While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 84 Team Training

As Chen Xiao opened the door to the cultivation room, he looked up without warning, his gaze meeting a pair of eyes filled with an indescribable suspicion.

She walked closer, looked Chen Xiao up and down, and then reached out her little hand to pat him a few times.

"Why did you stay in there for so long? And your body is so cold, like an ice cube."

"I was so engrossed in my cultivation that I forgot the time. Let's talk about it outside."

Chen Xiao glanced at the several senior students watching them from a distance and spoke up.

Even though he was in the scorching heat of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, he could still exhale streams of cold mist when he opened his mouth, which surprised Zi Yan.

Zi Yan also disliked staying in the tower. Upon hearing Chen Xiao's words, she immediately nodded and went upstairs together.

The senior students who were waiting to watch the excitement from afar were extremely disappointed.

Unfortunately, a fight didn't break out.

The fact that they have this idea shows that their understanding of Zi Yan is too one-sided.

Admittedly, Zi Yan was a little angry at first, but once she arrived at the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and waited, she only needed to think for a moment to guess that Chen Xiao was busy with important matters.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone out of my way to replace a Crimson Fire Crystal Card that I don't usually use much a few days ago.

Knowing this, Zi Yan's little tantrum disappeared.

She is unconventional, but she knows what's important—only those she approves of.

Outside the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

The warm sunlight shone on him, and as he felt his body temperature gradually returning to normal, Chen Xiao smiled with satisfaction.

Thanks to the Fallen Heart Flame, the time it took him to refine the Heavenly Cold Qi was greatly accelerated.

Even so, it still took a full eight days to complete the task.

With the protection of battle qi, his body wouldn't be frozen solid after eight days, but recalling the end of the refining process...

The feeling of being stiff all over and unable to move for a long time is equally unpleasant.

"What have you been doing these past few days? I thought you were trying to break through to the Dou Wang level, but judging from your strength, you haven't made much progress."

Having been in love all the way, now that there was no one else around, Zi Yan asked again out of curiosity.

Chen Xiao smiled slightly and didn't hide anything.

"I've enhanced the power of my battle aura. Here's something fun to show you."

As he spoke, Chen Xiao took out a tinderbox from his storage ring, blew on it to light it, and handed it to Zi Yan.

Immediately, the fighting spirit within his body circulated and adhered to the surface of his body.

Given time, the tinder in Zi Yan's hand, which had not been affected by any external force, went out automatically with a "poof".

Upon seeing this, Zi Yan opened her mouth slightly, quite surprised.

She examined the tinderbox in her hand carefully and tried to relight it, but as long as Chen Xiao did not restrain his fighting spirit, she could not get it to burn no matter how much she blew on it until she was dizzy.

"You've been tinkering with this for the past few days? Your fighting spirit seems to have gotten a bit darker."

As Zi Yan said, the most obvious change for Chen Xiao after refining the Heavenly Cold Qi was the color of his battle aura.

Previously, his fighting spirit was a pure ice blue, but now it has a subtle shift towards azure blue.

In addition, the power of the ice-attribute battle aura was also amplified several times in Chen Xiao's perception.

However, this change is not particularly noticeable to others when there is no direct confrontation.

"Not only is the color darker, but its power is also greater."

"For example?"

"To put it another way, if a fire-attribute enemy was evenly matched with me a few days ago, then now..."

I could beat him to a pulp.

The benefits of increasing the power of battle qi go far beyond this.

Now, if Chen Xiao were to face opponents who wield different types of fire, he would certainly not be as easily restrained as he was with ordinary ice-attribute opponents.

If the opponent's different flame is ranked lower, Chen Xiao can even gain an advantage.

Of course, there's no need to explain so much to Ziyan; a simple, easy-to-understand example will be enough for her to understand that "the improvement is indeed significant."

They chatted casually all the way to the freshman dormitory area, where only Fu Tong remained in the attic.

Chen Xiao greeted them, returned to his room to wash up, and changed into a black robe that was only worn in the Black Corner Region before preparing to set off.

When Chen Xiao came downstairs, he saw that Zi Yan had also taken the time to change her clothes into a black leather skirt.

To be honest, having gotten used to Zi Yan always being dressed in white, seeing her in a different color was quite a novel experience.

Turning his gaze away, Chen Xiao looked at Fu Tong.

"I don't know when Cao Hui and the others will be back, so I won't say hello to them. If you ask me..."

You just need to say so.

Fu Tong nodded, and just as Chen Xiao was about to leave with Zi Yan, she called out to him.

"Chen Xiao".

Chen Xiao turned around and gave him a questioning look.

Anything else?

Fu Tong hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Last time I heard you talking about Zhongzhou, I wanted to ask, is the Cao family very powerful? I don't mean anything by it, but you know, my friend's health—"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao suddenly understood.

"The Pill King of the Black Corner Region is capable of refining pills that simply extend lifespan, but he is too dangerous, so you don't need to consider him. As for the Cao family, there are many people more powerful than that Pill King."

"I understand, thank you!"

Fu Tong nodded, as if she had made up her mind.

Chen Xiao had no interest in digging into things. He waved his hand slightly and turned to leave with Zi Yan.

"Should you tell the Grand Elder?"

"No, I said that a few days ago. I just want to get to the Black Corner Region as soon as possible. I've heard that the people there are very dangerous, and it sounds interesting."

"It was indeed dangerous. Several times, I was targeted by seven or eight groups of people in one day, and I narrowly escaped death. You would never have seen me again."

"Really? Did you manage to escape?"

"?"

The two spoke softer and softer until they could no longer be heard.

When Chen Xiao was training alone in the Black Corner Region, he felt like a silent lone wolf, braving the wind and rain, barely saying a few words a day, and sometimes not saying a word for days.

But after taking Zi Yan with him, Chen Xiao felt like a spoiled brat walking his bird.

This little dragon man chatters all day long, and seems to have endless things to say. It is estimated that what Chen Xiao says in a day is equivalent to the total amount he said in a month when he was training alone!

Moreover, because this girl had just left the academy, everything seemed new and exciting to her. While others might be angry if she got into trouble with someone who didn't know what was good for her, Zi Yan found it incredibly amusing.

This meant that most of the time, Chen Xiao didn't need to lift a finger; Zi Yan would volunteer to take on the trouble, acting exactly like a henchman.

During their first month of training together in the Black Corner Region, Zi Yan would occasionally show mercy, requiring Chen Xiao to finish her off.

However, as he became more and more accustomed to the way of survival in the Black Corner Region, the little dragon man's attacks were so fast and accurate that Chen Xiao exclaimed that he was swift and deadly.

At the same time, they also realized that the Grand Elder's worries were unnecessary; with Zi Yan entering the Black Corner Region, it wasn't her who should be worried.

Instead, they were just small fry from the Black Corner region.