Battle Through the Heavens: Even without the Burning Flame Technique, I, Xiao Yan, still became an e

"Here comes the freshly baked fish. Eat slowly, it's hot!"

Xiao Yan picked up a grilled fish skewered on a piece of fragrant wood and handed it to Yun Zhi.

"You're injured now, so you need to replenish your nutrition."

Yunzhi took the grilled fish and laughed: "Have you ever seen a Dou Huang get burned by grilled fish?"

Her words made Xiao Yan scratch his head awkwardly, but they also brought the two of them much closer.

"It's so delicious! I've never eaten anything this good before."

Xiao Yan was worried that Yun Zhi would find his grilled fish too meager, but to his surprise, she ate it with great relish, her face beaming with joy.

"Although I know my cooking skills are not bad, you don't need to praise me like that. You are a Dou Huang, what delicacies haven't you eaten?"

Xiao Yan was well aware of his own strength and believed that Yun Zhi was just flattering him.

"No, I'm telling the truth. Even if I'm a Dou Huang, there are many things that I can't decide for myself."

Yunzhi's expression darkened. Many things were buried in her heart, but now that she had met a complete stranger and her fighting spirit was sealed, she could finally speak her mind freely.

"I was taken in as a disciple by my teacher from a young age and trained to be the successor of the sect. My teacher was very strict with me. From childhood, I would eat pills when I was hungry and drink medicinal liquids when I was thirsty."

Although this was very beneficial to my cultivation, it was basically all tasteless and bland, utterly devoid of any flavor.

Yunzhi's heartfelt words completely shattered Xiao Yan's imagination of Dou Huang. It turned out that not every Dou Huang could do whatever he wanted.

"That's why I don't want to join those sects. Otherwise, I'll be controlled by them, and every word and action I take will represent the sect's attitude. It's really unpleasant."

Xiao Yan also confided his innermost thoughts to her, which made Yun Zhi give up her idea of ​​recruiting Xiao Yan into the sect.

In the past, I would have tried my best to win over a genius like Xiao Yan so that he could protect the development of the sect.

But now, she is just an ordinary woman named Yunzhi, and can think about problems from the perspective of an ordinary person.

Of course, Yunzhi wouldn't go back on her decision to recommend Xiao Yan to her alchemist friend.

"Speaking of which, it must have been quite risky for you to come here all by yourself."

Yunzhi is now unable to leave the cave, and her only pastime is chatting with Xiao Yan.

"I had no choice. I was asked to help my friend find some material. Besides, if it weren't for your fight with that lion that caused the monsters outside to go berserk, I would have left long ago."

Xiao Yan sighed and added more firewood to the fire in front of him.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Yunzhi lowered her head slightly, as if she had done something wrong, and apologized to Xiao Yan.

At this moment, she showed no airs of a Dou Huang, nor any arrogance of an elder, and treated Xiao Yan as an equal.

"There's no need for an apology. We're all human, so it's normal to support each other. Besides, if you die here, it will probably affect countless people."

The fall of a Dou Huang often symbolizes the collapse of a power. Just like when my grandfather Xiao Lin was a Dou Wang, after his death, the Xiao family became an insignificant family.

"So, people like us are exhausted just living, and we don't even have the right to die."

Yunzhi sighed softly. Although she held a high position, many of her ideas went against the development of the sect, yet she had no choice but to carry them out, which made her feel extremely exhausted.

The topic seemed a bit heavy, so Xiao Yan quickly changed the subject: "By the way, what level of Dou Huang are you, and what level of Dou Huang is that lion? You and that lion fought in the sky for a whole day before. If I hadn't run fast, I would have been killed by the aftershocks."

"Me? I am a three-star Dou Huang. The one I am fighting is called the Amethyst Winged Lion King, one of the four kings of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a sixth-tier magical beast in the eastern part of the mountain range."

It's actually difficult to pinpoint the exact rank of a magical beast. However, if we consider its battle qi and skills, this Purple-Gold Winged Lion King can only be considered a two-star Dou Huang. But given its powerful physical body and close-quarters combat ability, it can rival a four-star or even five-star Dou Huang. Therefore, its overall strength is probably around three stars.

"No wonder, you're basically far away from it in the sky, and you're quickly defeated once it gets close."

Xiao Yan nodded; he was quite interested in the battle between Dou Huangs.

"It was my carelessness. I didn't expect it to awaken a sealing technique, which caused me to be unable to react in time. I could only hastily retaliate, but unfortunately I only broke off its horn and failed to penetrate its head."

If Yunzhi were given another chance, she would never make the same mistake again.

"Speaking of which, that guy was originally planning to chase you, but then it seemed to have retreated because of a bird's cry. What kind of magical beast was that?"

Xiao Yan was like a curious child, asking one question after another without stopping.

"Hmm, I guess that should be the Azure Emperor Sparrow, the northern king of the Monster Mountain Range. It just so happens that the place where I fell entered its territory."

The other two great monster kings are the Southern King Emperor Blind Crocodile and the Western King Mountain Moving Ape. All four of them are at the sixth level, comparable to the human Battle Emperor level.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King had expended too much energy fighting me, leaving it with almost no fighting spirit. If I had insisted on pursuing it, it would most likely have died at the hands of the Azure Emperor Sparrow. It was only by chance that it escaped death and then encountered you.

Amethyst Winged Lion King? Azure Emperor Sparrow? Blind Emperor Alligator? Mountain-Moving Ape?

Xiao Yan silently memorized these four super magical beasts, and then, as he crossed the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he tried to avoid their territory as much as possible.

"Then why did you come looking for this Amethyst Winged Lion King? Both sides could die in a battle between Dou Huangs, so there's no need to take such a big risk."

To this question, Yunzhi smiled and said, "My goal is Purple Spirit Crystal, a kind of pill used to refine the fourth-grade pill, Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill."

I originally planned to exchange a high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique and a mid-level Xuan-rank combat skill with the other party.

But the Amethyst Winged Lion King did not accept it; instead, he asked me to exchange it for a seventh-grade Transformation Pill.

Ultimately, our negotiations broke down, and a major battle ensued.

Good heavens, using fourth-grade materials to exchange for a seventh-grade pill—this magical beast clearly has no intention of trading with humans at all.

"Will you go find that guy again after you recover from your injuries?" This is the question that Xiao Yan is most concerned about right now.

"Of course, the Purple Spirit Crystal is extremely important to me. If the other party insists on resisting, I will absolutely not fall for its sealing technique again this time!"

Xiao Yan was startled. Was another battle about to begin?

Xiao Yan had already planned that when the two sides started fighting again, he would decisively expose himself in advance.

However, Yunzhi's next words extinguished Xiao Yan's illusions.

"Next time we're on a mission, I hope you can help me out by sneaking into the amethyst winged lion king's cave while I'm fighting it and stealing the amethyst crystal."

Just kidding, how could I risk my life for something so dangerous?

Xiao Yan decisively refused, "No problem, leave it to me."