Chapter 23: You Half, I Half

"Really useless! A tiny storage ring has fascinated you like this?" Yao Lao said with some contempt.

"Isn't this my first time seeing it?" Xiao Yan put away his playful thoughts and took the medicinal materials out of the storage ring.

"Put the medicinal materials away first, it's not the time to refine yet. Are you sure no one is looking for you?" Yao Lao said teasingly, then drilled directly into that pitch-black ring.

"Knock knock knock!" A knock on the door sounded.

"Yan'er, are you there?" Xiao Zhan's somewhat thick voice sounded outside the door.

"Father, what's the matter?" Xiao Yan opened the door and asked suspiciously.

"Teacher, hurry up and refine the medicine! Only by becoming stronger can I be worthy of this feeling!" Xiao Yan waved his hand, put the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid into the storage ring, took out all the medicinal materials and put them on the table, then turned and walked to the bed, took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and practiced.

Looking at the half bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid in his hand, Xiao Yan felt a mix of emotions. Although he didn't need it, thinking that this was his father's intention after all, he still put it away.

As Xiao Yan practiced, the light red gas emitted from the wooden barrel directly wrapped around Xiao Yan. The energy contained in it continuously strengthened the surface of Xiao Yan's body. When Xiao Yan inhaled the light red gas into his body, part of it was refined into Dou Qi and stored in the sea of Qi, and the other part was used to strengthen bones and meridians.

When the last wisp of light red gas around his body was refined by Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan opened his eyes suddenly, and the red light in his pupils flashed and disappeared, looking extremely demonic.

"What other half, what is Brother Xiao Yan talking about, Xun Er won't ignore you!" Xun Er was so shy that her small face turned red, and she turned and ran away.

Seeing Xun Er leave, Xiao Yan didn't chase. He shook his head helplessly, turned and walked into the room, closed the door gently, put the half bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid Xun Er gave him on the table, and took out the half bottle his father gave him and put them together on the table.

"Haha, Father won't disturb you, you practice well! Strive to reach Dou Zhe as soon as possible." Seeing Xiao Yan accept the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, Xiao Zhan patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, encouraged him a few words, and then turned and left with a smile.

"Stinky brat, others are fighting for it, but you are actually complaining. Forget it, the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is for you, you handle it yourself!" Xiao Zhan threw half a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid to Xiao Yan directly.

Seeing Xiao Zhan leave, Xiao Yan sighed slightly and turned into the room.

"Good things should naturally be shared with Brother Xiao Yan, Xun Er doesn't need this half bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid anymore, so I'll give it to Brother Xiao Yan." Xun Er smiled and handed the small white jade bottle to Xiao Yan.

The screams continued until there was no good place on Xiao Yan's body. Yao Lao put Xiao Yan down, and Xiao Yan was like a lump of mud at this time, unable to use a trace of strength.

"Is there anything, Xun Er?" Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly, opened the door again, and asked softly.

However, the ring had no reaction at all. Just when Xiao Yan was suspicious, another footstep sounded outside the door.

Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan who was practicing, stroked his beard, and nodded gently. Then his eyes narrowed, he extended his right palm, his palm spread out, and a group of white flames appeared in his palm. His left hand beckoned gently, and a medicinal material on the table fell into the flames in his right palm. After a while, the medicinal material turned into a group of light red liquid.

When the last medicinal material was also refined, the sky gradually began to brighten. Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing, also slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of light white light flashed in his pupils.

"Well, that's enough for a whole bottle." Xiao Yan looked at the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid on the table.

Xiao Yan felt some hot things suddenly appear on his body. He raised his head gently and saw that the birds circling above his head were constantly pooping on him.

After circling above Xiao Yan's head for a long time, the birds saw that Xiao Yan had no reaction and continued to howl. They turned into fighter jets one after another and began to drop bombs on Xiao Yan to show their dissatisfaction with Xiao Yan.

Yao Lao dragged Xiao Yan, who was covered in blood, into the wooden barrel prepared in advance. As soon as Xiao Yan entered the wooden barrel, he made a pig-killing scream again. Until his body adapted slightly, Xiao Yan, like taking a bath, forcibly endured the pain, washed the blood and bird poop off his body, and then began to practice.

"Uh, actually..." Xiao Yan originally wanted to say, I don't need Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid anymore, but didn't know how to speak.

"Ah..." A scream suddenly sounded, startling the birds sleeping on the tree to spread their wings and fly high, flying into the sky to find the source of the sound. When they saw the young man tied to the tree being beaten, they all flew toward the young man in unison, and when they reached the young man's head, they stopped and chirped incessantly. It was as if they were saying: "Can you stop for two days? Ever since you came to the back mountain, we haven't slept well. We finally stopped for two days, and we thought it was over! Didn't expect it to start again."

"You half, I half, you are my other half." Xiao Yan looked at the half bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid that appeared in his hand again and said subconsciously.

Repeating the previous actions, the medicinal materials on the table were constantly refined, and the light red liquid originally in the palm became thicker and thicker, eventually turning into deep red. Yao Lao beckoned again, a small jade bottle appeared in his hand, controlled the drop of red liquid in his palm to be put into the jade bottle, and then picked up another medicinal material on the table to start refining.

On the peak of the Xiao family's back mountain, the mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, the air was fresh, and it was a peaceful scene.

"Sooner or later I will catch you and roast... ah!" Before Xiao Yan finished speaking, he was whipped again, and he screamed again.

The birds in the sky saw Xiao Yan still screaming, and after the ammunition was exhausted, they had to fly away to find if there were any early-rising insects.

"Hehe! Little guy, there are quite a few people who care about you!" Yao Lao floated out of the ring and said with a smile.

"Hehe, didn't we auction a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid today? I discussed it with the three elders and divided this bottle of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid into two parts, one for you and the other for others in the family. I can't be too biased, right?" Xiao Zhan said with a smile.

Seeing Xiao Yan's expression of wanting to speak but stopping, Xiao Zhan said embarrassedly: "No way, the gold coins spent this time are a bit too much, if I give it all to you..."

"What is Father thinking? I want to say that I don't need Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid very much now, you should distribute it all to others!" Xiao Yan said helplessly.

"Is Brother Xiao Yan there?" Xun Er's voice sounded outside the door.

Jumping up from the wooden barrel and standing on a giant rock, after putting on his clothes, Xiao Yan turned and asked Yao Lao: "Teacher, you said that I train like this every day, can my body strength really be compared to magical beasts?"

The body strength of magical beasts is much stronger than that of humans, and experts of any realm are unwilling to fight magical beasts in close combat. Even a Dou Huang powerhouse as strong as Yun Yun didn't dare to get close when fighting the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, because the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King almost tore Yun Yun apart with just one claw, and if it weren't for the Sea Heart Armor, Yun Yun would probably have been finished on the spot.

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