Chapter 291: The Power of a Single Word

Elder Qing had asked repeatedly at the time, but Bai Ya and Lv Man refused to answer; it was only because Qing Lin wanted to show off that she told her.

"You... you are..." Elder Qing was so scared that her face changed drastically, and her footsteps retreated involuntarily.

"For the sake of Qing Lin, I won't make things difficult for you. Get lost quickly!" Xiao Yan said in an icy tone.

"I'm leaving right now! Qing Lin is doing very well with us!" Seeing that this person was truly Xiao Yan, Elder Qing didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly bowed to apologize, and took the Heaven Snake Mansion people away quickly.

The Blood Sect, the Black Skeleton, and some onlookers who were waiting to pick up scraps were dumbfounded to see Xiao Yan scare away the Heaven Snake Mansion with just one sentence.

However, from the previous conversation, they also learned a piece of information: Xiao Yan had once injured the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and Lv Man, and the injuries were not light.

Who in the Dou Qi Continent didn't know the fierce reputation of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor? To be able to injure him, and that too when the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and a Dou Huang joined forces, just how powerful must Xiao Yan be!

"Sect Master, I am increasingly believing that what the merchant named Duo Ma said is true!" Manager Hu, hiding in the dark, saw Xiao Yan scare away the Heaven Snake Mansion with just one sentence and said to the middle-aged man beside him.

"Let's keep watching!" The middle-aged man was clearly also lingering in fear. Although he already believed Manager Hu's words, he was still skeptical in his heart; after all, Xiao Yan was too young, not even twenty years old. Such a young Dou Huang—was he a monster?

Seeing the Heaven Snake Mansion scared away by a single sentence from Xiao Yan, Fan Lao and Mo Erhan became even more wary of Xiao Yan.

"Heh heh, we have a good relationship with the Heaven Snake Mansion. Since the Heaven Snake Mansion isn't participating, we won't participate either. Farewell!" Mo Erhan bowed to Xiao Yan and took his people away, but they didn't go far, still secretly watching from not far away, wanting to know Xiao Yan's true strength.

Although the Heaven Snake Mansion was scared away by a single sentence from Xiao Yan, the crowd wasn't stupid; what if this was a play put on by the Heaven Snake Mansion and Xiao Yan?

Xiao Yan slammed his right palm toward these Blood Sect warriors, and the transparent light ball in his hand shot out directly, then rapidly expanded in the air.

These were refined by the Blood Sect using blood slaves; they suffered endless torture while alive and had to work for the Blood Sect after death, which was truly pathetic.

Xiao Yan looked at the dull-faced Blood Sect warriors who carried no emotion and hooked his mouth into a disdainful smile.

Hearing this, Fan Lao, who had originally wanted to give up like the Black Skeleton and the Heaven Snake Mansion, carefully sized up Xiao Yan and found that Xiao Yan was only about eighteen years old.

After thinking it over, Fan Lao finally couldn't help but want to test him and ordered the Blood Sect warriors behind him to attack Xiao Yan.

Whenever they encountered an alchemist with an Exotic Fire, the Blood Sect members couldn't exert even 30% of their strength. The Blood Sect had an unwritten rule: never provoke someone with an Exotic Fire; otherwise, it was a dead end. If they encountered someone with an Exotic Fire, they should run as far as they could.

Fan Lao believed that an eighteen-year-old could reach Dou Ling or even Dou Wang; after all, Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region had such geniuses. But reaching Dou Huang was too ridiculous, let alone a Dou Huang who could defeat the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor.

The reason Xiao Yan was so bold and didn't put the Blood Sect in his eyes at all was, of course, because the cultivation method practiced by the Blood Sect was cold and feared Exotic Fire the most.

"Three Parts Return to Origin Qi!"

"Father! I think this is a play he put on with the Heaven Snake Mansion. He's not even as old as I am; even if he started cultivating from his mother's womb, it's impossible for him to be this powerful!" Seeing his father also wanting to give up, Fan Ling reminded him immediately.

"Run!" Although Fan Lao didn't feel any energy fluctuations, a tremor from his soul suddenly surged into his heart, as if a mouse had encountered a cat.

"Boom!" The transparent sphere suddenly exploded, and a terrifying energy ripple swept toward the Blood Sect people. Everything it passed turned into ashes.

Fan Lao desperately urged the Dou Qi in his body to condense a blood-colored defensive shield in front of him, but this defensive shield only held for a moment before being directly disintegrated. The fierce force slammed heavily onto Fan Lao, and his entire body was instantly sent flying, falling heavily to the ground, and a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out.

"This... this is too terrifying!" The onlookers who were secretly watching saw Xiao Yan destroy the Blood Sect people and seriously injure Fan Lao with just one move, and they felt incomparably terrified in their hearts.

Fan Lao was already scared out of his wits at this moment and hurriedly summoned his blood-colored wings to escape into the distance, his speed as fast as it could be.

Seeing Fan Lao fleeing, Xiao Yan was too lazy to chase; it was better to keep this person for now! After all, it wasn't the time to conquer the Black-Corner Region yet, so he could kill him later.

At this moment, Fan Ling was injured by the aftermath and lay on the ground, dying, looking at Xiao Yan with fear.

Xiao Yan walked to Fan Ling, hooked his mouth into a smile, took off the storage ring on his hand, checked it, and after finding the Three Thousand Lightning Movement inside, nodded with satisfaction.

"Don't be afraid! I just want this Dou Technique! You aren't qualified to die at my hands!" Xiao Yan said to Fan Ling with a gentle smile.

Looking at Xiao Yan, who was like a demon, Fan Ling felt that he was truly far behind Xiao Yan. He thought he was the Blood Sect's Young Sect Master whom everyone feared, but compared to Xiao Yan today, he was nothing.

After Xiao Yan put away the storage ring, his gaze swept back and forth around him. Everyone scanned by Xiao Yan's gaze felt terrified, fearing that Xiao Yan would strike them.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Xiao Yan whistled to the sky, called Hei Yu down, and then rode Hei Yu toward Jia Nan Academy.

The people hiding in the dark only exhaled the turbid air in their hearts after Xiao Yan left, dispelling the fear in their hearts.

"I didn't expect that in less than a year, this person has become even more terrifying and even more ruthless!" Elder Qing looked at the departing Xiao Yan, feeling lingering fear.

Xiao Yan flew all the way and stopped when he was about to reach Heping Zhen.

Within a hundred miles of Jia Nan Academy, one was not allowed to fly forcibly, otherwise, it would attract attacks.

Although Xiao Yan didn't have to care about these attacks, Jia Nan Academy had many hidden experts, so it wasn't appropriate to break in forcibly.

"Heping Zhen" was the first small town entering the vicinity of Jia Nan Academy from the Black-Corner Region.

Since it was called Heping Zhen (Heping Zhen), there must be a reason, because not far from the entrance of the town, there was a large tree, and some long-dried corpses were hanging on the tree. The owners of these corpses were not weak in strength when they were alive, including two Dou Wangs and one Dou Huang.

This tree was the "Dead Spirit Tree" that made countless people who wanted to come to Jia Nan Academy to cause trouble tremble with fear!

Anyone entering Heping Zhen from the Black-Corner Region, no matter how heavy their murderous aura was, had to put it away here and be a law-abiding good citizen.

After all, as long as one entered Heping Zhen, one would inevitably pass by the Dead Spirit Tree, and seeing the hanging corpses, even the most ruthless person would tuck their tail and behave.

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