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

"Found out? What are you talking about? I haven't done anything to betray the Star Dou Great Forest!" the Golden Tortoise shouted.

"Yes, yes, that's right."

Xiao Yan gave a perfunctory answer, his spiritual energy searching through the Awakening Flame Ring. After a while, he found a very suitable green metal sphere.

Does this color look familiar?

After taking out the sphere, Xiao Yan deliberately waved it in front of the golden tortoiseshell.

Upon seeing the metal sphere and hearing Xiao Yan's words, the golden tortoiseshell's face revealed an extremely human-like expression of terror: "I...I know I was wrong, I'll take it out right away..."

It never considered running away. After all, it had witnessed Zi Ji's fighting power and knew how rare it was for a soul beast in the entire Star Dou Great Forest to be able to directly call out the name "Di Tian". Therefore, its first instinct was to bend its limbs and "kneel" on the ground.

"It's a pity, it's a bit late."

Before the golden tortoise could resist, Xiao Yan's mental power had already turned its brain into mud. In just a few seconds, a blood-red soul ring rose from the golden tortoise's corpse.

"Is there anything else?"

Before creating a new magic core, Xiao Yan looked at Zi Ji, who was standing to the side, and asked.

"No."

Understanding Xiao Yan's intention to send her away, Zi Ji calmly replied with a single sentence and then left.

Xiao Yan shrugged casually and focused his attention on the corpse of the golden hawksbill turtle.

*

When Xiao Yan saw Di Tian again, it was a month later.

"...Are you trying to get me to refine more Soul-Nourishing Saliva by looking like this?"

The moment Xiao Yan saw Di Tian, ​​he frowned. Although Di Tian's condition was slightly different from that of the Silver Dragon King, he clearly looked like his soul had been severely injured.

Furthermore, unlike the Silver Dragon King, who could still cling to life for a long time, Di Tian's current situation...

Even if you told him he would die at any moment, Xiao Yan would believe it.

"...Thank you for your help."

After a brief silence, Di Tian waved his hand, and thousands of prismatic crystals appeared.

Feeling the spiritual power emanating from the countless rhombus-shaped crystals, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment—although the spiritual power emitted by most of these crystals was only around the fourth level, at least a dozen of them emitted spiritual power at the fifth level, and the spiritual power level emitted by the largest rhombus-shaped crystal was almost the same as that of Lin Dong beside him!

"Did you exterminate an entire race?" After accepting the rhombus-shaped crystals, Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask.

The artificial magic core provided by Xiao Yan was a sphere, which was different in shape from the rhombus-shaped crystals that Di Tian had taken out. More importantly, Xiao Yan could feel the tangible 'souls' within these rhombus-shaped crystals. Each rhombus-shaped crystal contained a soul, and the fluctuations of these souls were extremely similar.

“All those who meet the required level of mental strength are here,” Di Tian said, his face slightly pale, but he still stood there. “The rest, even if killed, would be of little use.”

“Indeed,” Xiao Yan nodded. “You should take this Soul Nourishing Saliva first. After taking one serving, at least you can be guaranteed not to die suddenly while I am refining the Soul Nourishing Saliva.”

Xiao Yan took out a jade bottle containing a liquid that shone with the luster of jade. It was the first Soul Nourishing Saliva, which was refined using the demon core that had been provided earlier.

After catching the jade bottle that Xiao Yan threw to him, Di Tian remained silent.

"The effects are all the same. The strength of the Demon Core's owner before death has no impact on the grade of the Soul Nourishing Saliva," Xiao Yan naturally understood what Di Tian was thinking. He casually explained as he took out the Black Demon Cauldron, "Even without the Soul Nourishing Saliva, that silver dragon could have lasted a long time, but if you don't take this Soul Nourishing Saliva..."

"If you're unlucky, your death could be just around the corner."

With Xiao Yan's "friendly reminder," Di Tian finally opened the jade bottle with a sense of relief and drank down the vibrant jade liquid inside.

With all the magic cores gathered, the next step is to refine the remaining portions of Soul Nourishing Saliva.

This refining process lasted for a full fifteen days. The refining of Soul Nourishing Saliva was not difficult, but it was the most time-consuming of all the fifth-grade pills. Even though Xiao Yan's refining speed had increased significantly with each refining attempt, the total number of Soul Nourishing Saliva that Xiao Yan needed to refine this time, including the one needed by the seriously injured Di Tian, ​​was seven portions.

Fifteen days of refining time was indeed a challenge for Xiao Yan, who lacked sufficient experience. However, fortunately, Xiao Yan successfully completed the challenge and even exceeded expectations!

'Teacher, does this mean I'm now a legitimate fifth-grade alchemist?'

After placing the last dose of Soul-Nourishing Saliva into a jade bottle and handing it to Zi Ji, who had been waiting for a long time, Xiao Yan thought to himself with a slightly smug voice, 'Didn't I embarrass you?'

"It's just a fifth-grade Soul Nourishing Saliva," even while reprimanding Xiao Yan, Yao Lao's pride was undisguised. "For someone whose soul power is infinitely close to the Spirit Realm, is a fifth-grade Soul Nourishing Saliva any difficulty at all?"

"Then why don't you just give me the recipes for sixth- and seventh-grade pills!" Xiao Yan said, feigning resentment. "You used to say my soul power was too weak, but now you say it's almost at the Spirit Realm, right? Even if I can't refine seventh-grade pills, refining sixth-grade pills shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's teasing remark, Yao Lao suddenly fell silent.

Just as Xiao Yan panicked and was about to ask if he had said something offensive, Yao Lao finally spoke—

"Do you really want to see sixth- or seventh-grade pill formulas?" The tone was extremely serious. Even when Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the Burning Technique a few years ago, Yao Lao's tone was not as serious as it was now.

'If it doesn't work, then so be it...' Xiao Yan subconsciously shrank back, chuckling awkwardly.

"There's no such thing as 'can' or 'can't'," Yao Lao interrupted Xiao Yan's joking words, "You only have two choices: to want to or not to want to!"

Xiao Yan remained silent.

After a long while, Xiao Yan took a deep breath and said, "Teacher, I want to see the sixth and seventh grade pills!"

He spoke with great conviction, but Xiao Yan was prepared to be rejected and reprimanded.

'no problem.'

However, to Xiao Yan's surprise, after hearing Xiao Yan's answer, Yao Lao simply responded calmly. Afterward, Xiao Yan could clearly feel that the Bone Flame Ring had opened up more areas for him.

A mental scan swept over.

Fighting Spirit Pill, Earth Spirit Pill, Soul Restoration Pill, Imperial Supreme Pill...

Transformation Pill, Yin-Yang Dragon Mystic Pill, Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill...

One scroll after another bore the names of various elixirs, some of which Xiao Yan had heard of, such as the Dou Ling Dan, Huang Ji Dan, Hua Xing Dan, and Yin Yang Xuan Long Dan, while others were completely unfamiliar to him, such as the Di Ling Dan and Fu Hun Dan…

Without a doubt, at this moment, all the recipes for sixth- and seventh-grade pills in Yao Lao's collection were made available to Xiao Yan.

After a quick glance, Xiao Yan cautiously asked, "Teacher, just now... were you thinking about something unpleasant?"

"I suppose so..." the old apothecary smiled helplessly, "But don't worry, it's all in the past. It's just that I haven't been able to break free from the past."

'I see…' Xiao Yan nodded, seemingly understanding.

Is this about my senior brother?

*

Three years later

"Is Uncle Xiao Yan refining pills again?"

The three-eyed golden lion, which was running wild on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, suddenly raised its head and looked up at the sky—

The once cloudless sky suddenly darkened, with heavy dark clouds rapidly gathering in the sky. Within the clouds, silver lightning bolts could be seen moving like serpents.

“However, this time the commotion seems to be much bigger than before,” the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted its head and looked at the Crimson King beside it. “Did Uncle Xiao Yan tell you what kind of pill he’s going to refine recently?”

"I don't know," the Crimson King shook his head, a hint of fear in his eyes as he looked at the dark clouds in the sky. "I've only occasionally heard Lord Xiao Yan mention something about spirituality."

"Useless fellow!" The three-eyed golden lion flapped its nostrils slightly. "Forget it, I'll just go ask Uncle Xiao Yan."

After saying that, the three-eyed golden lion took off running towards the center of the dark clouds.

Even though he had an unimaginable fear of the lightning tribulation, since the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already set off, the Crimson King had no choice but to follow with a bitter face.

*

'I thought it would only be a sixth-rank at most...'

Looking at the dark clouds gathering in the sky, Xiao Yan swallowed hard. 'He actually barely reached the seventh rank...'

There were three sky-blue pills in front of Xiao Yan. If lightning were to fall from the sky, its target would undoubtedly be the three pills in front of Xiao Yan.

Over the course of three years, Xiao Yan searched the entire continent. Although he did not find treasures such as Gastrodia Jade Essence, Pill Spirit Elixir, or Earth Core Soul Marrow, he did find a sufficient number of medicinal herbs that contained spiritual energy.

After a period of careful consideration, Xiao Yan began a new round of creating special edition pills for the Douluo Continent.

After countless failures, just before leaving Douluo Continent, he finally succeeded in refining this batch of pills that might help his soul power advance to the Spirit Realm.

"If the Pill Lightning really falls, you'll be considered to have graduated from your apprenticeship." Yao Lao's cheerful voice echoed in Xiao Yan's mind.

'Let's forget about it. If it really lands, the entire Star Dou Great Forest might be doomed.' Xiao Yan smiled bitterly, took out three jade bottles from his Awakening Flame Ring, and put three sky-blue pills into them. During this process, the lightning that was about to fall gradually disappeared, and the heavy dark clouds also gradually dispersed.

"What just happened?" Seeing Xiao Yan put away the pills, Lin Dong, who had been guarding the side, finally couldn't help but ask.

“The grade of the pill is a bit too high,” Xiao Yan shrugged and handed a jade bottle to Lin Dong. “Here, take this one as payment for keeping it a secret.”

"What effect?" Lin Dong asked without ceremony, grabbing the jade bottle in front of him.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should help my mental strength break through, right?" After all, it's a brand new pill, and even Xiao Yan, who refined it, can only barely guess its effects.

"..."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Lin Dong was speechless for a moment.

Three years have passed, and Xiao Yan's spiritual power has remained at the level of a Nine-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master. If Lin Dong hadn't been able to sense that Xiao Yan's spiritual power was getting stronger and stronger, he would have almost thought that Xiao Yan's talent in spiritual power was limited to this.

"You waited three years just to refine this pill?" In the end, Lin Dong could only utter this dry sentence.

"Of course not, it's just that I feel that if I break through here..." Xiao Yan's expression was slightly strange, "I might... only be able to stop here for the rest of my life."

"Uncle Xiao Yan!"

Before Lin Dong could ask any further questions, a clear voice rang out.

"What kind of pills did you refine this time?"

The next moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion ran to Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's side.

"Anyway, it's not your snack!" Xiao Yan reached out and angrily rubbed the three-eyed golden lion's head. "You just wait for me to refine pills so you can come over and freeload, right? You're really dreaming!"

After giving it a good scrubbing, Xiao Yan began to stroke the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's fur, occasionally grabbing its chin.

"You should take this pill only after your mental strength has completely surpassed Lao Wan's, understand?"

After smoothing things over, Xiao Yan still said the sentence that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion most wanted to hear.

"Mmm, mmm!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded frantically. Because of Di Tian's restrictions, she hadn't received any pills that could improve her cultivation from Xiao Yan for a long time!

"Hmm, good girl, good girl..." Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction, then handed the pill belonging to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Silver Dragon King standing behind her.

At that moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes died instantly.

"I'm leaving tomorrow. I need to go to the Spirit Hall to keep the Angel God's followers at bay," Xiao Yan said, looking at the Silver Dragon King. "I'll probably be staying there for more than ten years."

The Silver Dragon King nodded calmly.

"Ah, I also have some things to do and need to go out!" Lin Dong raised his hand as well. "My tribulation is almost here, and if I'm unlucky, I might die under it..."