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

"Instructor Ruolin, you wanted to see me?" Xun'er looked at Ruolin with a gentle and refined expression, a faint smile on her beautiful face. She was willing to approach this instructor who was willing to give Xiao Yan a special leave.

"Xun'er, there are only four days left until the Inner Court Advancement Competition. I asked you a few days ago, and you said to add that brat Xiao Yan's name to the list. Now so much time has passed, and he still hasn't returned. If he doesn't come back this year, you have to go and compete, understand?" Ruolin looked at Xun'er with a hint of reproach and said with a complaining expression.

"Oh, don't worry, Instructor Ruolin. Brother Xiao Yan has finished dealing with his business and is on his way now." Xun'er stepped forward and hugged Ruolin's arm, saying coquettishly, "Besides, as you know, the situation in the Black Corner Region is complicated, so it will definitely take him some time to get here!"

Ruolin, unable to resist Xun'er's coquettish pleading, could only helplessly pat Xun'er's head affectionately: "Fine, his name has already been submitted. It's good if he makes it in time, but there's nothing we can do if he doesn't."

Xun'er smiled sweetly: "Don't worry, Instructor Ruolin. Even if Brother Xiao Yan can't make it to the Inner Academy's advancement competition, he will give you a huge surprise. Besides, there's still me and Sister Ling'er this year. We will definitely be able to qualify for the Inner Academy."

Last year, Xun'er knew that Xiao Yan definitely couldn't come, so she stayed in the outer courtyard to wait for him, and Xiao Ling did the same for the same reason.

This year is different. Firstly, Xun'er knows that Xiao Yan's strength is now vastly different from before. Half a year ago, he was already a three-star Dou Ling, and now he must have the strength of a five- or six-star Dou Ling. Even if he were placed in the inner academy, he would be a top expert on the strong list.

Another point is that even if Xiao Yan can't catch up this year, with his Dou Ling level strength, he will definitely be specially recruited by the inner academy. The teachers of Canaan Academy are not that stupid to put Dou Ling students in the outer academy.

Therefore, both Xun'er and Xiao Ling decided to participate in the competition this year. Their participation would be a devastating blow to the experts from the outer court of Canaan Academy.

"Thank goodness you two are my backup plan, otherwise I would have really cried my eyes out!" Mentor Ruolin breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Whether Xiao Yan comes or not is irrelevant to her. She doesn't have high expectations for the little boy who managed to get leave from school two years ago by defeating her in a draw with his special fighting skills. After all, how could the cultivation resources of the Jia Ma Empire compare to those of Canaan Academy?

What she could still look forward to was Xun'er in front of her and that little girl Xiao Ling.

She couldn't see through Xun'er's strength at all, but she was confident that even Bai Shan, the current top student in the outer academy, would never be a match for Xun'er.

Xiao Ling, on the other hand, was even more so than Xun'er. If Xun'er was only calm and indifferent but actually passionate, then Xiao Ling was calm and indifferent on the surface but cold and icy inside.

Half a year ago, Bai Shan mocked Xiao Yan in public. Xun'er only retorted a few words, but Xiao Ling kicked Bai Shan dozens of meters away.

Later, rumors circulated in the outer academy that Xiao Ling should be the true number one. However, that girl rarely made a move, and the outer academy didn't have any missions outside. Therefore, apart from Xun'er, no one knew that Xiao Ling was now a nine-star Great Dou Master.

Even Instructor Ruolin only vaguely knew that Xiao Ling was at the Great Dou Master level, but she didn't know exactly what star level Xiao Ling was.

Xun'er smiled when she heard Ruolin's words, and simply took Ruolin's arm and walked towards the cafeteria. The two talked about private things and did not mention Xiao Yan again!

……

In Black Seal City, after killing all the ignorant followers, Xiao Yan sighed about the chaos in the Black Corner Region before returning to the inn.

At this moment, in the inn, Chen Yang had Qing Lin cornered against the wall, lifting the little girl's smooth chin and looking at her with a wicked uncle's expression: "Tell me, Qing Lin, what did your sister Xian'er say to you before you parted ways?"

Upon hearing this, Qinglin, who had been playing along with her young master's act of shyness, suddenly became genuinely shy. She avoided Chen Yang's aggressive gaze and stammered, "N-nothing... Sister Xian'er just wanted... wanted Qinglin to take good care of the young master."

When Chen Yang saw Qing Lin's appearance, he knew that Little Fairy Doctor had corrupted Qing Lin, and he couldn't allow that.

"Qinglin, how old are you?" Chen Yang asked with a smile, looking at Qinglin, who had a normal figure and was about 1.65 meters tall, but whose face still looked like a little girl.

"Qinglin, you'll be eighteen in two months!" When Qinglin heard that Chen Yang had stopped asking her about Little Fairy Doctor, her eyes turned serious, and she smiled gently as she spoke to Chen Yang.

"Huh???" Chen Yang looked at Qing Lin in disbelief. When he took her in before, she was thin and weak, and looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. How come she is almost eighteen years old in just one year?

"Qinglin... Qinglin just looks small. Before meeting you, young master, I never had enough to eat, which is why I'm so small!" Qinglin looked at Chen Yang cautiously and said with a somewhat downcast expression.

She remembered what Little Fairy Doctor had told her, and looked down at her own figure, subconsciously wondering if the young master was disgusted with her.

"I'm sorry, Qinglin, that's not what I meant..." Chen Yang moved his hand to the top of the girl's head and gently rubbed it.

"Then...then why, young master, have you been doing that with Sister Xian'er, Sister Ya Fei, and Sister Yun Yun all these days, but you just won't touch Qing Lin?" Qing Lin squinted her eyes, enjoying Chen Yang's head pat, and mustered up her courage to ask.

Even maids are expected to serve the emperor in bed!

Hearing the little girl's words, Chen Yang smiled and reached out to pinch her little cheek: "The reason I don't touch Qing Lin is because there is a rule in your hometown that girls under the age of eighteen cannot serve the emperor in bed, otherwise there will be a terrifying existence more powerful than a Dou Di who will kill you!"

Upon hearing this, Qing Lin turned pale with fright and darted away from Chen Yang in a flash, faster than a Dou Huang.

"Young...Young Master, I'm sorry, Qinglin...Qinglin didn't know, didn't know this would kill you. Qinglin didn't mean it, didn't mean it. Please, senior, understand. Qinglin didn't do anything with you, really didn't..." Qinglin clasped her hands together, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked up at the sky.

Chen Yang was stunned by the sight, and then a pang of heartache arose in his heart. He reached out and grabbed Qing Lin into his arms, but Qing Lin struggled.

"Smack!" After a light slap down the little girl's bottom, Qinglin instantly turned into a little red figure and didn't move at all.

"Ahem... Qinglin, although there is such a rule in the young master's hometown, it is for the last step. Before that, kissing and hugging are still allowed. You understand what the young master means, right?" After Chen Yang finished speaking, he looked into Qinglin's eyes, waiting for her to react.

After more than ten seconds, Qinglin finally regained consciousness with a soft moan, then buried her flushed face in Chen Yang's arms: "I'm sorry, young master..."

Chen Yang reached out and rubbed Qing Lin's little head. This girl's heart is truly full of him!

"Knock knock knock!" Just then, someone knocked on the door.

"Go in!" Chen Yang released Qing Lin, who darted out of his arms and headed straight for the master bedroom of the suite.

As the door opened, Xiao Yan walked in with a fawning smile on his face: "Hehe, Brother Yang, I went to buy the medicinal herbs, but I didn't find them all. Even including my previous collection, I only found a little over half!"

As Xiao Yan spoke, he walked towards Chen Yang and placed a storage ring containing medicinal herbs in front of Chen Yang.

"No problem, this is within my expectations. If you could collect all the ingredients for sixth-grade peak and seventh-grade pills so easily, then every alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent would open a pharmacy!" Chen Yang scanned the ingredients in his storage ring with his soul power, then shook his head with a smile.

"I'll keep an eye on the remaining medicinal herbs and try to gather them within six months!" Xiao Yan chuckled and scratched his head, then asked curiously, "Brother Yang, these medicinal herbs seem to be used to refine two kinds of pills. What exactly are the effects of these two kinds of pills?"

Chen Yang smiled upon hearing this, crossed his legs, took a sip of tea, and then said, "These medicinal herbs are indeed for refining two kinds of pills."

"Among them, the sixth-grade peak pill is called the Dragon Origin Profound Blood Pill. As you have seen, its main ingredient is called the Dragon Blood Origin Fruit. This fruit is a rare treasure that can only mature after absorbing the blood of dragon-type magical beasts. Pills made with it as the main ingredient have an extremely strong effect on strengthening the physical body. Just one pill is enough to raise your physical strength to a level comparable to a powerful sixth-order magical beast, such as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King."

"Of course, you can also use the blood of dragon-type magical beasts directly as a substitute, and the effect will be even better. If you are lucky enough to encounter a dragon-type magical beast of the sixth rank or above, or even obtain their magical core, tsk tsk, I can refine this pill into a seventh-grade pill for you. Combined with the Earth Core Tempering Pill, it can even make your physical strength comparable to that of an ordinary seventh-rank magical beast."

"As for the Earth Core Tempering Pill, it helps you solidify your foundation and strengthen your internal organs. Although you used many auxiliary pills when you devoured the strange fire, it still caused some damage to your internal organs overall."

"But with the Earth Core Tempering Pill, it's a different story. When used in conjunction with the Dragon Origin Profound Blood Pill, your foundation and inner strength will be fully restored, allowing you to advance smoothly to the Dou Zong realm!"

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile.

The copyright of these two pills still belongs to Emperor Yan, the lord of the Endless Fire Domain of the Great Thousand World. Among them, the Dragon Source Profound Blood Pill was created by Emperor Yan for Zi Yan and the other members of the Ancient Dragon Clan of the Void after countless years.

The reason is quite simple. The old dragon king Zhu Kun found a female dragon in the Great Thousand World and gave birth to a little sister for Zi Yan. Zhu Kun then went to Emperor Yan and asked him for some pills. At that time, Emperor Yan tailored a kind of imperial-grade pill based on the characteristics of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan. Later, Emperor Yan simplified this pill, making it at least grade six, which was very useful for training ordinary disciples of the Xiao Clan and the Tianfu Alliance on the Dou Qi Continent.

As for the Earth Core Tempering Pill, it was created by Emperor Yan one day when he was drinking with Han Yuelin, Xiuya, and others. He remembered that he had taken advantage of their early discovery of the Earth Core Tempering Milk, so he created it on a whim. He also passed on the pill formula to a few of them, which was quite good for cultivating their offspring.

Now, all these pills belong to Chen Yang, and they are used on the future Yan Emperor, who is still Yan Di at the moment.

"Brother Yang..." After hearing Chen Yang's introduction, Xiao Yan was so moved that tears immediately streamed down his face.

Such a great kindness—if he were a woman, it would be unreasonable not to repay it with her body.

"Damn it, what kind of look is that? Get lost, get away from me, you bastard..." Chen Yang felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Xiao Yan's gaze, and kicked him back to the next room.

After sitting on the bed chuckling to himself for a while, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered Chen Yang saying "Holy crap!" He paused for a moment, then realized that he had said something similar to Chen Yang. He scratched his head and went straight to sleep.

As for Yang Ge's kindness, it's never-ending, never-ending.

I'm afraid I'll only ever get congratulations from Brother Yang on getting rich for the rest of my life!

……

The following day, near afternoon, the Black Seal auction was held as scheduled.

Compared to the original storyline where Xiao Yan, an ordinary Great Dou Master, needed to conceal his identity to participate, Chen Yang and his two companions appeared much more arrogant.

After Xiao Yan revealed his identity as a Dou Wang and a fourth-grade alchemist, the Black Seal Auction House immediately arranged VIP seats for him. Of course, Chen Yang and his group also attracted the attention of Yuan Yi, the master of the Eight Doors and the owner of Black Seal City.

"An unfamiliar Dou Wang powerhouse, or a fourth-grade alchemist, tsk... is he also here for that thing?" Yuan Yi murmured softly as he sat above the auction house.

"Sect Master, that young Dou Wang doesn't seem to be the master of that group. This trio might bring some unnecessary trouble to this auction!" A three-star Dou Wang said to Yuan Yi.

"It's alright, we just run an auction house. As long as nothing happens inside the auction house, even if they all die outside, it's none of our business!" Yuan Yi waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Yes, I understand!"

……

Soon, the auction began, presided over by an elderly man dressed in fine clothes.

The first item up for auction, just as Chen Yang remembered, was a longsword inlaid with a third-tier ice-type magic core, named Cold Edge. Yao Lao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but did not take it to heart.

In the end, Chen Yang won the bid for the sword for 140,000 gold coins, which was 10,000 lower than the price in the original story. After all, Chen Yang and his group were sitting in the front row of VIP seats. Ordinary Grand Masters had no intention of provoking them, and the others in the VIP seats simply didn't care.

"Hehe, I'll give this sword to Ling'er later, but this third-tier magic core is a bit lacking. I'll get a fourth-tier magic core to replace it!" Among the people Chen Yang knew, there weren't many with water or ice attributes: Xiao Ling and Hai Bodong.

Hai Bodong is about to become a Dou Zong, so he naturally won't need this level of weapon. Therefore, only Xiao Ling, this little girl, is left.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Ling must be close to breaking through to the Dou Ling realm by now, right?" Xiao Yan said with some emotion, recalling Xiao Ling's terrifying cultivation speed with the help of Chen Yang's pills.

"Even if it's not quite, it's very close!" Chen Yang smiled and continued looking at the auction items behind him...

Chapter 105 The Auction! Elder Yao's Decision!

As Chen Yang won the bid for the longsword whose name sounded similar to that of the old master's eldest disciple, the atmosphere at the auction grew increasingly heated.

The auction that Chen Yang and his group attended was one that would be recorded in the history of Black Seal City, so the items that would normally be kept as treasures were released in the early stages today.

Compared to Xiao Yan, who was penniless in the original story, this time, Xiao Yan can't be described as wealthy; he's practically richer than a country.

Among the hundreds of storage rings he carried, there were over 100 million gold coins alone, not to mention that the hundreds of storage rings themselves were worth nearly 100 million.

In the Northwest Continent, wealth is not lacking. The wealth of the Wanxie Sect, a Dou Zong sect, is comparable to that of the Jia Ma Empire.

But wealth is wealth, and resources are resources.

Cultivation techniques, combat skills, and elixirs, once you reach a certain level, can no longer be bought with just gold coins. Which family in the Jia Ma Empire doesn't have assets worth over 100 million gold coins? But the highest cultivation techniques and combat skills they possess are only at the advanced Xuan level. A family that can have a top-grade fifth-rank elixir as its foundation is a family with real ability.

It's not that they don't have the money to buy cultivation techniques, but rather that they don't have any cultivation techniques or fighting skills to buy. Even if they did manage to buy some, they wouldn't be able to hold onto them with their strength as Battle Kings or Battle Emperors.

Earth-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills are something that even Dou Zong powerhouses would covet.

……

"The Xuan-rank high-level water-attribute cultivation technique, 'Water Control Technique,' starts at 800,000 gold coins!"

This water-attribute cultivation technique was eventually acquired by Chen Yang for 1.78 million gold coins, and it was also intended for Xiao Ling.

The girl is currently cultivating the mid-level Xuan-rank water attribute technique that I obtained from Ya Fei in Wutan City. It's barely enough for those below the Dou Ling level, but it's becoming insufficient above the Dou Ling level.

Although Xiao Ling is certainly capable of entering the library of Canaan Academy, the grade of cultivation techniques and fighting skills that one can obtain from the library depends entirely on luck. Not everyone has the good fortune of Xiao Yan, who obtained a fire-attribute earth-rank cultivation technique and a high-level sonic fighting skill of the Xuan rank from the library.

Therefore, it's better to buy it now and keep it in reserve.

"Brother Yang, the prices in this Black Corner Region are truly terrifying! A single scroll of high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique can fetch nearly two million!" Xiao Yan exclaimed to Chen Yang beside him as he watched the auctioneer bring down the gavel.

"The price of a commodity is determined by its supply and demand and the market. A high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique is only worth four or five hundred thousand gold coins in Wutan City because the three major families in Wutan City only have that much wealth. But here, everyone is very rich, so its price naturally goes up!" Chen Yang said to Xiao Yan in a low voice, playing with Qing Lin's small hand with his left hand.

“That’s true. When I went to Qianyaofang to buy medicinal herbs yesterday, I found that the herbs there were generally about three times more expensive than those in the Jia Ma Empire!” Xiao Yan nodded, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Alright, just focus on watching. Anyway, we're both rich now. If we like something, we can just buy it. If all else fails, we can just rob it later. I don't feel any pressure robbing people in the Black Corner Region!" Chen Yang chuckled.

"Haha, I'm not under any pressure either." Xiao Yan chuckled. While he might have felt some remorse for killing and robbing in the Jia Ma Empire, here… You dare glare at me? Are you trying to steal my things? Since you want to steal from me, then sorry, I'll take yours first…

This is the rule here: the strong rule. As long as you are powerful, everything can be yours. When in Rome, do as the Romans do!