Chapter 97: Zi Yan: Big Brother Gu Fei, I want some too!

On the balcony of the inn's second floor, Qing Lin and Venerable Tianhuo, one young and one old, sat beside a table.

The little girl was earnestly asking Venerable Tianhuo questions about cultivation, while the Lion King stood guard at the top of the stairs like a bodyguard.

"Old Mister Yao, according to what you said, if you hadn't encountered those flame lizard-men back then, is it possible you would have already become a legendary Dou Sheng powerhouse by now?"

Listening to Venerable Tianhuo recount his past, Qing Lin could not help but ask out of curiosity.

"I suppose it's possible!"

Hearing Qing Lin's question, Venerable Tianhuo hesitated for a moment, then nodded confidently.

Back then, it was precisely because his talent was good and his cultivation level climbed quickly, thinking that the world was vast enough for him to go anywhere, that he continued to venture deep into the magma sea, and finally dared to risk attempting to refine two Exotic Fires.

"That is truly a pity!"

Qing Lin sighed subconsciously, feeling regret for Venerable Tianhuo's misfortune.

"What is there to pity? Perhaps this is also a kind of destiny; just look at it with an open mind. At the very least, this old man is still living well right now..."

Venerable Tianhuo smiled and shook his head.

The time he had existed for was quite long.

His friends and relatives from back then were long gone, so following Gu Fei and his group, he had no other attachments.

At one moment, not far from the two, the Lion King sitting beside the stairs suddenly stood up.

"Hehe, Lion King, Qing Lin, and Old Man Yao, long time no see!"

A very childish voice rang out.

Hearing the voice, Venerable Tianhuo and Qing Lin subconsciously looked over in that direction.

Within the line of sight of the Lion King, Qing Lin, and the others, a little girl in purple was sitting on the stair railing, reaching out to wave at them.

Seeing the astonishment on the faces of the Lion King and the others, she chuckled and made a face at them; that delicate and pretty appearance was very cute.

"Sister Ziyan, I missed you so much..."

After the astonishment, excitement appeared on Qing Lin's face, and she ran over happily.

This form of address would seem very strange to others, after all, Qing Lin was half a head taller than Zi Yan.

"This little one has come over; the days ahead will be lively again!" Venerable Tianhuo stroked his beard and said with a chuckle.

At the same time, Gu Fei and Xiao Yixian also walked out of their room and looked toward this side.

Gu Fei looked at Zi Yan; her carved-from-jade appearance was as cute as before.

"Why didn't you stay properly within the clan?"

Gu Fei walked up, patted Zi Yan on the head, and asked with a smile.

"I escaped, hehe. I heard you, Big Brother Gu Fei, say before that you would come to Shengdan Cheng, so I ran here. I originally thought it would be very troublesome to find you, but I didn't expect that after asking around, I would know you were staying here..."

Ziyan smiled like a little fox, her eyes squinting into crescent moons.

"I am so pitiful; after going back, there were no more delicious Pills!"

"And every day I had to be force-fed some disgusting things that tasted terrible by those hateful guys..."

Next, Ziyan grabbed Gu Fei's sleeve to complain, her large, bright eyes immediately becoming watery.

The life she had lived during this period was, in her own view, truly too miserable to look at.

She felt that compared to being by Gu Fei's side before, it was simply a life in hell.

Therefore, as soon as she had the chance, she quickly found an opportunity to slip out of Ancient Dragon Island.

"Sister Ziyan, you are so miserable; it seems your clansmen aren't very nice to you either..."

Qing Lin stood up for Ziyan.

"That's right, they are too bad!"

Ziyan nodded fiercely.

It seemed she deeply detested her clansmen for treating her that way.

However, if her clansmen were to find out, they would probably be angered to the point of vomiting blood.

Gu Fei shook his head helplessly. He understood Ziyan's temperament; anything would be magnified many times over in her mouth.

Therefore, her words had no credibility. The things the Ancient Dragon Clan fed her should have been some highly nourishing spiritual medicines. At the very least, this girl was currently quite full of vigor.

"Ziyan, then what are your plans for next?" Xiao Yixian asked.

"Hehe... next, of course, I'm going to follow you, Sister Xiao Yixian!"

Hearing this, Ziyan could not help but grin, then said very earnestly.

"Eh, Sister Xiao Yixian, when did you break through to Dou Wang?"

Suddenly, Ziyan seemed to have discovered something incredible, her face full of surprise.

"I just broke through!"

"That's too fast... I know, it must be that during this time, Big Brother Gu Fei gave Sister Xiao Yixian a lot of nourishing medicine?"

Ziyan's gaze turned to Gu Fei, her hands stretched out flat, and she said longingly: "Big Brother Gu Fei, I want some too!"

"No!"

Hearing this, Gu Fei shook his head and directly swatted away Ziyan's outstretched little hands.

"Have you eaten few enough spiritual medicines? You eat them every day, yet I don't see you digesting them. Be careful that you suddenly explode one day; it will be painful then!"

Being lectured by Gu Fei like this, Ziyan appeared somewhat aggrieved, her little mouth pouting.

"Sister Ziyan, don't be unhappy. I have some Pills here; do you want to eat them?"

Seeing Ziyan like this, Qing Lin walked over, pulled Ziyan's little hand, and stuffed a handful of Pills into her palm.

"Woo... Qing Lin, you are still the best to me!"

The aggrieved expression on Ziyan's face instantly dissipated. She smiled and praised Qing Lin, then stuffed a Pill into her mouth and began to chew.

Most of these Pills were Tier 4, used to assist in cultivation. Because the medicinal power of the Pills was so strong, Qing Lin could only take one every five days.

However, Zi Yan was eating them one after another as if they were candy beans.

Seeing this scene, Gu Fei and Xiao Yixian looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"Sister Zi Yan, eat slowly!"

Qing Lin watched from the side, dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Zi Yan had an extraordinary constitution; if an ordinary person were to consume them like this, they would likely burst their stomach.

In the following few days, with the arrival of Zi Yan, Gu Fei's small group was considered much livelier than before.

One day, Zi Yan came to Gu Fei's room again to beg Gu Fei for Pills to eat.

"Zi Yan, if you want to eat more Pills, I will give you a task!"

Gu Fei put forward his request.

"What task?"

Hearing this, Zi Yan felt a little guilty.

"Don't be afraid, this matter is not very difficult for you!" Gu Fei reached out and placed his hand on Zi Yan's small shoulder, smiling: "Pill Tower has a dilapidated space that hasn't been maintained for a long time; I need you to take me inside there..."

"Just entering a dilapidated space? That's simple, leave it to me!"

Hearing this, Zi Yan immediately patted her chest, appearing very confident.

She had done this kind of thing many times before.

Previously in the Inner Academy, those medicinal herb storehouses all had a Space Seal, yet she would often sneak in unnoticed to steal and eat.

Those Space Seals were as good as non-existent to her.

The Pill Realm was a space created long ago by a Dou Sheng expert from the Pill Tower.

But later, due to some reasons, the Pill Realm gradually fell into disrepair; however, that Pill Realm was absolutely a treasure land that countless Alchemists dreamed of, as it contained countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, as well as many rare medicinal herbs difficult to find in the outside world.

Of course, with the resources Gu Fei possessed, he was not lacking in those precious medicinal herbs.

What he had his eyes on was the piece of Earth Heart Jade Mother within the Pill Realm, or to be precise, the Earth Heart Soul Marrow gestated within that Earth Heart Jade Mother.

————【A brief explanation: this book leans towards a slice-of-life style and will not be like typical Battle Through the Heavens fan fiction where refining an Exotic Fire takes several chapters to write.】

【Unless necessary, those kinds of plot points are generally glossed over in a few strokes; after all, writing out that process mostly involves picking words from the original work...】

(End of this chapter)