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

Chapter 88 Pain and Pleasure, Xiao Yan is Numb

Upon arriving in the capital, Mittelten quickly arranged a place for them.

They had originally planned to hold a banquet to properly entertain Hun Cang, as a way of showing hospitality.

But Hun Cang refused, saying that these things were all superficial and unimportant; what he cared about most now was the reward.

However, before starting, he still asked for some medicinal herbs.

Thanks to the connection between Mittel Tengshan and Fama, the items were quickly delivered to Hun Cang.

"You all can leave now," Hun Cang said, dismissing the others.

Xiao Yan caught a glimpse of Yun Yun's retreating figure and shouted, "Sect Master, keep watch outside! No one is allowed to come in without my elder brother's permission."

Yun Yun suddenly turned her head, her beautiful eyes revealing a fierce look.

"Remember your duty. You are the maid I arranged for my elder brother. I was already being very lenient by not saying anything to so many people just now!" Xiao Yan glared back defiantly.

With Hun Cang around, Xiao Yan was full of confidence and recklessly provoked Yun Yun.

"Alright." Hun Cang tapped Xiao Yan's head, then looked at Yun Yun with a hint of helplessness. "Go and rest. I don't need you to guard this place."

Yun Yun clenched her jade fingers into a fist, glared hatefully at Xiao Yan who was hiding on Hun Cang making faces, and strode away.

After closing the door, Hun Cang called Yao Chen out and lent him the Bone Spirit Cold Fire so that he could refine the medicinal herbs into pills.

"..." Yao Chen is numb, I'm already a soul, and you still don't forget to exploit me.

After all, Yao Chen knew Hun Cang's alchemy skills. This kind of pill was no problem for Hun Cang at all; he was clearly just lazy.

While waiting for the pills, Hun Cang explained some precautions for devouring the strange fire to Xiao Yan.

Upon learning that devouring something would result in being scorched from the inside out by a strange fire, and that even if one did devour it, it wouldn't be safe and that one might suffer a backlash later, one's safety would be compromised.

Xiao Yan hesitated. With the three-year agreement over, he realized that his desire to become stronger wasn't as strong as he thought.

The cultivation technique isn't at the Heavenly Rank, so it doesn't seem to have any effect.

"The strange fire must be devoured, there's no room for discussion." Hun Cang's expression was cold, his tone revealing anger. I was still waiting to take advantage of the system, and now you want to back out?

Worried that Xiao Yan might be under too much pressure and something might happen to him, Hun Cang comforted him, "It's not as scary as you think. With your older brother here, nothing will happen to you."

He patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, met Xiao Yan's gaze, and said earnestly, "Second brother, don't forget your promise to me. The three-year agreement is not the end! You have a long road ahead of you, and you will fight alongside me in the future!"

In the end, Xiao Yan rallied his spirits. At the end of the three-year agreement, he did relax. Looking back on three years of hard work, Xiao Yan felt exhausted.

But just as Hun Cang said, if he hadn't had his elder brother's support when facing the Yunlan Sect, the development and outcome of things would have been completely opposite to what they are today.

According to his understanding of this world, even a Dou Zong is not considered a strong person in the true sense. Only Dou Sheng or even Dou Di have the real say.

My elder brother is already a Dou Zong, and he's still working so hard, even collecting different flames to pave his way. I absolutely cannot slack off; I must strive to catch up with him!

Soon, Yao Chen brought over the pills.

"Let's start by consuming the rare flames that are ranked lower." Hun Cang took out the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, ignoring Yao Chen's shocked and envious gaze, and handed it to Xiao Yan.

No system notification... After waiting for two seconds, Hun Cang sighed inwardly, "As expected, it must be completely absorbed before the gift can be considered a successful gift."

Xiao Yan swallowed the pill first, and under Hun Cang's encouraging gaze, he swallowed the flame in one gulp.

As he circulated his cultivation technique, Xiao Yan's skin quickly turned bright red, like a ripe shrimp, and white smoke rose from the top of his head.

As time passed and the surrounding temperature dropped, Xiao Yan's skin returned to normal.

"I did it! I did it, big brother!" Xiao Yan opened his eyes and exclaimed excitedly.

After consuming the strange fire, his strength reached the second-star Dou Ling level.

at the same time.

Hun Cang also showed a look of joy.

"Ding! The host has gifted Xiao Yan the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, triggering a reward beast spirit..."

The system's long-awaited notification finally came again, and Hun Cang breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the system's description, the flames that were returned were ten times smaller than the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.

Furthermore, it directly endowed the flames with spirituality.

Simply put, the strange fire that was fed back, like the top three Pure Lotus Demon Fire and Void Devouring Flame, possessed sentience and was no longer just a simple flame.

This represents a substantial improvement in the control of flames.

Hun Cang quickly took out the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and stuffed them into Xiao Yan's hands, urging him to devour them immediately.

Then he saw another strange fire. Yao Chen didn't have a body, otherwise his eyeballs would have fallen out of their sockets.

How long has it been?

Less than three years!

Besides the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, there are now two more strange flames. When did strange flames become so easy to find?

Yao Chen recalled the process of collecting the strange fire, and felt bitter inside.

Perhaps due to his previous experience with devouring, Xiao Yan spent less time this time.

As his strength rose to the fifth-star Dou Ling level, Xiao Yan also devoured the Yin Yang Twin Flames.

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Opening his eyes, Xiao Yan's gaze was filled with intense excitement: "Big brother, this technique is amazing! My strength has increased like I've been cheated! I'm already a five-star Dou Ling!"

If I had devoured the strange fire before the three-year agreement, I could have easily defeated Nalan Yanran with one hand.

"Of course, everything I give you is of high quality." Hun Cang smiled and took out the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Xiao Yan's smile froze: "Big brother, are you going to swallow more?"

Although there are elixirs to help, they can only help the physical body recover, but cannot prevent the damage and pain caused by the flames.

Hun Cang nodded without speaking, simply gesturing for Xiao Yan to take the strange fire.

Seeing Hun Cang's uncompromising gaze and expression, Xiao Yan, with a bitter face, began a new round of devouring strange fire.

In his heart, he had already begun to weep.

Sometimes having an older brother who's too good to you isn't necessarily a good thing...

It hurts! It hurts so much! It's burning me... Waaah...

Hun Cang ignored the pain on Xiao Yan's face; in his perception, Xiao Yan was still within the range that he could bear.

Furthermore, those strange flames had all been suppressed by him, and their destructive power had been greatly reduced compared to the beginning.

At the same time, during the process of devouring, the flames forge the body after each devouring, which is also a process of enhancement.

I should be able to devour it all… Hun Cang estimated, his heart filled with excitement and anticipation. Once all the feedback comes back, I'll devour it again, and my strength should be able to break through to the Dou Zun level.

Based on the original intensity of the strange fire's energy, Hun Cang could have directly broken through to the Dou Zun level, but he wanted to solidify his foundation, so he kept compressing it, remaining at the two-star Dou Zong level.

This means that even if all the strange fire is separated now, it will not have a significant impact on strength.

Before long, Xiao Yan finished devouring the food again. This time, he no longer had a smile on his face, nor could he feel excited.

The repeated burning pain numbed his mind.

However, when he saw Hun Cang pull out another blue flame, his emotions still fluctuated.

"Swallow." Hun Cang said succinctly, completely ignoring Xiao Yan's expression.

As Xiao Yan was devouring, Yao Chen saw Hun Cang take out another cluster of invisible flames. He couldn't help but look at Xiao Yan, who was wholeheartedly fighting against the Sea Heart Flame, with pity.

Is this the legendary bittersweet experience?

Yao Chen's soul trembled slightly. Looking at the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in his hand, he quickly handed it over and hid back in his ring.

(End of this chapter)