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

"Teacher, have some tea." Xiao Li poured a cup of tea and handed it to Wang Ming.

Wang Ming gulped it down.

"Ah—the Gama Empire is still the most comfortable." Wang Ming found a recliner, leaned back, and fell fast asleep.

Xiao Ting and the others didn't dare to bother Wang Ming. After all, Chairman Wang's friendliness towards the Xiao family was only because of Xiao Li. Although Wang Ming had taught Xiao Li for six years, he hadn't given the Xiao family any benefits.

If you want to refine pills, the old rules still apply: bring your own medicinal materials, and we will not be responsible for any success or failure.

The Xiao family's ability to do business in pills is entirely due to Xiao Li's efforts. From first-grade pills to fourth-grade pills, the Xiao family can now compete with the Alchemist Guild for business.

Of course, all of this requires the tacit approval of Chairman Wang. He is only responsible for teaching his disciples, and he doesn't care whether they use their alchemy skills to benefit the family.

Besides, the investment that Chairman Wang has made in Xiao Li over the past six years is so great that even if the entire Xiao family sold their houses, they still wouldn't be able to repay it. Everyone in the Xiao family is aware of this. Anyway, the result is quite good; their family now has a fourth-grade alchemist.

Looking at Wang Ming, who was fast asleep, Xiao Li couldn't help but smile. Over the past six years, he had come to know his teacher quite well.

The master-disciple relationship in the Dou Qi Continent has always been very good. Except for a very few scoundrels, the master-disciple relationship can be as close as or even closer than blood ties.

Xiao Li's current cultivation level is at the peak of the six-star Great Dou Master, which is already an extraordinary existence in the eyes of ordinary people, and at least in the Jia Ma Empire, he is unique.

However, Xiao Li did not devote himself to cultivation during these six years. Most of the time, he was diligently practicing medicine and honing his foundation. Over the years, Xiao Li has taken quite a few pills.

As long as Wang Ming knew how to refine any Foundation Establishment type pills, whether they were fifth or sixth grade, he would refine them for Xiao Li to eat. He truly treated pills like food.

That's not all. Xiao Li not only had to take pills, but also needed medicinal baths to aid absorption. These were all for Xiao Li's foundation building, and the process was somewhat painful. However, Xiao Li also developed a physical body that was no less powerful than that of a magical beast.

But then again, why does Old Wang have so much stuff? Isn't he a sixth-grade alchemist from the Jia Ma Empire? He's just an alchemist from a small place, how could he have so much stuff?

Hmph! You don't understand, do you? Xiao Li didn't understand it either, and Gu He in later generations was also a sixth-grade alchemist, but he didn't manage to cultivate Liu Ling very well.

It turns out that Old Wang was originally from Zhongzhou. His family was originally located in Fengyun City in the southern part of Zhongzhou. The Wang family, to which Old Wang belonged, was a top family in Fengyun City. Old Wang's grandfather was a Dou Zong powerhouse, his father was a Dou Huang powerhouse, and his mother was a fifth-grade peak alchemist.

When Wang was young, he learned about medicine making from his mother, so he had a certain foundation in the subject.

According to his master, Master Wang, his childhood was the happiest time of his life, but it didn't last long. After Wang Ming condensed his fighting spirit at the age of twelve and became a fighter, his special physique awakened.

Shocking! Old Master Wang actually possesses a special physique! That's right, Wang Ming possesses a special physique called the Heavenly Yang Physique. If this physique is combined with rare and precious natural treasures of the ultimate Yang attribute, he will surely achieve great things in the future!

Old Master Wang's awakening of his special physique brought prosperity to the entire Wang family, but in Zhongzhou, having a special physique is actually a danger!

When Wang Lao was fifteen years old, the Ice River Valley, one of the three valleys, suddenly attacked the Wang family. The attack was led by three Dou Zong and countless Dou Huang and Dou Wang. The once-prosperous Wang family in Fengyun City was destroyed, and Wang Ming was captured and taken back to the Ice River Valley. His Tianyang Body's origin was stripped away, leaving him on the verge of death.

But he was very lucky. When he was young, Old Wang had taken a top-grade sixth-rank elixir to save his life, which allowed him to survive with great difficulty.

Although he survived by sheer luck, his physique was ruined, his cultivation foundation was destroyed, and Old Wang's body was riddled with holes. He was no longer the genius youth of Fengyun City he once was.

The destruction of his family and the loss of his loved ones made Old Wang contemplate suicide, but the desire for revenge kept him alive.

Elder Wang began to cultivate diligently and target the disciples of Ice River Valley. But how large is Ice River Valley? It is a top power in Central Continent, ranking among the Three Valleys, second only to the One Palace, One Tower, and Two Sects.

During a hunt for Ice River Valley disciples, Wang Ming was discovered by Ice River Valley experts and was chased down, eventually being forced to jump off a cliff.

On the Dou Qi Continent, there is a saying: If one day you fall off a cliff or into a cave, don't panic. Take two steps forward, and perhaps you will become a strong person!

Such a joke actually happened to Wang Ming. After falling off the cliff, Wang Ming didn't know how long it took before he regained consciousness. There, he found a skeleton.

Upon hearing Wang Ming's self-narration, Xiao Li felt that it sounded just like a protagonist's template: his family was wiped out when he was young, his physique was destroyed, and he gained a legacy after falling off a cliff.

According to Elder Wang, he inherited the legacy of a peak seventh-grade alchemist. This alchemist was a Dou Zong powerhouse, but he never became an eighth-grade alchemist, and not becoming a Dou Zun was his lifelong regret.

Old Wang inherited the alchemist's skills, and since he had learned alchemy from his mother since childhood, he taught himself the art of alchemy.

He cultivated until he reached the Dou Wang level and left the mountain, killing two Dou Wangs from the Ice River Valley. Then he left the Central Continent and came to the Northwest Continent, eventually settling down in the Jia Ma Empire.

Old Wang has had a life full of hardships. Although he still has enemies to eliminate, Wang Ming has come to terms with it and believes that passing on his alchemy skills is the key.

Xiao Li had heard Old Wang say this more than once.

Old Master Wang: "I have had enough luck. I have lived for so many years, what more could I ask for? When my time comes, I will open a cave and leave behind my legacy. That would be a proper ending."

Xiao Li knew that Elder Wang had serious old injuries, which explained why he looked so old and why, despite being a six-star Dou Huang, he could only exert the strength of a three- or four-star Dou Huang.

This is also why Elder Wang cannot refine a sixth-grade peak pill; firstly, the growth of the soul is limited by one's own battle qi cultivation.

Although Old Wang survived by sheer luck, his talent was completely destroyed. Old Wang often said that his current cultivation level was thanks to the inheritance of that seventh-grade alchemist; otherwise, he would have had difficulty even reaching the Douhuang realm.

Xiao Li naturally wanted to cure his teacher, who had given him a lot of precious things over the years.

First, there was a low-level Earth-rank cultivation technique and its accompanying combat skills. Second, when Xiao Li was twelve years old, Elder Wang gave him a sixth-rank beast fire, the Purple Tiger Flame, which was taken from a sixth-rank magical beast, the Purple Radiant Tiger King.

Then there's the medicine cauldron that Xiao Li just used. It's a fifth-tier medicine cauldron, the one that Elder Wang used to frequently, and it's called the Blue Flame Cauldron.

Everything was given to him by Elder Wang. Xiao Li was not a shameless, treacherous beast who betrayed his master and ancestors. He despised such people the most. The two most famous treacherous beasts on the Dou Qi Continent were Han Feng and Hun Xuzi.

Xiao Li's foundation has been nurtured by Elder Wang, and soon his cultivation will erupt like a fountain.

Elder Wang has invested too much in Xiao Li. Elder Wang said that as long as nothing unexpected happens, he can smoothly become a Dou Zun powerhouse. That's right, a Dou Zun!

After all, Elder Wang was a native of Zhongzhou. There were Dou Zun everywhere in Zhongzhou, especially in the Central Region where Dou Zun were concentrated, and even Dou Sheng would appear there!

Master Wang hoped that his disciple could become a powerful Dou Zun who could dominate a region, while Dou Zong was merely a king who reigned supreme in this remote place.