Below, the blue eagle's eyes darted around.
Seeing the intimacy, it displayed jealousy and caution. Its instincts told it that the human on its back was formidable.
As they soared over rivers and mountains, a journey that would usually take half a day passed in the time it took to burn an incense stick.
Ahead lay a vast basin. Xiao Yixian gently patted the eagle's head, and it obediently continued forward.
Deep inside the basin, a small, cloud-shrouded valley appeared.
Seeing the misty valley, Xiao Yan felt nostalgic and excited.
In his previous life, he and Medicine Elder had noticed this area's unusually dense energy.
Back then, he was too weak, and Medicine Elder existed only in spirit form, so they had not explored it.
Later, after breaking through to Dou Emperor, he returned to Qing Shan Town to find Xiao Yixian.
Revisiting the valley, he discovered the secret: a half-Saint-level expert had quietly passed away there.
In his previous life, it didn't interest him, and Xiao Yixian had already become a Dou Saint. Thus, they had left the ancient tomb untouched.
Decades later, the tomb's spatial barrier loosened, attracting many strong fighters.
Eventually, someone obtained the inheritance and became a Dou Respectable.
In this life, Xiao Yan's luck meant he would gain from it first.
Since he wasn't yet a Dou Master, the tomb's items would be invaluable.
The blue eagle pierced the fog and landed on a flat area in the valley. In the center stood a simple grass hut.
Xiao Yan jumped down and approached the familiar hut, smiling at Xiao Yixian.
"For the next few days, we'll temporarily live here."
Hearing this, Xiao Yixian's face flushed. She gave him a slight glare.
"I'm not living with you."
Despite her words, she walked in, tidied the hut, and cleaned a side room.
"This will be your rest area. I warn you, don't plot anything against me, or I'll poison you."
Seeing her charming look, Xiao Yan smiled and lightly nudged her nose.
"Poison me? Would you really?"
Xiao Yixian snorted, humming as she returned to her room.
Over the next few days, Xiao Yan stayed busy during the day, rarely seen by Xiao Yixian.
However, he always appeared in the evening, enjoying the meals she prepared.
Though she rolled her eyes, she couldn't help feeling warmth seeing him relish her cooking.
The valley's seclusion kept it free from extra magical beasts or humans.
Yet, on a peak above the valley, a young figure appeared, holding a bloodied demonic core. White flames burned it into liquid.
Infusing strange metals, he molded it into a unique diamond-shaped crystal.
Xiao Yan flipped his palm, and five differently colored crystals floated above his fingertips.
Each crystal contained immense energy, with runes formed from the metals.
The runes interacted, subtly shielding spiritual energy.
Smiling, Xiao Yan examined the crystals.
This was a set of formations obtained from the ancient Ruoshe Emperor's cave, called the Five-Element Sky-Shielding Formation.
Originally used by ancient noble families to shield divine secrets.
A true formation required nine-rank cores of five elemental magical beasts, a rarity even for ancient Dou Emperors.
Using five fourth-rank magical beasts' cores he had hunted, Xiao Yan made the formation base.
Though it couldn't hide from Dou Respectable-level sensing, it concealed the valley's energy from most below that level.
With the formation complete, he returned to the grass hut.
"Tomorrow, I'll create a big commotion here. You and Little Blue should hide in a cave to stay safe."
During dinner, Xiao Yan sipped his porridge, smiling at Xiao Yixian.
"Understood, mysterious one."
Xiao Yixian snorted. Having been forewarned, she was curious about his methods.
"Is there really treasure in this valley?"
Xiao Yan subtly nodded, shooting a drop of refined magical beast blood into Little Blue's mouth, making it chirp happily.
"Of course. And it's far stronger than the treasure in that cave we explored last time. But it's dangerous.
With my current strength, I can't protect you while handling it. You'll have to wait outside."
Xiao Yixian nodded, her eyes softening further.
The trust Xiao Yan showed made her genuinely happy.
By noon the next day, as sunlight peaked, much of the valley's mist dissipated.
Seeing Xiao Yixian already hidden with Little Blue in a cave, Xiao Yan nodded.
Standing in place, immense spiritual energy radiated from him.
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