Dou Qi Initial Success, Destiny Revealed!

"Big Sister Ya Fei..."

Lu Heng held the jade bottle, his gaze settling on Ya Fei's face. He opened his mouth, wanting to make some kind of promise, but Ya Fei cut him off with a wave of her hand.

"Alright, don't stand on ceremony with your big sister."

Ya Fei turned her head and gave Lu Heng a captivating smile. The charm in the corners of her eyes was enough to make any man's heart race.

"Your big sister will handle the storms outside. Your only task is to cultivate properly for me. I'm counting on you."

Having said that, Ya Fei did not wait for Lu Heng's reply. With elegant steps, she walked straight out of the small courtyard.

Only after that flash of red disappeared beyond the courtyard gate did Lu Heng slowly let out a breath of stale air.

The jade bottle in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

Of course, Lu Heng knew how difficult Ya Fei's situation was.

The Mite'er Family was plagued by fierce internal strife. For a woman like Ya Fei, who possessed no Dou Qi talent, taking power was nothing but a foolish dream.

Moreover, during those two years in the Imperial Capital, Lu Heng had learned that Big Sister Ya Fei, like him, was also an orphan.

If not for Big Sister Ya Fei's beauty and her silver tongue as an auctioneer, she might never have attained her current position.

Big Sister Ya Fei did not want to become a tool for a political marriage, which was why she had been sent to Wutan City.

It was called training, but in truth, it was exile.

If she failed to produce respectable results in another few years, what awaited her was either marriage to some bloated, greasy noble or becoming a sacrifice for the family's marriage alliance.

"Fourth-Grade Pill..."

Lu Heng stroked the smooth bottle as he murmured to himself.

It had been three years since he transmigrated into this world.

From a little beggar who had nearly frozen to death on the streets to someone who now had food and clothing without worry, all of it had been given to him by Big Sister Ya Fei.

Otherwise, forget awakening a golden finger and cultivating—even whether he could have survived would have been a question.

"Don't worry, Big Sister Ya Fei."

Facing the empty courtyard gate, Lu Heng spoke softly.

"I don't dare think too far ahead right now, but I will definitely make you the most honored woman in the Jia Ma Empire."

Lu Heng turned and returned to his room, sitting cross-legged atop the bed.

His consciousness sank into his mind.

A burst of golden light exploded within his sea of consciousness.

Immediately afterward, lines of text appeared. Lu Heng's personal panel was clearly displayed before him.

[Name: Lu Heng]

[Age: Nine]

[Cultivation: Ninth Duan Dou Qi]

[Soul Realm: Mortal Realm (Mid-Stage)]

[Physique: Azure Wood Body (First Tier)]

[Technique: Five Spirits Chaos Art (Azure Wood Qi-Induction Chapter)]

[Dou Technique: None]

[Bloodline: None]

[Divine Ability: None]

This was Lu Heng's golden finger.

Three years ago, when Lu Heng had just awakened the memories of his previous life, a golden book had appeared in his mind. Written upon its pages were the words: [Dou Qi initial success, Destiny Revealed!]

It was because of those words, "Dou Qi initial success, Destiny Revealed!", that Lu Heng had named this golden book—

Book of Destiny!

When Lu Heng successfully cultivated to the First Duan of Dou Qi, the words [Dou Qi initial success, Destiny Revealed!] vanished from the Book of Destiny, replaced by Lu Heng's attribute panel.

As for the Five Spirits Chaos Art (Azure Wood Qi-Induction Chapter), it was a miraculous technique automatically instilled into Lu Heng's mind after the Book of Destiny panel was activated.

This was a technique that could be cultivated during the Dou Qi stage. One had to know that on the Dou Qi Continent, techniques could not be cultivated during the Dou Qi stage, and Dou Qi possessed no attributes.

Both techniques and Dou Qi attributes could only be acquired after condensing a Dou Qi Whirlpool.

Yet the effects of this Qi-Induction Chapter were astonishingly domineering.

Ordinary Dou Qi was merely pure energy. But the Dou Qi Lu Heng cultivated carried the vitality of the Wood Attribute.

Whether it was the exhaustion accumulated from a day of cultivation or minor bumps and wounds from everyday life, he could recover quickly. The Azure Wood Qi-Induction Chapter was the reason why.

This was also why Lu Heng had gone from a malnourished beggar to Nine-Stage Dou Qi in only three years.

The body's recovery ability was the guarantee of cultivation speed.

More than that, he could awaken an acquired physique during the Dou Qi stage: the "Azure Wood Body"!

However, awakening the Azure Wood Body at the Dou Qi stage required five First Tier Magic Cores and ten First Tier medicinal herbs.

The resources required were an astronomical sum for Lu Heng back then—and even for Lu Heng now.

If Big Sister Ya Fei had not supported him from the very beginning, he could never have achieved this.

Fortunately, after awakening the Azure Wood Body, Lu Heng's cultivation speed increased. His body's recovery ability and resistance to toxins improved significantly, while his perception of plants and medicinal herbs became sharper.

As for his Mid-Stage Mortal Realm soul, perhaps it was because he was a transmigrator. Maybe he had simply been born with a powerful soul.

Looking at the attribute panel before him, Lu Heng no longer hesitated and pulled out the jade bottle's stopper.

A smooth Qi Gathering Powder rolled into his palm.

Lu Heng swallowed the pill in one gulp, then began circulating the Five Spirits Chaos Art.

The next moment, all the energy around him transformed into streams of incomparably pure azure Dou Qi and surged madly into Lu Heng's body!

The Dou Qi within Lu Heng's body began to boil.

The Ninth Duan Dou Qi that had originally filled his meridians began to compress and rotate wildly beneath the wash of that immense medicinal power.

At his lower abdomen, the illusory embryonic form of a Qi Vortex was solidifying at an astonishing speed.

There was no so-called pain.

For Lu Heng, who cultivated the Azure Wood Chapter and had awakened the Azure Wood Body, breaking through was as natural as a plant sprouting and then blooming.

Miteer Auction House, Appraisal Room.

Fine Dragon Saliva Incense burned inside the room. Thin smoke curled around the ceiling beams, yet it could not suppress the mercenary air emanating from the mountain of account books piled upon the desk.

Ya Fei lounged lazily against the back of a rosewood chair, loosely holding a wolf-hair brush as she idly circled items on a list.

She had changed outfits. A dark purple brocade robe wrapped around her body. Though it was not as flamboyant as red, it carried a more mature charm.

"Second-Grade Qi Recovery Pills, starting bid of five hundred Gold Coins... The goods sent over by the Jia Lie Family are getting poorer and poorer in quality."

Ya Fei casually tossed a jade bottle into the wastebasket, where it let out a crisp clink. Her face carried an air of indifference.

Master Gu Ni, seated opposite her, was holding a cup of hot tea. His grizzled brows twitched as he said with a bitter smile:

"Miss, this is a Second-Grade Pill. Its quality may be a little mixed, but in a place like Wutan City, only our Miteer Auction House would dare call it trash.

Put it outside, and those mercenary groups would fight until their heads bled over this thing."

Gu Ni set down his teacup with a sigh, tapping his fingers against the table.

"Besides, the winds outside are unfavorable now.

That Xiao Yan from the Xiao Family is already Eight-Section Dou Qi at nine years old.

Those two old foxes, Ao Ba Pa and Jia Lie Bi, have been keeping their tails tucked lately, terrified of offending the Xiao Family.

Even our auction house's business has been affected these past few days."

"Eight-Section Dou Qi at nine years old..."

Ya Fei held the brush in her hand as her peach-blossom eyes rose slightly. No emotion could be heard in her voice.

"He is impressive, but the skies over Wutan City are not his to overturn just yet."