Xiao Zhan's expression froze at once. He was thrilled.
This was a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill. Where had Xiao Ze gotten it?
Let alone a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill, even Third-Grade or Second-Grade Medicinal Pills were exceedingly rare in their tiny Wutan City, enough to spark conflict among Wutan City's three great families.
Not to mention a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill.
Could his previous guess have been correct?
Had Xiao Ze's earth-shaking improvements and changes in strength over this period truly come from some fortuitous opportunity?
Otherwise, where could he have obtained this Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill?
And before this, he had even given him a cultivation technique suited to him, one of an extremely high grade.
Xiao Ze looked at him and said, "Father, take this pill first. Then refine its medicinal power. Before long, your strength will improve."
"Alright, your father will give it a try." Xiao Zhan had absolute faith in Xiao Ze.
He immediately swallowed it and sat down cross-legged.
He began refining the pill's medicinal power and accelerating its absorption.
An hour passed, and Xiao Zhan had completely absorbed the medicinal power of the Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill.
A moment later, he opened his eyes. Dou Qi swiftly erupted from his body as energy slowly flowed through him.
After opening his eyes, he activated the power within his body, and his Dou Qi blazed fiercely.
"I broke through!" Xiao Zhan was ecstatic.
He had never expected that, after remaining at the Five-Star Grand Dou Shi realm for so long, he would finally break through.
He had advanced to the strength of a Six-Star Grand Dou Shi?
Xiao Zhan was overjoyed and looked at Xiao Ze.
"Ze'er, I never imagined that I would break through the Five-Star barrier and enter the Six-Star realm with my own son's help!"
"Haha, having a son like you truly makes your father proud," Xiao Zhan said excitedly.
Seeing his father so thrilled and excited, Xiao Ze was also very satisfied.
Over the years, Xiao Zhan had cared for him deeply, and Xiao Ze remembered it all.
At that moment, as Xiao Zhan's strength rose to the Six-Star Grand Dou Shi level, text immediately appeared before Xiao Ze on the System Panel.
[Current Mission: Help Father Xiao Zhan increase his strength by one star.] [Mission Reward: Eight-Star Dou Shi realm.] [Mission complete. Reward issued successfully.]
Xiao Ze focused on the System Panel and noticed that his strength had indeed increased.
He had entered the Eight-Star Dou Shi realm.
As the strength within his body rose, Yao Chen inside the Storage Ring was stunned on the spot.
"Kid, why has your aura grown so much stronger again? You... advanced to Eight-Star Dou Shi?" Yao Chen looked utterly shocked.
Once one reached the later stages of the Dou Shi realm, cultivation became more difficult than it had been when first entering the realm.
The difficulty of raising a single level also became much greater than before.
He had never expected Xiao Ze to break through so easily in just a moment.
Yao Chen was somewhat astonished as he muttered to himself, My disciple, Yao Chen's disciple, is indeed extraordinary. Hahaha! He can so easily advance one level in the later stages of the Dou Shi realm.
Incredible! Yao Chen sighed inwardly.
After Xiao Ze's strength increased, his attention left the System Panel and returned to reality.
Looking at Xiao Zhan before him, Xiao Ze said, "Father, your strength has now improved. You have entered the Six-Star Grand Dou Shi realm."
"Along with the cultivation technique I gave you before, you must cultivate it well. Now that you have broken through the bottleneck, I think your future cultivation should become much easier than before."
"Later, if I find any suitable medicinal pills, I will give them to you as well and help you increase your strength so that you can advance to the Dou Ling realm as soon as possible."
Dou Ling!
To Xiao Zhan, that realm was practically a dream. He did not even dare to think about it.
But to Xiao Ze, what was a Dou Ling? Even Dou Wang and Dou Emperor were like ants.
Especially compared to Ancestor Xiao Xuan, a Half-Step Dou Emperor.
Xiao Ze left the Xiao Family's inner courtyard and had just arrived at the square.
He saw Xiao Xun'er testing her Dou Qi level at the Test Magic Stele.
"Xiao Xun'er, Three-Star Dou Zhe." Looking at the level displayed on the Test Magic Stele, Xiao Xun'er shook her head, still somewhat dissatisfied.
I never expected my cultivation speed to be this slow. Isn't the gap between Xiao Ze and me only growing wider? Xiao Xun'er muttered inwardly.
After Xiao Ze arrived, he looked at the sighing Xiao Xun'er and said, "Xun'er, your strength has increased by one star?"
"Brother Xiao Ze." The moment Xiao Xun'er saw Xiao Ze, she immediately smiled.
Although Xiao Xun'er was still young and had grown up living in the Xiao Family, far away from the Ancient Clan, reaching the Three-Star Dou Zhe realm was already no easy feat.
Yet Xiao Xun'er was still very dissatisfied with her current situation.
Recently, she had taken out a low-rank, high-level cultivation technique from her Storage Ring and prepared to begin cultivating it.
Its speed and effects were obvious, allowing her to rise one level in a short time.
But Xiao Ze's cultivation speed was simply too fast. He was already a Seven-Star Dou Shi.
Xiao Xun'er had never imagined that she would actually feel inferior.
At that moment, Xiao Ze saw the mission released on the System Panel, several lines of text displayed there.
[Current Mission: Reveal your Eight-Star Dou Shi strength, shock Xiao Xun'er, and draw the attention of Ling Ying, who is observing in secret.] [Mission Reward: Two Red Treasure Chests.] [Accept mission?]
Xiao Ze looked at Xiao Xun'er before him and said,
"Xun'er, how about we find a quiet place? I think the family's Back Mountain would be good. I'll guide your cultivation. Perhaps it will help you improve your strength."
"Alright, of course! Brother Xiao Ze, I'd be overjoyed if you're willing to guide my cultivation," Xiao Xun'er said happily.
Before long, Xiao Ze and Xiao Xun'er arrived at the Xiao Family's Back Mountain.
Ling Ying, hidden in the shadows, silently arrived in a concealed spot as the Ancient Clan's strongest Dou Emperor.
Over this period, Xiao Ze had advanced from Dou Qi Stage One to his current Seven-Star Dou Shi realm.
Ling Ying knew about it, and he was also greatly astonished.
But what he could not understand was that the Xiao Family's bloodline power had not already been completely exhausted when their ancestor Xiao Xuan attempted to break through to Dou Emperor?
Without the power of the bloodline, how had Xiao Ze managed to improve so rapidly in barely more than a month?
Ling Ying could not figure it out.
Xiao Ze's Dou Qi rapidly rose, and Xiao Xun'er's expression turned shocked. "Brother Xiao Ze, your strength... don't tell me it has increased again? Eight-Star Dou Shi?"
[Mission complete. You revealed your Eight-Star Dou Shi strength, shocking Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying.] [Two Red Treasure Chests received as rewards and stored in the System Panel.]
Xiao Ze immediately opened the treasure chests and drew his rewards!
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