Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, Breakthrough!

"System, search Medicine Elder's memories and extract the formula for the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid," Su Yun said in his mind.

"Ding. Searching. Search successful."

Su Yun moved his will and lightly tapped the formula, the three stalks of Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, the two Bone Cleansing Flowers, and the wood-attribute First-Level Magic Core.

"Fuse," Su Yun said inwardly.

"Ding. A viable fusion plan has been detected. One Second-Level Magic Core must be paid. Pay?"

"Pay."

Immediately, a mysterious aura rose, and at the same time, the medicinal ingredients and magic core in the warehouse vanished with it.

In their place, a drop of liquid the color of jade hovered in the System Warehouse.

With a thought from Su Yun, the jade liquid fell into the basin of clear water Su Yun had just prepared. At once, the basin of clear water turned green.

Su Yun stripped off his clothes, jumped in, and began cultivating.

One night passed in a daze.

Su Yun sat naked in the wooden basin with his legs crossed, his hands forming a strange seal before him. His eyes were tightly shut, and his breathing was steady.

As his cultivation went on, the green liquid in the wooden basin gradually released faint streams of air. The air currents carried a slight green tint as they slowly rose, then followed Su Yun's breathing and burrowed into his body.

As the air currents entered him, Su Yun's tender little face suddenly gave off a luster like warm jade.

"Phew..."

He slowly opened his eyes, and a gratified smile rose on his delicate little face.

He stood up, letting water stream down his body, stretched lazily, and felt the abundant Dou Qi within him. Overcome with surprise, he cried out, "This, this, this..."

Dou Qi Stage Four!

"No wonder Xiao Yan could rely on this spiritual liquid to rise four stages in one year, shooting up nonstop.

"Though part of it was because he was recultivating, the effect of this Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is truly astonishing."

It was not that he was ignorant. After coming to the Douqi Continent, he had truly felt how difficult cultivation during the Dou Qi stage was.

It had been fine before, but during the Dou Qi stage, every three stages was a watershed.

After he had fully cultivated Dou Qi Stage Three and filled his body with Dou Qi, he had already been trying to break through to Dou Qi Stage Four for two months, yet there had been no result at all.

Now, after merely cultivating for one night with the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, he had broken through to Dou Qi Stage Four. Though this was partly because his previous accumulation had already reached the required point, the miraculous effect of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid in the Dou Qi stage was beyond doubt.

"This system's Fusion Function is amazing too. And since it's fusion, it shouldn't be limited to making pills, right?"

A trace of thought flashed through Su Yun's eyes.

The Fusion Function, just like when Su Yun had synthesized the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, could fuse all things.

However, there were also corresponding restrictions and costs.

The restriction lay in the feasibility of the fusion plan, while the cost was magic cores.

In the information that had previously flowed into his mind, it had clearly stated that fusion required magic cores to be consumed.

Moreover, the higher the grade of the product of fusion, the higher the grade of the magic core required.

According to Su Yun's guess, fusion probably required energy, but what puzzled Su Yun was that it seemed only magic cores could be consumed for fusion...

Su Yun could not figure it out for the moment.

He shook his head and stopped dwelling on these details.

Originally, he had planned to take part in Jia Nan Academy's recruitment and join Jia Nan Academy once he reached Dou Qi Stage Eight.

Before eighteen, reaching the recruitment standard of Dou Qi Stage Eight would be effortless for him even without the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.

He had not been born into any great clan. The best cultivation method his parents had left him was only the Yellow Rank Middle Grade "Blazing Flame Technique."

If he wanted to come into contact with higher-grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, he had to join a sect or academy.

Jia Nan Academy was famous across the entire continent, and even in the Central Plains, it had no small reputation. Naturally, it was his first choice.

There was no helping it. On this Douqi Continent, for a commoner with a bit of talent like him, joining an academy was the best option.

But now it was different. He had already obtained the system, and he had Medicine Elder's lifetime collection as his backing, so the time for joining Jia Nan Academy could be pushed back.

"However, Jia Nan Academy is a must. Fallen Heart Flame..." Su Yun sank into thought, overturning his previous plan of joining Jia Nan Academy once he reached Dou Qi Stage Eight.

He had all of Medicine Elder's memories, so he had no need to worry at all about high-grade cultivation methods. Joining Jia Nan Academy could be delayed.

If he even had a fire-attribute physique, he would want to cultivate the "Flame Mantra."

As the original Xiao Yan's greatest cheat, it would be a lie to say he was not tempted by the "Flame Mantra."

It could devour beast flames and Heavenly Flames to raise cultivation, allowing one to control multiple Heavenly Flames. If conditions allowed, he would naturally want to cultivate such a bug-like technique.

But delaying was delaying. When he had to go, he still had to go.

There was no setting that said only those with the fire attribute could refine Heavenly Flames.

If he was not fire-attribute and could not cultivate the "Flame Mantra," and could only absorb one Heavenly Flame, then the Fallen Heart Flame would be the first choice.

The Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower in Jia Nan Inner Academy already had such wondrous effects. If he had the complete Fallen Heart Flame, his cultivation speed would surely be astonishing.

"When I met Xiao Yan in the market before, he looked like he should be the same age as me..." Su Yun counted on his fingers, calculating the time.

In these six years in Wutan City, he had never heard of Xiao Yan's genius reputation as an eleven-year-old Dou Zhe, nor any rumors about him being a cripple at Dou Qi Stage Three. Today's encounter made Su Yun even more certain of the current timeline.

This counted as a good thing for him. If the plot had not begun yet,

then the herbs and Dou Techniques in the cave at Green Mountain Town, the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert, and a whole series of opportunities were all still there.

"That little girl at the time should have been Xiao Xun'er."

She really did look about only one year younger than Xiao Yan.

Su Yun raised his right hand and pressed it against his head. This lousy system did not even show ages. He had to estimate them himself.

Bad review!

If he remembered correctly, Xiao Xun'er had been sent to the Xiao Family by Gu Yuan when she was four years old.

In other words, she had only been sent to the Xiao Family around a year ago, and Xiao Yan looked the same age as him, so he was about six.

"It basically matches."

Su Yun lowered his fingers and began recalling.

Ever since he had been reborn and discovered this was the world of "Battle Through the Heavens," he had consciously recalled the plot he had read in his previous life.

Back then, he had also read it several times. Setting aside a few individual details, he remembered the plot and many of the settings.

If his memories were not wrong, Xiao Yan started cultivating Qi at four, possessed Dou Qi Stage Nine at ten, and at eleven, successfully condensed a Dou Qi Cyclone and became a Dou Zhe.

After that, he was directly drained dry by Medicine Elder, and it lasted three whole years. Xiao Yan's cultivation fell from Dou Zhe to Dou Qi Stage Three. Over those three years, the Dou Qi he had just cultivated was sucked away, immediately sucked away. His cultivation did not budge in the slightest.

And after those three years came the Engagement Annulment Incident, then the Three Year Agreement.

"His cultivation started regressing at eleven, and then he was drained for three years. In other words, the plot officially began the year Xiao Yan was fourteen?"

"Is that right?" Su Yun could not help frowning.

"No, it should be that he broke through to Dou Zhe a little after eleven, then was drained for more than three years."