Cultivating a Technique

With readily available elixirs as a reference, Han Yue did not hesitate at all and chose to cooperate with Xiao Yuan.

After some discussion, Han Yue's faction, Yue Ling, also became one of the first customers of the Lion Heart Society. They ordered a batch of pills from Xiao Yan, the Lion Heart Society's Number One Alchemist, and paid 30% of the Fire Energy as a deposit.

This wave actually allowed the Lion Heart Society make a small profit.

Xiao Yan was naturally quite satisfied with this way of exchanging Gold Coins for Fire Energy.

He had stockpiled a lot of Medicinal Herbs for refining Qi Recovery Pill and Recovery Pill, since the importance of these two types of pills when traveling was self-evident.

However, the Ice Clarity Pill and the Qing Ling Pill require Fire Energy to exchange for Medicinal Herbs, but the price can still earn a lot. Although it is not as high as the price sold in the Black-Corner Region, it is enough to make many people flock to it at the Jia Nan Academy!

After all, within the academy, students at the Da Dou Shi level account for about 65% of the total number of students, which is a huge market!

Moreover, the Qing Ling Pill can still be taken at the Dou Ling level. Although the success rate is not high, there is still a chance to increase strength. It is much more difficult for Dou Ling level to increase strength by one star than for Da Dou Shi. There will always be some people who need such a pill for various reasons.

For Dou Ling, fifty days of Fire Energy wouldn't allow them to cultivate for long, so taking a gamble on the success rate of the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill wasn't out of the question!

After this incident, A Tai was instructed by Xiao Yuan to purchase Medicinal Herbs, while Xiao Yan used his existing stock to refine the pills needed by Han Yue.

In addition, Xiao Yan also needs to refine some pills to aid his cultivation, striving to reach the Dou Ling level as quickly as possible.

Xun'er also went off to cultivate alone. As the eldest daughter of the Ancient Clan, resources were never a problem for her.

As for Xiao Yuan, he was researching his new Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills.

The Demon Thunder Mirror, High-grade Earth-tier Cultivation Method, is currently the strongest cultivation technique Xiao Yuan possesses. It was left behind by Mang Tianchi, the dean of the Jia Nan Academy.

Within this Demon Thunder Mirror lies a Earth Rank High Level Dou Techniques, but only those at the Dou Wang level can cultivate it; even Dou Ling Dou Ling discern what this Dou Technique actually is.

There is also a mid-level Earth-rank movement Dou Technique, but it requires Dou Wang level to cultivate. To be precise, this movement Dou Technique seems to complement the Earth Rank High Level Dou Techniques.

The only skill he could cultivate was a Earth Rank Low Level spear technique, the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear.

However, cultivation is quite a commotion, so it's definitely not possible to cultivate within the Inner Academy.

Going to the Back Mountain is an option, but it's easy to get ambushed by monsters.

Moreover, the prerequisite for cultivating the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear is to cultivate the Demon Thunder Mirror, which is the foundation of everything.

After going around in circles, Xiao Yuan still needs to cultivate his technique first! But coincidentally, Xiao Yu also needs to switch to cultivating that Earth Rank Low Level Water Attribute technique, Azure Water Ripple.

So, while Xiao Yan was refining medicine, Xiao Yuan would take Xiao Yu with him to practice the new cultivation technique.

Switching to a new cultivation method is more difficult than starting a new one.

Xiao Yu's talent for cultivation is quite outstanding, and with Xiao Yuan's guidance, his progress is quite gratifying.

However, Xiao Yuan, who has always been remarkably talented in cultivation, encountered a little trouble.

To cultivate the Demon Thunder Mirror, one actually needs Black Demon Lightning!

You should know that Black Demon Lightning is the kind of pill lightning that only appears when refining Ninth Grade Treasure Pill. Even Dou Zun would be reduced to ashes under Black Demon Lightning. To introduce Black Demon Lightning into your body to cultivate the Demon Thunder Mirror is simply courting death!

Xiao Yuan felt a headache coming on as he felt an extremely subtle Black Demon Lightning sealed between his brows by the Mang Tianchi.

This old man was completely messing with him! That was Black Demon Lightning! It was actually sealed between his eyebrows! He had never seen Black Demon Lightning before and didn't know it. He just thought the black lightning looked pretty cool. But when he opened the Demon Thunder Mirror, he realized that while it was cool, it was easy to kill himself with that coolness! Even though Xiao Yuan possessed Heavenly Flames, he couldn't guarantee that he could directly control this Black Demon Lightning. No matter how weak it was, it was still not something a Dou Ling would dare to easily touch.

What's more, this thing is located between the eyebrows; if one isn't careful, it could easily blow one's head off.

At that time, Xiao Yuan will be the first person to have their head blown off while practicing a cultivation technique! That's too abstract!

But after a day of careful consideration, Xiao Yuan decided to take the risk.

Although Black Demon Lightning is powerful, if the person wielding the Heavenly Flames is strong enough, the Heavenly Flames can actually defeat Black Demon Lightning.

This was inside Xiao Yuan's body. If a mere wisp of Black Demon Lightning could frighten him, what would he do when facing even more powerful enemies in the future? Run for his life? No, he would become strong! Strong enough to fight any enemy he encountered!

Therefore, taking some risks is normal and worthwhile! So, the next day, Xiao Yuan began his cultivation according to the established plan.

First, using Heavenly Flames as threads, a net is woven together.

The Black Demon Lightning within the seal was sealed inside.

Next, it was time to move Black Demon Lightning.

Transfer the Black Demon Lightning to your lower abdomen, where the Spirit Absorption resides.

It is also the place where Heavenly Flames emerges, and the refining process is safer here.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to do that.

Because their lower abdomen contains the Dou Crystal that store Dou Qi, if they are not careful and get injured there, they will become a cripple.

Of course, such a thing will not happen to those stronger than Dou Wang.

In fact, Mang Tianchi, this old man, really intended for Xiao Yuan to begin his cultivation only after he had Dou Wang.

At that time, his meridians will become more resilient and he will be better able to withstand the onslaught of the Black Demon Lightning.

However, Xiao Yuan knew very well how advantageous advanced techniques would be in the process of cultivating Dou Qi.

Including during combat, advanced techniques will result in a greater quantity and quality of Dou Qi cultivated.

Heavenly-rank cultivation techniques are generally something that even Dou Zun expert might not see even once in their entire life.

Therefore, this Earth Rank Advanced cultivation technique is probably the most top-tier cultivation technique for Xiao Yuan for a long time to come! So, Xiao Yuan is very concerned about this matter.

As long as the Soul Hall and the Soul Clan remain, his pressure will never lessen. After all, no one knows when the Soul Hall might suddenly act up and send a powerful figure over to casually kill him, Xiao Yuan.

Therefore, after guiding the Black Demon Lightning to the side of the Spirit Absorption in his lower abdomen, Xiao Yuan condensed the net-like Heavenly Flames into a fire cauldron and began to refine the Black Demon Lightning within it.

This process was much more difficult than imagined.

Although it was just a small arc of Black Demon Lightning, its destructive energy was comparable to the Yin Yang Dual Flames that Xiao Yuan was currently unleashing.

If it weren't for Xiao Yuan's profound foundation, which allowed him to continuously draw upon his Dou Qi from the five Qi Mansion to maintain the fire cauldron's refining process, he probably wouldn't have survived for more than half a day. His battle Dou Qi would have been depleted, making it impossible to maintain the refining of the Heavenly Flames, causing the Black Demon Lightning to erupt within his body and severing all his life force.

Even so, it took Xiao Yuan a full week of cultivation before he finally refined the Black Demon Lightning and began to cultivate the Demon Thunder Mirror.

After succeeding, Xiao Yuan was quite surprised to find that the Demon Thunder Mirror was not an ordinary High-grade Earth-tier Cultivation Method, but a body-refining technique! Those who cultivate the Demon Thunder Mirror can initially absorb ordinary lightning to strengthen themselves, and in the later stages, they can absorb colored pill lightning, Black Demon Lightning, and even Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning!

However, if one truly reaches the level of absorbing the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, then this Demon Thunder Mirror can be reborn and become a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique!

However, Xiao Yuan is not considering the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning at the moment. That thing is a pill lightning that only appears when Ninth Grade Golden Pill is refined. Even Five Star Dou Sheng would be overwhelmed or even perish on the spot if he encountered it.

This Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning can also be used to refine Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and Lightning Tribulation Pill to enhance one's own strength.

However, it seems that no one on the Douqi Continent can refine pills of that level anymore.

Could it be that in order to cultivate this technique, I have to refine Ninth Grade Golden Pill first?

That's too much suffering for Xiao Yan! Let's give him a little push!

After his thoughts wandered for a while, Xiao Yuan came back to his senses and began to study the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique, the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear.

To be honest, Xiao Yuan was quite comfortable using a spear, and this Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear was also quite to his liking.

However, the difficulty of cultivation is also considerable.

A week was enough time for Xiao Yan to finish refining the pills. After delivering them, he went into the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda to begin his secluded cultivation.

Xiao Yuan, on the other hand, devoted himself to cultivating his Dou Technique. It should be noted that, at present, his most powerful Dou Technique is still the Mystic Ice Dragon Flight.

However, even with the Mystic Ice Dragon Flight, to unleash its full power, one must at least advance to the level of Dou Wang or even Dou Emperor. With the strength of Dou Ling, relying on one's own Dou Qi to condense an ice dragon is not only laborious, but also cannot maximize its power.

Only by reaching the realm above the Dou Wang can one draw upon the energy of heaven and earth to condense an ice dragon. At that time, not only will casting spells be easier, but their power will also be even stronger!

Therefore, the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear, as Earth Rank Low Level spear Dou Technique, was truly a godsend for Xiao Yuan, helping him immensely!

Because Earth Rank Dou Techniques can actively absorb the energy of heaven and earth! Only at this level can the power of Dou Technique be considered to be capable of splitting mountains and seas! Thus, time passed little by little during cultivation.

A full month has passed since Xiao Yuan defeated Bai Cheng in front of everyone. During this month, Xiao Yuan has stayed at the Lion Heart Society almost without leaving his house. This is partly because he is practicing his Dou Technique, and partly because he has become a Strong Ranking expert after defeating Bai Cheng.

According to the rules, in this Inner Academy's "Strong Ranking," if someone can defeat the person on the list, the winner will take the loser's place on the "Strong Ranking." Bai Cheng was ranked thirty-fourth on the "Strong Ranking," so now that Xiao Yuan has defeated him, he has not only become a "Strong Ranking" expert but has also taken that ranking.

Thirty-fourth place. Although this result may not seem very high, in the Inner Academy where geniuses gather, it is enough to represent the excellence of the person who holds this position. On the Strong Ranking, almost every improvement in rank requires an extremely difficult struggle!

However, although it is quite difficult to break into the Strong Ranking experts, once you do, the generous rewards are enough to make many people envious. You should know that Xiao Yuan, who is ranked thirty-fourth on the Strong Ranking, can receive two hundred days' worth of Fire Energy from the Inner Academy every month. Although Xiao Yuan is not currently cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and has taken a lot of Fire Energy from his seniors, so he does not lack Fire Energy to squander for the time being, in the eyes of others, this is still an extremely generous bonus.

In the Strong Ranking, even a small rise in rank can bring much more generous rewards. Therefore, after Xiao Yuan Bai Cheng and took the 34th place on the Strong Ranking, challenge letters began to appear one after another and were sent to the Lion Heart Society in stacks. Although Xiao Yan's strength in the battle was extremely formidable, in the eyes of many people, his strength was only that of Da Dou Shi!

Therefore, many people subconsciously believe that defeating Xiao Yuan might not be difficult. After all, he has been staying at home all the time, which makes it seem as if he has damaged his body due to using a secret technique and is unable to continue fighting, so he doesn't want anyone to find out! But Xiao Yuan is too lazy to pay attention to them. It's already good enough that he doesn't go out to cause trouble for the top 30. Why would he waste his time on people who can't even beat Bai Cheng?

So, Xiao Yuan did as they wished, and had A Tai spread the word that he was recuperating from an injury and was issuing challenges! This left those who wanted to use Xiao Yuan as a stepping stone to improve their status helpless, since there were also rules in the Inner Academy that injured people had the right to refuse challenges without any burden.

However, another event soon drew everyone's attention away from Xiao Yuan! Thanks to Han Yue's deliberate promotion, the Lion Heart Society's pills became wildly popular throughout the Inner Academy in just one month! As the Inner Academy's long-standing monopoly on medicine, the Medicine Gang was in an uproar! In a spacious and luxurious room, a dozen people sat, the atmosphere somewhat somber, with subtle undercurrents flowing between them.

At the head of the large table in the room, Han Xian, dressed in an alchemist's robe, leaned back in his chair. On his chest was an ancient medicine cauldron, with four shimmering silver ripples flashing across its surface. The dazzling light made the other dozen or so people in the room dare not look directly at it.

"Can anyone tell me when the Lion Heart Society started having alchemists?" After a long silence, Han Xian finally spoke slowly, his voice low and containing a hint of anger. In front of him were three pills, the three kinds of pills sold by the Lion Heart Society.

"It's said that it was refined by their vice president, Xiao Yan, who is also Xiao Yuan's younger brother."

A voice replied softly from below.

"It's that Xiao Yuan again!" Han Xian said through gritted teeth, his face grim and slightly aching.

"These three kinds of pills are better and cheaper than any of the ones we sell." Han Xian said coldly, his eyes fixed on the pills in front of him. "With Han Yue's promotion, I'm afraid our monopoly on pill sales won't last long!"

After a moment of silence, Han Xian still couldn't swallow his anger and said in a sinister tone, "Investigate the Medicinal Herbs they bought. We'll buy them all at double the price. My Medicine Gang may not have many other herbs, but it has plenty of Fire Energy!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing Han Xian speak, the crowd below immediately responded in unison.