Battle Through the Heavens: I Have Five Qi Gathering Palaces
Chapter 253

Xiao Yuan: Heavenly Demon Phoenixes Are Treasures All Over-Makes Me Want to Kill More

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Inside the auction hall, all was silent. Everyone in the hall watched with schadenfreude, their eyes fixed on the white-haired old man on the platform and Mo Tianxing, who looked embarrassed and bewildered in the corner after being questioned.

"This Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill is a bit too much. How about a Dou Ling Pill?"

Mo Tianxing gritted his teeth, then asked with a forced smile.

"Hehe, isn't Sect Master Mo unwilling to accept this? Two Dou Ling Pill can help two Dou Wang expert advance to the first star level. What can your dried-up demonic beast corpse do?"

Xiao Yuan realized that some people are just shameless; you give them face, but they don't take it!

Upon hearing this, Mo Tianxing's old face changed expression. He realized that he had been too greedy and had displeased this young lady. He then cupped his hands in greeting.

"It was my mistake in pricing this item. I won't embarrass myself by presenting it here; let it go unsold!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over Mo Tianxing, a chill appearing in his eyes.

Or should we just kill him?

The Black Emperor Sect must have a lot of good stuff. Killing and robbing them would be a good way to expand the Xiao Clan's Dou Techniques Pavilion.

"Snort!"

He let out a cold snort, then led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian out of the private room, intending to take the auctioned items and make his move! Mo Tianxing, though unaware that Xiao Yuan intended to kill him, felt uneasy and quickly disappeared into the darkness, intercepting Xiao Yuan on the way.

"Miss Xuan Bing, that mummified monster corpse, since it was just picked up anyway, even though it didn't sell at auction, will be given to you directly along with your auction items later."

Mo Tianxing cupped his hands in apology and said apologetically.

"Oh? Sect Leader Mo, you won't be lying this time, will you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan's brows furrowed and his tone softened considerably.

"Absolutely not! But could you please refine two Dou Ling Pill?" Mo Tianxing said, then, seemingly afraid of Xiao Yuan, quickly added, "I'll provide the Medicinal Herbs, payment will be separate."

"Describe the compensation in detail."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan's lips curled slightly, and he then spoke calmly.

"I have some rare metal materials here that can be used to refine the monster's corpse."

As he spoke, Mo Tianxing led Xiao Yuan to the VIP room where the auction items were settled. Then, his Storage Ring flashed, and some rare metal materials were displayed.

"Sea Gold, Cold Star Sand, and could this be Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron?"

Xiao Yuan's tone carried a hint of surprise.

Although the quantity of these metals is small, they are all of high quality. They are more than enough to be used for both auxiliary purposes and direct weapon forging.

It should be noted that Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron is considered a top-tier material among weapon-forging materials in the Douqi Continent. Xiao Yan's Mystic Heavy Ruler was forged from Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron and has excellent strength. Even Dou Zun expert could not completely damage it.

The amount of Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron that Mo Tianxing provided was not much, but it was barely enough to forge a longsword.

Combined with two other materials and forged with Heavenly Flames, it would likely be an extremely handy weapon.

This is perfect for him to use as an alias in the future.

"Sect Master Mo is quite generous; these two Dou Ling Pill are yours."

Xiao Yuan took out two Dou Ling Pill and handed them to Mo Tianxing.

"I have other matters to attend to and don't have time to stay and refine pills. Please trouble Sect Master Mo to bring the auction items as soon as possible. The three of us will not disturb you any longer and should take our leave."

Xiao Yuan continued.

"So rushed?"

Mo Tianxing looked at the woman whose expression changed faster than flipping through a book, feeling both helpless and somewhat astonished.

"Well, now that I've obtained the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, I need to go back to Central State to find my teacher. It's time for my alchemist level assessment to reach the seventh rank."

Xiao Yuan put away the metal materials and said casually.

"I never expected that such a young lady would advance to the Seventh Grade Alchemist. She is truly exceptionally talented!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Tianxing was immediately filled with respect. He had previously thought that Xuan Bing's younger brother was already quite formidable, as he was able to refine Break-Sect Pill Breakthrough Pill. However, he never expected that Xuan Bing would actually advance to the Seventh Grade Alchemist. Judging from his age, he was only in his early twenties. With such talent, it would probably not be difficult for him to become the leader of the Danta in the future.

Such a powerful figure, and he hadn't even tried to befriend him for such a paltry sum! Mo Tianxing was filled with regret. The thought of almost offending this genius because of his greed made him break out in a cold sweat.

A moment later, the maid brought over the Storage Ring containing the auction items, which Mo Tianxing solemnly handed to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yan swept his soul power over the items, confirming that none of them were missing, and then smiled slightly.

"Very well, Sect Master Mo, we shall take our leave now."

After saying this, Xiao Yuan took Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and left gracefully.

Mo Tianxing watched the three leave, stared at the two bottles of Dou Ling Pill on the table, his expression changing for a long time before finally stopping, and then he sighed helplessly.

If only he hadn't been so greedy, he could have gotten even more pills! Xiao Yuan and his two companions moved very quickly, arriving outside the city in the blink of an eye.

After confirming that no one was following him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but say:

"Brother, you're truly unbeatable! You managed to make Mo Tianxing completely lose money in his business!"

Xiao Yi Xian, standing to the side, couldn't help but laugh and say, "Yes, I bet Mo Tianxing is still regretting it!"

"It's just because of strength. If it weren't for the previous intimidation and his status as Sixth Grade Alchemist, nothing I said would have mattered."

Xiao Yuan had a fairly clear understanding of this. He was able to easily obtain the dried corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix only because the Black Emperor Sect didn't recognize its value, and because he had used his teacher's strength to instantly kill Dou Zong.

Strength is always the best passport in the Douqi Continent.

"Let's go back to the academy, rest for a bit, and then we'll attack Demon Flame Valley!"

Xiao Yuan said with a smile.

"Good!"

Xiao Yan nodded excitedly upon hearing this.

Xiao Yi Xian smiled and nodded. Obtaining the Bodhi Transformation Saliva was the happiest thing for her.

She didn't want to die like that, because then she wouldn't be able to stay by Xiao Yuan's side.

The three of them sped all the way back to the Jia Nan Academy.

The return of a legendary figure naturally aroused the curiosity of many students. After seeing Xiao Yuan, who had changed back into his white-clothed man's attire, many female students immediately switched from being fans of Lin Xiuya to being fans of Xiao Yuan.

This drew Lin Xiuya's helpless gaze once again.

But at least he had his moment of glory. The fact that his junior is strong proves that the college is thriving, which is a good thing.

Great Elder Su Qian had become accustomed to Xiao Yuan's rapid rise in strength, and even felt that Xiao Yuan's strength would surpass his own within a year.

This is what it looks like when a person is numb.

Xiao Yuan could only shrug at this. He still felt he wasn't strong enough, but he couldn't say that to the Great Elder for fear of getting beaten up.

After Xiao Yuan settled down in the Inner Academy, night gradually fell. The faint, cool moonlight shone through the clouds and finally shone on the white-robed youth who was cultivating with his eyes closed in the room.

A wisp of energy, almost tangible, lingered around Xiao Yuan's nose before being absorbed into his body. After several rounds of refining, it transformed into a wisp of pure Dou Qi and merged into his body.

Slowly opening his tightly closed eyes, Xiao Yuan smiled slightly as he felt the invisible cells within his body throbbing with joy due to the surge of power. Then, with a wave of his hand, a massive black creature appeared in the sizable room.

The Lion Heart Society has since expanded, and the attic has been renovated, resulting in a significantly larger area.

If that's the case, then the appearance of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix occupied most of the room, and its pair of jade-like bone wings reflected a faint fluorescence under the soft light, looking exceptionally strange.

Looking at the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix that had appeared in the room, Xiao Yuan smiled slightly. He moved and jumped off the bed. He then walked slowly to the pair of jade bone wings that were about two or three zhang wide and stopped. He squatted down and gently stroked the bone wings with his palm. The wings were icy cold to the touch, but there was a trace of warmth in the coldness. It was hard to imagine that this mummified corpse, which had been dead for who knows how many years, could still emit heat.

These jade bone wings were slightly transparent, so Xiao Yuan could clearly see with his naked eye the strange energy that seemed to float around inside them.

"Clang! Clang!"

Xiao Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the jade bone wing, and nodded with satisfaction at the solid feel of it. Then, he narrowed his eyes and quietly channeled his soul power into the bone wing through his fingers.

The soul power cautiously drilled into the bone wings, but before it could make a move, the jade bone wings suddenly burst out with a dazzling jade light. Immediately, Xiao Yuan's soul was as if it had entered a tornado, and the crazy suction force directly and ruthlessly tore that soul power into nothingness.

Xiao Yuan's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly snapped open, and he withdrew his fingers as if he had been electrocuted. Then, he looked at the jade bone wings with a satisfied expression. Within these jade bone wings, there was an extremely violent Wind Attribute energy, which also exuded a trace of heat. The two completely different attributes coexisted quite perfectly in a pair of wings. One could imagine that if it could be refined into the Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings, the effect would be excellent!

Xiao Yuan stretched his muscles and bones slightly, and then his wind and thunder attribute Dou Qi condensed into a sword shadow at his fingertips.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yuan lightly tapped his finger, and the sword shadow shot out, splitting into several sword shadows in the middle, directly dismembering the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix like a butcher carving up an ox.

I wonder what the Misty Cloud Sect's reaction would be if they knew their Grand Elder used the Wind Spirit Dividing Sword to dismember demonic beasts? Swoosh! Gripping the hilt tightly, Xiao Yuan directed the sword, slowly slicing through the demonic beast's hide at the base of the jade bone wings, easily separating them. He then placed them into his storage Storage Ring and tossed them out the window.

The soul power immediately attached itself to the Storage Ring and flew towards Xiao Yan's house.

Xiao Yan's room was downstairs. His Third Brother was cultivating, so he couldn't possibly be sleeping. When he saw the Storage Ring flying over, he understood his Third Brother's meaning without saying a word. He grabbed it directly and his expression became serious.

Now that we've decided to attack Demon Flame Valley, we naturally need to strengthen our forces first. The Heavenly Goose Nine Transformations Wings must be forged immediately.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yuan had already thrown the rotten corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix into his bluish-brown Heavenly Flames and begun refining it.

Inside the shattered corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, there were only pale white chunks of flesh; not a single bone remained, having been completely corroded away, and its internal organs naturally could not escape the same fate.

Therefore, at this moment, Xiao Yuan's Heavenly Flames contained only bits of flesh and the sharp claws of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

As the Heavenly Flames burned them, the pale claws and teeth, which were originally like mud, gradually shrank at a slow speed. As their size decreased, the pale color also quietly dissipated, replaced by a bluish-red color. At the tip of the claws and teeth, a cold glint that made Xiao Yuan feel a little chilled also appeared faintly in the Heavenly Flames.

The calcination lasted for about ten minutes, and the ten pale claws turned into bluish-red spikes only the length of a finger joint. The blue and red colors were mixed and blended on them, like a combination of wind and fire, exuding a howling heat.

Wind and fire attributes? Isn't it wind and thunder attributes?

Xiao Yuan blinked in confusion, but didn't care about the detail, and continued to refine the pale white meat chunks in the Heavenly Flames.

As the high temperature penetrated, the pale white chunks of meat continued to hiss and shrivele in the flames. After about five minutes of this burning, the chunks of meat, which were almost the size of a tabletop, were only the size of a head. Moreover, the pale white color disappeared, and a few bluish-red hues gradually appeared on the surface of the meat.

The bluish-red color intensified as the flames burned, eventually coalescing completely. Then, under Xiao Yuan's gratified gaze, it transformed into a drop of bluish-red blood, seeping out along the surface of flesh and blood, finally passing through the flames and dripping down.

Upon seeing the blood dripping onto the ground, Xiao Yuan reacted swiftly, taking out a high-quality jade bottle from his Storage Ring and collecting the drops of bluish-red blood into it.

After catching all the blue and red blood, Xiao Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up at the burning Cyan-Brown Flame and saw that as the blue and red blood dripped down, the chunks of flesh were directly burned into nothingness by the flames, leaving not even a trace of ashes.

With a flick of his finger, the Cyan-Brown Flame in front of him slowly dissipated. Xiao Yuan looked down at the jade bottle in his hand, took a deep breath through the bottle's opening, and a surge of incredibly dense and violent energy entered his body through his nose, immediately raging wildly. Xiao Yuan quickly used his Dou Qi qi to suppress it and used his Heavenly Flames to refine it away.

As the violent elements within that raging energy were refined and expelled by the Heavenly Flames, this pure and powerful energy quietly permeated Xiao Yuan's limbs and bones.

As this energy spread, Xiao Yuan suddenly felt a jolt. He suddenly realized that the physical strength contained in his skin and muscles seemed to have increased slightly in an instant. Although this increase was quite subtle, Xiao Yuan could still clearly perceive it.

"Suddenly, I want to kill a few more Heavenly Demon Phoenix!"

Feeling refreshed, Xiao Yuan raised his head and couldn't help but murmur to himself.

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