Wang-Surnamed Xiao Clan Boy! Wuhu! Taking Off!

Wutan City, the back mountain of the Xiao Clan.

A boy was diligently practicing a Dou Technique.

Though he was only ten years old, his expression was resolute and he seemed quite mature, nothing like someone his age.

That was right. He truly wasn't an ordinary boy.

He was a transmigrator, having come from a place called Blue Star and become a member of the Xiao Clan, one of Wutan City's three great clans—a Xiao Clan member surnamed Wang.

Before yesterday, Wang Chen would never have practiced so diligently.

That was because his cultivation talent was rather ordinary. No matter how hard he worked, at best he would only reach Dou Ling.

But things were different now. Yesterday, he had awakened his Golden Finger.

Though he hadn't fully unlocked its functions yet, the abilities he already knew about were more than enough to let Wang Chen take off.

Wang Chen had named his Golden Finger "Enhancement." As long as he spent Soul Power, he could enhance anything.

It did come with certain restrictions. The item being enhanced had to belong entirely to Wang Chen.

Moreover, his soul was still in the Mortal Realm, so he could only enhance an item once. He couldn't enhance the same item multiple times.

But compared to this ability, those restrictions were trivial.

Enhancing ordinary medicine into medicine of a higher grade could directly speed up his cultivation.

For ordinary people, it was impossible to use medicine of a higher grade before becoming Dou Zhe.

Even if there were some special pills, Wang Chen couldn't get his hands on them right now.

But with his Golden Finger, the restriction that held back the vast majority of people was completely useless.

That was because anything he enhanced became something Wang Chen had fully refined.

Even if he couldn't completely absorb the medicinal energy after swallowing those pills, they absolutely wouldn't cause him the slightest harm.

There wouldn't even be any medicinal toxins.

With this cheat ability, Wang Chen could now take pills and level up without a care in the world.

All the side effects of leveling up by taking pills simply didn't exist for him.

Of course, Wang Chen was still a poor guy with only a little inheritance to his name.

However, medicinal supplies for early-stage cultivation weren't that expensive. As long as he got his cultivation going, Wang Chen would take off like a snowball rolling downhill.

After practicing in the back mountain for an hour, Wang Chen didn't waste any more time and headed straight for his room.

Because of his identity, Wang Chen had deliberately chosen a relatively secluded place, so he didn't need to worry about being disturbed.

After returning to his room, Wang Chen took off his shirt and jumped into the wooden tub.

Inside was the Medicinal Bath he had boiled up yesterday.

[Red Sun Medicinal Liquid (Enhancement +1)

Grade: Tier 2

Effect: Greatly increases the user's physical constitution, strengthening their blood and energy as well as their strength.

Note: Most effective for those in the Dou Qi stage, less effective for Dou Zhe, and ineffective for Dou Shi.]

Its effects were extremely simple and direct. Wang Chen had enhanced an ordinary Medicinal Bath into this.

With just one enhancement, he had raised it to the level of a Tier 2 Medicinal Pill.

And with his Golden Finger's ability to fully absorb the enhanced medicine without suffering a backlash from its medicinal energy, Wang Chen was even more absurd than Huohuo in the original story.

With a cheat like this, and being four years older than Huohuo, Wang Chen had no reason to worry about the calamity the Xiao Clan would face in the original story.

When the time came, he would be absolutely sure he could handle it.

After jumping into the wooden tub, Wang Chen steadied his breathing and quickly absorbed the energy in the Medicinal Bath.

Though he had already experienced it yesterday, he was still amazed by the sensation.

Before his Golden Finger awakened, he had tried practicing hard, too.

Absorbing energy had felt like being constipated.

But with the Medicinal Bath enhanced by his Golden Finger, it was like being a human sprinkler.

At ten years old, he had only reached the Three-Stage Dou Qi. Now, after just two Medicinal Baths, he had reached the peak of the Three-Stage Dou Qi.

Wang Chen was confident that today's bath would definitely let him break through to the Four-Stage Dou Qi.

Time passed bit by bit, and the originally deep-red Medicinal Bath gradually grew paler.

Crack!!!

At that instant, it was as if something shattered inside Wang Chen's body.

His strength, which had been at the Three-Stage Dou Qi, naturally broke through to the Four-Stage Dou Qi.

After the breakthrough, Wang Chen leaped out of the tub, dried himself off, and stretched his arms and legs.

Compared to before, he had indeed improved considerably.

Of course, Wang Chen knew it only felt so pronounced because his foundation had been so poor before. That was why this breakthrough felt so significant.

But it didn't matter. A boost in strength was always a good thing.

"The medicinal liquid gets used up so quickly!"

Wang Chen glanced at the wooden tub. The color of the liquid inside had already faded considerably.

One batch of medicinal liquid was only enough for two and a half baths—not even three.

Though one batch cost less than twenty gold coins, Wang Chen didn't have many coins left.

With this setup, he could make at most twenty-five batches of medicinal liquid.

And if he added in the cost of Medicinal Meals, Wang Chen would run out of resources after at most fifteen days of cultivation.

The Xiao Clan would still provide him with some cultivation resources, but one Medicinal Bath and one Medicinal Meal a month were nothing but a drop in the ocean for him now.

With the boost from these resources, Wang Chen could improve his strength so quickly.

Without the help of the Medicinal Baths, he might go right back to his old cultivation speed.

Having experienced such rapid growth in strength, Wang Chen naturally didn't want to return to how things had been.

"Looks like I need to find a way to get more gold coins."

Money wasn't everything, but without money, nothing was possible.

In a world where people could cultivate, that saying was even more true.

Wealth, companions, cultivation techniques, and a place to train—the old-timers hadn't summed things up that way for nothing.

Of course, with his Golden Finger, earning money would be easy for Wang Chen. Ensuring he did it with absolute safety was the hard part.

"I'll take things one step at a time. If that really doesn't work, I'll just have to take a risk!"

After covering the wooden tub, Wang Chen made up his mind.

After all, Huohuo was already six years old. There weren't many years left before he would face his calamity.

If he couldn't build an advantage during this relatively safe early period and grow stronger quickly like a snowball rolling downhill, then once all those demons and monsters appeared later on, he wouldn't get another chance like this.

For now, though, Wang Chen had enough resources to cultivate for another half a month. There was no harm in using them up and building up his strength before going out to earn more money.

After all, the stronger he was, the better he could handle risks.

With his plans for the future settled, Wang Chen began to rest.

After all, alternating work and rest was the best choice.

Especially since every use of his Golden Finger consumed Soul Power.

Even though his Soul Power would grow a little after each recovery, he still needed enough sleep to recover fully.

After all, Wang Chen didn't have a Soul Cultivation Technique yet.