Battle Through the Heavens: The Strongest in the Entire Map, I Will Always Be Above You

Chapter 125 The Little Girl in the White Dress on the Wall!

Canaan Academy, Inner Court!

"Sister Qinglin, everything here is almost ready. Is there anything else to arrange?" In an elegant courtyard near the Grand Elder's residence, Xiao Ling smiled and asked Qinglin.

"No, thank you for your hard work, Ling'er. Oh, and thank you all, Xun'er and the others, for helping me so much!" Qing Lin said with a smile, still dressed in green.

After more than a month of training, she has advanced from a one-star Dou Wang to a two-star Dou Wang, and it seems that she is not far from becoming a three-star Dou Wang.

Qinglin, who is usually by Chen Yang's side, always appears timid and easy to bully. However, when Chen Yang is not around, she is poised and confident, handles matters in an orderly manner, and arranges things with high standards. She is not like a maid at all, but rather like a housekeeper by Chen Yang's side.

"It's alright, Sister Qinglin. This is Uncle Chen Yang's residence, it's only right that we help!" Xiao Ling stepped forward and took Qinglin's arm, smiling as she spoke.

Without Chen Yang around, Xiao Ling, like Qing Lin, became less timid and less aloof. Of course, whether this was a change Xiao Ling made for someone else is unknown.

Upon hearing this, Qing Lin smiled slightly, then looked at Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others. They were a team of freshmen from the inner academy organized by Xiao Ling and Xun'er. With Xun'er and Xiao Ling, two powerful combatants, and both being stunning beauties, no one had bullied them yet.

The only one to complain, Bai Cheng from the White Gang, was severely punished by Xiao Ling. Now, this small group, which doesn't even have a name, is doing quite well in the inner courtyard.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say!" Qinglin smiled, then looked up at the sky and realized it wasn't lunchtime yet, so she said, "Anyway, it's still early, why don't we go and tidy up Young Master Xiao Yan's courtyard? But this time, Xun'er will be in charge of the arrangements."

As Qinglin spoke, he looked at Xun'er with a teasing expression.

"What?!" Xun'er blushed slightly and glared at Qing Lin, but only shyly did not refute.

So, the group went to Xiao Yan's courtyard next door. Under Xun'er's direction, they tidied up some details inside. Compared to Chen Yang's large courtyard, Xiao Yan's was much smaller. Moreover, Xiao Yan didn't cook, so the main things that needed tidying up were the sleeping and medicine-refining areas.

After everything was settled, Qinglin suggested that everyone go to Chen Yang's place for dinner, and she would cook.

During the year or so she spent with Chen Yang, her cooking skills, which were originally not very good, improved to a certain level under the tutelage of Little Fairy Doctor. Although she couldn't compare to the imperial chefs, she was still better than the chefs of ordinary families.

"Let's help each other!" Several girls were eager to try, and Qinglin naturally nodded in agreement.

However, just as the group returned to Chen Yang's courtyard, they saw two young men and an old man standing in the courtyard, with a kitten lying at the feet of one of the young men.

"What an adorable kitten!" A female student's heart melted when she saw the Six-Winged Tiger King transform into a kitten.

"???" The Six-Winged Tiger King turned to look at the female student, almost speechless. You're the cat, your whole family are cats!

"Qinglin, you're back?" The young man with a cat at his feet was Chen Yang, and the other person was undoubtedly Xiao Yan.

After spending a few days in the Chuyun Empire, Chen Yang headed straight for the Black Corner Region. He stopped in Black Seal City for half a day and talked with Yuan Yi, the leader of the Eight Gates. Yuan Yi also chose to join Chen Yang's forces and began to restore order in Black Seal City. Chen Yang also promised to refine a Royal Extreme Pill for Yuan Yi. Yuan Yi was overjoyed and immediately ordered his subordinates to send over five portions of the ingredients for the Royal Extreme Pill, stating that any extras would be given to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang agreed to meet Yuan Yi at Canaan Academy in about a month. After receiving Chen Yang's token, Yuan Yi bid farewell to Chen Yang and began to reorganize Black Seal City.

Chen Yang met Xiao Yan in Heping Town. He could have easily rushed into the inner courtyard, but he sensed Xiao Yan's presence while flying, so they met in Heping Town and then went directly to the inner courtyard.

After returning to the inner courtyard, Su Qian sensed Chen Yang's presence and came to meet them. She then led Chen Yang and Xiao Yan to the small courtyard. Before they could exchange more than a few words, Qing Lin and the others returned.

"Young Master!" Hearing Chen Yang call her, Qing Lin couldn't wait to come forward, but she stopped in front of Chen Yang and looked at him obediently with her little head raised.

She saw Chen Yang as soon as she entered the room. At that moment, she wanted to run to the young master, but Chen Yang was talking to the Grand Elder. As a proper maid, she could not disturb the young master's business.

"Qinglin, be good!" Chen Yang reached out and rubbed Qinglin's little head. Qinglin squinted her eyes from the rubbing. The girl still loved Chen Yang's head pats as always.

"Sir and Miss Qinglin haven't seen each other for a long time, and I'm sure they have a lot to talk about. I won't disturb you any longer!" Su Qian said with a smile as she took her leave of Chen Yang.

"Take care, Elder!" Chen Yang smiled and nodded to Su Qian.

"Okay!" Su Qianyan nodded to Xiao Yan and the others, then walked out of Chen Yang's courtyard through the main gate and returned to his own courtyard.

After Su Qian left, the remaining students breathed a sigh of relief. To them, Elder Qing Lin, who was the same age as them, was more like an older sister, but Elder Su Qian was someone who could inspire fear just by standing there.

"You went to help Xiao Yan tidy up his house just now, right?" Chen Yang said softly, pinching Qing Lin's cheek again.

"Yes!" Qinglin nodded. "Ling'er and Xun'er helped me tidy up our courtyard. I saw that it was still early, and since Young Master Xiao Yan's courtyard was next to ours, I helped them tidy up!"

"Xiao Yan, did you hear that? You're treating us to a meal!" Chen Yang didn't miss any opportunity to congratulate Xiao Yan on his fortune, and he seized every chance to make him treat everyone.

"Please, please! I'll sell everything I own to pay you!" Xiao Yan didn't hesitate at all. This trip to the Tianxin Empire, not to mention the blood essence and magic core of the seventh-order Tyrannosaurus God, his income in the capital of the Tianxin Empire alone was enough to make him grateful. A mere meal was nothing!

"I won't take advantage of you, just let us roast this piece of meat!" Chen Yang said, taking out a piece of Tyrannosaurus Rex leg meat weighing about fifty pounds and saying it to Xiao Yan.

"Huh???" Xiao Yan recognized the meat as belonging to Tyrannosaurus God at a glance. That was a seventh-tier magical beast. Even if it was dead, he, a Dou Wang, would probably have to put in a lot of effort to cook it.

"Brother Xiao Yan, this is... the meat of a seventh-tier magical beast?" Others might just think it's ordinary magical beast meat, but Xun'er has such discerning eyes that she could tell at a glance that this piece of meat came from a seventh-tier magical beast.

“That’s right, and it’s a seventh-tier dragon!” Xiao Yan said with a bitter expression.

"Hiss!" Xun'er gasped. "Have you all been out killing dragons all this time?"

Xiao Yan nodded, pointed to the others, and then whispered to Xun'er, "We'll discuss this in detail after it's over. There's no rush now!"

Xun'er nodded blankly, but at the same time, she was also craving meat. A dragon, and a seventh-level dragon at that! Although she came from an ancient clan, she had never eaten such good meat in her life.

"It's good stuff, but... even with a strange fire, it would take a lot of effort for a two-star Dou Wang like me to roast this stuff!" Xiao Yan complained to Xun'er, then took out a dagger to chop the meat, but when he tried to cut it, he couldn't even make a cut.

"Brother Yang, if this thing is cooked through, won't we be unable to chew it?" Xiao Yan looked at the dulled dagger and said to Chen Yang with a pained expression. He had spent three thousand gold coins to buy this dagger.

"No, I've tried it. As long as you don't burn it, it's no different from regular meat once it's cooked, except that it contains more energy, there's no problem!" Chen Yang waved his hand and said. He had eaten this meat with Ya Fei recently, so he naturally knew the secrets of it.

"That's alright then, but I might have to borrow your precious sword, Brother Yang!" Xiao Yan pointed to the piece of meat in front of him and shrugged.

"Use mine, Brother Xiao Yan!" Xun'er said, taking out a short knife from her storage ring and handing it to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then took the meat and cut it off easily: "Wow, Xun'er, you... you really are a little rich girl!"

Xun'er reached out and pinched Xiao Yan, pouting reproachfully, before pulling Xiao Ling to prepare other things. Qing Lin also went to help, while Chen Yang, like a lord, took out a recliner and lay down in the courtyard, feeling quite content.

After cutting the meat, Xiao Yan thought for a moment and then took out his alchemy furnace. He immediately started the furnace and refined a bunch of seasonings of about the fourth grade. It would be too inferior to use ordinary seasonings for seventh-grade dragon meat.

After preparing the seasonings and marinating, they started grilling, with Xiao Yan serving up the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame throughout.

There's no way to cook this meat before mealtime with ordinary fire, or even the beast fire of a sixth-order magical beast.

As Xiao Yan's Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame began to scorch, a rich fragrance wafted out from above Chen Yang's courtyard.

"Wow, it smells so good! What kind of meat is this?"

"Is that Elder Xiao Yan from Xun'er's family?"

"He's not as handsome as Elder Qinglin's young master, but he's an alchemist!"

"Mmm, it smells so good! And why do I feel like my strength has improved just by smelling this?"

Several girls huddled together, chattering away. Qing Linxun'er and Xiao Ling chuckled to themselves. The meat of a seventh-tier magical beast, plus seasonings equivalent to a fourth-grade pill—it would be a problem if their cultivation didn't improve.

……

Chen Yang, who was on the recliner, also smelled the aroma of Xiao Yan's barbecue and nodded to himself.

It has to be said that the art of grilling meat is one of the great characteristics of Emperor Yan. Even if this young man hadn't traveled through time, he could have made a name for himself on Earth with his grilling skills.

Suddenly, he turned his head to look at his own courtyard wall, and there on the wall stood a little girl in a white dress, with a face as delicate as a porcelain doll...

Chapter 126 I only take in homeless and pitiful magical beasts!

It was lunchtime, and Ziyan was on her way to the nearby medicinal herb storage room for "dinner." But as soon as she stepped out of her residence, she smelled an extremely pleasant fragrance.

This aroma was different from the smell of food I had smelled before. Although those smells were also tempting, they did not make me "grow up" after I ate them.

So she only occasionally tried a meal to change the bitter taste caused by eating medicinal herbs for a long time; the rest of the time she would look for rare medicinal herbs in the herb warehouse to eat.

The aroma she smelled today was not only fragrant, but also contained extremely rich energy. Out of curiosity, she decided to climb over the wall of Chen Yang's courtyard and have a delicious meal inside, since no one in the inner courtyard would dare to mess with her.

However, just as Zi Yan climbed onto the wall, preparing to jump down to snatch the food, she was locked onto by two terrifying auras. One aura came from a tree in the yard, which was a small cat that looked a bit big, and the other came from the pond in the yard, which was a colorful little snake.

However, although these two auras were powerful, even vaguely comparable to Elder Su Qian, Zi Yan was not particularly afraid.

The cat seemed to have a bloodline that was much lower than his own, which made the cat less afraid of him, but if a fight broke out, she could still run away; the snake, on the other hand, had some tricks up its sleeve, but it was not as strong as the cat, so the outcome would be similar.

What truly terrified her from the bottom of her heart was the seemingly harmless young man lying on the recliner. Her innate monster instincts told her that this man could crush her as easily as stepping on an ant.

So, after sensing Chen Yang's terror, Zi Yan prepared to quietly run away. She just wanted to grow up, not die. Wouldn't it be better to obediently bully Elder Hao? The medicinal herbs may be bitter, but can they be as bitter as death?

However, just as Zi Yan was about to sneak away, the young man who terrified her turned to look at her. Zi Yan's heart raced instantly, and she stood frozen on the wall, unsure whether to go forward or retreat.

"Little sister, can you smell the aroma of barbecue too?" Just when Zi Yan felt her heart was about to break, a gentle voice suddenly rang in her ears, and the terrifying sense of oppression vanished instantly, as if it had never existed at all.

“I…” Zi Yan managed to utter a single word. She looked at the young man who had stood up from the recliner, but she didn’t relax just because of his gentle voice. Her childhood experiences made her hesitant to easily trust anyone’s sudden kindness.

"If you want to eat, come down from the wall. It's not a pretty thing for a girl to sit on the wall." Chen Yang smiled gently and beckoned to Zi Yan.

"Really...can I eat this?" Zi Yan clutched the spotless hem of her skirt, a few strands of her long purple hair fluttering in the gentle breeze, giving her a somewhat pitiful look.

“Of course you can!” Chen Yang nodded and looked at Zi Yan, saying, “We are all elders and students of Canaan Academy, so you don’t need to be afraid.”

Upon hearing the second half of Chen Yang's sentence, Zi Yan finally realized that this place was still Canaan Academy after all. Although she didn't have a good reputation at Canaan Academy, she was still a student there. This rather good-looking person couldn't possibly harm her, could he?

Thinking of this, Zi Yan stepped over the wall with her left leg, then lightly jumped down from the top of the wall. She then patted her bottom and hopped towards Chen Yang.

The closer Zi Yan got to the roasted meat, the more her cravings became. When she was only two or three meters away from Chen Yang, she finally couldn't help but swallow.

"You're craving it? But you'll have to wait a little while. Eating this meat before it's fully cooked might give you diarrhea." Chen Yang smiled and stepped forward, reaching out to ruffle Zi Yan's long, smooth purple hair.

Zi Yan initially tried to dodge, but found she couldn't escape at all. She gritted her teeth, comforting herself that she was obliged to help him, and swallowed her anger. She even raised her head and gave Chen Yang an innocent and cute smile, then said, "I'm not afraid of getting diarrhea!"

Seeing Zi Yan smile at him, Chen Yang gave her a couple more squeezes, then chuckled and let go: "I know you're not afraid of getting diarrhea, but eating is a process of enjoyment. You can't just ignore everything just to grow up, can you? Don't you find those medicinal herbs bitter?"

Zi Yan was taken aback by Chen Yang's words, then turned her head to look at Su Qian's courtyard, and suddenly realized: "Did Elder Su Qian tell you about me?"

Chen Yang shook his head: "You little brat, I can tell you're not human at first glance!"

"So what if I'm not human?" Zi Yan rolled her eyes, but her mood relaxed a lot. "My name is Zi Yan. What's your name? I don't remember there being an elder as powerful as you in the inner courtyard. Apart from that fierce old man Mang, you are the most powerful person I have ever seen in the inner courtyard."

"My name is Chen Yang..."

Chen Yang had just mentioned a name and was about to continue his conversation with Zi Yan when Xiao Yan, who was grilling meat, seemed to freeze up and turned to look at Chen Yang: "What do you mean not human? Who isn't human? Sister-in-law Medusa?"

Seeing Xiao Yan's blank expression, Chen Yang rolled his eyes speechlessly: "If I say you're serious, you're eavesdropping; if I say you're not serious, all you heard was the phrase 'not human,' right?"

Xiao Yan chuckled, then noticed the little Zi Yan: "Hey—Brother Yang, were you talking to her just now?"

"Otherwise, it's just you, me, and Ziyan here!" Chen Yang shrugged.

"Hello little sister, are you the child of which elder of the inner courtyard?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile while grilling meat.

"I'm not human!" Zi Yan rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan and was about to sit down on the ground when a small stool suddenly appeared under her bottom.

She paused for a moment and looked at Chen Yang, only to find him smiling at her: "A person should act like a person. Such a pretty dress won't look good if you sit on the ground and get it dirty."

Zi Yan sat on the small stool, staring blankly at it... Even after countless years, Zi Yan would never forget that small stool and the gentle smile of the man who gave her the stool.

"Not human? She's not human, could she be... a transformed magical beast, holy crap!" Xiao Yan's sudden shout shattered Zi Yan's dream. She turned her head and glared fiercely at Xiao Yan, but instead of being aggressive, she sat on a small stool with her knees drawn up to her chest, lost in thought.

“Zi Yan is indeed a transformed magical beast, but she only has the strength of a Battle King. This is probably because she accidentally ate a Transformation Grass,” Chen Yang said.