Breaking the Masked Man

The ruins, already ravaged by the Thunderfire Pill, suffered another devastating blow.

This time, however, the destructive power was even more terrifying. Even space itself became fragile, and dark, menacing spatial cracks spread outwards, causing fear in all directions.

"damn it!!"

Yaoshan roared, not understanding why his old friend had gone mad, nor why that kid named Yaoyan possessed any magic that would make his old friend risk everything.

He struggled to resist the destructive force that was eroding the space.

The powerful experts at the Dou Zong level flew over one after another to help Yao Shan resist the destructive force that erupted, preventing it from affecting the city below. They all had expressions of fear on their faces. They hadn't even figured out what had happened when the herbalist self-destructed.

"Hold on, everyone!"

Yaoshan growled with difficulty, knowing he couldn't let this destructive power spread, or the entire Dan Ding City would be destroyed.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, space trembled, and a transparent giant hand enveloped the destructive power unleashed by the herbalist. With a gentle clench, it directly erased this terrifying destructive power, smoothing out the surrounding spatial rifts as well. At the same time, an imposing figure appeared in everyone's sight, coldly saying, "Who can give me an explanation!"

An invisible pressure from a Battle Saint instantly spread out, forcing everyone in the city to kneel on the ground. Even Yao Shan and the others, who were originally flying in mid-air, could not withstand this pressure and all fell to their knees, unable to look up at the Saint's face.

The person who came was naturally Yao Wangui, the elder of the Medicine Clan in charge of punishments.

He was in a terrible mood because someone dared to cause trouble in the Medicine Realm, and even made such a big scene. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face to him, making it difficult for him to face the clan leader, Yao Dan. After all, he had been in control of the Medicine Realm for many years, but he had made such a big joke of himself!

Yes, it's a joke.

More than the death of Yao Ding, Yao Wangui was concerned that the rules of the medicine world had been broken, as he felt that his authority had been challenged.

The entire city was silent.

After a while.

Yaoshan raised his head with difficulty and said, "The incident happened suddenly, and we are unaware of the specific details. We hope the elder can calm down!"

"I'll only give you half an hour!"

Yao Wangui's tone was cold, as if he were looking at an ant. The moment his voice fell, his figure disappeared into the air. At the same time, the Dou Sheng pressure that had enveloped the entire city also disappeared, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment. Then they slowly got up and began to whisper among themselves.

To this day, most people don't know what happened.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 41 Space Storm

"Om~"

After Yao Yan crushed the teleportation jade pendant, his vision suddenly went black, and at the same time, he felt a sense of weightlessness. However, this feeling of weightlessness quickly dissipated after a moment, and then a strange void world appeared in his sight.

A deep, dark, utterly silent place, devoid of any unusual sound, was heart-wrenching to behold, giving one the feeling of being inside a black hole.

Yao Yan instinctively touched Ling'er in his arms. Only after finding that the little one was still there did he breathe a slight sigh of relief. At the same time, a smile appeared on his lips because he found that Ling'er was even more timid than him. After being in this space, she curled up into a ball in his arms and became a coward.

At the same time, the teleportation jade pendant he had crushed floated above his head, then transformed into streaks of light and shot out into the unknown space.

"Is this the backup plan left behind by Hun Xuzi?"

Upon seeing this scene, Yao Yan understood that this was a preventative measure taken by Hun Xuzi to interfere with the Yao Clan's investigation.

In this respect, his teacher was indeed very dedicated.

Finally, only a silver fragment remained of the teleportation jade pendant, radiating rich spatial energy, which enveloped Yao Yan and flew towards the endless darkness.

……

In this dark world, time seems to have lost its power.

I don’t know how long it took.

A wisp of black flame enveloped the jade tablet and flew out from Yao Yan's storage ring. The invisible soul force condensed into a figure, which was none other than Hun Xuzi, who had disappeared for many days. He stood in the void, and the violent spatial forces around him became docile because of his appearance.

Black flames flickered in his eyes, and a faint smile played on his lips as he said, "Little guy, congratulations on your successful revenge."

Saw someone coming.

Yao Yan's face lit up with joy, but it quickly vanished at the other's words, and his voice lowered further: "This disciple doesn't think this is something to congratulate. If I hadn't met you, Master, I still wouldn't know what happened back then, and even if I did know, it wouldn't change anything..."

"In the Dou Qi Continent, the strong are respected; just focus on cultivation."

A dark red light flashed in Hun Xuzi's eyes, then, as if realizing something, he let out a strange laugh: "When your strength is high enough, you'll find that whatever you do is right, hehehe~"

"Disciple remembers it."

Yao Yan nodded in agreement, having already experienced the truth of this statement through Hun Xuzi.

However, unlike Hun Xuzi's understanding, he does not like to bully the weak, especially when the other party has not provoked you. He is willing to give the weak a certain respect, rather than like Hun Xuzi, who plays with the weak and can do whatever he wants to them, without taking life seriously at all.

Power is meant to control one's own destiny, not to control the destiny of others, especially to toy with the destiny of the weak; it is utterly meaningless.

"You will understand the true meaning of this sentence in the future."

Hun Xuzi smiled and said casually.

There was a pause.

He continued, "This place is quite far from the Black Corner Region. It requires crossing the entire Central Continent. With your physical strength, if you go too fast, you simply won't be able to withstand the pull of spatial forces. You can only travel slowly, which will probably take more than a month."

If his true form were here, he wouldn't need to go through all this trouble. Unfortunately, his true form is also very busy, refining a ninth-grade pill, and he can't get away at all.

There was no other way. As the chief alchemist of the Soul Clan and the only ninth-grade grandmaster, there were some pills that only he could refine. He had to refine pills for dozens of Dou Sheng of the Soul Clan all by himself, and the workload involved was unimaginable.

This is also one of the reasons why he wanted to train Yao Yan.

As for other alchemists of this era, given the reputation of the Soul Clan... let's not even mention them.

Yao Yan replied, "More than a month? This disciple will wait patiently."

Hun Xuzi trusted Yao Yan quite a bit. After giving her a few instructions, he withdrew his soul power, leaving Yao Yan to travel alone in the dark world.

Teacher, aren't you worried that I might have claustrophobia... Yao Yan looked at the pitch-black world and couldn't help but complain in his heart. Then he sat down cross-legged and waited silently. As for cultivation, the energy of heaven and earth in this void space was too scarce to support his cultivation. The only thing he could do was tease Ling'er, this timid little fox.

……

……

The monotonous, deep darkness, if stared at for too long, will inevitably arouse a sense of irritability in those with weak minds.

Fortunately, Yao Yan was not without things to do. Unable to cultivate battle qi or refine his body, he chose to refine the spirit crystals in his soul to feel the connection between his soul, blood, and battle qi. As for the safety of the outside world, with Hun Xuzi's methods, he didn't need to worry about anything.

Time slips away quietly like this.

A month later.

Yao Yan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. He felt that his soul was now almost saturated and could no longer hold any more spiritual energy. The spiritual energy that dissipated from his soul naturally merged into his blood and battle qi, causing both to gradually strengthen.

"The spiritual energy is indeed peculiar..."

Yao Yan couldn't help but sigh. It could directly strengthen the body's essence, energy, and spirit, and the effect was obvious, far more direct than battle qi. Unfortunately, the spiritual energy on the Battle Qi Continent was too thin and not enough to support cultivation, which was quite a pity.

After pondering for a moment, he composed himself and looked down at Ling'er in his arms.

The little guy was still sleeping soundly, curled up into a ball, hugging his fluffy tail, looking extremely cute and adorable.

Yao Yan felt healed and couldn't help but reach out and touch her head. Then he looked at the surrounding void and the silver spatial power that flashed by from time to time. Even from a great distance, he could feel the threat posed by that terrifying and violent spatial power.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the violent spatial energy around him was becoming increasingly concentrated, and it was even gradually creating a scene similar to a spatial storm.

"It's not an illusion, it's real!"

Yao Yan's gaze narrowed slightly as he looked at the silver storm gathering in the distance, and his heart sank.

In the distant dark void, countless silver spatial forces converged into a tornado, directly in the direction he was moving forward. Yao Yan felt a chill run down his spine, and his eyes instinctively turned to the teleportation jade pendant fragment floating in front of him, wondering if this thing had an automatic avoidance function.

He was clearly overthinking things. This thing had no intelligence whatsoever, and under Yao Yan's watchful gaze, it went straight into the center of the spatial storm.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 42 Parallel Imports

"click"

As soon as Yao Yan entered, the spatial energy surrounding him was violently impacted. A spatial storm raged from the outside, and the two spatial forces eroded and squeezed each other, producing a piercing sound. As they intertwined, dark spatial cracks appeared all around, and the terrifying scene made his whole body tense up. What he found most unbelievable was that the fragments of the teleportation jade pendant floating in front of him also began to shake.

Even Hun Xuzi is dealing with counterfeit goods?!

Yao Yan cursed inwardly and hurriedly took out Hun Xuzi's jade token from his storage ring, trying to contact the other party with his soul power to save his life, but the thing did not react at all!

"grass!"

He couldn't hold back any longer and let out a vulgar curse.

Yao Yan never imagined that Hun Xuzi would be so unreliable. What the hell is this teleportation jade tablet? It's more like a death-dealing jade tablet. And this communication jade tablet? It's a one-way communication jade tablet!

In fact, he misunderstood Hun Xuzi. The teleportation jade tablet that Hun Xuzi gave to Yao Yan was made based on the ability of a Dou Zun. As for the teleportation jade tablet at the Dou Sheng level, the spatial power it created was too obvious. Even if Yao Nong self-destructed, it could not be erased, and it was very likely to alarm the Dou Sheng of the Yao Clan.

If that's the case, a simple matter will become complicated. Hun Xuzi doesn't want to fight against the Medicine Clan's Battle Saint and escalate the matter into a conflict between the two clans.

As for the communication jade tablet... at this moment, there are spatial rifts all around, and two violent spatial forces are intertwined, directly severing his connection with the outside world, unless he has the ability to break through the blockade of this spatial force.

It's all because Yao Yan was too lucky to encounter a spatial storm, which is always randomly generated.

"嘤嘤!"

Compared to Yao Yan's anxiety, Ling'er, who was awakened by Yao Yan's cursing, was in a great mood. Her bright eyes looked curiously at the bright and sparkling scene around her. Compared to the pitch blackness before, the colorful scene was obviously more interesting.