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  Saying he wanted a Tian Css Dou Teique, Xiao Yan knew he was being a bit fanciful. Teiques of that level could only be found in pces like the tral Pins.

  However, he did have his own objective in ing to the Book Colle Hall this time—he hoped to find a sonic-type Dou Teique.

  After ing the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, Xiao Yan was fortuo i a trace of faint dragon aura. When he used sonic-type Dou Teiques, they would carry a hint on might that could shake people's hearts and souls.

  But within his mysterious ste ring, there were no sonic-type Dou Teiques suitable for him to cultivate. So he po try his luck at the Book Colle Hall.

  'Is there really nothing else? Only this Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar? But it's just a High Xuan Css Dou Teique.' Xiao Yan hadn't failed to find a sonic Dou Teique; it's just that this sonic Dou Teique was only High Xuan Css. He felt it was a bit too low-level.

  Now that he was already a 2-star Dou Spirit, the strong enemies he'd enter iure would basically be Dou Kings and above. A High Xuan Css teique seemed somewhat ie.

  "Xiao Yan ge-ge, there's not much time left," Xun Er gently reminded him.

  Suddenly, a fiery-red light shot out from within the energy wall with a whoosh.

  The temperature in the massive room rose slightly as soon as the fiery-red light appeared. Bai Shan and the others hurriedly turheir gazes over. Seeing the momentum brought by this fiery-red cluster of light, they were momentarily stuhen reflexively darted toward it.

  However, just as they began to move, Xiao Yan, who had noticed the fiery-red light before them, transformed into a dark shadow and suddenly appeared. His palm grabbed the cluster of light, enduring the scorg heat, and scooped it into his hand. He then rapidly retreated while Xun Er cleverly fshed forward, blog Bai Shan and the other two.

  "Heh heh." Xiao Yan gri Bai Shan and the others, then walked over to Xun Er's side while holding the fiery-red cluster of light. His gaze swept over the tents within the glow, then he was stunned for a moment, his throat slowly moving as he swallowed.

  "Not bad, it's indeed a good item."

  Within the fiery-red cluster of light in his hand ale-red scroll, and that scorg heat was emitted from within it. His gaze peed the glow and carefully sed over the pale-red scroll, vaguely able to see some words on it.

  "Nine Layer Phoenix Fme Skill, Middle Di Css Qi Method."

  Just these few simple words made Xiao Yan involuntarily swallow hard. A Middle Di Css Qi Method!

  The Fme Mantra had devoured so many Heavenly Fmes just to reach Low Di Css! And now, he held a scroll of a Middle Di Css fire-attribute Qi Method in his hand.

  Even if this kind of Qi Method ced in the Bck-er Region where stolen or smuggled goods from the ti flowed through, it would definitely be able to set off a sensation. tless fas would fight over this Qi Method until their heads were broken and blood flowed. Yet now, this invaluable Di Css Qi Method had so simply fallen into his hands. It really was somewhat drama like.

  Xiao Yan's palm tossed the extremely light scroll in his hand. His hand, however, felt a somewhat heavy feeling. Something that he couldn't even dream of obtaining in the past was now casually spat out from this mysterious Book Colle Hall. The vast colle owned by Jia Nan Academy left him endlessly amazed.

  Xiao Yan sighed inwardly; it ity. Now, no matter what, he couldn't possibly switch to cultivating another Qi Method. If he could obtain the Falle Fme, bined with the Bone Chilling Fme, he was fident he could evolve the Fme Mantra to the Tian Css!

  "Xun Er, your Qi Method hasn't reached the Di Css yet, right? Here, this is for you." Xiao Yan shattered the light barrier with a palm strike and hahe Qi Method to Xun Er.

  "This guy is really generous. That's a Di Css Qi Method!" Although Bai Shan and the other two were mainly focused on tinuing their search, they still noticed Xiao Yan handing the Qi Method to Xun Er. Especially after hearing what Xiao Yan said, they couldn't help but be stuheir expressions turning plex. A Di Css Qi Method riceless—this guy was a bit too generous, wasn't he?

  Seeing Xun Er's stunned expression, Xiao Yan shrugged and said, "I 't ge my Qi Method now. I noticed yours seems to still be at the Xuan Css."

  Xun Er looked at Xiao Yan's sincere face, pursed her lips in a sweet smile, and said, "Alright then, I do need a transitional Qi Methht now. This item is just right."

  "Xun Er, you head out first. Time is almost up. I'll take another look. If there's really nothing good, I'll just take this Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar." Xiao Yan patted Xun Er's shoulder and gave her a wink.

  A strange light fshed in Xun Er's beautiful eyes. She smiled sweetly, nodded, ahe Book Colle Hall with the scroll.

  When Wu Hao and Hu Jia saw Xun Er leaving and Xiao Yan standing at the entrah a smile on his face, they g each other and subsciously swallowed, then quietly left the Book Colle Hall without searg further.

  In their hearts, they silently prayed for Bai Shan. This fellow still hadn't realized who was targeting whom.

  When everyone had left, and only Xiao Yan and Bai Shan remained in the Book Colle Hall, the energy walls emitted a faint glow, and a su force appeared at the entrarying to pull them out.

  "Damn it! Are there really no other Di Css Dou Teiques?!" Bai Shan was extremely frustrated. He had just seen several clusters of light with strong energy, but failed to obtain any of them because of Xiao Yan.

  With a buzz, a silver-white cluster of light suddenly flew out from the wall. Bai Shan reized it as the cluster of light taining the Di Css Dou Teique he had almost grabbed at the very beginning!

  "That's mine!" Bai Sha out a loud roar, his entire body erupting with Dou Qi, transf into a white shadow and charging toward the cluster of light. That cluster of light seemed to be waiting for him, not moving at all.

  "Got it!" Bai Shan grabbed the cluster of light, but in the sed, his soul felt a pierg pain. The cluster of light in his hand seemed to be stimuted and whooshed out of his grasp, flying bato the energy wall.

  His fastantly turned pale, full of frustration. "How could this be? What exactly is going on?!"

  "Senior Brother Bai Shan, I thought you were just pretending to be stupid, but I didn't expect you to be truly stupid." Xiao Yan crossed his arms, grinning as he looked at the still-fused Bai Shan.

  Bai Shan abruptly turo look at Xiao Yan, suddenly realizing what had happened. He excimed, "It's you! This is all your doing!!"

  Xiao Yan immediately burst into ughter, doubling over as he said, "Didn't you hear what the Deputy Headmaster said earlier? In the past, there have ofteudents who obtained no rewards a empty-handed. Did you think it was because they were greedy?"

  When Xiao Yan first entered, he had uood. Those students didn't fail because of greed. They failed because they were obstructed by others.

  "Jie Jie Jie, if you take any reward out of this Book Colle Hall, I'll write my name 'Xiao Yan' backward." Xiao Yan spread his Eagle Wings; Mao Wu emerged from the void and stood on his shoulder.

  A powerful bck fme enveloped the Eagle Wings, turning them into Bck Fme Wings. Xiao Yan hovered silently in the air, looking down at Bai Shan.

  Though killing rohibited in the academy, and students couldn't be severely injured without reason, Xiao Yan could still prevent him from obtaining any resources.

  Bai Shan was incredibly regretful now. He had been basking in the limelight of the Outer Academy for too long. Xiao Yan had only arrived four months ago and had basically been training Xiao Ning and the others in the Dou Teique Hall, almost like an invisible person.

  He still hadn't realized that Xiao Yan was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

  No matter how Bai Shan tried to snatch the clusters of light, just as they were about to be in his grasp, the empty space would distort, and a wisp of bck fme would shoot out to knock the cluster of light away.

  Xiao Yan was like a cat pying with a mouse. Sineone didn't know his pce, he naturally had to teach him a good lesson.

  "Ah! Damn it!!" The su frew stronger and stronger, finally pulling away the empty-handed Bai Shan, leaving only his unreciled roar eg.

  At this point, Xiao Yan was also about to be uo resist the force pulling him out, but the er of his mouth curled into a meaningful smile.

  "'No matter how many you pick up, you only bring out oem from the Book Colle Hall. Do not be greedy; otherwise, you may end up with nothing...' I'd like to see whether the rules of your Book Colle Hall are stronger or the power of the Nihility Dev Fme is stronger."

  Boom boom boom!!

  The Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body circuted frantically!

  Meow!! Mao Wu let out a cry and spat out a rge amount of Nihility Dev Fme from its mouth!

  Xiao Yan wasn't here to get just one reward; he was here to sweep the shelves!

  The Nihility Dev Fme possessed the power to devour everything. It could even swallow the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence of the Amethyst Winged Lion King and cut off the Green Lotus Root of the Green Lotus Core Fme.

  Sihat was the case, the rule that one couldn't take out more than one light cluster reward from the Book Colle Hall could certainly be devoured!

  With a thought, Xiao Yan trolled Mao Wu to the dozens of clusters of light he had marked with Soul Chase. With several whooshing sounds, Mao Wu suddenly inhaled, and those clusters of light were sucked into the Nihility Space within its body, like pearls being sucked up while drinking bubble tea.

  "Let's go!"

  Xiao Yahe scroll of the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar in his hand and called Mao Wu into his Acceptance Soul. After that, he flew out of the Book Colle Hall with a fp of his Eagle Wings.

  Just as Xiao Yan was about to fly out of the Book Colle Hall, his powerful Spiritual Strength sensed a spatial force actually peing his body, reag into his Acceptance Soul, attempting to seize the clusters of light.

  Whoosh! A surge of bck fme erupted, directly dev this spatial rule force. Feeling the power of the Nihility Dev Fme at work, a smile tugged at Xiao Yan's mouth as he transformed into a dark shadow and flew out of the Book Colle Hall.

  Ending up empty-handed like drawing water with a bamboo basket? Someoh true strength would just take the entire well!

  Xiao Yaeadily on the ground with a soft thud after exiting the Book Colle Hall.

  "You... you actually triggered the rule power of the Book Colle Hall and still mao e out with a scroll???" The two elders guarding the Book Colle Hall stared at Xiao Yan, who emerged unscathed and was even holding a scroll, as if they had seen a ghost.

  This Book Colle Hall was established by the Headmaster of Jia Nan Academy; the items inside were all his treasured colles. Moreover, the Book Colle Hall was not just a simple library. It tained spatial rules set by ae Dou Vee.

  Triggering the spatial rules meant Xiao Yan had vioted them by taking more thaem. Evewo of them couldn't break the Headmaster's rules, which was why they became the guardians of the Book Colle Hall, so they could obtain more high-grade Qi Methods and Dou Teiques.

  Xiao Yan smiled faintly and waved the scroll in his hand, "Didn't you say oem per person? Of course I e out."

  The two guardians exged gnces, knowing that Xiao Yan was lying. They could see the surprise and fusion in each other's eyes.

  In the end, both shook their heads. Since Xiao Yan was able to e out, it meant he had plied with the rules, so they couldn't interfere.

  "Xiao Yan ge-ge." Xun Er hurried over, looking at Xiao Yan with . Having been with Xiao Yan for so many years, she could uand his iions with just a gnd knew he wao do something eous.

  Xiao Yan smiled aly stroked Xun Er's silky hair. "It's alright."

  "Huh? Where's Senior Brother Bai Shan?" Xiao Yan asked, feigning ignorance.

  Hu Jia said irritably, "You tell me. That guy looked like a wronged little girl, about to cry after ing out, and stormed off in a huff."

  Wu Hao shook his head. He could tell that Xiao Yan was someone who repaid grievaenfold. Anyone who offended him would certainly face sequences.

  Xiao Yan's eyes darted around slightly as he said somewhat sheepishly, "Since everyone has received their rewards and e out, let's head back."

  Hu Gan looked at Xiao Yan strangely and said, "Alright, you've all obtained your rewards. Now, take two days to rest. After that, you'll o ehe Inner Academy. You'll have plenty of ces to cry out in hardship then."

  Looking at Hu Gan's smiling face, Xiao Yan and the others exged gnces and nodded slightly.

  The two guardians sighed as they watched Xiao Yan leave. The one on the left, Qian Mu, said, "I bet this kid defiook more thaem."

  Ba Lie stroked his beard and ughed, "If he has the ability, then it's his skill. The Headmaster initially said that the top five could ehe Book Colle Hall, but he never specified how many items they could take."

  "It's just that ter, many people became greedy and ended up leaviy-handed, which led to the additional rule that only oem could be taken."

  "In any case, this kid's future growth is immeasurable. The Inner Academy is likely to be turned upside down."

  What the two guardians didn't expect was that while the Inner Academy would indeed be turned upside down, it would be in a pletely different sense.

  With the disappearance of Xiao Yan and the others, this Book Colle Hall, hidden who knows where, finally returo its usual tranquility, not to be opened again until the end of the Inner Academy Qualifying petition.

  …

  After returning to the Xiao 's building, Xiao Yan rubbed his hands together and summoned Mao Wu.

  "e on, be a good kitty and spit out the goods," Xiao Yan said with a grin as he looked at Mao Wu.

  (ー`ー)

  Meow! Mao Wu frowned and turs head away. Those are mine.

  "Don't worry, you won't miss out this time. I promise to refine pills for you."

  Only after hearing Xiao Yan say this did Mao Wu spit out all the 'loot'—a total of over twenty clusters of light!

  If the Deputy Headmaster saw this, he'd probably want to kick Xiao Yan out of Jia Nan Academy. This was like letting a mouse loose in a granary!

  Xiao Yan crushed these clusters of light one by one. None of them tained scrolls; they were all extremely preedial ingredients and two high-tier pill recipes.

  High-tier pill recipes were equivalent to Di Css Dou Teiques for Xiao Yan.

  "Middle-Grade Tier 6 Pill—Golden Soul Pill. A pill that temporarily enhahe soul. After ption, it adds a golden spiritual yer to the soul, strengthening one's Spiritual Strength for a period."

  "High-Grade Tier 7 Pill—Mysterious Fme Red Pill. When ed by a fire-attribute Dou Aor, it increase their cultivation by oar."

  Xiao Yan revealed a satisfied smile when he saw the two pill recipes before him. He now only cked the alchemy experieo advao Tier 6.

  He had set goals for himself upoering the Inner Academy: obtain the Falle Fme to evolve the Fme Mantra, elevate his alchemy skills to tier 6 and above, cultivate all his Dou Teiques to at least minor mastery, and raise his cultivation to the Dou King realm her.

  ht—and also help Queen Medusa dense a physical body. He almost fot about that.

  Xiao Yan stored all the pill recipes and medial ingredients into his ste ring and toyed with the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar scroll in his hand.

  He had read the introdu to this Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar. It involved densing Dou Qi in the abdomen and throat, utilizing a special Dou Qi cirethod to attach Dou Qi to one's voice, thereby produg shockwave attacks against enemies. Because it ecial sound wave, it possessed peive power and area-of-effect damage.

  However, this was only a High Xuan Css teique, which seemed a bit g pared to the Di Css Dou Teiques he was currently cultivating.

  "Sigh, it seems I still o make a trip to the Soul Sacrifice Old Shop. I have a little over 20,000 soul points left. If that's not enough, I might have to sell some pills to Hun Lao Gui."

  If it were just for that trace on aura from the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, then the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar would suffice.

  But Xiao Yan discovered a problem. The special ability of the Ten Thousa Fme could amplify that trace on aura.

  The Ten Thousa Fme could strehe power of all magical beasts. If bined with its special ability, the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar wouldn't be enough to fully utilize it.

  Sihey had two days of rest before entering the Inner Academy, Xiao Yaed for a day. Early the m, after notifying the others, he flew out of Jia Nan City and arrived at Peace Town.

  …

  After donning his Soul Robe, Xiao Yan walked into the small alley that had set him on this path of urn.

  Now, he khat this alley had a spatial seal, and it was even more advahan the Space Lock of the Hall of Souls.

  After two years, Xiao Yan once again looked up at the dipidated signboard that seemed like it would colpse at any moment. This time, he pushed the door open without hesitation aered the Soul Sacrifice Old Shop.

  Xiao Yan stepped into the Soul Sacrifice Old Shop. The shop remained unged. It seemed that no matter how many years or millennia passed, this shop would remain the same, as if nothing on the Dou Qi ti could affect it.

  Hun Lao Gui was still the same as two years ago, sitting in his chair as if he hadn't moved since Xiao Ya.

  When Xiao Yan stepped in, the corpse-like Hun Lao Gui suddenly opened his eyes. His yellowed eyes fshed with a glimmer of soul light as they swept over Xiao Yan.

  "Jie Jie Jie, advang from a Soul Envoy to a Heaven Grade Protector in just two years. Such speed is rare even within the . Moreover..." Hun Lao Gui's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had noticed something, and said in a deep voice, "The Dou God Bloodline of the Xiao —though very faint—you now possess it."

  Having obtaihe Yin-Yang Twin Fme, Xiao Yan naturally knew about the matters between the Hun d the Xiao .

  However, he showed no fear, merely revealing a faint smile. Walking up to Hun Lao Gui, he pced his Soul and Token oable and said with a smile, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just here to purchase something."

  Hun Lao Gui revealed an unsightly smile and slowly said, "Jie Jie Jie, it's all the same. Without being a Dou God, all are mere mortals."

  Xiao Yan waved his hand, not wanting to discuss these matters. Currently, what the Hun truly feared was the Gu ; they wouldn't think highly of him at all.

  "I'm here to exge for items. Do you have any sonic-type Dou Teiques of Di Css her?"