowed like a glazed fire crystal.
"These are the artifacts I used during my early enlightenment. This Universe Bag is a mess so I usually don't have the time to tidy it up. Let me take a look." Huo Yuan said nonchalantly as he reached out with his large hand to fish out the items from the Universe Bag. Then, Lin Jin and Northern Qi were fortunate enough to see a bunch of random items.
There were wooden fishes, Buddha statues, kasayas, and even more Buddha beads. Soon, there was a large pile of items on the ground. Lin Jin finally understood Huo Yuan's personality from this.
He was very casual.
But so what?
Although Lin Jin saw a lot of random items, there were quite a few useful ones among them.
There was a bracelet made of nine suns crystals with one hundred and eight prayer beads in a series. There were at least two of them.
That meant there were more than a hundred nine suns crystals.
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