Peiyuan Grass and the Two-star Dou Practitioner

Xiao Yang was short on Dou Qi, so he could only plant it in the medicinal field for now and continue ripening it after his Dou Qi recovered.

Without hesitation, he took out the Foundation Building Divine Liquid, poured out a drop, smeared it over his body, and began cultivating.

Cultivating when his Dou Qi was completely depleted produced excellent results.

After breaking through to the Dou Practitioner realm, he no longer needed to drip the Foundation Building Divine Liquid into water for a bath.

He could simply apply it directly to his body and slowly cultivate and absorb it.

As for the bathwater from before, after his Fire Control reached Minor Accomplishment, he had poured it into the pill furnace and refined it.

This was still quite easy for the current Xiao Yang.

Very soon, a month passed.

During this time, Xiao Yang refined quite a few First-grade Pills.

He handed all these pills over to Xiao Zhan to sell.

Just how profitable were these First-grade Pills?

In just one month, Xiao Yang earned tens of thousands of Gold Coins!

And that was only fifty percent of the profit!

During this period, the Xiao Clan also helped Xiao Yang gather some of the medicinal materials needed for the Fighter Pill.

However, one medicinal material called Peiyuan Grass was still missing.

This medicinal material was relatively rare, yet it was indispensable for refining the Fighter Pill.

That was because Peiyuan Grass made the medicinal potency of the Fighter Pill gentler.

Without Peiyuan Grass, consuming a Fighter Pill would instead injure one's Meridians.

Half a month ago, he had already gone to the Miter Auction House and asked Ya Fei to keep an eye out for it.

Now, he had heard that it had been found.

However, Xiao Yang had an even more important matter at hand: breaking through to the Two-star Dou Practitioner realm!

Although it had only been around a month and a half since he broke through to the Dou Practitioner realm,

Xiao Yang was already about to break through again.

Even though he spent most of the past month and a half refining pills and practicing Dou Skills, leaving him with relatively little time to cultivate Dou Qi.

His primary cultivation method was to exhaust his Dou Qi—recover—exhaust it again—then recover again.

This was the most cost-effective way to cultivate.

With the help of the Foundation Building Divine Liquid, Xiao Yang had already reached the One-star Dou Practitioner Peak.

Today, he intended to break through to the Two-star Dou Practitioner realm directly!

[Mission: Break through to Two-star Dou Practitioner. Reward: Physique +2, Foundation Building Divine Liquid +1]

Looking at the Mission Reward, Xiao Yang's face was full of delight.

He had just about used up an entire bottle of Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

He had been worrying about what to do once he ran out of Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

Unexpectedly, he could now obtain another bottle.

After calming himself down, he sat cross-legged and took out the Foundation Building Divine Liquid from the System Space, pouring out a drop and smearing it over his body.

Then, Xiao Yang formed an unusual hand seal and began cultivating.

Xiao Yang had already reached the One-star Dou Practitioner Peak, so with the help of the Foundation Building Divine Liquid, he broke through directly without any suspense.

[Mission: Break through to Two-star Dou Practitioner. Reward: Physique +2, Foundation Building Divine Liquid +1. Completed. Claim reward?]

"System, claim the reward!"

After receiving the reward of two Physique points, Xiao Yang's Physique directly reached 23.

Since breaking through to the Dou Practitioner realm, he had also successfully raised his Physique by one point on his own.

Of course, this was mainly thanks to the Body Tempering Pill he had obtained earlier.

After breaking through to the Dou Practitioner realm, he could also consume this kind of pill.

After fully absorbing all the energy in that drop of Foundation Building Divine Liquid, Xiao Yang changed his clothes and headed toward the Miter Auction House.

After walking two or three streets away from the Xiao Clan, he suddenly spotted two familiar figures ahead.

They were Xiao Yan and Xun'er!

Seeing them, he walked over with a teasing smile.

"Yo, are you two out on a date?"

Xun'er's face reddened upon hearing that, but she said nothing.

Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and said,

"I came out to buy some things and happened to accompany Xun'er for a walk."

"There have been too many people at the Xiao Clan Marketplace lately, so I didn't go there."

Because of the pills Xiao Yang provided, the Xiao Clan Marketplace had been exceptionally busy lately, with large numbers of mercenaries crowding there every day to buy pills.

After all, things like Coagulation Powder and Qi Replenishing Powder could save a mercenary's life at a critical moment.

Thus, the Xiao Clan Marketplace was packed every day with mercenaries buying pills.

It would have been one thing if Xiao Yan had gone by himself.

But since he was accompanying Xun'er on a stroll, how could he possibly squeeze in with all those mercenaries?

"Brother Yang, are you going to buy medicinal materials?"

Xiao Yan knew that the First-grade Pills sold by the clan had actually been refined by Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang did not hide it and nodded.

"I asked the Miter Auction House to keep an eye out for a medicinal material before. It arrived today, so I'm going to buy it."

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up at those words, and he looked at Xun'er.

"How about we go check out the Miter Auction House's auction together?"

He was rather curious about what medicinal material Xiao Yang wanted to buy that even the Miter Auction House needed half a month to gather.

Xun'er agreed immediately.

To her, being with Xiao Yan was more important than shopping.

Very soon, the three of them arrived together at the Miter Auction House.

He headed straight for a VIP Room.

Half a month ago, he had also come here to find Ya Fei.

He had claimed that the hooded man from before was his Teacher, and Ya Fei had become much more enthusiastic in receiving him.

"Little Brother Xiao Yang, if you hadn't found Peiyuan Grass, would you never have come to see me?"

Before she even arrived, Ya Fei's seductive voice drifted in from outside the door.

Xiao Yang calmly glanced at Ya Fei and said lightly,

"Miss Ya Fei, where is the Peiyuan Grass I asked for?"

In his eyes, Peiyuan Grass was more important.

Ya Fei looked at him resentfully.

"It seems Peiyuan Grass is far more important than I am."

Then, she waved her hand, and three wooden boxes appeared before them.

Xiao Yang did not stand on ceremony. He picked one up and opened it, finding three stalks of Peiyuan Grass lying quietly inside.

He nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad!"

"How much?"

Ya Fei replied with a smile,

"Little Brother Xiao Yang, your Teacher is a distinguished guest of our auction house. The three stalks of Peiyuan Grass will only cost thirty thousand Gold Coins."

Ten thousand Gold Coins for one stalk of Peiyuan Grass was already considered cheap.

This also showed just how precious the Fighter Pill was.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yang took out a black card and handed it to Ya Fei.

Ya Fei accepted the card and gave it to the maid behind her to handle the transaction.

Then, she looked toward Xiao Yan and Xun'er beside him.

When she saw Xiao Yan's hand, her gaze lingered on it for a moment.

Xiao Yan also noticed Ya Fei's gaze. Thinking that something was wrong, he hurriedly withdrew his hand into his sleeve.

"Little Brother Xiao Yang, these two are..."

"Aren't you going to introduce them to me?"

At this moment, there was a hint of amusement and astonishment in her eyes as she looked at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yang understood what had happened at once.

When Xiao Yan came to auction off the Foundation Building Elixir, just like in the Original Work, he had not worn gloves.

Ya Fei had probably noticed it now.

"This is my younger brother, Xiao Yan!"

"This is my younger sister, Xiao Xun'er."

When he introduced Xiao Yan, a teasing glint also flashed through his eyes.

Especially when he saw Xun'er standing beside him, there was even a trace of delight in his gaze.