Dou Zhe

Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation had already reached the ninth stage of Dou Power.

As long as she condensed a Dou Qi vortex within her body, she could become a true Dou Zhe.

However, condensing a Dou Qi vortex carried a considerable chance of failure. After a failure, one's ninth-stage Dou Qi would fall back to the eighth stage. Some unfortunate people might need to condense it more than ten times before succeeding. Such repeated attempts would cause them to lose their best period for cultivation, greatly damaging their future prospects.

The Qi Gathering Powder could allow someone at the ninth stage of Dou Qi to condense a Dou Qi vortex with a hundred percent success rate!

To ensure that Xiao Yi Xian could condense her Dou Qi vortex without fail, Gu He decided to refine a Qi Gathering Powder for her.

"Qi Gathering Powder!"

Hearing Gu He's words, Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes lit up.

Having inherited Gu He's memories as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, she naturally knew of this medicinal pill.

One had to know that this was a fourth-grade pill.

Even for a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, Qi Gathering Powder was difficult to refine.

Yet without her even needing to ask, her teacher had taken the initiative to refine it for her.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi Xian looked at Gu He, who had already begun refining the Qi Gathering Powder for her, and felt sweetness fill her heart.

Having a Sixth-Grade Alchemist as a teacher was truly wonderful.

Teacher, you treat me so well. This disciple will certainly not disappoint you.

Xiao Yi Xian carefully watched Gu He's every movement and every step in the refinement process.

She compared Gu He's alchemy techniques with the memories in her mind.

After inheriting the memories of a Ninth-Grade Alchemist and breaking through to the Dou Emperor realm, Gu He's soul power had undergone an enormous breakthrough.

At that moment, Gu He was already capable of refining Seventh-Grade Pills.

A mere Qi Gathering Powder was simply child's play to him.

An hour later, a thumb-sized, pale-purple, round pill emitting a faint glow spun within the medicinal cauldron.

"Has the pill formed?"

Looking at the pill within the cauldron, Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes brightened, and her heart stirred with excitement.

This was her first time watching the pill-refining process from so close.

So this was how medicinal pills were refined?

Watching Gu He's practiced movements and comparing them with the alchemy techniques in her memories, Xiao Yi Xian could not help showing an eager expression.

As the pill took shape, a wisp of green pill fragrance drifted out through the window, causing a slight fluctuation of energy.

There were also alchemists aboard the flying bird-beast.

Upon sensing the green pill fragrance, they all ran outside in shock and stared in surprise at the green pill fragrance floating through the air.

"It's actually colored pill fragrance!"

"Someone is refining a fourth-grade pill!"

"I never expected there to be a Fourth-Grade Alchemist aboard!"

Everyone looked toward Gu He's room and began discussing it among themselves.

One had to know that only pills of the fourth grade or above could produce colored pill fragrance.

This meant that the person refining pills at that moment was at least a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.

With that in mind, everyone gazed toward Gu He's room with reverence in their eyes.

Within the Jia Ma Empire, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist would be treated as an honored guest wherever they went, and no one would lightly dare to offend one.

Inside the room, Gu He had already bottled the refined Qi Gathering Powder.

"Disciple, take this Qi Gathering Powder while we have the time. Strive to condense your Dou Qi vortex before we reach the Misty Cloud Sect." Gu He handed the jade bottle to Xiao Yi Xian and said with a faint smile.

"Mm, thank you, Teacher." Xiao Yi Xian accepted the jade bottle with a smile, gratitude showing on her lovely face.

"Hurry and take it."

Gu He smiled. "Your teacher will stand guard for you."

"Mm." Xiao Yi Xian nodded adorably and poured out the green pill.

Gazing at the smooth, lustrous Qi Gathering Powder, Xiao Yi Xian smiled sweetly. She took another sniff of its refreshing, unusual fragrance, licked her pink lips, and without the slightest hesitation, placed it into her mouth.

The moment the Qi Gathering Powder entered her mouth, a faint coolness spread across her tongue. A moment later, a warm and pure energy surged directly from her mouth into her body, making Xiao Yi Xian's delicate body shudder violently.

With a calm expression, Xiao Yi Xian swiftly formed hand seals to absorb Dou Qi. Her breathing gradually steadied, and the faint Dou Qi within her body responded to her will, quickly entangling itself with that powerful, pure medicinal energy before beginning a frenzied refinement.

Within the small room, the calm air suddenly rippled violently. Threads of pale-white Dou Qi seeped out from the air, then continuously burrowed into Xiao Yi Xian's body.

Her pearly teeth bit tightly into her lips as the collision of energies within her body sent waves of stabbing pain through her meridians.

Within her body, Dou Qi wrapped around clusters of pure green energy. As they were frantically refined, the green energy was continuously assimilated into pale-white Dou Qi. With this support, the amount of Dou Qi within Xiao Yi Xian's body rapidly swelled at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Although the pure medicinal power was continuously being refined, it seemed inexhaustible. Whenever the Dou Qi refined a cluster of medicinal power, an even larger cluster of green energy would rush forward.

Under the refinement within her body and the continuous influx of external Dou Qi, the Dou Qi inside Xiao Yi Xian had gradually filled most of her meridians.

The refinement continued. When the sustaining force of the pure medicinal power began to weaken, Xiao Yi Xian, intoxicated by her rapidly growing strength, suddenly discovered that the Dou Qi within her body had expanded to a critical point where it could no longer increase.

Boom!

A moment later, a soft muffled sound quietly rang out within Xiao Yi Xian's body...

As the muffled sound rang out, the exhausting sensation of desperate resistance that had plagued Xiao Yi Xian vanished into thin air.

Letting out a heavy breath, Xiao Yi Xian collapsed limply, her chest heaving intensely.

Then, feeling the Dou Qi vortex that had successfully condensed within her body, she looked excitedly toward Gu He beside her.

"Teacher, I succeeded!"

Gu He had watched Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough process from the side the entire time. Hearing this, he immediately nodded with a smile. "Mm, your teacher saw it."

"Disciple, becoming a Dou Zhe is merely the first step toward becoming strong. You still have a long road ahead of you," Gu He said with a smile.

"Mm, Teacher, this disciple understands." Xiao Yi Xian nodded adorably, her lovely face filled with excitement.

After her excitement subsided, Xiao Yi Xian obediently sat in the room to stabilize her realm.

Meanwhile, Gu He's consciousness entered the System Space.

Within the System Space, Gu He looked at the black scroll floating in the void and silently said, "System, extract the Myriad Poison True Scripture!"

As soon as Gu He's voice fell, a stream of information instantly entered his mind.

Gu He did not dare be careless. He focused his mind and carefully received the information.