Against the Moon, Advancing to Dou Zhe (Please Recommend)

Moonlight shone clear and bright, and the slanting wind rustled.

On the rocks by the cliff, only the young man could be heard, along with a few sounds of pain.

Yet within that pain, there was also a trace of joy.

"Almost! It's finally almost done! Keep shrinking for me!"

After more than two hours, all the knowledge in his memory had been transformed into Dou Qi, and the final stream was flowing through the Meridians in his body.

And at this moment, immersed in his own mind, he could also see that the place called the Dantian was filled with a heavy mass of nebula.

Clearly, there was no extra space left.

He gritted his teeth. The will surrounding that ball of milky-white Dou Qi suddenly opened to its limit, then compressed down fiercely!

The intense pain twisted his face for a moment.

"Bang!"

But then, a soft, muffled sound quietly rang out inside his body...

As the muffled sound rang out, that consciousness withdrew, and the rebound sensation that had exhausted him vanished into thin air.

Letting out a heavy breath of relief, Lin Qingyun seemed to have lost all strength as he propped himself up with both hands and half lay on the rock.

He looked at the sky, at that full moon. Suddenly, Lin Qingyun smiled, and after a moment, the smile gradually widened.

Once upon a time, he had also imagined that he would break through to Dou Zhe, but back then his Meridians had been blocked, and he could not cultivate.

But now...

Breathing out softly, Lin Qingyun half closed his eyes, and his mind gradually sank into his body.

Originally, his consciousness could only sense things but could not see them. Now, he could finally see everything happening inside his body.

Internal vision. This was an auxiliary skill one could only grasp after stepping into the Dou Zhe realm. The stronger one was, the more thoroughly one could probe the state of their body.

His mind sank into the position of his lower abdomen. Within the Dantian, there was a milky-white vortex about the size of half a palm slowly rotating. This vortex looked somewhat like the galactic vortex in his memories, only countless times smaller.

Within this vortex, he could also see drops of crystal-clear liquid. Counting carefully, there were over a hundred drops. This was a sign that Dou Qi had grown dense to the extreme, and only after stepping into the Dou Shi realm would this kind of energy liquid condense inside the body.

Of course, this did not mean Lin Qingyun had stepped into the Dou Shi realm just like that.

At this moment, Lin Qingyun was still in the Dou Zhe realm, but the quality of his Dou Qi far surpassed Dou Zhe Nine Stars and had reached the level of a Dou Shi.

Even in terms of Dou Qi reserves, he was also far above a Nine Star Dou Zhe and had reached the level of a Dou Shi.

However...

Very soon, Lin Qingyun revealed a trace of distress again. Although doing this had given him an incomparably solid foundation in the Dou Zhe realm, it had also brought some drawbacks.

First, the energy required for each star increase was almost equivalent to half of this breakthrough, and when he advanced to Dou Shi, the Heaven and Earth Energy required would be even more terrifying. Even with a cultivation cheat like the Dragonless Heart Method, who knew how much knowledge he would have to store?

Second, in future battles, once he completely exhausted the Dou Qi in his body, even with the speed at which the Dragonless Heart Method absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy, his recovery time would be much longer.

"Forget it, forget it! Since I've already done this, then I'll keep walking this path. In this world, I'll carve out an invincible road!"

Lin Qingyun looked up at that full moon and murmured to himself.

"Wuhu, from now on, I'm also a Dou Zhe!"

Lin Qingyun stood up, his body swaying casually. He was very excited.

Rustle, rustle. In the distance, Xiao Yan walked over draped in a thin garment.

However, before he had taken more than a few steps, he suddenly froze, staring at Lin Qingyun's wildly swinging hips.

This...

From his angle, an indescribable place was aimed right at the moon.

The feeling at this very moment was like a...

Damn it, he didn't dare think about it!

Brother Yun, you damn pervert!

And so.

"Ahem, Brother Yun, congratulations on breaking through to Dou Zhe!"

Xiao Yan coughed lightly a few times, walked forward, and said.

"It's Xiao Yanzi, huh? Hehe, don't tell anyone else about this!"

Lin Qingyun jumped down from the rock, smiled, and said. As for why the former knew he had broken through to Dou Zhe.

There was no need to think. It was absolutely that guy Medicine Elder who had said it.

"Don't worry!" Xiao Yan patted Lin Qingyun's shoulder and said.

He clearly still wanted to say something. His mouth moved slightly, but in the end, he did not blurt it out.

"Then... I'll head back first!" Xiao Yan said.

"Mm!"

Lin Qingyun nodded, his brows slightly furrowed. He kept feeling that the relationship between him and Xiao Yanzi seemed a little different now.

It had become... somewhat disharmonious, no longer as natural as before.

Maybe it was because he had broken through to Dou Zhe in such a short period of time, and the gap between the two of them had become obvious.

Or maybe it was...

Lin Qingyun did not want his relationship with this only friend to start growing distant.

"Aiya, this is really annoying!" Lin Qingyun rubbed his hair in distress, without the slightest joy from the breakthrough.

"Sigh, take it slow! Time to go back!"

Glancing at the sky, Lin Qingyun chose to go home and sleep first.

"Xiao Yanzi, that kid Qingyun really isn't ordinary!"

Walking along the small path, Medicine Elder suddenly floated out and hovered beside Xiao Yan, sighing emotionally as he spoke.

"Not ordinary? Teacher, did you notice something?" Xiao Yan asked curiously, speaking to the empty air beside him.

"That kid Qingyun is definitely someone with great perseverance. Just now, when you put your hand on his shoulder, guess what I sensed..." At this point, Medicine Elder paused, cleared his throat, and continued, "I saw that his Dou Qi vortex was very unusual. It gave me the feeling of a Dou Shi's Dou Qi vortex. The quality of his Dou Qi is extremely high. That also means that while he is in the Dou Zhe realm, he can unleash power comparable to a Dou Shi."

Medicine Elder spoke very solemnly, and Xiao Yan could even see a few traces of admiration on the former's face.

"However, this has also brought him a little trouble. If he wants to break through in the future, the Heaven and Earth Energy he needs will be extremely enormous."

"But you can also learn from this point. You bear the Three Year Agreement. With your talent, if you truly want to defeat Nalan Yanran three years from now, it will still be somewhat difficult. So, you have to take an unconventional path!" Medicine Elder said.

"Don't worry, Teacher!" Xiao Yan nodded. Even without the reminder, he would choose to do this.

Only by doing this could he defeat Nalan Yanran, and only by doing this could he catch up to...

Xiao Yan clenched his fist.

"It's good that you have this awareness." Medicine Elder nodded. Suddenly, he turned to look at Xiao Yan again and said, "It's time to buy Medicinal Herbs again!"

Stumbling, Xiao Yan stopped in his tracks, his young face turning bitter. "Teacher, why didn't you say that earlier? I'm out of money!"

Mm, the reason I chose to write the latter half is also because Xiao Yan himself is a genius. If he suddenly discovered that his former friend, who used to be a cripple, could suddenly cultivate, and that his talent was also freakishly monstrous, there would definitely be some changes in his heart.

Also, when many people first read this, they might feel the protagonist's halo is a little too monstrous, but here I've also placed limits on it, which counts as a kind of balance.

Lastly, same as always... please spare a recommendation vote!