Chapter 50

Xiao Yan moved his limbs, and a flash of light appeared beside him. An old, smiling face appeared in front of Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan had become somewhat accustomed to Elder Zhan’s sudden appearances and was not surprised, merely smiling.

"Kid, your cultivation talent is indeed extraordinary. I didn’t expect you to reach the peak of the middle stage so quickly. If those pills were given to an ordinary person, they might not have achieved such results," Elder Zhan said with a smile.

"Hehe, it’s all thanks to the Qi Refinement Layer. Without it, it wouldn’t have been possible," Xiao Yan also smiled. He had deeply felt the effects of the Qi Refinement Layer during this cultivation. Every so often, a mysterious force would rise within Xiao Yan’s body, participating in the refinement process. This not only greatly increased Xiao Yan’s refinement speed but also significantly improved the quality.

"By the way, Long Yi has been sitting there cultivating for so long. Is something wrong?" Xiao Yan looked at Long Yi, who had been motionless like a statue for several days, finding it quite strange.

"Don’t worry, he’s fine. His strength is still too weak, and absorbing so many Pill Lightning requires time to refine. After a few days, once all the Pill Lightning in his body is refined, he’ll be fine," Elder Zhan said slowly, waving his sleeve. Xiao Yan nodded in relief, now he needed to prepare to go to the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.

"Alright, I’ll leave the tower first. I need to prepare and then head to the Demon Domain Graveyard in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range," Xiao Yan said with a smile, extremely eager to advance to the Two-Star Sovereign level.

"Prepare plenty of healing medicines. They are essential in the mountain range," Elder Zhan nodded and reminded him.

Xiao Yan nodded, naturally understanding this. His figure trembled and disappeared from the Golden Tower.

Xiao Yan slowly flew into the distance. He still didn’t know if the currency on the continent could be used here, so he decided to find Xiao Long to ask and also inform him of his plan to go to the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.

Xiao Long’s residence was the Alchemy Hall, where he usually stayed to refine pills, but he also often went out to gamble.

Relying on the memory of when Xiao Li brought him, Xiao Yan smoothly arrived at the location of the Alchemy Hall. Seeing the familiar buildings, he smiled and slowly landed near the Alchemy Hall.

Xiao Yan’s figure landed outside the Alchemy Hall, and he knocked on the door. After a moment, an old voice gently sounded from inside the room: "Is it Xiao Yan? Come in."

Pushing the door open, Xiao Yan walked straight in and saw Xiao Long sitting by the table, intently studying a yellowed prescription.

"Ancestor." Xiao Yan greeted with a bow. Xiao Long looked up at Xiao Yan, smiled, but immediately a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Xiao Yan’s aura truly startled Xiao Long.

The Xiao Yan he saw now was at the advanced stage of the middle level of a One-Star Sovereign. If he knew that Xiao Yan’s true strength was at the peak of the middle level of a One-Star Sovereign, he would be more than just surprised.

Xiao Long stared at Xiao Yan, surprised, and asked, "You’ve advanced to the advanced stage of the middle level of a One-Star Sovereign?"

Xiao Yan smiled at Xiao Long’s surprised expression and replied, "Hehe, it’s all thanks to the pills refined by Ancestor. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible to reach the advanced stage." Xiao Yan was flattering Xiao Long. Indeed, this advancement was due to the pills refined by Xiao Long, but more importantly, it was because of the special cultivation effects of the Qi Refinement Layer in the Zichen Spirit Tower.

"Just with the few pills I gave you? A few One-Grade Sovereign pills and one Two-Grade Sovereign pill could advance you by one level? It’s simply unbelievable. Are you telling a story? Or has my alchemy skills improved even further?" Xiao Long was skeptical. Just four One-Grade Sovereign pills and one Two-Grade Sovereign pill could advance a middle-level One-Star Sovereign to the advanced stage? He wouldn’t believe it even if he were beaten to death. If that were the case, refining a batch of such pills wouldn’t be too difficult, and advancement would be too easy.

"I indeed only absorbed the five pills given by Ancestor to advance to the... uh, advanced stage of the middle level..." Xiao Yan almost slipped up.

Xiao Long stared at Xiao Yan again, and after a long while, he said, "Really? You’re not just an ordinary genius." Xiao Long didn’t know that Xiao Yan had advanced from the advanced stage to the peak of the middle level of a One-Star Sovereign, not just from the middle to the advanced stage. Otherwise, Xiao Long wouldn’t just be surprised and disbelieving; he would probably have been shocked to the point of spitting blood. Advancing from the advanced stage to the peak is much harder than from the middle to the advanced stage. The energy required is vastly different, like the difference between heaven and earth. To put it simply, if advancing from the middle to the advanced stage takes one year, advancing from the advanced stage to the peak would take at least three years.

"Alright, you always surprise me. Don’t say more. What did you come to see me for? Speak up." Xiao Long said with a smile, feeling very pleased that the Xiao Clan had such a genius.

Xiao Yan nodded and informed Xiao Long of his plan to go to the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.

"You’re going out to train now?" Xiao Long thought Xiao Yan would prepare for a while before going, but he didn’t expect Xiao Yan to tell him he was going out to train after just a few days.

Xiao Yan nodded. His cultivation speed in the clan was indeed somewhat slow (if others knew this thought, they might criticize him to death), and his alchemy skills also needed improvement. Most importantly, Xiao Yan was extremely curious and eager about the Demon Domain Graveyard in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range, where there was something that could directly advance him to the Two-Star Sovereign level.