Flight Dou Technique, Waterfall Training

Beside the waterfall, inside a naturally formed cave.

Xiao Yan unfurled the flight dou technique scroll, and a pair of pitch-black eagle wings appeared before him.

A gentle breeze passed through the cave, and the feathers on the eagle wings actually stirred slightly.

Looking closer, he found that those feathers were real, embroidered onto the scroll.

Xiao Yan reached out to touch them, then immediately jerked his hand back as if shocked. Astonished, he said, "There's actually a soul inside these eagle wings?"

His soul perception had reached the initial stage of the Spirit State, comparable to that of a Dou Zong. When his hand touched the scroll just now, he had clearly sensed a violent soul hidden within the eagle wings.

"Hm? There really is a hidden soul, but it has no consciousness."

Yao Lao's surprised voice suddenly came from Xiao Yan's ring.

"Why is there a soulless consciousness inside these eagle wings?"

Xiao Yan asked in confusion.

"I think this is the secret behind crafting flight dou techniques. The soul of a flying magical beast needs to be fused into the wings. So that's how it is."

Even with Yao Lao's vast knowledge, he did not know how flight dou techniques were made. That was also why flight dou techniques were so rare on the continent.

The method for crafting flight dou techniques had nearly been lost.

Xiao Yan nodded in understanding and looked at the cultivation method on the scroll.

The first step was simple: subdue the soul of the Purple Cloud Vulture.

Xiao Yan's soul power happened to be exceptionally strong.

He extended his palm and slowly pressed it against the soft eagle wing. The violent Purple Cloud Vulture soul within immediately let out a piercing cry, burrowing through Xiao Yan's hand into his body and charging toward his mind.

Xiao Yan snorted coldly. His powerful soul transformed into a Golden-Winged Roc, its wings spread wide enough to shroud the heavens, its sharp claws striking down at the Purple Soul Vulture.

The Purple Cloud Vulture was firmly caught and unable to move, letting out a miserable cry.

The Golden-Winged Roc grasped the Purple Cloud Vulture with both claws and gave a gentle tear, instantly ripping it apart.

It turned into soul energy and entered the eagle wings on the scroll.

Xiao Yan let out a soft breath, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Now, he could cultivate this flight dou technique.

When Xiao Yan pressed both palms against the scroll again, two streams of purple-black light entered his body through his hands.

The purple-black light circulated through Xiao Yan's meridians. When it reached his back, it suddenly stopped, then violently tore two extremely tiny branch meridians from his existing meridians.

At that moment, Xiao Yan let out a miserable scream.

The intense pain made him feel as though he were about to die.

In only a few moments, his entire body was drenched in sweat. Blood filled his mouth, staining all his teeth red.

Xiao Yan sat up with an extremely pale face, his heart pounding rapidly as he panted heavily.

The pain of having his meridians torn apart had lasted only a few breaths, yet Xiao Yan had gained 20 skill points.

Back in Qingshan Town, Xiao Yan had trained by smashing himself with boulders for several days and gained only 5 skill points.

However, despite enduring such intense pain, Xiao Yan had successfully cultivated this flight dou technique.

A pair of palm-sized black eagle-wing tattoos had appeared on Xiao Yan's back.

Xiao Yan circulated his dou qi and sent it into the two tiny branch meridians. The eagle-wing tattoos lit up, giving off a faint purple glow before transforming into tangible wings. Due to his insufficient dou qi, the wings were only about a foot long.

With a thought, Xiao Yan flapped his wings. A buoyant force appeared, lifting his feet off the ground, but he soon fell back down.

This buoyancy was even weaker than the recoil generated when Xiao Yan used the Fire-Blowing Palm to blast the ground.

However, this buoyancy could be used in midair, unlike the Fire-Blowing Palm, which required the ground's recoil. It was far more ingenious.

Xiao Yan smiled in satisfaction. When he stopped supplying dou qi, the wings disappeared.

Looking at the black scroll, which had now turned blank, Xiao Yan placed it into his Storage Ring.

In the open area beside the waterfall pool, Yao Lao set up a Wood Stake Formation and began putting Xiao Yan through grueling training.

Xiao Yan stood among the wooden stakes. With a wave of Yao Lao's hand, a floating wooden stake suddenly slammed toward him.

The stake, as thick as a young girl's slender waist, tore through the air. The oppressive force made Xiao Yan's expression turn grim. Just as he was about to dodge, he discovered that his legs had been stuck to the wooden stakes.

Seeing the stake about to hit him, Xiao Yan could only lean backward, his body nearly parallel to the ground.

The stake skimmed past his chest, perilously close.

After dodging the stake's attack, Xiao Yan sprang back to his feet and hurriedly circulated dou qi into his legs, breaking free of the sticky force.

Before he could catch his breath, two more wooden stakes came whistling at him from the left and right. Xiao Yan launched himself off the ground and dodged the collision.

At that moment, three more wooden stakes charged at him in a triangular formation, sealing off the space where he could land.

Yao Lao had forbidden Xiao Yan from using dou techniques, so he could not use the Fire-Blowing Palm. Unable to gain leverage in midair, he rapidly fell and was immediately struck by a wooden stake, sent flying out of the Wood Stake Formation.

After rolling on the ground, Xiao Yan stopped himself and stood up. He touched his struck chest, where a dull pain lingered.

"System, add points!"

With a thought, Xiao Yan used his 25 skill points. Ten skill points could raise his physical body by one level.

After spending 20 skill points, Xiao Yan's physical body rose from First Tier, Level Five to First Tier, Level Seven.

It was even one level higher than his dou qi realm.

As his physical body improved, Xiao Yan felt that his strength and speed had increased by more than double.

"Again!"

Xiao Yan laughed heartily and leaped onto the wooden stakes once more.

Yao Lao revealed an approving look. With a wave of his hand, four wooden stakes came whistling toward Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's gaze was focused. He bent at the waist, shifted sideways, or jumped, dodging the stakes' attacks.

As more and more wooden stakes came crashing toward him, it became increasingly difficult for Xiao Yan to evade them. Eventually, he was knocked out of the Wood Stake Formation and fell to the ground.

Xiao Yan fell again and again, then climbed back up again and again.

Every time he fell, he gained one skill point.

A month later, Xiao Yan could easily dodge the attacks of dozens of wooden stakes.

No matter how Yao Lao commanded the stakes or increased their number, Xiao Yan could always evade them by the narrowest of margins.

After once again commanding twenty-five wooden stakes to attack Xiao Yan without success, Yao Lao stopped.

He slowly exhaled, and a trace of fatigue appeared on his aged soul face.

"Enough. This Wood Stake Formation training is no longer useful to you. We'll stop here."

Xiao Yan sprang into the air and landed gracefully in the clearing. Even under that intense barrage of dodging just now, only the corners of his clothes had gotten slightly dirty.

The reason he could dodge the wooden stakes so easily was entirely due to adding points through the system.

Over the course of a month, his physical body realm had risen to Second Tier, Level One.

Of course, although he had not used points to improve his dou qi realm, the frequent use of dou qi had naturally allowed him to advance to a Seven-Star Dou Zhe.

Although realms raised through the system's added points were also extremely solid and not at all unstable, Xiao Yan still had not used points to improve his dou qi realm.

That was because advances in dou qi cultivation were too easy to notice, and he did not want Yao Lao to become suspicious.

Advancement in physical body cultivation, on the other hand, was not so easily detected.

Now, Xiao Yan possessed a human's dou qi realm, a physical body comparable to a magical beast's, and an exceptionally powerful soul realm.

Even against a Two-Star Dou Shi, Xiao Yan dared to fight.

"Alright. Next, I'll teach you an Earth Tier dou technique."

Yao Lao said at this moment.

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. He understood which move Yao Lao was going to teach him.

Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!