Qi Fei: It Is Time to Let Yao Lao Witness the Terror of a Cheater

When Xiao Yan brought the pills Qi Fei had refined to Xiao Zhan, all the Xiao Clan's higher-ups were shocked.

When had the Xiao Clan, stuck in Novice Village, ever seen so many pills?

"Were all of these refined by your master?"

Xiao Zhan looked around at the room piled high with bottles, then turned to Xiao Yan.

"More or less."

Xiao Yan absently scratched his cheek with his index finger.

Xiao Zhan could tell from Xiao Yan's gesture that there was probably something behind it, but he didn't pay it much mind.

After all, the pills were right there, and their effects had been preliminarily assessed. Whatever the hidden story was, it didn't matter.

It couldn't be that Little Fei had actually refined all these pills, could it?

Haha.

Deep down, Xiao Zhan laughed at his own wild imagination.

Then he shifted his attention to selling the pills.

"Yan'er, did your master have any instructions regarding these pills?"

Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Yan as he asked.

"He only said his share should be used to gather rare medicinal ingredients. As for how to split things up, he said you and the others could decide."

Xiao Yan had the feeling that Qi Fei had somehow taken advantage of him without his consent.

"Even if he hadn't said so, we'd do everything we could to help gather medicinal ingredients."

In Xiao Zhan's view, this was simply what the Xiao Clan ought to do.

"As for splitting the profits... How about this? We sell the First Grade pills at the Xiao Clan Market and split the profits one-to-nine between the Xiao Clan and your master. As for the Second Grade pills, we'll send them to auctions as they become available, and your master can keep all the proceeds."

After some thought, he proposed a reasonable arrangement.

Selling First Grade pills at the market would draw more customers, while sending Second Grade pills to the Mittel Auction House would help build connections.

That way, even without counting the profits from the pills themselves, the Xiao Clan would still make a fortune.

Once the Xiao Clan had grown stronger, they could even try setting up a small auction house of their own to help gather treasures useful to the clan.

"If you think that'll work, Father, then I'm fine with it."

Before Xiao Yan had even finished speaking, he was already making his escape.

It didn't take much thought to know that once the serious business was done, his father and the others would definitely grab him and ask all sorts of questions about his master.

Rather than waste his energy making up lies later, it was better not to give them the chance in the first place.

So Xiao Yan quickly fled the scene.

"Yan'er..."

Xiao Zhan watched Xiao Yan's retreating back and couldn't help feeling a little helpless.

He had also wanted to ask about Xiao Yan's own cultivation.

But Xiao Yan hadn't given him the chance.

Still, judging by Xiao Yan's confident manner, he'd probably dealt with it.

The worry Xiao Zhan had carried over Xiao Yan finally settled.

After that, Xiao Zhan and several elders began handling the pills.

Before long, news that the Xiao Clan Market was selling large quantities of graded pills spread throughout Wutan City.

At the same time, the Xiao Clan's efforts to gather medicinal ingredients caught the attention of observant people.

In truth, there was no way to hide it.

Qi Fei refined pills so quickly that no matter how many medicinal ingredients they prepared, Xiao Yan could bring back the corresponding number of pills that same day.

And it wasn't just First and Second Grade pills. The same went for Third and Fourth Grade pills.

Everyone in the Xiao Clan who knew the truth assumed their master was displeased with the clan's sluggishness.

So Xiao Zhan had no choice but to draw on all the clan's reserves and send more than half its members out to buy medicinal ingredients.

Eventually, even the stocks held by Wutan City's various medicinal-ingredient merchants and mercenary groups were cleared out.

The other factions would have had to be blind not to notice such a commotion.

As a result, almost everyone in Wutan City learned that the Xiao Clan had secured the support of a powerful alchemist.

The scattered minor factions immediately showed signs of leaning toward the Xiao Clan.

Among the major powers, the Mittel Auction House also gradually shifted its stance because of the several kinds of Second Grade pills the Xiao Clan had sent there to be auctioned.

As for the other two great clans, the Aoba Clan had never had many conflicts with the Xiao Clan to begin with.

And once the Xiao Clan hinted that it could help the Aoba Clan make some money too, the Aoba Clan immediately sided with them.

Only the Jialie Clan, which had long been at odds with the Xiao Clan over business interests, was targeted without mercy this time.

Not only did its clan market lose customers, but people kept sabotaging its other businesses as well.

For a time, the Jialie Clan, one of Wutan City's three great clans, found itself on the brink of disaster.

Of course, by the time Qi Fei heard about all this, it was already the fifth day since he had taken Xiao Yan as his disciple.

"Brother Fei, you really are my brother. You used up at least eighty percent of all the medicinal ingredients in Wutan City in less than five days. That's insane!"

Xiao Yan was practically ready to kneel before Qi Fei.

Even the densest person would have realized by now that the problem was Qi Fei, not the simplicity of pill refining.

What kind of novice alchemist could produce that much less than a week after starting to learn?

Over the past few days, every Xiao Clan child capable of working had been putting labels on the First Grade pills under Xiao Yan's direction.

Even so, they had processed less than a tenth of them.

"Not bad. They're just some low-grade pills."

Qi Fei casually tapped the Medicine Cauldron. More than a dozen Pulse Protecting Pills flew out and dropped straight into a jade bottle.

Lately, as he refined pills, Qi Fei had found low-grade pills so easy that he'd adjusted his method again.

He now threw all the ingredients for the same recipe into the Medicine Cauldron at once and refined several pills simultaneously.

That was why he was going through medicinal ingredients so quickly.

"Sure, whatever you say."

Xiao Yan gave him a look that said he didn't believe a word of it.

"Oh, right. Since you're using up medicinal ingredients so quickly, Father's planning to expand the business to other cities."

Whether it was buying medicinal ingredients or selling pills, Wutan City had basically reached its limit for the time being.

That left expansion to other places as the only option.

"You can set up some businesses in other cities, but it's best not to sell pills in large quantities."

Qi Fei advised him.

"Have the clan store the surplus pills and sell them off gradually later. After all, I won't be staying with the clan forever."

The main reason Qi Fei was staying with the Xiao Clan now was that he needed to convert to a new cultivation method.

Once that was done, it would be about time for him to leave.

After Qi Fei left, the Xiao Clan would lose its unlimited supply of pills. It wouldn't fall back to square one, but it wouldn't be able to keep expanding elsewhere either.

"But if we do that, the supply of medicinal ingredients definitely won't keep up."

Xiao Yan said with some concern.

If that ended up interfering with Qi Fei's pill-refining studies, wouldn't it be the Xiao Clan's fault?

"It's fine. I'm getting tired of refining low-grade pills anyway."

Qi Fei said casually.

Before, when he'd been excited about it, he hadn't thought much of it. Whenever he saw medicinal ingredients, he'd just started refining.

But now, Qi Fei really was getting a little bored.

"All right. I'll let Father and the others know later, and tell them to focus on rare medicinal ingredients."

Xiao Yan thought about it and agreed.

Qi Fei could even chat with him while refining pills. Clearly, these low-grade pills presented no challenge to him.

And he'd repeated the process so many times.

Of course he was bored.

"If the clan's funds are tight, you can always sell some of the pills to the Mittel Auction House."

Qi Fei reminded him.

The Mittel Auction House was a commercial organization with branches throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

It could easily take all the pills the Xiao Clan had produced so far.

"Father's already doing that. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to gather all the ingredients needed to refine Qi Gathering Powder."

Xiao Yan shrugged.

Qi Gathering Powder was a Fourth Grade pill. Only the Mittel Auction House could provide all the ingredients for it.

"Right."

Qi Fei nodded.

Then Xiao Yan left the room.

After telling the guards that he would be cultivating in seclusion and that no one was to disturb him, Qi Fei prepared to begin his second round of training in the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art.

Of course, Qi Fei didn't forget to notify the Qi Feis in the other worlds.

Not only Coiling Dragon Qi Fei, but the Qi Feis from God Three and Heavenly Jewel Change came along too.

Three people working together were more efficient than one.

That was what the other Qi Feis thought.

Dou Po Qi Fei had no objections.

If anything, he'd feel much better enduring the hardship with them than sharing it with them afterward.

"Get ready. I'm starting."

Dou Po Qi Fei looked seriously at the other three.

Especially Coiling Dragon Qi Fei.

He had to control how much of their shared power he took in during the process. He couldn't absorb any—or at least, not too much—of the other Qi Feis' strength.

Just thinking about it sounded like a hassle.

"Don't worry. I've practiced with them plenty of times."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei replied confidently.

"All right."

Dou Po Qi Fei detached half his body and withdrew from the Shared Space.

The other Qi Feis stepped forward and held that half of his body in place, as if they were performing some kind of evil ritual.

After leaving the space, Dou Po Qi Fei took a deep breath and adjusted to his sluggish body and Dou Qi.

Leaving half of his spiritual body in the Shared Space would weaken his control over his body and Dou Qi.

But the will of the God Boundary Breaker had never been reasonable.

If I think I can control it, then I can definitely control it.

That held true even if he couldn't reach the same limits here in the Dou Po World as he could in the God Three World.

"Master, let's begin."

After checking that the Dou Qi inside him was circulating smoothly, Qi Fei turned to Yao Lao.

Yao Lao waved his hand, releasing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and the second round of training began.

The instant the Heavenly Flame touched Qi Fei's body, a familiar, searing pain struck him and made his mind waver for a moment.

But thanks to the will of the God Boundary Breaker, the Dou Qi flowing through his meridians wasn't affected in the slightest.

The transformation of his body began once more.

However, perhaps because he had split off half his spirit, Qi Fei didn't immediately experience the same strange sensation as last time.

With no other options, he could only desperately circulate his cultivation method, hoping to catch a glimpse of the fragments of law within the Heavenly Flame.

Even with the assistance of his Will Jewel, nearly half of the Dou Qi he had cultivated was used up before—

Qi Fei finally caught that strange sensation coming from the Heavenly Flame once again.

At the same time, the three Qi Feis in the Shared Space sensed it too.

They had no time to celebrate. They immediately began comprehending it through the fire and water magic laws of the Coiling Dragon World.

Four Qi Feis working at once were indeed much faster than one.

They quickly understood and absorbed the fragments of law representing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame's high temperature, while gradually unraveling the part representing its extreme cold.

As their comprehension of the laws deepened, the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art circulated faster too.

Qi Fei's already astonishing rate of physical transformation increased further, making even Yao Lao, who was controlling the flames, feel somewhat uneasy.

But he was worried that stopping abruptly might interfere with Qi Fei's comprehension, so he could only keep the Heavenly Flame going.

What unsettled Yao Lao even more was that Qi Fei's rate of refining Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was increasing too, greatly improving how quickly he recovered his Dou Qi.

In other words, Qi Fei could last much longer this time than he had the previous time.

At the thought, Yao Lao could only control the flames even more carefully to avoid any accidents.

By the time even Yao Lao was starting to feel tired, Qi Fei's second round of training finally ended.

Just as the Qi Feis had expected, they had successfully used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to gain an entry-level understanding of the Profundity of Ice Sharpness within the Water Element Law.

That sharpness applied to Coiling Dragon Qi Fei.

For the other Qi Feis, the laws they wielded leaned more toward the extreme cold itself.

Not only that, their progress with the Profundity of Scorching Heat had surpassed what they had made with the Profundity of Explosion, which they had comprehended first.

They had gained a great deal.

Besides that, the Qi Feis had also comprehended something else from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. It seemed to have something to do with the sun and moon, yin and yang.

Without the laws of the Coiling Dragon World to verify it, they couldn't tell how much progress they had made.

Still, every Qi Fei felt that since the insight had come from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, it could surely be used to imitate this Heavenly Flame.

Dou Po Qi Fei immediately tried it out.

With the Profound Mystery of Scorching as the main focus, a touch of extreme cold was added, along with the yin-yang principles of the Sun and Moon.

A flame that was obviously a forgery of Bone Spirit Cold Flame appeared in Qi Fei's hand.

"Not bad. It has about thirty percent of Bone Spirit Cold Flame's power."

Yao Lao praised him.

Though he said that, he was actually so astonished that he could hardly believe it.

Could the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art really have the ability to directly cultivate a Pseudo-Heavenly Flame far more powerful than Beast Flame?

That was impossible, wasn't it?

Yet what happened next astonished Yao Lao even more.

Qi Fei asked Yao Lao for a large number of Dou Qi cultivation methods, most of which were fire, ice, or water types.

Among them was the special cultivation method, Flame Mantra.

Qi Fei admitted that he had gained some insight into the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art and needed these methods for reference.

When he had previously comprehended the Heavenly Flames, the efficiency of his cultivation method had improved noticeably.

This had basically confirmed Qi Fei's theory that Flame Mantra absorbed fragments of the laws to raise the method's tier.

So, if he incorporated his own understanding of the laws into the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art, could he raise its tier?

That was why Qi Fei had made this request.

After hesitating for a long while, Yao Lao agreed and handed Qi Fei all the cultivation methods he had treasured.

Qi Fei was immensely grateful and repeatedly thanked Yao Lao.

In the days that followed, Qi Fei studied the various Dou Qi cultivation methods while applying his insights to the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art.

Although the Body Tempering Art did not undergo any obvious transformation, it greatly strengthened Qi Fei's foundation.

All that remained was to wait for the right opportunity.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye.

After confirming that Qi Fei had fully recovered, Yao Lao began the third Heavenly Flame tempering.

Once again, Qi Fei and the others comprehended Bone Spirit Cold Flame together.

Throughout the process, Dou Po Qi Fei continuously poured insights and inspiration into the Red Lotus Body Tempering Art, constantly optimizing how it circulated.

After an unknown amount of time,

Qi Fei clearly sensed a barrier blocking him shatter.

The next moment, the energy of heaven and earth within a hundred zhang of him began to churn violently, then surged madly into his body.

Qi Fei did not reject this energy.

The laws of fire and ice worked together, and a Pseudo-Heavenly Flame formed inside Qi Fei's body.

The Pseudo-Heavenly Flame burned away every impurity in the energy of heaven and earth, leaving only the purest power to flow into Qi Fei's Dou Qi.

In an instant, his nearly depleted Qi Sea was filled.

Vast amounts of Dou Qi spilled out of his meridians, washing through every part of Qi Fei's body as he underwent his final transformation.

At the same time, dark clouds spread across the clear sky outside, and howling winds swept over the land.

A heavenly phenomenon began to take shape.

"Could this be... a Heaven Tier cultivation method he created himself?"

Yao Lao gazed at the sky outside and exclaimed in amazement.