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Xiao Yan did not linger here. After surveying the architectural style, he headed in one direction under Venerable Yao's guidance.
He did not use his Dou Qi wings; the energy of the World responded to his every move, holding him suspended in the air.
Is this a Dou Ancestor? It was on a completely different level than before, and even the World he saw seemed to have changed… Xiao Yan flew, contemplating the mysteries of his current realm.
Soon, he arrived at the nearest large city. Suppressing a hint of shadow in his heart regarding the Space Wormhole, he entered the wormhole.
It would be too slow to search for someone alone; leveraging the power of Starcloud Pavilion would be a better choice.
Starcloud Pavilion differed from the other three pavilions of the Four Pavilions; it had always been mysterious, and few knew the exact location of its Sect.
Xiao Yan used several Space Wormhole transfers and spent over a month to reach the Southern Region of the Central Plains, stopping at the outskirts of the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
Starcloud Pavilion was located within the Heavenly Star Mountain Range. He followed Venerable Yao's instructions and hurried in a certain direction for several tens of minutes.
"Stop," Venerable Yao's voice rang in his mind.
Xiao Yan looked at the forest below, a hint of surprise on his face. With his current realm, if there were a Space Lock created by a Dou Venerate isolating the space around him, he would be able to see it at a glance.
Venerable Yao's illusory soul body emerged from the bone flame ring, smiling as he took out a jade pendant and slowly sent it forth. The jade pendant emitted a dazzling starlight, and the space in front of them began to distort.
He explained, "Starcloud Pavilion is protected by a formation. This Starcloud Grand Formation was not man-made but naturally formed. I discovered this point back then, which is why I was inspired to establish Starcloud Pavilion."
After opening the entrance, Venerable Yao put away the jade pendant and returned to the bone flame ring, saying softly, "Let's go, to meet my old friend."
Xiao Yan did not hesitate and immediately stepped inside.
He only felt the light and shadows flicker before his eyes, and the stars shifted. Between the originally boundless forest, a towering and majestic mountain peak appeared, and on the peak, some buildings could vaguely be seen.
Not long after Xiao Yan entered the Starcloud Space, a dozen Bai He flew from a distant mountain peak. Leading them was a woman in green, with a beautiful and rather dignified face.
"Who goes there?" the green-clad woman asked in a serious tone.
"I am Xiao Yan, here by my master's command to pay respects to Venerable Feng," Xiao Yan saluted with cupped hands.
"Your teacher is..."
"Venerable Yao, Yao Chen."
Upon hearing this name, the green-clad woman's eyes widened, and she asked in astonishment, "Your teacher is Venerable Yao?"
Then, she quickly said, "Follow me… I am Mu Azure Kira, Venerable Feng's disciple."
She knew how much her teacher missed Venerable Yao, to the point of losing his appetite.
He spent all day searching for his whereabouts, even neglecting many of Starcloud Pavilion's affairs.
Since Xiao Yan did not produce more credentials, Mu Azure Kira still had a faint guard against him, maintaining a certain distance throughout the journey.
Arriving at the main hall of Starcloud Pavilion, Mu Azure Kira led Xiao Yan quickly inside. After several twists and turns, they entered an elegantly decorated study.
Xiao Yan stopped, and Mu Azure Kira walked into the study.
Inside the study, an old man with long hair draped over his shoulders, dressed in a green robe, exuding a sense of freedom and ethereal temperament, was holding a brush and writing something on a piece of paper on the table.
"Azure Kira, didn't I tell you to be steady in your actions? You, you didn't even knock when entering my study… So hurried, it feels like you've gone back to…" Feng Xian shook his head, saying with a hint of helplessness.
"Teacher, someone claims to be Venerable Yao's disciple, sent by him to visit."
"What? Where is he?" The brush clattered onto the table, and Feng Xian suddenly stood up, his movement so forceful that it caused the desk to slide back with a creaking sound.
Without waiting for Mu Azure Kira to answer, he sensed Xiao Yan outside and disappeared in a flash.
You're even more impatient than I am… Mu Azure Kira muttered in her heart.
Xiao Yan only felt his vision blur, then saw an old man in green looking at him with excitement:
"You say you are Yao Chen's disciple, do you have any proof?"
No sooner had Feng Xian finished speaking than another slightly aged voice rang out:
"Am I enough as proof?"
Venerable Yao's illusory soul body emerged from the bone flame ring, looking at Feng Xian with a smile, a hint of joy at their long-awaited reunion flashing in his eyes.
"Good! I knew you wouldn't die so easily!" Feng Xian laughed heartily. Although the Venerable Yao before him was just a soul body, as long as the soul remained, there was still hope.
"This is Xiao Yan, my newly accepted disciple, and also my last disciple," Venerable Yao introduced him to Feng Xian.
"Oh? A Dou Ancestor? Truly worthy of being this old fellow's disciple, you haven't disgraced your master," Feng Xian praised as he sized up Xiao Yan.
Then, he said to Mu Azure Kira, "Azure Kira, take Xiao Yan to tour the Sect. I'll chat with this old fellow."
Xiao Yan looked at Venerable Yao, who nodded and said, "Go."
After they left, Venerable Yao and Feng Xian entered the study and exchanged stories about what had happened over the years.
After listening to Venerable Yao's narration, Feng Xian's face was filled with anger: "Han Feng, that rebellious disciple who betrayed his master and annihilated his ancestors! I knew there was something wrong with him. If I catch him, I'll make him wish he were dead."
Venerable Yao's expression was slightly complex. He shook his head and said, "He is already dead. I personally incinerated his soul with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame."
"Hmph, he got off easy," Feng Xian snorted coldly. Then, he looked at Venerable Yao and said solemnly:
"I will handle those matters you mentioned properly, rest assured.
"As for the medicinal ingredients required for the Bone Melting Blood Pill, I remember there's a Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine in the medicinal herbs vault…
"The Blood Essence Demonic Fruit is also not a problem. I'll go to the Dan Region in a few days to check… I'm sure I can find it there.
"As for your disciple's companion, that Little Fairy Doctor, I will send people to the Northern Region to search for her.
"As for Xiao Meng… that's a bit troublesome. It's not easy to rescue someone from the Soul Hall.
"But I will do my best… It's a good opportunity to destroy one of their branch halls, just to avenge you, old fellow!"
Venerable Yao nodded. "Thank you for your trouble. However, regarding the Soul Hall, it's enough if you can rescue her. As for anything else, don't force it. Their strength is too terrifying."
Feng Xian took Venerable Yao on a tour of Starcloud Pavilion's medicinal herbs vault and found some items that could restore the soul.
Venerable Yao began refining medicine to recover his condition. His soul had been severely depleted. In the original work, Yao Tianhuo's soul, after recovery, could contend with an eight-star Dou Ancestor, and Venerable Yao's soul power would only be stronger!
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If fully recovered, he could contend with a Dou Venerate with just his soul.
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After Venerable Yao and Feng Xian finished their discussion, Xiao Yan found Venerable Yao and said, "Teacher, please rest and recover here. I will go to the Northern Region to search for the Little Fairy Doctor."
After a brief thought, Venerable Yao smiled and said, "Alright. You have always been under my guidance, and your experience is sufficient. It's time for you to get used to traveling the World alone."
A Dou Ancestor, even in the Central Plains, could hold his own. As long as he didn't provoke those first-rate forces with Dou Venerate overseeing them, he could do quite well.
Looking at the grown-up Xiao Yan, Venerable Yao also felt a sense of wistful loss… A fledgling eagle must eventually leave his wings and soar alone.
So Xiao Yan went to the Northern Region alone.
As it turned out, Venerable Yao underestimated Xiao Yan's trouble-making ability. On his first day in the Northern Region, he clashed with Fenglei Pavilion…
A beautiful figure riding a colorful giant crane blocked Xiao Yan's path:
"Stop, what do you have in your space ring? Why do I feel a familiar aura? Hand over your space ring and let me see."
Feng Qing'er sensed a fleeting, obscure fluctuation from Xiao Yan's space ring.
Xiao Yan looked at the beautiful but seemingly somewhat problematic woman in front of him as if she were an idiot: "Who are you?"
This spoiled and arrogant demeanor reminded him of Nalan Yanran… No, this person in front of him was even more excessive than Nalan Yanran.
"I am Feng Qing'er," she responded proudly, slightly raising her chin.
As the most outstanding genius of Fenglei Pavilion's younger generation, Feng Qing'er had a small reputation in the Central Plains, especially in the Northern Region of the Central Plains, which was Fenglei Pavilion's territory.
However, Xiao Yan, a bumpkin from the countryside, was ignorant and showed a disdainful expression: "Feng Qing'er? Who's that? Never heard of her."
Feng Qing'er's forehead twitched. Under Xiao Yan's gaze, she felt like a self-important clown.
The burly, bare-chested man accompanying Feng Qing'er quietly asked, "Qing'er, what did you sense?"
"I'm not very sure, but I feel there might be something from my clan in his space ring," Feng Qing'er replied softly.
Feng Qing'er was from the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, a beast family. What could trigger her reaction was naturally the two drops of essence blood Xiao Yan had obtained from the demonic beast corpse in the Black-Corner Region, which he had not yet refined.
The bare-chested man hesitated. Although inspecting someone else's space ring was quite an offensive matter, since it concerned the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, he had no choice but to intervene.
He said to Xiao Yan, "Young friend, I am the West Pavilion Lord of Fenglei Pavilion. Qing'er says she sensed something related to her clan from your space ring…
"Because it might involve an ancestor's remains, I ask for your cooperation. If it's a misunderstanding, I am willing to offer an apology."
Xiao Yan said with displeasure, "And if there is, then what? You want to take it away just by talking? Even if it's your ancestor's relic, I obtained it through a transaction with someone else, so it's my property now… And her attitude, hmph…"
Feng Qing'er's gaze turned cold, and she said coldly, "You dare to touch something from my clan? I think you're tired of living."
The West Pavilion Lord said, "Young friend, do not invite trouble. Qing'er is from the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan. Their clan will relentlessly pursue anyone who lays hands on the corpses of their clansmen."
Xiao Yan suddenly understood… So it was those two drops of essence blood.
Feng Qing'er said with a hint of threat, "There's no need to specifically check your space ring. As long as you stand there without moving, I will use a secret technique, and the items inside will resonate with my bloodline.
"Boy, if you hand it over now, I can let bygones be bygones, seeing as you were unaware. But if I find it out later, don't blame me for being ruthless."
How could he give up something he already possessed just because of a few words of threat from others? Moreover, Feng Qing'er's attitude truly disgusted him… Xiao Yan's face was mocking: "I have no obligation to cooperate with you."
The battle thus erupted. The West Pavilion Lord was powerful, and even with the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, Xiao Yan was still not his opponent. As a last resort, he used Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and so the West Pavilion Lord began to pursue him.
Just for secretly learning Fenglei Pavilion's secret technique, Fenglei Pavilion had sufficient reason to attack him!
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