Chapter 42: My Sister's Kiss

  In the grand hall of Shangong Valley, Xiaodou sat pitifully on a small stool called "Tiger", surrounded by a crowd of people, bustling with excitement!

  The Water Immortal's spirit was dazed as he said, "How is this possible? Xiao Dou not only reached the perfect state of the Golden Elixir from the initial stage of the Imperial Sword, but also passed through the five layers without becoming a zombie. How can this be?"

  "What's going on here?" Xiaodou couldn't help but shout in a bad tone: "You've all asked me ten million times, aren't you tired of it? I really don't know, I don't understand. I've told you everything I know. How many more times do you want to ask me? Let me tell you, this is what it means! This is me, Xiaoye, not dying from great difficulties and having good fortune afterwards, haha... Xiaofei, you're really too cute. When I thought of you during the initial stage of building my foundation, I succeeded immediately. And now that I've thought of you again, I've succeeded once more. You're really my goddess!"

  Leng Han let out a bitter laugh and said, "I think that little bean must have had some kind of incredible adventure that we don't know about. The most likely possibility is that something went wrong with that zombie thing. How enviable! You're even more impressive than me, who's only in the middle stage of forming my elixir. And now you're already at the later stage? That's just too arrogant!"

  Xiao Mei anxiously said, "No way, this strange and unusual advancement is probably temporary. I think we should go ask Lian Shibo about it, or else there might be some aftereffects!"

  Yun Rui said with a embarrassed face: "This is probably not convenient, as soon as the senior brother goes out, they will have an excuse to call us out to fight. Heaven, in just one month, our sect has lost 6,100 people, it's really too terrifying! Moreover, even the high-ranking masters like Shifu are so busy that they don't even have time to eat, how can they care about a small group like us?"

  Yun Xiaoqiao said with a heavy heart: "Master brother's health is important, we are not allowed to make mistakes no matter what, let's find an opportunity to go when Master Shibo has time!"

  "No need~" Xiao Dou patted his little belly and smiled foolishly: "I'm fine, eating is great, and I'll reach the later stage in no time. With the extra 200 years from the Dan period, I can have so much fun! I'm too awesome, huh? ~ I've decided, I want to learn the art of alchemy. When Xiaofei's fiancé appears, I'll create many explosives and be like Lei Zhenzi from Tangmen, go and blow him up. Who dares to bully my woman - looking for death!"

  Little Little went up and punched him a few times, saying: "You super invincible big idiot, what's wrong with you, just you with that talent still refining equipment, I spit, besides, in order to help everyone condense the elixir, we now have nothing left, not to mention, my 'eating' tool is gone, you stinky little bean, compensate me~"

  "Ow, ow, stop...stop hitting me! I'm not a zombie, it hurts! Ah, right, now I'm not invincible anymore, that's troublesome. From now on, let's all work together!"

  Leng Han Ming sneered, "What's the point of trying so hard? Hmph! Don't expect me to help now. When our sect is at war, if we rich young masters still casually give out things, that's just asking for a beating!"

  Shuixian smiled and said, "Apart from Xiaodou's calculations, I've thought of everything else. We don't need to worry about anything now, as long as we have enough elixirs. Let's cultivate together for a few decades until we reach the middle stage of forming the elixir, then start working hard again. However, I have an idea - I'll replace my top-grade alchemy furnace with a cauldron, and Xiaodou can learn alchemy since he has the most time!"

  "Cold and stern, he glared with wide eyes and shouted: 'Isn't that right? Letting a foolish guy like Xiaodou refine equipment? Hmph! You'll pay for this, and besides, even if it were someone with exceptional talent, it's not something your family can afford to cultivate. Don't dream about it! Ahah... just think about it, you can't even gather the materials needed for a Concocting Dan stage refining cauldron, let alone a top-grade equipment like this Water Immortal's refining furnace. At most, you might be able to exchange it for a low-grade refining cauldron, but I doubt anyone would even want to trade with you. As for the materials needed to practice in the future... even I, the young master, dare not think about it! You should give up on this idea as soon as possible!'"

  Xiao Dou shook his head and said: "Boss, don't you understand the meaning of Shui Xian yet? Now we have no way out, especially me, this inexplicably successful senior brother has no way out. The magic treasures of over 200 people, these astronomical numbers, even if we work hard for many years, we can't get them, let alone in this chaotic world. Now everyone needs time to cultivate, but only I have the time. This heavy responsibility, I will take it on myself. When the time comes, Xiao Dou, I will absolutely not retreat!"

  Tiān shēn ér shàng de xiǎo dòu zài wèi lái de rì zi lǐ, wèi le liàn qì, biàn yào xiān zhǎng wǒ zì jǐ běn shēn huǒ shǔ xìng de fǎ lì, zhè yě shì liàn qì de jī běn!

  Translation:

  The small bean that stood up straight will have to master its own fire attribute abilities in the future days for equipment refinement, this is also the basic of equipment refinement!

  First of all, it's the Jiuyang Shengong. This second layer of the ancient divine technique has defeated countless cultivators with great potential, like small beans. The reason is that this pure fire attribute Fa Li is too overbearing and violent. Using this Fa Li to condense the Golden Elixir can be said to be extremely difficult, utterly impossible!

  Xiao Dou was baffled. He had heard everyone say that forming the Golden Elixir was a delicate task, and even the slightest mistake would not do. How did he succeed in such a daze?

  Is it that the Nine Yang Divine Skill wants to cultivate the second layer of the Cong Dan realm, and it has to be muddled? Xiao Dou can only think of such a simple-minded explanation!

  Never mind, anyway nothing's wrong, old people always say that silly kids are easier to raise, I'm just such a lucky person!

  At that moment, I had a serious epiphany for the first time and looked at the small golden elixir in my dantian. Seeing that sparkling crystal clear, flourishing and never-ending small golden elixir, oh ~ you are really too lovely.

  Activate the Nine Yang Divine Technique, and the Small Golden Elixir will continuously generate infinite magical power, this is the elevation of the Dan-forming stage!

  If a cultivator from the Qi Refining stage to the Sword Cultivating stage were to arrive at a place devoid of spiritual energy, whether it be in the mortal realm or a land overrun with demonic energy, then the magical power they use would be entirely consumptive in nature, without the ability to recover through time, unless they used spirit stones to replenish their magical power. Xiao Dou had done this many times before, and for this kind of cunning merchant, it was absolutely a devastating blow to his mental state!

  In this way, as long as the immortal's mana is exhausted, he will be an ordinary person. If you encounter an immortal who doesn't know martial arts and hasn't cultivated body-refining techniques, brother, at this time you can use your fists or a brick to slap him!

  But by the time you reach the Golden Elixir stage, you don't have to worry about it anymore. This small golden elixir will not only eternally release spiritual power and circulate its own cultivation, but also because of it, your spiritual power will be greatly enhanced to an extent that a small sword cultivator in the Sword Control stage cannot imagine. This is the famous Golden Elixir Great Way of Dao Sect!

  Operating full-body fire attribute power, Xiao Dou swung out a punch with his hand, and a red magical energy struck out, "Boom!" Shocking the heavens and earth!

  He stood alone on the top of Fei Niao Rock, using the fourth level of the Vajra Body Protection Technique to resist the gale force on the mountain cliff. After more than 50 days, he successfully cultivated the fifth level of the Vajra Body Protection Technique and the 55th level of the Holy Fighting Method, bringing his magical power in the later stage of foundation building to a rich peak! He could use it with ease!

  On the way back, it goes without saying that he brought two large baskets of precious spiritual grass, which was carefully selected and picked for more than 50 days. This trip's income is not small either!

  Watching him make serious progress and efforts, the gentle Water Fairy sister went up and gave Xiao Dou's face a sweet kiss, making him feel embarrassed for a moment. This is also a way for beautiful women to encourage their younger brothers!

  With everything ready, Xiaodou began to study carefully and ponder the art of refining equipment on Motian Cliff. From time to time, she humbly went to ask for advice from Shuixian, Xiaomei, and Xiaoxiao, three master craftsmen, about their experiences and secrets to success!

  There was also a small part of the material that Xiao Mei had processed, holding the top-grade treasure that Ling had secretly exchanged for - the Holy Spirit Tripod, and began the difficult journey of refining equipment!

  Top-grade treasure, this is also a small wrist of the Water Immortal. Exchanging a top-grade Taoist instrument for a top-grade treasure is quite ruthless. Alas, these brothers are worth Cold Crow risking being scolded to take action, whether it's for emotional or practical reasons!

  Leng Han thought that if he didn't lend a hand, it would be better not to intervene at all. If he did decide to help, he would make sure they succeeded, so as to be able to use them in the future. Otherwise, even if he helped, but held back and they ultimately failed, wouldn't that be a loss? So, he decided to give them the best top-grade artifact, the Lian Qi Ding cauldron. This was an extremely precious treasure! You couldn't get it for tens of thousands of spirit stones, and even if you had the money, you still couldn't buy it!

  Whether it's a Taoist instrument or a magic treasure, the lower and middle grades are relatively cheaper, while the higher grades are more expensive. Because the difference between them is so great that the probability of death in battle is too high. As for the top grade, even if one million pieces of low, medium, and high-grade magic treasures are produced, it's already good enough to have one piece of top-grade treasure appear. Moreover, it also requires a Dan-making master to cultivate it in his body for hundreds or thousands of years, which is not something that can be done overnight!

  Xiao Dou, this incredible guy, Leng Han Ling likes him for two reasons: first, he thinks this little brother has a divine guardian body, and second, he is a character. That's why he has been taking care of him all these years. Otherwise, even if he had reached the foundation-building stage of Yu Jian, he wouldn't have been willing to use large amounts of spiritual elixirs to support Xiao Dou for free!

  For the first time, there was a treasure that could be enlarged and shrunk. Xiao Dou was overjoyed, hugging it as he slept for many days. Every day, he studied the art of refining equipment with his life on the line, learning and experimenting in small trials...

  Everyone naturally didn't have much hope for the time being, thinking that even if they could refine a basic low-grade flying sword, it would take an extraordinary genius at least fifty or sixty years to achieve.

  Moreover, it's our little Dou Dajie, but seeing Little Dou full of energy and working hard every day, the younger brothers and sisters are also delighted. In fact, in their hearts, there really aren't many people who think Little Dou can succeed. Even if Little Dou succeeds, it will still take a much longer time to progress from refining low-grade Dao instruments to refining high-grade Fa treasures, which is fundamentally not something they can wait for!

  So, everyone is still focusing on their cultivation. As long as the Great Master doesn't become a zombie, they are happy to eat ten bowls of rice per meal and live energetically. Now that Water Fairy's wisdom has become their reliance in their hearts!

  At this time, outside the sect, the cultivators and various evil demons in all parts of China had already fought countless battles!

  As the Small Cycle War approaches, the sect lowers its threshold and recruits millions of cultivators into the sect. However, due to the uneven quality of these new recruits, their strength is insufficient, and soon over 10,000 casualties are reported!

  And what about them? They are now happily hiding in the Mountain God Valley, cultivating with peace of mind. Outside, they can do whatever they want, and even the great masters above the Yuan Ying period in the sect don't have a more comfortable life than them!

  Death is ultimately cruel, the high-level sect members are not all cold-blooded, they can't keep watching those hot-blooded little cultivators who have not cultivated for a few years, don't have any Taoist merit, and don't even have a low-grade magic weapon, take ordinary iron swords and wear ordinary iron armor to the front line to die!

  While fighting against the evil demons, the high-level members of Jiuhua Mountain decided to start the ceremony of accepting disciples earlier than scheduled.