The Little Doctor Fairy's cultivation had reached the ninth stage of Dou Disciple.
All she needed to do was condense the Dou Qi within her body to become a true Dou Practitioner. However, condensing the Dou Qi was no simple task—it had a high failure rate.
If one failed, their cultivation would drop from the ninth stage back to the eighth. Some unfortunate individuals might even need to attempt the condensation more than ten times before succeeding.
Such repeated failures could cause one to miss the optimal time for cultivation, resulting in a significant setback to their future potential.
The Qi Gathering Pill, however, could ensure a 100% success rate in condensing Dou Qi for a ninth-stage fighter.
To help the Little Doctor Fairy achieve a perfect Dou Qi Vortex, Gu He decided to refine the Qi Gathering Pill for her.
"Gather and disperse!" Gu He commanded.
Hearing his words, the Little Doctor Fairy's eyes lit up with excitement. Having inherited the memories of a sixth-tier alchemist, she was well aware of the significance of this pill.
After all, it was a fourth-tier pill, something even a fourth-tier alchemist would find challenging to refine. Yet, without her even asking, her master had taken the initiative to refine it for her. This thought filled her heart with joy.
'It's truly wonderful to have a sixth-tier alchemist as my master. Master, since you treat me so well, I will definitely not let you down,' she thought to herself.
The Little Doctor Fairy carefully observed every movement and step Gu He took as he refined the pill. She compared his techniques with the memories she had inherited.
After all, Gu He had not only inherited the knowledge of a ninth-tier alchemist but had also broken through to the Dou Emperor realm, resulting in a significant breakthrough in his soul power.
At this point, Gu He was already capable of refining seventh-tier pills, so refining a mere Qi Gathering Pill was a trivial task for him.
An hour later, a round, thumb-sized pill with a lavender hue and a faint luster appeared in the pill cauldron, twirling gently.
"Has the pill formed?" The Little Doctor Fairy's eyes sparkled as she looked at the pill in the cauldron, her excitement barely contained. This was the first time she had witnessed the alchemy process up close.
'So, this is how pills are refined?' she marveled, her eagerness to try growing as she watched Gu He's skillful movements.
Combining his techniques with the memories in her mind, she felt a surge of determination.
As the pill took shape, a wisp of blue danxiang (pill fragrance) wafted out from the window, causing a slight fluctuation in the surrounding energy.
The alchemists and beast tamers nearby, sensing the fragrance, rushed outside in astonishment, their eyes fixed on the blue pill floating in the air.
"It's actually colored Pill!" someone exclaimed.
"Someone is refining a fourth-grade pill!"
"I never expected a fourth-tier alchemist to be here!"
The crowd buzzed with excitement as they looked toward the room where Gu He was.
Only fourth-tier pills or higher could produce colored danxiang, which meant the alchemist refining the pill was at least a fourth-tier alchemist.
In the Jia Ma Empire, a fourth-tier alchemist was a revered figure, treated as an honored guest wherever they went.
Inside the room, Gu He had already bottled the refined Qi Gathering Pill. He handed the jade bottle to the Little Doctor Fairy with a gentle smile. "Disciple, take this Qi Gathering Pill now and strive to condense your Dou Qi before we reach the Misty Cloud Sect."
"Thank you, Master," the Little Doctor Fairy replied with a sweet smile, her pretty face filled with gratitude as she accepted the jade bottle.
"Take it quickly. I will protect you while you absorb it," Gu He assured her.
Nodding, the Little Doctor Fairy poured out the blue pill. She gazed at the shiny, round Qi Gathering Pill, sniffed its refreshing fragrance, and without hesitation, placed it in her mouth.
As soon as the pill entered her mouth, a cool sensation spread across her tongue. Moments later, a warm and pure energy surged through her body, causing her to tremble slightly.
With a calm expression, she quickly formed hand seals and began absorbing the Dou Qi, her breathing steady as she entered a state of intense refinement.
In the small room, the once-calm air began to churn violently. Wisps of pale Dou Qi permeated the air and continuously flowed into the Little Doctor Fairy's body.
Her teeth clenched tightly as the energy within her body collided, sending waves of throbbing pain through her meridians.
Inside her body, the Dou Qi wrapped around balls of cyan pure energy. As she frantically refined the dou qi, the cyan dou qi was gradually assimilated into pale white Dou Qi. With this support, the scale of her Dou Qi Vortex expanded at a visible rate.
Although the pure medicinal energy was being refined continuously, it seemed endless.
Every time she refined a portion of the energy, an even larger mass of cyan energy would rush in to replace it.
Under the dual influence of internal refinement and the continuous infusion of external Dou Qi, the Dou Qi within her body soon filled most of her veins.
The refinement continued, and as the pure medicinal energy began to weaken, the Little Doctor Fairy, intoxicated by the rapid increase in strength, suddenly realized that the Dou Qi in her body had swelled to a critical point. It could no longer expand.
A moment later, a soft, muffled sound echoed quietly within her body. With that sound, the resistance that had been exhausting her dissipated into thin air.
Heaving a sigh of relief, the Little Doctor Fairy collapsed, completely drained, her chest rising and falling rapidly. She then felt the Dou Qi Vortex that had successfully formed within her body and turned to Gu He with a look of pure joy.
"Master, I succeeded!"
Gu He, who had been watching her breakthrough process, smiled and nodded. "Yes, I saw it. Becoming a Dou Practitioner is just the first step on your path to becoming a strong cultivator. You still have a long way to go."
"Yes, Master. I understand," the Little Doctor Fairy replied with a delicate nod, her pretty face still glowing with excitement.
After the excitement subsided, she sat down obediently to stabilize her newly achieved realm. Meanwhile, Gu He's consciousness entered the system space.
In the system space, Gu He gazed at a black scroll floating in the void and silently thought, 'System, extract the Ten Thousand Poison Sutra!'
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a stream of information flooded into his consciousness. Gu He focused intently, carefully receiving the knowledge. He knew he couldn't afford to be careless.
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