When Lin Feng and the others returned to Canaan Academy and reported their experiences over the past six months to Elder Su Qian of the Inner Court, a master and disciple far away in the Jia Ma Empire had already bid farewell to their families and embarked on their legendary paths.
On the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, a thin figure was fiercely battling a low-level monster. The two were exchanging blows, which a hidden soul entity watched with great interest.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Little Yan really needs more training. My previous training methods were too gentle. In just a few days, fighting these low-level monsters has greatly increased his combat experience. Moreover," Yao Chen floated in an unknown corner, secretly observing Xiao Yan's battle with the monster, preparing to intervene if Xiao Yan faced a crisis.
Although he had already stated that he wouldn't intervene unless Xiao Yan was in a life-or-death situation, given his current soul entity state, if Xiao Yan were truly seriously injured, he would be helpless. Training is training, but we can't ruin our beloved disciple's foundation for it.
"However, after this battle, Xiao Yan should be able to advance to the eighth stage of Dou Qi." Yao Chen stroked his beard, pondering the next training plan for Xiao Yan.
With this three-year agreement, he had to use some methods to ensure victory, to build his disciple's confidence for the future, and to ensure a solid foundation.
"And, should we let Xiao Yan practice that strange technique?"
Yao Chen's thoughts gradually blurred, returning to the image of another disciple of his from many years ago, betraying him by colluding with outsiders for that strange technique.
While Yao Chen was lost in thought, Xiao Yan below was not careless at all. The physical bodies of magical beasts are inherently stronger than those of humans, and even with his many inhumane training methods, they are still far inferior.
Moreover, the advantage of humans lies in their many powerful fighting techniques, but at the Dou Qi stage, the number of fighting techniques that can be used is very small. And without a technique, this situation is even more serious.
"However," Xiao Yan thought, after defeating the low-level tiger-shaped demonic beast, he found himself in a brief standoff. "Sparring with demonic beasts is indeed much faster than hard training. In just over ten days, even with the old man's medicinal liquid, I've already sensed the threshold of the eighth level of Dou Qi."
Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Xiao Yan raised the heavy Xuan Heavy Ruler in his hand and slashed fiercely at the tiger-shaped demonic beast. To be honest, this Xuan Heavy Ruler wasn't something he could use now. If the old man hadn't sealed most of its weight, simply lifting it would be extremely difficult, let alone using it in battle.
"Absorb Palm!"
With a single stroke, the ruler cleaved the demonic beast in two. Before it could regain its footing, Xiao Yan gathered his Dou Qi and unleashed an Absorb Palm attack, then leaped high, cleaving the beast in two with the ruler.
"Phew, finally done. Too bad, this was just a low-level demonic beast; it's impossible for it to condense a demonic core."
After defeating the beast, Xiao Yan leaned on the Xuan Heavy Ruler, letting out a slight sigh of relief.
"Yo yo yo, Little Yan's combat power has improved recently! Just a few days ago you were being chased by this monster, and today you actually killed it!"
Seeing his beloved disciple successfully deal with the monster, Yao Chen, who considered himself humorous, appeared out of nowhere, his tone somewhat like that of a general who had doubled his salary and defeated four emperors.
"Tch, taking down this little monster is a piece of cake for me. But, combat is indeed the fastest way to improve."
Just as Xiao Yan was about to say something, a strange feeling suddenly appeared in his mind, and his expression changed instantly.
"This feeling, Grandpa, I'm about to break through. Protect me for a moment."
After speaking, Xiao Yan, without waiting for Yao Lao to say anything, quickly sat cross-legged on the ground, preparing to begin his breakthrough.
This scene caused Yao Lao's lips to twitch slightly. This little Yanzi didn't seem to care about the occasion, actually attempting a breakthrough in such a place. However, this was also because he trusted his protector implicitly. Thinking of this, Yao Lao felt a warmth in his heart.
"This time, I finally didn't misjudge him!"
In the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, Zi Yan and Cai Lin, after Lin Feng went into seclusion, had long since been busy searching for treasures, while Little Fairy Doctor had also entered a deep level of seclusion.
On one hand, the gains from the Chu Yun Empire this time were immense. The poison-attribute spiritual items alone, obtained from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, were enough to allow her to cultivate to the high-level Dou Wang or even Dou Huang realm.
And as for the Chu Yun Empire's undisputed number one power—the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect—after Lin Feng and his group destroyed it, all the poison-attribute spiritual items they obtained ended up in Little Fairy Doctor's hands.
It could be said that if Little Fairy Doctor, with her Calamity Poison Body, could absorb all these poison-attribute spiritual objects, she might even reach the high-level Dou Huang realm. With enough luck, she could even break through to the Dou Zong realm.
More importantly, all of this was preparation for absorbing the Netherworld Poison Fire, the most suitable for poison masters. Once Lin Feng had refined enough protective pills and Little Fairy Doctor's Dou Qi realm reached the Dou Huang realm, she could absorb the poison fire. After that, Little Fairy Doctor might even surpass Cai Lin.
While Little Fairy Doctor was using the poison-attribute spiritual objects to cultivate with all her might, Lin Feng was also diligently absorbing the final gift from the kind-hearted Scorpion Bi Yan.
It was truly worthy of being a Dou Zong powerhouse's life essence; in just half a month, it had allowed Lin Feng to advance significantly on the path to becoming a four-star Dou Huang.
In his estimation, even if his cultivation technique was comparable to a high-level Earth-rank technique, with a profound foundation, and he cultivated five attributes simultaneously, this Dou Zong essence would be enough to support him in cultivating to the eight-star Dou Huang realm.
Furthermore, he only needed to cultivate to the sixth-star Dou Huang level to use the Emperor-level Pill and the Five Elements Pill for Dou Huang level breakthroughs. Preserving most of his essence blood might even become a huge help when he breaks through to the Dou Zong level.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng felt even more grateful to the kind-hearted Scorpion Bi Yan. "When I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely exchange it with that old demon demon for the Heavenly Demon Puppet Technique, and refine it into a puppet, so that I can be grateful day and night."
More than a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, a violent fluctuation suddenly emanated from where Lin Feng was in seclusion. Fortunately, the Five Elements Barrier prevented it from affecting anything outside.
"Phew, finally, a fifth-star Dou Huang!"
Lin Feng slowly pushed open the door of the secret chamber and sighed softly. In his perception, the pure energy cluster formed from Scorpion Bi Yan's essence blood had hardly decreased.
"Elder Lin Feng has advanced another realm, truly a cause for celebration!"
(End of Chapter)