In the small room, Su Yun opened his eyes.
The first transformation of Dou Qi didn't take too long; Su Yun completed it in just an hour.
"Next, I should consider my future cultivation."
Su Yun had no intention of continuing his retreat in Wutan City.
Flowers grown in a greenhouse are no match for wild weeds.
He didn't want to be a useless person possessing only Dou Qi!
His Dou Zhe strength was still at the bottom level, but it was far superior to the Dou Qi stage, and he had already established strength even in slightly more remote areas.
Furthermore, in the years since he acquired the system, he had discovered a means of preserving his life:
the system space.
The system space could accommodate living things!
And he could enter it with a single thought.
This meant that as long as he didn't encounter an enemy who could kill him instantly, he was invincible!
......
In the corner of the Xiao family's main street, Su Yun, dressed in a black robe, waited quietly.
The Bone Spirit Cold Fire could potentially merge the fire and ice Dou Qi of the "Burning Cold Art" into one, and he couldn't give up.
Yao Lao only awakened when Xiao Yan was fifteen, but he could absorb Xiao Yan's Dou Qi in two years. It's hard to guarantee he'll be unconscious by then.
While he couldn't possibly devour the Bone Spirit Cold Fire now, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get it first.
Time slipped by, and seven days passed in a flash. A boy, about ten years old, slowly emerged.
"Scan," Su Yun muttered in his mind from a corner.
He had only encountered Xiao Yan once, three years ago, and couldn't recall his appearance.
During his seven days of surveillance, he had scanned nearly every child who emerged. It was a desperate measure.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Xiao Yan
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Dou Qi Stage 8
Cultivation Technique: None
Dou Skills: None
Items: None
"Finally, it's worth the seven days of waiting." Su Yun's eyes lit up beneath his black robe.
"System, scan that ring!"
"Ding, scan successful."
"A dormant soul has been detected."
"Continue, scan that soul," Su Yun continued.
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Yao Chen
Gender: Male
Cultivation: Peak Dou Zun
Status: Peak Eighth-Rank Alchemist Cultivation
: "Scorching Sun Burning Heaven Art" Earth-Rank Advanced
Dou Skill: "Flame Devouring Wave Ruler" Earth-Rank Low-Level...
Items: Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Mysterious Heavy Ruler, Black Demon Cauldron, Bone Flame Ring...
"Scanning Bone Spirit Cold Fire."
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Bone Spirit Cold Fire
Description: Ranked 11th on the Strange Fire List.
A unique flame combining extreme cold and heat, only found every hundred years, at the turn of the sun and moon, in places of extreme cold and yin.
"Recover Bone Spirit Cold Fire!"
"Ding, recovered successfully."
With the system notification sound, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire appeared in the system warehouse.
Su Yun, in the corner, grinned and turned to leave.
Ranked 11th on the Strange Fire List, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire was indeed beyond the reach of a mere one-star Dou practitioner like him.
But that didn't dampen Su Yun's joy at having obtained it.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yan, standing at the Xiao family's gate, was also delighted.
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Already at the age of nine, he had already reached the eighth level of Dou Qi, making
him a household name within the Xiao family. His peers fawned over him, and Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, and other little girls flocked to him daily.
While he had little interest in the little brats, his vanity was immensely satisfied.
Clearly, the future Yan Emperor hadn't experienced the three-year slump, and at this point, he wasn't yet as indifferent to fame and fortune as he was at the beginning of the original novel.
Come to think of it,
it's normal for an ordinary, unassuming 20th-century warrior to be filled with youthful ambition and success upon traveling through time. However,
someone like Su Yun, who deeply understood the cruelty of the world, was cautious, steady as an old dog, and devoted to cultivation, was the exception.
......…
At this moment, Su Yun was on his way to Qingshan Town.
He had long planned to train there.
First, the cave that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian entered in the original novel.
There were many valuable items there, from flying fighting techniques to the remaining diagram of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire and the Ice Spirit Flame Grass—they were all must-haves.
Although this place had been thoroughly written about in previous fan fiction
, its sheer obscurity undoubtedly reflected its importance.
No matter what the author planned, Su Yun was determined to go.
Furthermore, the overall strength of the fighters in Qingshan Town was quite low.
If the current ceiling on the continent was a semi-emperor-level Emperor-grade embryonic elixir possessed by a dozen nine-star Dou Shengs, and if the Empire boasted terrifying Dou Huangs,
then the ceiling for Qingshan Town was Dou Shi.
In Qingshan Town, fighters with higher star ratings were the backbone,
like He Meng, the eight-star deputy leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in the original novel.
Clearly, Qingshan Town's overall strength wasn't that high.
He was only a one-star fighter right now, so there was no need for him to step onto a grand stage. Qingshan Town was quite good.
With the "Burning Cold Art," equivalent to a low-level Xuan-level technique, and Yao Lao's collection of high-level fighting techniques, with
a few months of diligent practice, he could become quite powerful in Qingshan Town.
......…
Before dusk fell, Su Yun finally reached his destination.
Su Yun was naturally curious about his new surroundings, and he looked around, taking in the charm of Qingshan Town.
Within the town, groups of mercenaries, constantly on the brink of death, gathered, arms clasped, and chattered in the streets.
They discussed unrestrainedly which women in the town were the most attractive, which liquor was the strongest, and which monsters were the most ferocious.
Numerous shops lined the streets, and thanks to the location, the area was bustling with activity. Su Yun's gaze wandered through the brightly lit shops with interest.
But when his eyes fell on a spacious herbal medicine shop, he paused.
This shop was Wanyaozhai.
Su Yun remembered Wanyaozhai. It was here that Xiao Yixian, afflicted with the poisonous body of Hell, appeared.
However, with six years still to go, Xiao Yixian probably wouldn't see it.
He shook his head, not wanting to go in. Xiao Yan arrived in Qingshan Town the year after the story began, which was seven years from now. It was impossible for the Blood Lotus Spirit to appear just then.
Continuing forward, after strolling around Qingshan Town for an hour, Su Yun began to collect his thoughts.
He always kept in mind the cruelty of this Douqi Continent and the purpose of coming to Qingshan Town.
The strength of a mere ant-like Dou fighter was not enough to make him complacent.
He was a pragmatic person and had no thoughts of a harem in another world or ambitions for hegemony.
He was not a protagonist, but just an ordinary person who had gotten lucky. The system that arrived six years late was a good proof of this.
The most urgent task was to improve his own strength and survive well in this other world.
Nowadays, this humble level of Taoism is common in Qingshan Town, let alone other places.
(End of this chapter)