Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

"Ah Long, what happened during my seclusion?" Xiao Li asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that the Grand Elder came by once and said that with the young master's cultivation level, there's no need for him to be a student anymore, he should just become an elder. Being ranked first on the strength list is a bit discouraging for the students."

Xia Yilong said with a smile.

"Tsk, looks like I'll have to graduate early. But it's about time. I'm already a five-star Dou Wang now, so I should start preparing." Xiao Li pondered, stroking his chin.

"Light the furnace and begin refining the elixir!"

Xiao Li naturally needed to refine pills first and feed that clingy little dragon, otherwise the inner courtyard would be turned upside down by her.

Xiao Li has now reached the level of a sixth-grade alchemist, second only to the honorary elder Wang in the entire Canaan Academy, because Wang's cultivation level improved by one star last year, reaching the level of a seven-star Dou Huang.

Thanks to the improvement in his fighting spirit, Elder Wang's success rate in refining the Imperial Extreme Pill increased significantly. He even tried refining the Breakthrough Pill a few times, but unfortunately, he failed each time.

Xiao Li can now refine the Douling Pill, but he is still a bit short of the cultivation level to refine the Huangji Pill. He can refine it, but the success rate is not high.

The Dou Wang elders of Canaan Academy are enjoying themselves; as long as they have enough merit, they can receive a Dou Ling Pill to increase their cultivation level by one star.

Currently, the elders and law enforcement team of Canaan Academy are improving their cultivation the fastest, which has greatly enhanced the core strength of Canaan Academy.

Dou Wang takes Dou Ling Dan, Dou Huang takes Qing Yuan Dan. Basically, all the elders in Canaan Academy have taken Xiao Li's pills and are indebted to him.

However, Xiao Li has now encountered a bottleneck in alchemy. Refining sixth-grade pills is quite difficult due to the difficulty in extracting medicinal materials of this grade. Xiao Li's beast fire is not very effective, and he has to spend a lot of battle qi to enhance the power of the flames to refine the medicinal materials each time. In the end, when he condenses the pill, he does not have enough battle qi.

There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to improve one's cultivation level. With a higher cultivation level, the problem of insufficient battle qi will naturally not occur. The other is to subdue a strange fire. Refining medicinal materials with the strength of a strange fire is much easier and can save the consumption of battle qi.

Half a day later,

"Ziyan! Dinner's ready!"

Xiao Li piled up several dozen pills, which looked like candies, on a plate.

Ziyan was sleeping on the sofa when she heard that dinner was served. She immediately sat up, turned her head and saw the colorful pills. She ran over and grabbed a few pills with her little hands, stuffing them into her mouth.

"Mmm~ It's so sweet! I love sweet things the most. Xiao Li, you're so kind! Mmm~"

Xiao Li smiled and shook his head. Raising a little dragon girl was a strange feeling. Looking at Zi Yan's carefree manner, he always had the feeling of raising a daughter.

"Girl, I'm going to see the Grand Elder!" Xiao Li said to Zi Yan and then got up.

"Hmm~ wait a minute, oh, I'm going too!"

Zi Yan followed behind Xiao Li, carrying the plate.

Su Qian's office

"Oh? So you're going to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame? How confident are you?" Su Qian asked, taking a sip of tea.

"I don't know. After tempering my body with the Heart Flame, plus my pills and preparations, it should be about 60 or 70% effective." Xiao Li didn't dare to make a guarantee. Absorbing strange fire was extremely dangerous, and countless people had been burned to death by it.

"Just handle it yourself. It's a pity about the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, but it's not bad to remove a potential hidden danger. Xiao Li, don't forget to recharge the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower after absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame."

We also need to refine a batch of Royal Extreme Pills for the academy. If we can refine Breakthrough Pills, that would be even better. Anyway, the Academy of Medicinal Herbs has already prepared them.

This will not only improve your alchemy skills but also enhance the academy's power—it's a win-win situation!

Su Qian stroked his beard and smiled. Su Qian also knew that Xiao Li wanted to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, and the two elders, Qian Bai and Er Lao, had also informed Su Qian.

Su Qian thought it would be good if the students or elders of Canaan Academy subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, which could explode at any moment, at least ensuring the safety of the students.

As for the problem that students can't quickly improve their cultivation after the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is gone, these old guys can think of other ways. It's not like the Fallen Heart Flame is the only option.

If all else fails, just have the alchemy department put in more effort to refine more pills. The Canaan Academy area has good feng shui and abundant medicinal herbs, especially the area behind the mountain, which is full of rare and precious materials, more than enough to support the inner academy students.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you for taking care of me these past few days, Elder. When my alchemy skills reach the seventh rank in the future, I will definitely refine a Zongyuan Pill for you." Xiao Li stood up and cupped his hands to Su Qian.

In the past two years, Su Qian has taken good care of Xiao Li. Old Wang and Su Qian are old friends. After Xiao Li broke through to the Dou Wang level, his alchemy skills also reached the sixth rank. In Old Wang's opinion, Xiao Li has already graduated.

Old Wang gave Xiao Li all the alchemist inheritances, pill formulas, and notes from a seventh-grade alchemist that he had acquired.

It can be said that Old Wang gave Xiao Li his entire collection of his life's work, while he himself returned to the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Li also took a look at the pill formulas given by Elder Wang. Elder Wang's collection truly shocked him to the point of speechlessness. There were more than a dozen formulas for seventh-grade pills, and even formulas for eighth-grade pills.

Old Wang said that he obtained these seventh-grade and eighth-grade pill formulas from that peak seventh-grade alchemist. Given that alchemist's level and strength, it was indeed possible for him to obtain eighth-grade pill formulas.

The seventh-grade pill formulas include: Instant Qi Pill, Snow Soul Pill, Ancestral Origin Pill, Ancestral Wind Origin Pill, Yin Yang Life Soul Pill, Heavenly Yellow Pill, Life Return Pill, Pure Heart Pill, Transformation Pill, Mysterious Bodhi Foundation Building Pill, and Primordial Barrier Breaking Pill, etc.

The eight-grade pill formulas are: Purple-Green Supreme Pill, Poria Green Pill, and Gangfeng Supreme Pill.

To be honest, Xiao Li only felt that they were rich! Really rich!

. . . . . .

"Hehe, then I'll thank you in advance, old man. Be very careful when absorbing the strange fire. If it doesn't work, just give up. Don't lose your life because of the strange fire."

Su Qian reminded him again that he was very satisfied with Xiao Li, who was not only his old friend's disciple but also an outstanding student of his Canaan Academy, and he would help him as much as he could.

"I understand!"

. . . . . .

Half a month later, the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower was shut down.

Many students began to complain, but the academy's elders informed them that the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower had malfunctioned and needed to be shut down.

At this moment, the area around the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower had been cleared out. The students were no longer there, and most of the elders of Canaan Academy had gathered here, including the retired Elders Qianbai.

It is evident how important Xiao Li's refining of the strange fire is.

"Phew~ I'm a little nervous," Xiao Li muttered to himself. The strange fire in his life was the key to his rise. Just as Xiao Li took a step forward...

Boom—

A deafening clap of thunder rang out, and in an instant, the bright sunshine turned gloomy, with dark clouds gathering and lightning flashing.

Boom—

Several bolts of lightning struck the ground, and then a human figure appeared.

"Hahaha, you're finally back. Hmm? What's going on? Did you all know in advance that I was coming back and hold a welcome ceremony?"

The speaker was an old man dressed in blue robes similar to those of the elders of Canaan College. He had white hair and beard, a kind yet dignified face, and extremely deep eyes that seemed to see through everything.

The old man looked to be about seventy or eighty years old. If you didn't look at his face, you wouldn't know he was an old man. He looked more like a young man, with a straight back and a strong build.

"The Dean?"

"The Dean?"

The two elders, Qianbai and Su Qian, were the first to react. Then, the elders who had seen Mang Tianchi also realized that the person who came was the founder of Canaan Academy, the elusive Dean!

A Dou Zun level expert, Mang Tian Chi!

"Dean, you're not dead!" Bai Lie exclaimed.

"Hey! Bai Lie, what are you saying? Are you deliberately cursing me to die? Hmph! I think you need to be taught a lesson! And how come you're only a nine-star Dou Zong and haven't broken through to Dou Zun yet?" Mang Tianchi glanced at Bai Lie, clearly not angry at Bai Lie's words.

"Hmm, Qianmu has reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm, so why hasn't he reached the Dou Zun realm yet? That's true, even when I broke through to the Dou Zun realm back then, it was extremely difficult!"

"Hmm, Su Qian broke through to the Dou Zong realm? Not bad, not bad, keep up the good work! And it's been a long time since I've seen you guys."

Mang Tianchi walked over step by step, looking at the people he knew.