Zi Yan
"Yay!! I successfully used Lightning Flash!!"
Even Xiao Yan excitedly jumped up. Mastering Lightning Flash in seven days was a legendary feat, a miracle even within the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
Reaching the Entry level of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement allows one to use Lightning Flash, Lesser Mastery grants Lightning Blink, and Greater Mastery enables Three Thousand Lightning, covering three kilometers in an instant. Perfecting it allows one to begin training in the Wind and Thunder Pavilion's treasured Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body.
The little girl in white looked puzzled, completely unable to understand why Xiao Yan was so happy over simply dodging an attack.
"Hey, what's so great about that?" the little girl asked, blinking.
Xiao Yan turned his head, smiling, and said, "It's naturally worth celebrating when you master a movement Dou Technique. Come on, let's continue fighting!"
"Three Thousand Lightning Movement—Lightning Flash!" Xiao Yan once again circulated his Dou Qi. Thankfully, his Burning Secret technique had evolved to the Earth Rank, otherwise, his Dou Qi would have long been exhausted from such frequent use of an Earth Rank Dou Technique and Strange Flame.
With a whoosh, Xiao Yan's body flashed, but this time, something went wrong. His foot slipped, and he face-planted, sliding right next to the little girl, leaving her speechless.
Is this guy an idiot? Clearly, one success didn't guarantee a second. Xiao Yan needed more practice.
The little girl was a bit bewildered, feeling like Xiao Yan was just being funny.
"Hehe, accident, accident," Xiao Yan said, quickly standing up and awkwardly dusting off the dirt from his behind.
Afterward, Xiao Yan and the mysterious little girl resumed their battle. Fortunately, she wasn't trying to kill Xiao Yan and held back. Xiao Yan was testing his Dou Technique, failing several times.
Eventually, Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations' time limit expired, causing him to collapse on the ground in agony, defeated and with his Dou Qi exhausted.
Xiao Yan lay on the ground, panting heavily. Even with the Life Flame alleviating the side effects of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, Xiao Yan was still in intense pain.
"Hey, are you dead? If you die, it'll be troublesome for me," the little girl in white said, walking over to Xiao Yan and nudging his arm with her foot, showing some concern, but not much.
Xiao Yan struggled to move his arm, taking out a healing pill from his Storage Ring. It was a Fifth Grade peak healing pill, which he tossed directly into his mouth.
Instantly, the medicinal power transformed into a warm current that spread throughout his body, not only alleviating the side effects of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations but also healing some bruises and abrasions, while continuously restoring his Dou Qi.
"Pill! You're an Alchemist?" the little girl asked, staring at Xiao Yan with wide eyes as he took out the pill.
Xiao Yan exhaled and sat up, looking at the thoughtful little girl with a puzzled expression. He had dealt with many Magical Beasts before, and he recognized that look.
"You wouldn't happen to want me to refine a Transformation Pill for you, so you can freely switch between human and Magical Beast forms, would you...?" Xiao Yan asked, his eyes filled with certainty as he looked at the little girl.
The little girl's cheeks flushed slightly with embarrassment, but she nodded.
"If I want to transform on my own right now, my strength needs to be at least Sixth Order, or even Seventh Order, but with a Transformation Pill, I can do it much faster."
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes, saying in annoyance, "Do you even know... uh, what's your name?"
"I'm called Zi Yan, what about you?"
"I'm Xiao Yan."
After introducing themselves, Xiao Yan got straight to the point, "Well, little Zi Yan. Let's not even talk about how I'm only close to being a Sixth Grade Alchemist and not yet a Seventh Grade Alchemist, so I can't refine a Seventh Grade Transformation Pill. Even if I could, a high-level Seventh Grade pill like a Transformation Pill could get a high-level Seventh-Order Magical Beast to work for me once."
Refining Seventh Grade pills was never an easy task. Xiao Yan's Alchemist skills weren't sufficient, and even his Soul strength hadn't reached the Seventh Grade yet.
Not to mention, the pill she wanted was a rather advanced Seventh Grade Transformation Pill.
Zi Yan looked dejected upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, lowering her head, curling up her legs, hugging her knees, and biting her lip with her pearly white teeth, looking pitiful.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel some pity for Zi Yan's pitiful appearance, but pity couldn't make him refine pills for others unconditionally.
Xiao Yan slowly stood up, patted Zi Yan's head, and said, "I have a gang fight to attend to later, so I need to return to the Inner Academy first. How about this, if you're willing to spar with me and help me practice my Dou Techniques, I can refine pills below the Fifth Grade for you for free. With the help of pills, you should be able to improve faster, and I can even refine Dou Wang Pills."
"As for the Seventh Grade Transformation Pill, I'd like to have one too, but I can't help you."
Hearing that Xiao Yan wanted to practice Dou Techniques, Zi Yan suddenly thought of something, stood up, and looked at Xiao Yan, saying, "If you promise to help me refine a Transformation Pill, I'll tell you why you can't master that roar roar roar Dou Technique."
"Ah? You know about the Ancient Dragon's Roar?" Xiao Yan's expression changed as he looked at Zi Yan in confusion. Suddenly, he remembered that Zi Yan was a Magical Beast, and the Ancient Dragon's Roar was actually a Beast Skill!
Could it be that Magical Beasts had a special method for cultivating Beast Skills, different from Dou Techniques?! "Hehehe, if you promise to refine a Transformation Pill for me, I'll help you," Zi Yan said, appearing very happy as if she had caught Xiao Yan by the handle.
Xiao Yan sized Zi Yan up, saying with some doubt, "If you can help me master the Ancient Dragon's Roar, I can promise you that when I reach the high-level Seventh Grade and have the ability to refine a Transformation Pill, I can help you refine one. I'm almost Sixth Grade now, and I'm confident that I can reach the high-level Seventh Grade in three or four years, how about it?"
"Deal!" Zi Yan said with a smile, slapping Xiao Yan's palm.
Zi Yan gestured for Xiao Yan to bend down, whispering something in his ear.
"Huh???" Xiao Yan looked at the smiling Zi Yan with a strange expression.
He was becoming increasingly interested in Zi Yan's background.
"How come Xiao Yan hasn't arrived yet!" In the Duel Plaza, Xiao Yu's slender, shapely legs were exposed outside her skirt, her expression tinged with worry.
...
The scene shifted.
Xun Er gently patted the back of Xiao Yu's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, Xiao Yan-gege probably just went to practice Dou Techniques."
Today was the seventh day, the day Xiao Hall had arranged to fight the thirteen gang alliance of veteran students. The plaza was already packed, and even three elders had arrived early to wait.
This gang war was agreed upon in advance, with the elders acting as referees.
The Inner Academy had always supported healthy competition among students, resolving disputes with cultivation.
Han Yue, who had met Xiao Yan once, looked at the sky and frowned slightly. She was naturally interested in this freshman who dared to go to the sixth floor of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower on his first day, so she inquired about him.
If she hadn't inquired, it would have been fine, but once she did, she was speechless. He was someone who didn't like to suffer losses and was extremely protective of his own.
Making the veteran students spit out all the Fire Energy they had collected and even compensate them was truly unprecedented.
"It seems like this fight won't happen."
"What, Yue Girl, you don't seem to be optimistic about Xiao Yan?" Elder Liu, who guarded the first floor, asked with a smile.
He was also one of the referees this time.
Han Yue didn't deny it, nodding and saying, "Although that Xiao Yan is powerful, reaching the Three-Star Dou Ling at less than twenty years old, this time the opponent has two hundred people and he has offended the Mountain Splitting Gang. Although Liu Qing didn't take action, Yao Sheng is a Seven-Star Dou Ling ranked seventeenth on the Strong Ranking List, so Xiao Yan's chances of winning this battle are very low."
Elder Liu nodded slightly, agreeing with Han Yue's statement, "Well, although I also think that Xiao Yan is likely to lose, I don't deny that he also has a chance of winning. That little guy, how should I put it, ah, it's hard to say."
Generally speaking, a Three-Star Dou Ling leading a group of freshmen to challenge two hundred veteran students, including many Dou Ling experts and a Seven-Star Dou Ling...
No matter how you looked at it, this was an overwhelming battle.
Even a war of attrition could exhaust Xiao Yan to death.
At this time, Liu Fei, sitting on the other side, was still wearing a fox fur coat, enjoying the worship of the crowd.
"Yao Sheng, if you lose, it won't just be your face that's lost, do you understand?" Liu Fei said to Yao Sheng, who was sharpening his knife beside her.
"Don't worry, Fei'er, although only Lei Na and I are from the Mountain Splitting Gang this time, even if it's just me, I can't possibly lose." Yao Sheng's mouth twitched, and a fierce smile appeared on his effeminate face.
On the other side, the Bai Gang, as the main force this time, had mobilized the entire family except for Bai Shan. Even the gang leader, Bai Cheng, was participating.
"Bai Shan, are you sure you're not participating?" Bai Cheng looked at his cousin with incomprehension. Knowing his cousin, how could he not participate in such an opportunity to take revenge? Bai Shan thought for a long time and finally shook his head, saying, "Cousin, I... I think our Bai Gang should just forget it."
"Forget it?! Bai Shan, have you been beaten silly?" Bai Feng, who had been defeated by Xiao Yan once, said angrily.
He had only been defeated by Xiao Yan once, and he knew that he couldn't beat Xiao Yan, but now there was a group of people and Yao Sheng from the Mountain Splitting Gang, so this battle was bound to be won no matter how you looked at it.
Bai Shan stammered for a long time, but finally shook his head, not daring to go on stage.
Fu Ao looked in the direction of Xun Er and the others, sneering, "But I think we might not even need to fight. That Xiao Yan is probably hiding."
Fu Ao's voice wasn't soft, and many people heard it. Seeing that Xiao Yan hadn't appeared, many people began to discuss it.
"Xun Er, that guy hasn't returned yet. How about we apply to the elders for a delay?" Beside Xun Er, Hu Jia, dressed in a red dress, noticed the low morale of the Xiao Hall members in the arena because Xiao Yan hadn't appeared, and a bitter smile appeared on her pretty face.
Xun Er slowly clenched her slender hand, her watery eyes slightly condensed, and she said softly, "It's okay, if it really doesn't work, I'll replace Xiao Yan-gege. This is the force that Xiao Yan-gege established, and I will never allow anyone to destroy it!"
...
After another while, Elder Liu came over and asked, "How is it? The time you agreed upon has already passed, and that Xiao Yan hasn't appeared yet?"
Xun Er shook her head and slowly stood up, saying, "The elders are too concerned. Then let's begin. Dealing with them doesn't require Xiao Yan-gege to take action."
Elder Liu and the two elders next to him couldn't help but smile wryly. Was arrogance contagious? How could even Xun Er be like this? "Alright then, do you choose a one-on-one war of attrition, taking turns, or a group battle?" Elder Liu asked.
"Let's go together." Just then, a voice filled with laughter came from the sky! Hearing the voice, everyone quickly looked up and saw Xiao Yan with a pair of fire wings standing in mid-air!
"Dou Qi Transformation Wings?!"
Bai Cheng, Yao Sheng, and the others stood up one after another. Had Xiao Yan become a Dou Wang in seven days?!!!
"No, that's a Flying Dou Technique. Xiao Yan isn't a Dou Wang yet."
"That's not right, who is the little girl next to Xiao Yan? Why does she look a little familiar?"
Xiao Yan slowly landed next to Xun Er with Zi Yan, saying to Elder Liu, "Sorry, I'm late."
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