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

"Otherwise what?" The little fox blinked. "Its foundation is a spiritual entity, isn't it?"

"I thought..." After a moment of silence, Xiao Yan didn't continue, but turned to look at Yao Lao, "Teacher, its strength should be enough, right?"

“At least, two-colored Dan Lei should be no problem for it,” Yao Lao said, pressing his hand on the golden, shimmering spirit body to confirm its strength. “But I’m not sure about anything higher.” Considering he had never seen it fight, Yao Lao gave a very conservative answer.

"So that means?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up instantly.

"I have some Grade 8 medicinal formulas that can only summon two-color pill lightning at most," the old medicine master said with a helpless smile. "I'll familiarize myself with them during this time, and when I take on some missions that require me to leave the Dao Sect, I'll use the opportunity to find medicinal herbs and try refining them!"

Not to mention Xiao Yan, even Yao Lao was looking forward to the day when his disciple could refine an eighth-grade pill. He once said that as long as a pill that could summon pill lightning was refined, the disciple would be considered to have graduated. Although the previous "disciple" had not even achieved this, the disciple in front of him was already able to try to make eighth-grade pills... and this was even after he forcibly postponed the time for learning about eighth-grade pill formulas for many years!

"Hehe, an eighth-grade pill..."

However, Xiao Yan was completely oblivious to the strange expression on Yao Lao's face. He just chuckled and looked through the eighth-grade pill formulas that Yao Lao had just given him.

"teacher."

After a long while, Yao Lao suddenly heard Xiao Yan calling out.

"Is there a problem?"

"The Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill is only a peak seventh-grade pill, right?" Xiao Yan's voice came. "Among eighth-grade pills, are there any with better effects? Eighth-grade nine-colored pills are no problem either. After I go back and devour the Fallen Heart Flame, I should be able to become a Dou Zong. Later, after refining the Xuan Heavy Ruler, my soul power will also reach the Heavenly Realm. At that time, I will be able to refine even eighth-grade nine-colored pills, right?"

Upon hearing this, the old man's expression froze. After a long while, he smiled and patted Xiao Yan's head.

"What are you thinking? You haven't even refined an eighth-grade pill, and you're already thinking about an eighth-grade, nine-colored pill? You haven't even learned to walk yet, but you're already thinking about flying!"

"At least I can easily refine seventh-grade pills now..." After being patted on the back by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan chuckled sheepishly, "Even in the Pill Tower, I'd be considered a genius!"

"So?" Yao Lao glared at Xiao Yan as if trying to scare him.

"Well, you could say he's already learned to walk, right?" Xiao Yan subconsciously shrank back and muttered under his breath.

"Alright, alright, I guess you've learned to walk!" the old medicine master said irritably. After a moment, he said softly, "The Nine-Turn Nirvana Pill, an eighth-grade, nine-colored pill, is said to be even more difficult to make than some ninth-grade treasure pills..."

"Teacher, have you never successfully refined it either?" Compared to the difficulty, Xiao Yan was more concerned about whether Yao Lao had ever refined it before.

"...I have refined other Grade 8 Nine-Colored Pills." After a brief silence, the old medicine master said calmly.

"So, you haven't refined this Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill before?" Xiao Yan, as always, grasped the key point. "In other words, if I successfully refine the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill, I can say that I've surpassed you, Teacher, in terms of alchemy?!"

Seeing the ecstatic expression on Xiao Yan's face, Yao Lao couldn't help but tap him on the head again, "Don't think so much! You haven't even refined an eighth-grade pill yet!"

Although he was hit on the head again, Xiao Yan's expression did not change at all. He seemed to still be immersed in his dream of refining a pill that even Yao Lao had never been able to refine.

Seeing Xiao Yan grinning foolishly, Yao Lao finally stopped hitting him on the head. After all, Xiao Yan was already stupid enough, and if he continued to hit him, he might really be crippled.

……

On the plaza, Lin Dong's eyes were slightly closed. He showed no reaction to the hand seals formed by the person directly opposite him, nor to the starlight emanating from that person's body, as if he had given up the fight.

His performance sparked much discussion. When starlight erupted from Lin Dong's opponent's body, most people understood that the person's next move was far more serious than just injury if Lin Dong didn't have a powerful enough method.

While everyone was whispering among themselves, a slightly eerie gray light began to flicker gently between Lin Dong's brows.

"These two are truly good friends!" Ying Huanhuan, who had just arrived near the Desolate Palace's Danhe, said through gritted teeth as she looked at Lin Dong on the arena. "One of them just joined the Desolate Palace and already snatched the Danhe Initiation spot..."

"What do you mean by 'robbed'? I won it from Senior Brother Tong Chuan through legitimate means!" A righteous voice rang in Ying Huanhuan's ears.

"Heh, what does the Danhe Initiation have to do with a disciple who just joined the Desolate Hall and has no achievements?" Ying Huanhuan retorted subconsciously. The next moment, she turned around abruptly and looked at Xiao Yan, who seemed to be preparing to refute something. "When did you come out?!"

Twelve days had passed since Xiao Yan entered the bottom of the Dan River. There was still a little over a day before the record set by her senior brother a hundred years ago, who had completely absorbed all the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of the Dan River. What did she see then?

This guy, who was only at the fourth level of Nirvana Realm when he entered the bottom of the Dan River, two levels lower than that genius senior brother, actually came out on the twelfth day?!

"Can't you withstand the pressure at the bottom of the Dan River?" Ying Huanhuan asked subconsciously, somewhat unwilling to accept reality.

"The pressure at the bottom of the Dan River?" Xiao Yan blinked. "No way, that pressure isn't that strong..."

"Then why did you come out?"

“The Nirvana Golden Qi has been completely absorbed,” Xiao Yan said, somewhat puzzled. “Isn’t the purpose of the Danhe Initiation to absorb the Nirvana Golden Qi? It’s all been absorbed, so why can’t I come out?” Having guessed what this young girl, who held a high position in the Dao Sect, was thinking, Xiao Yan pretended not to understand anything.

"...You two really are good friends," Ying Huanhuan took a deep breath, gave Xiao Yan a serious look, and then decisively changed the subject, "You went to cause trouble for Tong Chuan as soon as you entered the Desolate Hall, and he went after Jiang Hao as soon as he came out of the Martial Arts Hall!"

"Martial Arts Hall? Jiang Hao?" Seeing Ying Huanhuan change the subject, Xiao Yan also looked towards the plaza. "That guy with starlight emanating from his body is Jiang Hao? One of the four personal disciples of the Desolate Hall?"

“That’s the starting stance of the Great Star Fist,” Ying Huanhuan, though a member of the Heavenly Palace, still had some knowledge of the four great martial arts of the Desolate Palace. “One of the four great martial arts of the Desolate Palace, and in the past hundred years, most of the Desolate Palace’s top disciples have only mastered this one move!”

"Are there many people cultivating this?" Xiao Yan nodded slightly. "Then, is Lin Dong currently using one of the Four Great Martial Arts of the Desolate Palace?"

"The Desolate Demon Eye, the least famous of the four great martial arts of the Desolate Palace, is also the most difficult to master," Ying Huanhuan said, looking at the gray light between Lin Dong's brows. "It is said that even Senior Brother Zhou Tong was unable to master it back then!"

"Doesn't that mean Lin Dong can also comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture?" Xiao Yan said with a hint of delight.

Unlike him, who had no intention of changing his martial arts, Lin Dong chose the Desolate Palace for the sake of the Great Desolate Scripture. Since Zhou Tong, who had comprehended the Great Desolate Scripture back then, had not been able to master this move, then Lin Dong would definitely be able to comprehend the Great Desolate Scripture as well!

"So you really do know about what happened to Senior Brother Zhou Tong back then!"

Then, to Xiao Yan's surprise, Ying Huanhuan looked directly at him and said angrily, "You were just pretending not to know what I was asking!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression froze. He didn't even watch the decisive battle between Lin Dong and Jiang Hao on the square... or rather, the scene where Lin Dong defeated Jiang Hao.

"So, you specifically mentioned their martial arts to test me?" Xiao Yan's eyes twitched slightly as he asked incredulously.

"The main purpose is to educate you, a newcomer to the Desolate Hall who hasn't even been to the Martial Arts Hall, about the Desolate Hall's inherited martial arts!" Ying Huanhuan said crisply. "Secondly, I want to test you, this guy who's pretending to be stupid!"

"Ahem," Xiao Yan coughed lightly. After all, he was the one who started the trick, and it was a bit embarrassing to be exposed now. "So, since Lin Dong has mastered a martial art that even Senior Brother Zhou Tong couldn't master, it means that Lin Dong is still very likely to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, right?"

“It’s different,” Ying Huanhuan stopped pressing Xiao Yan’s point of view. “I heard my father say that to master the Desolate Demon Eye martial art, one needs considerable skill in both Yuan Power and Spiritual Power, but the Great Desolate Scripture is different…” Ying Huanhuan suddenly stopped at this point.

'Neither Yuan Power nor spiritual power requires a high level of skill? Then Lin Dong is already unqualified?' After chuckling to himself, Xiao Yan asked curiously, 'Do you know the requirements of the Great Desolation Scripture?'

“Apart from Senior Brother Zhou Tong, no one knows,” Ying Huanhuan said somewhat dejectedly. “Back then, my sister sat in meditation in front of that desolate monument for a month, but still gained nothing.”

"elder sister?"

"Senior Sister Tian Dian, the strongest disciple in the entire Dao Sect!" Ying Huanhuan snorted. "Even my sister couldn't comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, so what makes you think you can?"

"Hmm... just because I absorbed the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of the Dan River a day earlier than Senior Brother Zhou Tong?"

"Well……"

In short, Ying Huanhuan was left speechless. After all, her sister had only lasted eight days at the bottom of the Dan River. Although she could use the excuse that the Dan River of the Heavenly Palace was stronger than that of the Desolate Palace, wasn't that just admitting defeat?

Chapter 287 Wilderness

“Who knows what methods you used,” Ying Huanhuan muttered. “Besides, it’s just a Danhe empowerment in the end. You probably can’t even comprehend the simplest of the four great martial arts of the Desolate Palace, the Great Star Fist…”

Despite saying this, Ying Huanhuan was clearly not very confident. She had also experienced the Danhe Initiation and knew how strong the pressure at the bottom of the Danhe River was after the eighth day. Not to mention that Xiao Yan only came out after absorbing all the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of the Danhe River.

"Besides strength, what other special methods could they possibly have?"

Xiao Yan said with a smile that even without the spiritual power level of a Grandmaster Immortal Talisman Master, with his physical strength comparable to that of a Reincarnation Realm demon beast, the pressure at the bottom of the Dan River didn't feel very real to him.

“Strength? In the end, you’re only at the fifth level of Nirvana,” Ying Huanhuan said in a low voice. “You were only able to defeat Tong Chuan before because he was careless. I don’t believe you could have defeated him back then.”

"Even if Lin Dong, who is currently at the Fifth Nirvana Realm, could defeat Senior Brother Jiang Hao, who is at the Seventh Nirvana Realm, would it still be the same?"

While the two were chatting, the battle between Lin Dong and Jiang Hao on the stage ended with the Hall Master of the Desolate Palace, Chen Zhen, blocking the gray light that shot out from between Lin Dong's eyebrows for Jiang Hao, thus confirming the winner.

"Without the Desolate Demon Eye, the outcome of his battle against Senior Brother Jiang Hao is hard to predict..."

Ying Huanhuan felt increasingly guilty. The fact that Lin Dong was able to comprehend the Desolate Demon Eye and use it completely had already proven his talent. Even without such a martial art, it was only a matter of time before Lin Dong defeated Jiang Hao.

"Besides, in the end, that's just Lin Dong's record. What does it have to do with you?" Although she was very guilty about the first half of her statement, Ying Huanhuan became arrogant when she said the second half, looking at Xiao Yan with disdain.

“Our strengths are about the same,” Xiao Yan said with a smile. “Back in the ancient battlefield, we both initially entered the inheritance of the same unknown sect. There, our spiritual power underwent a qualitative leap. Since then, we two guys from low-level dynasties have been able to thrive in that ancient battlefield.”

"The inheritance of a sect? A qualitative leap in spiritual power?" Ying Huanhuan blinked. "Is this why Lin Dong was able to comprehend the Desolate Demon Eye?"

'Is this why Xiao Yan was able to unleash mental power equivalent to a Sixth-Rank Heavenly Talisman Master?'

As Ying Huanhuan looked at Xiao Yan with curiosity, Wu Dao in the crowd suddenly realized that if Chen Zhen hadn't learned a trick from the people of the Divine Sect, he might have really regarded Xiao Yan as an "ordinary disciple" whose Yuan Power and spiritual power were completely equal, and he didn't know whether to say that he was well-rounded or had no strengths.

"Perhaps?" Xiao Yan tilted his head, looking uncertain. After Wu Dao withdrew his spiritual power, Xiao Yan looked at Ying Huanhuan curiously, "Speaking of which, aren't you a disciple of the Heavenly Palace? Why do you know so much about the four great martial arts of the Desolate Palace, and even their cultivation methods? Could it be..."

At the end, Xiao Yan smiled meaningfully.

“Okay, actually…” Ying Huanhuan sighed, realizing she had indeed revealed too much, and began to speak.

"Your father was once an elder of the Desolate Palace?"

"My father is the head of the Daoist sect... huh?"

Ying Huanhuan, who spoke at the same time as Xiao Yan, looked at Xiao Yan with a bewildered expression as his face gradually froze. "You didn't guess?" she asked, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Xiao Yan.

"I had a general idea that you held a certain position in the Dao Sect, but I didn't expect..."

Xiao Yan's lips twitched slightly. His investigation into the Dao Sect had not yet officially begun. Based on his few meetings with Ying Huanhuan, he thought that Ying Huanhuan was at most the daughter or granddaughter of some elder.

As a result, after entering the Dao Sect, the people he talked to the most, besides Wu Dao who brought him into the Dao Sect, were the daughter of the Dao Sect's leader.

"Speaking of which, since you are the daughter of the Dao Sect's leader, you should know what type of mission allows you to leave the Dao Sect, right?" Although it was somewhat unfortunate, Xiao Yan's eyes quickly lit up as he pressed for an answer.

"Leave the Dao Sect?"

Upon hearing the first half of Xiao Yan's sentence, Ying Huanhuan, who thought he was trying to get closer to him, was clearly stunned after hearing the second half of his sentence. "Why do you want to leave the Dao Sect? Do you want to go back to your own dynasty to deal with something? If so, you can ask the stewards outside to help you."

Ying Huanhuan's first thought was that Xiao Yan still had some unresolved issues in his original dynasty, and she immediately told him the best solution.

"No, how should I put it..." Xiao Yan chuckled dryly, "Apart from participating in the Hundred Dynasties War, I have never left the Great Yan Dynasty. It is rare that I entered the Dao Sect immediately after the Hundred Dynasties War ended. Actually, I am quite interested in the scenery of the Eastern Xuan Region."

Is that so?

Ying Huanhuan looked at Xiao Yan with some suspicion. Based on her intuition, she always felt that Xiao Yan was not telling the truth. However, the Dao Sect often arranged some missions for its disciples to leave the sect as training. Even if Xiao Yan did not ask, the Desolate Palace would arrange a mission for him to leave the sect within two months at most.

"You shouldn't worry too much about this kind of thing!" A hand suddenly landed on Xiao Yan's shoulder. "Even if you are a direct disciple, you won't be assigned any missions outside the sect anytime soon!"

The moment the hand landed on his shoulder, Xiao Yan tensed for a second, then relaxed after noticing who was standing behind him.

"Vice Hall Master," Xiao Yan turned around, bowed, and then looked up, asking curiously, "What if it's a personal disciple?"

The most senior disciple?

Wu Dao paused for a moment, then looked down. There, Lin Dong had been granted the status of a personal disciple because he had defeated Jiang Hao in a direct confrontation. He was the fifth personal disciple of the Desolate Hall, and also the one with the weakest Yuan Power cultivation among the personal disciples.

"As long as you can comprehend the Desolate Demon Eye, I can make an exception and grant you the status of a personal disciple!" Remembering what Xiao Yan had said before, Wu Dao, who had received the same spiritual power inheritance as Lin Dong, smiled and said, "Even if Jiang Hao and the others have objections later, I'll smooth things over for you!"

Wu Dao felt that the Desolate Palace might really have a chance to turn things around. Putting aside Xiao Yan, who absorbed the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of the Dan River a day earlier than Senior Brother Zhou Tong, Lin Dong, who was able to comprehend the Desolate Demon Eye, would likely be able to raise the Desolate Palace's ranking within the Dao Sect by one level.

Not to mention that neither of them has even come into contact with the Great Desolation Stele, and they still have the potential to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture...

Upon realizing this, Wu Dao's smile suddenly froze.