Chapter 42 Three Years
The pace of time is silent, quietly slipping away from since Xiao Yun broke through to the Dou Ling realm, his cultivation speed has slowed down, and it is not as easy to break through as in the previous realms.
Such daily life is undoubtedly boring and not as interesting and exciting as adventure. Every day is just repeated practice, accumulating internal fighting spirit, and progressing slowly like a grinding mill. Most people cannot persist at this point, and they start to seek pleasure and give up on themselves, but this is reality. If you want to become stronger, you must endure the pain that ordinary people cannot endure.
Fortunately, Xiao Yun was used to this kind of hard training life when he was in the Xiao family, and there were no teaching courses in the inner courtyard, so he could manage his time freely. Besides training, he would go to the back mountain to be struck by lightning from time to time, fight in the arena occasionally, or help Zi Yan and other inner courtyard students to refine some pills. It was not so boring.
As spring went and autumn came, as Xiao Yun practiced hard in the inner courtyard, a major event also happened in the Xiao family in Wutan City of the Jiama Empire.
Because of Xiao Yun, the Xiao family, which was not even considered the number one family in Wutan City, began to gradually become famous throughout the Jiama Empire. People all knew that Xiao Yun, the genius who was a fighter at the age of seven, reached the level of Dou Ling and a fourth-grade alchemist at the age of ten, was from the Xiao family.
But recently, Xiao Yan, the second genius of the Xiao family and the cousin of the genius Xiao Yun, has been in the news for being punished by the heaven. He originally had the talent of Dou Huang, but when he became a Dou Zhe, his Dou Qi cyclone inexplicably dissipated, and his Dou Qi regressed to the level of Dou Qi 8, and could no longer improve.
"Father, can't you and the three elders see anything wrong with my body?"
In the meeting hall of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan and the three elders sat at the upper seats, while Xiao Yan, with a painful look on his face, sat at the lower seat, saying sadly.
Seeing Xiao Yan, who was once full of vigor and vitality, become like this, Xiao Zhan, as a father, was very sad. However, even if he and the three elders joined forces to investigate, they could only come to one conclusion that Xiao Yan was in very good health and had no problems at all.
"Yan'er, don't be anxious or sad. Perhaps it's because your father and the elders are not strong enough that we can't tell what's wrong with your body." Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Yan, who had lost hope, and comforted him softly, "But don't be discouraged. Although we can't tell, your cousin Xiao Yun will definitely have a way. He was a fourth-grade alchemist a few years ago, and now his strength must be even greater. He can definitely find out the reason why your fighting spirit has dissipated!"
"Yes, Xiao Yan, your father is right. Even if we old guys can't do anything, Xiao Yun will definitely have a way."
"Yes, yes. I heard that Xiaoyun broke through the Douling realm three years ago. His strength is far beyond ours."
The three elders all nodded in agreement. Although they usually fought for power with Xiao Zhan, since this was a matter concerning the second most talented person in the family, even though Xiao Yan was Xiao Zhan's son, they still hoped that Xiao Yan's talent could be restored.
“Cousin Xiao Yun, will he have a solution? But he is still far away in Canaan College and has not been home for several years. Will he come back because of this?” Upon hearing Xiao Yun’s name, Xiao Yan’s eyes lit up, but then immediately dimmed. Canaan College is far away in the Black Horn Region, far away from the Gama Empire. Is Xiao Yun really willing to spend a month or two to come back for him?
Hearing Xiao Yan's doubtful words, the Great Elder immediately blew his beard and glared, "You little brat, Xiao Yun is a kind-hearted kid. He brought back so many techniques for the family before. Even the breakthroughs in the cultivation of a few of us old guys are due to him. He will definitely not forget the Xiao family!"
Even Xiao Zhan nodded in agreement and said, "The Great Elder is right, Yan'er, don't speak ill of your cousin anymore. As for your matter, I will write a letter and send someone to deliver it to Canaan College. After Xiaoyun sees it, he will definitely come back!"
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Canaan College, in an attic in the inner courtyard.
Warm sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, lighting up the entire room. Inside the room, a young man in black was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes slightly closed, his hands forming a strange seal in front of him, immersed in cultivation.
The surrounding energy of heaven and earth was continuously absorbed into his body as the boy's chest rose and fell.
After a long time, the young man opened his eyes, and a flash of red light flashed in his eyes, like lightning, and a powerful aura burst out from his body, "Alas, the three-year period has come, but I have only reached the two-star Dou Wang realm, and I am really not comparable to Xiao Huohuo." There was a little helplessness in the plain words. If this sentence was heard by other people in the inner courtyard, especially those elders who had been trapped in a small level of the Dou Wang realm for a long time, they would probably be so angry that they would vomit blood.
In three years, he went from a one-star Dou Ling to a two-star Dou Wang. Although Xiao Yun also spent a lot of time to master the art of alchemy, this speed of practice was unimaginable for ordinary people. But Xiao Yun still felt that it was a bit slow. You know, Xiao Yan practiced like playing. In twenty years, he completed the journey that others could not complete in several lifetimes or even more than ten lifetimes, and became the youngest Dou Emperor in Douqi Continent.
It turns out that we still have to go out and take risks. We can't save the Douqi Continent by just burying our heads in hard training!
Xiao Yun thought to himself that since he broke through the Dou Ling level, his cultivation speed inevitably slowed down. Even if he stayed in the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower every day, his cultivation speed could not return to the previous speed. After all, he was not using the real Fallen Heart Flame, but only a seed fire. For Dou Ling level people, unless they were at the lowest level, the acceleration effect of the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower could be ignored.
The Dou Wang level is the watershed for the strong men on the continent. Countless peak Dou Ling level strong men are stuck at this level and can never break through. Although Xiao Yun has no bottleneck because of the blessing of the golden finger, this golden finger cannot speed up his cultivation speed.
After breaking through Dou Wang, Xiao Yun spent five months to successfully break through to the two-star Dou Wang. At this rate, it would take him nearly four years to break through to Dou Huang, not to mention the later realms, which would be slower and slower. If he continued to practice hard like this, maybe when he was in his thirties and finally broke through to Dou Zun, Emperor Hun Tian would have already begun to destroy the world.
Compared to Xiao Yun's slow progress in Dou Qi, he has made rapid progress in alchemy. In just three years, his alchemy skills have almost surpassed his teacher. A large part of the talent of an alchemist is related to soul power. Many alchemists, including Elder Huo, have been stuck in a certain level because their soul power is not up to standard. Take Elder Huo as an example. If he can break through to Dou Huang, the breakthrough in cultivation can drive the growth of soul power, so that he can easily become a sixth-grade alchemist.
Xiao Yun's soul power was naturally very strong, which destined him to have a super high talent in the field of alchemy. When he broke through to the Dou Ling realm, Xiao Yun had already become a fourth-grade alchemist. Then, in just one year, he broke through to the fifth-grade alchemist realm. Up to now, he is already a fifth-grade peak alchemist. Even the sixth-grade elixir has a 30% success rate, while Elder Huo only has a pitiful success rate of less than 10%.
As early as when Xiao Yun was still a fourth-rank alchemist, Elder Huo had nothing more to teach, because alchemists above this level had already mastered most of the alchemy techniques, and the only thing they competed was who had the better flame and who had the stronger soul power.
As for how to refine pills, he could only rely on himself to figure it out, and no one could teach him anything. So, all Elder Huo could do was to teach him all the pill recipes he knew. Xiao Yun did not disappoint Elder Huo's expectations, and quickly learned all the pill recipes taught to him.
Dong dong dong
There was a knock on the door, interrupting Xiao Yun's thoughts, followed by a powerful voice, "Cousin Xiao Yun, the family has sent a letter to you."
"Okay, I'll be down right away, you come in." While responding, Xiao Yun stood up, tapped his feet lightly, and landed on the ground. He pushed open the door and walked out.
Standing in the corridor on the second floor, Xiao Yun watched a tall figure walk into the hall. It was Xiao Long. Over the past few years, Xiao Long and the other two had made great progress in their cultivation with his help. The two brothers Xiao Long and Xiao Hu had both reached the seventh star of Dou Shi. In this year's inner courtyard selection competition, they ranked last and second to last and entered the inner courtyard. After entering the inner courtyard, Xiao Yun directly let the two join the Xiao Clan, providing them with shelter and certain cultivation resources. As Xiao Ding was still young, it was estimated that it would take a few more years for him to reach the minimum standard for entering the inner courtyard.
"Who sent it? Did something happen in the family?" Xiao Yun walked down the stairs, looked up and said to Xiao Long.
After respectfully handing the envelope to Xiao Yun, Xiao Long touched his head and said with a simple smile, "It was sent by the clan leader. I came to see you, my cousin, as soon as I got the letter. I don't know what it is about yet."
"Okay, here, a little gadget to speed up your cultivation, take it and practice." Xiao Yun casually threw a jade bottle to Xiao Long, sat on the sofa in the hall, opened the envelope and began to read.
Xiao Long's face showed joy, and he quickly took the jade bottle. For him, the small toys given by Xiao Yun, who was so powerful, were rare treasures. Seeing Xiao Yun's actions, Xiao Long stopped disturbing him and quietly left the hall.
(End of this chapter)
