“Yun… Yun Zhi, let us go.”
Xiao Yan suddenly walked out of the cave, speaking to the flushed Yun Yun.
He hesitated, still failing to call out the real name of Yun Yun.
Yun Yun came back to her senses, the lingering flush not yet fading from her face.
Fine sweat had caused strands of hair to stick to her cheeks, carrying a somewhat hazy and mesmerizing beauty.
“Xiao Huo, are you alright?” Yun Yun asked with concern.
Xiao Yan cockily struck a Tai Chi display pose, his muscles bulging slightly to outline graceful muscle lines.
“Humph, not only am I fine, but my gains are also quite substantial.”
“Now, judging solely by my Physical Body, I can go head-to-head with you in a fight.”
“Go head-to-head with me~” Yun Yun covered her chest and lowered her head slightly, the lingering blush climbing up her cheeks once more.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about!”
Hearing this, Xiao Yan became unhappy and immediately frowned.
“Do you not believe me?
Once we go out, we can just find a chance to fight and find out.”
Yun Yun quickly shook her head.
“No… I believe you, I am just…”
Yao Lao, hiding within the ring, saw through everything and shook his head, saying,
“The more dignified and steady this kind of woman is, once she falls in love and becomes infatuated, then afterwards she will… Hehe, Yan Xiaozi still has too little experience; otherwise, how could he fail to see that this woman was just thinking about that aspect?
It seems this woman has truly been repressed for too long.”
After muttering, Yao Lao sent a Soul voice transmission to Xiao Yan: “You brat, stop asking aggressively, hurry up and leave this place.”
Hearing the voice transmission, Xiao Yan was no longer stubborn or entangled, and said to Yun Yun, “If you do not believe it, then you do not.
In any case, the two of us should leave this place first.”
Yun Yun quietly breathed a sigh of relief, her expression returning to composure, and nodded.
Leaving the cave, Xiao Yan put away the corpse of the Silver Moon Wolf King at the entrance, preparing to return to the small valley to raise the Demonic Beast physique of the Fifth Rank to the Sixth Rank.
Soon, two streaks of light, one purple and one cyan, streaked across the sky, flying all the way from the deepest part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range back to the small valley on the outer perimeter.
In the valley, Xiao Yi Xian was feeding her pet, a huge blue bird that was a First Rank Demonic Beast, Xiao Lan.
Generally speaking, Xiao Lan would leave after seeing Xiao Yan return.
It was simply because Xiao Yan hunted Demonic Beasts, extracting their heart blood for Body Refining, staining his hands with the lives of many Demonic Beasts, which seemed incomparably terrifying to Xiao Lan.
So much so that every time it saw Xiao Yan around, it would never stay in the valley.
However, this time, it was different.
When Xiao Yan landed, Xiao Lan unexpectedly went against its usual behavior and did not flee in fear.
Instead, it cautiously approached Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan hooked the corner of his mouth, instantly understanding that his [Myriad Beasts] talent was at work.
He crooked his finger, called Xiao Lan over, and fiercely petted the bird head, saying with satisfaction, “Alright, go find a place to stay on your own.”
Xiao Lan obediently submitted, tilting its head as it shuffled step by step into the distance.
Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian showed a pleasantly surprised expression.
“How did you do that?
Xiao Lan actually is not afraid of you.
Teach me, teach me!”
Xiao Yi Xian hugged the arm of Xiao Yan, shaking it coquettishly.
Xiao Yan was not loose-lipped enough to immediately expose his talent.
He simply snapped his fingers, and a flame of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire appeared in his palm.
“Here, the twenty-second strange fire ranking list, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, is also the so-called Demonic Beast fire.”
“This flame naturally has benefits for Demonic Beasts.
Xiao Lan must have felt its aura, which is why it is no longer afraid of me.”
Xiao Yi Xian blinked and suddenly said softly, “Absorbing a strange fire must be very painful.”
Xiao Yan felt a warmth in his heart, but then he felt a trace of awkwardness.
“Painful?
Probably, haha.” He smiled awkwardly.
Yun Yun suddenly spoke from the side, “This battle was extremely dangerous.
To save me, he almost lost his life.”
Xiao Yi Xian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Yan anxiously.
“Lost his life?
What on earth happened?!”
Xiao Yan helplessly glanced at Yun Yun and briefly recounted the process of the battle, though he deliberately described his injuries as smaller.
As a result, Yun Yun suddenly spoke up again, personally spelling out the miserable state of Xiao Yan at that time.
Xiao Yi Xian listened until her heart clutched, and tears even flowed out.
“You actually almost died, yet I could not help at all… I…”
Seeing the self-blaming appearance of Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan also felt uncomfortable and glared at Yun Yun again.
Xiao Yan always felt that Yun Yun telling Xiao Yi Xian about this was not to let Xiao Yi Xian know the truth, but rather to let Xiao Yi Xian know just how much he cared about Yun Yun.
Although this thought was somewhat narcissistic, Xiao Yan felt that this was the truth.
Sensing Xiao Yan’s displeasure, Yun Yun bit her lip and said, “Xiao Huo, Xiao Yi Xian, I am leaving.”
Xiao Yan was stunned.
“So sudden?”
Yun Yun’s expression dimmed.
“The faction to which I belong cannot be away from me for too long.
Now that you are in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, you no longer need me, and it is time for me to leave.”
Xiao Yan did not ask her to stay, because Yun Yun was not the type of person who could easily cast off responsibility.
Being able to help him until now, besides the original promise, was simply because she was worried about him.
Now that his strength was no longer inferior to Yun Yun’s, it was entirely reasonable for Yun Yun to plan to leave.
“The Alchemist Convention of the Jia Ma Empire, I will go to participate.” Xiao Yan suddenly spoke.
Yun Yun’s eyes lit up, simply because Xiao Yan’s words implicitly represented one meaning: he did not want to cut off contact with her!
“I will participate then!
The Beast Fire promised to you will also be brought along!” Yun Yun responded quickly.
Xiao Yan’s lips curved upward as he reached out his hand.
Yun Yun reached out and high-fived him, satisfied, as wings unfolded behind her back.
“Goodbye, Xiao Huo!”
Yun Yun left the small valley.
Xiao Yan turned his head, only to see the somewhat resentful gaze of Xiao Yi Xian.
“Young Master Xiao, come eat.” Xiao Yi Xian spoke with feigned coldness.
Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and sighed.
“Hard to handle.”
After Yun Yun left, the life of Xiao Yan returned to its previous rat-race state.
His time every day was divided completely cleanly, and he had something to do every single moment.
During the most alert time in the morning, he would study alchemy and begin refining medicine using the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.
Afterwards was the cultivation of Dou Techniques.
Xiao Yan found a Dou Technique from his memories.
It was an Earth Rank Intermediate movement Dou Technique, Flash Step.
Once used, his figure moved like teleportation, eerie and unpredictable, primarily focusing on speed.
It was suitable for helping him quickly approach an enemy after locating them for close-quarters hand-to-hand combat.
At noon, he would Cultivate the Flame Mantra to increase his cultivation base.
With the blessing of the Fire Spirit Body, his speed was certainly not slow.
In the afternoon, he would chat with Xiao Yi Xian, watch the dusk and the bright moon, and count which star in the sky was the brightest.
Just like that, more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Yan had completely digested his gains.
Alchemy, Dou Techniques, physique—all aspects had seen some improvement.
Compared to when he had just arrived at the Magical Beast Mountain Range, calling his improvement terrifying would be no exaggeration at all!
(End of Chapter)