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

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mouth twitched. Being utterly defeated by Xiao Yan was truly the greatest humiliation he had suffered in recent years!

Chapter 136 Myriad Beast Spirit Fire

"What's there to be embarrassed about?"

Xiao Yan took out a fiery red pill from his Flame Awakening Ring, stuffed it into the little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mouth, and then pushed it aside. "I beat you up with my own skills, what do you have to say?"

Looking at Xiao Yan tending to his wounds, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King gave a very human-like smirk.

"Speaking of which, you seem to have collected a lot of magical beast blood in the past six months, right?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly thought of something. "What's the point of collecting that kind of stuff? Shouldn't you humans need magical cores? At the very least, you should be collecting special organs from magical beasts, right?"

"And you keep getting yourself into such a sorry state," the Amethyst Winged Lion King looked at Xiao Yan with some curiosity. "Including this time with the Ye Emperor Serpent, this is the tenth time you've been seriously injured, then chased by a group of magical beasts, and finally fled to my place for refuge, right?"

After all, it was Xiao Yan's only safe zone in the Monster Mountain Range, so the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was aware of Xiao Yan's actions over the past year, but he still didn't understand Xiao Yan's purpose in doing so.

"It's not meant to be drunk, is it?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King grinned.

"If that's how you think... then it's not entirely wrong."

After swallowing several pills and confirming that his wounds had begun to heal, Xiao Yan changed his clothes and answered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's question, "I'm thinking of collecting the essence blood of all kinds of magical beasts on the entire continent, and then using this essence blood as a medicinal ingredient to refine a pill..."

About half a year ago, when Xiao Yan's Dou Qi transformation was nearing completion and he could return to the strength of a Great Dou Master at any time, he took the book Dan had given him, turned to the chapter on the Divine Soul Realm, and asked Yao Lao a question—

"Teacher, do you know what this 'spirit of ten thousand beasts' is?"

"The essence of ten thousand beasts? Does that refer to the demon core?" Naturally, Yao Lao was unaware of this unfamiliar term.

“No…” Xiao Yan shook his head, “It says that the essence of ten thousand beasts contains the soul of a magical beast, as well as its innate abilities. After refining this essence, one can master these innate abilities…”

"Which magical beast's talent have you taken a fancy to?" After hearing Xiao Yan's words, even though Yao Lao still didn't understand what the Myriad Beast Essence was, he understood what Xiao Yan was thinking and asked in an annoyed tone.

"Hehe..." Xiao Yan chuckled dryly, his thoughts exposed, "The Ancient Dragon of the Void..."

"It's still daytime, it's best to dream at night!" Yao Lao interrupted Xiao Yan decisively.

"It was just a joke," Xiao Yan shrank his neck, "cough cough, actually it's the Thunder Source Crystal Beast."

"Thunder Source Crystal Beast..." Elder Yao paused, "I remember, the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's talent is to devour and store lightning, right? You want to refine a seventh-grade pill?"

The moment Yao Lao recalled the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's talent, he understood what Xiao Yan wanted to do. After all, sixth-grade pills were no longer a problem for Xiao Yan, as he had already refined most of them. However, he still only had the 'near-seventh-grade' Spirit Summoning Pill that he refined on Douluo Continent.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yan chuckled dryly. "Although I probably still won't be able to withstand the pill lightning when I reach the Great Dou Master level, perhaps I'll be able to refine some seventh-grade pills when I reach the Dou Ling level?"

"...We can give it a try." Looking at Xiao Yan's expectant eyes, Yao Lao thought for a moment and then nodded.

Therefore, Xiao Yan, relying on his status as a disciple of a fourth-grade alchemist, obtained information about a sixth-order Thunder Source Crystal Beast from the Temir family. He spent more than half a month finding and hunting down the Thunder Source Crystal Beast.

Unfortunately, although a demonic core was found in the body of the Thunder Source Crystal Beast, it was completely different from the Myriad Beast Essence described in the book provided by Dan. The Thunder Source in the body of the Thunder Source Crystal Beast had some similarities to the Myriad Beast Essence, but that was all. There was no possibility of refining it.

"My luck wasn't very good."

Having not held out much hope, Yao Lao simply shrugged after learning that neither the Demon Core nor the Thunder Source could be refined. Then he noticed Xiao Yan looking at the Thunder Source in his hand, seemingly lost in thought.

"Teacher," Xiao Yan suddenly asked after watching for a while, "The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire... is it a flame born from the hopes of magical beasts, formed by the condensation of the souls and bloodlines of myriad beasts?"

"What do you want to do?"

Having spent a lot of time with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao had also become accustomed to Xiao Yan's occasional divergent thinking. Generally, in such situations, what he needed to do was correct or affirm Xiao Yan's ideas, rather than trying to guess what Xiao Yan was thinking.

"Is it possible that after collecting enough magical beast cores, blood, and things similar to this lightning source, we could create an artificial flame similar to the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire?" Xiao Yan blinked and looked at Yao Lao. "Just like the Blood Demon Flame that you collected from the ancient books."

Blood Demon Flame is a special artificial flame mentioned in the ancient books collected by the old doctor. The method of making it is relatively simple. It involves collecting the blood of nearly a thousand fire-attribute magical beasts, mixing the blood together, and finally condensing the fire-attribute energy into the shape of a flame.

The Blood Demon Flame is quite powerful. Although the method of making it is simple, without sufficient financial support, the step of collecting the blood of nearly a thousand kinds of fire-attribute magical beasts is troublesome enough. Moreover, in the process of collecting the blood of magical beasts, one may encounter even more suitable beast flames.

"The Blood Demon Flame only requires the blood of fire-attribute magical beasts," the old apothecary reminded him.

"I know, so what I'm thinking about is whether I can create an artificial flame that's similar to the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, based on the method used to make the Blood Demon Flame!" Xiao Yan's eyes practically lit up when he said this.

Although it would be a bit disrespectful to say this to Yao Lao, Xiao Yan had to admit one thing: compared to alchemy, he seemed to care more about all kinds of flames.

Naturally occurring strange fires, beast fires nurtured within magical beasts, and even artificially created flames—all these dazzling and colorful flames fascinated Xiao Yan. It was precisely because of this that Xiao Yan collected about 70% of the blood, magic cores, and special organs of various magical beasts from the Magical Beast Mountain Range over the past six months.

"Using the blood of magical beasts to refine pills?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King's face showed an extremely obvious expression of disgust. "Isn't that disgusting?"

"Really?" Xiao Yan shrugged. "By the way, Lion King, could I have some of your blood?"

"You really have no manners, huh?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King rolled its eyes, stood up, and presented one of its front legs to Xiao Yan. "Draw as much blood as you want, but don't hurt my son."

"How could I do such a thing?"

Xiao Yan didn't stand on ceremony. He took out two jade bottles from his Awakening Flame Ring and casually slashed open the leg that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had presented to him.

"Speaking of which, Lion King, how long have you been in the Monster Mountain Range? A hundred years?" Xiao Yan chatted casually with the Amethyst Winged Lion King while draining its blood, and also moved the drunken little Amethyst Winged Lion King aside.

"It's been about a hundred years," the Amethyst Winged Lion King tilted his head and replied, "What? Want to know where in the Monster Mountain Range there are caves left by powerful humans?"

"Do you know?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

“There’s definitely none deep in the Monster Mountain Range,” the Amethyst Winged Lion King thought for a moment. “However, the outer area is a different story. I remember that a few decades ago, a human Battle Emperor was always wandering around the outer area, and other Battle Emperors would come looking for him from time to time. Maybe there’s a cave of that human Battle Emperor in the outer area.”

"A Dou Huang?" Xiao Yan nodded. "Is there anything special about the Monster Beast Mountain Range? Like the Beast Tomb or something?"

"Beast Tomb? How could there be such a place in the Monster Mountain Range?" the Amethyst Winged Lion King chuckled. "Every high-level magical beast has its own territory. Unless your human army invades with dozens of Dou Huangs, we high-level magical beasts will never have anything to do with each other!"

"It's already good enough that you didn't send your underlings to cause trouble in other people's territories, Beast Tomb..." The Amethyst Winged Lion King sneered at the end.

"So, there's no Myriad Beast Spirit Fire here in the Monster Mountain Range?"

"Isn't that obvious?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King rolled its eyes. "If I had the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, I would have evolved long ago. How could I still be in this form?"

"Wait a minute, you haven't been searching for the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in the Monster Mountain Range for the past six months, have you?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King looked at Xiao Yan in front of him suspiciously, belatedly realizing what was going on.

With a dry laugh, Xiao Yan lowered the forelimbs of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"Pfft, you're actually looking for the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King couldn't help but laugh. "Didn't you ask me before you started looking for the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire? Do you think I'd lie to you?"

"Would you really tell the truth?" Xiao Yan retorted. "The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire is a flame born from the hopes of magical beasts. If the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire truly exists, then it must be extremely important to your Magical Beast Mountain Range, right?"

“If that’s what you’re saying, then you’re not wrong,” the Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded, then cast a look of disbelief at Xiao Yan. “But at that time, both I and my son were in your hands. How could I possibly give up my life and my son’s life for the sake of the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire?”

"That's hard to say..." Xiao Yan muttered, putting the jade bottle filled with the blood of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King into his Awakening Flame Ring.

"Speaking of which, Little Lion King should be close to level four by now, right?"

"What? You can refine the Transformation Pill now?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King retorted to Xiao Yan.

"As long as you can help me solve the problem of Dan Lei, I can refine the Transformation Pill anytime!"

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth. He had the strength of a seventh-grade alchemist, but because he couldn't withstand the pill lightning, the highest-grade pills he could refine were only sixth-grade, which was a sore point for him.

"Come on, a sixth-grade alchemist!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King sneered, believing he couldn't withstand the pill lightning.

"Tsk, you bastard..." Xiao Yan was so angry he gritted his teeth.

"Alright, alright, my son is indeed almost at the fourth level. Is there something wrong?" Seeing Xiao Yan gritting his teeth fiercely, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King wisely changed the subject.

"Tsk... I have a fire-attribute pill that's perfect for the Little Lion King," Xiao Yan said, clearly annoyed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's attempt to change the subject, but still honestly stating what he was going to say, "After taking it, it should significantly accelerate the Little Lion King's advancement..."

This pill can be considered an upgraded version of the pill that was once refined for Ma Hongjun. All the main ingredients come from Dugu Bo's herb garden, but they are all grown from seeds through the effect of the Flame of Life.

That's right, they were all created by the Flame of Life!

Although Xiao Yan did not refine the Living Flame that had merged with his Fire Refining Talisman, he did make a deal with the Living Flame, which possessed a considerable level of intelligence—

Xiao Yan allowed the Flame of Life to live in the Fire Refining Talisman, but the Flame of Life must help accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs when Xiao Yan needs it!

Xiao Yan was very satisfied with this deal. After all, for Xiao Yan, providing the Fire Refining Talisman for the Flame of Life to reside in was not a problem at all. In fact, his soul power could even grow imperceptibly under the influence of the Flame of Life.

As for the Flame of Life...

It was very satisfied, but since the Flame of Life couldn't speak yet, Xiao Yan didn't know why it was so happy.

"Tsk..."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan say those words, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King clicked its tongue in displeasure.

"What do you want?" the Amethyst Winged Lion King asked through gritted teeth.

“Zi Ling…”

"You're dreaming! I don't even have many of these myself!"

Xiao Yan was interrupted by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King before he could finish speaking, and the words spoken by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King even had a hint of exasperation in them.

Xiao Yan had anticipated the reaction of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. After all, the Amethyst Winged Lion only sheds a small piece of Amethyst Spirit Crystal every twenty years. The current Amethyst Winged Lion King's stock was probably less than ten pieces. And these less than ten pieces of Amethyst Spirit Crystal were basically equivalent to ten lives for the Amethyst Winged Lion King!

"One piece, one piece is enough!"

Not even one piece!

"Besides the pill for the little lion king, add a Transformation Pill!" With gritted teeth, Xiao Yan raised his stakes, "A Transformation Pill that doesn't require you to provide the ingredients!"

"You're only a sixth-rank!" The Lion King completely ignored Xiao Yan's empty promises.

"Once I reach the Dou Wang level, I'll be able to refine seventh-grade pills!" Xiao Yan argued. "Once I successfully refine a seventh-grade pill, I'll send you a Transformation Pill!"

"...Are you sure?" The Lion King suddenly stopped insisting.

"Confirmed!" Xiao Yan nodded solemnly.

"You said it yourself, I didn't force you!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King's face immediately lit up with a smile. "Come, come, a piece of amethyst crystal, right? I'll get it for you right away!"

"...You've gone astray!"

Although he expected the Amethyst Winged Lion King to agree, its smug look completely baffled Xiao Yan, and it took him a while to manage to utter a few words.

"Why don't you guess who I learned from?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King completely disregarded Xiao Yan's evaluation.

"Here you go, the amethyst crystal you wanted."

As he spoke, the Amethyst Winged Lion King presented Xiao Yan with a fist-sized, irregularly shaped, sharp purple spirit stone.

Looking at the shimmering, beautiful purple spirit crystal, Xiao Yan was momentarily unsure whether he should smile or not.

Chapter 137 Purple Spirit Pill

"The Purple Spirit Crystal probably won't have much effect on you, will it?"

After Xiao Yan put away the Purple Spirit Crystal with a bitter face, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King asked with some confusion.

"The pills made from purple spirit crystals are only effective for humans who haven't reached the Dou Shi level, right?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was aware of the effects of pills made from the Amethyst Crystal, which was unique to his clan.