Crash! Xiao Zhan was so surprised that he couldn't even hold the teacup in his hand and dropped it on the ground. He was flustered!

  "A three stars progression in one year? A 6-star Dou Practitioner?!!!"

  Xiao Yu's eyes widened in astonishment. The anger she had been holding in her gritted teeth was momentarily fotten. Now she was rendered speechless by Xiao Yan's terrifying cultivation level.

  As a student of Jia Nan Academy herself, Xiao Yu knew about the academy's entrance assessment. The assessment only took people uhe age of twenty into sideration and rahem from F to S, with S being reserved for those uhe age of twenty who had reached the 6-star Dou Practitioage.

  For over a decade, only the Little Witch of the Jia Nan Academy had achieved this feat. Now, sidering Xiao Yan had just celebrated his ing-of-age ceremony and was only fifteen, it wasn't just about breaking records anymore; it was about possessing an unimaginable and terrifying cultivation talent!

  'Xiao Yan ge-ge's talent has finally blossomed.' A small tear of emotion appeared at the er of Xun Er's eye.

  Given her special status, Xun Er was aware that Xiao Yan's cultivation speed wasn't sidered fast on the vast Dou Qi ti. However, she always believed that his talent was far more than just that.

  The members of the Xiao were even more astohis kind of cultivation speed could only be described in three words: terrifying as hell!

  "With this cultivation speed, perhaps... it's possible that in a few decades, the Xiao will truly produ elite Dou Emperor." The people in the VIP seats exged gnces, all of them simultaneously struck by a somewhat shog thought.

  A Dou Emperor. If a small the Jia Ma Empire were to produ elite Dou Emperardless of their i limitations, the status of that would instantly skyrocket. At that point, evehree major s of the Jia Ma Empire would not dare to suppress them.

  After all, there were only a handful of elite Dou Emperors in this vast empire, each with the power to turide and fight against thousands. No sane empire would choose to offend a Dou Emperor!

  Although having talent was no guarantee of being ae expert, no one knew how the world would ge in a few decades. One could also die during outdoor training, from illness, or simply fade into obscurity.

  However, there was no denying that Xiao Yan had now received the ticket to the pinnacle of strength.

  It was only Xiao Yan himself who touched his h a bit of embarrassment. He wao say that he himself did not know that his cultivation level had actually increased by three stars!

  'The Heavenly Fme is truly terrifying,' he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

  Under normal circumstances, if he relied solely on the Qi Method to absorb the world's energy and transform it into Dou Qi, he would only be able to improve by oar at most.

  This year, however, he had two opportunities. One was the medial pill refined by Hun Huzi, which he obtained with his life on the line, and the other was the Bone Chilling Fme.

  Traditionally, there were only two methods to increase one's cultivation: transf one's Dou Qi with the Qi Method, and increasing one's Dou Qi with medial pills. However, there was a third method that Xiao Yan had. He devoured a Heavenly Fme through the special properties of the Fme Mantra and ied the power of the Heavenly Fme into his Dou Qi.

  As Xiao Yan would put it, the Fme Mantra devoured Heavenly Fmes like a nuclear reaaintaining trol over them within the body and harnessing their energy.

  'I didn't expect that cultivating the Fme Splitting Tsunami with the Heavy Xuan Ruler would actually improve the efficy of dev the Heavenly Fme.'

  'Perhaps I could push a little further and devour more strands of the Bone Chilling Fme.'

  Xiao Yan's body now taihree strands of dense white fme threads.

  In a way, this was what Xun Er meant when she said that Xiao Yan's talent had finally blossomed. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once he obtained a strand of the fme thread, it was like making a start. His speed in abs the Bone Chilling Fme would tio increase until the right moment came when he could pletely devour the Bone Chilling Fme.

  " Head Xiao, the cultivation talent of Little Brother Xiao Yan is truly astonishing. This time, we might truly be witnessing the rise of an exceptionally terrifyie expert," Ya Fei's pair of beautiful eyes focused ily on the young man in bck standing in the square, her gaze carrying a subtle implication.

  The reason why the Miteer was able to bee the rgest business the Jia Ma Empire was because they once had a Dou Emperor among them. And now, the Miteer was in desperate need of a Dou Emperor to serve as their backer.

  Xiao Yan slowly stepped down from the high ptform and walked over to Xun Er.

  Normally, every qualified member was required to participate in a match to test their strength. However, with his cultivation level, fighting him would be nothing more than asking for abuse. Xiao Yu's 'tragic experience' was still vivid in their minds.

  Xiao Ning saw his sister Xiao Yu g her fists tightly and whispered, "Big sis, not only is the Little Leader's cultivation level high, but his Dou Teiques are also very strong. You better not provoke him like you did before. If you really upset the Little Leader, even Grandfather might not be able to speak on your behalf."

  Xiao Yu snapped back to reality. She couldn't uand how Xiao Yan could devote time to both cultivating Dou Qi and practig Dou Teiques. Did he have twenty-five hours in his day?

  Xiao Yan looked at the beauty in front of him and said with a raised eyebrow, "Xun Er's cultivatioo have improved a lot."

  Xuuck out her tongue, her light ughter tinkling like a silver bell, "I inally thought I could be strohan Xiao Yan ge-ge this year, but I didn't expect Xiao Yan ge-ge to give everyone such a big surprise."

  Xun Er had always suppressed her cultivation speed and deliberately gged behind Xiao Yan a bit. This year, when she also reached adulthood, the power within her helped her to greatly increase her cultivation. Therefore, she jumped to the 5-star Dou Practitioage. She had been thinking about how to expin this to Xiao Yan without making him feel bad.

  What she didn't expect was that Xiao Yan would also jump three stars in one year. This really took her by surprise. Xun Er guessed he must have stumbled upon an opportunity outside.

  "Xiao Yan ge-ge, after being a Dou Practitiohe importance of Qi Methods will increase. I've noticed that the color of your Dou Qi has barely reached the high-level Huang Css. I have a Fire Attribute High Xuan Qi Method here that would be very suitable for you."

  Xun Er said as she discreetly took out a Qi Method and ha to him.

  Although the Xiao had aued off a High Xuan Css Qi Method called Hurrie t, it was of the wind attribute and was not suitable for Xiao Yan's innate fire attribute. The highest-css fire attribute Qi Method within the Xiao was at the high-level Huang Css, so Xun Er mistakenly thought that Xiao Yan was cultivating the Qi Method from the Xiao .

  Xiao Yan's heart warmed as he pinched Xun Er's cheek and said with a ugh. "Oh my, looks like I'm going to be supported by the wealthy Miss Xun Er and bee a kept man."

  "There's no such thing. Even the ndlord's family doesn't have extra food to spare, let alone afford to keep a great genius like Xiao Yan ge-ge."

  "Ha ha ha, Xun Er doesn't o worry. I have obtained something good. I just haven't had the ce to switch Qi Methods yet."

  The ing-of-age ceremony finally ended amidst ughter and joy within the Xiao . Xiao Yan's name as a genius once again resouhroughout Wu Tan City, even reag the Nan Mansion in the imperial capital.

  At this moment, the Xiao was unaware that a spiracy against them had already begun to quietly unfold.

  …

  "Father, this is Master Liu Xi, a 1st-tier Alchemist."

  In a brightly lit hall, Jia Lie Ao introduced a young alchemist standing beside him.

  The hall was filled with many people dressed not only iire of the high-ranking members of the Jia Lie but also iire of the Ao Ba .

  Because of Xiao Yan, the Jia Lie d the Ao Ba had pletely formed an alliance of is to protect themselves from being annexed by the powerful Xiao .

  Upon the arrival of Liu Xi, both heads, Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa, hurriedly stood up to greet him.

  "Master Liu Xi truly is a person of outstanding talent."

  "Hehe, pared to Master Liu Xi, what is a mere Xiao Yan?"

  Liu Xi opened his fan and slowly said, "Merely cultivating Dou Qi is nothing but the work of brutes. Only those who master the art of alchemy trol everything."