Seventh Grade Alchemy!

"What place do you put me, your husband, in?"

"We're already married, yet you still can't restrain your heart!"

Gu Fei's voice was low and grim.

Xun'er raised her head and looked at Gu Fei's cold expression.

She wanted to explain, but she could not say anything.

In many matters, Gu Fei was right.

Now that she was married, she should have kept her distance from other men of her own accord.

Yet she had been far too willful and had never considered Gu Fei's feelings.

Or rather, it was not that she had never considered them.

She had simply never cared.

Ding! Xun'er felt panic and despair. Emotion Value +300.

"Enough. There's no need to say more. Let's get divorced."

"Since you're unwilling to give your body to me, I'll set you free!"

Gu Fei looked quietly at Xun'er before him and spoke without the slightest ripple of emotion.

"I..."

Xun'er opened her mouth. At that moment, she had almost wanted to say, "I can give my body to you."

But when the words reached her lips, she stopped for certain reasons.

"Am I really so unworthy of your trust?"

Seeing Gu Fei's resolute expression, Xun'er's face turned pale, and her heart ached.

Ding! Xun'er felt sorrow, pain, and shame. Emotion Value +300.

"What about you is worth trusting?"

Gu Fei asked in return.

"I... I..."

Xun'er felt as though her mind had short-circuited. After a long while, she still could not form a complete sentence.

"Enough... Let's part on good terms and not make things difficult for each other. Tonight, I'll move out of here..."

Gu Fei had no interest in continuing to entangle himself with Xun'er. After leaving those words behind, he turned and prepared to head downstairs.

This residence belonged to Xun'er.

Before this, Gu Fei had accommodated Xun'er in everything. Thus, even after they married, when Xun'er said she wanted to remain in her own residence, Gu Fei had agreed without hesitation.

Now that things had reached this point between them, there was naturally no need for Gu Fei to remain here.

"No... No, you're my husband. You can't leave me!"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Xun'er hurriedly turned toward Gu Fei and spoke stubbornly.

"Since you won't let me leave, then let me ask you this: will you consummate our marriage with me tonight?"

Hearing Xun'er's words, Gu Fei frowned. His eyes carried an indescribable disgust as he asked one final question.

"I..."

Xun'er was rendered speechless.

She had considered this question before.

But she still was not ready.

"Fine. Tomorrow morning, I'll go explain this matter to the clan leader..."

This time, Gu Fei's steps as he left the Bamboo House were exceptionally firm. No matter how Xun'er tried to persuade him to stay from behind, he never paused even once.

By now, night had fallen. Darkness blanketed the earth, while cool moonlight poured down from the sky, draping the entire mountain range in a faint veil of silver.

At the center of the mountain range, clusters of grand halls rose one after another.

Under the moonlight, they resembled ancient beasts, exuding traces of an archaic aura.

Gu Fei stood alone on a mountain peak far from those ancient halls.

At this moment, the surroundings were especially quiet, just as Gu Fei's heart was calm.

"From now on, I'll never devote all my energy to pleasing Xun'er again."

Gu Fei let out a long breath, feeling a relief-like comfort in his heart.

This mountain peak held the residence where he had lived before getting married. Thinking about it, he had not come here for half a year.

As he slowly walked toward the residence, Gu Fei began considering his plans for the future.

This was the Dou Qi Continent. Countless people spent their entire lives pursuing the dream of becoming the legendary Dou Di. Gu Fei was no exception.

Ten years ago, Gu Fei activated the Emotion Upgrade System, allowing him to rise from someone with ordinary talent into the Gu Clan prodigy he was today.

Emotion Upgrade System!

The system's function was simple.

By directly or indirectly provoking emotional fluctuations in people favored by fate, Gu Fei could collect Emotion Value.

Emotion Value could then be used to upgrade his various abilities.

In this world, nearly all those blessed with great fortune were people around Xiao Yan in the original story. As the "future" Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan's fortune naturally far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Aside from Xiao Yan, most other people blessed with great fortune were also concentrated on the Northwest Continent.

In recent years, Gu Fei had focused almost all his attention on Xun'er.

In order to bring Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, he had cultivated with extreme diligence within the Gu Realm. Coupled with the presence of some people with minor fortune within the Gu Clan, Gu Fei had been able to advance by leaps and bounds.

However, the Emotion Value gained from triggering the emotions of those with low fortune and those with high fortune differed enormously.

For example, if Gu Fei directly or indirectly provoked an ordinary person, he might only gain 0.1 or 0.5 Emotion Value. But if he provoked someone blessed with fortune like Xun'er, he could gain several hundred Emotion Value.

Therefore, if Gu Fei wanted to collect more Emotion Value, he needed to gather together those favored by fate on the Dou Qi Continent.

Emotion Value: 4000

The next moment, a panel visible only to Gu Fei appeared before his eyes.

Gu Fei remembered that before he proposed divorce to Xun'er, he had only a little over two thousand Emotion Value. Now, it had directly reached four thousand.

"I've saved up Emotion Value for so long. It's time to upgrade my attributes!"

The thought flashed through Gu Fei's mind.

The attribute panel instantly appeared before him.

Host: Gu Fei

Age: Sixteen

Cultivation: Seven-Star Dou Zong

Talent: Level 101 (Levels 90–100 indicate the talent of a ten-star Dou Di bloodline)

Physique: Level 78 (Comparable to the physique of a late-stage seventh-rank magical beast with an imperial-grade bloodline)

Soul: Spirit Realm Initial Stage

Cultivation Method: Great Flame Heart Sutra (Heaven Rank Low-Level)

Dou Skills: Flame Devouring Cage (Earth Rank High-Level), Sun Finger (Earth Rank Mid-Level), Heavenly Star Steps (Earth Rank High-Level movement-type Dou Skill)...

Alchemy: Sixth Grade

The system panel was very simple, and Gu Fei was extremely familiar with it.

"System, upgrade my alchemy!"

Gu Fei issued a command to the system.

Ding. Host's current alchemy grade: Sixth Grade. Upgrading to Seventh Grade requires 3999 Emotion Value. Upgrade commencing.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, an enormous amount of information flooded into Gu Fei's mind.

Knowledge related to alchemy took root firmly within his mind.

Alchemy was a vast and profound discipline.

Even what the system had implanted in his mind was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Gu Fei carefully reviewed the alchemy knowledge in his mind, completely immersing himself in it.

Of course, he knew just how difficult it was to become a top-tier alchemist.

But as long as he had the system, perhaps one day he could become an alchemist capable of stirring the entire continent into turmoil.

He was completely immersed in the system panel. Moreover, he was currently on the Mountain Peak where his residence was located, so Gu Fei did not notice the outside world.

Not far away, a stunningly beautiful young woman of the Gu Clan stood there quietly watching Gu Fei.