Flight Journey

Flight Journey

With their Dou Wang-level cultivation, the two used their Dou Qi Wings to fly through the sky and reached the Flight Station in less than a quarter of an hour.

Under the envious and reverent gazes of the Outer Academy students, the two slowly beat their Dou Qi Wings and descended from the air.

Seeing Xiao Ling and Zi Yan return after leaving, the instructor maintaining order nearby smiled and greeted them. "It seems you're ready to depart. I've already fed that Griffin Beast once. As long as you feed it again midway, with the strength of a fourth-tier Magical Beast, reaching the Jia Ma Empire within half a month shouldn't be a problem."

Xiao Ling nodded at the instructor and tossed him a porcelain bottle. Smiling, he said, "Thank you for looking after us, Instructor. There's a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill inside. It can raise one's cultivation by Great Dou Master One Star without side effects. Thank you for sparring with me back at the Outer Academy and greatly enriching my combat experience. It's only a small token of appreciation."

The instructor accepted the porcelain bottle containing the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill without standing on ceremony. He smiled and teased, "As expected of a Sixth-grade Alchemist. You're certainly generous. Then I'll shamelessly accept it. Be careful during your travels and look after your safety."

Xiao Ling waved to the instructor, then took Zi Yan's little hand. Circulating his Dou Qi slightly, he leaped up and landed steadily on the Griffin Beast's back.

Xiao Ling rubbed the Griffin Beast's head, pointed in the direction of the Jia Ma Empire, and tossed a Second-grade Pill into its mouth. "Big fellow, I'll be relying on you for this journey."

Whether it understood Xiao Ling's words or was simply swayed by the pill in its mouth, the Griffin Beast cooperatively nodded. With a cry, it sprang over ten meters into the air, then vigorously flapped its broad wings and began flying into the sky.

Feeling the breeze against his face and watching Jia Nan Academy beneath his feet grow smaller and smaller in his vision, Xiao Ling could not help sighing. "The story of Jia Nan Academy is coming to a temporary end."

Holding Zi Yan's little hand, the two entered the room on the Griffin Beast's back. They would be spending the next dozen or so days there.

After entering the room, Zi Yan tugged on Xiao Ling's arm and asked expectantly, "Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, where are today's pills?"

Xiao Ling reached out and stroked Zi Yan's smooth purple hair. "Don't worry, I already prepared them."

Taking a bottle of pills from his Storage Ring, Xiao Ling handed it to Zi Yan and cautioned, "You can't eat them all at once. Even if your bloodline is extraordinary, taking in too much energy will still make your body uncomfortable. Go to the room next door to eat the pills and cultivate. I'll practice some Dou Techniques in here."

Zi Yan nodded vigorously and raised her head, speaking in a somewhat comical manner. "Don't worry, don't worry. I'll be fine." With that, she took out a pill from the porcelain bottle, tossed it into her mouth, and darted into the other room.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling could only shake his head helplessly. What else could he do? All he could do was spoil her. With Xiao Ling's status as a Sixth-grade Alchemist, using pills refined from fifth-grade medicinal ingredients to raise a Zi Yan was more than affordable.

Xiao Ling walked over to the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. He took out the Mind Splitting Control Method he had drawn from the system from his Storage Ring. After thoroughly reading its contents once, he began practicing according to the steps recorded within.

The cultivation method of the Mind Splitting Control Method was not complicated. Different people had different ways of practicing it. As long as one could control oneself to focus on multiple tasks at once, one had entered the beginner stage.

To master the Mind Splitting Control Method, one first needed extremely strong Soul Perception. For Xiao Ling, who had already broken through to a Spirit Realm Soul, this was effortless. However, to properly master this technique, simply put, he needed to be able to control multiple directions while keeping his attention focused.

This was indeed still somewhat difficult for Xiao Ling. Everyone had their habits. In the past, when doing something, he would focus his attention solely on that one thing. Now that he had to control several directions at the same time, it was truly hard to adapt.

He raised both hands and opened his clenched palms, simultaneously activating the Fused Beast Flame and the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame within his body. "Puff..." A blue-pink Beast Fire appeared over his left hand, while the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame leaped from his right.

Xiao Ling began using his Soul Power to control the two flames simultaneously, shaping them into different forms in order to train his ability to divide his focus.

At first, Xiao Ling would still unconsciously concentrate on one flame. After several failures, however, relying on his powerful Soul Perception, he soon became able to control both flames at the same time. He then separated another flame from the Beast Fire and began controlling three flames simultaneously, gradually raising the difficulty and making the flames perform increasingly complex movements...

In less than an hour, Xiao Ling had already reached the realm of the Three Aperture Heart Control. He could now divide his attention three ways with ease. However, the difficulty would multiply at higher realms. If Xiao Ling wanted to reach the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, he would still need to keep practicing.

Cultivating this secret technique not only allowed one to focus on multiple tasks, but also improved one's control over Soul Perception to a certain extent. It allowed Soul Perception to achieve better results, making it quite a useful technique for an Alchemist. When refining low-grade pills, one could refine several at once. When extracting medicinal liquid, one could temper several medicinal herbs at once, greatly speeding up pill refinement. As long as one focused all their attention while condensing the pill, the pill success rate would not be affected.

During the rest of the flight, his days became regular. Every day, he cultivated the Mind Splitting Control Method, practiced alchemy for a while, cultivated Dou Qi at night, chatted and played with Zi Yan, and teased his Magical Beast, Rayquaza. With Zi Yan and Rayquaza accompanying him, this rather long journey was quite enjoyable. It convinced Xiao Ling that bringing Zi Yan along had been a wise decision.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the room, Xiao Ling sat cross-legged. Before him were seven Fourth-tier Medicinal Herbs, which he was refining with the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame.

Zi Yan watched Xiao Ling's movements intently from the side, afraid that if he was not careful, he would burn the medicinal herbs she had just snatched from several Magical Beasts.

After all the medicinal herbs had been refined into medicinal liquid, Xiao Ling took out several specially made sugar pills from his Storage Ring and tossed them in. He then condensed the medicinal liquids into round, lustrous pills.

The moment Zi Yan noticed this, her eyes lit up. She took out a porcelain bottle from her Storage Ring, removed the stopper, and shook it toward Xiao Ling.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling's mouth twitched. As expected, this girl only cared about whether there was something to eat. With a gesture of his hand, the pills flew one after another into the porcelain bottle in Zi Yan's hand.

As the last pill was about to fly into the bottle's opening, Zi Yan opened her mouth wide and swallowed it in one bite, making Xiao Ling across from her laugh.

After sealing the porcelain bottle with its stopper and putting it into her Storage Ring, Zi Yan smiled at Xiao Ling. "Thank you, Xiao Ling. This method of yours is pretty good. The speed of refining pills is so much faster than before."

Xiao Ling replied, "It's a Soul Perception control method I've been practicing recently. It's very helpful when it comes to refining pills."

Zi Yan nodded and stopped talking about it. She asked instead, "Can we reach the Jama Empire today? I really want to see what your and Xun'er's family is like."

Xiao Ling picked up the map in his hand and looked at it. "At the Griffin Beast's speed, we'll reach Town Ghost Pass in another hour. That's the southernmost edge of the Jama Empire. There are still many cities between there and the Xiao Family in Wutan City."

After putting the map into his Storage Ring, Xiao Ling gazed in the direction of the Jama Empire and pondered, "First, I'll send a letter to the Xiao Family and have the family move to the Imperial Capital. That way, even if the Misty Cloud Sect wants to make a move against the Xiao Family in secret, in a crowded place like the Imperial Capital, they will have to think twice because of my status as a Sixth-grade Alchemist."

He looked toward the Tagor Desert. There was still an old man there whom he could pull out to work for him. Having him help look after the Xiao Family should be more than enough. By doing this much, Xiao Ling would have fulfilled his duty to the Xiao Family. If things proved impossible, he could only protect himself wisely. His own safety was the most important thing.