Life Spirit Flame

Originally, Xiao Qing only intended to let Zi Yan stay at his residence for a few days so he could condition her body for her.

Who would have thought that this creature would actually latch onto him.

A trace of helplessness flashed through Xiao Qing's eyes.

If not for the sake of the Dragon Emperor's Blood Essence, he would have long since driven this Devouring Gold Beast out.

Zi Yan nodded with a very well-behaved expression, her small hands eagerly reaching toward the steaming medicinal soup in front of her.

With just a few gulps, the medicinal soup before her was drained by Zi Yan in one go, leaving only an empty bowl on the table.

Zi Yan narrowed her eyes, patted her belly with her small hand, and smacked her lips as if still unsatisfied.

She had never enjoyed such a wonderful life before, not having to gnaw on those foul-tasting medicinal herbs, with all sorts of delicious medicinal soups full of energy supplied endlessly every day.

The moment she thought about how these days were coming to an end, Zi Yan felt a pang of distress and couldn't help casting a pitiful look toward Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing remained unmoved, walking straight toward his room.

Now that the Dragon Emperor's Blood Essence was in hand, it was time to practice the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique.

Returning to his room, Xiao Qing sat cross-legged on the bed and took out the jade bottle containing the Dragon Emperor's Blood Essence from his storage ring.

He took a deep breath and swallowed the blood essence into his stomach.

The next instant, a violent surge of energy erupted from within his body, and Xiao Qing hurriedly steadied his mind, beginning to refine the blood essence in his body according to the cultivation method of the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique.

As time passed, the surface of Xiao Qing's skin could actually be seen twitching wildly.

A wave of purple-gold light surged, and a moment later, things resembling purple-gold stratum corneum even seeped out from his skin.

Before long, a layer of purple-gold skin film slowly condensed on the outside of Xiao Qing's body, faintly appearing in the shape of dragon patterns.

At the same time, a vast dragon might permeated outward from Xiao Qing's body, and the sound of a dragon roar seemed to echo within the room.

Up in the loft, Zi Yan, who was dangling her legs, instantly cast her gaze toward the location of Xiao Qing's room.

A sense of intimacy and consanguinity welled up spontaneously.

Unable to hold back her curiosity, ripples stirred in the space around Zi Yan, and the next instant, she appeared inside Xiao Qing's room.

When she saw Xiao Qing glowing all over with purple-gold light, Zi Yan's gaze turned somewhat vacant.

Feeling the connection between their bloodlines, she felt a bit dazed, and then she immediately thought of that drop of blood essence from earlier.

As the purple-gold light gradually faded, the dragon might surrounding Xiao Qing also slowly dissipated, as if it had never appeared at all.

Xiao Qing slowly opened his eyes, and what greeted his vision was Zi Yan's tiny figure.

Seeing that Xiao Qing had finished his cultivation, Zi Yan scratched her head and asked with some curiosity:

"Xiao Qing, how did you do that?"

What do you mean how did he do that?

Xiao Qing furrowed his brow slightly, and immediately sensed the bloodline connection between the two of them, feeling somewhat dazed for a moment as well.

Could it be that practicing the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique with blood essence always produced this kind of effect?

Thinking this in his heart, Xiao Qing spoke up to explain:

"I am practicing a body-tempering Dou Technique, and this bloodline connection should be the effect of this Dou Technique."

Zi Yan nodded in sudden realization, not asking any further about the effect of the Dou Technique.

Although she did not know her own race, she could faintly perceive the extraordinariness of her own bloodline.

To be able to make Xiao Qing's body possess a trace of her bloodline, one could imagine the grade of this Dou Technique.

"Then will you still want my blood essence in the future?" Zi Yan asked with some expectation.

If Xiao Qing still needed her blood essence, wouldn't she be able to keep drinking medicinal soup again?

Seeing Zi Yan's mindless appearance, Xiao Qing shook his head with some amusement.

"Not for the time being."

Now his cultivation of the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique had entered the right track, and it wouldn't be too late to ask for more after he finished absorbing this drop of blood essence.

After all, Zi Yan had only just forced out a drop of blood essence, and if she were to do so again, it would inevitably affect her foundation and future potential.

"Fine." Zi Yan's small face fell.

In the days that followed, Xiao Qing's strength improved by leaps and bounds.

Thanks to striking up a friendship with Zi Yan, who held the number one spot on the Strong Ranking, the number one cultivation chamber on the sixth floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower also opened its doors to him.

Having exchanged for thousands of units of Fire Energy by offering to refine pills for Zi Yan as a condition, Xiao Qing entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to undergo arduous training.

Aside from occasionally going into the mountains with Zi Yan to search for medicinal herbs and incidentally refining pills for her, the rest of his time was spent in cultivation.

Time flowed like water and vanished in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, two years passed.

Inside the number one cultivation chamber on the sixth floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

A young man with handsome facial features was sitting cross-legged on the black stone platform.

For a long time, as the young man finished circulating his Qi, a pair of clear eyes slowly opened, and a wisp of green flame resembling liquid flashed past within them and vanished.

Xiao Qing slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, a trace of regret flashing in his eyes.

The Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower has almost no effect on me anymore.

Following two years of bitter cultivation in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, his cultivation had now risen to the Three-Star Dou Wang level.

The cultivation speed inside the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was comparable to the outside world, making virtually no difference.

Xiao Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and a semi-illusory panel materialized before him.

[Host: Xiao Qing]

[Age: Nine]

[Cultivation: Three-Star Dou Wang]

[Soul: Late Mortal Realm]

[Remaining Draw Count: 0]

[Drawn Items: Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, Taiyi Soul Art, Emperor's Seal Technique, Three- Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame]

After breaking through to Dou Wang, the new draw count allowed him to acquire the Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame, ranked fifth among the Heavenly Flames.

Although it was merely a seed flame, its effects of accelerating medicinal herb growth and helping people prolong their lives still remained.

Xiao Qing was not dissatisfied with this; after all, even if the true Life Spirit Flame were placed before him, he would not be able to absorb it.

Furthermore, absorbing this Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame had elevated Xiao Qing's Dou Qi might and cultivation speed to the level of practicing a High Earth Class technique.

Perhaps it is time to leave the academy.

Xiao Qing pondered inwardly, knowing that remaining in the Inner Academy now would offer little help to his strength progression.

Only by venturing out on travels and seeking opportunities could he rapidly enhance his cultivation.

Thinking thusly, Xiao Qing took out the Green Fire Crystal Card from the card slot, stood up, and walked toward the outside.

Creak!

As the door of the No. 1 cultivation room slowly opened, Xiao Qing's figure emerged from within.

Several Strong Ranking experts immediately stopped talking and cast gazes of awe toward him.

Most of the current Strong Ranking experts were former senior students, and they held immense awe for this legendary figure who had once single-handedly slaughtered his way into factions like the Clear Wind Gang.

Ignoring their gazes, Xiao Qing walked with a calm expression toward the exit of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

Returning to his room, Xiao Qing had just prepared to enter cultivation when he sensed fluctuations in the surrounding space.

"Zi Yan, come out."

A trace of helplessness flashed in Xiao Qing's eyes.

As soon as his voice fell, a small figure suddenly appeared inside the room.