Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 77 The Expedition

In the endless, desolate mountains outside the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, ever since Lin Feng finished refining medicine and Zi Yan brought him here.

The fourth and fifth-tier magical beasts living in the mountains suffered. They had originally lived a carefree life there. They did nothing but eat and sleep, and only needed to roar occasionally when faced with intruders, after which everyone would live in peace according to the rules of the martial world.

On this day, the two demon kings, one big and one small, barged into the place. First, the little one, who seemed to have the same aura as them, came up and punched them twice. It was really too presumptuous, completely unaware that beasts are all one family.

Whenever the little guy couldn't win, he would shamelessly retreat and call out Lin Feng, who appeared out of nowhere. With his Five Elements Sealing Technique - Spirit Beast Transformation, regardless of its power, the aura emanating from the five strange beasts alone suppressed them by at least 50%.

And so, accompanied by earth-shattering sounds echoing within the small area of ​​the mountain range, it was once again Lin Feng's Five Elements Barrier that had done its job. Countless fourth and fifth-tier magical beasts suffered, although few were killed, the spiritual herbs they had guarded for many years were all taken away.

At first, everyone kept it a secret from each other, but somehow the information was leaked later. As a result, some intelligent magical beasts, such as the Snow Demon Sky Ape, collectively approached their respective sixth-tier beast kings, intending to ambush them.

Unfortunately, all of this was exposed to Lin Feng's powerful soul perception, and he never managed to catch the two of them. However, the two of them never stopped their actions; but as the saying goes, "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet."

Ultimately, it was a fifth-tier rat king who discovered their hiding place. Although Lin Feng had left all the magical beasts behind with extraordinary speed, the magical beasts also discovered that the two of them belonged to Canaan Academy.

A massive beast tide was nearly unleashed, led by several sixth-tier beast kings and accompanied by numerous fifth-tier magical beasts. However, at this critical moment, Elder Su Qian appeared and, with his formidable Dou Zong strength, cleaved the tide in two.

However, upon returning, Su Qian sternly warned the two that seventh-tier magical beasts also existed deep within the mountains. However, the Dean, who was a Dou Zun, had made an agreement with them not to invade each other's territory; otherwise, this old fellow, barely at the initial Dou Zong level, wouldn't have dared to venture deep to rescue them.

Afterwards, the two abandoned the idea of ​​searching for treasure in the mountains again, firstly because it was dangerous, and secondly because the spiritual herbs they had collected over the past month were enough to enable them to make significant progress.

After removing the spiritual herbs needed for refining pills, Lin Feng refined all the herbs into pills with flavors that Zi Yan liked. Combined with the medicinal liquid refined using the Earth Core Tempering Milk last time, Zi Yan was sure to make a significant improvement this time.

Afterwards, the two went into seclusion separately. However, Lin Feng's seclusion included not only the cultivation of battle qi but also the study of alchemy. After all, he was now close to reaching a point where he needed to use elixirs to advance.

Moreover, besides needing to refine the Battle Spirit Pill, he also only had a clue about how to refine the Five Elements Pill, which is used to advance a Battle King, but hadn't yet succeeded. Therefore, Lin Feng's task during this seclusion was extremely important.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, with his relentless investment of energy, Lin Feng not only made further progress in his Dou Qi cultivation, reaching the level of a four-star advanced Dou Wang, but also, through continuous trial and error, successfully refined a Dou Wang-level Five Elements Pill.

It could be said that if Lin Feng were short-sighted, he would have reached the level of a six-star advanced Dou Wang after consuming those two Five Elements Pills. However, Lin Feng already had his own plans and wouldn't ruin his future.

As for the Spirit-Strengthening Pill, it hasn't been refined yet. It's not that Lin Feng's skill level is insufficient, but rather because Zi Yan, who was standing in front of Lin Feng excitedly waving her fist, brought him some news.

After investigation by the academy's undercover agents, the gang of bandits who attacked the academy's students has been located, and the academy will use swift and decisive measures to wipe them out.

However, the academy had already made contact with the bandits when Lin Feng and Zi Yan were venturing into the mountains. But after obtaining the treasures the academy used to ransom its students, the ruthless bandits killed the students and the guardian elders.

Moreover, due to his cunning and treacherous nature, he managed to escape from the hands of Wu Tianlang, the commander of the enforcement team. Therefore, after learning of his hiding place, the cooperation between the academy and the external departments will ensure that he has no chance of escape.

As for the students, those who have reached the Dou Ling level are allowed to participate in this operation. Zi Yan, who was previously forbidden from participating, immediately felt an urge to fight upon hearing the news and quickly went to Lin Feng's courtyard, ready to find her good partner to join the attack.

"I never expected these bandits to be so brazen, daring to kill a hostage right in front of Wu Tianlang. This didn't happen in the original story, but it's not entirely unexpected."

Lin Feng stroked his chin, slowly pondering. The academy's decision to send in some weaker fighting spirit students suggests they are extremely confident. Furthermore, some of the key students from the original story haven't been reduced, indicating this operation should be safe.

"Furthermore," Lin Feng clenched his fist, "it's time to see how my luxurious setup compares to that of a Dou Huang!"

During his month-long training in the mountains, Lin Feng had a brief encounter with the sixth-tier beast king, but neither of them used any powerful techniques, and he mainly focused on escaping.

"Lin Feng, are you going or not?"

Just as Lin Feng was still pondering the key to it, Zi Yan, who was standing to the side, was getting a little impatient. Every time she brought Lin Feng the news, he would always stare blankly for a while, which made her feel a little strange.

"How could such a lively event be complete without the Black Wind Duo's participation?"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan beamed with joy and clapped her hands, "That's right, we must make the Black Wind Duo famous!"

"In this operation, I will personally lead the team, with the enforcement team assisting and the elders from both the inner and outer academies cooperating. You are responsible for encircling and annihilating the minor officials. However, there are certain dangers involved, so anyone who wants to withdraw should do so as soon as possible."

In a large plaza within the inner courtyard, Elder Su Qian stood atop the plaza, surrounded by several elders of varying ranks. Su Qian's sharp eyes swept over the twenty-odd students, and seeing that none of them had any intention of withdrawing, he nodded slightly, satisfied with the quality of this year's students.

"If anyone backs down at the last minute, the academy won't punish them, but those desperate bandits might use you as a live target."

After explaining all the precautions, Su Qian instructed the elders to lead the students to prepare. He then appeared before Lin Feng and Zi Yan in a flash. After scanning them over, he seemed slightly taken aback.

"Elder Lin Feng, Zi Yan, if I'm not mistaken, what about your auras?"

"Hmph, you stingy old man, Lin Feng is much more generous than you. You won't give me the medicinal herbs from your treasure vault, but Lin Feng has taken me to find many treasures in the mountains. Soon I will surpass you, you old man, and then I will eat all the medicinal herbs in the treasure vault."

As Zi Yan spoke, she proudly raised her head, but her eyes were slightly open as she secretly glanced at Su Qian, seemingly hoping to see him praise her.

"Thank you for your understanding, Elder Lin Feng. I have been very busy, and Zi Yan is not good at social etiquette. She has never had any friends. Elder Lin Feng has been able to help Zi Yan despite these difficulties. Please accept my bow."

However, Su Qian ignored the little rascal and instead spoke to Lin Feng with gratitude.

"Elder, you flatter me. Not to mention the academy has helped me a great deal, Ziyan and I have also helped each other. I don't deserve such praise from you."

Seeing that the old man Su Qian was not joking and was actually going to bow to him, Lin Feng hurriedly jumped aside and tugged at Zi Yan, signaling her to say a few words.

"Hmph, old man, did you hear that? Lin Feng and I are friends. Don't you dare embarrass me."

Zi Yan was also startled and hurriedly said. Seeing their expressions, Su Qian smiled with relief and said.

"Back then, I took Zi Yan as my concubine."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zi Yan realized something was wrong. This old man was going to expose her secrets! So, Miss Zi Yan hurriedly pulled Lin Feng up and ran towards the griffin beast not far away. Seeing this, Su Qian couldn't help but smile slightly and stroke his beard.

Will this group of thugs bring Lin Feng some opportunities?

(End of this chapter)