Flight Journey

Flight Journey

With their Dou Wang-level cultivation, the two used their Dou Qi Wings to fly through the sky and arrived at the Flight Station in less than a quarter of an hour.

Under the envious and reverent gazes of the Outer Academy students, they slowly beat their Dou Qi Wings and descended from the air.

Seeing Xiao Ling and Zi Yan return after leaving, the instructor managing order nearby smiled and greeted them. "Looks like you're ready to set off. I've already fed that Griffin once. As long as you feed it once more along the way, with the strength of a Fourth Stage Magical Beast, it shouldn't have any problem reaching the Jia Ma Empire within half a month."

Xiao Ling nodded to the instructor and tossed him a porcelain bottle. Smiling, he said, "Thank you for looking after us, Instructor. There's a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill inside. It can raise a Da Dou Shi's cultivation by one star without any Side Effect. Thank you for sparring with me back in the Outer Academy and helping me gain so much practical combat experience. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

The instructor accepted the bottle containing the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill without putting on airs. He smiled and teased, "As expected of a Sixth-grade Alchemist. You certainly are generous. Then I'll shamelessly accept it. Be careful while you're out training, and watch your safety."

Xiao Ling waved at the instructor, then took Zi Yan's little hand. With a slight circulation of Dou Qi, they leaped up and landed steadily on the Griffin's back.

Xiao Ling patted the Griffin's head, pointed toward the Jia Ma Empire, and tossed a Second-grade Pill into its mouth. "Big fellow, I'll be relying on you for this journey."

Perhaps it understood Xiao Ling's words, or perhaps it was simply won over by the pill in its mouth. The Griffin nodded cooperatively, let out a cry, and sprang more than ten meters into the air. It then beat its broad wings powerfully and began flying toward the sky.

Feeling the breeze against his face and watching Jia Nan Academy shrink beneath his feet, Xiao Ling could not help sighing. "The story of Jia Nan Academy is coming to an end for now."

Holding Zi Yan's small hand, the two entered the room on the Griffin's back. They would be spending the next ten or so days there.

After entering the room, Zi Yan tugged on Xiao Ling's arm and asked expectantly, "Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, where are today's pills?"

Xiao Ling reached out and stroked Zi Yan's smooth purple hair, saying indulgently, "Don't worry, I've already prepared them."

Taking out a bottle of pills from his Storage Ring, Xiao Ling handed it to Zi Yan and cautioned, "You can't eat them all at once. Even if your bloodline is extraordinary, taking in too much energy will still make your body uncomfortable. Go to the next room and eat your pills while you cultivate. I'll stay here and practice some Dou Techniques."

Zi Yan nodded vigorously and lifted her little head, speaking in a somewhat comical manner. "Don't worry, don't worry. I'll be fine." With that, she took a pill from the porcelain bottle, tossed it into her mouth, and darted into the other room.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling could only shake his head helplessly. What else could he do? All he could do was spoil her. With Xiao Ling's status as a Sixth-grade Alchemist, using pills refined from Fifth-grade Medicinal Herbs to raise a Zi Yan was more than affordable.

Xiao Ling walked to the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. He took out the "Mind Splitting Control Method" he had drawn from the system from his Storage Ring, read its contents from beginning to end, then began practicing according to the steps recorded within.

The Mind Splitting Control Method was not complicated to cultivate. Different people had different methods of practice. As long as one could control oneself to focus on multiple tasks at once, one had entered the basics.

To cultivate the Mind Splitting Control Method properly, one first needed extremely powerful Soul Perception. For Xiao Ling, whose soul had already broken through to the Spirit Realm Soul, that was an easy matter. However, to master this technique, simply put, he had to control multiple directions while maintaining his focus.

This was indeed somewhat difficult for Xiao Ling. Everyone had their habits. In the past, whenever he did something, he would focus all his attention solely on it. Now that he had to control multiple directions at once, it was truly rather unfamiliar.

Xiao Ling raised both hands and opened his clenched palms. At the same time, he activated the Fused Beast Flame and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within his body. "Puff..." A blue-pink beast flame appeared over his left hand, while the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame leaped from his right.

Xiao Ling began using his Soul Power to control the two flames simultaneously, shaping them into different forms in order to train his ability to divide his attention.

At first, Xiao Ling would unconsciously focus his attention on one flame. After several failures, however, he quickly managed to control both flames at once with his powerful Soul Perception. He then separated another flame from the beast flame and began controlling three flames simultaneously, gradually increasing the difficulty and making the flames perform increasingly complicated movements...

In less than an hour, Xiao Ling had already reached the realm of the Three Aperture Control Heart. Using one mind for three purposes had become effortless for him. However, the difficulty would multiply at higher realms. If Xiao Ling wanted to reach the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, he would still need to keep practicing.

Cultivating this secret method not only allowed one to divide one's attention, but also improved one's control over Soul Perception to a certain extent, allowing it to achieve better results. For an alchemist, it was indeed a useful technique. When refining low-grade pills, one could refine several at once; when extracting medicinal liquid, one could temper several medicinal ingredients at the same time. This could greatly increase the speed of pill refinement. As long as one concentrated all attention during pill formation, the success rate would not be affected.

During the following days of flight, life became regular. Every day, Xiao Ling cultivated the Mind Splitting Control Method, practiced Alchemy, cultivated Dou Qi at night, chatted and played with Zi Yan, and teased his Magical Beast, Rayquaza. With Zi Yan and Rayquaza keeping him company, this not-so-short journey was quite enjoyable. It convinced Xiao Ling that bringing Zi Yan along had been a wise decision.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the room, Xiao Ling sat cross-legged. Seven Fourth Stage medicinal herbs lay before him, and he was tempering them with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Zi Yan watched Xiao Ling's movements intently from the side, afraid that he might accidentally burn the medicinal herbs she had just snatched from several Magical Beasts.

After all the medicinal herbs had been tempered into medicinal liquid, Xiao Ling took several specially made sugar pills from his Storage Ring and tossed them inside. He then condensed the medicinal liquids into smooth, lustrous pills.

Zi Yan, who had been staring at Xiao Ling, immediately noticed this. Her eyes lit up as she took out a porcelain bottle from her Storage Ring, removed its stopper, and waved it at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling's mouth twitched at the sight. This girl really did care most about whether there was something to eat. With a wave of his hand, the pills flew one after another into the porcelain bottle in Zi Yan's hand.

Just as the final pill was about to fly into the bottle's mouth, Zi Yan opened her mouth wide and swallowed it in one bite, making Xiao Ling across from her laugh.

Zi Yan sealed the porcelain bottle with its stopper and stored it in her Storage Ring. Then she smiled at Xiao Ling. "Thank you, Xiao Ling. This method of yours is pretty good. The speed of refining pills is much, much faster than before."

Xiao Ling replied, "It's a method of controlling Soul Perception that I've been practicing lately. It's quite helpful for refining pills."

Zi Yan nodded, no longer dwelling on the matter, and asked, "Can we reach the Jia Ma Empire today? I really want to see what your and Xun Er's family is like."

Xiao Ling picked up the map in his hand and looked it over. "At the Griffin's speed, we'll reach Zhen Gui Pass in another hour. That's the southernmost point of the Jia Ma Empire. There are still many cities between there and the Xiao Family in Wutan City."

Xiao Ling put away the map and gazed in the direction of the Jia Ma Empire. First, I'll send a letter to the Xiao Family and have them relocate to the Imperial Capital. Even if the Misty Cloud Sect wants to move against the Xiao Family in secret, with my status as a Sixth-grade Alchemist, they'll have to think twice in a place as crowded and complicated as the Imperial Capital.

He looked toward the Tagor Desert. There was still an old man there whom he could drag out to work for him. Having him help look after the Xiao Family should be more than enough. By doing this much, Xiao Ling had done all he could for the Xiao Family. If things became impossible, he could only protect himself. His own safety was the most important thing.