Learn It at a Glance, Master It in a Moment

Xiao Yan went to a secluded, deserted place, activated his Flying Dou Technique, and swiftly flew toward a distant valley.

This valley was not far from Ruo Lin's residence. It was where he usually refined medicine and cultivated.

Xiao Yan landed before a cave and flicked the second Storage Ring on his hand. A streak of red light shot out like lightning.

After circling the area a few times, the red light returned to Xiao Yan and revealed the Fire Cloud Wolf.

However, compared to when it had fought the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, the Fire Cloud Wolf had long since advanced to the second tier after Xiao Yan fed it all sorts of medicinal dregs and things like Bloodflame Pills with uncertain effects.

Xiao Yan had Ya Fei find a Storage Ring with somewhat more space, placed the Fire Cloud Wolf inside it, and equipped the ring with oxygen-supplying items so it would not suffocate.

That was how Xiao Yan had brought the Fire Cloud Wolf to Canaan Academy as well, using it as a guard whenever he refined medicine or cultivated here.

He took out a fire-attributed medicinal herb from his Storage Ring and fed it to the Fire Cloud Wolf, telling it to stand guard as usual before entering the cave.

He took out the Moon-Howling Azure Wolf's Beast Flame, "Heavenly Wolf Ming Flame," then retrieved several materials from his Storage Ring and began preparing to fuse the Beast Flame.

The Vein-Guarding Pill and Iceheart Pill had originally been created for fusing Purple Flame related to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. They were equally suitable now for fusing the Moon-Howling Azure Wolf's Beast Flame, since it too belonged to a sixth-tier Magic Beast.

With his previous experience in refining medicine, and with his strength now having risen from a Dou Practitioner to a Great Dou Master, Xiao Yan easily refined two pills according to the formula he had devised himself.

Before beginning the fusion, Xiao Yan's thoughts stirred, and a golden sphere appeared in his palm, burning a large pit into the ground.

He crushed the Beast Pill refined by Han Xian and tossed it into the pit. Then he threw in several medicinal herbs before taking out numerous jade bottles from his Storage Ring and pouring their refined medicinal liquids inside.

Finally, Xiao Yan stood before the pit filled with medicine for a moment. Then he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out the Lionheart Sacred Flame from within his body. The flame landed atop the pit and immediately surged and refined, as though it had covered it with a golden lid.

With the medicinal liquid that had been poured in, the Beast Flame's temperature might be high, but it would not destroy the things in the pit for the time being.

Moreover, having been refined, the Beast Flame had now left its master, Xiao Yan, and become a fire without a source. Its temperature would grow weaker and weaker until it finally vanished between heaven and earth.

This was another major difference between Beast Flames and Strange Flames, aside from their temperature and special abilities. Beast Flames could not be passed down continuously like Strange Flames.

Seeing that the Lionheart Sacred Flame's refinement of the medicine differed little from his expectations, Xiao Yan walked to the side and began preparing to fuse the Heavenly Wolf Ming Flame.

Among Strange Flames, there were Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, Xiao Xuan, and Yan Jin, who had each controlled multiple flames through their own power. Among Beast Flames, there was no shortage of people who had refined several as well.

Besides the recently seen Skyfire Venerable, Flame Valley in the Central Plains possessed the secret technique Three Mysteries of Heavenly Flame. To obtain the technique's complete effect, one needed to fuse several unusual flames in succession. As a faction, it was a place that pursued having one person master multiple flames within their body.

Xiao Yan did not know the method. If the Beast Flame in his body were seventh tier, he might have been able to use the Palm-Heaven Bottle to ripen some medicinal herbs and forcefully balance two Beast Flames. But the Lionheart Sacred Flame was only a fifth-tier Beast Flame, and the gains were not worth much, so he did not attempt it.

With the pills' assistance, coupled with the pure and powerful fire-attributed Dou Qi he had continuously refined through the Sacred Sun Technique, fusing the sixth-tier Beast Flame, Heavenly Wolf Ming Flame, was even easier than fusing the fifth-tier Beast Flame had been.

Xiao Yan opened his eyes and looked at the large pit in the distance. Its contents had shrunk considerably, while the Lionheart Sacred Flame's temperature had weakened somewhat. He slowly rose to his feet, thinking, This time, it should be my turn to be the guard.

He left the cave, led the Fire Cloud Wolf inside, and explained to it about entering the medicinal pit to cultivate.

The Fire Cloud Wolf had already displayed intelligence when it was first tier. Now that it had broken through to the second tier and had frequently taken medicine, it understood Xiao Yan's meaning at once.

Only, this time, the effects of the ingredients were clearly much stronger than before. The Fire Cloud Wolf sensed a trace of danger, but it also knew this was an opportunity.

But if it kept cultivating by merely eating and drinking, even with a Magic Beast's physique, it would still be far from capable of keeping up with humans.

The Fire Cloud Wolf hesitated slightly, then slowly extended a leg into the medicinal pool. Medicinal power invaded its body, and pale golden flames coiled upward, immediately subjecting it to blows from within and without.

If it had been a human Dou Practitioner, they would surely have wailed in agony, unable to endure it. But a Magic Beast's physical constitution was far stronger than that of a human of the same tier.

The Fire Cloud Wolf felt that it remained within its limits of endurance. It slowly entered the medicinal pool, closed its eyes, and accepted the pool's baptism.

Xiao Yan stood where he was for a while. Seeing that the Fire Cloud Wolf was in no danger, he left the cave and, by the light of the Moonlight Stone, began reading the contents of the newly obtained Earth Tier scrolling text.

After a long while, he finished reading it and steadied himself slightly. With a thought, an emerald color emerged in his palm.

This was the new color of his Dou Qi after fusing the Heavenly Wolf Ming Flame. It looked exquisitely refined and seemed brimming with vitality, yet its actual temperature had risen enormously.

Xiao Yan focused and controlled the output of his Dou Qi. In the blink of an eye, a jade sphere as though carved from emerald condensed above his palm, radiating a soft glow under the moonlight. It was exceptionally strange.

Back when he had been a Dou Practitioner, this had been the limit that First Sun Scorching Sky could reach.

After reading the new scrolling text's contents, Xiao Yan had not only obtained a stronger Earth Tier Dou Technique that followed, but also received additions to his original Dou Technique.

A massive amount of Dou Qi suddenly poured out from within him. Xiao Yan exerted force with his wrist and pushed his palm forward. The Dou Qi that had originally maintained First Sun Scorching Sky transformed into a pushing force due to the sudden increase, sending the sphere in his palm flying.

The green sphere traced an arc through the air and struck a huge boulder in the distance, unleashing its power in an instant.

In a flash, a conspicuous scorched depression appeared on the boulder, and cracks spread across its surface like a spiderweb.

The close-combat Dou Technique had become usable both near and far, expanding its function. Xiao Yan's face lit up with delight.

After rejoicing briefly, Xiao Yan concentrated and made the Dou Crystal within his body tremble violently, causing it to release vast amounts of energy that transformed into surging Dou Qi and raced through his meridians.

As Dou Qi cultivation broke through from Dou Practitioner to Dou Practitioner, then advanced into Great Dou Master, the originally gaseous energy would transform into liquid before finally condensing into solid form.

This solid advanced energy was formed by compressing a vast quantity of Dou Qi. It was also why Great Dou Masters could summon Dou Qi Armor that seemed almost tangible.

With Xiao Yan urging it with all his strength, emerald-like currents of air seemed to form over his body, steaming upward and shooting straight into the sky above his head.

He formed seals with both hands, and the Dou Qi floating above his head condensed into a mass on either side.

As more and more Dou Qi gathered, the surrounding energy of heaven and earth suddenly stirred. Countless visible streams of energy crazily drilled into those two balls of light.

Xiao Yan's hand seals grew faster and faster, as though forming afterimages. The Dou Qi absorbed energy, gradually rounding out the two light spheres until they bloomed with jade-green radiance like two bewitching suns.

"Is an Earth Tier Dou Technique really only this much?" Xiao Yan was somewhat astonished. Since he had already stirred the energy of heaven and earth, the Dou Technique had been successfully executed.

Xiao Yan knew that having the prerequisite Dou Technique would make cultivation easier for him, but he had never expected it to be this easy, as natural as water flowing into a channel.

After frowning in thought, he roughly understood the reason. The essence of this Dou Technique was a method of controlling fire.

Because the Palm-Heaven Bottle could ripen medicinal herbs, he had an ocean of materials to refine medicine with. At the same time, he practiced the prerequisite Dou Technique, First Sun Scorching Sky, so every act of medicine refinement was like rehearsing and reviewing the Dou Technique.

Though he had only obtained the subsequent content today, his foundation had long since been extremely solid. That was why he learned it at a glance and mastered it in a moment.