"Are there any more?" Qi Yanran asked Xiaoyao.

"You can only eat one at most. Eating more has no effect. Go into seclusion and cultivate now, perhaps you can absorb more of the pill's power and strengthen your blood qi. Your blood qi wasn't originally your strong suit. After supplementing your blood qi, you might break through," Xiaoyao said. He could see Qi Yanran seemed about to break through, so he immediately pointed out the best path for her.

This Dragon Blood Pill's effect on a person's blood qi supplement was obvious. This blood qi wasn't the ordinary literal kind, but the ability to create blood qi, improving one's constitution.

Dragon Blood Stone Essence was said to be crystallized from dragon blood, possessing a dragon's blood qi. Dragon blood qi was the most powerful existence between heaven and earth.

Ordinary people simply couldn't directly absorb Dragon Blood Stone Essence. Forcing it would cause death by explosion. However, through alchemy methods, it could be refined into Dragon Blood Pills that people could absorb. The reason Dragon Blood Pills couldn't be eaten twice was precisely this, eating too many couldn't be absorbed unless you possessed a dragon-like constitution.

Very few people knew how to refine Dragon Blood Stone Essence. Though Dragon Blood Stone Essence was very rare, it had always been called a "chicken rib" because few people knew how to use it. This was also why Qi Bupo hadn't wanted the Dragon Blood Stone Essence, and why Hundred Flowers Madam had offered it. But this benefited Xiaoyao.

Xiaoyao had a great need for Dragon Blood Stone Essence, not only to create Dragon Blood Pills for Guxing and others to increase their blood qi, but also for his own needs. He could use Dragon Blood Pills to increase his own blood qi, making his recovery ability even more powerful.

Xiaoyao soon discovered his absorption capacity for Dragon Blood Pills seemed different from ordinary people. He seemed able to continue absorbing a second pill, he had a very strong feeling about this.

This was his sensation after taking the Dragon Blood Pill when Qi Yanran left. So he also needed to enter seclusion, like Qi Yanran. The place he chose would definitely be far from Qi Yanran, because if Qi Yanran broke through, she would definitely absorb all the nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy. What would he cultivate then?

...

So Xiaoyao found an uninhabited mountain peak in Shadow Moon Valley. Shadow Moon Valley was very large with many such peaks. Not all peaks had residents. The one Xiaoyao chose was very inconspicuous. Though the heaven and earth spiritual energy wasn't scarce, it wasn't the most abundant either. The most abundant areas usually had people.

Xiaoyao's current requirements for heaven and earth spiritual energy weren't particularly high. This environment was more than sufficient, enough for him to cultivate to Saint Level. Moreover, he was currently only at Mid Emperor Level, still early.

So Xiaoyao began taking the second Dragon Blood Pill, integrating it into his body. He felt his blood qi increase once again...

The third pill...

The fourth pill...

...

Until he couldn't absorb anymore. His blood qi had become extraordinarily powerful, allowing him to smoothly break through to Late Emperor Level. This was something he hadn't expected. It seemed breakthroughs were becoming easier and easier.

However, this was also normal. He had originally been near Late Emperor Level. With such a powerful pill as the Dragon Blood Pill, breakthrough was natural. Even someone at Qi Yanran's level was about to break through, let alone someone at his level. Moreover, he hadn't taken just one or two pills.

Regarding this point, Xiaoyao seemed somewhat puzzled, but he seemed to discover that these Dragon Blood Pills appeared to be slowly digested by his Divine Farmer True Qi, then bit by bit entered various parts of his body, changing his constitution.

He didn't know if this was because his Divine Farmer True Qi had mutated or if Divine Farmer True Qi originally had this effect. Xiaoyao didn't understand. Anyway, the result was this. He also knew this absorption wasn't at its limit, just currently saturated. When his strength increased again, he could absorb more.

This made him very much in need of Dragon Blood Stone Essence in the future, collecting it everywhere. But Dragon Blood Stone Essence wasn't so easy to find. Having this much was already good.

Fortunately, this piece of Dragon Blood Stone Essence could refine many Dragon Blood Pills. Even after giving Guxing and the others one each, Xiaoyao still had quite a few. Such opportunities were rare and couldn't be forced.

Xiaoyao was very satisfied with his current state. In less than a year, jumping from Late King Level to Late Emperor Level, even those monstrous geniuses would find this difficult to achieve.

Moreover, he cultivated the Divine Farmer's Art, making it even more difficult. Perhaps this was a manifestation of his solid foundation. He had cultivated basic skills for over ten years. Though not unprecedented, it was an extremely rare case.

Recently, he didn't know what was happening. Not to mention these opportunities, even ordinary cultivation, Xiaoyao felt his progress had accelerated greatly. This was also a reason for faster breakthroughs. If this speed continued, he would definitely reach Saint Level within two years and God Level within ten years.

However, this estimate still couldn't catch up to Guxing. Guxing was already at Late Saint Level. With the Dragon Blood Pill's effect, she would probably soon become Peak Saint Level. She would become the youngest God Level in history, this was almost certain.

The Young Miss and Mo Yu weren't slow either, following closely behind. They would probably be much faster than Xiaoyao. The only special thing was that Xiaoyao cultivated the Divine Farmer's Art, this was absolutely unprecedented.

If they all reached God Level in the future and combined together, they would definitely be an invincible existence...

Xiaoyao looked at the sky, knowing it was near midday, but he didn't know what day it was. After entering seclusion, he had been continuously absorbing the Dragon Blood Pills' medicinal power in cycles, making him forget time. Actually, even if he tried to remember, he couldn't, because most of the time he was in unconscious cultivation.

"I feel like I'm full of power. Let me test my strength..." Xiaoyao jumped down from the giant stone he was sitting on, then punched it.

The giant stone didn't move at all...

It would be strange if this giant stone moved. The stone he chose was really too big. Under normal circumstances, even Saint Level would find it hard to shake, let alone him at merely Emperor Level, using pure physical strength.

"..." Xiaoyao was silent for a moment. "Cough cough, looks like I'm not at that level yet. Let me find a smaller one..."

Soon, Xiaoyao found a more suitable stone, about one person's height. He punched again. Under this punch, the giant stone rolled backward. Crack? How was that possible? Maybe if Xiaoyao's strength doubled, it might be possible.

However, the giant stone also burst open at the impact point. This had also happened on that super giant stone before. Being able to achieve this kind of power was already very inhuman. Hitting a person's body would definitely result in bloody flesh.

"Not bad, good strength. Worthy of the Dragon Blood Pill. However, when I threw that punch just now, there seemed to be a force flowing inside my body. This force doesn't seem to belong to internal energy, it seems to be a kind of flesh and blood power. If I could mobilize this power, I believe I could greatly increase my strength," Xiaoyao said, then tried throwing several more punches, slowly sensing that power.

Next, Xiaoyao fell into researching this power, punching again and again, even knocking that person-high giant stone down the mountain. So he went to strike that super giant stone.

Punching again and again, he didn't use boxing gloves for protection, just relied on his bare fists to strike. This intense collision damaged his hands repeatedly, but after damage, they quickly recovered due to his Divine Farmer True Qi.

So he didn't care about this and just kept punching. Though the giant stone wasn't shaken, each strike caused some damage, sending stone chips flying.

Originally, this was just superficial damage to the giant stone, but when this superficial damage continued repeatedly, it couldn't be called superficial anymore. Gradually, Xiaoyao punched out a small hole. Xiaoyao now had no idea how long he'd been punching and couldn't stop anymore, because he had fallen into a kind of enlightenment. He was now in an unconscious state.

Boom boom...

If anyone was nearby, they would definitely hear this sound. Fortunately, this was a relatively remote place with no one around, so naturally no one discovered Xiaoyao's enlightenment state.

Time passed bit by bit, reaching deep night. Xiaoyao was still punching one after another. His stamina seemed inexhaustible, continuing constantly. This perhaps also demonstrated the power of his blood qi, along with Divine Farmer True Qi's recovery ability, allowing him to continue punching and giving him the opportunity to gain enlightenment. Otherwise, if interrupted midway, this enlightenment might disappear.

Enlightenment was very mysterious. It wasn't one plus one equals two. If you worked hard halfway and comprehended halfway, but suddenly stopped, that effort might be wasted, and the half you'd comprehended would be useless too.

But once enlightened, just one moment was enough...

"Roar..."

Xiaoyao let out a dragon's roar and threw a punch. This punch actually carried dragon's might. Though it couldn't break the giant stone, this punch pulverized everything before him, creating a hole several meters deep.

"I understand! So that's how it is!"

At this moment, Xiaoyao comprehended how to use this power. Though he didn't understand what this power was, it should be a kind of blood qi power brought by the Dragon Blood Pill, the method to mobilize this power was actually something he already knew but couldn't remember for a moment. This method also needed certain improvements to work.

This method was the Lion's Power technique. Using Lion's Power to mobilize this force could unleash this power, but what was unleashed was only part of it, not all. This was where Xiaoyao needed to continue comprehending.

Bloodline should be a kind of blood qi. This was perhaps something similar to bloodline, but this bloodline seemed to focus on physical power and didn't conflict with internal energy.

(End of Chapter)