Dimension Demon's Chat Group

Chapter 276 The three-year period has come to an end!

Time flies, and more than two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two months, the group members have made rapid progress and their strength has greatly improved.

First is Su Haoming. He has completely stabilized his realm and made further progress on the original basis, reaching the peak of the initial stage. He may break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment at any time.

Moreover, Yun Ye, Fan Xian, and others who also cultivated this system successively broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even Li Shimin and Bai Zemin, who joined the group later, had already reached the ninth level of Qi Nourishment. As long as they could guide out their innate Qi, they could go to Lin Yu's inner universe and try to transcend tribulation and establish their foundation.

As for the other group members who did not take this path, He Jingfeng continued to steadily improve his life cultivation.

Ainz also immersed himself in the ocean of magic, gradually taking control of the game character's power.

Lin Lie, who possesses the system, seems to have encountered a bottleneck. His strength improvement has slowed down significantly, and he hasn't uploaded any new system sword techniques for a long time.

Lin Yu wasn't surprised by this.

He had played Sword Soul in his previous life and knew that Lin Lie should have reached the stage of first awakening.

If Lin Lie successfully awakens, he will be able to advance to the rank of Sword Saint and master incredibly powerful awakening skills.

Of course, compared to the eight group members mentioned above, the one who has changed the most is Xiao Yan from the Battle Through the Heavens world.

The reason for this is that time flows extremely fast in the Doupo world.

For him, the two months in the chat group felt like more than a year.

In the year or so, he subdued the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, consumed the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and advanced to the Dou Ling realm. Subsequently, relying on the Marrow Cleansing Elixir and various pills, he made rapid progress in the Dou Ling realm.

Half a year ago, when he went to the land of the snake people to help Medusa evolve, he was already a seven-star fighting spirit.

Now, more than half a year has passed, and his cultivation has advanced further. He not only devoured the remaining Azure Flame and Heart Flame, but also broke through to the Dou Wang stage in one go!
This speed is still not Xiao Yan's limit.

If he hadn't been distracted by cultivating combat skills and refining pills, he probably could have advanced another five or six stars.

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In the world of Doupo, in an inn in the capital of the Jia Ma Empire.

A young man dressed in black sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the bright moon outside the window, and sighed softly:
"Time flies so fast!"

"In the blink of an eye, almost two years have passed..."

Of course, the two years mentioned here only refers to Xiao Yan. For the other group members, only three or four months have passed since Xiao Yan joined the group, so they don't have such feelings.

It's estimated that only Brother Lin, whose time flow is even more exaggerated, can understand Xiao Yan's current feelings.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but lower his head and gently stroke the black storage ring on his finger.

In the original story, the final year of his three-year agreement was full of twists and turns.

Not only did he repeatedly encounter crises, leading to Qinglin being captured by the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, but he also caused Yao Lao to exhaust his soul power and fall into a deep sleep because he forcibly released the Buddha's Wrath Lotus.

In this timeline, none of these things happened thanks to the chat group and its members.

Eight months ago, Qinglin was sent to the Divine Firmament Palace by him and handed over to the Transmission Elder of the Scripture Pavilion for instruction. Yao Lao has never lacked soul power. If it weren't for the insufficient number of Strange Flames, he would probably have reshaped his physical body with Xiao Yan's help long ago.

Without the burdens of the original story, Xiao Yan can devote himself entirely to cultivation.

However, Xiao Yan did not forget his own training while cultivating.

He had been commissioned by a group member to go to the northeastern province of the Gama Empire, wipe out the Mo family who were entrenched in the northeast, and pass on their secret method of fusing magical beast limbs to He Jingfeng.

He also used the alias 'Rock Owl' to roam the capital and win the Alchemist Competition...

Of course, besides these plot points related to the original work, Xiao Yan also has many encounters that are not in the original work.

For example, returning to the Monster Mountain Range that spans the Gama Empire, leaving the empire's borders along the mountain range, and engaging in life-or-death battles with powerful monsters of at least the fifth rank in deeper areas.

Without a doubt, this must have been Yao Lao's idea.

His plans for Xiao Yan were always based on his strength and realm.

The stronger Xiao Yan becomes, the stronger the enemies he arranges will be. Sometimes he will even deliberately seek out stronger targets, making Xiao Yan fight enemies that are a whole major level higher than himself.

Thanks to Yao Lao, although Xiao Yan's strength increased too quickly, it wasn't like he was forcing his growth.

Recalling the past year's experiences, Xiao Yan couldn't help but raise his head and look out the window again.

Or to be more precise, at the edge of the view outside the window, there was a continuous mountain range hidden in the darkness.

"Yunlan Mountain...Nalan Yanran..."

Xiao Yan's eyes turned slightly cold. He gently stroked the Xuanzhong Ruler on the bedside table with his right hand and murmured, "The humiliation of being annulled, the three-year agreement... let's settle them all tomorrow!"

That's right, he has returned to the capital now because the three-year period has come to an end.

Tomorrow, we will climb Yunlan Mountain!
However, when the moment came, what came to Xiao Yan's mind was not the girl who came to annul the engagement three years ago, but another face as beautiful as a lotus flower emerging from clear water.

"Xun'er..."

Familiar names flooded my mind, and my longing for them was like a flood that could not be contained.

Xiao Yan lay back on the bed, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, and said softly, "After we climb Yunlan Mountain tomorrow and make peace with the past, I will go to Canaan Academy to find you!"

Before the words were finished, a soft cough came from the dark storage ring.

Xiao Yan's expression stiffened, then he said somewhat awkwardly in a low voice:

"Teacher, you're still awake?"

The old apothecary did not answer, but instead transmitted his voice, "Someone is coming..."

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, then sat up, his right hand resting on the hilt of the Xuanzhong Ruler. But the next second, a familiar icy aura wafted in from outside the door.

Xiao Yan understood immediately, released the sword hilt, and said softly, "Come in!"

The door opened silently, and an old man in a blue robe stepped into the room, looking at Xiao Yan with a complicated expression.

"Is there something you need, Elder Hai?"

Xiao Yan asked with a smile, "Is there a problem with the Rejuvenation Purple Pill I gave you a couple of days ago?"

Hai Bodong shook his head and said, "That's not it. The Revitalizing Purple Pill is very effective. I have recovered my peak strength and even broke through to the sixth-star Dou Huang level under the influence of the medicine..."

"That's it!"

Xiao Yan lay down on the bed again, seemingly completely unsuspecting of Hai Bodong.

Indeed, this was the case. Over the past year, he and Hai Bodong had traveled around and had already forged a deep friendship, even better than the one described in the original novel.

"What I'm worried about is you!"

Hai Bodong said irritably, "You're going to the Yunlan Sect tomorrow, aren't you going to make some preparations in advance?"

Xiao Yan tilted his head slightly, glanced at him, and said, "Then let me ask you, what is my current strength?"

"Samsung King of Fighters"

Where is Nalan Yanran?

Hai Bodong pondered and said, "Although she has the help of Dan Wang Guhe, at her age, she can only be a Great Dou Shi at most."

Xiao Yan said calmly, "A three-star Dou Wang has to prepare in advance to deal with a Great Dou Shi. Don't you find that a bit ridiculous?"

"Strong words!"

Hai Bodong, his face full of black lines, said, "I don't believe you can't understand what I mean."

Xiao Yan chuckled and said, "Of course I understand what you mean. The Yunlan Sect is powerful, with a history of over a thousand years. Besides the many known experts, there are countless old monsters hiding behind the scenes."

"You know that, yet you still don't care?"

Hai Bodong said irritably, "I don't know about others, but Yun Shan, the previous sect leader of Yunlan Sect, was a figure from the same era as me."

"When he passed on his position and retired, he still had a considerable amount of life left and his strength was as high as an eight-star Dou Huang."

"If a powerhouse of this level has been in seclusion for many years and simply dies of old age, that would be fine, but if they are still alive..."

Hai Bodong didn't finish speaking, but Xiao Yan understood what he meant.

Xiao Yan said with a smile, "If he were still alive, he would probably be a Dou Zong by now, right?"

Hai Bodong nodded solemnly and said, "That's right!"

After saying that, he looked at Xiao Yan deeply and said in a low voice, "As you know, the Mittel family has a deep connection with me. Any move I make will involve them."

"Logically speaking, I should stay out of this and not make enemies with the Yunlan Sect because of you."

"But I still choose to stand on your side. Do you know why?"

Xiao Yan blinked and tentatively asked, "Because of you, we're friends despite our age difference?"

"Forget my ass!"

Hai Bodong was exasperated and said irritably, "Don't try that with me. I've lived for so many years and have long seen through the ways of the world. Why would I risk the entire Mittel family just because of our little friendship?"

As he spoke, he hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Tell me the truth, is the person behind you from the Divine Firmament Palace?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was surprised.

But on the surface, he still blinked and said, "Guess?"

Hai Bodong's lips twitched, and he said in a deep voice again, "Although a year has passed, I still clearly remember that you had four powerful people at the Douhuang level or above by your side."

“Those people looked young, spoke with unfamiliar accents, and behaved rather strangely; they were definitely not from the Gama Empire.”

"I originally thought they might be young prodigies from the Central Continent, but during the time I spent training with you, I heard about the rise of the Divine Firmament Palace of the Mulan Empire."

"It is said that the mysterious Lord of the Divine Firmament Palace has a similar accent and temperament to those people..."

Xiao Yan laughed and said, "So you guessed that the powerful figures I invited back then were also from the Divine Firmament Palace?"

Hai Bodong gave him a deep look, then sighed and said, "So be it!"

"Since you don't want to talk about it, I won't press you any further. However, if you really still have connections with those powerful figures, you'd better invite them all over as soon as possible, lest things escalate tomorrow and I can't handle it alone..."

After saying that, he took a step and turned to walk towards the door.

Xiao Yan felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing this, and smiled as he watched Hai's retreating figure, "Don't worry, Elder Hai, I will remember your kindness. As for tomorrow's matters, I will handle them carefully."

"..."

Hai Bodong paused, waved his hand, and disappeared from Xiao Yan's sight without saying a word.

After Hai Bodong left, Xiao Yan did not relax. Instead, he sighed and said helplessly:
"What are you doing here again?"

"Are you trying to persuade me to call in reinforcements?"

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure emerged from the shadows in the corner of the room. Her voluptuous body, clad in a purple robe, and her exquisite face with pale purple eyes gazed at the young man on the bed with a slightly complicated expression.

Without a doubt, it was Medusa!

(End of this chapter)