Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

The Earth Core Tempering Milk, a rare and precious substance, should be able to help me break through my limits.

Perhaps... he could even use the Earth Core Tempering Milk to leap directly into the Dou Ling realm!

Xiao Fan slowly absorbed the energy surging into his body. Strands of pure battle qi were extracted, flowing through his limbs and bones, and then merging into his battle crystal.

"The time has come..."

Xiao Fan sensed the energy within his body, controlled his fighting spirit, and launched an attack on the barrier.

As if by natural progression, Xiao Fan broke through the barrier and entered the realm of Seven Star Dou Ling.

After experiencing the increased power of his battle qi following the breakthrough, Xiao Fan smiled, feeling a greater sense of accomplishment than before.

After all, this breakthrough was achieved through his own hard work and dedication in cultivation.

Chapter 194 Body Tempering and Marrow Cleansing

When Xiao Fan opened his eyes, he saw a wooden bucket between Xiao Yan and Yao Lao. The two of them were adding something to it from time to time, which emitted a faint fragrance.

The two also noticed that Xiao Fan had awakened.

Xiao Yan flashed to Xiao Fan's side, looked him up and down, and said with a hint of envy.

"Seven-Star Douling, Senior Brother, your breakthrough speed... is truly freakish!"

The old doctor also looked at Xiao Fan and said with a smile, "Not bad. Although your breakthrough was rapid, I just took a look at your foundation and there was no sense of instability. This shows that your foundation is still very solid."

Hearing what Yao Lao said, Xiao Fan was not surprised. After all, it was Dou Qi rewarded by the system, so there was no possibility of an unstable foundation.

"Teachers, what are you doing...?"

Xiao Fan looked at the wooden bucket placed between the two of them with a curious expression.

Upon hearing about the wooden barrel, Xiao Yan immediately walked excitedly to Xiao Fan's side, put his arm around Xiao Fan, and said with a smile, "Senior brother, this is a medicinal liquid that our teacher formulated based on the Earth Core Tempering Milk. It has the effect of tempering the body and increasing strength."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words and seeing the undisguised joy on his face, Xiao Fan chuckled and said, "Then why don't you hurry up and go in?"

"We'll have to wait a little longer."

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Fan and said sullenly.

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Fan's face, Xiao Yan scratched his head before saying, "Teacher has only just started preparing it; it's not finished yet."

Xiao Fan nodded and then moved closer.

Within the outline, a pale white liquid flowed, and the old apothecary was taking out some medicinal herbs from his storage ring, refining them into a medicinal liquid, and adding them to the liquid, creating ripples.

Xiao Fan is now very familiar with medicinal herbs and has discovered that most of the herbs that Yao Lao has taken out are rare plants that have miraculous effects on fire attribute cultivators.

These are all potent herbs, and using them together can cause considerable harm to the user's body.

However, with the existence of the Earth Core Tempering Milk, the old master of medicine perfectly neutralized its medicinal properties, using the Earth Core Tempering Milk as a medium to make the medicinal properties in the liquid complement each other.

"I never knew you could combine them like this..."

Xiao Fan's gaze fell on the wooden tub, and a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes. In that instant, Xiao Fan's understanding of the medicinal properties rose to another level.

The old herbalist, who was refining medicinal herbs nearby, saw Xiao Fan's appearance and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

He then glanced subtly at Xiao Yan, who was standing impatiently to the side, and shook his head with a smile.

His little disciple had excellent talent, comprehension, and temperament, but whenever he was by Xiao Fan's side, he couldn't stand him no matter what.

The old doctor added the essence of the last ingredient to the medicinal liquid, stirred it with his fighting spirit, then turned to Xiao Yan beside him and said with a smile, "Alright, go in!"

"Ah!" Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing Yao Lao's words, and jumped into the wooden tub with a joyful expression, beginning to absorb the medicinal liquid within.

At first, a look of pain flashed across Xiao Yan's face, then he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound again.

Seeing this, the old apothecary nodded. After his improvement, the medicine not only had the effects of tempering the body and cleansing the marrow, but also contained a large number of fire-attribute medicinal materials. For someone like Xiao Yan who cultivates a different kind of fire, it had a miraculous effect of increasing fire-attribute power.

However, although the improvement was significant, the tempering method was far less gentle than absorbing the Earth Core Tempering Milk. Fortunately, his disciple did not disappoint him, and he believed that Xiao Yan could persevere despite the pain.

After seeing Xiao Yan enter into cultivation, Yao Lao turned to Xiao Fan beside him and said with a smile, "You have just broken through, so the medicinal liquid I prepared for you is different from that of your junior brother."

"Oh?" Xiao Fan asked curiously upon hearing Yao Lao's words.

"Your junior brother's cultivation has been stagnant for a long time. With the help of the Earth Core Tempering Milk, he should be able to break through and perhaps even leap into the Dou Ling stage," Yao Lao said with a smile.

"But you are different. The effects of the medicine I prepared for you were all about the same, it was just a matter of dosage. But you just broke through, so I slightly modified your medicine."

As he spoke, the old apothecary took out another wooden bucket from his storage ring and added various medicinal herbs into it.

"You've just broken through, so I prepared this medicinal liquid for you to stabilize your cultivation. The main purpose is to temper your body; improving your battle qi is just a side effect."

The old man placed the prepared liquid essence into the wooden barrel, then added some Earth Core Tempering Milk, and finally took out a blood-red, fist-sized fruit from his storage ring.

"Blood Spirit Fruit?"

Xiao Fan was slightly surprised when he saw what the old doctor had taken out.

The Blood Spirit Fruit is a medicinal herb with outstanding body-refining effects. Its juice can be consumed directly, but it contains extremely violent power.

It's no exaggeration to say that the juice inside the Blood Spirit Fruit could completely disrupt the internal energy of even a Dou Wang-level expert if they didn't know how to neutralize it.

Even ordinary Dou Huang powerhouses might not be able to afford to use Blood Spirit Fruit to temper their bodies.

"Haha, that's right."

Seeing that Xiao Fan recognized the Blood Spirit Fruit immediately, Yao Lao said with a smile, "Today's battle with that Snow Demon Ape was so intense that you were able to hold your own even when fighting against a Dou Wang-level magical beast. This shows that your physical explosive power is terrifying."

"That's why I took out the Blood Spirit Fruit. Otherwise, I originally planned to save this herb for when your junior brother broke through to the Dou Wang realm. Giving it to you now is just right."

"What about my junior brother...?"

It would be a lie to say that Xiao Fan didn't want to absorb the Blood Spirit Fruit. After all, in terms of body tempering effects alone, the Blood Spirit Fruit was already comparable to some high-level pills.

"Don't worry, your junior brother is only a Great Dou Master now, and even if he breaks through, he'll only be a Dou Spirit. He won't need it for now. Besides..." Yao Lao changed the subject, looking at Xiao Fan with a half-smile.

"Who told you that this is the only rare medicinal herb I have?"

Upon hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Fan immediately smiled.

Indeed, based on his own experience, even a Dou Zong would find the Blood Spirit Fruit extremely expensive. However, Yao Lao was once a renowned Medicine Venerable who shook the Dou Qi Continent. For Yao Lao, a mere Blood Spirit Fruit was not particularly unusual.

"Thank you very much, teacher."

What's the point of expressing gratitude between master and apprentice?

As the old apothecary dripped the red juice from the Blood Spirit Fruit into the wooden bucket, he said to Xiao Fan, "To be honest, because I can't leave my storage ring for too long, I've been staying by your side. Many times when you're in danger, I haven't been able to be there for you."

"Under such circumstances, you have still achieved your current strength, which is quite surprising even to me."

There was a sense of melancholy in the old doctor's tone.

"Hehe." Xiao Fan scratched his head and said to Yao Lao, "Teacher, please don't say that. In the beginning, if it weren't for your help to me and my junior brother, we definitely wouldn't be where we are today. No matter what happens, Teacher, you will always be our teacher!"

"Haha." The old doctor laughed heartily, his eyes filled with even more admiration as he looked at Xiao Fan.

He then smiled and said to him, "Alright, stop being so sentimental, go in and soak!"

Xiao Fan nodded, and then, under the watchful eye of the old doctor, sat down in the wooden tub. The pale red liquid inside slowly flowed into his body through his pores as he closed his eyes.

Inside the cave, Yao Lao looked at Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan sitting in two wooden tubs, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes...

As soon as Xiao Fan entered the wooden tub, he felt the immense power contained within the medicinal liquid.

As Xiao Fan circulated his internal energy, strands of pale red energy entered his body through his pores and then flowed through his meridians into his limbs and bones.

"Is this the power of the Blood Spirit Fruit?"

Xiao Fan was somewhat surprised as he sensed the surging, pale red energy within his meridians.

My current physique is even better than some Dou Wang powerhouses, but my meridians actually feel a faint stinging sensation during the process of absorbing the power of the Blood Spirit Fruit. It truly lives up to its reputation as the most violent body-refining wonder!

Within the pale red energy, there was another milky white energy, radiating a soft light. With each flow of energy from the Blood Spirit Fruit, it repaired the meridians damaged by absorbing the violent power of the Blood Spirit Fruit.

"This must be the Earth Core Tempering Milk..."

Xiao Fan felt the gentle power emanating from it, and was somewhat surprised, but then overjoyed.

Blood Spirit Fruit and Earth Core Tempering Milk are both miraculous substances from nature that cleanse the marrow and refine the body. Now that I have absorbed them at the same time, the effects I have achieved are so much greater.

"It's probably also because the teacher added other medicinal herbs to neutralize it."

As Xiao Fan sensed the energy within his body, he immediately guessed that the other medicinal herbs Yao Lao had added were meant to perfectly unleash the energy of the Earth Core Tempering Milk and the Blood Spirit Fruit.

Thus, Xiao Fan's body, after being ravaged by the Blood Spirit Fruit and repaired by the Earth Core Tempering Milk, suffered damage time and time again, but then became even more resilient.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that Xiao Fan's meridians become more resilient with each breakage and repair, and even faintly emit a white fluorescence.

Moreover, Blood Spirit Fruit and Earth Core Tempering Milk have more than just the effect of tempering the body.

Both are wondrous objects of nature, and the energy they contain is extremely powerful.

As Xiao Fan absorbed the energy again and again, not only did his physical body become more and more resilient, but the fighting spirit within his body also slowly accumulated. Although the increase was not large, it was indeed increasing.

After a night of absorption, the originally pale red liquid in Xiao Fan's wooden tub has now become almost transparent, indicating that the energy it contains has been almost completely absorbed by Xiao Fan.

At the very moment dawn broke, Xiao Fan suddenly opened his eyes.

Chapter 195 Zi Yan Comes to the Door

The medicinal liquid in the wooden barrel where Xiao Fan was located, which was originally light red and exuded a trace of violent energy, has now become completely clear.

Xiao Fan felt the changes in his body and was overjoyed.

After being cleansed and tempered by the Blood Spirit Fruit and the Earth Core Tempering Milk, Xiao Fan's physical strength has reached a new level. If he were to face the Snow Demon Sky Ape again, although he still wouldn't be able to defeat it, it would be much easier than the previous battle.