Drink This Bowl of Duck Soup

Of course, Wu Yan did not overlook the other items either. There was no reason to enter a treasure mountain and return empty-handed.

He tossed that Dou Technique and the Poison Scripture into the family's Scripture Pavilion, while keeping the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map and that flying Dou Technique for himself.

There was naturally no need to say much about the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map. Letting others learn of it would only bring trouble. Setting aside everything else, its third-place ranking on the Heavenly Flame Ranking was enough to explain its value.

As for the flying Dou Technique, Wu Yan had yet to decide whether to give it to Wu Yue or Ya Fei.

There was no need to consider his parents. They were getting older and would not be venturing out anymore. They would mostly remain at the clan grounds, where their safety could be guaranteed, so they had no use for a flying Dou Technique.

His younger sister, Wu Yue, was cultivating under Yun Yun and would be very safe over the next few years. But after that, things would be harder to say...

As for Ya Fei, she was basically always by Wu Yan's side, so it seemed she would not need it either.

But in the next moment, Wu Yan decided to give the flying Dou Technique to Ya Fei.

The reason was simple. Her aptitude was simply too poor. Without a flying Dou Technique, she would probably need a very long time before she could fly.

Wu Yue's aptitude, nourished by the life energy within the bracelet Wu Yan had given her, already qualified her as a genius in ordinary people's eyes.

And with support from him, her elder brother, even the scraps he left behind would be enough for her to break through to Dou Wang at around twenty.

Compared to that, Ya Fei's poor aptitude was one reason. Another was that Wu Yan spent most of his time in secluded cultivation and needed Ya Fei to handle various trivial matters for him.

That way, if Ya Fei had a flying Dou Technique, things would be much more convenient for her in daily life.

But before that, Ya Fei needed to break through to Dou Zhe before Wu Yan could give her the flying Dou Technique.

Besides, Wu Yan needed to prepare some methods to help her deal with the lingering will of the magical beast within the flying Dou Technique.

"Why did I nearly forget? Why don't I ask the alchemists about this?"

Wu Yan smacked his forehead. The alchemists of the Dou Qi Continent could produce all sorts of miraculous pills, so why not ask the family's alchemists?

Wu Yan then received a satisfactory answer. After several fourth-tier alchemists of the family learned of their clan leader's needs, they gave him the answer he wanted.

A third-tier Heart-Clearing Pill was enough to deal with such a lingering magical beast will.

After all, magical beast souls were inherently weak. The creature had been dead for at least a century, and the magical beast within the flying Dou Technique had only left behind a fragmentary will.

Dealing with such a thing could not be easier. A single pill that guarded the mind would settle it.

If the user's soul power was somewhat stronger than average, then even if they were only a first-tier alchemist, they could force themselves through it.

With this matter resolved, a great weight lifted from Wu Yan's heart.

He could not help it. Ya Fei had given him her first time, body and soul. Wu Yan had to take responsibility!

Otherwise, even his limited conscience would not be able to bear it.

If, after she began to develop and became more sensible, she had ever shown even the slightest interest in another man, Wu Yan would not have considered things so seriously for her.

After a long, busy day, Wu Yan lay in the courtyard, basking in the moonlight.

Ya Fei was feeling unwell today, so Wu Yan had told her to rest early and drink more hot water. Rather than feeling impatient, Ya Fei was deeply moved.

Sure enough, whether a woman loved you could be seen from the little details.

After finishing this bowl of duck soup, a specialty of the Dou Qi Continent, a drop of purple energy liquid entered Wu Yan's body and was rapidly refined.

After savoring the new sensation within his body, Wu Yan picked up a cup of ice water and took a small sip.

This time, five drops of purple energy liquid appeared within his body.

"Even the color of the energy liquid has begun to change. Does this mean that, in the Little Blue Bottle's view, only sixth-tier magical beasts are truly mature?"

Wu Yan closed his eyes, basked in the moonlight, and pondered in silence.

Every hour, he picked up a cup of ice water and took a sip to wet his throat.

After drinking seven or eight times, Wu Yan stopped and silently nodded to himself.

"As expected of a sixth-tier Magic Core. Even with my current strength, I can only refine about one-fifth of it at a time."

"If it were fifth-tier energy liquid, I could refine an entire portion in one night. In other words, a fifth-tier Magic Core only takes me one night to refine completely and turn into my own foundation."

A new day arrived, and Wu Yan sighed inwardly. As expected of a sixth-tier magical beast, one that stood above fifth-tier magical beasts. Its reserves were truly abundant!

But now that Wu Yan had advanced to Dou Zong and his level of life had undergone another transformation, his speed of refining energy liquid was no longer comparable to before.

Time flew like an arrow, and the years passed like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, two and a half months had passed.

By then, Wu Yan was no longer in Mittel City, nor was he even within the Jia Ma Empire. He had already set out for Jia Nan Academy.

Wu Yan was no longer the one-star Dou Zong who had only just entered the Dou Zong realm. He was now a two-star Dou Zong!

His travel speed alone showed that his control over Spatial Power had become far more proficient than before.

In less than two and a half days, Wu Yan sensed that stretch of Spatial Barrier, which was not particularly concealed in the eyes of a Dou Zong expert.

Standing outside the Spatial Barrier, Wu Yan suddenly stopped, feeling somewhat hesitant.

Should he directly shatter this Spatial Barrier and announce his "return" to the academy elders?

The next moment, Wu Yan shook his head and did not make such a risky move.

He had been away from the academy for too long. What if the elders mistook him for an enemy and attacked him? Wouldn't that be awkward?

A surge of cold rapidly eroded this small section of the Spatial Barrier, and a passage leading inside soon appeared before Wu Yan.

The moment he entered, Wu Yan sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching him.

A few seconds later, the Great Elder Su Qian, dressed in a brown robe and walking on empty air, appeared before Wu Yan.

Su Qian lowered his head and looked at the young man before him, who was also walking on empty air. His face immediately filled with surprise.

The old man and the young man met each other's eyes. As Su Qian studied that calm face, which carried a faint smile, a name suddenly sprang into his mind, and he cried out in shock:

"Wu Yan! You're Wu Yan?"

"Heh heh, it seems the Great Elder still remembers this student."

Wu Yan smiled faintly and nodded, acknowledging his identity.

Upon hearing that answer, Su Qian could not help but feel dazed. If he remembered correctly, this little fellow had left the academy more than four years ago. Back then, he had been eighteen and had only just broken through to Dou Emperor.

Now, more than four years had passed. How had this little fellow become a Dou Zong?

That was not right!

A twenty-two-year-old Dou Zong expert—throughout Jia Nan Academy's entire history, he was the youngest of them all.

Moreover, the other Jia Nan Academy students who had reached the Dou Zong realm by graduation were not normal humans...