Fan Lao of the Blood Sect

Xiao Yu flew for a few minutes and arrived at the top of the giant stalactite, where the earth's energy was much denser than below.

Xiao Yu knew this was the real Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, so he reached out and placed his palm on the surface of the stalactite.

Immediately, Xiao Yu's extremely powerful Soul Power enveloped the stalactite in front of him.

The powerful Soul Power carefully scanned the base of the stalactite, finally focusing on a certain spot, and a smile appeared on Xiao Yu's lips.

"Congratulations, host, for finding the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk! Reward: Earth Attribute Power!"

Xiao Yu felt a jolt throughout his body. Within his meridians, a pale yellow Dou Qi slowly formed and finally gathered in Xiao Yu's dantian.

Focusing on defensive capabilities, Xiao Yu's Xiao Yu earth-elemental Dou Qi circulated slowly within his body, gradually absorbing the dense earth energy surrounding him.

As more and more earth energy was absorbed into Xiao Yu's body, the pale yellow Earth Attribute Dou Qi also grew stronger!

Click!

With a soft sound emanating from Xiao Yu's body, as if a membrane had been broken, an even more powerful force formed within him. Xiao Yu 'Xiao Yu Five-Star Dou Wang barrier was broken, and he successfully advanced to Six-Star Dou Wang!

The sudden change in aura made the dark gold wings behind Xiao Yu appear even more intensely golden.

Xiao Yu began cultivating his Earth Attribute Dou Qi while simultaneously taking out a jade piece from his Storage Ring and slicing it into a stalactite.

The jade piece enveloped in Dou Qi was naturally extremely sharp, and it quickly cut a small circle into the stalactite.

A blinding light flashed, and Xiao Yu squinted to see a jewel-colored liquid within, unlike the milky white one. He chuckled, "This is the real Earth Core Body Tempering Milk!"

After Xiao Yu removed most of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, he attached the circular stalactite piece, and the stalactite immediately returned to its original state.

Returning to Zi Yan's side, he watched as Zi Yan filled both jade bottles to the brim, leaving only about an inch of the original two-inch Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

"Let's go!" Xiao Yu said, looking at Zi Yan.

Zi Yan looked at Xiao Yu and asked, "What were you doing up there just now?"

Xiao Yu shook the jade bottle in his hand and laughed, "This is a good thing, you'll see when we get back!"

After putting away the jade bottle, Xiao Yu and Zi Yan returned along the same route. The moment they stepped out of the valley, the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape rushed towards it.

Zi Yan couldn't help but purse her lips and say, "You don't trust us that much? You can take it all later!"

His indignant expression seemed to stem from his reluctance to leave half of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk behind.

"Alright, that was originally something guarded by the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape. You have enough Earth Core Body Tempering Milk!" Xiao Yu said with a light laugh, trying to comfort him.

Zi Yan chuckled and said, "These two bottles of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, one for you and one for me?"

Xiao Yu smiled helplessly, "Alright, alright, you can take one bottle, but do you still want this Earth Core Body Tempering Milk?"

Zi Yan looked at the other jade bottle in Xiao Yu's hand and asked with some envy, "Is this also Earth Core Body Tempering Milk?"

"Of course, but you can only take one-tenth; I still have a use for the rest!" Xiao Yu chuckled.

Seeing the two return laden with their spoils, Cai Die led Little Xiao Nian, Big White, and Little Purple toward the Inner Academy.

After returning to their lodgings, the group distributed the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao all received some milky-white Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, Little Purple and Big White also received a portion, while the emerald-green Earth Core Body Tempering Milk was distributed among Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Zi Yan.

With the help of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, everyone's cultivation progressed much faster.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. After returning from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Xun'er, Hu Jia, and the others said, "It seems like there's been some problem with the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower lately. We feel that the Heart Flame is getting more and more volatile."

Xiao Yu frowned slightly. He hadn't gone to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate for the past month. He had been practicing his Dou Technique and improving his alchemy techniques, and his cultivation level was slowly increasing.

Xiao Yu's current strength is at the Peak Six-Star Dou Wang, just one step away from breaking through another small realm.

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "There seems to be some anomaly at the bottom of this tower. The Inner Academy elders will probably take some measures. The Inner Academy Strong Ranking Competition is getting closer and closer, so let's not go to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate for the time being!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, saying, "Indeed, the instability of our Heart Flame is causing us to be frequently disturbed from our cultivation state. Let's not go for the time being!"

Just then, a young man in black walked in from outside the door, carrying a huge Black Ruler on his back. It was Xiao Yan, who had returned from his arduous cultivation in the back mountain of the Inner Academy.

Sensing the powerful aura emanating from Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu chuckled, "Third Brother, have you broken through to the Four-Star Dou Ling?"

Xiao Yan chuckled and said, "Just lucky, just lucky!"

After everyone had dinner in the living room, Xiao Yu took Xun'er's hand and walked outside.

In the quiet mountain forest, Xiao Yu reached out and embraced Xun'er's soft waist, leaping onto a boulder beside a waterfall. Listening to the rushing water, the two lay down on the boulder.

During this period, Xiao Yu brought Xun'er here to whisper secrets, which was also the time when Xiao Yu was most at peace.

With the arrival of the Strong Ranking Competition, Xiao Yu gradually felt a faint sense of crisis, though he didn't know where it came from.

Xiao Yu was thinking of becoming Inner Academy elder as soon as possible, and then heading to the Black Corner Region to properly establish the Underworld's power.

"After we get married, you'll have a child for me!" Xiao Yu suddenly blurted out as they were whispering to each other.

Xun'er was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face turned bright red, and she stammered, "Brother Xiao Yu, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I just want to have a child with you."

Xun'er stared at Xiao Yu, and after a long while, she thought of Little Xiao Nian and murmured, "If Brother Xiao Yu wants it, then Xun'er will go with Brother Xiao Yu!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu suddenly burst into laughter and said, "There's no rush, no rush!"

In the Blood Sect's main hall, a spacious and gloomy hall, a red figure sat at the highest point, his cold gaze fixed on a red-robed disciple below.

"Sect Master, we have found out the identities of those who ambushed and killed our Blood Sect that day. They are freshmen from the Jia Nan Academy, but we can't find out anything more specific!" the Blood Sect disciple said in a trembling voice.

Seated at the head of the table was Fan Lao, who had narrowly escaped death that day. Now, having lost his son, Fan Lao exuded an even colder aura.

"Can't find anything? What are you doing back here if you can't find anything?" With that, a burst of Dou Qi instantly slit the Blood Robe disciple's throat, and crimson blood gushed out.

Suddenly, a strange voice appeared in the hall, "Sect Leader Fan, it seems your habits have become even more pronounced than before!"