Flirting and Bantering
Two months of flirting and bickering. Xiao Yan, possessing over a thousand Fire Energy, frequented the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower every other day. Coupled with the Earth Rank Cultivation Method, Xiao Yan's cultivation improved by two stars again, reaching the five-star Dou Ling.
Therefore, as soon as he left the tower, Xiao Yan sought out Zi Yan for a practical battle.
The result was that he still couldn't beat this cute little girl. Her physical strength was terrifyingly unmatched. In Xiao Yan's judgment, Zi Yan's physical strength was comparable to that of a super Fifth-Order Magical Beast. The burst of physical strength alone was equivalent to the power of a five-star Dou Wang.
What's more, Zi Yan also possessed some strange Space Power, making it impossible for Xiao Yan to defeat her.
"Hmph, of course. Did you think my position as number one on the Strong Ranking List was a fluke?" Zi Yan retracted her purple Dou Qi Wings and slowly descended beside Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan patted the dirt off his body and slowly stood up.
He had already decided to participate in this Strong Ranking Tournament and strive for the top ten.
Because as long as one could enter the top ten in this Strong Ranking Tournament, they would be qualified to become an elder candidate, and also gain the qualification to enter the ninth floor of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to undergo a Heart Flame Source tempering!
Heart Flame Source, Xiao Yan knew what it was as soon as he heard it.
The Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower was divided into ten floors. Even a Strong Ranking List champion like Zi Yan could only go to the seventh floor. The eighth floor was basically a place only elders could go to.
And the purple Fire Energy Card could only be possessed by Dou Huang experts at the level of the dean. Like Hu Qian, the Outer Academy's vice-dean at the peak of Dou Huang, and Su Qian, the Inner Academy's Great Elder with Dou Zong strength.
Because after reaching Dou Huang, only the Fallen Heart Flame's source had an accelerating effect on their Dou Qi.
In simple terms, having undergone this Heart Flame Source tempering, as long as you weren't the kind of unlucky person who angered both gods and men, it would be equivalent to obtaining a pass to advance to the Dou Wang level, and there was a high probability of breaking through to Dou Huang.
That's why there was so much coveting for the top ten positions on the Strong Ranking List.
"Just what is your background, little girl? I've already improved to a five-star Dou Ling, and the Earth Rank Dou Techniques I've learned have also reached the entry level, yet I still can't beat you," Xiao Yan felt puzzled, one of the few times in his life.
Now Xiao Yan could already flexibly use the Lightning Flash of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, able to flash thirty meters in an instant, and was working hard towards the Lesser Mastery of Lightning Blink.
With Zi Yan's guidance, the Ancient Dragon's Roar could also be used with the Soul. Although it was still at the entry level, only able to roar over a large area or use it against enemies in front of him, once it reached Lesser Mastery, he could change his voice.
If the Ancient Dragon's Roar could reach Greater Mastery, it could even condense sound waves into a single line, achieving the terrifying feat of shattering the enemy's Soul from a hundred miles away.
But! Even so, he still couldn't beat Zi Yan.
"I don't know either. I wish I knew," Zi Yan pouted, then reached out and took out three Fifth Grade Medicinal Herbs from the void and threw them to Xiao Yan.
"Help me refine them to be more delicious. I want to go into the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to cultivate."
Taking the Medicinal Herbs, Xiao Yan smiled and nodded, waving his hand to summon the Pill Refining furnace, throwing the Medicinal Herbs into the Pill Refining furnace one by one, and then adding some sugar, vanilla, rose petals, and other things.
Refining several large bottles of candy-like pills.
The cultivation of Magical Beasts was different from that of humans. They didn't cultivate Cultivation Methods themselves. Their bloodline was a natural Cultivation Method, and they could rely on the power of their bloodline to absorb the energy of heaven and earth to grow. To accelerate growth, they needed to gnaw on Medicinal Herbs and digest them.
Zi Yan spent a lot of time every month searching for natural treasures in the deep mountains and old forests. After eating them, she would enter the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to quickly digest the medicinal power with the help of the Fallen Heart Flame to accelerate her growth.
According to Zi Yan, she could sense places with abundant energy, making it easier to find natural treasures, possessing a talent for treasure hunting!
Xiao Yan had also gone treasure hunting with Zi Yan, but the problem was that Zi Yan could sense places with abundant energy, and that place did indeed have natural treasures, but there were Magical Beasts guarding them, and they were ridiculously strong.
After receiving the pill bottle, Zi Yan quickly poured out a golden pill, and regardless of the residual temperature on it, directly threw it into her mouth and chewed hard.
(╯▽╰) "Delicious, so sweet, so fragrant." In three or two bites, she chewed the pill into pieces and swallowed it into her stomach. Zi Yan licked her lips, looking at the jade bottle in her hand with some lingering taste.
Zi Yan wasn't giving Xiao Yan free training sessions. Xiao Yan's reward was to help her remove the bitter, sour, and spicy taste from the Medicinal Herbs, and then make them as delicious as candy.
It was estimated that Xiao Yan had never dreamed that one day his Alchemy skills would be used to make candy!
"By the way, Zi Yan, if your number one cultivation room is not in use, can you lend it to me?" Xiao Yan scratched his nose a little embarrassedly. After all, asking an eleven or twelve-year-old girl for something made Xiao Yan's face a little uneasy.
However, now Xiao Yan's cultivation had reached the five-star Dou Ling, and even the best cultivation room on the sixth floor had a somewhat average effect, not as obvious.
An ordinary five-star Dou Ling could barely reach the sixth floor, and only a freak like Xiao Yan dared to go to the seventh floor as a five-star Dou Ling, and even wanted to enter the number one cultivation room.
Although Xiao Yan had also thought about snatching Yao Sheng's Strong Ranking List seventeenth place, after thinking about it, the seventeenth cultivation room was probably not even one-tenth as good as Zi Yan's number one cultivation room.
Fire Energy was a small matter, but it would waste time.
Zi Yan patted her small chest and said with great righteousness, "No problem, it will be idle anyway if I don't use it, but during your cultivation, I will come to you to refine pills for me."
"Of course, no problem, it's just a small matter."
After seeing Zi Yan off, Xiao Yan sat on the ground to think.
Meow! Mao Wu walked out of the void and meowed.
"It's indeed a problem. The Fallen Heart Flame is different from ordinary Strange Flames. This Fallen Heart Flame is a 'magic' attack."
Xiao Yan is now a Fifth Grade peak Alchemist, and refining Fifth Grade Blood Lotus Pills is no longer a problem. However, the Blood Lotus Pill can only protect the body and resist the high temperature of the Strange Flame.
But the Fallen Heart Flame directly appears in the heart, burning from the inside out, so the Blood Lotus Pill has little effect.
Xiao Yan does have a Pill Recipe for a medicinal pill that can protect the body, called the Earth Spirit Pill. This kind of medicinal pill creates protection inside the body, preventing attacks like sonic Dou Techniques and the Heart Flame from the Fallen Heart Flame.
The problem is that this is a Sixth Grade medicinal pill, and Xiao Yan hasn't even collected the main Medicinal Herbs.
"Let's try our luck. Maybe the Inner Academy Trading Zone has it." Xiao Yan took out his Fire Energy Card. He still has more than a thousand Fire Energy.
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The scene changed. Xun Er, wearing an elegant dress, was reading a book in her room. The faint sunlight reflecting off her clear and beautiful face made people want to be intoxicated and immersed.
Knock, knock, knock, a knock on the door: "Xun Er, are you free now?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, Xun Er immediately put down her book, trotted to the door, and opened it with a click. Seeing Xiao Yan's face, she immediately showed a rare smile.
The slender and graceful girl stood in front of Xiao Yan. The faint fragrance that wafted towards him made Xiao Yan's heart flutter slightly. Unknowingly, the little tag-along who used to follow him around had now grown into such a beautiful and charming young woman.
"Xiao Yan gege, why are you looking for Xun Er today?" Xun Er blinked her eyes, her words containing a hint of jealousy towards Xiao Yan, who was always immersed in cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower.
Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly and said, "It's been so long since I came to the Inner Academy, and I haven't strolled around with Xun Er. Seeing that the weather is fine today, with a gentle breeze and bright sunshine, it's a good day, so I came to invite the cute and kind Xun Er meimei to stroll around the Inner Academy Trading Zone."
Xun Er covered her mouth and chuckled. Her spring water-like eyes stared at Xiao Yan, gently bumping into Xiao Yan's arms, and said tenderly, "How could Xun Er blame Xiao Yan gege?"
Xiao Yan gently hugged Xun Er's Willow Waist and lightly kissed Xun Er's hair. As if feeling Xiao Yan's fiery passion, a faint blush appeared on Xun Er's fair and delicate face. This little womanly appearance was completely different from her usual indifferent appearance, but it cannot be denied that Xun Er at this moment was extraordinarily charming.
"Xun Er..."
Being alone in a room, it seemed easy for a single man and woman to think of unhealthy things. Xun Er's cheeks flushed, and she quickly jumped away, saying shyly, "Didn't Xiao Yan gege say we were going to stroll around the Inner Academy? Let's go."
Xiao Yan coughed lightly. After all, it was still broad daylight, and it was indeed not suitable to do some adult things.
Xiao Yan held Xun Er's soft, boneless jade hand, chatting and laughing as they walked towards the Inner Academy Trading Zone.
...
The Inner Academy's area was extremely wide, and it took Xiao Yan half an hour to reach the trading zone. However, Xiao Yan was not in a hurry, chatting with Xun Er along the way, talking non-stop.
"Ew, I don't want it." Xun Er looked at the stinky tofu that Xiao Yan handed over with a look of disgust, pinching her nose.
"I'm not lying to you, this thing smells stinky, but it tastes good. Try it."
"I don't want it."
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In the trading square, many stone platforms were set up, and at this time, these stone platforms were also filled with a dazzling array of various items. Outside the stone platforms, the crowded people were bustling, and the popularity made Xiao Yan a little speechless.
However, the intimate appearance of Xiao Yan and Xun Er attracted the attention of countless people, of course, most of them wanted to strangle Xiao Yan.
As they walked, their eyes constantly swept over the items on the stone platforms on both sides. As their eyes swept, Xiao Yan became more and more surprised.
He found that some of the things sold here were not inferior to some of the big cities in the Black-Corner Region. Perhaps because the Inner Academy itself was located in the vast mountains, some rare things were even difficult to see in some shops in the Black-Corner Region.
"There are a lot of good things here." Xiao Yan squatted down, looking at the exquisite items on the stall in front of him.
Xun Er was not very interested, but instead studied the stinky tofu in her hand. It was more difficult for her to eat this thing than to defeat a Dou Wang.
...
After walking for a while, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, and he looked at a certain stall.
"Is that Lin Yan, who is ninth on the Strong Ranking List?" Xiao Yan recognized the stall owner. He had seen him once during the help battle.
Lin Yan, wearing gray clothes, also noticed Xiao Yan's arrival. He raised his head and glanced at him. The pair of scarlet eyes made Xiao Yan frown.
"Those eyes... Heart Flame poisoning?" Xiao Yan was indeed a Fifth Grade peak Alchemist, and he could see at a glance that Lin Yan had been in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower for too long, and he had accidentally gone crazy during cultivation and suffered from Heart Flame poisoning! But soon, Xiao Yan's attention was attracted by a Medicinal Herb on Lin Yan's stall.
"Azure Wood Immortal Vine! One of the main Medicinal Herbs for the Earth Spirit Pill!"
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