Defeated

At his words, the three turned around and looked at Xiao Mo with disdain in their eyes.

"Kid, do you know who we are?! How dare you block our way!"

Only then did Xiao Mo notice that they wore the white robes of Jia Nan Academy's uniform.

They had chiseled features and faces full of arrogance.

The Dou Qi emanating from them was clearly at the Dou Zhe level as well.

Beside him, Xiao Yan spoke up indignantly on Xiao Mo's behalf. "You bumped into someone, and you still think you're in the right!"

The three from Jia Nan Academy looked at Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo with utter disdain when they heard this.

"Kid, are you looking to die?!"

As he spoke, one of them stepped forward, his gaze vicious.

He stamped his foot heavily, and wind attribute Dou Qi surged out like a vast ocean, whipping up fierce winds across the ground.

Xiao Yan's eyes widened in shock. He said incredulously, "He's actually a Dou Zhe, and he's so young!"

As those words fell, Xiao Mo stepped in front of Xiao Yan and looked at the group from Jia Nan Academy with displeasure.

So what if they were Dou Zhe? Did that mean they could just bump into people whenever they pleased?

He swept his arm, and ice attribute Dou Qi poured out like a raging torrent, instantly startling all three from Jia Nan Academy.

The three stared wide-eyed and said in disbelief, "He's a Dou Zhe too, and he even cultivates ice attribute Dou Qi!"

Xiao Mo wasted no more words. With a swift stride, he appeared before them.

He raised his right hand, gathered ice attribute Dou Qi in his palm, and blasted it forward.

With a bang, ice instantly formed over the Jia Nan Academy disciple's chest, and the blood inside his body froze.

His face turned white. A miserable scream followed, and he flew backward like a punching bag before crashing to the ground.

The other two Jia Nan Academy disciples had not expected this, and their pupils abruptly contracted.

Without giving them time to recover from their shock, Xiao Mo rushed before them and unleashed a sweeping kick coated in ice attribute Dou Qi.

He aimed at their chests and kicked with savage force.

Under that heavy blow, the two Jia Nan Academy disciples crumbled like a collapsing mountain, several ribs in their chests seemingly broken.

Like deflated balls, they tumbled and plunged straight to the ground.

Their faces went white, their expressions contorted with pain.

Seeing this, Xiao Mo wanted to step forward and add a few more kicks.

But the three from Jia Nan Academy had already been beaten into terror.

Enduring the pain, they scrambled to their feet and said, "Just you wait, kid!"

With that, they fled desperately toward the exit of the Market, like rabbits pursued by an eagle.

Xiao Mo did not chase them. His most urgent task was to return to the Xiao Clan and redeem a wood attribute pill from the Exchange Mall.

He wanted to see whether he could cultivate a wood attribute spiritual root and make his path in alchemy even smoother and free of obstacles.

A short while later, Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and laid the many medicinal ingredients they had bought at the Market before Yao Lao.

Yao Lao felt that the priority now was to help Xiao Yan break through to a two-star Dou Zhe, so he intended to prepare a bottle of Qi-Congealing Powder to help Xiao Yan advance.

Xiao Mo had no objections. He had his system, after all.

While Yao Lao and Xiao Yan were refining the Qi-Congealing Powder, he slipped out of the room.

Sitting beneath the locust tree in the courtyard, he searched through the Exchange Mall until he finally found a third-tier pill: the Spirit-Molding Pill.

It cost 1,000 points. Taking the Spirit-Molding Pill could reshape the wood Dou Qi attribute within the body while preserving its original attributes.

In other words, if Xiao Mo took this pill, his ice attribute Dou Qi would remain, and an additional strand of wood attribute Dou Qi would appear within him.

Xiao Mo laughed. "Isn't this exactly what I wanted!"

He purchased the Spirit-Molding Pill with his points, and 1,000 points were deducted.

He had originally possessed 50,000 points. After the deduction of 1,000, he now had 49,000 left.

A moment later, a purple pill landed in Xiao Mo's hand, giving off a rich medicinal fragrance.

Before all that fragrance could dissipate, he promptly swallowed the Spirit-Molding Pill.

Only half a cup of tea's time after the Spirit-Molding Pill entered his stomach, Xiao Mo opened his eyes and focused on his palm.

Fire attribute Dou Qi faintly emerged, resembling a fiery serpent.

Beside it was a weak strand of wood attribute Dou Qi, like a green vine.

Though slender and frail, it radiated a trace of vitality.

"It worked!"

Xiao Mo spoke excitedly.

Wood attribute Dou Qi had been born within his body, which also meant he would achieve twice the results with half the effort when refining medicines and pills from now on.

Surpassing Xiao Yan in alchemy might not be impossible, either.

With that thought, Xiao Mo took his top-grade Alchemy Furnace and prepared to head to the clan's Back Mountain, eager to see what quality of pills he could now produce with the support of wood attribute Dou Qi.

He put his plan into action at once.

A short while later, he left the courtyard gates and arrived at the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain.

There was no one around on the Cliff Gobi, only thick mist enveloping the mountaintop.

The mist spread through the mountain forests, reaching all the way to the Jiama Empire's Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Mo decided that once the matter with Jia Nan Academy was settled, he would venture beyond Wutan City with Xiao Yan to gain experience.

Then Xiao Mo began refining pills.

The newly added wood attribute Dou Qi made his control of the flames increasingly deft. After several batches, he had not produced a single ruined pill.

Several of the pills were exceptionally fine, far surpassing ordinary Qi-Gathering Pills.

Just as Xiao Mo was feeling pleased with himself, wiping the hot sweat from his face and putting away his successfully refined pills in preparation to return to the Xiao Clan, something happened.

Xiao Yan reached the mountaintop and told him that Xiao Zhan was looking for them about something very important.

Following the story's progression, this should be when Instructor Ruo Lin from Jia Nan Academy visits the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Zhan intends to have Xiao Yan apply to Jia Nan Academy!

With that thought, Xiao Mo quickly followed Xiao Yan down from the Back Mountain and returned to the Xiao Clan.

An hour later, when Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Clan's main hall, several Xiao Clan elders stood behind Xiao Zhan. He immediately introduced the two of them. "Yan'er, Xiao Mo, let me introduce you. This is Ruo Lin!"

"She's an instructor from Jia Nan Academy. Don't let Instructor Ruo Lin's youth fool you. She's a Three-Star Water-Type Da Dou Shi!"

"Those behind her are students from Jia Nan Academy. Though young, they're all at the Dou Zhe level!"

"They've come to Wutan City to recruit students for the academy. I've submitted your names, along with Xiao Ding's and a few others!"

"Of course, whether the academy accepts you is still up to Instructor Ruo Lin!"

Standing beside Xiao Zhan, Ruo Lin chuckled at his words, then walked over to Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan.

"You must be Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan!"

"The Xiao Clan Leader was just telling me about you. He said you were heaven-blessed talents who would surely accomplish great things if you entered Jia Nan Academy!"

Following the voice, Xiao Mo focused his gaze ahead.

He saw that Ruo Lin had long blue hair and wore a white robe over her slender figure.

The gold-rimmed glasses on her face added a touch of allure to her already stunning figure.

Ruo Lin really is just as the book described her!

Just then, several people from Jia Nan Academy stepped forward from behind Ruo Lin. Their gazes landed on Xiao Mo, and anger instantly flared across their faces.