Heart Flame Source
A moment later, Xiao Yan's hands began to wander a bit, slowly moving upwards.
Feeling a soft touch, Xun Er's body jolted, and she pushed Xiao Yan away with force, her cheeks as red as roses, breathing rapidly as she said, "N-no... I can't."
Hearing Xun Er's refusal, Xiao Yan also calmed down a lot, sighing inwardly.
"Xiao... Xiao Yan-gege, it's just that because of some reasons with my body, I... I can't right now." Knowing what Xiao Yan wanted to do, the blush on Xun Er's cheeks deepened, her heart racing as she hurriedly explained.
"Also, this scroll, Xiao Yan-gege must keep it safe, and not tell outsiders, not even Uncle Xiao Zhan." Xun Er quickly changed the subject, diverting attention to the scroll, using it to block Xiao Yan's eyes.
Xiao Yan reached out and took the black scroll, and feeling Xiao Yan's actions, Xun Er finally breathed a sigh of relief, but along with the relief, there seemed to be a sense of loss in her heart.
Xiao Yan looked at the scroll, frowning. The scroll felt heavy in his hand, and the leather was definitely not cheap.
"What is this?" Xiao Yan asked.
After catching her breath, Xun Er said softly, "This is a Dou Technique, you need to reach the Dou Wang (Fighting King) realm to cultivate it."
"Dou Wang (Fighting King)?!" Xiao Yan's heart shook. Although he was already at the peak of the eight-star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) realm, he was still a bit away from Dou Wang (Fighting King).
But a Dou Technique that required the Dou Wang (Fighting King) realm to cultivate must be Earth Rank, and possibly even a mid- or high-level Earth Rank Dou Technique!
"This thing is too precious..." Xiao Yan frowned, but before he could finish speaking, a pair of resentful eyes shot over, causing him to awkwardly stop.
"Xiao Yan-gege has never accepted a gift from Xun Er before, this time Xun Er hopes Xiao Yan-gege can accept it." Xun Er sighed softly.
Xiao Yan shrugged and said, "Actually, I'm not one to refuse being kept, but since I'm being kept, I hope Xun Er can feed me."
?? Xun Er tilted her head, looking puzzled. Can being kept be fed? Xiao Yan revealed a sly smile, sat in the chair, and pulled Xun Er over. After a brief exclamation, Xun Er sat on Xiao Yan's lap.
"Xiao Yan-gege!?"
"Xun Er has cultivated this Dou Technique, right? I don't have a teacher to guide me, and my aptitude is poor, if Xun Er doesn't explain it to me, how long will I have to practice before I can learn it?" Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows, revealing a cunning smile like a fox.
Xun Er immediately said unhappily, "Xiao Yan-gege, really, if you're considered to have poor aptitude, I think many people should just go and kill themselves."
However, Xun Er did not refuse Xiao Yan's request, gently leaning against Xiao Yan's chest, her jade hand softly opening the scroll.
Instantly, countless golden words flooded into Xiao Yan's mind. When Xiao Yan saw the Dou Technique's rank recorded on the scroll, even though he had expected it, his eyes couldn't help but flash.
Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't feel any discomfort from absorbing such a huge amount of soul information, even Xun Er was very surprised.
"Xiao Yan-gege is really amazing, even an ordinary Dou Wang (Fighting King) would feel pain from absorbing such a huge amount of soul information."
"No choice, an Alchemist's soul power is their bread and butter."
Xiao Yan naturally knew that this wasn't because he was an Alchemist, but because he cultivated the Soul Skill.
After digesting the soul information, Xiao Yan muttered to himself, "Emperor Seal Technique, high-level Earth Rank, said to be created by a Dou Di (Fighting God) expert in ancient times, with a total of five forms: Mountain Splitting Seal, Sea Flipping Seal, Earth Overturning Seal, Heaven Annihilation Seal, Ancient Emperor Seal. Each seal is connected, and when all five seals are completed, it has the power to overturn rivers and seas, and devour the heavens and earth. Cultivating it to perfection is comparable to a Heaven Rank Dou Technique! However, to cultivate this seal, one must reach the Dou Wang (Fighting King) realm, otherwise, cultivating the seal will fail, and one will suffer."
"Created by a Dou Di (Fighting God)?!"
Xiao Yan lowered his head to look at the beauty in his arms. This being kept is really great!
Hearing Xiao Yan's surprised voice, Xun Er revealed a happy smile, her little legs swinging, as she looked up at Xiao Yan and said, "Is Xiao Yan-gege satisfied?"
"What do you think..."
Xiao Yan was speechless. It was actually a Dou Technique comparable to Heaven Rank!
Although there were only the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Flipping Seal, this was a high-level Earth Rank Dou Technique. When Ling Ying used it, he really split a mountain with one palm! Hearing that Xiao Yan was satisfied, Xun Er began to explain the key points and difficulties of the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Flipping Seal to Xiao Yan bit by bit.
What surprised Xiao Yan was that Xun Er had already cultivated both hand seals. Her left hand was Mountain Splitting, and her right hand was Sea Flipping, and she looked very skilled, able to form the seals casually.
"Is this the Dou Di Bloodline? Cultivating Dou Techniques is like drinking water. No wonder those Dou Di (Fighting God) families value it so much. With this bloodline's help, it's hard not to become a strong person." Xiao Yan had a little more understanding of the so-called Dou Di Bloodline in his heart.
He also had Dou Di Bloodline, a little bit left by his ancestors. Although it was very thin, since having this bit of Dou Di Bloodline, Xiao Yan found that his comprehension and cultivation speed had improved a bit.
After getting tired of talking, Xun Er didn't go back, but snuggled in Xiao Yan's arms and fell asleep quietly. Xiao Yan held Xun Er's jade hands with both hands, embracing Xun Er and also fell asleep quietly.
The two fell asleep sweetly in each other's arms.
...
It wasn't until a ray of sunlight shone in from the window that Xun Er left the room with a blushing face.
In Xun Er's boudoir.
"Miss, did you really give that scroll to Young Master Xiao Yan?" In the room filled with a faint fragrance, Ling Ying looked at the girl holding a teacup in front of him with some astonishment, her watery eyes still retaining a hint of imperceptible shyness.
Facing Ling Ying's question, Xun Er just nodded casually, as if the thing she had given away was just an ordinary item.
"That is... that Dou Technique is of great importance even in my clan." Ling Ying said with a wry smile, this was more than just generous.
Xun Er smiled faintly, then waved her hand and said, "Ling Lao, don't let anyone else know about this, not even my father."
"Well, alright." After hesitating for a moment, Ling Ying could only sigh helplessly, because he knew even better that if this matter were to be passed back to the clan, he didn't know what kind of storm it would cause.
Like the Soul Clan and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, the Emperor Seal Technique was not allowed to be spread outside the Gu Clan either, and once discovered, it had to be retrieved.
"Miss, news from the clan... they..."
Xun Er's eyes turned cold, and she raised her hand to interrupt Ling Ying, saying, "Tomorrow is the day of Heart Flame Body Tempering. Even my Fallen Heart Flame Body Tempering has many benefits. We'll talk about it after the Heart Flame Body Tempering is completed."
"Yes, Miss." Ling Ying said before disappearing.
"Xiao Yan-gege, Xun Er has done what she can. The path to becoming a true powerhouse depends on you. I hope that when we meet again in the future, you can become a true powerhouse, so strong that Xun Er can only look up to you." Holding the warm teacup, Xun Er murmured softly, her voice echoing quietly in her heart, filled with reluctance.
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The next day arrived, the day when the top ten of the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking List would enter the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to undergo Heart Flame Source Body Tempering.
"The Great Elder is also present for the Heart Flame Source Body Tempering, just in case. Wait in the room for a while," Xiao Yan said, releasing the Azure Lotus.
On the Azure Lotus, Medusa, transformed into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, slowly opened her eyes, glanced coldly at Xiao Yan, and then closed them again.
Xiao Yan was used to Medusa's indifference. After taking care of everything, he left the room.
Xiao Yan and Xun Er arrived as scheduled. When they arrived at the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower, the other eight people were already there.
Seeing Xiao Yan arrive, Zi Yan immediately snorted coldly. She didn't expect that she would actually tie with Xiao Yan!
Xiao Yan smiled and walked to Zi Yan's side, saying, "What's wrong? Are you angry?"
"Hmph, I'm not. It's just a tie, you didn't win," Zi Yan turned her head away from Xiao Yan and snorted.
Dang, dang, dang, Xiao Yan took out a pill bottle from his robe pocket, which contained ten candy-like pills.
Seeing the pills refined from medicinal herbs, Zi Yan immediately looked like a gluttonous child, drool dripping from her mouth, her eyes shining like stars.
"Here, this is for you. Don't be angry, okay?"
"Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm." Zi Yan nodded vigorously, everything was negotiable when there was food.
Taking the pill bottle from Xiao Yan, Zi Yan immediately put one in her mouth and ate it happily.
"Hehe, it seems that everyone has arrived. Then I won't waste any more words." Su Qian glanced around, not wasting any more words. With a wave of his hand, the heavy tower door slowly opened with a creaking sound.
Each with different feelings, they followed the Great Elder into the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower, walking down the spiral staircase all the way.
"This is the eighth floor?" Xiao Yan counted silently, knowing that he and the others had descended to below the seventh floor.
What surprised Xiao Yan was that the eighth floor was already the end, with no more steps to go down.
Only elders could reach the eighth floor, even Zi Yan could only reach the seventh floor.
The Strange Flame energy around the eighth floor was already comparable to that of the Number One Training Chamber. After following the Great Elder into the eighth floor, they walked straight through it for about ten minutes.
"We're here!" Walking quickly to the end, Su Qian's faint voice immediately made everyone's spirits lift, and they quickened their pace, finally rushing out one after another.
Stepping out of the dim passage, the dazzling light made Xiao Yan and the others habitually close their eyes, but then they quickly opened them, their eyes sweeping across the place, and then their faces were filled with surprise.
This was an extremely spacious and empty space inside the tower, covering a very large area. Judging from the eye, it was almost wider than any floor above, and unlike the eighth floor, there were no training chambers here, giving it an empty feeling.
The Great Elder pointed to the ten jade platforms not far away and said, "Each of you find a jade platform to sit down on."
Nodding to Xun Er, Xiao Yan found one of the jade platforms to sit down on, and immediately felt a faint cool sensation permeating through him. Sitting here, it seemed that even the scorching heat from the outside was isolated.
Seeing that everyone was sitting on the jade platforms, the Great Elder formed a hand seal, and an energy barrier enveloped Xiao Yan and the others.
"So there is also a special energy blockade here. It seems that the Inner Academy is very strict in its defense against the Fallen Heart Flame." Looking at the seemingly illusory but extremely solid energy ripples, Xiao Yan realized in his heart.
After the energy cover enveloped them, a flame that seemed invisible but could be seen with the naked eye rose up.
The moment the invisible Heart Flame appeared, the Void Swallowing Flame in the Soul Collection cried out, wanting to come out and swallow the Heart Flame.
"Don't make trouble. It will be troublesome if you eat it and I don't advance to Dou Wang in a while."
Xiao Yan took out two pill bottles from his pocket, which contained two round pills.
The corners of his mouth raised, Xiao Yan was very ambitious. He not only wanted to temper his body, but also planned to take advantage of this Heart Flame Source Body Tempering opportunity, with the help of the pills, to break through to Dou Wang in one fell swoop!
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