Chapter 752: Advancing to the Dou Huang cla.s.s!
Xiao Yan, who was in the valley, suddenly opened his eyes the moment his spiritual body turned into nothingness. Cold perspiration covered his forehead. His eyes contained a faint shock. He could guarantee that the place that he had seen earlier with the help of the spiritual fire imprint that his teacher had left behind was definitely that mysterious "Hall of Souls"!
The cave emitted a somewhat anxious and heavy breathing sound. A long while later, it finally gradually disappeared. Xiao Yan wiped off the cold perspiration that covered his forehead. He sat down on a rock behind him and fell deep into thought.
The extremely large hall from earlier should be the extremely mysterious "Hall of Souls". Xiao Yan could only attribute his ability to enter that place and have a peep around due to the spiritual fire imprint that Yao Lao had left behind. The frightening spirit that had appeared amid the shattered s.p.a.ce should be the guardian of that "Hall of Souls". Xiao Yan was also uncertain about whether he was the leader of the "Hall of Souls". In any case, the only thing he knew was that even though his strength had greatly soared, he was still no match for that mysterious expert.
"This "Hall of Souls" does indeed have many strong people. From the looks of the terrifying spirit earlier, it is likely that even Protector Wu would not be able to compare with him…" Xiao Yan muttered softly. A moment later, he rubbed his forehead and sighed in relief within his heart. No matter how bad the situation was, he, at the very least, knew that Yao Lao was indeed still alive!
There would definitely be a chance as long as Yao Lao was still alive!
"Teacher, wait for this disciple…" Xiao Yan slowly clenched his fist. A determination surfaced within his eyes. He stood up and inhaled a deep breath of air. The powerful galloping torrent-like Dou Qi within his body gradually expelled the chill that remained within his body. The current him was already a genuine elite Dou Huang. Moreover, he was still young. As long as he was given enough time, Xiao Yan believed that the next time he met the frightening spirit within that "Hall of Souls", he would not end up like this time around where he was defeated without even having any ability to retaliate!
Xiao Yan slowly expelled the distractions within his heart. His body moved, and slowly walked toward the entrance of the cave, which was still firmly blocked by rocks. A moment later, he slowly opened his palm and gently placed it on the rocks. His mouth suddenly said, "Break!"
"Bang!"
A loud sound immediately resounded the moment Xiao Yan"s cry rang out. Rock fragments shot out from the cave in all directions. The mountain cave was once again opened amid the dust that spread all over the place!
Xiao Yan slowly walked out. He narrowed his eyes and ignored the glaring sunlight. His body stood at the cave"s entrance as he spread both of his hands to allow that warm sunlight to s.h.i.+ne on his body. A warm-feeling filled all of his limbs and bones, causing Xiao Yan"s face to gradually relax.
Xiao Yan stayed still basking in the sunlight for a long while before walking out. His gaze swept over the deep parts of the valley, and immediately paused on that enormous purple-colored light coc.o.o.n. Although he already knew that this girl"s evolution had yet to be completed when his Spiritual Strength had spread, he could not help but shake his head when he saw it with his own eyes. It was really not easy for this girl to advance in rank.
"Where is Cai Lin? Did she leave?" Xiao Yan knit his brows slightly. His eyes s.h.i.+fted from the light coc.o.o.n and swept in all directions. While he was speaking uncertainly to himself, his sweeping gaze saw a scroll on a huge rock not far from the light coc.o.o.n.
Xiao Yan beckoned with his hand and sucked the scroll into his palm. He slowly opened it with some doubt as his gaze slowly swept over it. A moment later, he frowned intently and whispered, "It is actually because something has happened to the Snake-People Rack. However, according to what she wrote, she would return once again after settling the matter. Don"t tell me that she has yet to settle it even until now?"
Xiao Yan"s expression also changed slightly when he thought of this. Even with Medusa"s strength, she was unable to swiftly settle the matter? It seemed that the trouble that the Snake-People Race met with this time around was indeed quite troublesome.
Xiao Yan stored the scroll into his storage ring after gaining an understanding of the entire matter. He looked at the light coc.o.o.n by his side and helplessly shook his head. He said, "Forget it, allow me to protect you for a period of time. Otherwise, I would also feel uneasy leaving now. Coincidentally, I have just broken through to the Dou Huang cla.s.s and will still need some time to train the Dou Qi within my body…"
Once he said this, Xiao Yan"s body moved and appeared on a huge rock in the valley before he slowly shut his eyes.
Xiao Yan had smoothly exited his retreat and had successfully advanced to the Dou Huang cla.s.s. However, he did not leave by himself after taking little Zi Yan into consideration. Instead, he chose to remain in the valley to take care of Zi Yan. He would also use the opportunity to grind and get used to the Dou Qi within his body that had greatly soared…
Time still quietly flowed by within the valley. However, the current valley was undoubtedly more lively compared to before. The origin of this liveliness was naturally the destructive sound that was created around the valley while Xiao Yan trained his Dou Qi.
Time swiftly flowed through one"s fingers amid this training of Xiao Yan"s strength. Without realizing it, another half a month had past. That light coc.o.o.n, which was completely void of activity, finally changed in a way that caused Xiao Yan to rejoice during this period of time. Not only did the light on the seals on the surface of the light coc.o.o.n become increasingly more dense but there was a slight crack line faintly spreading. The crack lines also emitted beads of purple glow.
From the looks of the situation, it seemed it would not be long until Zi Yan broke out of the coc.o.o.n.
A black-robed person was suspended in the air above the valley. At this moment, his hands were swiftly forming complex hand seals. The seals were being formed at an increasingly faster rate. In the end, some afterimages even appeared.
Xiao Yan"s expression was solemn as he looked at the flying seal in his hand. A flushed redness appeared on his face and some dense perspiration formed on his forehead. The exhaustion of Dou Qi because of this hand seal was quite frightening.
The flying hand seals suddenly paused at a certain instance while Xiao Yan cried out, "Sea Flipping Seal!"
The cry sounded and Xiao Yan"s hand stiffened on a strange arc. His hand suddenly pushed toward the sky. Following the pus.h.i.+ng of his palm, a majestic Dou Qi surged and swiftly covered Xiao Yan"s hand. A layer of jade-green film quietly agglomerated within this majestic energy!
A strange jade-green cuticle swiftly wrapped around Xiao Yan"s hand. An instant later, a jade-green crystal clear hand imprint the size of a hand suddenly shot out!
This light imprint appeared to be molded from a jade-green crystal, appearing extraordinarily beautiful. However, the majestic energy that was contained within it was extremely shocking. One could see that even the air where it flew through would become distorted. The air was pressured into a clear concave arc.
The crystalized green light imprint flashed across the sky. Finally, it collided with the layer of s.p.a.cial lock. A loud earth-shaking sound was immediately erupted. A wild wind suddenly surfaced and one could see numerous water-wave-like ripples forming and swiftly spreading from the area where the spatial lock was located. A moment later, this spatial lock that Medusa had created with all her strength had been broke by Xiao Yan! A ten-foot-wide hole was created!
Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at the distorted s.p.a.ce. He finally let out a long sigh. Being the second seal of the "G.o.d Seal Skill", the might of this "Flipping Sea Seal" was indeed even stronger than the "Open Mountain Seal". It was indeed worthy of being a powerful Dou Technique that required one to be an elite Dou Huang in order to practice. Xiao Yan had spent most of his time during these two months on practicing the "G.o.d Seal Skill". However, this was the first time that he was able to successfully unleash it. Despite this being the first time and was still imperfect, it already possessed such might. One could imagine just what kind of strength it would have once Xiao Yan practiced it until he reached complete mastery.
Xiao Yan had experienced the difficulty of this "G.o.d Seal Skill" when he had begun practicing the "Open Mountain Seal" back then. Hence, he was already mentally prepared. He could barely be considered to have reached the stage where he could use the "Open Mountain Seal" as he liked. On the other hand, he had not even reached an initial mastery of this "Flipping Sea Seal". It might be difficult for the skill to have much impact when he fought an enemy in the future.
"Looks like I need to practice it properly. If I meet any elite Dou Zong in the future, this "Flipping Sea Seal" might be able to achieve a surprising result…" Xiao Yan clenched his hand and muttered softly.
"It is already getting late. I shall train until here today…" Xiao Yan raised his head to look at the sky before laughing softly. His body had just landed when the entire valley violently shook!
Xiao Yan was also surprised when he sensed this sudden tremor. His gaze immediately shot down. That purple-colored light coc.o.o.n in the middle of the valley was emitting a bright, strong light at this moment!
"Is she about to successfully advance?" The sudden scene that appeared caused the surprise in Xiao Yan"s eyes to become increasingly more dense. There was finally activity from this girl.
Following the more intense light from the light coc.o.o.n, a slight cracking sound finally appeared. Immediately, the tiny crack lines that covered the light coc.o.o.n immediately burst apart. Countless rays of bright-purple radiated from the crack lines and shot to the sky. Fortunately, there was the spatial lock still there to block it. Otherwise, this unusual activity would definitely have attracted plenty of attention.
More and more crack lines appeared. In the end, a layer of the large coc.o.o.n sh.e.l.l was suddenly shed. Following the shedding of the first piece, a chain reaction seemed to have occurred on this light coc.o.o.n. The light coc.o.o.n swiftly cracked apart, and a purple-colored light pillar suddenly rushed to the sky before colliding with the spatial lock. The spatial lock emitted ripples one after the other.
Xiao Yan"s gaze stared intently at the enormous purple-colored light pillar. By relying on his eyesight, he could vaguely see a blurry human figure within the light pillar.
The light pillar was maintained for a moment before turning pale. A moment later, it completely disappeared. The human figure within it also appeared in Xiao Yan"s line of sight.
The human figure which that had appeared was completely naked. A faint purple glow lingered over her body causing her to appear to possess a magical charm. Long, smooth purple-colored hair scattered down and landed on her lovely protruding b.u.t.tocks. Which part of her matured body that protruded from the front and the back was a style that the little girl from back then possessed. Looking at the somewhat matured, yet cute appearance, this was surprising the little Zi Yan who had grown big!
"This is Zi Yan?"
Xiao Yan was stunned as he looked at this girl whose figure was matured. It was completely chaotic. It was difficult to imagine that the little girl would develop so well and become so attractive…
Chapter 753: Leaving the Valley
Zi Yan, who was in the pillar of light, stretched her lazy waist at this moment. Her extremely attractive curves were even more eye-catching. She lazily opened her eyes and looked at the stunned Xiao Yan in the sky. A naughty thought rose within her heart and she threw an embarra.s.sed gaze that hid a flirting look toward the latter.
Xiao Yan"s entire body s.h.i.+vered in the sky upon receiving the flirting gaze. He bitterly smiled and shook his head. This girl still had the character of a child.
Xiao Yan moved his body and slowly descended. He did not look as he took out a robe from his storage ring, and was about to hand it over to Zi Yan. However, his body had yet to come into contact with the other when the latter"s body shook. An unusual green glow erupted from her body. Under this green glow, Zi Yan"s body began to quickly shrink at a rate visible to the naked eye. In merely a couple of breaths, the great beauty who possessed a lovely figure immediately turned into a little girl who was still naked.
Xiao Yan was stunned as he looked at this transformation of Zi Yan. He could not help but laughed out loud as he shook his head. It seemed that advancing to rank 6 did not allow Zi Yan to completely resolve the medicinal effects of that Body Transformation Gra.s.s.
Zi Yan was also shocked because of this change of hers. However, when she saw that her body had once again transformed back into the little girl of the past, her two small eyebrows immediately became vertical. She looked at Xiao Yan gloating in front of her and involuntarily pounced forward angrily. Both of her hands repeatedly clawed randomly at Xiao Yan"s face.
Xiao Yan"s hand hugged Zi Yan who had pounced forward. He felt her extremely soft, smooth jade-like skin and his eyes immediately began to drift. He let out a dry cough. He hurriedly and forcefully placed the black robe in his hand onto Zi Yan"s body. After which, he violently knocked on her head and said, "Be quiet. Otherwise, I will not help you refine a "Body Transformation Pill" in the future, and let you continue to have this appearance for the rest of your life."
Zi Yan covered her little head and curled her mouth with an unwillingness. However, she was still quite afraid of Xiao Yan"s threat. Hence, she could only lower her head and mutter, "This d.a.m.n Body Transforming Gra.s.s…"
Xiao Yan pinched Zi Yan"s jade-carving-like cute face and laughed, "This appearance of yours is not bad. It is really likeable."
"Chi, what duplicity. You clearly liked that other figure just now. Don"t think I was unaware of it. Cai Lin jie said that all of you men are like this." Zi Yan used disdainful eyes to look at Xiao Yan. The appearance of the latter earlier was on the edge of causing one to have a nosebleed.
Xiao Yan immediately felt embarra.s.sed when he heard this. He ruthlessly pinched Zi Yan"s face and hurriedly changed the topic of the conversation. "Alright, since you have successfully advanced, let us leave this place. I may not know exactly how long we have stayed but I think that it has likely been a long time."
"Has Cai Lin jie left first?" Zi Yan"s eyes swept over the valley as she spoke with a deep thought. She could vaguely sense the activity in the valley while she had transformed into a coc.o.o.n. She had faintly sensed when Medusa had left back then.
"Yes, something happened to the Snake-People Tribe and she needed to return to resolve it. We can also make a trip there once we leave and lend our hand." Xiao Yan nodded. He placed Zi Yan down and smiled as he replied. For such a long time, Medusa had been providing him with a lot of help. Moreover, even though he was forced to do that matter back then, it was impossible to really act like it was just a l.u.s.tful night no matter how one put it. Hence, his feelings for Medusa were also quite complicated.
Zi Yan naturally did not object to this. Her relations.h.i.+p with Cai Lin was quite good. It was natural that she would go and help the latter.
Xiao Yan"s body moved when he saw Zi Yan nodding her head, and appeared in the air without any warning. He lifted his head and looked at that somewhat distorted s.p.a.ce not far away, Zi Yan also followed behind him. She swept her gaze over it and said in a surprised manner, "This is a spatial seal, right? Only an elite Dou Zong can use it. I think that this should be left behind by Cai Lin jie, right?"
"Yes, she needed to leave in a hurry and was afraid that others would disturb our advancement. Therefore, she placed this spatial lock over this valley." Xiao Yan looked at the distorted s.p.a.ce and spoke without turning his head, "Move aside. I will break it."
Dou Qi within Xiao Yan"s body wildly surged once he said this. This spatial lock that was created from all of Medusa"s strength was unusually strong. If he had not advanced to the Dou Huang cla.s.s, the chances of him successfully breaking it were extremely low.
"All you know is how to use brute force…" Zi Yan by the side curled her lips when she saw this. Her body immediately began to slowly rise and a strange purple glow seeped out from her body just when she was about to make contact with the distorted s.p.a.ce. After which, her body became like a fish as she penetrated the distorted s.p.a.ce and disappeared.
Xiao Yan"s face was completely stunned as he watched Zi Yan do this. A moment later, he bitterly laughed and shook his head. He had forgotten that Zi Yan seemed to have an immunity to these kinds of locks. Back then, the various enchantments placed on the medicinal warehouse did not have the slightest effect of blocking her. Despite this, Xiao Yan was still somewhat surprised that she could so easily pa.s.s through this distorted s.p.a.ce.
Zi Yan"s body once again blended and came out from the distorted s.p.a.ce while Xiao Yan was surprise. She extended a small snow-white hand toward Xiao Yan and gloatingly laughed, "Follow me, I will bring you out."
Xiao Yan also smiled when he saw this but he did not reject her offer. This small valley possessed quite a lot of rare medicinal ingredient. Having the spatial seal here would coincidentally prevent people from accidently roaming into this place.
Xiao Yan grabbed Zi Yan and a faint purple glow immediately spread over him from the latter. It swiftly wrapped around Xiao Yan. Both their bodies shrank and charged into the distorted s.p.a.ce before disappearing…
A lush green color from the endless mountain range filled Xiao Yan"s eyes. Wild wind blew over and a whistle resounded over the mountain range. It unleashed a limitless liveliness within this valley.
The s.p.a.ce in the air of a secret region between a couple of mountain peaks within the mountain range suddenly fluctuated. Two human figures slowly appeared. Their eyes moved in all directions, and they felt the cooling breeze that blew toward them. Their bodies felt light like they could drift away.
"We have finally come out…" Xiao Yan could not help but sigh in relief as he looked at the vast mountain range. After having stayed for such a long period of time in the cave, he had nearly forgotten what the feeling of wind blowing across his body was like.
Zi Yan by the side randomly swept her gaze around. She secretly sighed in relief when she did not find any Magical Beasts around her. She still remembered the frightening beast tide that she and Cai Lin had stirred up within the Magical Beast Mountain Range before she transformed into a coc.o.o.n. Even Medusa could only bring her along and flee under that beast tide. Despite having already advanced, she still involuntarily felt the skin on her head turn numb when she thought of the densely packed crazy Magical Beasts.
"Let"s go…"
Xiao Yan did not notice the little actions of Zi Yan. After having determined their direction, he waved toward her and a pair of fire wings instantly extended out. After which, he flew toward the exit of the mountain range. Zi Yan at the back carefully observed her surroundings before hurriedly following him.
The two human figures turned into light rays that flew across the sky. Their high speed brought about a wind pressure that left behind a ripple on the sea of trees underneath them. However, Xiao Yan"s body suddenly paused after having flown for around three to five minutes. Zi Yan at the back could not react in time and slammed into Xiao Yan"s back.
"What are you doing?" Zi Yan rubbed her forehead and grumbled.
"It seems a little too quiet…" Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and slowly said. His eyes swept over his surroundings as he did so. He had yet to hear a single beast roar since he had come out of the valley. This kind of situation might be very normal if it appeared somewhere else. However, it was clearly not right if it appeared within the Magical Beast Mountain Range which was covered in Magical Beasts.
Zi Yan also felt that something was a little amiss when she heard this. Her small eyebrows were vertical as she sensed her surroundings for a moment. She nodded and said, "Yes, the surroundings do not have any Magical Beast"s aura. Moreover…" She suddenly twitched her small nose when she reached this point. "There seems to be an unusual smell in the air…"
Xiao Yan was initially startled when he heard this. He slightly knit his brows and inhaled a breath of air. His expression changed a moment later. He spoke in a dark and solemn manner, "Don"t inhale it into your body. The air is mixed with poisonous gas, but it is very faint…"
"What exactly happened?" This thought churned within his heart. The mystery that had suddenly appeared caused Xiao Yan"s heart to feel some pressure. For some unknown reason, he repeatedly felt a faint uneasiness. After musing for a moment, he waved his hand and spoke with a deep voice, "Let"s go. We will head to the small Qingshan Town to take a look first." In this situation, it seemed that he must look for a place where there were people in order to be able to gain some information.
"Is this poisonous gas released by that person?" Zi Yan nodded slightly before suddenly asking. The person she mentioned was naturally the Little Fairy Doctor whom they had met by chance in the valley back then.
"It should not be the case.. This poison gas is not considered strong and the difference when compared to her is like that between the Heavens and Earth. However, why would so much spread around?" Xiao Yan shook his head. He clearly understood the Little Fairy Doctor"s current poison skill. If she were to release it, it was likely that there would not be a single person left alive within five hundred kilometers.
"But what exactly happened?"
Xiao Yan muttered to himself within his heart while he frowned. The fire wings on his back were flapped and his body immediately transformed into a blurry figure that shot toward the spot the small Qingshan Town was located.