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

'A Dou Zong who can refine seventh-grade pills, and also has a powerful bodyguard of the same level... Is he from the Pill Tower?' Han Feng's expression was somewhat grim. If the person who came was indeed a member of a family from the Pill Tower, then the Fallen Heart Flame had probably already changed hands...

'No, that's not right, we need to double-check.'

Suddenly, Han Feng remembered the "Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower" that the inner court students of Canaan Academy cultivated, which he had previously gathered from their inquiries.

"Speaking of which, Han Cheng has already entered the inner courtyard, right? Has he seen that Heavenly Flame Refining Tower?" Han Feng picked up the teacup on the table and asked casually.

Han Cheng is a boy adopted by Han Feng who lost both his parents. He has a decent talent for fighting spirit. A few years ago, Han Feng specially arranged an ordinary identity for him and let him enter Canaan Academy.

The purpose of all this trouble was to get Han Cheng into the inner courtyard and find out what exactly the "Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower" in Canaan Academy was.

According to Han Cheng, the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is the main training ground for inner court students.

When gathering intelligence this time, Han Cheng also told Han Beng the information he had collected. Even if Han Feng hadn't asked about it, Han Beng would have told him the information before leaving.

“Cultivation inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower requires drawing out a wisp of invisible flame. Once the flame enters the body, you manipulate your battle qi to pass through it,” Han Beng said respectfully. “After the battle qi passes through the flame, it will be compressed…”

Han Beng continued recounting the intelligence coming from Hancheng, but Han Feng had completely lost interest in listening.

'The invisible flame that forges battle qi... there's no mistake, it's the Fallen Heart Flame! The Fallen Heart Flame is indeed within Canaan Academy!'

Han Feng, who was about to sip his tea, noticed his trembling right hand. However, he didn't care about his loss of composure at the moment. After all, after confirming that the Fallen Heart Flame was in Canaan Academy, his cultivation technique, which had not changed for more than ten years, finally had the possibility of advancing again!

"Take these tokens and notify the Earth Flame Sect, the Eight Doors, the Blood Sect..." Han Feng paused before saying "Blood Sect," because he suddenly remembered that Fan Lao, the sect leader of the Blood Sect, had recently disappeared without a trace, and the Blood Sect had now fallen to a third- or even fourth-rate small force.

"Take these tokens and notify the Earth Flame Sect, the Eight Gates, and the Black Emperor Sect, asking their sect leaders to come to Maple City within two hours. I need their help... If there are several peak Dou Huang experts, invite them as well." After casually crushing the Blood Sect's token, Han Feng took out a strangely shaped token and threw the three tokens at Han Beng.

"In addition... you should personally deliver these two tokens to that place, and please ask both gentlemen to come as well."

Just as Han Beng caught the three tokens and put them into his storage ring, two more tokens, one gold and one silver, shot over.

Han Beng accepted the two special tokens with both hands, and his usually expressionless face showed a slight change in emotion. He said in a low voice, "Master is even inviting them? They don't even see ordinary people. I'm afraid Master needs to offer something that they are interested in to invite them this time!"

"Just do as I say. If I can achieve my goal, what they want will naturally be no problem," Han Feng said calmly, waving his hand.

"Also, notify Hancheng... to destroy the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower in three days!" A deep blue flame suddenly surged in Han Feng's eyes, and then he said in a low voice.

"Heavens..." Han Beng's expression froze instantly.

"Aren't you going yet?" Han Feng snorted and said after noticing the expression on Han Beng's face.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Han Beng did not hesitate any longer. He respectfully responded and then his figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.

After Han Beng disappeared, Han Feng slowly exhaled, walked slowly to the window, and looked at the endless mountains in front of him with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

"Perhaps... I should have invited more people," Han Feng muttered to himself after a moment. "Two Dou Zong, plus Su Qian and the two deans of the outer academy... Ha, Canaan Academy is nothing, yet I need to invite so many heroes..."

Unfortunately, this time I need them to hold off the Canaan Academy's experts so I have time to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame. Otherwise, I could seek help from the Demon Flame Valley..."

Demon Flame Valley was the most powerful force Han Feng had befriended in the Black Corner Region. Its founder possessed the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zong. If Demon Flame Valley hadn't also been thirsty for different flames, he might have been able to seek help from its founder this time, and the price he would have had to pay later might have been even lower...

"However, as long as I can obtain the second kind of strange fire and devour and refine it, then I..."

Thinking of this, a surge of fervor suddenly appeared on Han Feng's usually cold and stern face. He then frowned, covered his chest with his hand, and coughed rapidly a few times, his breathing becoming slightly disordered.

The cough lasted for a while before slowly subsiding. Han Feng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and whispered, "Damn old man, if you had given me the 'Burning Technique' to cultivate back then, none of this would have happened! What bullshit about being morally corrupt... My alchemy talent is far superior to yours!"

As he finished speaking, his voice lowered considerably, but judging from Han Feng's clenched fists, the anger and hatred in his heart could not be easily erased.

"Just three days from now..." After a long while, Han Feng slowly loosened his fist. "Three days from now will be the time for the Burning Technique to advance to the Earth Rank!"

*

Knock knock knock—

A knock on the door interrupted Su Qian's thoughts.

"Please come in." After rubbing his temples and putting away the repair report for the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Su Qian spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the room was pushed open, and the person who entered was none other than Zi Yan, whom he had raised as his granddaughter.

"Ziyan, you've actually learned how to knock on doors..."

Just as Su Qian was about to be happy that Zi Yan had learned to knock on the door and no longer pushed it open without any regard for her past behavior, she suddenly saw Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor following Zi Yan in. In that instant, the surprise on Su Qian's face turned into realization, and then into helplessness.

"What do you mean by that?" Noticing the change in Su Qian's expression, Zi Yan instantly became unhappy, baring her teeth and muttering.

“It just doesn’t seem unexpected,” Su Qian said, patting Zi Yan’s head before looking at Xiao Yan and then frowning slightly. “Your cultivation level…”

If he remembered correctly, when Xiao Yan defeated the Black Annihilation Army of the Ancient Clan, he was only at the level of a Nine-Star Dou Ling, right? Although Xiao Yan was even able to defeat a Dou Zong with the help of secret techniques... Xiao Yan's own strength was only at the level of a Nine-Star Dou Ling, right?

"These past few days I've fully digested the medicinal properties of the pills that had accumulated in my body," Xiao Yan explained with a light laugh, knowing what Su Qian was thinking. "After digesting them, my strength reached the four-star Dou Wang level. Subsequently, I took a Dou Ling Pill and some other high-level pills that can improve my Dou Wang level."

High-grade pills that can raise the level of a Battle King?

Although Su Qian wanted to ask what it was, he ultimately held back. After all, the Dou Ling Pill was already a fifth-grade pill, and if there were a pill that could continuously raise a Dou Wang to the third or fourth star level, it would be at least a sixth-grade pill.

"Ahem, so, is there something you want to ask?" Su Qian asked after clearing her throat.

Seeing that Su Qian was about to get down to business, Xiao Yan also suppressed his smile, stuffed a handful of pills into Zi Yan's hand, and asked her and Little Fairy Doctor to sit down first before slowly speaking, "What's sealed beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower... is the Fallen Heart Flame, right?"

The bombshell at the beginning stunned Su Qian for a moment, then he shook his head helplessly and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you alchemists... That's right, what's sealed under the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower is the Fallen Heart Flame. Before Canaan Academy was established, the dean found it and later built the inner academy based on the Fallen Heart Flame, and then expanded it into the outer academy."

"So, this Fallen Heart Flame was sealed by that elusive Dean?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

“That’s right,” Su Qian nodded frankly. “When the Dean discovered it, he was already a Dou Zun. Only a Dou Zun could seal a Fallen Heart Flame of this level.”

At this point, a hint of fear flashed in Su Qian's eyes—even though the inner court students were constantly weakening the power of the Fallen Heart Flame, it still possessed power far exceeding his own. If it weren't for the existence of Elder Qian and Elder Bai, he wouldn't even be willing to become the Grand Elder of the inner court.

"Then... when will Dean return to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower?" Xiao Yan naturally noticed the palpitation that flashed in Su Qian's eyes, but at the moment he pretended not to notice and simply asked the question calmly.

"Repair?" Although a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, Su Qian did not show any unusual expression on his face. "Wasn't it standing there perfectly intact?"

"It just looks intact, doesn't it?" Xiao Yan directly exposed Su Qian's disguise. "The Fallen Heart Flame has rioted quite a few times these days. If the elders stationed in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower are really just cultivating there, then why do they all leave together every now and then, and then a new batch of elders come in?"

After his disguise was exposed, Su Qian's expression froze. Although he knew that Xiao Yan's soul power was not weak, he still found it hard to believe that Xiao Yan could sense the rotation of the elders at the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and even the riot of the Fallen Heart Flame.

"So, when will Dean return to cultivate the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower?" After Su Qian's expression froze, Xiao Yan asked the question again.

Su Qian remained silent. If he could really find that unreliable dean and get him to come back to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, would he still be worried about the Fallen Heart Flame that occasionally flares up? To the dean, who was already a Dou Zun, what difference was there between the Fallen Heart Flame that left Su Qian at a loss and a newborn baby?

'Wait... what does the Fallen Heartflame's rampage have to do with you?'

As Su Qian was pondering what excuse to use to brush off Xiao Yan, she suddenly noticed something amiss. 'You're already at the peak of the Dou Wang realm; you can leave the academy at any time. If you're worried about the safety of your clansmen cultivating there, you can take them with you...'

Although initially intimidated by Xiao Yan, Su Qian was ultimately an experienced strategist and quickly noticed something amiss, looking at Xiao Yan suspiciously—

"You're very interested in the Fallen Heartfire?"

His words hit the nail on the head, and Xiao Yan's questioning expression crumbled. After letting out a long breath, he said helplessly, "That's right, I need the Fallen Heart Flame."

"But you already possess a different kind of flame, right?"

Su Qian had long been aware of Xiao Yan's performance on Yunlan Mountain, and naturally understood that Xiao Yan already possessed a different kind of flame. As everyone knows, a person cannot possess two or more different kinds of flames at the same time.

“I can temporarily subdue it,” Xiao Yan said somewhat vaguely, “and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame is inferior to the Fallen Heart Flame, which is known as a cultivation cheat, in terms of both ranking and characteristics, so I am also considering changing to a different flame…”

“Indeed,” Su Qian said, assuming it was a method Xiao Yan’s teacher had taught him to temporarily contain the Fallen Heart Flame, even though he didn’t know how. “However, you should know how important the Fallen Heart Flame is to the academy…”

"The lightning that struck a few days ago was Dan lightning," Xiao Yan interrupted Su Qian, "and I was right in the eye of that lightning..."

"Your teacher is in the mountains of the outer courtyard?" Su Qian's eyes lit up. "What kind of price would it cost to ask your teacher to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower?"

Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor couldn't suppress a smile. She knew that Xiao Yan's purpose in coming here was to obtain ownership of the Fallen Heart Flame from Su Qian, but before she could say much, Su Qian asked her about the reward needed to repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

Noticing the smile on Little Fairy Doctor's face, Xiao Yan smiled helplessly, then looked at the excited Su Qian, "Teacher has already returned to Zhongzhou. Even if you, Grand Elder, can offer an eighth-grade pill formula as a reward, it's impossible to get Teacher to come back and repair the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower!"

"Uh... I see. What a pity." Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Su Qian realized that Xiao Yan's purpose for this trip seemed to be to trade the Fallen Heart Flame with her. Therefore, even if it could be repaired, he would never say so. He immediately smiled awkwardly and changed the subject.

"Ahem, the Fallen Heart Flame is the foundation of Canaan Academy, and we will never use it as a bargaining chip under any circumstances..."

"Even exchanging it for a Breakthrough Pill and a Profound Pill wouldn't work?"

Xiao Yan interrupted Su Qian, who was pretending to be calm, and laid out his own bargaining chips.

Upon hearing this, Su Qian's expression turned serious.

Seeing Su Qian's expression, Xiao Yan also unconsciously became serious.

Chapter 330 is settled.

After staring at each other for a long while, Su Qian slowly asked, "What are the effects of the Zongxuan Pill?"

"If that's not enough... wait, are you asking about the effects of the Zongxuan Pill?"

Thinking that Su Qian's previous silence meant that he felt his offer was insufficient, Xiao Yan subconsciously prepared to increase his offer. However, he realized as soon as he spoke that Su Qian was not referring to a lack of offers.

"What if that's not enough?" Su Qian looked at Xiao Yan with a somewhat blank expression.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then both laughed helplessly.

"Zongxuan Pill, a sixth-grade pill, is used to increase the cultivation efficiency of Dou Zong experts," Xiao Yan explained after the laughter stopped. "It is a relatively rare pill that lasts for more than a year after consumption."

"Improve the efficiency of Dou Zong cultivation?" Su Qian tacitly avoided mentioning the half-spoken question Xiao Yan had uttered earlier. "To what extent can it be done?"

"It's twice as effective with half the effort. The cultivation efficiency within one year after taking it is about the same as the cultivation efficiency within four years without taking it."

It is precisely because of this efficiency that the Zongxuan Pill, which only improves cultivation efficiency, is only slightly inferior to the Pozong Pill among sixth-grade pills.

"Four times the cultivation speed...?"

To be honest, Su Qian was very tempted after hearing about the effects of the Zongxuan Pill. If the Fallen Heart Flame hadn't been the property of Canaan Academy, he might have agreed on the spot.

However, considering that the Fallen Heart Flame could be considered the foundation of the Inner Academy, Su Qian remained silent.

"...How many Breakthrough Pills and Profound Pills are you willing to provide?" After a long while, Su Qian looked at Xiao Yan and asked seriously.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, it could be said that he had agreed to hand over the Fallen Heart Flame to him. The rest depended on whether he could offer enough incentives.

but--

"Ahem, Elder, there's something I need to tell you..." After coughing, Xiao Yan's expression was slightly embarrassed.

"What is it?" Su Qianwei asked, surprised.

"Whether it's the Breakthrough Pill or the Profound Pill... we need you to provide the medicinal materials," Xiao Yan quickly added, seeing Su Qian's expression change instantly. "However, as long as the quantity doesn't exceed twenty, I can refine it no matter how many portions you can provide!"

After the battle with the Ten Kings Palace on the Tianxuan Continent, he was teleported back immediately after the mark of the Demon Emperor was removed. The battle with the Ten Kings Palace also consumed all the pills he had left behind, and even the few Breaking Sect Pills that he had already refined were given to Lin Dong, who possessed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and could convert all energy into Yuan Power.

Therefore, after returning to the Dou Qi Continent, the quantity of medicinal herbs and pills in Xiao Yan's storage ring was... zero.

Seeing Xiao Yan's embarrassed expression, Su Qian felt a headache coming on. He had just been preparing to discuss with the other elders, or even the two elders guarding the library, whether or not to make a deal with Xiao Yan, but then...

Thinking about this, Su Qian suddenly realized something: "Because you didn't have enough medicinal herbs, that's why you pointed out the problem with the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower at the beginning?"

Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly. That's right, it was precisely because he didn't have any medicinal herbs or pills on hand that he took the initiative and pointed out the problem with the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower at the beginning.