The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 81 Mysterious Man

Xiao Yan stepped forward and touched the man's hand, finding it still warm. He then checked the man's breath and discovered that he was still breathing.

"Should I save him or not?" Xiao Yan was at a loss.

Let's save him! What if he's a bad guy? We'd be doomed!

I feel bad about not helping him! As a good student who has completed nine years of compulsory education, I still feel guilty.

"Fine! Let's decide by flipping a coin! Heads, I'll save you; tails, well, you're just unlucky." Xiao Yan sighed and took a gold coin from his storage ring, tossing it into the air.

After throwing the gold coin into the air, Xiao Yan didn't wait for it to fall. Instead, he carried the man on the ground and used his Wind God Leg to run up the mountain.

"When faced with two choices, flipping a coin always works, not because it always gives the right answer, but because in that split second when it's in the air, you suddenly know what the outcome you want..."

After carrying the man to the mountainside, Xiao Yan used his strange fire to burn out a cave, then put the man inside and made him sit cross-legged.

"This is my first time saving someone, so I'm not sure if it will work! You'll have to leave it to fate!" Xiao Yan sat cross-legged behind the man, stretched out his hands, his palms covered in white flames, and then placed them on the man's back.

"Damn it, how come all the meridians in his body are broken? Although my strange fire can repair meridians, how long will it take to repair them!" Xiao Yan was shocked when he controlled the strange fire and entered the man's meridians. The man's body was in a terrible state.

"Sigh! Well, now that we've saved him, there's no reason to give up halfway." Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and continued to repair the man's meridians.

Thanks to Xiao Yan's tireless treatment, ten days passed, and the man's meridians were completely repaired.

"Damn it! I'm so tired. I'll never save people so casually again." Xiao Yan withdrew his hands and let out a deep breath.

Ten days have passed, and Xiao Yan has not stopped for a moment, because if he stops, all his previous efforts will be in vain. While helping this man repair his meridians, Xiao Yan discovered that there seemed to be a force within his body constantly damaging his meridians. If Xiao Yan stopped, the meridians he had repaired would shatter again.

Over the past ten days, Xiao Yan has not only repaired the man's meridians, but also helped him refine that violent energy. Most of this energy was absorbed by the strange fire in Xiao Yan's body, and a small portion entered the vortex in Xiao Yan's lower abdomen.

"Huh! Weren't your meridians fully repaired? You should be awake by now, right? Why are you still not moving?" Xiao Yan stroked his chin, looking at the motionless man with a puzzled expression.

Just as Xiao Yan was puzzled, the white-robed man on the ground suddenly formed a hand seal, and strands of heaven and earth energy continuously converged towards him. Then, the space around his body began to distort, forming a huge vortex that enveloped him.

"Wow, that's terrifying! Is this guy really that strong?" Xiao Yan stared at the white-robed man on the ground in surprise. But something even more surprising happened: the energy of heaven and earth around Xiao Yan began to gradually increase.

"Damn it! I'm about to break through too!" Xiao Yan cursed, then, without waiting for the man on the ground to wake up, he quickly ran outside.

Xiao Yan ran quite a distance before finding a place to stop and quietly wait for his breakthrough. It wasn't that Xiao Yan didn't want to break through in the cave, but the white-robed man had drawn all the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) to him. If he stayed there, he would most likely fail to break through. Moreover, judging from the aura emanating from that man, he was at least at the Dou Wang level. What if he had any malicious intentions? That would be disastrous!

"I thought I could get some benefits, but I didn't expect this guy to be so powerful! Oh well, I didn't expect anything in return for doing good deeds, and I've already broken through to the Seven-Star Dou Zhe level, so I guess I've gained something!" Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and then comforted himself.

The energy of heaven and earth gathered around Xiao Yan's body, forming a huge vortex that enveloped him, just like the one from before. However, this vortex was clearly inferior to the one from before, by a significant margin.

The energy of heaven and earth lasted for a long time before gradually dissipating. At this moment, a star lit up again in the vortex of energy within Xiao Yan's body.

"I've reached the Seven Star Dou Zhe level!" Xiao Yan's lips curled into a smug smile.

Xiao Yan is now considered a high-level Dou Zhe, with both the quantity and quality of his Dou Qi significantly improved. His strength has increased several times over; even a Dou Shi (Battle Master) could easily be defeated by him if they're not careful.

"I really want to find someone to test my strength!" Xiao Yan couldn't contain himself and wanted to test his current strength.

Xiao Yan searched tirelessly through the forest, but after a long time, he only found one or two first-tier magical beasts; he saw nothing else. So, he had no choice but to abandon his initial idea and continue his adventure.

Imperial Palace in the capital.

"Grandpa! Did you get the Longevity Pill?" A beautiful woman in military uniform asked the old man who had just flown in.

"Got it!" the old man said in a deep voice, raising the jade bottle in his hand.

"But why isn't Great-Grandpa happy at all?" the woman asked, puzzled.

"That young man named Nie Feng is exceptionally talented in both cultivation and alchemy. If he really is from Zhongzhou, that's fine! But what if he's from our Jia Ma Empire..." Jia Xingtian said worriedly.

"Grandpa is right. With his talent, given some time, he will be able to surpass Guhe. At that time, whether he joins a sect or establishes his own power, it will be a piece of cake. In other words, our Jia Ma Empire will have another power similar to Yunlan Sect, or even stronger than Yunlan Sect, because he also has a close relationship with Guild Master Fa Ma." Yao Ye also agreed with Jia Xingtian's point of view.

"Alas! I have a mysterious master who is also very close to Fa Ma of the Alchemist Guild, and now he has disappeared without a trace. What a troublesome situation!" Jia Xingtian sighed.

"Grandpa wants to deal with him?" Yao Ye said with a smile.

"Hmm? Do you have a way?" Jia Xingtian looked up at Yao Ye and asked in confusion.

"Through my continuous investigation over this period of time, I have discovered some clues," Yao Ye said.

"Have you found a lead? Tell me!" Jia Xingtian was quite satisfied with this great-granddaughter.

Despite her young age, Yao Ye was able to manage the empire's 50,000 iron cavalry in a reasonable and orderly manner, was proficient in government affairs, and could also offer advice at critical moments.

"Mr. Nie Feng should have appeared in the capital more than a month ago. I checked his residence, which should have been his temporary place, as there were traces of alchemy there. He should have been practicing alchemy in that courtyard for more than ten days after he passed the assessment to become a first-grade alchemist. After that, I found the landlord who rented the house to him and continued to track his whereabouts. I also found traces of him at a hotel. However, when I asked the hotel owner about his appearance, I made a new discovery." Yao Ye continued to recount the results of her investigation over this period.

"What discovery?" Jia Xingtian pressed.

"I discovered he was disguised!" Yao Ye said, emphasizing each word.

"Disguised!" Jia Xingtian said calmly, his eyes slightly narrowed.

(End of this chapter)