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

"I already said I'd keep it for now, and I'll forge a suitable weapon for you later!"

……

After playing around for a while, Xiao Yan put away the ten claws and teeth, and then looked helplessly at Zi Yan, who was pouting and looking unhappy: "I already said that I would forge a weapon for you after I collected some ores and metals. I just learned the weapon forging technique, so I definitely won't lie to you!"

"Hmph!" Although she felt that Xiao Yan wouldn't lie to her, Zi Yan thought that she shouldn't give Xiao Yan a nice look at this time, otherwise he might trick her out of medicinal herbs in the future.

"Speaking of which, how did you know that this thing would turn into that shape after being calcined?" Xiao Yan asked with a hint of doubt after glancing at Zi Yan, who was pretending to throw a tantrum.

"...I don't know either, I just felt that thing was useful, so I cut it off," Zi Yan said, no longer throwing a tantrum after hearing Xiao Yan's question. She just frowned and answered somewhat blankly, "Besides, it gave me a very unpleasant feeling..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was taken aback, turned his head slightly to look at the desiccated corpse of the demonic beast, "It seems that it really is the Heavenly Demon Phoenix... Speaking of which, don't you have any intention of eating it?"

"Who would eat this stuff! It's been rotten for so long!" Zi Yan exclaimed angrily.

"So, the key question is whether it's rotten or not? What if there was a living Heavenly Demon Phoenix in front of you?" Xiao Yan asked, stroking his chin.

"A living Heavenly Phoenix?" Zi Yan blinked. "Perhaps...we should give it a try?"

After learning that she was a Taixu Ancient Dragon, Zi Yan still had a strong interest in the "Heavenly Demon Phoenix" on the Taixu Ancient Dragon's menu. Unfortunately, the Northwest Continent was ultimately a barren land, and she had never encountered a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, let alone any magical beasts related to it.

"Alright, when we go to Zhongzhou, I'll go to the Beast Domain and catch a Heavenly Phoenix for you to enjoy!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"I don't want to eat human-shaped things!" Upon hearing this, Zi Yan immediately made her request.

"Not humanoid? That would mean it has to be a newborn, right?" Xiao Yan rubbed his nose. "That would be a bit hard to find... Never mind, I won't catch one for you."

"Do you still want to know what to do with this thing?!"

"Didn't you already tell me?" Xiao Yan said with a smile, "Use a different kind of fire to burn it."

"Hmm..." Zi Yan pouted, looking at Xiao Yan indignantly.

"Alright, just kidding," Xiao Yan said with a smile after poking Zi Yan's puffed-out lips. "Tell me, what should we do with it? I don't think burning its entire body will produce a demon core."

"Its wings are useless, we need to cut them off first," Zi Yan said angrily, "then peel off its skin and burn all its flesh..."

Following the steps Zi Yan described, Xiao Yan first used a jade dagger to sever the wings of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix at their roots. Then he peeled the grayish-white withered skin off the corpse and used the strange fire to wrap the remaining pieces of flesh.

As the high temperature penetrated, the pale white corpse kept hissing and its size kept shrinking. After being burned for more than a minute, the entire corpse was only the size of a fist, and the pale white color on its surface completely faded, revealing a bluish-red color similar to the previous bone tips.

In the end, all the pieces of meat disappeared, and a tiny bluish-red liquid appeared in the flames.

"Place a drop on the skin, and when it turns bluish-red with energy, refine it with a different kind of fire."

After Xiao Yan had collected the bluish-red liquid, Zi Yan revealed the final step.

Under the intense heat of the strange fire, the withered skin, which had turned bluish-red from the dripping bluish-red liquid, began to slowly exude a thin bluish-red mist. Within this mist, Xiao Yan sensed a powerful energy fluctuation.

As the Dragon-Phoenix Lotus Heart Flame burned, more and more blue-red energy mist emanated from the withered hide of the magical beast. This energy mist condensed and did not disperse, hovering in mid-air, and faintly, a strange roar resounded.

"It really is birdsong, Ziyan..."

Hearing the roar, Xiao Yan chuckled, then turned his head to look in the direction where Zi Yan was standing—

Zi Yan's body was shrouded in a layer of purple light at some point. Under this strange purple light, even Xiao Yan felt a trace of danger. Moreover, her gem-like eyes also contained a dark purple light, and her gaze was fixed on the blue-red cloud in mid-air with a wildness.

"Zi Yan!"

Upon seeing this strange phenomenon, Xiao Yan let out a low shout, a shout containing battle qi and soul fluctuations that exploded in Zi Yan's ears, jolting her back to her senses.

As Zi Yan regained her senses, the purple light surrounding her instantly dissipated. She glanced at Xiao Yan with a somewhat blank expression, then murmured, "What happened?"

"...Just asking you, what kind of weapon do you want?" After enveloping Zi Yan with his soul power to prevent the energy of the refined Heavenly Demon Phoenix from affecting her, Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"Gauntlets!" Zi Yan replied decisively upon hearing Xiao Yan's question.

"...Fine, just use whatever I make for you." Looking at Zi Yan's determined expression, Xiao Yan rolled his eyes and said irritably.

Chapter 351 Eighth-Order Magic Core

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As they were talking, a faint sound suddenly rang out in the room. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw that the withered hide of the magical beast that had been burning in the strange fire had now turned into ashes and was slowly falling from the sky, covering the ground with a thin layer of dust.

As the withered hide of the magical beast dissipated, the last wisp of bluish-red mist slowly drifted upwards and finally disappeared into the thick bluish-red clouds.

As soon as this wisp of mist entered, the bluish-red clouds suddenly began to fluctuate, and a small vortex appeared at the center of the clouds, while the clouds themselves began to slowly rotate.

As the clouds spun, the violent energy began to continuously flow into the vortex at the center. At the same time, the volume of the cyan-red clouds began to shrink slowly at a visible rate.

Seeing this change, Xiao Yan did not show much joy on his face, but instead looked at the vortex in mid-air with a somewhat solemn expression.

Although the energy was extremely powerful, Xiao Yan didn't really believe it represented the energy in the core of an eighth-order magical beast. At least, the energy in the demon crystal he used when refining pills was much stronger than this.

Things did not improve. As the vortex accelerated, after about two or three minutes, the bluish-red clouds in the air had thinned to the point of being indistinguishable in color. At the same time, the last wisp of cloud was slowly moving towards the center of the vortex.

"This won't do..."

Seeing that the last wisp of energy was about to enter the center of the vortex, Xiao Yan finally couldn't sit still any longer—

The bluish-red liquid extracted from the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix turned into mist instantly under the scorching heat of the Dragon Phoenix Lotus Heart Flame. The essence blood that Xiao Yan forced out from his fingertips also received the same treatment.

After the two clouds of water mist merged under the control of his soul power, Xiao Yan quickly pushed them near the vortex.

"Xiao Yan, what are you doing?" Zi Yan, who had noticed Xiao Yan's actions, looked completely bewildered.

“That magic core’s energy is a bit weak, and it’s still quite a distance from an eighth-grade magic core…” While answering Zi Yan’s question, Xiao Yan’s eyes were fixed on the vortex in mid-air that had stopped spinning. “It’s unlikely that an eighth-grade magic core will appear in the Black Corner Region, so I want to try using my blood as a substitute to see if I can change its grade.”

Normally, a magical beast's core wouldn't change due to external energy influences. However, this core belonged to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and the bluish-red liquid was extracted from its corpse. Xiao Yan's own blood wasn't significantly different from that of the Dragon Phoenix. Therefore, when the bluish-red mist lacked energy, Xiao Yan's first thought was whether he could use his own blood as a substitute.

As the last wisp of cyan-red mist disappeared, the vortex in mid-air slowly stopped spinning. At the same time, the water vapor formed by Xiao Yan's essence blood and the cyan-red liquid also touched the vortex that was about to stop spinning completely.

Under Xiao Yan's gaze, the vortex paused momentarily upon touching the water vapor, much like a worker who suddenly found himself with more work. Fortunately, the pause lasted only a moment before it resumed spinning.

Although the new rotation speed was much slower, like a worker complaining about extra work and slacking off, it still didn't completely stop, which made Xiao Yan breathe a long sigh of relief.

In the following time, Xiao Yan added more ingredients several more times. When his face turned slightly pale, and when Zi Yan stopped him and prepared to use her own blood as a substitute, the vortex, whose energy was nearly equal to that of the demon crystal Xiao Yan had taken from the Dao Sect, finally reached saturation.

A blinding bluish-red light burst forth from the vortex.

The burst of intense light lasted only a moment before slowly dissipating. When the last ray of light disappeared, a crystal with an irregular shape, displaying both blue and red colors, appeared in front of Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.

The crystal floated in mid-air, and as it slowly rotated, it emitted subtle blue and red rays of light. These leaked energy rays alone caused the surrounding space to distort slightly.

Staring intently at the demon core, Xiao Yan took a deep breath. "Phew, it looks like... I succeeded!"

Eighth-tier magic cores are extremely rare and hard to come by. At least Xiao Yan confirmed with Su Qian that there were no magic cores of this level in the library of Canaan Academy. If he failed this time, he might have to go to the Beast Domain after obtaining the Central Continent to get that eighth-tier magic core again.

'Speaking of which, the Heavenly Serpent Palace might also possess eighth-tier magic cores?'

As he slightly curved his palm, releasing a gentle suction force that drew the demonic core from mid-air into his hand, Xiao Yan thought somewhat uncontrollably, 'I wonder how Qing Lin is doing at the Heavenly Serpent Palace… After dealing with that Soul Palace near the Chuyun Empire, I'll go visit her at the Heavenly Serpent Palace.'

By the way, let me update you on the strength and level of Qinglin's backer.

The Heavenly Serpent Palace might look down on seventh-grade alchemists, after all, their strongest is a Dou Zun, but if it's an eighth-grade alchemist, especially such a young one...

As long as there are still normal people in the Heavenly Serpent Palace, they would never dare to make things difficult for or force Qinglin!

"Hmm... a wind attribute magic core? Never mind, as long as it's not lightning or fire..." While reciting Qing Lin's name, Xiao Yan also confirmed the attribute of this magic core. Although it wasn't the water attribute, which was the most suitable for refining the Life Soul Pill, the wind attribute was still the second choice, just like the wood attribute.

"And then there are these wings..."

As he spoke, Xiao Yan's gaze fell on the pair of jade-like wings. Now the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix had been completely disposed of, leaving only the pair of wings, which appeared to be the most valuable item.

"Do you have any ideas on how to deal with this?" Although he was certain that the wings still had energy and could be used to create flying techniques, Xiao Yan did not have the techniques to create flying techniques, so he could only turn his head and look at Zi Yan beside him.

"Hmm... these wings might... have a lot of cartilage?" Looking at the wings, Zi Yan hesitated for a long time before suddenly uttering this sentence.

"You're really planning to eat this?" Xiao Yan asked with disgust. "Aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache?"

Although the wings looked somewhat magnificent, they were ultimately something cut from the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, which had been dead for who knows how long. If it weren't for the fact that they still had energy, Xiao Yan would have even planned to throw them away directly.

"Forget it, let's see if we can buy the crafting manual for flying combat techniques somewhere in the future," Xiao Yan sighed helplessly. "Speaking of which... it seems that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan strictly forbids their wings or blood from flowing to the outside world?"

Only at the very end did Xiao Yan vaguely recall that Yao Lao's collection of books contained a record that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan valued everything of their own extremely highly.

but……

"Isn't this race useless except for speed? What are they on guard against?"

On the Dou Qi Continent, where Dou Zong can manipulate space and Dou Zun can create permanent space tunnels, the speed that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix is ​​so proud of... seems to have no effect other than giving them an advantage in battles below the Dou Zong level?

"What a bizarre race..." Xiao Yan muttered to himself, unable to understand what was going on.

Early in the morning, when Xiao Yan and Zi Yan walked out of the Black Emperor Sect's storeroom, they ran into Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who were walking towards them together.

"Big brother, second brother," Xiao Yan's eyes lit up when he saw the two, and he raised his hand to greet them, "I was just about to look for you."

"Looking for us?" Xiao Ding, who had been talking with Su Qian for most of the night and had determined their future development direction in the Black Corner Region, was stunned when he was about to say goodbye to Xiao Yan. "What, has our alchemist prepared pills for us?"

Hearing Xiao Ding's teasing words, Xiao Yan smiled helplessly, "What alchemist master... However, I have indeed prepared quite a lot of pills, which should be what you two brothers need."

"What we need?" Xiao Li approached with a smile. "It wouldn't be a pill that can enhance the strength of a Dou Ling, would it?"

“Second Brother guessed correctly,” Xiao Yan took out two jade bottles from his storage ring. “These are Purple Spirit Pills. After taking them, a Dou Ling can increase their strength by two to three stars, and... everyone can take two!”

"A pill that can increase the strength of a Dou Ling by two to three stars if you take two?" Xiao Li's lips twitched after taking the jade bottle from Xiao Yan. "Little Yan, you're not planning to use the two of us as test subjects, are you? I've never heard of such a pill before!"

As he placed the jade bottle into his storage ring, Xiao Li looked at Xiao Yan with a grin.

"It's just a pill to enhance strength. I'm a grandmaster alchemist, after all. I can't just throw something like this around!" Xiao Yan rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Besides, this isn't the first time I've made this. Just eat it without worry!"

However… I can’t guarantee the quality of this.” As he spoke, Xiao Yan took out a jade bottle from his storage ring.

"If I were to give it a name... it would probably be called the King-Breaking Pill?"

After Xiao Ding took the jade bottle, Xiao Yan explained, "The effect is basically the same as the name, used to break through to the Dou Wang level. However... I added a little more medicinal herbs for body tempering. Although it doesn't have much impact on the breakthrough effect, the medicinal effect after taking it is more likely to be biased towards body tempering."

There are two important stages in the early stages of Dou Qi cultivation. The first is breaking through from Dou Qi to Dou Zhe, and the second is breaking through from Dou Ling to Dou Wang. Generally speaking, given enough time, most people will try their best to hone their bodies during the Dou Ling stage so that they can adapt to the formal stage of Dou Qi cultivation more quickly after breaking through to Dou Wang.

For this reason, Xiao Yan added a little more body-strengthening herbs when refining these two "King-Breaking Pills".

"That's not much of a problem," Xiao Ding had heard Hai Bodong and others mention when they were in the capital that Dou Ling needed to train his body more when breaking through to Dou Wang, so he didn't pay too much attention to the problem Xiao Yan mentioned. "Speaking of which, Xiao Yan, after you've dealt with the Black Corner Region, are you going straight to Zhongzhou?"

"Here are the Spirit Pills..." Xiao Yan, who had just handed the remaining pills to Xiao Li, turned around with a puzzled look after hearing the question. "No, I was planning to make another trip... What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

“Since we’re going back, there shouldn’t be any problem,” Xiao Ding breathed a sigh of relief. “When we handed over the pills you refined to Elder Hai and the others and left Jiama, we heard that the Izumo Empire was mobilizing personnel, seemingly preparing to send troops to Jiama.”

“The Izumo Empire?” Xiao Yan blinked. “That’s perfect. I was planning to cause a ruckus in the Izumo Empire anyway. Since they’ve provided the reason themselves, I can only reluctantly accept it.”

"Then you'd better be careful, don't crash and burn in the Izumo Empire!" Xiao Li chuckled and patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder.

"How could it possibly overturn?" Xiao Yan smiled helplessly. "Oh, and here's this for you." Suddenly remembering something, Xiao Yan took out a piece of jade of excellent quality from his storage ring. As the strange fire rose, it melted into a ferocious, coiling demonic beast.

"Didn't you say yesterday, brother, that the headquarters of your faction is in Black Seal City?" After cutting the jade in half and placing one half in Xiao Ding's hand, Xiao Yan smiled and shook the other half in his hand. "Visit Thousand Medicine Shop more often when you have time. I'm quite familiar with the owner of Thousand Medicine Shop!"