Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with Cao Ying as an apprentice

Xuan Yi stepped forward, her voice tinged with worry. Although she knew from Cao Ying's analysis that Su Baichen was confident, she was still very concerned.

"Brother-in-law, how is Xian'er?" Cai Die followed closely behind, her eyes slightly red.

"Master, how is Junior Sister?" Cao Ying squeezed in, her face unusually serious.

Su Baichen glanced at the three of them, a faint smile curving his lips, and said calmly, "It's all taken care of."

He stepped aside and calmly said, "You can go in and take a look, but don't make too much noise. She needs to rest."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yi and Cai Die's faces lit up instantly, and they couldn't wait to push the door open and enter.

Just then, Su Baichen reached out and precisely grabbed Cao Ying by the back of the neck as she was about to follow him inside.

"Except for you!"

He grabbed his disciple by the collar, turned to Xuan Yi and Cai Die, and casually added, "When she wakes up, prepare some nourishing medicinal food for her soul, using a gentler formula."

After saying that, without paying attention to Cao Ying's instantly crumbling face and silent protest in her eyes, he picked her up and turned to walk towards the other end of the courtyard.

“Master… Master…” Cao Ying tried to struggle, her voice weak.

"I really know I was wrong this time. I just wanted to help test the newly refined calming incense..."

Su Baichen didn't stop walking. Upon hearing this, he simply chuckled softly. His laughter was unreadable, but it sent a chill down Cao Ying's spine.

"Do you think I believe you?" He glanced at his apprentice, raised his hand and pointed in the air. A faint light flashed, and Cao Ying opened her mouth but could not make a sound. She could only desperately beg for mercy with her eyes, just like a cat being pinched by the scruff of its neck.

"This time, I'll make you truly understand what it means to be a teacher, to love like a mountain." Su Baichen's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear. Accompanied by Cao Ying's silent groans, the two figures gradually walked away and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

……

Several days passed quietly.

Little Fairy Doctor has begun to adapt to this new and powerful body.

Meanwhile, Su Baichen took some time to visit the wealthy Ice Valley.

As one of the once-prosperous "Three Valleys" of Zhongzhou, its reserves and resources far surpassed those of the forces in the Northwest Continent.

This made Su Baichen's storage space significantly "fuller".

On this day, the aroma of tea filled Su Baichen's room.

Little Fairy Doctor stood somewhat reservedly to the side, her hands unconsciously clasped together.

The newborn body contains immense power, but also brings a sense of unfamiliar estrangement. Only in front of this person does this estrangement quietly fade away, turning into a faint sense of peace and a hint of indescribable tension.

"How are you feeling? Is there anything bothering you?" Su Baichen put down his celadon teacup, looked up, and asked calmly, as if inquiring about the weather.

This calm demeanor strangely soothed Little Fairy Doctor's mind.

She did as she was told, clenching her fist and feeling the strength flowing through her fingers—a strength far greater than before. A hint of excitement flashed in her eyes: "Yes, my body is very good, better than ever before."

She paused, carefully sensing her body, and continued, "The Calamity Poison Body is completely suppressed, and... I can feel that there is an extremely powerful energy dormant within my body."

She frowned slightly, trying to describe the peculiar feeling: "It was an incredibly warm, vibrant feeling, like... the smell of sunshine."

Su Baichen nodded, not surprised by this.

"That warmth is the primal power of several special precious materials used to reshape your body, and it will greatly benefit you."

He explained in a calm tone, as if he were talking about today's tea and snacks.

"Don't rush to absorb this power. The most important thing right now is to thoroughly familiarize yourself with and control this new body, so that you can use it as if it were your own arm."

After saying that, he flipped his hand, and a dazzling object appeared in his palm.

It was a pair of miniature wings, no bigger than the palm of your hand, yet incredibly lifelike. The left wing was crystal clear, like ice crystals, surrounded by a faint mist; the right wing was crimson, like flames, with a faint warmth flowing through it.

The forces of ice and fire blend perfectly within it, forming a dynamic balance that is both wondrous and mysterious.

"This is a little trinket that I acquired by chance during my travels in my early years."

Su Baichen handed over the pair of ice and fire wings.

"It has some spirituality and can be taken into your body or summoned to possess you at will. Its greatest use is to help you channel and share the backlash from the accumulated poison of the Calamity Poison Body, making it a pretty good auxiliary item."

Little Fairy Doctor quickly accepted it with both hands.

It feels slightly heavy in the hand, with alternating sensations of ice and fire that don't clash but rather create a strange sense of harmony.

She knew that something that her master called a "little trinket" and took out specifically for her must be an extraordinary item.

A warm feeling welled up inside her. She looked up at Su Baichen's still calm face, opened her mouth, but her cheeks involuntarily began to burn. She swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue, and her fingers unconsciously caressed the edges of the Ice and Fire Wings.

"What's wrong?" Su Baichen keenly noticed her hesitation.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? Feel free to ask. You've just recovered from a serious illness, I won't hit you."

He even waved his hand in a rather "magnanimous" manner.

Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but secretly roll her eyes.

[So if I hadn't just recovered from a serious illness, you would have hit me?] she muttered to herself.

Just a day ago, I still vividly remember the "miserable state" of Senior Sister Cao Ying, who was leaning against the wall and slowly moving around with a grimacing expression. It is said that she couldn't sit down for a whole day, and she must have experienced the "bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat" quite a bit.

He took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

Little Fairy Doctor raised her eyes, her gaze fixed on Su Baichen. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, yet she tried her best to remain clear: "It's...it's like this. That day when I woke up, I found...I found myself naked...that, at that time..."

She couldn't continue, her cheeks flushed red as if they were about to bleed, her eyes, like autumn water, fixed on Su Baichen, not wanting to miss a single change in his expression.

Su Baichen was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized, and a calm expression of "So that's what it is" appeared on his face.

"Oh—" he drawled out, nodding quite naturally.

"You mean that? I definitely saw it,"

He paused for a moment, seemingly recalling something, before giving a very objective assessment: "Hmm, I saw quite a lot. Not bad, you've grown up."

"master--!"

The blush on Little Fairy Doctor's face suddenly exploded, spreading instantly from her cheeks to her ears and even her neck.

She was so embarrassed that she almost threw away the Ice and Fire Wings in her hand. She stomped her foot and glared at Su Baichen with a mixture of shame and anger. Her eyes were wet with embarrassment.

"You big pervert! I'm ignoring you!"

After saying that, she couldn't stay any longer. Like a startled rabbit, she turned and rushed out the door, leaving only a blurry afterimage and the sound of the door slamming shut.

The room fell silent again, with only the faint aroma of tea remaining.

Su Baichen gazed at the still slightly trembling door, slowly picked up his teacup again, took a sip, and then shrugged indifferently.

The corners of her lips seemed to curve into an almost imperceptible, extremely subtle arc.

If you don't feel embarrassed about something, then it's naturally others who feel embarrassed.

Chapter 267 Deducing Combat Techniques; Consolidating Cultivation!

"System, open the template!" Su Baichen said in a deep voice.

【bite--!】

Name: Su Baichen

[Battle Aura Level: Early Stage of Four-Star Battle Saint]

[Soul Power Level: Mid-stage Heavenly Realm]

[Physical Strength Level: Low-Rank Battle Saint]

Alchemy Skill: High-Rank Eight

[Flames: Glazed Sky-Burning Flame (refined), Netherworld Poisonous Flame, Flame of Life, Fallen Heart Flame (sub-flame)]

[Weapon: Heavenly Profound Sword]

[Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Book]

[Combat Skills: Seven Star Soul Severing Technique (High-level Earth Rank), Nine Swords of Spirit Severing (High-level Earth Rank), Star Moon Soul Transfer Technique (No Rank)...]

[Items: Heavenly Profound Cauldron, Heavenly Profound Pearl, Divine Realm Crystal, Deduction Card *3, ...]

Kendo Deduction

Inside the quiet room, the candlelight flickered.

Su Baichen sat cross-legged, and a pale golden light screen appeared in the void in front of him, densely filled with dozens of lines of text—a list of all the fighting techniques he had practiced.

His gaze swept over the area, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"High-level Earth Rank - Seven Star Soul-Slaying Technique"

"High-Grade Earth Rank - Nine Swords of Spirit Slaying"

"Mid-level Earth Rank - Flowing Cloud Step"

……

It consisted entirely of Earth-rank combat techniques, without even a single Heaven-rank technique.

If the elders of the top forces in Zhongzhou saw this list, they would probably be shocked—a dignified Dou Sheng powerhouse doesn't even have a single Heaven-rank Dou Technique.

Su Baichen's fingertip stopped on the line "Seven Star Soul-Slaying Technique," a hint of dissatisfaction flashing in his eyes.

A while ago, at the space wormhole in Tianya City.

The half-saint from the Soul Palace was killed, while Su Baichen only needed to strike once.

Where the sword light passed, the vengeful spirits were annihilated, and space was torn apart. The half-saint was swallowed up by the sword's power before he could even scream.

However, three breaths later, a faint fluctuation came from the depths of the black mist—that guy had a wisp of soul essence left behind and was trying to escape.

Looking back now, Su Baichen still felt ashamed. He was, after all, a Dou Sheng realm cultivator, and to be unable to kill a half-saint with a casual sword strike was simply laughable.

(If that Soul Palace demigod could know this from beyond the grave, his very soul would be furious: "I am a demigod! Do you think I can just chop melons and vegetables like that?!")

With a slight shift in his mind, the light screen before his eyes changed.

The system shop interface unfolds, displaying a dazzling array of Heavenly Rank combat skills:

"Low-level Heavenly Rank - Great Creation Palm, requires eight million points to exchange."

"Celestial Rank Intermediate - Wrath of the Underworld, requires 15 million points to exchange."