Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 657 Xiao Yan: Teacher, you're biased. You always pass on your mantle to that Han Feng!

"What?! You said you're at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm?!"

After returning to Canaan Academy, while Jiang Lin was dealing with Su Qian and the others, Yao Chen saw Xiao Yan again and discovered that the other party's aura had become so high that he couldn't quite understand it. He was immediately dumbfounded and shocked!

Oh no. I was just wondering if I had really misjudged Han Feng, and you little rascal suddenly tell me you're a peak nine-star Dou Zong?!
"I remember you were only at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Wang realm two years ago, right???" Yes, two years ago, before Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, his cultivation level was at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Wang realm. He only broke through to Dou Huang realm after entering the Ancient Sea Secret Realm.

As a result, after two years apart, he leaped two major realms! He broke through from the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Wang realm to the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm!

Dude, I've never seen you this fierce since our three-year agreement!
It is quite difficult to break through from Dou Qi to Great Dou Master in three years.
But listen to how you went from the peak of a Nine-Star Dou Wang to the peak of a Nine-Star Dou Zong in just two years! Listen to that! Is what you're saying even human?!

"Uh..." Xiao Yan scratched his head awkwardly, looking at Yao Chen who kept circling around him, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Ah, teacher, I was originally only at the early stage of Nine-Star Dou Zong, but after absorbing your Bone Spirit Cold Flame, I'm now at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong, and I feel like I'm about to reach my bottleneck."

"I just didn't know how to break through to Dou Zun, so I got stuck for a while." Xiao Yan was telling the truth. Jiang Lin had given everyone a super cheat code, allowing them to directly reach the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm through the Glazed Foundation Establishment stage, and this realm was extremely stable.

Originally, Xiao Yan should have only reached the early stage of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm, just like everyone else. However, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame gave him too much energy, allowing Xiao Yan to reach the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm, just like Jiang Lin.

The others, whether it was the Law Fire Seed or the Pure Emperor Blood, all enhanced Xiao Yan's potential but did not provide him with additional cultivation energy.

Xiao Yan now possesses not only the cultivation of a peak nine-star Dou Zong, but also divine-grade Emperor Blood talent, enhanced cultivation of his life weapon, and the Heaven-rank Burning Technique. He is simply too powerful to be underestimated!

"You brat! You still don't know how to break through to Dou Zun, and you got stuck?!" Yao Chen's expression was very interesting, showing shock, disbelief, incredulity, and self-doubt. In short, it was very complicated.

According to Xiao Yan's explanation, wouldn't it mean that if Xiao Yan didn't pay attention to his foundation and didn't even experience the power of Dou Zong, he would directly break through to Dou Zun?
However, because Xiao Yan's peak nine-star Dou Zong realm was so astonishing, Yao Chen felt that the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was just a minor problem.

"Then what about that strange fire, teacher?" Xiao Yan asked cautiously.

"You brat!" Yao Chen just laughed and scolded, glaring at Xiao Yan with annoyance, and then said, "You're almost a Dou Zun, so this strange fire is just a gift from your master to mark your graduation."

Yao Chen couldn't help but shake his head, looking at Xiao Yan with a complex yet somewhat gratified expression. Xiao Yan was at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm and was about to break through to Dou Zun. Xiao Yan's realm had made the Bone Spirit Cold Flame less important.

There are plenty of strange flames, but Xiao Yan's future is something truly invaluable.

Of course, Yao Chen was unaware at this moment that Jiang Lin had mass-produced eight nine-star Dou Zong like Xiao Yan.
"Hmm," Yao Chen's gaze shifted, something occurred to him, and he suddenly couldn't help but ask, "Since you're already a nine-star Dou Zong, what about the others...?"

Jiang Lin didn't vomit everyone out at once, but rather vomited them out one by one according to their 'safety index level'. Xiao Yan, because of Yao Chen, was given a head start and vomited out early to deal with Yao Chen.

“They are all nine-star Dou Zong.” Xiao Yan continued scratching his head, somewhat shyly.
"???" Yao Chen was stunned for a moment, and then three big question marks popped into his mind.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with himself, but rather that there was something wrong with Xiao Yan in front of him!

"Both are nine-star Dou Zong? Are you sure you're not talking in your sleep?? Are you awake or am I still asleep??" Yao Chen frowned, sensing that something was wrong.

"Uh," Xiao Yan scratched his head, "The story is a bit simple. Basically, everyone was having a big meal and singing songs together, and in the end, they all became nine-star Dou Zongs."

"..." Yao Chen silently watched Xiao Yan, who was starting to tease his teacher, his expression silent. He felt that perhaps the world had gone mad, or perhaps he had already gone mad.

"And another thing..." Xiao Yan thought of something and looked at Yao Chen with expectant eyes, asking, "Teacher, I feel that my Burning Technique has reached the Heavenly Rank level, but I don't know what the specific realm is. Could you take a look?"

"???" Yao Chen was still full of questions. He quickly entered Xiao Yan's body, checked the Burning Technique meridians within Xiao Yan's body, and felt the immense power within them. Yao Chen fell silent.
"Teacher???" Xiao Yan called softly, trying to get Yao Chen to speak.

"Teacher, please speak up! Have you actually reached the Heavenly Rank level?"

"Shut up!" Yao Chen was annoyed by Xiao Yan's nagging and couldn't help but glare at him. "I've never cultivated a Heaven-rank technique, how would I know what a Heaven-rank technique looks like?!" Yao Chen was somewhat embarrassed and angry. Looking at the innocent and shy Xiao Yan pretending to be stupid, he was immediately furious.

How come this bastard's luck has become so good since he left me?
Could it be that I am the other person's nemesis?

"Tsk tsk tsk. I thought you had cultivated a Heavenly Rank technique, and I was even going to ask you about it," Xiao Yan shook his head and tsk tsk.

"You're deliberately trying to provoke me, aren't you?" Yao Chen suddenly found Xiao Yan's appearance somewhat repulsive. Indeed, jealousy can tear a person apart, making them unrecognizable.
"Hehehe, how could I dare?" Xiao Yan chuckled. He didn't dare to share his gains with others, fearing they would beat him up. Now, he was only showing off a little to Yao Chen.

"Hmph," Yao Chen rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan, then said, "Although I have never cultivated a Heaven-rank technique, I have at least seen experts who have cultivated Heaven-rank techniques. Even among the early Heaven-rank techniques, your current level of the Burning Technique is still quite top-tier!"

Although Yao Chen had never eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run. The Burning Technique within Xiao Yan's body was currently considered one of the best low-level Heaven-rank cultivation techniques.
"But... how exactly did you upgrade it???" This was Yao Chen's biggest question. He had no idea that the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was so powerful, one flame being equivalent to six. After he used it, it even allowed Xiao Yan to upgrade the Burning Technique to the Heavenly Rank!

"Here's what happened," Xiao Yan explained to Yao Chen, recounting how he had encountered and devoured nine Law Flames left behind by the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe in the Ancient Sea Secret Realm. Yao Chen was astonished, but then suddenly paused, "Wait a minute! Weren't we supposed to get nine? Why did you only get eight? Given your current level of the Burning Technique, if you got one or two more different flames, you might have already broken through to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Rank!"

"Uh..." Xiao Yan suddenly felt a little awkward when asked the question.
"There's another one on Brother Lin, but he won't give it to me. What can I do?" Xiao Yan scratched his head awkwardly and smiled.
Xiao Yan wasn't stupid either; he knew about the nine fire seed seals inside the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, and Jiang Lin was one of them. Jiang Lin's Divine Essence Spiritual Fire was one of the fire seeds!

Of course, Xiao Yan was just saying it; even if Jiang Lin's divine essence fire were placed in front of him, he wouldn't choose to devour and absorb it.

It wasn't that Xiao Yan was nostalgic, though perhaps a little, but the most important reason was that Xiao Yan felt he might not be able to refine Jiang Lin's Divine Essence Spiritual Fire.

Xiao Yan's premonition was not unfounded; in fact, Xiao Yan was indeed unable to refine Jiang Lin's Divine Essence Spiritual Fire.
The reason is simple: the Burning Technique is a path to becoming an emperor, but Jiang Lin's Divine Essence Spiritual Fire may well be another path to becoming an emperor.
The Burning Technique may be hailed as the master of all flames, but the Divine Essence Spiritual Fire is no longer considered a flame.
Just because someone's name contains the character for fire doesn't mean you should let your ideas dominate them.

Is he really going to follow in the footsteps of the Giant of Light and become the Giant of Fire?
"You little brat, you've learned to joke with your teacher now, haven't you?" Yao Chen naturally understood the teasing in Xiao Yan's words and couldn't help but glare at Xiao Yan in annoyance.

"Hehe." Xiao Yan chuckled, "But teacher, you don't need to worry. I obtained two extremely rare birth locations for different flames from a senior. If I'm lucky, I should be able to get at least one. Upgrading the Burning Technique won't be a problem then."

As he spoke, Xiao Yan told Yao Chen about the two types of Wind Flame Strange Flames that Gu Xun'er had obtained by 'selling her life'. Yao Chen was not very concerned at first, but when he realized that some of the locations Xiao Yan mentioned were areas that were completely unknown to the world, Yao Chen's expression changed slightly.

After briefly analyzing the formation environment of the strange fire, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Excellent! Although I haven't been there, I've heard of the place you mentioned, but the secret realm within it has never been known on the Dou Qi Continent! If the senior who told you this information wasn't joking, then logically, the strange fire might really have been born!"

Here's a little-known fact: on the Dou Qi Continent, multiple 'Flame Masters' can actually exist simultaneously for the same type of Strange Flame.

However, the 'Different Flame Masters' attract each other, resulting in a process of survival of the fittest and mutual devouring, making it difficult for 'Different Flame Masters' of the same attribute to appear simultaneously for a long time on the Dou Qi Continent.

Just like now, although the two types of wind flames that Xiao Yan mentioned already have masters in Yao Chen's memories, it cannot be ruled out that new strange flames may be born and not yet discovered by the outside world.

The best proof of this is the super sea core flame on the other side of the Canggu Sea and the two fallen heart flames in the underground magma of Canaan Academy.

"Hehe. With your words, teacher, I have even more confidence!" Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that even his ring-shaped old man had spoken so frankly.

Although obtaining the information about the two types of Wind Flame Strange Flames came at the cost of sacrificing some of Gu Xun'er's 'life-weapon appearance', Xiao Yan felt it was still quite worthwhile.

After all, it's not like the paint will come off if someone touches a life-bound artifact.

"Let's think about this after you break through to the Dou Zun level." Yao Chen suddenly felt that the future was extremely bright, and he didn't even feel as bitter and resentful towards Han Feng anymore.

"However, you should still deal with Han Feng from the Black Corner Region when you have time." Although he felt that Han Feng was no longer worthy of his hatred, Yao Chen also understood that Han Feng possessed a strange fire and half of the Burning Technique, so he still needed to be dealt with.

"Should we kill him?" Xiao Yan asked. Although he didn't know Han Feng's current realm, Xiao Yan didn't believe that Han Feng could break through from the peak of the nine-star Dou Huang to Dou Zun within two years.

"Hmm, we'll see." Xiao Yan's question suddenly stumped Yao Chen. After thinking it over carefully, he realized that when he had the ability to take revenge, his hatred for Han Feng was not as strong.

Although Jiang Lin had asked about Han Feng before, Yao Chen knew Jiang Lin's personality; he was just asking out of curiosity and didn't care whether Han Feng lived or died.

Therefore, when Yao Chen looked at his cheap disciple who had exploded on the spot with a bang and was at the peak of the nine-star Dou Zong level, and was not far from breaking through to Dou Zun, he realized that whether Han Feng lived or died was just a matter of his word.

"Hehe." Suddenly, Yao Chen seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but reveal a meaningful smile.

"Teacher, don't laugh like that, it's creepy!" Xiao Yan was startled by Yao Chen's sudden laugh.

"Hey, it's alright. Han Feng isn't a big problem right now, but because that guy knows a lot, and he's also cultivated half of the Burning Technique, has his own Sea Heart Flame, and has a history of betraying his master and ancestors, we can't let him go."

Yao Chen realized that Han Feng couldn't be let go, because Han Feng knew too much; it was either kill him or...
"I'll find some time to meet that kid, and even those guys you've been through. I feel like once my soul power level improves, I'll be able to handle them," Yao Chen chuckled and continued.
"Before, for certain reasons, I couldn't bear to destroy half of that guy's Burning Technique, but now..." Yao Chen revealed a strange smile that made Xiao Yan's scalp tingle.

"After all, he was a good disciple whom I raised with my own hands." When Xiao Yan heard the words "good disciple," he subconsciously swallowed and felt a chill run down his spine.
"Now that I have already explored a part of the Great Dao of Ghost Cultivation, I naturally cannot let my poor disciple suffer from such a great opportunity." Yao Chen chuckled strangely, "Let that brat Han Feng become a ghost with me."

"..." Xiao Yan suddenly blurted out, "Why does it feel like Han Feng is the real disciple? The master's mantle is always passed down to him."

Yao Chen glanced coldly at Xiao Yan, who was starting to joke around again: "If you want, I'll send it to you right now."

"Hehe. Never mind then."

(End of this chapter)