Battle Through the Heavens: Top Talent

Chapter 36 Victory

In the arena, the spectators in Group B finally reacted and cheered in celebration of Xiao Yun's victory.

As word spread, some senior students from the inner courtyard who had participated in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition recognized Xiao Yun and introduced him to everyone:

He's the peerless prodigy I told you about last time, Xiao Yun, who led four rookies to rob all of us senior students in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition!

"You all say our current batch of senior students is no good? Look at them! They've only been in the inner courtyard for less than a month, and they've already taken down Xu Han, a two-star Dou Ling!"

"So it was him! No wonder I felt like I knew him. Wasn't there someone selling pills that could remove fire poison at the Qi Refining Tower the other day? I heard that this prodigy also refined them, and his teacher is the head of the Alchemy Department!"

"What! You're telling me that Xiao Yun is not only exceptionally talented, but also an alchemist with a powerful background? Good heavens, why is there such a huge gap between people?"

The crowd on stage was abuzz with discussion. As more and more information about Xiao Yun was uncovered by intelligence agents, the audience members were increasingly incredulous, uttering gasps of disbelief.

He entered Canaan Academy at the age of seven and became a disciple of Elder Huo, a fifth-grade alchemist, in the same year. At the age of eight, he broke through to the Dou Shi level. After a year and a half of training in the law enforcement team, his cultivation level reached the sixth-star Dou Shi level, making him the first student in the outer academy. At the same time, he participated in the alchemist assessment and became a third-grade alchemist!

After returning from the enforcement team, he directly participated in the inner court selection competition and won first place. In the fire energy hunting competition, he snatched a senior student, breaking the long-standing tradition of the inner court. Not long after entering the inner court, he created a pill that could remove fire poison.

Listening to the intelligence agent's words, the inner court students couldn't believe it. Were they from the same world as Xiao Yun? What kind of wish-fulfillment novel protagonist's life was this?

When they were Xiao Yun's age, they hadn't even become Dou Zhe yet, while Xiao Yun could defeat a Dou Ling expert on his own, even though he was a level above him.

Xiao Yun's name resounded throughout the arena, and it was believed that soon even the entire inner academy would know his name.

On the arena, Xiao Yun paid no attention to anything happening outside. His muscles were trembling all over, and if he hadn't been able to lean on his spear, he probably wouldn't have been able to stand up long ago.

This battle was arguably the most difficult one Xiao Yun had ever fought. He was completely exhausted, both mentally and physically. His eyelids were drooping, and all he wanted to do now was get a good night's sleep.

Seeing Xiao Yun's miserable state, the referee quickly supported his body with his hands and said softly, "There is a special medical room in the arena. You are too exhausted. I will send you there in a moment."

"Thank you." Xiao Yun uttered those two words softly, then could no longer hold on. His body went limp, and he fell into a deep sleep, his entire weight pressing down on the referee.

The referee took out a communication jade pendant and said, "Xuanwu Arena, the Group B arena needs repair. Both contestants are too exhausted. I will take them to the medical room later. This arena will be temporarily closed."

After saying that, without waiting for anyone else to respond, he reached out and grabbed one of them with each hand, carrying Xiao Yun and the other to the medical room.

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In the pristine white medical room, Xiao Yun lay on a hospital bed, having slept for an unknown amount of time. Finally, she groggily opened her eyes. "That was such a comfortable sleep. I haven't slept like this in ages."

Since he started cultivating, he has rarely slept. At night, he spends most of his time cultivating battle qi instead of sleeping.

Xiao Yun remembered that he had only ever woken up naturally like this before he started cultivating.

Pulling back the covers, Xiao Yun sat up and observed his surroundings. The room was small, with only a bed and no other furniture. The walls were spotless white, and in the corner, his Crimson Blood Spear was leaning against the wall.

"I remember, in the end, the referee said he would take me to the medical room, right? So this is like a hospital ward?"

Shaking his head, his memory gradually returned. After a moment of thought, Xiao Yun finally remembered the events that followed the battle.

"As expected, we still have to fight. No wonder they say that the strong are forged through battle; you can't achieve anything by just burying yourself in hard training..."

During battle, the fighting spirit within the body circulates faster. The more intense the battle, the faster the circulation speed, constantly pushing the limits of the human body. This is why many people can break through in the heat of battle.

When faced with danger, the body and mind remain highly focused, and the speed of the battle qi circulation far exceeds that of normal arduous training. It will continuously absorb the energy between heaven and earth, and only when the energy vortex in the body is full at a certain moment can it break through.

Getting out of bed, Xiao Yun pushed open the door and went to the corridor. Looking around, he saw a table at the end of the corridor, where a middle-aged man in a white robe was sitting, head down, writing something.

"That must be where you're discharged from the hospital, right?" Xiao Yun thought to himself. Although this was his first time in the medical room, he had been to a hospital several times in his previous life and was quite familiar with the discharge process in such places.

Walking slowly towards the middle-aged man, Xiao Yun stopped in front of the table and asked, "Mentor, is this the exit from the medical room?"

"Yes, what's your number? It's the card you use to enter the arena. I'll write it down and process your paperwork." He glanced up at Xiao Yun, then immediately looked down again, rummaging through the table for something.

"Number, Xuanwu Field, Group B, Seventy-eight."

"Seventy-eight, seventy-eight... found it." The middle-aged man looked up and took out a file from a stack of file folders. "Hmm, mentally exhausted, too much battle energy consumed. Took one Qi-restoring pill and one calming pill. Stayed for one day... Okay, a total of five days' worth of fire energy consumed. Swipe the card."

After saying that, the middle-aged man flipped his hand, and something similar to a POS machine from his previous life appeared in his hand, indicating that Xiao Yun should pay.

"This... is really dark."

As Xiao Yun left the medical room, he exclaimed in disbelief that they dared to take away his fire energy for five days with just two low-grade first-rank pills and one night's stay!

Seeing that the arena outside was still bustling with activity, Xiao Yun ignored it. His battle qi, tempered by the Heart Fire and honed through battle, had become solid enough. This time, he would go back and prepare to start working on breaking through to the Dou Ling level.

A moment later, Xiao Yun returned to his attic. As soon as he entered, he saw Fang Wen sitting in the hall, looking at some papers in his hand.

"Boss, you're back. This is the total value of the pills our Xiao Clan has sold these past few days. Would you like to take a look?"

Raising an eyebrow, Xiao Yun took the list from Fang Wen, glanced at it casually, and after finding no problems, asked, "Have you recruited an alchemist? I might be going into seclusion soon, so I won't be able to provide pills for the time being."

"We've recruited them, boss. We found them according to the conditions you mentioned, but they might still be a little resentful."

"Not satisfied? Here's what we'll do: give them some extra rewards. Based on the success rate of pill formation, the person with the highest success rate will receive twenty days of fire energy every week, and will also be allocated more medicinal herbs. The person with the lowest success rate will have the same share, but the amount of medicinal herbs allocated to them will gradually decrease."

Touching his chin, Xiao Yun said in a deep voice.

Hearing Xiao Yun's words, Fang Wen's eyes lit up. This way, he could have some control over those arrogant alchemists. He smiled and said, "Okay, boss, I'll talk to them."

"Well, I'll have more and more things to do in the future, so I'll leave the Xiao Clan to you. You can handle all the small matters like this yourself from now on."

After verifying the matters of the Xiao Clan with Fang Wen, Xiao Yun took three hundred days of fire energy from Fang Wen and prepared to go to the medicinal herb management warehouse.

I'll see if I can exchange some of the medicinal herbs I need, and then refine some pills to speed up my cultivation.

(End of this chapter)