Battle Through the Heavens: I confronted Xiao Yan, and he begged me to be his elder brother.

Chapter 37: A Generous Gift Moves Xiao Yan to Tears

"Second brother?" The moment Hun Cang saw the other person clearly, a look of joy appeared on his face.

Unexpectedly, after searching for a long time and finally fighting with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Xiao Yan actually took the initiative to come looking for him.

Upon landing on the ground, Hun Cang waited for Xiao Yan to approach.

A few breaths later, Xiao Yan arrived and was about to step forward when his gaze was first drawn to the enormous figure beside Hun Cang.

"This is the Amethyst Winged Lion King?!" Xiao Yan's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. He circled the magical beast once and finally came to Hun Cang.

Hun Cang nodded, confirming his words.

Xiao Yan exclaimed, "Holy crap, bro, you're amazing!"

Yesterday, he and Yao Chen saw a Dou Huang fighting against the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. The female Dou Huang was quite strong, but she couldn't gain the upper hand against the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

His current strength is sealed, and he is waiting in a cave for it to be restored. He has to take care of his own food and drink.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's eyes filled with even more admiration as he looked at Hun Cang.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Hun Cang smiled slightly, looked Xiao Yan up and down, and asked.

Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, "It's all that old man's fault. He said he wanted to make my physique stronger, so he arranged for me to be washed by the waterfall. To make things easier, I simply didn't wear any clothes."

Bang bang bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Chen's figure flashed out from the ring, and he raised his hand and smacked Xiao Yan's head a few times.

Xiao Yan jogged and hid behind Hun Cang, grumbling, "Old man, don't go too far. My older brother is here to see me. Be careful, or I'll expose all the things you've done to abuse me these past few days."

Upon hearing this, Yao Chen was so angry that his hair seemed to stand on end. He shouted, "You ungrateful wretch! I kindly taught you, and you not only don't appreciate my kindness, but you also slander me and want to report me?"

"Come on, you're the one who owes me. If you hadn't absorbed my fighting spirit back then, would I have ended up like this today?" Xiao Yan put his hands on his hips, holding the fish, and pointed at Yao Chen with the other.

As it turned out, the fish had a rather bad temper; it flicked its tail, and just then, the fish tail was knocked over.

"Ouch, damn it!" Xiao Yan curled up in pain.

Hun Cang watched this scene, a few black lines appearing on his forehead.

"What brings you to the Monster Mountain Range?" Yao Chen chuckled gloatingly before turning to look at Hun Cang.

Hearing Yao Chen speak, Xiao Yan endured the pain and looked at his elder brother with curiosity.

Hun Cang smiled and said, "I'll borrow your Bone Spirit Cold Flame for a moment."

"What do you need the strange fire for?" Yao Chen was taken aback. If it was for refining medicine, he could have asked Hun Cang in Wutan City, but he had never said anything.

"Let's conduct an experiment," Hun Cang said casually.

"test?"

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen said in unison, then glanced at each other and looked to the other side with great displeasure.

Hun Cang couldn't help but smile and shake his head slightly as he took out the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Sea Core Flame.

"These are the nineteenth-ranked Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the fifteenth-ranked Sea Core Flame??" As an alchemist with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Yao Chen had been dealing with strange flames for a long time and recognized the items Hun Cang had taken out at a glance.

Different flames?! Or two kinds? Xiao Yan ignored the pain, stood up straight instantly, moved closer to Hun Cang, and looked at the two clusters of flames with burning eyes.

Xiao Yan found it hard not to show his enthusiasm; he had no choice, as his Burning Flame Technique was still waiting for the strange fire to upgrade its level.

The low-level Yellow Rank is really too weak. The speed of Qi recovery can't keep up with the consumption. It can only maintain a battle by relying on Qi Recovery Pills.

"Calm down, the strange fire will be given to you, but you are too weak to absorb it. If you try to absorb it by force, you will most likely be burned to ashes by the strange fire." Noticing Xiao Yan's expression, Hun Cang patted his shoulder with a smile and said half-jokingly.

Even with Hun Cang's current strength, he cannot guarantee that Xiao Yan can perfectly absorb the strange fire.

Therefore, even though he really wanted to see what the system would reward him for gifting a different kind of fire, he could only restrain himself.

After all, Xiao Yan was the medium through which he exploited the system, so he couldn't just get rid of him all at once.

Xiao Yan looked moved, his eyes welling up with tears, and he said in a trembling voice, "Big brother, you've been so good to me, giving me so much. How can I ever repay you?"

Beside him, Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan with a hint of envy in his eyes.

Why was I born so many years too early? If I had had an older brother like him back then, I wouldn't be in this situation.

Hun Cang smiled and looked at Yao Chen, saying, "The Burning Technique is, after all, a flawed product. I'm not comfortable letting my second brother cultivate it haphazardly, so I plan to have someone test it first. Understand?"

Yao Chen nodded, and then a wisp of pale white flame appeared in front of Hun Cang and Xiao Yan under his control.

"Soul Cang, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame ranks eleventh. Even though I've controlled it for so many years, I still have to be very careful when using it. You can't be careless, or you might get burned while playing with fire." After handing it over, Yao Chen gave a worried reminder.

He still remembered the promise Hun Cang made to him, that body comparable to a half-saint.

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Hun Cang smiled calmly, formed a hand seal, and then pointed a finger. The Bone Spirit Cold Flame immediately curled up like the other two strange flames.

Upon seeing this, Yao Chen's pupils contracted, and a look of horror flashed across his eyes.

What kind of technique is this? How could a single seal make a strange fire, which people fear so much, become so docile?

If I had such skills back then, why would I have been ambushed by that disciple, forced to burn my physical body, and ultimately escape as a soul?

Yao Chen's thoughts began to wander, just as Xiao Yan's voice rang out again.

"Big brother, it has to be you! That old geezer has spent his whole life playing with fire, but he's not as skillful as you. He's really wasted his life. Big brother, I might as well become your apprentice."

What are you saying?! Is that even human language?!

Upon hearing this, Yao Chen was furious. He flashed behind Xiao Yan and kicked him in the butt, sending Xiao Yan sprawling face-first into the mud.

Hun Cang's eye twitched slightly, but he pretended not to see it. After all, this wasn't the first time Xiao Yan and Yao Chen had a love-hate relationship.

With the strange fire in hand, Hun Cang had achieved his goal. He stopped the two who were about to quarrel, and then took out the lotus platform containing the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the lotus seeds.

Just as Xiao Yan was about to ask, he heard Yao Chen exclaim in surprise and look over curiously.

Yao Chen stared at the lotus platform and murmured, "This is the lotus platform from which the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was born! It takes at least a thousand years for the earth's fire to condense and form. If a fire attribute cultivator has this, their cultivation speed will increase by at least three or four times, if not ten times."

"As expected of the Medicine Venerable, your judgment is indeed sharp." Hun Cang was in a good mood and praised, a hint of expectation flashing in his eyes. He turned to Xiao Yan and said, "Second brother, this is for you. Keep it safe."

"Big brother..." Xiao Yan had been prepared when Hun Cang took out the item, but when he heard it from his brother's mouth, he was still overwhelmed with emotion. His lips trembled, and he was too excited to speak.

Hun Cang then took out other items, and Yao Chen explained each one to Xiao Yan.

Finally, Xiao Yan couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears, hugging Hun Cang.

Having been reborn and having such an older brother, I could die without regrets...

As Hun Cang listened to the system's prompts in his mind, he couldn't help but smile as he comforted Xiao Yan.

(End of this chapter)