Azure Nether Longevity Pill

A day passed quickly. On the second night, Xiao Jin slowly opened his eyes on the bed. He felt that everything before him had become clearer than ever. He no longer needed to use his naked eyes to see things.

Instead, he sensed this world through Soul Power. Soul Power was a wondrous thing. It gave alchemists an ability akin to seeing through objects. Those who used Soul Power could often see past the surface of things and understand their essence.

"Is this the Soul Power of a Sixth-grade Alchemist? It really is more than ten times stronger. With the inherited memories of a Sixth-grade Alchemist, the Nascent Emperor Flame, and the Myriad Auspicious Cauldron, he was now a genuine Sixth-grade Alchemist."

Xiao Jin was overjoyed. After becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist, his status within the empire would rise dramatically. After all, the entire Jia Ma Empire had only one Sixth-grade Alchemist: Pill King Gu He.

Moreover, he dared to guarantee that whether in Alchemy Technique or flames, Gu He was inferior to him. Naturally, the quality of the pills Gu He refined would also be inferior to Xiao Jin's. From now on, as long as he hid his identity, earning gold coins would be effortless.

Xiao Jin took another puppet from the System Space. The puppet was broad and sturdy, with a square face. It looked like an utterly ordinary middle-aged man wearing a silver-white coat. Upon closer inspection, Xiao Jin realized that the puppet's skin was also silver-white, though it seemed to be mixed with a faint trace of gold.

Xiao Jin branded his Soul Power onto the puppet's control core.

A sharp gleam flashed in Earth Demon Kui's eyes, as though it had been activated. The joints in its body began to loosen, and then it moved every joint in its body like a normal person. Apart from its somewhat hollow gaze, Earth Demon Kui now looked just like an ordinary person.

"From now on, follow me and serve as my guard. You are not allowed to act freely without my orders."

Xiao Jin gave Earth Demon Kui its orders. Aside from being directly controlled by Xiao Jin, Earth Demon Kui also possessed rudimentary intelligence and could understand simple commands from its master. Earth Demon Kui nodded lightly.

With a wave of his hand, two cards appeared in Xiao Jin's palm. Each bore only two words: Earth Grade.

"Linglong, use the Earth Grade Dou Technique Proficiency Cards. Use them on the Earth Grade Low-level movement Dou Technique, Illusory Dance Nine Heavens, and the Earth Grade Low-level Dou Technique, Meteor Fire Rain."

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully cultivated the Earth Grade Low-level movement Dou Technique Illusory Dance Nine Heavens to maximum proficiency. Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully cultivated the Earth Grade Low-level Dou Technique Meteor Fire Rain to maximum proficiency."

As soon as the system's voice fell, Xiao Jin's body underwent some strange changes. The two Earth Grade Low-level Dou Techniques were instantly cultivated to perfection. Xiao Jin planned to go out and test the movement Dou Technique in the courtyard. As for Meteor Fire Rain, there was nowhere suitable to use it.

After arriving in the courtyard and taking his stance, nine Xiao Jins suddenly appeared there. Each one shot off at high speed in a different direction. If anyone saw this scene, Xiao Jin's movement technique would surely leave them dazzled.

This was the first realm of Illusory Dance Nine Heavens: Phantom Transformation. Whether for fleeing or attacking, it was an exceptional movement technique. Illusory Dance Nine Heavens had three levels, each with a different transformation. The second level was Phantom Transformation. One of Xiao Jin's phantoms swiftly ran into the distance.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jin's true body remained where it was. When the phantom was about to leave the courtyard, Xiao Jin said, "Switch." His phantom turned into Xiao Jin, while Xiao Jin became the phantom. Xiao Jin had directly exchanged positions with the phantom. The third level was Flash Shadow Transformation. Xiao Jin's nine phantoms rushed toward his true body and fused with him.

Xiao Jin's figure vanished from where he stood, appearing directly outside the courtyard as though he had flashed through space, almost like teleportation. The only drawback was the considerable consumption. Xiao Jin's Dou Qi had immediately dropped by a tenth. But for Xiao Jin, who possessed a Heavenly Grade High-level Cultivation Method, was that even a drawback?

After testing the movement Dou Technique, Xiao Jin declared confidently, "Below the Dou Wang realm, no one will be able to catch me. With the Earth Grade Dou Technique Meteor Fire Rain at maximum proficiency, there will no longer be an opponent in all of Wutan City."

"Linglong, open the System Panel."

Host: Xiao Jin
Cultivation: Newly advanced Da Dou Shi, Sixth-grade Alchemist
Breakthrough Points: 0
Cultivation Method: Blazing Flames Burning Heaven (Heavenly Grade High-level)
Dou Techniques: Tablet Splitting Hand (Yellow Grade Mid-level), Earth Grade movement Dou Technique: Illusory Dance Nine Heavens (Perfect), Earth Grade Low-level Dou Technique: Meteor Fire Rain (Perfect)
Items: Mid-grade Magic Core weapon Fire Glazed Sword, Myriad Auspicious Cauldron

Looking at the Myriad Auspicious Cauldron displayed on the System Panel, Xiao Jin took it out of the System Space. An utterly ordinary medicine cauldron appeared before him.

"So this is the Myriad Auspicious Cauldron? A treasured cauldron from the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, yet it looks completely ordinary." If it were placed right in front of me, I probably would not recognize it. I would only think it was an ordinary medicine cauldron.

Xiao Jin put the Myriad Auspicious Cauldron back into the System Space, returned to his room, and went to sleep.

The next day, Xiao Jin resumed running back and forth between the Mittal Auction House and the Xiao Family.

Ten days later, Xiao Jin found Ya Fei and said, "Sister Ya Fei, my teacher has arrived in Wutan City. What pill do you need refined? Have you prepared the medicinal ingredients?"

"They've been prepared for a long time. We've just been waiting for your teacher to come refine the pill." Ya Fei was delighted.

"Sister Ya Fei, can you tell me what pill you want refined?" Xiao Jin asked curiously.

Ya Fei hesitated for a while before saying, "It's a fifth-grade pill, the Azure Nether Longevity Pill. Taking it can increase one's lifespan by ten years."

"Increase lifespan? Sister, you're still so young and beautiful. You don't need it, do you?" Xiao Jin asked with a strange expression.

"You little rascal really know how to talk. I'm starting to like you more and more." Ya Fei smiled.

Xiao Jin did not know whether those words were true or false, but after spending the past few days together, he had come to like Ya Fei. It was no longer simply about taking her for himself and making her work for him.

"Don't joke like that, Sister. Your little brother might take it seriously. If you refuse then, I'll just snatch you home and make you my wife." Xiao Jin smiled, half joking and half serious.

Ya Fei did not respond. Instead, she changed the subject. "Little fellow, what grade is your teacher? Can he refine the Azure Nether Longevity Pill?" Ya Fei asked solemnly.

"Don't worry, Sister Ya Fei. My teacher is a genuine Sixth-grade Alchemist. Refining a fifth-grade pill like the Azure Nether Longevity Pill will be easy for him." Xiao Jin said proudly.

"Really? Isn't Pill King Gu He the only Sixth-grade Alchemist in the entire Jia Ma Empire?" Ya Fei said in shock.

"Who said my teacher is from the Jia Ma Empire? A Sixth-grade Alchemist dares to call himself the Pill King? Forget the continent as a whole—even among the seventh-grade alchemists of the Northwest Continent, none would dare call themselves Pill King. Gu He truly does not know his own limits." Xiao Jin said disdainfully.

Ya Fei was greatly surprised. In a small country like the Jia Ma Empire, experts from the greater continent rarely appeared. Judging from Xiao Jin's contemptuous attitude toward Gu He, his teacher's alchemy skills were likely outstanding even among Sixth-grade Alchemists.

This added something different to Ya Fei's gaze when she looked at Xiao Jin. After spending the past few days together, she had already held a favorable impression of Xiao Jin. Now that she knew he had a Sixth-grade Alchemist as his teacher, her opinion of him improved even further.

I wonder whether what he said just now was true. Ya Fei thought, her face flushing.

"Oh, right, Sister Ya Fei. Tomorrow, I'll be cultivating to make a breakthrough, so I won't be coming with my teacher. Once my teacher arrives, make sure you do not neglect him." Xiao Jin said seriously to Ya Fei.

"A Sixth-grade Alchemist? How would I dare?" Ya Fei pursed her lips in displeasure.

"Well then, Sister Ya Fei, I'll head home first. You've been busy all day, so get some rest early too."

Hearing Xiao Jin's concerned words, Ya Fei felt a small stir in her heart. Before outsiders, she appeared glamorous, but within her family, everyone regarded her as nothing more than a tool for making money. No one truly cared for her, and she still had to endure the ill-intentioned gazes of some younger members of the family.

Actually, becoming his wife might not be a bad thing for me. Thinking this, Ya Fei's face reddened again. How could I think something like that? He's only sixteen. Ya Fei lightly spat at herself.