297: Half-saint, exploration blocked

Canaan Academy.

As soon as news of Lin Xiu's return spread, Grand Elder Su Qian, the hundred guardians, Dean Hu Qian, and others all rushed over.

Even though the academy had been recruiting new students all these years.

However, no one as outstanding as Lin Xiu had ever appeared again.

The more this was the case, the more it highlighted Lin Xiu's preciousness.

"Brat, you've been gone for several years. I thought you'd forgotten Canaan Academy."

Su Qian patted Lin Xiu's shoulder, his eyes filled with longing.

Time passed too quickly; in the blink of an eye, the little guy who was once lying on the jade stone, his life hanging by a thread, could now roam the continent.

"Old man, you're no match for me now, you know."

Zi Yan shook her fist at Su Qian in a show of defiance.

"You little rascal."

Su Qian unceremoniously ruffled her purple hair. Zi Yan, of course, couldn't possibly genuinely fight back.

The academy genuinely welcomed Lin Xiu's return and held a lavish dinner banquet that evening.

During the banquet, students constantly snuck in to peek, wanting to see what kind of three heads and six arms the legendary youngest Elder of Canaan Academy possessed, to be so much more powerful than his peers.

However, they were often driven away before they could even get close.

The banquet lasted until deep into the night. When everyone learned that Lin Xiu even had a child, they were even more emotional about the merciless passage of time and how quickly it flew by.

The next day.

Lin Xiu found Su Qian and presented his idea.

He planned to fully integrate the Black-Corner Region, forming an Alliance of all forces to work for him.

As for rewards, they would be Cultivation Technique and Fighting Skill.

Lin Xiu had no shortage of these things, as he held the foundations of many Sects.

After hearing Lin Xiu's idea, Su Qian immediately gave his full support. He was someone who even wanted to hand over the position of Grand Elder to Lin Xiu.

But upon learning that Lin Xiu had already Broken Through to a Dou Zun, that thought somewhat weakened.

It wasn't that Su Qian was reluctant to part with the Grand Elder position, but rather he felt that if Lin Xiu's Aptitude were constrained by a position, it would be a true waste.

"Grand Elder, in the Early Stage, I hope the academy can provide some assistance."

Lin Xiu was destined not to be able to stay permanently. Before Little Fairy Doctor Broke Through to a Dou Zun, some troubles would definitely require the academy's help to resolve.

"Even if you didn't say it, us old fellows would know what to do."

Su Qian smiled slightly.

The two discussed some details and decided that the gateway would be located in Peace Town, not far from the academy.

That was Canaan Academy's main entrance.

Because the Inner Academy was certainly not suitable for everyone from the Black-Corner Region to freely enter and exit.

The discussion lasted all morning, and Lin Xiu then went to gather helpers.

He learned from Lin Dun that Senior Sister Han Yue had settled in Maple City with her Han Family.

Thus, Lin Xiu, accompanied by Lin Dun, Leng Bai, and a few others, came to Maple City to meet Han Yue.

He explained his idea and revealed some of his background.

Han Chi's heart burned with excitement upon learning that he could participate in the construction of such a force.

Currently, it only existed within the Black-Corner Region and the Northwest Region.

But looking further ahead, if such a force could even destroy the Ice River Valley, would its future entry into the Central Plains be far off?

Just by releasing the news, people from the Mad Iron Gang and Sky Yin Sect proactively came to their door.

Lin Xiu only spoke about the general direction, and in terms of Cultivation Technique and Fighting Skill, he only offered up to Low-tier Earth Rank.

He was concerned that if they were too high, they would attract the covetousness of some audacious desperadoes, so he planned to gradually release more after the initial core team's strength improved.

As for some minor details and other faction issues, Lin Xiu handed them all over to Yao Tianhuo and Xiong Zhan. Both were Dou Zuns, and in the Black-Corner Region, they were enough to resolve any problems...

His eyes met a sea of crimson, and huge Qi bubbles surged, emitting dull "puff puff" explosion sounds.

Lin Xiu plunged into the bottom of the magma and began to search.

Unlike Xiao Yan, who had the tuoshe ancient emperor jade to guide him, Lin Xiu spent quite some time searching for the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

Boom!

A terrifying surge of Qi churned ahead, and the surrounding magma receded, sweeping towards Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu struck out with a palm, stabilizing his body, and his gaze turned solemn as he looked forward.

From the magma emerged two entirely pale flame lizardmen. Their pupils were filled with coldness, and their bodies exuded an aura that made Lin Xiu feel a tightness in his chest.

"Human, this is the God's Burial Ground, not a place for you to come. Retreat quickly!"

One of the lizardmen spoke in human language, somewhat disjointedly, perhaps due to not speaking for too long.

Half-Saint?

Lin Xiu looked at them solemnly, pondered for a moment, cupped his hands at them, and retreated without looking back.

He couldn't afford to provoke such strength right now.

He hadn't thought of communicating. In the face of strength, any words seemed pale and powerless.

His original plan was to find Zhu Kun and see if he could talk to him, but now that plan could only be temporarily postponed.

The two lizardmen stared at his retreating figure, and even after Lin Xiu's form disappeared and they could no longer sense his aura, they gradually concealed themselves.

After emerging from the bottom of the tower, Lin Xiu practiced Fighting Skill to gain attribute points while also playing with Yi Nan.

Because of the large amount of medicinal herbs, Lin Xiu often opened his furnace for Alchemy, and Old Huo would bring students to observe each time.

With the continuous supply of Medicinal Pill, everyone's strength soared.

In the fourth month after returning to Canaan Academy, Little Fairy Doctor successfully advanced to Dou Zun.

Xiong Zhan's strength also reached Four-star, and Venerable Skyfire advanced to Six-star.

Among them, Tang Huo'er also reached the Peak of Dou Zong, only a step away from Dou Zun.

She felt as if all of this was a dream, a beautiful dream she wished she would never wake from.

When did Cultivate and advancement become so simple?

Is this the terrifying power of an Eighth-Grade Alchemist?

It seemed that as long as there were enough medicinal herbs, the Bottleneck of the Realm seemed to not exist at all.

Su Qian also Broke Through to Dou Zun, and the two guardians, Bai and Qian, also continuously improved by two stars after advancing to Dou Zun.

Lin Xiu was not entirely without purpose in helping them improve their strength.

As fellow Dou Zuns, he wanted to gain experience points, but one-on-one combat was becoming too little.

After these people's strength improved, Lin Xiu often pulled them into sparring matches.

All low-level Fighting Skill were constantly upgraded, then advanced, and then upgraded again.

"Panel."

Lin Xiu's thought moved.

[Name: Lin Xiu]

[Age: 26]

[Realm: Four-star Dou Zun (20w / 1400w)]

[Space: Mastery Progress (70%)]

[Physique: Eighth-Tier Middle Stage (35%)]

[Soul: Spirit Realm Late Stage (95%)]

[Aptitude: Eighth-Tier]

[Abilities:

Low-tier Heaven Rank: Devouring Qi lv13 (Max)

Earth High-Rank: Starfire Spirit Body lv12 (Max)

Earth High-Rank: Heaven and Earth Nirvana Wheel lv12 (Max)

Earth High-Rank: Wrath of the Sky lv12 (Max)

Earth High-Rank: Nine Thousand Thunder Movement lv12 (Max)

Earth High-Rank: Flame Soul Separation Technique lv12 (Max)

Intermediate Earth Rank: Blood Qi Boil lv11 (Max)

Low-tier Heaven Rank: Guiyuan Art lv13 (Max)

...]

[Profession: Alchemist]

[Rank: Nine]

[Attribute Points: 100]

..."Indeed, as my Rank increases, the speed of leveling up has slowed down."

Lin Xiu's gaze fell on his Realm. In the past six months, relying solely on the experience provided by Cultivation Technique, wanting to advance two Ranks in a row was simply a pipe dream.

His advancement to Four-star was entirely due to the accumulation of Medicinal Pill.

He didn't have many attribute points left because Lin Xiu used them all to upgrade Fighting Skill.

According to the current progress, in another half a year, advancing Cultivation Technique to Intermediate Heaven Rank would be no problem, and he would have at least one Low-tier Heaven Rank in Body Tempering Fighting Skill, Movement Fighting Skill, and Attack and Defense Fighting Skill respectively.

"The Demonic Beast Rank of my Yuan Acupoint is still at Seventh-Tier, which is a problem that needs to be solved. Besides that, Demonic Beast blood is also an issue; Saint-Grade Demonic Beast blood is hard to come by. My greatest hope lies with Zi Yan."

Lin Xiu organized his thoughts, his gaze subconsciously falling on his palm, where a surge of Dou Qi appeared.