Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 70 Medicine Dust Asleep

Three days later, at the border between the Gama Empire and the Izumo Empire.

In a small town outside the Monster Mountain Range.

The quiet house, filled with the faint scent of sandalwood, brought a sense of comfort and tranquility. On the bed in the corner of the room, Xiao Yan lay with his eyes closed, only managing a faint breath every now and then. This made one worry that he might suddenly run out of breath, leading to the most tragic outcome.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yan, who had been lying on the bed like a dead man, suddenly trembled slightly in his fingers and slowly woke up.

Soft, dim light streamed in, and Xiao Yan's hand clenched tightly. He strained to look around the somewhat familiar room before letting out a heavy sigh of relief. He lay limply on the soft bed, too exhausted to move.

Slightly panting, once his mind was fully clear, a flood of memories rushed out from the depths of his mind, allowing Xiao Yan to recall the whole story.

"This is completely beyond our capacity..."

Xiao Yan gave a wry smile. In order to escape Shimo City as quickly as possible, he and Hai Bodong ran all the way and eventually arrived at the border of the Jia Ma Empire.

As a result, they accidentally stumbled into the territory of a sixth-tier magical beast in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan was seriously injured due to a carelessness. Fortunately, Hai Bodong was there, otherwise he might have been eaten by beasts.

As he focused his mind into his body, a state of utter devastation that left Xiao Yan speechless appeared before his eyes.

Looking at the body that seemed to have been forcibly destroyed by a terrifying force, Xiao Yan's heart sank a lot, but soon, Xiao Yan realized that something was wrong.

Although his physical body was severely damaged, there was a constant energy between his brows that was continuously flowing into his meridians, nourishing his body. Moreover, he was extremely familiar with that energy.

With a thought, Xiao Yan subconsciously raised his palm, and a wisp of pale white flame immediately emerged from his palm, flickering.

"Bone Spirit Cold Flame?!"

Xiao Yan was suddenly startled. He realized now that something seemed to be missing since he woke up. Now he finally remembered: Yao Lao hadn't made a sound!

Upon recalling this, Xiao Yan's expression instantly turned extremely grim, and he hurriedly cried out in his heart, "Teacher? Teacher?!"

The calls continued for several minutes, but there was no response, as if a stone had sunk into the sea. Xiao Yan's heart sank further and further as the time it took for Yao Lao to recover increased.

"Something happened?"

Xiao Yan suddenly felt his mouth go dry, and a sense of panic quietly spread from the depths of his heart. This panic was exactly the same as the panic he felt a few years ago when he went from being a genius to a cripple overnight.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan raised his hand with all his might. When he saw the unharmed, ancient black ring on his finger, he breathed a sigh of relief and tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart. Xiao Yan closed his eyes again, his soul power gathered into a strand in front of him, and then touched the black ring.

The moment the soul power touched the black ring, a tremendous suction force suddenly erupted from it, catching Xiao Yan off guard and pulling him into the black ring.

Upon feeling the touch of soul power, Xiao Yan's vision went black for the first time. Then, he found himself in a circle filled with pale white light. Inside the circle, Yao Lao's illusory figure was floating in mid-air, smiling as he stared at Xiao Yan's weak wisp of soul power.

"Little guy, you've finally woken up." Yao Lao floated closer to Xiao Yan and smiled.

"Teacher, are you alright...?"

Looking at the figure of the old man in front of him, Xiao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They barely escaped from that monster's clutches; if Yao Lao were to disappear again, he would truly be in deep trouble.

However, Xiao Yan could also see that although Yao Lao was still there, his condition was extremely poor.

"It's nothing serious, just a slight damage to the essence of my soul, but I won't die."

Yao Chen shook his head and smiled, "The power of that mysterious Dou Zun only temporarily made up for the deficiency of my Dou Qi, but it could not repair the injuries to my soul. After that battle, my soul energy was severely depleted, almost completely exhausted."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically, and the illusory figure formed from soul power suddenly fluctuated.

"Don't worry, although my soul power has been completely depleted, it's not irrecoverable. It's just that I may have to sleep for a while, like before."

Yao Lao gazed gently at Xiao Yan, who was biting his lip, and smiled, "For a while now, your teacher may not be able to protect you anymore. You'll have to rely on yourself for everything."

Looking at the serene smile of the old doctor, Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly reddened, his fists clenched tightly, and he said in a low, hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, teacher."

If he hadn't wanted to attend his elder brother's funeral, Yao Lao wouldn't have been targeted by Lin Ran, and he wouldn't be in his current state.

"Hehe, don't blame yourself. That guy's target was me, it has nothing to do with you. Besides, I'm only in a dormant state for a while now, not completely gone."

"By the way, I have already left a wisp of Bone Spirit Cold Flame within your body, with my soul imprint on it. You can absorb it directly without any risk. Now that you are a Battle Master, it's time to let your Burning Technique evolve to a certain extent."

"By the way, Hai Bodong is a good helper. During my absence, he should be able to help you grow significantly. After you absorb the sub-fire, you can also activate the residual Bone Spirit Cold Fire power within him... Also, besides the sub-fire, I've left a portion of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire in this Bone Flame Ring. If you encounter any unforeseen circumstances, you can use it. Furthermore, there are strange things in this Monster Beast Mountain Range. Be careful; there might be a great opportunity for you here..."

"teacher……"

As Yao Lao continued his rambling, Xiao Yan's lips trembled, his eyes turned red, and he slowly knelt in the void, kowtowing heavily to Yao Lao.

"Keep it up, little guy! From the moment I met you until now, your teacher is very satisfied with you..."

Looking with satisfaction at the boy who had gone through this ordeal and was no longer naive, Yao Lao nodded with a smile. His illusory body gradually and completely dissipated into the halo of light.

"Teacher...teacher!"

With a reluctant call, Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes. Looking at the empty house, Xiao Yan felt heavy-hearted and took a deep, sorrowful breath.

From that moment on, he would face the world alone...

(End of this chapter)