Taking the Purple Crystal Pill! Five-star Great Dou Master!

After Xiao Yan left, less than twenty li from where he had just been, Nalan Yanran sat cross-legged atop a large boulder beside a secluded cliff.

This pill was personally refined by Teacher. I hope it can take my strength a step further! Nalan Yanran murmured inwardly as she took out a purple medicinal pill from her Storage Ring.

This purple pill was the Purple Crystal Pill personally refined by Gu He.

The main ingredient used to refine the Purple Crystal Pill was the Purple Spirit Crystal Gu He had obtained from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling.

A Purple Spirit Crystal was a rare treasure that took an Amethyst Winged Lion King twenty years to condense.

Therefore, the grade of this Purple Crystal Pill was already comparable to a Fifth-Grade Pill.

The effect of this Purple Crystal Pill was to immediately raise the strength of someone who had just entered the Da Dou Shi realm by three stars after consuming it.

Thinking of this, a trace of anticipation appeared in Nalan Yanran's eyes. She wondered just how much her strength would improve after taking this Purple Crystal Pill.

The next moment, Nalan Yanran did not hesitate in the slightest. She pinched the Purple Crystal Pill between her fingers and swallowed it in one gulp.

The Purple Crystal Pill melted as soon as it entered her mouth, turning into a stream of energy that flowed into Nalan Yanran's abdomen.

Nalan Yanran could clearly feel a scorching sensation gradually rising the instant the Purple Crystal Pill's medicinal power entered her abdomen.

Sensing this, Nalan Yanran did not dare be careless. She hurriedly circulated her cultivation technique and began refining the medicinal power.

As the Purple Crystal Pill's medicinal power flowed through Nalan Yanran's limbs and bones, the natural energy around her began to fluctuate violently. Rings of visible energy ripples surged out from her body.

Her flowing dress drifted without wind, and faint purple light flickered in and out of existence across her somewhat solemn face.

As waves of natural energy continuously poured into Nalan Yanran's body, her aura gradually began to rise.

In just a few breaths, she broke through from a two-star Da Dou Shi to a Three-star Great Dou Master.

Moreover, the breakthrough continued.

Four-star Great Dou Master!

Five-star Great Dou Master!

Nalan Yanran had never imagined that the power of a single pill could allow her to break through three levels in succession within the Da Dou Shi realm.

"Hah!"

Letting out a long breath, Nalan Yanran rose from the boulder and turned to slash fiercely at the mountain wall behind her. The rocks immediately shattered, and a thick crack several meters long appeared on the cliff face.

Seeing the power of her casual strike, Nalan Yanran gained several more degrees of confidence in the results of this training expedition.

Meanwhile, in the Tagor Desert.

In the vast desert, wind and sand raged. A youth dressed in an alchemist's robe was slowly making his way forward against the gale. The rows of deep footprints he left in the yellow sand were buried by the wind and sand within moments.

Behind the youth, a massive creature followed closely after him. Looking carefully, it was a lion-like magical beast covered all over in purple crystals.

If mercenaries who often roamed the Monster Beast Mountain Range saw this magical beast, they would surely cry out in shock, "Amethyst Winged Lion King!"

However, compared to the Amethyst Winged Lion King, this magical beast was clearly much smaller. At most, it could only be considered an Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub followed closely behind the youth. At times, it lowered its head to sniff the desert floor; at other times, it fixed a wary gaze in a certain direction and let out a low growl.

This scene undoubtedly revealed the relationship between them.

This Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub was the youth's pet.

Despite having a pet, he did not ride it and instead chose to walk through the scorching desert.

It had to be said that the youth's actions were rather unusual and difficult to understand.

"Stone Desert City should be close, right?" Suddenly, the youth took out a parchment map from his Storage Ring, studied it carefully, and murmured softly.

This youth was Liu Ling, who had already been in the Tagor Desert for more than half a month.

Reaching up to wipe the bead-like sweat from his face, Liu Ling could not help exhaling a breath of hot air.

It had to be said that the environment of the Tagor Desert was far harsher than Liu Ling had expected.

The yellow sand beneath his feet had been scorched by the blazing sun until it was nearly like burning-hot iron pellets. Every time he stepped down, his lips could not help twitching.

As he walked slowly, the fierce wind blowing head-on carried fine sand that struck his face painfully. This forced Liu Ling to constantly circulate his Dou Qi, forming a faint Dou Qi film over his face to avoid having the wind and sand disfigure him.

However, although the desert environment was extremely harsh, the fire-attributed energy contained within it gave Liu Ling considerable comfort.

Perhaps because of the relentless sun, if one considered fire-attributed energy alone, even a cultivation sanctuary like the Misty Cloud Sect could not compare to this place.

Moreover, the fire-attributed energy here was exceptionally pure and tyrannical, making it especially suitable for Liu Ling to cultivate his fire-attributed Dou Qi.

Within the Tagor Desert, under the scorching rays of the blazing sun, Liu Ling could clearly feel that the fire-attributed Dou Qi flowing through his body was noticeably more active and lively than usual.

After walking another hundred meters or so, Liu Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead, licked his somewhat dry lips, and took out a bottle of water from his Storage Ring. He gulped down several mouthfuls before finally breathing a sigh of relief and smiling bitterly. "Cultivating on foot in the desert... Teacher, you really picked a wonderful place for me."

For the past half month, Liu Ling had followed Gu He's instructions.

Ever since entering the Tagor Desert, he had never ridden the Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub as a mount. Instead, he had always chosen to travel on foot.

Half a month of sun exposure had turned Liu Ling's once fair and tender skin into a bronze complexion.

Walking on foot through the scorching desert would undoubtedly seem like an extremely foolish thing to outsiders.

Yet Liu Ling felt fulfilled by it.

The feeling was both bitter and sweet.

Though it was arduous, he could clearly feel his cultivation growing within him, and Liu Ling accepted it willingly.

At this moment, Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran's training missions flashed through Liu Ling's mind.

The Cloud Mist Empire and the Monster Beast Mountain Range—both were places fraught with danger, where survival was uncertain.

Compared to the two of them, his own training mission was undoubtedly far safer.

He was merely suffering a little. What was the big deal?

Thinking of the instructions his teacher had given him before he left, determination appeared in Liu Ling's eyes.

"Keep moving forward."

"Teacher was right. For a fire-attributed Dou Qi cultivator, even walking through this desert is a form of cultivation!"

After silently encouraging himself, Liu Ling raised his head and looked at the enormous blazing sun above the desert, smacking his lips.