37. Emperor Pill

After Xiao Tian went into seclusion to break through, half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Every day in this small valley, energy was madly drawn into the small cave behind them. Others also needed enormous amounts of energy to break through to Dou Huang, but this was the first time they had seen someone plunder the energy of heaven and earth like this!

Yun Yun said, "Is he really only breaking through to Dou Huang? When I broke through to Dou Huang, I only needed a tenth of the energy he's using."

Lu Man said, "Me too... Master really is a monster!! He's been crazily plundering energy, and I haven't improved at all in the past six months~!!"

When Qing Lin and White Fang returned from outside, Lu Man looked at them and said, "Qing Lin has really had it hard. She has to go far away every day just to cultivate!"

Qing Lin said, "It's fine. I just wonder how Brother Xiao Tian is doing. Qing Lin has already broken through to Dou Ling, but Brother Xiao Tian still hasn't broken through."

As everyone chatted, the energy being greedily sucked into the cave suddenly stopped. Then, a powerful aura burst out from within the cave. That pressure felt like the strength of a Dou Zong!

Yun Yun said, "Th-this is?? Could Xiao Tian have broken through to Dou Zong?!"

Lu Man said, "No, that's not right. It doesn't seem to be Dou Zong."

Xiao Tian woke up in the cave and felt the powerful energy within his body. So this is what it feels like to be a Dou Huang. This power truly wasn't something a Dou Wang could compare to!

If I hadn't possessed a powerful body and Heavenly Flames before, I wouldn't have stood a chance against a Dou Huang expert at all!! He had no idea how much time had passed.

Xiao Tian sensed the four people in the valley, then flashed over and appeared before them. The three women and White Fang were all stunned by his sudden appearance!

More importantly, they could not see through his cultivation at all! Yun Yun could not help asking, "Xiao Tian, what realm are you in now? Why can't I see through your cultivation?"

Lu Man said, "Master, I can't see through your cultivation either. Have you surpassed me?"

Xiao Tian said, "I only broke through from Dou Wang. I'm merely a one-star Dou Huang now. I haven't surpassed any of you. The reason you can't see through my cultivation is probably because my Heavenly Flames are now concealing my entire body!"

"A one-star Dou Huang!" Lu Man said helplessly. "Why is the pressure from your one-star Dou Huang realm so powerful? I'm an eight-star Dou Huang, yet I feel like your strength is more than twice mine!"

Xiao Tian asked, "How long did my breakthrough take?" "Half a year!" Good, there's still time. Xiao Tian then looked at Qing Lin. "Not bad, little Qing Lin. You've already broken through to Dou Ling!"

Qing Lin giggled. "Brother Xiao Tian is amazing too! Qing Lin just wants to become stronger quickly, so I can help Brother Xiao Tian."

Xiao Tian said, "All right, rest and recover for a few days. Then we'll head for the Imperial Capital. I'll try refining some Emperor Pills!"

Lu Man said, "Master can already refine Emperor Pills?" "Yes. I feel that I can successfully refine them now!"

Xiao Tian said, "I'm going to refine pills first. You can all cultivate." Although he did not know how long he had been in seclusion, Xiao Tian knew clearly that he had practically plundered energy to advance.

He did not bother with them any longer. Nothing could not be solved with an Emperor Pill. So what Xiao Tian needed to do now was refine Emperor Pills for them, as well as a Spirit Fusion Pill for Medusa in his arms.

Once all of that was settled, they could go to the Imperial Capital to participate in an Alchemist Conference. After that, he would make a trip to the Misty Cloud Sect, deal with that Soul Hall Protector, and save that old man Yun Shan.

There really were a lot of things to do. Xiao Tian shook his head and began refining pills. As the saying went, a road would appear when the cart reached the mountain.

Xiao Tian had no idea how many times he had attempted to refine an Emperor Pill! Failure truly was the mother of success. He could feel the pill in the furnace slowly taking shape. Xiao Tian knew that after breaking through to Dou Huang, his soul power had also increased greatly.

Refining an Emperor Pill was no longer difficult for him. He had not expected his talent for alchemy to be so extraordinary. He was almost embarrassed to praise himself.

While Xiao Tian was indulging in self-admiration, the others who had been cultivating stopped and looked in his direction.

A moment later, a fragrant pill scent wafted out. Yun Yun said, "Did he succeed? In just half a year, he went from a Fourth Grade Alchemist to the sixth grade!"

Lu Man said, "Yes, he's incredible. Such monstrous talent would be among the very best even across the entire continent. But what I'm more interested in is whether Master will reward us with a pill."

Yun Yun said, "He'll definitely prepare some for us." Lu Man said, "You don't need to worry, but White Fang and I can't be so sure~ Sigh, if I'd known Master was such a monster, I would have offered myself to him that day."

Yun Yun's face darkened. "You don't need to offer yourself. He'll give you one anyway! If he doesn't, I will." "Hehe, then thank you, Sect Leader Yun~"

As for White Fang, it would take one if given one, and perform well if not. Ever since its soul had been controlled, it had no thoughts beyond obeying orders. After all, it was a magical beast, and its soul was too weak.

Lu Man had long known that White Fang was different from her. It had completely lost its thoughts. Now, it only knew how to obey Xiao Tian's orders and had been utterly enslaved. Although Lu Man had spoken casually just now, she meant it too. She did not want to become a mindless puppet.

Living muddleheadedly like that would be worse than death. The most frightening thing was that if she became like that, she might not even have the chance to die. So now, whatever Xiao Tian said was an imperial decree to her. She had always been obedient, after all. Her lifeline was already in his hands.

After successfully refining the first pill, Xiao Tian immediately began refining the second. He had never intended not to prepare pills for them. What he wanted was to strengthen his entire group. After all, the road ahead was still long!

By the next day, Xiao Tian had refined a total of five Emperor Pills. That morning, he gave one each to Lu Man and White Fang, then delivered another to Yun Yun.

Xiao Tian said, "Take them now and begin cultivating. I'm going to break through as well. Once I do, we'll set out for the Imperial Capital." "All right," the three replied at once.

Xiao Tian walked over to Qing Lin and said, "This time, are you coming with us, or waiting here?"

Qing Lin said, "Brother, don't leave Qing Lin behind alone, okay? Qing Lin wants to go too." "All right, we'll talk about it once we reach the Imperial Capital." Qing Lin understood that her strength was still far too weak, and she became even more determined to cultivate twice as hard! She had endured all kinds of grueling training just so she could help Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian did not say anything more. This poor little girl still did not have even a trace of security. Forget it, there was nothing major going on in the Imperial Capital anyway.

Xiao Tian said, "Then go cultivate. I'm going to break through to two-star Dou Huang as well." "Okay." Xiao Tian returned to the cave. Since the rooms were occupied, he could only come back here. After entering the cave, Xiao Tian swallowed the pill and began his breakthrough to two-star Dou Huang.

Three days later, the group rode White Fang toward the Imperial Capital. Lu Man's cultivation had now reached the peak of Dou Huang, and she was about to cross into the Dou Zong realm. Yun Yun had also broken through to six-star Dou Huang, greatly increasing their overall strength.

Xiao Tian said, "You all advanced by nearly two stars, while I could only advance one. How pitiful~" Lu Man said, "But your strength is far greater than ours! And you're still not satisfied~"

Xiao Tian felt somewhat speechless. Although his strength was comparable to that of a Dou Zong expert, the difference in realm still made him helpless. Breaking through one star felt so difficult. He opened the system he had not seen in a long time.

"Ding. Dog host, if you have questions, don't ask me. This system is very angry! I will not answer any of your doubts."

After hearing that, Xiao Tian knew nothing major was wrong and directly blocked it.

Since Er Gou Zi had said there was no major problem, he no longer needed to worry.

"The blocked system felt helpless. Forget about not repaying the debt, but now he had completely ignored this system. Damn it, damn it!"

If Xiao Tian had heard that, he would definitely have told it that these days, debtors were the ones in charge. Didn't it know that?

The group arrived at the Imperial Capital after half a day. Xiao Tian said to White Fang, "Shrink down and wrap around Qing Lin's wrist too." "Yes." Qing Lin looked at the two magical beast bracelets on her wrist and felt speechless. She had become a carrier for magical beasts now.

Xiao Tian said, "Let's go to the Mite'er Family first and visit an old acquaintance." Yun Yun said, "I want to return to the Misty Cloud Sect first." "All right, then we'll go directly to the Misty Cloud Sect." Seeing how worried Yun Yun had been about the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Tian felt a little heartache and decided to settle the Misty Cloud Sect's affairs first.

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