Douluo: I am the outer demon

Chapter 286 The End of Xiao Yan

The inside of the temple is magnificent and golden. On the surrounding walls are images of various giant snakes, some roaring at the sky, some intertwined and entangled. In the center of the temple is the statue of the Mother of All Snakes.

Xiao Yan looked up and saw a sacred and majestic figure whose face could not be seen clearly. The figure was stepping on a giant snake and its entire body seemed to be shrouded in a veil.

His eyes stung slightly and a line of tears flowed down, causing him to lower his head unconsciously.

"Haha, we cannot look directly at the gods. We need to worship them with piety."

A voice with a hint of vicissitudes and gentleness sounded, and standing under the statue was a skinny old man with a kind face.

"Greetings, His Excellency the Bishop." Lin Rui bowed to the man, and Xiao Yan quickly followed suit.

"You must be Xiao Yan, right? Very good." The bishop looked at Xiao Yan for a while with an approval look on his face.

After investigating the news about Xiao Yan, he found that it was completely beyond common sense.

Facing the pursuit of the Black Annihilation Army, he actually escaped death several times and defeated the strong with the weak. Even the Dou Huang could not catch him, and the Dou Zong they sent out could not even touch his hair. You have to know that that was the elite Black Annihilation Army of the ancient clan. Every person in it would be considered a genius if placed outside, and they practiced top-level skills and fighting techniques.

I can only say that this kid is really weird.

But he couldn't actively ask Lu Man for help. If it took the Pope's help to capture a small Dou Ling, wouldn't that mean he had no one on his side?

So the bishop simply made this big display and directly transferred the two teams of Templar Knights stationed in the church. Together with Lin Rui, there were a total of three Dou Huangs, twenty Dou Wangs, and himself, a Dou Zong powerhouse, to support them. He was going to trick him first, as he didn't believe that this guy could get away.

Xiao Yan just took it as a compliment, touched the back of his head, and smiled innocently, "Your Excellency the Bishop, you are too kind."

"Haha, I know whether it's an exaggeration or not." The bishop waved his hand and stood up straight. "Next, let's start your initiation ceremony."

His expression suddenly became solemn, and Lin Rui had stepped aside without him noticing.

"Respectfully inform the Snake Mother, there is a believer named Xiao Yan... who is sincere and kind-hearted... and has joined our sect as a Knight Templar..." The bishop first prayed to the statue of the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes, then he stood up and turned to look at Xiao Yan.

"Worship the Snake Mother!" The bishop stood to the right side of the statue and shouted at Xiao Yan with full majesty.

Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment and just bowed slightly.

He is a time traveler. Even heaven and earth will not kneel to him. He must be invincible in the world. How could he kneel to a mere indigenous god?

At times like this, he always had an inexplicable mysterious self-confidence, and he didn't care at all even when facing a strong man who could crush him to death with just one finger.

"Xiao Yan." Lin Rui seemed a little anxious and called out to Xiao Yan softly.

But Xiao Yan's legs were still straight, with no intention of kneeling down.

"That's all." The bishop raised his eyebrows and took the initiative to explain: "Xiao Yan just hasn't felt the greatness of my Lord yet. It's understandable. It's okay."

"Thank you, Bishop." Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He didn't want to fall out with the Ten Thousand Snake Church like this.

"Drink the holy water!" Then, a priest brought out a jade plate from the altar at the back and handed it to the bishop. The bishop then walked towards Xiao Yan holding the jade plate. On the jade plate was an exquisite jade cup with snake patterns, which seemed to be made of high-quality mutton-fat jade. There was some light green liquid in it, which looked as transparent as clear blue water.

Xiao Yan took the jade cup and looked at the liquid inside. Being cautious, he first sensed it with his soul power, then put it close to his nose and smelled it. He felt a sense of comfort in his body.

Well, it's confirmed. It's not a poison. It should be some ingredients beneficial to the human body, some kind of tonic.

His teacher is a master of alchemy, so he is confident in his ability to identify poisons.

But it would be a pity to just drink it like this. If it could be refined into a pill, the effect would be better, Xiao Yan thought.

The bishop watched this scene with an unchanged expression. If this was really joining the religion, it would be a great disrespect to the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes. However, he did not really want to accept Xiao Yan as his disciple, so Xiao Yan would naturally suffer later.

After confirming that there was no problem, Xiao Yan picked up the jade cup and drank it all.

"Thank you, Bishop." After drinking, he put the cup back on the tray and bowed to the bishop again.

"Very good, Xiao Yan, we only have one step left." A smile appeared on the bishop's face. Xiao Yan didn't understand why, so he also laughed.

Suddenly his eyes blurred. Hey, why are there two bishops?
He immediately became alert, his heart skipped a beat, and he tried to step back, but his steps went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

"How, how could it be?"

He looked at the shaking world in front of him with disbelief.

He had clearly checked and it wasn't poison.

Everything around him began to become blurry, and the sleepiness in his head became stronger and stronger. Xiao Yan looked at Lin Rui unwillingly, then looked at the bishop, and asked angrily: "Why!"

“Xiao Yan, ah Xiao Yan, blame yourself for walking into the trap.” A sneer emerged on the bishop’s face.

"Hmph, anyone from the Soul Palace can be killed by anyone." Xiao Yan's elder brother Lin spoke even more coldly. He had a grudge against the Soul Palace. One of his friend who was an alchemist was killed by the Soul Palace. Naturally, he wanted to get rid of these remnants of the Soul Palace as soon as possible.

“Damn it!” Xiao Yan bit his tongue, and the sharp pain in his mouth forced him to concentrate. “Are you in the same group as the Black Annihilation Army?”

The bishop chuckled and did not answer the question. Instead, he said quietly, "Did you check and find out that it is not poisonous? Tsk tsk, my "holy water" is not poison, but a top-grade tonic that can heal injuries and replenish the body's essence, blood and vitality. However, due to the strong efficacy of the medicine, it will make people drowsy. Even a Douhuang cannot resist this drowsiness, so of course you can't detect it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bishop slapped his head and wondered what was going on. Why did he talk so much today? In the past, when he ambushed people, he would just beat them half to death and never said much.

"Catch him for me." After realizing what was happening, the bishop gave the order to Lin Rui without delay.

Xiao Yan suddenly became anxious. He could no longer resist the sleepiness in his head. His eyelids began to fight each other, and his vision was already blurry, as if it would close at any moment.

"No, I can't sleep. If I sleep, everything will be over." Xiao Yan turned his slightly slow brain and began to think of a countermeasure.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. A tonic that replenishes essence, blood and vitality?
Doesn't his blood escape technique just consume essence, blood and vital energy?

He didn't care about anything else at the moment and could only try his best.

A flash of blood passed through his body, instantly dispelling the sleepiness in his head a little, and the energy in his body suddenly became full.

efficient!

Xiao Yan was overjoyed.

At this time, Lin Rui had already walked forward and was ready to capture him. Xiao Yan did not hesitate and used the Mountain-Pushing Palm. This palm was at his unprecedented peak level, and he actually pushed Lin Rui away before he could react.

Then he turned into a streak of blood and ran quickly out of the temple.

He knew that he was no match for the bishop, and that his only chance of survival was to escape.

"Catch him for me!" The bishop looked a little embarrassed. Xiao Yan actually had the strength to resist.

Lin Rui, who was pushed away, immediately urged his fighting spirit to chase after him. After all, he was a Dou Huang, and the attack just now could not cause him any harm.

The bishop looked at Xiao Yan with a gloomy expression.

Oh, that’s not right, why don’t I do it myself?

He suddenly reacted and immediately ran towards the door.

Outside, Xiao Yan had actually escaped from the encirclement of the Templars at the door. With the help of the powerful "holy water", the Blood Escape Technique seemed to have produced some kind of reaction. His speed was now not inferior to those Dou Huangs who were good at speed, and even the speed of an ordinary Dou Zong could not compare to him.

Coincidentally, this bishop is an ordinary Dou Zong.

"A bunch of trash!" The bishop shouted at the Knights Templar and wanted to continue chasing them, but he could only watch Xiao Yan getting farther and farther away.

“Hahaha.” Seeing the church exit that was already within reach, Xiao Yan suddenly laughed out loud, “Lin Rui, Ten Thousand Snake Church, I, Xiao Yan, will remember the humiliation you suffered today. In the future… Damn it.”

Bang!
Xiao Yan fell headfirst to the ground, and just before he fell unconscious, he saw a woman in a green dress.

"Useless thing." Lu Man glanced at the bishop, but she was also afraid. She had actually developed some interest in Xiao Yan just now, and she didn't want to make a move. She wanted to wait and see how far he could go. If it wasn't for the golden phantom of the contract that appeared in her mind at the critical moment and woke her up in time, maybe Xiao Yan would have really gotten away.

This kid is really too weird.

Little did they know that this was the influence of Xiao Yan's enormous luck, which allowed him to always survive from death. If Xiao Yan's destiny had not been mostly taken away by Xun'er, and his luck had not been greatly consumed, it is likely that none of them would even be able to wake up and would have directly become little villains with no IQ.

"Yes, it is my fault for not doing my job well. I hope the Pope will forgive me."

The old bishop immediately admitted his guilt with a bitter face. There was nothing he could do. He didn't know why he suddenly became so slow today and he almost failed to catch a spirit.

"Forget it. Although you are not doing your job well, you have made contributions to preaching after all. The merits and demerits offset each other. I will not hold your sins against you this time." Lu Man glanced at Xiao Yan who fell to the ground. He knew that this guy was different from ordinary people. Even he was almost affected by him, so he did not hold on to the bishop anymore.

"Thank you, Your Holiness." The bishop was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude quickly.

"This guy is too weird. Let's destroy his Dantian tendons first, and then cut the tendons in his hands and feet." Lu Man kicked Xiao Yan's head and said.

"Yes." Immediately two Templar Knights came up and prepared to attack Xiao Yan.

"Wait, let's break all the limbs, otherwise I'm afraid something unexpected might happen." Lu Man said again.

This was Qinglin's personal order, and she didn't want any more trouble. Anyway, the Jade Emperor had also said that the punishment should be whatever it was, as long as the person was left with a breath and sent to the Xiao family.

"Yes." Although the Templar was puzzled, he still began to execute according to what Green Barbarian said.

"Let me come too." The bishop looked at Xiao Yan with a sinister look. His future was almost ruined by this man, so he had to teach him a lesson.

"Ah!...Ah!"

In short, from then on, the screams in the Ten Thousand Snake Church church in Tianyang City were endless. Xiao Yan woke up and fainted again in confusion, and fainted and woke up again. He was almost tortured to the point of mental breakdown.

As for his limbs, they had become noodle-like. In order to vent his anger, the bishop went beyond the task and broke the bones of his limbs one by one. He also helped Xiao Yan deal with the fifth limb.

After the fight, they were still afraid that Xiao Yan would die accidentally, so they made a special check. Unexpectedly, this kid's life was tougher than they thought. His fighting spirit and five limbs were all destroyed, but he still had half his life left.

……

The cold wind was biting, and a hint of chill was invading.

When Xiao Yan woke up again, he was already lying at the gate of the Xiao family.

Because it was the middle of the night, no one noticed him for a while.

He wailed like this at the gate of the Xiao family for a long time, and was not discovered until the daybreak by the doorman of the Xiao family.

"Zhao, who is so lacking in public morality that he actually threw a dead body in front of my Xiao family? Do you still want to live?" The doorman looked around, spat angrily, and lifted Xiao Yan's legs to drag him away.

"Ahem, wait, wait, I'm Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Yan spoke quickly, his voice was extremely hoarse, like a rusty piece of iron scraping against the wall.

"Dead! No, he's not dead yet." The man at the door looked at the person who was almost inhuman in his hand and suddenly realized, "Wait, who did you say you were?"

"I, I'm Xiao Yan! Cough cough." Xiao Yan said this and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

"You are Third Young Master Xiao Yan!" The doorman was horrified, fell to his knees and screamed, "Third Young Master, what happened to you?"

The sound was so loud that it directly penetrated the street. Some people who had just woken up on the street could not help but go out or open the window to check, and then they saw the horrible sight of Xiao Yan, and immediately whispered to each other.

"Hey, hurry, take me in." Xiao Yan's pale face turned red. He wished he could die on the spot to avoid the pain of being watched.

After all, he was once a well-known figure. How could he bear to be seen in such an ugly state by so many people and be pointed at and criticized?

"Okay, okay, Young Master Xiao Yan, don't worry." The doorman mentioned Xiao Yan's identity again, then picked up Xiao Yan and ran towards the courtyard. On the way, he pulled Xiao Yan's wound, causing his facial features to twitch.

"So that's Xiao Yan." Someone in the neighborhood recognized Xiao Yan's identity.

"Who is Xiao Yan? Is he also from the Xiao family?" someone asked.

"Of course, haven't you heard that he was the former third young master of the Xiao family, Xiao Jia Sanlang. It is said that he was once a genius. He finally got the magic pill and restored his talent. I didn't expect that he is now useless again."

"Haha, what's a pity? You may not know yet, but Xiao Yan is from the Soul Palace. Do you know about the Soul Palace?" A well-informed man who often goes abroad for business sneered.

With the wanted list of the Ancient Clan, the reputation of the Soul Palace has grown in various parts of the continent. However, it is a bad reputation, even notorious. There is no way. The mere fact that it captures souls everywhere is unbearable for many people. Coupled with the propaganda of the Ancient Clan, the Soul Palace has become a synonym for evil forces.

"Tsk, I see, you deserve it!"

"Yes, he deserves it! My second sister's neighbor's child is missing. I think it was done by that Soul Palace. Xiao Yan is also not free from responsibility."

"Why don't people like this just die?"

……

Xiao Yan's return caused some commotion in the Xiao family, but it was not as big as expected.

The lineage of the original patriarch Xiao Zhan has fallen. Although Xiao Yu led the Xiao family to glory, the resources in Xiao Yu's hands are not endless. She certainly chooses to cultivate her close family members first, such as her grandfather, younger brother, and several cousins, and then other family members with better talents.

It just so happens that except for Xiao Yan, the talents of Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Xiao Zhan's lineage are actually very average, not as good as Xiao Mei.

Although the Xiao family now has only Xiao Yu as the pillar, there are also a few more Dou Lings. For example, Xiao Yu's grandfather was forcibly promoted to Dou Ling by her using resources. However, the Xiao Zhan lineage still has only Xiao Zhan, a great Dou Shi, and is not a significant force.

Originally, they regarded Xiao Yan as their hope for a comeback, hoping that Xiao Yan would come back and take control of their lineage again. However, they did not expect that Xiao Yan would come back, but become a real useless person.

When Xiao Zhan saw Xiao Yan's miserable appearance, he immediately vomited blood and fainted on the ground. When he woke up, he was a middle-aged man with white hair and a haggard face.

Apart from Xiao Yu who sent someone to comfort Xiao Yan at the beginning, only Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li came to visit him occasionally. It seemed that the other clan members had completely forgotten about such a person. This is the truth of the fickleness of human nature.

But today is different.

In a dark room,

"Brother Xiao Yan." A clear voice like an oriole sounded. Xiao Yan, who was lying on the bed, couldn't help but turn his head, and saw a beautiful woman walking towards him with a bowl of medicine.

It turned out to be Xiao Mei. Xiao Yan's eyes lit up a little.

"Mei'er, I..." He wanted to move, but except for his head, no part of his body could move under his control, which made his expression gloomy again.

Yes, he is already a useless person.

"Brother Xiao Yan, don't move. Let me come over." Xiao Mei smiled sweetly and sat down beside the bed with the medicine bowl in her hand, looking at her fiancé.

That’s right, Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei are engaged. This was arranged by Xiao Zhan when Xiao Yan was about to go out traveling after his talent was restored.

"Brother Xiao Yan, it's time to take the medicine."

Xiao Mei gently scooped up a spoonful of medicine, blew on it lightly, and then handed it to Xiao Yan's mouth.

"Mei'er." Tears of emotion suddenly flowed from Xiao Yan's eyes.

He didn't expect that even when he was in this state, Xiao Mei would still stick with him. This friendship brought some sunshine into his gloomy heart.

"Brother Xiao Yan, drink it quickly." Xiao Mei handed it forward again, "Drink it and you will feel better soon."

"Drink, I drink." Xiao Yan opened his mouth, his eyes full of tenderness.

If you get a wife like this, what else can a husband ask for?

(End of this chapter)