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

Marrying into the Mittel family?

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Yan's eyes twitched violently. "You little brat, do you even know what it means to marry into a family?" He raised his hand and gave Xiao Qing's head a good rub before asking.

"I don't know!" Xiao Qing answered readily, "but that's what everyone in the clan says!"

"Alright, alright, hurry up and go in. I've finally come back, Xiao Qing, you can't just not let me in, can you?" After hearing Xiao Qing's straightforward answer, Xiao Yan smiled helplessly and then said.

"I didn't stop you, cousin..." After muttering to himself, Xiao Qing looked at the little amethyst winged lion king with reluctance, then skipped and hopped towards the Xiao family compound.

"Now that you've sensed the aura of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, you should send these two pills over first."

After Xiao Qing returned, Xiao Yan turned around, took out two jade bottles, and handed them to Lü Man, saying, "One Transformation Pill, one Breakthrough Pill, and also, send this guy over as well."

He also picked up the little amethyst winged lion king from the ground and put it in Green Barbarian's arms.

Looking at the jade bottle in her hand and the little amethyst winged lion king in her arms, Green Barbarian sighed helplessly, "You really don't consider me an outsider?"

"The main problem is that you're too weak. Don't even mention me, you can't even beat the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King," Xiao Yan said with a look of disdain. "Work hard, and maybe I'll refine the Imperial Extreme Pill and the Breaking Sect Pill for you and White Fang in the future."

"Then I really have to thank Young Master Xiao Yan." Green Barbarian smiled helplessly, then spread its wings behind it, vibrated violently, and flew towards the back mountain of the Xiao family.

Watching the Green Barbarians depart into the distance, Xiao Yan stretched and yawned. After a long while, he slowly walked towards the gate.

Everything in the Xiao family remained the same as when Xiao Yan left. After all, when Xiao Yan left, the Xiao family was already the most powerful force in Wutan City, and even the city lord usually had to show them some respect.

After greeting his clansmen along the way, Xiao Yan slowly walked into the reception room.

Chapter 206 Overlap (End)

Seated at the head of the reception room was Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan, the patriarch of the Xiao family, with the three elders of the Xiao family below him.

Of the four people sitting in the guest seats, Xiao Yan only recognized one: Gu Ni, a second-grade alchemist from the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City. At this moment, this second-grade alchemist was sitting at the very end of the table.

As Xiao Yan entered the reception room, the eyes of the eight people in the room turned to him simultaneously.

"Son-in-law!"

Before Xiao Yan could greet his father, the middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table among the four guests quickly stood up and addressed him respectfully.

"Wait, wait, what's going on?" The title "son-in-law" completely stunned Xiao Yan. "You're from the Mittel family, right?" After unleashing a gentle burst of Dou Qi to stop the four guests from bowing, Xiao Yan's expression became slightly strange.

“Indeed, I am Renault, the steward of the Mittel family. Some time ago, after you left Yunlan Mountain, Mr. Xiao Yan, you came to Wutan City at Elder Hai’s request.” Under Xiao Yan’s gaze, the leader withdrew the title of “son-in-law” and replaced it with the more normal “Mr. Xiao Yan”.

“These three are the heads of the Mittel Auction House in Utan City. The patriarch instructed us to follow your instructions in all matters concerning the relocation of the Xiao family,” Renault continued after a slight pause. “The giant flying beasts have all been arranged and are ready to take off at any time.”

Giant flying beasts are generally used as transportation for merchant groups between large cities, and occasionally they are also used for the relocation of large families.

"I roughly understand..."

Xiao Yan sighed. When he heard the name "Old Hai" from Renault, he knew that Hai Bodong still hadn't given up on the idea of ​​marrying Ya Fei to him. Although it wouldn't be a problem to say that everything was just a pipe dream right now, denying his relationship with Ya Fei in front of his subordinates would inevitably cause some gossip among them...

"You should go back first. The Xiao family's relocation will probably take a few more days," Xiao Yan said softly after shaking his head helplessly. "When the relocation begins and we need flying beasts, we will send someone to the Mittel Auction House to find you."

“Yes,” Renault replied respectfully. “Then, Mr. Xiao Yan, we’ll take our leave now.”

After leaving his last words, Renault led the remaining three people and quickly left the Xiao family's reception room without lingering for a moment.

"So, what exactly is going on?" After the four members of the Mittel family left, Xiao Zhan looked helplessly at Xiao Yan, who had casually found a chair to sit down. "I haven't heard anything about us moving to the capital."

His voice carried a hint of helplessness, but the barely suppressed smile on his face clearly showed Xiao Zhan's pleasant mood at the moment.

"...When my senior brother was in the capital, he made some deals with the royal family," Xiao Yan said after taking a few seconds to organize his thoughts. "One of the deals was to return the land deeds of the Xiao family in the capital to us, and at the same time, he hoped that Father would become a royal retainer."

"Offering?" For a moment, Xiao Zhan even doubted whether he had misheard something, but looking at Xiao Yan's serious expression, he didn't seem to be lying.

"...Do you want me to become a royal retainer?"

At first, Xiao Zhan was a little confused, but soon he realized that the Jia Ma royal family simply wanted to invest now. If Xiao Yan was willing to repay them in the future, they would certainly reap great rewards. Even if there was no return, the only loss would be some cultivation materials.

Now that he understood the royal family's thoughts, Xiao Zhan naturally needed to consider his son's ideas and would unconditionally support all of his son's decisions.

“I’ll agree,” Xiao Yan smiled helplessly. The purpose of the Jia Ma royal family was too obvious, and it was impossible to hide it from Xiao Zhan, who had been the head of the family for decades. “The royal family’s guardian has become a Dou Zong. With his protection, I can leave the Jia Ma Empire with peace of mind.”

Leave the Gama Empire?

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Zhan's expression changed slightly, but he quickly realized what was happening when he thought of Xiao Xun'er. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Alright, since you've said so, Yan'er, I naturally have no reason to refuse."

"However... Yan'er, shouldn't you explain what the 'son-in-law' that the Mittel family deacon mentioned earlier meant?"

Back when Xiao Zhan and the three elders became Dou Ling, they had the idea of ​​returning to the imperial city. Now that they had settled things with the royal family, Xiao Zhan and the three elders naturally wouldn't say anything more. However, the four people present were very interested in Renault's previous address as "son-in-law"!

"Just an old guy's weird sense of humor."

Mentioning this, Xiao Yan was speechless. However, under the management of Hai Bodong and "Yan Xiao", the Mittel family and the Xiao family were already considered as a whole by all the forces in the imperial city. Therefore, Xiao Yan had no choice but to explain this extremely frustrating matter to his father and the three elders in its entirety, without any ambiguity. Otherwise, if they misunderstood, who knows what kind of farce might occur.

"About a year ago..."

Since Hai Bodong has been mentioned, Xiao Yan has no choice but to start from when he first met Hai Bodong more than a year ago. After all, it was on that day that it was decided that half of the Mittel family's businesses would be brought under the Xiao family's control.

*

By the time Xiao Yan had explained everything and arrived at the back mountain of the Xiao family, it was already getting dark.

"Hmm? You only took the Transformation Pill?"

Looking at the burly man with messy hair and wearing a purple coat standing on the mountaintop, Xiao Yan blinked in surprise. In his perception, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's strength was still at the Dou Huang level, one step away from Dou Zong.

"Isn't your Xiao family moving?" The burly man curled his lip. "If you take the Breakthrough Pill, I'm not sure how long it will take to officially become a Dou Zong. What if it delays your move? Who knows if you'll deduct my salary?"

"In your heart, am I that kind of person?" Hearing the teasing words from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Yan feigned a heartbroken look. "I didn't even ask you for the materials for the Transformation Pill! I even gave you an extra Breakthrough Pill!"

"Come on, you're making it sound like I didn't collect the materials myself," the Amethyst Winged Lion King rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Besides, this Broken Sect Pill of yours isn't so easy to get, is it? Tell me, how many more years are you planning to make me work for your Xiao family?"

"What do you mean by risking your life? I invited you back to enjoy life, okay!" Xiao Yan yelled. "Tell me, in the past year or so, have you ever taken action? Have you dealt with any petty thieves?"

"If that were truly the case, would your Xiao family have remained essentially unchanged?"

"That's true."

The strange conversation between the two lasted for a while before ending, and the previously stiff atmosphere immediately warmed up because of it.

"What name are you going to give yourself?" Looking at the giant man who was over two meters tall, Xiao Yan blinked and asked.

“Let’s call me Lionheart. Other names sound pretty strange,” Lionheart shrugged. “Even though I look like a human now, I am still the Amethyst Winged Lion King.”

“This name is quite good,” Xiao Yan nodded. “At least it doesn’t sound like someone from the Jia Ma Empire. As long as their true identity isn’t revealed, people will probably just think you’re a strong person recruited by my teacher.”

“I don’t have that idea,” Lionheart smacked his lips. “Alright, if there’s nothing else, you can go back and celebrate with your people. Leave me alone for a while.”

"Why are you getting all sentimental?" Xiao Yan rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Hurry up, let's go downstairs together! People who don't know better would think that my Xiao family is so poor that we can't even afford a few sets of bowls and chopsticks!"

"No, that's why I don't want to be with a bunch of people..."

Lifted up by Xiao Yan's soul power and floating behind him along with the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Lionheart struggled for a moment, but when he realized he couldn't break free, he finally chuckled and told the truth.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Pretending not to understand Lionheart's words, Xiao Yan led him directly into the Xiao family mansion.

In the middle of the night, after getting completely drunk, Lionheart, who had almost become sworn brothers with the young people of the Xiao family, was thrown to the back mountain by Xiao Yan with a look of disgust, who also helped him sober up.

A few days later, after several flying beasts carried the entire Xiao family into the air, Xiao Yan let out a long breath and then flew towards the direction of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

More than ten minutes later, amidst a chaotic commotion, the Leaf Emperor Serpent, one of the Beast Kings on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, completely disappeared.

According to a certain spiky snake who witnessed everything that day, the human male who had been chasing him more than a year ago suddenly appeared, then slapped the Leaf King Snake unconscious and flew away with it. The subsequent commotion was just caused by the leaderless snake swarm.

One day later, in Stone Desert City.

"Good heavens, could this remote corner of the Gama Empire be some kind of treasure land?"

Seeing the Ye Huang Snake signing a contract with Qing Lin not far away, Bai Ya gasped, "It's the Jade Serpent with Three-Flower Pupils again, and the Ye Huang Snake again..."

While talking to himself, he glanced at Xiao Yan. Although the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil and the Leaf Emperor Serpent were indeed rare, they were not particularly special compared to this seventeen-year-old seventh-grade alchemist, who also possessed a spiritual realm soul.

"Is the Leaf Emperor Serpent also very rare?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. As for magical beasts, all he knew was their attributes and what type of pills their magical cores could be used to refine. He knew more about the actual species of magical beasts like the Eight-Winged Black Serpent King.

"It's not a matter of rarity," White Fang muttered after flicking his tail. "The Ancient Celestial Serpent is the ancestor of the vast majority of snake-type magical beasts on the entire continent, and the Leaf Emperor Serpent is one of them."

"However, there is a rumor that... unlike other snake-type magical beasts whose bloodlines gradually weaken, the bloodline of the Leaf Emperor Serpent has not changed at all, just like it was at the beginning."

"...So, this kind of snake-like magical beast is very likely to become the ancient celestial serpent of the future?"

“No,” White Fang opened his mouth, yawned, and said, “The fact that it hasn’t changed doesn’t mean that it has extraordinary talent. For most snake-type magical beasts, the Leaf Emperor Snake is more like… a possibility of evolution.”

“If I had met her sooner, I might have eaten her long ago,” White Fang said with regret. “Maybe when I met you guys, I would have already regressed to my ancestral form.”

"Atavism?" Upon hearing these two words, Xiao Yan subconsciously thought of the seven-colored Sky-Swallowing Python on his body.

“It seems that not many people know about Ye Huang She,” Xiao Yan shook his head. “Alright, now that she’s become Qing Lin’s subordinate just like you, you shouldn’t be thinking about her bloodline anymore.”

"As for future evolution..."

Xiao Yan's lips curled up. "With me here, do you still need to worry about evolution or anything like that?"

“That’s true…” White Tooth muttered.

“This is your Transformation Pill,” Xiao Yan casually took out a pill from his storage ring. “Afterwards, my elder brother and the others will ask you to take it to the Imperial City. Green Barbarian is also in the Imperial City.”

“I know, I know. And also, don’t reveal your identity in the next few years,” White Fang yawned. “You’re already a seventh-grade alchemist, yet you still care about the affairs of a tiny Gama Empire…”

“My family is all here, so there’s nothing I can do,” Xiao Yan shrugged. “Alright, go refine the pills. Qing Lin has woken up too…”

With a smile, Xiao Yan walked towards Qing Lin, who was standing there hesitantly.

After arranging everything for the Xiao family and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan put down his burdens and headed towards the eastern border of the Jia Ma Empire. Although the vacation that Canaan Academy had given him had ended, he still planned to go to the Black Corner Region first.

After all, Black Corner Region, as the most chaotic region on the entire continent, not only has all kinds of desperados, but also the most complete intelligence on the entire continent. In fact, to some extent, Black Corner Region has more resources than Central Continent.

Of course, in the Black Corner Region, a place where the strong prey on the weak, strength is the most important thing.

*

On a remote mountain peak somewhere within Canaan College.

"So, Brother Xiao Yan has already left the Jia Ma Empire?" Xun'er asked softly, gazing at the distant scenery.

"Yes, Young Master Xiao Yan has arrived in the Black Corner Region and is expected to come to Canaan Academy in a few days," the figure kneeling on one knee said respectfully.

"I see... Well, it's time to register Brother Xiao Yan," Xun'er said with a faint smile, which then faded. "Have you checked the name Yao Yan?" Her voice was somewhat cold.

“Uh…the Medicine Clan doesn’t have any descendants scattered elsewhere,” the figure hesitated for a moment before speaking, quoting news from within the clan. “In the last few hundred years, the only one to be expelled from the Medicine Realm is that Medicine Venerable…”

“But the Medicine Venerable is dead, isn’t he?” Turning around, Xun’er looked coldly at the figure kneeling on one knee.

“…I’m sorry, Miss, Young Master Xiao Yan was also nearby when Yao Yan appeared,” the figure said with a wry smile. “I’m not confident that I can find out Yao Yan’s identity without being discovered by Xiao Yan.”