Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"I'll keep an eye on it." Xiao Yan nodded slightly in agreement.

Di Tian was somewhat surprised by Xiao Yan's understanding demeanor at this moment. When he said that the auspicious beast should not take the transformation pill, considering Xiao Yan's previous arrogant appearance, Di Tian was prepared to offer better conditions to get Xiao Yan to agree.

"Do you think I would refuse?" Di Tian's reaction naturally did not escape Xiao Yan's notice. After raising his eyebrows slightly, Xiao Yan looked at Di Tian.

“That’s right,” Di Tian made no attempt to hide his thoughts, “I was even prepared to back down.”

"So, I gave in too quickly? If I had agreed later, I might have gotten more benefits?" Xiao Yan feigned a miscalculation, then waved his hand. "If it weren't for the fact that the pills needed demonic cores, I wouldn't have bothered with you in such a tense situation from the start."

"A demon core?" Di Tian frowned slightly. "I remember that's a kind of soul tool that absorbs the soul rings of dead soul beasts?"

Lin Dong had previously explained how to obtain the magic core. Although it required the soul rings of soul beasts, Di Tian did not think he would hesitate to use a few soul beasts to completely cure his master.

"The key is the level of the magic core," Xiao Yan explained. "In the past, I thought that as long as it was a 100,000-year-old magic core with spiritual attributes, it would be enough, but..."

“When I saw the Crimson King, I realized I might have been wrong. A 100,000-year-old spiritual attribute soul beast is still a hair’s breadth away from the level of the magic core required for the Soul Nourishing Saliva,” Xiao Yan turned to Di Tian, ​​“Do you understand what I’m saying?”

"..." Di Tian remained silent.

Xiao Yan made it very clear: upon seeing the Crimson King, he realized he was wrong; the magic core level of a 100,000-year-old spirit beast was insufficient. These two sentences practically told Di Tian a stark reality—

It would take at least 200,000 years of soul beast soul rings to create the magic core needed to refine the Soul Nourishing Saliva.

Xiao Yan was not surprised by Di Tian's silence. Rather, it was because he had shown enough strength earlier that Di Tian simply remained silent after hearing his words. After all, the other soul beasts that appeared later all met the age requirement, but the only one with the spiritual attribute was the old tree with the distinctive hair and middle-aged appearance.

“Even putting aside the matter of the three medicinal herbs,” Xiao Yan looked at Di Tian, ​​“I’m not sure if one dose of Soul Nourishing Saliva is enough for your master to fully recover. So, even if I don’t accept the three materials, you must be prepared to give up a second, or even a third, spirit-attribute soul beast of the level of the Crimson King.”

“…Hmm.” Di Tian’s voice was deep.

Xiao Yan didn't care what Di Tian was thinking. He was just a simple alchemist. If Di Tian could prepare all the materials, he would refine pills normally. If he couldn't prepare them, he wouldn't refine pills.

With the strongest silver dragon soul severely injured, there was nothing in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest that could threaten his life!

As the bubbles continued to submerge, Xiao Yan's gaze gradually shifted to the surrounding lake water. Perhaps it was a custom of this continent, but this was the fourth time Xiao Yan had dived into various kinds of "pools".

Of all the diving experiences, this one was the best. After all, it was Di Tian controlling the bubbles, and all Xiao Yan needed to do was enjoy it. Although it was pitch black all around, just like in the Yin-Yang Pool, the biggest difference was—

'The life force below is growing stronger…' Xiao Yan murmured to himself, 'Teacher, what kind of treasures do you think lie down there?'

From the moment he entered the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Yan's attention was focused on the seemingly ordinary lake. The powerful life force emanating from the lake was constantly proving its existence to Xiao Yan!

"If all the life force were gathered together, I might mistake it for Bodhi seeds," Yao Lao said with a hint of regret, "but if it's completely scattered across the lake..."

"Even so, the lake water is still quite effective; at least in terms of quality, it's not much lower than the spring water you collected from that old poisoner's herb garden."

'I see…' Xiao Yan nodded silently, his eyes already sparkling as he looked at the surrounding lake.

Regardless of whether I can ultimately profit from this, I need to borrow some of this lake water back!

Just as Xiao Yan was pondering what excuse he should use to collect "a little" of lake water if the silver dragon refused to let him refine pills, the bubble carrying the two of them reached the "spring" of the lake.

Although it was somewhat strange, the lake water that kept gushing out from the "spring" clearly told Xiao Yan that the Lake of Life he was in was born entirely from this spring.

At the spring, the bubbles controlled by Di Tian paused briefly before disappearing into the spring.

In the last instant before his sight disappeared, Xiao Yan noticed a patch of silt around the spring that appeared to have been recently renovated.

'Someone… no, it should be a water-attribute soul beast that secretly came here,' Xiao Yan murmured to himself, his eyes narrowing. 'I wonder if that soul beast that secretly came here knows the source of this life force…'

Although the Emerald Swan is also a water-attribute soul beast and has a high status among these beast kings, is it really necessary for an Emerald Swan with such a status to dive into such silt?

Sensing a brief spatial fluctuation beneath the lake, Lin Dong's eyebrows twitched slightly.

'The timing is different... Sure enough, I was a bit arrogant the first time I came.' I thought to myself, shrugging helplessly.

*

A flash of silver light, and Xiao Yan was already standing on the ground.

Before your eyes lies a blue lake shrouded in a thin mist, with a giant dragon lying quietly in its waters. The shadows on the surface of the water stretch to the horizon, with only a huge dragon head visible.

Two huge purple eyes stared silently at Xiao Yan.

"You're the silver dragon Lin Dong mentioned?" Xiao Yan stroked his chin, looking the enormous dragon head up and down. "Do you have a name? Or should I just call you Silver Dragon?"

Di Tian's face twitched. He felt that he shouldn't have believed Xiao Yan's explanation that because of the existence of the Demon Core, he had to reveal his strength from the beginning, which was why he acted a bit arrogantly.

The Silver Dragon King's eyes showed no emotion; he simply asked calmly, "The one that the Heavenly Demon Sable said could heal my injuries, is it you?"

'The Heavenly Demon Sable? Is that Lin Dong's disguised identity?' Xiao Yan's eyes flickered for a moment. 'Teacher, have you ever heard of this kind of magical beast?'

No, that race isn't one of the most famous races in Warcraft.

The old doctor's answer was very straightforward, and he had a considerable degree of confidence in this regard.

"If what Lin Dong said about the person whose soul was severely injured is you," Xiao Yan casually waved his hand.

No answer was needed. The moment Xiao Yan saw the Silver Dragon King, he could sense the weakness emanating from the majestic silver dragon.

However, it seems that due to the influence of the talismans distributed on her body, the weakness in the Silver Dragon King's body has remained in a relatively stable state. Even without the Soul Nourishing Saliva, the Silver Dragon King's injuries should be able to recover, but it may take "slightly" longer.

"...You're very arrogant." After a brief silence, the Silver Dragon King said quietly.

"Because I'm the only one who can cure you in the shortest amount of time," Xiao Yan smiled nonchalantly. "Have the medicinal herbs we mentioned before been prepared?"

The Silver Dragon King's eyes flashed with purple light, and the space in front of him was instantly torn open. Hundreds of medicinal herbs fell out from the black cracks, and the last thing to appear was a "magic core" that exuded a slight chill.

"Is there only one magic core?" Xiao Yan picked up the magic core from the top of the pile of herbs, tossed it around, and looked at the Silver Dragon King. "One magic core can only make one dose of Soul Nourishing Saliva, and your injuries..."

Xiao Yan released his spiritual power, carefully sensing the Silver Dragon King's soul.

"...Three portions, at least three portions are needed."

After a while, under the gaze of Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King, Xiao Yan frowned. "With the effects of three portions of Soul Nourishing Saliva, the injuries to your soul should be almost healed. However, if you wish to recover to your best condition in the shortest time... I suggest you find another portion of the ingredients needed for Soul Nourishing Saliva."

When he finished speaking, Xiao Yan's gaze fell on Di Tian.

To be honest, even the old master of medicine had never seen such a severe injury to the soul.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Silver Dragon King in front of us should have been separated from the soul of a stronger dragon. The soul power of the dragon that separated the Silver Dragon King was at most no more than the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm. Under such soul power, the result of splitting one's own soul would be that both souls would be almost shattered. The fact that it has survived until now already shows that the Silver Dragon King's life force is vigorous.

In particular, with her soul on the verge of collapse, the Silver Dragon King was being eroded by an extremely corrosive energy. Although it was far less bizarre than the energy of the Ghost General that Xiao Yan had seen before, this energy within the Silver Dragon King seemed to completely counter her. This meant that she could only separate that energy bit by bit and then gradually destroy it...

'Four portions of Soul Nourishing Saliva... Does that mean we still need the sacrifice of three soul beasts with spiritual power similar to the Demon King?' Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Di Tian sighed inwardly.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by sacrificing a Demon King. There are soul beasts with similar mental strength to the Demon King... On the entire Douluo Continent, apart from the Ice Silkworm that has already become a demon core, Di Tian has never seen a second one!

"By the way, here's a piece of news," Xiao Yan casually toyed with the cool magic core in his hand, "there are pills that can completely remove that strange energy in your body. I have the ingredients. All you need to prepare is a water-attribute soul beast, around 100,000 years old is enough."

The Silver Dragon King was lucky; Xiao Yan happened to have several pills that could process various abnormal energies. The reason he said it required a water-attribute soul beast that was about 100,000 years old was, of course, to see if Di Tian knew who the soul beast that had once been hiding at the bottom of the Lake of Life was.

'One hundred thousand years, water attribute...'

Almost instantly, Di Tian thought of a certain 'thief', but his gaze still fell on the Silver Dragon King. No matter what he thought, in the end, only the Silver Dragon King could make the decision.

"...Four portions of Soul-Nourishing Saliva and two portions of Healing Pills," the Silver Dragon King said after a brief silence.

“You will provide the magic cores for the Soul Nourishing Saliva and Healing Pills,” Xiao Yan said, picking up the magic cores in his hand and the medicinal herbs on the ground. “As for other rewards… we’ll talk about them later.”

"Okay." The Silver Dragon King nodded.

'Even if things were stolen, you don't care at all?' Xiao Yan's lips curled into a smile. 'Well, now they're all mine. Poor little thief~'

The Silver Dragon King's words were practically a blatant message to Xiao Yan: I know who you're looking for, and I know what it stole, but as long as you hand over the pills, both the soul beast and what it stole are yours!

"Then, it's a pleasure to cooperate!"

End of Chapter 132

boom!

As Xiao Yan was carefully processing the ingredients for the Soul Nourishing Saliva, a loud noise rang out beside him.

Before he could protect the medicinal herbs in the cauldron, the mud and sand kicked up by the heavy object hit Xiao Yan and the cauldron.

"Excuse me... do you know what I'm doing right now?"

Looking at the completely ruined medicinal herbs in the cauldron, Xiao Yan forced a somewhat ferocious smile and turned to look at the culprit: the dragon girl who had just landed, covered in purplish-black scales, with a slender figure, purple hair, and purple eyes.

"...refining medicine."

Seeing Xiao Yan's somewhat ferocious expression, Zi Ji felt slightly uneasy, but after recalling the vulgar words of the golden tortoise, her expression returned to the coldness she had when she first met Xiao Yan, and then she uttered two words.

"Do you know that because of your extravagant spending, some of the medicinal herbs you collected were wasted?" Xiao Yan gritted his teeth.

The Soul Nourishing Saliva is exactly grade five, the same grade as the highest-grade pill Xiao Yan has ever refined, and the refining method recorded in the recipe is not complicated.

However, the medicinal herbs collected by the Beast Kings appeared to have similar medicinal properties, and the specific extraction methods would definitely be different. Thinking that it would be safe in the core area, Xiao Yan deliberately withdrew the mental energy he usually used for vigilance in order to avoid mistakes, and focused on refining these similar but different medicinal herbs.

As a result, the first attempt failed because the person did not pay much attention to the surrounding environment.

"Exactly, your careless movements almost made me think you were trying to kill me."

Before Zi Ji could explain, a lewd voice rang out from the dust.

Xiao Yan frowned, then casually waved his hand, clearing away all the dust to reveal the full picture of what Zi Ji had thrown down—

This was a turtle with a body entirely of brilliant gold. Its shell was about two meters in diameter, and the golden shell looked extremely thick. If it weren't for the fact that the lewd voice just now came from its mouth, Xiao Yan would almost have thought that this was the emperor among turtle-type soul beasts.

"Hey, bro, thanks a lot," the golden tortoise said, noticing Xiao Yan's gaze. "If it weren't for you, bro, I might have stayed in the dust for a long time."

"No need to be polite," Xiao Yan said, looking Zi Ji up and down. "Did Di Tian ask you to bring her over?"

It possesses both water and earth attributes and has been around 100,000 years old, which perfectly matches its ability to hide at the bottom of a lake and conceal its presence effectively.

After leaving the place where the Silver Dragon King was recuperating, Di Tian said that he would bring the thief back soon and then left. According to the Demon Eye Tree, he was preparing to go overseas to find a soul beast with a matching spiritual strength. In the past half day, only Zi Ji had left.

Emperor Tian?

Upon hearing the name, the golden tortoise shrank its head, seemingly harboring a strong fear of it.

"Yes." Murasaki nodded.

"What about its race?" Xiao Yan asked, while his mental energy enveloped the golden tortoise, freely probing every inch of its flesh and blood.

"The Golden Hawksbill Turtle, the king of turtle-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, has auspicious properties for turtle-type soul beasts," Zi Ji explained dryly. "This one is the oldest Golden Hawksbill Turtle, approximately 130,000 years old..."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't think you can talk nonsense just because you're a true dragon!" The golden hawksbill turtle hurriedly interrupted Zi Ji's speech, "I only have less than 30,000 years of cultivation! The reason I can speak is because our golden hawksbill turtle clan is exceptionally gifted. We can understand human language in less than 10,000 years, and speak after more than 10,000 years!"

"That's what he said."

As Xiao Yan spoke casually, his mental energy had already locked onto the stolen treasure within the golden tortoiseshell's body—

A small piece of green metal, gradually releasing its life force, had obvious signs of breakage at its edge. If nothing unexpected happened... it must have been bitten off by the golden hawksbill turtle from around the spring.

“If the lifespan is less than 100,000 years, he would have already died when Di Tian discovered him,” Zi Ji said calmly, glancing at the panicked Golden Tortoise.