Breaking Through to Five-Star Dou Grandmaster

Xiao Jin slowly pushed open the door and walked out. Earth Demon Kui followed close behind.

The second refinement of the Azure Nether Longevity Pill took even less time than the first. After all, Xiao Jin was a Sixth-grade Alchemist. The first time had been slow because he had never refined third- or fourth-grade pills before and had gone straight to refining a fifth-grade pill, so he had inevitably been a little nervous.

With one successful experience under his belt, refining it again felt much more natural.

"How did it go, sir?" Ya Fei stepped forward and asked nervously. There was always a chance of failure when asking an alchemist to refine pills, and alchemists would not bear the consequences of failure. If Xiao Jin failed both times, she could only accept her bad luck.

"I did not fail your trust." Xiao Jin handed the Pill Bottle containing the Azure Nether Longevity Pill to Ya Fei and smiled faintly.

"That's wonderful! Thank you, sir." Ya Fei was so delighted she nearly jumped for joy. It was clear just how important this pill was to her.

"Sir, this is a small token of Ya Fei's gratitude. Please accept it." Ya Fei took a Storage Ring from her Storage Ring. Inside was the reward she had prepared in advance. She handed the Storage Ring to Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin reached out and accepted the Storage Ring, saying calmly, "You're quite thoughtful, little girl. If you need pills refined in the future, you can find Xiao Jin and have him contact me."

Yet Ya Fei froze. What fair skin. It doesn't look like the hand of an old man past sixty at all—it looks more like a young man's hand.

Isn't the Storage Ring on his hand the one I gave Xiao Jin? Could he be... Ya Fei did not dare think of the name that followed. If he really was Xiao Jin, it would be far too unbelievable. A sixteen-year-old Sixth-grade Alchemist—even across the entire continent, let alone the Jia Ma Empire, there could not be many like him.

"Little girl, I'm leaving. If you need me to refine pills in the future, have Xiao Jin come find this old man. I don't have many hobbies—just a fondness for glittering gold coins. Of course, don't bother me with anything below fifth grade. It would be beneath me."

Xiao Jin still did not know that his identity might have been exposed. He continued advertising himself, speaking in a hoarse voice.

Ya Fei was overjoyed when she heard this. If she could cooperate with a Sixth-grade Alchemist, she could seek out people who needed pills refined while Xiao Jin refined them. Within ten years, she would become renowned throughout the Jia Ma Empire. It was not merely fame and prestige, either, but endless benefits. Wouldn't others have to offer her something in return for helping them contact Xiao Jin to refine pills?

Even if there were no benefits, they would still owe her a favor. Once she had enough favors owed to her, no one would dare provoke her wherever she went. She would never again be driven out of the family headquarters over some trivial matter.

"Rest assured, sir. If I need anything, I'll go find little brother Xiao Jin." A teasing smile appeared on Ya Fei's face as she quietly watched Xiao Jin leave.

Xiao Jin headed toward the exit, with Earth Demon Kui following behind him. After moving far away from the auction house, Xiao Jin found a place where no one could see him and took off his black robe.

"This black robe is really uncomfortable to wear." Xiao Jin stored it in the System Space, then took out the Storage Ring Ya Fei had given him and began inspecting it.

"Sister Ya Fei must have really spent a fortune this time." Xiao Jin looked at the Storage Ring in his hand in amazement. Inside, all kinds of medicinal ingredients were arranged neatly, and there was a great quantity of them.

This pile of medicinal ingredients alone was probably worth around five hundred thousand gold coins. What delighted Xiao Jin most was that there were another three hundred thousand gold coins in one corner of the Storage Ring.

"As expected of Wutan City's richest wealthy lady. She's truly generous." Xiao Jin said joyfully.

After Xiao Jin returned to the Xiao Family, it was time for his favorite part again: topping up to increase his strength.

"Linglong, recharge all three hundred thousand gold coins in the Storage Ring," Xiao Jin said calmly.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Breakthrough Points.

"Linglong, raise my strength to Five-Star Dou Grandmaster."

Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have broken through to Five-Star Dou Grandmaster. Breakthrough Points balance: points.

As the words fell, streams of pure Heaven and Earth Energy continuously poured into Xiao Jin's body, raising his strength. The Nascent Emperor Flame within his body began to burn, purifying the Heaven and Earth Energy entering him and making the quality of his Dou Qi increasingly higher.

Before long, Xiao Jin's strength had risen to Five-Star Dou Grandmaster. "This feeling of rapidly increasing strength is truly intoxicating," Xiao Jin said with a blissful expression.

After calming himself down, Xiao Jin began considering whether to draw from the lottery again. The last draw had made him rich in one go. Although he knew it was unlikely that he would get anything particularly good this time, Xiao Jin still decided to take a gamble.

"Linglong, I want to draw from the lottery." Xiao Jin called out to the system in his mind.

The Lottery Wheel has been activated. Please proceed with your draw, Host.

Linglong's pleasant voice rang out in Xiao Jin's mind. Perhaps it was only his imagination, but he sensed a trace of delight in her voice, giving him a bad feeling.

A Lottery Wheel appeared before Xiao Jin and began to spin slowly.

"Linglong, let's start with ten consecutive draws." Xiao Jin spoke cautiously. He lowered his hand, and the wheel gradually slowed to a stop.

Ding! Host drew: Thank You for Your Patronage. Please keep trying ×10.

Xiao Jin was stunned. Although he knew there was a high chance he would not get anything good this time, getting ten Thank You for Your Patronage results in a row was just too much.

"Linglong, are you messing with me?" Xiao Jin questioned Linglong in his mind with a suspicious look.

Please rest assured, Host. This system is absolutely fair and impartial.

Xiao Jin was somewhat doubtful. "Linglong, do twenty-five consecutive draws this time," Xiao Jin said through gritted teeth.

Ding! Host drew: Thank You for Your Patronage ×24. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Yellow-tier Dou Technique Proficiency Card.

"Damn it, Linglong, you're definitely pulling strings behind the scenes. Come out here—I'll teach you a lesson." Xiao Jin spoke through clenched teeth.

Ding! Host, this system is absolutely fair and impartial. If you think the drop rate is too low, you can try the Silver Lottery.

"Silver Lottery? What does that mean?" Xiao Jin asked in confusion.

Each Silver Lottery draw requires Breakthrough Points. The items in its prize pool cannot be compared to those in the Bronze Prize Pool.

"You're trying to tempt me into drawing again. I've already seen through your tricks." Xiao Jin looked as though he considered himself clever as hell.

Ten minutes later—

Host drew: Thank You for Your Patronage. Please keep trying, Host.

Linglong's indifferent voice sounded in Xiao Jin's mind.

Xiao Jin looked utterly miserable. "What an itchy hand. I knew this might be a trap, yet I still charged straight into it. I'm such an idiot." Xiao Jin cursed himself fiercely.

For this draw, he had recharged the gold coins left over from last time and used them for the lottery. Thinking that it was his first Silver Lottery draw and that he might get something good, he had drawn with the mindset of taking a gamble. The outcome spoke for itself.

"Gamblers never die well." Xiao Jin cursed himself again and decided that he would never draw from the lottery again.

Xiao Jin slowly lay down on his bed and went to sleep while grumbling curses.