The Price of Stealing Techniques
During your journey, you learned about the power structure that most people in Central Plains are familiar with: One Hall, One Tower, two sects Three Valleys, Four Pavilions. Medicine Elder belongs to the Starfall Pavilion, one of the Four Pavilions.
The stark contrast between the Soul Hall, at the top, and the Four Pavilions, at the bottom, is truly astonishing.
[Horizon City repaired the Luo Clan's Space Wormhole. You obtained a Sixth Tier Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast's Magic Core and a spatial ship. You and Xin Lan and the others used the Space Wormhole to leave.]
[You were unexpectedly caught in a spatial storm, separated from Xin Lan and the others. Injured, you and the equally unwell Purple Crystal Winged Lion King joined a caravan.]
[During the journey, you helped the caravan defeat Xia Mang, the snake demon who was robbing them in the Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, and entered Northern Heaven City.]
Upon arriving at the Han Clan, you unexpectedly discover that it is the family home of Han Yue at the Jia Nan Academy.
[Upon learning of the Han Clan's troubles, and faced with the Han Yue sisters' solemn promise to marry you, you, now recovered from your injuries, refused. Instead, you changed your mind, asking them to purchase some Beast Fire and find information about Seventh Tier Scorpion Venom Dragon Beast.]
[With your formidable strength at the Dou Zong level, you easily defeated Hong Chen of the Hong family, but Hong Chen was not satisfied and launched a sneak attack on you.]
[You've got them in your grasp. Looking at the important members of the Hong Clan, given the vast difference in strength, if they're smart, they should know what to do.]
The Hong Clan family was furious and used their background with the Wind Lightning Pavilion and their family power in Northern Heaven City to put pressure on you.
[Upon hearing the name of the Wind Lightning Pavilion, the Medicine Elder, who had remained unharmed hidden in the ring, suddenly appeared and challenged you to a duel with the Northern Pavilion Elder of the Wind Lightning Pavilion and the Hong Clan family, using your newly acquired Three Thousand Lightning Movement Techniques. He had long desired to witness such a scene ever since he obtained the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.]
[The news that you possess Three Thousand Lightning Movement Dou Technique was released by Medicine Elder, which enraged Elder Shen of the Northern Pavilion Wind Lightning Pavilion, who then set his sights on you, and a great battle broke out.]
[You easily killed Elder Shen and the Hong Clan expert, bid farewell to Han Yue, and began your escape. During this time, Medicine Elder examined Elder Shen's Storage Ring and obtained the incomplete scroll Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body," overjoyed.]
[Because you were accused of stealing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement technique, and even slandered by the Wind Lightning Pavilion for stealing cultivation methods and elixirs, which led to your young breakthrough to the Dou Zong realm, not only are you being targeted by many people, but the Han Clan of Northern Heaven City has also been implicated.]
[You killed three elders of the Wind Lightning Northern Pavilion, resolving the Han Clan's crisis, and fled again. After inspecting the three elders 'Storage Ring, Medicine Elder obtained the complete Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, a fighting technique comparable to Heaven Tier Dou Technique, which greatly excited him, making up for his regret from years ago.]
[Not long after, you were approached by Fei Tian, Northern Pavilion Wind Lightning Pavilion. Fei Tian's strength had reached the Eight-Star Dou Zong, and he could also use the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body to create powerful clones, which took you considerable effort to kill.]
[Having killed Fei Tian, you know things are going badly, but Jia Nan Academy is too far away, and the resurrected Skyfire Venerable is only around One-Star Dou Zun, not necessarily a match for Thunder Venerable, the Pavilion Master of the Wind Lightning Pavilion. You have no choice but to head to the Starfall Pavilion.]
[Not long after, Thunder Venerable came looking for you...]
[Simulation ended.]
[Simulated Evaluation: The Price of Learning from Others]
Stealing is stealing, even if it's just a penny; stealing something and then not using it is still stealing; and once you steal, don't expect a good ending.
"I'll fuck your mother!"
Even though Xiao Yan's temperament improved with each simulation, he couldn't help but curse as the situation rapidly deteriorated.
That Medicine Elder is such a terrible teammate; he's really harming both himself and others!
[Simulation Rewards: Water-Wind Movement Step, Trailing Light, Drifting Shadow, Dragon Soaring Technique.]
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan quickly calmed down and began selecting his reward.
After reviewing the three rewards, Xiao Yan realized that they were all related to movement techniques.
After pondering the three options for a while, Xiao Yan chose the very special Dragon Soaring Technique.
Of the three, compared to the first two, Dragon Soaring Technique is not a high-level Dou Technique, but rather a movement technique called 'Divine Power'.
Having received the information about the Dragon Soaring Technique, Xiao Yan didn't study how to cultivate it. His deep eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately made a decision.
Head to the Jia Nan Academy!
It has to be said, Medicine Elder really enjoys stealing things and then showing off in front of others.
However, did he think that no one had any power or influence, and only possessed the Three-Stage Dou Qi?
As one of the Four Pavilions, the Wind Lightning Pavilion is not only extraordinary, but its Thunder Venerable is also a peak Three-Star Dou Zun level expert!
Although Xiao Yan knew he possessed combat power far exceeding his cultivation level, he felt utterly powerless in the face of Thunder Venerable.
He was no match for even a clone of Thunder Venerable.
After splashing his face with cold water, Xiao Yan decisively left the room and headed straight for the medicinal herb planting area on the back mountain.
After spending some time, Xiao Yan harvested all the Spirit-Gathering Grass in the small herb garden, planted new Spirit-Gathering Grass, and then brewed the herbs into ordinary herbal pills on the spot.
Although this crude production method resulted in a significant loss of medicinal properties, the sheer quantity made up for it.
A 20-year-old Spirit-Gathering Grass can fetch around 15,000 gold coins at auction, and there are probably nearly a hundred of them here.
Few people in the Jia Ma Empire could come up with so many gold coins at once, and even if someone wanted to buy them, such a large quantity wouldn't be collected in a short time.
Only Xiao Yan, who possesses the Medicine Spirit Sacred Body, can accelerate the ripening of medicinal herbs and is unafraid of the harm caused by their medicinal effects. He can easily obtain a large batch of twenty-year-old Spirit-Gathering Grass in just two days and use it to improve his strength starting from the Dou Qi stage.
Looking at the gourd filled with pills, Xiao Yan swayed slightly, silently calculating the enrollment time for the Jia Nan Academy.
In about a month, the Jia Nan Academy's admissions instructors should arrive in Wutan City. This period should be enough for him to accumulate enough pills to use for cultivation on the road.
Having calculated this, Xiao Yan took out a pill, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. He immediately activated the Three-Origin Circulation Method to refine the medicinal power of the pill more quickly and enhance his strength.
As for entering Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan didn't think there would be any problems.
After gaining some understanding, Xiao Yan realized that Jia Nan Academy focused on cultivation talent rather than social status or position when admitting students. Without sufficient talent, it would be difficult to step through the gate that symbolized a smooth path.
Of course, nothing is absolute. If you have some powerful backing, Jia Nan Academy won't care about having another big spender contributing a lot of tuition fees to the academy every year.
Because of the Jia Nan Academy's admission rules that disregard status and identity, every time it starts, even some young beggars or thieves have some wild fantasies that they might get lucky and become a respected strongman.