Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

In Lingyue City, not far from Tianhe League, a shepherd boy in sackcloth clothes stood in front of a snack stand, holding a gold coin in his hand and handing it to the stall owner.

"Hello, Madam Boss, could you please give me a bunch of candied haws?"

"Okay~"

The proprietress took the gold coins, took a string of candied haws from the straw pile and handed it to the shepherd boy. The shepherd boy took it, said thank you with a smile, then turned around and rode on the big blue ox parked nearby. He sat cross-legged on the ox's back, holding the candied haws in one hand and the whip in the other, gently driving the ox leisurely forward.

What is extremely strange is that, although this large green bull is traveling through the busy streets, no one is dissatisfied with the shepherd boy riding the green bull. Some people even unconsciously avoid the shepherd boy when passing by him, as if they cannot see him.

The shepherd boy was about ten years old. He looked very quirky, but had a mature demeanor and eyes that radiated wisdom that was far beyond his age. He took a bite of the candied haws from the string, puffed out his cheeks, and while chewing he looked at the passers-by and couldn't help sighing.

"Has the world changed so much in just ten years?"

There was curiosity in the shepherd boy's eyes. In the past few years, he rode a green ox to various cities in Zhongzhou and found that no matter where he went, it was very different from the world he knew.

During his travels, the shepherd boy gradually realized that all the changes in the Central Plains were due to a man named Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan? Could he be a descendant of the Xiao clan?"

The shepherd boy murmured this softly, swallowed the candied haws in his mouth and took another bite.

Let the Xiao clan be the Xiao clan. Anyway, he had no interest in the eight ancient clans. Perhaps most people were full of respect for the high and mighty eight ancient clans, but the shepherd boy had only two words to describe them.

uninteresting.

They have occupied the top floor for more than a thousand years, but have been law-abiding, pedantic and conservative so far. Over the past thousands of years, the continent has not undergone any changes because of their existence.

The continent looked the same as it did a thousand years ago, and it will remain the same a thousand years later.

Compared to the eight clans, the shepherd boy was more interested in Xiao Yan.

This is a case of, in just less than ten years, this continent that has not changed for a thousand years has undergone earth-shaking changes. No one can believe that the Zhongzhou ten years ago and the Zhongzhou now are the same place.

The shepherd boy was quite happy about the changes in Zhongzhou. Different from other strong men of the same level, the shepherd boy was quite keen on experiencing the life of ordinary people. In his eyes, ordinary people were like ants. In the eyes of the shepherd boy, their lives were much more interesting than those of the strong men who were high above and lived almost unchanged lives for the sake of cultivation.

The changes that Xiao Yan made to Zhongzhou made the already interesting life of ordinary people even more interesting.

"Very interesting." The shepherd boy raised his lips slightly, bit off another piece of candied haws, and said in a vague voice while chewing: "Let's go meet him later. Let me see what kind of young man has turned Zhongzhou into what it is today."

In fact, the shepherd boy had wanted to meet Xiao Yan for a long time, but Zhongzhou had changed too much over the years. The shepherd boy rode his green ox slowly towards the Tianhe Alliance, and it had been several years since he left. It was only today that he arrived at Lingyue City, which was the closest to the Tianhe Alliance.

During these years of wandering, the shepherd boy also keenly noticed the dramatic changes on the continent that were unknown to ordinary people. The most obvious of these were the teachers who worked in the schools under the Tianhe Alliance in many cities.

Although their appearances were disguised and their surnames were changed, the shepherd boy was very sure that those teachers were descendants of the elves, one of the eight ancient tribes.

The spirit race, one of the eight ancient races, is teaching in the school under the Tianhe League? It sounds absurd to say it out loud.

But the shepherd boy knew very well that no matter how absurd the matter was, the fact was the fact, and there were only two reasons for this fact.

One possibility is that the Tianhe League has reached an alliance with the Eldar, and the Eldar use their unique outstanding knowledge to fund the schools under the Tianhe League.

But if this is really the case, there is no need for the Spirit Clan to hide their identities. They can just make a public announcement. The Spirit Clan's own strength is already so weak that it is about to be squeezed out of the ranks of the eight clans. It is not a shameful thing even to announce an alliance with the Tianhe Alliance.

Therefore, given this loophole, a second possibility arises, that is, the elves have been invaded, and the remaining elves who survived by chance depended on the Tianhe Alliance and were protected by the Tianhe Alliance, so they had to change their names and appearances.

As for who invaded the elves, the shepherd boy had no way of saying it.

The other eight tribes are the most likely to take action. The eight tribes have been in balance for so many years. To be honest, it is a miracle that the elves can survive until now. It is not surprising at all that they were destroyed by the other eight tribes.

Of course, there is another possibility that it was the Tianhe Alliance that took action. With the strength of the Tianhe Alliance, it might not be enough to face the other several families, but it is definitely more than enough to deal with the Shiling and Shiling clans. However, the shepherd boy had seen that those spirit clans who disguised their identities did not harbor hatred towards the Tianhe Alliance. Instead, after observing in secret, he found that they were full of gratitude towards the Tianhe Alliance, especially Xiao Yan.

The shepherd boy was sure that there was no sign of manipulation on them.

Come to think of it, the shepherd boy has seen the changes in Zhongzhou in the past few years, and it is obvious that the overall situation is for the better. The shepherd boy also does not believe that Xiao Yan, who has caused such changes in Zhongzhou, would invade the spirit race.

In short, as long as you see the person himself, things will become clear.

The shepherd boy shrugged lightly, bit off the last piece of candied haws, rode his green ox out of the city, and walked leisurely towards the direction of Tianhe League.

However, the speed of the green ox was quite slow. Even though Lingyue City was the nearest city to the Tianhe Alliance, it would take at least half a month for the shepherd boy to ride the green ox to the Tianhe Alliance.

The next moment, a void space gate suddenly appeared in front of Qingniu, and Qingniu walked in slowly. When he came out of the other end of the space gate carrying the shepherd boy, he had already arrived not far from the Tianhe Alliance.

"We're here."

The shepherd boy looked up at the tall and solemn building and nodded slightly.

Although appearance cannot represent everything, it can reveal the inner heart of its designer to a certain extent. At least from this very serious and simple architectural style, it can be seen that Xiao Yan is definitely not bad.

Thinking of this, the shepherd boy drove the green ox and slowly walked towards Tianhemeng step by step.

At this time, many people from various forces had gathered outside the Tianhe Alliance. The envoys from the Medicine Clan, the Thunder Clan, and the Ancient Clan were all here. People from the Tianhe Alliance, such as Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Ancestor Huoyun, stood on the other side, including Fenghuang, a temporary non-staff member. This time, Xiao Yan even called his own ancestor Xiao Xuan.

The Pure Lotus Demonic Fire is ranked third on the Strange Fire List. Just hearing about its deeds is enough to make one take it seriously. Its importance even exceeds that of the ancient Bodhi tree.

Next to the Tianhe League stood two current Danta giants, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi. At this time, Xiao Yan was looking at the three envoys with a headache, one of them was obviously missing, which made Xiao Yan hold his forehead.

"So she really acted on her own?"

Just now, after receiving Xiao Yan's instructions, Lei Jing immediately went to find the envoys from various ethnic groups to check their movements. The results were quite positive at the beginning.

The Medicine Clan was determined to do Xiao Yan a favor this time, so they were not that eager for the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.

Needless to say, in the Thunder Clan, Lei Jing has all the final say, and as long as Lei Jing doesn't speak, they can't run around.

Let's just ignore the Gu Clan. Given the status Xiao Yan holds in Xun'er's heart, Xun'er will agree to whatever he says. As for the two elders, Gu Nanhai and Gu Lin, they have no way of influencing their young lady's opinion. Needless to say, Xun'er will definitely help Xiao Yan. Now that the Gu Clan has united in supporting Xiao Yan and Xun'er, they naturally won't object.

The only problem was with the Yan clan envoy group led by the Fire Spirit Fairy.

"Xiao Yan, I'm sorry." Huo Xuan came over with an apologetic look on his face. "When Lei Jing came to find me, I realized that Elder Huo Ling had left with his men at some point. He must have received the news from the family in advance."

Huo Xuan was completely stunned. He had already seen that Fire Spirit Fairy and Xiao Yan were not getting along that day, and he had been on guard these past few days, fearing that the two would have another dispute.

What happens now? I didn’t cause any trouble in the past few days, but today, the last day, a big trouble happened to me.

Especially now that the envoys from the three ancient Leiyao tribes were waiting here obediently, and it was obvious from their looks that they were planning to help the Tianhe Alliance, but their own envoys were directly taken away by the Fire Spirit Fairy to snatch the strange fire. Huo Xuan felt so embarrassed.

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“Brother Huo Xuan, you don’t have to blame yourself. I can see that Elder Huo Ling is not someone you can control. If you must say so, I am also responsible for not taking precautions in advance.” Xiao Yan said this, and then he looked helpless. “Besides, I have said before that the Pure Lotus Demon Fire is originally an ownerless thing. Anyone has the right to snatch it, and the Yan Clan is naturally no exception.”

"That's right."

The corners of Huo Xuan's mouth twitched slightly. Judging from the current development of the Tianhe Alliance, the usefulness of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire to the three clans of Lei, Yan, Yao, etc. is far less than Xiao Yan's favor. Such a simple and direct truth is understandable to everyone. Huo Xuan also believes that Fairy Huo Ling must have understood it, but she just wants to go against Xiao Yan!
At this time Xiao Yan raised his hand and said.

"We'll talk about Elder Huo Ling's matter later." Xiao Yan frowned and looked at Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, "Elder Xuan Kongzi, Elder Xuan Yi, Qinghan should have told you the general situation, right?"

"Ah."

The two nodded seriously, and Xuan Kongzi pinched his chin lightly and said in a deep voice.

"I didn't expect that the place where the Pure Lotus Demon Fire appeared this time was actually the Wanyao Mountain Range of my Danta. I really didn't expect it." Then Xuan Kongzi showed an embarrassed look, and his eyes were full of sadness. "This time, the Wanyao Mountain Range is likely to be destroyed."

The Pure Lotus Demon Fire, that thing is no joke, it is the third ranked strange fire. According to records, the Pure Lotus Demon Fire has the special effect of purifying all things, anything that is touched by it will be purified into nothingness.

The Wanyao Mountains were not called the Wanyao Mountains before, and it didn’t even have a name. It was just a bare mountain range. It was carefully cultivated by generation after generation of Danta over the years to create the Wanyao Mountains today with precious medicinal materials everywhere. This can be said to be Danta’s greatest effort.

What was the result? This time, the Pure Lotus Demon Fire was born on the blood and sweat of their Danta, and it was most likely that it could not be preserved. When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel heartache. This time it was burned, how many years would it take to build another Wanyao Mountain Range?
"Elder Xuan Kongzi, please accept my condolences." Xiao Yan didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say, "Xiao Yan will try his best to protect them when he gets there. We'll see how many can stay."

After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xuan Kongzi's expression softened a little, but he still spoke.

"You don't have to do that. The emergence of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire will surely bring many dangers. We cannot let you risk your lives by worrying about the Wanyao Mountain Range."

"That's right." Xuan Yi also echoed, "No matter how valuable the Wanyao Mountain Range is, it is still a dead object after all. How can it be compared with you?"

"Elder Xuankongzi, Elder Xuanyi, thank you."

There was a touch of emotion in Xiao Yan's eyes. It was really not easy for him to say these words after hundreds of years of hard work.

At this moment, a childish voice suddenly sounded.

"Well said, dead things are dead things after all. No matter how valuable it is, it is still a dead thing. How can you let living beings risk their lives for a mere dead thing?"

The childish voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone present. Everyone turned their heads and saw the shepherd boy riding a green ox and walking towards them unsteadily.

This scene made everyone stunned and they couldn't help but become alert.

Although he looked like a harmless child, the words he just said were not something a child could say, both in terms of tone and content.

"This... little friend?" Xiao Yan looked a little confused and took a step forward. "Who are you?"

The shepherd boy did not answer Xiao Yan's question. He jumped off the green ox, looked up at Xiao Yan, and then spoke.

"Are you Xiao Yan?"

"Uh, it's me."

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, feeling faintly in his heart that this shepherd boy was extraordinary. At this time, the shepherd boy revealed a very lovely smile.

"From his appearance, we can tell that he is a kind person with great righteousness, which is rare. Only such a person can bring about such great changes in Zhongzhou in less than ten years."

After saying this, the shepherd boy ignored Xiao Yan's reaction and turned his gaze to look at Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi. He put his hands on his hips and spoke in the face of their puzzled gazes.

"Those two little kids who cried while refining medicine have now grown up to be Danta giants. It's really touching."

It was so awkward to see the shepherd boy with such a cute face saying such old-fashioned and rude words of reminiscence.

Before Xiao Yan could ask again, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi suddenly widened their eyes and looked at the shepherd boy in amazement, with shock written all over their eyes.

"Are you the ancestor?" (End of this chapter)