In Dou Qi Continent, One Talent Trait a Day

"Could you really bear to watch me marry a man I've never met and have no feelings for?"

"Could you really bear to watch me spend the rest of my life unhappy?"

It had to be said that Nalan Yanran had perfectly seized upon Yun Yun's soft spot for her.

Yun Yun had no way of dealing with this disciple of hers, but she still held to her final bottom line and said,

"This marriage agreement was made between your family and the Xiao Family. I can't make the decision for you. If you want to break off the engagement, you can only go back and seek your father's approval."

She truly could not bear to watch her beloved disciple marry a good-for-nothing whom everyone spoke of.

But the engagement was, after all, a matter between the Nalan Family and the Xiao Family. She could not make the decision, nor was it hers to make.

"As long as you support me, my father will definitely agree too." Nalan Yanran pressed on relentlessly. From the looks of it, she would not let Yun Yun leave today until she said yes.

"Yanran, let me think about it properly. This isn't something that can be decided so easily."

Unable to withstand Nalan Yanran's coaxing, Yun Yun ultimately chose to flee. She hurriedly left the room to avoid the subject.

Nalan Yanran was not discouraged.

On the contrary, today's conversation only strengthened her determination to break off the engagement.

"My marriage can only be decided by me. No one else can make that decision for me!"

Dou Qi Pavilion.

Today was the Dou Qi Pavilion's monthly open day.

On this day, all disciples could enter the Dou Qi Pavilion for free to study Dou Qi skills.

The only requirement was that no one could take any Dou Qi skills away. They could only study them on the spot, learning however much they could.

For Xu Qi, this day was relatively a day off—because he did not need to manage the disciples borrowing and returning Dou Qi skills today.

But in order to maintain order, he still had to remain behind and could not leave the Dou Qi Pavilion at will.

Working all year without a day off described his current situation perfectly.

Fortunately, Xu Qi did not care about that. He was focused on only one thing now—cultivating a higher-level Dou Qi technique.

He was already a nine-star Dou Zhe, and the Yellow Tier technique he had originally cultivated was beginning to lag behind his cultivation speed.

Although a Yellow Tier technique could still be used all the way up to Dou Ling or even Dou Wang.

But that would take far too long, and Xu Qi did not have the patience to wait.

Thus, on the second floor of the Dou Qi Pavilion, he found a low-grade Mystic Tier technique—Meteor Wind Art.

It was a wind-element technique capable of strengthening the power of wind-element Dou Qi skills to a certain extent.

Combined with Xu Qi's Wind God's Favor, it could allow the Meteor Wind Art to achieve its maximum effect.

Inside the pavilion.

Xu Qi sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, silently circulating the mental formula of the Meteor Wind Art within his body, guiding his Dou Qi along a specific path.

With Wind God's Favor, it took him only one hour to completely master the Meteor Wind Art and increase its effects tenfold.

Thanks to this, Xu Qi's cultivation finally broke through the shackles of the nine-star Dou Zhe stage in one stroke, surging directly into the Dou Shi realm. It continued climbing without pause, charging all the way to Five-star Dou Shi in a single breath!

"Phew..."

Xu Qi opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, feeling an unprecedented sense of power within his body.

"As expected of a low-grade Mystic Tier technique. The effect is completely different. It's astonishing."

And he had only just begun. He had yet to fully draw out the Meteor Wind Art's potential, so there was still room for improvement.

He could break through again later.

"Five-star Dou Shi is barely acceptable."

The effects of a low-grade Mystic Tier technique were limited. If he wanted to continue breaking through rapidly in a short time, he could only cultivate high-grade Mystic Tier techniques, or even Earth Tier techniques.

But throughout the entire Misty Cloud Sect, the best wind-element technique available for cultivation was this low-grade Mystic Tier Meteor Wind Art.

If he wanted a higher-level technique, he would have to find another way.

Just as Xu Qi was considering his future cultivation plans, a burst of commotion suddenly came from outside.

Soon, someone knocked on his door.

"Senior Brother Xu, this is bad! Some people are arguing over a Dou Qi skill."

Xu Qi frowned upon hearing this.

He had only cultivated in seclusion for a little over an hour, and these people were already rebelling?

Most of the time, the Dou Qi Pavilion's free open days went quite smoothly.

The only thing to watch out for was disciples arguing over the same Dou Qi skill, with neither side willing to yield.

This was what gave him the biggest headache.

"Why are these people all so stubborn? Why do they have to fixate on the same Dou Qi skill?"

Xu Qi felt a headache coming on. He could only rise and leave the room to settle the dispute. That was part of his job.

First floor of the Dou Qi Pavilion.

"This Dou Qi skill is mine!"

"I was clearly the one who spotted it first. It's mine!"

Two male disciples each gripped half of a fiery red scroll, neither willing to let go. They remained locked in a stalemate, arguing loudly.

It made it impossible for others to search for Dou Qi skills in this area.

"Senior Brother Xu is here! Senior Brother Xu is here!"

Someone suddenly called out.

The onlooking crowd quickly made way, and Xu Qi strode over.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xu!"

All the disciples in the Dou Qi Pavilion bowed in greeting.

Xu Qi nodded and walked up to the two disciples. With his hands behind his back, he leisurely asked in a cold voice, "What is going on? Are you planning to fight in the Dou Qi Pavilion? Do you want to be barred from entering for two months?"

He had the authority to forbid anyone who caused trouble in the Dou Qi Pavilion from entering it.

"We wouldn't dare..."

Faced with Xu Qi's words, the two disciples had no complaints. They lowered their heads slightly.

Xu Qi held far too much authority in the Dou Qi Pavilion. Moreover, his prestige and persuasiveness had increased dramatically, making these disciples deeply respectful and fearful of him.

The Misty Cloud Sect disciples' reverence for Xu Qi was no less than their reverence for the elders.

"Put the Dou Qi skill back. Neither of you may study it today. Starting tomorrow, whoever comes first and borrows it gets it. There must not be any fighting or snatching over it. Anyone who violates this rule will be barred from entering the Dou Qi Pavilion for one month. Understood?"

Xu Qi did not ask who had gotten the scroll first. Instead, he sentenced both of them at once.

Neither of them could take it today. Tomorrow, they could compete fairly and rely on their own abilities to borrow it.

"Yes!"

Though somewhat unwilling, the two disciples did not utter a single complaint and obediently put the Dou Qi skill back.

"As for the rest of you, get back to what you were doing. Don't gather around here." He swept his gaze across the crowd.

Everyone immediately dispersed obediently. Not a single person dared to argue with Xu Qi.

This was Xu Qi's prestige!

The Sect Master Talent Trait meant that even though he was not the true Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, his prestige was nearly equal to that of the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master!