Five-Star Battle King, A Favor Hard to Repay!

The Woe Poison Body has no bottlenecks before the Dou Zong realm; as long as there is sufficient poison, one can advance. It is precisely because he knows this that Xiao Chen dares to attempt consuming four poison pills at once.

With the four poison pills in his stomach, the terrifying toxicity explodes within his body instantly. These four pills were meticulously refined by Xiao Chen to be highly lethal; their medicinal properties are mutually destructive. If consumed simultaneously, even a Dou Huang could perish in an instant.

However, in the face of the Woe Poison Body, no matter how terrifying the toxins are, they are nothing more than mere playthings, forced to submit to the Woe Poison Body's control.

Pure energy pours continuously into Xiao Chen's dantian, like water flowing into his mouth from Little Doctor Fairy, an endless stream. The Battle Qi within his body surges upward as if riding a rocket.

Two-star Dou Wang, three-star Dou Wang, four-star Dou Wang. After a single burst of three stars, the energy within his body gradually settles.

Xiao Chen takes this opportunity to swallow a Dou Ling Pill. The previously dormant toxins are reactivated, mixing with the pure energy of the Dou Ling Pill to launch a final sprint.

Four-star Dou Wang, five-star Dou Wang, finally stopping at the level of a six-star Dou Wang.

"Hah! An expected increase, though it's a pity the Alchemist Association and the Imperial Family have no stronger poisons!"

Xiao Chen compresses the Battle Qi in his body again and again, finally successfully settling at the five-star Dou Wang realm. Finding that he truly cannot compress it any further, he stops.

Little Doctor Fairy does not know that Xiao Chen has broken through to a five-star Dou Wang at this moment, but she can vaguely sense that he seems to have become much stronger. "Brother Xiao Chen, what is your realm now?"

"Hmm... I suppose I'm a five-star Dou Wang. As for combat power, without using my trump cards, fighting a two or three-star Dou Huang is no problem!"

Xiao Chen's words are not empty boasts. After swallowing the Fallen Heart Flame and the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Burning Mantra has already touched the threshold of the Heaven Tier. Combined with his mastered Earth Tier Low-rank movement technique Flame Shadow and the Earth Tier High-rank Emperor Seal Technique, ordinary two or three-star Dou Huangs are truly no match for him.

If he were to bring out the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, he could likely contend with a four or five-star Dou Huang. After all, this is a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus fused from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame, and the Green Lotus Core Flame—it is far more than twice as strong as the one Xiao Yan used in the original story.

Thinking of the Emperor Seal Technique, Xiao Chen remembers Xiao Xun'er. When he left the Xiao Family, he had sworn that he would return within three months at the latest.

Now, with only about ten days left of those three months, it is time to return to the Xiao Family. However, before that, he must visit the Alchemist Association and the Imperial Palace to repay the favors he owes.

"Xian'er, accompany me to the Alchemist Association!"

Little Doctor Fairy nods upon hearing this. Without asking for the reason, she obediently holds Xiao Chen's arm. After two months of being together, she has become increasingly inseparable from him, and she is exceptionally clingy in her daily life.

Imperial Capital, Alchemist Association, third-floor VIP room.

"Little Brother Chen, you finally decided to step out?"

Fama glances at Little Doctor Fairy sitting beside Xiao Chen, his eyes full of teasing. "That's right, with such a beauty by your side, it's normal not to want to go out. Being young is good; you have plenty of energy!"

"You old rascal, I came here this time to bid you farewell. I originally intended to refine an Imperial Extreme Pill for you..."

Xiao Chen rolls his eyes in annoyance and makes a gesture to stand up and leave. Seeing this, Fama hurriedly stops him. "Oh! Little Brother Chen, my good brother, my good elder brother, I was just joking!"

"What did you just say? Refine an Imperial Extreme Pill? Could it be that you have already broken through to the sixth grade?"

Fama's eyes are full of astonishment. A sixth-rank alchemist is not so easily achieved; otherwise, he would not have been stuck at this level for decades.

If Xiao Chen had truly broken through to the sixth rank, he wouldn't care about the Imperial Extreme Pill anymore. He would prioritize honoring Xiao Chen above all else. While the Imperial Extreme Pill is good, it is ultimately an external object; to him, observing Xiao Chen refine pills would be far more important.

Xiao Chen clicks his tongue, brushes Fama's hand off his shoulder, and says with a look of disdain, "Who is your elder brother? You're old enough to be my grandfather; I can't be your 'good elder brother'!"

"I haven't broken through to the sixth grade yet, but I can refine it. Do you have the medicinal materials?"

Xiao Chen's words leave Fama somewhat dazed. Not a sixth-grade alchemist, yet able to refine a sixth-grade pill?

If someone else had said this, Fama would have slapped them across the face and mocked them, asking if they were dreaming.

But since it is Xiao Chen saying this, even if he is unwilling to believe it, he cannot help but let his imagination run wild. "Wait, let me get this straight. You mean you are still a fifth-grade alchemist, but you can refine sixth-grade pills? Isn't that just being a sixth-grade alchemist?"

Fama is somewhat suspicious that Xiao Chen is playing with him. For alchemists, there is no formal grading standard; if you can refine a certain grade of pill, you are an alchemist of that grade.

Furthermore, the Imperial Extreme Pill is a peak sixth-grade pill. To be able to refine a peak sixth-grade pill and still claim to be a fifth-grade alchemist—isn't this just messing with him?

Xiao Chen sighs helplessly. "I said, brother, I didn't say that I would be the one refining this Imperial Extreme Pill. Just tell me if you have the materials or not."

Xiao Chen certainly cannot refine it now, but he knows someone who can—or more accurately, a wisp of a remnant soul.

That's right, Xiao Chen intends to have Yao Chen refine it for him. As for how to make Yao Chen willing to refine the pill, he has his own ways.

Fama is stunned for a moment, then, as if thinking of something, his eyes widen abruptly. "I say, kid, you wouldn't be thinking of asking Gu He to help you refine it, would you?"

"Though, if you go to Gu He, he would likely be very happy to help!"

Fama does not know Xiao Chen's true intentions, and the only person he can think of is Gu He.

As for why he didn't consider the forces behind Xiao Chen, there is a reason. Xiao Chen has been in the Imperial Capital for two months; if Fama still hadn't figured out Xiao Chen's background, he wouldn't be fit to be the president.

However, precisely because he knows that Xiao Chen lacks the support of a powerful force, his attitude toward Xiao Chen has not worsened; instead, it has become increasingly friendly.

After all, for a backwater place like Wutan City to produce a true dragon, he even suspects that the Xiao Family's ancestral grave must be emitting auspicious smoke.

In a sense, Fama is not wrong; the Xiao Family's ancestral grave is not just emitting smoke, it is emitting quite a lot, and it is incredibly lively inside.

"Gu He is worth nothing. A mere sixth-grade alchemist—is he even qualified to refine pills for me?"

Xiao Chen curls his lip in disdain, uttering such blasphemous words that Fama's eyelids twitch wildly. He thinks to himself, No, brother, how big are your pants? How did I not notice before that you were such a show-off?

However, he only keeps these thoughts to himself and does not show them. He knows full well why Xiao Chen wants to help him refine the Imperial Extreme Pill: it is nothing more than to repay a favor.