Then Let's Unify It
Xiao Ding lowered his voice and said very seriously, "Little Yanzi, we've discovered traces of a Strange Flame."
!!!!!!!!!?? Xiao Yan's eyes widened instantly. It was news about a Strange Flame!?! Xiao Yan looked incredulous because he hadn't even considered it. His two older brothers were only Dou Shi (Battle Master), and that level of strength didn't align with Strange Flames at all. Not to mention, how did they even go looking for one?! Seeing Xiao Yan's puzzled and surprised expression, Xiao Li said, "Have you forgotten? On your twelfth birthday, when your Eldest Brother and I asked you what birthday gift you wanted, you told us that it would be great if you had a Strange Flame."
A jolt of electricity instantly ran through Xiao Yan's mind. After being reminded, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that year.
Xiao Yan was a genius in the family. At just over eleven years old, he broke the entire Wutan City's record and became the youngest Dou Zhe (Battle Master) in Wutan City's history.
After reaching Dou Zhe (Battle Master), one could cultivate Cultivation Methods. At that time, because of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Xiao Yan chose the Burning Skill (Burning incantation) in his Storage Ring.
The result was predictable. The Burning Skill (Burning incantation) was only a Yellow-Rank Low-Level Cultivation Method. It wasn't that the Burning Skill (Burning incantation) couldn't reach Yellow-Rank Low-Level without devouring a Strange Flame, but rather that the lowest level of Cultivation Method was Yellow-Rank Low-Level; there was nothing lower!
After cultivating the Burning Skill (Burning incantation), Xiao Yan's cultivation speed was as slow as a snail's pace. At that time, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were determined to join hands and start a career, so before leaving, they asked Xiao Yan what he wanted.
As a result, Xiao Yan blurted out that he wanted a Strange Flame.
Xiao Yan didn't expect that his unintentional words would be remembered by his two older brothers until now!
"At first, your Eldest Brother and I didn't know what a Strange Flame was. After inquiring, we found out that it was such a powerful thing. Later, we heard that there was a Strange Flame in the Tagor Desert, so your Eldest Brother and I planned to establish a mercenary group here in Mo City Rock. Could it be that you were already an Alchemist when you were twelve years old, so you wanted a Strange Flame?" Xiao Li took a swig of strong liquor and ate a large piece of meat as he talked about some past events.
Hearing his second brother's words, even Xiao Yan, with his two lifetimes of experience, couldn't help but feel his eyes moisten and his nose a little sore.
"Hahahaha, Little Yanzi, what are you doing? Why are your eyes red?" Xiao Li put his arm around Xiao Yan and mocked him.
"No way, I just drank too much wine, and my eyes are sweating from the heat!" Xiao Yan took a big gulp of wine and said awkwardly.
"Hahaha, eyes sweating, it seems you're really drunk!"
Xiao Ding interrupted the two's bickering and said with a smile, "Alright, let's get back to the main topic. Actually, it wasn't the two of us who discovered the traces of the Strange Flame, but Qing Lin."
Xiao Yan turned his head to look at the girl who was holding a wine pot, lowering her head, and looking a little timid. No wonder his second brother wanted Qing Lin to stay.
"Qing Lin, go in and get a map."
"Yes, Great Leader."
Xiao Yan stopped Qing Lin and said, "No need, I have a map."
Xiao Yan took out the maps with marked annotations that Hai Bo Dong had given him from his Storage Ring, cleared the table, and spread them out, saying, "Is it in these places?"
Qing Lin nodded and timidly pointed to one of the maps circling the eastern part of Mo City Rock, saying, "Here."
Xiao Yan's heart trembled. Hai Bo Dong's information was actually true?! "Gu He has been to this place. Did he not find it, or is it already gone?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly, already starting to think.
"Eldest Brother, have you explored it?" Xiao Yan asked.
Xiao Ding nodded and said, "Half a year ago, Qing Lin said that she sensed some anomalies in the southern part of eastern Mo City Rock, feeling a burst of heat. Not long after, an extremely powerful aura appeared outside Mo City Rock. We suspected that it might be the Medusa Queen descending there. Later, we discovered that the fire attribute energy in that place was very abnormal."
Qing Lin nodded and said timidly, "Because the two Leaders told me that once I discovered anything related to fire, I had to report it to them."
Because of Xiao Yan's words when he was twelve years old, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li put finding a Strange Flame first. Everyone in the Mo Tie Mercenary Group would pay attention to whether they found any places with particularly special fire attribute energy when they were hunting and performing tasks outside.
Xiao Li continued, "Later, we had a few people secretly go to that place to carefully investigate several times. Finally, we discovered that the fire attribute energy underground there was very special. We suspected that there might be a Strange Flame, so we asked you to come over."
Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly. If the Strange Flame was underground in the desert, Gu He might not be able to find it. Gu He was a powerful Alchemist, but in a special place like the desert, without any means, he might not be able to find the correct entrance.
"The Snake-People Race are cold by nature and are cold-blooded animals. Strange Flames are like poison to them. Maybe the Medusa Queen couldn't take the Strange Flame either."
Xiao Yan looked at his two older brothers and said seriously, "Eldest Brother, second brother, to be honest, Strange Flames are very important to me. No matter what, I have to go and take a look."
Xiao Ding nodded and said, "Don't worry, we've already prepared everything and can start digging into the ground to search at any time. But the problem is that the place is not far from Mo City Rock, and there is also the Sha Mercenary Group in Mo City Rock, whose strength is not weaker than ours. Maybe they will come to make trouble."
"Sha Mercenary Group? What's their strength?" Xiao Yan asked.
Xiao Li looked disdainful and said indignantly, "What strength can those guys have? It's just that they were established a little earlier than us, relying on the fact that their Leader is a Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master). Damn it, if they really dare to stop you from finding the Strange Flame, even if I lose face, I will go back to the family and ask a few elders to come and wipe them out in one fell swoop."
Xiao Yan smiled and said, "No need to trouble the elders in the family. Coincidentally, I just broke through to Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) not long ago."
Pfft!!!! Xiao Li spat the wine in his mouth all over Xiao Ding's face. Xiao Ding didn't have time to wipe it off, and the two of them looked at Xiao Yan in surprise.
"You you you, Little Yanzi, you're a Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master)?!!" Xiao Li's mouth could fit an egg. He thought that Xiao Yan was at most a high-level Dou Shi (Battle Master), at most a Nine-Star Dou Shi (Battle Master), but he didn't expect that he was already a Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master)!! Is it so easy to break through from Dou Shi (Battle Master) to Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master)?!
"Since we're here, let's unify all the mercenary groups in Mo City Rock." Xiao Yan took a sip of wine, smiled casually, and didn't take any mercenary groups seriously at all.
Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master)? His cultivation is Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master), but his true strength has already reached the Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) level! As long as there are no high-level Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) in Mo City Rock, then Xiao Yan can walk sideways in Mo City Rock! After discussing everything, the three Xiao brothers drank for a long time, until late at night, chatting about the interesting things in the family over the past three years.
"Eldest Brother, second brother, I'll go back to my room first. See you tomorrow." Xiao Yan said drunkenly.
"Qing Lin, help your third brother back to his room." Xiao Ding nodded.
Hearing Xiao Ding's words, Qing Lin's cheeks flushed red, even redder than Xiao Yan when he was drunk! She took Xiao Yan's hand and placed it on her shoulder, not minding at all that the back of Xiao Yan's hand touched her somewhat precocious chest.
Xiao Yan shuddered and quickly withdrew his hand, saying, "Um, Qing Lin, you need to have your own thoughts, you don't need to listen to my big brother. Do you understand?"
Qing Lin twisted her fingers, and said shyly in a low voice, "It was the head of the mercenary group who saved me, my life belongs to the head of the mercenary group, I should listen to the head of the mercenary group."
Xiao Yan looked at the little girl in front of him, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Xiao Yan didn't have that kind of special fetish! Moreover, Xun Er was still waiting for him at Canaan Academy, how could he do such a thing outside!
Xiao Yan directly used an Exploding Step to escape back. Xiao Yan suddenly felt that Nalan Yanran's ideological awareness of pursuing freedom of love, even at the cost of confronting her family and ethics, was truly a thousand years ahead of the Dou Qi Continent!
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