Even with Old Man Yao's vast experience, he was momentarily dumbfounded.
After a long moment, Old Man Yao flicked his finger, and a black beam of light landed in Xiao Yan's hand. The black light faded, revealing a black scroll.
"This is the Burning Technique, a cultivation method even more bizarre than a Heavenly Tier one! It's only a Yellow Tier, Low Level now, but it can be upgraded by consuming Heavenly Flames.
I'll explain what Heavenly Flames are later. What you need to know now is that just one Heavenly Flame can make a Dou Huang (Emperor) strong enough to fight for their life.
Even I can hardly imagine what it would be like if someone possessed two, or even more, 'Heavenly Flames' within their body."
"If you want to achieve your goal, then work hard and cultivate." Old Man Yao sighed, hoping he wasn't mistaken this time.
Having received the Burning Technique, Xiao Yan stood up and went to the mountain cave behind the house where he had often cultivated in recent years, to prevent being disturbed.
Old Man Yao was quite pleased with Xiao Yan's caution.
In truth, aside from the fact that this little guy was a bit too fond of women, he was basically very satisfied.
Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, Xiao Yan slowly unfolded the Burning Technique. The latter then transformed into a stream of information, directly pouring into Xiao Yan's head.
With his heaven-defying comprehension, Xiao Yan only needed to read it once to understand the Burning Technique's cultivation. Moreover, he had gained some inexplicable thoughts.
Having experienced many moments of enlightenment, Xiao Yan was no stranger to these thoughts.
If he were to devote himself to studying these thoughts in the future, he would make significant progress and turn them into reality.
Slowly closing his eyes, Xiao Yan began to cultivate the Burning Technique.
After breaking through to Dou Zhe, everyone was qualified to cultivate techniques. After cultivating a technique, the colorless, milky-white Battle Qi in the body would transform into the technique's attribute Battle Qi.
The first Battle Qi conversion didn't take too long, but the Burning Technique was incredibly strange. No one had ever cultivated it before. Old Man Yao hovered in mid-air, watching Xiao Yan, who was closing his eyes to convert his Battle Qi.
Two hours later, Old Man Yao became a little nervous.
"Why is it taking so long?! The Burning Technique is only a Yellow-grade low-level technique. Based on Xiao Yan's aptitude, he should have finished converting his Battle Qi long ago."
Xiao Yan had cultivated Battle Qi for over ten years, and during that time, he had gained several insights into the Dou Zhi Qi Foundation Building Technique.
The last technique Xiao Yan had cultivated was called the Scattering Qi, Rebuilding Yuan Foundation Building Technique.
This cultivation method combined Old Man Yao's experience with absorbing Battle Qi, summarizing years of experience in Battle Qi cultivation.
By cultivating while continuously absorbing Battle Qi, not only was Xiao Yan's physical constitution strengthened to a terrifying level, but his Battle Qi also became incredibly pure, almost comparable to true Battle Qi.
By using this pure Battle Qi to condense a Battle Qi Vortex and break through to become a Warrior, Xiao Yan's Battle Qi still retained its pure characteristics. Its energy was so powerful that it even surpassed the Battle Qi of some Master-level experts.
In this way, the conversion time would naturally be much longer than that of ordinary Dou Zhe.
It took a full five hours for Xiao Yan to convert all of his Dou Qi.
After officially cultivating a Dou Qi technique, Xiao Yan seemed to be in better spirits than before. His delicate face had a faint, jade-like luster, making him look energetic.
Old Man Yao, who had been watching Xiao Yan, immediately noticed the change: "You've succeeded in the conversion?"
At this moment, the energy surging between heaven and earth surged towards Xiao Yan, and the speed became increasingly rapid. It was as if Xiao Yan's body had almost turned into a black hole, continuously absorbing the heaven and earth energy that poured into his body.
Old Man Yao hovered in mid-air, watching the situation Xiao Yan had created, and his brow furrowed slightly: "Is he about to break through?"
"But... such a vast amount of heaven and earth energy is far beyond what a Dou Zhe should have when breaking through!"
While Old Man Yao was somewhat puzzled and anxious, Xiao Yan, with his eyes tightly closed, was systematically guiding the heaven and earth energy that was emerging from his pores.
Xiao Yan had done this countless times, and now, using the newly cultivated Burning Technique, he showed no signs of unfamiliarity.
A large amount of the world's energy, after multiple refinements and purifications through the meridians, finally reached the level of Battle Qi within Xiao Yan's body and poured into his Battle Qi Vortex.
An entire hour passed. The world's energy became increasingly thin, until finally, the surrounding world's energy was completely absorbed by Xiao Yan.
A muffled sound echoed from within Xiao Yan's body, and everything returned to normal.
Blinking his eyelids, Xiao Yan gazed at the mountain cave, which seemed much brighter than before, and smiled slightly.
Xiao Yan naturally knew that this was a benefit brought about by the enhancement of his senses after cultivating the technique.
"Two-Star Dou Zhe!" Old Man Yao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "Breaking through during the transformation of a technique, I've never heard of it before. It seems you've been cultivating Battle Qi for many years, and your body has benefited greatly."
Xiao Yan nodded slightly: "My Battle Qi is extremely pure, and when the technique transformation was complete, I felt that the Battle Qi within my Battle Qi Vortex was about to break through to Two-Star Dou Zhe. So, I took the opportunity to cultivate for a while longer and broke through directly."
"Cultivated for a while..." Old Man Yao smiled wryly and shook his head, recalling the scene of Xiao Yan's breakthrough. "That's not how a One-Star Dou Zhe breakthrough should look, nor is it the cultivation effect of a low-grade Yellow-rank technique."
Xiao Yan chuckled. "Could it be that everyone experiences the same results when cultivating a Yellow-class low-grade technique? If that's the case, then everyone uses the same cultivation method in the Dou Zhi Qi stage, yet their cultivation speeds still vary."
"The reason geniuses are called geniuses is because their aptitude far surpasses ordinary people. If aptitude doesn't affect cultivation speed, and it's solely due to techniques, resources, and other factors, then the Dou Qi Continent would likely have a new saying: 'If I had the XX technique, the XX pills, I could do it too.'"
"You're just beating around the bush to praise your own exceptional talent," Old Man Yao saw through Xiao Yan's thoughts immediately.
Xiao Yan raised his hand and scratched his head, remaining silent.
Although somewhat speechless at Xiao Yan's narcissism, Old Man Yao knew the little fellow wasn't entirely wrong.
"You make a good point, but who with such talent would choose a Yellow-class low-grade technique?" With that, Old Man Yao couldn't help but force a bitter smile. But he quickly composed himself, re-examining Xiao Yan.
To cultivate a Yellow-class low-grade technique to a speed comparable to a Yellow-class high-grade technique, even the widely knowledgeable Old Man Yao was astonished.
This was purely relying on talent to surpass the limitations of the technique!
Old Man Yao suddenly poured a bucket of cold water. "Don't get too excited. Although your cultivation speed isn't too slow, before your 'Burning Technique' evolves, your Battle Qi's stamina will be far inferior to others."