Battle Through the Heavens: Who put Laozi in my storage ring?

"May I ask what you have come to buy?"

Hai Bodong saw the boy casually looking at the blueprints inside the room and smiled.

I want to buy three things.

Xiao Yan held up three fingers, seemingly casually.

"First, a map of the Tagor Desert."

“Of course, I have all kinds of blueprints here,” Hai Bodong said with a smile.

Second, an incomplete map.

Hai Bodong was taken aback, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he tapped the counter lightly with his fingertips without saying a word.

“Three.” Xiao Yan revealed a bright smile.

"The three-year usage rights of Ice Emperor Haibodong".

Chapter 34 You have a mole on your butt

Hai Bodong's eyes twitched violently.

He stared blankly at the boy in front of him.

What is that?

My...right to use it?!

"Kid, you better explain yourself!" Hai Bodong's old face almost broke down; his composure vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of anger.

"Pfft~"

The next instant, Xiao Yan's expression was calm. A dark green poisonous flame surged from his body, condensing into a dark green fire snake that coiled around him and flicked its tongue at Hai Bodong.

"Condensing Qi into Fire, you are... a fourth-grade alchemist!" Hai Bodong's pupils dilated in shock.

“Third rank.” Xiao Yan shook his head, his tone calm: “But it will soon be fourth rank. Elder Hai should understand what I mean.”

"Gulp~" Hai Bodong's throat bobbed, his eyes filled with shock. This fire control technique, in the eyes of a seasoned Dou Huang with profound experience, was indeed worthy of being called a peak third-grade alchemist. And advancing to the fourth grade was just as the boy said, very soon.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old fourth-grade alchemist—let alone in the Jia Ma Empire, even in the entire Northwest Continent, there are probably fewer than a handful.

How could he be so lucky as to encounter such a monstrous talent?

No, it was the other person who took the initiative to seek me out.

Hai Bodong took a deep breath, slowly suppressing the shock in his heart, and looked at Xiao Yan with some complicated feelings: "Since you want me to follow you for three years, what is the reward?"

"The Curse-Breaking Pill." Xiao Yan played with the fire snake and looked at Hai Bodong with a smile: "Elder Hai was sealed by Queen Medusa, so what he needs should be a pill to break the curse. As far as I know, there is only one sixth-grade pill that meets this requirement, right?"

"..." Hai Bodong's face twitched.

Under the other person's all-seeing gaze, his secret was laid bare. After a long silence, he slowly asked, "Why?"

"With your talent, you will probably reach the fifth or even sixth rank of alchemist in a few years. At that time, you will have countless Dou Wang and even Dou Huang powerhouses rushing to help you with a wave of your hand. As for me... I am just a broken Dou Huang who was almost crippled. My current strength is only barely Dou Ling."

Why...did you come looking for me?

Hai Bodong's eyes were complicated. He didn't believe in easy money, and even if it did, it shouldn't fall into his lap. So he remained cautious and needed the boy to come up with a more convincing reason.

“Yes, you’re right.” Xiao Yan nodded seriously. “In that case, this deal isn’t worth it, so let’s just forget about it.”

After saying that, he turned and left.

Hai Bodong: "..."

This kid doesn't play by the rules!

His throat bobbed, his brain racing. If he really let this kid get away, he might never have the chance to refine the Breakthrough Pill in his lifetime. After all, even the Pill King Guhe couldn't make it.

After all, the condition for the Breakthrough Pill is... a different kind of fire.

And what this young man just displayed was undoubtedly a strange fire.

"Wait!" Hai Bodong's old face twitched, and he cupped his fists in greeting: "The incomplete map is here. I am willing to give it to you, young friend. Three years is too short, five years would be better. After I recover my Dou Huang status, I am willing to follow you for five years!!"

"Hmph..." Xiao Yan's lips curled into a smile.

Why act innocent after getting the benefit?

dream.

He paused, glanced back at Hai Bodong's sincere face, and smiled kindly: "Since Elder Hai is willing to follow me for five years, then so be it. And I can guarantee that I will help you refine the Breakthrough Pill within three years."

When I break through to the Great Dou Master level and start cultivating the Three-Turn Profound Technique, my alchemy skills will likely experience another rapid breakthrough. At that time, I estimate I'll be able to barely produce enough for these sixth-grade pills.

As for his teacher… Xiao Yan guaranteed that if he dared to trouble Lao Jun to refine this broken pill, Lao Jun would definitely give him a good beating. He would be scolded to death for disturbing him by refining such a useless pill.

"Pack up and let's go. There's no point in lingering here," Xiao Yan said, waving his hand.

He casually picked up the two "quarter" fragments of the map. Clearly, Hai Bodong hadn't tampered with them; he had given him both of the cut-out fragments.

Now we have half.

"Hey, how do you know everything?" Little Fairy Doctor's eyes flashed with astonishment when she saw Hai Bodong being easily subdued. He was, after all, a former Dou Huang powerhouse, but now he was rendered powerless by Xiao Yan's few words.

Recalling that he had done the same thing before, this guy seemed to have the ability to foresee things, even seeing his own calamity and poisonous body at a glance.

If I hadn't consulted the Poison Classic myself, I wouldn't have known about the Calamity Poison Body.

“I can tell fortunes,” Xiao Yan smiled. “I can predict everything in the world, like you… you have a long, seven-colored line on your abdomen.”

Little Fairy Doctor's pretty face flushed slightly. She was stunned for a moment before realizing that this guy had also read the Poison Classic. She said coquettishly, "This doesn't count!"

"And what about the mole on your butt?"

Little Fairy Doctor: "..."

Her originally fair face instantly turned red, and her ears also flushed red. She gritted her teeth and glared at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was also taken aback: "No, you really have it?"

"Stop pretending!"

Little Fairy Doctor glared fiercely at Xiao Yan, her arms crossed over her chest, looking displeased.

"Tsk~"

Xiao Yan's gaze unconsciously drifted downwards, only to see the girl blushing and avoiding his eyes. He touched his nose, slightly embarrassed, and said, "Ahem, would you believe me if I said I just guessed?"

The girl clenched her fair fists and glared angrily at Xiao Yan.

He subconsciously touched his butt again.

"Keep watching!"

……

Upon seeing this unlikely pair, Hai Bodong's eyes flickered with a strange expression. They were clearly a young couple, bickering and teasing each other, yet their relationship seemed somewhat off. Especially after seeing the girl swallow a poisonous pill, his entire expression turned sour.

"What I see and hear, I keep in my heart..." Xiao Yan said calmly, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes closed as he rested.

"Don't make things difficult for me."

"Hmm..." Hai Bodong's throat bobbed. Having lived most of his life, he was threatened like this by a junior, yet he didn't show the slightest temper.

The real reason was that when he was about to make a move earlier, he sensed a murderous aura emanating from the boy. Based on his many years of experience, if he attacked the boy, he would surely be the one to die...

Where are we going?

Hai Bodong shifted his gaze somewhat awkwardly, looking down at the bluebird, wondering what this young man had come here for.

"I'm looking for my brother," Xiao Yan said calmly.

"Your brother is here too?" Hai Bodong was slightly taken aback. If this young man was so monstrous, how terrifying must his brother be?

However, he had lived in this place for several years and had never heard of it.

"Stone Desert City, Desert Iron Mercenary Group."

Xiao Yan smiled.

Hai Bodong had a strange look on his face. Could it be that he was hiding his strength?

"Without concealing my strength, my elder brother should only be at the Dou Shi level right now, while I am the only genius of the Xiao family."

Chapter 35 Migration to the Black Corner Region?

Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

Inside a noisy little courtyard.

Surrounded by mercenaries undergoing physical training, many of them looked at the handsome young man who had just arrived with strange expressions.

"Little Yan! I've missed you so much!"

Xiao Li put his arm around Xiao Yan's shoulder and patted him hard, his eyes filled with the joy of brothers reuniting. "Let me see, you've grown taller and thinner... Is the family food not good enough?"

Xiao Ding, standing to the side, also smiled, his gaze softening as he looked at Xiao Yan.

"The family's food... is not bad." Xiao Yan smiled, finally having met his eldest and second eldest brothers.

"Little Yanzi, then why have you come here?" Xiao Ding's eyes gradually became serious. "Could it be that something has happened to the family? With your cultivation level and age, it's not time for you to be sent out to make your way in the world."