Chapter 143: Another Breakthrough

"This child acts with caution; he is someone who can keep a secret."

Having obtained three drops of Essence Blood from a legendary Yinglong, he did not excitedly swallow them all at once, but instead continued to polish his own Realm…

These actions alone were enough to show just how cautious Xiao Fan's personality was.

Sect Master Wu Xinjue asked, "Has his background been thoroughly investigated?"

Sect Master Xu Yongnian nodded, "I had people investigate before this incident occurred. The investigators returned just last night. His background is very clean, but…"

"What is it?"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue was somewhat curious; why had Sect Master Xu Yongnian's expression become so strange?

"Sigh…"

Sect Master Xu Yongnian let out a sigh and then explained, "Previously, he said he was a live-in son-in-law… I didn't fully believe it, but after investigating, I found out it was true, and he was even sent over there after being beaten half to death."

"A live-in son-in-law?"

This time, it was Sect Master Wu Xinjue who was stunned.

Yesterday was his first time meeting Xiao Fan, and he was not clear about this child's background.

Or rather, no one present yesterday knew Xiao Fan's background.

"That's right, a live-in son-in-law. He was originally from the Xiao Family in Jingchuan. He has a younger brother whose talent was astonishing, and he was selected to enter the Piaomiao Immortal Palace. But that child was wolf-hearted; together with his parents, they beat Xiao Fan half to death and sent him away to be a live-in son-in-law…"

"Because of this matter, they even extorted a large amount of resources from the other family, and the person he was married into was an ugly woman with a birthmark on her face…"

Speaking of this, Sect Master Xu Yongnian's expression was filled with sighs…

"Beaten half to death by his own younger brother?"

"Sent by his own biological parents to marry an ugly woman…"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue's expression also turned strange… He had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Yes, and the main point is… everyone in the entire Jingchuan City knew that this Xiao Fan was a waste in the past… He had absolutely no status in the main family, suffered endless bullying, and even the servants looked down on him, otherwise he wouldn't have been abandoned…"

"A waste?"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue shook his head with a bitter smile, "At such an age, with such talent, and having even awakened an Enlightenment Seed, he was actually called a waste…"

He felt this matter was somewhat absurd. Could such a Genius be called a waste?

Does this world even have any Geniuses left?

"After learning of this, I also felt it was very strange. A Genius was actually treated as a waste… Ridiculous, truly ridiculous…"

Sect Master Xu Yongnian continued to recount the events that happened after Xiao Fan arrived in Jingchuan.

This included defeating Long Xiaotian, killing an Outer Sect Disciple of the Immortal Palace in public, and having a close relationship with Elder Qiao of the Treasure Pavilion.

Hearing this, Sect Master Wu Xinjue nodded with satisfaction.

Regarding Xiao Fan's background, they could rest easy.

The only suspicious thing was why the other party had suddenly become so strong?

"You say, how did he manage to go from the second level of the Body Tempering Realm to his current level in just three months?"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue asked suspiciously. They were all people who had Cultivated, so they naturally understood how difficult Cultivation was.

Sect Master Xu Yongnian shook his head with a bitter smile, "I don't know…"

"However, everyone has their own Opportunity. Since this child was able to awaken an Enlightenment Seed, it proves that his life is destined to be extraordinary, isn't that so?"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue nodded, not refuting it.

Sect Master Wu Xinjue smiled, "It seems we can leave now. It's good that the kid didn't swallow them all at once. I am very much looking forward to his performance when he participates in the Inner Sect selection later."

Sect Master Xu Yongnian, who was beside him, also gave a bitter smile, "Indeed, we have other things to do next…"

The two looked at each other.

They turned into streams of light and vanished…

The reason they hadn't left was that they were afraid Xiao Fan would swallow all three drops of Yinglong Essence Blood in one breath, causing the Qi in his body to expand and become impossible to refine.

Ultimately leading to his body exploding and dying.

Since Xiao Fan was very cautious, they were relieved, and naturally, there was no reason to stay any longer.

They still needed to gather all the Elders who knew that Xiao Fan possessed an Enlightenment Seed; this matter had to be kept secret.

…

As for the thoughts of the two…

Xiao Fan naturally did not know. At this moment, his forehead was covered in sweat. The Qi brought by one drop of Yinglong Essence Blood far exceeded his imagination.

He was struggling to suppress it, compressing his own Qi over and over again…

Refusing to let himself Breakthrough to the eighth level of the Huaqi Realm…

An hour later…

Xiao Fan exhaled, his face full of exhaustion. He had finally finished refining the first drop of Yinglong Essence Blood.

"That was close; I almost broke through…"

Xiao Fan let out a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "With my current strength, as for Cultivators of the Huaqi Realm, unless they are a Prodigy, there should be no one who is my match…"

At this moment, Xiao Fan even had the urge to find a Cultivator at the first level of the Tongtian Realm to spar with…

He wanted to see exactly how strong he was.

Two hours later…

Xiao Fan sat cross-legged, the Qi in his body having recovered and reached an unprecedented Peak.

"The Qi contained within the Yinglong Essence Blood is too violent… I don't know how strong such a creature would have been while it was still alive…"

Xiao Fan muttered softly, recalling that terrifying Qi he had absorbed just moments ago, he couldn't help but imagine how terrifying a creature like a Yinglong must be.

"There are still two drops of Yinglong Essence Blood left. Relying on these two to reach the Middle Stage of the eighth level should be enough…"

Xiao Fan's eyes gleamed; he was going to continue refining the remaining two drops of Yinglong Essence Blood…

He swallowed another drop into his body…

Fierce and majestic Qi swirled within Xiao Fan's body, wandering through his hundreds of meridians…

This time, he did not control it.

"Rumble"…

A loud noise erupted from his Secret Room.

He had broken through.

Early Stage of the eighth level of the Huaqi Realm!

This loud noise was significant, resounding all around, even louder than the commotion from his last Breakthrough.

However, because he was in an Immortal Cave Secret Room this time, combined with the fact that the Immortal Cave was in a remote location.

Only a small number of people noticed the signs of his Breakthrough.