Chapter 80: Yao Lao's Deep Sleep

In the dense forest, an old man and a young man were walking slowly through the woods. But if one observed carefully, one would find that the old man was holding a red scroll in his hands, looking down at it, and gesturing with his hands while watching.

The youth had a black giant sword strapped to his back, his figure moving forward slowly. But strangely, one couldn't see the youth's legs; one could only see the dust raised behind him. It turned out it wasn't that the youth didn't have legs, but that the speed of his legs was so fast that they couldn't be seen clearly at all.

Logically speaking, with such fast footsteps, the speed shouldn't be slow, but the youth's speed was like he was taking a stroll, which made people feel very strange.

Just when the two had walked another distance, the old man finally stopped and closed the scroll in his hand. The youth beside the old man saw that the old man had stopped, so he also halted his figure, looking at the old man with an expectant face.

"It took nearly ten days of effort, but it's finally studied. Now I can teach you." Yao Lao said to the youth with a smile.

"That's because Teacher is diligent enough; otherwise, you wouldn't have needed to study for so many days." Xiao Yan felt a joy in his heart when he heard Yao Lao's words, because he could finally learn the Flame Fist.

Yao Lao took the storage ring from Xiao Yan's hand and probed it with his soul power, a look of gratification appearing on his face.

The Cloud-Parting Palm is a range-based attack, and its single-target attack is insufficient; this Flame Fist just happens to make up for this defect of Xiao Yan's.

"Teacher, what good things did Old Man Fama give you?" Xiao Yan saw the joyful look on Yao Lao's face and knew that what Fama gave must not be simple.

"Teacher, you can rest assured and absorb them! This is only the outer perimeter of the Magical Beast Mountain Range; even a Tier 2 magical beast I can fight. As for mercenaries, the Magical Beast Mountain Range is so big, how could it be so easy to encounter them? I am now a 6-star Dou Zhe, my physical strength is comparable to a magical beast, and coupled with the many Dou Techniques I have mastered, if I didn't even dare to train alone like this, wouldn't I have lived in vain! Besides, a young eagle must eventually leave its parents and fly alone. Being protected by Teacher all the time, I have no sense of crisis, which is not conducive to growth!" Xiao Yan spoke eloquently about his thoughts.

Xiao Yan saw red flames erupting from his fist. The flames changed constantly, finally forming a huge flame fist, which slammed directly into the mountain wall. The flame fist contained infinite power, blasting a large hole into the entire mountain wall, a full several meters deep, and the cave walls even had fire-red rocks that looked like magma.

"The Great King told me to patrol the mountain, be careful of Sun Wukong, Yier You!"

"Ah? Deep sleep, why is that?" Xiao Yan was a bit puzzled.

If Yao Lao were to fall into a deep sleep now, he wouldn't be able to protect Xiao Yan along the way, and Xiao Yan would have to face danger alone.

"Then why were you guarding against others before!" Yao Lao rolled his eyes and then said.

Whether it is the interior of the Magical Beast Mountain Range or the Taguer Desert, both are much more dangerous than now. If he waited until he returned to the clan to let Yao Lao take them, it would obviously not be enough time. If Yao Lao were still in a deep sleep then, how would he dare to venture into the interior of the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone? Should he just wait at home for Yao Lao to wake up and then go out to train?

Xiao Yan thought over and over again, still feeling that it was most appropriate for Yao Lao to absorb these medicinal herbs that enhance the soul now. Because although Yao Lao's strength is not weak now, the enemies Xiao Yan will face in the future are too strong.

"Sigh! If I had been like you at that time, perhaps I wouldn't be in the state I am now." Yao Lao muttered in a low voice.

"Then Teacher should hurry up and refine these medicinal herbs, and then absorb them!" Xiao Yan saw that Yao Lao was a bit sentimental, so he immediately changed the subject.

"That is true! There are really not many things in the outer perimeter of this Magical Beast Mountain Range that can hurt you. But you still need to be more careful when you are alone! I hope that when I wake up, you will already be a Dou Shi." Yao Lao nodded, then turned into a white light and drilled into the ring to absorb those medicinal herbs that enhance the soul.

However, Xiao Yan only trained in the outer perimeter of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and almost no magical beasts in the outer perimeter could threaten Xiao Yan. Only those mercenaries might pose a threat to Xiao Yan; the Magical Beast Mountain Range is not only magical beasts, and mercenaries are sometimes more dangerous than magical beasts.

"The power is indeed not bad; it will be more convenient to dig holes in the future." Xiao Yan looked at the destruction he had caused with excitement.

But if Yao Lao didn't take these soul-enhancing herbs now, where would there be time! After Xiao Yan returned to the clan this time, he planned to hold the Adult Ceremony, then participate in the Jia Nan Academy assessment, then go directly to train in the interior of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and then cross the Magical Beast Mountain Range to enter the Taguer Desert.

Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan began to ponder, considering the pros and cons.

Under Yao Lao's hand-in-hand guidance, Xiao Yan soon got started. Xiao Yan walked to a mountain wall, closed his eyes and focused, circulated the Dou Qi in his body, and ran it according to the route of the Flame Fist.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Xiao Yan spat out the mud in his mouth, looked back, and it was actually a person, and it seemed to be a dead person.

"Hehe, you are quite thoughtful, but if I absorb these medicinal herbs, I estimate I will be in a deep sleep for a period of time." Yao Lao said with gratification.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in the east of the Magical Beast Mountain Range is one thing, but like Queen Medusa in the Taguer Desert, Jia Xingtian who had schemed against him in the Imperial Capital, and Yun Shan and the Eagle Protector of the Yunlan Sect, these people are either peak Dou Huangs or Dou Zong powerhouses. With Yao Lao's current strength, it is obviously not enough.

Xiao Yan didn't want Yao Lao to be captured by the people of the Hall of Souls in the future. If that happened, his transmigration would be meaningless, and he wouldn't even be able to change Yao Lao's fate. Then he might as well just find a piece of tofu and hit his head against it.

Xiao Yan was humming a song, walking slowly on the road, when suddenly a black shadow fell from the sky, smashing Xiao Yan directly to the ground, letting Xiao Yan have an intimate contact with the ground.

"It seems Old Man Fama is still not bad!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Just saying nice things!" Yao Lao smiled and began to teach Xiao Yan how to use the Flame Fist.

"It's just that my strength is too weak! Besides, we haven't been together for long. As long as I don't do anything to let him down, it's fine. As for guarding against him, it's still necessary. I just need to be able to say I have a clear conscience." Xiao Yan said as if it were a matter of course.

"Hmm, it is indeed not bad. They are all very rare medicinal herbs, and among them are several that can enhance soul power. Although they can't compare to the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva, they are still rare good things." Yao Lao said with a smile.

"I was too busy studying the Dou Technique and forgot about the things Old Man Fama sent to Teacher." Xiao Yan slapped his head. These ten days he had been busy studying the Wind God Leg and hadn't remembered. Xiao Yan took out a storage ring from his bosom and handed it to Yao Lao.

"I am currently in a soul state and can only rely on deep sleep to improve my strength. If I absorb these medicinal herbs, it will take at least half a year or even a year to wake up. In that case, I won't be able to protect you during this time." Yao Lao explained.

"Jump off a cliff to find treasure? Commit suicide for love? Killed by someone and then abandoned?" Xiao Yan first looked up at the towering mountain peak, then looked down at the man lying on the ground.

The man was not very old, with a head of snow-white hair, but his face had a faint delicate luster. He was wearing a tattered white robe, but at this time, a red robe would be more appropriate, because it was covered in bloodstains.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 81 =====