Sign-in Reward: Heavenly Demon Puppet! (Seeking recommendations, seeking collections!)

"Fourth-grade Alchemist?"

Cao Ying's eyes went wide at the words.

A Fourth-grade Alchemist didn't even qualify to join the Pill Tower.

But an eleven- or twelve-year-old Fourth-grade Alchemist? That was exceedingly rare.

Even Cao Ying herself was only a Fifth-grade Alchemist at present.

Still, her innate Soul Power wasn't weak either; given enough experience down the line, becoming a Sixth-grade or even Seventh-grade Alchemist was merely a matter of time.

[Congratulations to host for successful check-in. Congratulations to host for obtaining a Five-star Reward: Xiao Yan's same-model Heavenly Demon Puppet!]

Just as Ling Xi was about to say something, the system's reward notification finally rang in his ear.

"Xiao Yan's same-model Heavenly Demon Puppet?"

Ling Xi's brow furrowed slightly. This was the lowest-starred reward he'd received from check-ins so far.

"I just wonder which period of Xiao Yan's this Heavenly Demon Puppet is from."

After all, that thing had accompanied Xiao Yan for quite a while and had undergone multiple enhancements during that time.

At its weakest, it was only at the Dou Zong level; at its strongest, with the aid of formations, it could contend with a Three-star Dou Venerate.

"Miss Cao Ying, haven't we reached the room yet?"

Ling Xi couldn't help asking. He was in a hurry to get back to his room and check his reward.

"You're younger than me, so why do you talk like an old man?"

Cao Ying didn't answer Ling Xi's question; instead, she wrinkled her delicate nose.

"Our teachers already have a connection, and I really don't like that 'Miss Cao Ying' address."

With that, Cao Ying suddenly reached out and pinched Ling Xi's cheek.

"I'm a few years older than you, so you can drop the 'Miss.'"

"Cao Ying... sis?"

Ling Xi hesitated for a moment, then, under Cao Ying's very expectant gaze, called out in a low, embarrassed voice.

Shameful!

Right now, Ling Xi felt like his soles could dig out a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment from the ground.

After all, before that dump truck sent him to the Dou Qi Continent, he'd been a fine young man in his twenties.

Now he had to call a teenage girl "sis," which was quite awkward.

It wasn't like he had some weird fetish like Tang San, blurting out "Sis Xiao Wu" at the drop of a hat.

"Why do you sound so reluctant?"

Cao Ying's brow immediately furrowed.

"Please, Miss Cao Ying, just hurry up and take me to the room."

Ling Xi said somewhat helplessly.

"Hmph, we're here. Right here."

Cao Ying didn't press further. Stopping in her tracks, she pointed to a room beside her.

"This is your room. If anything comes up, you can come find me."

"What do you mean?"

Ling Xi's face showed confusion.

"Since the teacher entrusted you to me, you can come to me anytime for anything."

As she spoke, Cao Ying pointed to the room next door and let out a light laugh.

"I live right next to you."

"Oh, is that so?"

Ling Xi raised an eyebrow and reached out to open the door to his room.

"It's late, Miss Cao Ying. You should get some rest too."

With that, without waiting for Cao Ying to say anything else, he closed the door directly.

"Bang!"

The wind from the door shutting blew a strand of Cao Ying's hair across her forehead.

Her face twitched slightly. As the personal disciple of a Pill Tower Giant, this was the first time she'd been treated like this.

"Ling Xi... an interesting person."

Cao Ying looked at Ling Xi's tightly shut door, a flicker of light in her eyes.

"And that clan the teachers mentioned—what clan is it?"

Cao Ying came from one of the Five Great Clans of the Pill Tower and was herself a disciple of a Pill Tower Giant. When it came to Soul Power, she had never looked down on anyone else.

Whether it was due to feminine intuition or not, she couldn't shake the feeling that Ling Xi's Soul Power was far from ordinary.

"Forget it, there's plenty of time later."

Shaking her head, Cao Ying returned to her own room.

Entering his room, Ling Xi plopped down onto the bed.

From sparring in the Ling Clan to traveling nonstop for a full day and night, even he couldn't help but feel a bit weary.

Rubbing his brow slightly, Ling Xi immediately commanded the system.

"System, extract the reward."

With a flash of golden light, a fully gilded puppet appeared before Ling Xi.

"This Heavenly Demon Puppet's strength is roughly on par with Xiao Yan's after it devoured the pill lightning from the alchemy competition."

Gazing at the Heavenly Demon Puppet, whose entire body radiated dazzling golden light, Ling Xi's eyes held a hint of contemplation.

"In other words, this Heavenly Demon Puppet possesses strength comparable to a Dou Venerate."

"With this Dou Venerate-level Heavenly Demon Puppet, even if my teacher is no longer around, I'll still have the means to protect myself."

Waving his hand to store the Heavenly Demon Puppet back into his Nakai Ring, Ling Xi then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

Having been on the Dou Qi Continent for so long, he had deeply understood one truth.

That when the body was at its most exhausted, the speed of cultivating Dou Qi within it actually increased.

As the Myriad Spirits Returning to Origin Art began to circulate, the energy of heaven and earth, along with Spiritual Qi, surged into Ling Xi's body.

Perhaps it was because this place was the Pill Tower, close to the Star Domain.

Ling Xi could clearly sense that the Spiritual Qi in the air here was extremely abundant, even richer than in the Ling Domain.

The Devouring Power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol suddenly activated, and an invisible vortex appeared on Ling Xi's forehead.

Threads of Spiritual Qi simply couldn't escape the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's power, most of it transforming into nourishment for Ling Xi's soul force.

The remaining small portion, refined by the cultivation method, turned into the purest Dou Qi and poured into Ling Xi's golden-red Qi Vortex.

With this surge of potent Dou Qi injected, Ling Xi's Qi Vortex immediately began to spin at high speed.

The Devouring Power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol seemed to be activated at this moment, and a terrifying devouring force suddenly erupted from within his body.

The energy of heaven and earth frantically poured into Ling Xi's body as if it cost nothing.

In the end, it actually formed an energy vortex centered around him.

"What's going on?"

Such a commotion naturally alarmed many people, including Xuan Kongzi and Ling You.

"Teacher, this is the room I arranged for Ling Xi..."

Awakened from her cultivation, Cao Ying stared wide-eyed at the energy vortex appearing above Ling Xi's room.

"Such terrifying Devouring Power, and it's even drawn in the Spiritual Qi from my Pill Tower's Star Domain!"

Even Xuan Kongzi sucked in a sharp breath.

He certainly didn't think he could have caused such a stir when he was in his teens.

"What exactly is your disciple doing in that room?"

"He should be breaking through, right?"

Ling You was also shocked by the scene before him, but in the end, he understood Ling Xi better than Xuan Kongzi.

"Breaking through?"

Xuan Kongzi's mouth fell open.

"Is he breaking through to Dou Zong?"

"Otherwise, he must be cultivating a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method; how else could he stir the Spiritual Qi in my Pill Tower's Star Domain?"

Hearing this, Ling You couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.

"He should be breaking through to Da Dou Shi, and his cultivation method is just an ordinary High Yellow Tier technique from my clan."