Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

Chapter 360: Senior Sister’s Advice

Outside the Black Seal City, Xiao Yan came to the sparse woods where Lu Yao was buried.

Xiao Yan stood in front of Lu Yao's grave, staring at the tombstone quietly. He was silent for an unknown amount of time before he began to look for the Xuan Zhong Ruler in his storage ring.

Ah. The Xuanzhong ruler is with the Little Medical Fairy.

Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something and raised one hand. A black aura emerged and wrapped around his arm, forming a monster-like claw.

Until now, Xiao Yan didn't know where this power came from, as if it suddenly appeared from his body.

But at this time, he didn't intend to delve into this.

The other arm was also covered by a huge black claw. It lay on the ground and dug deep pits one after another beside Lu Yao's tomb.

More than ten minutes later, all nine deep pits were dug out by Xiao Yan. Then Xiao Yan took out the frozen bodies of the children from the ring, pieced them together one by one, and placed them into the deep pits.

During the whole process, Xiao Yan didn't think about anything, or he didn't know what to think about. He just quietly placed the children's bodies.

Not far away, Xiao Yixian and others arrived, Yao Chen and Han Feng followed. Medusa, who had fallen asleep again, transformed into a seven-colored sky-swallowing python, lying quietly in Yao Chen's palm and snoring.

Looking at Xiao Yan's series of actions, Hai Bodong frowned slightly.

"What is this kid doing?"

"He is... burying the bodies of those children."

The Little Medical Fairy answered in a deep voice. Feng Qing'er, who was standing beside her, was suddenly stunned. Grief was revealed in her eyes. She clenched her fists unwillingly. The vivid faces of the children at the last moment kept appearing in her mind.

Powerlessness is Feng Qing'er's most intuitive feeling at this moment.

What if they killed the old demon and Mo Tianxing afterwards?

What can’t be returned can never be returned.

"Child? What child?"

Yunshan frowned, and the Little Medical Fairy sighed slightly and explained the reason to everyone.

After listening, everyone's expressions were somewhat complicated and they didn't know what to say.

After listening to Little Medical Fairy's narration, their first reaction was that Xiao Yan was too sentimental.

They have seen this kind of thing so many times that it is not surprising at all.

In the struggle between the strong, the demise of the weak is not worth mentioning at all.

But soon, a question suddenly arose in their hearts.

Is it really normal for them who have become accustomed to this kind of thing?

Even when they were young, they would feel sad when their own kind died in front of them, and they still had empathy at that time.

At some point they felt like this wasn't a big deal anymore.

"Ha, I really don't know what to say." Hai Bodong sighed deeply, turned around and waved his hand, "Go back, anyway, the kid is safe now. I'm not good at healing this kind of psychological trauma."

"That's right."

Yunshan nodded slightly. Some things cannot be solved by just talking. More often than not, one has to experience them personally. Only with sufficient experience can one slowly digest them.

"I'm going back to the Heavenly Snake Palace to report to the Saint. Everyone, take care."

Lu Man bowed to everyone, turned around and left. Her Highness the Saint must be very worried now, so he quickly went back to tell her that Xiao Yan was safe.

"Let's go too."

Yunshan turned his back and greeted Ziyun, who took out a purple crystal from her arms, exactly the same as the one Xiao Yan had crushed before, and handed it to Xiao Yixian.

"Give this to Xiao Yan later, and tell him not to worry about troubling me. If there is any danger, just crush it and I will come right away."

"Yes." Little Medical Fairy nodded slightly, accepted the purple crystal and bowed to Ziyun to express her gratitude, "Sister Ziyun, thank you."

Ziyun did not reply, but just waved her hand lightly, and left with Yunshan and Haibodong, flying towards the direction of the Gama Empire.

As for Ling Ying, he had not come along from the beginning, and had gone back to Canaan College to report to his mistress.

Watching everyone leave, Little Medical Fairy turned her head slightly to look at Feng Qing'er.

"Let's go there too."

"Ah."

Feng Qing'er nodded, and the two of them came to Xiao Yan's side. At this time, Xiao Yan had already buried each child safely in the soil, and used the sparse woods as material to erect a simple wooden tombstone for each child.

Xiao Yixian and Feng Qing'er said nothing. They came to Xiao Yan's sides respectively and knelt on the ground like Xiao Yan. They closed their eyes and clasped their hands together, worshiping the children sincerely.

After a while, Little Medical Fairy said in a low voice.

"Xiao Yan, this is not your fault."

Xiao Yixian didn’t know how to comfort Xiao Yan, but at least she hoped that Xiao Yan would not take all of this on herself.

However, to her surprise, Xiao Yan replied softly.

"I know."

"Well?!"

The Little Medical Fairy suddenly turned her head and looked at Xiao Yan, staring in astonishment at his calm eyes, listening to his next words.

"If it weren't for me, these children might have starved to death, died of disease, or died for a variety of other reasons in this month."

"At least in this month, I have given these children a place to sleep safely, enough food to eat every day, and given them hope for the future."

"I know all these things in my heart."

Xiao Yan slowly opened his dark eyes, supported himself on the ground with his hands, crossed his legs and sat on the ground, his body slightly hunched, staring at the children's tombstones.

"I just wondered what I could do to prevent this from happening again."

The disappearance of hope is not terrible, what is terrible is not knowing how to continue moving towards hope.

Xiao Yan was self-righteous before, thinking that as long as the children avoided those industries that were prone to conflicts with the strong, they would be able to survive safely in the Black Horn Region. This was also the purpose of Xiao Yan opening a restaurant.

But now Xiao Yan found that his idea was simply a fantasy.

No matter how hard the weak try to manage their lives, everything they have can be easily destroyed by the strong, without even a reason.

Just because the other party is strong, that's all.

"I promised Lu Qiong yesterday that I would bring him and Lu Jing to pay tribute to his sister when I return from the auction house today." Xiao Yan's eyes were dim and he smiled bitterly at himself. "Now, I can say that I have kept my promise."

The scene fell silent again.

After an unknown amount of time, a soft call reached Xiao Yan's ears.

"Little Yanzi."

Xiao Yan turned around and saw Yao Chen and Han Feng coming behind him. Xiao Yan forced a smile and said.

"Senior Yao, have you reconciled with Senior Sister?"

"Um"

Yao Chen nodded slightly, Xiao Yan patted his knees and slowly stood up from the ground.

"In this case, my trip to the Black Horn Region won't be in vain."

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Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan who was pretending to be strong, not knowing what to say.

She knew that if Xiao Yan wanted to achieve his own righteous path, he would encounter such a thing sooner or later, the only difference was sooner or later.

But when he actually saw it, Yao Chen still felt heartbroken.

This child should not have been born into such a world.

If the world were not like this, how could Xiao Yan's righteous path be so difficult?

Feng Qing'er also stood up from the ground and spoke softly to Xiao Yan and Little Medical Fairy.

"Xiao Yan, Little Medical Fairy, I am leaving too." Feng Qing'er stroked her chest and said, "I am very happy to have met you on this trip. I hope we can meet again in the future."

"Ah."

Little Medical Fairy nodded slightly, and Xiao Yan spoke softly.

"Thank you for troubling me for this month. I would like to thank you on behalf of the children." Xiao Yan bowed his head deeply to Feng Qing'er. "The children must be very happy to have you accompany them during this month."

Looking at Xiao Yan who bowed his head deeply to her, Feng Qing'er watched quietly.

He then took two steps forward, opened his arms and gently hugged Xiao Yan's neck. When Xiao Yan was stunned, he whispered in his ear.

"Xiao Yan, don't blame yourself too much, this is really not your fault."

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Xiao Yan's shoulders trembled, and Feng Qing'er also loosened her arms. Under the gaze of Xiao Yixian and Xiao Yan, she transformed into the original form of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and soared in the air.

"Xiao Yan, Little Medical Fairy, we'll meet again later."

Feng Qing'er flapped her wings and flew farther and farther towards the scorching sun in the distance, until she was swallowed up by the scorching sun and no trace of her could be seen anymore.

After a long time, Little Medical Fairy looked at Xiao Yan and asked softly.

"Xiao Yan, where are we going next?"

Xiao Yan was silent for a long time, finally he took a deep breath and said softly.

"Let's go to Canaan College. It's not far from here." Xiao Yan turned his head and looked in the direction of Canaan College. "The New Year will be here soon anyway, so let's go back to the Xiao family with them then."

they?

Little Medical Fairy was stunned for a moment. Before she could ask who they were, Han Feng suddenly spoke.

"I'll go with you, too."

"Eh?" Xiao Yan paused for a moment, looking at Han Feng in astonishment, "Senior Sister, you're not staying in the Black Horn Region?"

Xiao Yan did not forget that Han Feng was the King of Medicine in the Black Horn Region and he also had such a big Medicine City. So he left now?

Han Feng naturally understood what Xiao Yan meant and said softly.

"Whether it's the title of Medicine King or the power of Medicine City, I established them all in order to find my teacher." Han Feng said, glancing at Yao Chen. "Now that my teacher has been found, there's no reason for me to stay here any longer. Besides, my teacher will need help to revive in the future, so I'll just follow you."

"Resurrection?" Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Yao Chen, "Come to think of it, disciple has never asked what the conditions are for resurrecting you."

"The conditions have been prepared almost completely." Yao Chen smiled softly and said, "First, we need three kinds of strange fires, your Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, Feng'er's Sea Heart Flame, and my master's Bone Spirit Cold Fire. This condition has been met."

"The second thing is to have the body of a Dou Zong master. Feng Er has been keeping my master's body, so this is no problem."

"The third one requires a drop of blood from a seventh-level monster. Don't worry about that."

Eh?

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of questions, and then Yao Chen handed him the sleeping Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python in his hand.

"Look, this one is a genuine seventh-level magical beast. Just ask her for it when the time comes. I don't think she will refuse to give it to you for your sake."

"Forehead"

Looking at the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python in Yao Chen's hand, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and suddenly a memory that he had never experienced but was extremely clear emerged in his mind.

It seems like my childhood self proposed to Queen Medusa?

The memory was so clear that Xiao Yan had no way of doubting it, but he should not have seen Queen Medusa when he was a child, right?

Little Medical Fairy at the side noticed that Xiao Yan's face looked a little strange, frowned slightly, and said worriedly.

"Xiao Yan, are you okay?"

"Ah? Oh, it's okay."

Xiao Yan came back to his senses and said perfunctorily, then reached out and put the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python into his arms. He was then stunned for a moment and looked at Yao Chen again.

"You said that the conditions are almost met, but these three conditions have been met, what else is missing?"

Hearing Xiao Yan's question, Yao Chen raised one hand and extended his index finger and thumb.

"Eighth-grade elixir, bone-growing and blood-melting elixir."

"Eighth, eighth grade???"

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Han Feng with an inquiring look. Han Feng spoke in a cold voice.

"I have prepared all the materials, but I cannot refine the eighth-grade elixir yet." Han Feng paused, then added: "To be more precise, I can barely refine it, but I can't because my strength is not enough."