"Teacher, have some tea." Xiao Li poured a cup of tea and handed it to Wang Ming.
Wang Ming gulped it down.
"Ah — Jia Ma Empire is still the most comfortable." Wang Ming found a recliner, leaned back, and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Xiao Ting and the others dared not disturb Wang Ming. After all, President Wang's friendliness towards the Xiao Family was due to Xiao Li. Although Wang Ming had taught Xiao Li for six years, he had not given any benefits to the Xiao Family.
If they wanted Alchemy, they still had to follow the old rules: provide their own Elixirs, and success or failure was not his responsibility.
The Xiao Family's ability to do Elixir business was entirely thanks to Xiao Li's efforts. From Rank 1 Elixirs to Rank 4 Elixirs, the Xiao Family could even compete with the Alchemist Guild for business.
Of course, all of this required President Wang's tacit approval. He was only responsible for teaching his Disciple. As for his Disciple using Alchemy to benefit his Family, he did not interfere with that.
Furthermore, President Wang's investment in Xiao Li over the past six years was so immense that even selling the entire Xiao Family would not be enough to repay it. Everyone in the Xiao Family knew their place. The outcome was very good; their Family already had a Rank 4 Alchemist.
Watching the deeply sleeping Wang Ming, Xiao Li couldn't help but smile. In these six years, he had come to know his teacher inside and out.
The master-Disciple relationship on the Fighting Qi Continent had always been very good. Except for a very few scoundrels, the master-Disciple relationship could be as close as blood ties, or even closer.
Xiao Li's current Cultivation was at the Peak of a six-star Great Dou Master, which was already an extraordinary existence in the eyes of ordinary people, at least unique in the Jia Ma Empire.
But in these six years, Xiao Li had not devoted himself entirely to Cultivation. Most of the time, he was diligently Cultivating Alchemy and refining his Foundation. The number of Elixirs Xiao Li had consumed over the years was not small.
As long as Wang Ming knew how to refine Foundation Establishment-type Elixirs, whether Rank 5 or Rank 6, as long as he could make them, Wang Ming would refine them for Xiao Li to eat, truly treating Elixirs as food.
That wasn't all. Xiao Li not only had to eat Elixirs but also undergo medicinal baths for auxiliary absorption. All of these were used by Wang Ming to establish Xiao Li's Foundation. This process was somewhat painful, but Xiao Li also forged a Physical Body no weaker than a Demonic Beast's.
This brings us back to the question: why did Old Wang know so much? Wasn't he just a Sixth-Rank Alchemist from the Jia Ma Empire? How could an Alchemist from a small place know so many things?
Hmph hmph! You don't understand, do you? Earlier, Xiao Li didn't understand either. Gu He, a Sixth-Rank Alchemist in later generations, didn't manage to Cultivate Liu Ling very well either.
It turned out that Old Wang was originally from Central Plains. His Family was originally located in Fengyun City in the Southern Territory of Central Plains. The Wang Family, where Old Wang belonged, was a top Family in Fengyun City. Old Wang's grandfather was a Dou Zong expert, his father was a Dou Huang expert, and his mother was a Rank 5 Peak Alchemist.
When Old Wang was young, he followed his mother to learn about Alchemy, so he had a certain Foundation.
According to his master, Old Wang, his childhood was the happiest time. But good times don't last. After Wang Ming condensed his Dou Zhi Qi vortex and became a Dou Practitioner at the age of twelve, his special Physique awakened.
Shocking! Old Wang actually possessed a special Physique! That's right, Wang Ming possessed a special Physique called the Heavenly Yang Body. If this Physique was combined with Heaven And Earth Treasure of extreme Yang attribute, he would surely achieve great things in the future!
Old Wang's Awakening of a special Physique made the entire Wang Family flourish, but having a special Physique in Central Plains was actually a danger!
When Old Wang was fifteen, Ice River Valley, one of the three great valleys, suddenly attacked the Wang Family. Leading the team were three Dou Zong and countless Dou Huang and Dou Wang. The once prosperous Wang Family of Fengyun City was annihilated. Wang Ming was captured and taken back to Ice River Valley, and the Origin of his Heavenly Yang Body was stripped, leaving him on the verge of death.
But he was very lucky. When Old Wang was young, he had once taken a Rank 6 Peak Elixir for self-preservation, which allowed him to survive with great difficulty.
Although he narrowly survived, his Physique was crippled, his Cultivation Foundation was destroyed, and Old Wang's body was already riddled with holes. He was no longer the Genius youth of Fengyun City he once was.
With the destruction of his Family and the loss of his loved ones, Old Wang wanted to commit suicide for a time, but the thought of revenge kept him strong and alive.
Old Wang began to diligently Cultivate and target the Disciples of Ice River Valley. But how large was Ice River Valley? It was a top power in Central Plains, one of the three great valleys, second only to the One Hall, One Tower, and Two Sects.
During one hunt for Ice River Valley Disciples, he was discovered by a Ice River Valley expert. Wang Ming was pursued and eventually forced to jump off a cliff.
On the Fighting Qi Continent, a saying circulated: "If one day you fall off a cliff and land in a cave, don't panic. Take two steps forward, and perhaps you will become a strong expert!"
Such a joke actually happened to Wang Ming. After Old Wang fell off the cliff, he didn't know how long it took him to regain consciousness. There, he discovered a skeleton.
When Xiao Li heard Wang Ming's self-narration, he felt it was too similar to a protagonist's template: his Family was annihilated in his youth, his Physique was crippled, he fell off a cliff, and gained a Legacy.
According to Old Wang, he obtained the Legacy of a Rank 7 Peak Alchemist. This Alchemist was himself a Dou Zong expert, but he never became a Rank 8 Alchemist in his entire life, and not becoming a Dou Zun was his lifelong regret.
Old Wang obtained the Legacy of this Alchemist, and combined with the knowledge of Alchemy he had learned from his mother since childhood, he taught himself Alchemy.
He Cultivated until he reached the Dou Wang level before emerging from seclusion, killed two Dou Wangs from Ice River Valley, then left Central Plains and came to the Northwest Continent, finally settling in the Jia Ma Empire.
Old Wang's life had been full of hardships. Although he still had enemies to eliminate, Wang Ming had already come to terms with it. Passing down his Alchemy was the key.
Xiao Li had heard Old Wang say this more than once.
Old Wang: "My Luck is already good enough. I've lived for so many years, what more could I be dissatisfied with? When my time comes, I will open a cave and leave behind my Legacy. That would be a proper ending."
Xiao Li knew that Old Wang had very serious old injuries. That's why he looked so old, and although he was clearly a six-star Dou Huang, the actual combat power he could exert was only around three or four stars.
This was also why Old Wang couldn't refine Rank 6 Peak Elixirs. Firstly, the growth of the Soul was limited by one's own Dou Zhi Qi Cultivation.
Although Old Wang miraculously survived, his talent was completely destroyed. Old Wang often said that his current Cultivation was thanks to the Legacy of that Rank 7 Alchemist; otherwise, he would have difficulty even reaching Dou Huang.
Xiao Li naturally wanted to cure his teacher. Over the years, his teacher had given him many treasures.
Firstly, there was an Earth Rank low-grade Cultivation Technique and its Supporting facilities Dou Technique. Secondly, when Xiao Li was twelve years old, Old Wang gave Xiao Li a Rank 6 beast flame, the Purple Tiger Flame, taken from a Rank 6 Demonic Beast, the Purple Blazing Tiger King.
Then there was the Medicine Cauldron Xiao Li had just used, which was a Rank 5 Medicine Cauldron, Old Wang's previously used Medicine Cauldron, named blue flame cauldron.
Everything was given by Old Wang. Xiao Li was not a shameless, deceitful, and ungrateful beast. He despised such people most in his life. The two most famous ungrateful beasts on the Fighting Qi Continent were Han Feng and Hun Xuzi.
Xiao Li's bones and Foundation had already been well Cultivated by Old Wang, and his Cultivation would soon erupt like a fountain.
Old Wang had invested too much in Xiao Li. Old Wang said that his investment in him, if no accidents occurred, could smoothly lead him all the way to becoming a Dou Zun expert. That's right, a Dou Zun!
After all, Old Wang was from Central Plains. Dou Zun were everywhere in Central Plains, especially in the Central Territory of Central Plains where Dou Zun gathered, and even Dou Saints would appear there!
Old Wang hoped his Disciple could become a powerful Dou Zun expert who dominated a region. A Dou Zong was merely a king in this remote place.