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

"Xiao Yan has already gone out," Elder Su said after hearing the voice, glancing at Xun'er and the others. "He said he has urgent business to attend to in the outer courtyard... You should be in the same boat, right?"

"Yes." Xun'er nodded.

“I’ve already given the signal, so there are griffins waiting outside. There are many magical beasts in the deep mountains outside the inner courtyard. Without griffins, it might take you a while to reach the outer courtyard.”

After saying this, Elder Su thought for a moment and handed the jade bottle in his hand to Xun'er. "These are the pills that Xiao Yan gave me before. Please help me return them. It's just opening a door, so there's no need for such a big gift."

Faced with the jade bottle in Elder Su's hand, Xun'er subconsciously used her soul power. After confirming the contents of the bottle, she shook her head and did not accept it. "Since it is a gift of thanks from Brother Xiao Yan to you, Elder, please accept it."

Without waiting for Elder Su to say anything more, he strode towards the silver gate and disappeared in a flash of light.

Following her, Zi Yan, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning also followed closely. As a flash of silver light disappeared, the space in front of Elder Su became empty again.

"But isn't the Battle Spirit Pill too precious?" Looking at the empty space, Elder Su sighed, closed the spatial passage, and a pair of battle qi wings appeared, quickly flying towards the inner courtyard.

Even disregarding the mysteriously obtained Spirit Pill in his hand, Elder Su had no choice but to report to Su Qian about the speed Xiao Yan unleashed the moment he opened the spatial passage.

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Accompanied by a gust of wind, a figure in blue appeared opposite Hu Qian.

Hu Qian, who had been instinctively tensing up, breathed a slight sigh of relief after recognizing the face of the figure in blue. "Xiao Yan, you've come..."

"Dean, where is my second brother?" Xiao Yan, who had crossed the sea of ​​trees at the fastest speed he had ever seen and arrived at the outer courtyard, took a short breath and asked urgently.

"At Ruolin's residence..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hu Qian felt a blur before his eyes. Xiao Yan, who had been standing right in front of him, had simply vanished. If it weren't for the fact that the heat from Xiao Yan's fiery wings hadn't completely dissipated, Hu Qian would have almost thought that what he had seen before was just an illusion.

“Family really is everyone’s Achilles’ heel…” Hu Qian sighed. Although he had only known Xiao Yan for a few days, Xiao Yan had always appeared calm and collected. This was the first time he had seen Xiao Yan so panicked. “However…”

Thinking of what the man who looked somewhat like Xiao Yan had said yesterday, Hu Qian fell silent. Family is everyone's weakness, but what could Xiao Yan do in the face of that power?

"I hope you can think more positively!" Hu Qian sighed. "At least you still have family around you!"

The outer academy was very large, and the dean's office and the teachers' residences were quite a distance apart. However, for Xiao Yan, who was giving it his all, the journey that would normally take more than ten minutes to walk was completely traversed in less than three seconds.

When Ruolin's elegant pavilion came into view, Xiao Yan went straight to the courtyard, took two steps, and knocked on the door. At this moment, Xiao Yan's heart was pounding, and he dared not use his soul power at all, for fear of seeing a scene that he could not bear.

crunch--

The door opened with a sound, and a burly man over two meters tall appeared in front of Xiao Yan. With his muscular body and messy purple hair, who else could it be but Lionheart?

"Lionheart?" Upon seeing Lionheart, Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned.

"You've come at the right time, come in quickly!" Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, but Lionheart, who had been waiting for Xiao Yan's arrival, did not hesitate for a moment. He grabbed Xiao Yan's right arm and dragged him into the hall.

"Big brother? Second brother?" After following Lionheart into the hall, Xiao Yan became even more puzzled.

Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Lionheart's son all stood in the hall with solemn expressions. Although they did not look well, they were clearly not seriously injured.

Moreover, besides Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, Xiao Yan also saw a figure that shouldn't be there—

"Little Fairy Doctor, what's wrong? Has your Calamity Poison Body flared up? That shouldn't be happening..."

Upon seeing the gray-haired girl in the hall, Xiao Yan quickly approached her, grabbed Xiao Yixian's shoulder, and instinctively channeled his soul power into his body, wanting to thoroughly investigate Xiao Yixian's physical condition.

"No, the poison pills you refined earlier can still control the Calamity Poison Body," Little Fairy Doctor stopped Xiao Yan from taking any further action, "It's just that the poison body was overused a couple of days ago, so the toxins can't subside in a short time..."

“This girl is fine,” Lionheart said. “You should go to her room and check on her. If you’re any later, that girl and that woman from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion might really be in trouble.”

Hearing Little Fairy Doctor and Lionheart say this, and seeing that none of the people in the hall seemed to be injured, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. However, out of concern, Xiao Yan still took out a few Restoration Pills from his Flame Awakening Ring and handed them to the group before taking a deep breath and slowly pushing open the door that Lionheart had pointed to.

Two beds were placed somewhat out of place in the room, and a woman lay on each bed. One of them was the "woman from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion" that Lionheart had mentioned, namely Green Barbarian. The other was Qing Lin, whom Xiao Yan had met in the Mo Tie Mercenary Group. She had been adopted by Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and was to be his child bride.

Both men had their eyes tightly closed, their faces as pale as paper, tinged with pain, and their bodies trembled slightly from time to time. If the others in the hall only looked unwell, these two were clearly on the verge of death...

“Damn it…” A low, suppressed rage squeezed out of Xiao Yan’s throat.

However, Xiao Yan also understood that now was not the time to investigate what had happened. With a wave of his hand, he sealed the door with his Dou Qi, then reached out and grabbed the wrists of the two women. His soul power entered their bodies through the points of contact.

Although Xiao Yan could determine the extent of the injuries on the two individuals through his spiritual power even without physical contact, he was afraid that a single mistake in assessing their injuries would cause problems with subsequent treatment, given that the two were on the verge of death. Therefore, he decisively used a method he hadn't used in over ten years: determining the injuries through skin contact.

In the hall, as Xiao Yan closed the door, the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive. Neither Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, nor Little Fairy Doctor and Lionheart had ever seen Xiao Yan so furious, nor did they expect him to be so terrifying when he was angry.

"...Should we really tell him the truth later?" After a long while, Lionheart slowly spoke, "Back in the Monster Mountain Range, when Ye Huang almost pierced his heart, he was never this furious. He was even smiling back then."

Of all those present, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li undoubtedly spent the most time with Xiao Yan, but if we're talking about those who understand Xiao Yan's strength and temperament best, it would naturally be Lionheart.

“It can’t be hidden,” Xiao Ding sighed. “From the moment I made the decision to come to Canaan Academy, all the facts had to be told, even if…”

Even if all the pressure will fall on Xiao Yan afterwards.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li both looked somewhat dejected. Although they were now Great Dou Masters, reaching the level of the former strongest members of the Xiao family, there was still an insurmountable gap between them and the ghostly figures they had seen a few days ago.

For the two of them, a Dou Zong level expert was nothing short of a legend, but a few days ago they encountered six of them, and these six experts' goal was precisely to destroy the Xiao family...

“Once Xiao Yanzi has healed Qinglin and Miss Lüman, let’s go to the Black Corner Region,” Xiao Ding said, his gaze falling on Xiao Li. “Making a name for ourselves in the Black Corner Region might be the only way we can help Xiao Yanzi.”

Xiao Li nodded with a gloomy expression.

Seeing the two make their decision, Little Fairy Doctor thought for a moment but still didn't say anything to dissuade them. Unless they become Dou Zun or even Dou Sheng, even if they unify the Black Corner Region or the entire Northwest Continent, they will still be no different from chickens and dogs to the Soul Palace, right?

Lionheart didn't offer any opinion on Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's decision. After Xiao Yan gave him and his son the seventh-grade Transformation Pill, he decided that all his human and beast forms would stay with the Xiao family. Even though he was almost killed by the guardians of the Soul Palace this time, he still didn't change his mind.

It was afternoon soon, but there was still no movement in Xiao Yan's room.

Knock knock knock

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll go." Before Lionheart could stand up, Little Fairy Doctor slowly got up, walked to the door, and opened it.

As the door opened, Little Fairy Doctor's gaze fell directly on the girl in the blue dress who had knocked on the door. After a brief pause, her gaze slowly shifted to the people behind her.

"Come in. Xiao Yan is still healing someone and won't be out for a while." Before Xun'er and the others could speak, Little Fairy Doctor spoke these words in a cold voice. Then, Little Fairy Doctor turned around and walked straight into the house.

After a slight hesitation, Xun'er took the lead and followed Little Fairy Doctor.

"Xun'er, Yu'er, Mei'er, and... Xiao Ningzi?" After the group entered the hall, they heard familiar voices.

"Cousin Xiao Ding, Cousin Xiao Li."

After a brief moment of surprise, the group greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li one after another.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xun'er looked at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Cousin, what brings you to Canaan Academy?"

"How should I put it..." Hearing Xun'er's question, Xiao Ding gave a bitter smile, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Something has happened to the Xiao family..."

boom!

A powerful aura suddenly surged from the room. If Lionheart and Little Fairy Doctor hadn't reacted quickly and stood in front of the people in the hall, the aura that erupted in that instant would have completely stunned them.

"Xiao Yan, calm down!" Little Fairy Doctor quickly flashed to Xiao Yan's side, tightly hugged the arm of the agitated Xiao Yan, and then seven-colored light emerged.

As the seven-colored light appeared, Xiao Yan's out-of-control aura gradually subsided.

After a few rapid breaths, Xiao Yan's hands were still trembling slightly. The Xiao family should have completely moved into the capital city when he left, but now Qing Lin and Lü Man were seriously injured, and Shi Xin and Xiao Yi Xian were both exhausted from the battle. That meant...

"Who did this?" Xiao Yan slowly squeezed out a few words from his throat, his fingernails digging deep into his palm.

"...Soul Palace."

After his gaze lingered for a moment on the arm in which Xiao Yan was being held by Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Ding slowly spoke.

"Soul Palace?"

Upon hearing those two words, Xiao Yan froze for a moment. In that instant, he didn't notice the incredulous expression on Xun'er's face. "Why them? Did they find out what I did?"

While healing Lü Man, Xiao Yan wondered if the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion had discovered Lü Man and Bai Ya's betrayal and noticed Qing Lin's Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, so they sent several Dou Zong to the Jia Ma Empire.

Although Green Barbarian had previously said that the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion would never lay a hand on Green Scale, who possesses the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, who knows if they might have the idea of ​​destroying it if they can't have it?

Besides the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Xiao Yan considered whether the Cloud Empire might invade, and even whether the Cloud Mist Sect and the Jia Ma Royal Family might join forces...

However, Xiao Yan never thought of the name Soul Palace.

"They found out what you did?" Xiao Ding was taken aback when he heard Xiao Yan's words, but then he shook his head. "Although I don't know what you did, Xiao Yan, it's impossible for you to get the Soul Palace to send six Dou Zongs, right?"

'That's not necessarily true...' After a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Xiao Yan obediently nodded, signaling Xiao Ding to continue.

“In the first month after the Xiao family moved to the capital city, everything was peaceful,” Xiao Ding continued. “Thanks to the arrangements made by your master and senior brother, Xiao Yanzi, the Xiao family quickly integrated into the power structure of the capital city, and even showed signs of becoming the most powerful force besides the royal family and the Yunlan Sect.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded. It would be a problem if the Xiao family didn't have such momentum under his arrangement.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning looked at Xiao Ding with blank expressions. Although Xiao Yan had told them before that the Xiao family had moved to the imperial city, they never expected that the Xiao family, which could only keep pace with a few forces in Wutan City, would become the most powerful force outside of Yunlan Sect and Jia Ma Royal Family.

"Then, ten days ago, the people from the Soul Palace appeared," Xiao Ding smiled faintly, but the deep-seated hatred in his eyes was obvious to everyone. "Including those who were stopped by Senior Yunshan and Senior Jia Xingtian, a total of six Dou Zongs came..."

"Heh, sending six Dou Zong just to destroy the Xiao family?" Xiao Li sneered. "Who would believe that? Who would think that a family whose strongest member is only a four-star Dou Ling would be worth the Soul Hall, which is famous throughout the continent, sending six Dou Zongs?"

Chapter 225 One in Ten Survives

"Yes, who would have thought that the Soul Hall only needed to send six Dou Zong to deal with the Xiao family..."

Looking at Xiao Yan and the others in the hall with their cold and stern expressions, Xun'er pursed her lips and smiled bitterly to herself.

"Of the six Dou Zong, two are mid-level Dou Zong, and the other four are only low-star Dou Zong," Lionheart added. "Because the initial conflict broke out inside the imperial city, our first reaction after the battle began was to lure them outside the city."

The objective of luring them outside the city was achieved very easily, so once we reached the city, our battle circles separated slightly. Therefore, none of us noticed that the Soul Hall's true target was still the Xiao family members..."

"The Xiao family... members?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with blank eyes.

The matter of the Soul Hall causing Qing Lin and Lü Man to be seriously injured and on the verge of death had already baffled Xiao Yan. Now, it is said that the Soul Hall's target is the Xiao family members... Could it be that the Xiao family was once an extremely powerful force in Zhongzhou, even able to stand on equal footing with the Soul Hall?

“That’s right, the Soul Hall’s target is our people,” Xiao Ding nodded, his dark pupils almost bloodshot, his face contorted in a terrifying grimace. “In fact, besides those six Dou Zong, they also sent several Dou Wang and Dou Ling to deal with us. Even though other powerful figures from the imperial city also joined the battle, our people still suffered heavy casualties…”

"Even when a clansman dies, one of the Soul Hall members will temporarily leave the battle to search the corpse of the deceased clansman. Judging from their actions, it seems they are looking for something." Xiao Li added that during the battle, the two of them were only facing Soul Hall minions of the same level, so they were able to see some of the subtle movements of the Soul Hall experts in detail.

Looking for something?

Xiao Yan was increasingly puzzled. Did their Xiao family really have something worth the Soul Palace going to such lengths to find?

“We don’t know what they’re looking for,” Xiao Ding said softly, “but the Grand Elder did tell us one thing before he died…”

"He instructed you to safeguard the family's jade and never let it fall into the hands of outsiders!"

Compared to the so-called family heirloom, Xiao Yan is now more concerned about something else—

"The First Elder is dead... Then, what about Father? How is Father?" Xiao Yan stared intently at his two elder brothers, his breathing rapid and his voice hoarse.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's faces turned ashen. After exchanging a glance, they shook their heads bitterly.

“Father…” Xiao Yan’s voice trembled, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart. That’s right, his father was only a Dou Ling. It was impossible for him to be safe and sound in a battlefield with many Dou Wangs.

"When the Second Elder revealed Father's identity and told him to lead us all to escape," Xiao Ding said through gritted teeth, "those few Dou Wangs seemed to have received some kind of signal. They abandoned their previous opponents and, despite being severely injured by Elder Nalan and the others, still rushed towards Father and kidnapped him..."