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His acquaintance with Xue Haichuan was beyond Duan Lingtian's expectations.
He had never imagined that his mistake in the Stairway to Heaven would earn him a favor from Xue Haichuan's brother. Xue Haichuan also felt that he owed him a favor and even gave him the Quenching Yang Divine Pill, which was very important to him now.
"If I were a bloodthirsty person, even if Xue Haishan didn't want to kill me, I definitely wouldn't have held back when I defeated him. I would most likely have killed him … If I had killed him then, I wouldn't have met Xue Haishan today, and Xue Haishan wouldn't have given me the Quenching Yang Divine Pill."
After leaving the restaurant and returning to the Linghu family's mansion, Duan Lingtian looked at the pill bottle that appeared in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
This was what it meant by unintentional success.
"With this Quenching Yang Divine Pill, I'm confident that I can break through to the Intermediate Divine King Realm in a short time!"
After returning to his residence, Duan Ling Tian took a while to suppress his restless emotions and began to cultivate.
He also consumed the Quenching Yang Divine Pill before closing his eyes to cultivate.
The Quenching Yang Divine Pill was a divine pill used by Divine Kings to help them break through their cultivation bottlenecks. Although it was not as valuable as the Emperor Ascension Divine Pill, it was not far off.
If a Lesser Divine King used the Quenching Yang Divine Pill to break through their bottlenecks, as long as their talent wasn't too bad, the probability of breaking through was close to one hundred percent.
However, if a Middle Divine King used it, the probability of breaking through was much lower.
Moreover, the difficulty of refining the Quenching Yang Divine Pill was almost equal to the difficulty of refining the Emperor Ascension Divine Pill.
The Emperor Ascension Divine Pill was considered a top-tier Emperor Grade Divine Pill. It might not be the most difficult to concoct, but it was definitely the most difficult to find materials to concoct.
For a divine pill like the Quenching Yang Divine Pill, even the Linghu family could not gather the ingredients, let alone the Emperor Ascension Divine Pill.
Sometimes, Duan Lingtian felt that it was inconceivable that the Tianlong Clan was able to take out so many Emperor Ascension Divine Pills in two consecutive Hidden Dragon Competitions. This was because even for a God Emperor level force, unless they were extremely lucky, it would be difficult for them to gather all the ingredients needed to refine Emperor Ascension Divine Pills.
What Duan Lingtian didn't know was that the reason why the Tianlong Clan was able to come up with so many materials to refine Emperor Divine Pills in the past few hundred years was because of their good luck. Moreover, the previous Clan Master of the Tianlong Clan had also helped others refine Emperor Divine Pills and obtained some of the materials.
It had to be said that the Quenching Sun Divine Pill was very powerful. After it entered Duan Lingtian's body, it merged with his divine power and broke through the bottleneck. The bottleneck that had remained unshaken for so long began to tremble.
The second impact caused even more tremors.
The effect of the third attack was even better.
…
Duan Ling Tian had to circulate his cultivation method for a great cycle in his body every time he charged. Due to this reason, there was a period of time between each charge.
About half a month later, after several hundred attempts, the firm bottleneck finally began to crumble.
"Let's do it in one go!"
Then, Duan Lingtian calmed himself down and made another breakthrough. Finally, after eleven attempts, he successfully broke through the bottleneck that was as firm as a wall.
Since then, his cultivation had finally entered the realm of a Middle Celestial King.
"Is this the divine power of a Middle Celestial King?"
After the breakthrough, Duan Lingtian could feel that the divine power in his body had transformed. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as when he broke through from a Higher Celestial King to a Lower Celestial King, it was still a huge transformation.
"If I had been a Middle Celestial King when I killed Shangguan Xiongfeng and Long Xiao, even without the superior divine weapon that the Clan Master lent me, I could have easily killed them with the mediocre divine weapon and the techniques that I revealed at that time!"
Duan Lingtian opened his eyes. Translucent divine power flowed around the surface of his body. As he patted his body casually, strong gusts of wind blew, causing the tightly shut doors and windows in the room to sway and creak.
"Young Master, are you alright?"
After a while, Butler Wang Fu's voice came from outside and asked Duan Lingtian.
"I'm fine."
Duan Lingtian replied.
Because he was in the Linghu family's mansion and because no one would disturb him directly, Duan Lingtian did not set up any formation in his room.
"With my current cultivation, I might be able to fight for first place in the Tianlong Clan's Hidden Dragon Competition ten years from now!"
As the saying went, a soldier who didn't want to be a general wasn't a good soldier. Duan Lingtian naturally wouldn't miss the chance to fight for first place.
Moreover, the reward for first place in the Hidden Dragon Competition, other than the Emperor Ascension Elixir, would definitely be some other good stuff. Its value would probably not be lower than the Emperor Ascension Elixir.
After all, even the tenth place would receive an Emperor Ascension Elixir.
"Next, I'll continue to raise my cultivation … However, it's not realistic to break through to the realm of a Higher Celestial King. I'll try to get as close to breaking through the bottleneck as possible. "
The difficulty of raising one's cultivation in the Lower Celestial King Realm was far greater than the difficulty of raising one's cultivation in the Divine Spirit Realm. The difficulty of breaking through from the Middle Celestial King Realm to the Upper Celestial King Realm was more than twice as difficult as breaking through from the Lower Celestial King Realm to the Middle Celestial King Realm.
Therefore, Duan Lingtian didn't expect to make another breakthrough before the Hidden Dragon Competition.
Moreover, he had already taken most of the elixirs that could assist in his cultivation. Even if it was an Ultimate King Grade Divine Elixir, taking it too many times would cause him to develop a resistance to its effects.
Now, there weren't many elixirs that he could rely on. He couldn't rely solely on elixirs to raise his cultivation like he did in the past twelve years.
At most, he could only use it for three years.
"In the next ten years, when there aren't any elixirs to use, I'll use the remaining time to study the art of alchemy. I'll strive to refine an Ultimate King Grade Divine Elixir before I go to the Tianlong Clan!"
At this moment, Duan Ling Tian finally had a plan for the next ten years.
…
Tung Leng Province.
In an incomparably vast city, in the front yard of a spacious mansion, a young girl with a beautiful appearance placed her hands on the stone table. She supported her head with her hands, and her eyes were lifeless, as if her soul had left her body.
Behind the young girl stood two maids, and they were silent.
"Young Miss."
As a voice sounded from within the mansion, a graceful figure walked out from within.
If Duan Lingtian was here, he would definitely recognize the young girl walking out slowly from the mansion. She was Yu Qiuxuan, the girl beside Duan Qiaoyu, whom he had met at the Zhou Clan's Trading House in Tianfeng City.
The young girl sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard was also Duan Qiaoyu.
"Aunt Xuan, what's the matter? Didn't I say that I don't like to hear about anything other than my brother's news? "
Hearing Yu Qiuxuan's voice, Duan Qiaoyu frowned slightly and said reluctantly.
"Young Miss, I didn't come looking for you for anything else."
Yu Qiuxuan smiled.
As for Duan Qiaoyu, when she heard Yu Qiuxuan's words, her eyes lit up. She immediately stood up and rushed to Yu Qiuxuan. "Aunt Xuan, is it news about my brother?"
"Yes."
Yu Qiuxuan smiled and nodded. Duan Qiaoyu impatiently urged, "Aunt Xuan, quickly tell me!"
Facing the anxious Duan Qiaoyu, Yu Qiuxuan didn't keep her in suspense. She slowly said, "I just received news that Young Master Duan has left Tianfeng City's Hidden Fog Academy and went to the Linghu family. Moreover, he has become a consecrator of the Linghu family and is treated as an honored guest by the Linghu family."
"Linghu family?"
Duan Qiaoyu frowned. "Is that the Divine Emperor family near the Hidden Fog Sect that is equally famous as the Hidden Fog Sect?"
"Why did my brother go there?"
"He is at Tianfeng City's Hidden Fog Academy. After graduating, shouldn't he go to the Hidden Fog Sect?"
Duan Qiaoyu was puzzled.
"Young Master Duan did go to the Hidden Fog Sect at the beginning."
Yu Qiuxuan said, "After experiencing some things, he went to the Linghu family …"
Following that, Yu Qiuxuan told Duan Qiaoyu in detail about the news she received.
She started from Duan Lingtian's outstanding performance at Hidden Fog Academy. Then, she talked about how Duan Lingtian was recommended by the Hidden Fog Academy's Dean to enter the Hidden Fog Sect in advance. Then, he stood out in the Hidden Fog Sect and left the Hidden Fog Sect for a period of time. When he returned, he forcefully killed two core disciples of the Hidden Fog Sect who wanted to kill him.
She talked about how Duan Lingtian went to the Linghu family and how that Elder Feng from Hidden Fog Academy didn't even injure Duan Lingtian in the slightest when he detonated his inner small world.
…
"So, my brother is already a lower God King?"
Duan Qiaoyu's eyes brightened. "I never thought that my brother's cultivation would advance so quickly … at this speed, it won't be long before I can meet him."
Seeing Duan Qiaoyu's excited appearance, Yu Qiuxuan didn't say anything to discourage her.
She only sighed inwardly.
Cultivation after the God King Realm was much more difficult than when one was at the God Spirit Realm.
"Aunt Xuan, when my brother goes to the Tianlong Clan, can we sneak over to see him?"
Duan Qiaoyu looked at Yu Qiuxuan with eager eyes. "I promise I won't appear in front of him. I'll just hide in the shadows and watch him, just like last time at Wind City's Hidden Fog Academy."
"That will depend on your performance."
Yu Qiuxuan looked deeply at Duan Qiaoyu and then smiled dotingly. "When you break through to the next realm, I will go with you to the Tianlong Clan to see young master Duan."
"Aunt Xuan, you said it yourself!"
Hearing Yu Qiuxuan's words, Duan Qiaoyu excitedly ran into the mansion. "I will go into closed-door cultivation now and strive to break through as soon as possible!"
…
The Tianlong Clan's Hidden Dragon Grand Competition was held once every hundred years.
Before the Hidden Dragon Grand Competition, the Tianlong Clan would hold an entrance examination. Anyone who passed the examination would be able to become a member of the Tianlong Clan.
Unless they were very talented and had a very good comprehension ability, they could only get the chance to enter the Tianlong Clan through the entrance examination held once every hundred years.
As the Tianlong Clan's entrance examination approached, the juniors of various God Emperor and God King forces in the area around the Tianlong Clan began to cultivate in full swing. Many elixirs that could assist in cultivation became scarce, and the materials used to refine elixirs were almost out of stock.
In order to let their juniors enter the Tianlong Clan, some rogue cultivators didn't hesitate to take risks and kidnap the juniors of God King forces. They didn't want any more god stones. They only wanted elixirs or materials that could help their juniors cultivate.
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