Chapter 98: Xiao Xuner and Little Doctor Fairy Make a Strong Entrance on the Ranking Board!
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Chapter 98: Xiao Xuner and Little Doctor Fairy Make a Strong Entrance on the Ranking Board!
It had been several months since Xiao Ze joined the Alchemy Department.
During this time, Xiao Ze had been exceptionally busy, splitting half of his time between cultivation and pill refining.
His pill quota was being consumed like flowing water. If it weren't for Xiao Ze refining a large number of pills and submitting them to the Alchemy Department, his pill quota would have been depleted long ago.
However, the massive consumption of pill quota would eventually accumulate into Xiao Ze's alchemy skills!
The Canaan Academy truly lived up to its reputation as an ancient and venerable institution.
The accumulation of pill formulas in the Alchemy Department was also extremely terrifying.
Using his alchemy skills, Xiao Ze refined pills and exchanged them for pill quota in the Alchemy Department, which he then used to exchange for more pill formulas.
In this way, he crazily enriched his own accumulation of alchemy skills!
Coupled with Xiao Yan's feedback rewards for alchemy skills, which also included pill formulas, within just a few months, Xiao Ze's accumulation of pill formulas was already comparable to those of veteran fourth-grade alchemists!
Xiao Ze's accumulation of pill formulas was the most obvious manifestation of his progress in alchemy over the past few months!
He could now skillfully refine fourth-grade pills, although he had not yet attempted the refinement of fifth-grade pills.
After all, fifth-grade pill formulas were extremely expensive even within the Alchemy Department.
A single fifth-grade pill formula required nearly two thousand pill quota!
If Xiao Ze didn't have his own means of obtaining pill quota, it would take him ten months just to exchange for a single fifth-grade pill formula with his previous monthly quota of two hundred pills!
Originally, he had the opportunity to exchange for a fifth-grade pill formula. However, a month ago, he heard that a tutor in the Alchemy Department had the formula for Purple Spirit Pills.
He spent a great price to obtain that formula from the tutor.
The effect of the Purple Spirit Pill was plain and simple.
When consumed by a Great Dou Master, it could directly increase their strength by one star!
Of course, it couldn't break through to the next realm.
Although its effect was slightly inferior to the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill that Xiao Yan had once refined, the advantage of the Purple Spirit Pill was that it had no side effects.
Both types of pills, which directly increased one's strength, could only be consumed once.
The good news was that the Purple Spirit Pill and the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill were not conflicting.
The bad news was that Xiao Ze did not have the formula for the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill.
Even if he had the formula, he didn't have three different types of flames.
Of course, there was even better news.
That was, Xiao Xuner and Little Doctor Fairy had already reached the high-ranking Great Dou Master level. Even if they had the Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill, it was likely to be a waste of medicinal power.
Xiao Ze refined two Purple Spirit Pills, one for Xiao Xuner and one for Little Doctor Fairy.
This would further advance them towards the Dou Ling realm.
Now, with less than a month left until the Inner Courtyard Competition, the two of them were practicing frantically, aiming to break through to the Dou Ling realm before the competition!
"Speaking of which, Xuner and Little Doctor Fairy have been inspired by me, and their cultivation has become more diligent."
"In just a few months, they have gone from low-ranking Great Dou Masters to the peak of Great Dou Masters, preparing to break through to the Dou Ling realm..."
"Their speed is already on par with Xiao Yan in the original work."
"In the original work, Xiao Yan was like a treasure, with all kinds of precious pills being sent to him one after another, and he enjoyed them all."
"When he finally broke through to the Dou Ling realm, he even used the Earthly Heart Refining Milk, a treasure that takes thousands or even tens of thousands of years to form!"
"Compared to that, even with my pills as assistance, the speed of their cultivation is remarkable."
Xiao Ze looked at Xiao Xuner on the second practice room platform and couldn't help but say to himself.
If Xuner successfully broke through to the Dou Ling realm, I wonder what special reward the system would give?
But Xiao Ze knew he couldn't rush it. He had to wait until after the Inner Courtyard Competition to break through to the Dou King realm.
Two days later, a powerful energy fluctuation swept through the second practice room.
Even Xiao Ze, who was refining pills at the time, was startled, but fortunately, he was only in the refining stage and only lost a medicinal herb.
"It looks like she succeeded in her breakthrough!"
Xiao Ze looked at the feedback prompt on the system panel and turned to look in the direction of the platform.
He saw a graceful figure, like a butterfly, fluttering directly into his arms.
"Xiao Ze gege, I've successfully broken through to the Dou Ling realm~"
"That's great!"
Xiao Ze patted Xiao Xuner's head, and Xiao Xuner was intoxicated and delighted.
She had finally reached the same level as Xiao Ze.
Although there was still a big gap between them, she had just entered the Dou Ling realm, while Xiao Ze was at the peak of the Dou Ling realm.
Thinking of past experiences, Xiao Xuner suddenly raised her head, a little worried, and said to Xiao Ze.
"Xiao Ze gege, you're not going to break through to the Dou King realm again, are you?"
Seeing Xiao Xuner's nervous appearance, Xiao Ze couldn't help but pinch her cheek and chuckled.
"It's not that exaggerated. Breaking through to the Dou King realm is not a simple matter. But after the Inner Courtyard Competition and the tempering of the Origin Heart Flame, I should be able to break through smoothly."
Hearing Xiao Ze's words, Xiao Xuner breathed a sigh of relief.
But there was a hint of contemplation in her eyes. If this continued, she would always be dragging Xiao Ze down.
Even with such precious seventh-grade pills...
If she left, would Xiao Ze be able to grow even better, and perhaps he was already a Dou King powerhouse by now?
Xiao Xuner buried her head in Xiao Ze's chest, and the days of pill refining had left Xiao Ze's body with a strong herbal fragrance.
She greedily breathed in the scent emanating from Xiao Ze's body.
A decision quietly formed in her mind.
Perhaps it was time to return to the Ancient Clan, so that both of them could grow faster...
I can't continue to drag Xiao Ze down!
Thinking of the messages urging her to return to the Ancient Clan, Xiao Xuner's palms involuntarily clenched.
Xiao Ze felt Xiao Xuner suddenly exerting force with her arms and felt puzzled.
But he didn't say anything, just gently patted Xiao Xuner's back.
If Xuner had anything on her mind, she would definitely tell him.
At this moment, another powerful wave swept through the second practice room.
Xiao Ze looked up and saw a figure in white landing in front of him.
"You two don't need to be so intimate, do you?"
The Little Doctor Fairy's eyes carried a hint of inexplicable meaning as she looked at the two people embracing tightly.
"Cough cough, congratulations, both of you for breaking through to the Dou Ling realm."
Xiao Ze lightly patted Xiao Xuner's back.
However, Xiao Xuner did not escape like a cunning rabbit as she used to, but continued to cling to Xiao Ze's embrace.
"Xuner, what's wrong?"
After a while, Xiao Xuner got up, shook her head, and smiled, "It's nothing, I'm just too happy."
Xiao Ze glanced meaningfully at Xiao Xuner, remained silent for a moment, and did not continue to inquire.
"Now that both of you have broken through to the Dou Ling realm, it will be easy for you to climb the ranking board."
"However, to avoid subsequent challengers, it's best for you to directly challenge the top thirty strong ones."
"Got it!"
...
The next day.
The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth-ranked students on the ranking board were successively defeated.
Normally, the fluctuation in rankings in the middle of the ranking board would not cause much discussion within the Inner Courtyard, but the identities of these two individuals were different.
Because they were both freshmen this year.
The last freshman who climbed the ranking board was still fresh in their memories.
And now, two new freshmen made a strong entrance on the ranking board.
These two freshmen also had a close connection with Xiao Ze!
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