Life Fruit

Under Xiao Yi Xian's soothing, Xiao Lan descended into the massive pit, smearing the liquid Xiao Yan had refined all over his body. It clung to his blue feathers.

Xiao Yan had no interest in watching the process. After handing Xiao Yi Xian the manual for raising magical beasts, he went into seclusion to cultivate.

A month later, Xiao Lan completed his transformation and shot out of the pit, breaking through to Second Grade. His feathers had also transformed from pure blue into a magnificent violet.

Xiao Yan was at the peak of Eight-Star Dou Practitioner, only a tiny step away from Nine-Star Dou Zhe. He and Xiao Lan enthusiastically beat each other up on the ground, barely ending in a draw. With the pressure Xiao Lan brought, Xiao Yan broke through to the ninth star.

This made Xiao Yi Xian ache with sympathy. He strongly condemned Xiao Yan for demanding that a flying magical beast not be allowed to fly.

Xiao Yan did not care in the least. He lavishly tossed down the Purple Cloud Wings and told Xiao Yi Xian to supervise Xiao Lan's training, preferably allowing him to evolve once more through the wings of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Sculpture.

Xiao Yi Xian stared in stunned disbelief and cried, "You can do that?"

Meanwhile, under Old Yao's arrangements, Xiao Yan gathered quite a few medicinal herbs before leaving Little Medicine Valley and heading deep into the Beast Mountain Range to live like a wild man.

Guided by Old Yao, Xiao Yan crossed mountains and ridges before finally arriving at a pool beneath a waterfall.

"You will cultivate beneath the waterfall for the time being. I will refine the Green Fate Fruits you found."

Xiao Yan's heart stirred, and he asked, "Teacher, are the fruits in that flowerbed Green Fate Fruits?"

"That is right. They are said to be fruits that will not ripen even if the seas dry up and the rocks crumble. Their maturation period is despairingly long."

"Because their vitality remains exceptionally vigorous while they also seem somewhat immature, people long believed they were perpetually in their growth stage."

"In truth, these fruits will never ripen on their own. If left alone, they will remain unripe forever."

"To ripen Green Fate Fruits, they must be tempered with sufficiently powerful and unusual attribute energy, such as Heavenly Flames, monster beast essence blood, Soul Power, and so on."

"Furthermore, Green Fate Fruits ripened by the same type of energy only work once for any individual. A second use will be ineffective."

"For you, Heavenly Flames, monster beast essence blood, and Soul Power are all good choices. Even for me, a Green Fate Fruit ripened with Soul Power would have some effect."

"I originally intended to let you cultivate normally until you became a Dou Shi. Who would have thought you brat would keep encountering opportunities and even find something this good?"

"Then, Teacher, can Green Fate Fruits restore you to the Dou Zun realm?"

"You wish."

"..."

With that, the conversation ended. Old Yao took out three Green Fate Fruits and placed them all into the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to roast.

The Green Fate Fruits continuously tumbled within the pale Bone Spirit Cold Flame, slowly absorbing the energy contained within it as their skins gradually turned white.

Xiao Yan also adjusted his condition beneath the waterfall's impact. He wrapped his entire body in Dry Blue Water Flame, using the force of the water to temper his body and condense his Dou Qi.

Three days later, Xiao Yan had consolidated his cultivation, while Old Yao finally finished ripening the Green Fate Fruits, obtaining three pale fruits.

"This should be called a Bone Spirit Fate Fruit now, right?" Xiao Yan swallowed, his heart overflowing with excitement.

"After you consume it, your Dou Qi should gain a trace of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's effects. Your physical qualities, resistance to ice and fire, and vitality will all greatly increase. The Flame Mantra may even evolve."

A trace of weariness colored Old Yao's voice. Clearly, using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame continuously for three days had also been no small burden on him.

Xiao Yan nodded, put away two of the fruits, then swallowed the remaining Bone Spirit Fate Fruit in a single bite. He jumped into the pool and began refining the energy contained within the Life Fruit.

Crack, crack, crack.

As the Bone Spirit Fate Fruit entered his stomach, a strange energy that was both cold and hot exploded in Xiao Yan's abdomen. The water around him was instantly frozen by the leaking chill, then melted again by the blazing heat.

Xiao Yan hurriedly circulated the Flame Mantra, refining the Life Fruit's energy and channeling it into his Dou Qi Vortex.

The endless stream of Dou Qi caused the Dou Qi Vortex to swell larger and larger, as though it might explode at any moment.

Yet under Xiao Yan's compression, the Dou Qi Vortex could only unwillingly shrink. The amount of Dou Qi kept increasing, but its volume kept decreasing, gradually condensing into droplets of liquid.

The appearance of these droplets signified that Xiao Yan had broken through into the Dou Shi realm.

However, much of the Life Fruit's energy still remained. Droplet after droplet continuously appeared within the Dou Qi Vortex, causing it to begin expanding once more.

Xiao Yan could only guide those droplets out of the Dou Qi Vortex and into his meridians, nourishing them and strengthening his body.

As his body grew stronger, the Dou Qi Vortex's capacity likewise became greater, and the two formed a cycle.

In this manner, both Xiao Yan's body and Dou Qi slowly grew under the effects of the Life Fruit...

This seclusion lasted Xiao Yan a full two days. Not only did he break through into the Dou Shi realm, he also surged all the way to Four Star Dou Shi.

The Flame Mantra had likely advanced to a Quasi-Xuan Tier Cultivation Method, surpassing Yellow Tier Advanced but falling short of Xuan Tier Low.

Xiao Yan then refined the two Beast Flames the Old Man had given him when he left Wutan City, allowing the Flame Mantra to evolve in one stroke to Xuan Tier Low.

During the refinement process, Xiao Yan also discovered a change in his body—the Beast Flames originating from Fifth Grade Magical Beasts could no longer place any pressure on him. He easily devoured both Beast Flames completely.

Xiao Yan's Dou Qi broke through once again. Although he had compressed it with all his strength, he still reached the peak of Five Star Dou Shi, only one step away from Six Star Dou Shi.

A Xuan Tier Low cultivation method made Xiao Yan's cultivation speed incomparable to before. He was confident that he could break through to the Da Dou Shi realm before turning fifteen!

Half a year later, Xiao Yan returned to Little Medicine Valley.

At this time, Xiao Yan was already at the peak of Seven Star Dou Shi. He had perfectly absorbed the power brought by the Bone Spirit Fate Fruit and the Beast Flames, and could break through to Eight Star at any time. Reaching Da Dou Shi was even closer at hand.

Over the past half year, Old Yao had ripened two Life Fruits with Soul Power and required Xiao Yan to become a Fourth Grade Alchemist within half a year.

Half a year later, Old Yao would take Xiao Yan through the Beast Mountain Range to gather the remaining three medicinal herbs for the Earth Spirit Pill, seek Beast Flames to advance the Flame Mantra to Xuan Tier Advanced, and then head to the Tagor Desert in search of a Heavenly Flame.

To be honest, after Xiao Yan repeatedly refined Beast Flames and caused the Flame Mantra to break through one stage after another, Old Yao was somewhat reluctant to let him refine a Heavenly Flame so early—

Unlike the original story, Xiao Yan had neither the Three Year Agreement nor a Yellow Tier Flame Mantra restricting his cultivation speed. There was no need to rush into refining a Heavenly Flame while his cultivation was still so low.

A Xuan Tier Advanced cultivation method was fully sufficient to support Xiao Yan's breakthrough to the Dou Wang realm. Refining a Heavenly Flame then would be far safer.

For this reason, Old Yao placed the search for the Earth Spirit Pill's medicinal herbs third. First was urging Xiao Yan to cultivate his Dou Qi, while second was alchemy.