Yao Chen's Amazement, Breakthrough to Dou Shi!

Xiao Zhan had just spoken, and he had mentioned the words "honored guest."

Xiao Ze immediately realized that the plot was about to enter a major turning point: the annulment of the engagement and the Three-Year Agreement.

According to the original storyline, Xiao Yan would encounter Medicine Elder at this time, then start his "cheat-enabled" counterattack.

But the problem now was that both the Storage Ring and Medicine Elder had been intercepted by him; the original trajectory of development had already changed.

Xiao Ze was also quite curious, wondering in what direction the plot would develop next.

"Father, I understand." Xiao Ze nodded in agreement, then left the family's Back Mountain together with Xiao Zhan.

As they prepared to return to the inner courtyard of the Xiao Family, Xiao Zhan wanted to speak several times while they were on the road.

He wanted to ask where exactly Xiao Ze had obtained the Wind Attribute Cultivation Method he had given him; this was a Heaven-tier cultivation method, not a joke.

The entire Wutan City did not possess a Heaven-tier cultivation method; even Profound-tier high-grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills were extremely rare existences, let alone Heaven-tier ones.

Even if placed in the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire or the Misty Cloud Sect, cultivation methods and Dou Skills of this level were not things one could see everywhere.

They remained extremely rare.

However, the doubt that had reached his lips was ultimately swallowed back down by Xiao Zhan, and in the end, he did not voice the questions in his heart.

After returning to his own room, he passed by Xiao Yan's bedroom and saw that the candlelight inside was still lit.

Clearly, Xiao Yan had not yet rested. At this moment, Xiao Yan, inside the room, felt very excited and thrilled. He had not expected that what his younger brother Xiao Ze said was true; his cultivation talent had actually recovered. The Dou Qi he had cultivated this time did not dissipate but was truly absorbed into his body.

Looking at it this way, he would surely be able to restore his former glory and regain the respect of others!

Xiao Ze returned to his own room. After three days of cultivation and the tasks from the System Panel, his realm had already reached the strength of a nine-star Dou Practitioner, only one final step away from the realm of a Dou Shi.

Today was the end of those three days.

The Xiao Family had an honored guest arriving.

Seeing that the iconic scene of the engagement annulment was about to arrive, Xiao Ze was still quite excited and thrilled. He immediately tidied himself up, prepared to leave, and headed toward the main hall.

And just at this moment, Medicine Elder, who was inside the black ring on his hand, immediately floated out. Looking at Xiao Ze before him, he said, "Little fellow, I didn't expect that in a mere few days, you would actually be able to reach the strength of a nine-star Dou Practitioner? Your talent is truly even more astonishing than I imagined!"

Yao Chen sighed once again. Having roamed the continent for so many years in his time, he had seen countless geniuses, but someone with such astonishing talent as Xiao Ze had never appeared before; he hadn't even heard of such a thing!

Oh, wait, there was one person whose cultivation talent was indeed astonishing.

Even Medicine Elder felt inferior and was even filled with admiration for him.

His name was Xiao Xuan.

He was an ancestor of the Xiao Clan, one of the eight ancient clans, and once upon a time, he was an existence at the half-step Dou Di level.

Across the entire Douqi Continent, after a thousand years, although this name was very unfamiliar to many young people, it was not unfamiliar at all to many of the old monsters still living in this world.

To the Soul Clan, it was even their nightmare.

Apart from Xiao Xuan, Xiao Ze was definitely the most heaven-defying existence in terms of talent that Yao Chen had ever seen.

Thus, the idea of taking him as a disciple sprouted on the spot.

Perhaps, with this disciple, he might be able to resurrect himself in the future.

He still had too many things left undone.

He did not wish to continue living in this world as a soul body, lingering on in a desperate struggle.

He wanted to live again!

To resurrect, one must possess a powerful soul body and the rank of an Alchemist.

With Xiao Ze's talent, coupled with his own guidance, he was absolutely confident that he could guide him into becoming the number one Alchemist on the continent.

"Little fellow, this old man would like to take you as my disciple and teach you the art of alchemy. Are you interested?"

"After observing you these past few days, your character, talent, and cultivation speed are far superior to Xiao Yan's."

"To be honest, even after I roamed the continent for so many years, I have never seen anything like it."

"If you are interested, I will impart my lifelong Dou Skills, cultivation methods, and alchemy techniques to you without holding anything back."

Xiao Ze believed every word Yao Chen said.

Compared to Yu Xiaogang, the teacher of Tang San in Douluo, Medicine Elder was the type of teacher who would never hesitate to give the best things to his disciple.

Moreover, even after being backstabbed by his rebellious disciple Han Feng, he could still maintain a heart of trust toward his disciples, which was truly rare.

If not for that backstabbing, perhaps Yao Chen would have already reached the Half-Saint realm back then.

He would not have been reduced to his current miserable state—neither human nor ghost—hiding in a Storage Ring and surviving by absorbing faint traces of Dou Qi.

Regarding the suggestion of taking him as a disciple that Medicine Elder had just proposed.

Xiao Ze did not have much interest.

Having bound the Xiao Ze System Panel, he naturally did not need to worry about cultivation speed; no one could surpass him.

But then again, if it came to talent in alchemy, Medicine Elder was definitely leading the continent by a wide margin.

Just at this moment, a new task appeared on the System Panel.

[Current Task: Yao Chen has developed appreciation and recognition for the Host. Establish a master-disciple relationship to obtain the destiny of the protagonist.]

``` [Task Reward: Breakthrough to the Dou Shi realm.]

[Accept task? Please choose.]

Regarding the task that had just been released on the System Panel, Xiao Ze accepted it immediately. "System, I choose to accept the task."

After making his choice, he looked at Medicine Elder before him and spoke.

"Teacher, I am willing to learn alchemy from you."

"Hahaha, good! To think that I, Yao Chen, would be able to take on a disciple with such astonishing talent in my lifetime. Good, good, good! My life has not been in vain."

The reason Yao Chen chose to take Xiao Ze as his student was, on one hand, naturally out of a love for talent; his aptitude was many times more outstanding than Xiao Yan's, or even that of his eldest disciple, Han Feng.

On the other hand, it was out of selfish motives. If he wanted to be resurrected, he had to find someone with absolute capability to help him refine a body and return to life.

He believed that Xiao Ze was the best candidate.

Yao Chen said excitedly, "Good disciple, from this moment on, the fates of us master and student are linked. You are the final disciple of Yao Chen!"

"As your teacher, I shall refine a medicinal pill for you right now to help you break through the barrier of the Dou Practitioner and enter the Dou Shi realm!"

As Yao Chen was searching through his mind, wondering which medicinal pill would be best to help Xiao Ze break through to Dou Shi, his expression suddenly froze. He was stunned, thinking he had misread the situation.

[Current Task: Establish a master-disciple relationship with Yao Chen.]

[Task Reward: Breakthrough to the Dou Shi realm.]

[Reward successfully issued.]

[Host's strength has now entered the Dou Shi realm.]

Regarding the notification on the System Panel, Xiao Ze immediately sensed his condition. Sure enough, his strength had already entered the Dou Shi realm; he had just broken through the Dou Practitioner barrier.

Yao Chen's expression turned blank as he suddenly felt something.

Xiao Ze's aura had surged dramatically in an instant. He wondered, What is going on? Why did Xiao Ze's strength suddenly skyrocket?

He discovered with astonishment that Xiao Ze's realm was already that of a Dou Shi.

"What!"

Yao Chen's expression changed drastically. He never imagined that this disciple of his possessed talent even greater than he had imagined. He had just been planning to refine a pill to help Xiao Ze break through his realm, yet he had already broken through? In just this brief moment? It was too incredible! This talent was truly astonishing!

"Hahaha, as expected of my, Yao Chen's, disciple! Your talent is actually this strong!" Yao Chen said excitedly.

After Xiao Ze's realm reached Dou Shi, he adjusted himself and left his room, heading outside.

He found Xiao Xun'er waiting for him at the door.

"Brother Xiao Ze, are you finished? Let's go. The family members have all gone to the main hall. I heard that today's honored guest is Nalan Yanran, who has had a marriage contract with Xiao Yan since childhood."