The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

After this playful banter, the awkward atmosphere between the two eased considerably, and Xun'er's mood improved a lot.

Xiao Xuanyuan reached out and hugged her, gently stroking her smooth, fragrant back. "Xun'er, please don't leave me again, and please don't say you're leaving me, okay?"

"Mmm, Brother Xuanyuan, Xun'er doesn't want to leave you at all." Xun'er hugged Xiao Xuanyuan tightly with her back hand, so tightly that Xiao Xuanyuan almost couldn't breathe, and she buried her little head even deeper.

"That's good, otherwise I was afraid you might do something rash and try to kill yourself." Xiao Xuanyuan suddenly realized, released Xun'er, and said jokingly, "Then I can find another woman as beautiful as Xun'er."

"Brother Xuanyuan is such a bad guy!" Xun'er raised her little fists and kept punching Xiao Xuanyuan, giving him a "massage".

In the battle against Elder Ling, Xiao Xuanyuan fought until he was exhausted and fell from the sky, losing consciousness. Elder Ling was not so lucky. In the end, the strongest strike of the Battle Intent Heavenly Fire Giant Sword, Demon God's Edge, finally killed the giant eagle. Although Elder Ling, who had transformed into a giant eagle, used "Eagle King's Thorn" to consume most of the power of Demon God's Edge, a trace of sword energy still remained, which broke through Elder Ling's defense and seriously injured him.

If Elder Ling hadn't reacted a fraction faster, what lay before Xiao Xuanyuan would probably have been a corpse.

Even so, Elder Ling was severely injured. A sword aura tore through his outer clothes and his inner armor, slashing from his left chest down to his abdomen. Blood gushed out, and his life was slipping away.

When Xun'er found Elder Ling on the giant peak, he had already lost too much blood. After digging him out from under the rocks that buried him, Xun'er immediately gave him a life-saving pill, which temporarily kept him alive and prevented him from being in mortal danger. Now, Xiao Xuanyuan has woken up and is treating Elder Ling's injuries.

After a brief examination, Xiao Xuanyuan nodded to Xun'er, "The Grade 7 Eighth Rank Spirit Essence Great Restoration Pill you gave Elder Ling did indeed save his life. Next, I will clean the bloodstains from Elder Ling's external wounds and apply medicine to him. Xun'er, you can go to the side for now."

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Xuanyuan finished treating the injury and called Xun'er back. "Xun'er, Elder Ling's injury has been treated. It will take him at most two months, and at least half a month to fully recover. After all, he is a peak nine-star Dou Huang expert, and his physical condition is very strong!"

Upon hearing Xiao Xuanyuan's words, Xun'er smiled, her face instantly becoming as beautiful as a flower bud under a rainbow after a spring rain.

"Brother Xuanyuan, could you come and keep Xun'er company these next few days? Xun'er wants to chat with you." Xun'er's face was flushed, full of shyness; she was always so thin-skinned.

Xiao Xuanyuan scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "But I'm very busy. I don't have much time."

"Hmph, you're always so busy, I think you don't love Xun'er anymore and are deliberately avoiding me." Xun'er turned her head away, put her hands on her chest, pouted, and looked indignant.

"No, no, it's because I promised the elders of the inner courtyard that I would make a medicine for each of them." Xiao Xuanyuan spread his hands, looking quite helpless.

"Hmph, then tell me, who is the little girl you were with before yours, huh?!" Xun'er huffed and puffed, pointing angrily at Xiao Xuanyuan with her little hand.

"Oh, that's just a naughty little brat, she was just teasing you," Xiao Xuanyuan said, bypassing Xun'er's arm that was angrily pointing at him. He reached out and hooked his arm around Xun'er's soft waist, gently pulling her into his embrace. "Actually, that little one, let me tell you, she's the number one expert on the inner courtyard's strength ranking. You should have heard of that, right?"

"Number one on the Power Ranking?! Never seen her before, but I've heard that she's a little girl with incredible strength, and everyone calls her the 'King of Brute Force'." Xun'er rubbed her lips with her finger, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Yes, that's Xiao Ziyan. I just met her on the sixth floor of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower today. I was planning to chat with her, but she started fighting me right away. You wouldn't believe it, she can punch a deep crater in that impenetrable training room on the sixth floor with just one punch. That's some serious power."

Xiao Xuanyuan pulled Xun'er to sit on the lush green grass. It was soft and comfortable, just like sitting on a mattress or sofa. It felt quite nice.

"Well, we just met today, why did she say those things to me? Brother Xuanyuan, you have no idea, I was so angry!" Xun'er found a comfortable spot in Xiao Xuanyuan's arms, her little head pressed against him.

"She deserves a beating. Don't underestimate this little one; she's a little devil. She extorted several thousand fire energy from me today, which really hurt my wallet."

---Aside---

My love is with you, we're mutually attracted, and I've fallen for you.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Heavenly Rank Movement Technique - Golden Cicada's Divine Concealment

The next day, as dawn broke.

Xiao Xuanyuan left Xun'er's boudoir and ran all the way back to the alchemist's office after more than half an hour. He was panting heavily. When he looked into his body, he found that his fire fighting energy had been depleted, nearly ten percent of it.

In the office of the alchemist's office, Xiao Xuanyuan wiped the cold sweat from his face, lost in thought. Elder Ling's injuries were no longer a big problem. With the help of the few bottles of fifth-grade pills he had left behind, he would be able to jump around and fully recover in less than a week.

After this battle, Xiao Xuanyuan gained a lot of insights into combat. Elder Ling was at the peak of the nine-star Dou Huang level. The difference of one level was like heaven and earth. If Dou Wang was a local lord, then Dou Huang was an emperor who ruled over many lords. If it weren't for the strongest strike of the "Battle Intent Heavenly Fire Giant Sword" and the sharpness of the strange fire, the outcome of yesterday's battle would have been uncertain.

Of course, if Xiao Xuanyuan were to unleash the Heavenly Burning Demon Sword, his ultimate killing technique, he could severely injure Elder Ling, or even kill him. After all, this self-created fighting technique could even threaten a Dou Zong expert; the power of the strange fire was unimaginable.

"Yesterday's battle with Elder Ling was exhilarating, but also extremely dangerous. Several times he almost appeared from behind and caught up with me, posing a great threat. What's missing?!"

Xiao Xuanyuan stretched out his finger and gently tapped the table, lost in thought.

"Young man, what are you thinking about? I've never seen you so lost in thought before." The old doctor's voice came through and appeared in his mind.

"I always felt that something was missing in my battle with Elder Ling yesterday. He kept managing to sneak up on me from behind!" Xiao Xuanyuan answered truthfully.

"Haha, you usually seem quite sharp-witted, so why are you so confused about this?" Upon hearing this, the old doctor couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Huh?!" Recalling his journey back from Xun'er's boudoir that morning, even though he had used his maximum speed, it still took him more than half an hour, consuming a lot of fire energy and leaving him exhausted. And yesterday, even though he had tried his best to catch up with Xun'er, her figure and speed were getting faster and faster, disappearing in a flash, almost causing him to miss her. If that really happened, he might never see Xun'er again in this life.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xuanyuan felt a belated sense of fear, even a trace of loss and regret. He immediately understood, stood up abruptly, and slammed his palm on the table. "I know, it's speed! It's a top-tier movement technique that can enhance speed!"

Snapped!

Kacha!

Two sounds rang out in succession. Under Xiao Xuanyuan's ordinary palm strike, the hard, thousand-year-old cedarwood table was shattered, leaving cracks and shallow palm prints.

"Haha, this child is teachable!" The old doctor stroked his newly grown beard and laughed heartily.

At this moment, a fairly pretty receptionist rushed in, bowed to Xiao Xuanyuan, and asked, "What are your instructions, Director?"

"Replace this desk made of thousand-year-old cedar wood with another solid wood desk. It's too brittle and won't withstand being hit." Xiao Xuanyuan waved his hand and shooed the receptionist out.

"Yes."

The old doctor clapped his hands and laughed, "With your strength as a nine-star Dou Wang, this ordinary palm strike contains at least a hundred catties of force. Not to mention this thousand-year-old Luoshan wooden table, even a stubborn rock would be shattered by you."

"Let's not talk about that anymore, Elder Yao. What good movement techniques do you have? Bring them all out." Xiao Xuanyuan rubbed his hands together, eager to try them out.

The old alchemist's face twitched, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Do you think it's like cabbage? Even when I was renowned as the number one alchemist in the Central Continent, top-tier movement techniques weren't something you could just get whenever you wanted."

"Oh, it seems you're quite poor, Elder Yao." Xiao Xuanyuan stroked his chin.

The old alchemist was so angry that his eyebrows and beard bristled, and he glared at the alchemist, gritting his teeth and saying, "It seems that if I don't bring out something of real value, you'll look down on the title of the former number one alchemist, Venerable Yao, right?"

"Hehe, take it out and let me see." Xiao Xuanyuan rubbed his hands together, somewhat impatient.

Old Yao looked pained, but still waved his hand, and three orbs of light containing movement techniques appeared in front of Xiao Xuanyuan. He pointed to one of the orbs, which seemed to be surrounded by countless white lightning bolts, and said, "This movement technique is called Three Thousand Thunder Movement. It was once the signature move of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion Master. It is a low-level Earth Rank movement technique. Back then, with the Three Thousand Thunder Movement movement technique, he successfully escaped from the encirclement and interception of three Dou Zong experts. Moreover, he used the mystery of this movement technique to counterattack and seriously injure one of the Dou Zong experts. From this, you can see how powerful this movement technique is. In addition, don't underestimate it just because it is only a low-level Earth Rank movement technique. If you compare speed, it can be compared with a mid-level Earth Rank movement technique."

"Wow, not bad! But it's only low-level Earth Rank, too low-level, a bit beneath me. Do you have anything better?" Xiao Xuanyuan glanced at the ball of light and immediately gave up.

Old Yao's face twitched slightly as he pointed to the second earthen-yellow orb of light and said, "This was specially brought by a reclusive cultivator in exchange for my help in refining medicine. It's called Earth Dragon Illusion Escape, a genuine mid-level Earth-rank movement technique. According to the reclusive cultivator, it's an earth-based escape technique that requires contact with the earth to use. When mastered, it allows one to travel thousands of miles in an instant. It can even allow one to burrow underground like an earth dragon when encountering enemies, making it impossible for the opponent to find them. It's extremely powerful. However, I haven't learned or used this Earth Dragon Illusion Escape technique myself, and its effectiveness still needs to be verified."

"Earth-based escape technique, Earth Dragon Illusion Escape! Although it's more advanced than the Three Thousand Thunderclaps from before, and the effect sounds good, it requires contact with the ground to be used. If we fight on water or in the sky, wouldn't it fail?!"

Xiao Xuanyuan felt extremely frustrated when he thought about how he would have to stay on the ground like a tortoise, keeping the Earth Dragon Illusion Escape ability usable, and thus not daring to go up into the sky to fight those powerful experts. Moreover, if he was not on the ground when it came to life and death, he would not even be able to run away, so what was the point?

After listening to Xiao Xuanyuan's explanation, Yao Lao also felt that it made a lot of sense. He had taken this factor into consideration when he did not study this earth-type movement technique in depth.

"And this last movement technique," Yao Lao's expression turned serious. "This is a movement technique that I obtained from an ancient tomb, unearthed along with the Burning Technique. It is of the Heaven Rank, but whether it is low or high, I do not know. I only know that its name is Golden Cicada Concealment."

As Yao Lao solemnly explained with a serious expression, Xiao Xuanyuan's gaze involuntarily fell upon the ball of light that was constantly flashing and swirling with golden beams of light. It did not have the cool and dazzling array of lightning and crackling formations of the Three Thousand Thunder Movement Movement Technique, nor the heavy and dazzling phantoms of the Earth Dragon Illusion Escape Technique. Instead, it was simply surrounded by golden beams of light, silent and seemingly extremely ordinary.

Beneath this ordinary appearance, Xiao Xuanyuan's soul perception sensed a mysterious and unpredictable power emanating from it. What kind of movement technique was this?! Only when Yao Lao unveiled its mysterious veil could we know the answer.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Cultivating the Metal Element Meridians

"How was the result?"

Xiao Xuanyuan's eyes were bright and his gaze was fixed on the golden beam of light that was constantly swirling around the ball. He remained silent, and his palms were sweaty, showing how nervous he was.

"All I can say is, very strong!"

Old Yao's gaze turned solemn, and a look of reminiscence appeared on his face. "Back then, I was ambushed by my traitor Han Feng and other peak Dou Zun experts. I was critically injured and on the verge of death. It was thanks to the Golden Cicada Divine Concealment movement technique that I was able to escape from five peak Dou Zun experts, even though I had only cultivated it to a minor level and was so severely injured. I even managed to kill one of them. It can be said that the Golden Cicada Divine Concealment movement technique played an indispensable role in my success."

Seeing Yao Lao's boastful and sentimental expression, Xiao Xuanyuan was even more eager to learn about the Golden Cicada's Divine Concealment technique.

"The Three Thousand Thunder Strikes is only at the low Earth Rank, which is too low and has little potential for development. The Earth Dragon Illusion Escape technique always requires contact with the earth during combat, which is a great constraint. Since the previous two movement techniques are not good, the Golden Cicada Concealment technique seems like a good choice."

Xiao Xuanyuan rested his chin on his hand and pondered.

"Actually, I wanted you to choose the Three Thousand Thunderclaps, a low-level Earth-rank movement technique, because it's easier to learn, quicker to master, and more powerful. Once you've mastered it, even a Dou Zong expert won't be able to do anything to you." Old Yao shook his head.

"Forget it, it's only a low-level Earth Rank, I wouldn't even consider it. Let me introduce the Golden Cicada's Hidden Form instead." Xiao Xuanyuan waved his hand, refusing.

“Since you have made your choice, I will not say any more,” Yao Lao nodded. He pointed to the golden orb and waved his hand. The orb flew through the air and landed in front of Xiao Xuanyuan, revealing itself to be an ancient scroll with golden patterns.

Holding the golden scroll in his hands, Xiao Xuanyuan felt a desolate aura from ancient times, and seemed to faintly hear the sound of cicadas chirping from within it.

“The conditions for cultivating the Golden Cicada Concealment are extremely demanding. From now on, you must find and consume gold-type magic cores from the first to the fifth tier, and transform the power of that gold-type attribute into your own. Only in this way can you bring the power of this movement technique to its fullest potential.”

"Before you begin your cultivation, you must first use the power of the Brocade Armor Demon Core to carve out a meridian pathway within your body that is unique to the Golden Cicada's Hidden Body movement technique. Then, you must swallow and refine the Gold-type Demon Core to create a second Dantian within your body, forming a Golden Battle Qi vortex. This is the first stage, which can also be considered a minor achievement. When the Golden Qi vortex grows to its limit and transforms into a Golden Core, this second stage is considered complete."

As the old apothecary explained, Xiao Xuanyuan's brows furrowed more and more.

Half an hour later, as Xiao Xuanyuan issued one order after another, the entire inner courtyard went into a frenzy, and the bulletin board was covered with notices.

We are buying up large quantities of gold-type magic cores, from first to fifth rank, the more the better. One first-rank gold magic core can be exchanged for one first-grade pill, one second-rank magic core can be exchanged for one second-grade pill, and so on. Once you reach fourth-rank magic cores or above, you can exchange them for pills or barter them. The conditions can be discussed in detail in person. The notice is signed by the Alchemist Service Hall, Director Xiao, a sixth-rank senior alchemist, and stamped with the seal of the Alchemist Service Hall.

The numerous announcements caused a sensation throughout the inner courtyard, with almost all the students participating in the event. Those with gold-type magic cores went directly to the alchemist's office to exchange them, while those without gold-type magic cores, confident in their strength, ventured into the deep mountains of the inner courtyard to kill gold-type magical beasts and obtain their cores. As a result, all sorts of gold-type magical beasts suffered misfortune and were caught in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, the alchemist's office was bustling with activity.

Xiao Xuanyuan maximized the functions of the alchemist's office hall, and also gathered all the members of the Medicine Alliance, encouraging them to recruit alchemists from the inner courtyard to join, thus strengthening the Medicine Alliance, and then continuously opening furnaces to refine medicine.

On the one hand, it can train and improve the alchemists' alchemy skills, and on the other hand, it also saves him a lot of energy. Otherwise, with his own strength, how could he take care of the alchemy of so many low-level pills?

In a short period of time, a large number of gold-type magic cores were collected. Xiao Xuanyuan had already given the standard for the gold-type magic cores collected by the alchemist's office: one hundred first-tier gold-type magic cores, eighty second-tier, fifty third-tier, and no limit on the number of fourth and fifth-tier. After all, the power of low-tier gold-type magic cores was too weak and too few, and the reaction effect was too weak. It would be useless for him to have so many in his hands. This was actually the number given by the old alchemist.

Soon, the number of first-tier gold-type magic cores was full, the number of second-tier cores gradually increased, the number of third-tier cores was almost full, about ten fourth-tier cores were collected, and there were none fifth-tier cores.

With these metal-type magic cores, Xiao Xuanyuan stayed in the training room on the top floor of the alchemist's office and began to develop metal-type meridians and dantian suitable for cultivating the Golden Cicada Divine Concealment Technique.

Inside the training room, Yao Lao's figure floated in the air, his soul perception covering the entire room like a tide, watching Xiao Xuanyuan's every move. Even a single strand of hair falling could not escape Yao Lao's perception.

"You should swallow a first-tier magic core first."

Following the old man's instructions, Xiao Xuanyuan threw a gold-type magic core into his mouth and swallowed it. A pale yellow flame surged from his body and began to refine the outer shell of the gold-type magic core. However, he was not careful at first and was directly refined into nothingness by the flame, thus ruining a first-tier gold-type magic core.

Continuing his efforts, another metal-type magic core entered his stomach. This time, Xiao Xuanyuan was much more careful. After slowly refining it, he guided the power of the metal-type magic core towards specific meridians. Before cultivating the Golden Cicada Divine Concealment, one must first use the power of the metal-type magic core to open up metal-type battle qi meridians, and then begin to open the second dantian, the metal-type qi vortex.

Among all types of battle aura attributes, metal and lightning have the strongest destructive and offensive power. Meridians are the most vulnerable parts of the human body, much like the body's delicate blood vessels. It is easy to imagine what would happen when the most destructive metal power meets the weakest meridians.

"Ah!"

Inside the training room, Xiao Xuanyuan let out the most miserable scream. If it weren't for the isolation array he had set up in the room, his screams could probably be heard within a hundred feet. Amidst a spray of blood, a peculiar golden meridian was finally opened up.

Excavating the metal veins is like carving a mountain road. Not only do you have to be careful not to break through the mountain and cause it to collapse, but you also have to smooth the surrounding rock surface, apply cement with metal strength, and make sure the cement mountain road is strong enough to support the mountain and prevent it from collapsing.

Therefore, Xiao Xuanyuan's progress is a bit slow. It took him most of the day to open up a metal-type power meridian. The road ahead is still very long.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. When Xiao Xuanyuan walked out of the alchemist's office, his face was extremely pale.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Boss, I Can Only Count to Ten