Battle Through the Heavens: Emperor Yan, please restrain yourself; your elder brother is truly hones

The Northwest Region is far from the Central Plains, and this Liaozhai might be some subordinate force of the Soul Palace.

"I'm not very familiar with it either." Xiao Yan habitually touched his nose and said, "I heard some storytellers and mercenaries mention it casually in a tavern."

Zhang Yuan and Yao Chen could both tell that he wasn't telling the truth, but neither of them pursued the matter.

Zhang Yuan stared at Yao Chen, a layer of rich purple-silver aura appearing on his body surface, slowly adhering to the surface of his black armor, forming a special veil, on which there seemed to be flashing electric arcs, giving people a sharp feeling.

"Cousin, you're already a Dou Shi!" Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise.

His tone was full of admiration and envy, but not a trace of jealousy.

The Battle Aura Veil is a signature skill of powerful Battle Masters and also their most practical ability. Once it covers the entire body, it can provide a comprehensive boost to one's speed, defense, attack, and other combat attributes.

While the Dou Shi level is still at the bottom among cultivators on the continent, it is far stronger than the bottom-ranked Dou Zhe.

The key point is that Zhang Yuan has already become a Dou Shi at the age of sixteen, and he has plenty of time to become even stronger in the future.

"He's not just a Dou Shi, he's a nine-star Dou Shi, and he could break through to a Great Dou Shi at any time," Yao Chen said slowly, his eyes filled with admiration.

Even in Zhongzhou, within the Starfall Pavilion he co-founded with his old friend Feng Xian, he was a top-tier genius.

Most importantly, he watched Zhang Yuan grow up, and Zhang Yuan's character is absolutely flawless; he's not an ingrate.

"Hiss." Xiao Yan gasped.

A nine-star Dou Shi, who could become a Great Dou Shi at any time, is almost on par with his father, Xiao Zhan, the strongest member of the Xiao family.

"Cousin, have you opened it yet?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Open what?" Zhang Yuan asked, feigning confusion.

He did indeed have a hanging image; it was a visualization from the depths of his soul.

The visualization depicted a majestic being with the body of a dragon and the head of a human. The moment Zhang Yuan saw it, he instantly recognized it as the Thunder God. According to the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, specifically the *Eastern Classic of the Seas Within*, the Thunder God resided in Thunder Marsh, and striking his own abdomen would produce a thunderous sound.

He discovered the existence of this visualization diagram when he successfully broke through to the Fighter level and awakened his first function.

One can observe for one hour each day to enhance one's soul power.

Upon breaking through to the Dou Shi level, it awakened a second function: a nascent form capable of evolving into the Nine Dragons Thunderfire.

The Dou Qi Continent also has the Nine Dragons Thunderfire, which ranks twelfth on the Strange Fire Ranking. It is entirely silver, with the weakest form being a single dragon and the strongest being a nine-dragon form. It can absorb lightning to become stronger, and if someone completely refines it, they can use the lightning to train their body.

His Nine Dragons Thunderfire can continuously devour dragon energy, thunder power, and strange fire to grow, eventually reaching unimaginable heights.

"It's nothing, I was just saying your talent is freakish." Xiao Yan smiled.

"It's just a fluke, nothing special," Zhang Yuan said with a slight smile.

Just a fluke?

Xiao Yan felt that Zhang Yuan was showing off, and he had evidence.

But it doesn't matter, this line will belong to him from now on.

"Who are you?" Zhang Yuan asked Yao Chen, his expression calm and composed.

"A name is just a label. I've been asleep for too long and have forgotten it," Yao Chen said calmly, maintaining his air of superiority. "You can call me Elder Yao."

"Still calling you Old Master Yao? Dream on." Xiao Yan's face turned ferocious: "You've devoured all the Dou Qi I've refined over the years, turning me into a useless piece of trash stuck at the third level of Dou Qi. How do you explain that, old man?"

Yao Chen was immediately embarrassed.

At first, he was actually absorbing Xiao Yan's fighting spirit unconsciously.

But after regaining consciousness, he did this on purpose. On the one hand, he wanted to recover some of his strength, and on the other hand, he wanted to train and test Xiao Yan to see if he could become the disciple who helped him revive.

Originally, he had decided to appear in the next few days to take Xiao Yan as his disciple, but the arrival of Nalan Yanran and the return of Zhang Yuan disrupted his plans.

However, if Zhang Yuan's fighting spirit is also fire-based, his personality and character would better fit the criteria he wants to accept as a disciple.

"I had no other choice in the past. As compensation, I can help you regain the seventh level of Battle Qi within a year," Yao Chen said. (Only a person with a strong soul can wear the ring so he can absorb Battle Qi to recover.)

"Are you kidding me?" Xiao Yan asked, his face full of disbelief.

In the cultivation of battle qi, a solid foundation is extremely important, and he is one of the two most talented individuals in the Xiao family in the past hundred years.

Back then, it took him six whole years to reach the ninth level of Dou Qi after he started practicing Qi cultivation at the age of four. Even now that his talent has been restored, it is impossible for him to cultivate to the seventh level of Dou Qi within a year.

"Have you ever heard of alchemists?" Yao Chen raised his head slightly.

"You mean you're an alchemist?" Xiao Yan asked with a look of suspicion.

“Not only that, I can also make you an alchemist,” Yao Chen said.

Since Zhang Yuan disrupted his plans, he couldn't keep him in suspense any longer.

"Are you kidding me?" Xiao Yan was increasingly skeptical, but his voice carried a hint of excitement.

Alchemists, as the name suggests, are a group of beings who can concoct pills with various magical effects. They are divided into nine ranks from low to high. Any alchemist is someone that various forces try their best to win over.

A powerful alchemist can summon countless people seeking pills to serve him with a single command, making him a formidable mobile force.

To become an alchemist, one must first have the corresponding battle qi attribute, and secondly, one must have a strong enough soul perception.

In the Dou Qi Continent, everyone's Dou Qi corresponds to an attribute, which depends on the soul. A soul generally possesses one attribute, and only a very few people possess two attributes of different strengths. To become an alchemist, one must have the fire attribute, and secondly, a trace of wood Qi, to act as a catalyst for alchemy!

Only one in billions of people would possess such a mutated soul, giving them the innate qualities to become an alchemist.

On top of that, the perception of the soul is also required!

How could I possibly meet such stringent requirements?

“He’s probably not joking,” Zhang Yuan said calmly. “At least his soul power perception is sufficient.”

"How so?" Xiao Yan asked, his curiosity piqued.

Zhang Yuan explained, "Over the years in the army, I've read a lot of strange and unusual stories from the mainland."

"One of the books says that the soul can also be divided into realms, namely the mortal realm, the spiritual realm, and the celestial realm. Each realm can be further divided into the initial stage, the middle stage, the later stage, and the great perfection."

Legend has it that for an alchemist to refine an eighth-grade pill, their soul must first reach the Spirit Realm, and to refine a ninth-grade pill, their soul must reach the Heaven Realm. *Hiss*

At this point, Zhang Yuan suddenly gasped, looking at Yao Chen with a mixture of wariness, surprise, and a hint of delight, and said, "Could it be that you are the renowned Medicine Venerable who once shook the Dou Qi Continent?!"

Yao Chen's smile froze: ?

Xiao Yan's head was covered in titles, indicating who the Medicine Venerable was, which sounded pretty cool.

"How do you know me?" Yao Chen's expression was no longer gentle, and a cold white light flashed in his eyes.

His current situation is not good. Even when he absorbs the fighting spirit of others to restore his own soul power, he needs the ring to be worn by the other party, and the wearer's soul talent must be strong enough.

If Xiao Yan's strength doesn't improve, and he only absorbs Dou Qi, even if he absorbs it for decades, he won't recover much soul power. He's also afraid that Xiao Yan will be too discouraged and give up on cultivation, so he plans to find some time to come out soon.

Only if Xiao Yan becomes stronger and is allowed to absorb battle qi can he recover his soul power more quickly and have the possibility of being resurrected in the future.

But Zhang Yuan's appearance disrupted his plans.

“I guessed,” Zhang Yuan replied.

"A guess!?" Yao Chen's expression remained unchanged, but his tone revealed disbelief.

Zhang Yuan calmly analyzed, "During my training outside, I had an opportunity to grow my soul to the Great Perfection of the Mortal Realm, which is stronger than some fifth- or sixth-grade alchemists, or even seventh-grade alchemists. This is the source of my confidence in finding out why Brother Yan cannot cultivate."

"The moment I got home, I used my soul to sense Xiao Yan's entire body and discovered that the ring you were in was able to block my senses. This means that the ring is of special quality, or that there is a being with a soul power stronger than mine. It seems to be the latter now."

"In other words, senior, you at least possess a Spirit Realm soul, and are at least an eighth-grade alchemist."

“A year ago, I had the honor of seeing Fama, the president of the Alchemist Guild of my Jia Ma Empire, give a public lecture. He mentioned that when he was young, he was adventuring on the Dou Qi Continent and was fortunate enough to receive guidance from the Medicine Venerable for three days, but this Medicine Venerable mysteriously disappeared decades ago.”

"The ring you are wearing was bought by my grandfather from a stall and given to my father. My father then gave it to my aunt when she got married, and it eventually ended up in Yan Di's hands. I remember the time was exactly XX year."

"Based on your self-proclaimed title of Elder Yao, I have reason to deduce that you are none other than the Eighth-Rank High-Level (Nine-Colored) Alchemist Venerable Yao, who is known as the number one alchemist on the continent!"

The old medicine doctor: "."

This kid is incredibly intelligent, almost demonic!

He actually pieced together his identity using countless pieces of information.

"Fog grass."

Xiao Yan looked at Zhang Yuan and exclaimed, "Cousin, are you possessed by Conan?"

Zhang Yuan: "."

Why don't you just say I'm Sherlock Holmes, or that I'm channeling Di Renjie?

In fact, he knew all this simply because, like Xiao Yan, he was also a transmigrator.

Chapter 6 The Old Man of Medicine Sighs: Passing Through Demonic Realms is Easily Destroyed

That's right, Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yan are from the same hometown and are also transmigrators from Earth.

Fifteen years ago, the Xiao family suffered some misfortunes and its strength was greatly reduced. It had no choice but to move from the capital to the relatively remote Xiao family ancestral home in Wutan City. However, on the way back to Wutan City, the Xiao family was ambushed by a group of people of unknown identity, which resulted in the death of all the Dou Ling experts in the clan and only a few Da Dou Shi left.

Zhang Yuan's parents also died in this battle. Xiao Yan's mother used her fighting spirit to protect Zhang Yuan, who was just one year old, which caused a miscarriage. She died of a serious illness a few years after giving birth to Xiao Yan.

Zhang Yuan was excited for a long time after learning that he had transmigrated to the Doupo world and was related to Xiao Yan by blood.

There's a saying: "I'd rather be Xiao Yan's little brother than Tang San's brother."

There is Yao Lao in the Endless Fire Realm, but Yu Xiaogang is not seen in the God Realm.

As Xiao Yan's cousin, sharing the same grandparents, if he showed care for Xiao Yan during the years when Xiao Yan was a good-for-nothing, Xiao Yan would surely remember it.

Once Xiao Yan begins to rise to power, he will find a place to hide in advance to avoid being caught in the crossfire when the Soul Palace deals with the Xiao family. Then, he will come out after Xiao Yan becomes an emperor and activates his Dou Di bloodline. By then, Xiao Yan will definitely have enough pills. He will follow him to the Endless Fire Domain and will definitely be guaranteed to become a Dou Di (incomplete Earth Supreme).

He knew all the opportunities in the world and could intercept them before the birth of the chosen one, Mu Chen, and become a ruler ahead of time!

However, this thought did not linger in his mind for long.

Having lost his parents, he was practically raised by Xiao Zhan, who treated him as well as his own son, Xiao Yan. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li also treated him exceptionally well.

In the Xiao family, his food, lodging, transportation, and cultivation treatment were all up to the standards of a direct descendant of the Xiao family. Especially after he showed his talent for cultivation, Xiao Zhan persuaded the Xiao family's higher-ups to allocate a large amount of resources to cultivate him.

Perhaps the Xiao family has the idea of ​​investing in him, but we should judge things by their actions, not their intentions, and no one in the world is perfect.

He truly received the kindness of the Xiao family and felt the kinship of Xiao Zhan and others. He owes this debt of gratitude to them; otherwise, what difference would he make from someone else?

Thinking of what happened to the Xiao family later, he began to cultivate diligently, hoping to have enough power in the future.

During this time, he did try to take the ring from Xiao Yan's hand.

People are selfish. Knowing there is a broad road to becoming a Dou Di (a powerful and influential figure in the game), who can refuse it?