"Sigh, Teacher," Xiao Yi Xian yawned, "Take out the 'well' part; I didn't sleep at all."
Xiao Xue: "..."
Following Xiao Yi Xian's explanation, Xiao Xue finally understood the whole story.
Xiao Yi Xian could already refine first-grade pills and could even produce pill pattern.
So, after getting the fifth-tier Medicine Cauldron yesterday, she couldn't wait to try and refine a second-grade pill with its amplification.
However, although she had previously learned some methods for processing medicinal materials with Dou Qi flames as a physician and had a certain foundation.
But it had only been half a month since she truly became an Alchemist.
Thus, after struggling all night next door, Xiao Yi Xian still hadn't refined a second-grade pill, which made her feel a bit frustrated.
However, this didn't have much of an impact on her mindset.
"Anyway, I'm only one step away from refining a second-grade pill—the pill condensation step," Xiao Yi Xian said confidently, clenching her small fists.
"Give me another month, two months at most, and I'll definitely be able to refine a second-grade pill!"
Xiao Xue didn't doubt this at all.
Xiao Yi Xian's Soul Power, while not top-tier, was more than enough to be ranked T1.
It was estimated that as long as she had enough time, she wouldn't encounter any Bottleneck in becoming a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
Going from a Seventh-Rank to a Grade 8 Alchemist would be her real threshold.
After this little interlude, Xiao Xue and Xiao Yi Xian flew out of the capital on their swords.
In the outskirts, Xiao Xue called out to Ah Li, summoned her Dou Qi Wings, and then flew towards Wutan City while carrying Xiao Yi Xian.
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Wutan City, Xiao Family.
The Xiao Family was currently holding its annual Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
Well, annual, if the one held separately for Xiao Xue half a year ago wasn't counted.
At this moment, the ceremony had reached the retesting phase.
"Dou Practitioner, one-star!"
On the stone platform, Xiao Yan calmly withdrew his hand, his expression indifferent, making it impossible for anyone to read his emotions.
In the original work, Xiao Yan had only reached the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi by the time of the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
But now, with hundreds of thousands of gold coins in hand, the high-quality "Foundation Establishment Elixir" refined by Old Yao was naturally in ample supply.
Combined with other aids and Xiao Yan's own hard cultivation, his cultivation level was much higher than in the original work.
A week ago, Xiao Yan broke through to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and then took the high-quality Qi Gathering Powder refined by Old Yao, returning to the ranks of Dou Practitioners.
From below the platform, there was another chorus of gasps.
The Dou Zhi Qi stage is so difficult to Cultivate; some people work hard for several years just to raise it by a single stage.
One year, from the third stage of Dou Zhi Qi to a One-star Dou Zhe!
This speed of improvement was simply... terrifying!
Below the high platform, Xiao Yu stared blankly at the black stone tablet in the center.
After a long time, she lowered her head and said with slight anger to the equally shocked Xiao Ning, "Didn't you say he was only at the eighth stage? How is he already a Dou Practitioner?"
"He was indeed at the eighth stage last month..." Xiao Ning muttered in disbelief, "He broke through again this month?"
"One month, from the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi to a One-star Dou Zhe?" Xiao Yu furrowed her willowy brows. "How is that possible?"
"Even if he regained his former talent, such progress is impossible!"
Xiao Ning cautiously reminded her, "Sis, that's not necessarily true. Have you forgotten the Young Clan Leader?"
Xiao Yu was momentarily speechless, then glared fiercely at Xiao Yan on the platform. "I really don't get it; how can the gap in character between these two siblings be so large!"
Xiao Xue only remembered that in the original work, Xiao Yan had touched Xiao Yu's leg on the back mountain, but she didn't know exactly when.
And since she couldn't stay by Xiao Yan's side all the time, this minor plot point still happened just like in the original work.
As Xiao Yan's cousin, Xiao Yu had a pair of proud, long legs and was responsible for providing "fan service" in the early stages for Xiao Yan.
However, Xiao Yan's characterization in the early stages was indeed not very likable.
Peeping, touching his cousin's thigh, and even teasing her verbally.
The things he did would have earned him a punch in the modern world!
So, to help her older brother establish good values early on, after that incident happened, Xiao Xue directly dragged Xiao Yan to apologize to Xiao Yu.
With the Xun'er situation on top of that, her Cheap older brother had reined himself in quite a bit.
While Xiao Yu didn't get along well with Xiao Yan, her relationship with Xiao Xue was actually quite good.
However, as for Xiao Yu's brother Xiao Ning... who are you again? Not familiar.
Aside from Xiao Yan, almost all the males in the younger generation of the Xiao Family had fantasies about Xiao Xue.
However, Xiao Xue truly had no interest in having a relationship with some side-character brat.
Besides, Xiao Xue didn't have any plans for that in the first place.
On this continent, there was no man worthy of her yet.
Xiao Family, Coming-of-Age Ceremony scene.
On the high platform, just as Xiao Yan stepped down and took a seat below, a streak of blue light flew in from the distance.
In Wutan City, Xiao Xue naturally wouldn't ostentatiously use her Dou Qi Wings; instead, she stood on a long sword with Xiao Yi Xian.
That streak of light naturally attracted everyone's attention.
"Little Yanzi, your sister is back," Old Yao's voice echoed in Xiao Yan's heart.
"Little sister?!" Xiao Yan shouted in surprise upon hearing this.
Xun'er's eyes also lit up, but when she saw Xiao Yi Xian in Xiao Xue's arms, she couldn't help but frown.
As they got closer, the others in the Xiao Family also clearly saw the two people riding the sword.
"Young Clan Leader! It's the Young Clan Leader!"
"The Young Clan Leader is back!"
Hearing these voices around her, Xiao Xun Er felt inexplicably irritable.
She looked up at Xiao Yi Xian and murmured softly, "Sister Xue'er, who is she..."
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