Time passed in the blink of an eye.
After taking Yao Lao as his master and his internal Dou Zhi Qi stopped leaking, Xiao Yan recovered his talent once again.
Starting from the Eighth Stage Dou Zhi Qi, in just three days, he returned to the Ninth Stage Dou Zhi Qi.
Seeing this, Yao Lao did not even know whether he should mention his Foundation Establishment Elixir.
He felt that with Xiao Yan’s talent, even without the Foundation Establishment Elixir, he could quickly return to being a Dou Practitioner.
Instead of spending the time and effort to refine the Foundation Establishment Elixir, it would be better to start collecting medicinal herbs for the Qi Gathering Powder to help Xiao Yan achieve a one hundred percent Breakthrough to Dou Practitioner.
To this, Xiao Yan’s reply was:
“It still needs to be refined.”
Although he no longer had any use for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, this item was extremely valuable and had a very low cost.
Taking it to an auction to exchange for money was an excellent choice.
After Xiao Yan’s persuasion, Yao Lao chose to continue refining the Foundation Establishment Elixir.
Over the years, Xiao Yan had saved up some money himself, and the amount was not small.
This money was all obtained from selling some body tempering medicinal baths.
The medicinal bath formula naturally came from that Dou Di’s Legacy, and it was the lowest-tier medicinal bath that could be effective for both Dou Zhi Qi and Dou Practitioner stages.
The medicinal bath formula had now been handed over to the Xiao Family by him.
Relying on the medicinal bath formula, compared to the original story where they were faintly suppressed by the Jiali Family, the Xiao Family had now suppressed them back, and even if the Jiali Family and the Ouba Family joined forces, they were no match for them.
According to the information Xiao Yan obtained, these two families even had intentions of leaving Wutan City.
As for the specific details, he no longer cared.
To him, these were all external objects, and breaking through to Dou Practitioner quickly was the most important thing.
Of course, because his Meridians were fragile during the Dou Zhi Qi stage, his daily cultivation time was fixed, so he still had a lot of free time.
During this time, he would follow Yao Lao to learn some basic knowledge and techniques of alchemy, laying the foundation for becoming an Alchemist.
Because he wasn’t worried about his cultivation like the Xiao Yan in the original story, he put more energy into learning alchemy.
The alchemy talent of the Xiao Yan in the original story was already at the top of the Fighting Qi Continent, and he now possessed an even stronger Soul talent, surpassing others in Soul perceptiveness, while other aspects were no worse than the original.
Taken as a whole, his alchemy talent was the very peak among the peaks.
His alchemy techniques, medicinal herb identification, and Soul control were all rapidly improving.
As the instructor, Yao Lao was greatly satisfied because of this, often showing a gratified smile.
…
Three days later.
The Xiao Family’s backyard mountain
Xiao Yan closed his eyes and meditated quietly, absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth to enhance his Dou Zhi Qi.
The Ninth Stage Dou Zhi Qi in his body had reached Perfection, and at this moment, as he poured more Dou Zhi Qi into it again, a qualitative change faintly began to occur.
Time ticked away second by second.
At a certain instant,
the faint Dou Zhi Qi within his body moved according to his will, swirling crazily inside him.
Xiao Yan’s expression changed, and he quickly formed hand seals, guiding the Dou Zhi Qi to surge toward his lower abdomen, controlling it to condense into a Dou Qi Whirlpool.
The powerful Soul Power played its role at this moment.
The faint Dou Zhi Qi was compressed by the Soul Power, acting like an obedient puppy, submitting and doing whatever was commanded, successfully condensing into a complete Dou Qi Whirlpool.
“Dou Practitioner, it’s done!”
Yao Lao, who was observing from the side, wore a smile all over his face.
Because of his powerful Soul Power, Xiao Yan did not ask him to refine the Qi Gathering Powder.
He had originally been a bit worried that Xiao Yan was being overconfident, but seeing it now, he had truly underestimated Xiao Yan.
With this kind of Soul Power talent, being able to take such a disciple meant he had truly struck great luck.
“Teacher.” Feeling his cultivation returning to the Dou Practitioner level, Xiao Yan smiled with satisfaction.
By now, he could finally begin Cultivating the Body Refining Cultivation Technique brought by that Dou Di’s Legacy.
“Little fellow, congratulations on breaking through to Dou Practitioner,” Yao Lao said.
Xiao Yan laughed and said, “That still requires thanking Teacher for finally not sucking my Dou Zhi Qi anymore.”
Yao Lao awkwardly stroked his beard and changed the subject, saying, “Ahem, let’s not talk about these unhappy things.
Now that you’ve broken through to Dou Practitioner, have you thought about your choice of Cultivation Technique?”
Xiao Yan said, “That depends on what is the highest Rank Cultivation Technique Teacher has.
I believe Teacher must have already prepared a Cultivation Technique for me to Cultivate long ago.”
Yao Lao did not deny it and took out two scrolls.
“Of course I’ve prepared it for you.”
“I have two Cultivation Techniques here.
One is an Earth Rank Low-Tier, which is most suitable for you right now.
After your cultivation grows to a certain level, this master also has an Earth Rank High-Tier fire-attribute Cultivation Technique, which is enough for you to Cultivate to a very high Rank.”
“As for the other scroll, it is a Yellow Rank Low-Tier fire-attribute Cultivation Technique, which I named ‘Burning Technique’, and it was found by this master from an ancient Immortal Cave.”
“Although this Cultivation Technique starts at Yellow Rank Low-Tier, according to its description, it can devour different types of flames to evolve, such as Beast Fire and the extremely rare Heavenly Flames between heaven and earth.”
“The path of the former is the smoothest, while the latter has a higher upper limit.
You must think it over carefully,” Yao Lao said solemnly.
Xiao Yan didn’t hesitate at all.
“I choose the ‘Burning Technique’!”
Yao Lao was startled.
“You brat, did you even listen to a word I said?
Although this Cultivation Technique can evolve, absorbing different types of flames carries extremely high danger.”
To this, Xiao Yan just flashed a grin.
“Teacher, I prefer a bit of excitement.”
“And…”
“You should be able to tell, right?
Xiao Xun Er, her background is extremely unusual.”
“If I want to be worthy of her, I must take a gamble.” Xiao Yan feigned deep affection, finding a very good reason.
Therefore, Yao Lao didn’t ask further, but just nodded and said, “Cultivate and try it first.
If this Burning Technique really doesn’t work out, it won’t be too late to switch to another Cultivation Technique then, it will just waste some time.”
Reaching an agreement, Yao Lao handed the “Burning Technique” to Xiao Yan.
“Alright, we’ll talk about Cultivating the Cultivation Technique tomorrow.
Today you still haven’t studied your alchemy,” Yao Lao urged.
“Got it, got it.” Xiao Yan put away the Flame Mantra and smilingly began today’s alchemy Cultivation.
…
After breaking through to Dou Practitioner, Xiao Yan quickly began Cultivating the Heaven Rank High-Tier Body Refining Cultivation Technique.
This Body Refining Cultivation Technique from the Dou Di’s Legacy was named the “Spirit-Devouring Body-Refining Technique”, which could devour Demonic Beast blood essence and various treasures of heaven and earth to rapidly enhance Physical Body strength.
The Cultivation Technique was divided into ten stages, ranging from Dou Practitioner to Dou Di.
Upon reaching each new stage, one could awaken a unique innate ability belonging to oneself based on the Demonic Beast blood essence and heaven and earth treasures absorbed during that period.
Xiao Yan’s Physical Body was currently comparable to a Tier 2 Demonic Beast, and he had already reached the second stage of the Cultivation Technique.
However, because he hadn’t officially Cultivated the Cultivation Technique yet, he hadn’t awakened an innate ability.
However, this did not mean he couldn’t make up for the two missing innate abilities.
As long as he went to absorb Demonic Beast blood essence and heaven and earth treasures, he could awaken his innate abilities.
“Innate abilities cannot be compromised.
The blood essence of ordinary Tier 2 or even Tier 3 Demonic Beasts is not something the Xiao Family cannot get, but it’s useless even if I get it.”
“Unless it is the blood essence of a Void Ancient Dragon or other top-tier Demonic Beasts, my innate ability shall only be awakened using Heavenly Flames!” Xiao Yan said inwardly.
Of course, Awakening innate abilities aside, it didn’t hinder him from using the characteristics of the “Spirit-Devouring Body-Refining Technique” to absorb Demonic Beast blood essence and heaven and earth treasures to rapidly enhance his Physical Body.
Coincidentally, he currently knew where both things could be found, and they were just right for him.
The Magical Beast Mountain Range, the Amethyst Winged Lion King and its accompanying purple crystal source!
(End of Chapter)