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

In his terror, Hai Bodong suddenly shuddered. The seven-colored light he had seen earlier was clearly emitted by that fifth-order magical beast, which meant that... that seven-colored serpent was the incarnation of Queen Medusa.

The thought that he had unknowingly spent an unknown amount of time with this terrifying woman sent a chill down Hai Bodong's spine.

'That Xiao Yan, with Queen Medusa by his side, actually didn't tell me? What a bastard, is he trying to kill me?' Hai Bodong cursed inwardly with slight annoyance.

Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, who were standing next to Xiao Yan, also became extremely serious. Now they only wanted to know one thing—

Did Mr. Yao Yan know that Xiao Yan kept the seven-colored snake as a pet?

'Tsk tsk, keeping Medusa as a pet? What a ruthless person!' Although his face was extremely solemn, it did not stop Jia Xingtian from admiring Xiao Yan's unconventional behavior. At least he did not have the courage to keep a Dou Huang peak expert as a pet.

'Speaking of which, didn't Queen Medusa fail in her advancement and die under the heavenly tribulation?' Suddenly, Fa Ma remembered something and searched for Gu He on Yunlan Mountain. He quickly spotted Gu He staring blankly at Queen Medusa.

'The shocking situation doesn't seem staged... So, Queen Medusa was actually saved by the Old Man of Medicine?' Fa Ma breathed a sigh of relief. 'Since the Old Man of Medicine saved Queen Medusa's life, there shouldn't be any problems.'

Xiao Yan had no idea what his allies were thinking after seeing Queen Medusa behind him. After the seven-colored light completely dissipated, his gaze swept over the messy Yunlan Mountain, finally settling on the extremely miserable Yunshan.

"The Dou Zong behind you is dead," Xiao Yan said calmly. "He died...at my hands, leaving no trace of his body. Now, do you have anything else to say?"

The second half of the sentence was deliberately paused at a very suspicious point. This pause made Hai Bodong wonder if Queen Medusa wanted to show off in front of her employer, so she desperately killed the Dou Zong mentioned by Xiao Yan.

Even Hai Bodong, who knew Xiao Yan's strength, thought so. Not to mention Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, who knew nothing about Xiao Yan's situation, they almost immediately concluded that the person who killed the powerful figure behind Yun Shan was Queen Medusa.

As for Yunshan...

Upon hearing that Protector Wu's body had been completely destroyed, it was already quite kind of Protector Wu not to burst out laughing. However, even so, his body, which was trying to suppress his laughter, was still trembling. Combined with Yunshan's miserable appearance, it made him look somewhat furious.

"...What do you want us to do?"

After confirming that he wouldn't burst out laughing, Yunshan slowly opened his mouth and spoke. His heavy tone made Jia Xingtian wonder if Yunshan was holding a grudge against Xiao Yan, but just didn't intend to show it on the surface, planning to deal with the Xiao family properly after Xiao Yan left.

"What can you do?" Xiao Yan didn't directly state his conditions, but instead asked in return.

Although Xiao Yan looked like he was about to slaughter a pig, Yun Shan, who had gotten rid of Protector Wu, showed no anger whatsoever. He simply opened his mouth and said calmly, "I am willing to pay any price, as long as you can forgive Yunlan Sect!"

Upon hearing this, not only Xiao Yan, but even Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma, who had known Yun Shan for a long time, were incredulous. They never imagined that Yun Shan, who had always been incredibly powerful, would admit defeat so directly, even placing himself on the chopping board to do so!

"All...everything?" Xiao Yan didn't believe that Yun Shan, who secretly colluded with the Soul Palace, would admit defeat. He even suspected that this was a delaying tactic by Yun Shan, and that reinforcements from the Soul Palace would arrive soon.

“Everything!” Yunshan nodded heavily. “As long as you are willing to forgive the Yunlan Sect and allow it to continue existing on Yunlan Mountain, the Yunlan Sect is willing to give everything!”

Although it seemed a bit fake to Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, it was best for Yun Shan to back down at this moment. Even if he wanted to take revenge later, the two of them could stop him!

……perhaps.

Looking at Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, who were relieved, Xiao Yan understood that if he wanted to kill Yun Shan directly now, these two might become his adversaries. For the sake of the weak Xiao family, it was not advisable to make too many enemies at the moment.

"Elder Jia, can I ask you for a favor?" After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yan turned to look at Jia Xingtian.

"Just tell me," Jia Xingtian said with a smile.

“I hope he can stay on Yunlan Mountain for the next few years. What do you think?” Xiao Yan said softly.

Jia Xingtian's expression froze slightly. Although Xiao Yan said he hoped Yun Shan would stay on Yunlan Mountain forever, the tone of his voice...

It's obvious they want him to stay on Yunlan Mountain as a monitor of Yunshan!

Chapter 205 Transition (Part 1)

After glancing at Yunshan, Jia Xingtian sighed and said, "I agree with Xiao Yan's suggestion... What about you, Yunshan?"

"I have no objection."

Yunshan said calmly that now that Protector Wu was dead, he had nothing to fear. At most, he was worried about the possible retaliation from the forces that Protector Wu belonged to in the distant future.

However, as long as he doesn't reveal the matter of Protector Wu, even if Protector Wu's forces come, they will at most think that Protector Wu died at the hands of a passing expert. After all, who would have thought that the strongest person on the surface would be someone from the Jia Ma Empire of Yunshan who could kill a mid-level Dou Zong?

Despite being severely injured, Yun Shan couldn't help but glance at Queen Medusa, who stood silently behind Xiao Yan with a cold face. According to what Yun Yun had said before, Queen Medusa had only recently advanced in rank.

'To kill a mid-level Dou Zong right after advancing to the next level, and to leave me completely unable to fathom her strength?' Yun Shan chuckled inwardly, 'No wonder she's the infamous Medusa Queen…'

“Since Elder Jia is willing, then let’s leave it at that,” Xiao Yan chuckled. “We are all citizens of the Jia Ma Empire, and I don’t want to push things to the extreme, so… I’ll take my leave.”

“…Thank you.” Yunshan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said in a low voice.

After glancing at Yunshan's complicated expression, Xiao Yan stopped making pleasantries and turned to walk towards the stone steps outside the square.

Her gaze swept across the faces of everyone present, lingering for a moment on Hai Bodong's face before Queen Medusa turned around and followed Xiao Yan ahead.

In the sky, Hai Bodong, whose expression was not good because he almost turned and flew away because of Queen Medusa's last look, looked at Queen Medusa for a long time with uncertain mood before flapping his wings and hanging far in the sky. However, he refused to come down no matter what.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone on Yunlan Mountain, Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa's figures slowly disappeared into the endless stone steps shrouded in mist.

"Sigh, it's finally over," Jia Xingtian sighed after Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa disappeared, glancing at Yun Shan to the side. "Then I'll stay here with you for the next few years?"

"Otherwise what?" Yunshan curled his lip, then looked at Fama, "Old man Pharaoh, give me some healing medicine."

“Sigh, you…” Fa Ma shook his head helplessly. “Why are you doing this? You know who’s behind Xiao Yan. Even if your Yunlan Sect were at its peak, you might not be able to keep Xiao Yan here, right?” As he spoke, he took out a few jade bottles from his storage ring and threw them toward Yunshan.

"Didn't you hear what he just said?" After swallowing a pill from a jade bottle, Yunshan said helplessly, "'The Dou Zong behind me,' that's a mid-level Dou Zong. I was able to successfully advance back then because that person gave me a Breakthrough Pill."

"A mid-level Dou Zong?"

Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma's expressions changed. Even if all the experts in the Jia Ma Empire were tied together, they wouldn't be enough to defeat someone of this level!

"...What if the forces behind that person come knocking on our door?" After hesitating for a moment, Jia Xingtian asked softly after Yunshan delivered Fa Ma's healing medicine to the elders who were most seriously injured.

"Let's wait until they come," Yunshan shrugged. "Besides, even if they do come, they probably won't believe that our Jia Ma Empire could produce a powerhouse who can kill a mid-level Dou Zong, right?"

"That's true." Jia Xingtian shook his head with a wry smile.

After most of the disciples and elders of the Yunlan Sect had recovered their strength, Yunshan waved his sleeve and began to arrange for people to clean up the mess.

Just as everything was about to be cleaned up, a whooshing sound suddenly rang out in the sky, and then a graceful and elegant figure suddenly appeared in the air above the square. Her beautiful eyes swept over the mess on the ground, and her pretty face suddenly darkened.

"teacher!"

In the square, Nalan Yanran was the first to spot the graceful beauty slowly descending from the sky. After a slight pause, she quickly came to Yun Yun's side.

"What happened to the sect? Is Master alright?" Looking at the sect disciples around her who were also filled with excitement, Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran with a somewhat solemn expression. She found it hard to believe that Yunlan Sect would suffer such a heavy blow while Yun Shan was still a sect.

Yan Xiao? Yao Yan? Xiao Yan?

After listening to Nalan Yanran's story, Yun Yun frowned slightly. She was very familiar with the name Yao Yan. He was the "third-grade" alchemist who had given her the Purple Spirit Crystal a few years ago. Although it might just be a coincidence of names, it was impossible for the identities of a seventh-grade alchemist's disciple and Xiao Yan's senior brother to overlap.

'So… Yan Xiao is actually a sixth-grade alchemist? Yao Yan is his master?' Yun Yun muttered to herself, 'Those conflicts between him and the Amethyst Winged Lion King a few years ago… were they just a show for me?'

'But what is the purpose?'

Yun Yun was somewhat bewildered. "Yan Xiao" had worked so hard back then, even entrusting her with the invaluable Purple Spirit Crystal. Yun Yun didn't believe he didn't have a ulterior motive. But when asked to come up with "Yan Xiao's" purpose, she couldn't think of anything...

'It can't be that bad...'

Suddenly glancing down at herself, Yun Yun blushed slightly, then shook her head sharply, rejecting her wild thoughts.

*

On the lush, green path, two figures, a man and a woman, walked slowly, one in front of the other, a quiet atmosphere surrounding them.

Above the two of them, a figure followed them from a distance.

At one point, Queen Medusa, who was following behind Xiao Yan, finally couldn't hold back any longer. She stopped and uttered a cold voice from her alluring red lips: "Hey you up there, aren't you tired of flying?"

Although Queen Medusa's voice was not loud, Hai Bodong in the sky suddenly stopped and struggled for a long time before slowly falling down.

"Old Hai, why are you so far away? I wouldn't hurt you." Xiao Yan looked at Hai Bodong, who had landed on a tree not far behind him, with a helpless expression.

"I think this distance is just right." Hai Bodong chuckled dryly. Xiao Yan certainly wouldn't harm him, but the troublesome figure beside him was another story!

"Sigh, really," Xiao Yan chuckled twice, realizing once again Hai Bodong's fear of Queen Medusa, "I'll go back to Wutan City first..."

"Do you need my help?" Hearing Xiao Yan start to get down to business, Hai Bodong forced himself to ignore Queen Medusa and said seriously.

“No need, there are also strong people protecting us in the family, and we won’t encounter any danger on the way from Wutan City to the Imperial City,” Xiao Yan said with a light laugh, declining Hai Bodong’s offer. “However, as for the Imperial City… I would appreciate it if the Mittel family could help us clean it up as soon as possible.”

Regarding the Xiao family's return, there are bound to be some foolish families in the capital who want to kick out the Xiao family, who have returned to compete for resources. Although these people cannot affect the overall situation, Xiao Yan still does not want them to cause trouble when the Xiao family returns.

“No problem,” Hai Bodong nodded. “I think the Nalan family, the Mu family, and the royal family will all be happy to lend a hand.”

"Thank you very much then. Also... please go and inform Green Barbarian," Xiao Yan sighed helplessly. "I brought her to the capital because I was worried that she would report the news to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. But I never expected that she would actually admit defeat and not even have the slightest intention of reporting it."

In the past ten days or so, apart from letting Green Barbarian appear in front of some people at the beginning, she was kept in the Mittel family's residence. Fortunately, she was not taken along during this period, otherwise Yunshan might not have dared to make a move today, not to mention that she was tricked out of the Soul Palace Guardian by using "exhaustion".

After smiling at Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong flapped his wings and soared into the sky, finally disappearing into the azure sky.

"When will the Fusion Spirit Pill be finished?" Queen Medusa's slightly cold voice rang out after Hai Bodong left.

"We haven't even gathered all the medicinal herbs yet, what's the rush?" Xiao Yan rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I promised to refine the pills for you, and I won't forget that!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little depressed. After all, he was an alchemist who could refine seventh-grade pills, but in his more than ten years in Douluo Continent, there were very few cases where others asked him for pills. Most of the time, he would use pills as bait for something else, which was not like a proper alchemist at all.

'The most comfortable time was actually when I was helping that silver dragon refine pills...' Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but click his tongue.

“Well… on the way to Wutan City, when we pass through those big cities, I need to spend some time searching for the ingredients for the Fusion Pill.” Although her tone was cold at first, Queen Medusa ultimately knew who held the dominant position in her deal with Xiao Yan, and after a moment’s hesitation, she said.

“Okay.” Xiao Yan nodded nonchalantly. To be honest, he had already looked at the medicinal materials needed for the Fusion Pill, and given their rarity, he didn’t think they could be collected in the Jia Ma Empire.

A moment later, after Green Barbarian emerged from the Imperial City of Jiama, the three of them changed course and flew towards the direction of Wutan City.

Just as Xiao Yan had thought, although they had stopped in many large cities along the way, without exception, they had not found any of the medicinal materials needed for the Fusion Pill in any of these cities.

Finally, a few days later, Xiao Yan and Lü Man entered Wutan City. As for Queen Medusa, who had not found any of the medicinal herbs she needed, she returned control of her soul to the Seven-Colored Devouring Python in a fit of resentment.

Just as they were about to reach the Xiao family compound, Lü Man seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yan turned around, somewhat puzzled.

"Didn't you feel it?" Green Barbarian lowered his voice. "There's a very powerful aura up ahead!"

"Oh, you mean that..." Xiao Yan suddenly realized. Although he knew what the situation was, he didn't think he had ever told Lü Man about it before.

However, before he could finish speaking, a purple shadow suddenly darted out from the Xiao family gate and then pounced into Xiao Yan's arms.

"Stop it, stop it, I don't have anything for you to eat right now!" Xiao Yan said in a panic, constantly trying to stop the purple shadow from crawling into his arms.

Looking at Xiao Yan playing with the purple lion in her arms, Lü Man stared wide-eyed in astonishment. She never expected that Xiao Yan could have such a childlike side.

"...Cousin Xiao Yan?"

Following behind the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was a little girl. After staring at Xiao Yan's face for a long time, the little girl hesitated before uttering a few words.

"You actually still remember what I look like?" After giving the little purple crystal winged lion king's "dog head" a good rub, Xiao Yan looked at the little girl with a smile, "It's been two years, and you've grown so much, Xiao Qing."

The little girl's name is Xiao Qing, and she is Xiao Mei's cousin. She was only ten years old when Xiao Yan left the Xiao family two years ago.

"Cousin Xiao Yan, is it really you?" Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Qing's eyes widened instantly, looking at him with surprise. Then, as if remembering something, she looked around and asked softly, "I heard that you married into the Mittel family, is that true?"