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Deep in the night in the desert, a shadow flashed, and seconds after the shadow sped past, a sharp sonic boom suddenly echoed.

Xiao Yan's speed had undoubtedly exceeded the speed of sound.

In the instant after Xiao Yan's shadow disappeared, another dark figure followed closely. This figure's movement in the air was like a floating willow leaf, a perfect combination of speed and elegance.

Yun Yun was indeed worthy of being a Dou Huang powerhouse with the Wind Attribute. She hadn't even used her full strength yet, and she was already gradually closing the distance with Xiao Yan.

"Damn it! Yun Yun, why didn't I see her working this hard when fighting the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King? Why is she chasing so hard now!" Xiao Yan cursed inwardly.

Suddenly, Yun Yun's clear voice reached Xiao Yan's mind: "Friend, the Strange Flame does not belong to you. If you remain stubborn, then don't blame me for taking action."

Xiao Yan turned his head to look back and saw that Yun Yun was already holding a Thin Sword in her hand. Xiao Yan hadn't forgotten that it was this sword that had cut open a deep, bone-revealing wound on the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King's stomach!

With a buzz, a wind vortex condensed on the Thin Sword in Yun Yun's hand, locking onto Xiao Yan not far away, preparing to launch an attack.

Feeling that he was locked on, Xiao Yan's scalp went numb. He couldn't accelerate any further. He hurriedly took something out of his Storage Ring and threw it directly behind him.

Seeing something being thrown, Yun Yun frowned slightly and flicked her fingers, a gust of breeze rolled up the flying object.

!!!? "This is!" The moment Yun Yun saw what it was, her brain jolted violently. Because that thing was a Scroll with the words 'Exploding Step' written on it!

This Exploding Step movement Dou Technique wasn't too precious, and it was also a copy from the Yunlan Sect, not unique. But Yun Yun understood many things.

"Yao Yan?! It's him!"

Yun Yun certainly hadn't forgotten that a day ago, she had seen Xiao Yan captured by Yue Mei. She had originally thought that Xiao Yan had been captured by coincidence and had already escaped.

But now it seemed that Xiao Yan wasn't captured at all. He was deliberately captured, planning to infiltrate the Mei Snake Tribe. This third-party force was obviously Xiao Yan! Xiao Yan had no choice now. The power of the Fire Lotus Seed was about to overwhelm his meridians, and he needed to stop quickly to circulate the *Burningincantation* to convert Dou Qi.

He could only rely on their relationship, hoping that Yun Yun would let him go for the sake of their acquaintance.

Yun Yun's expression changed. After pondering for a while, Yun Yun put away her Thin Sword, stopped chasing, and watched Xiao Yan disappear into the horizon.

A gust of wind blew, lifting the hood of the black robe, and that pretty, indifferent, fair face was somewhat stunningly exposed in the raging wind and sand.

"He has really become much stronger, able to escape from Gu He." Recalling Gu He's defeat at Xiao Yan's hands, Yun Yun couldn't help but smile.

Sensing that Yun Yun was no longer chasing, Xiao Yan couldn't hold on any longer and crashed headfirst into the yellow sand. He hurriedly sat on the Lotus Seat and quickly circulated the *Burningincantation*.

The terrifying energy of the Fire Lotus Seed had already severely burned Xiao Yan's meridians. If he had been any slower, it might have spread to his organs.

The *Burningincantation circulated, and half an hour later, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes. The remaining energy of the Fire Lotus Seed was partly discarded by Xiao Yan and given to Mao Wu, and partly converted into Dou Qi by the Burningincantation*.

Xiao Yan bent down and picked up the Exploding Step Scroll on the ground. Yun Yun had come while he was circulating his Cultivation Method, but she hadn't taken away the Lotus Seat, she had just left the Exploding Step Scroll and left.

"Alas, I judged a gentleman's heart with my own mean measure." Xiao Yan slowly opened the Lotus Seat, inside not only was the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame hidden, but Mao Wu was also hiding nearby.

If anyone took his Lotus Seat, the moment it was opened, Mao Wu would detonate the original fire seed of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

This was Xiao Yan's backup plan. Even if Gu He got the Lotus Seat, it would be useless, and he might even be schemed to death by Xiao Yan. It was just that this would destroy the Lotus Seat, and even Mao Wu would suffer some damage.

Xiao Yan patted his butt and muttered to himself, "If I have the chance in the future, I will repay this favor."

Saying that, Xiao Yan stopped talking nonsense, holding the Azure Lotus Seat in his palm, turned around, his wings vibrated slightly, and he quickly flew into the air, then without looking back, he shot away into the distance.

To refine the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, he needed to find a safe place.

Standing blankly on the sand dune, Yun Yun stared blankly at Xiao Yan, who had turned into a black dot, and after a long while, she smiled wryly and shook her head, saying, "Who wants your favor."

After resting for a while, Xiao Yan flew for half a day before finally gradually reaching the outer edge of the Tagor Desert. He now needed an extremely remote environment where he couldn't be disturbed.

Lush green reappeared in Xiao Yan's sight. His wings vibrated slightly, and Xiao Yan's body turned into a streak of black light, directly projecting towards the majestic mountain in the distance, and drilled into a Mountain Cave.

At this time, even his Soul Robe was covered with a layer of fine yellow sand, and his hair was full of sand.

Xiao Yan slowly placed the Lotus Seat aside, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate the *Burningincantation* to restore Dou Qi and circulate the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art to restore Soul power.

Xiao Yan cultivated for a full two hours before he completely restored his Dou Qi and Soul power.

"No, after going to the Royal Capital, I must exchange for a real Soul Skill from the Soul Palace no matter what. This Soul Impact thing will kill me sooner or later." Xiao Yan was really scared for a while.

Soul Impact was indeed very useful, even Medusa Queen was caught off guard and hit. Moreover, most people in the Dou Qi Continent had extremely weak Soul power.

Except for fighting Alchemists, Xiao Yan's Soul power basically crushed his opponents by a large level or more.

But even if the opponent's Soul power was weak, using Soul Impact to hit them would more or less cause a backlash, causing his own Soul power to be damaged as well.

Xiao Yan had already made up his mind that Yao Ao's Soul Body had to be exchanged for an Earth Rank Soul Skill.

If used well, a Soul Skill could be fatal when used unexpectedly.

Turning his head, Xiao Yan looked at the beautiful Azure Lotus seat on the ground, pursing his lips tightly.

What Xiao Yan didn't expect was that, including Mao Wu, this was actually the third Strange Flame!

It had only been half a year since he left Canaan Academy, and he had already obtained three Strange Flames!

However, the Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire and the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame were both due to the Soul Palace. Only the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in front of him was obtained through his own luck, effort, and strategy.

"'My *Burningincantation is barely reaching Mystic High-Rank Cultivation Method now. I wonder if refining the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, which is ranked nineteenth, can evolve the Burningincantation* to Earth Rank!'"

Xiao Yan had no doubt about the energy contained in the Strange Flame. Although the evolution between Cultivation Method ranks required dozens of times the terrifying energy, Xiao Yan believed that the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame definitely had the shocking ability to do so! "Before refining the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, I still have to deal with this snake."

Xiao Yan opened the lotus platform. At this time, the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python had already woken up. The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python stretched out its tongue and licked the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in the middle, as if it were eating ice cream.

Looking at Mao Wu, who was lying on the lotus platform like a little black cat, lazily sleeping, and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, who was standing up and licking the flames, Xiao Yan thought to himself, "Damn, I seem to have become a Beast Tamer."

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