Miracle

As the most revered alchemists on this continent, they could earn Lucky Draw chances and cards by completing missions. Yet he might not necessarily draw the Medicine Emperor's alchemy inheritance. Cards could not be exchanged for the Medicine Emperor's step-by-step alchemy techniques either. Pills were expensive, and with so few cards, how many practical pills could he exchange to show off with?

This was serious!

So now, everyone had to cooperate enthusiastically. Chu Yang had to get the atmosphere fired up quickly, then charge straight in and complete the system mission. Not a shred of credit could be left for Xiao Yan to show off.

"Xiao Yan, you seem to be at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi, right?"

Chu Yang immediately turned his gaze toward Xiao Yan.

Someone began laughing aloud. At that moment, Chu Yang also noticed that Nalan Yanran and the others from the Misty Cloud Sect looked as though they completely understood Xiao Yan's situation. Their expressions were rather colorful.

Xiao Yan gave an awkward smile and glanced at his father, Xiao Zhan.

Xun'er seemed about to wave a small fist at Chu Yang, but he simply ignored her.

"Patriarch Xiao," Chu Yang immediately said to Xiao Zhan, "I can use this Qi Gathering Pill as a test. If Xiao Yan succeeds now and rises from the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi to Dou Zhe in one leap, then you will have witnessed the power of my Qi Gathering Pill. Consider it a free gift from me. But if he fails, I am willing to serve the Xiao clan free of charge for a year!"

Chu Yang said all that in one breath. The moment he finished, the entire hall erupted in an uproar!

At that moment, Xiao Zhan was so excited that he clenched his fists. A faint green Dou Qi gradually covered his entire body, and a phantom lion's head seemed to gather around his face.

In his excitement, Xiao Zhan had actually unleashed the Xiao clan's top technique, the Xuan-rank advanced combat skill, Raging Lion's Fury, just as he did when enraged.

In truth, he was simply too excited. How could he possibly refuse Chu Yang's proposal?

At worst, Xiao Yan would fail. Xiao Zhan did not believe failure would pose any danger to him, and even if he did fail, Chu Yang would serve the Xiao clan for a year.

Ya Fei was clever, and Mier Auction House was certainly no fool. Xiao Zhan understood that. Even if the Qi Gathering Pill was not as miraculous as claimed, Chu Yang was still an alchemist and could still bring enormous help to the Xiao clan!

Unlike Xiao Zhan, the Xiao clan elders led by the Great Elder, along with the faction opposed to Xiao Zhan's branch, seemed as though the patriarch had snatched something from them. They were unwilling, yet they were also anticipating something.

As for Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and the others from the Misty Cloud Sect, they hardly believed it at all. They only thought Chu Yang looked like some charlatan.

But whether he was a fraud or the real thing would become clear soon enough, so they said nothing and merely waited for the result.

Seeing that he had whetted almost everyone's appetite, Chu Yang felt quite pleased with himself.

He generously held the Qi Gathering Pill before Xiao Yan. He did not care whether Xiao Yan agreed or not; he was determined to force-feed him the pill and wait for the system to announce that the mission was complete. After that, he would not bother with how Nalan Yanran intended to break off her engagement with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan seemed hesitant, and Xun'er looked as though she wanted to stop him, but Xiao Zhan immediately said, "Eat it, Yan'er."

It was as though Xiao Zhan were saying that he would bear all consequences.

Just as Xiao Yan opened his mouth to say something, Chu Yang, standing within arm's reach, seized the chance and tossed the Qi Gathering Pill down his throat.

The Qi Gathering Pill seemed sentient. The moment it entered Xiao Yan's mouth, it darted into his stomach like a wisp of smoke, as though that place were its true home.

Everyone stared in dumbfounded shock, while Xiao Yan felt like a puppet being manipulated.

Xun'er looked as though she wanted to punch Chu Yang from a distance, but he immediately leaped away.

Then, in an instant, changes began appearing in Xiao Yan's body.

Xiao Yan opened his mouth like an idiot, seemingly unable to say anything.

However, Ge Ye, Xiao Zhan, the Xiao clan elders, and the other stronger people present—including the exceptionally gifted Xun'er and Nalan Yanran—could all sense that Xiao Yan's aura was changing!

Xiao Yan himself understood even more clearly. He immediately felt that he was no longer at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi. His strength seemed to be soaring, rising to the tenth stage of Dou Zhi Qi, then the eleventh...

Ah! No, it seemed he had already reached the ninth stage of Dou Zhe.

This... was he ascending straight to the heavens?

"He seems to have broken through to Dou Zhe. His Dou Qi vortex has formed..."

Among everyone present, Ge Ye was the strongest, and he was the first to cry out in disbelief.

Following his shout, gasps echoed throughout the hall. This was simply too miraculous. If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it no matter who told them.

Crack!

With a faint sound, Xiao Yan stood there like a stunned fool!

"My son, you really broke through!"

Xiao Zhan suddenly rushed over and hugged his precious son, Xiao Yan.

In such a situation, parents were always more excited than their children.

"And once you've broken through, it's real. You will never fall back again!"

Seeing the chance to drive the point home, Chu Yang remembered how Old Yao had devoured the Dou Qi Xiao Yan had painstakingly cultivated in the past. He immediately delivered that booming reassurance, as though giving the father and son some peace of mind.

Though Xiao Zhan had always been a tough, manly man, he could not hide his true feelings and shed tears on the spot. Anyone could see that he truly loved his son, Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan had once been the clan's number one genius, but the Dou Qi he had cultivated with such difficulty had inexplicably vanished overnight. How could that not make people feel heartbroken? Especially his father, Xiao Zhan, who had been anguished beyond measure!

But now, Chu Yang seemed to have guaranteed that such a tragedy would never happen again.

Looking at the Qi Gathering Pill Chu Yang had displayed, Xiao Zhan thought that perhaps Chu Yang was an even more formidable alchemist than Gu He! Naturally, someone like Chu Yang would never go back on his word!

"Ding! Mission complete. Congratulations, Host, you have received one Lucky Draw chance and one card point!"

Suddenly, the system's voice rang in Chu Yang's mind.

"Wow! I succeeded—"

Chu Yang nearly shouted it aloud, but fortunately, he managed to suppress his voice.

Then, pretending that he could not bear to watch the touching scene between Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan for fear of crying himself, he hurriedly told everyone, "Oh no, everyone... my apologies, but I must excuse myself. I just remembered that there is still a batch of pills in my furnace..."