Cultivation

Wan Guniang had been met, and now it was time for things to get on the right track.

With that thought in mind, Xiao Yan returned to his room and, under Yao Lao's direction, dripped the spirit liquid he had refined into the bath barrel.

The clear hot water turned a translucent bluish green.

Then Xiao Yan sat down in the bath barrel and began cultivating.

He had done the same thing more than once already. The Body Tempering Fluid Wan Guniang had given him before was basically used in this way too.

It was just that compared to the Body Tempering Fluid, which had made people feel stinging pain and discomfort at first, Yao Lao's Nurturing Spirit Liquid was undoubtedly much gentler.

Although this was also inevitably because his body had already endured countless rounds of tempering, no matter what, the Dou Qi now circulating through his body like flowing water once again filled his Meridians, bringing him an incomparably substantial feeling.

Sensing that, after two long years, Dou Qi was once again circulating through the Meridians in his body in a growing state, Xiao Yan felt especially happy.

Even so, Xiao Yan still silently suppressed his excitement. With only a faint smile on his face, he continued to intensify his cultivation.

Time waited for no one. If he wanted to amaze the world with a single feat, he needed to invest even more time and energy into cultivation.

From daytime all the way until the dead of night, Xiao Yan finally slowly opened his eyes.

"At this rate, I'll reach Dou Qi Stage Five in less than half a month."

Xiao Yan let out a breath of Stale Air and then spoke.

Even Yao Lao was somewhat surprised. Although Xiao Yan's current cultivation speed did indeed show signs of long accumulation finally breaking through and misfortune giving way to fortune, this progress was still a little too fast.

But on closer thought, it was reasonable enough.

Xiao Yan's current physical strength could fully keep up with his cultivation speed, so naturally there was no issue of whether his cultivation was solid or not.

It was like a wooden barrel. All of its planks had long since been reinforced and lengthened, so what remained was naturally to fill it with water.

For the next half month, Xiao Yan rarely went out. He stayed holed up in his room, calmly cultivating.

Every day, the moment he opened his eyes, he cultivated. Only late each night, when his teacher stopped him, would he go to bed to rest, then wait until dawn the next day and repeat the same daily routine all over again.

Though the days were austere, whenever Xiao Yan saw his Dou Qi growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, the fulfillment and sense of achievement in his heart instantly swept away the fatigue from cultivating day and night these past few days.

Half a month later, as Xiao Yan finished absorbing the entire bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid refined by Yao Lao, a soft sound echoed through his room. The Dou Qi vortex inside Xiao Yan broke through the shackles of Dou Qi Stage Four and officially stepped into Dou Qi Stage Five.

"Mm, not bad."

Yao Lao stroked his beard at the side and smiled as he spoke.

"Go buy some more medicinal ingredients. At this momentum, reaching Dou Qi Stage Seven or even higher by the next clan test won't be a problem."

With Yao Lao's assurance and encouragement, Xiao Yan became even more firm in his conviction to cultivate.

"I understand, teacher."

"Also, although your Dou Qi cultivation is advancing rapidly, as a Dou Zhe, the cultivation of Dou Techniques is indispensable as well. Don't slack off in that aspect."

"Mm, then what Dou Technique can teacher give me?"

"Here. I saw that your fists and feet were pretty good when you beat up Ga Lie Ao half a month ago. This Profound High-Rank Eight Extremities Collapse should suit you quite well."

After Yao Lao finished speaking, the cultivation method for the Profound High-Rank Dou Technique Eight Extremities Collapse was transmitted into Xiao Yan's mind.

Xiao Yan had no choice but to temporarily put down what he was doing, sit cross-legged, close his eyes, and begin to cultivate it carefully.

Seeing Xiao Yan's cultivation improve day by day, Yao Lao became even more satisfied.

In that case, the day of his revival had undoubtedly drawn another step closer...

As for that girl from the Yao Clan...

A trace of gloom flashed through Yao Lao's eyes, then turned into a helpless sigh.

Wan Guniang... In that case, that girl's name should be Yao Wan, right?

Not even sixteen years old, Dou Wang realm, Heaven Realm Soul, possessing the Life Spirit Flame... with such talent, even in the entire Yao Clan, she was probably an unparalleled genius.

But why had she appeared in the Xiao Clan...

One little girl from the Gu Clan alone was one thing, but now another girl from the Yao Clan had come too. The Xiao Clan really was lively.

However, as for whether that descendant of his clan had any ulterior motives, Yao Lao actually was not worried.

After all, with this girl's talent and the entire Yao Clan as her backing, it was not impossible for her to set foot at the peak of the Dou Qi Continent in the future. Why would she fix her eyes on a dead soul who had nothing now, and a brat who was not even a Dou Zhe—

Rather, this girl was a good person, and her temperament was good too. As a proud genius of the Yao Clan, she had never become arrogant from being favored. Compared with her talent, this disposition was even rarer.

The Yao Clan's fortune truly had not declined, to think it could give birth to such a prodigy.

Yao Lao could not help but sigh. As for the matter between Xiao Yanzi and this girl... since he had no intention of taking the initiative to expose it, he, an old man, had no need to invite annoyance.

Besides, there was no benefit in letting Xiao Yanzi know too early about the Ancient Eight Clans. It would be better to explain it clearly once he had the strength to come into contact with that level.

As Yao Lao planned this in his heart, he subconsciously looked outside the door, as if he had sensed something.

"Mm? What's going on today? It's actually this lively..."

During the half month that Xiao Yan devoted himself to cultivation, Yao Wan was also stabilizing the realm she had just broken through to.

By the time she came back to herself, more than ten days had already passed.

On second thought, why had Xiao Yan come to see her so little these past few days? In the past, whether after one or two days at the shortest, or three to five days at the longest, he would at least come once.

Was he cultivating?

Should she go take a look?

Although Xiao Yan had already taken Yao Lao as his teacher now, and matters of cultivation probably no longer fell to her to ask about...

After hesitating for a short while, Yao Wan still put on her bamboo hat and pushed open the door.

She knew where Xiao Yan lived, and needed no one to lead the way. Stepping along the stone path and walking past the shaded lakeside trail, Yao Wan, rarely seen, walked through the Xiao Clan, drawing quite a few sidelong glances.

Even though the bamboo hat concealed her original appearance, that natural bearing could not be blocked. Even if she merely brushed past like the spring breeze by the lakeside, she still inevitably drew people's attention.

"That's..."

"When did such a guest come to the Xiao Clan?"

Someone subconsciously voiced such a question, and only then did someone belatedly react.

"Could this be that Dou Wang alchemist staying in the Xiao Clan... 'Wan Guniang'...?!"