Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

I looked away and continued watching the uninteresting auction.

"The next item up for auction is a mid-grade Xuan-level combat technique called Void Blade. Once used, it can emit an ethereal blade light that cuts anything it touches. For those who use swords, this is the best way to improve their strength. The starting bid is 200,000."

The items below caught Xiao Fan's eye. A mid-grade Xuan-level fighting skill. Xiao Fan hadn't forgotten that he would receive a new reward, the Void-Piercing Blade, after arriving at Canaan Academy. Now, Yao Lao and the others knew that Xiao Fan possessed the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but they didn't know that the strange fire within his body had transformed into Chaos Fire. And Chaos Fire, as the origin of all fires, could be transformed back into strange fire.

As it happened, Protector Eagle only knew about the Chaos Flame he possessed, so Xiao Fan also planned to distinguish between these two identities. In the Soul Palace, he was Mo Shang, but otherwise, he was Xiao Fan.

Besides the difference in flames, the weapons and fighting techniques also need to be matched.

Now that he had mastered a mid-grade Xuan-level fighting technique, Xiao Fan found it very suitable for him, so he became interested in the Void Blade below.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand."

Xiao Fan's voice startled everyone below.

After all, Xiao Fan was in the VIP private room of the auction. Generally speaking, these important figures would look down on these common items, but unexpectedly, they would be competing with them this time.

The old man on the stage glanced at the private room where Xiao Fan and his group were, and said excitedly, "The esteemed guest in the top-tier private room has offered 250,000. Is there anyone offering a higher bid? This is a mid-grade Xuan-level fighting technique. It might just help you overcome any difficulties in your future endeavors!"

"Three hundred thousand!" A burly man in the hall also started bidding after hearing the old man's words. Since it was a normal auction, they weren't afraid of retaliation from Xiao Fan and his group, as it was in accordance with the rules of the auction house.

The others in the hall also bid against each other, and in the end, Xiao Fan won the scroll of fighting techniques for 500,000 and nodded in satisfaction.

Medusa, watching Xiao Fan compete, asked curiously, "I remember you used a gun, didn't you?" After all, Xiao Fan had made a move in the Tagor Desert before, and Medusa still had some impression of him.

"Hehe!" Xiao Fan chuckled, offering no explanation. Medusa glanced at Xiao Fan, and seeing that he was merely smiling and brushing her off, she rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more.

Just then, the door to the private room rang again.

Xiao Fan knew that the maid from earlier must have returned. When he opened the door, he saw that it was Qingyin herself who had come over.

"Oh!" Xiao Fan joked, "I didn't expect to trouble you like this."

Qingyin smiled faintly, her gentle voice ringing out. "No trouble at all. If you have any needs, sir, Qingyin will naturally be happy to oblige."

As he spoke, he took out some medicinal herbs from his storage ring and handed them to Xiao Fan.

"Of the medicinal herbs you need, we only have three in stock. Qingyin brought them all. We don't have the other ones in stock right now."

Xiao Fan waved his hand and smiled at Qingyin, "Why call me 'Mr.'? Just call me Xiao Fan." Anyway, Xiao Fan was using his own appearance now. After all, when he went to Canaan Academy and entered Black Seal City, Xiao Fan was already using his original appearance.

Upon hearing this, Qingyin bowed again and said with a smile, "Then Qingyin will be impolite."

Then she took out a beautifully packaged box. "This is something else the gentleman requested..."

Xiao Fan accepted it with a smile, opened it and glanced at it. A hint of amazement flashed in his eyes. Then he looked at Qingyin and grinned.

"Okay, how many gold coins do we need in total?"

Upon hearing this, Qingyin's eyes flashed with a sly glint, and she said playfully, "This is just a gift to get to know Xiao Fan and the Lord, no need." Anyway, it's just a few medicinal herbs, only worth a few hundred thousand gold coins. Getting to know the Dou Huang powerhouse in front of her is definitely not a loss.

Xiao Fan turned to look at Medusa, clicked his tongue twice, and couldn't help but envy the treatment given to a Dou Huang-level figure. He then coughed and said, "We can accept the medicinal herbs, but you have to pay for this." He patted the box in his hand as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Qingyin's eyes gleamed, and she chuckled, "Since that's the case, then I'll take your 50,000 gold coins. This is one of a kind."

Xiao Fan paid with gold coins, Qingyin gave a graceful bow, and then left the private room.

Chapter 88 A Gift for Medusa

After Qingyin left the private room, Xiao Fan returned to the sofa with the exquisite box in his arms.

"Have you collected all the medicinal herbs?" Medusa asked calmly. Xiao Fan wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he felt a chill run down his spine. He turned his head but didn't find anything amiss.

Hearing Medusa's words, Xiao Fan happily said, "We're still missing two rarer ones, but it's okay, we'll collect them eventually." He then cheerfully placed the box in his hand on the table in front of Medusa and said to her.

"Why don't you open it and take a look?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Medusa's eyes flashed with doubt, and her tone was full of confusion. "What is this?"

Xiao Fan smiled mysteriously and said to Medusa, "This is a gift I prepared especially for you. Open it and take a look." After saying this, Xiao Fan felt the chill on his back seem to fade away, but he was too excited to notice.

Hearing Xiao Fan's words, Medusa tilted her head, looking at him curiously, seemingly surprised that this was something Xiao Fan had prepared especially for her. She sat up from the sofa, her long, beautiful legs peeking out from under her cheongsam, and sat cross-legged on the sofa, her smooth feet nestled in the soft fabric.

Medusa took the beautifully packaged box from the table and opened it with her long, slender fingers.

A pair of exquisite women's shoes lay quietly in the box. Golden threads began to outline the shoes from the toes, slowly winding along the sides and finally reaching the heel to form a magnificent phoenix poised for flight.

In the position of the phoenix's eyes, two small but exquisitely crafted red gemstones adorn the scene, their vibrant red adding a touch of eeriness. Aside from the gold threads, the soft red fabric against the backdrop further emphasizes the gold's opulence, mirroring Medusa's noble and alluring charm.

Medusa's slender fingers traced across her shoes, a flicker of pleasure she herself didn't notice flashing in her eyes.

"This...you prepared this for me?" Medusa, oblivious to the fact that it was happening, asked, her tone leaving no room for doubt, a slight smile playing on her lips. Xiao Fan, who had been staring at Medusa, noticed the smile and froze, forgetting to answer her question.

Not hearing Xiao Fan's reply, Medusa curiously raised her head and saw Xiao Fan staring blankly at her. If someone had dared to be so presumptuous in the past, Medusa would have already piled their head at the feet of the Snake-People's Holy City. But now, Medusa was slightly at a loss.

They could only attribute everything to the influence of the Devouring Python's soul.

Finally regaining his senses, Xiao Fan coughed, glanced away, and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, he finally came to his senses and whispered to Medusa, "Is it beautiful?"

Medusa, unsurprisingly, didn't answer. Xiao Fan continued, "Well, I saw you didn't have any shoes, so I took the liberty of buying you a pair. Why don't you... put them on?"

Medusa's eyes fell on the shoes. She just bought a pair randomly? A pair she just bought randomly had the magic core of a third-tier fire-attribute magical beast on them. The gold threads on the pairs she just bought randomly were made from the essence of the high-level medicinal herb Golden Thread Mushroom. A pair she just bought randomly even had an array engraved on them to accelerate cultivation?

Medusa glanced at Xiao Fan, and as if possessed, slowly stretched out her delicate toes, reaching into her shoe. Soft fabric wrapped around Medusa's toes, revealing only her fair ankles.

Xiao Fan was both happy and regretful when he saw Medusa put on the shoes he had prepared.

Joy may come from the pleasure of receiving a gift, while regret may come from never being able to see those fair and plump toes again.

beep~

The knocking drew Xiao Fan's attention. He snapped out of his reverie and realized the auction was over, and the Xuan-rank fighting technique he'd auctioned had been delivered to him. After paying the gold coins and storing the Void Blade in his storage ring, Xiao Fan turned to look at Medusa, who was still admiring her shoes.

"What are the plans after the auction?"

Medusa stood up from the sofa, glanced at Xiao Fan with her beautiful eyes, a hint of mockery flashing in them. "Come with me for a stroll."

Then, with her long, beautiful legs swaying, accompanied by the clatter of her high heels on the floor, she walked out of the private room. Xiao Fan didn't refuse and followed Medusa outside.

After leaving the Black Seal Auction House, the two wandered aimlessly through the streets of Black Seal City. The Black Corner Region was not peaceful, and there were quite a few people who lacked common sense.

Just yesterday, someone tried to flirt with Medusa, and now another one has appeared in front of them.

Two people, one fat and one thin, were fighting in front of Xiao Fan and his companion. It looked like they were fighting to the death, but Xiao Fan saw through their clumsy acting at a glance. During the fight, they would occasionally look at Xiao Fan and his companion's position, and the fight gradually moved closer to them.

Just as Xiao Fan was about to make a move, Medusa extended her slender fingers.

Before the two could beg for mercy, with a creaking sound, their heads spun around in mid-air, and they collapsed to the ground, blood flowing down their necks and staining the ground.

"What a disappointment!" Medusa frowned, glanced at the bloodstains on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and turned to walk in another direction. Although she appeared to be walking on the ground, a Dou Zong expert could stand in mid-air, so in reality, every step she took was in the void. But she didn't want to walk over the blood; that filthy bloodstains shouldn't stain her shoes.

Xiao Fan shrugged, glancing at the two corpses on the ground. His gaze swept over the various, overt and covert, stares around him. Women, especially beautiful ones, were rare commodities in the Black Corner Region. Medusa's beauty naturally attracted the covetous eyes of many. This served as a lesson for them.

Because of the two people's interruption, Medusa seemed to lose interest in shopping. After walking for a short while, she turned her head to look at Xiao Fan.

"Forget it, this is pointless. I'm going back."

Xiao Fan was stunned, and then he saw Medusa's body gradually shrink. Just as she was about to transform into a seven-colored snake, Xiao Fan blurted out.

"When you come out next time, I want to marry you!"

Whether it was Xiao Fan's imagination or not, Medusa's distorted figure seemed to have a slight smile on her lips.

As Medusa disappeared, the seven-colored snake floated back in front of Xiao Fan, affectionately nuzzling his cheek. Its forked tongue flickered in the air, licking Xiao Fan's cheek, causing a slight tickle.

Xiao Fan placed it in his palm and played with it for a while. Then, noticing its fatigue, he fed it a few drops of the symbiotic amethyst source, and it shrunk back into Xiao Fan's sleeve and fell asleep.

Having lost all interest in staying in Black Seal City, Xiao Fan decided to head to Canaan Academy.

Chapter 89 Peace Town

Xiao Fan took out the map of the Black Corner Region that he had prepared in advance. Canaan Academy was located north of Black Seal City. At Xiao Fan's current speed, it would probably take him nearly two days to get there.

After leaving Black Seal City, Xiao Fan reached a secluded place and spread out his Purple Cloud Wings. With a gentle flap, he flew north. Except for crowded areas where he would land early to avoid passing through, he flew along the way with his Purple Cloud Wings spread out.

After two days of flying, Xiao Fan was getting closer and closer to the location of Canaan Academy.

Seeing that he was not far from Canaan Academy on the map, Xiao Fan put away his Purple Cloud Wings and switched to walking. After all, there was a no-fly zone within a hundred miles of Canaan Academy, otherwise the Canaan Academy's enforcement team would come to cause trouble.

In the dim light, Xiao Fan could already see a small town faintly visible in the gap between the two mountain peaks. This was the location of the outer academy of Canaan Academy, Peace Town.

From here to Heping Town, there is only one dirt road. As the wind blows, the yellow sand flies high into the sky, obscuring the already faintly visible town and making it even harder to see.

There were also a few scattered pedestrians on the dirt road, some of whom did not look like good people. For example, there was a guy whose clothes were stained with blood, and there was an unhealed scar above his thick eyebrows and big eyes. However, he was walking on the dirt road at this time, but there was no fierce look on his face, which made him look a bit strange.

Seemingly noticing Xiao Fan's gaze, he turned his head and glared at Xiao Fan before continuing towards Peace Town.

"Heh, if this were in the Black Corner Region, they'd probably already be looking for me to fight. As expected of Canaan Academy," Xiao Fan shook his head and said softly.

Without further hesitation, after a journey of about ten minutes, Xiao Fan finally arrived at the entrance of Peace Town. The plaque at the town gate simply read "Peace Town" without any other decorations, but no one dared to underestimate it or offend it, after all, it was said that it was written by the dean of Canaan Academy.

Not far to the left of the entrance to Heping Town, a withered, crooked tree stands there, its horizontal branches hanging with countless corpses, swaying back and forth in the afterglow of the setting sun as the wind blows, sending chills down one's spine.

The people from the Black Corner Region who had just come this far were also standing in front of this famous "Dead Spirit Tree," trembling all over.

After all, it is said that even a Douhuang-level powerhouse was found the next day after offending Canaan Academy, and his body was hung on the Death Tree.

He swallowed hard, looking at the swaying corpse in the tree, the branches creaking and groaning, creating a terrifying sense of oppression.

Just as everyone was watching the hanging corpse on the Death Tree, a group of figures sped towards the town gate. Leaping over the rooftops of the surrounding buildings, they arrived at the town gate in a few flashes.

Xiao Fan turned his gaze and saw that the leader was a middle-aged man with a stern face. Behind him were mostly men and women around twenty-two or twenty-three years old, wearing light blue uniforms and a blue badge on their chests. The badge was engraved with a dagger stained with a little bit of bright red blood. This was the famous law enforcement team of Canaan Academy.

The organization with the most frequent battles within the academy is also the main force responsible for Canaan Academy in deterring the Black Corner Region. Legend has it that a Dou Huang powerhouse who once provoked Canaan Academy was captured by the enforcement team and his body was hung on a branch of the Death Tree in just one day.

The enforcement team members stared at the crowd warily, their eyes filled with a hint of repulsion. They seemed ready to fight at the slightest provocation.

The middle-aged man leading the group slowly said to the people from the Black Corner Region, "Anyone who wants to enter Peace Town must state their identity, name, and origin, otherwise they will be expelled."