Yao Chen, You Finally Showed Yourself

"Damn it! Xiao Han actually toyed with me like that today!"

After leaving the Xiao Clan Hall, Xiao Yan had no appetite for dinner and habitually climbed the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain. Sitting on a large boulder, he gazed into the distance.

The rolling mountain ranges in the distance were like a sleeping beauty lying upon the earth. The shrouding mist resembled a woman's white veil, reflecting captivating colors beneath the lingering glow of the setting sun.

Faced with such beautiful scenery, Xiao Yan's eyes held nothing but anger. "In this world, without strength, one is like roadside grass, trampled by anyone."

Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly, vengeance blazing in his eyes. "Xiao Han, just you wait. One day, I, Xiao Yan, will make you pay tenfold for what happened today."

"Hehe, little one, it seems you need my help."

A voice suddenly sounded beside him, giving Xiao Yan quite a fright.

"Who?"

Xiao Yan sprang up from the jutting rock and scanned his surroundings.

Wherever Xiao Yan's gaze passed, with the sun already set and darkness gradually falling, he failed to notice a young man in blue robes hiding behind a large tree.

"Hehe..." Xiao Han smiled faintly to himself, his emotions growing somewhat excited as he thought, Tudou did not deceive me. Venerable Yao, Yao Chen, is about to appear!

According to the Storyline recorded by Tudou, after Xiao Yan was humiliated today, Yao Chen would make his first appearance on the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain.

Xiao Han had once considered using the pretext of friendly assistance to trick Xiao Han out of the ring in his possession and help Xiao Yan resolve the problem of his disappearing Dou Qi.

However, first, there had not been enough time, since he had only just transmigrated here. Second, the previous Xiao Han and Xiao Yan had not had a bad relationship, but neither had it been good; they could practically be described as strangers. If Xiao Han took the initiative, given Xiao Yan's intellect, he would only become more wary.

Moreover, the ring was left behind by Xiao Yan's mother. It would not be so easy to trick him into handing it over.

"Xiao Ai, if I seize Xiao Yan's opportunity, how many Experience Points will I be rewarded with?" Xiao Han asked expectantly and excitedly in his heart.

"Opportunity?" Xiao Ai seemed somewhat surprised. "Master, don't tell me you want to take his ring?"

"Yao Chen's appearance can be said to be Xiao Yan's greatest opportunity. Without Yao Chen, Xiao Yan would not obtain the Fen Jue. If Xiao Yan did not have the Fen Jue, the later Storyline would all change. I think the Experience Points reward must be extremely generous, right?" Xiao Han hid behind the tree, secretly watching the changes in Xiao Yan's behavior.

On the cliff, Xiao Yan had already understood the whole story. Overcome by emotion, he threw the ring in his hand off the cliff.

"Master, could it be that you intend to kill Yao Chen?" Xiao Ai's mechanical voice carried no emotion. Then she anxiously advised, "Master, although you possess a Dou Huang Experience Card, according to Xiao Ai's calculations, you are no match for Yao Chen. Xiao Ai advises Master not to do this."

"Hehe, they are merely calculations. How will I know unless I try?" Xiao Han kept his attention on the scene ahead.

The ring Xiao Yan had thrown off the cliff flew back up on its own. Above it floated the translucent white figure of an elderly man.

"Yao Chen, you finally showed yourself!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind him, startling Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, his gaze grave as he stared at the figure of a youth emerging from the dark forest. It was as though flames flickered in his eyes.

Yet the steady temperament he had cultivated through years of mockery kept Xiao Yan from acting rashly. In a low, muffled voice, he barked, "Xiao Han!"

Remembering how Xiao Han had toyed with him today filled Xiao Yan with rage. Facing Xiao Han, who was at the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan understood that he was no match for him at all. "You... came looking for me?"

"No." Xiao Han smiled and shook his head. Looking at Old Man Yao, he said, "I came for him."

"Little one, who are you?" Old Man Yao was fully on guard.

This was his first time meeting Xiao Han, yet Xiao Han knew his name. How could Old Man Yao not be shocked and wary?

"Xiao Han." Xiao Han smiled, then added, "Yao Chen, hand over the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue, and I will not make a move!"

"You... you actually know about the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue?" Old Man Yao narrowed his eyes, his expression incomparably grave.

"Yes." Xiao Han's face always bore that faint smile as he calmly said, "If you hand over the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue, I can promise you that I will reshape a body for you in the future!"

Reshape a body!

Old Man Yao was clearly very interested in this. A flicker of emotion appeared in his eyes.

Xiao Han caught that flicker of emotion as well. Perhaps this might work, he thought.

As a transmigrator, Xiao Han knew that the reason Yao Chen helped Xiao Yan was that he hoped Xiao Yan could reshape his physical body for him someday.

Xiao Han thought that if he made such a promise, perhaps Old Man Yao would become one of his Golden Fingers from then on.

Seeing that there was hope, Xiao Han rejoiced inwardly and nodded. "Yes. I not only know that you possess the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but I also know that you possess the Fen Jue. Furthermore, once the Fen Jue reaches a certain level, it can refine a body and reconstruct flesh. My aptitude is no worse than Xiao Yan's. If you give me these two things, I can swear to the heavens that once I have the ability in the future, I will definitely help you reconstruct your body!"

It would have been better if Xiao Han had not mentioned them, but the moment he brought up the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue, Old Man Yao's gaze became wary from the depths of his heart, turning somewhat cold. A breeze passed by, as if winter had arrived overnight. Xiao Han shuddered.

Old Man Yao said coldly, "Little one, who told you that I possess the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue? Was it that traitor Han Feng?"

At the mention of Han Feng, Xiao Han keenly noticed a trace of undisguised apprehension in Old Man Yao's eyes as he scanned the surroundings.

Han Feng was a Dou Emperor and possessed the Heavenly Flame, Sea Heart Flame.

Old Man Yao had been forced into a soul state and escaped his vicious hands only because Han Feng and the Soul Hall had joined forces against him.

When he was alive, Old Man Yao naturally did not fear Han Feng, a Dou Emperor. But now, he was merely a soul body and had only just awakened, with his Dou Emperor strength greatly diminished. Old Man Yao could not help but be wary.

"Stop looking." Xiao Han said flatly, "I am alone. I do not know Han Feng. At least, not yet. Besides, a mere Han Feng cannot command me."

"Then how do you know my name is Yao Chen, and that I possess the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Fen Jue?" Old Man Yao looked at Xiao Han with immense curiosity.

One had to know that something like the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had accompanied him to fame when he first made his name, and nearly everyone knew of it.

But as for the Fen Jue, it was a miraculous cultivation technique that no third person besides Han Feng knew about. Even his sworn friend, the current Venerable Feng, Feng Xian, knew nothing of it.

Yet Xiao Han, a mere youngster, knew about it.