BTTH: From Genius to Invincible

Chapter 143: Tier 6 Spiritual Strength!



Xiao Yan suppressed the excitement in his heart and licked his lips. This item was indeed extremely useful to him.

"Hehe, since Virtuous Nephew Xiao Yan cured the old master's Searing Poison, this Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva is rightfully yours now," Nalan Su said with a smile, having naturally noticed the eagerness in Xiao Yan's eyes.

"Then you have my utmost gratitude. I do indeed need the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva to increase my Spiritual Strength." Xiao Yan didn't stand on ceremony. Although he hadn't initially expected any reward, if they were offering it to him, he would of course accept.

Xiao Yan cupped his hands in gratitude toward Nalan Su and said nothing else. Stepping forward, he carefully placed the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva into his storage ring.

"Although this Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva can be stored in a storage ring, you must expose it to sunlight for an hour every day, or else it will wither away on its own. You must remember this," Nalan Su reminded him.

"Mm, I understand," Xiao Yan nodded.

Nalan Yanran couldn't help but feel extremely frustrated as she watched Xiao Yan take away the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva. The assistance of Spiritual Strength in battle was not small. Now her chances of victory against him were even slimmer.

It was truly disheartening!

After making a round in the medicine room and collecting some medicinal ingredients to refine pills for Nalan Jie, Xiao Yan didn't trouble them further. He walked out of the medicine room and randomly found a courtyard, took out his medicinal cauldron, and was about to start refining pills.

"You're going to refine pills here?!" Nalan Yanran exclaimed in surprise. Don't alchemists usually find a quiet place to refine pills, afraid of being disturbed by others? And yet, you're just going to refine pills in this bustling courtyard?!

Aren't you afraid of others spying on your techniques?!

Xiao Yan tossed a cluster of the Ten Thousand Beast Flame into the medicinal cauldron with a puff. As he added the medicinal ingredients, he said nonchalantly, "It's not like it's some high-tier pill, just a tier 2 Hydrating Pill and a tier 3 Blood Replenishing Pill."

!!!?

"Tier, tier, tier 3?! Isn't that high enough?" Nalan Yanran was utterly astonished. She knew of two 3rd-tier alchemists herself.

One was the imperial family's Little Princess Yue Er, the apprentice of the deputy chairman of the Alchemist Association. She was extremely talented and had been exposed to alchemy from a young age, yet even she had only reached tier 3 now.

The other was Gu He's direct disciple Liu Ling, who had followed Gu He since childhood to learn alchemy and was also a 3rd-tier alchemist.

These two were both hot contenders for the championship of the Alchemist Grand Meeting!

Yet when they refined tier 3 pills, they needed to treat it seriously, and their success rates were not guaranteed to be 100%.

As Xiao Yan began refining pills, many of the Nalan Clan's servants curiously gathered around to watch.

"Huh? The Master and Young Miss are both here?"

"Wow, who's that handsome fellow? He's actually refining pills in the courtyard?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Why does this young man look so familiar?"

"Anyone who has worked in the mansion for ten years should know, right? Is that not the young master-in-law, Young Miss Nalan's fiancé, Young Master Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan?" Many long-serving employees recognized Xiao Yan's appearance and started gossiping.

Hearing some servants refer to Xiao Yan as 'young master-in-law,' Nalan Yanran instantly felt strange and uncomfortable all over.

"What's the matter? It's not too late to change your mind," Nalan Su said teasingly as he glanced at his daughter's expression.

"The engagement is something I will never agree to, and I will not lose to him," Nalan Yanran glared at Nalan Su and declared firmly before looking at Xiao Yan's back as he refined pills.

"Sigh, you... sigh." Apart from sighing, Nalan Su had nothing else to say. He had tried reasoning with her for three years, said everything he could, but it was of no use.

Soon, under the astonished eyes of the father-daughter duo, Xiao Yan smoothly finished refining the two medicinal pills and placed them in a brocade box, which he handed to Nalan Su.

Looking at the two pills inside the box, Nalan Su earnestly looked at Xiao Yan and asked, "Are you really not participating in the Alchemist Grand Meeting? With your exceptional alchemy skills, your chances of winning the championship are quite high, aren't they?"

Xiao Yan shrugged noncommittally and said, "I've always been cultivating and practicing alchemy outside. I haven't even gone to the Alchemist Association to take the test yet, and I don't want to bother with it."

"Virtuous Nephew, if you wish to participate, our Nalan Clan can vouch for you and exempt you from the preliminaries," Nalan Su offered decisively with a wave of his hand. "Thank you for your kind offer, Uncle Nalan. I'll consider it, but this tournament doesn't hold much appeal for me. I still prefer cultivating alone," Xiao Yan cupped his hands and smiled. "I'll return to my room to cultivate first, lest I fall behind and get surpassed by others."

He waved his hand and strode directly toward the guest room, leaving only a carefree silhouette behind.

Nalan Su looked at Nalan Yanran, who was gritting her teeth and clenching her fists, and said, "Daughter, if you lose, will you really become his servant or slave? I feel your chances of winning are slim."

Although Nalan Su hadn't witnessed Xiao Yan's true strength, the fact that he could easily kill Mo Cheng proved that his strength was definitely far greater than his apparent cultivation level suggested.

"Though I, Nalan Yanran, am but a woman, my word is as solid as stone. And I refuse to admit defeat in this manner!"

Xiao Yan naturally didn't know what Nalan Yanran was thinking. He only considered her vow to become a servant or slave as a mere jest. Right now, only three words occupied his mind:

Hall of Souls.

'I'm really fed up with that old fellow Hun Huzi. Jia Ma Sacred City is so big; who knows in which corner the Hall of Souls is hiding!' Xiao Yan looked at the Soul Command Token on the table that showed no reaction at all. He felt mentally exhausted.

He had originally thought that upon arriving in Jia Ma Sacred City, the Soul Command Token would react as it did back in Peace Town and guide him to the Hall of Souls.

But there was no response at all!

He hadn't even caught a glimpse of the Hall of Souls up to now.

'Forget it, there's still time anyway. If I search the entire Jia Ma Sacred City, I should be able

to find it eventually.'

Xiao Yan didn't bother thinking too much about it. Since he'd come to Jia Ma Sacred City, could the Hall of Souls grow legs and run away?

He slowly closed his eyes and began to circulate the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Technique. He

didn't immediately use the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva. He needed to cultivate the Soul Training Method to a bottleneck, and then use the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva to break

through in one go!

...

The following few days passed as a rare period of leisure for Xiao Yan. Apart from once when Ya Fei brought a batch of precious medicinal ingredients for him to practice with, he spent every day either cultivating or refining pills.

The power of the Di Class Qi Method allowed him to cultivate Dou Qi at an extremely rapid pace. Not long ago, he had just broken through to become a 4-star Dou Grandmaster. Xiao Yan estimated that in one or two more months, he could advance another star.

He might even reach the Dou Spirit realm within a year! A 19-year-old Dou Spirit had never appeared in the history of the Jia Ma Empire.

Moreover, this was without using any medicinal pills or fortuitous encounters-just purely relying on secluded cultivation at home. If he added the assistance of medicinal pills, Xiao Yan estimated he could reach the Dou Spirit realm in just half a year!

But compared to the speed of cultivating Dou Qi with the Di Class Qi Method, the cultivation of his Soul Training Method was not lagging behind in the slightest.

"It's time."

Xiao Yan calmed his mind and took out the Black Demon Cauldron and the Seven Magical

Green Spirit Saliva. Without any hesitation, he threw the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva into the Black Demon Cauldron. Then, he sent in the merged Heavenly Flame formed from his three kinds of Heavenly Flames. The terrifying temperature of the merged Heavenly Flame rapidly melted the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva.

The reason why the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva was considered a heavenly treasure rather than a mere medicinal ingredient was because its medicinal effects alone were comparable to those of medicinal pills!

Originally, medicinal pills were made by catalyzing, merging, and refining low-grade medicinal ingredients to grant the pill the efficacy of heavenly treasures.

But the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva was a heavenly treasure in its own right.

Even rare heavenly treasures could hardly withstand the smelting of the merged Heavenly Flame. In no time, a sphere of green spiritual liquid was extracted.

Xiao Yan parted his lips slightly and sucked the green spiritual liquid enveloped by the merged Heavenly Flame into his mouth.

An intense sensation shot straight into the depths of his mind. Xiao Yan swiftly began to circulate the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Technique and a large mass of green spiritual light condensed in his dantian under the perception of his Spiritual Strength.

As the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Technique circulated, that large mass of green spiritual light followed the flow of the Soul Training Method and merged into his soul. Finally, the green spiritual light was completely absorbed after Xiao Yan circulated the Soul Training Method nine times. Unknowingly, his Spiritual Strength had already advanced to the level of a 6th-tier alchemist.

He slowly opened his eyes. His terrifying Spiritual Perception spread to the extreme. The

range of his Spiritual Perception had actually increased tenfold after being increased by a

level!

The entire Nalan Mansion was within his perception, and he could even clearly 'see' the

streets.

'Hmm? Old Ling? Hadn't he already returned?'