First Enhancement!

Just then, Yao Lao suddenly thought of something.

"Right, one portion of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid should only be enough for the two of you to cultivate for two months, perhaps even less."

Xiao Yang waved his hand grandly.

"One portion only costs a little over a thousand gold coins. Two months of cultivation for that price is cheap!"

"What we have here is enough for ten months!"

Yao Lao suddenly remembered that Xiao Yang was not Xiao Yan, who could not even afford a single set of medicinal ingredients.

"Filthy rich bastard!"

After silently cursing, Yao Lao began refining Foundation Building Spirit Liquid again.

Before long, all ten sets of medicinal ingredients had been refined by Yao Lao into Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.

Xiao Yang directly gave five portions to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan had initially wanted to refuse, but he could not argue with Xiao Yang.

"Enough. This bit of money means nothing to me."

"Just take these. I'm heading back to cultivate first."

"Goodbye, Teacher!"

After bidding Yao Lao farewell, Xiao Yang stored the five portions of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid in his Storage Ring and ran down the mountain toward his own courtyard.

Watching Xiao Yang's departing figure, Yao Lao shook his head and said to Xiao Yan beside him with some emotion.

"Your brother truly treats you well."

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yang's back, gratitude flickering in his eyes.

"Yeah. Brother Yang is one of the few people in the Xiao Clan who didn't distance himself from me after I lost my talent."

"Not only that, he has always helped me and secretly given me resources."

"I'll never be able to repay Brother Yang's kindness in my lifetime."

Xiao Yang knew nothing of Xiao Yan and Yao Lao's conversation. Right now, he only wanted to hurry back and see whether the system could enhance the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid he had just obtained!

And while he was at it, he could properly study the system.

After all, he had not properly looked into it since binding it.

Before long, Xiao Yang returned to his courtyard.

He brought over a bucket of water, then tightly locked the door.

Then, with a thought, a jade bottle appeared in his hand.

Xiao Yang discovered that when he focused his attention, he could actually see some information!

[Foundation Building Spirit Liquid (Level 2): A second-grade spirit liquid. After dilution, even cultivators in the Dou Qi stage can use it. It can increase a Dou Zhe's cultivation speed.

Usage: ...

Integrity: 100%

Owner: Xiao Yang

Can be enhanced: Yes]

Besides that, there was also a prompt below the information asking whether he wished to enhance it.

At present, he could enhance items up to Level 2.

Of course, he could also use an unrestricted enhancement chance to enhance items above Level 2.

Xiao Yang did not hesitate and directly selected the "Enhance" option with his mind.

The next moment, another prompt appeared before him.

[Use 20 Origin Points to enhance the Level 2 item, Foundation Building Spirit Liquid?]

Xiao Yang chose yes again.

As he made his selection, the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid in his hand flashed with white light.

"Congratulations, Host. You have received a 25x enhancement and obtained Foundation Building Divine Liquid!"

As the white light faded, Xiao Yang discovered that the Foundation Building Divine Liquid was still that drop of green liquid.

However, he could sense that the energy contained within it had become far more immense!

Moreover, the information for the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid... no, it should now be called Foundation Building Divine Liquid, had changed as well.

[Foundation Building Divine Liquid (Level 4): A fourth-grade spirit liquid. After dilution, even cultivators in the Dou Qi stage can use it. It can increase a Battler's cultivation speed and slightly improve a cultivator's aptitude.

Usage: Those in the Dou Qi stage may dilute one-tenth of it in one ton of water and cultivate while soaking in it. Those in the Dou Zhe stage may...

Integrity: 100%

Owner: Xiao Yang

Can be enhanced: No]

At the same time, Xiao Yang's system interface had also changed.

His original 100 Origin Points had become 80.

Looking at the Foundation Building Divine Liquid in his hand, regret flashed through Xiao Yang's eyes.

It would have been great if the enhancement multiplier had been higher.

However, the system description also explained the probabilities for enhancement multipliers.

Every tenfold increase was a separate tier.

The chance of a 1–10x enhancement was 50%.

The following chances were 15%, 15%, 10%, 5%, 3%, 1.5%, 0.4%, 0.09%, and 0.01%.

The possibility of receiving a 90–100x enhancement was only one in ten thousand!

Still, Xiao Yang felt somewhat regretful.

If the multiplier had been a little higher, perhaps the Foundation Building Divine Liquid's effects would have been even better.

He stopped dwelling on it and directly took out a jade spoon, carefully placing one-tenth of the Foundation Building Divine Liquid into the wooden bucket.

The bucket contained roughly one ton of water.

The next moment, the originally clear water directly turned azure!

After some thought, Xiao Yang fetched another wooden bucket and the same amount of water.

He dripped a fresh portion of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid into it.

The water in that bucket likewise turned azure.

However, relying on his powerful soul perception, he discovered that the energy concentration of one drop of diluted Foundation Building Spirit Liquid was about the same as that of one-tenth of diluted Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

He did not immediately enter the bucket containing the Foundation Building Divine Liquid to cultivate.

He wanted to compare the effects of the two.

Xiao Yang removed his clothes, gave himself a simple wipe-down, and entered the bucket containing the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.

He sat cross-legged in the bucket, forming a strange hand seal before his chest.

Before long, the azure liquid in the bucket slowly rippled, reflecting flecks of strange light under the candlelight.

As Xiao Yang cultivated, the azure liquid in the bucket gradually released faint streams of air.

These streams were slightly azure. They slowly rose, then finally entered Xiao Yang's body along with his breathing.

Xiao Yang could feel that his cultivation efficiency was now at least more than twice as fast as usual!

As time passed, more and more of those streams of air emerged, gradually enveloping Xiao Yang.

However, after completing one circulation, Xiao Yang slowly opened his tightly shut eyes.

He exhaled a breath of turbid air, stood up, and entered the bucket containing the Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

Then, just as before, Xiao Yang began cultivating.

He did not see that as he cultivated, the difference between the Foundation Building Divine Liquid and the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid gradually became apparent.

The streams of air emitted by the Foundation Building Divine Liquid were green and brimming with vitality.

Those streams of air actually began boring directly into Xiao Yang's pores!

In an instant, Xiao Yang felt a somewhat enormous surge of energy enter his body.

This energy slightly stretched open his meridians, causing a faint swelling pain within them.

Yet Xiao Yang was exceptionally excited.

The cultivation speed provided by the Foundation Building Divine Liquid was more than three times that of the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid!

In other words, it was more than five times faster than cultivating on his own!

Originally, Xiao Yang might have needed more than a year, perhaps even two, to break through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi.

But now, at this cultivation speed, he might be able to break through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi in just three or four months!

Not only that, Xiao Yang discovered that this energy was also slowly nourishing his meridians!

The original swelling pain gradually faded with time.

And so, Xiao Yang directly replaced sleep with cultivation, only slowly opening his eyes at dawn.

He looked over and saw that the azure spirit liquid in the wooden bucket reflected flecks of golden light beneath the sunlight.

The color of the spirit liquid was much paler than it had been last night.

At this rate, one bottle of Foundation Building Divine Liquid would probably only be enough to support his cultivation for around half a year.