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

"...Never mind, let's go down. Those old guys at Canaan Academy don't like strong members of the students' families staying in the academy for too long." Knowing Ling Ying's strength, Xun'er hesitated briefly before shaking her head.

"Yes." After nodding, Ling Ying's figure quickly disappeared above the mountain peak.

Leave request (and some potential plot points that might cause problems later on)

The auction of the Demon Flame Fragment Map was finished, and then I realized that most of it was actually the original text...

I looked through other Doupo fanfics, and this auction scene was basically skipped. Moreover, most of the original text was just filler. I'll take a day to reorganize the plot after the three-year agreement ends.

The Martial Universe is expected to end before the first outbreak of the Fallen Heart Flame, and then return after the Otherworldly Demon Realm, with the number of participants being Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Medusa.

By the way, the Martial Universe storyline will begin after Lin Dong leaves Yan City, which means the Ancient Tomb storyline has already ended. If you don't like this, I'm sorry to have offended you.

Chapter 207 The Simple and Honest Customs of the Black Corner Region

The distance between the Gama Empire and the "Black Corner Region" is extremely vast. It takes passing through several small countries before reaching the edge of the Black Corner Region. Even though Xiao Yan used the Purple Cloud Wings to fly, it still took him about four days.

When the monotonous, towering mountains below suddenly became somewhat sparse, Xiao Yan paused for a moment, then looked up into the distance. He saw that at the end of his vision, a dark plain stretched out like a black line, completely dividing the two regions.

"Finally arrived." After letting out a long sigh of relief, Xiao Yan slowly lowered his body.

"I thought you would just fly in like that," Yao Lao's voice echoed in Xiao Yan's mind. "Looks like you haven't forgotten what I said before."

“How could I forget?” Xiao Yan smiled helplessly after landing on the ground. “The Black Corner Region is where the most murders and robberies happen on the entire continent. At first glance, the Purple Cloud Wings do look like wings formed from Dou Qi, but you can see the difference when you look closely.”

"I'm only in the Black Corner Region to buy goods. It wouldn't be worth it if I were targeted by some powerful figure or spoiled brat because of my flying combat skills."

After leaving the Yunlan Sect, Xiao Yan spent a considerable amount of time refining medicine for his clansmen, so much so that he only realized he had very few medicinal herbs left after leaving the Jia Ma Empire.

"And the ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill," the old medicine master added slowly. "Although only three ingredients are needed, neither the Earth Core Fire Mushroom, the Dragon Beard Ice and Fire Fruit, nor the Green Wood Immortal Vine are easy to find."

"And the most crucial sixth-order water-attribute magic core," Xiao Yan sighed, "if we can't find it in the Black Corner Region, we might have to take the time to hunt down a sixth-order water-attribute magical beast."

When absorbing the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, it is protected by the Blood Lotus Pill; when absorbing the Netherworld Poison Flame, it is protected by the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and Little Fairy Doctor helps suppress the toxins. However, when facing the Fallen Heart Flame, which ranks fourteenth on the Strange Flame Ranking, it needs a sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill.

"They're all troublesome things..."

After casually pulling up his hood, Xiao Yan headed towards Black Seal City, the outermost city of the Black Corner Region in the distance.

*

Qianyaofang is the largest herbal medicine shop in Black Seal City. Although it is called a medicine shop, what Xiao Yan is in front of is an enormous building, grand and magnificent, with an imposing presence, which is no less impressive than the building of the Alchemist Guild of the Jia Ma Empire.

'As expected, these shops in the Black Corner Region are the biggest power, right?' Glancing at the road outside Qianyaofang, which was much cleaner than other streets, Xiao Yan chuckled and then strode into Qianyaofang.

After walking around the crystal counter in the medicine shop, Xiao Yan glanced at a room deep inside the shop. In that room, there was a Dou Wang who had projected his aura the moment he entered the Thousand Medicine Shop.

"Haha, this guest looks unfamiliar. Is this your first time visiting Qianyaofang? What kind of medicinal herbs do you need?" After he was exposed, the door to the room was pushed open, and an old man laughed as he greeted Xiao Yan.

look unfamiliar?

The other guests glanced at Xiao Yan—a guy dressed in a black robe, with not an inch of skin exposed, who looked very strange at first glance.

How could he not look unfamiliar? I can't even see his face!

After muttering to themselves, everyone looked away. It was fine to glance at someone out of curiosity, but if they kept staring, they would have no recourse if they were killed.

"Earth Core Fire Mushroom, Dragon Beard Ice and Fire Fruit, Green Wood Immortal Vine... Green Flame Grass, Black Gastrodia..." After glancing at the old man and knowing that he was the manager of the shop, Xiao Yan unceremoniously listed all the medicinal herbs he needed. Then, without caring whether the old man could remember them, he asked in a stiff voice.

How much can you afford?

As a Dou Wang-level expert, the old man naturally remembered all the medicinal herbs Xiao Yan mentioned. However, apart from the herbs used to refine the Qingling Pill, he only knew about most of them, and there were even many he had never heard of before!

After his Adam's apple bobbed, the old man spoke in a dry voice, "This gentleman..."

"Bring out everything you can find," Xiao Yan said casually, tapping the armrest lightly with his right index finger after sitting down on a chair. "I'm in a hurry, so I hope you can be quick."

"Of course, of course..." The old man chuckled a few times and quickly walked toward the storeroom of Qianyaofang.

After the old man left, Xiao Yan closed his eyes to rest. The people around him also lowered their voices because of the old man's attitude towards Xiao Yan, afraid that even a little noise would disturb this big shot who looked like he was not to be trifled with.

A short while later, the old man hurriedly came out of the storeroom, handed a low-level storage ring to Xiao Yan, and said with a dry laugh, "Sir, these are all the medicinal herbs you requested..."

The moment Xiao Yan received the storage ring, his soul power sank into it and checked the medicinal herbs inside. As expected, apart from the herbs needed for the Azure Spirit Pill, there were only two other high-grade herbs needed to refine the Imperial Extreme Pill.

"Let's settle the accounts." Xiao Yan said calmly after nodding slightly. In the end, he didn't expect Qianyaofang to be able to gather all the medicinal herbs he needed. Now that they had two high-grade medicinal herbs, it was already a pleasant surprise.

"Hehe..." The old man chuckled dryly and rubbed his hands together. "Well, Cheng Hui... fifteen million gold coins."

"So you're not scared now?" Xiao Yan chuckled. Although the medicinal herbs in his storage ring were rare, they couldn't possibly be worth tens of millions of gold coins. However, the Wood Spirit Three Needle Flower, which only sells for 50,000 gold coins outside, was priced at 170,000 gold coins here. It wasn't hard to see how unscrupulous Qianyaofang was.

The old man just smiled apologetically, showing no sign of backing down on the price.

Seeing the old man's appearance, Xiao Yan realized he had made a fool of himself. While paying, he asked, "Are there any auctions in the city recently?"

“Unfortunately, the Black Seal Auction House’s annual auction has just ended,” the old man said with a regretful expression. “If you had come earlier, sir, you might have been able to join in the fun.”

"It's over?" Xiao Yan pursed his lips, muttering to himself that his luck hadn't been so good lately, before asking, "Do you have the auction list?"

“Those are things that only the major powers in the Black Corner Region can obtain. I’m just the shopkeeper of this small shop. How could I have such qualifications?” The old man shook his head with a smile, then put on a mysterious look. “However, I heard that the best item up for grabs at this auction is a seventh-grade pill!”

The voice was very soft. Although there was only Xiao Yan in the shop besides the shop assistant, it was unclear what the point of his actions was.

"A seventh-grade pill?" Xiao Yan frowned.

This was the first time Xiao Yan had heard of any other seventh-grade alchemists. Although the Black Corner Region was the most chaotic place on the entire continent and there were many powerful individuals, Black Seal City was just an outer city. So, did a seventh-grade alchemist exist in such an outer city?

For a moment, Xiao Yan became even more vigilant. If there was only one seventh-grade alchemist, it would be fine, but if there were many, there might be Dou Zun beings deep in the Black Corner Region!

"Besides seventh-grade pills?" Xiao Yan asked calmly, though he didn't openly express his wariness.

"Uh..." The old man looked speechless.

Seeing the old man's expression, Xiao Yan knew he wasn't going to say anything more, so he simply got up and walked out of the shop.

It wasn't until Xiao Yan had gone quite a distance that the old man gasped in shock, "Incredible! This one is probably a sixth-grade alchemist too! Gangzi!"

"Boss, what's wrong?" Upon hearing the old man's call, a shop assistant obediently walked to his side.

“Go tell the sect leader that the one just now was at least a fifth-grade alchemist, and there’s an 80% chance he was a sixth-grade alchemist like that Medicine King…” Halfway through his sentence, the old man suddenly remembered that there were quite a few sixth-grade herbs among the ones Xiao Yan had mentioned…

"Tell the sect leader that the person just now was a sixth-grade alchemist," the old man said confidently after taking a deep breath.

"Yes!" The shop assistant didn't ask any more questions. After hearing what the old man said, he left the shop directly.

As for never having seen Xiao Yan's face...

Their body type and height are obvious, aren't they? There are probably only a few hundred or a thousand people of the same height and build who wear black robes in the entire Black Corner Region. If you exclude those whose battle qi level does not meet the requirements, you can easily filter them out.

"These are turbulent times..." After muttering a few random words, the old man slowly returned to his room.

*

When Xiao Yan walked along the street to the location of the Black Seal Auction House, a group of men dressed in black were calmly cleaning up the bloodstains on the street. Judging from the freshness of the bloodstains, it seemed that a murder and robbery had broken out right after the auction ended.

However, judging from the bloodstains on those men in black outfits, those unruly guys who committed murder and robbery at the entrance of the Black Seal Auction House must have died here.

As for the "victim of murder and robbery," he should be the thin man standing near the man cleaning the street, holding a long, azure-blue sword. Judging from his fighting spirit level, he should be a sixth-star fighter.

"This guy is really lucky. The only ones who want to steal his things are a few Battle Masters."

"Indeed, there are only five Dou Shi guards at the Black Seal Auction House, and coincidentally, each of them is stronger than those Dou Shi."

"If even one of the attackers is a Grand Battle Master, those guys will pretend they didn't see anything..."

As Xiao Yan scanned the Black Seal Auction House with his soul power, whispers arose from the surrounding crowd. Coincidentally, these people were all around the level of Great Dou Master, not particularly strong, but just slightly stronger than the strongest of the guards in black outfits.

Finally, one naive bystander was persuaded. In the instant the guards turned around, a burst of fighting spirit shot out, instantly killing the thin man carrying the azure longsword. He then left with the sword.

Just as those onlookers with ulterior motives said, after this Grand Master made his move, the guards did not react at all and went straight to their posts.

In that instant, many people who seemed to have won bids at the previous auction changed their expressions drastically and scattered in all directions. Behind each of them were at least one or more people with murderous and thieving intentions.

'...As expected of the Black Corner Region.'

The lively scene of chasing and fleeing left Xiao Yan stunned for a few seconds. After casually killing a few petty thieves who seemed to regard him as a weakling, he muttered something with a strange expression.

"Hey, are people this cowardly nowadays? They want to steal something, but they have to first encourage a Grandmaster to test the waters." A mocking voice came from the tavern next door.

"The main problem is that a few people who were too bold but not smart were killed at the previous auction. If it were any other time, they would have already started fighting over it." Another laugh rang out.

"Isn't the most crucial point that those guys have no connections?"

"That's true. If it were that Blood Sect member, the Eight Doors probably wouldn't dare to kill him directly."

"Hey, that pretty boy from the Blood Sect wouldn't dare to snatch it. Everyone knows his father wants that pill," the one who started the mockery said with a smirk. "Tsk tsk, a seventh-grade pill, that's a real treasure!"

"Indeed, the Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill is basically like a second life."

"But that old ghost Fan never expected that the Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill would actually be taken by the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, right?"

"hey-hey……"

The conversation between the two continued in the tavern, but Xiao Yan stopped listening. After all, this wasn't the first time he'd heard the name of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and he'd heard it several times before…

"Teacher, that Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill was refined by my senior brother, wasn't it?" Xiao Yan asked softly in his heart.

'If nothing unexpected happens...' the old doctor said weakly, his voice filled with bitterness.

The Yin-Yang Mystic Dragon Pill, ranked seventh grade, manifests a celestial phenomenon upon its formation: two dragon souls, one yin and one yang, soar into the sky from the cauldron, intertwining and finally condensing into the pill's body. It is one of the few seventh-grade pills that only requires six-tier magic cores, although it does require two six-tier magic cores.

Of course, the most important thing is that the formula for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill was created by Yao Lao. Apart from Yao Lao, only two other people on the continent know how to refine this pill. One of them is Xiao Yan, and the other is Xiao Yan's "senior brother," Han Feng, who betrayed Yao Lao.

"Since this pill is sold in Black Seal City, my senior brother should be in the Black Corner Region, barring any unforeseen circumstances," Xiao Yan continued. "According to what you said, Master, even if he chooses to cultivate the Burning Technique again, he's at most a Dou Zong, right?"

Yao Lao didn't respond; he understood what Xiao Yan meant.

Han Feng is in the Black Corner Region. Teacher, should we find him now and deal with him?

Yao Lao understood that as long as he nodded, Xiao Yan would definitely spare no effort to find that traitor and kill him on the spot. With Xiao Yan's ability to hold his own against a newcomer who had just entered the Dou Zun realm when he was at full strength, there were very few people in the Black Corner Region who could match Xiao Yan. Even if there were, they would not offend a seventh-grade alchemist for the sake of a sixth-grade alchemist.

but……

"Do you still remember those Soul Guides from the Soul Palace that we encountered during the Black Storm?" After a long while, Elder Yao asked softly.

Chapter 208 A City of Talented Individuals: Black Seal City

'Of course I remember…' Xiao Yan nodded gently.

Before entering Black Seal City, Xiao Yan encountered the most depressing weather in the Black Domain Plains—a black storm that looked like it could devour everything in its path.

Meanwhile, in the black storm, he also witnessed the Soul Palace's Soul Guide hunting a soul entity at the Dou Ling level. The soul entity's strength far surpassed that of the Soul Guide, but it was as if it had encountered its natural enemy. The soul entity was captured by the Soul Guide without even making any effective struggle.