Doupo: Rebirth of Gu He, Starting with a Strategy to Win Over Yun Yun

Chapter 5 Taking it a Step Further: Five-Star Dou KingThe upper-level Elders of the Cloud Mist Sect rushed to the front of Yun Yun’s hall.

For a moment, several figures appeared in the azure sky, many of whom were in the rank of Dou Wang.

”Teacher!”

The first to rush over was a slender figure in a pink dress, Nalan Yanran.

By now, Yun Yun had already tidied her robes and stood tall before the door. The Phoenix hair ornament on her head was gathered together, making her look less languid and more elegantly sharp.

She caught Nalan Yanran, who threw herself into her arms, and indulgently rubbed her head: ”You always rush around so recklessly!”

”You rushed over just because you felt a powerful aura here? You really don’t know how to restrain yourself.”

Nalan Yanran smiled and acted coquettishly: ”Hehe, did Teacher break through? Congratulations on breaking through to a Three-star Dou Huang!”

Yun Ling and the other Elders also offered their congratulations one after another:

”Congratulations to the Sect Master on her successful Breakthrough!”

A Two-Star Dou Huang and a Three-star Dou Huang might not seem very different, but in reality, they were as far apart as clouds and mud.

Some people can’t break through for ten or twenty years; Yun Yun had been stuck at that level for over two years without any progress, which was why she had to ask Gu He for help.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Yun Yun’s Breakthrough increased the strength of the Cloud Mist Sect by a few more points.

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The crowd dispersed after some conversation, leaving only Yun Yun and Gu He in front of the hall.

Gu He had been behind Yun Yun the whole time; it was only after the others had left that he stepped forward and smiled:

”It seems the effect of my Medicinal Pill was quite good. Congratulations, Sect Master Yun Yun, on your successful Breakthrough!”

Yun Yun chuckled: ”It was thanks to your help this time; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to break through.”

The spirit breaking pill was one thing, but the final spirit calming pill was the actual key to her successful Breakthrough.

Without Gu He’s spirit calming pill at the critical moment, she wouldn’t have been able to break through.

Gu He waved his hand nonchalantly and smiled warmly: ”It was just a small effort, not worth mentioning. Being able to help Sect Master Yun Yun is my honor.”

Yun Yun’s eyes held a mysterious sparkle, and her voice was like a bell: ”In the future, don’t call me Sect Master anymore; it sounds too distant. Just call me Yun Yun.”

The softness in her heart was revealed to Gu He for the first time.

Gu He’s heart stirred slightly, and he responded with a gentle smile: ”Yun Yun.”

”Yes, Gu He.”

Yun Yun nodded slightly, her snow-white chin looking like the finest mutton-fat jade.

The soft, fragrant breeze from her hair seemed to linger around the two of them, refusing to dissipate for a long time.

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[Ding! The target’s favorability toward the host has increased by 5%. Reward received: Earth Rank Advanced Movement Dou Technique - Dust-Leaving Immortal Steps!]

[Earth Rank Advanced Movement Dou Technique - Dust-Leaving Immortal Steps: A mysterious movement Dou Technique with complex and varied steps, ever-changing movements, and lightning-fast speed. Abbreviated as Immortal Steps.]

[Target’s favorability toward the host: 50%.]

Hearing the System notification, Gu He became even more pleased.

It seemed his spirit calming pill wasn’t wasted; it was put to good use.

After helping Yun Yun break through, Gu He returned to his room, sat cross-legged, and began to Cultivate with focused concentration.

As the Dou Qi circulated through his meridians, Gu He could clearly feel his Soul perception growing stronger.

Likely due to his Transmigration, his Soul’s depth was increasing exponentially, constantly filling up.

He showed faint signs of breaking through from a Three-star Dou Wang.

Gu He seized this sensation—

Three-star Dou Wang!

Four-star Dou Wang!

Five-star Dou Wang!

He had actually broken through to a Five-star Dou Wang all at once!

For an Alchemist, an increase in Dou Qi also benefits the quality and success rate of Medicinal Pills.

Gu He felt refreshed and took the opportunity to check the Dou Techniques he had obtained from the System.

They were Earth Rank Advanced: Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Finger, Earth Rank Elementary: Blazing Flame Divine Palm, and Earth Rank Advanced: Dust-Leaving Immortal Steps.

These Dou Techniques were not only powerful and overbearing but also had great room for improvement, potentially even reaching the Heaven Rank.

”Does the System think I’m too weak? All it gave me were combat and offensive Dou Techniques,” Gu He muttered to himself.

He walked out of the pharmacy and found a giant tree in the courtyard.

”Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Finger!”

Lifting his index finger slightly, he pointed at the trunk. A flash of fire seemed to flicker past, and flames instantly ignited on the trunk, destroying its vitality from the outside in, until the massive tree exploded at its center.

Withered leaves fell one after another, dropping to the ground along with the tree fragments.

A nearby sweeping Disciple was stunned: ”E-Elder, hello.”

Are those who deal with Medicinal Pills all this ruthless?

Now I have to sweep for another half a day.

Gu He glanced at the sweeping Disciple, ”How many days have I been Cultivating in the room?”

Disciple: ”Several days.”

”Stay back a bit,” Gu He said indifferently.

”Okay!”

Gu He circulated his Qi, focused his attention, and concentrated his Dou Qi into a single palm, ”Blazing Flame Divine Palm!”

The young Disciple nearby only felt a wave of heat hit him, and then a large palm-shaped indentation appeared in the stone-tiled floor before him.

The wood chips on the ground were already gone; the stone tiles had turned into bone-ash-like powder, perfectly filling the palm-shaped indentation.

”Holy crap!” The Disciple’s mouth hung wide open, and the broom in his hand shook.

How am I supposed to sweep this?

Gu He was very satisfied.

Of course, he hadn’t used his full strength with these two Dou Techniques, but he could already glimpse their full potential.

If he exerted his full power, combined with the several Earth Rank Dou Techniques he now possessed, plus the Heaven-Defying effect of the ”Pure Dust Exquisite Body,” he could fight any opponent below the level of Dou Huang.

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Meanwhile, in Yun Yun’s room.

”Teacher, please just agree to let me go and annul the engagement,” Nalan Yanran pleaded, pulling on Yun Yun’s hand.

”I’m already a Three-star Dou Practitioner, while that Xiao Yan is only at the third stage of Dou Zhi Qi and has a bad reputation. I don’t want to marry him.”

”The gap between us is too large.”

Yun Yun looked helplessly at this Disciple who had followed her for five years.

She had taken Nalan Yanran as her Disciple five years ago, and Nalan Yanran was exceptionally talented, becoming a Three-star Dou Practitioner at a young age. As her Teacher, she naturally didn’t want to see her marry a waste.

Nalan Yanran clenched her small pink fists and wrinkled her nose:

”This marriage was arranged by my grandfather when I was just born. I never had a chance to object. Teacher, I really don’t want to just casually marry someone I’ve never even met.”

Yun Yun stroked her head, a hint of affection flashing in her eyes.

The young eagle under her wings had its own thoughts; as her master, she should support her.

She took on a serious expression and asked, ”Have you really decided?”

”This engagement, fixed for fifteen years, is not so easy to resist,” Yun Yun said, both pained and rational.

Nalan Yanran said firmly, ”Teacher, Yanran wants to control her own life!”

”No matter what happens in the end, I won’t regret it!”

Yun Yun sighed softly, took a jade box out of her storage ring, and handed it to her.

”This is the Qi Gathering Powder I asked Gu He to refine. It can allow someone at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi to 100% condense a Dou Qi Cyclone. Take it with you to annul the engagement; that way, you won’t be failing to show proper respect to the Xiao Family.”

Nalan Yanran’s eyes sparkled, pleasantly surprised: ”Teacher, does this mean you agree to let me annul the engagement?”

Yun Yun nodded, then considered for a moment: ”I’ll have the Deacon Elder accompany you. Go and return quickly.”

”Okay, thank you, Teacher!”