After the dark blue energy liquid entered Wu Yan's esophagus, it turned into extremely fine blue mist that filled his internal organs.
At this moment, within Wu Yan's internal organs, it felt as though it was raining.
A fine, drizzle-like rain that nourished all things and was exceptionally gentle.
After reaching the Dou Shi realm, Wu Yan's internal organs were still very fragile.
Before breaking through to the Dou Wang realm, this situation would not see any marked improvement.
Even after breaking through to the Dou Wang realm, compared to his exterior body, his internal organs would still remain quite fragile.
Yet beneath this fine blue rain, Wu Yan felt that his internal organs were being nourished, growing increasingly full of vitality.
Only, this rain was far too brief, so brief that one might feel it had just been an illusion.
Yet Wu Yan knew clearly that it was not an illusion!
Within his lower abdomen, visible to the naked eye, the blue of that pool of liquid grew even more dense.
Having lived two lives, Wu Yan possessed exceptional perceptive abilities, and from his water-attribute Dou Qi, he sensed an even richer breath of life...
Resisting the urge to chug all the energy liquid inside the Little Blue Bottle in one breath, Wu Yan filled five jade bottles with the dark blue energy liquid and stored them inside the storage ring on his finger.
This intermediate storage ring was the one used earlier to hold those Dou Techniques; since the Dou Techniques now belonged to him, taking the storage ring along with them was just a matter of course.
Wu Yan had not forgotten his purpose, and he proceeded to test the effects of the remaining types of attribute-specific energy liquids one after the other.
To play it safe, he used only a single drop each time.
In less than a mere ten minutes, Wu Yan sucked in cold breaths several times in succession and learned the functions of these eight energy liquids.
Gold: Enhances bone density and slightly increases strength.
Wood: Promotes growth and development, possessing certain healing and restorative effects.
Water: Nourishes internal organs, possessing even more outstanding healing and recovery effects. Makes water-attribute Dou Qi purer, improves healing efficacy, and increases vitality.
Fire: Tempers the physical body, scorches Dou Qi, and makes Dou Qi purer.
Earth: Increases physical strength and enhances skin toughness.
Wind: Improves perceptive ability, increases speed, and heightens minute control over energy manipulation.
Lightning: Increases speed, substantially boosts reaction speed, and slightly enhances dynamic vision.
Ice: Enhances dynamic vision, makes ice-attribute Dou Qi purer, and makes ice-attribute Dou Qi even colder.
This was merely Wu Yan's rough summary of the effects of the eight energy liquids, and furthermore, these were only energy liquids extracted from rank 1 magic cores.
There were even higher-level magic cores; perhaps energy liquids extracted from higher-grade magic cores would hold even more powerful effects.
Yet even so, the effects of these energy liquids were already exceptionally powerful!
The most crucial point lay in the fact that these energy liquids seemed to carry no "drug resistance" regarding their enhancement to Wu Yan.
In other words, Wu Yan could continuously "stack stats" in this manner until he grew into an oversized stat monster.
However, Wu Yan had also studied the Law of Conservation of Energy; he truly could keep taking energy liquids extracted from rank 1 magic cores continuously.
Yet once he reached a certain realm, energy liquids extracted from rank 1 magic cores would no longer have an effect on him as remarkable as they did now.
By that time, Wu Yan would choose to set his sights on higher-level magic cores.
That, however, was for the future; for now, as a mere 1-star Dou Shi, the energy liquids extracted from rank 1 magic cores still held a very remarkable effect on him.
Wu Yan set a rule for himself: two drops of each of the eight energy liquids to be taken every day.
He believed that with the help of these energy liquids, he would surely be able to grow even more powerful!
After packing up his things, Wu Yan walked out into the courtyard and began practicing with his spear.
With the help of the Little Blue Bottle, where a single unit of effort yielded manifold returns, how could Wu Yan possibly stagnate?
Watching Wu Yan, who had rested for a few days only to burst forth with even greater enthusiasm for cultivation, Luo Su began to doubt life.
I've heard that some people treat dull cultivation as a pleasure; could it be that I, old man, have actually run into one?
Over the next two and a half years, Wu Yan advanced by leaps and bounds along the path of cultivation.
At age twelve, he broke through to Dou Shi.
At age thirteen, he broke through to Da Dou Shi.
At age fifteen, he broke through to Dou Ling.
Wu Yan's gains over these two and a half years did not stop there; learning from Luo Su, a teacher who had practiced spearmanship for over forty years, his spear technique had also reached the level of mastery.
"Be on your way, I have nothing left to teach you."
Looking at Wu Yan, who had already achieved Qi Materialization, Luo Su twitched the corner of his mouth; this was countless times he had doubted life without knowing the exact count.
Was this what a genius was?
In a mere two or three years, he matched the cultivation results of an ordinary person's entire lifetime.
This world was truly, goddammit, not fair in the slightest!
It was one thing to have good aptitude, but his brain was also sharp; whatever things he was taught, he could understand them rapidly and even draw inferences from other instances!
It was one thing to cultivate at a fast speed, but his foundation was also extremely solid.
Strength, speed, the purity of his Dou Qi... had all surpassed him, this old thing who had polished himself in the Dou Ling realm for decades.
Merely in a simple spar between teacher and student, Luo Su had felt inadequate.
Wu Yan might not even be able to sense it himself, but even though he was not being serious, Luo Su, whose realm was higher than his, had already felt a strong sense of oppression.
Luo Su dared not imagine, if this little monster were to get serious, who among the Dou Ling realm could possibly contend with him?
To survive fifty rounds—Luo Su would dare to declare that person to possess the potential of a Dou Wang!
No one understood more clearly than Luo Su just how terrifying Wu Yan's strength was.
"Brother A-Yan, these are the rank 2 magic cores of the eight attributes that you wanted."
Twelve-year-old Ya Fei ran back excitedly.
Placing the magic cores before Wu Yan, she skillfully came up behind him and began massaging his shoulders.
Opening all eight boxes, Wu Yan glanced at these eight multicolored magic cores containing abundant energy, then turned his head sideways:
"You've worked hard, Ya Fei."
"Mm~ It wasn't hard, as long as Brother A-Yan is satisfied!"
Ya Fei gazed at this ascetic-looking handsome face; within her slightly swelling chest, that pure maiden heart beat at an even greater amplitude.
Brother A-Yan is cold to everyone; aside from his family members, among women, he speaks the most with me.
Come to think of it, in Brother A-Yan's heart, aren't I in a higher position than other women...
Seeing her granddaughter's face flush completely red, Luo Su could not help but shake his head inwardly. This lass is truly lacking ambition; Wu Yan merely said a single sentence and you end up like this?
Luo Su, feeling extremely disappointed with his granddaughter's performance, turned his gaze to the rank 2 magic cores on the table, feeling even more satisfied with this little monster in his heart.
Look at that, this little monster's eccentric quirk as a genius turns out to be merely collecting magic cores!
Geniuses always have some special hobbies; that is quite normal.
This little monster's hobby of liking to collect magic cores is even more normal.
Compared to certain hobbies like liking to collect magical beast toenails, it's a huge step up!
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