Awakening Potion, Gale Demon Wolf

"Looks like you had quite a haul today, Qingya. You bought so much all at once."

Seeing Duan Qingya carrying a pile of things in both hands, Ling Zhi teased him with a smile.

When he reached their meeting point earlier, Duan Qingya had found that Ling Zhi, who had bought nothing, had already been waiting for him for quite a while.

"I've been wanting to try making a new potion lately. I happened to see someone selling suitable medicinal ingredients, so I couldn't resist buying some."

"Didn't you buy any medicinal ingredients, Boss Ling? I saw several stalls selling some good ingredients for treating injuries."

After spending so much time with Ling Zhi, Duan Qingya naturally knew that he genuinely cared about his patients. In his previous life, someone like Ling Zhi would certainly have been named the Federation's Best Doctor.

"Ah, those ingredients were average in quality but expensive. If I bought them, I'd have a hard time prescribing them to my patients."

Ling Zhi had naturally noticed those medicinal ingredients too, but they were unsuitable for ordinary people. They already had little money, and using those ingredients would only add to their burden.

"Since you've bought everything you wanted, let's head back! Next time something like this comes up, I'll bring you again."

"Sorry to bother you, Senior Su Yuntao! To thank you for your investment and help, I brought you some Awakening Potion I made. Drinking it will help you feel more alert at work."

Duan Qingya took the Evolution Potion he had prepared to Spirit Hall to find Su Yuntao.

Seeing the dozen or so bottles of blue-green liquid Duan Qingya had brought, Su Yuntao, who had never received a gift before, immediately lit up.

"Oh, you really shouldn't have!"

Despite his words, Su Yuntao's hands were anything but slow. He reached out and took what Duan Qingya had brought, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.

Su Yuntao knew that Duan Qingya worked at a pharmacy, so he had no doubts about his so-called Stimulant Potion. Tiantian Pharmacy sold stimulant potions too, but their prices were more than Su Yuntao cared to stomach.

Ever since his promotion, Su Yuntao had been saddled with a heap of miscellaneous tasks every day. Each time he finished, he felt utterly hollowed out. Perhaps Duan Qingya's Stimulant Potion would help.

Seeing Su Yuntao's excitement, Duan Qingya knew his experiment could begin. His test subject was ready.

"Senior Su Yuntao, just drink one bottle of this Stimulant Potion when you come in each morning. One bottle's effects will last all day. Keep the bottles you haven't drunk somewhere cool and out of direct light."

To reduce the chances of being discovered, Duan Qingya had deliberately added over a dozen extra medicinal ingredients. Not only did they make the evolution potion take effect gradually, but they also increased its volume enough to fill more than ten bottles.

"Duan Qingya, I knew I hadn't misjudged you! To think you can make such an impressive potion at your age. Don't worry, I won't drink your potions without repaying you."

"If you ever run into something you can't handle, just come find me at Spirit Hall. I'll do everything I can to help you solve it!"

Faced with Su Yuntao's soaring enthusiasm, Duan Qingya said nothing and merely gave him a practiced smile.

As long as Su Yuntao drank it every day, his Lone Wolf Martial Soul would evolve into a Gale Demon Wolf after a month.

If Su Yuntao's martial soul showed no change after a month, Duan Qingya would stop devoting his attention to this avenue.

"Senior Su Yuntao, I still have things to do at the Pharmacy, so I won't keep bothering you."

"All right, off you go! Making money isn't easy these days. Don't let your boss scold you because of me."

Perhaps Duan Qingya's gift had struck just the right chord, because even after seeing him out of Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao was still reluctant to part with him.

Over the following month, Duan Qingya occasionally made time to visit Spirit Hall, pretending to take care of business while actually observing Su Yuntao.

"Brother Duan, back at Spirit Hall again! Borrowing so many books today, too? You're probably the only one who can get through all those. If I managed to finish even one, I'd be burning incense in thanks."

Seeing Duan Qingya with an armful of books about soul beasts, Su Yuntao greeted him warmly.

"You're joking, Senior! You look quite well. Has something good happened?"

The month was almost up, and Duan Qingya intended to ask Su Yuntao that day whether he had noticed anything unusual.

Based on his recent observations, Duan Qingya could already confirm that the Evolution Potion Su Yuntao had drunk was working.

Su Yuntao looked no different on the outside, but in Duan Qingya's perception, he was now enveloped in a dense concentration of Wind Element.

Once his martial soul completely absorbed that Wind Element, its transformation would be complete.

"Hahaha! I don't know why, but my cultivation has been speeding up lately!"

"I originally thought I'd need another two months of cultivation to reach rank twenty-eight, but I actually broke through last night."

"In another four or five years, I might even reach rank thirty!"

In a small city like Nuoding City, a three-ring soul master was already among the very finest talents. As long as Su Yuntao did not choose the wrong side, the rest of his life was sure to be smooth sailing.

Su Yuntao's increased cultivation speed did not surprise Duan Qingya. He had anticipated it when making the Potion.

"Once you reach rank thirty, Senior, I suppose I'll have to call you Deacon!"

"Hahaha, I wouldn't deserve that! I wouldn't deserve that!"

At Duan Qingya's words, Su Yuntao could no longer hide the smile on his face.

He was only in his early twenties. If he truly reached rank thirty before turning thirty, one of the deacon positions at Nuoding City's Spirit Hall would surely be his.

Just a week after saying goodbye to Su Yuntao at Spirit Hall, Duan Qingya was packing his things to go home when he unexpectedly received a letter from him.

"Brother Duan, I have good news! You won't need to find anyone else to help you get your second soul ring! While I was cultivating last night, my martial soul suddenly evolved from a Lone Wolf into a Gale Demon Wolf."

"After learning about it, the branch hall's head deacon personally put together a team to take me to the Star Dou Forest to hunt soul beasts!"

"More importantly, the head deacon plans to appoint me as a deacon once I return. If you ever find yourself unable to get by out there, come back to me and I'll arrange a job for you!"

After reading Su Yuntao's letter, Duan Qingya was genuinely taken aback. He had not expected Su Yuntao to break through two ranks in succession.

By his calculations, reaching rank twenty-nine should have been Su Yuntao's limit. After all, the Blue Wind Grass contained only so much energy.

Huh, could Su Yuntao have had some lucky encounter of his own? How else could he have broken through two ranks in succession?

Still, drawing so much attention isn't good. No one else knows his martial soul evolved because of my Potion.

If someone thinks Su Yuntao has some treasure on him, he might have a few ordeals ahead of him!

Of course, all that was a matter for later. Duan Qingya could not be absolutely certain that someone would probe Su Yuntao. What if the head deacon genuinely valued him?

Still, Duan Qingya could not truly pin his hopes on Su Yuntao.

He had recently developed a new Potion whose flavor and energizing effects differed little from those of the Evolution Potion.

If anyone did trace things back to him, this Potion would let him bluff his way through.

"Duan Qingya, aren't you leaving yet?"

Wang Sheng, who had just finished packing, passed Duan Qingya and noticed him standing motionless beside his bed, so he asked quietly.

"I'm leaving in a moment. I'm reading a letter someone sent me!"

Coming back to his senses, Duan Qingya put away Su Yuntao's letter, picked up the bundle he had packed long before, and strode out of Dorm Seven.

Duan Qingya's bundle held not only clothes, but also a bottle of prepared Evolution Potion.