I'll have to figure it out myself.
"Let me think about it!"
"The pills are prepared to neutralize the heat of the strange fire, but there's no need to worry about that with the Bone Spirit Cold Fire..."
"As for the Burning Technique, that's a bit troublesome..."
Scratching his head, Xiao Ning was deeply troubled.
"Damn it, I'll risk it!"
After a long pause, he slapped his thigh and said through gritted teeth.
He had already devised a foolproof plan, but whether it would work was still unknown, and there were bound to be dangers. Xiao Ning decided to take the gamble anyway.
Gamble with your life!
If it succeeds, everything will be fine; if it fails, the game is over!
Having made his decision, Xiao Ning no longer hesitated. After closing the doors and windows, he went straight to the bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a thought, the true liquid in his dantian surged and spread throughout his meridians.
Then, he opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
The moment the flames entered his body, they unleashed an extremely terrifying burst of energy that surged throughout Xiao Ning's body.
Even with Xiao Ning's considerable strength, a look of pain inevitably appeared on his face amidst that terrifying energy flow.
After all, the inside of the body is the most vulnerable part of the human body.
"hiss!"
Xiao Ning gasped, frowned, and thought to himself, "Fortunately, the consciousness of this Bone Spirit Cold Flame has disappeared, making it easier to refine. Otherwise, it might have been even more troublesome."
If it is a sentient strange fire, it will resist human refinement and burn everything in your body, making it extremely difficult to refine.
Without further hesitation, Xiao Ning directly manipulated his true energy to find the Bone Spirit Cold Flame within his body.
Faced with true qi, the bone spirit cold fire, which carries its own terrifying energy, seemed to instinctively resist it.
However, Xiao Ning didn't care about any of that. He directly controlled his massive amount of true energy and instantly enveloped the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, trapping it like a cage.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ning's true energy seemed to transform into pipes, inserting into the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and absorbing its energy.
After a long time, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire became docile.
Seeing this, Xiao Ning felt relieved and began to slowly refine the energy of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
At the same time, he kept a close eye on the docile and still bone spirit cold fire within his body to prevent any accidents.
Time passed, and I don't know how much time has gone by—it could be a moment or an eternity.
"call!"
Xiao Ning opened his eyes and saw a flash of light.
"Finally refined."
Xiao Ning smiled.
He could clearly feel that the bone spirit cold fire within his body had become extremely docile and no longer struggled.
The terrifying energy that had been continuously released had been exhausted, and like a domesticated pet, it wagged its tail and fawned over Xiao Ning.
That terrifying bone spirit cold fire had lost its initial arrogance and seemed to have become a malnourished little bean sprout, firmly clinging to the true liquid in the dantian and taking root and sprouting.
With the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, in future battles, experts of the same level will not dare to confront Xiao Ning head-on, otherwise they will suffer a great loss as soon as he makes a move.
"Does this mean my strength has increased dramatically out of nowhere?"
"Haha, all my hard work and risking my life to devour this strange fire was worth it!"
As for the alchemy-aiding abilities brought by this fire, Xiao Ning didn't value them much, since he didn't know how to refine pills at all.
Moreover, after absorbing and refining the massive amount of energy from the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Xiao Ning's true fluid volume increased by nearly double, saving him several months of arduous cultivation.
"Perhaps, before long, I will be able to master the first volume of the Dragon Elephant Body Refining Technique, and my cultivation will naturally advance to the level of a Grandmaster of Martial Arts!"
Standing up and stretching his limbs, Xiao Ning looked at the cool night outside the window and began to ponder in his heart.
According to the "Dragon Elephant Body Refining Technique" manual, the Grandmaster realm allows one to briefly walk on air, similar to the Dou Huang realm in the Dou Qi Continent.
Xiao Ning's current strength in terms of Dou Qi realm can be said to be comparable to the Dou Wang realm, except that he does not have the method to condense Dou Qi wings and therefore cannot fly.
"However, Battle Qi transforming into wings... I seem to remember there being a place in the original story where such a secret technique exists!"
Xiao Ning stroked his smooth chin with his right hand, lost in thought.
"I think it's called something like the Monster Mountain Range..."
"Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well go take a look!"
After thinking for a while, Xiao Ning decided to go and take a look.
After leaving the small courtyard, he used his movement technique to quickly head towards the back of the town.
With his current cultivation level, he was no match for anyone in the Xiao family except for Ling Ying, Xiao Xun'er's guard, so naturally no one noticed his departure.
Fortunately, the memories implanted by the system contained a rough map of the area around Wutan Town. Following the memory, Xiao Ning left Wutan Town and headed towards the back mountain.