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

Xiao Ling became even more excited when she saw Xiao Yan nod, but after the excitement subsided, she calmed down and looked at Xiao Yan, reverting to her aloof demeanor: "Cousin Xiao Yan, is Uncle Chen Yang busy with something?"

Xiao Yan nodded again upon hearing this: "He is discussing some matters with the vice dean of the outer academy and the elder of the inner academy. Before Instructor Ruolin and I came here, he said he would come to find us after he finished his business!"

Xiao Ling nodded, suppressing her longing for Chen Yang: "Then... then let's not bother Uncle Chen Yang for now, let's wait until he's done with his work before he comes to find us!"

The little girl is so sensible that it breaks your heart.

By now, Xiao Ling was only seventeen years old. At a time when she needed her parents' company, she came to study at a completely unfamiliar academy. Although no one in the academy dared to offend her, and she had Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and other members of the Xiao family with her, she still felt lonely.

Even though Chen Yang was right in front of her, she thought he was busy and decided not to go see him. Her sensible manner was completely unlike that of a seventeen-year-old girl.

“Then we…” Xiao Yan thought about it and realized that it made sense. He wanted to take care of Xiao Ling’s feelings, but he couldn’t disturb Chen Yang’s business, so he planned to suggest that the group go for a walk together. However, Xiao Ling waved her hand again.

"Cousin Xiao Yan, you and Cousin Xun'er haven't seen each other for so long. I'm sure you two have a lot to talk about. You two go ahead first. Cousin Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruolin, and I will just stroll around. Later, I'll bring you some delicious treats. There's a shop in Canaan City that makes pastries that are even better than the Xiao family's chef's!" Xiao Ling smiled sweetly at Xiao Yan and said softly.

"Uh..." Xiao Yan suddenly realized that this other genius of the Xiao family, who had been discovered by Brother Yang, seemed to be so sensible that it made him feel a little guilty.

"Go on, go on!" Xiao Ling said, taking the hands of the dazed Xiao Yu and Ruolin, and skipping and hopping towards the market.

Judging from her expression, she didn't seem too unhappy.

"Brother Xiao Yan, let's go. Cousin Xiao Ling is so happy to know that Brother Chen Yang is coming!" Xun'er reached out and took Xiao Yan's arm, smiling as she spoke to him.

“I know… it’s just that my cousin Xiao Ling wouldn’t…” Xiao Yan said hesitantly, looking at Xiao Ling’s excited expression.

"Don't guess what a girl is thinking. Just be yourself... Alright, let's go!" Xun'er smiled and pulled Xiao Yan towards Canaan Academy.

Compared to the bustling Canaan City, Xun'er now wants to share what Canaan Academy looks like with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan glanced again in the direction Xiao Ling and the others had left, suppressed his suspicions, and followed Xun'er into the gates of Canaan Academy...

Chapter 112 Xiao Ling: Uncle Chen... Uncle Chen Yang...

In the guesthouse, after confirming the cooperation agreement with Chen Yang, Su Qian, realizing it was lunchtime, suggested that they have a meal first.

Hu Qian had already considered this point. As soon as Xiao Yan left, he gave the order that a meal with authentic Canaan Academy specialties would be ready at this time.

During the meeting, Su Qian asked Chen Yang where he planned to establish his own power base, and Canaan Academy would be happy to provide assistance.

Chen Yang smiled slightly, pointed towards the inner courtyard, and uttered two words: "Maple City!"

"Maple City?!" Su Qian and the other two were immediately shocked upon hearing this. Maple City was not an easy place to deal with. "Mr. Chen Yang, do you know the background of Maple City? Although the Medicine King Han Feng is only a sixth-grade alchemist, he is the disciple of the Medicine Venerable Yao Chen. Although the Medicine Venerable has fallen, his Wind Venerable is still active on the continent..."

As Su Qian spoke, she suddenly realized that perhaps Venerable Feng wasn't so important after all.

The genius young man in front of us comes from a top family in Zhongzhou. His older sister is a half-saint, so it's not an exaggeration to say that his family has produced several Dou Sheng.

"Heh... Han Feng is nothing but a skeleton in a tomb. With the guidance of the Medicine Venerable, he's still only a sixth-grade alchemist at his age. I'm afraid he's spent all these years scheming and plotting, hasn't he?" Chen Yang sneered. Han Feng needs to be dealt with, and the Black Corner Region needs to be rectified. He needs a stable Northwest Continent for him so that he can calmly face the future Soul Emperor's clownish behavior.

Although the core of the Dou Qi Continent is currently the Central State, in the future, when two or more Dou Di appear in the Northwest Continent, the Black Corner Region will undoubtedly become the new center of the continent.

At that time, if Chen Yang's power were to move even slightly, the entire Dou Qi Continent would tremble.

"This... According to Mr. Chen Yang, there seems to be a hidden story behind the death of the Medicine Venerable? And it's related to Han Feng?" Su Qian looked at Chen Yang and asked cautiously.

Chen Yang glanced at Su Qian, then directly transmitted his voice through his soul: "The Medicine Venerable was killed by Han Feng in collusion with the Soul Palace!"

"What???" Su Qian jumped up abruptly, the stool shattering into pieces from his sudden movement. If Chen Yang hadn't protected the table, all that good food would have been reduced to dust.

"Elder..." Hu Qian and Xue Lei looked at Su Qian, somewhat confused as to why he had gone mad.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen Yang, I..." Su Qian realized his rashness; his agitation almost prevented everyone from eating.

"It's only natural that the Grand Elder would be shocked to hear such secrets!" Chen Yang waved his hand and then pulled out a chair behind Su Qian.

"Thank you!" Su Qian sat down somewhat reluctantly, still shocked. The news Chen Yang brought was too much for him.

“Of course, I won’t take action against Maple City right now. Before I gather my strength, I need to make some preparations. Before that, I plan to stay at Canaan Academy for a year or two. I hope the Grand Elder won’t mind?” Chen Yang smiled as he put some food on Qing Lin’s plate after Su Qian sat down, then turned to him and said.

Killing Han Feng now is like crushing an ant for him, but the difference between Han Feng dying at his hands and dying at Xiao Yan's hands is completely different.

If Yao Lao wants to become a Dou Di in the future, or even leave his name on the Cang Qiong Ranking, he must let Xiao Yan or himself pass this test.

"Of course, no problem. Sir, you are an honorary elder of Canaan Academy. When I return to the inner courtyard later, I will have someone prepare a courtyard for you. You can stay there for a year or two, or even until the day Canaan Academy goes bankrupt!" Su Qian said with a cheerful smile.

He knew perfectly well whether it was more convenient for a seventh-grade alchemist to be thousands of miles away or thousands of meters away.

Putting aside everything else, the elders of the inner court of Canaan Academy, who are at the Dou Wang and Dou Huang levels, have prepared countless medicinal materials for Dou Ling Dan and Huang Ji Dan, just waiting to find a suitable alchemist to help them refine them.

However, Canaan Academy and Han Feng have always been at odds, so they can only leave the academy during their holidays to find alchemists outside the academy to refine medicines.

However, they have time, but alchemists may not.

Now that Chen Yang has taken the initiative to move into Canaan Academy, Su Qian will inevitably keep Chen Yang by her side.

Moreover, he had also prepared some pills suitable for a Dou Zong to take, and was waiting for the right time to go to Zhongzhou to find a seventh-grade alchemist to refine them for him.

"Then thank you very much, Elder!" Chen Yang smiled and nodded. In this way, his goal of legitimately entering the inner courtyard was achieved.

……

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

After having dinner with Chen Yang, Su Qian and the others bid farewell and left the guesthouse.

Hu Qian had to return to the academy to handle official business, while Xue Lei headed straight for Heping Town. He could leave Heping Town for half a day without much trouble, but if he left for a day or two, it would be too easy for problems to arise.

After Su Qian left, he said he was going back to the inner courtyard, but in reality he went all the way to the library to see Qian Mu and Bai Lie.

Qianmu Bailie, as Su Qian's former Grand Elder of the Inner Court, had worked with Mang Tianchi. In addition, both of them were brought by Mang Tianchi from Zhongzhou, so they knew some information about Mang Tianchi and the major clans of Zhongzhou.

After Su Qian recounted what happened with Chen Yang that day, the two pondered for a moment before Bai Lie said, "You mean, this person uses a dark red strange fire?"

Su Qian nodded: "It is indeed a dark red flame, and the intense heat it makes me feel makes it undoubtedly a strange flame."

Upon hearing this, Qianmu stroked his beard and nodded: "Since it is dark red, it should be the volcanic stone flame, ranked seventeenth on the list of strange flames."

Bai Lie looked at Qian Mu Chao and transmitted his voice: "Isn't the Volcanic Stone Flame in the hands of the Yan Clan?"

Qianmu shook his head and transmitted his voice: "With the Yan Clan's methods, they should be able to cultivate other volcanic stone flames. Besides, there are other strange flames on the Dou Qi Continent besides the top three on the Strange Flame Ranking!"

Bai Lie nodded and transmitted his voice: "Judging from the conversation between Chen Yang and Su Qian, this person is most likely the newly emerging genius of the Yan Clan."

Qianmu nodded: "Our understanding of those major families in Zhongzhou is limited to what the Dean said, but since it all matches up, their identities should be beyond doubt!"

After the two finished their conversation, Bai Lie turned to Su Qian and said, "There should be no doubt about this person's identity. Even if he has special ideas, they should only be interested in the Fallen Heart Flame. That guy is becoming more and more unruly. If we can't suppress him, it's not a bad thing to let him be devoured by our friends. At least he won't fall into the hands of bad guys!"

Su Qian nodded. He hadn't considered that Chen Yang's goal was the Fallen Heart Flame, since a person could only possess one kind of strange flame, which was common knowledge on the Dou Qi Continent.

However, since Elder Bai has said so, then we should treat Chen Yang accordingly.

"Oh right, Chen Yang also said that the Medicine Venerable was harmed by Han Feng in conjunction with the Soul Palace!" Su Qian suddenly remembered what Chen Yang had told him and reported it to the two elders, Qian Bai.

“The death of Venerable Medicine was indeed suspicious. Venerable Wind also came to the Black Corner Region to investigate more than 30 years ago. At that time, I was still the Grand Elder. When I contacted Venerable Wind, he said that Han Feng was rebellious, but he had no evidence.” Bai Lie said.

"Should we send someone to Zhongzhou to inform Venerable Feng?" Su Qian asked.

"No need. Since Chen Yang spoke so eloquently without directly exposing the truth, it means he has his own agenda. Let them fight it out themselves. We can wait until things are settled before sending someone to Zhongzhou to relay the news!" Bai Lie shook his head and said.

"Understood!" Su Qian nodded, then spoke about Xiao Yan, mentioning Xiao Yan's relationship with Chen Yang, and that Xiao Yan would be coming to the library in a few days.

The two elders nodded in understanding. They were quite fond of this grateful and talented student, and were even thinking about whether they could give Xiao Yan a special favor.

After reporting, Su Qian left the library and returned to the inner courtyard. Once back in the inner courtyard, he indeed instructed people to prepare an exquisite courtyard for Chen Yang. As for its location, it was only separated from his own courtyard by a road, designed primarily for abusing power for personal gain.

After seeing everyone off, Chen Yang took Qing Lin out to explore the area before heading to Canaan Academy to find Xiao Ling.

“Young Master, Canaan City looks completely different from other cities in the Black Corner Region.” Qing Lin looked at the orderly Canaan City and turned to Chen Yang with a smile.

"Order and chaos, that's a major characteristic of the Black Corner Region. Once our power is established, the cities will become like that too, even safer than Canaan!" Chen Yang, having traveled here from a country where doors were left unlocked at night and was considered the safest in the world, naturally preferred that kind of open-door policy.

"Then I'll take White Fang on patrol. If we find any bullies, I'll have White Fang eat them up!" Qing Lin said fiercely, baring his little tiger teeth.

Because she has the blood of the snake people, her fangs are sharper than those of ordinary people. However, her small face is not scary at all, and her weak appearance is really cute and adorable.

"Alright, then let Qinglin be the captain of Yangcheng's law enforcement team!" Chen Yang reached out and patted Qinglin's head, saying with a smile.

"Yes, Lord City Lord!" Qing Lin saluted Chen Yang in a funny way, mimicking the soldiers of the Jiama Empire, and then the two walked forward with smiles.

As they walked past street corners, the two were discussing going to the bustling market next door when they saw a young woman in a black dress leading a mature woman and a tall, beautiful woman around the corner.

The girl was a little surprised when she saw Chen Yang, but then she smiled happily, shook off the arm of the long-legged beauty and ran towards Chen Yang.

Qinglin looked at the girl, who was about the same age as her, with some wariness, and then looked at Chen Yang with some confusion.

Upon noticing that her young master was also smiling at the girl in the black dress, she took a small step back.

The girl stopped in front of Chen Yang, a hint of nervousness on her delicate face. She looked up at Chen Yang and called out timidly, "Uncle Chen... Uncle Chen Yang..."

Chapter 113 Chen Yang: I promise you a lifetime of wealth and glory!

"Ling'er!" Looking at Xiao Ling, who was still timid in front of him just like a year and a half ago, but had grown from a little girl into a young woman, Chen Yang called out with a smile and then reached out to pat her head.

"Hehe..." The girl's beautiful lips curved into an elegant arc, her eyebrows and eyes crinkling, and her nervousness instantly dissipated.

"Master Chen Yang!"

"Mr. Chen Yang!"

At this moment, Xiao Yu and Ruolin, who were traveling with Xiao Ling, stepped forward to greet Chen Yang.

"Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruolin, did you come out for a stroll with Ling'er?" Chen Yang nodded to the two of them and asked casually.

"Hmm!" Ruolin nodded, reaching up to pick up a stray hair from her temple and tucking it behind her ear. "When I accompanied Xiao Yan to find Xun'er just now, I happened to run into the three of them at the academy gate. Xiao Yan and Xun'er left together, so I took Yu'er and Ling'er out for a stroll."

Seeing Ruolin talking to Chen Yang, Xiao Yu stood aside with her head down and remained silent. She was not very familiar with Chen Yang, and had only met him a few times. Before, in Wutan City, when Xiao Yu met Chen Yang, her grandfather made her bow to him.

"So that's how it is!" Chen Yang smiled, took his hand off Xiao Ling's head, and then pointed to Qing Lin beside him to introduce her to Xiao Ling, "Ling'er, this is Qing Lin, my only personal maid."

"Qinglin, her name is Xiao Ling, she is Brother Xiao Yong's daughter, and my eldest niece!"

"Hello, Sister Qinglin!"

"Hello, Ling'er!"

Upon learning the other party's identity, Qinglin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and stepped forward to extend her hand to Xiao Ling. The two shook hands and greeted each other, thus becoming acquainted.

"That's Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan's cousin, and also a member of the Xiao family!" When introducing Xiao Yu, she was treated like a tiger warrior.

"Hello, Miss Qinglin!" Xiao Yu naturally didn't dare to wait for Qinglin to come up and greet her. Although this girl in the green dress was Chen Yang's maid, her status was much higher than hers.

Although she was arrogant, she wasn't stupid. Especially after spending more time with Xun'er, she realized how utterly worthless her once-proud good looks were.

Chen Yang truly lived up to his reputation as a prominent figure in Wutan City back then; every maidservant around him was an absolute beauty, no less stunning than Consort Ya.