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

After rolling his eyes inwardly, Lin Dong focused his gaze on Xiao Yan—

At this moment, Xiao Yan stared intently at the medicine cauldron, occasionally tossing in a medicinal herb with his left hand while his right hand quickly extracted a portion of the refined material and placed it into a jade bottle.

They appeared extremely cautious, as if what they were looking at was not medicinal herbs, but an incredibly fragile soap bubble.

When Xiao Yan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Dong realized that the amount of medicinal herbs Xiao Yan had extracted seemed... a bit too much?

Before Lin Dong could think it over, Xiao Yan swiftly waved his hand, pouring all the materials from the jade bottle into the medicine cauldron. Then, the octagonal flower on the ground and the fiery red cabbage in the jade basin were also thrown into the medicine cauldron by Xiao Yan.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yan took out ten more demon cores from the Awakening Flame Ring and put them in all at once.

Lin Dong looked bewildered. In the refining method of the Soul Returning Pill that Xiao Yan had taught him, there was no step of mixing all the ingredients together. Could it be that Xiao Yan made a mistake in his haste?

Ugh!

The next second, the medicine cauldron in front of Xiao Yan suddenly spewed out terrifying flames.

Two-colored flames erupted uncontrollably from the cauldron's fire port, engulfing all the materials, including the two magic cores, within seconds.

The flames inside the medicine cauldron surged violently. In the dim light, Lin Dong seemed to sense that the flames and materials inside the cauldron had transformed into two giant dragons, one red and one blue, which were locked in a fierce battle between the two dragons.

"I'll be leaving for a while."

Unable to bear the temperature any longer, Dugu Bo let out a long sigh, muttered something under his breath, and then left behind Xiao Yan. Judging from his movements, it seemed that he was preparing to completely leave the area affected by the heat of the flames.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong stared intently at the inside of the medicine cauldron, completely ignoring Dugu Bo who had left.

Much later.

With the red and blue dragons each occupying a corner of the medicine cauldron and not interfering with each other, Xiao Yan exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"rise!"

With a loud shout, the lid of the Black Demon Cauldron was blown off, and the red and blue dragons inside the cauldron suddenly shot into the air.

boom!

The two dragons circled in the air, and the temperature in the valley began to rise. The two-colored flames even formed some fire tornadoes in mid-air.

"Lin Dong, help isolate the flames."

"it is good!"

When Xiao Yan's voice rang out, Lin Dong understood Xiao Yan's idea. A spatial talisman appeared, and everything in the valley except for Xiao Yan and himself was isolated in another space.

After confirming that the rest of the people were not in this space, Xiao Yan took a deep breath of the hot air, slowly opened his right palm towards the two dragons in mid-air, and a deep shout came from his throat:

"Give me—Condensate!"

As the shout fell, Xiao Yan clenched his right palm tightly, and the two dragons in mid-air paused briefly at that moment.

Then, as if a black hole appeared in the center of the two giant dragons, their flame-formed bodies began to tumble inwards. As they tumbled rapidly, the two-colored flames formed a downward vortex, and at the bottom of that vortex was the open mouth of the Black Demon Cauldron.

As the vortex of flames gradually disappeared, a thumb-sized, bluish-red pill appeared inside the Black Demon Cauldron.

With the pill taking shape, the most difficult step was over, and Xiao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly resealed the Black Demon Cauldron, and deep purple flames appeared inside, slowly releasing intense heat to bake the irregularly shaped pill embryo.

After confirming that the surrounding temperature had returned to normal, Lin Dong also removed the spatial displacement, and the Lu sisters and Dugu Bo, who were in another space, finally felt the solid sensation of their feet touching the ground again.

“Just now…” Dugu Bo looked at Lin Dong with suspicion.

Before Dugu Bo could ask what had just happened, a bluish-red fragrance of elixir suddenly emanated from the cauldron, permeating the valley and lingering for a long time.

"This is!??"

Smelling the fragrance of the reddish-green cinnabar, Dugu Bo's spirits instantly lifted, and all his fatigue seemed to vanish in that moment.

"The colored elixir is surrounded by fragrant clouds, which means it has been successfully produced."

With only the final adjustment to the pill's shape remaining, Xiao Yan answered Dugu Bo's words somewhat casually, while pointing to the sky to signal Dugu Bo to pay attention to the clouds formed by the cyan and red pill fragrance, as well as the energy ripples generated by the clouds.

As Dugu Bo was stunned by the energy ripples in mid-air, the deep purple flames inside the cauldron slowly receded, revealing the round, bluish-red pills that had been encased within them.

The moment the cyan-red pill appeared, a fierce energy ripple surged out from within it. Although part of this energy ripple was intercepted when it passed the Black Demon, the rest still seeped out and burst forth in all directions.

Glancing at the rapidly expanding energy ripples, Xiao Yan casually waved his right hand, and an invisible spiritual force formed a protective shield around him, precisely blocking all fluctuations.

Once the fluctuations subsided, Xiao Yan gestured with his palm towards the black cauldron, and the cyan-red pill was spat out by the cauldron, obediently landing in Xiao Yan's palm.

After carefully examining the pill, Xiao Yan nodded and handed it to Lin Dong.

"I have successfully completed my mission."

With a faint smile, Xiao Yan's gentle voice echoed slowly through the valley.

"This pill..." Lin Dong's eyes were filled with shock as he smelled the fragrance emanating from the bluish-red pill. "It seems to be somewhat different from the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill we had before?"

“That’s right,” Xiao Yan chuckled, “Although it’s also a fifth-grade pill, the previous one was simply made up of medicinal herbs and demonic cores, and it barely reached the fifth grade, while this one…”

"Fifth Rank, Peak!"

Finally, Xiao Yan could no longer suppress his smile, and it curled up without any restraint.

Yes, the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill at the peak of the fifth grade. As early as when he saw the medicinal herbs in this valley, Xiao Yan thought that he could use the medicinal herbs here as auxiliary materials to upgrade the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill, which could only barely reach the fifth grade.

After a night of deduction, Xiao Yan discovered that he was missing a few auxiliary herbs. He had almost given up on the idea, but Lin Dong's arrival brought all the missing materials. After careful consideration, Xiao Yan decided to take a gamble!

However, since Lin Dong only brought one set of several auxiliary materials, Xiao Yan was very careful when refining the medicinal herbs at the beginning, because failure would mean the end.

However, to Xiao Yan's great surprise, the pill that he thought was at most a mid-grade fifth-rank pill actually reached the peak of the fifth-rank.

Although the peak fifth grade of this Five Elements Yin Yang Pill cannot compare with a pill like the Dou Ling Pill, which can raise a Dou Wang by one star, Xiao Yan is certain that the effect of this pill is absolutely unparalleled. At the very least, it will definitely be able to push Lin Dong to the peak of the Yuan Dan realm!

"However, if I were to take it myself, it would only raise my level by three to five stars at most during the Great Dou Shi stage, similar to the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill. Its only advantage is the stable improvement."

While looking excited, Xiao Yan was secretly complaining to himself.

"Fifth grade... peak? Is it much stronger than the previous one?" Lin Dong didn't understand the significance of this grade, so he just looked at Xiao Yan with some doubt.

"Of course!" Xiao Yan said excitedly, "You must have needed a lot of those Five Elements Yin Yang Pills to push you to the Yuan Dan realm, right?"

Then, without waiting for Lin Dong to react, Xiao Yan continued, "If it's this kind, one is enough. In fact, it could even push you to the peak of the Yuan Dan realm!"

"The peak of the Yuan Dan realm?"

No amount of explanation could be as effective as those five words. Lin Dong stared blankly at the bluish-red pill lying flat in Xiao Yan's palm.

Chapter 102 Reporting Safety

'Perhaps it's a little exaggerated...'

Little Marten's voice echoed in Lin Dong's mind, "But it's pretty close. Reaching the Great Perfection of the Yuan Dan realm shouldn't be a big problem."

Is there any difference between the Great Perfection of the Yuan Dan realm and the peak of the Yuan Dan realm?

Lin Dong's lips twitched slightly, but he understood what Xiao Diao meant. This pill could push him to the Great Perfection of the Yuan Dan realm, but there would still be a considerable distance between him and breaking through to the Creation Realm.

Even so, Lin Dong couldn't help but gasp. He had only been at the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm before, so he was very clear about the difference between the Lesser Yuan Dan Realm and the Great Perfection of the Yuan Dan Realm. And now, such a small pill could save him almost half a year of arduous cultivation—

Don't you need it yourself?

Lin Dong suppressed the urge to reach out and asked seriously.

“If it had the same effect on me, I probably would have been tempted,” Xiao Yan shrugged helplessly. “But, perhaps it’s because we’re not cultivating the same thing. For me, its effect… is just the same as a peak fourth-grade pill.”

Of course, there are still differences. The Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill can only improve a character's level by a maximum of three stars, while this Five Elements Yin-Yang Pill can only improve a character's level by a minimum of three stars and a maximum of five stars.

“For me, the greatest significance of this Five Elements Yin Yang Pill is that it proves that I can now refine most of the fifth-grade pills,” Xiao Yan stuffed the blue-red pill into Lin’s hand. “Alright, take it now. The Yin and Yang energy in this valley is quite rich, which is just right for you to refine pills.”

"Hmm." Looking at the pill in his hand, Lin Dong nodded solemnly.

However, before taking the pill, Lin Dong suddenly thought of something and looked at Xiao Yan with a slightly strange expression, "You're not planning to sneak away after I take the pill this time, are you?"

"How could that be? I finally managed to get ownership of this valley from Her Majesty Bilin," Xiao Yan cried out, protesting his innocence. "How could I possibly leave before I've completely ruined this medicinal garden?"

Hearing this, which made him feel completely at home, Dugu Bo's face twitched violently. However, facing Xiao Yan, who could suppress him with just his aura, Dugu Bo could only swallow back all the curses in his heart.

After a while, once he was certain that Lin Dong's aura was gradually rising, Xiao Yan turned his gaze to Dugu Bo.

"Is Dugu Yan still only in her thirties?"

"Huh?" Dugu Bo, who hadn't expected Xiao Yan to suddenly mention his granddaughter, didn't react immediately. "Hmm, it seems so."

"Hmm, it's a little slow..."

After receiving a definite answer from Dugu Bo, Xiao Yan muttered a couple of words and turned his gaze to the herb garden.

About two months ago, Xiao Yan encountered Dugu Yan in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. At that time, she was already a level 38 Soul Master. Unexpectedly, two months later, she still hadn't broken through to the Soul Sect level.

Thinking back to Yu Tianheng, who was at level 39 just two months ago, and still at level 39 not long ago, Xiao Yan had to admit one thing—the cultivation speed of Soul Masters on this continent was ridiculously slow.

'While it's partly due to my meditation technique not being at the lower level of the Yellow Rank, it's still too much if my soul power hasn't increased at all after two months, isn't it?'

Xiao Yan looked melancholy. He could feel that his mental strength was about to be unable to suppress his Dou Qi level. If he had to spend a lot of effort to conceal his true Martial Soul during every "battle" in the future, making others mistakenly believe that flames were his Martial Soul, he would have to advance to the level of Great Dou Master before long.

Advancing to the Great Dou Master level in the near future is definitely not what Xiao Yan wants. Even if he really wants to advance, he will have to wait at least another year until he has tempered his body to the point where it is no less powerful than a third-tier magical beast.

However, this would make things quite difficult unless he didn't return to Heaven Dou City for the entire year, and—

'Furthermore, if you want to use your Martial Soul without any scruples, you need to find a suitable reason. You can't afford to tarnish the reputation of a fallen Soul Master that you worked so hard to erase.'

The thought of his past experience of wanting to prove his innocence but being too afraid to do so because his level had increased too quickly gave Xiao Yan a headache.

"During this time, referencing the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, make a few pills yourself that can be used to increase soul power level. This way, we can prove that the soul power increase was not achieved using the methods of a fallen soul master."

Licking his lips, Xiao Yan, who had been searching for a goal after absorbing the Twin Dragon Extreme Ice and Fire, regained his motivation.

'I'll just make up some excuse about the spirit ring, and then have Dugu Bo go and let him know I'm safe after a while... Ah, no, that won't do.' Thinking of that female rabbit from Shrek Academy, Xiao Yan couldn't help but click his tongue.

If Dugu Bo were to go there, he would definitely discover the true form of that female rabbit. He couldn't guarantee that after seeing a 100,000-year-old soul beast, he would still choose to transform into human form and become a mature soul beast, and that Dugu Bo would still obediently return to be his experimental subject.

Even if Dugu Bo can remain calm and ignore the readily available 100,000-year soul bone, Tang Hao, who frequently appears around Shrek Academy, will likely step in to "warn" Dugu Bo, making it difficult for Dugu Bo to handle any matters at Shrek Academy afterward.

The thought of Tang Hao's frequent sightings around Shrek Academy filled Xiao Yan with disgust. 'If only I'd dealt with him when I overheard his conversation with his lackey, I wouldn't be stuck with him like a disgusting rock in a latrine now.'

Just as Xiao Yan was annoyed that he hadn't dealt with Tang Hao sooner, a powerful energy surge suddenly emanated from Lin Dong's body, with visible energy swirling around him like smoke.

'here we go?'

After glancing at Lin Dong's body and confirming that the Yin and Yang energies within him were almost in balance, Xiao Yan knew that Lin Dong had reached the point where he could condense his "Yuan Dan".

Splash...

It seemed like an illusion, but as the Yuan energy fluctuations on Lin Dong's body gradually intensified, Xiao Yan seemed to hear a clear, flowing sound.

When the energy fluctuations on Lin Dong's body reached their peak, he suddenly trembled. Then, as his aura gradually rose, a powerful spiritual force drifted out.