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

Dai Mubai immediately realized that this light screen, or rather... fire screen, was Xiao Yan's soul skill. He then turned around and glared at Xiao Yan.

"I want to ask them a question first."

After Dai Mubai angrily summoned his martial soul, Xiao Yan, who immediately blocked the chair that was blown away to prevent the two girls and the defenseless Oscar from getting hurt, showed Dai Mubai no kindness whatsoever.

"Excuse me, do you know Lin Dong?"

Amidst the bewildered expressions of the crowd, Xiao Yan calmly looked at the group from Canghui Academy and asked a question.

"Who are you?" The middle-aged man from Canghui Academy stood up and stared at Xiao Yan.

Although the middle-aged man did not answer Xiao Yan's question, the expression on his face gradually changed from surprise to calmness. Xiao Yan could easily deduce that the middle-aged man had heard of the name Lin Dong.

"Yan Xiao," Xiao Yan announced the name.

"Huh? It's not a pseudonym after all?" Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise as she listened to his conversation with the middle-aged man.

"I..." The middle-aged man, who had never heard of the name before, wanted to ask something more.

"Teacher—" The girl who had accidentally laughed out loud earlier tugged at the middle-aged man's sleeve, then stood up and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Are you Lin Dong's friend?" After hearing what the girl said, the middle-aged man's attitude softened noticeably.

"Yes, Lin Dong helped me a lot," Xiao Yan nodded, "and then, this senior is..."

"I'm Lin Dong's friend!" the girl replied sweetly.

'Senior Lin Dong?!'

Xiao Yan's expression froze. Compared to the three young girls, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, this girl from Canghui Academy was clearly much more mature, and her soul power level was not as high as Ning Rongrong and the others. In other words, this girl was at least four or five years older than Lin Dong!

'What's this called? Old grass hitting a young cow?' Xiao Yan's eyes were a little strange.

"Ahem, Lao Dai, she's someone my friend knows," Xiao Yan coughed, then looked at Dai Mubai, who had already retracted his martial spirit. "Have her apologize, and we'll let it go this time?"

"Can I refuse?" Dai Mubai rolled his eyes. When he learned that someone on the other side knew Xiao Yan's friend, he knew that the fight was not going to happen.

After realizing that the two sides were acquaintances, the girl became more enthusiastic and readily apologized. She also saved Dai Mubai the money for the meal, which she considered as an apology.

"Are there only eight of you students going to the Star Dou Great Forest together? Why don't you come with us?" After chatting for a while and still not seeing Xiao Yan's teacher, Zi Yue had a little idea. "Teacher Ye is a Soul King!"

While saying she wanted Xiao Yan and the others to come along, Zi Yue was actually thinking about taking Xiao Yan back to school later so she could curry favor with Lin Dong.

“Our teacher has gone upstairs to rest first. After all, we need him to protect us when we go to the Thousand-Year Soul Beast area tomorrow,” Xiao Yan said calmly. “Senior sisters, you should also go back early. Hunting soul beasts is still a bit dangerous.”

"A thousand years?" Zi Yue was stunned, then looked at the faces of the Shrek Academy students. "No wonder he's Lin Dong's friend..."

"I'll head back now, let's talk again next time!"

After chatting for a while, Ziyue left with a bright smile.

"Hey, Boss Yanxiao, why didn't you try to keep them here a little longer? They were so hospitable!" Ma Hongjun was a little unhappy as soon as they left.

"Yeah, shouldn't we try to keep her here?"

Next to speak was Ning Rongrong. Perhaps it was because of the repulsion between women, but she hadn't spoken to Ziyue much when she was present. Now, Ning Rongrong seemed to be getting jealous.

Although he was having a great time chatting with Ziyue, Dai Mubai, who even ignored Zhu Zhuqing's disapproval, looked at Xiao Yan with schadenfreude.

"Lin Dong is my friend, and he helped me a lot." Xiao Yan didn't respond to the previous comment, but instead brought up Lin Dong.

"Is that Lin Dong a Soul Sect member?"

Having witnessed Xiao Yan's power to instantly kill Dai Mubai, Oscar, who believed that only the Soul Sect member could help Xiao Yan, put down his chopsticks and asked.

"No, Lin Dong only recently obtained his third spirit ring."

"How old are you?" Tang San blinked and asked.

"She's ten years old, which is why I think it's a bit absurd that Ziyue calls Lin Dong 'senior'."

"Ten years old, level 30?"

The others exchanged bewildered glances: What's going on? Are geniuses like Yan Xiao produced in bulk?

"Then why don't you bring him to Shrek Academy?" Xiao Yan finally understood Ma Hongjun's enthusiasm for Shrek Academy as Flander's personal disciple.

“There’s a Soul Saint at Canghui Academy whose martial soul is quite similar to Lin Dong’s,” Xiao Yan shrugged. “Besides, if it weren’t for Rongrong, my goal would be the Blazing Fire Academy…”

"Oh, right, Senior Ziyue, when you go back, please remember to tell Lin Dong that I didn't go to Blazing Fire Academy!"

At this point, Xiao Yan remembered that Lin Dong had mentioned going back to Blazing Fire Academy to find him, and hurriedly called out to Zi Yue, who was about to go upstairs.

Zi Yue would certainly not refuse such a small thing, not to mention that it was a good opportunity to get closer to Lin Dong!

Chapter 42 Choice

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Zhao Wuji woke everyone up with his booming voice.

Apart from Xiao Yan, who stays up all night, and Tang San, who has a good sleep schedule, everyone else, especially the sleepy Oscar, was in a daze when they went downstairs. Several times, Xiao Yan suspected that he would fall and knock everyone in front of him over like a gourd.

"Little Ao, have a sausage!"

Zhao Wuji, who was accompanied by the teacher from Canghui Academy, walked up to Oscar and patted him on the shoulder.

"Five copper soul coins per stick, payment in advance..."

Even though he wasn't fully awake, Oscar's greedy instincts still led him to quote a price.

"Huh?" Zhao Wuji placed his right hand back on Oscar's shoulder and squeezed it hard.

"Ouch!"

The pain finally woke Oscar.

Once fully awake, Oscar's eyes widened as he looked at Zhao Wuji standing beside him, then at the somewhat greasy Canghui Academy teacher—whose face was slightly bruised and swollen, undoubtedly the work of Zhao Wuji.

"Teacher Zhao, you've gone too far..."

"We're all acquaintances, you didn't have to go to such lengths, did you?" Oscar said, making sausages while slandering Zhao Wuji.

"What do you mean by 'too much'?" Zhao Wuji rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You're the only one who's still half asleep. I already said that I was just sparring with Teacher Ye, and I didn't even use my Martial Soul!"

"Yes, I was just sparring with Teacher Zhao," Teacher Ye said with an awkward smile. "Although I am a defensive Soul Master, I didn't expect that Teacher Zhao could break through my defense without using his Martial Soul."

As he spoke, Ye Zhi Qiu took the sausage Oscar had made and put it in his mouth.

"Teacher Zhao, your student..." Ye Zhi Qiu stared wide-eyed in surprise as he experienced the effects of the sausage.

"Xiao Ao is Teacher Shao's student."

Having vaguely guessed what Ye Zhi Qiu wanted to say, Zhao Wuji brought up Shao Xin, "I've introduced Teacher Shao to you before, haven't I?"

Food-type Soul Saint.

Ye Zhi Qiu, remembering the title Zhao Wu Ji had given Shao Xin, nodded awkwardly.

"Let's go, let's have breakfast first, and then we'll head to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Ao's third spirit ring!"

Zhao Wuji patted Oscar on the shoulder, who had really made him look good, and urged everyone on.

The Star Dou Great Forest is located directly south of the Heaven Dou Empire. It is one of the three major wild soul beast habitats on the Douluo Continent. No one knows how long it has existed, but once you enter the forest, its dense, sky-covering vegetation is enough to prove its long history.

"Stop, everyone."

As they approached the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhao Wuji finally spoke.

The group stopped. It was over a hundred miles from the town where they had rested the night before to the outermost edge of the Starry Sky Forest. After this activity, everyone was warmed up.

After receiving the sausages made by Oscar, the fatigue from the journey and the depletion of his soul power gradually subsided.

Zhao Wuji looked at the students seriously: "Listen carefully, Star Dou Great Forest is not a place where the state keeps soul beasts. The soul beasts here are extremely ferocious. Even in the outermost area, you may encounter soul beasts that are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. Therefore, after entering the forest, none of you should leave my body by more than 20 meters."

"Ning Rongrong, Oscar, you two need to stick close to me even more, understand?!"

"Understood!" *8

'Could it be because of this rabbit? We've already encountered a thousand-year-old soul beast?' Xiao Yan thought to himself as he used his mental power to drive away several thousand-year-old soul beasts from the outermost area—

Logically speaking, the probability of encountering a thousand-year-old soul beast in the outermost area might be even lower than the probability of encountering a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast in the thousand-year-old soul beast area.

While responding, Oscar made eight sausages and eight salami, and as he distributed them to everyone, he said, "My sausages can stay alive in the air for twelve hours. During those twelve hours, they have restorative, healing, and hunger-satisfying effects."

The continuous release of soul power made Oscar's face somewhat pale, but fortunately, his beard covered it up so it wasn't too noticeable.

"Here, the Soul-Returning Elixir. Although its effects are not as good as the one I gave to Teacher Shao for appraisal, a single whiff is enough for a Great Soul Master."

Oscar's preparations caught Xiao Yan's attention. He took out two jade bottles from his Awakening Flame Ring, handing one to Oscar, who could only recover his soul power through meditation, and the other to Zhao Wuji.

"Teacher Zhao, this is the one that Teacher Shao appraised last time. Please don't find it unsatisfactory."

"...If I don't need it, I'll return it to you when I leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

The academy's rules state that teachers cannot accept money or valuables from students, but now that they are about to enter the most dangerous Soul Beast Forest on the entire continent, even if Zhao Wuji is a Soul Saint, he cannot guarantee that he can handle all the problems.

Therefore, after a moment of silence, he silently reached out and took the jade bottle.

Once everyone was ready, Zhao Wuji waved his hand dismissively:

"set off!"

This time, Zhao Wuji arranged for Xiao Yan and Dai Mubai, two Soul Masters, to lead the way, while he personally covered the rear. Thus, the group of nine entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

Along the way, the most relaxed one was not Xiao Yan, who had the combat power of a Title Douluo, nor Zhao Wuji, the Soul Saint who was covering the rear, but Xiao Wu, a Great Soul Master who was only level 29.

As if she didn't consider this place dangerous, Xiao Wu skipped and hopped the whole way, making Zhao Wuji frown. If she hadn't stayed within his designated area, he wouldn't have let it go so easily.

The group traveled for about an hour, and by then it was noon.

In the past hour, they had encountered many spirit beasts, but since they were still in the outer area, most of them were ten or a hundred years old. When they encountered them, Shrek and his group chose to avoid them and try to avoid conflict as much as possible.

Occasionally, if they encounter any foolish creatures charging at them, Xiao Yan doesn't even need Dai Mubai to strike with his tiger paw; he simply freezes them and tosses them aside. Whether other soul beasts will pick them up and eat them is none of their concern.

"Alright, everyone, let's take a break!"

Zhao Wuji's voice relaxed everyone who had been on edge. Xiao Yan and Dai Mubai cleared away the thorns around them, creating a clearing.

The group sat down against the trees to rest for a while.

"Oscar, are you still undecided about which direction you want to develop in?" During a break, Xiao Yan looked at Oscar and asked.

Military-style and team-style – these were the two development directions Xiao Yan and Tang San proposed to Oscar during yesterday's discussion. One was to focus on logistics for thousands or tens of thousands of people, with a focus on simply providing amplification; the other was to be responsible for supporting small groups of a dozen or even fewer people, concentrating on amplification and not requiring a large number of people.

"Don't ask me... I really haven't considered that." Oscar said with a wry smile.

"Are you really going to rely entirely on luck?"