Foundation Establishment Pill!

Moreover, the skill's stored-power burst limit had risen again, with its cap now marked as comparable to a Quasi-Heaven Rank Dou Technique.

Of course, that description was just something to look at. As for the other two accompanying Dou Techniques, their descriptions had not changed. Still, they had surely been strengthened along with the skill.

Furthermore, the requirement for upgrading the skill to high-level Earth Rank had tripled yet again! It actually required a full 2,100 experience points—an impossibly distant goal!

Although upgrading a skill was not merely a matter of increasing cultivation speed. It also improved overall attributes such as Dou Qi strength, endurance, recovery, foundation... and more.

But one could not make bricks without straw. Feng Wu did not have a single experience point left, so he could only give up for now.

Five more days passed. Feng Wu casually slapped a foolish wild boar to death outside the city, then looked at the faint outline of Wu Tan City already visible ahead. Joy appeared on his face. "Wu Tan City, I'm finally home! It's been twenty days. Yao Chen's Qi Gathering Powder should be finished by now, right?"

A full twenty days!

Originally, Feng Wu had planned to return to Wu Tan City after fifteen days.

But the Volcano Skill was an absolute experience-devouring monster, swallowing so much of Feng Wu's experience that he had not even reached the peak of Dou Qi Ninth Stage.

Even after obtaining the skill, he had no way to condense a Qi Cyclone and advance to the Dou Zhe realm.

So Feng Wu had remained outside for another five days, hunting for experience.

Little Er Ha could now hold its own, so Feng Wu and Little Er Ha split up. After five days of rampant slaughter, they had gained two hundred experience points, a huge increase!

It was one-third faster than Feng Wu's previous pace.

Only today did Feng Wu return to Wu Tan City's territory with Little Er Ha.

"Come on, let's go home!" Feng Wu patted Little Er Ha on the head, leaped up, and landed astride its back.

He had been thinking about doing this for days, and today he had finally found the chance!

Little Er Ha was tall and powerfully built. Combined with its magical beast mutation, it no longer looked like a dog at all. Instead, it was strikingly handsome in both form and bearing. Riding it would definitely look imposing!

But the instant Feng Wu mounted it, it was as though Little Er Ha's seal had been lifted!

Little Er Ha shot off like a bolt, leaping and tumbling wildly.

It charged forward with all four limbs rising and falling together, occasionally grabbing its own tail in its mouth and spinning in circles on the spot!

Had Feng Wu not clung desperately to Little Er Ha's mane, he would have been thrown off!

"Alright, alright, I won't ride you anymore!" Feng Wu said helplessly. Has its genetic memory awakened or something?

And after Feng Wu climbed down, Little Er Ha howled resentfully, walking alongside him on three legs while covering its face with one paw. It looked so bashful that it was on the verge of tears, as though it only needed to say, "I was ridden. I'm not pure anymore!"

Feng Wu was speechless.

Fortunately, after Feng Wu took out another roasted beast leg, his bribe succeeded, and Little Er Ha finally returned to normal.

Before noon, Feng Wu and Little Er Ha truly entered through Wu Tan City's gates.

Along the way, most people looked at Feng Wu with admiration and envy, while discussing him among themselves.

"A Rank 1 Magical Beast—how impressive!"

"I wonder which young master is so lucky. Does Wu Tan City have a beast-taming method?"

"You little brat, get over here! Stay farther away! Are you courting death? One bite from it could take your head off!"

Amid the chatter, Feng Wu dragged the proud Little Er Ha back to the Xiao Clan.

He headed straight for his home. After twenty days of wilderness living, Feng Wu was exhausted. He had to take a proper bath and get a good night's sleep.

By chance, when Feng Wu passed the clan's council hall, Xiao Zhan spotted him. After Feng Wu had gone farther away, Xiao Zhan stepped out from behind a pillar to the side.

"Was that Feng Wu?" Xiao Zhan hesitated briefly before confirming Feng Wu's identity. He knew this child.

First, Feng Wu had been adopted by Xiao Yu back then and was her younger brother. Yet Xiao Yu had wanted to act like his mother all day long, making him rather well-known.

Second, Feng Wu had embarrassed Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye a few days ago, leaving Xiao Zhan with a favorable impression of him.

But still, Xiao Zhan sighed. "I never expected the clan to be hiding such a capable person."

"Hu Zi! Find a way to investigate this Feng Wu. Don't let him notice." After considering it, Xiao Zhan called out. A man in black suddenly dropped down from the high wall of the building, clasping his fists in acknowledgment.

Just as he was about to leave, Xiao Zhan seemed to think of something and stopped Hu Zi again. "Alright, forget it. Don't go. We'll talk about it later."

By bringing Little Er Ha back this time, Feng Wu had already entered the sight of the Xiao Clan's upper ranks through all sorts of channels.

He had even drawn quite a few eyes from outside the Xiao Clan.

It could not be helped. Little Er Ha's existence was simply too conspicuous. And Little Er Ha was unwilling to stay inside Feng Wu's Pet Space, so there was no other choice.

But being conspicuous was fine.

Feng Wu had now basically completed all his preparations for growing stronger. There would be even more things to surprise people in the future, and they would only become more frequent!

Bringing Little Er Ha back this time was also meant to give the people in the clan a bit of warning in advance.

"Ah, that feels good!" After taking a bath, Feng Wu swaggered out of his room.

"Oh! Isn't that Xiao Yan? And Senior, you came quite quickly. I was just about to go find you." The moment he entered the courtyard, he saw Xiao Yan and Yao Chen sitting there.

Feng Wu glanced at Little Er Ha beside them, which Yao Chen occasionally tossed pills to. It was wolfing them down and had already been thoroughly bribed into submission. Feng Wu rubbed his forehead helplessly.

Whose dog was this? It did not even guard the house!

"Early this morning, word was spreading all over the city that you had returned and even brought back a Rank 1 Magical Beast.

So we came to deliver your pills. But you weren't in the courtyard when we arrived, so we presumptuously came in first."

Xiao Yan studied Feng Wu closely, but he could not discern any change in the depth of Feng Wu's strength.

"Hmph. Trespassing into another person's residence is no different from intruding into someone else's cultivation ground." Feng Wu's expression turned slightly cold as he warned, "We'll let it go this time. But if there's a next time, I can't promise I won't throw you out!"

Feng Wu's face was cold, and Xiao Yan choked with anger. He had not expected Feng Wu to give him so little face!

"Enough nonsense. Where's the Qi Gathering Powder I asked for?" Feng Wu did not want to waste words on Xiao Yan or get tangled up with him. In Feng Wu's eyes, only Yao Chen had some value now.

"Hmph, here." Xiao Yan pushed over a jade bottle, saying unhappily, "It was finished long ago. I came by several times, but you were never here..."

"Good. Thank you, sir. See the guests out!" Feng Wu did not wait for Xiao Yan to finish before directly ordering them out!

As they were leaving, Feng Wu's voice came from behind Xiao Yan and the others. "Sir, please wait at Xiao Yan's place. I will come to visit you shortly and seek your guidance in alchemy."

Only after Xiao Yan and the others had left did Feng Wu's expression return to normal. Xiao Yan had actually wanted to test his attitude, his true strength, and his limits of tolerance?

What a joke!

"Senior, you're no match for me when it comes to scheming." Feng Wu muttered to himself. Someone who had transmigrated before 2010 wanted to compare cunning with Feng Wu, who had transmigrated from 2021?

Sorry, times had advanced, along with all kinds of tricks.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen entering his home directly had been deliberate!

There might not have been much ill intent, but one purpose was to test whether Feng Wu could be befriended. If he was friendly enough to be treated like family or close friends, he would not care about such a small breach of etiquette from Xiao Yan and the others.

Like between brothers—wasn't walking straight through the door the norm?

The other purpose was definitely to test how strong the person behind Feng Wu truly was. Or rather, whether there was even someone standing behind him at all!

If Feng Wu backed down, it would at least prove that, in terms of strength alone, the person behind him could not overwhelmingly crush Yao Chen!

There were countless calculations involved. Had Feng Wu not been thoroughly tempered by society, he likely would have fallen for it.

It had to be said, one thousand-year-old old fox and one little fox who had lived two lives—truly ruthless!

Feng Wu casually picked up the Qi Gathering Powder Xiao Yan had brought, then turned and grabbed Little Er Ha's face, kneading it crazily until its eyes turned dazed. Only then did he point at its head and instruct it:

"Little Er Ha, if anyone comes to the house again, don't let them in, understand? If they force their way in, bite them!

But remember—fake bite. They're all our own people, so don't do it for real. Just scare them off. Unless they attack first."

Feng Wu gave Little Er Ha its instructions.

Then...

Watching Little Er Ha dash out in a cloud of yellow dust, knocking over several wooden buckets with loud crashes and trampling half his vegetable patch, Feng Wu rubbed his forehead.

How had he been possessed back then and brought this thing home?

Unable to stop it, Feng Wu decided that out of sight was out of mind and returned to his room.

He took out the Qi Gathering Powder and carefully checked it through the system panel. There were no problems.

Qi Gathering Powder: Third Grade medicinal pill, but only a Fourth Grade Alchemist can refine it perfectly. Its effect is to allow a Martial Artist at Dou Qi Level Nine to advance to the Dou Zhe stage with a one hundred percent success rate.

Upgradeable. Upgrading it to a Fourth Grade medicinal pill requires 50 experience points.

The system would surely give him a surprise after one upgrade!

"So the system is guiding me to upgrade this pill once. Then let's upgrade it." Feng Wu did not refuse. He could afford fifty experience points.

As the experience was invested, the patterns on the Qi Gathering Powder instantly changed, turning golden. Its pill fragrance even drifted out of the room and headed straight beyond the courtyard.

Little Er Ha instantly stopped wreaking havoc and charged into the room, drooling.

"Go, go, go! This isn't for you to eat!" Feng Wu hurriedly clenched the pill in his fist, making Little Er Ha so angry that it kept pawing at the ground.

When Feng Wu looked again, the pill's description had changed.

Foundation Establishment Pill: Fourth Grade medicinal pill. No one below a Fifth Rank Alchemist can refine it perfectly.

Its effect is to allow Martial Artists in the Dou Qi stage to advance to Dou Zhe with a one hundred percent success rate. Furthermore, at the final moment, it takes them one step further, achieving Perfect Foundation Establishment!

This pill can be taken once at the end of every stage, including Dou Qi, Dou Zhe, Dou Shi... and so on, to strengthen one's foundation.

Upgradeable. Upgrading it requires 300 experience points.

At this realm, using a Fourth Grade Foundation Establishment Pill is already sufficient for Perfect Foundation Establishment. Upgrading it again is not recommended.

Foundation Establishment Pill!

Perfect Foundation Establishment!

Holding the pill in his hand, Feng Wu had never expected such a change!

This was the first item whose very name had changed after Feng Wu upgraded it!