Battle Through the Heavens: Reap the Red Lotus Karmic Flame at the Start

Besides Wang Yun, whose resentment was soaring and could not be relieved in a short time, the newly joined Dou Sheng powerhouse and the powerhouses who had been resurrected from the original Tianmu also caused quite a stir.

First, those strong individuals who were originally accustomed to freedom naturally experienced some difficulties adapting when they joined Guiyuan Mansion.

For example, there was a famous one-star Dou Sheng, known as the Heavenly Yang Dou Sheng. His cultivation technique could generate pure Yang Dou Qi every three days. This Dou Qi was an accessory to his technique, and he himself could not absorb it, but others could. However, the method of absorption was quite special; it required a dual cultivation between a man and a woman to smoothly transfer this pure Yang Dou Qi to their partner.

This battle qi is remarkably effective, offering considerable benefits to cultivation. Moreover, it is completely independent of elixirs, eliminating any side effects like drug resistance. After absorption, it significantly aids in overcoming cultivation bottlenecks. Therefore, once its effects spread, Tianyang Dou Sheng acquired a considerable number of companions. With his joining Guiyuan Mansion, this group of beautiful women naturally followed him, creating a truly unique and eye-catching scene within the mansion.

It was precisely because of this that Tianyang Dousheng's actions had a significant impact within Guiyuan Mansion. As the manor's head steward, Xiaoyixian naturally investigated the matter in detail. However, after some investigation, it was discovered that none of Tianyang Dousheng's many partners were truly forced; they were all completely voluntary.

In Tianyang Dou Sheng's own words, he had never mistreated any of his wives who were willing to follow him. He himself possessed the formidable strength of a one-star Dou Sheng, and was also quite handsome. Furthermore, after sharing his bedchamber pleasures, the women's strength would continuously improve—a rare opportunity many couldn't even dream of. He even refused many advances because of this. Little Fairy Doctor could only helplessly accept this, but to thoroughly investigate all his wives and ensure no one with ulterior motives had infiltrated, she would need to expend considerable effort verifying their identities and backgrounds one by one.

Xiao Yan had personally visited Tianyang Dou Sheng during his last inspection of Guiyuan Prefecture, and unexpectedly gained something from the experience. There, he met Zhou Yunqi, a ninth-grade alchemist from the Yao Clan who had competed against him in the previous Pharmacopoeia competition. She had come to the Yao Clan to research the art of soul rebirth, and Xiao Yan hadn't expected to see the radiant Zhou Yunqi while visiting Tianyang Dou Sheng. As a ninth-grade alchemist, she naturally possessed a faint medicinal fragrance and an ethereal quality, which was now enhanced by her radiant glow.

She herself was remarkably nonchalant about it, readily admitting that it was because the Heavenly Sun Battle Saint's special battle aura was so effective that she deliberately chose to become his lover. They rarely saw each other, only serving as brief companions when the Heavenly Sun Battle Saint visited Zhongzhou. Both were very satisfied with this, and so the relationship continued.

When Xiao Yan was talking to Zhou Yunxi, he didn't sense any dissatisfaction or grievance in her tone at all. On the contrary, she seemed to feel that she had taken a great advantage of Tianyang Dou Sheng and was only enjoying the benefits without making any unnecessary entanglements.

Although Xiao Yan was the head of Guiyuan Mansion, he couldn't interfere too much in matters of mutual consent. So, he could only keep his knowledge to himself and say no more.

Compared to these individualistic rogue cultivators who become Battle Saints, the resurrected undead warriors within the Heavenly Tomb are much easier to control.

The powerful figures within the Heavenly Tomb were all approved by Xiao Xuan, making it much easier for Little Fairy Doctor to command them. These powerful figures had been in the Heavenly Tomb as spirits for countless years, in a state of idleness.

The young prodigies of the eight clans would occasionally enter the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate, but this time was still extremely limited. Therefore, these Heavenly Tomb experts generally shared one thing in common after emerging: they were completely unable to stay idle!

They were single-mindedly focused on shining brightly, regardless of which aspect they were in charge of. Some of the semi-saints were even very enthusiastic about patrolling the entire Guiyuan Realm.

Xiao Yan had already visited most of the Heavenly Tomb experts during his previous inspection tour. These experts were all very respectful to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Le and Feng Qiu, who were in charge, expressed their gratitude to Xiao Yan on behalf of all the resurrected spirits of the Heavenly Tomb.

They now truly accept Xiao Yan as their new master, partly because Xiao Yan gave them a second life, and partly because they have truly witnessed Xiao Yan's almost terrifying cultivation speed.

Seeing that it was time for his inspection every fifteen days, Xiao Yan glanced around the Guiyuan Realm and headed towards the Yuanfu Pavilion, one of the nine pavilions of Guiyuan Prefecture.

This pavilion is specifically responsible for matters related to formations, an area that most of the Dou Sheng experts in Guiyuan Prefecture are not proficient in. Therefore, the pavilion master has never been changed and has been Mu Wei in charge.

Xiao Yan had also heard Little Fairy Doctor mention that among the resurrected Heavenly Tomb experts, there happened to be two talents who were also proficient in formations, and she had assigned them all here.

Xiao Yan strolled around the area under the jurisdiction of the Yuanfu Pavilion, just like any other disciple of the Guiyuan Mansion. Due to Xiao Yan's overly low-key personality, relatively few Guiyuan Mansion disciples had actually seen him in person. Most people only knew of his signature ability—multiple different kinds of flames.

Xiao Yan is acting as if nothing is wrong, and no one finds him strange.

However, Xiao Yan was recognized before he had gone far.

"Your subordinate pays respects, Lord!"

A young man also bowed respectfully to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan looked at this person and hissed slightly, trying to search his mind for information about this Dou Zun disciple of Guiyuan Mansion.

"I know you, you are Lianhua!"

Seeing that even the legendary Lord of the Manor remembered his name, Lianhua was quite excited, his face slightly flushed as he said, "It is indeed this disciple!"

"I remember you shouldn't be from the Yuanfu Pavilion, so what are you doing here?"

Lianhua gave a wry smile: "This disciple was specially transferred here by Pavilion Master Muwei."

"Oh? What happened? Tell me."

Xiao Yan had an impression of refining techniques because Guiyuan Prefecture had devoted considerable resources to cultivating a group of young talents. Although these young talents were not much different in age from Xiao Yan, they still had a significant advantage compared to ordinary talents from Zhongzhou.

They had already undergone rigorous screening, so there was absolutely no way they would suddenly display such strong array formation talent. Since he had been seconded here, and personally arranged by Mu Wei, there must be a reason.

Since he was here on inspection, Xiao Yan naturally wanted to fulfill his responsibilities as the head of Guiyuan Prefecture, at least to find out what had happened.