Yao Chen

Yao Chen

Xiao Yan fell silent. He had not expected his situation to be like this. He felt a little angry, a little confused...

He did not understand. He had never done anything so heinous that heaven and men would rage over it. Who could hate him so much that they would not kill him directly, but use this method to torment him instead?

At the same time, a trace of doubt rose in his heart. According to Xiao Bai, he had been unable to beat the person before. What about now?

Could he beat them now?

He seemed to be the same as before, still at 9 Star Dou Zhi Qi!

Xiao Bai saw the doubt in his eyes and did not explain. He said directly, "Take off the ring on your hand! The one your mother gave you!"

For a moment, Xiao Yan was a little at a loss. What did this have to do with the ring?

But he did not ask much. He seemed to have misunderstood Xiao Bai just now, which made him a little embarrassed, so he obediently took off the ring and handed it to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai did not reach out to take it. He told him to put it on the stone table, then said, "Now try cultivating again!"

Although Xiao Yan had no idea what Xiao Bai was planning, he did not say a word. He immediately assumed a cultivation posture, sat down on the ground, and began cultivating.

Before long, all of a sudden, Xiao Yan sprang up from the ground.

"Bai Ge, my Dou Qi didn't disappear! I can cultivate! I can cultivate again! Hahaha...!"

Xiao Yan was so excited that he was crying and laughing at the same time. He shouted as he threw himself straight at Xiao Bai.

Seeing this brat pull the same trick again, Xiao Bai did not indulge him at all. With a light wave of his hand, he swept him back directly.

Xiao Yan retreated several steps, but he did not care in the slightest. He grinned foolishly, muttering, "I can finally cultivate. I'm not trash anymore..."

Only heaven knew how much he had longed for this moment over the past three years. Now it had finally come true.

"Are you done being happy? If you are, come over here!"

Xiao Bai watched this brat stand there grinning and getting worked up for ages, showing no sign of snapping back to his senses, and could not help speaking up to interrupt him.

Hearing Xiao Bai's words, Xiao Yan walked up to him, straightened his clothes, and solemnly cupped his hands to Xiao Bai in salute.

"Bai Ge, thank you!"

He did not apologize, nor did he say anything else. Saying those things would make him, Xiao Yan, seem too calculating. In any case, from now on, Xiao Bai was his big brother.

Xiao Bai nodded with a smile, then pointed at the stone stool, indicating for him to sit down and talk.

After that, the smile on Xiao Bai's face vanished, and he looked at the ring with a solemn expression.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun Er both followed his gaze. They now understood that Xiao Yan's problem lay with this ring.

"Senior, would you be willing to show yourself?"

Xiao Bai's low voice rang out on the cliff.

Yao Lao inside the ring was extremely depressed at this moment. He felt as if his plans were always being ruined by this brat. Now things were great. Originally, that kid Xiao Yan had not seen much of the world and would have been very easy to fool, but now the difficulty had shot straight up.

He wanted to teach this brat a lesson, but his heart was filled with apprehension.

The second time Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan fought, he had been unable to restrain his curiosity and had forcibly peered at Xiao Bai with his soul.

In the end, a strand of seemingly harmless Black-Red Thunder had suddenly emerged from this brat's body and directly made him sleep for two months.

Ever since then, every time he saw Xiao Bai, he hid himself away completely.

He somewhat suspected that there might be an existence like him on Xiao Bai's body, and one far stronger than him at that.

"Senior, please show yourself!"

Xiao Bai's voice rang out once more, but the ring still gave no reaction at all.

This made Xiao Yan feel a little doubtful. Was there really someone inside this ring?

Xiao Xun Er, however, did not doubt Xiao Bai. If Xiao Bai said there was, then naturally there was. Moreover, with her experience, she had long since known far too much about all sorts of strange things like this.

Seeing that Yao Lao would not show himself, Xiao Bai shook his head. His finger gently tapped the tabletop, and a streak of crimson lightning appeared, shooting straight toward the Black Ring on the table.

Yao Lao inside the ring was startled. Last time, it had been a single streak of lightning that made him sleep for two months. Now it was happening again?

Although last time it had been black-red, and this time it was crimson, no matter what color it was, he did not want to try taking a hit from it at all right now.

The crimson lightning was incomparably swift, but the Black Ring that had remained completely motionless all this time moved even faster. Just as the lightning was about to land on the ring, it suddenly floated up.

The lightning struck the spot where the Black Ring had been, directly creating a black pit in the stone table, with wisps of green smoke rising from it.

The corners of Xiao Yan's eyes twitched as he watched. With that power, if it hit him, even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured.

Also, what was with this crimson lightning? Hadn't Bai Ge not broken through? Was this a method someone at 9 Star Dou Zhi Qi could have?

For a moment, Xiao Yan felt as if there was something wrong with this world. It turned out his honest-looking Bai Ge was actually an old schemer... Mm, a crafty bastard!

A strange light flashed through Xiao Xun Er's eyes. Was this the cultivation method Xiao Bai Gege had been willing to pay a price to cultivate?

It was indeed quite good! Much stronger than the one she had given him.

Just then, a phantom image of an old man emerged from the ring floating in midair.

He wore blue robes, with a head of white hair and gentle features, and every movement carried the bearing of a grandmaster.

The moment he appeared, he stroked the little mustache on his chin and said with an emotional expression, "Sigh! Why are all you Thunder Cultivators so irritable? Xiao Bai, boy, this old man remembers you having quite a gentle temper when you were little!"

Xiao Xun Er's expression instantly turned wary. She rose and walked to Xiao Bai's side, one hand pressing on his shoulder while the other seemed to be gripping something.

Before Xiao Bai could speak, Xiao Yan's eyes reddened. Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered these past three years, he shouted furiously, "Old bastard, I have no grudge or grievance with you, so why did you harm me?"

Yao Chen did not answer Xiao Yan right away. First, he looked toward the vigilant Xiao Xun Er and smiled at her.

"Little girl, don't be nervous. This old man bears no ill will!"

She was formidable too. Near her, he could even feel the apprehension of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside his body.

And what this little girl was clutching in her hand was a Space Jade Slip, wasn't it?

This left Yao Chen sighing with emotion. In this remote corner of the northwest, a small clan had actually produced several people like this.

And now, it seemed that the prospective disciple he had taken a liking to was the most useless of the three.

For a moment, Yao Chen could not help wondering whether his eye for taking disciples really was no good.

Then he drifted toward Xiao Yan.

Seeing that the old man was ignoring him, Xiao Yan was just about to start cursing him out.

But when he suddenly saw the old man coming toward him, his heart went a little weak, and he darted behind Xiao Bai at once.

Seeing this pathetic display, Yao Chen felt a little resentful that iron could not become steel. Look at the two people in front of you, both so calm and composed—why was this kid the only one making such a fuss?

He shook his head and sighed. Forget it. In the end, this was the choice he had observed for nearly ten years; he could only accept it through tears.

With a kindly expression, he said to Xiao Yan, "Little boy, this old man still has to thank you for your three years of nourishment!"

Xiao Bai shook his head. This old man really knew how to stab Xiao Yan right in the heart.

Sure enough, the moment Xiao Yan heard that, his rage meter instantly filled up. His face twisted with anger, and he poked his head out from behind Xiao Bai and started cursing, "I nourished your grandma, you ****** (120 words omitted here)!"