Holy Spirit Pool Water (Please Bookmark, Please Recommend)

The news of the engagement between the Xiao Family and the Imperial Family exploded like a thunderclap, thoroughly stunning every major faction in the Jia Ma Empire.

Many factions that had previously been watching from the sidelines immediately sent people to Salt City to visit the Xiao Family without a second thought.

Whatever the Misty Cloud Sect might do, at the very least, the Xiao Family was untouchable for the time being after becoming engaged to the Imperial Family.

After all, the relationship between the Imperial Family and the Misty Cloud Sect had always been delicate.

If the Misty Cloud Sect attacked the Xiao Family merely because of the Mo Family, the Imperial Family would surely not mind using the opportunity to test the Misty Cloud Sect.

However, this had nothing to do with Xiao Yan. At the moment, he was in his room in the courtyard, gazing at the blue-and-green pill in the jade bottle in his hand. Relying on his exceptional soul perception, Xiao Yan could vaguely tell that this Qi Gathering Powder was definitely of a higher grade and possessed stronger medicinal effects than the one provided by the Xiao Family.

Shaking his head, Xiao Yan tightly gripped the cool jade bottle and let out a heavy breath. After three years, he could finally set foot in that realm again...

After obtaining the Qi Gathering Powder, Xiao Yan did not choose to consume it immediately. Taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed the impatience surging in his heart and made himself climb into bed to rest.

Xiao Yan knew very clearly that if he attempted to break through to Dou Zhe in his current state, the chance of failure would likely exceed seventy percent. Although refining Qi Gathering Powder was not difficult for Yao Lao, Xiao Yan did not wish to take such an unnecessary risk. Seeing that Xiao Yan could resist the temptation to break through to Dou Zhe at once, Yao Lao nodded in satisfaction. A trace of gratification appeared on his old face as his body swayed slightly, turning into a glimmer of light that slipped into the ring.

...After the Qi Gathering Powder was successfully refined, Xiao Yan's cultivation became calm and unhurried. Every day, he cultivated Dou Qi for one hour at a fixed time, then went to the back mountain to diligently practice his fighting techniques. Whenever he had spare time, he took along his little tail, Qing Lin, to wander around Salt City. His leisurely life was exceptionally pleasant. After five relaxed days, Xiao Yan finally adjusted himself to peak condition. This was the best time for him to break through to Dou Zhe.

At the back mountain of the Xiao Family, beneath a concealed cliff, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged inside a cave barely over a meter wide. He had carefully selected this cliff as his cultivation site. Across from it, clouds and mist lingered, and beneath them lay the incomparably dangerous Monster Beast Mountain Range. Below the cliff was a bottomless abyss. The only path leading here had already been concealed by Xiao Yan with branches and broken stones. Therefore, he was confident that no one would disturb this breakthrough midway.

The cave was not particularly spacious, and aside from a stone pool roughly two or three zhang wide at its center, there was nothing else remarkable. Walking closer to the stone pool, he saw that it was filled with crystal-clear water, with a faint chill drifting above its surface.

After restoring his spirits, Xiao Yan opened his eyes, and a frightening gleam flashed through them.

Walking to the pool, Xiao Yan swiped his Storage Ring, and a palm-sized jade bottle appeared in his hand.

He opened the jade bottle and poured the crimson liquid within into the pool.

Sizzle, sizzle!

Moments later, the water in the pool rolled and bubbled like molten lava.

Yet strangely, it did not feel hot in the slightest. Instead, it gave off an astonishing chill.

The liquid Xiao Yan had just poured out was water from the Xiao Family's Holy Spirit Pool.

Any member of the Xiao Family could request a bottle whenever they were about to break through a realm.

In Yao Lao's words, this Holy Spirit Pool Water offered enormous benefits for breaking through realms and strengthening the body.

However, Yao Lao did not dare say much more about it.

Because this Holy Spirit Pool Water was sacred water refined with Xiao Chen's Dou Saint essence as its foundation, fused with an unknown amount of heavenly treasures.

Although the Holy Spirit Pool Water of the Xiao Family had been diluted countless times, it was still more than enough for the present-day Xiao Family.

Splash! Xiao Yan swiftly removed his clothes and jumped straight in. The astonishing chill made his body tremble and stiffen.

"Don't use Dou Qi to resist it. Hurry and consume the Qi Gathering Powder." Sensing Xiao Yan's intention to use Dou Qi to ward off the cold, Yao Lao immediately snapped.

Slowly drawing in a breath, Xiao Yan used his nearly frozen hand to take out the jade bottle from his Storage Ring. Tilting its mouth slightly, a blue-and-green pill rolled out.

Looking at the Qi Gathering Powder's smooth, lustrous surface, Xiao Yan's little face was pale, and frost clung to his brows and nose. He took another sniff of its refreshing fragrance, licked his lips, and swallowed it without further hesitation.

The moment the Qi Gathering Powder entered his mouth, a faint coolness spread through it. Moments later, a warm, pure energy rushed directly from his mouth into his body. Xiao Yan's body immediately trembled, and his seemingly frozen flesh and meridians actually showed signs of thawing.

As his body warmed slightly, Xiao Yan rapidly formed the hand seal for absorbing Dou Qi. His breathing gradually steadied, and the faint Dou Qi within his body moved at his command, swiftly wrapping around that powerful, pure medicinal energy before beginning to refine it madly.

Suddenly, the pool boiled. Strands of incomparably pure Dou Qi emerged from the water and continuously burrowed into Xiao Yan's body.

Clenching his teeth tightly against his lips, Xiao Yan felt waves of stabbing pain in his meridians from the collision of the two energies within his body. Fortunately, his meridians were much tougher than those of ordinary people, so although he felt pain, he had not yet suffered any serious damage.

Within his body, Dou Qi wrapped around clumps of pure green energy. As the frantic refinement continued, green energy was constantly assimilated into pale white Dou Qi. With this additional support, the amount of Dou Qi in Xiao Yan's body swelled at a visible rate.

Although the pure medicinal power was continuously refined, it seemed inexhaustible. Whenever Dou Qi refined one clump of medicinal power, an even larger mass of green energy rushed in.

With the refinement within his body and the continuous influx of Dou Qi from outside, the Dou Qi in Xiao Yan's body had gradually filled most of his meridians.

The refinement continued. When the follow-up strength of the pure medicinal power began to weaken, Xiao Yan, intoxicated by his rapidly growing strength, suddenly realized that the Dou Qi within his body had expanded to a critical point where it could no longer increase.

The swelling Dou Qi directly caused Xiao Yan's meridians to twitch faintly. Wave after wave of intense pain made the corners of his mouth split.

"Quick, condense a Dou Qi vortex! Otherwise, you'll explode!"

Yao Lao's shout exploded in Xiao Yan's mind like a thunderclap. Taking a deep breath of cold air, Xiao Yan abruptly changed his hand seal. His index fingers and thumbs connected, his middle fingers touched, and his ten fingers formed a strange seal. Xiao Yan had taken this step before in the past, so using it again now came naturally, without the slightest awkwardness.

As Xiao Yan changed his hand seal, the surging Dou Qi in his body seemed to be caught by a fierce suction force and rapidly contracted toward his lower abdomen. The pale white Dou Qi throughout the meridians of his body began to recede in unison. By the time all the Dou Qi had contracted into his lower abdomen, it had already begun to turn milky white.

"Quick, compress the Dou Qi! Use your soul perception to compress it. If you fail to condense the Dou Qi vortex, you'll fall back to the eighth stage of Dou Qi again!" Yao Lao's shout rang out in Xiao Yan's mind at just the right moment.