People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

12: Chapter 12 Hehehe, the first thing this protector heard upon arrival was the name ”Soul Palace”.”Is it because of Little Yanzi?”

Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan, who was working hard at his cultivation in the wooden tub, and a seemingly reasonable guess arose in his heart.

Xiao Yan was born with powerful soul strength, which would draw in more worldly energy during cultivation. After he broke through to become a Dou Practitioner, it allowed the sleeping Yao Lao to use the bone flame ring to devour the ’spiritual energy’ of the world.

At first, it was an unconscious absorption, causing Xiao Yan’s cultivation to regress. Once he woke up, he had the idea of testing and tempering Xiao Yan’s character, letting the latter spend three years as a piece of trash to experience the coldness of the world.

Over these years, Yao Lao was also very aware of how deep the bond between Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan was.

To care for the feelings of his genius-turned-trash Cousin, he deliberately hid his own cultivation and talent; this was indeed something Xiao Ting would do.

”What a fine and trustworthy bond.” The more Yao Lao thought about it, the more certain he became of his judgment.

He also thought of his own sworn brother, Wind Idle, who was likely searching the entire continent for him right now.

Xiao Yan’s strength was still insufficient; otherwise, they could go to the Central Plains. Seeking help from Wind Idle would allow for a faster recovery.

”Xiao Ting is also worth nurturing,” Yao Lao thought secretly.

Xiao Ting’s soul talent was not inferior to Xiao Yan’s, and from the looks of it, his cultivation talent was not bad either.

Unfortunately, Xiao Ting’s Dou Qi attribute was not fire with a hint of wood, but rather a dual attribute of lightning and fire.

Even though lightning originates from wood and they share the same source, one would still need to master a wood-fire attribute Heavenly Flame to have a chance at becoming an Alchemist.

The path of an Alchemist didn’t need to be considered for now, but those with fire and lightning attributes were cultivators naturally gifted at combat.

As for Xiao Yan, he hoped this disciple could cultivate the Burning Technique, as it was crucial for his resurrection.

However, the final decision was still left to Xiao Yan.

But for Xiao Ting, he could provide high-rank fire or lightning attribute cultivation methods.

By nurturing these two brothers together, they could support each other in the future.

Xiao Ting knew nothing of Yao Lao’s intention to nurture him.

At this moment, he was seizing the opportunity brought by initiating the Thunder Flame Precious Tome to make a breakthrough.

Boom!

The sound of Tiger-Leopard Thunder seemed to ring out invisibly.

The worldly energy was extremely dense but full of impurities as it gathered around Xiao Ting.

He absorbed it with greedy frenzy. His meridians were like thunderclouds containing the majesty of heaven and earth, with lightning and fire refining the worldly energy. Under the control of his Mortal Realm Middle-stage soul strength, the energy flowed through a specific path and merged into the cyclone in his dantian in an extremely pure state.

The silver-purple cyclone accepted all the incoming energy, devouring and refining it before feeding it back into Xiao Ting’s meridians and limbs. This reverse tempering and polishing made his physique stronger and his meridians tougher.

When the Dou Practitioner cyclone reached a certain density, it finally underwent a qualitative change and condensed into energy liquid. It then surged through special paths to every inch and cell of Xiao Ting’s body, as if coating them in a layer of special energy crystals.

This process lasted for nearly a minute. The cyclone in Xiao Ting’s dantian suddenly stopped, and he snapped his eyes open as an aura surged from his body.

”Successful breakthrough!” Xiao Ting revealed a smile.

Clenching his fists, he felt a sense of abundant power that brought a blind confidence; if he returned to Blue Star now, he would be a humanoid missile.

With a thought, a surge of silver-purple Dou Qi emerged, clinging tightly to the surface of his body and his training clothes. This was the signature ability of a Dou Master: the Dou Qi Gauze Robe.

Once deployed, it provided a boost to speed, defense, attack, and more. This was the true gap that placed one ahead of a Dou Practitioner, a chasm that lower-level cultivators could not easily leap across.