Battle Through the Heavens: The Beginning of the Dou Sheng Inheritance

Chapter 38 Born to be a chatterbox

In the pitch-black night sky, a crescent moon hangs alone, its pale, cool light spilling across the earth.

In the dark forest, a faint campfire flickered gently, bringing a touch of warmth to the silent night.

Beside the campfire, two boys leaned against a tree trunk, one of them holding a fire stick and playing with the flames somewhat idly.

Including today, Xiao Jue and Xiao Yan have been away from Wutan City for five days. The initial novelty has faded considerably during their lonely journey, and a faint sense of melancholy has slowly crept into their hearts.

A casually added piece of firewood made the campfire much brighter again. Xiao Yan rested his chin on his hand and lazily asked, "Teacher, where are we going?"

"Warcraft Mountain Range." An aged voice came from the ring on the finger.

"Isn't there a way to enter the Monster Mountain Range near Utan City? Why do we have to travel so far?"

"This area is in the eastern part of the Monster Mountain Range. Crossing it from here will take you to the Tagor Desert, which is our final destination for cultivation," the old medicine master laughed. "But I won't help you unless a fifth-tier monster intervenes."

"Cross the Monster Mountain Range?" Xiao Yanqian chuckled, "With my current strength, I can only deal with some young first-tier monsters, and at most I can only wander around the outer areas. As for crossing it, I'm afraid... that's a bit impossible, isn't it?"

"Even if it's Xiao Jue, who is comparable to a fourth-tier magical beast, our teacher will intervene when we encounter a fifth-tier magical beast, but it will still be difficult for us to cross the Magical Beast Mountain Range."

"It is in dangerous places that one's potential can be unleashed," Yao Lao said calmly. "I plan to help you advance to the rank of Battle Master in the Monster Beast Mountain Range."

"Uh... does that mean I'll have to spend all my cultivation time in the Monster Mountain Range?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's face immediately turned bitter.

Xiao Jue said from the side, "This is exactly what cultivation requires. If you can't persevere, just think of Nalan Yanran."

"You're ruthless!"

Xiao Yan's lips twitched, feeling somewhat speechless, but Nalan Yanran... was indeed a very good way to motivate him.

Touching his chin, Xiao Yan licked his lips and said with a smile, "Teacher...that Earth-rank Dou Technique?"

"You little rascal, you bring it up so many times a day, doesn't it get annoying?"

Hearing Xiao Yan repeat the same question again, Yao Lao was somewhat amused and shook his head helplessly. After a brief silence, he said, "I'll teach you Earth-rank Dou Techniques after we enter the Monster Beast Mountain Range. There are too many people around outside, and if someone sees us, we might get into some trouble."

Hearing that it would be delayed for a few more days, Xiao Yan could only nod somewhat dejectedly.

"Look at you, so useless. You can't bite off more than you can chew. Don't you know that while your Absorbing Palm and Blowing Fire Palm techniques are indeed highly refined, your Eight Extremes Collapse technique is still just scratching the surface?"

Seeing Xiao Yan's depressed look, Yao Lao couldn't help but scold him.

Xiao Jue added, "Elder Yao, your expectations for him are too high. Xiao Yan is only a three-star Dou Zhe right now, not even as good as Nalan Yanran. It's normal that his Dou Techniques are not up to par."

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes. That bastard Xiao Jue always kicked down the door whenever he came to the Xiao family, and every time he came out, he couldn't stop talking about Nalan Yanran.

"When you used the Eight Extremes Collapse before, it was just a single, powerful strike without any technique whatsoever. I didn't mention it to you before, firstly because your strength was too weak, and secondly because you never realized it yourself."

After a moment's hesitation, Yao Lao said, "Although the Burning Technique has the miraculous effect of evolution, the initial level of the technique is too low. The fighting spirit stored in your body's vortex can only support you to use the hidden force a few times at most. Therefore, if you fight someone in the future, you must kill with one blow. The Eight Extremes Collapse is originally a fighting technique that moves like thunder to kill people."

"Yes." Xiao Yan nodded solemnly. He was also very clear about his weakness, which was that he could not last long. If he could not defeat his opponent before his fighting spirit was exhausted, then he would be the one to fail.

"It seems I need to think of a way to improve your battle qi cultivation progress. After entering the Monster Mountain Range, I will guide you to find some rare herbs needed for alchemy. Now, in addition to relying on your talent, you also need the help of elixirs," the old medicine master said thoughtfully.

Xiao Yan smiled, then suddenly raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Nalan Yanran will probably also resort to this method."

"Hey, so what? In the entire Jia Ma Empire, Gu He's alchemy skills are the most exquisite, but in my eyes, he's nothing. Comparing alchemy skills with me? In this Dou Qi Continent, you can't even find five people who can do it!" Yao Lao said calmly, his words carrying an undisguised arrogance and disdain.

Xiao Jue added: "The Yao Clan Chief Yao Dan is the number one alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent. The Soul Clan's Hun Xuzi, the Yao Clan's Yao Wanhuo, and Shennong Elder are all ninth-grade Xuan Dan alchemists. There's also Yao Wangui, Yao Lao's enemy, and Elder Lin of the Pill Tower. As far as I know, there are six ninth-grade alchemists."

Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Yao Lao's lips twitched. Why did Xiao Jue keep undermining him? He was finally experiencing Xiao Yan's helplessness.

Seeing Xiao Yan smirking beside him, Yao Lao sneered, "Keep this on your back, and don't take it off even when you're sleeping."

A huge black object suddenly shot out from the ancient ring, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"The Earth-rank combat technique you're going to learn is also related to this thing."

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Two more days passed. Because Xiao Yan was carrying the Xuan Heavy Ruler, their speed slowed down, but they finally arrived at a small town closest to the Monster Mountain Range.

The town is called Green Mountain Town, but because it is close to the Monster Mountain Range, it is also known as Monster Town. The majority of people in the town are mercenaries who spend their days on the edge of a knife.

They walked in groups, arms around each other, talking animatedly in the streets, discussing without restraint which women in town were the most attractive, which wines were the strongest, and which monsters were the most ferocious.

Walking on the cobblestone streets, Xiao Yan, carrying a giant sword disproportionate to his size, and the incomparably handsome Xiao Jue, naturally attracted many strange glances.

There were many shops on both sides of the street, and because of its advantageous location, it was quite popular. Xiao Jue's eyes swept over the brightly lit shops with great interest.

When his gaze fell upon a rather spacious herbal medicine shop, he stopped in his tracks, pondered for a moment, and then stepped into the shop, which was called Wan Yao Zhai.

"Did you say that Little Fairy Doctor went into the Monster Mountain Range to gather herbs a few days ago?"

After asking the shop assistant, Xiao Jue nodded, pointed to the counter, and said, "Bring me this Coptis chinensis extract."

(End of this chapter)