Chapter 144: Xiao Yan's Choice

Although he planned to go out to handle business, Xiao Han was not foolish enough to leave the moment he had settled down.

On the contrary, Xiao Han first spent a month in a world for two with Yi Huang, then took the time to instruct his little disciple. Finally, under the other's resentful gaze, he left without taking a single cloud with him.

"I will have to trouble you to look after the Langya Pavilion and matters in the Central Plains." Before leaving,

Xiao Han entrusted this to Yunlei Jingling.

"Rest assured. Since it is to deal with that group of traitors, I will never spare myself," Yunlei Jingling said indifferently, with the air of a cold and aloof god.

"As long as that kind of thing appears in the Central Plains, it will absolutely not escape my perception."

"Mm, then we shall meet again!"

"Don't die out there," Yunlei Jingling said with a natural expression.

"What?" Xiao Han looked indignant. "You are so eager to curse me to death; do you want to inherit my family assets?"

"Get lost!" Yunlei Jingling could not take it anymore; even at this point, this brat was still so unserious.

Did he not know how troublesome the situation behind this matter was?

Ever since Yunlei Jingling returned to the Central Plains Continent, he had spent a long time understanding the factions within the continent.

And this time, he had gained a new understanding of that mysterious and treacherous Soul Clan. Through his exchanges with Xiao Han, Yunlei Jingling had already learned that the Soul Clan was now the strongest force in reality.

Moreover, the other side had now obtained a Forbidden item like Evil Qi, causing their damage and destructive power to soar. Once the final showdown came, at least three of what they called Ancient Races would need to join forces to contend with them.

But how could this matter be easy?

Unless it reached a critical moment of life and death, wanting them to be close and seamless was nothing but a joke.

In this world, even cooperation required constant vigilance against being stabbed in the back by others; factions with a relationship like Sound Valley and Langya Pavilion were an anomaly among anomalies.

Yunlei Jingling always felt that Xiao Han seemed to possess a kind of confidence—a strange confidence that the Soul Clan would eventually be finished—which was simply incomprehensible.

However, Yunlei Jingling's full belly of doubts,

along with Xiao Han's departure, could only be buried deep in his heart.

As for Yi Huang, she was somewhat helpless.

She had a premonition,

perhaps when news of Xiao Han spread outside the Central Plains, it would likely be big news.

And after Xiao Han left,

the famous Langya Pavilion also took the opportunity to fall into silence. Many Disciples and Elders, except for some necessary personnel sent abroad, all returned to the Langya Realm within the pavilion to cultivate.

And when the entire Central Plains learned that the Soul Hall and Langya Pavilion had reached a peace agreement, it stirred up a small disturbance once again, but the parties involved did not pay much attention to it, and this little bit of heat naturally faded away quickly.

……

Compared to the Langya Pavilion in the Central Plains turning from famous to obscure, a certain little friend of the Xiao Clan was very good at causing big news.

"Dou Zhe, one star." When the tester tremblingly read out the tester's level, the whole venue was in an uproar.

"Dou Zhe? How is this possible?" someone said in disbelief.

Although a Dou Zhe was not worth looking at compared to the current strength of the Xiao Clan's younger generation, it depended on the timing!

From the last time Xiao Yan tested at the third stage of Dou Qi to the current one-star Dou Zhe, the time that had passed was only ten months, not even a year. Such speed was truly shocking!

The tester's face was also full of surprise, and he excitedly said to a certain black-robed youth: "Congratulations, Third Young Master, on returning to being a Dou Zhe."

"Mm, thank you." Xiao Yan nodded expressionlessly, and after thanking him, he left calmly. If it were the former Xiao Yan,

he might have floated into the blue sky when faced with everyone's praise and pursuit.

But after three years of tempering, he was already able to calmly deal with such occasions. Fame and the like were all empty;

only strength could bring him true dignity.

After Xiao Yan finished testing his strength, he could not wait to return with Xun Er, and after separating from her, he quickly arrived at the back mountain of the Xiao Clan.

"Teacher, how is it? Do I have the qualifications to cultivate that growth-type Cultivation Method now?" Xiao Yan asked nervously and expectantly.

"Sigh, you brat!" As soon as Xiao Yan's voice fell, a transparent, aged figure floated out from the Ring in his hand.

Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan with a complex expression, not knowing whether this decision of his was right or wrong.

"I had better tell you about the situation of this Cultivation Method first. So you don't say I lied to you later, brat."

Yao Lao shook his head and said; if it were not for the need to have Xiao Yan refine a body for him, he might really not have been willing to let the latter cultivate this kind of Cultivation Method.

Now, let everything be decided by this brat!

"Oh? Is there anything special about this Cultivation Method?" Xiao Yan asked suspiciously.

"I told you at the beginning that this Cultivation Method was only Yellow Tier Low Grade," Yao Lao said.

"Mm!" Xiao Yan nodded; he had of course already considered this point, but he valued the subsequent problems more.

"This Cultivation Method is called Fen Jue."

"Fen Jue?" Xiao Yan muttered.

Yao Lao continued: "I have never cultivated this Cultivation Method, Fen Jue..."

"Wait!" Xiao Yan asked suspiciously, "Teacher, since you have never cultivated it, how do you know that Fen Jue can evolve?"

"It's written on the Cultivation Method!" Yao Lao said as a matter of course.

"You... you're really something!" Xiao Yan always had the feeling that he had boarded a pirate ship, and he did not know if it was too late to get off now.

"Rest assured, I have read this Cultivation Method, and there is indeed no problem. It's just..." Yao Lao was quite confident at first, but then he hesitated.

"Just what?" Xiao Yan really hated guys like Yao Lao who only said half of what they meant; it was uncomfortable.

"The conditions for this Cultivation Method to evolve are very harsh, even bizarre!" Yao Lao said.

"Oh?" Xiao Yan became interested. "How is it bizarre?"

"Fen Jue possesses the ability to fuse with Exotic Fire, and at the same time, it needs to swallow Exotic Fire to evolve," Yao Lao gave an earth-shattering answer.

"Fuse with Exotic Fire? Swallow Exotic Fire?" Xiao Yan asked in succession, and after receiving Yao Lao's affirmation, he was immediately unwilling.

"Teacher, aren't you playing with me?" Xiao Yan waved his hands repeatedly; not to mention the danger of swallowing and refining Exotic Fire, that was walking on the tip of a knife at every moment—if one was not careful, one would be turned into ashes.

Furthermore, is the scarcity of Exotic Fire something an ordinary person can get their hands on? Whether this Cultivation Method can be advanced to the Heaven Tier level is something I don't even know in this lifetime.

"Yes, it's very crazy, right!" Yao Lao said with a sense of loss, "In my opinion, if one wants to cultivate it to the highest realm, the success rate is less than twenty percent!"

"Of course..." Yao Lao's voice rose a little higher, "I have a premonition that if one can truly succeed in cultivating it, its power will be terrifying!"

This is no lie; the effect of this fusion of Exotic Fire is unique in the world, being able to fuse Exotic Fire, if one were to truly find five or six of them.

"Hiss—"

That power...

Yao Lao dared not imagine it!

"This depends on your willingness. With your talent, if you continue to cultivate your original Cultivation Method, I think defeating that Nalan Yanran should not be a problem, so this Burning Technique is of little significance to you."

Xiao Yan did not respond, but instead fell into deep thought, while Yao Lao waited for the former's answer.

Just when Yao Lao thought Xiao Yan was about to refuse...

"I agree!" Xiao Yan's voice came through.