Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 14 Nine Stars

Xiao Xun'er smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Xiao Bai, you don't need to be so polite with Xun'er!"

One thing she really liked was that Xiao Bai never asked her where these things came from. She still remembered that when she first gave him the Qi Gathering Powder, she was afraid he would ask questions, so she came up with several excuses.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Bai didn't ask any questions. He would accept whatever she gave him if he needed it, and explain to her if he didn't. This made her feel very relaxed when she was with Xiao Bai, without having to worry about this or that.

The same goes for Xiao Bai's affairs; if he doesn't talk about it, she won't ask—this is the tacit understanding between them.

Xiao Xun'er swiped her small hand across the ring, and several scrolls appeared on the table.

Xiao Bai looked at the scrolls on the table. There were four in total. He picked up one at random and opened it to take a look.

"Lightning Step" is a high-level Xuan-rank combat skill, a movement technique. It opens up two meridians in the legs and is driven by lightning attribute, like a flash of lightning. It is suitable for short-distance dashes or movement techniques in combat.

After reading it, I picked up another one and opened it.

"Thunderclap Palm" is a high-level Xuan-rank combat skill, an offensive technique. It involves opening a meridian in each hand, compressing the thunder-attribute combat energy within the body into the palms, and striking with lightning speed to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

Xiao Bai then flipped through the other scrolls one by one, and finally chose "Thunder Light Step" and "Thunder Palm".

After making his selection, Xiao Bai handed the remaining two scrolls back to Xun'er.

"Brother Xiao Bai, do you only want these two? Why don't you take them all? They're useless to Xun'er anyway!" Xiao Xun'er had originally planned to give them all to him, but Xiao Bai returned two of them.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. These two are enough." Xiao Bai shook his head.

Seeing his reaction, Xiao Xun'er didn't say anything more and put away the remaining two scrolls.

Xiao Bai looked at the beautiful young woman before him, who was smiling and resting her chin on her hands. He sensed her cultivation level and chuckled.

"Eighth level of Fighting Power... It seems our Xun'er is about to break through too!"

"Hmm, she just broke through not long ago, and it will take her some time to reach the Dou Zhe level. Xun'er's talent is not as good as Brother Xiao Bai's; he reached the ninth level at the age of ten!"

The girl's eyes sparkled with admiration as she spoke.

Xiao Bai's breath hitched. If he hadn't known she didn't mean it that way, he would have thought for a moment that the girl was mocking him.

In terms of talent, apart from that little dragon from Canaan Academy, who on this continent can compare to you? Even if he cheats, no one before the Battle Saint was confident they could catch up.

He quickly changed the subject, speaking in a gentle voice;

"Are you still experiencing any pain?"

As he spoke, Xiao Bai felt a pang of pity. He had personally witnessed the pain the girl in front of him had suffered from the burning of the strange fire since childhood. How could a strange fire be so easy to refine? Even with her father Gu Yuan's seal, it could only ensure her safety and could not completely relieve the pain. After all, it was the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

"I don't feel any pain anymore, Brother Xiao Bai, don't worry!" Xiao Xun'er shook her head, and seeing the pity in the boy's eyes, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"That's good!"

"By the way, Brother Xiao Bai, could you promise Xun'er a favor?" Xiao Xun'er's face suddenly turned serious as she pulled Xiao Bai's hand and asked.

"Don't even mention one thing, even a hundred or a thousand, as long as Brother Xiao Bai can do it, I'll do it your way!" Xiao Bai gently squeezed the jade-like hand in his, with doting affection.

Xiao Xun'er's heart leaped with joy upon hearing this, but her expression remained solemn as she said:

"Promise Xun'er you won't tell anyone yesterday's story again, okay?"

"Yesterday's story?"

Xiao Bai frowned, puzzled. He had only talked about Perfect World yesterday, so why did Xun'er tell him not to tell anyone?

Although he might have included his own agenda, it shouldn't have made this girl look so serious; she's not that kind of person.

After carefully recalling the story yesterday, Xiao Bai seemed to understand something. Xun'er had interrupted him when she talked about the Supreme Being, but he hadn't thought much of it at the time.

But considering that there are also supreme beings in this world, could it be that Xun'er knows something else?

That makes sense. This girl comes from an imperial family, so it's not surprising that her family has some records about the Great Thousand World. I just don't know how much she knows.

Although it is not recorded in the original work, the original work only tells the story of the protagonist's experiences, and it is not an encyclopedia of the Dou Qi Continent.

It seems I need to be more careful in the future. I shouldn't assume I have everything under control just because I know the plot. If I have that kind of mentality, I'll suffer sooner or later.

"Okay, I promise you, I won't tell this story to anyone again." Xiao Bai solemnly agreed. After thinking it over, he knew that Xun'er was asking him this because she wanted what was best for him.

Hearing Xiao Bai agree, Xiao Xun'er felt relieved. From childhood to adulthood, this young man had always kept his word and would do whatever he promised.

"Brother Xiao Bai, don't blame Xun'er for being nosy. The Dou Qi Continent is too complicated. If it's really as you suspect, I'm afraid even Xun'er won't be able to protect you then!" Xiao Xun'er gazed at the young man and silently prayed to herself.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside a cave on the back mountain of the Xiao family.

Xiao Bai sat cross-legged on a boulder, his expression calm, exuding the aura of a peak nine-star Dou Zhe.

His body was brimming with vigorous blood and energy, and his strength was much greater than it had been six months ago. He felt that he could defeat that former King Gongfeng with a single punch without even needing to use his fighting spirit.

"The progress of tempering my body with Yi Wood Thunder is getting slower and slower. It's time to break through to Dou Shi!" Xiao Bai said in a low voice.

For the past six months, he has been practicing combat skills every morning, tempering his physical body with the positive lightning of the Yi Wood in his body in the afternoon, and cultivating his battle qi and soul at night, without slacking off for a single day.

He has mastered the two fighting techniques, "Thunder Step" and "Thunder Palm," and their power is considerable.

Two months after his last breakthrough, his battle qi had already reached the nine-star Dou Zhe level. If he hadn't wanted to further improve his physical strength to accommodate the new lightning seed, he could have broken through to Dou Shi long ago.

As for cultivating his soul, since he vaguely improved by a small realm last time, the progress has not been so fast. However, this slowness is relative to the improvement he achieved after just one night's sleep. In fact, Xiao Bai felt a slight improvement in his soul every time he finished cultivating the "Heavenly Heart Response Chapter".

For the past six months, Xiao Bai has been practicing the "Heavenly Heart Response Chapter" every day. He no longer has that feeling of falling asleep in a daze. It feels similar to the soul techniques in the original work, absorbing the strands of spiritual energy that are wandering between heaven and earth to improve his soul.

The difference is that, as he cultivates this technique, he occasionally feels a sense of merging with heaven and earth, which seems to be somewhat like the state of oneness with heaven and man described in his previous life. That feeling is very mysterious, indescribable and inexplicable.

He didn't know what use this was, and sometimes he even doubted whether he was just having a delusion because he was too tired from cultivation.

Even now, Xiao Bai still believes that he improved after taking a nap last time, and has no recollection of what happened in that void. He thinks that improvement was a beginner's bonus for cultivating the "Heavenly Heart Response Chapter".

(End of this chapter)