While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 111 Taking Over, Harvesting

"Those who surrender will live! Those who do not surrender will be reborn!"

"Those who surrender will live! Those who do not surrender will be reborn!"

When Chen Xiao brought Cao Ying back to Fengcheng, they could hear Hai Bodong and Zi Yan's voices from afar.

The old man and the child flew freely over Maple City, like wolves among sheep, completely having a blast.

In contrast, Xiao Yixian was extremely low-key. She said nothing, but just ran around the city, slaughtering those who were fickle-minded. Her white dress was stained with blood, like a bunch of blooming red plums.

As for the fourth elder of the Cao family, who had returned earlier, he was nowhere to be found.

After temporarily placing Cao Ying on a rooftop where she could be easily watched over, Chen Xiao leaped into the air again and grabbed the little dragon man who was engrossed in playing.

"Where is the Fourth Elder?"

"I don't know. He just came back, said one sentence, and left. He said it was a rare opportunity to come to the Northwest Continent, so he wanted to take this chance to travel around and see more. He said he would stay for a few days before returning to Zhongzhou and that we shouldn't worry about him."

Zi Yan broke free from Chen Xiao's grasp, turned around, and answered absentmindedly, her eyes still glancing at Feng Cheng below, looking like she hadn't had enough fun yet.

They only calmed down a little when they saw Hai Bodong and Xiao Yixian flying over as well.

"How's the treasure vault going?"

"Look, I've put them all in my storage ring; not a single gold coin was left behind."

Zi Yan took out several storage rings and handed them to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao took the rings and let his consciousness seep into them. He quickly discovered that these storage rings contained everything imaginable, from cultivation techniques and combat skills to bottles and jars and even some strange and unusual items. The only thing missing was a few medicinal herbs.

Looking up and seeing Zi Yan's evasive gaze, Chen Xiao knew exactly what was going on, but he was too lazy to point it out and returned all the storage rings to her.

"Let's put these things back in the treasure vault. From now on, you'll be in charge of guarding the treasure vault. You can eat as much as you want."

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Zi Yan happily accepted the task. Back in the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, she had always admired Elder Hao, who guarded the medicinal herb storage. Now, she had fulfilled a small wish.

Chen Xiao chuckled and turned to look at Hai Bodong and Little Fairy Doctor.

Without him even asking, Little Fairy Doctor spoke first.

"All five Dou Wang powerhouses, including Han Beng, have perished. Eleven Dou Ling powerhouses have died, and six obedient ones remain. More than a hundred typical Dou Ling powerhouses have died. All the storage rings have been collected and are on the roof over there."

Following Little Fairy Doctor's gaze, one could see an open package on a rooftop, with countless storage rings piled up haphazardly inside.

"I didn't realize it when I was having so much fun killing people, but now that I've calmed down, I realize that the Black Corner Region is indeed quite amazing. The power gathered by just one Maple City managed by Han Feng is almost equivalent to half of the upper-level combat power of the Gama Empire."

Looking at the messy scene in the city, Hai Bodong sighed.

He had to admit that he had underestimated the Black Horn Region.

Compared to this Black Corner Region, the Gama Empire seems to have no advantage whatsoever.

Dou Wang level, in the Jia Ma Empire, can be ranked among the top ten strongest people, but in the Black Horn Region, ordinary Dou Wangs are not even worthy of being remembered...

Chen Xiao nodded slightly and immediately stepped forward.

There are still many good things in the Black Corner Region. Now that the top combat forces of Maple City have all fallen, it is possible to take their place and use it as a base to occupy a place in the Black Corner Region.

"Han Feng is dead. From this day forward, I, Chen Xiao, am the Lord of Maple City!"

The words echoed throughout the city, causing those who had originally been loyal to Han Feng to tremble in their hearts.

In the Black Corner Region, the rise and fall of powers is extremely frequent, and only a very few old-established powers are able to remain standing.

The original owner of Fengcheng, the Medicine Emperor Han Feng, was not only at the peak of Douhuang, but also a sixth-grade alchemist. No one had ever thought that anyone would dare to attack him.

And, it really succeeded!

"Greetings, Lord City Lord!"

"Greetings, Lord City Lord!"

Without daring to think further, cries echoed from every corner of the city.

Those who understand the times are heroes; those who don't are already corpses.

For these people at the bottom of society, changing masters doesn't cause them any psychological burden, and it won't make much difference to their lives.

Scanning the reactions of the people in the city, Chen Xiao nodded slightly. He didn't care whether these people were loyal or not, as long as they were obedient. In any case, the Black Corner Region was just a temporary foothold for him.

"Elder Hai, as the Supreme Elder of the Mittelpa family, you are not lacking in management experience. I will trouble you to put in more effort these next few years to keep Maple City running normally. In addition, you can also send a message to Patriarch Tengshan to send some members of the Mittelpa family to develop here."

Hai Bo glanced at Chen Xiao sideways, but did not refuse.

He had already prepared himself mentally before he even arrived in the Black Corner Region.

"Don't worry, Fengcheng won't fall into chaos, and they don't have the ability to do so. Once I come up with a plan, with both carrots and sticks, I won't have to worry about them being disloyal."

"Alright, thank you, Elder Hai!"

After a brief explanation, Chen Xiao gathered the spoils of war and led the group to officially settle in Maple City, choosing a bamboo building in the city center as their daily residence.

This bamboo house has three floors and quite a few rooms, enough to accommodate a group of people.

After finding a place to stay, Hai Bodong and Xiao Yixian began to tally up their spoils, while Chen Xiao went up to the top floor room first.

After replacing all the items in the room, Chen Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and took off the dark blue storage ring from his fingertip.

The spoils of war in Fengcheng were just appetizers; what he truly cared about was Han Feng's storage ring!

Chen Xiao extended a wisp of his mind to try and penetrate it, and unsurprisingly, he felt tremendous resistance.

This is because Han Feng, the owner of the Youhai Storage Ring, is not dead. The storage ring still has an owner and contains Han Feng's soul imprint.

In this situation, if Chen Xiao's consciousness wanted to enter the storage ring, he could only do so by obtaining Han Feng's permission, allowing him to voluntarily remove the soul imprint or grant him access.

Alternatively, they could forcibly erase Han Feng's soul imprint, but this would require extremely powerful soul strength.

Han Feng is a sixth-grade alchemist. In terms of soul power alone, no one around Chen Xiao should be able to compare with him at present.

Abandoning his plan to directly erase the soul imprint, Chen Xiao summoned Cao Ying via telepathy and then took out the jade bottles containing the little Devouring Python and Han Feng's soul bodies respectively.

"Han Feng, if you don't want to suffer, remove the soul mark yourself."

For Chen Xiao, Han Feng is now the vessel for the Sea Heart Flame, and Han Feng's soul is still inside, which may come in handy in the future.

Therefore, he has no intention of erasing his soul for the time being.

Upon hearing Chen Xiao's words, Han Feng inside the jade bottle began to curse venomously, but unfortunately, Chen Xiao could only see his lips and not hear his voice.

However, Chen Xiao could tell from the lip movements alone that this guy already knew he was going to die and had started to throw caution to the wind, so the words he was spouting were completely unacceptable.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao stopped wasting words and immediately shook out Queen Medusa. Only then did he remove the fighting spirit that sealed the bottle opening. Before Han Feng could hear his foul language, he had Cao Ying unleash her strange fire to begin torturing him.

Unlike the Fallen Heart Flame, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame does not have special effects on the soul, but the power of the strange flame itself is still considerable. The pain of the strange flame burning the soul is not something that everyone can endure.

At the very least, Han Feng isn't that kind of stubborn person.

The screams lasted for less than half an hour before Han Feng, barely clinging to life, could no longer endure it and took the initiative to remove the soul imprint from Chen Xiao's Nether Sea Ring.

Chen Xiao chuckled, sealed it away again, and looked at Queen Medusa and Cao Ying.

Thank you.

Cao Ying shook her head slightly. Seeing that Chen Xiao had nothing else to do, she said goodbye and left the room with a smile.

Queen Medusa wanted to transform back into the form of the Little Devouring Python, but Chen Xiao stopped her.

"Zi Yan talks about Her Majesty the Queen every day. She was busy with important matters before and didn't have a chance to speak. Your Majesty might as well go and see Zi Yan first."

Queen Medusa looked at Chen Xiao steadily, then pushed the door open and left without saying a word.

How could she not see that Chen Xiao simply wanted to get rid of her?

Given their current working relationship, they are far from being able to share secrets.

Queen Medusa knew this, but listening to Chen Xiao's words, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Chen Xiao ignored Queen Medusa's thoughts, waved his hand to release a burst of battle qi to close the door tightly, and set up another layer of barrier before starting to take stock of Han Feng's storage ring.

A wisp of consciousness seeped into the storage ring, and after just one glance, Chen Xiao could no longer suppress the smile on his face.

This was simply because Han Feng, a sixth-grade alchemist, was far more wealthy than he had ever imagined!

The high-grade storage ring has a large space, and in one corner, there are hundreds of jade bottles neatly arranged!

There were all sorts of pills, including the Qingyuan Pill that could increase the cultivation speed of the Douhuang realm, the fifth-grade Lueqi Pill that could restore the Douqi consumed, and the Fuyuan Pill that could heal serious injuries. Chen Xiao was dazzled by the variety of pills.

There's no need to elaborate on pills below the sixth rank; Chen Xiao discovered a total of eleven pills above the sixth rank!

Four of them were familiar Battle Spirit Pills!

Three Imperial Pills!

Judging from its quality, it is in no way inferior to the one given by the Cao family.

In addition, there were three pills that Chen Xiao could not identify and needed to be appraised by a more professional.

The last one was of even greater importance to Chen Xiao. It was kept separately in a jade bottle and stored in a sandalwood box. Even Han Feng cared about it so much, which shows how precious the elixir was.

Chen Xiao opened it, and immediately, a burst of golden light shot out!

The sudden golden light illuminated the entire room, causing Chen Xiao, caught off guard, to squint.

After his eyes adjusted to the golden light, Chen Xiao looked closely and saw a golden pill the size of a longan lying quietly inside.

The surface of this pill is extremely smooth, with two wisps of golden energy flowing erratically inside. Occasionally, they would suddenly surge forward, and upon closer inspection, the golden energy would actually converge into two tiny golden dragons, intertwined with each other. The faint roar of the dragons would slowly spread out through the vibrations in the air!

"A seventh-grade elixir, the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill!!"

(End of this chapter)