173: Chapter 173 Everyone's Growth! A Special Circumstance

"I'll start by refining a spirit recovery purple pill to practice."

Xiao Ting closed his eyes to meditate. Once his soul power recovered, he took out several sixth-tier and fifth-tier natural treasures and began the extraction process.

In three months, he had received a total of over ninety Plane Blessings, which brought him significant improvements in various aspects.

Regarding his cultivation, he practiced diligently after every alchemy session. Combined with occasional empowerments, he had steadily risen to a seven-star Dou Huang.

As for his soul, he didn't forget to visualize the Purple Heaven Flame while practicing. He had already touched the bottleneck of the mid-level Spirit Realm, and further progress was just around the corner.

Physically, the Purple Heaven Flame tempered his body daily, occasionally drawing down heavenly thunder for refinement. This was also steadily improving, and it wouldn't be long before he reached his limit.

In terms of alchemy, the Plane Blessing didn't grant many rewards, but he had been practicing throughout these three months. He had long reached the level of refining sixth-grade pills, but he wanted to finish all the fifth-grade pills he had promised to refine first, so he hadn't started yet.

Regarding Dou Techniques, he had mastered Soul Techniques, Dou Techniques, and secret techniques almost completely, and could easily execute them whenever he wished.

As the saying goes, cheating is great for a while, but cheating forever is always great.

"Go!"

With the extraction complete, Xiao Ting threw all the natural spirit herbs into the myriad beast cauldron with a wave of his hand. He then began to control the medicinal power with his soul power, manipulating it with the Purple Heaven Flame.

Before long, a dense surge of natural energy gathered, attracting the attention of many.

"The natural energy from the pill Elder Xiao Ting is refining this time is unprecedentedly dense."

"I've seen Fire Elder refine many high-tier fifth-grade pills before, but this doesn't look like the commotion a fifth-grade pill would cause."

"Could it be that Elder Xiao Ting has advanced to the sixth rank and can now refine sixth-grade pills?"

"It seems Elder Xiao Ting is still three months away from turning sixteen. A Sixth-Rank Alchemist?"

"..."

Those with sufficient status, such as Su Qian and Fire Elder, had already gathered around the courtyard where Xiao Ting resided.

Everyone wanted to witness the birth of a sixth-grade pill. Although Xiao Ting was destined not to stay at Jia Nan Academy for long, he was still an Honorary Elder of the academy, providing valuable connections even when he was away.

"Condense!"

Half an hour later, under the gaze of countless people, Xiao Ting slapped the myriad beast cauldron, and a pill emitting a purple halo immediately flew out.

The dense natural energy spread in all directions, and the experts throughout Jia Nan Academy all felt it.

Even some experts who were further away but had reached the Dou Huang level sensed it.

"A sixth-grade pill has been born. Could it be that Xiao Ting, the one who replaced Han Feng?"

"A new generation Medicine Emperor has been born!?"

"It seems I need to pay a visit to Zixiao City."

"Mr. Xiao Ting said that day that we could ask him to refine sixth-grade pills, and I happen to need a Huangji Pill."

"I wonder if I can ask him to refine a Break-Sect Pill?"

"..."

For a time, countless experts in the Black-Corner Region moved upon hearing the news.

At the same time, Xiao Ting's soul power enveloped the spirit recovery purple pill, easily tucking it away.

Su Qian, Fire Elder, Zi Yan, Xun'er, and others appeared one after another.

"Elder Xiao Ting, congratulations, congratulations on advancing to the sixth rank." Fire Elder said with a face full of joy, chuckling as he congratulated him. "Please do not hesitate to offer your guidance."

"Fire Elder has helped me a lot; I certainly won't be stingy," Xiao Ting replied with a smile. "Next, I will be stationed in Zixiao City to refine pills for those I promised before. Fire Elder, you can come and stay there temporarily. I understand your alchemy skills well and am confident I can help you fully advance to the sixth rank within six months."

With a permanent Sixth-Rank Alchemist stationed at Jia Nan Academy, he felt he had repaid the many benefits he had received here, and he wouldn't need to worry when he went to the Central Plains to develop.

Of course, if he had the chance to return to Jia Nan Academy in the future, he wouldn't mind lending a hand to his old friends.

"Good, good, good!" Fire Elder was a bit disappointed to hear that Xiao Ting was leaving, but they couldn't possibly stop him.

Upon hearing the rest, he was immediately overjoyed.

Not just him, but Su Qian and the other elders were also very happy. Fire Elder was the head of the Alchemy Department in the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy, a true core member of the academy who would not leave.

Once the academy had another long-term Sixth-Rank Alchemist, its influence during future recruitment would become even greater.

"Old man Fire, put away that smile of yours; it looks like a chrysanthemum," Zi Yan teased.

"I'm in a good mood today, so I won't argue with you, little girl." The smile on Fire Elder's face remained unchanged.

Zi Yan clicked her tongue, reached out her hand toward Xiao Ting, and licked her lips. "Xiao Ting, where are my pills?"

She had spent a lot of time running to the back mountains lately, bringing any natural spirit herbs she scavenged to Xiao Ting so he could refine a batch of high-energy, good-tasting "jelly beans" for her.

"Naturally, I haven't forgotten yours." Xiao Ting took out a jade bottle and tossed it to Zi Yan.

"So fragrant." Zi Yan uncorked the bottle and took a sniff, her expression turning joyful. "Xiao Ting, I'll follow you to Zixiao City too. Any natural spirit herbs I find, I'll still give them all to you."

Hearing this, Xiao Ting didn't agree immediately but instead looked at Su Qian.

"In terms of strength, Zi Yan could have graduated long ago." Su Qian stroked his beard. "Jia Nan Academy is her home. Whether she wants to leave or return is up to her."

"Alright then." Xiao Ting nodded slightly and said to Zi Yan, "Then you come with me to Zixiao City."

As for Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, they would naturally use the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to boost their strength further.

After devouring the Fallen Heart Flame and the Red Lotus Karma Fire, Xun'er's Burning Technique had reached the high-tier Di class, and her strength had grown to a one-star Dou Ling. Using the Origin Heart Flame could still improve it significantly.

While using the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also used the power of poisons and snake-shaped magical beasts respectively to increase their strength. Both had now reached seven-star Great Dou Master and four-star Great Dou Master levels.

"Everyone, these are the pills you asked me to refine." Xiao Ting distributed several fifth-grade pills to some of the elders.

Happily receiving the pills, one of the elders suddenly asked with hope in his eyes, "Elder Xiao Ting, I wonder what kind of pill you just refined and what its effects are?"

"The spirit recovery purple pill." Xiao Ting didn't hide anything. "It's a mid-tier sixth-grade pill, but its refinement difficulty is at the high-tier sixth-grade level. Its effect is to restore a cultivator's cultivation that has dropped due to special reasons. It only works on cultivators below the Dou Zong level."

The crowd was surprised once again, not expecting that Xiao Ting hadn't just simply advanced to a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, but was likely capable of refining high-tier sixth-grade pills.

"Restoring damaged strength, huh?" The old man who asked was named Lu Qian, a member of the Combat Department. He asked impatiently, "I wonder if it can be traded?"

His son, Lu Wanli, was considered a well-known genius of Jia Nan Academy, reaching the strength of a two-star Dou Huang at the age of thirty-three.

But some time ago, while leading a team out for experience, they were besieged by Demon Flame Valley and a group of mysterious people. After his body was damaged, his cultivation regressed, falling to the peak of the Dou Wang level.

They asked the Alchemists from the Alchemy Department for help but found them helpless. More strangely, when Lu Wanli tried to cultivate again, he found he couldn't break through the bottleneck a second time, which was very odd.

If he obtained this spirit recovery purple pill, perhaps his cultivation could be restored to two-star Dou Huang and no longer be limited by the bottleneck.

Regarding this situation, Su Qian directly explained it to Xiao Ting, as Lu Wanli was injured while contributing to the academy.

"You can ask that elder to come over; I'll take a look at his situation." Xiao Ting smiled, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

A regression in cultivation wouldn't limit re-cultivation, nor would it affect the spirit recovery purple pill's effectiveness.

For example, Hai Bodong was originally a five-star Dou Huang expert. After being sealed by Medusa for so many years, his cultivation regressed to three-star Dou Huang after the seal was broken.

After three years of re-cultivation, he returned to five-star Dou Huang, yet after taking the spirit recovery purple pill, he could still advance to seven-star Dou Huang.

This situation with Lu Wanli was somewhat special!