Chapter 428: Gathering from All Sides

"Screech!"

In the silent sky, a cry of an eagle suddenly rang out, stirring up a gust of wind. Immediately, a golden shadow streaked rapidly across the sky, with three people—one man and two women—sitting on the golden eagle's back.

This golden eagle was naturally Xiao Yan's mount, Hei Yu. After Xiao Yan entered the Central Plains, he had handed Hei Yu over to Yao Lao, asking him to help Hei Yu improve its strength.

Yao Lao did not fail Xiao Yan's entrustment; in just two or three years, Hei Yu had reached the Seventh-Rank Magical Beast level. Its speed was incomparably fast, and it showed no fear of Zi Yan at all, which indicated that its bloodline grade was not much lower than hers.

At first, Hei Yu did not agree to let Zi Yan and Mu Qingluan ride on its back. After all, Zi Yan was a Void Ancient Dragon and Mu Qingluan was of the Qingluan Clan; both were magical beasts, and Hei Yu naturally did not want to feel inferior to them.

However, Hei Yu now had the mentality of a child. Xiao Yan cajoled and deceived it, and even shared half of Zi Yan's snacks with it, only then did it agree to head to the Beast Region together.

"Sigh! Why do we have to go to the Beast Region! What is there to have fun with in the Beast Region? Can't you just go yourself? Why do you have to drag me along!" Zi Yan sat on Hei Yu's back, feeling that nothing about this was pleasant.

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at Zi Yan. He did not want Zi Yan to continue idling away her time eating and drinking. Returning to Gu Long Dao early to obtain the inheritance would allow her strength to improve somewhat. Zi Yan's current strength was only at the Dou Zong level; although not weak, it could no longer play much of a role.

"Stop complaining. This Ancient Ruin has things you need. Obtaining them will be of great benefit to you. If they are acquired by other races, your clan will be in trouble," Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

Hearing this, Zi Yan was startled. She widened her eyes and stared straight at Xiao Yan, asking, "What good things?"

"I don't know!" A sly smile curled the corners of Xiao Yan's mouth. He certainly could not tell Zi Yan now.

"Tch! Boring!" Zi Yan rolled her eyes, feeling that Xiao Yan was lying to her. After all, what good things had she not seen before?

Seeing that Zi Yan did not believe him, Xiao Yan did not say anything more. He gripped his palm abruptly, and a cluster of purple-black flames appeared in his palm, with a giant dragon coiling within the flames.

"This Three Thousand Burning Flame is an Exotic Fire kept by your clan. I have already wiped away its intelligence; now it belongs to you. It can be considered returning it to its rightful owner. With it, you will no longer be afraid of getting hurt. Even when fighting against experts at the Dou Zun level, you will not fall behind," Xiao Yan said with a smile as he looked at Zi Yan.

Hearing this, Zi Yan was instantly overjoyed. She liked head-on collisions the most, but she would get injured when encountering experts much stronger than her. Now, with this Three Thousand Burning Flame, her combat power would be greatly enhanced.

Not only that, but after having this Three Thousand Burning Flame, the speed at which she digested those medicinal pills would be greatly increased, and her strength would improve even faster.

"Are you really going to give this Three Thousand Burning Flame to me?" Zi Yan looked at the Three Thousand Burning Flame, rubbed her hands, and said.

Xiao Yan nodded, placed the Three Thousand Burning Flame into Zi Yan's palm, and said with a smile, "This originally belonged to you; now it is just returning to its rightful owner. However, this Three Thousand Burning Flame had a large amount of energy absorbed by me, so it is now just a wisp of origin fire seed. You must cultivate it well to make it effective."

"Hee hee! Then thank you!" After thanking Xiao Yan, Zi Yan directly condensed a dragon seal, subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and then took it into her body.

Feeling that the speed of refining the medicinal power within her body had indeed accelerated significantly, Zi Yan was instantly overjoyed and took out another bottle of medicinal pills, pouring them directly into her mouth. Beside her, Mu Qingluan saw that Xiao Yan could even give away an Exotic Fire and was instantly envious. She wanted a gift too! But she could not bring herself to ask.

"The Beast Region is even more dangerous than Zhongzhou. You are only bringing the two of us; isn't that a bit too arrogant?" Zi Yan looked at Xiao Yan and asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan also sighed. He wanted to bring along a few experts as helpers, but there was no way.

Xiao Yi Xian had gone to a ruin of the Woeful Poison Body, where there was a method from the previous possessor of the Woeful Poison Body to completely control it.

Although Xiao Yan had helped Xiao Yi Xian refine a poison pill, that was only a temporary control. Once Xiao Yi Xian's strength improved, the Woeful Poison Body would still have the risk of erupting.

However, the previous possessor of the Woeful Poison Body had left behind a method to completely control the Woeful Poison Body before dying, so Xiao Yan had let Xiao Yi Xian go there first.

As for Tianhuo Zunzhe, Xiao Yan had refined the Fuling Green Pill for him, and he was currently recovering his strength.

With Xiao Yan's current strength, there were not many experts who could help him. It made no difference whether those who had just entered the Dou Zun level were brought along or not, so Xiao Yan only brought Zi Yan and Mu Qingluan, who was showing the way. If he brought others, Xiao Yan would likely have to divide his attention to protect them.

"Qingluan, which factions are heading to the Beast Region this time?" Xiao Yan looked at Mu Qingluan and asked.

Hearing this, Mu Qingluan thought for a moment and said, "In the past, when some Yuan Gu Yi Ji opened, the news would be concealed, and only some major factions would know. But this time it is very strange; the news is almost public, so the number of people going is countless. Of course, I won't mention some small factions and lone cultivators. Just speaking of the more famous factions in Zhongzhou, people from the Four Square Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, Bing He Valley, and Heaven Underworld Sect are going. As for the Hall of Souls, although there has been no movement yet, the opening of these ruins in the past has never lacked the presence of the Hall of Souls."

"It seems this Ancient Ruin has quite an attraction! Most of the factions in Zhongzhou are participating!" Xiao Yan said with quite a bit of emotion.

The other three pavilions in the Four Square Pavilion could no longer be taken seriously by Xiao Yan and could be ignored; Bing He Valley could also be omitted. Only the people from the Heaven Underworld Sect and Burning Flame Valley made Xiao Yan feel some apprehension.

The Burning Flame Valley Valley Master, Tang Zhen, was a Dou Zun Peak expert at the five-star level. Although he could not make Xiao Yan apprehensive, Burning Flame Valley had a deep foundation and had Dou Sheng experts behind them, so Xiao Yan did not want to offend them while ensuring his own interests.

As for the Heaven Underworld Sect, their strength was also not weak; they had many Dou Zun experts and two experts at the Half-Saint level.

"Actually, one must not only be careful of these factions in Zhongzhou; the Beast Region is, after all, the home of magical beasts, and the magical beasts inside are countless. Among them, the Three Great Families are the most powerful: the Void Ancient Dragon, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and the Nine Serenity Deep Earth Python. However, because the Nine Serenity Deep Earth Python reproduces prolifically, this has led to their bloodline becoming less and less pure," Mu Qingluan reminded Xiao Yan as she looked at him.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded. Xiao Yan was certainly no stranger to these three families; the corpse of a Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan member had even been used by Xiao Yan to resurrect Yao Lao! As for the Void Ancient Dragon, wasn't the one right in front of him one? "I also heard that recently a mysterious person has been active among the Nine Serenity Deep Earth Python tribe, continuously capturing experts of their clan. Although the Nine Serenity Deep Earth Python tribe has sent many experts to surround and suppress them, it has been to no avail, and most of them have been controlled. So, the Nine Serenity Deep Earth Python tribe can now be said to have fallen into a huge crisis," Mu Qingluan continued.

(End of this chapter)