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

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"I'm not very familiar with this soul skill either," Lin Dong said apologetically as Flander spoke. "For the moment, I don't know how to undo it. I can only trouble Dean Flander and you to find some high-level fire attribute soul masters to help me."

"Ah, I understand, I understand."

Upon hearing this, Flander didn't know what to say, and just smiled awkwardly. However, feeling the temperature in the office drop even more clearly, he realized that even with Liu Erlong's intervention, things wouldn't be easy to handle. Thinking of this, Flander couldn't help but glare fiercely at Tang San, who was frozen in ice—

'You're always causing trouble. If it weren't for your dad being the Haotian Douluo...'

"By the way, Lin Dong, which Soul Master Academy are you studying at now? Would you be interested in coming to our Shrek Academy?" After composing himself, Flander asked with a smile.

"I am currently studying at Canghui College. Teacher Shi Nian has been very kind to me, and I have no plans to transfer to another college for the time being."

Lin Dong's words dispelled Flander's idea of ​​poaching people. Putting aside the fact that Canghui Academy was much better than Shrek Academy, the fact that Canmeng Shinian was a disciple was enough to make Flander keep his students away as much as possible.

"By the way, Yan Xiao mentioned that your academy has a fire-attribute student whose martial soul... has some aftereffects?" Before taking his leave, Lin Dong thought of one last thing.

"Uh... how should I put it?" Flander's lips twitched slightly, not really wanting to tell the truth in front of outsiders.

"Yan Xiao has already informed His Majesty Bi Lin about that student. In a while, the pills His Majesty Bi Lin prepared should be completed. If you need them urgently, you can go to the mountain range in the center of Sunset Forest two months from now to wait."

Flander's little scheme naturally did not escape Lin Dong's notice, but Lin Dong did not care much. After leaving his last words, he got up to take his leave. In the next few days, he planned to search Tian Dou City thoroughly, inside and out, in order to find the one-armed guy as soon as possible.

"Flander!"

Lin Dong had only been gone a short while when a furious voice came from outside the office. Then, accompanied by the loud bang of the door being opened, Liu Erlong strode in, yelling, "Where's that bastard who challenged us?!"

“Erlong, you really need to change your temper,” Flander sighed helplessly, his gaze falling on Yu Xiaogang beside Liu Erlong. “Xiaogang, why don’t you try to persuade him…”

"What's there to advise? What's wrong with my temper?" After entering the office, Liu Erlong rolled her eyes as her gaze fell on the magnificent ice sculpture. "Where is he? Did he go to the toilet?" Seeing the unmelted ice sculpture, Liu Erlong's first thought was that Lin Dong had not left yet.

"I'm leaving. The next time we meet will probably be at the Soul Master Competition."

"Gone?" Liu Erlong roared in anger. "Flander, what kind of principal are you? Someone beat up your student at your school gate, and you just let him get away?!"

"Huh? When I sent Lao Zhao to find Erlong, I clearly told him to tell the whole story based on the facts." Flander was bewildered, but then he thought, "You're ignoring the fact that Xiao Wu and Tang San provoked us first? Erlong, if you keep going like this, you'll get them killed sooner or later..."

'Oh well, what can I do? He has the Haotian Douluo right behind him.'

But in the end, Flander could only sigh helplessly, thinking how good it was to have someone to rely on!

"He is Shi Nian's disciple. If we force him to stay, that old guy Shi Nian won't listen to any code of honor." As for the reason why Lin Dong wasn't kept, we can only blame Shi Nian.

"Old Ghost Shi Nian's disciple?" Liu Erlong frowned. "Heh, as expected, like teacher, like disciple. He probably used some underhanded tricks to win against Xiao Wu and Xiao San..."

"Ahem, he's at least a Soul Master. In a direct confrontation, I reckon only Yan Xiao in the academy could rival him." Flander coughed, interrupting Liu Erlong's daydreaming. As a Soul Saint, even without Lin Dong releasing his Martial Soul, he could roughly determine Lin Dong's Soul Power level.

"The Soul Sect?" Now it was Liu Erlong's turn to frown. "The Soul Sect is not easy to deal with..."

In Shrek Academy, the highest level of soul power is only level 35. It's definitely not possible to reach the Soul Master level in a year. If Canghui Academy has such a Soul Master, it will be very detrimental to their training of students!

"Just a Soul Master. As long as Canghui Academy fails to advance to the promotion tournament, it won't affect us at all," Yu Xiaogang, with his zombie-like face, said stiffly.

"Ah, right, provided we make it into the qualifying rounds." Flander was speechless, but didn't know what to say. If they hadn't agreed to Dai Mubai's request to leave school, they might have had a Soul Master in the Soul Master Competition a year later, and with good luck, they might have actually made it into the qualifying rounds.

“However, Yan Xiao’s friend…” Yu Xiaogang looked at Flander, “He told you before, right? At that time, he was just a Soul Master, right? In four months, he went from Soul Master to Soul Grandmaster?”

“Uh…” After Yu Xiaogang’s reminder, Flander finally remembered that Yan Xiao had mentioned having a Soul Master friend who was the same age as him.

"Looks like it, he leveled up ten times in four months..." Yu Xiaogang sneered, "The tricks of a fallen soul master."

"So, should we just report it?" Liu Erlong was delighted and temporarily put aside the matter of melting the ice sculpture.

“No, let’s wait until the Soul Master Competition,” Yu Xiaogang rejected without hesitation. “If we report them now, they might still be able to find a chance to hide, but reporting them during the Soul Master Competition… hah.”

If they don't want the fact that the Fallen Soul Master is participating in the competition to be exposed, the Spirit Hall can only deal with the Fallen Soul Master as soon as possible and then try to keep quiet about it.

Thinking about this, Liu Erlong became somewhat displeased. She didn't want Yu Xiaogang to use the Spirit Hall's power for anything! It would always make her feel that Yu Xiaogang was relying on that woman's power!

Unaware of Shrek Academy's "brains'" intentions, Lin Dong didn't encounter anyone blocking his way when he left Shrek Academy. Disappointed, he had no choice but to temporarily find a hotel in Heaven Dou City and spend his precious time looking for the person Xiao Yan was targeting.

Seven days later, having gained nothing, Lin Dong left Tiandou City with a bewildered expression, urged on by Xiao Diao.

Chapter 104 Soul Master Pill

After Lin Dong left, Xiao Yan arranged for Dugu Bo to temporarily escort the Lu sisters out of the valley. After all, the antidote they had taken was about to wear off, and if they stayed any longer, they wouldn't have to leave and could lie down and keep Lu Yun company.

Once he was all alone in the valley, Xiao Yan immediately took out the nutrient solution he hadn't finished using before, which could only be used to catalyze the growth of medicinal herbs. He excitedly picked herbs with familiar medicinal properties while watering them with the nutrient solution.

According to Xiao Yan's estimation, this nutrient solution can produce two batches of the medicinal herbs he needs within two months. At that time, he will no longer have to worry about the predicament of insufficient medicinal herbs when refining some pills.

By the time Dugu Bo had arranged for the Lu sisters to stay temporarily in his mansion and returned to the valley, Xiao Yan had already finished picking all the necessary medicinal herbs and sowing a new batch of seeds.

"What is this...?"

Seeing Xiao Yan squatting beside a plant made of red grass leaves, the top of which resembled a rooster's comb, carefully observing it, Dugu Bo cautiously asked.

“Observe and test the medicinal properties,” Xiao Yan casually plucked a crimson leaf, stared at its golden veins for a while, and then popped it into his mouth. “This herb has a pretty good effect on fire-attribute soul masters. It might even be able to increase the temperature of flames or something.”

As Xiao Yan chewed on the warm leaf in his mouth, he said, "The fire-attribute soul master in my academy should need it."

"And what about you?" Dugu Bo asked in a low voice. Although he knew exactly what Xiao Yan's martial soul was, Xiao Yan hadn't avoided him at all when he was manipulating flames to refine pills.

"Me? I can only say that this tastes pretty good," Xiao Yan glanced at Dugu Bo, "Don't be too nervous. I'm not someone who kills innocent people indiscriminately. As long as you don't have any intentions to harm me, I won't do anything to you."

"Ha ha……"

Dugu Bo chuckled dryly, showing no intention of believing Xiao Yan's words.

Dugu Bo's reaction was within Xiao Yan's expectations. After rolling his eyes indifferently, Xiao Yan walked towards another herb that he was somewhat interested in.

And so, from that day on, Xiao Yan lived permanently in the valley. Occasionally, he would arrange for Dugu Bo to go out and purchase the medicinal herbs he needed. During this time, Xiao Yan also learned the names of many of the medicinal herbs he was familiar with in this world.

Although Dugu Bo was somewhat dissatisfied with Xiao Yan's habit of treating him like a servant who could be ordered around at will, he couldn't beat Xiao Yan after all, and outsiders couldn't enter this valley, so he could only silently take on the task of purchasing supplies.

And so, two months passed.

For two months, Xiao Yan did not leave the valley. However, even so, with the help of the two extremely cold springs, he was able to train his physical strength. Although he had not yet reached the physical strength of a third-tier magical beast as he had planned, he had made a significant improvement.

For this reason, Xiao Yan dared not cultivate at all during these two months, fearing that he might accidentally break through to the Great Dou Master realm before his physical strength had "met the standard".

Aside from physical training, Xiao Yan devoted all his time to alchemy. At first, Dugu Bo thought Xiao Yan was preparing the medicinal herbs needed to cure the poison in his body. However, as time went on and as batch after batch of pills were produced, Dugu Bo finally realized something was wrong—

"This furnace isn't for detoxification, is it?"

Dugu Bo, who landed casually from the air, immediately spotted Xiao Yan staring at the alchemy furnace. After confirming that the pills in the cauldron were gradually taking shape, Dugu Bo said with a hint of resentment.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yan didn't even look at Dugu Bo, replying indifferently.

"Tsk, you really deserve to die!" Dugu Bo grinned, his old face full of displeasure.

Xiao Yan finally reacted to Dugu Bo's emotionally charged words.

"Hehe." Reluctantly turning around, Xiao Yan glanced at Dugu Bo and uttered two words.

"Aaaaaah!! How could I have fallen for your trick? How could I have been so stupid?!" Dugu Bo became increasingly annoyed, but he just kept scratching his hair, looking irritable yet afraid to move.

Xiao Yan had little interest in Dugu Bo's daily performance. He took out a few pills from the medicine cauldron, confirmed that the pills were in perfect condition, and casually put them into a jade bottle that he had prepared beforehand. After sealing the bottle with the Twin Dragon Extreme Ice Flame, he refocused his attention on the medicine cauldron.

Seeing Xiao Yan put some more medicinal herbs into the cauldron, Dugu Bo also stopped his playful behavior, quietly straightened his clothes, and stood behind Xiao Yan, watching quietly.

In the two months that followed, Dugu Bo had completely figured out Xiao Yan's personality. Of course, this was mainly because Xiao Yan hadn't hidden anything. In short, Dugu Bo now fully understood that Xiao Yan's previous statement, "As long as you don't have any intentions that are detrimental to me, I won't do anything to you," was the absolute truth.

Normally, let alone the silly antics he just did, even if he added some harmless ingredients to the spring water while Xiao Yan was tempering his body, Xiao Yan wouldn't blame him. At most, he would just speed up his hand movements a little when Dugu Bo was watching him refine pills, so that Dugu Bo couldn't see it at all.

Similarly, it was precisely because Xiao Yan allowed Dugu Bo to watch him refine medicine that Dugu Bo became increasingly surprised by Xiao Yan's "power".

This kind of power has nothing to do with strength, but is simply based on knowledge of medicinal herbs. Many medicinal herbs in the valley that Dugu Bo did not understand at all had their properties thoroughly understood by Xiao Yan during this period. In fact, a pill that could directly improve the soul power of Soul Venerable and Soul Sect by at least three levels and at most nine levels was refined under Dugu Bo's watchful eye.

After watching for a while, Dugu Bo relaxed when he realized that Xiao Yan was refining the kind of pill that Xiao Yan had named "Soul Master Pill". According to Xiao Yan, this kind of pill was only a third-grade pill, the kind of "low-grade pill" that you could make a mistake with your eyes closed.

"After this batch is finished, shouldn't I give one to my granddaughter?" Dugu Bo asked impatiently as soon as he relaxed.

Although Xiao Yan rated it as a low-grade pill, Dugu Bo still coveted this pill that could greatly enhance soul power without any side effects. The main reason was that his granddaughter had recently become a Soul Master and could take this pill. If he waited any longer, it would probably be too late.

"Has she finished absorbing the soul bone?" Xiao Yan glanced at Dugu Bo and asked.

"Yes, the soul bone has been absorbed, and the soul power is now at level forty-nine." Dugu Bo nodded.

The soul bones Xiao Yan mentioned were a pair of attached soul bones he obtained two months ago by seducing Dugu Bo. Not long ago, after learning that Dugu Yan had broken through, Xiao Yan gave a pair of attached soul bones to Dugu Bo, saying it was a gift for Dugu Yan.

Thus, with the absorption of the spirit ring and the two external spirit bones, Dugu Yan's spirit power level reached an astonishing level of forty-nine.

"Forty-nine levels at twenty years old...that's a record-breaking achievement, isn't it?"

"Not counting you, little monster, and the younger generation of the Spirit Hall." Even though this spirit power was increased after absorbing a spirit bone, Dugu Bo was still full of pride. There were only a handful of people on the entire continent whose spirit power was stronger than his granddaughter's at this age!

Incidentally, although Dugu Bo was unwilling to admit it, he ultimately believed that Xiao Yan was only ten years old.

"Don't forget Lin Dong," Xiao Yan added quietly.

"Neither of you counts!" Suddenly, Dugu Bo became somewhat embarrassed and angry again.

"Tsk, how boring," Xiao Yan curled his lips. "Including this batch, there will be a total of ten Soul Master Pills. One for your granddaughter, and the remaining nine can be given to Dean Flander. They can also help my classmates level up."

"How could you..." Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment, then remembered Xiao Yan's mental strength level and realized that Xiao Yan had already seen it. He pouted slightly helplessly, "I feel like you're being really boring. I wanted to give you a little surprise."

"I can pretend I don't know," Xiao Yan said nonchalantly.

"That's even more boring, so please don't do that," Dugu Bo rolled his eyes. "Speaking of which, your academy has exactly nine people, including the substitutes, and they are all Soul Masters... Before the Soul Master Tournament, can you put together a team full of Soul Kings?"

"Oh right, there's a substitute too?" After Dugu Bo reminded him, Xiao Yan remembered that Tang Hao's servant's grandson was a substitute.

"Forget it, I'll refine another batch later. Fourteen pills will be enough for one person, and we'll have four left over," Xiao Yan sighed, then corrected, "It's impossible to become a Soul King, at most a Soul Master. A Soul Master can only take one of these pills in their lifetime. If they take a second one... they can forget about ever improving their Soul Power in this lifetime."

"That's outrageous?" Dugu Bo was taken aback, then nodded thoughtfully. "However, it's not unreasonable. If one could consume it indefinitely, the Soul Venerable and Soul Sect realms would essentially cease to exist."

"Good to know." Xiao Yan said smugly, deliberately not removing the side effect.

"If that's the case... why do you want to refine another batch?" Dugu Bo asked with some curiosity.

"Let's put them up for auction," Xiao Yan said matter-of-factly. "One will be used by the auction house to test their authenticity, and the remaining three will be auctioned off. Otherwise, how can we explain their sudden increase in soul power?"

Of course, the rabbit didn't need it, but what she did was not Xiao Yan's concern. The reason he refined this Soul Master Pill was just to find an excuse for his "soul power progress speed".

“…That makes sense,” Dugu Bo nodded. “However, wouldn’t it be more convenient to use my reputation as collateral?”

"Sure, but if the Heaven Dou royal family asked you to refine it, could you do it?" Xiao Yan glanced at Dugu Bo and asked calmly, while taking out the completed Soul Master Pill.

"Uh……"

Putting aside whether he could do it or not, Dugu Bo hadn't even found a suitable source of fire yet!

"Also, here are three Martial Soul Pills." After handing two bottles containing Soul Master Pills to Dugu Bo, Xiao Yan thought for a moment, then took out a jade bottle from his Awakening Flame Ring and placed the three pills inside into the three empty bottles.

"This is what I just refined. There are three in total. One is for your granddaughter, one is for Ning Rongrong, and the last one... you can ask Zhu Zhuqing later. If all the medicinal effects of the pills she took have dissipated, give it to her. If not, auction it off." After a slight hesitation, Xiao Yan decided on the purpose of the third Martial Soul Pill.