Chapter 121: Swallowing the Seal (Fifth Chapter Complete, Requesting Subscriptions and Monthly Votes)

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Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong leapt to his feet, his eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity as he glared fiercely at Xiao Yan, as if trying to read the answer from Xiao Yan's gaze.

"Hai Lao, don't get worked up—sit down and have a drink first," Xiao Yan said calmly with a serene smile.

Hai Bodong took a deep breath, calming himself, and asked: "Is what you said true?"

Xiao Yan pulled the Shade of the Sand Mandala from his Mysterious Ring and placed it on the table. "It's true. When I infiltrated Shen Cheng to find the Shade of the Sand Mandala for you, I entered the SnakeTribe Empire's treasure vault."

Hai Bodong's eyes widened—entered the SnakeTribe Empire's treasure vault?! How could anyone possibly enter such a place?!

"Inside the vault, I found a Scroll detailing the Flame Sealing technique used by Mei Du Sha Queen. I gave it to my elder for analysis, and they eventually deduced the Reverse Unsealing Technique," Xiao Yan said with perfect calmness, uttering a half-truth.

Hai Bodong furrowed his brow, pondering whether Xiao Yan's words were true or false.

"But, Hai Lao, this method was painstakingly developed by my Clan Leader's elders. And yes, it can indeed break your Seal—but the Sixth-Rank Pill Formula and the Medicinal Materials…" Xiao Yan smiled faintly, his eyes nearly narrowing into those of a fox spirit.

How could Hai Bodong not hear the hidden meaning in those words?

"The Pill Formula and Medicinal Materials were meant to remove the Seal anyway—if you can help me break Mei Du Sha's Seal, I'll give them all to you." Hai Bodong shook his head with a bitter, helpless laugh, pulling out a pile of Pill Alchemy materials from his Mysterious Ring. In his hand he held a yellowed, ancient parchment. The pain on his face was real—not feigned. He had suffered countless hardships to obtain this Spirit Stone Formula.

After all, this was a Sixth-Rank Formula—giving it away hurt deeply.

Xiao Yan kept a warm smile on his face, secretly delighted. Even within his Mysterious Ring, Pill Formulas capable of breaking Seals were exceedingly rare. To casually acquire a Sixth-Rank Formula was simply perfect.

"Of course, I'm sure you still remember our wager—you promised me half of the Mei Te Er Auction House if I could break the Seal within a year, didn't you?" Xiao Yan didn't reach for the Formula yet, smiling pleasantly.

Hai Bodong's eyelid twitched violently—he had planned to use the agreement to make the Elixir as an excuse, but Xiao Yan had asked outright.

"I… I remember." Those two words were almost squeezed through Hai Bodong's teeth, revealing his inner struggle.

Hearing Hai Bodong's agreement, Xiao Yan finally took the ancient Pill Formula with a pleasant smile. His expression brightened even further.

"You truly have a way to break my Seal?" Hai Bodong asked for the second time.

"The Snake Tribe are naturally cold and Yin. Mei Du Sha Queen is even more so. Her Seal is intensely frigid. To break it, you must use a Heavenly Flame to enter your body and neutralize the Yin cold within the Seal," Xiao Yan said without a flicker of guilt.

"A Heavenly Flame?!"

Xiao Yan opened his palm—a cluster of blue-green flame appeared in his hand. "Fortunately, Mei Du Sha Queen generously gifted me one."

Hai Bodong fell silent. Introducing a Heavenly Flame into one's body to break a Seal was extremely dangerous—any misstep could cause irreversible damage.

Xiao Yan sensed Hai Bodong's concern and immediately pulled out an Alchemy Furnace from his Mysterious Ring. Right before Hai Bodong's eyes, he used Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire to refine a simple Fourth-Rank Pill.

Xiao Yan's Fire Control Power was flawless. The normally wild Heavenly Flame, due to the Burning Scripture, had become utterly obedient, completely under Xiao Yan's command.

With the Burning Scripture, Xiao Yan was without doubt the most perfect controller of Heavenly Flames on the Dou Qi Continent.

Puff—the three Da Huan Xue Dan were sealed into a Pill Bottle.

"Hai Lao, how's my Fire Control?" Xiao Yan smiled faintly, returning the Alchemy Furnace to his Mysterious Ring.

Not just Hai Bodong—even Hun Xu Zi had once praised Xiao Yan's Pill Alchemy talent. Seeing such mastery, Hai Bodong already believed half of what Xiao Yan claimed.

"Good! If you truly break my Seal, I, Hai Bodong, will remember this forever and treat you with sincerity!" Hai Bodong gritted his teeth—he could no longer bear this Seal any longer.

Twenty years! Do you know how those twenty years felt?!

Xiao Yan secretly rejoiced. His method was fake—but he truly had a way to break the Seal. He simply didn't want to reveal his Swallowing Flame's power.

Hai Bodong led Xiao Yan into a secret chamber. "No one will disturb us here."

"Then let's begin."

Xiao Yan lightly tapped Hai Bodong's shoulder with his left hand. A flash of blue-green flame erupted, instantly reducing Hai Bodong's robe to ash.

"Hai Lao, bear with the pain."

Xiao Yan's Soul Power slowly extended outward. With a thought, Mao Wu emerged from the Spirit Stone, shrinking to one-tenth the size of a fingernail before leaping onto Xiao Yan's fingertip.

Puff—Xiao Yan's finger pierced Hai Bodong's body, inserting Mao Wu directly into the location of the Seal.

Mei Du Sha's Seal was harsher than the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's—it had sealed nearly every acupoint in Hai Bodong's body, and Mei Du Sha's poison had coated even the Meridians.

To break this Seal, you didn't just need to swallow the Seal—you had to swallow the poison coating the Meridians too, without damaging the Meridians themselves.

If Xiao Yan were still the same Xiao Yan who had met Yun Yun in the Mo Shou Shan Mai, his success rate wouldn't have exceeded fifty percent.

But now, not only had Xiao Yan's Soul Power greatly increased—Mao Wu had grown stronger too.

Under Xiao Yan's control, the shrunken Mao Wu violently devoured the poison coating the Meridians—even the poison of Black Flame could be swallowed.

As Mao Wu traversed every Meridian, Black Flame continuously burned and consumed, and Hai Bodong clearly felt his body growing lighter.

That sense of smoothness returned once more!

As time slipped away, Hai Bodong's Spiritual Pressure steadily rose. Though sweat drenched his entire body, he could not hide the ecstatic smile on his face.

"Just a little more… just a little more!"

His eyes sharpened—a serpent pattern suddenly surged back. Xiao Yan's Soul Body instantly emerged from his body, slamming a palm forward. Swallowing Flame flooded Hai Bodong's entire body, like a tiger swallowing a snake whole.

The moment the serpent pattern vanished, Hai Bodong's tightly shut eyes snapped open. A brilliant light shot from his pupils like solid beams—the suppressed power within his body, held back for nearly decades, erupted violently.

Cracks began spreading across the walls of the secret chamber.

Sensing this Dou Huang power, Xiao Yan swiftly retreated.

"This damned Seal is finally gone! I am a Dou Huang again!!!" Hai Bodong's face glowed with wild joy as he threw his head back and laughed loudly.

After a moment, Hai Bodong turned to look at Xiao Yan, calmly seated in the chair beside him. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if plotting something.

Xiao Yan looked up at the hovering Hai Bodong and smiled with absolute confidence—as if Hai Bodong posed no threat whatsoever.

"What's wrong, Hai Lao? Do you feel unwell?" Xiao Yan slowly withdrew a Soul Token from his Mysterious Ring and placed it gently on the table.

(End of Chapter)