Battle Through the Heavens: He marries Xun'er, but she refuses to consummate the marriage!

Chapter 97 Zi Yan: Brother Gu Fei, I want one too!

On the balcony on the second floor of the inn, Qinglin and Venerable Tianhuo, one old and one young, sat at the table.

The little girl earnestly asked Venerable Tianhuo some questions about cultivation, while the Lion King stood guard at the stairwell like a bodyguard.

"Elder Yao, according to what you've said, if you hadn't encountered those fire lizardmen back then, is it possible that you would already be a legendary Dou Sheng powerhouse by now?"

As Venerable Tianhuo recounted his past, Qinglin couldn't help but ask more questions out of curiosity.

"It should work!"

Upon hearing Qinglin's question, Venerable Tianhuo hesitated for a moment before nodding confidently.

Back then, because of his talent and rapid cultivation, he thought he could go anywhere in the world, which led him to continue venturing into the magma sea and even dare to risk refining two different flames.

"That's such a pity!"

Qinglin sighed subconsciously, feeling sorry for the fate of Venerable Tianhuo.

"What's there to regret? Maybe this is just a twist of fate. Just take it easy. At least I'm still alive and well..."

Venerable Heavenly Fire smiled and shook his head.

He existed for a very long time.

His friends and relatives from back then are long gone, so he has no other worries while following Gu Fei and his group.

At one point, not far from the two, the Lion King, who was sitting next to the stairwell, suddenly stood up.

"Hehe, Lion King, Azure Scale, and Old Man Yao, long time no see!"

A very young voice rang out.

Upon hearing the sound, Venerable Tianhuo and Qinglin instinctively looked in that direction.

In the sight of Lion King, Qinglin, and the other two, a little girl in purple was sitting on the stair railing, waving to them.

Seeing the astonishment on the faces of the three lion kings, she chuckled and made a funny face at them, her charming appearance quite adorable.

"Sister Ziyan, I miss you so much..."

After the initial shock, Qinglin's face lit up with excitement as she happily ran over.

This title would seem strange to outsiders, given that Qinglin is half a head taller than Ziyan.

"This little guy is here. Things are going to be lively from now on!" Venerable Tianhuo stroked his beard and said with a smile.

At the same time, Gu Fei and Xiao Yi Xian also came out of the room and looked in this direction.

Gu Fei glanced at Zi Yan; her delicate, porcelain-like appearance was as adorable as ever.

"Why aren't you staying in the clan?"

Gu Fei stepped forward, patted Zi Yan's head, and asked with a smile.

"I escaped, hehe. I heard from you, Brother Gu Fei, that you would be coming to Saint Pill City, so I ran here. I thought it would be troublesome to find you, but I found out you lived here just by asking around..."

Zi Yan smiled like a little fox, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

"I'm so pitiful! When I get back, there won't be any more tasty pills!"

"And every day those awful guys force-feed me disgusting, awful stuff..."

Next, Zi Yan grabbed Gu Fei's sleeve and complained, her big, bright eyes immediately becoming watery.

Her life during this period was, in her own eyes, absolutely miserable.

She felt that compared to her previous life with Gu Fei, this was like living in hell.

So, whenever she had the chance, she would quickly find an opportunity to slip away from Gulong Island.

"Sister Ziyan, you're in such a sorry state. It seems your people don't treat you very well either..."

Qinglin stood up for Ziyan.

"Yes, they're so mean!"

Zi Yan nodded firmly.

It seems she deeply resents how her people treated her.

However, if her clansmen found out, they would probably be so angry they would vomit blood.

Gu Fei shook his head helplessly. He knew Zi Yan's personality well; she would exaggerate everything she said.

Therefore, her words are not very credible. What the ancient dragon clan fed her must have been some highly nourishing elixirs. At least, the girl is quite energetic now.

"Zi Yan, what are your plans for the future?" Little Fairy Doctor asked.

"Hehe...of course, I'll be following you all next!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan couldn't help but grin, and then spoke very seriously.

"Hey, Little Fairy Doctor, when did you break through to the Dou Wang level?"

Suddenly, Zi Yan looked as if she had discovered something incredible, her face full of surprise.

"I just broke through!"

"That's too fast... I know, it must be because Brother Gu Fei has been giving Sister Little Fairy Doctor a lot of tonics lately?"

Zi Yan's gaze shifted to Gu Fei, and she stretched out her hands, saying longingly, "Brother Gu Fei, I want one too!"

"No!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Fei shook his head and slapped away Zi Yan's outstretched hands.

"Haven't you taken enough elixirs already? You take them every day, and I don't see you digesting them. Be careful, they might suddenly flare up one day, and then you'll suffer!"

After being lectured by Gu Fei, Zi Yan looked a little aggrieved and pouted.

"Sister Ziyan, don't be sad. I have some pills here, would you like some?"

Seeing Zi Yan like this, Qing Lin walked over, took Zi Yan's small hand, and stuffed a handful of pills into her palm.

"Sigh... Qinglin, you're still the best to me!"

The aggrieved expression on Zi Yan's face vanished instantly. She smiled and praised Qing Lin, then popped a pill into her mouth and began to chew.

Most of these pills are of the fourth grade, used to aid cultivation. The pills are so potent that Qinglin can only take one every five days.

But Zi Yan ate them one after another, like eating candy.

Seeing this, Gu Fei and Little Fairy Doctor exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly.

"Sister Ziyan, eat slowly!"

Qinglin watched in stunned silence.

Fortunately, Zi Yan has an extraordinary constitution; if an ordinary person were to eat like that, their stomach would probably burst.

In the following days, with the arrival of Zi Yan, Gu Fei's small group became much more lively than before.

One day, Zi Yan came to Gu Fei's room again, asking him to give her some pills.

"Zi Yan, if you want to consume more pills, I'll give you a task!"

Gu Fei made a request.

"What mission?"

Hearing this, Zi Yan felt a little guilty.

"Don't be afraid, this isn't too difficult for you!" Gu Fei put his hand on Zi Yan's slender shoulder and smiled, "There's a dilapidated space in the Pill Tower that hasn't been maintained for a long time. I need you to take me inside..."

"Just entering a dilapidated space? That's easy, leave it to me!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan patted her chest, appearing very confident.

She's done this kind of thing quite a lot before.

Previously in the inner courtyard, those medicinal herb storage areas were all sealed with spatial seals, but she would often sneak in unnoticed to steal some herbs.

Those spatial seals were useless to her.

The Pill Realm is a space created long ago by a Dou Sheng powerhouse from the Pill Tower.

However, due to various reasons, the alchemy world gradually fell into disrepair. Nevertheless, the alchemy world was a treasure trove that countless alchemists dreamed of, containing countless rare and precious natural materials and many rare medicinal herbs that were hard to find in the outside world.

Of course, with the resources Gu Fei had access to, he was not lacking in those rare medicinal herbs.

What he coveted was the Earth Core Jade Mother in the Pill Realm, or more precisely, the Earth Core Soul Essence nurtured within that Earth Core Jade Mother.

—[Just to clarify, this book leans towards slice-of-life; it won't feature the typical Doupo fanfiction where the refining of different flames takes up several chapters.]

Unless absolutely necessary, such scenes are usually only briefly mentioned, since writing those kinds of processes mostly involves nitpicking the original text...

(End of this chapter)