Chapter 22: The Path to Emperor Begins
"Ice attribute? That's a rare Dou Qi element!"
Ya Fei's expression showed clear surprise.
"Right? I think the clan only has a Yellow-tier… no, maybe not even a single ice-attribute cultivation method."
Xiao Yuan nodded with a bitter smile.
"I'll report this to the Grand Elder right away."
Ya Fei replied seriously with a nod.
Ice-type cultivation methods and Dou Techniques were indeed rare—but not necessarily for the Miteer family.
Ya Fei vaguely remembered that her clan had collected quite a number of ice-element techniques long ago. She didn't know the full story, only that it happened decades earlier.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Sister Ya Fei."
Xiao Yuan nodded sincerely.
"Oh, and one more thing—I need a new batch of herbs."
He then handed her a new list.
"Again? With this much, you don't plan to become an alchemist, do you?"
Ya Fei glanced at the page with a puzzled look.
"Naturally, I have other uses for them."
Xiao Yuan responded vaguely.
"Alright, alright."
Though curious, Ya Fei didn't press the matter. If Xiao Yuan didn't want to say, she wouldn't invade his privacy.
A moment later, noticing that Xiao Yuan wasn't leaving, Ya Fei asked, "What is it? Something else?"
Xiao Yuan smiled gently and replied, "I've been busy cultivating all this time. Now that I've broken through to Dou Zhe, I thought it was a good time to rest. So today, I'm not going anywhere—I'll just stay here and keep you company, Sister Ya Fei."
Caught off guard by his tender tone, Ya Fei's face blushed slightly. But after calming the flutter in her heart, she smiled seductively, "Alright then!"
After spending the day at the auction house with Ya Fei, Xiao Yuan returned to the Xiao estate.
He didn't rush to inform Xiao Zhan about his breakthrough to Dou Zhe. Instead, he went straight to his room, locked the door, and sat on his bed, immersing his consciousness into his soul sea.
There, in the five-colored scroll, were records of theories about the Five Yuan Qi Chambers—concepts that would be considered outrageous to most cultivators on the Dou Qi continent.
The Dou Qi refined within the Five Yuan Qi Chambers wasn't just the basic five attributes of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
Rather, it represented Dou Qi with five corresponding qualities.
For instance, natural phenomena like Lightning and Wind fall under Wood in the five-element system, so Xiao Yuan could also cultivate techniques of those attributes.
As for Ice—it was merely another state of Water. Thus, the Black Water Qi Chamber from the kidney could be used to cultivate ice-based methods.
Of course, because the Qi Chambers each held Dou Qi of a specific color, even if Xiao Yuan cultivated other elemental techniques, the Dou Qi itself wouldn't visibly change—it would always appear in one of five colors.
The reason Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei his attribute was "ice" was strategic. Since he was now connected with the Miteer family and had even drawn the attention of their Grand Elder, Miteer Tengshan, tying his genius with the ice attribute might stir up certain old memories.
Perhaps when he eventually traveled to the Tagor Desert, something… interesting would happen.
Initially, Xiao Yuan found the scroll's theories a bit too absurd. But after a bit of reflection, he suddenly felt it all sounded eerily familiar—like something from home.
Because in his original world's ancient times, sages had divided all phenomena in heaven and earth into five fundamental properties—the Five Elements.
This wasn't some metaphysical superstition, but rather a complete and logical classification system, a way to understand how the world functioned.
The five elements interact—creating and destroying each other. They form a system that explains the formation of all things and their relationships. It described the transformations and movements within a system—particularly a holistic system like the human body.
With his current understanding of the scroll, Xiao Yuan now realized that this cultivation method likely aimed to transform one's body through absorbing Dou Qi until it could influence the entire Dou Qi continent.
And once that happened… he might ascend to become a Dou Emperor!
But at the moment, Xiao Yuan had an even crazier thought:
He strongly suspected this five-colored scroll was created by a transmigrator from the ancient era.
As to why it wasn't passed down through the ages… who could say?
Even so, just the possibility thrilled him.
Because this meant—he could theoretically cultivate any elemental Dou Technique.
Combined with his freakish aptitude for Dou Technique training, his future path looked unstoppable!
Of course, he couldn't just believe what the scroll claimed. He needed to test it—could he truly condense Ice Dou Qi?
With that thought, Xiao Yuan focused internally and examined his kidney.
Inside the Black Water Qi Chamber, dense water-element Dou Qi rose and surged.
Following the scroll's instructions, Xiao Yuan began converting the water-element Dou Qi into ice-element Dou Qi.
It wasn't hard.
Ice was just another form of water—the transformation was completely natural.
Moments later, as he gazed at the chilling black Ice Dou Qi in his palm, Xiao Yuan's lips curled into a wide grin.
It worked!
Now he just had to wait and see if Miteer Tengshan would, as he hoped, bring out the cultivation method and Dou Techniques of Hai Bodong, the Ice Emperor.
Of course, even if this plan failed, it wasn't a big deal. He could always make do with his father's Furious Lion's Rage Qi for a while.
Still, though he didn't need to focus on Dou Qi training for a few days, it was time to seriously train the Six Harmony Spear technique!
Xiao Yuan leapt out of bed, full of energy, and ran up to the family's back mountain.
With a flick of his hand, his storage ring gleamed, and both a long spear and a scroll appeared.
Six Harmony Spear, a Low Xuan-Tier spear technique. Its core focus was intercepting, capturing, and piercing—balanced in offense and defense.
The "Six Harmonies" referred to internal and external alignment.
Internal: essence, energy, spirit.
External: waist, hands, eyes.
Only when all six were in harmony could one reach true mastery.
After studying the technique in detail, Xiao Yuan raised his black iron spear under the moonlight. Beneath a sky full of stars, standing atop the back mountain, he began practicing the basic movements—intercept, capture, and pierce.
(END CHAPTER)
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