Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 16 Xiao Yan

Just as Xiao Bai was pondering, a streak of blue lightning suddenly flashed across the darkness.

"Otsuki Seiraku!"

At this moment, as the blood in Xiao Bai's body was continuously evaporated by the Bing Fire Yang Lightning, the remaining blood was filled with a faint silvery-white light.

After all the blood in his body seemed to have been tempered, the Yimu Zheng Lei in his liver began to move.

After being tempered, the blood flowed through the liver and was stimulated by the Qi of Yi Wood, resulting in a continuous flow of new blood. This new blood, like the tempered blood, was bright red with a hint of silver.

As the amount of blood in his body increased, Xiao Bai's emaciated body gradually became fuller.

At this moment, he finally felt a sense of control over his body, and the familiar pain returned, causing him to instinctively gasp.

Looking inward at his body, at the red and silver blood flowing quietly in his veins, Xiao Bai didn't know what had happened, but he had some guesses.

He formed hand seals, preparing to begin refining the Bing Fire Yang Thunder within his heart.

However, after starting the refining process, Xiao Bai found it to be very difficult, unlike the previous refining of Yi Mu Zheng Lei which was much smoother.

Every wisp of Bing Fire Yang Thunder Origin that entered his meridians felt like he was being torn apart by a thousand knives, causing great damage to his meridians and making the refining process extremely slow.

Xiao Bai had no choice but to mobilize the Yi Wood Zheng Lei in his liver to continuously repair it, as he dared not let the Yi Wood Zheng Lei come into direct contact with the Bing Fire Yang Lei.

In the Five Elements, wood can generate fire. Once it combines with Bingyang Zheng Lei (丙阳正雷), it will fuel the fire's power, making it even more difficult to refine.

Several hours passed, and Xiao Bai had only refined a small amount of Bing Fire Yang Lightning, which was nothing compared to the entire Lightning Seed.

According to his estimate, it would take him at least six months to completely refine the Bing Fire Yang Thunder in his heart, which meant that the pain he was currently experiencing would last for at least six months.

Despite the sharp pain in his heart, he struggled to his feet. Looking at the gray hair hanging down his chest and his slightly withered hands, a low, hoarse laugh echoed in the cave.

"Hehehe"

A little hardship, nothing more!

Gently adjusting the slightly oversized white robe he was wearing, he staggered out of the cave.

It was late at night outside the cave, and the bright moonlight seemed to drape the earth in a white veil. A cool night breeze blew, which made Xiao Bai feel a little better, and he slowly walked down the mountain.

Sweat dripped constantly from his cheeks along the way. Every short distance, Xiao Bai would stop to catch his breath and let the pain in his body subside before continuing down the mountain.

The downhill path, which usually took him only a few minutes to walk, seemed exceptionally long today.

Walking and stopping, Xiao Bai arrived at the lake where he had washed his face last time. The well-arranged courtyards of the Xiao family were already in sight, and there was a pavilion not far away. Xiao Bai slowly walked over.

Suddenly, he frowned slightly and turned to look at a large tree several feet away.

"Who?"

Xiao Bai's soul is powerful, and since he cultivated the "Heavenly Heart Response Chapter", his spiritual senses have become even more acute. Just now, he felt a gaze watching him.

Without trying to discern who it was, he figured that anyone acting suspiciously at this time was definitely not a good person, and he wasn't afraid of hurting anyone. He simply mixed his divine soul power into the shout.

Although the sound was not loud, it was like a thunderclap to the person behind the tree, making him dizzy and disoriented.

Behind the tree, Xiao Yan couldn't help but touch his ear. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night because of his cultivation, so he thought he would come to the lakeside for a walk. Unexpectedly, he saw a figure in white slowly coming down from the mountain.

He was so frightened that he thought he had encountered a ghost in the middle of the night. The place was open and he didn't dare to run away directly, so he had to find a big tree to hide under, praying that the white-clothed ghost could not see him.

As the figure in white approached, Xiao Yan cautiously peeked out to examine him.

It was too dark to see clearly, but the figure had gray hair, a bloodless face, and was completely white in the moonlight, moving slowly.

He knew everyone in the family, but he couldn't recall this person at all in the Xiao family, which made him feel that this person was not human.

Until that person turned around and gave a soft shout, which seemed very quiet, but sounded like a thunderclap in his ears.

It's only because Xiao Yan has decent soul power; otherwise, with his level three Dou Qi cultivation, he would have fainted long ago.

"Are you...Brother Bai?" Xiao Yan asked hesitantly.

"Xiao Yan?" Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Bai couldn't help but say, "What are you doing sneaking around here so late at night instead of sleeping?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd come for a walk by the lake. I didn't expect to see a figure in white coming down from the mountain. I thought I'd run into him." Xiao Yan paused here, touched his nose a little awkwardly, and walked out from behind the tree.

"What? You thought you encountered a ghost in the middle of the night!" After learning it was this guy, Xiao Bai ignored him and continued walking slowly towards the pavilion.

With a dry laugh, Xiao Yan followed Xiao Bai's actions and headed towards the pavilion.

Upon approaching and seeing Xiao Bai's appearance, Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Bai, what happened to you...?"

The old apothecary inside the ring was also extremely surprised. How could this young man, whom he was so wary of, have made himself look like this? Moreover, his body occasionally revealed a trace of extremely strong and masculine energy, which made his soul feel a burning sensation.

"What's all the fuss about? It's just a minor accident during cultivation!" Xiao Bai glanced at him, walked straight into the pavilion, sat down on the stone bench, and couldn't help but exhale a breath of stale air.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan wondered what method Xiao Bai had used to break through to the Dou Zhe level, which had led to his current state. For a moment, a look of sympathy for his plight appeared in his eyes.

Xiao Yan once thought Xiao Bai was hypocritical and looked down on his actions.

In the Xiao family, Xiao Bai was always polite and gentle, always smiling when he spoke to anyone, which made him very popular with the older generation of the Xiao family.

When any of the Xiao family's peers got beaten by their parents, the opening line was always:

"Look at Xiao Bai, blah blah blah."

"If you had even a tenth of Xiao Bai's talent, I (my mother) would...blah blah blah."

This made Xiao Bai seem like an irreconcilable enemy to his peers in the Xiao family, especially the boys of the same age, and they wouldn't want to play with him.

They'd hate him the moment they met him; if he weren't outmatched, he'd be in a sack by now.

On the contrary, girls of the same age had a very good impression of Xiao Bai. He had a good temperament, a good appearance, and great talent. Everyone liked him. If he hadn't only treated Xun'er differently, he would have been overwhelmed by all sorts of girls.

And what about Xiao Yan?

Xiao Bai is a genius of the Xiao family and a leader among children. He harbors both old and new grudges against the common enemy of his subordinates and dislikes Xiao Bai in various ways.

Those kids were always up to something, constantly causing chaos at the Xiao family home. Whenever there was a problem, they'd drag Xiao Yan into it; he was their leader. So, in the eyes of those kids' parents, Xiao Yan was...

"He's a genius, the hope for the Xiao family's rise, and what about you? Blah blah blah."

"His father is the clan chief, and what about you? Blah blah blah."

This gave Xiao Yan a bad reputation in the eyes of his clansmen, who believed that he was the one who led their child astray and made him take the blame for many things. If it weren't for his reputation as a genius, the Xiao family would probably have been in an uproar long ago.

As his cultivation level plummeted, those who used to surround him gradually distanced themselves, and some of his clansmen began to speak out, giving him a real taste of how fickle people's hearts had become and how cold and indifferent the world was.

Now, in the entire Xiao family, apart from his father, only Xiao Bai treats him the same as always. He doesn't get close when Xiao Bai is successful, and he doesn't distance himself when Xiao Bai is down on his luck.

This made him feel a little guilty for causing trouble for Xiao Bai in the past. He only realized how unpleasant it was after his own fall, so his impression of Xiao Bai improved, and he changed how he addressed him.

(End of this chapter)