The Ancient Families' Actions

"Sanji, he's awake. Let's make him something good to eat. I want pork ribs and rice."

Luffy saw that Xiao Yan had woken up, he immediately called him the head chef of the Straw Hat Pirates and introduced Xiao Yan to his crew.

The appearance of these crew members left Xiao Yan dumbfounded, because apart from two or three who were normal, the rest were all oddballs.

There's Franky in robot form, Chopper the talking reindeer, and even a skeleton who keeps asking beautiful women about the color of their underwear.

Xiao Yan felt that he had seen these people somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where.

The past few days on the Thousand Sunny Ship were the happiest time for Xiao Yan, and they also eased his cold expression considerably.

"Are you really planning to take revenge?" Luffy was also very indignant after hearing about Xiao Yan's ordeal, and seemed ready to avenge Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan nodded. He had already cultivated the Fire God Zhu Rong Technique and raised his cultivation level to Dou Wang within a year. In the past few days, he had also refined all the absorbable Energy Bar in the ruins of the Land of Light, further raising his cultivation level to the level of a three-star Dou Huang expert. His chances of successfully taking revenge had obviously increased a lot.

For the past year, he has been unable to understand why his fiancée Na Lan Yan Ran, possessed such miraculous skills and had inexplicably given them to him.

Since he couldn't guess, he decided to put it aside for now. The most important thing now was to find that bastard Xiao Ning and avenge this blood feud.

"But... the enemy you mentioned has such a powerful backing. Even if you succeed in taking revenge, you'll only live a life of being hunted down for the rest of your life," Nico Robin said solemnly.

Known as the child of the devil, she deeply understands such things, and she really doesn't want to recall that life of constant fear and escape.

"I must get revenge."

Xiao Yan ignored the advice; he simply couldn't bear this hatred. The deaths of his father and two elder brothers haunted his dreams every day, preventing him from sleeping peacefully.

"Nami, change direction, target Black Corner Region!" Luffy that Xiao Yan was determined to take revenge, Luffy chose to support him unconditionally.

The Thousand Sunny set sail on the Northwest Sea and, after three days of sailing, finally reached the shore.

"Brother Xiao Yan, remember to come find me after you've avenged yourself. We'll drink to our hearts' content together on the high seas."

"I will, thank you Luffy." Xiao Yan jumped off the Thousand Sunny and headed towards the Jia Nan Academy.

"Wait a minute!" Just then, Luffy, holding a wooden box, hurriedly jumped off the ship.

After Luffy opened the box, inside was a strange spherical fruit. The fruit had orange-red spiral patterns on its surface, and a blue stem with a vortex at one end and a flame shape at the other. The skin was covered with countless small flame-shaped spiral patterns.

"Brother Xiao Yan, this fruit is called the Flame-Flame Fruit. Eating it will allow your body to become elemental, but it tastes terrible. It might be useful to you, so take it."

Seeing that Luffy Xiao Yan had no choice but to put the fruit into his Storage Ring.

"Luffy, you're really generous!" After Xiao Yan left, Nami gave Luffy a good beating.

It is said that ever since a large, mysterious island appeared in the Black Corner Region of the Northwest Continent, it has driven almost all the forces on the Dou Qi Continent into a frenzy.

People began to arrive in the Black Corner Region one after another, forming teams to explore the suddenly appearing island, but none of them made it out alive.

Even some Ancient Families suffered heavy losses as soon as they set foot on the island, before they had even gone more than ten miles.

However, when they fled the island, they brought back some precious stone slabs. The slabs came in various shapes, were covered with strange patterns, and had different functions.

After careful examination, the Clan Leader of the Ancient Families discovered that these stone slabs all had the effect of enhancing their own strength.

For example, if there is a stone slab with the words "longevity" written on it, refining it and integrating it into the body can greatly increase their vitality.

On some stone slabs, the words "harmony" are written, which not only increase vitality but also enhance the healing effect.

However, these stone slabs are divided into five levels, and what they can obtain are mostly of low quality. To obtain higher quality ones, they must boldly venture deeper into the island.

This was truly amazing. Gu Yuan, the Clan Leader of the Ancient Clan, picked up a level-two stone tablet engraved with the word "compassion." After refining it, he then fought against the Black Annihilation King Gu Lie, and discovered that the time it took to condense his Dou Technique was significantly reduced by 0.3% when fighting against him.

If that's the case, what if their Ancient Clan obtained more and higher-grade stone slabs on this island?

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan immediately couldn't sit still. He decisively issued an order to send the first vanguard force of the Ancient Clan, led by Dou Sheng, to Black Corner Region at top speed. After he had dealt with some matters, they would arrive shortly afterward.

In addition, his daughter, Gu Xun Er, is still at the Jia Nan Academy, and it's time to bring her back to the family.

The mighty vanguard army of the Ancient Clan actually broke out of the Ancient Realm and headed straight for the Black Corner Region of the Northwest Continent. Such a magnificent scene had not been seen in the Dou Qi Continent for thousands of years, and it even alarmed the Six Great Ancient Clans of Medicine, Stone, Spirit, Soul, Flame, and Thunder.

Seeing that Gu Yuan intended to seize the market first, these landlords and wealthy people were not about to give up easily. They also dispatched their family's private armed forces and invested heavily in the project.

Seeing that these Ancient Families had all come out in large numbers, a group of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Central Continent could no longer remain calm.

The Soul Palace, Pill Tower, Heavenly Nether Sect, Flower Sect, Blazing Flame Valley, Ice River Valley, Heavenly Sound Valley, and Four Pavilion also followed the trend of the world and rushed to the Black Corner Region.

The changes in the Dou Qi Continent are getting bigger and bigger. How could Yan Luotian, who is known as the Northwest Divine Eagle Couple, miss the opportunity to explore this mysterious island? Now that he has two monsters that can Dou Sheng, he is naturally going.

Meanwhile, on Nine Snake Island in the Tagor Sea, lightning and thunder have been constantly flashing across the sky for the past few days, with the Power of Rules continuously surging. After absorbing a large number of Energy Bar from the Land of Light, Boa Hancock actually advanced to the Eight-Star Dou Saint, becoming the true Empress of Nine Snake Island. Finally, she led the Nine Snake Pirates and headed towards the Black Corner Region.

"How strange! What kind of world have I transmigrated to?!"

Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ning sat in his room, deep in thought, unable to understand why the world of Dou Qi he knew so well had become like this.

He'd heard of Empress of Nine Snake Island and monsters from the Land of Light at the Jia Nan Academy, but these things shouldn't even exist!

However, this is for the best. Now that the elders of the Jia Nan Academy and Vice Dean Su Qian have all gone to that mysterious island in the Black Corner Region, no one will care about the Heavenly Flames under the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower and the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

He was self-aware enough not to follow the trend and explore the mysterious island. His primary plan now was to quickly seize the Fallen Heart Flame, refine it using the Flame Mantra, and then find an opportunity to seize the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng's body.

"Xiao Ning, I feel like my soul has been under some kind of control lately."

At this moment, Yao Chen, the Venerable Yao within the ring, suddenly posed a question to Xiao Ning.

"Oh, teacher, don't worry. I've only cultivated a technique that can control other people's souls. It can completely imprison their souls, eventually erasing their intelligence and turning them into my slaves." Saying this, Xiao Ning smiled mischievously and said to Yao Chen, "The Soul Palace's techniques have always been like this. There's always some discomfort during the soul's transformation. Teacher, you just need to be patient for a few more days."

"What did you say?" Yao Chen, trapped inside the ring, suddenly flew into a rage. He tried to rush out of the ring instantly, but Xiao Ning pressed him back down with a handprint.

"Xiao Ning, you ungrateful wretch! I should never have listened to your sweet talk and taken you as my disciple. May you die a horrible death!"

Now that things have come to this, Yao Chen finally understands. It turns out that Xiao Ning has never regarded him as a mentor, but has been using him all along. Now, he has even colluded with the Soul Palace forces, intending to turn him into Soul Slave.

"Teacher, calm down. I had no choice. Why are you always so disobedient?" Xiao Ning crossed his legs and shook his head. "You really shouldn't have taken me as your disciple. Your true disciple should have been Xiao Yan. Now that things have come to this, I'll tell you the truth. Anyway, in ten or fifteen days, you'll become my Soul Slave."

Originally, all my achievements over the years should have belonged to Xiao Yan. I just had the ability to foresee some things in the future, so I took the initiative and stole Xiao Yan's luck, taking away everything that should have been his."

"Xiao Ning, I was truly blind! You deserve to die a horrible death!" Yao Chen stood inside the ring, pounding his chest and stamping his feet. This second betrayal felt like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, causing him unbearable pain.

"Hahaha..." Xiao Ning laughed loudly, his face contorted with rage, "You really are blind. Han Feng tricked you back then, but you didn't learn your lesson and now you've actually chosen to take me as your disciple."

And also, how could I possibly die a horrible death? I will live a good life. I have taken Gu Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, I have also taken Qing Lin, Queen Medusa's serpentine incarnation is in my hands, I have secretly crippled Xiao Yan, I have killed his two older brothers, I have ambushed his father and crippled his cultivation, and finally I have forced him to his death.

I've taken everything that's beneficial to me, and I've secretly eliminated everything that poses a threat to me. Now, who can do anything to me?

Even if Xiao Yan suddenly defies fate and seeks revenge against me, the souls of his two brothers and father are still in my hands. With such a powerful trump card, how could I be afraid of him?

"Clang!"

Suddenly, a sound came from inside the house: a copper basin falling to the ground.

Qing Lin, who was carrying a basin of water to wash her face and was about to enter the room to serve Xiao Ning, overheard the entire conversation inside. She was so shocked that she dropped the basin and it fell to the ground.

"Who?"

Xiao Ning, his face contorted with malice, stormed out the door, his aura radiating menace.