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  A Dou Aor-level strength—wasn't there ht here!

  Queen Medusa was as breathtaking as ever, her peerless beauty and figure capable of toppling nations. Even with a cold indifferen her face, it did nothing to diminish her enting allure. One could only imagine hotivating she would be if she were to grace the world with a smile.

  When he saw Queen Medusa appear, a gleam fshed in Xiao Yan's eyes as his mind raced, and an idea suddenly came to him!

  He immediately crouched by the wall, c his face as if weeping. Even Mao Wu beside him mimicked his pitiful act.

  "Your Majesty might not know, but after enduring tless hardships, this humble one has finally mao infiltrate the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy and reach the location of the Falle Fme. However, I've entered a dilemma and am too ashamed to faajesty. Boo hoo hoo..."

  "Meow meow meow… (boo hoo hoo…)"

  Xiao Yan and Mao Wu covered their eyes while sneaking g Medusa through their fingers.

  How could Medusa not see through Xiao Yan's iions? Wasn't he just entering trouble and hoping she'd help?

  Her eyes narrowed, and a surge of killing i burst forth from her. Xiao Yan's hair stood on end, and he immediately sat upright, assuming a well-behaved posture.

  "Stop wasting words. Get to the point." Medusa gave a cold stare, still exuding an unrivaled charm.

  Xiao Yan ughed awkwardly and said, "I believe Your Majesty has sehe special Heart Fme energy surrounding this tower."

  Medusa could certainly se. A wisp of Heart Fme appeared within her when she first emerged, but she instantly crushed it with her powerful strength.

  "The Falle Fme is sealed here, and the entire space is filled with its energy. I inally po sneak into the Heavenly Fme space, refihe Falle Fme, and thehe energy from its space to restruajesty's physical body. However..." Xiao Yan's voice trailed off, his expression showing a hint ret.

  Medusa quickly asked, "But what?"

  "As." Xiao Yan sighed deeply, expressing immense regret. "But man proposes, and heaven disposes. I never expected that the Falle Fme had already developed intelligend transformed into a Fire Spirit."

  "It almost broke through the seal set by the Dou Vee. With my strength, how could I possibly defeat a Falle Fme that has bee a Fire Spirit?"

  Medusa finally uood what kind of medie Xiao Yan was selling from his gourd-like mind. Turned out he couldn't defeat the Falle Fme and wanted her to help subdue it.

  She knew eveer than Xiao Yan how difficult it was to deal with a Heavenly Fme. Back then, even at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, she had been seriously injured when fag the unintelligent Green Lotus Core Fme. Although part of the reason was that her Yin-cold stitution was restrained by the Heavenly Fme.

  Now, although her strength had increased and she had evolved into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, no longer possessing the Yin-cold stitution, the Falle Fme was not the same as the Green Lotus Core Fme. Not only had it existed for a loime, but it also had intelligence, and its strength had definitely reached the Dou Aor realm.

  A glint fshed in Xiao Yan's eyes upon seeing Medusa's hesitation. He said, "Your Majesty used the Green Lotus Core Fme to evolve and temper your soul. If you could restruct your physical body using the power of the Falle Fme, then I could use the Ten Thousa Fme along with a secret teique to activate your bloodlirength and merge your body. At that time, with the bined power of three Heavenly Fmes, reag the Dou Vee realm would be certain. Given time, you might even asd to the Dou Saint realm, being a legendary Demon Saint remembered throughout the ages."

  Xiao Yan's sweet talk was even more melodious than a song; he was already talking big about reag the Dou Saint realm.

  But there was no denying that what he said made sense. For someone like Medusa, who loo pursue higher realms, obtaining greater talent and potential was a dream e true.

  Xiao Yan saw that Medusa was somewhat moved. He immediately sighed and said sorrowfully, "As, if I 't refihe Falle Fme, I'll have to search elsewhere for another Heavenly Fme. But to find another Heavenly Fme space filled with such abundant energy is extremely rare."

  Back then, the Green Lotus Core Fme didn't have that much Heavenly Fme energy and only produced eleven Core-Fire Lotus Seeds. After all, it had existed for a short time before being taken by Medusa.

  However, the Falle Fme space was filled with violent Heavenly Fme energy, which erfect for restrug her physical body.

  Medusa cast an annoyed g Xiao Yan, her eyes brimming with plex emotions. With a captivating gnce, she coldly said, "I agree to help you subdue the Falle Fme, but you o show me some results first."

  This bewitg beauty, with such a demeanor, made Xiao Yan's heart flutter. He quickly recited Xun Er's name in his mind to steady himself a the temptation.

  "Of course, no problem. Although the energy here is a bit g and it's not the most tral location, it still help accelerate Your Majesty's growth."

  Just as Xiao Yan was about to use the Ten Thousa Fme to manipute the surrounding fire attribute energy and perform the secret teique, Medusa gave a cold snort and cast a sidelong g him.

  A fsh of seven-colored light, and she reverted to her snake form, letting her clothes float bato the Green Lotus for safekeeping.

  "Tch!" Xiao Yan clicked his tongue, secretly regretting it. He had inteo use the Heavenly Fme during the secret teique to 'actally' burn her clothes, but she had seen through his iions!

  Damn it, it didn't work after all!

  He quickly posed himself. The Ten Thousa Fme appeared with a whoosh. Following the secret teique stored in his ste ring, he trolled the fme to envelop Medusa, who had transformed bato the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

  Medusa didn't remain idle. She slightly opened her mouth and absorbed the surrounding Heavenly Fme energy.

  After about half an hour, Xiao Yan stopped. It wasn't that he wao stop, but the surrounding Heavenly Fme energy had been pletely ed.

  He chuckled bitterly and shook his head helplessly. When he first ehe surrounding energy had filled the entire room, dyeing it a deep red.

  Now, the entire space was bright and clear, revealing the inal luster of the walls. Medusa had entirely ed all the Heavenly Fme energy in this area.

  "How is it, Queen Medusa? I didn't deceive you, did I?" Xiao Yan grinned as he looked at Medusa coiled on the Green Lotus.

  Medusa's snake-like eyes stared at Xiao Yan. She could distinctly feel her own growth, but the Heavenly Fme energy here was too weak to signifitly accelerate the restru of her physical body.

  "I will help you. If you dare to deceive me, I will defiake your head off with my own hands." Her snake pupils fshed with killing i.

  Xiao Yan rubbed his hands together like a fly and grinned. "How could that happen? I only wish to obtain the Falle Fme. Moreover, Your Majesty and I are allies. Your strength is the strength of the Yan Alliance."

  "Hmph, and don't fet about the Spirit Fusion Pill!" With that, Medusa retreated bato the Green Lotus to tinue her slumber.

  After putting away the Green Lotus, Xiao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  Meow!

  "Well, at least we have help now. Now we just o find an opportunity to sneak down to the bottom without being discovered."

  Just as he was about to tinue cultivating for a while, suddenly, there was a loud bang oone door of the cultivation room.

  "Hey, you inside, e out!"

  Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold, a flicker of intense killing i fshing through them.

  He was well aware of the rules of the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower. The higher one's status, the better the cultivation room one could occupy. Otherwise, even if you mao secure a room, others might stantly disturb your cultivation.

  Being disturbed while cultivating could disrupt one's Qi Method in minor cases, and in severe cases, it could cause Dou Qi backsh or eve in Qi Deviation.

  Therefore, those g suffit strength wouldn't dare to occupy high-quality cultivation rooms withiower.

  Xiao Yan had chosen the worst, outermost cultivation room for this reason. He didn't want to cause trouble. But he didn't expect that, despite avoiding trouble, trouble would e knog!

  Fortunately, he hadn't been at a critical moment in his cultivation. Being interrupted during a breakthrough would have beeremely problematic.

  He slowly opehe door. The first thing he saw was a young man in light red robes. Though male, his features were somewhat feminine, with delicate brows that exuded a palpable softness. In Xiao Yan's words, this person was very sissy.

  Yao Sheng saw that the inside of Xiao Yan's cultivation room was all white; all the Heavenly Fme energy had disappeared.

  "Hey, what did you do? Why is all the surrounding energy gone?" Yao Sheng questioned Xiao Yan with a hint of effeminacy.

  Due to Medusa's earlier absorption, the red mist around Xiao Yan's cultivation room had visibly thinned.

  Xiao Yan roughly uood why this person had e knog.

  He smiled slightly, revealing a fident and radiant smile, and said, "Are those your st words?"

  "Hmm?"

  Xiao Yan's expression suddenly ged, his face turning gloomy. He took a heavy step forward, and where his foot iny cracks silently spread from the hard stone sb.

  BANG!

  A heavy punded squarely on Yao Sheng's effeminate face, smashing his .

  Whoosh!

  Yao Sheng was sent flying backward. He had no time to react at all. He never imagihat, as the sed-in-and of the Splitting Mountain, one of the stro fas in the Inner Academy, someone would dare to punch him upoing—and in the fao less!

  "That's Yao Sheng! How did he get sent flying!"

  "Heavens, who's so bold as to dare strike someone from the Splitting Mountain? This is showing no respect to Liu Qing!"

  People in the rest area all stood up in surprise, looking from afar at Xiao Yan's cultivation room.

  Yao Sheng got back up and touched his wo streams of fresh blood flowed from his nostrils. His fastantly flushed with anger, being ferocious.

  Just as Yao Sheng regained his posure, another explosive sound rang out as Xiao Yan charged at him once again.

  A distance of over teers was nothing more than a blink of an eye for Xiao Yan's speed. However, those present were not ordinary people. Although his speed was extremely fast, their eyes mao keep up with him.

  Xiao Yan's figure fshed and appeared mid-air. Looking down at Yao Sheng below, a fierce killing i surged on his face. He drew out the Heavy Xuan Ruler and swung it down fiercely. An ear-pierg soni formed beh the ruler, sharply reverberating throughout the entire sixth floor.

  Sensing the iy of Xiao Yan's powerful strike, even the angry Yao Sheng showed a hint of solemnity. His hands moved rapidly, and wisps of slightly dark, moist Dou Qi surged out swiftly. Finally, tless yers of Dou Qi water s formed above his head at incredible speed.

  Xiao Yan couldn't help but sneer when he saw this se, "Using a water attribute Dou Teique in this kind of enviro..."

  The heavy ruler carrying immense power smashed onto the densely packed yers of Dou Qi water s with a loud bang. Instantly, a visible energy ripple spread from the point of tact like water waves.

  'Explode!' Xiao Yan shouted in his heart. He didn't use the power of the Fme Splitting Tsunami but instead ihe Heavenly Fme into the Heavy Xuan Ruler and directly detohe Ten Thousa Fme.

  Boom!!

  The blood-red Ten Thousa Fme instantly ied the water s, and the explosion scorched some of Yao Sheng's hair.

  Yao Sheng's fastantly turremely ugly. He hadn't expected that, as a 7-star Dou Spirit, he would suffer a setback at the hands of Xiao Yan, a mere 3-star Dou Spirit. Although he wasn't injured, his appearance had bee quite disheveled. How could someone who valued face as much as he did tolerate this?!

  A low growl emerged from his throat. Yao Sheng's right hand suddenly curved into a ce. Traces of bck Dou Qi rapidly enveloped it, eventually f aremely sharp bck cw. The cw sshed through the air, its sharp nails tearing through the atmosphere as it cwed toward Xiao Yan in mid-air.

  Putting away the Heavy Xuan Ruler, Xiao Yan's internal energy burst forth. His body flipped in the air, and finally, he turned and threunch that violently collided with Yao Sheng's cw.

  The hidden force of the Oe Bst instantly erupted.

  A deep, muffled sound rang out as both were forced to rapidly retreat from the rebounding force. When Xiao Yan nded, Yao Sheng also stomped heavily on the ground to stabilize himself. He cast a cold g Xiao Yan's foot, and upon seeing the rge hole torn in his shoe, he let out a cold ugh.

  Their lightning-fast bat was extremely dangerous, with heavy strikes from both sides. Any slight carelessness could result in serious injury. Such a spectacur fight made even the powerful onlookers nod i admiration.

  Although Xiao Yan wao use the Fme Splitting Tsunami again, he couldn't because he sehat someone was watg him.

  If his guess was correct, it was First Elder Su Qian, who guarded the Inner Academy.

  Elder Liu had already informed the First Elder that Xiao Yan had reached the sixth floor. Allowing Xiao Yan to get so close to the Falle Fme was natural sihe First Elder would be watg him to prevent any acts.

  'Sigh, it seems there's a third problem. I'll have to shake off this First Elder. He'll probably be watg me every time I ehe Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower iure.'

  The cultivation rooms were built with special materials that prevehe First Elder from peering inside. But once Xiao Yan came out, sneaking into that 'bck hole' would be as difficult as asding to the heavens.

  He put away his Fire Crystal Card and turo leave the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower. With the First Elder present, he couldn't kill this idiot.

  "Stht there!" Yao Sheng shouted in a deep voice.

  Xiao Yan coldly gnced back at Yao Sheng.

  "If you have the guts, leave your name. You only had the advantage because of your fire attribute Dou Qi, which puts me at a disadvantage here in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Outside, I, Yao Sheng, will personally find you to avehis punch." Yao Sheng's eyes were gloomy. Water attribute Dou Qi was i a disadvantage here.

  Xiao Yan merely gave a cold smile and said, "Xiao Yan of the Xiao Hall. Outside, you won't be so lucky."

  After leaving the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Yan stood at the entrand turned his head to look at this mysterious bck tower, of whily a portion of the spire protruded above ground. His eyes gained a hint of determination.

  He absolutely his Falle Fme, and no one could stop him.

  'To refihe Falle Fme, it would be safer to prepare a Ground Spirit Pill.'

  'Sigh, there's no she of troublesome matters.'

  'Whatever, let's head back first. I haveen all day.'

  After walking for about forty to fifty minutes, Xiao Yan gradually approached the freshmen's dormitory area. Just then, a figure suddenly ran out from within, panting heavily.

  "Cousin Xiao Yan!" Xiao Mei shouted as she ran.

  The figure of the now adult Xiao Mei was being more and more alluring. Her running had quite the visual impact.

  Xiao Yan asked upon seeing her, "What's wrong?"

  "While you were cultivating in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower, some fas in the Inner Academy joined forces, g we've taken all the freshmen and broken the rules. They want to forcibly take people away," Xiao Mei hurriedly expined.

  "It's still alright now with Cousin Xun Er holding them off, but I don't know how long she hold them."

  Xiao Yan's expression darkened slightly, then he smiled and said, "Just in time. We catch them all at ohout so much hassle."

  …

  A rge crowd had gathered in an open spa the freshman dormitory area. In the midst of the crowd, two groups were gring at each other like tigers.

  "Big Brother Fu Ao, let's go back. We really 't afford to offend this Xiao Yan. Even Cousin Bai Feng was defeated by him!" Bai Shan was feeling dizzy at this moment.

  Even Bai Feng, the sed-in-and of their White Gang, had lost to Xiao Yan. It's better not to get involved in this mess!

  "Bai Shan, why be afraid? No matter how powerful Xiao Yan is, he's just one person. He's now offended more than half of the fas in the Inner Academy. Over a dozen fas with hundreds of people are joining forces to deal with the Xiao Hall he established. We'll directly crush their arrogand make it so they 't eveer the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Then we'll see if aill stays in that lousy Xiao Hall." A sturdy young man beside Bai Shan sneered.

  As this young man spoke, his eyes occasionally swept over the curvaceous figures of Xun Er and Hu Jia.

  Bai Shan fell silent upon hearing Fu Ao's words. If it were just his White Gang, they would indeed be wary of Xiao Yan. But now, Xiao Yan had offended quite a few senior students.

  Two days ago, he had even decred that those fas who had taken Fire Energy from the freshmen had to return double the amount.

  Such audacious as undoubtedly ahe leaders of those fas that had long beerenched in the Inner Academy.

  A mere freshman daring to challehe authority of senior students easily iheir wrath.

  "But... but that Xiao Yan is really..." Bai Shan stammered. He was still extremely apprehensive of Xiao Yan.

  Because the previous few times he faced Xiao Yan, he had been as fident as Fu Ao, but the result was that he was repeatedly spped in the face, causing him to develop a psychological shadow.

  "Bai Shan, I really what?"

  Suddenly, a familiar voice that made Bai Shan tremble came from behind. He jumped like a frightened kitten, leaping far away and looking at the smiling Xiao Yan in horror.

  "You... you... you... I... I... I didn't speak ill of you. This has nothing to do with me!" Bai Shan's teeth were chattering. In his eyes, Xiao Yan's smiling face had bee demonic.

  Fu Ao looked at Xiao Yan, snorted coldly, and said, "So you're Xiao Yan. Our White Gang, along with twelve e and small fas in the Inner Academy, are jointly deg war on your Xiao Hall."

  "If you lose, your Xiao Hall must immediately disband, and all the freshmen will join us."

  "And what if you lose?" Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke.

  All the senior students looked at each other, momentarily stunned. Clearly, they hadn't sidered the possibility of losing. They believed that with so many people dealing with Xiao Yan, a mere freshman, how could they possibly lose? They could exhaust his Dou Qi through sheer numbers.