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

Despite the bustling noise around her, Zi Yue, as a Great Soul Master, clearly heard someone calling her name. The only person she knew who would call her that was a young man she had met not long ago.

Thinking of this, Ziyue decisively turned around and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

"...Rock Owl?"

Upon seeing Xiao Yan, Zi Yue hesitated for a moment before tentatively calling out his name.

"That's right, it's me. Senior Sister Ziyue, it's a huge help that you still remember me," Xiao Yan, who had long since removed the fake scars from his face, breathed a sigh of relief. "Senior Sister Ziyue, I'm here to see Lin Dong. Could you introduce me to him?"

"Looking for Lin Dong? Is he here?"

Zi Yue looked around in confusion. If she remembered correctly, this was the very center of Canghui City, the largest clothing market in Canghui City, right?

“If I hadn’t run into you, senior, I was planning to change my clothes before going to Canghui Academy,” Xiao Yan said with a helpless smile. “As you can see, the clothes I’m wearing are just plain and dirt-resistant. If I went directly to Canghui Academy, I might have been kicked out.” Xiao Yan pointed to his plain black outfit.

"Can……"

However, the gatekeepers of Canghui Academy never underestimate any visitor and will diligently register the name and soul power level of each visitor.

After thinking for a moment, Ziyue still didn't say it aloud, "So, do we still need to buy clothes now?"

Looking at Zi Yue's awkward yet polite smile, Xiao Yan felt that he might have underestimated Canghui Academy.

However, since he was already here, Xiao Yan thought he might as well buy a few more sets of clothes for formal occasions.

On the other side, Canghui Academy

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As the familiar sound rang out, Lin Dong opened the lid of the bronze cauldron in front of him with a conflicted expression.

As expected, the medicinal herbs in the bronze cauldron were a mess, even emitting a foul stench.

"I'm dying of laughter! How many times have you tried? Why are you still stuck at this stage? Can't you just succeed once?" The expected result made the big black rat burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at? It's normal for me to fail when I first try alchemy, isn't it?" Lin Dong was exasperated, dealing with the dregs of the failed alchemy while retorting to the gloating black rat. "I haven't even settled the score with you for wasting several of my medicinal herbs last night!"

"I'm not a failure, it's just, it's just..."

When asked about how she had secretly tried it last night and wasted several doses of medicine, Xiao Diao was speechless for a moment.

“It’s just that this medicinal liquid is a bit difficult to make,” Lin Dong finally came to his rescue. “I have a feeling… this medicinal liquid isn’t the most basic kind. Just like weapon forging, there should be simpler stages in the refining of medicinal liquids…”

"Indeed, although your friend wrote it in great detail, I still feel that this is not the most basic type."

Upon hearing the second half of Lin Dong's sentence, Xiao Diao nodded. Although the pill formula was written in great detail, even pointing out every possible mistake, he had a feeling that it was definitely not the lowest grade. Otherwise, how could he and Lin Dong have failed to succeed even once after trying it nearly ten times?

Even though Lin Dong had no prior experience with weapon crafting, he was able to master it in a short time!

"Alright, alright, this is only the eighth or ninth failure," Lin Dong sighed as he cleaned the bronze cauldron. "Actually, I feel like we're almost there. One or two more tries should be enough to officially succeed."

"Fortunately, this third spirit ring gave you the ability of fire, otherwise, if you had been using spiritual fire to refine medicinal materials, you would have exhausted your spiritual energy long ago."

As the new round of attempts began, Xiao Diao couldn't help but complain.

“Indeed…” Lin Dong nodded. “By the way, what should we do about the Yuan Dan realm? Shi Nian doesn’t know where the Yin and Yang meet.”

That's right. Lin Dong directly used the full name of Shi Nian, who was known to the outside world as his "teacher." After all, in terms of sheer strength, ten Shi Nians might not be able to surpass him. Given such a gap, Shi Nian would be embarrassed to ask Lin Dong to become his disciple. Of course, there was also a physical reason for it.

“What else can we do? Just let it be,” Little Marten said weakly, slumping on the table. “Absorbing Yin and Yang energy before reaching the Yuan Dan realm can indeed increase the chances of advancement, but with the stone talisman, you can still break through normally even without absorbing a single trace of Yin and Yang energy, it just takes a little longer.”

"Sigh..." Lin Dong sighed helplessly.

"You... someone's coming over, it looks like your friend."

Just as the little ferret was about to say something, it suddenly jumped up and rushed into Lin Dong's body at top speed, hiding inside the mysterious stone talisman. "His mental strength has increased a lot, probably almost reaching the level of a Celestial Talisman Master... Your friend's talent is a bit exaggerated!"

After saying this, Xiao Diao fell completely silent. If it weren't for the fact that he had mastered many skills, such as mental energy detection, he might not have known that Xiao Yan had arrived until Xiao Yan knocked on the door.

Even so, when Xiao Yan discovered Xiao Diao, he also discovered her. The absolute difference in their spiritual power made Xiao Diao dare not show herself.

"A Celestial Talisman Master?"

It took Lin Dong several seconds to realize the meaning of "Immortal Talisman Master," and for a moment, he couldn't help but gasp.

"A ten-year-old Heavenly Talisman Master... is he truly blessed by the heavens?"

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No sooner had he finished speaking than the medicinal herbs inside the bronze cauldron turned into dregs.

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Lin Dong's face contorted with pain—

These medicinal herbs are not cheap. Including the set of herbs in the bronze cauldron, he only has three sets of herbs left! The subsidy provided by the Spirit Hall will not be available for more than half a month!

Let's calm ourselves down and see what's wrong with Xiao Yan.

Lin Dong painedly cleaned up the dregs in the bronze cauldron. "Wait a minute... is he going to ask me how to break through the barrier of becoming a Celestial Talisman Master?"

Suddenly, Lin Dong, realizing Xiao Yan's level of mental strength, froze.

Surely... no way?

Lin Dong, who was only an intermediate-level spirit talisman master, was thinking with some hesitation.

Chapter 75 Two Speculations

"what happened?"

Zi Yue, noticing that Xiao Yan had suddenly stopped, looked at him curiously and asked.

"It's nothing," Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head, but after hesitating, he still asked, "Is Lin Dong's teacher at the academy?"

For a brief moment, he had a strange feeling, as if he were being watched. But when he scanned the direction from which the feeling of being watched came, he only found Lin Dong tidying up the medicine cauldron and did not find any other spiritual energy.

Confident in his senses, Xiao Yan didn't believe it was just a simple illusion. Since he couldn't find it, it must be hidden. The only one who might not have been discovered by Xiao Yan was probably Shi Nian, who was rumored to be Lin Dong's teacher.

"Are you talking about Teacher Shi Nian?" Zi Yue shook her head. "Teacher Shi Nian took a few students to hunt for spirit rings a couple of days ago."

"Is that so? What a pity, I really wanted to meet him." Xiao Yan smiled helplessly.

Even without that sense of being spied on, Xiao Yan was still quite interested in Shi Nian. After all, Lin Dong was already a low-level spirit talisman master at that time, and in terms of spiritual power alone, even the one-armed Haotian was far inferior to Lin Dong.

Moreover, because of Lin Dong's family's understanding of spiritual power and talisman masters, Xiao Yan felt that Shi Nian must at least be at the level of a Heavenly Talisman Master to be qualified to be Lin Dong's teacher.

"If Yan Xiao wants to see Teacher Shi Nian, he can stay in Canghui City for a few more days, right?" Zi Yue asked with a puzzled expression. "Senior Lin Dong would definitely welcome you."

“I just don’t have the time,” Xiao Yan said with a shrug. “I only have a month-long vacation, and a third of it has already passed. I also have to go to Blazing Fire Academy afterward. If I stay a few more days, I’ll miss the academy’s training camp.”

Xiao Yan, who didn't think that the "master's" training camp had any benefit to him other than being a waste of time, deliberately used the training camp as an excuse.

"Is this training camp...for next year's Soul Master Tournament?"

"Does Senior Ziyue know about that too?"

“Isn’t that obvious? It’s a major event that happens once every five years between Soul Master academies,” Zi Yue smiled helplessly, then hesitated as if she had thought of something, and said, “Um, maybe I’m mistaken, or maybe I’m seeing things…”

"But Shrek Academy doesn't seem to be on the list of participants for the Soul Master Competition, does it?"

Zi Yue looked at Xiao Yan with concern, seemingly thinking that Xiao Yan had been fooled by that academy.

"Have you heard of Senior Sister Lanba Academy?" Xiao Yan asked indifferently.

Blue Tyrant Academy, headed by Principal Liu Erlong, has achieved its best result in the Soul Master Competition by reaching the top eight in the Heaven Dou Region. Although it is completely inconspicuous among the many advanced Soul Master academies, it undoubtedly has the qualifications to participate in the Soul Master Competition.

“I do know about Blue Tyrant Academy…” Zi Yue nodded, “Could it be…?”

"If nothing unexpected happens, our dean will take us to that academy."

Xiao Yan shrugged. During his few days in Xingluo, he specifically asked Zhu Guohu if he knew about the Golden Iron Triangle. Then he heard an incredibly melodramatic story, a melodramatic love story about Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Liu Erlong. He didn't know where Zhu Guohu got the information, and there was even an anecdote about Yu Xiaogang running away from his wedding on the day of the wedding.

I also learned that the last member of the Golden Iron Triangle is currently running an academy in the Heavenly Dou Holy City.

In order to witness the trinity martial soul fusion skill, Xiao Yan immediately asked Zhu Guohu to arrange for someone to pass on the matter to Liu Erlong.

Furthermore, Xiao Yan estimated that, based on the information Zhu Guohu had gathered about Liu Erlong's personality, after learning that Yu Xiaogang was currently at Shrek Academy, she would most likely go directly to Soto City to arrest him, and Flander would most likely go to Heaven Dou Holy City with him.

As for whether he will be fired—

Xiao Yan didn't care at all.

"Is that so?" Ziyue suddenly realized.

"Alright, this is Lin Dong's house. I'll leave you here."

After walking for a while, Ziyue suddenly stopped and said.

"Aren't you coming in with me?" Xiao Yan blinked and asked curiously.

“I still have some things to take care of,” Zi Yue shook her head and said with a hint of resentment, “Besides, Senior Lin Dong probably doesn’t want to see me these days.”

Huh?

Before Xiao Yan could ask another question, Zi Yue turned and left.

"So, what's the reason?"

Only two people could answer Xiao Yan's question. Since Zi Yue had already slipped away, Xiao Yan could only pass the question on to Lin Dong.

"I didn't notice it the day before yesterday, but Senior Sister Ziyue saw the color of my spirit ring." When asked this question, Lin Dong's expression was somewhat conflicted, and he hesitated for a while before finally speaking.

"Is that all?" Xiao Yan asked, somewhat puzzled. "It's just the color of the spirit ring..."

"In everyone's mind, the colors of the first few spirit rings are fixed," Lin Dong interrupted Xiao Yan quietly, "Two yellow and two purple is the limit, there are no exceptions."

Although this is common sense, Lin Dong did not think so until the day before yesterday. In his opinion, since there are people like him with a third soul ring of ten thousand years (referring to Xiao Yan), it means that absorbing soul rings beyond the age limit is rare, but not an absolute thing. Then Zi Yue and Shi Nian corrected his mistake.

Fortunately, Lin Dong's physical strength and mental strength far exceeded those of a normal Soul Master; otherwise, he would have suspected that Shi Nian would have presented him as a gift to a powerful figure.

"Cough, but that's not the kind of education I received!" Xiao Yan paused for a second, then immediately said.

"Me too," Lin Dong said quietly.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The two of them chuckled awkwardly.

'Could he be from another continent too?' The same thought flashed through their minds as they chuckled dryly.

'No, if it were someone from another continent, that ghost general wouldn't know about the realms of Celestial Talisman Masters and Immortal Talisman Masters, nor would he know about the Flame Ancestral Talisman and that Dark Sacred Tiger.'

'It's impossible that the ghost general and Lin Dong are from the same world, right? They clearly don't cultivate the same kind of energy.'

However, Xiao Yan quickly dispelled his doubts. After all, the corrosive black energy used by the ghost general was completely different from the Yin-Yang balance cultivated by Lin Dong. It was impossible that the first world the ghost general and her race invaded was the world where Lin Dong lived, and that this Douluo Continent was just an accidental arrival.

'No, if he were from another continent, he couldn't possibly possess a Martial Soul, especially a normal weapon-type Martial Soul. Surely his Xuan Heavy Ruler Martial Soul isn't actually artificially created, is it?'