"System, search Yao Lao's memories and retrieve the recipe for the Foundation-Building Spiritual Fluid," Su Yun said in his mind.
"Ding, searching, search successful."
Su Yun mobilized his consciousness, tapping the recipe, three sprigs of Purple Orchid Grass, two sprigs of Bone-Cleansing Flower, and a Level 1 Wood Magic Core.
"Fusion," Su Yun said in his mind.
"Ding, fusion solution detected. Payment required: one Level 2 Magic Core. Do you want to pay?"
"Pay."
Immediately, a mysterious aura ascended, and the medicinal herbs and magic cores in the warehouse vanished.
In their place, a drop of liquid the color of emerald lingered in the system's warehouse.
Su Yun's mind moved, and the emerald liquid fell into the basin of clear water he had prepared. Instantly, the clear water turned turquoise.
Su Yun stripped off his clothes, jumped in, and began to cultivate.
...…
The night passed in a trance.
Su Yun sat naked, cross-legged in a wooden tub. His hands formed a strange seal before him, his eyes closed, his breathing steady.
As time passed, the cyan liquid within the tub gradually emitted a faint, turquoise-tinged current that slowly ascended, finally flowing into his body, guided by Su Yun's breath.
As the current entered his body, Su Yun's tender face suddenly shone with a luminescence like warm jade.
"Huh..."
He slowly opened his eyes, a pleased smile spreading across his delicate features.
He stood up, letting the water drip down his body. He stretched lazily, feeling the Dou Qi filling his body, and exclaimed in delight, "This, this, this..."
Fourth stage of Dou Qi!
"No wonder Xiao Yan can rely on this spiritual fluid to continuously soar four stages a year.
While it's due to his renewed cultivation, the effects of this foundation-building spiritual fluid are truly astonishing."
It wasn't his limited knowledge that was to blame. After arriving on this Dou Qi continent, he had personally experienced the difficulty of cultivating at the Dou Qi stage.
It was easy enough before, but at the Dou Qi stage, every three stages yield a Dividing Water Ling.
After completing the third stage of Dou Qi, brimming with Dou Qi within him, he'd been striving for the fourth stage for two months, but to no avail.
Now, after just one night of cultivating with the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Fluid, he'd broken through to the fourth stage. While this was due to his previous accumulation, the miraculous effect of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Fluid during Dou Qi cultivation is undeniable.
"This system's fusion function is truly amazing, and since it's fusion, it shouldn't be limited to synthesizing elixirs,"
Su Yun's eyes flashed with contemplation.
This fusion function, like Su Yun's previous synthesis of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Fluid, can fuse all things.
However, it also comes with its own limitations and costs.
The limitation is the feasibility of the fusion plan, and the cost is the Magic Core.
The information previously infused into his mind clearly stated that fusion requires the consumption of Magic Cores.
Furthermore, the higher the level of the fusion product, the higher the Magic Core's level.
Su Yun speculated that fusion required energy, but what puzzled him was that it seemed to only consume magic cores...
Su Yun couldn't figure it out for a moment. He
shook his head, not dwelling on these details.
Originally, he had planned to apply for admission to Canaan Academy once he reached the eighth level of Dou Qi.
Reaching the eighth level of Dou Qi before the age of eighteen would be easy for him, even without the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Fluid.
He wasn't born into a prominent family, and the best martial art his parents left him was the intermediate-level Yellow-rank "Fiery Flame Art."
To master higher-level martial arts and fighting techniques, he had to join a sect or academy.
Canaan Academy was renowned throughout the continent, even within Zhongzhou, making it a natural choice.
There was no other way around it; in this Dou Qi continent, for a commoner with a modicum of talent like him, joining an academy was the best option.
But now, with the system and Yao Lao's lifelong collection as his backing, joining Canaan Academy could be postponed.
"But Canaan Academy is a must. Fallen Heart Flame..." Su Yun fell into deep thought, reversing his previous plan to join Canaan Academy at the eighth level of Dou Qi.
With Yao Lao's complete memories, he wouldn't have to worry about acquiring higher-level martial arts, and joining Canaan Academy could be postponed.
Even if he had a fire-attributed constitution, he would have wanted to cultivate the "Burning Art.
" As Xiao Yan's greatest gold standard in the original novel, it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted.
The ability to devour beast fire and otherworldly fire to enhance cultivation, allowing one to control multiple types of otherworldly fire, a bug like this would naturally make him want to cultivate if the conditions allowed.
But even if it was put on hold, he still had to go.
There was no rule stating that only those with fire attributes could refine otherworldly fire.
If he wasn't fire-attributed and couldn't cultivate the Burning Technique, and could only absorb one type of otherworldly fire, then the Fallen Heart Flame would be his first choice.
The Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower in the Canaan Inner Courtyard was just as effective. With a complete Fallen Heart Flame, cultivation speed would surely be astonishing.
"I ran into Xiao Yan in the market before. Judging by his appearance
, he must be my age..." Su Yun counted on his fingers, calculating the time. In the past six years in Wutan City, he hadn't heard of Xiao Yan being a prodigy at eleven years old, nor had he heard of him being a worthless third-stage Dou Qi fighter. This encounter today confirmed Su Yun's current timeline.
This was a good thing for him. If the storyline hadn't begun,
the herbs and fighting techniques in the Qingshan Town caves, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire in the Tagor Desert—a series of opportunities—would still be there.
"That little girl back then must have been Xiao Xun'er."
Indeed, she looked only about a year younger than Xiao Yan.
Su Yun raised his right hand and pressed his head. This crappy system didn't even display an age; he had to estimate it himself.
Bad review!
If he remembered correctly, Xiao Xun'er had been sent to the Xiao family by Gu Yuan when she was four.
That meant she'd only been there about a year, and Xiao Yan looked the same age, about six.
"That's about right."
Su Yun lowered his finger and began to recall.
Ever since his rebirth and the realization that this was the world of "Fights Break Sphere," he had consciously recalled the plot of his past life.
He'd read it several times back then, and aside from a few minor details, he remembered the plot and many of the settings.
If his memory served him right, Xiao Yan began practicing Qi at the age of four, possessed the ninth level of Dou Qi at ten, and at eleven, successfully condensed the Dou Qi vortex, becoming a Douzhe.
After that, he was drained dry by Yao Lao, and that draining lasted for three years. Xiao Yan's cultivation level regressed from Dou Zhe to the third stage of Dou Qi. Over the past three years, the Dou Qi he had just cultivated was sucked away, immediately. His cultivation level didn't even improve.
And three years later, there was the divorce incident and the three-year agreement.
"At the age of eleven, his cultivation level began to decline, and then he was drained dry for three years. Does that mean that the storyline officially began when Xiao Yan turned fourteen?"
"Is that so?" Su Yun couldn't help but frown.
"No, he should have broken through to Dou Zhe at around eleven, and then been drained for more than three years."
(End of this chapter)