Breakthrough to Dou Zhe!

"Xiao Yang, are you back after choosing a cultivation method?"

"What cultivation method did you choose?"

Xun'er looked at Xiao Yang and asked curiously.

The moment Xiao Yang saw Xun'er, he roughly guessed why she had come.

He did not hide anything and directly took the High Yellow Tier Flame Refinement Incineration from the Storage Ring he had just bought.

"Here, this one."

Xun'er took the dark red scroll. When she saw that it was merely a High Yellow Tier cultivation method, she could not help frowning.

"Xiao Yang, are you planning to cultivate this method?"

"The first cultivation method every cultivator practices is extremely important. It lays the foundation for the future."

"So, it is best for one's first cultivation method to be Black Tier or above."

As she spoke, Xun'er moved her thoughts, and a scroll the color of fiery jade appeared in her hand.

"If you do not mind, Xiao Yang, cultivate this one first."

"This cultivation method is the High Black Tier Flame Manipulation Art."

Xiao Yang focused his attention on the fiery jade-colored scroll in Xun'er's hand and immediately saw its information.

[Flame Manipulation Art: High Black Tier cultivation method. It can condense fire-attributed Dou Qi into tangible flames.

Dou Qi quantity and cultivation speed boost: +230%

Experience bonus: +40%

Dou Qi quality bonus: +120%

Mall points required to level up: 3.8 million]

Tsk, tsk. Sure enough, all that nonsense about having no women in your heart and drawing your sword becoming naturally divine was a lie.

A rich woman would only give you a better sword!

Xiao Yang did not feel embarrassed in the slightest and directly accepted the scroll Xun'er offered him.

"Then thank you, Xun'er. My stomach has been bad lately, and I happened to want something soft to eat."

"I have nothing else to repay you with, so I can only offer myself to you."

The moment he said that, Xun'er's face flushed red. Even the tips of her ears and her neck turned pink.

"Xiao Yang, if you keep talking like that, I will ignore you!"

"Hmph!"

"Cultivate by yourself. I am leaving!"

With that, Xun'er stuffed the other Flame Refinement Incineration scroll in her hand into Xiao Yang's hands and fled as if escaping.

Watching Xun'er's departing figure, Xiao Yang smiled and shook his head.

He returned directly to his courtyard and shut the door.

He was going to break through to Dou Zhe right now!

After returning to his room, Xiao Yang opened his game panel.

[Player: Xiao Yang]

[Attribute: Fire (small amount of Wood)]

[Cultivation: Dou Qi, Ninth Stage (298+/1000)]

...

[Universal Experience: 4317]

[Mall Points: 159860]

He sat cross-legged on the bed and, without any hesitation, directly filled up the experience for his cultivation.

The next moment, his Universal Experience immediately dropped to 3615, while Xiao Yang's cultivation directly reached 1000 experience points.

In an instant, the surrounding energy of heaven and earth surged madly into Xiao Yang's body.

Countless streams of energy flowed through his meridians and into his dantian.

The Dou Qi within Xiao Yang's dantian began compressing wildly.

Who knew how long passed before this Dou Qi gradually formed a Dou Qi vortex.

After the energy of heaven and earth entered the Dou Qi vortex, it was directly converted into Xiao Yang's Dou Qi.

Immediately afterward, a system notification sounded in Xiao Yang's mind.

"Congratulations, player. You have completed the main quest—break through to Dou Zhe!"

"Player reward: Mall Points +10000, Tier-One Double Experience Card +3, one Selectable Subclass Gift Pack!"

Soon, Xiao Yang opened his eyes, a trace of delight flashing through them.

He had finally broken through to Dou Zhe!

Although being stuck at Dou Qi, Ninth Stage allowed him to continuously farm experience and points by challenging those Dou Zhes,

Xiao Yang could not keep suppressing his realm just to farm points.

Even if he wanted to suppress his realm to farm points and experience, he would not stay stuck at the Dou Qi stage.

He looked at his game panel. His cultivation had now changed.

[Cultivation: One Star (1+/1000)]

[Soul Realm: Mid-stage Mortal Realm (2387+/100000)]

Even his Soul Realm had gained a little experience, though not much—only a few dozen points.

Compared to one hundred thousand experience points, it was merely a drop in the bucket.

Besides that, another subclass entry had appeared beneath the Soul Realm.

[Subclass: None]

Upon seeing that line, Xiao Yang directly claimed the main quest reward from earlier.

The next moment, he discovered that he had another main quest.

[Main Quest: Break through to Dou Master.

Reward: Mall Points +100000, Tier-Two Double Experience Card +5, Tier-Two Secondary Profession Gift Pack +1]

Xiao Yang did not look any further and directly closed the main quest page.

He opened his inventory and immediately saw a Selectable Subclass Gift Pack lying quietly inside.

Without hesitation, Xiao Yang opened it. Three different options immediately appeared before him.

"Please choose a subclass advancement item!"

Inside the gift pack were an Alchemy Handbook, an Artifact Refinement Handbook, and a Spirit Array Handbook.

As long as he used one, he could begin the corresponding subclass path.

Alchemy Handbooks could still be bought in reality. Artifact Refinement Handbooks should be relatively scarce, while Spirit Array Handbooks might only exist in the Great Thousand World.

From that perspective, the latter two were indeed very rare.

However, Xiao Yang quickly made his decision.

He chose the Alchemy Handbook!

Artifact Refinement Handbooks and Spirit Array Handbooks were indeed rare, but the alchemy system on the Dou Qi Continent was more complete!

If he chose to become an artifact refiner or spirit array master, it would be difficult to find the corresponding materials. He would have to buy everything from the Mall!

Rather than that, Xiao Yang might as well directly buy ready-made Spirit Artifacts and array disks from the Mall.

Moreover, it was not just materials. Artifact refinement blueprints, spirit array blueprints, and the like would all need to be purchased from the Mall.

Elixirs were different. The alchemist system on the Dou Qi Continent was extremely well-developed, so he could easily buy a large quantity of medicinal ingredients.

Even pill formulas were not particularly difficult to obtain.

At the very least, there were stable channels for obtaining pill formulas.

Thus, Xiao Yang did not hesitate any longer and directly chose the Alchemy Handbook.

The next moment, a huge amount of information flooded into his mind.

It was all basic alchemy knowledge, including formulas for five basic First-Grade Elixirs.

Who knew how long passed before Xiao Yang finally finished absorbing it all.

At that moment, the subclass section of his panel had changed.

[Subclass: Unranked Alchemist (50+/100)]

The reason he had fifty experience points was because of the Alchemy Handbook he had just obtained.

At the same time, he discovered that the Mall had also unlocked a large number of alchemist-related items.

Medicinal ingredients, cauldrons, pill formulas, special alchemy techniques—everything was available!

As long as he had enough points, he could buy anything!

At the same time, he also received a side quest.

[Side Quest · First-Rank Alchemist: Become a First-Rank Alchemist.

Reward: Random First-Grade Elixir Formula +5, twenty sets of random First-Grade Elixir ingredients, Universal Experience +2000, Mall Points +50000.]

Seeing the quest rewards, Xiao Yang's eyes immediately lit up.

There was even a Universal Experience reward?!

He had to complete this quest!

Just as Xiao Yang was impatient to head to the Mittel Auction House to buy medicinal ingredients and an alchemy cauldron, he suddenly remembered that he had not cultivated his cultivation method yet!