Hidden Star Soul

At the moment Ye Chen was born, two Hidden Star Souls had already been awakened within the Star Vein Diagram inside his body.

They could only be lit when the Star Vein Diagram first began operating, and they were the foundation upon which this body stood.

As it happened, when he was born, the Stars Shining Sun phenomenon appeared. Vast starlight descended from the heavens and poured into Ye Chen's body, instantly giving him the Star Vein needed to light those two Hidden Star Souls.

Of these two Hidden Star Souls, one was primary and one auxiliary. Ye Chen's primary attribute was fire. Not only did it enhance his Essence Qi Spirit by 10 points each, it also allowed him to produce a silver Starfire...

Although this flame was still extremely weak, as Ye Chen continued absorbing more and more star power, its temperature would steadily rise, until it reached—or even surpassed—the level of Heavenly Flames...

Ye Chen was extremely confident about this!

Fire was primary, wood auxiliary.

Wood Aids Fire, Evolve All Spirits.

The spirit here referred to the spirit among essence, qi, and spirit—the human soul.

The wood attribute directly increased Ye Chen's spirit by 5 points. Combined with the boost from his primary attribute, Ye Chen now had 15 points of spirit. Along with his Starfire, he was damn well prime material for an alchemist!

That was also why Ye Chen forced himself to diligently study the utterly boring Medicinal Scripture.

After all, he had transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent and become the legitimate son of the Ye Family, one of the Pill Domain Five Great Families. He did not want the Ye Family to end up like it had in the Original Work, needing Xiao Yan to keep it alive...

"Now that there's a legitimate Ye Family son like me, I wonder if Ye Xinlan, that legitimate daughter, still exists... If she does, she should probably be my Younger Sister."

Gazing at the moonlight in the sky, Ye Chen could not help but think to himself.

"And I don't know what year it is now, either. Has Xiao Yan even been born yet..."

With a string of questions on his mind, Ye Chen rolled onto the bed, pulled the blanket over his head, and went to sleep!

What a fine sleep it was...

Crows flew and rabbits ran; time passed in an instant.

Summer came and winter went, and three years slipped by unnoticed.

Of course, this did not mean Ye Chen had slept for three whole years. Rather, he had been living this way for three years.

Although five-year-old Ye Chen was still a tiny little child, he had changed considerably.

At the very least, a little fellow who possessed Five Stage Dou Qi at the age of five was enough to make jaws drop even within the Ye Family.

It could not be helped. Over these three years, little Ye Chen had spent a long time every night absorbing Star Vein...

Although he was still young and had only just begun cultivating Dou Qi, his absorption of Star Vein was quite steady. He could accumulate one point every ten days, giving him more than thirty points in a year.

Lighting the first Star Soul within his body had cost Ye Chen 10 points of Star Vein, while the second required 50 points...

If that was really how it worked, then if he obtained a powerful Star Vein Diagram in the future and opened up a hundred or so Star Palaces at once, would it not take hundreds or even thousands of years to light them all?

At that thought, Ye Chen could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth.

Over the past three years, Ye Chen had accumulated a total of 65 points of Star Vein. After spending 60 to light the first and second Star Souls, he had 5 remaining...

Well, that was exactly half of what the Third Star Soul required.

Whenever he thought of this, Ye Chen could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

It was just that such an expression looked rather out of place on a five-year-old brat...

However, Ye Chen was not in a hurry about it.

After all, the Star Vein Diagram still had room to level up. Once his Star Vein Diagram took shape, this situation should change. Otherwise, this Golden Finger would be unworthy of its name...

The current Ye Chen was far too weak. Even with the Ye Family, one of the Pill Domain Five Great Families, backing him, that remained true.

Therefore, although he knew very well that the Dou Qi Continent contained countless powerful Magical Beasts and even various lifeforms with special forms, he had no chance of obtaining them right now.

But that was not a problem...

Ye Chen was not without advantages.

His greatest advantages were his identity as the legitimate son of the Ye Family and the powerful talent granted to him by the Star Vein Diagram!

With the Ye Family behind him, as long as he displayed sufficient talent, he would be qualified to enter the Pill Tower. If he could find a powerful Teacher within the Pill Tower, then none of this would be a problem anymore.

"Right... Doesn't the Pill Tower have the already-transformed Three Thousand Burning Flame? Wasn't that made for me?"

Ye Chen sat there alone, revealing a lecherous grin.

Three Thousand Burning Flame was itself Starfire. It was simply a perfect match for his Golden Finger!

If he could subdue it and fuse with it, his future would surely be boundless...

Of course, the prerequisite for all that was entering the Pill Tower and becoming, at the very least, a Core Disciple of the Pill Tower.

Mm, that could be considered one of his small early goals.

After careful consideration, Ye Chen chose to use the two Star Souls to improve his Fire Control Ability and qi. Essence Qi Spirit respectively corresponded to physique, Dou Qi, and Soul Power. For someone who already possessed 15 points of spirit, Dou Qi was now also an extremely important aspect.

Thus, Ye Chen's attributes were now:

Name: Ye Chen

Age: Five

Star Essence: 5 points

Star Soul: 2 points (Note: the special Hidden Star Soul, Primary Fire Secondary Wood, is not included.)

Essence: 10; Qi: 12; Spirit: 15; Fire Control: 2

Star Region Skill: None

Star Track Skill: None

It was precisely his current 12 points of Qi that had allowed Ye Chen to raise the Dou Qi within his body to Five Stage Dou Qi in less than half a year.

This was a speed that had utterly terrified the entire Ye Family.

After all, a human body was still small and underdeveloped at that age, and violent Dou Qi could cause immense damage to such a body. That was why the Dou Qi stage existed.

Yet even with this as a transitional stage, before the age of ten, whether among ancient races like the Eight Ancient Clans or ordinary people, one had to improve their Dou Qi gradually, step by step, allowing their body to adapt.

Even Xiao Yan had begun practicing Qi at four and only reached Nine Stage Dou Qi at ten. At eleven, he condensed his Dou Qi Vortex and became a Dou Zhe.

If everyone trained like Ye Chen, they would probably become Dou Zhe within a year...

And then... then they would be crippled.

Because of this, Ye Zhong had even given Ye Chen a thorough physical examination, practically ready to wash him inside and out before hanging him up to dry...

"Young Master! The Family Head asks you to come to the Pill Chamber..."

The maid's voice came from outside the door, interrupting Ye Chen's thoughts.

"The Pill Chamber? What does he want me there for? Don't tell me he wants this young master to start refining medicine already?" Ye Chen muttered doubtfully.

Of course, Ye Chen was overthinking it when it came to pill refining.

No matter how talented you were, without enough Dou Qi to sustain the fire's consumption, you still could not become an alchemist.

Although Ye Chen's innate Star Fire had now grown strong enough to rival the Beast Fire of some Third-Tier Magical Beasts, with his current Five Stage Dou Qi, he could not even sustain it for five seconds. So forget refining medicine—at most, he could put on a fireworks show...