Chapter 34 The Spiritual Fire of Ten Thousand Beasts, the Secret of the Eight Races, and the Project
Chapter 34 The Spiritual Fire of Ten Thousand Beasts, the Secret of the Eight Races, and the Project
"Is this the Beast Tomb?"
After swallowing half a pound of pills to recover his condition, Xiao Yan shook his hands, feeling refreshed.
Drug resistance is also a kind of talent, but coincidentally, Xiao's talent in both software and hardware is unparalleled.
After recovering to a relatively stable condition, Xiao Yan looked around at his surroundings.
At first glance, it was obvious that this was a dilapidated space. Xiao Yan could see that there seemed to be something like an invisible wall around him, and beyond the invisible wall was a pitch-black abyss.
The main part of this space is a valley floating on a dark abyss. As soon as you enter, you are filled with a strong sense of resentment and malevolence. Everywhere you look, there are different kinds of animal bones, some of which exude a powerful aura.
Both the geographical environment and the atmosphere here are exactly the same as that valley in the Monster Mountain Range, except that this place is the source of that place.
After lingering for a moment on the remains of what appeared to be seventh-tier or even higher-ranking magical beasts, Xiao Yan finally turned his gaze to the depths of the ruins.
These skeletons are frightening to look at, but in reality, all the energy inside has been lost, and they have been used as nourishment.
From the moment he entered, Xiao Yan's body seemed to be burning; even in his normal state, the energy within him was boiling.
The whole person was extremely restless.
There is only one explanation for this.
Myriad Beast Spirit Fire
"The Burial Ground of Ten Thousand Beasts, boy, your opportunity has arrived." At some point, Yao Lao's figure reappeared beside Xiao Yan, with a very faint unnatural look between his brows, but his words were quite lighthearted.
"In my view, this place should have originally been a complete small world, a graveyard of ten thousand beasts opened up by a beast race saint. But obviously, as time goes by, this small world has been broken and may have been scattered in the void. What you have stirred up and reconnected with the Dou Qi Continent is just a piece of it."
What a great opportunity!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow.
But instead of continuing what the old doctor had said, he looked up and down with amusement.
"Teacher, do you have some connection with that guy blocking the door outside?"
Yao Lao was taken aback, while Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes.
He was right.
"How did you figure that out? Was it the aura of your soul? Since our cultivation methods share the same origin, there's bound to be a similarity." After a moment of silence, the old doctor shook his head slightly.
"Actually, that's not the case." Xiao Yan's lips twitched.
"It's purely because you two share the same last name."
The old medicine doctor: "..."
"There are plenty of people with the surname Xiao in this world, but I've really never seen many with the surname Yao. This surname is clearly unusual."
"So, teacher, you are from the same aristocratic family?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile. His intuition told him so, so he chose to get some answers from Yao Lao.
It's not just wild guessing. Theoretically speaking, in a world where the strong are respected, there should be some top-tier families, right?
He hadn't originally thought about this, since besides blood ties, there could also be master-disciple inheritance. But since he had encountered someone surnamed Yao, then this peerless old man Yao must also belong to a top-tier family.
"..." The old doctor fell silent.
He didn't want to talk much about the Medicine Clan. It was a place that left him with no feelings. Even though they shared the same blood, he couldn't bear to let his parents, who fought for the clan, die in vain because of a mere fifth or sixth-grade medicinal herb!
For the Medicine Clan, his only obsession was to fulfill his parents' dream and have their names engraved on the clan monument.
He didn't want to concern himself with anything else.
"Oh? It seems that you don't have a very good relationship with the Medicine Clan, Teacher." Xiao Yan's eyes lit up.
It seems my teacher isn't as popular as I boasted before.
If that's the case, then once they become successful, they can come knocking on debtors' doors and freeload without any psychological burden.
Bonds decrease by one, gains increase by ten.
"...Although I feel it's still too early, since we've already come into contact with each other, I'll tell you about it."
Yao Chen shook his head. Apart from some members of the Yao Clan, even the Soul Palace didn't know about his background. Xiao Yan was able to guess his background, which, apart from being incredibly lucky, Yao Lao thought might also be related to his lack of knowledge... cough cough.
"In this world, there are the so-called eight ancient clans. The Soul and Ancient clans are the strongest, followed by the Flame, Medicine, Thunder, Stone, and Spirit clans. As for the last clan, it has already perished." Yao Chen paused here, while Xiao Yan was stunned.
These races all sound strange, especially the ancient races. The other races all seem to be related to elements.
Upon seeing Yao Lao's gaze, Xiao Yan immediately chuckled.
"Teacher, please don't tell me that the clan that disappeared was surnamed Xiao."
The old doctor smiled but said nothing.
Xiao Yan: (One`ˊOne)
Xiao Yan felt he might have guessed correctly, but this tactic was too classic.
"I didn't sense any bloodline in you. You don't need to overthink it. There might not be that many people in the world with the surname Yao, but there are definitely a lot of people with the surname Xiao," Yao Lao said with a shake of his head and a smile.
Xiao Yan was skeptical.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't be a descendant of the Xiao clan.
But based on his experience, it's unlikely that he isn't a descendant of the Xiao clan.
However, it's not a big problem. Xiao Yan stated that when traveling, his identity is self-given, and he can be a flexible member of the Xiao clan.
"That guy outside..." Xiao Yan gestured with his chin towards the back of the room, ready to switch his family at any moment.
I can ask Master Yao later which places have a past relationship with the Xiao clan and which places have a grudge against them. This will make it easier for me to navigate the world more flexibly...
Ahem, this relates to whether it was Yan Xiao or Xiao Huohuo who committed the murder and arson...
Speaking of which, could Xun'er also be related to those ancient clans? This thought suddenly popped into Xiao Yan's mind.
Is it possible that Xiao Xun'er is the true descendant of the Xiao clan?
Xiao Yan felt that this was not impossible, and his thoughts drifted further and further away.
But Yao Lao's words pulled Xiao Yan back from his increasingly bizarre thoughts.
"He carries the scent of an old friend." The old apothecary frowned imperceptibly.
When he was about the same age as Xiao Yan, he was expelled from the clan. This was related to the teacher of that person outside. In short, the positions of the high-ranking members of the Medicine Clan were predetermined. They couldn't stand the wild boy who had suddenly risen to prominence, so they switched the medicinal herbs and set a trap.
He conveniently found a pretext to frame someone and found someone to give false testimony. It was no surprise that the Medicine Clan's law enforcement elder would deal with a collateral member who didn't even have a first-grade bloodline.
Yao Chen's mother also died because of this. Overwork and exhaustion took their toll, and she could have been saved with some inexpensive herbs from the Yao Clan, but no one was willing to help her...
After thinking for a moment, Yao Chen only said a few words, but Xiao Yan guessed most of it.
As the saying goes, "After reading millions of words of online novels, even if you can't write a book, you can still guess what it means."
"Then I'll take care of that guy outside." Xiao Yan patted his chest and walked into the ruins as he spoke.
Just as Yao Lao was about to speak, Xiao Yan waved his hand.
"The affairs of the previous generation belong to the previous generation, and the affairs of this generation naturally belong to this generation. This person wants to refine me, but he has already committed a deadly act."
Reciting someone's famous quote, Xiao Yan grinned and gave Yao Lao, who was somewhat stunned, a thumbs up.
"Let me make this clear: if that guy hits the younger one and the older one comes, then it's up to you, teacher."
A moment later.
The human and the soul arrived at a vast open space.
This place resembled an altar, with countless enormous monster skeletons bowing and guarding it.
Overall, this space appears to be one-fifth of the complete Beast Tomb, and this area seems to be to the south of the complete Beast Tomb.
"Is it something like the key to the formation in the south?" Xiao Yan scratched his head and began to release his soul power to sense it.
The altar was dilapidated, only a little over half remaining, with the area towards the back of the center replaced by emptiness.
However, neither of them paid attention to the crimson flame in the center of the altar that resembled a myriad of beasts.
Instead, they stared in shock at the turbulent void beyond.
"Is this true?" Xiao Yan's eyes widened.
"It should be..." Yao Chen was equally shocked.
Due to the shape of the cut surface, the two could see that beneath this floating land, there was a section of black cliff piercing straight into the void.
However, upon closer inspection, it was not a cliff at all, but a bone wing the size of a mountain!
Even after countless years, black light still flowed over the jet-black bone wings, emanating a cold and gloomy aura.
"What huge chicken wing tips!" Xiao Yan blurted out.
He had never heard of such a gigantic magical beast before!
This isn't some ancient world like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where there's no Kunpeng that can't be cooked in one pot. These wingtips, as big as mountains, somewhat shocked Xiao Yan.
So the potential of the Dou Qi Continent is that high?
"This aura, even through layers of void and after countless years of baptism, is at least at the level of a Dou Sheng!"
To be honest, I've never seen such a magical beast before, not even the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
The old doctor was equally shocked.
He dared not imagine what would happen if these two were to face the oppressive power of the beast bone.
Yao Chen had seen magical beasts at the Dou Sheng level before, but he had never seen one like this before.
Could it be an ancient magical beast that is even more advanced than the three top-tier magical beasts?
"They're probably an ancient race; they couldn't have just fallen from the sky."
I can't move right now, but I'll come back and find out more when I've improved my strength.
I really want to refine that thing into wings.
Coming to his senses, Xiao Yan didn't look at the enormous skeleton again.
Instead, they walked towards the center of the altar.
Xiao Yan obtained a fighting technique called Eagle Wings from the Poison Master's Relics. It contained the idea of using the limbs of magical beasts to create fighting techniques. Xiao Yan really wanted to try it out. He didn't even dare to imagine how powerful it would be to forge wings from these ancient wings.
But now it's clear that he can't even get close.
Let's eat what's presented to us first.
In the center of the altar, there was a cluster of crimson flames the size of a palm. As it burned, countless figures of magical beasts appeared and disappeared on it.
Xiao Yan could recognize some of them. Besides the magical beasts he had fought, there was one that resembled the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King that Yao Lao had told him about.
"Be careful, the strange fire cannot be touched directly. I have prepared a method for you! You only need to..." Yao Lao took out the pills he had made for Xiao Yan this month to refine the strange fire from his storage ring.
But before Xiao Yan could reply, Yao Chen stuffed the things back in a particularly hearty voice.
"There's no need for that!" With that, Xiao Yan grabbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and refined it in an instant! Yao Chen's voice rose and fell, like that of an old storyteller who had been telling stories for decades.
Xiao Yan: (눈_눈)
Hearing Yao Lao's cosplay narration, Xiao Yan's face fell, and a million curses ran through his mind. Xiao Yan had something to say but didn't know where to begin.
After a moment of silence, rolling his eyes and making an international friendship gesture, Xiao Yan did not stop walking.
Although the old doctor's brain seemed to have become exceptionally abstract, coincidentally, he was right.
He took one step after another, and with each step, a pure white flame appeared on Xiao Yan's body.
They arrived before the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, which emanated the oppressive aura of countless demonic beasts and intense heat.
Xiao Yan's body has transformed into a pure white Dharma body.
In his Dharma Body form, Xiao Yan shares his mana and health bars. As long as he isn't completely killed and transformed into a physical body, his health bar will still be full; at most, he'll just get an exhaustion buff.
Thanks to this state, even when he clashed head-on with the Battle King who had just opened the clan markings of the eight ancient clans, he only managed to clear his blue bar.
The reason he didn't come over immediately was not only because the scene was too shocking, but also because Xiao Yan wanted to allow himself to recover.
The fire-swallowing technique recorded in the Burning Manual is still too wild; I need to prepare a little more.
The spiritual energy here is exceptionally rich, making it an ideal place for cultivation. The polluted spiritual energy that would be severely harmful to others has no effect on Xiao Yan. He can easily expel all impurities and refine the purest energy.
"Only in this state can I truly absorb the strange fire." His eyes were somewhat glazed as he sensed it. As he approached the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, his entire body seemed to stir with restlessness.
Xiao Yan looked refreshed and suddenly opened his eyes, grabbing the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire with his pure white hand.
Flames splashed everywhere as the crimson Myriad Beast Spirit Fire collided with the pure white Samadhi True Fire, creating ripples of intense heat.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan opened his mouth wide and swallowed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in one gulp!
Without giving the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire any chance to resist, Xiao Yan activated the Burning Technique with all his might. The Bitter Sea Secret Realm shone brightly, and divine radiance surged from his limbs and bones.
Swallow it in one gulp, and it will be refined in an instant!
The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire only sparked a few times within Xiao Yan's body before being quickly engulfed by a torrent of flames, circulating throughout his limbs and bones.
After several cycles, it was gradually swallowed up, and Xiao Yan's aura gained a more wild and untamed quality.
"Tsk tsk tsk, the taste is indeed excellent. That old man from Tuoshegudi didn't lie to me."
A moment later, Xiao Yan opened his eyes again, his aura surging. He smacked his lips, savoring the taste of swallowing fire.
The last few pages of the Burning Technique describe the taste of devouring strange fire. The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire is like a skewer of roasted meat made by taking the most delicious piece from hundreds of millions of rare and exotic beasts and combining the strengths of many.
Xiao Yan thought it was just the author's dry humor.
And it really worked!
Just as he was about to boast, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. His senses deep within his soul told him that the mist in the space had dissipated when he waved his hand.
The next projection of the heavens can begin at any time!
Suppressing his itch for the moment, Xiao Yan revealed a smile and frantically displayed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in front of Yao Lao.
"Tsk tsk tsk, refining a strange fire is really dangerous. I was just a tiny bit away from exploding and dying."
"..." Yao Chen's forehead creased with annoyance as he stared at Xiao Yan, who was beaming with excitement.
Before he could even react, Xiao Yan had already finished, leaving him with an indescribable feeling.
Comparisons are odious; this wasn't how he refined the Bone Spirit Cold Flame back then!
That's not how you refine a different kind of fire! You should do it this way first, then this way, and only then can you see the special CG of successfully refining the different kind of fire!
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