Blood Lotus Essence

1 month later,

In Xiao Clan Garden, Xiao Yan and Xun Er were walking out with their hands linked together.

Xun Er then spoke with her pure and elegent voice : "Xiao Yan Ge ge you are amazing.

After your talent recovered you have become very formidable not only did you secure first place in the enrollment of Jianan Academy but you managed to take 1 year leave from school."

Xiao Yan and Xun Er come close to the lake

and Xiao Yan said :" I had to do it , I know that in Academy my strength will not increase very fast so I need to go outside to train for 3 year agreement and win the match with Nalan Yanran. "

Then Xiao Yan took Xun Er in his arms while placing his right hand on her head and left hand on her back gently stroking her back he told Xun Er : " I already found my way to become stronger when I complete my training I will come for you in Academy ."

"There you wait for me." ,At last Xiao Yan whispered in Xun Er ears while hugging her she also become silent and felt sad but his hug consuled her and few breaths later he let her go and move towards the Clan Hall to tell his father he is leaving today.

Although Xiao Zhan was extremely reluctant at the news of Xiao Yan leaving, he clearly knew that Xiao Yan could not be confined to the tiny Wu Tan City and given his talent, only in the endless skies of the outside world would he be able to soar to his heart's content.

"Yan er, in the future, if you have a chance to, you can go to the Stone Desert City just outside of the Jia Ma Empire to look around. Your first and second elder brothers have already established themselves there. In these past few years, they founded a mercenary group called 'Desert Steel', which has become a considerable force in that area."

After ending the meeting with his father he leaves the city .

...

A lonely crescent moon hung in the pitch black night as its faint, cool, light blanketed the vast land.

Within the pitch dark forest, a weak bonfire danced gracefully, bringing threads of warm light to the quiet and dark night.

Beside the bonfire, a young man was leaning against a tree trunk and absent-mindedly prodded the fire with the fire poker in his hand.

Including today, it has already been five days since Xiao Yan left Wu Tan City. Most of the initial freshness had faded along his lonely journey.

After randomly placing another piece of firewood into the flame, causing it to once again burn brightly, Xiao Yan said, "Teacher, where are we going?"

"The Magic Beast Mountain Range," An aged voice said from within the ring on his finger.

"I thought that we could also enter the Magic Beast Mountain Range from near Wu Tan City. Why do we have to travel so far?"

"We are on the eastern side of the Magic Beast Mountain Range. By passing straight through here, we can reach Tagger Desert. That is the final destination for out training." Yao Lao said.

"Passing straight through the Magic Beast Mountain Range?" The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth opened as he laughed dryly thinking this old man is really something if not him being the protagonist he would have already died : "My current strength will only allow me handle some of the younger Magic Beasts. At the very most, I can only roam around its edge. Isn't it very hard to cut through the mountain range?"

"Only by being in a dangerous place can one's talent truly erupt." Yao Lao said indifferently, "I plan to help you advance to a Dou Shi within the Magic Beast Mountain Range."

"Uh… So I have to stay in the Magic Beast Mountain Range throughout my training period?" Hearing the proclamation, Xiao Yan's face immediately turned bitter but remembering that he will meet the Little Fairy Doctor he immediately felt happy.

Remembering that Xiao Yan didn't married her within his journey he said himself that he will not like that instead within a year he will make her fall in love with him.

"I estimate that it will take a year. For The remaining half a year, you need to to go and train in the Tagger Desert." While Xiao Yan was in thought Yao Lao spoke .

"Tagger Desert?" Xiao Yan again got in his thought of Medusa remembering her hot body in series he felt happy that he will make her his wife. In any case, he had Yao Lao by his side to protect him nothing that bad will happen to him thinking all of these things he fell asleep.

The scorching sun blazed as the high temperature caused the surface of the ground to crack open. When the sole stepped on the hard soil, a sudden heatwave would rush into the sole, causing travellers to drip with sweat while cursing at the awful weather.

On the wide yellow road, a youngster dressed in common clothes was sweating heavily as he struggled to walk. Every step the youngster made smashed heavily into the ground as if it was not a foot but a ton of weight, splashing forth a cloud of yellow dust.

If one were to take a closer look, one would be surprised to see that the youngster carried a humongous black broadsword on his back.

Rather than saying it was a broadsword with no edge or a sharp tip, it might as well be called a giant metal ruler in pitch-black color. At the top, it was as if it had been cut in half by a knife, revealing a horizontal smooth mirror like surface.

As the length of the monstrous broadsword almost exceeded the youngster's height. This bizarre combination caused the occasional travellers to cast looks of curiosity towards him.

Having once again travelled a few hundred meters, the youngster finally could not take it anymore. Like a windmill, his mouth continuously gasped for air as he dragged his feet which felt like they weighed a thousand pounds towards the shade of a big tree by the roadside.

As the youngster reached the bottom of the tree, he immediately collapsed, face toward the sky. With his head planted on the cooling grass, the sweat on his forehead flowed downward like a small stream.

"Ha ha ha. How was it you couldn't have expected that it was as simple as roaming about right? Since it is called tough training, you should prepare to enjoy the most hellish treatment. The cozy life in Wu Tan City is already far from your reach." Within the ring, the sadistic and aged laughter of Yao Lao could be heard.

Hearing these words, Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, slightly leaning to one side. From the corner of his eye, he looked at the bladeless black broadsword on his back with horror.

He did not expect that this ordinary looking object would be so frighteningas remembering that Xiao Yan easily used he thought he could also do it but now no more . As this thing is not only turn the rapid Dou Qi within his body sluggish, it was also disgustingly heavy such that Xiao Yan almost broke his back while using all his strength to make his Dou Qi flow.

When Xiao Yan carried this weird black broadsword on his back, his fighting strength was comparable to that of a newly advanced Dou Zhe. Although the black broadsword constrained him greatly, this constraining effect helped to ease Xiao Yan's worries of letting his true strength be found out by others. As he was just a lone traveller journeying through unfamiliar places, it would be foolish of him to so easily reveal his true strength to others.

Lightly rubbing the Storage Ring on his finger, a light green pill appeared in the palm of his hand. This was a pretty effective Qi Recovering Pill which was able to increase one's Dou Qi recovery rate over a short period of time.

The pill was specially refined by Yao Lao for Xiao Yan in the days before they left Wu Tan City. But the ingredients needed for this Qi Recovery Pill were extremely rare, only enough ingredients for thirty pills were collected. Thus, normally Xiao Yan did not dare to use it freely, however the current situation did not allow him the luxury to be frugal.

Cautiously sweeping his gaze over the nearby road, Xiao Yan made sure that no one was around before swallowing the pill in his mouth with one gulp. He leaned against the tree as he unhurriedly waited for the pill to take effect.

Although it is said that it is best to enter the training state to bring out the highest effect from the pill after consuming it, in his current situation, Xiao Yan clearly was not in the best environment to train. The crowds that continuously passed by on the road would break his thoughts from entering into a training state.

Slowly closing his eyes, the extremely fatigued Xiao Yan was able to distinctly feel his battered muscles greedily absorb the meek essence emitted from the pill.

When the last drop of essence had been absorbed, Xiao Yan felt as if the cells of his muscles were invigorated with power and faintly stronger than before...

Although the tough training had only started a mere two days ago, Xiao Yan had absolute confidence in defeating a six star Dou Zhe if he were to remove the heavy sword from his back!

"It seems like there is some effect?" Xiao Yan muttered to himself as he used his hand to touch his face. The corners of his mouth abruptly broke into a grin as he lazily extended an arm, feeling full of vigor, it was as if he was remade new from the inside out.

Propping his body up from the ground, Xiao Yan patted the burdensome and strange huge-sword with mixed feelings of love and hate before once again taking a heavy step to continue his journey to the now near destination.

Before the sky gradually darkened, Xiao Yan finally arrived at a small town which was the close to the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

The small town was known as Qingshan Town, but because it was close to the Magic Beast Mountain Range, it was also known as Magic Beast Town. The majority of the people within this small town were naturally the mercenaries who spent their days feeding their blades with blood. These mercenaries would form troupes that walked hand in hand on the streets, splattering their spittle about while brazenly discussing about the women in the town, where to find the strongest liquor and which area had the most fierce Magic Beasts...

As Xiao Yan walked on the street which was made of limestone while carrying the huge sword that looked out of place on his back, curious gazes were naturally attracted to him.

However he ignored the gazes as he wiped off the sweat on his forehead while slowly following the path along the street.

Many stores dotted both sides of the street and with their favorable location, they could be said to be rather popular. Xiao Yan swept an interested gaze across the brightly lit stores before finally stopping at a medicine ingredient store. He paused his step, muttering to himself before once again moving to enter the medicine ingredient store called "Thousand Medicine Place."

Xiao Yan remembers that from this place he can get to know Little Fairy Doctor as Xiao Yan saw her first time from here.

Walking into the spacious store, Xiao Yan saw that it was brightly lit by Moonlight Stones hanging on the walls. Currently, there was a rather high volume of traffic in the store, causing the shop assistants to be extremely busy. Thus, there was no one to welcome Xiao Yan when he entered.

Even though no one welcomed him, Xiao Yan was quietly happy. His gaze slowly swept across the display counters until arriving on a transparent display case to unwaveringly stare at a light yellow object in a corner , dazed at what he found.

Xiao Yan's licked his lips and nonchalantly walked towards the object, tilting his head to once again size up the light yellow object.

"Could I trouble you to help me take out this object."

Xiao Yan lifted his head towards a male shop assistant and said with a smile.

Having been called, the young shop assistant cast a glance towards the plainly dressed Xiao Yan before glancing at the item he requested for. After discovering that it was the most lowly graded Yellow Lotus Essence, the young shop assistant curled his lip with impatience. With a rigid face, he retrieved the item from the display case, "Yellow Lotus Essence, low level medicine ingredient, one hundred gold."

Not caring about the shop assistant's discriminating attitude, Xiao Yan knew that it was Blood Lotus Essence his heart. He pretended to received what was thought to be the most lowly graded Yellow Lotus Essence .

"Sure enough, it is a Blood Lotus Essence!"

As Xiao Yan's heart beat rapidly in excitement, Yao Lao's slightly astonished voice suddenly resounded in Xiao Yan's thoughts.

"Little brat, your luck is not bad, you actually managed to find such a rare medicinal herb!"