Fighting: Summon two Dou Huangs as bodyguards at the beginning

With a loud bang, dust and clouds rose up across the entire arena.

As the coughs of the crowd were heard, Xiao Yan knew that the battle should be over. His hard training during this period had already made him practice the eighth-level collapse technique to perfection.

In terms of power, even a fourth-level monster wouldn't dare to take this punch head-on!

Just as Xiao Yan was about to go down, he suddenly found a figure standing in the smoke.

"Xiao Yan! I didn't expect you to have made such great progress in just a few months. You are worthy of being valued by the academy. If it were the old me, you might have defeated me with this punch." Lin Yan said, and the smoke slowly dissipated.

Lin Yan appeared on the ring. Although he was a little staggering, he did not suffer any serious injuries.

There was a faint fist mark on the big axe.

"I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be able to withstand my punch." Xiao Yan nodded, then slowly took out the Xuan Zhong ruler from the storage ring.

The onlookers exclaimed, "Xiao Yan has taken out the Xuanzhong Ruler!"

Lin Yan laughed self-deprecatingly: "I never thought that the gap between you and me in realm could be easily filled by your fighting skills."

Xiao Yan looked at his fist and said, "I've put in as much effort as anyone else, so I don't think you can beat me!"

Xiao Yan picked up the Xuanzhong Ruler and recalled the scene of participating in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition seven months ago.

Lin Yan stroked the axe with his hand, then looked at Xiao Yan with firm eyes.

"Xiao Yan! I've been waiting for this day for a long time! Mountain-splitting axe!"

A move even more powerful than before was contained in Lin Yan's axe, and he swung it out fiercely.

"Very good. I defeated you last time because of the help of elixirs. This time I will defeat you fairly! Shut up all the voices that are talking about you!" Xiao Yan held a ruler across his chest, and a huge red light surrounded the ruler.

"Flame Devouring Wave Ruler!"

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three days later.

Xiao Yan was lying in the yard, and Xun'er was peeling fruit for him.

"I say, Lin Yan! Didn't you just lose to me once? Is it that serious?" Xiao Yan said helplessly.

Lin Yan turned his head away and said, "Don't pretend here. You beat me! You are stronger than me and more talented than me. I admire you."

Xiao Yan and Lin Yan became friends after they had two fights, and Xiao Yan was also amused by Lin Yan's temper.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I won't joke with you anymore. I heard that Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing have both come out of seclusion?"

Lin Yan nodded and continued, "It seems both of them have broken through and are now seven-star Dou Ling. I estimate that before long, their strength will be enough to sprint into the top ten of the Power Ranking."

A piece of fruit appeared in Xiao Yan's mouth. Xiao Yan chewed it while saying, "I see. Recently, I want to go to the Alchemy Department of the Inner Court to practice hard on my Alchemy skills."

Lin Yan was speechless when he saw Xiao Yan's expression.

Then he said, "Well, what level of alchemist are you?"

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Third rank, I want to cultivate to fourth rank this time!"

Lin Yan snorted, then said, "Do you think alchemists are that simple? Do you think you can cultivate to the fourth level just by wanting to?"

Xiao Yan did not reply, but used 1500 summoning points to upgrade himself to a fourth-grade alchemist.

Name: Xiao Yan

Age: 16 years and nine months

Strength: Two-star Douling

Alchemist Level: Fourth-Rank Alchemist

Skill: Burning Technique (Advanced Xuan Level)

Fighting Skills: Baji Collapse (Advanced Xuan Tier), Xuan Gua Palm (Elementary Xuan Tier), Collapse of Heaven Technique (Advanced Xuan Tier), Flame Wave Ruler (Low Earth Tier), Flame Cloud Fist (Elementary Earth Tier)

Summon the Strong: Hai Bodong (Seven-Star Douhuang)

Eight-winged Black Emperor Snake (Peak of Douhuang)

Yun Potian (Six-Star Dou Wang)

Number of summons: 3/5

Alien Fire: Spiritual Fire of All Beasts

Qinglian Earth Heart Fire

Props: Xuan Zhong ruler

Summoning Talisman: Three intermediate summoning talismans

Summoning points: 5000 (can be exchanged for various items in the system mall)

Xiao Yan didn't raise his alchemist level to the fourth rank just to show off.

It was because when he went to fulfill the three-year appointment, Xiao Yan wanted to win the championship of the Alchemist Conference as well.

Although this is also showing off, it is not the kind of showing off that you imagine.

"A fourth-grade elixir? Doesn't that thing only require hands?" Xiao Yan deliberately provoked Lin Yan, and Lin Yan really fell into the trap.

"Okay, I'll go with you now. I don't believe that you are so good at fighting and a genius at refining medicine. How can there be such an awesome person in this world?" Lin Yan was certain that Xiao Yan was bragging.

Only after the two of them arrived at the Alchemy Department did Lin Yan begin to doubt whether Xiao Yan really knew how to make alchemy.

All the alchemist students were looking at Xiao Yan and Lin Yan. Lin Yan was a veteran student and many people knew him.

Although Xiao Yan had been in the inner courtyard for some time, he had been in seclusion most of the time, so few people knew him.

A student from the Alchemy Department named Ye Xian walked over. He was the oldest and most powerful alchemist here.

"Lin Yan, what are you doing here? Is the fire poison in your body acting up?" Ye Xian teased.

Lin Yan clenched his fists in anger, but because he was afraid of Ye Xian's identity, he didn't get angry.

It seems that Ye Xian has a high status in the Alchemy Department. Xiao Yan looked at Ye Xian with an aggressive look, and Ye Xian glared back without giving in.

"I will remove his fire poison, so you don't have to worry about it." After saying this, Xiao Yan threw a bottle of pills to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan didn't expect that Xiao Yan cared so much about him and prepared the pills in advance.

Ye Xian said disdainfully: "Did you two come here just to be laughed at?"

Xiao Yan looked at the four water lines on Ye Xian's chest and said, "He's just a fourth-grade alchemist, why do you always act so superior?"

Ye Xian's face instantly turned sour. He had been in the inner courtyard for such a long time, and no one except the elders had ever dared to speak to him like that.

From Lin Yan's attitude, it can be seen that even those in the top ten of the strong list would not dare to speak to Ye Xian like this.

"Who is this? So arrogant? How dare he talk to Senior Ye Xian like that!"

"I think his name is Xiao Yan. I heard he's a genius!"

"This is the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy. Who among them isn't a genius?"

Ye Xian heard what everyone was discussing, and he said with a forced smile, "Xiao Yan, right? I've never heard of him. He's a freshman, right?"

"What does this have to do with you? Why do you care whether I'm a freshman or not?" Xiao Yan snorted coldly.

Lin Yan quickly pulled Xiao Yan's sleeve, but Xiao Yan shook Lin Yan off.

Ye Xian said "good" three times, and then said: "If you come to the Alchemy Department to cause trouble, I want to tell you that you have come to the wrong place!"