Chapter 193: Xiao Yan: If This Doesn't Go Well, My Life Will End
Golden sand waves stretch to the horizon.
The rising sun shines brightly in all directions.
At the edge of the Tagor Desert, where green and yellow meet, two figures, one big and one small, are watching the scene before them.
"We've finally arrived at the Tagor Desert!"
Xiao Bai looked at this familiar scene. Everything that happened here two years ago seemed like yesterday.
"Well! We're finally here!"
A crisp and tender voice sounded beside him.
Xiao Bai twitched his lips when he heard the voice. He glanced at the figure next to him, a small one.
A little dragon man was imitating him, standing with his hands behind his back, sighing in a mature manner, like a little adult.
Speechless, he said in a grouchy voice, "You've never been here, what are you sighing about?"
"Lol-lol-lol," the little dragon Zi Yan lost her composure for a second, made a face at Xiao Bai, and with a smile, stretched lazily, she said, "I'm happy! The old man finally let me go out and play, no longer stuck in that boring inner courtyard!"
"If the Great Elder doesn't relent, I'm afraid you'll pull out all my beard!"
Thinking of the look of despair on the Great Elder's aged face, he couldn't help but shake his head.
This wasn't just picking up a granddaughter, it was picking up an ancestor!
After Su Qian received the news that he was fine, he made a special trip to Zixiao City, and Zi Yan accompanied him.
Upon learning that Xiao Bai was going back to the Jia Ma Empire, Zi Yan was extremely interested and kept asking him if the Jia Ma Empire was fun.
Looking into those clear eyes, remembering the girl's background, either in the mountains or confined to the inner courtyard, his heart softened.
So he picked out some interesting things to tell her.
Seeing her eyes filled with longing, he jokingly asked her if she'd like to go with him.
Unexpectedly, the girl's eyes lit up immediately, her little head practically buzzing with excitement. After carefully confirming that Xiao Bai was indeed capable of taking her, she cheered and turned to Su Qian, urging him on.
Su Qian was completely overwhelmed by her pestering. Thinking of Xiao Bai's ability, he felt safe traveling with him to the Jia Ma Empire, so he agreed.
"Hey, Xiao Bai, where are we going?"
Zi Yan had been lively and curious all along the way. Now, looking at the endless desert ahead, she asked excitedly.
"When I need to refine pills, it's Brother Xiao, and when I'm not, it's Xiao Bai. What a naive little idiot!"
"Oh, don't worry about these details! Hurry up!"
"Haha. Next time I refine a pill, I'll add some bitter lotus!"
"You dare!"
The two figures gradually faded away in the desert, their voices gradually muffled by the wind and sand, becoming inaudible.
In the Tagor Desert, a black-clad figure stood atop a sand dune.
His lips were slightly chapped, and he ignored the scorching sun overhead. With a solemn expression, he said, "Teacher, I'm ready. Let's begin our final attempt!"
"Ah," Yao Lao sighed, "Little one, think carefully. That fusion of Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire and Purple Fire earlier was so explosive that if it weren't for your protection, you'd still be lying here!"
"Teacher, the three-year appointment is almost up!"
Xiao Yan's eyes flickered, and he thought of the man even his teacher feared back in Yancheng's Mo Clan. He gritted his teeth and said, "This time when we go to the Yunlan Sect, I have to prepare some more trump cards. If something unexpected does happen, I can't just watch you and Brother Bai shield me from the storm while I stand by helplessly watching from behind!"
"Alright!"
Yao Lao looked at the determined, even slightly paranoid Xiao Yan and nodded with satisfaction. Cultivation requires this kind of courage to face challenges head-on. Otherwise, if you're afraid of this and that, what's the point of cultivation?
And while he hadn't minded Xiao Yan using his power to defeat powerful enemies, he was more than happy to see his disciple's desire to take on the enemy himself.
"Master is also looking forward to seeing how much of a commotion these two strange fires will create when they merge!"
Yao Lao's voice grew more serious.
A single strange fire possessed terrifying power, let alone two combined.
Even with his countless years of experience, he had no idea what would happen.
"Later, Master will do his utmost to help you control the Bone Spirit Cold Fire. Otherwise, with your current strength, fusing the strange fires will be impossible!"
"Hmm!" Xiao Yan licked his chapped lips, feeling a little nervous. The thought of the combined power of the strange fire and beast fire was still a bit frightening.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Xiao Yan stretched out his hands and placed them flat in front of him.
With a thought, a cyan flame erupted from his left hand, its scorching heat causing the air to distort.
He tightened his grip slightly, and then a flash of a deep white flame materialized from thin air. A blend of cold and heat released a powerful surge of energy.
"It's begun!"
Xiao Yan stared at the two differently colored flames in his hands, gritted his teeth, and slowly brought his hands together.
"Human! Are you crazy?"
The sudden voice made Xiao Yan's already nervous hand tremble, and he almost flung the flames out of fear.
"Hehe, Commander Yue Mei, you've arrived just in time. I'll treat you to fireworks later!"
Xiao Yan sneered, his teeth gnashing with hatred for this elusive woman.
"No one would watch your fireworks!"
Yue Mei stared at the flames in his hand, a fierce fear flashing in her eyes.
At first, the noise he made was at most that of a Dou Shi Grand Master, and she didn't pay much attention to it, just thinking it was a bit noisy. But over the past few days, the noise has been growing louder.
Even the previous explosion, which she could only sense from a distance, the energy fluctuations it emitted made her heart palpitate.
With that kind of power, even a Dou Wang would be seriously injured and near death.
Who would have thought that this tiny human fighting master could make such a commotion!
"Boom!"
As soon as the flames touched, a sound like muffled thunder came from Xiao Yan's hands. In an instant, his hands were torn to pieces by the destructive energy.
If it weren't for the protective Dou Qi, his palms would have been sent flying.
"Madman!"
Yue Mei watched the scene, sensing the terrifying energy emanating from it. A strong sense of danger surged over her, and she cursed loudly before turning away.
"Hehe."
Xiao Yan caught sight of the rapidly disappearing figure from the corner of his eye, a hint of a maniacal smile playing on his lips.
Heedless of the blood spilling out, his hands instantly incinerated, he pressed them together, the blue and white flames continuously compressed.
"If this succeeds, it will be a Dou technique created by me, Xiao Yan, a one-of-a-kind one. There is only one of its kind in the world!"
Xiao Yan muttered, his hands trembling as he stared intently at the intertwining two-toned flames.
A moment later, Xiao Yan, ignoring the excruciating pain of the alien fire's backlash, fully engaged in the Burning Technique, his mind reeling over the past few days' experience in fusion.
"Just a little bit, just a little bit!"
He watched the intertwining two-toned flames, no matter how hard they compressed them, they refused to merge.
Xiao Yan felt that he had reached a critical point. For a moment, he was a little confused and a little anxious.
Zi Yan was also very anxious at this time.
"Pah!"
A small boot stomped to death a poisonous scorpion hiding under the sand, ready to attack. She stomped her feet in disgust and walked listlessly in the desert.
"Xiao Bai, how far do we have to go?"
After the initial novelty, she was a little tired of this desert.
There was nothing here. The only thing that could be seen was the scorching sun in the sky, the yellow sand on the ground, and some annoying small monsters.
"Before, I said I would fly over, didn't you say you wanted to walk around and take a look?"
Xiao Bai glanced at the big hole made by the girl's stomping of her feet and teased.
"I didn't know there was nothing in this desert! I thought there were treasures to be found!"
"Baby, if there really were treasures, it would be your turn!"
"You look down on me, don't you? I have a very good nose. I can tell if there are treasures around just by smelling them!"
Zi Yan seemed very proud when she spoke of this. She raised her thumb, wiped her pretty nose, and looked up and said.
"Really? I don't believe it!" Xiao Bai couldn't help but laugh at her cute look.
"Huh! Just wait and see. Don't be jealous when I find the big treasure!" Zi Yan's little nose twitched slightly.
"Hey, hey, hey, this is what you call finding a treasure!"
Xiao Bai looked at the girl with a smile as she sniffed and almost got into his sleeve, where the little golden dragon stayed.
"Hehe. Mistake, mistake!" Zi Yan glanced at the golden light in his sleeve and quickly took a few steps back, laughing sheepishly. "But it does smell a bit nice!"
"Huh! Such a rich energy!" Zi Yan seemed to have smelled something, pointing in a direction and shouting, "Over there!"
"There might really be a treasure over there! Xiao Bai, come on, let's go over there and take a look!"
".!" Xiao Bai.
He had already sensed the energy fluctuations over there, and the aura was very familiar. However, it was in a different direction from the Serpent Clan's royal city, so he was hesitant about whether to go there.
"Let's go! Let's go and take a look!" Zi Yan saw his hesitation, thinking he didn't trust her ability, so she tugged on Xiao Bai's sleeve and said in a soft voice.
"Okay!" Xiao Bai thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Let's go!" Seeing his nod of agreement, Zi Yan's face lit up with a bright smile, and she took the lead in that direction.
Dozens of miles away.
Xiao Yan's hands were like butterflies, nimbly moving rapidly in the flames before him.
The Burning Technique Dou Qi within his body, like a dam opening, poured into the flames with the flick of a finger.
As time passed, the raging two-colored flames slowly calmed, no longer raging with energy as before.
A palm-sized bluish-white lotus pedestal gradually condensed.
The moment it took shape, Xiao Yan felt his Dou Qi and soul power surging frantically into it, his face gradually turning pale.
"Little Yanzi, throw it out!" Yao Lao's slightly weak voice interrupted Xiao Yan's daze, its voice carrying an unprecedented urgency.
"Run! Run! The farther the better!"
Xiao Yan, without a second thought, instinctively threw the spinning fire lotus in front of him in one direction, then turned and sprinted in the opposite direction.
"What is that? A great treasure?"
As he ran, Xiao Yan thought he must have exhausted his soul power and was actually hallucinating. A childish, crisp voice seemed to reach his ears, carried by the wind.
"Damn it, dear! Get going!"
Xiao Yan hurriedly shook his dizzy head. He thought he was hallucinating again, thinking he heard Brother Bai's voice.
"Damn it, little Yanzi, just wait for us! How dare you throw a fire lotus at your brother Bai's head!"
Xiao Yan shuddered, a chill running down his feet.
It was over! It really was Brother Bai!
"Teacher, why didn't you warn me?" Xiao Yan said, looking back anxiously.
He saw a two-colored flaming lotus silently streaking through the air, not even a whisper of wind.
In front of the fire lotus, a black-robed figure, a faint multicolored light surging under their feet, was carrying a little girl and speeding away.
"Master, controlling the flames for you has consumed too much of your soul power. Plus, all my focus was on the fire lotus, so I didn't notice that kid Xiao Bai was nearby!"
"Think of a solution, Teacher!" Xiao Yan said, his heart pounding as he watched the fire lotus begin to stir.
"It's okay! Although that thing is powerful, it can't hurt that kid's life!" Old Yao said calmly, looking at the figure, a trace of shock and doubt flashed in his eyes.
"That's good, that's good!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the anxious look in his eyes also dissipated a little.
"Okay?" Lao Yao teased and said, "Little Yanzi, prepare to be beaten!"
"You said you can't throw it in that direction, so you have to throw it on that boy Xiao Bai's head!"
"I." Xiao Yan was speechless for a moment, his face was bitter, and he was dizzy at the time and didn't pay attention at all. In addition to that woman, there was actually someone here.
At this moment, I just felt a big danger suddenly floating on my head!
At this moment, a shocking explosion sounded in the empty desert.
"Boom!"
In an instant, a blue and white mushroom cloud rose into the air.
Destructive energy scattered out of the void, and ripples spread in the air, like waves, spreading rapidly.
Yellow sand raged, and the surrounding dunes were flattened by the spreading energy.
In the distance, Yue Mei was blown dozens of meters away by the ripples of the explosion. After stabilizing herself, she coughed uncomfortably and looked towards the center of the explosion.
Her mouth opened into an "O" shape. She had not expected the explosion to be so powerful, and to have such an impact from such a distance.
Thinking of the figure that had just been chased by the fire lotus, she wondered if it was dead.
Thousands of miles away in the Serpent Clan's royal city, Queen Medusa, who was working at her desk, suddenly looked up and gazed into the void, looking beyond her sight.
"This kind of fluctuation. Strange fire? How can it be so violent?"
"Is that old guy heading towards the Yue Mei tribe?"
The blue-white flames swept through, and the dust and sand filled the air. Xiao Yan, ignoring the scorching heat around him, hurried over.
"Ahem."
Xiao Bai coughed twice, shaking his body to shake off the yellow sand. He then lowered Zi Yan from his arms and looked her over for a moment.
Zi Yan's face paled slightly, and a complex expression flickered as she looked at Xiao Bai.
"Are you scared?"
Xiao Bai rubbed her head. The girl had been running ahead, and he had been following slowly behind. Who knew that Xiao Yan's fire lotus would suddenly take shape and fling itself directly towards them?
"Brother Bai, Brother Bai, are you okay?" Xiao Yan hurried in, his face pale and his expression tense.
"Asshole!" Zi Yan flew into a rage upon seeing the newcomer. With a stamp of her foot, she charged out like a cannonball.
Xiao Yan, initially dismissing the little girl as a mere girl, paid no attention. But as the fist approached, carrying a sharp gust of wind, his spiritual senses raced, and he felt a sudden surge of fear.
Oh no! My life is over!
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