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

"Impossible! I bought the antidote from the Xiao family's pharmacy!"

When it comes to the lives of himself and his men, how could Mu She possibly skimp on money? The purchases in Wutan City had almost wiped out most of his fortune!

Although only a few cadres were allocated the highest-grade antidote...

“The antidote pills are ineffective against the poison we just made,” Little Fairy Doctor glanced at the agonizing Mu Snake and explained quietly. “Although the poison of the tassel is named after poison, if you really want to know what it is… it is actually a kind of powder for tempering battle qi.”

"The moment the battle qi is circulated, this poison will flow through the meridians to the whole body and then absorb the battle qi. Only those who cannot withstand this suction will bleed from their seven orifices and suffer great pain until they can withstand this suction."

“Unheard of,” Xiao Yan shook his head. “So, this kind of ‘poison’ isn’t necessarily fatal to cultivators at the Dou Shi level?”

"Yes, that's why we need to finish them off."

Little Fairy Doctor nodded. The ordinary mercenaries around her, who were at the Dou Zhe or Dou Zhi Qi stage, had already taken in more qi than they could expel. Only Mr. Yao and Mu She were Dou Shi, so she would prioritize dealing with Mr. Yao, a four-star Dou Shi, after everyone else had been poisoned.

"Oh, oh," Xiao Yan nodded, looking as if he had just realized something. "I see... I suggest you use this 'Bone-Piercing Poison' sparingly."

"...Why?" Little Fairy Doctor asked, puzzled.

“After all, you can’t be sure if your finishing blow will actually kill the poisoned person,” Xiao Yan’s gaze fell on Mr. Yao, who was lying on the ground with no heartbeat and no breath. “Some Dou Shi… or rather, Poison Masters, may not be strong in combat, but they have considerable skill in some unorthodox methods.”

Frowning, after taking Mu She's life, Little Fairy Doctor's gaze followed Xiao Yan's line of sight and landed on Mr. Yao's 'corpse'.

"A stab wound to the heart, his heartbeat has completely stopped, and his breathing has also completely ceased..." After walking to Mr. Yao's body and confirming that his heartbeat and breathing had stopped, Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yan in confusion, "Are you sure he's still alive?"

“Of course, but he should only have his last breath left,” Xiao Yan smiled. “A third-grade Turtle Breath Pill can put a person into a state of suspended animation for more than ten minutes. During this time, no matter what method you use to test him, you will not be able to imagine that he is still alive.”

"Even if the cause of death was a stab wound to the heart?" Little Fairy Doctor frowned.

“Even if your cut removed half of his heart, he’s still alive until the Turtle Breath Pill completely wears off,” Xiao Yan said with a smile.

If it weren't for his soul power telling Xiao Yan that Mr. Yao of Wan Yao Zhai was still alive, he would have found it hard to believe that Mr. Yao, who had been stabbed in the heart, had not died.

"...What if we removed the head, or completely removed the heart?"

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't seem to be lying, Little Fairy Doctor frowned, and then suddenly asked.

Xiao Yan shrugged.

"Understood." Little Fairy Doctor nodded silently, then turned around and began another round of repairs on Mr. Yao's 'corpse'.

After dealing with Mr. Yao, Little Fairy Doctor took out a bamboo flute from her bosom and gently played it.

"Where do you plan to go after leaving the Jia Ma Empire?" Xiao Yan asked calmly after Little Fairy Doctor put away the bamboo flute that had summoned her friend.

"..."

"Am I not even allowed to stay in the Gama Empire?"

Little Fairy Doctor silently looked at Xiao Yan, whose expression was calm, and after a long while, she said softly.

“The Calamity Poison Body is too terrifying. If you let yourself remain in the Jia Ma Empire, my people might die at your hands in the future,” Xiao Yan shrugged. “I don’t want to see that happen, and besides…”

"And what?"

"After activating the Calamity Poison Body, you can't control your craving for poisons, can you?" Xiao Yan said in a low voice. "For the vast majority of people in the Jia Ma Empire, only poison masters enjoy eating poisons."

Poison Master is a profession with a terrible reputation on the Dou Qi Continent. For the people of the Jia Ma Empire, it also carries another label—a lackey of the Chu Yun Empire.

"That's true..." Upon hearing the second half of Xiao Yan's sentence, Little Fairy Doctor smiled with relief.

A poison master may not necessarily be a Calamity Poison Body, but a Calamity Poison Body, especially one that has been activated, means there is no other path to take besides becoming a poison master.

"After leaving the Gama Empire... I'll probably go to the Izumo Empire to take a look, and then travel around the continent." Shaking off her disappointment, Little Fairy Doctor said with a light laugh.

“As expected…” Xiao Yan nodded. “I will go to the Tagor Desert to find my brother, and then I will go to the Izumo Empire… Shall we go to the Izumo Empire together? It’s on the way.”

"The Tagor Desert is on the eastern border of the Gama Empire, while the Izumo Empire is on the western border," Little Fairy Doctor rolled her eyes. "One is in the far east, and the other is in the far west. How are they on the same route?"

“Think about it, we’re all from the Jia Ma Empire and we’re all going to the Chu Yun Empire,” Xiao Yan waved his hand. “If you think about it that way, isn’t it just on the way?”

"You just want to see me leave the Gama Empire with your own eyes, don't you?"

"No, that's not true. The poisonous swamp of the Izumo Empire is a place I've been thinking of going to from the beginning!" I just thought I'd go to the Tagor Desert first, and then go to the Izumo poisonous swamp.

"I just feel like you won't feel at ease until you see me leave the Gama Empire!"

Not long after, a blue eagle landed at the residence of the owner of Wan Yao Zhai under the watchful eyes of everyone in Qingshan Town. A moment later, it swiftly spread its wings and soared into the sky, disappearing into the horizon in a short while.

Upon seeing this, the remaining two mercenary groups hesitated for a moment before finally gathering their forces and slowly heading towards the place where Blue Eagle had landed.

After they left, news spread rapidly throughout the entire town of Qingshan—

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group and the nearly two hundred people who were taken by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to find the owner of Wan Yao Zhai were all killed. Little Doctor Immortal and Mr. Yao from Wan Yao Zhai went missing, and all the other people were dead.

A blurry character for 'poison' next to the corpse of the serpent became the only clue...

After leaving Green Mountain Town on Blue Eagle, Xiao Yan and his companion did not rush to cross the Monster Mountain Range. Instead, led by Little Fairy Doctor, they arrived at a place with abundant energy.

Xiao Yan wasn't unfamiliar with this place; after all, he had found quite a few medicinal herbs here before...

"How about it? This place is great. The valley here is completely isolated from the outside world, and it is covered by thick fog, making it extremely hidden. If Xiao Lan hadn't accidentally wandered in once, I probably wouldn't have been able to discover this amazing place."

After landing deep in the valley, Little Fairy Doctor smiled with a hint of smugness.

"good……"

Hearing Little Fairy Doctor's words, Xiao Yan felt a little guilty. He seemed to know who had built that thatched hut...

"Then, just like we agreed before, we'll stay here for a while. We happen to have the herbs here for the poison I want to concoct." Little Fairy Doctor turned her head and looked at Xiao Yan.

"no problem!"

Xiao Yan readily agreed without hesitation. On the one hand, they had agreed before that they would wait for Little Fairy Doctor to prepare the necessary poison before heading to the Tagor Desert together and then to the Izumo Empire.

on the other hand--

"Someone has been here!"

Upon seeing the destroyed thatched hut, Little Fairy Doctor instantly became alert. "Be careful, the person might still be nearby!" She crouched down and cautiously scanned her surroundings.

"Ahem." Seeing that Little Fairy Doctor had become alert, Xiao Yan coughed awkwardly twice.

"Keep your voice down..." After muttering this subconsciously, Little Fairy Doctor's body suddenly stiffened, and then she slowly turned her head. "...It's you?" She tilted her head, widened her eyes, and looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

"I didn't know this was your place..." Xiao Yan chuckled dryly. "Apart from this thatched hut, it doesn't look like anyone lives here at all. Even the herbs are growing haphazardly, as if no one has tended to them..."

"Give it back!" Little Fairy Doctor gritted her teeth, glaring fiercely at Xiao Yan.

"Of course," Xiao Yan said with an awkward smile.

After taking out the jade bottle containing the medicinal herbs he had taken from here, Xiao Yan glanced at Little Fairy Doctor's hand and asked, "Do you have a storage ring?"

"You might not even find a single storage ring in the entire Green Mountain Town," Little Fairy Doctor rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Wait, do you have any extra storage rings?"

“I have one. I got it at the auction in Wutan City before,” Xiao Yan said, taking out the storage ring from his pocket and putting the jade bottle in his hand into the ring. He then tossed the ring to Little Fairy Doctor, “Consider it an apology to you.”

After carefully taking the storage ring, Little Fairy Doctor rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan: "Be careful, what if you break it?" After playing with the storage ring for a while, Little Fairy Doctor put it on her finger, then took out the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from her bosom and put it into the storage ring.

"It's not a pill, how could it possibly break?" Xiao Yan said helplessly.

"Yes, yes, I'm just a village girl from a small mountain village. I'm not as knowledgeable as you, young master, is that alright?"

“I never said any of that.”

"Hmph," Little Fairy Doctor wrinkled her nose and waved her jade hand at Xiao Yan, saying, "I'll go see which medicinal herbs you still have that haven't caused any harm. You can wander around by yourself." With that, she turned and walked towards some medicinal herbs in the distance.

After taking a distant look at Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan let out a breath and walked in the opposite direction. Although he had gotten along quite well with Little Fairy Doctor and they had agreed to go to the Chuyun Empire together...

However, Xiao Yan still planned to refine some high-level antidotes, after all, he couldn't guarantee that Little Fairy Doctor was as innocent as she appeared now.

A few days later, at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.

"?"

The sleeping Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly raised his head and looked around in confusion, as if it were just his imagination... But it felt like someone had patted him on the head?

"above."

Xiao Yan's head was patted again, and then his voice echoed in the cave.

"It's you..." Upon recognizing Xiao Yan, the Amethyst Winged Lion King pressed its head back onto its arms. "What's wrong? Are you planning to leave the Monster Mountain Range?"

"More or less, it should be tomorrow if nothing unexpected happens," Xiao Yan nodded. "How's your practice of the Mad Lion Technique going?"

"It's alright. The cultivation speed is much faster than before when there was no cultivation technique. It should be enough for your two older brothers to cultivate," the Amethyst Winged Lion King yawned, "unless your two older brothers are cultivating a high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique that matches their attributes."

"There's no need to worry about that..." Xiao Yan smiled wryly.

The Xiao family's most powerful cultivation technique, the Mad Lion's Fury, is only a mid-level Xuan-rank technique, and his two elder brothers' attributes are not suitable for this technique.

"How's the Mad Lion's Roar? How's your cultivation going?" Xiao Yan asked, shaking his head to clear his mind.

"The sonic attack is fine, it suits me perfectly, and I'm practicing it quite smoothly," the Amethyst Winged Lion King nudged the little Amethyst Winged Lion King beside him with its hind paw. "But the battle qi attack is a bit difficult for me. I guess I'll have to wait until I transform into human form before I can master this high-level Xuan-rank battle technique."

"How difficult is it?"

"The difficulty is quite low. In your human terms..." the Amethyst Winged Lion King thought for a moment, "It's about enough to master and use it at the Battle Master level?"

"Dou Shi? No problem." Xiao Yan nodded. The last time he saw his two older brothers, they were already Dou Shi. This Mad Lion's Roar technique was perfect for them to cultivate.

"Then shall I go to your family today?" the Amethyst Winged Lion King asked casually.

“Okay,” Xiao Yan said, rubbing the head of the little amethyst winged lion king that had run to his side after waking up. He then took out a bottle of pills from his Awakening Flame Ring. “There’s a Breakthrough Pill inside. You magical beasts should be able to take it too, right?”

"Taking it is no problem..." The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's eye twitched, "But in your human terms, I am only a high-level Dou Huang, and I am still a long way from Dou Zong!"

"No problem, just consider it bait," Xiao Yan said with a grin. "Work hard to cultivate and become a nine-star Dou Huang as soon as possible, then you can directly become a Dou Zong!"

"And then you'll continue to be my laborer?"

"Seeing through something but not saying it out loud~~"

Xiao Yan chuckled.

Chapter 151, Second Fragment of the Map

On the mountains on the outer edge of the eastern part of the Monster Mountains.

Standing atop a mountain, Little Fairy Doctor waved to the blue eagle circling in the air before turning around with Xiao Yan and walking down the mountain.

Towns like Qingshan Town, which are close to the Monster Mountain Range, are not uncommon. What Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian need to do now is to travel through the town at the foot of the mountain to the nearest city, Black Rock City.

Blackrock City, with its Alchemist Guild and civilian air transport fleet, ranks among the top cities in the Gama Empire. Xiao Yan's several alchemist assessments were conducted in Blackrock City.

"So, why not let Xiao Lan fly us to Blackrock City?"