Time Flies, Cultivation Rises
Jia Nan Academy Inner Courtyard
Inside a room, a figure on a bed is lying with eyes closed in a meditation posture.
His body was surrounded by a mist of Heaven and Earth Energy, which was absorbed into his body as his chest rose and fell.
After a long while, the fog gradually dissipated, and the figure opened his eyes, uttering a calm yet slightly helpless sentence.
"Six years have passed, and my cultivation has only reached the Dou King Eight Star. Am I a bit too slow?"
Although Xiao Ming was extremely serious, if the elders of the Jia Nan Academy heard him, they would probably be so angry that they would have a stroke.
Is this even human language?
They've cultivated their whole lives and only reached the Dou King Six Seven Star. You're so young, not even an adult yet, and your cultivation level is already higher than most of them. You still think it's too slow? Should we just let you cultivate to Dou Di in one step?
Of course, the reason they say such things is because they don't understand Xiao Ming's cultivation experience. He started cultivating at the age of four and more than ten years have passed since then.
His cultivation speed in the first four years could be described as lightning fast.
He advanced four realms in four years, but only two realms in the following six years. For someone who was used to rapid advancement, the slowdown was naturally unsatisfactory.
However, there's nothing that can be done about the slower pace of cultivation.
Even with the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda in the Inner Academy, this was inevitable.
Because the Fallen Heart Flame's divided flames have a very significant effect on those at the Dou Ling and below.
However, once you reach the Dou Spirit High Star, the effect of Accelerate Cultivation begins to decrease significantly.
Once one's strength reaches the Dou Spirit Peak, this split flame will mainly serve to solidify Dou Qi, and its effect on Accelerate Cultivation is beyond description.
The reason is that it's too difficult to break through to the Dou Wang.
The Dou Wang rank is the watershed between the strong on the continent. How difficult is it to advance to this rank? It can be said that only a few Dou Wang will emerge from 100 Dou Spirit Peak.
Most people are stuck for several years before they finally break through.
To think that one could successfully break through to the Dou Wang by relying on the unconsciously emitted flames of this ordinary Fallen Heart Flame is utter wishful thinking.
Only by using the original Fallen Heart Flame Origin Heart Flame to temper the body can one achieve a slight effect in paving the way.
It's fair to say that Dou Spirit Peak can no longer reap many benefits within the Jia Nan Academy.
The reason why the Dou Spirit Peak on the Strong Ranking stays is for the benefits of being in the top ten of the Strong Ranking: the Heart Flame Body Tempering fire of the Fallen Heart Flame.
Without Heart Flame Body Tempering, they will most likely pack up and go home when the five-year term in the Inner Academy is over.
The difficulty in breaking through to the Dou Spirit Peak is also the main reason why Xiao Ming only advanced two major realms in six years.
He once spent eight months at the Dou Spirit Peak.
It can't be said that he stayed for eight months; at most, he stayed for about half a year. The last two months were a period of seclusion for breakthroughs.
Although it's normal to get stuck at the Dou Spirit Peak, Xiao Ming guessed that his getting stuck might also be due to his previous rapid breakthroughs.
Let's not talk about the eight months I spent at the Dou Spirit Peak.
After Xiao Ming broke through to the Dou Wang, he discovered that the amplification effect of the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda became increasingly pitiful.
Although it's still very fast compared to cultivating on my own, it's not much faster anymore.
It's not hard to understand, after all, the Fallen Heart Flame in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda was just sealed inside.
It's a sentient being, and you're just keeping it locked up there and exploiting it every day.
Every year, it secretly collects other people's Origin Heart Flame. Will it actively release a sufficiently strong fraction of its flame for you to cultivate with?
It usually just sleeps and accumulates power, never thinking of breaking the seal and causing a big commotion. Jia Nan Academy is already very fortunate. How could it possibly want the Fallen Heart Flame's Fire Spirit to actively release enough Heart Flame to supply cultivation?
The flames that appeared in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda were only generated autonomously after it approached the Fallen Heart Flame; this is a normal phenomenon.
In addition to its sealing function, the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda also gained the ability to control the appearance of flames.
Xiao Ming guessed that to have a significant cultivation effect on Dou Wang level expert, one must possess a Subflame of the Heart Flame Origin.
However, forget about that thing. If it has the ability to tear a single Subflame from the Fallen Heart Flame, it might as well just take the Fallen Heart Flame.
Of course, there is another reason why Xiao Ming's cultivation is slow, and that is the improvement of his Alchemy Technique.
Ever since his teacher, Elder Huo, said he could no longer teach him, he has mainly relied on his own figuring out how to improve his Alchemy Technique.
The difference between having someone teach you techniques and figuring them out on your own is self-evident, isn't it?
The difficulty has doubled, and the resources required have also doubled.
Improving one's Alchemy Technique is an extremely time-consuming process, and Xiao Ming naturally spent a considerable amount of time on it.
Fortunately, Xiao Ming's time was well spent.
His Alchemy Technique have now surpassed those of his teacher, Elder Huo.
He became the only Grade Six Alchemist at the Jia Nan Academy.
Thanks to the Green Soul Fruit and his breakthrough in his Dou Qi Realm, Xiao Ming's Soul Realm has also reached the Mortal Realm Perfection.
It can be said that Xiao Ming's main gain in these six years was the improvement in his Alchemy Level, rather than the improvement in his Dou Qi Cultivation Level.
After all, Grade Six Alchemist is already considered one of the most powerful figures in the surrounding countries.
In the context of the entire Dou Continent, Sixth Rank is not considered low-level.
Xiao Ming has already graduated from the Jia Nan Academy and currently serves as an elder in the Alchemy Department and the Inner Academy.
Over the course of these six years, Xiao Ming played The Life Simulation quite a few times, though he missed some due to Life Simulation.
However, the number of simulations conducted on time still amounts to nearly three hundred.
Leaving aside the low-level items he acquired, what's valuable to him now are eight volumes of Grade Seven Medicinal Pill Recipe and two Grade Eight Medicinal Pill Recipe.
Ten scrolls containing Grade Five Medicinal Pill Scroll.
Several Grade Five Medicinal Pill.
Sixth Rank pills: 7 Dou Spirit Pill, 4 Emperor Extreme Pill, and 2 Breaking Sect Pill.
Two Grade Seven Medicinal Pill Life Devouring Pill.
Two-Colored Pill Lightning Grade Eight Medicinal Pill, and one Evergreen Pill (this pill increases lifespan by 100 years).
Two-Colored Pill Lightning Grade Eight Medicinal Pill, the Fu Ling Azure Pill (capable of restoring most of the strength of a severely weakened Dou Zun).
A Seventh Tier Sea Magical Beast corpse, and an Eighth Tier Lightning Attribute Magical Core.
Earth Tier Middle Grade Dou Technique "Three Beast Savage Art", Earth Tier Middle Grade Flying Dou Technique "Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings", Mastery of the Three Desolate Savage Beast Technique, Mastery of the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings technique.
The Dark Attribute Heaven Tier Low Grade Cultivation Method, "Heaven Shadow Art".
The True Flame Manipulation Technique of Magic Flame Valley.
Earth Tier High Grade Dou Technique: Four Flame Sword Array
The Earth Tier Low Grade Sound Wave Dou Technique, "Snow Dragon Roar".
The Earth Tier Middle Grade Cultivation Method, "Blood Soul Art".
Earth Tier Low Grade Movement Dou Technique: "Illusion Separation Five Elements"
The Yellow Tier Low Grade Evolvable Cultivation Method, "Flame Mantra".
The Heaven Cauldron Ranking's Medicine Cauldron: The Myriad Beast Cauldron. (Entry from Han Feng.)
Advanced Storage Ring: Star Ring
Four complete sets of swords, a set of armor made from the Strange Ice Crystal inside Seventh Tier Ice Attribute Magical Beast, Flame-Receiving Spirit.
The Nether Poison Flame Complete Map.
Ice Attribute Heaven and Earth Strange Object, the Marrow of Extreme Cold (slightly superior to Green Rock Profound Water; when a spirit absorbs it, the spirit gains the Ice Attribute), and a Seventh Tier Magical Beast Beast Flame.
Rare medicinal herbs and treasures: Two Form Transformation Grass, Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva...
Talent: Heaven and Earth Treasure Special Sense. (From Zi Yan)
Having won these items after 300 draws, Xiao Ming could only say that his luck wasn't too bad.
That's because Simulator randomly draw items.
Xiao Ming even encountered a situation where, at the Simulation End, the given options were a blade of grass, a gold coin, and a piece of Zi Yan's clothing.
He was speechless for a moment, and finally, with tears in his eyes, he chose a gold coin.
Having considered this kind of useless option several times, Xiao Ming couldn't help but shake his head.