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

If it were the old Amethyst Winged Lion King, he might not have been able to deal with Yun Yun's wind attribute, and in the end, he might have had to use his trump card.

But for the current Amethyst Winged Lion King... when he can take down Yun Yun, who is struggling to escape but is repeatedly forced back by his flames, depends entirely on whether he is willing to take it seriously.

Just as the Amethyst Winged Lion King was getting a little tired of the cat-and-mouse game and was preparing to deliver the final blow to Yun Yun—

"Spare her life, just place a seal on her," Xiao Yan's voice reached the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's ears precisely on time, "I have something to do with her."

"My snacks!" the Amethyst Winged Lion King grinned, "You find the ingredients!"

Although it was just lip reading, the Amethyst Winged Lion King believed that Xiao Yan, who had been lurking nearby, could understand what he was saying.

'make a deal!'

Sure enough, Xiao Yan's voice rang out again soon.

"After applying the seal, do you need me to slap her in your direction?" After receiving Xiao Yan's affirmative answer, the Amethyst Winged Lion King continued to ask cheerfully.

'Can!'

After the conspiracy ended, the purple light on the Amethyst Winged Lion King gradually intensified, and the surrounding fifth-order magical beasts all retreated rapidly upon seeing this.

Although Yun Yun had noticed the changes in the Amethyst Winged Lion King, she was already exhausted from dodging its purple flames and had no time to pay attention to its new changes.

Completely unaware that Xiao Yan had bought her from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with 'snacks', Yun Yun was caught off guard and struck by a deep purple beam of light.

The moment the purple beam of light struck Yun Yun, the massive body of the Amethyst Winged Lion King flashed in front of her, its huge claws unleashing sharp purple spikes that viciously slashed towards Yun Yun's chest.

"The ultimate wind, annihilation!"

Just as the giant hand was about to tear Yun Yun's body apart, the longsword in her hand trembled violently, and a thin, deep beam of light, almost the size of a thumb, shot out.

The light gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a new hairstyle, while at the same time, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's claws struck Yun Yun's chest.

With a somewhat ear-piercing metallic creak, Yun Yun, who had suffered a heavy blow, spat out a mouthful of blood. Her cheeks were slightly pale. She wanted to run away, but suddenly found that she could hardly mobilize her battle qi!

Immediately, Yun Yun made a firm decision and stopped relying on her uncontrollable battle qi to resist the force of the giant palm strike from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. She was carried away by the powerful force and flew into the distance.

'I didn't expect her to be wearing inner armor; I was careless.'

As Xiao Yan silently moved towards the direction Yun Yun had flown backward, his soul power sensed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's soft muttering—

'However, the shirt at the chest must have been ripped open. That's all I can do to help! What a pity about my hair…'

'Who told you to make this thing? You deserve it!'

Completely surprised that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had such a ulterior motive, Xiao Yan's face twitched. 'Go ahead and be bald for life!'

As a harsh word reached the ears of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, a cool liquid was poured onto its head.

"It must be...a joke, right?"

Realizing something was amiss, the Amethyst Winged Lion King gave a dry laugh.

*

Xiao Yan quickly found Yun Yun near his residence from the previous night.

When Yun Yun was found, her eyes were closed and her face was pale. Even though the Amethyst Winged Lion King deliberately held back at the last moment, the huge difference in strength still caused her serious injuries.

'A low-level Dou Huang... I don't know where you get the courage.'

When Xiao Yan lifted Yun Yun from the river under the waterfall, he looked at her with disgust. Even if he didn't recognize the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and even if the Amethyst Winged Lion King still had the same strength, all Yun Yun could do was stall for time. When the Amethyst Winged Lion King was ready to strike, her fate would be to become food for the magical beasts.

After entering the cave and placing Yun Yun on the stone platform, Xiao Yan frowned, looking at the five terrifying claw marks on Yun Yun's chest with a strange expression. After thinking about why the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had attacked this place, Xiao Yan's gaze became even more peculiar.

"Forget it, let's just pretend it was stolen by a low-level magical beast..."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yan took out several jade bottles from his Awakening Flame Ring. These jade bottles contained some first-grade and second-grade healing medicines, which he originally intended to let Xiao Mei and the others 'accidentally' discover when they were injured.

"If you're awake, open your eyes." As soon as he took out the pill, Xiao Yan noticed Yun Yun's eyebrows trembling slightly.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yun Yun, who was lying on the stone platform, had no choice but to open her eyes somewhat awkwardly.

"Can I take the pills myself?" Xiao Yan asked calmly, shaking the jade bottle in his hand.

"...I need your help..."

After struggling slightly, Yun Yun realized that her body was completely numb and her fighting spirit had been completely sealed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. So, she could only turn her head to look at Xiao Yan, who was holding the jade bottle, and say softly.

"First-grade Healing Pill, First-grade Blood Coagulation Pill, Second-grade Bone Regeneration Pill, Second-grade Body Restoration Pill," Xiao Yan said after taking out the pills from the jade bottle and showing them to Yun Yun. "I only have these kinds of healing pills. I hope you don't mind."

Although he said he hoped she wouldn't mind, his indifferent expression didn't seem to indicate that he cared whether Yun Yun minded or not.

"……Um."

Completely taken aback by Xiao Yan's bluntness, Yun Yun was momentarily stunned before nodding.

"You have a serious chest injury and need to apply medicine externally." After Yun Yun agreed, Xiao Yan still didn't make a move. Instead, he pointed to Yun Yun's clothes, which were bleeding from her chest, and said.

"...Thank you for your trouble." Yun Yun slowly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, but her voice was very calm.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yan didn't say anything more, and tore off a small piece of her clothes from her chest...

Chapter 145 Pressing Closer

"How long are you going to stay in the Monster Mountain Range?"

On a certain mountain peak, the Amethyst Winged Lion King stood majestically and asked with some curiosity.

"About a month," Xiao Yan replied, casually tossing the Purple Smoke Fruit, Anorexia Flower, and Azure Cloud Fruit into the medicine cauldron. "We haven't collected the blood and magic cores of the magical beasts on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range yet. A month should be enough to collect the blood and magic cores of all the worthwhile magical beasts on the outskirts."

"A month?" After calculating the time and confirming that the little Amethyst Winged Lion King would have almost completed its advancement and become a fourth-tier magical beast in a month, the Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded. "Then, let me know before you leave, so I can bring my son to your house for a free meal."

"Yes, of course I won't forget," Xiao Yan replied while processing several medicinal herbs in the cauldron. "Oh, by the way, see if you and your son can cultivate this cultivation technique."

At this point, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something and casually took out two scrolls from his Awakening Flame Ring and tossed them to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

"The cultivation technique I can practice?" A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. "You won that woman over so quickly?" In his memory, Yun Yun had mentioned exchanging the cultivation technique he could practice for her.

"...How come you're even more gossipy than humans?" Xiao Yan turned around, looking at the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a puzzled expression. "You were like this just now, and you're still like this now. Are you really that free?"

"That's definitely a lot of free time."

The Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded, and before Xiao Yan could say the next sentence, he opened the cultivation scroll, putting on an expression that said, "I'm seriously confirming whether I can cultivate this cultivation technique, don't bother me."

"A cultivation technique that imitates lion-type magical beasts? And it's not limited by attributes?" After carefully studying the Mad Lion Technique and Mad Lion Roar that Xiao Yan had given him, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King showed obvious surprise.

“Hmm… it can still be practiced now,” the Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded after a brief attempt. “And I really like this fighting technique!”

The Roar of the Mad Lion is a high-level Xuan-rank combat skill with two attack methods: battle qi and sound waves. When mastered, the two attack methods are combined into one, making its power far exceed that of most high-level Xuan-rank combat skills and comparable to the power of some low-level Di-rank combat skills.

"It's good that it works," Xiao Yan nodded. "Practice this cultivation technique and fighting skill for the next month, and I'll check on your progress after that." If it's alright, I'll send this cultivation technique and fighting skill to my two older brothers, even though it's a technique that doesn't have attribute restrictions...

On the Dou Qi Continent, over 90% of advanced cultivation techniques have attribute requirements. In fact, these techniques with attribute requirements were specially crafted by powerful individuals for a particular type of Dou Qi. Such techniques are twice as effective for those with the same attribute.

The remaining ten percent consists of cultivation techniques like the Mad Lion Technique, which are not limited by attribute. While they don't necessarily make cultivation less efficient, they are indeed less effective in terms of increasing the power of the cultivator compared to techniques of the same attribute, and are also more difficult to cultivate.

If possible, Xiao Yan would certainly like to give his two elder brothers high-level cultivation techniques with suitable attributes. However, among all the cultivation techniques collected by Yao Lao, there are two each of the lightning attribute and the wood attribute, and coincidentally, they are both high-level earth-rank techniques.

It's a high-level Earth-rank cultivation technique that you might not be able to find even if you search the entire Jiama Empire. From the perspective of his brothers' safety alone, Xiao Yan would never hand over this technique to his two brothers right now.

Originally, Xiao Yan had planned to go to the Chuyun Empire to look for a suitable cultivation technique, but unexpectedly, he found a pretty suitable Mad Lion Technique in the Monster Mountain Range. In this way, as long as he waits a month to see how the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King is cultivating, Xiao Yan can decide whether to give this technique to his two older brothers.

"Your snacks."

After chatting for a while, Xiao Yan extinguished the flames in the medicine cauldron and put the fiery red pill into the jade bottle. "By the way, give me another piece of Purple Spirit Crystal, I need it."

"Oh, okay." After carefully putting away the jade bottle, the Amethyst Winged Lion King casually took out a fist-sized piece of amethyst crystal.

"Then I'll be going now. Keep an eye on things during this time and don't let your men go near my place," Xiao Yan reminded her after putting away the Purple Spirit Crystal. "I told that woman that the place I chose to stay doesn't have any high-level magical beasts. If your men go there, I won't be able to explain it."

“Okay, no problem.” The Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded, a strange smile on his face.

Back in the cave, Yun Yun, who had been lying on the stone platform, sat up. She breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing Xiao Yan return and smiled, "You're back?"

Completely unprepared for Yun Yun's reaction, Xiao Yan paused for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Yes."

Then, he plopped down on the ground, lit a fire, and casually asked, "Are you feeling better?"

"Well, the external injuries are mostly healed, but the seal of the Amethyst Winged Lion King..." After sitting down next to Xiao Yan, Yun Yun frowned slightly, "It will probably take a few more days to break it." The most crucial thing is that before the seal is completely broken, she cannot release her fighting spirit, and her strength will be reduced to a hundred percent. Even a first or second-tier magical beast could wear her down to death.

"Then let's hide here. There aren't any high-level magical beasts around here, and the cave is right next to a cliff, so even if they're searching, they won't come here," Xiao Yan replied casually while grilling meat. "What's your name?"

"My name is Yun... Yunzhi." Yun Yun hesitated for a moment before giving a false name.

"Medicine Rock".

Upon hearing the name Yun Yun gave, Xiao Yan pursed his lips, handed Yun Yun a piece of roasted meat, and gave her a fake name.

Since Yun Yun doesn't intend to reveal her real name, there's no benefit in exposing it now. Xiao Yan is still hoping that this naive and innocent woman will help deliver the Purple Spirit Crystal and then provoke Nalan Yanran, hoping that Nalan Yanran can become a Dou Ling in the last year and a half!

Although it's completely impossible...

As Xiao Yan was inwardly slandering Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun's gaze fell on the jade bottle that had previously contained the pills. "Are you an alchemist?"

"Hmm, third grade."

"Third rank?!"

Xiao Yan spoke in the most calm tone what was most incredible to Yun Yun. Almost instantly, her eyes widened as she stared at Xiao Yan, who was at most sixteen or seventeen years old.

'A sixteen or seventeen-year-old third-grade alchemist…' Yun Yun immediately began to consider whether there was any possibility of getting this young alchemist onto the Yunlan Sect's big ship.

“My teacher is… a seventh-grade alchemist.” After a brief pause, Xiao Yan slightly altered the alchemist rank of Yao Lao.

"A seventh-grade alchemist..." Yun Yun's body stiffened slightly.

The most influential alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire is Pill King Gu He, who is also one of the top ten strongest people in the Jia Ma Empire. However, anyone who has interacted with Gu He and knows his situation knows one thing—without many opportunities, his life will end there.

Therefore, upon hearing Yao Yan mention a seventh-grade alchemist, Yun Yun managed a weak smile: "Yao Yan, aren't you from the Jia Ma Empire?"

"I came from Zhongzhou," Xiao Yan casually made up, "and my purpose is similar to yours, to ask the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for Purple Spirit Crystals."

Zhongzhou is the name for the central region of the Dou Qi Continent. It is an extremely vast area with countless complex forces and strange races that are hard to find elsewhere. Therefore, Zhongzhou can be said to be the heart of the Dou Qi Continent. It is the most exciting place on the Dou Qi Continent, and most of the continent's top experts come from there.

If Yun Yun were merely a reclusive Dou Huang powerhouse from the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan would never have mentioned the name Zhongzhou. After all, the Jia Ma Empire was essentially a remote rural area of ​​the Dou Qi Continent, and most people would only be confused if Zhongzhou were suddenly mentioned.

However, Yun Yun happens to be the current sect leader of the Yunlan Sect, and the ancestors of the Yunlan Sect were quite famous figures in Zhongzhou. It is still possible for them to leave some valuable information for their descendants.

Just as Xiao Yan had expected, Yun Yun's pupils constricted slightly upon hearing the words "Central Plains," clearly shocked, but she did not show any confusion.

This is exactly what Xiao Yan wanted to see. He just wanted to use this naive and innocent girl as a useful errand boy. He had no interest in her or her sect and didn't want to be entangled with her or be tied to her sect's big ship.

"If we're looking for Purple Spirit Crystals, wouldn't Central Continent be a better place? Aren't there more Purple Crystal Winged Lion Kings in Central Continent?" Yun Yun asked, puzzled.

“Purple Spirit Crystals are a rare commodity in Zhongzhou,” Xiao Yan said with a smirk. “The Purple Spirit Crystals that those Purple Spirit Crystal Winged Lion Kings had in their possession had already been traded with various forces. My teacher and I searched through seven or eight Purple Spirit Crystal Winged Lion Kings’ caves but didn’t find any extra Purple Spirit Crystals.”