C17 (1/2)

”Don't be lazy, I'm going to concoct pills soon.”

Lin Xiao sleepily held an axe in her hands. Half of her body was leaning against the tree trunk as she heard the sound coming from afar. She could only helplessly nod her head.

Early in the morning, he was woken up by Little Seven. The purpose of waking him up was to let him chop firewood! Although he also understood that he was here to work for Xiao Qi, but … Starting work without a meal early in the morning, wasn't this a bit too exploitative?

Looking at the axe in his hand and then looking at the large pile of green tree trunks on the ground, Lin Xiao sighed.

The axe heavily slammed into the tree trunk, emitting a loud sound. The tree trunk did not leave behind any marks, but instead Lin Xiao was struck by the terrifying rebound force until her palm turned numb.

Lin Xiao rolled up his sleeves. He really didn't believe this.

One, two, three...

After dozens of strikes, Lin Xiao's arms were numb, but there was not a single trace of the axe left on the tree trunk.

Lin Xiao put down the axe and frowned. He felt that things were not that simple. This tree was definitely not an ordinary tree, but this axe was an ordinary axe.

Looking at the iron-like trees, Lin Xiao could not help but imagine the Netherworld Flame. What was the comparison between the two? The Netherworld Flame could even burn demon essence, which was known as the burning of all living things.

Lin Xiao's Netherworld Flame landed on her index finger and lightly slipped on the tree trunk. Wherever it slipped, there were traces of burning flames.

Indeed, the Netherworld Flame was superior. Moreover, Lin Xiao discovered that with the support of the Netherworld Flame, both the destructive power and defense of his index finger had increased. Since his index finger could do it, then … Lin Xiao looked at the axe that was thrown to the side.

After a few more experiments, Lin Xiao finally managed to successfully fuse the Netherworld Flame into the axe blade. Right now, the Netherworld Flame treated his body as its home, so he could come and go as he wished. However, it was difficult to extract the Netherworld Flame from his body and attach it to other items. He needed to control it accurately.

If the Underworld Flame was overproduced, it would burn the axe. If the axe was too little, it wouldn't have an enhanced effect. This was the reason why Lin Xiao did not have a proficiency in controlling fire.

He only had this kind of terrifying flame, but he didn't know how to control it.

This made Lin Xiao even more determined to step onto the path of alchemy. Controlling fire was the fundamental skill of every alchemist.

Lin Xiao tried to imbue the Netherworld Flame into the axe. He had already subconsciously treated this as cultivation and gradually practiced it to master the Fire Controlling Technique.

”Ka!”

As the last piece of firewood was split apart, the axe in Lin Xiao's hand burned to ashes. He looked with satisfaction at the small mountain of firewood behind him, panting as he sat down on the ground. Controlling the fire required a high degree of concentration, so he had to make sure that no mistakes were made. He not only had to keep the Netherworld Flame at the axe, but he also had to collect it on the axe blade. This way, he could chop wood more easily but it would also consume a lot more energy.

”So fast?” Lin Xiao heard Little Seven's surprised words. The latter stood beside Lin Xiao, dazed as she stared at the firewood.

Lin Xiao grinned, ”But you need to prepare a new axe. That axe was destroyed by me.”

Xiao Qi bent down and picked up one of the pieces of wood. There were signs of burning at the place where the wood was cut, and looking carefully, the piece of wood was cut was uneven, it didn't look like it was cut in an instant, it looked more like it was quickly melted by a high temperature flame.

”You didn't use demon essence on the axe right? How did you cut it? There would be such a strange sight. ” Xiao Qi suspiciously looked at Lin Xiao.

Use demonic spiritual energy on the axe? This was similar to Lin Xiao's method. Lin Xiao had added a flame to his axe, where did a human like him get demonic essence from?

Lin Xiao felt that there was no need to hide the fact that he was eating someone else's food or living someone's life. After all, he still wanted to learn alchemy from Xiao Qi.

A flame suddenly shot out from Lin Xiao's fingertips, scaring Xiao Qi. Then she couldn't take her eyes off the small flame.