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  Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Hun Lao Gui's eyes drooped slightly, as if he were beginning to feel drowsy.

  "As long as you afford the price," Hun Lao Gui replied slowly, his voice sounding weak and listless.

  Xiao Yan smiled and said, "I still have over 20,000 soul points on my Soul and Token. If that's not enough, I sell some tier 5 medial pills. I have both Dou King Pills and Emperor Breaking Pills."

  "Moreover, I have a High Xuan Css sonic-type Dou Teique scroll, the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar. It hasn't been read yet, so it should fete soul points, right?"

  Xiao Yan took out two jade bottles taining pills and the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar scroll he had just obtained from the Book Colle Hall. Like pill recipes, Dou Teique scrolls were imprinted with Spiritual Strength; the more they were read, the more blurred the soul imprint became.

  Since Xiao Yan didn't pn to cultivate the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar, he might as well sell it.

  Hun Lao Gui looked at the pills and Dou Teique that Xiao Yan had pced oable, and this time he did not ridicule his items as junk, but his gaze still didn't hold them in high regard.

  After all, the Di Css Dou Teique that Xiao Yan wao exge for was quite valuable.

  "Even the weaker Low Di Css Dou Teiques are worth over 60,000 soul points. The items you have here add up to only 10,000 to 20,000 soul points at most." Hun Lao Gui g Xiao Yan and shook his head.

  Sonic-type Dou Teiques were retively rare to begin with, especially those of Di Css. Only Dou God s could probably bring them out.

  Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly, scratched his cheek with his finger, and said, "Well, uh, is it possible to buy o here? Or maybe give me a dist?"

  Hun Lao Gui seemed amused by his words. Revealing a mouthful of yellowed teeth, he ughed, "The Soul Sacrifice Old Shop never sells o."

  "However, I do have a scroll here that's retively cheap and should suit you." Hun Lao Gui slowly raised his withered right hand and reached into the shelf behind him.

  That withered hand actually passed through the shelf and reached deep inside!

  Soon, as if pulling something out of a four-dimensional pocket, he retrieved a purple scroll.

  The moment this scroll appeared, the trace on aura that Xiao Yan had obtained from ing the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill began to tremble, as if entering something terrifying, and recoiled.

  Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed as he stared at the scroll Hun Lao Gui pced oable. Just the aura emitted by this scroll was impressive! How could such a thing be cheap?!

  "What kind of Dou Teique is this?" Xiao Yan asked in a deep voice.

  "Jie Jie Jie, this isn't a Dou Teique, but a Beast Teique," Hun Lao Gui ughed.

  "Beast Teique?!" Xiao Yan frowned deeply. He had heard of Beast Teiques before. When Yun Yun had iated with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for the Purple Spirit Crystal, she had offered to provide a Dou Teique that magical beasts could cultivate.

  The Dou Teiques used by magical beasts were called Beast Teiques. As the name implied, Beast Teiques could only be cultivated by magical beasts, so they were much cheaper pared to human Dou Teiques.

  "You must have ed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and have a trace on aura hidden within your body. This Beast Teique is precisely one cultivated by the Dragon Race," Hun Lao Gui said slowly, flig his fio send the scroll flying toward Xiao Yan.

  Xiao Yan immediately frowned as the scroll nded in his hand. The scroll felt very strange, as if it were made from the hide of a magical beast!

  "Low Di Css Beast Teique—A Dragon Roar. A Beast Teique that simutes the roar of the A Void Dragon Tribe. When cultivated to perfe, it resembles the roar of an A Void Dragon: sound waves travel thousands of miles, dragon might surges vast and mighty, shattering gold and stone, causing souls to lose focus, even tearing the empty spad annihiting souls."

  "his Beast Teique simutes the r sound of the A Void Dragon. Cultivation requires possessing dragon bloodline and taining dragon aura."

  Xiao Yan's heart trembled. This Beast Teique was actually just a simution of the A Void Dragon's roar!

  'The A Void Dragons are this powerful!' Xiao Yan had read about some powerful magical beasts in the a books stored in his ste ring.

  Acc to legend, the A Void Dragons were born with mastery over Spatial Strength and could traverse the void. Their strength was incredibly formidable, making them the undisputed stro Magical Beast Tribe.

  Just simuting the dragon roar of the A Void Dragon Tribe stituted a Di Css Beast Teique!

  No wonder Hun Lao Gui would reend this Beast Teique to him. Generally speaking, the reason humans couldn't cultivate Beast Teiques was that they couldn't meet the cultivation requirements.

  Where would ordinary people get dragon aura from? Xiao Yan wasn't a human-dragon hybrid. But due to the miraculous effects of the pill, his body tained a trace on aura.

  With a puzzled expression, Xiao Yan said, "Are you sure I, as a human, cultivate this? This isn't a Dou Teique, and to imitate the A Void Dragon—how could I possibly do that alone?"

  Hun Lao Gui shook his head and replied, "No one has ever tried. But among Di Css sonic-type Dou Teiques, this is the cheapest. You 't afford the others."

  Xiao Yan quickly pondered. 'If it's just a trace on aura, it might not be enough. But I also have the Ten Thousa Fme. The special ability of the Ten Thousa Fme allows me to beast-transform. bined with the dragon aura from the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, perhaps I cultivate it.'

  Half-believing and half-doubting, Xiao Yan looked at Hun Lao Gui and said, "I won't include the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar. I'll exge this A Dragon Roar for the over 20,000 soul points on my Soul and Token, plus these pills."

  "Deal." Hun Lao Gui waved his hand, taking away the pills refined by Xiao Yan aing all the soul points from his Soul and Token.

  Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned. Shtforward?! He felt like he'd been tricked. Could it be that this Beast Teique had been unwanted for a long time, so he was eager to get rid of it?!

  I've been duped!

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  After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan did not immediately begin cultivating the A Dragon Roar. Instead, he used his Spiritual Strength to read and slowly digest and pte the spiritual information tained within the scrolls of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and the A Dragon Roar.

  Xiao Yan had siderable experien cultivating Di Css Dou Teiques. After all, he'd been cultivating the Fme Splitting Tsunami for many years.

  Without ao instruct him, Xiao Yan o spend more time p the principles of the Dou Teiques to cultivate them successfully.

  Each time he cultivated a Dou Teique, Xiao Yan would take time to meditate, mentally simuting the process.

  Sunlight gradually streamed into the room through the window. Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes; he had unknowingly meditated for aire day and night.

  Just after brushing his teeth and washing his face, a knock sou the door.

  "e in."

  "Xiao Yan ge-ge, the two days are up. Today, we'll be entering the Inner Academy. Are you ready?" Xun Er entered, dressed in a light green outfit. Her elegant and delicate face looked at Xiao Yan, ashing his face, and she said softly with a smile.

  Xiao Yan chuckled and nodded, hanging the towel on the rack. He put on the academy uniform jacket that Xun Er handed over and smiled, "The Inner Academy, huh? I'm really looking forward to today's 'Fire Energy Hunting petition'. I hope that fellow Bai Shan won't disappoint me and will send me plenty of fire energy."

  Earlier, Xiao Yan had arranged for other members of the Xiao to gather information about the Inner Academy and learhat there would be a 'Weli' today.

  He had been waiting for this weli for a long time, hoping that Bai Shan wouldn't let him down and would follow his pn accly.

  When Xiao Yahe other members of the Xiao to Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan's study, they found that the open spa front of the door was already filled with many people. These people were scattered into various groups, each chatting and ughing in low voices. Among these groups, the circles around Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia were the rgest.

  Of course, when Xiao Yan arrived, his seven-member group became the rgest force.

  Xiao Yan's appearance caused the lively open space to quiet down slightly. Except for a few people, most gazes directed at him were filled with awe and even fear.

  A few days ago, Xiao Yan had used his Dou Spirit strength to thhly crush those so-called geniuses of the Outer Academy in the Inner Academy Qualification petition. He alone had caused the academy to ge the rules and add five more spots.

  He had silenced all voices of dissent. Therefore, although he had only been at the academy for a few months, his reputation had already surpassed everyone ier Academy. In private, people even referred to him as the 'Great Demon,' aence absolutely not to be provoked.

  Xiao Yan and Xun Er walked straight through the crowd and arrived at the front. When Xiao Yan saw the hiddement and slight smugness in Bai Shan's eyes, he khat Bai Shan wouldn't let him down.

  As for Hu Jia and Wu Hao, they o him; their attitudes were noticeably better than before. Clearly, Xiao Yan making Bai Shaury-hawo days ago had left an impression on them.

  Although the two were proud, they weren't foolish. If unnecessary trouble could be avoided, that was naturally best.

  Hu Gan's gaze slowly swept over the fifty students in the open space. Seeing that no one was absent, he nodded with satisfa, stepped forward, and announced in a loud voice, "Dear students, today is the day you ehe Inner Academy. I want to gratute you. Your long-term efforts have finally paid off. I believe that after entering the Inner Academy, you may not be aced to the cultivatiohods there, but ohing I'm certain of is that you will be able to maximize your potential."

  "Hehe, I'm not just boasting. As long as you stay in the Inner Academy for a year, you will undergo a transformation as if you've been reborn. Some of you may know students from the Inner Academy, as they occasionally e out during breaks. Therefore, you should uand the enormous differeween students before and after entering the Inner Academy."

  A few students nodded slightly upon hearing this. Evidently, they had ied with students who had e out from the Inner Academy. Most others wore expressions of anticipation aement.

  "In a moment, we will send you to a certain pce, and then you will ehe Inner Academy." Hu Gan smiled and looked up at the distant azure sky, where five bck shadows were flying toward them. Moments ter, the shadows gradually grew rger, revealing themselves to be five massive Griffins.

  Some people who had inquired about the Inner Academy in advance felt their hearts sink when they heard the Deputy Headmaster mention the mysterious pce. That was the Inner Academy's unique 'weling'!

  "Alright, time's up. Students, please board, ten people per group." Hu Gan pointed as the Griffins desded and said with a smile.

  In the azure sky above, ten huge Griffins fpped their wings, flying over the academy's seemingly endless back mountains. Surrounding the griffins, Hu Gan and three elders formed a four-er formation. The majestic Dou Qi fluctuated around their bodies. No matter how fiercely the gale blew, it couldn't budge their figures in the slightest.

  "Hey, Xiao Yan, I heard you've ehe Inner Academy before. Do you have any insider info to share?" Hu Jia, who was sitting on the same Griffin as Xiao Yan, asked curiously.

  Xiao Yan spread his hands and shook his head. "I only went in for a short while. How would I know much? Besides, you've been at Jia Nan Academy for so long. I don't believe you haven't heard any news about the Inner Academy."

  Hu Jia blinked, a ing light fshing in her eyes. Although no one khe exact location of the Inner Academy, there was never a she of news. Various rumors and legends were flying everywhere.

  The Outer Academy students were most ed about informatiarding the Inner Academy, so naturally, a rge amount of intelligence about the Inner Academy circuted.

  After about half an hour, the Griffins slowly desded into a forest.

  "The Inner Academy isn't that easy to enter." Hu Gan smiled faintly. Then, under everyone's gaze, he walked forward about a dozen steps before stopping. With a wave of his hand, a burst of energy shot out from his palm toward the seemingly empty space ahead. Immediately, a bizarre se unfolded. As the energy passed through the area, it stirred up ripples like water waves. These ripples fluctuated rapidly until, finally, a pale silver gate about seven ht meters tall materialized out of thin air!

  Under everyone's gaze, the silver gate opened slowly with a crisp sound. Behind the gate was still the same dense forest, seemingly no different from the woods before them.

  "Follow me," Hu Gan waved and took the lead in walking through the silver gate. Behind him, dozens of students followed closely, their faces filled with curiosity.

  As Xiao Yan stepped through the silver gate, he felt his mind blur momentarily before his feet nded on solid ground. Sing ahead, he was astoo find that the se before him was still the same as the previous forest. However, this time, two elders had appeared at the entrance, and nearly twenty young people stood behind them.

  His gaze swept over them and noticed that they all wore badges on their chests engraved with a tower-like pattern.

  Without a doubt, those twenty young people were students of the Inner Academy.

  "Hehe, you've arrived. How are this year's freshmen?" One of the two elders looked at the rge group of people who had just entered and smiled amiably at Hu Gan

  "Quite good. You should've heard some things about this year. There's a fellow whose strength is quite exceptional." Hu Gan stroked his beard and smiled, not fetting to g the anomaly that was Xiao Yan. He had a premonition that things would get iing soon.

  "Oh?" The two elders' eyes showed a hint of surprise as they also looked at Xiao Yan. To their astonishment, they found that they couldn't see through his strength. It was blocked by a strange Spiritual Strength!

  'He does seem quite extraordinary.' the two thought in amazement.

  "Yo, what a beautiful girl! Looks like the Inner Academy's beauty rankings will have a new addition." Several youanding behind the elders instantly had their eyes light up as they whistled and ughed.

  "Silence! If anyone dares to spout nonsense again, I'll deduct five days of tower cultivation time!" Elder Su turned and scolded sharply. Those young men immediately shut their mouths, their smirks vanishing. Clearly, the so-called dedu of 'tower cultivation time' was something they greatly feared.

  After reprimanding that group of young people into silence, Elder Su turned bad slowly said to Xiao Yan and the other udents, "You're all newers here. I hope you adapt to this pce as much as possible. If you do, you'll reap immense bes. Look at these rascals. They passed the Outer Academy Qualifying petition the previous year but only ranked he bottom. Yet now, after just one year, I dare say their strength could definitely pce them iop ten among you."

  Xiao Yan smiled slightly upon hearing this. It was natural for one's cultivation to advance quickly when leveraging the power of the Falle Fme.

  That was a Heavenly Fme known as a 'cultivatio,' after all.

  "Alright, I won't say much more. Although you've passed the Qualifying petition and obtaihe right to ehe Inner Academy, it's not over yet." Elder Su smiled and raised his hand. A rge handful of pitch-bck crystal cards appeared in his palm. With a casual flick, the cards shot out, h in front of everyone as if they had eyes.

  When Xiao Yan saw these cards, his eyes narrowed slightly as he revealed a meaningful smile.

  Simirly, people like Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao carefully stored away their Fire Crystal Cards; they had long heard about the fun of these items.

  Seeing that many people had fused expressions, Elder Su ughed and said, "Some things are troublesome to expin. You'll uand once you experiehem yourselves. I only tell you that these items and the numbers on them are extremely precious and are the most valuable things in the Inner Academy."

  "Remember, the numbers on the crystal cards in your hands are immeempting to those fellows behiherefore, they will use every means except killing to snatch the Fire Energy from your cards."

  "As long as you aren't caught by them and successfully reach the Inner Academy, you'll receive a final reward. The earlier you arrive, the more abundant the reward."

  Elder Su suddenly poio the dark forest behind him. "In the Inner Academy, we call this forest pluhe 'Fire Energy Hunting petition.'"

  "Now, I annouhat this year's 'Fire Energy Hunting petition' officially begins! Students, begin your escape—"

  Elder Su hadn't even finished speaking when a bck shadow fshed past the two elders with lightning-like speed. The Inner Academy student who had just whistled at Xun Er didn't even have time to react before the shadoeared before him.

  Boom!!!

  A loud impact sounded. All the Inner and Outer Academy students—evey Headmaster Hu Gan and the two elders—didn't have time to react. They turheir heads to look behind them.

  What they saw was Xiao Yan's foot fiercely stomping on that Inner Academy student's face, shattering all his froh.

  Xiao Yan revealed a brilliant smile, turned his head, and said, "Hand over all your Fire Crystal Cards to me!"

  "Don't even think about running away. If any of you dare to escape, I'll break your arms and legs and still take your cards!"

  Everyone was stunned. Evewo elders were shocked.

  What are you doing?!!!

  "You... you!" The Inner Academy students poi Xiao Yan, momentarily at a loss for words.

  Did you get the wrong script?!

  Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed as he took out the Heavy Xuan Ruler from his ste ring. The aura of a 2-star Dou Spirit erupted fully.

  "That's right, this is a robbery."

  "And you two elders—hand over your Fire Crystal Cards as well."

  ???????

  You're even robbing the elders?!