Steady Progress (Twenty-Six)
With the full support of the Gu Clan, Xiao Yan's Alchemist skills are increasing at a visible rate.
In particular, the Gu Clan also have a considerable stock of rare and precious treasures that can increase Soul Power — the Old Yao's soul injuries were quickly healed by spending money.
After confirming that Xiao Yan had the potential to break through to the Ninth Grade Alchemist, the Gu Clan Elder unanimously agreed that it was a real pity that Xiao Yan had wasted his time in the Mortal Realm. They believed that he should eat more good food in the Spirit Realm to nourish his soul.
Xiao Yan then got busy again.
Every five or six days, a fresh Eighth Grade Pill would be produced. After that, Xiao Yan would eat some Medicinal Herbs such as Spirit Nourishing Grass and Spirit Ascending Flower, any one of which would be fought over by Seventh Grade Alchemist. He would use the Fallen Heart Flame to refine them and circulate his Soul Cultivation Method to absorb Spiritual Qi.
After his soul has made some progress, Xiao Yan will mobilize the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and drive the Green Lotus to devour the Subordinate Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame in order to break through his cultivation level.
Once he can perfectly control his Soul Power, Xiao Yan will continue to refine medicine, improve his medicine-refining skills, and train his Fire Energy, thus completing a cultivation cycle.
And so, Xiao Yan's strength increased in every aspect.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Apart from the short period of time when he first started refining "ordinary" Pills, Xiao Yan either doesn't refine pills at all, or when he does, he refines pills at the Eighth Grade.
The elders of the Gu Clan were increasingly praising Xiao Yan — Xiao Yan had refined a total of thirty grade Two-Colored Pill Lightning Eighth Grade Pill, ten Three-Colored Pill Lightning pills, five Four-Colored Pill Lightning, three Six-colored Pill Lightning -Five-Colored Pill Lightning color pill lightning pills, and one Seven-Color Pill Lightning.
In just two years, he progressed from Eighth Grade to Eighth Grade High-level Alchemist. Such a speed of progress is extremely rare, even among the Yao Clan. Such a genius might not appear even once in a thousand years.
Defeating the Yao Clan in their strongest area undoubtedly greatly satisfied the vanity of the Gu Clan's elders who valued their reputation.
Of course, having achieved this, Xiao Yan's Soul Realm had naturally broken through to the Spirit Realm Advanced, only a short distance from the Great Perfection.
His Dou Qi cultivation hadn't fallen much behind either, already reaching the level of Nine Star Dou Ancestor.
The energy level of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame is too high, and it is no exaggeration to call it "Saint-level". It is comparable to the Dou Sheng Expert. Xiao Yan is only Dou Zong. Basically, he can make a breakthrough by absorbing a little more energy.
Xiao Yan even gave up the idea of taking Pills to improve his cultivation level—even if it was Eighth Grade Pill, its medicinal effect was only about the same as the Subordinate Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and the Dou Qi was even slightly inferior in quality.
The Green Lotus has also undergone a dramatic transformation. Originally, the Life Spirit Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame did not change the color of the Green Lotus much, only making it more delicate and vibrant. However, after being tempered by the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame for the past two years, the Green Lotus has been tinged with a golden divine light, and its entire body has turned Cyan Gold, as if it were some kind of strange metal.
Xiao Yan tried it with a Dou Zun Puppet. He swept the puppet with the Green Lotus, and the puppet's skin, which would not be scratched even by a Peak Dou Zong, was damaged.
Although the damage wasn't significant, and the puppet was able to slowly recover on its own, it was indeed breached.
Clearly, this is a suppression in quality, and a crushing one at that.
"Teacher, how long did it take you to break through to the Dou Zun?" Xiao Yan asked.
After two years of arduous training, the Pill Gathering Champion is within reach. At that time, all that is needed is to leave a seal given by Gu Yuan in the palm of his hand, and capturing the Three Thousand Burning Flame will be a piece of cake.
Therefore, Xiao Yan is not in a hurry to break through to the Dou Zun. If he were to miss the Pill Gathering because he had been in seclusion for too long, it would be a huge mistake.
Old Yao glanced at Xiao Yan with an extremely complicated look and said, "Don't ask me, I don't know!"
Unable to get the answer from his teacher, Xiao Yan's boasting failed, so he could only ask the captain of the Black Annihilation Army.
The captain was only at the Dou Ancestor realm, but the Black Annihilation Army clearly had abundant teaching resources, including Dou Zun level experts who taught them. Therefore, the captain gave Xiao Yan a briefing on the speed at which the Gu Clan broke through to Dou Zun.
Those who can break through to the Dou Zun and Dou Di Bloodline has basically reached the Fifth Grade will be able to obtain the qualification to cultivate the Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method of the clan, and will be allocated a relatively sparsely populated area where no one is competing for the World Energy.
It generally takes about three to five years for someone like that to break through to the Dou Zun.
If one's Dou Di Bloodline can exceed the seventh rank, then one can obtain extra Pills for breakthrough, and basically complete the breakthrough in just one or two years.
If Dou Di Bloodline is even higher, there is a special Inheritance Space to inherit the Dou Qi left by their predecessors. In this case, there is no need for one to cultivate hard and devour and refine the World Energy. As long as one can withstand the energy left by their predecessors and integrate it into their body, it will take one or two months, depending on the strength of their physical body.
Of course, after the breakthrough, one still needs to condense and control Dou Qi, but this can be quickly mastered by cultivating the Emperor Seal Art, which generally takes three to five months.
"What if we could refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?" Xiao Yan pressed.
The captain didn't want to speak, but while Old Yao could ignore Xiao Yan, he didn't dare to give Xiao Yan the cold shoulder. He could only patiently wait for Xiao Yan to show off in front of him:
"Generally speaking, very few Gu Clan can gain the approval of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. At least one must be at the Peak Dou Zun to gradually master it, then use it to break through to Dou Sheng, and finally become the pillar of our Gu Clan."
"If one were to break through to the Dou Zun, they would probably be burned to ashes?"
"Hmm, so that means I only need a few days to break through to Dou Zun?" Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and he finally said it, feeling a sense of relief.
The captain thought for a moment and then flattered, "Young Master Xiao Yan is exceptionally talented, making others envious."
Sacred Pill City.
As the city where the Pill Tower is located, Sacred Pill City is a sacred place in the hearts of Alchemist throughout the Central Continent and even the entire Dou Qi Continent.
For example, Pill King Gu He of Xiao Yan's hometown, Jia Ma Empire, had a lifelong wish to Pill Tower, which was like a pilgrimage.
Of course, the strongest alchemists nowadays are not from the Pill Tower — the Pill Tower Grand Elder is just an ordinary Ninth Grade Alchemist struggles to refine even Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, while Hun Xuzi, the Great Elder of the Yao Clan Patriarch, and Elder Shennong are all capable of attempting to refine Ninth Grade Profound Pill.
However, in the Dou Qi Continent, each realm is like a world apart. The vast majority of people in the low and middle ranks, as well as some in the high ranks, have no concept of the top level. They only know about the Pill Tower and are unaware of anything else.
In addition, the Pill Tower holds a Pill Gathering every thirty years, a grand Pill Gathering gathers tens of thousands of sixth and seventh-grade Alchemist, which makes it particularly eye-catching.
This year's Pill Gathering featured the Three Thousand Burning Flame, ranked ninth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, as its prize, resulting in an exceptionally large number of participants.
Today, Sacred Pill City welcomes a special contestant.
I wasn't feeling well today, so I only made 2,000.