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

"The four of you will be going out on a mission, with Huanhuan in charge. As for the specific mission, she will explain it to you after we set off."

Ignoring the enlightenment, the white-haired old man looked around at Xiao Yan and the other three, and then spoke.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan paused, then looked thoughtfully at Ying Huanhuan. 'So, this mission might also be intended to help Ying Huanhuan establish her prestige among the disciples of the other three major halls?'

It's no wonder Xiao Yan would think that way, after all, Ying Huanhuan is the daughter of the Dao Sect's leader.

However, Xiao Yan didn't bother to hide his gaze, so Ying Huanhuan, who noticed his stare, glared at him and asked, "What? Do you have any objections to Elder Baihua's arrangements?"

"I'll do whatever the elders say." Xiao Yan laughed heartily.

Seeing that Xiao Yan "admitted defeat" so quickly, Ying Huanhuan curled her lips and swallowed back the words she was about to say before continuing, "I've led teams out of the sect for training more than ten times, and my experience is much richer than yours!"

"Yes, yes, yes," Xiao Yan replied lazily.

Seeing Xiao Yan's lazy demeanor, Ying Huanhuan couldn't help but grit her teeth. 'Even if you're faking it, at least make it convincing!'

Let's go!

After glaring at Xiao Yan again, Ying Huanhuan stopped beating around the bush. She tapped her finger lightly in the air, and with a crisp sound, a large blue eagle swooped out from the mountains and soon arrived above the platform.

"Let's go, and come back quickly!"

Ying Huanhuan moved swiftly and leaped onto the eagle, followed closely by Xiao Yan and the disciples of the Earth Palace and the Flood Palace.

Wow!

After the three of them boarded the eagle, Ying Huanhuan gently patted its back, and the eagle flapped its giant wings and flew away like lightning.

High in the sky, the giant wings of the Azure Eagle flapped, and a gale suddenly rose, its speed truly possessing the feel of lightning.

"Hey."

As Xiao Yan, sitting cross-legged on the back of the eagle, was feeling drowsy, a clear voice came from ahead. Looking up, he saw Ying Huanhuan with her head slightly turned, staring straight at him. Her black ponytail swept across her snow-white neck, and her bright eyes were like lakes, exceptionally beautiful.

"What?" After a brief moment of surprise, Xiao Yan tilted his head and asked.

"Did you encounter Yan Xiao when you went out of the sect to do a mission before?"

"I'm not quite sure," Xiao Yan shook his head after hearing Ying Huanhuan's question. "I didn't know who Yan Xiao was when he passed by me. I only found out that Yan Xiao was in that city after the Yuan Sect disciples were injured or killed... Are you very concerned about that person?"

After explaining his words, Xiao Yan countered with a question. He remembered that when they first entered the Dao Sect, Ying Huanhuan had emphasized to everyone not to discuss Yan Xiao's affairs or to say anything like "I hope Yan Xiao is a disciple of the Dao Sect."

"As expected..." Ying Huanhuan's mood soured after hearing Xiao Yan's answer. Then she noticed the strange expressions on Xiao Yan's and the other two disciples' faces. After a sigh, she said.

“During this period, the Yuan Sect has suffered heavy losses of disciples, and the cities where Yuan Sect disciples have been lost either have assets belonging to our Dao Sect, or the nearest cities have assets belonging to our Dao Sect…”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's mood became slightly complicated. Apart from one instance where he attacked Yuanmen disciples in a city with Daozong properties, most of the attacks occurred on the way back or on the way to the sect. Even so, the people of Yuanmen still suspected Daozong.

"Based solely on these facts, the Yuan Sect has accused our Dao Sect of being accomplices of Yan Xiao," Ying Huanhuan continued, "and has repeatedly stated that if our Dao Sect wants to prove its innocence, it should join forces with the Yuan Sect to find and kill Yan Xiao..."

“But we don’t know Yan Xiao at all!” the disciple from the Earth Palace said, his brows furrowed.

“Yuanmen wouldn’t care about these things,” Ying Huanhuan snorted, then looked at Xiao Yan, “I wasn’t the one leading your missions the last few times. The disciples in our Dao Sect’s businesses were all praising everything Yan Xiao did, right?”

“Uh…yes.” Xiao Yan nodded.

"Heh, as expected," Ying Huanhuan chuckled, her voice tinged with a hint of helplessness. "If I could, I would like to do the same as them, applauding everything Yan Xiao has done... Keep an eye out for him during future missions. If you encounter disciples talking about Yan Xiao, remind them to at least not to discuss him in public."

After a brief moment of weakness, she regained her previous serious demeanor and sat up straight.

"Alright, let's talk about our mission objectives this time..."

Before Xiao Yan and the other two could recover from Ying Huanhuan's earlier words, Ying Huanhuan cleared her throat and began to recount the details of the mission...

……

"So, our mission is to clear out those monsters?"

After scanning the crimson forest ahead with his spiritual power, Xiao Yan sensed dozens of violent and ferocious auras within the forest. He then turned his head to look at Yuan Fang, one of the Heavenly Palace's direct disciples and the managing disciple of the Blood Rock Earth Dao Sect.

It has been six days since Xiao Yan and his group left the Dao Sect. This morning, they arrived at one of the most chaotic areas in the Eastern Xuan Region. Their mission was to help the disciples deal with the demonic beasts that were lurking in the forest outside the Dao Sect's mines.

"Fire Crystal Apes are extremely troublesome demonic beasts. Once they appear, they come in large groups, and each one is incredibly powerful. There are at least forty of them here. If we really have to fight them to the death, even if we manage to drive them away, our disciples here will likely suffer heavy casualties," Yuan Fang said solemnly.

"So many?" The top disciples of the Earth Palace and the Flood Palace frowned. Although they were both at the seventh level of Nirvana, dealing with this number of demonic beasts was still very troublesome.

"Sister Fang, there shouldn't have been any Fire Crystal Apes around here before, right? How come there are so many suddenly?" Ying Huanhuan asked, frowning slightly.

"I'm not too sure about that either. Besides, these fire crystal demon apes keep popping out and interfering with our mining operations. I was forced to send a message to the sect because I had no other choice..." Yuan Fang shook his head and said.

"Perhaps, some rare and precious materials have appeared in the forest that can attract these monsters..." Xiao Yan, who was staring into the distance, suddenly said. Even without using all his spiritual power, just by looking at the gathering spiritual energy in the sky, he roughly understood what had appeared in this forest.

'Ancient Immortal Fruit...shouldn't this be an extremely precious thing?'

With a slight sigh, Xiao Yan, who had initially thought it was an extraordinary achievement to snatch the Immortal Essence Fruit from the Yuan Sect Elder—a fruit that no other super sect possessed—finded himself somewhat unacceptable upon learning that a "wild" Immortal Essence Fruit had appeared here.

“But the mineral veins here were explored before they were mined, and there are no rare or precious materials here,” Yuanfang said, frowning.

“I have an extremely keen sense of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth,” Xiao Yan said softly after noticing the gazes of the others. “Deep in the forest, there is a slight disorder in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth…”

"Do you know what it is?"

“I can’t tell,” Xiao Yan shook his head. “However, once we deal with these demonic beasts, we’ll know exactly what’s inside.”

“These monsters are not easy to deal with,” Yuanfang warned, “and there might even be a demon king among them.”

Most of the groups of demonic beasts have a leader. These fire crystal demonic apes are already equivalent to the fifth-level Nirvana Realm, so their leader must be at least at the sixth-level Nirvana Realm. Considering that these demonic beasts migrated from other areas, their leader may even be equivalent to the seventh or eighth-level Nirvana Realm.

"Let's deal with their leader first!" Ying Huanhuan decided immediately. "After we deal with the leader, the other monsters will be easier to handle!" As she spoke, Ying Huanhuan stepped forward, seemingly preparing to temporarily eliminate the monsters.

"Let me handle this," Xiao Yan stopped Ying Huanhuan. "The three of you are the main force for dealing with the Demon Kings behind us. It's better not to waste your Yuan energy now."

"You?" Ying Huanhuan frowned slightly, looking Xiao Yan up and down. "Can you do it?" Her words were full of disbelief.

"Whether it can be done or not, we'll have to try first," Xiao Yan rolled his eyes in annoyance, then soared into the air, and with a wave of his sleeve, dozens of fiery red Yuan energy bolts blasted directly into the forest.

Roar!

A roar of beasts exploded through the forest, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking. Dozens of fiery red giant apes appeared at the top of the giant trees, staring intently at Xiao Yan in the air.

'They're all fifth-tier... there's no point in keeping them.'

After muttering to himself, Xiao Yan formed a hand seal, and before the monkeys could react, a massive array enveloped them all. The next moment, the monkeys' eyes went limp, their limbs gave way, and they plummeted down the tree.

"What kind of formation is this?" After seeing that all the apes had lost their fighting ability, Ying Huanhuan rushed to Xiao Yan's side and looked at him in surprise.

“The Bewitching Array will put those with lower mental strength than mine into a state of sleep for at least half an hour,” Xiao Yan chuckled. “Although the array is extremely simple, if these demonic beasts attack me directly as soon as they come out, it won’t be so easy to trap them all.”

Feeling the incredulous looks from Yuan Fang and the others who had come to his side, Xiao Yan smiled and explained why the formation could so easily trap all the demonic beasts.

Sure enough, after hearing Xiao Yan's explanation, everyone nodded in realization, clearly believing his words.

Ying Huanhuan glanced at Xiao Yan with some suspicion, but said nothing. She took the lead and rushed towards the center of the Fiery Red Forest. Seeing this, Xiao Yan and the others hurriedly followed.

Without the obstruction of the demonic beasts, led by Ying Huanhuan, the group entered the central area of ​​the forest. After Xiao Yan pointed out the direction, they quickly found the source of the disordered spiritual energy of heaven and earth—

Black trees, and hanging on the trees are five crimson fruits that burn like flames.

"Ancient Immortal Tree?!" Ying Huanhuan exclaimed in disbelief the moment she saw the black tree.

"Why would something like this appear here?" The others were also dumbfounded, clearly unable to accept the fact that such a precious natural treasure would appear in such a remote area.

However, now that the existence of such a treasure has been confirmed, the matter of the Fire Crystal Ape and the Fire Crystal Ape King becomes much simpler. In just half an hour, all the demon beasts in the Crimson Forest have been dealt with, and all the useful materials from them have been collected into Ying Huanhuan's Qiankun Bag.

Once everything calmed down, everyone's attention was focused on the black tree that had broken through the ground and grown out of it. Their eyes were filled with both fervor and a hint of solemnity. This Blood Rock Land was full of desperate criminals, and if the news of the Immortal Essence Fruit were to leak out, it would surely cause a bloodbath.

“Once the fruit falls off naturally, we can determine whether there are seeds inside…” Looking at the flame-like fruit, Ying Huanhuan said softly, “Judging from the current situation, the fruit will fall off automatically in no more than five days.”

Five days?

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

"Should we summon all the disciples?" Yuanfang asked after a moment.

“Summoning everyone would attract too much attention,” Xiao Yan rejected the plan. “Just do it the same as usual. We can also arrange for some people to sell the Fire Crystal Ape and the Fire Crystal Ape King’s crystals so that others know that the sect has sent people over.”

“There will always be people who suspect that there are some rare and precious treasures here, right?” Ying Huanhuan looked at Xiao Yan.

"It's just a rare and precious treasure that attracted a demon beast like the Fire Crystal Demon Ape," Xiao Yan said calmly. "Even the most vicious person wouldn't come to our base camp and face reinforcements from the Dao Sect whose strength we don't know for something so uncertain, would they?"

After a moment's thought, Ying Huanhuan and Yuan Fang both nodded, clearly agreeing with Xiao Yan's statement.

"Make the arrangements," Ying Huanhuan said, her eyes turning to the ancient immortal tree. "Then we just have to wait five days..." As she murmured, her jade-like hands clenched tightly. It was probably just her imagination, but she had a feeling that things wouldn't end so simply.

Soon, the demonic beasts that had been causing trouble in the Dao Sect's mines were all dealt with. The news that even the leader of these demonic beasts had not escaped death spread from somewhere and quickly reached the Blood Rock Land.

Most people in Blood Rock Land didn't care about such worthless news. After all, the Dao Sect was a super sect. They were just a bunch of troublesome monkeys. Wasn't it normal to deal with them as soon as reinforcements arrived?

Although some suggested that perhaps some treasure had been discovered in the Dao Sect's mines, those who made such speculations were invariably met with ridicule.

Are you like those monkeys, wanting any rare and precious treasure that comes along?

Give me your Qiankun bag before you make your move. Once someone dies, they're gone. We can't leave the Nirvana Pill to the disciples of those big sects!

……

Amidst endless laughter, a man with a somewhat sleazy appearance shrank back and then quickly ran towards the city gates.

Chapter 291 Arrives

"Xiao Yan!"

The next day at noon, the door to the room assigned to Xiao Yan was pushed open, and at the same time, a crisp sound rang out.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yan, who was holding a medicinal herb and using his mental power to determine its approximate medicinal properties, turned around with some curiosity and looked at Ying Huanhuan and Yuan Fang following behind her.

“There’s bad news…” Yuanfang said at Ying Huanhuan’s prompting, “Some unfamiliar figures have appeared around the mine. If I’m not mistaken, they should be members of the Demon Seal Clan.”

"The Demon Seal Clan?" Xiao Yan looked at Ying Huanhuan and Yuan Fang with some surprise. "The forces of Blood Rock Land?"

“Yes, they are a well-known force in Blood Rock Land. Their leader is named Yao Ling, who ranks fifth on the sect's wanted list and has reached the level of the Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm.” Ying Huanhuan nodded and said.

"Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm?" Xiao Yan asked in surprise, "This level of cultivation allows one to occupy a piece of land in the Blood Rock Land?"

Although Ying Huanhuan's current strength is only at the Seventh Nirvana Realm, she is only eighteen years old. In at most another year, she will reach the Ninth Nirvana Realm. How can someone of this level occupy a piece of land in Blood Rock Land? And even rank fifth on the sect's wanted list?

“This Yao Ling was once a steward of the Yuan Sect. He was expelled from the sect for some mistakes. However, he had some background within the Yuan Sect, so the Yuan Sect’s law enforcement team was relatively lax in their pursuit of Yao Ling. Later, they even stopped the pursuit,” Yuan Fang explained. “Over the years, he has been mingling in the Blood Rock Land. With the help of the Yuan Sect, he has a considerable reputation.”

"...I understand."

Xiao Yan understood. This Yao Ling was probably a temporary worker. As long as nothing happened, he could be affiliated with the Yuan Sect. If something happened, he would be the fifth most wanted criminal on the sect's wanted list. If he died, he would die. If he was captured alive, he could be taken back and released again after a while.

“There are still about four days until the fruit ripens,” Ying Huanhuan said. “If there are seeds in the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, it will cause quite a stir. At that time, whether or not the Demon Seal Clan knows about the existence of the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, it will bring trouble.”

What do you need me to do?