Li Changqing had raised his cultivation by taking pills, yet his Dou Qi remained exceptionally condensed. In this respect, he was much like Xiao Yan.
In the original story, Xiao Yan had also advanced through the cultivation realms very quickly, especially in the later stages.
Apart from the early stages, when he had relied on his own cultivation, Xiao Yan had mostly raised his realm by devouring Heavenly Flames or refining medicinal pills.
Yet his Dou Qi had not become the least bit flimsy. Instead, it was even more condensed than that of other experts at his level.
The reason was simple. Where someone else could advance four minor stages by devouring a Heavenly Flame or refining a pill, Xiao Yan would forcibly suppress his cultivation so that he advanced only two minor stages, or even just one.
That day, thunderclouds gradually gathered above a courtyard far from the Hall of Souls' Branch Hall. They shone with six colors-clearly eighth-tier six-colored pill lightning.
Indeed, the one who had summoned the pill lightning was Li Changqing, and this courtyard had been built for him on Qin Tian's orders.
As the pill lightning struck, Li Changqing released the Yin-Yang Sword to devour it.
Once the pill lightning subsided, he put away the pills he had refined.
Then he let out a long breath. "At last, I can refine eighth-tier pills that summon six-colored pill lightning. I'm already very close to meeting the Hall of Souls' requirement of refining eighth-tier pills that summon seven-colored pill lightning."
Li Changqing sat cross-legged, quietly regulating his breathing.
Suddenly, Qin Tian's voice came from afar. "Hahaha! Congratulations, Brother Li!"
"To think that in just half a year, you've managed to refine eighth-tier pills that summon six-colored pill lightning. I'm sure it won't be long before you can