Wutan City, Xiao Family.
Xiao Yan was currently soaking in a vat filled with foundation-building spiritual fluid.
He was elated. Two days prior, he had just broken through to the eighth level of Dou Qi and was now striving for the ninth.
Feeling the Dou Qi within him steadily strengthening, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.
Look! My talent is back! Soon, I'll blind everyone.
And Nalan Yanran, what a proud daughter of heaven?
One day, I'll make her kneel and apologize to me.
However, just as Xiao Yan was lost in his own little world, a sudden surge of energy appeared.
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yao Lao, who had suddenly appeared beside him, in surprise. "Teacher, why are you out here?"
Xiao Yan was puzzled. In the past, when he was cultivating his chain, Yao Lao had always remained quietly within his storage ring. He had never appeared without warning like this.
Yao Lao didn't respond to Xiao Yan's question. He was now furrowing his brow, staring intently into the distance.
As an alchemist, he was extremely sensitive to the fluctuations of alchemy.
It's no exaggeration to say that as long as an alchemist was refining an elixir, he could clearly sense it within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, if he wanted to.
Yao Lao had been restoring his soul power within his ring, but just now, he suddenly sensed the aura of alchemy thunder.
Although the distance prevented him from knowing the true power of the thunder,
he was certain that someone in the Jiama Empire was refining high-level elixirs.
"Who?"
Yao Lao's brows furrowed, his mind boggling.
Seeing Yao Lao's expression, Xiao Yan no longer cared about cultivating his energy and leaped out of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Fluid. He
casually grabbed a bath towel and wrapped it around himself, then asked worriedly, "What happened, Teacher?"
After a while, Yao Lao gradually emerged from his reverie.
He glanced at Xiao Yan and said in a serious tone, "I sense someone in the Jiama Empire has just refined a seventh-grade elixir!"
"What? A seventh-grade elixir?"
Xiao Yan's eyes widened in shock. In disbelief, he looked to Yao Lao again for confirmation, "Teacher, are you sure it's a seventh-grade elixir?"
"Hmm..."
Yao Lao nodded.
"How is that possible? In the entire Jiama Empire, even the Pill King Gu He has barely reached the sixth rank. How could someone be more powerful than Gu He? Capable of refining a seventh-grade elixir?"
That's a seventh-grade elixir, something only a legendary seventh-grade alchemist could create.
Could it be that within the Jiama Empire, there's a peerless master even more powerful than Gu He?
"I wonder when I'll finally become an alchemist,"
Xiao Yan thought to himself, then clenched his fists, his eyes filled with longing.
"I never imagined that a tiny Jiama Empire could hold so many hidden talents. I underestimated them before..."
Yao Lao sighed.
A seventh-grade alchemist, even in Zhongzhou, where the powerful are teeming with them, was a rare sight.
He truly hadn't imagined that a seventh-grade alchemist could be hidden in this tiny Jiama Empire.
...
Yunlan Sect.
Pill King Gu He had just refined a sixth-grade intermediate-level elixir and was sweating profusely as he admired his "masterpiece."
Suddenly, a terrifying aura emanated from afar, frightening Gu He so much that he trembled and dropped the elixir in his hands.
Fighting back his fatigue, he stood up, his eyes filled with shock as he looked towards the direction from which the aura had come.
He was absolutely certain it was Dan Lei's aura, for he could faintly smell the scent of a seventh-grade elixir.
"Who is it? Who exactly?"
Gu He had always been extremely proud of his alchemy skills.
In the Jiama Empire, he was undeniably the foremost alchemist.
But now, an alchemist even more powerful than himself had appeared, something he couldn't believe.
Gu He gritted his teeth, pulled a handful of Qi-restoring powder from his storage ring, and swallowed it without a second thought.
He couldn't rest now; his only thought was to improve his strength.
Afterward, Gu He immediately sat cross-legged and once again threw herbs into the medicine cauldron...
...
Bang!
The thick silver lightning bolt was blasted apart by Lin Yuan's fist.
"Hiss! I really underestimated you."
Lin Yuan shook his numb arm, a little startled.
The power of nature was truly terrifying.
Just the first bolt of thunder already possessed such power.
However, during the clash with the silver lightning, Lin Yuan had made a surprising discovery:
this elixir lightning could actually temper the body.
With this discovery, Lin Yuan licked his lips and then made a surprising move.
Within the dark clouds, the next bolt of silver lightning was rapidly gathering.
Lin Yuan, far from preparing to fight, instead spread his arms, his eyes filled with madness.
He intended to harness the power of the elixir lightning to temper his own body.
This move startled Medusa below.
Seeing Lin Yuan emerge unscathed from the first blast of lightning, Medusa's heart finally settled.
But then, Lin Yuan's frantic actions sent her heart racing once more.
"Haha, Lin Yuan, oh Lin Yuan, you're really courting death!"
The Great Elder, below, nearly burst out laughing.
His original plan was to have Lin Yuan die under the blast of the pill thunder.
But after Lin Yuan withstood the first blast, the Great Elder was deeply disappointed, thinking his plan was doomed. But
the next second, Lin Yuan gave up resistance. Wasn't that courting death?
The Great Elder chanted silently in his heart, "Blast him to death, blow him to death..."
Under the gaze of everyone, the second blast of silver lightning finally gathered.
Then, twice as powerful as the previous one, the force of the thunder struck Lin Yuan once again, before the eyes of the crowd.
In the blink of an eye, silver lightning struck Lin Yuan with lightning-fast speed.
Bang!
An unusually muffled sound echoed, making everyone present's heart skip a beat.
Lin Yuan's body was blasted dozens of meters away by the silver lightning before finally coming to rest.
Countless silver electric currents flashed across his body.
Anyone else would have been shattered by the blast.
But Lin Yuan?
The power of the silver lightning gradually strengthened his body.
In a matter of moments, the terrifying force had been completely absorbed by Lin Yuan.
After this blow, Lin Yuan felt his physical strength increase by over 30%!
"Ahem... awesome!"
The immense force still caused Lin Yuan some minor injuries, and he couldn't help but cough twice.
But the feeling of strength made Lin Yuan want to laugh wildly with excitement.
"He, he, he..."
The Great Elder's teeth chattered in fear at the scene above him.
At this moment, he finally realized that Lin Yuan was actually using the power of Dan Lei to temper his body. This
madman...