Chapter 23

"Rumble——"

In the golden tower, Xiao Yan stood like a statue, motionless. Time passed swiftly, and it had already been twenty days since Xiao Yan began his cultivation here. The sky was still filled with energy particles, showing no signs of stopping.

A unique energy rose and burned within Xiao Yan. Streams of combat qi continuously surged from the combat qi sphere, then, after being refined by the new power, they returned to the combat qi sphere in his dantian.

Under this perfect cycle, the originally faintly pink combat qi sphere not only doubled in size but also became increasingly pink and lustrous...

Xiao Yan naturally did not miss the changes in his combat qi. Due to his cultivation state, he was not very clear about how long he had been cultivating this time. However, from the combat qi in the sphere, which was now many times stronger than before, he should have already reached the peak of the initial stage of One-Star Dou Di. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before he truly entered the middle stage of One-Star Dou Di.

Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to interrupt this rare automatic cultivation state. His mind remained calm, like a monk in deep meditation, unmoved by any external disturbances. He quietly observed the increasingly bright and terrifying combat qi sphere.

Time passed without notice. After an unknown number of days, a strange fluctuation startled Xiao Yan's somewhat muddled mind. To his great surprise, he discovered that the combat qi sphere in his body, which was now emitting increasingly intense light, was radiating unusual brilliance, like a star.

Suppressing the joy that surged in his heart, Xiao Yan did not issue any commands to the now fiery red combat qi sphere. He merely observed its subtle movements with the mindset of a spectator.

The combat qi sphere floated in his dantian. Suddenly, a suction force emerged from it. As this suction force appeared, Xiao Yan sensed that the powerful combat qi still flowing through his meridians began to surge like a flood, rushing towards the combat qi vortex in his dantian with a silent, deep rumble.

Not only was Xiao Yan's body undergoing changes, but there was also significant activity outside his body. The moment the combat qi sphere emitted the suction force, the energy surrounding Xiao Yan began to fluctuate rapidly. Soon, a warm energy started to surge into him from all directions, centered around him.

Due to the energy in the cultivation layer being far more abundant than outside, the energy influx was so intense that others could see a faint energy vortex forming rapidly around Xiao Yan.

An energy expansion sound came from within Xiao Yan. He never expected that twenty days of absorption would bring him to the bottleneck of the initial stage of One-Star Dou Di. The rapidly spinning combat qi sphere continued to accelerate, showing no signs of stopping.

As Xiao Yan continued to absorb, Xiao Li stood outside the room with his hands behind his back. Xiao Yan had been cultivating for nearly a month. Initially, he thought Xiao Yan would finish in at most half a month, but unexpectedly, even after twenty days, the surrounding energy was still gathering.

"Ancestor, who is this person? To absorb for so long on his first cultivation, if he continues, he might break the record."

A relatively honest-looking member of the Xiao clan approached Xiao Li, looking at the house still enveloped in energy, and asked lightly.

In the Xiao clan, the longest first cultivation period for a Dou Di was held by the clan's founder, Xiao Yao. It was said that Xiao Yao absorbed for thirty days during his first cultivation, directly reaching the middle stage of One-Star Dou Di. Such cultivation talent had yet to be matched by anyone in the clan.

Looking at the house enveloped in energy, Xiao Li's eyes were filled with excitement, and the two small balls in his hands seemed to pulse with his emotions.

"Perhaps... This kid, even I can't see through him. Who knows how many secrets he still hides."

A tower and a dragon, though seemingly ordinary, were actually quite extraordinary. Each Dou Di, upon advancing, had a very small chance of bringing items from their original space to this continent. Most items could not break through the barriers between dimensions. However, Xiao Yan, just a few days after arriving, first brought a magical tower that could change size, and then a Golden Thunder Dragon, causing a significant stir in the Xiao clan. Of course, there were also some who were extremely dismissive, but they had the right to be so.

Other elders of the Xiao clan also arrived from a distance. When they saw the energy vortex outside the house, they were all stunned, then filled with envy. Clearly, they knew what this meant.