Chapter 98 Breakthrough to Dou Zong
In the magma world under the Tianfen Qi Training Tower, Xiao Yun sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes slightly closed, and there was a layer of faint invisible flame on the surface of his body, constantly absorbing the energy of heaven and earth. With every breath, countless energies were tempered into pure Dou Qi and absorbed into the body.
"Just a little bit more..." After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yun suddenly opened his eyes, sensing the content of Dou Qi in his body, flipped his hand to take out a jade bottle from the storage ring, raised his arm, and poured the Huangji Dan in the jade bottle into his mouth, preparing for the final breakthrough.
After two months of closed-door training, the Dou Qi in Xiao Yun's body has reached the peak of Dou Huang, and he can sense a trace of space power. But he knew that he was still one step away from the Dou Zong realm, so he decisively took the Imperial Pill and used the huge medicinal power contained in it to attack the Dou Zong bottleneck!
Boom!
The next second, with the medicinal power of the Imperial Pill in his body bursting out, Xiao Yun's body shook, and the flames on his body surface rose suddenly. The flame snake rushed out of the soul, wandering in the meridians, madly absorbing the pure energy in it, and then transforming it into condensed Dou Qi to fill all parts of his body.
As the Dou Qi in his body became more and more, he suddenly felt like breaking through a thin film. At that moment, Xiao Yun was like being reborn.
Activating the Jiuhua Fire Art, the vigorous fighting spirit filled his body, like a fish in water, swimming in his meridians.
"Buzz!"
The next moment, strands of silver-white space power emerged from his body and merged into the vigorous fighting spirit.
Under this fusion, Xiao Yun's entire body was baptized by the power of space, and his bones, flesh, and blood all underwent magical changes, with strands of space power emerging from them.
As time passed, Xiao Yun's aura became more and more vigorous, and at a certain moment, it finally exploded, like a sleeping dragon waking up, and the violent fighting spirit energy spread in all directions, and some of the energy even rushed into the fire well above.
"Hoo!"
Just as the Dou Qi energy was about to hit the ancient tower, a dry palm stretched out from the void, and a more powerful space energy surged out of it, turning into a space barrier, blocking it steadily.
The next second, Su Qian emerged from the void, waving his hands quickly, and the silver-white space force was like an upside-down bowl, covering the fire well below, blocking the continuous violent energy.
"This cultivation talent is really terrifying. It has only been four months, and he has broken through from the nine-star Dou Emperor to the Dou Zong level." Su Qian looked at the boy below with a shocked face and muttered to himself.
Dou Zong, the real watershed of the mainland's strongmen, only by stepping into this level, no matter where you are, you can have a certain say and be able to thrive.
And now Xiao Yun, who is only seventeen years old, has already reached this step. Such an achievement, even in Zhongzhou where there are so many geniuses, it is probably difficult to find another one.
After a while, the originally violent energy of heaven and earth gradually subsided, and Su Qian immediately understood that Xiao Yun had successfully broken through, so he removed the space barrier, suspended in the air, and waited quietly.
"Huh!"
A sound of breaking wind came, and a young man in green suddenly appeared beside Su Qian, standing steadily in the air. There were no wings of fighting spirit behind him, and walking in the air was a unique sign of a Dou Zong strongman!
"Tsk tsk, you are really talented, you can reach a one-star Dou Zong right after the breakthrough." Su Qian looked at the young man in front of him, felt it carefully, and a little surprise flashed in his eyes.
After most people break through the Dou Zong, there will be a relatively long period of adjustment before they can really reach a one-star Dou Zong, but Su Qian noticed that Xiao Yun had skipped this step and directly became a one-star Dou Zong.
"Maybe it's because the magma world below has abundant fire energy." Hearing this, Xiao Yun smiled slightly, and was also happy about his changes. He didn't know whether it was because of the magma world below, or the credit of the Imperial Pill, or both, but he was already a real one-star Dou Zong!
"Now that you have broken through to Dou Zong, this Black Horn Region is no longer suitable for you. What are your plans next?" Su Qian touched his gray beard and said reluctantly.
But he also understood that a proud son of heaven like Xiao Yun could not stay in the Northwest Continent for his whole life, but should go to a wider world.
Hearing this, Xiao Yun nodded slowly, his tone calm: "I want to go back to the family first, and settle things there, and then go to Zhongzhou."
"Zhongzhou? Indeed, it is a paradise for geniuses and a place of countless opportunities. With your talent, I am looking forward to your future." Su Qian nodded, then took out a token from the ring with the word "Mang" on it. "This was left by the dean, named Mang Tianchi. He should be traveling in Zhongzhou now. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can take out this token. The dean still has some reputation in Zhongzhou."
Xiao Yun nodded slightly and took the token. The moment he held it, he sensed some thunder power.
"Also, since you are going to Zhongzhou, take Zi Yan with you. She has been alone here for so many years, and she must be longing for family affection. I heard that there are many monster families in Zhongzhou, and maybe we can find her people there."
"Zi Yan is wandering around in the inner courtyard all day, so we should let her return to her tribe as soon as possible."
After saying that, Su Qian took out a few jade boxes from the storage ring again, and said slowly: "Now you can also refine the transformation pill. Here is a set of medicinal materials for the transformation pill. You can help her refine it then."
Xiao Yun put the jade box into the storage ring and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Great Elder, I will take Zi Yan to find her people."
...
After Xiao Yun and Su Qian came out of the bottom of the tower, the former clasped his fists and said goodbye, and then flew towards where he lived.
When he arrived at his own small building, he saw Xiao Yixian and Zi Yan in the yard. The former was watering, while the latter was lying on a chair, occasionally pouring a pill from the jade bottle and swallowing it in one gulp, feeling very comfortable.
"Xiao Yun!" Zi Yan looked up at Xiao Yun standing in the air and exclaimed, "You have broken through to the Dou Sect!" He
slowly landed beside her, rubbed the little guy's head with his palm, and smiled, "What? Are you not happy to see me break through to the Dou Sect?"
"Huh!" Zi Yan curled her lips and turned her head away unhappily, not wanting Xiao Yun to touch her.
Seeing this, Xiao Yun also stopped what he was doing, and then turned his gaze to the little doctor fairy who was smiling quietly, and asked with a smile: "Where is Qinglin? Why didn't I see her?"
"Qinglin went to the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower to practice yesterday." The little doctor fairy raised her hand, moved a strand of white hair in front of her forehead, and said softly.
"Yes, yes, you went to practice, Qinglin also went to practice, so I could only run here to play with sister Xiao Doctor Fairy." Zi Yan turned her head back, as if she was a child without a companion, and said loudly.
"You, you." Xiao Yun stretched out his hand, flicked her smooth forehead, and said, "Can't you practice? You still have the nerve to say that."
"Tsk, you're not a monster, I just need to take pills." Zi Yan curled her lips again, unconvinced.
Hearing this, Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. Even demon beasts need to cultivate. Zi Yan said this because she was lazy.
"Well, now that I have broken through to the Dou Sect, I want to leave Canaan Academy and travel to Zhongzhou. Xian'er, come with me." Xiao Yun said with a little solemnity: "The Northwest Continent is too remote. I still have some news about Bodhi's transformation, but I estimate that the seventh-level Scorpio Poison Dragon Beast can only be found in Zhongzhou."
"Yeah." Hearing Xiao Yun say this, Xiao Yixian responded softly.
"I want to go too, I want to go too, Xiao Yun, you can't leave me!" Zi Yan also stood up quickly, holding Xiao Yun tightly with both hands and feet, like an octopus, hanging on him.
"I didn't say I won't take you with me, little brat, get down first." Due to the height problem, Zi Yan's hug was still a little awkward. Xiao Yun reached out and pulled her down with force, saying helplessly: "I was going to take you with me, I won't abandon you."
After hearing what Xiao Yun said, Zi Yan stopped making a fuss and asked: "Then are we going to Zhongzhou now?"
"No, I have to go back to the outer courtyard and say goodbye to my teacher." Xiao Yun shook his head, took out a jade box from his ring, and said calmly: "You go find Qing Lin first, here are the cultivation resources for her. Tell her that she has just broken through to the King of Fighters, and Zhongzhou is too dangerous, so I won't take her there for now. I'll come back next time and we'll travel around the mainland together." A
strong medicinal fragrance permeated from the jade box. Zi Yan took it quickly, put the jade box against her face, and even drooled as she smelled the medicinal fragrance.
"This is for Qing Lin! You are not allowed to eat it secretly! If you do, I won't take you there." Seeing Zi Yan's look, Xiao Yun was a little worried and warned her.
"Don't worry!" Zi Yan patted her chest to assure, and then turned into a stream of light and flew towards the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower.
"Then Xian'er, I'm going to the outer courtyard first. You and Zi Yan can come to find me later."
"Yes." The little medical fairy replied softly, lowered her body, and quietly packed up the poison in her garden.
...
Canaan College, in the building of the Alchemy Department of the outer courtyard, Xiao Yun looked around but couldn't find his teacher. Instead, he saw Xiao Yan guarding his office.
"So, Nalan Yanran went to the Xiao family to ask her teacher to break off the engagement, right?"
In Xiao Yun's exclusive office, he was lying comfortably on the leather sofa, flipping through a roll of pill recipes, and in front of him, there was a young man in black. When he heard the news, he was shocked. Xiao Yan was no longer in the original time and space, but Nalan Yanran still broke off the engagement. Was this the contraction of the timeline, or did the latter never like Xiao Yan?
Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Xiao Yan nodded repeatedly and said angrily: "Yes, so I want to go back to the family. I want to let her know! It's not her who broke off the engagement! It's me who divorced her!"
He, Xiao Yan, is the third young master of the Xiao family! Although he has never met Nalan Yanran and has no feelings for her, as a man, how could he tolerate being broken off the engagement at her doorstep!
"Okay, don't be angry here, I know about this." Xiao Yun raised his head, put the pill recipe in his hand aside, and stared at the young man in front of him.
Xiao Yan was stared at, and although he didn't release any breath, he still felt suffocated, as if he could die at any time. He understood that this was due to the huge difference in strength.
"Let me ask you a question. If Nalan Yanran doesn't come to cancel the engagement, will you really accept this marriage?" Xiao Yun said slowly, his eyes gave the young man a huge pressure, making him dare not lie at all.
"No, I don't like her..."
"Since you are unwilling to acknowledge this marriage, there is no need to do this, let alone go to great lengths to run back to the Gama Empire just to divorce her." With a smile on his face, Xiao Yun stood up from the sofa, walked to the young man, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a flat tone:
"You feel embarrassed, but have you ever thought that this is a world where the strong prey on the weak, and face is never given to you by others, but you fight for it yourself."
"Even if you divorce Nalan Yanran now, if her achievements are higher than yours in the future, people will still say it is your problem and laugh at you for overestimating your abilities."
"But if you can surpass Nalan Yanran, then people will naturally shift their target and point their spearhead at her."
"Then, your lost face will naturally come back! So, instead of arguing about who will be dismissed, you might as well practice hard. Look at you, a 15-year-old second-grade pharmacist. There is no other person in the Gama Empire who has achieved this. If you can reach the fourth-grade pharmacist before the age of 20, then the entire Gama Empire will know who is blind!" There
is really no other 15-year-old second-grade pharmacist in the Gama Empire. What? Are you talking about Xiao Yun? Sorry, he is already a sixth-grade pharmacist at the age of 15.
It must be said that Xiao Yan's talent in alchemy is still very strong. Xiao Yun had said a few years ago that he would find someone to teach him alchemy knowledge, but he waited until he became the head of the alchemy department before finding a fourth-grade alchemist.
But Xiao Yan was able to become a first-grade alchemist by himself, and after having a mentor and resources, he broke through to the second-grade realm in two months. This alchemy talent is not much inferior to Xiao Yun.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Cousin, you are right. I am short-sighted. I should focus on cultivation instead of love."
Seeing that the boy listened to his words, Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Haha, it doesn't matter. Young people will always be impulsive for temporary gains and losses. This is not your fault."
Sometimes he really felt that Xiao Yan was not like a time traveler, or rather, not like a time traveler like him who could completely retain his memory. In his childhood, he was able to play with a group of little brats in the Xiao family and became the leader of the children. In his adolescence, he acted too impulsively without considering the consequences.
"You should practice well. When you can reach the level of a third-grade pharmacist, you can enter the inner courtyard through the pharmacist department. The resources in the inner courtyard are much richer than those in the outer courtyard. Cousin Xiao Ding has already become a great fighter."
Xiao Yan nodded in agreement. Joining the inner courtyard is the dream of every outer courtyard student, and he is no exception.
Moreover, he had heard from Xiao Ding about the inner courtyard, which has the accelerated cultivation of the Heaven Burning Qi Tower and the Xiao Clan founded for the Xiao family. The Xiao Clan is the largest force in the inner courtyard, and every member of the Xiao family can join it and receive rich cultivation resources on a monthly basis.
"But, cousin, when did our academy have this passage?" Xiao Yan was puzzled. He had been in Canaan Academy for more than three years. Why hadn't he heard that a third-grade pharmacist could directly enter the inner courtyard before?
Xiao Yun smiled slightly and said calmly: "It will be available in a few days."
In fact, he didn't use a backdoor. This pharmacist passage was decided by the academy leaders when he was refining the seventh-grade elixir. Because of the former, Su Qianhuqian and others deeply realized the importance of a strong pharmacist to a force, which increased the training of pharmacists, so he just informed Xiao Yan in advance.
"As expected of the most authoritative elder of Canaan Academy! As expected of my cousin!"
Xiao Yan thought to himself. He didn't know this and thought that Xiao Yun's influence was so great that he could easily open a backdoor for the Xiao family.