Battle Through the Heavens: Emperor Yan, please restrain yourself; your elder brother is truly hones

"Thank you, cousin!" Xiao Yan stepped forward and carried the bundle that the stall owner had prepared on his shoulder.

The three of them left without lingering and nothing more happened along the way.

Upon returning to the Xiao residence, Xun'er seemed to only then realize that her hand had been held, and she quickly pulled her hand away and left.

"Cousin, stop looking, or you'll turn into a wife-gazing stone," Xiao Yan joked.

This time, Zhang Yuan didn't bother with him and chuckled, "You bachelors are just envious and jealous. I have nothing to do with you."

Xiao Yan's lips twitched, feeling like a clown.

The two then went to the practice room together.

As soon as the door was closed, the old apothecary emerged from the ring.

Xiao Yan took out the two main medicinal materials needed to refine the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and more than a dozen other medicinal materials from his storage ring, and then urged Zhang Yuan, "Cousin, quickly take out the magic core so that the teacher can refine the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill."

"Once you become a Grand Battle Master, I can do whatever I want in Wutan City."

Seeing his anxious look, Zhang Yuan chuckled and said, "Are you a crab, walking sideways?"

After saying that, he didn't rush to take out the magic core, but looked at the bundle he had thrown on the ground and said, "Why don't you take a look at what's in this black iron piece first?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yan was taken aback, then squatted down and picked up the black iron piece. He examined it carefully from all angles and frowned, asking, "Teacher, what's the use of this thing?"

The old apothecary reached out and took the iron piece in his hand. After sensing it, he smiled and said, "Sure enough, there is a fighting technique sealed inside. The person who made this iron piece must have been an alchemist. Only those with a strong enough soul perception can sense what is hidden inside."

"A combat skill? A sealed alchemist skill?" Xiao Yan's breathing quickened, and he hurriedly asked, "What level is it?"

The value and importance of combat skills are no less than that of battle qi cultivation techniques. Profound combat skills can enable a person to unleash strength far exceeding their own level during battle.

Like martial arts techniques, combat skills are divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The average person can only access the advanced Yellow level at most. To reach higher levels, one needs to join an academy, family, sect, or other powerful organization.

Of course, if you're lucky enough, you can also obtain them by picking up corpses, finding bargains, or searching for graves.

The old doctor enveloped the iron piece with his soul power, and after a moment said with some disdain, "Suction Palm, a low-level Xuan-rank combat skill. When mastered, it can absorb a boulder weighing a thousand pounds. If it encounters an enemy with a strong suction force, it can even forcibly pull out the blood from a human body!"

hiss!

Xiao Yan took a deep breath to calm himself down and exclaimed, "This is too abnormal! If blood leaves the body, who can survive?"

"You're thinking too simply." Zhang Yuan's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "This ability seems good, but it can only deal with opponents of similar or lower cultivation levels than you. If you encounter someone stronger than you, absorbing their power is just asking for a beating."

The old doctor nodded approvingly: "Indeed, if this fighting technique is used well, it can enrich one's means of combat when one's cultivation level is low, but in the eyes of high-level cultivators, it is nothing special."

"With your current strength of the third stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Yanzi, it would be quite good if you could suck up a tree branch. You still have a long way to go before you can suck human blood."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was neither annoyed nor disgusted, and smiled, "No matter what, this Absorption Palm is more powerful than most of the fighting techniques in the family, and it can be my training technique for a long time."

The old master is a great man, so his vision is naturally broad.

Zhang Yuan, at the peak of the Dou Shi level at sixteen, joined the military of the Jia Ma Empire, so he must have been cultivating considerable Dou skills.

They may look down on him, but Xiao Yan is self-aware.

“That’s a good point,” Zhang Yuan smiled and said, “Once you’ve mastered it, remember to make a copy of the technique and submit it to the family.”

“I understand.” Xiao Yan’s expression turned serious.

Over the years, the family has spent a lot of resources on him, so he is naturally willing to give back to the family within his means. Consider a low-level Xuan-rank fighting skill as interest.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan asked, "Cousin, do you want to learn this technique?"

Zhang Yuan didn't stand on ceremony with Xiao Yan and took the iron piece in his hand.

His soul power wasn't strong enough to reach the level of Yao Chen, who could detect the special features of the iron piece from a distance, but he had no problem directly reading the information in the iron piece.

"All right."

A moment later, Zhang Yuan returned the iron piece to Xiao Yan.

He can quickly master a low-level Xuan-rank combat skill, which will enrich his methods of fighting enemies.

If you want to learn truly powerful fighting techniques, you have to rely on a real master.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan turned to look at Yao Lao and smiled, "Senior, you were once the number one alchemist on the continent. It's normal for you to look down on low-level Xuan-rank fighting techniques. I wonder if you could take out a high-level fighting technique for me to study?"

Chapter 17 Entering the Realm of a Great Dou Master

Looking into Zhang Yuan's clear black and white eyes, Yao Chen was speechless for a moment.

Back then, people would beg him to accept their fighting techniques and skills, hoping to befriend him or ask him to refine some kind of elixir.

But ever since he met Zhang Yuan, he has been taking things out.

It's just secretly absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi for three years, but the price is too high.

"You are not my disciple," Yao Chen said, adopting an air of superiority.

“Isn’t it just a matter of a word from you, senior?” Zhang Yuan said proactively. “Although you can’t train me to be an alchemist, you can teach me cultivation. I believe that with your strength as a former Dou Zun, you can definitely teach me well.”

Medicine Dust: ?

Do I need you to believe me?

I still need to prove myself to you, don't I?

"Not just anyone can become my disciple," Yao Chen continued, putting on airs.

His meaning was simple: if you take the initiative and say something nice, maybe I'll agree.

But Zhang Yuan took an unconventional approach and laughed, "Although we don't have the title of master and disciple, we can have the reality of being master and disciple. I will respect you just like Brother Yan."

Yaochen: "."

Is that what I meant?

So you don't want to become an apprentice, you just want to freeload.

"You little rascal." Yao Chen pointed at Zhang Yuan and chuckled, "I thought you were just smart, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless. With your talent, as long as you don't perish, you're bound to achieve great things in the future."

Shamelessness is a derogatory term, but it may not be in certain situations.

"Thank you for your kind words, senior." Zhang Yuan accepted the praise without hesitation.

Yao Chen pondered for a moment, then took out two scrolls from his ring and said, "When others ask me to refine pills, I usually ask for precious natural treasures and rare secret techniques as payment. For cultivation techniques, I generally only accept fire-attribute and wood-attribute related cultivation techniques and fighting skills, or some interesting non-attribute cultivation techniques and fighting skills."

“You have lightning attribute battle qi, and I only have one Xuan-level intermediate cultivation technique, Thunder Gang Technique, and one Xuan-level advanced battle skill, Azure Sky Thunder Finger, which are suitable for you.”

After saying that, he threw the two scrolls to Zhang Yuan.

"Thank you, senior." Zhang Yuan accepted the scroll, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed deeply.

He wouldn't ask Yao Chen why he wouldn't give him attribute-free cultivation techniques and fighting skills; that would be too greedy.

"If you ever need my help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask," Zhang Yuan said solemnly.

"Hahaha, interesting." Yao Chen laughed, looking up. "You're the first person to ask me for something in return, and then owe me a favor."

"Because we're on the same side." Xiao Yan, who had remained silent the whole time, smiled and then urged, "Teacher, can we refine the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill now?"

Yao Chen's smile froze.

He really owes the two little ones.

"Bring the things here."

Yao Chen took out the medicine cauldron from the ring.

In his prime, he could easily refine pills of grade six or lower.

However, in his current soul state, he needs a medicine cauldron to assist him in refining pills with the help of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

"Little Yanzi, watch carefully."

Using his spiritual power to select the medicinal herbs, the old herbalist began refining the elixir.

He added one medicinal herb after another into the cauldron in a specific order, refined them into different states, and then fused them together with fire.

When the fourth-tier wind-elemental magic core and two fourth-tier spiritual herbs were added, they generated a powerful energy fluctuation that spread outwards.

The Xiao family's training room is not enough to isolate this energy fluctuation, but the Xiao family is not just the Xiao family.

"Miss, someone is refining a fourth-grade pill in the core area of ​​the Xiao family." Ling Ying appeared outside Xun'er's room and reported respectfully.

Refining a fourth-grade elixir?

Xun'er, who was staring blankly at the fire-elemental magic core bracelet, suddenly had a flash in her beautiful eyes.

So it seems there really is a fourth-grade alchemist who wants to take Xiao Yan as his disciple?

If that's the case, Brother Yuan will grow up much faster in the future.

"You isolate the energy fluctuations," Xun'er said to the person inside the room.

"Yes!" Ling Ying's body disappeared.

A few breaths later, a special barrier appeared near the training room.

The whole process lasted about half an hour.

Inside the training room, Yao Chen not only did not feel tired, but became even more energetic, raising his hand to release a bone spirit cold fire.

The next moment, a blue pill the size of a longan flew out, its round body with a white ring pattern on its surface, shining very steadily.

The pill landed in front of Zhang Yuan, and as he held it in his hand, he could clearly sense the surging energy contained within it.

This is a Qingling Pill, which can guarantee that a peak Dou Shi will break through to the Great Dou Shi level.

"Should we continue refining the second one?" Yao Chen asked Zhang Yuan, still somewhat unsatisfied.

Zhang Yuan strongly suspected that this old guy could absorb the energy from the pills while refining them to restore his soul power.

"No rush," Zhang Yuan said with a smile. "I'll break through to the Great Dou Master level first, and then I'll assist you in refining the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill."

"Whatever you want." The old medicine master put away the medicine cauldron and looked at Xiao Yan, saying, "Little Yan, go and get a bucket of water. I'll refine some Foundation Establishment Elixir for you."

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately scurried away.

After he left, the old apothecary said to Zhang Yuan, "Would you like me to protect you?"

"No need, Senior, just take good care of Brother Yan." Zhang Yuan thanked him and took the pills to the training room next door.

He hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the door, locked the door, and then went to the center of the room and plopped down on the futon.

He didn't rush to swallow the medicine, but instead calmed his mind and visualized the image of Thor in his mind.