Old Friend Arrives

"Sigh, this Emperor Seal Technique is really not something a normal person can cultivate."

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. No wonder the Dou Techniques of the Dou Di families required the Dou Di Bloodline. Even though this Emperor Seal Technique was already a weakened and modified version, the difficulty of cultivating it was far greater than the Five Round Li Fire Method. At least for Xiao Yan, who possessed the Burning Technique, the Five Round Li Fire Method was indeed easier.

Just the first seal, the Mountain Splitting Seal, required opening up three specific Meridians to condense the hand seal and mobilize Dou Qi to unleash the Dou Technique.

The Meridians within the human body were as numerous and complex as the stars in the sky, countless in number. Some Meridians were small, difficult to find, and extremely delicate. Not to mention opening them up, even a slightly stronger energy impact would cause them to rupture. The three specific Meridians for the Mountain Splitting Seal were located in three remote spots in the right arm. It took Xiao Yan half a month to open them.

And this was under the premise that Xiao Yan's physique and Soul power were extremely strong.

Dou Techniques that required opening specific Meridians were either extremely powerful or belonged to the legendary level. Back then, when Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and the Eight Extremities Collapse, he had not specifically opened any Meridians. One could imagine how unique this Emperor Seal Technique was.

Especially the excruciating pain when opening the Meridians made Xiao Yan wonder if the real Emperor Seal Technique was meant for humans to cultivate!

No wonder it was impossible to cultivate without the Dou Di Bloodline. Such a cultivation path was simply courting death unless one's body was extraordinary.

After stumbling and bumping along, and cultivating the Dou Technique for a month, Xiao Yan barely managed to get the Mountain Splitting Seal to take some form. This was thanks to Xun Er's very detailed explanation of the Emperor Seal Technique back then, coupled with Heavenly Flame Venerable's guidance as a former Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan's powerful Soul power.

Heavenly Flame Venerable stroked his beard to the side. Seeing Xiao Yan sweating profusely and gritting his teeth while cultivating the Emperor Seal Technique, he felt much more comfortable.

"That's more like it. Earth Rank High-Level Dou Techniques aren't that easy to cultivate."

Obviously, Heavenly Flame Venerable had automatically ignored the fact that Xiao Yan was cultivating the Emperor Seal Technique while simultaneously cultivating the Five Round Li Fire Method. Even so, he was still able to barely grasp the basics. Such talent already surpassed his own back then.

In terms of cultivation talent alone, Xiao Yan's current talent had already surpassed a Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan himself had not realized that since obtaining a bit of the Xiao Clan Dou Di Bloodline from the Old Ancestor in the Gate of Life and Death and integrating it into his own flesh and blood, Xiao Yan had become more adept at cultivating Dou Techniques.

His talent had improved!

Xiao Yan stood on a giant rock, his expression solemn. His right hand quickly formed a strange hand seal, and then he shouted loudly: "*Mountain Splitting Seal!*"

As the shout fell, Xiao Yan's robes moved without wind, and a strong light surged onto his palm. As the light appeared, his palm suddenly pushed forward. However, as soon as his palm moved, the strong light dissipated like a flash in the pan. The hand seal he unleashed only stirred up a slight breeze, and with a poof, it blasted a small pit in the ground.

Looking at the pit on the ground, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. The Mountain Splitting Seal was indeed worthy of being an Earth Rank High-Level Dou Technique. If Xiao Yan's Burning Technique had not reached the Heaven Rank Low-Level, the required energy would definitely not be something a Dou King could withstand. Even a peak Dou King would only be able to use the Mountain Splitting Seal once.

"This Mountain Splitting Seal is so difficult to cultivate. And this is only the first seal. I really don't know how terrifying the later four seals will be?" Xiao Yan muttered with a wry smile. Could it be that the Dou Techniques of other families were conflicting? Xiao Yan's cultivation of the Mountain Splitting Seal still had not made much progress. The difficulty of cultivating this thing far exceeded Xiao Yan's imagination. To unleash the normal power of the Mountain Splitting Seal, one had to complete the circulation of Dou Qi within the body and the formation of the hand seal at the same instant. Otherwise, like before, the energy would quickly dissipate due to the lack of coordination, ultimately leading to a disastrous drop in power.

"Hey, Xiao Yan, it's time to go." Zi Yan shouted at Xiao Yan, who was standing on the giant rock.

There was only one month left until the next weakening of the Poison Barrier in the Deep Secluded Valley. Xiao Yan would take the opportunity to visit his father in the Gama Empire, check on the development of the Flame Alliance, and then enter the Chuyun Empire from the border of the Gama Empire.

After Heavenly Flame Venerable turned into a stream of light and entered the Storage Ring, Xiao Yan slowly jumped down from the giant rock.

"Eh? Zi Yan, your aura seems to have improved a lot." Xiao Yan had been cultivating for the past month. He only knew that Zi Yan and the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King had gone out to 'conquer territory'.

The Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King had been away from the Magical Beast Mountain Range for more than three years, almost four. Its cave abode and territory had long been occupied by other Magical Beasts.

Xiao Yan had heard that the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King had taken the Little Lion King and Zi Yan to the original cave abode to reclaim their former territory.

Originally, if humans were to forcefully seize the resources and territory of Magical Beasts, it might even attract the mountain range's overlord to protect the ecological balance. If a Seventh-Order Magical Beast was drawn out, it would truly be a great disaster.

However, the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King and the other two were all Magical Beasts, and the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King was originally the old overlord of this area. This turned into a territorial dispute between the new and old overlords, an internal conflict.

With the addition of Zi Yan, the Brute Force King, the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King had unsurprisingly regained its former territory.

"Hehehe." Zi Yan smiled playfully, then suddenly shuddered and looked at Xiao Yan warily, saying, "This time, don't even think about taking away my Medicinal Herbs. These are all mine."

Clearly, that Zi Yan had profited a lot from it. It was estimated that the Magical Beast that had occupied the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory had also collected a lot of natural treasures in the past few years, and now they were all cheap for Zi Yan.

"Cough cough, what do you mean by taking away your Medicinal Herbs? I'm just thinking of refining them into something more delicious for you. Shouldn't I charge a little labor fee?" Xiao Yan revealed a smile and said with a grin.

Zi Yan pouted and thought for a moment, then nodded, feeling that what Xiao Yan said made sense. She reached into the void and took out some Medicinal Herbs, saying, "You help me refine these into sugar pills, and I'll give you a Dou Wang Grass."

The Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire could also achieve void storage, and Xiao Yan estimated that Mao Wu would accelerate its growth for a period of time, or when he reached Dou Huang or Dou Zong, he could use the power of the Void Swallowing Flame to open up wormholes! He had already set up Soul imprints in Canaan Academy and this Small Mountain Valley. When Mao Wu grew up, he could distort the void, fold the space, and achieve the feat of taking a step to the ends of the earth!

At that time, he wouldn't have to fly back and forth between the Gama Empire and the Black-Corner Region, which would be so troublesome.

"Hey, hey, Zi Yan, these are all Sixth Grade Medicinal Herbs. It's unreasonable for you to only give me a Dou Wang Grass. You should at least give me a little bit."

"Dream on. These Medicinal Herbs are for me to grow. This is all I got from a month of effort."

"With your treasure-hunting talent and the harvest from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode, you only got this much in a month? I don't believe it. One price, four Sixth Grade Medicinal Herbs."

"Dream on. One."

"You have to give me three at least."

"Two, no more bargaining, or I don't want it!" Zi Yan held up two fingers, her expression very firm, as if to say she didn't need help if he wouldn't agree.

"Alright, alright, but I want these two." Xiao Yan didn't stand on ceremony, taking the two more precious main Medicinal Herbs. Seeing Zi Yan pout, looking a little angry, Xiao Yan touched his nose and laughed, "Isn't this also so I can quickly improve my Pill Refining skills, so I can refine a Transformation Pill for you?"

Hearing that Xiao Yan was going to refine a Transformation Pill, Zi Yan's expression improved a lot.

Xiao Yan's eyes darted around. He suddenly remembered that Gu He had traded with Medusa for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame using a Transformation Pill.

Find an opportunity to swindle that Gu He and get that Transformation Pill. Poor Gu He never expected that even in retirement, someone would still be plotting against him!

Soon, Xiao Yan had refined all of Zi Yan's Medicinal Herbs into round candies. At this moment, Little Fairy Doctor slowly walked from the distant Medicinal Herb garden. From afar, Little Fairy Doctor, in a small floral dress and carrying a basket, had a rustic charm, like a village girl who had just returned from picking Medicinal Herbs.

Seeing Xiao Yan curiously sizing her up, Little Fairy Doctor's pretty face blushed, and she said, "Although I can't refine pills, I can still grow Medicinal Herbs. The environment here is very good, so I'm trying to plant some Medicinal Herbs to see how it goes."

"That's great. Plant more, and I'll come here to get them when I need to refine pills in the future."

Little Fairy Doctor rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan. She worked so hard to plant them, and he wanted to take them without a word? "You wish. Let's go. Don't you have something to do in the Gama Empire Holy City? There's still a month before we reach the Deep Secluded Valley."

Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan sat on the back of the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King, while this time, Xiao Yan sat on the back of the Little Lion King, who had already reached the Fifth Order, silently starting to circulate the Burning Technique to improve his cultivation.

During this month, Xiao Yan had been cultivating Dou Techniques, so the time spent cultivating the Burning Technique had naturally decreased. However, even with less time than before, the cultivation speed of the Heaven Rank Low-Level Cultivation Method was still terrifying. Xiao Yan already faintly felt like he was about to break through to become a Seven-Star Dou King.

This time, Xiao Yan didn't stop again, only resting for a while in Wutan City, having a meal, and taking a look at the former Xiao Clan Courtyard.

Now, Wutan City was undoubtedly under the control of the Xiao Clan. Although the Xiao Clan's main base had now moved to the Yunlan Sect, there were still some disciples in Wutan City managing the industries.

Flying straight along the way, looking at this familiar flight path, Xiao Yan couldn't help but recall some past events. After all, there were many people and things in the Gama Holy City.

Gama Empire, west of the Imperial City.

A vast manor stood here, extremely imposing, matching the Mittel Family's position in the Gama Empire.

Deep within the manor, beside a quiet, clear lake, a woman in a light purple brocade robe stood elegantly. Although her face couldn't be seen, just her back view and shapely figure were enough to make people's imaginations run wild.

The woman's jewel-like eyes were somewhat absentmindedly staring at the sparkling waves in the lake. She had a typical oval-shaped beauty face, charming and moving. Her delicate body, wrapped in a rather luxurious brocade robe, was outlined by the wind, revealing her curves and exuding the allure of a ripe peach.

"Hehe, thinking about that little guy?"

Suddenly, a teasing old voice sounded from behind. The woman was startled and quickly turned around. Seeing the smiling old man walking over, hearing the person the old man mentioned, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, and she said coquettishly, "Hai Lao, you're teasing Ya Fei again."

Without a doubt, this person was Ya Fei, who had a close relationship with Xiao Yan back then, and the blue-robed old man was Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong, who had been swindled out of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame map by Xiao Yan, not only acting as a bodyguard for several years but also being swindled out of half of the Chamber of Commerce! Hai Bo Dong smiled and walked closer, looking at the rippling water stirred by the wind, then stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the reflection in the water, and sighed after a moment of silence, "I wonder how that little guy is doing. It seems like it's been two years since he left the Gama Empire."

Before leaving, Xiao Yan had already refined the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill for Hai Bo Dong, restoring him to the strength of a Sixth-Star Dou Huang. And two years had passed. Although he hadn't improved as terrifyingly as Xiao Yan, Hai Bo Dong had now reached the powerful strength of a Seven-Star Dou Huang from a Sixth-Star Dou Huang.

He was the strongest expert in the Gama Empire, second only to Jia Xing Tian.

Ya Fei nodded gently and smiled, "It's been two years, but that guy has Medusa Queen following him, and he's just going to Canaan Academy to study, so he should be fine."

Hearing this, Hai Bo Dong smiled wryly and said, "I'm not afraid of him having an accident, I'm afraid of him causing trouble everywhere. There's no good that comes from the places he goes."

Hearing Hai Bo Dong's words, Ya Fei covered her mouth and giggled, "That's true. He turned the Yunlan Sect upside down back then, and then mysteriously encountered a mysterious force that killed Yun Shan and many elders of the Yunlan Sect, almost destroying the Yunlan Sect."

"Well, but I heard that Xiao Yan seemed to have news of his return some time ago." When Xiao Yan conquered Maple City, he sent someone to the Yunlan Sect to inform Xiao Zhan and the others, asking them to send someone with management experience to manage Maple City.

Ya Fei naturally knew about this. In the past two years, all the connections and cooperation between the Mittel Family and the Xiao Clan had been handled by Ya Fei. Of course, she had heard about Xiao Yan conquering a city in the Black-Corner Region two months ago.

Even some basic finances, carpentry, and manpower were provided by the Mittel Family. The Mittel Family was already planning to build another Mittel Auction House in Maple City to compete for business with other auction houses in the Black-Corner Region, introducing some resources from the Black-Corner Region to the Gama Empire, gradually increasing the strength of the Gama Empire.

The image of Xiao Yan flashed through her mind, and a faint smile slowly appeared on Ya Fei's lips.

Seeing Ya Fei's amorous look, Hai Bo Dong didn't disturb her. After all, which young girl didn't yearn for love, especially with an outstanding man like Xiao Yan.

Suddenly, Hai Bo Dong's expression changed, and he suddenly looked into the distance.

"Hai Lao? What's wrong?" Ya Fei felt Hai Bo Dong's aura suddenly become strong and asked.

"There are two very strong auras rapidly approaching the Holy City, a Sixth Order Magical Beast and a Dou Huang, and they're not weak." Hai Bo Dong's eyes flashed. These were troubled times.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hai Bo Dong spread his Ice Wings and flew towards the direction of the auras.

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