Di Mo Old Ghost: Should I Thank You Too?

"Xiao Yan, you..."

Su Qian leaned closer, intending to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

He was truly shocked today.

Who could possibly have such monstrous combat power after just advancing to the Dou Zong realm?

Once the secret technique is activated, even Nine-Star Dou Zong would have to kneel. Other geniuses are at most invincible within their own level, but Xiao Yan is directly invincible within his own level—what kind of nonsense is this?

They're no longer human!

Xiao Yan wasn't surprised by Su Qian's shock, nor did he intend to explain anything. He simply smiled faintly.

"Great Elder, you'll get used to it after seeing it a few more times. After all, my situation is probably unique in the entire Dou Qi Continent. My years of hard work and cultivation should finally pay off."

Su Qian rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan with a hint of helplessness upon hearing this.

Whether you get used to it or not is another matter, but isn't this reward a bit too generous?

That's about it.

Xiao Yan didn't continue the topic, and suddenly turned his gaze to the sea of fire below.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yan caused the sea of fire to part automatically, revealing a charred corpse and a faintly glowing ball of soul light flying upwards.

"Are these the remains and soul of that Di Mo Old Ghost?"

Su Qian asked, somewhat surprised.

"Hmm, corpses at the Dou Zong level are quite rare. We can refine them into puppets and use them later."

Xiao Yan said with a smile.

He naturally had no need for this thing; he would refine it into a puppet for Ya Fei to use for self-defense.

Although it has been more than a year since we last met, with Ya Fei's talent, she might already be at the Peak Dou King, or even a Dou Huang expert. But she should still be able to use this Dou Zong level puppet for now.

"Refine it into a puppet?" Su Qian was taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "You know how to do that?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded with a faint smile.

He learned the most complete method for creating Devouring Heavenly Corpse from the Master of Devouring, but unfortunately, with his current abilities and materials, he was not yet capable of creating a powerful puppet of the Devouring Heavenly Corpse level.

Of course, Xiao Yan also has some Devouring Puppet, but those Symbol Puppet require the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to control them effectively, so giving them to Ya Fei wouldn't be of much use.

On the contrary, if this Di Mo Old Ghost could be refined into Heavenly Demon Puppet, it could not only protect Ya Fei, but also serve as a bodyguard for the alchemists of the Yan Alliance's Alchemy Hall to resist pill lightning. It would be killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing that Xiao Yan was confident, Su Qian said no more. He watched as Xiao Yan skillfully collected the corpse and soul of the Di Mo Old Ghost, and then calmly deactivated the Five Wheel Separation Fire Method, bringing back the sea of fire.

But at this moment, Demon Flame Valley had been completely reduced to scorched earth. The ground was a dark reddish-black color, and the scorching temperature caused the air currents on the surface to flow noticeably faster. From a distance, it looked as if the space there had been distorted.

"Let's go, Great Elder, let's go check out the treasure vault of Demon Flame Valley."

Xiao Yan greeted them with a smile, then descended towards the scorched earth below.

Seeing this, Su Qian simply followed Xiao Yan down to the ground.

With Xiao Yan's terrifying soul power, the Demon Flame Valley's tricks could not possibly be hidden from him.

He had already sensed the location of the treasure vault when the sea of fire spread out.

Therefore, when he landed on the ground, he was already outside a seemingly ordinary mountain wall that was only one wall away from the treasure vault.

Before Su Qian could ask a question, Xiao Yan threw a punch, shattering the mountain wall and creating a huge tunnel with a diameter of five meters.

Although it's said to be separated by only a wall, the mountain wall is indeed quite thick, more than ten meters high.

Seeing this, Su Qian couldn't help but gasp.

Xiao Yan, is he no longer human at all?

The two exchanged a glance and went inside.

However, just as they passed through the tunnel and entered the treasure vault, a foul gust of wind shot out from behind the cave, carrying an extremely fierce force, and rushed straight towards Xiao Yan at the front.

"Roll!"

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan's expression hardened. He didn't even bother to look at what was rushing out, and slapped it away.

After sufficient time to accumulate experience, he had cultivated the Great Sun Separation Fire Body to the second level of the Separation Fire Body, reaching its Great Accomplishment Stage.

His physical body is comparable to that of Tier 7 Magical Beast!

The key is that he still has the Dragon Seal formed from Zi Yan's essence blood in his body, so he will also be tainted with some of the aura of the Ancient Void Dragon.

Although his physical body certainly cannot compare to that of a supreme Supreme Realm in the Beast World like the Ancient Void Dragon, among most magical beasts, Xiao Yan's physical body is considered extremely powerful.

"Smack!"

Sure enough, as the slap was delivered, the terrifying force struck the attacker, producing an incredibly loud and crisp sound.

"Whoosh! Bang!!!"

The next moment, a shrill wail rang out, and the huge figure that had come to launch the sneak attack was slapped into the wall, its fate unknown.

Xiao Yan ignored it, simply using his Sucking Palm to blow away the surrounding smoke and dust, and began to scan the treasure vault with his eyes.

The sect's treasury in Demon Flame Valley is quite large, and even inside the cave, it remains as bright as day.

Although the warehouse was built by excavating into the mountain, its interior walls and vaulted ceiling were constructed with hard Ink Steel Stone, so even if the mountain collapsed, the warehouse would not be damaged.

The storeroom contained many bookshelves, with scrolls neatly arranged, clearly categorized by grade and type.

On the other side were some crystal cabinets, inside which rare medicinal herbs could be vaguely seen.

Although Xiao Yan already knew that Demon Flame Valley must be extremely wealthy, seeing it with his own eyes still made him sigh.

Compared to these powerful forces, the Xiao Family has truly fallen into a state of utter decline.

Fortunately, after this batch of harvest from Demon Flame Valley was transcribed, some of it remained in the Xiao Sect, some was sent to the Jia Nan Academy, and the original scrolls were naturally taken back to the family to enrich their resources.

Xiao Yan wouldn't even look at something so ordinary.

He had a clear goal and headed straight for the depths of the treasure trove.

On the deepest bookshelf, there were only four simple wooden boxes, separated by a faint light barrier.

"Tsk, Spatial Strength."

With just a glance, Xiao Yan understood the profound mystery of the light barrier.

But it doesn't matter; he has an easier way to break through this kind of restriction.

He simply reached out, and a jet-black color appeared in his palm. The power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol was activated, and it instantly devoured the light shield.

Su Qian, standing to the side, was already used to it.

Even if someone told him now that Xiao Yan could kill Dou Zun expert, he would nod and not feel the slightest surprise.

If it can kill even Dou Zun, what use are the restrictions set up by the Di Mo Old Ghost, Six-Star Dou Zong?

It's clearly impossible for it to be useful.

After breaking the seal, Xiao Yan opened all four wooden boxes.

The first wooden box contained a mid-level Earth Tier- rank lightning-attribute cultivation technique, the Thunderbolt Mirror, and a matching Earth Tier -rank Dou Technique, the Jingzhe Thunder Method.

This is perfect for my second brother, who's still at the Jia Nan Academy.

After Xiao Yi Xian goes to Central Plains with him, it will be a good opportunity for her second brother to temporarily manage the Xiao Sect.

Since he's his own brother, Xiao Yan won't stand on ceremony with him.

The second wooden box contained the secret technique of Demon Flame Valley, the Flame Manipulation Art.

This thing is pretty good. Not only can it artificially create Generated Fire a temperature almost comparable to Heavenly Flames, but it can also improve one's own Fire Energy. After studying it further, I can give it to my three beautiful little apprentices to learn from.

Moreover, the Xiao Family will need to cultivate the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to condense their Clan Mark in the future, and this Generated Fire is a good material for casting spells.

Even he was lucky enough to refine four different kinds of Heavenly Flames.

Furthermore, since the Generated Fire can also be used to condense the flames of the Destruction Fire Lotus, his trump card is not the Five-Colored Half Fire Lotus, but a nearly six-colored Fire Lotus.

Although with his current soul power and Fire Energy, doing that would be pure suicide, risking his own death, it is still a trump card that can be taken seriously.

The third wooden box contained a Seventh Tier fire-attribute Magical Core, but Xiao Yan didn't really care for it. With his current strength, he could easily kill and obtain the Magical Core of Tier 7 Magical Beast.

Moreover, the Three Great Elders of Danta also gave him a lot of Magical Core from Eighth-Rank Magical Beast.

The fourth wooden box was undoubtedly Xiao Yan's biggest target on this trip.

The method for crafting the Heavenly Demon Puppet!

Xiao Yan glanced through them briefly, smiled with satisfaction, and then with a wave of his hand, stored all the good stuff from the four wooden boxes into his Storage Ring.

He then created Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body, instructing them to use his Storage Ring to collect the other scrolls and medicinal herbs.

"Huh? Your clone looks familiar. Could it be Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body of the Wind Lightning Pavilion?"

Su Qian was indeed a seasoned veteran; he was knowledgeable and, after a brief look, recognized the origin of Xiao Yan's clone.

"Hehe, for now."

Xiao Yan smiled.

What do you mean by "temporarily"?

Su Qian asked, puzzled.

"That means they will be the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body of my Starfall Pavilion from now on."

Xiao Yan smiled faintly and walked back the way he came.

Now that he has clones, his main body can naturally be free to use his hands.

Seeing Xiao Yan using his clone, whose aura was at the Dou Zong level, for hard labor, Su Qian's eyelids twitched slightly.

Sometimes he really felt that Xiao Yan was quite an infuriating student.

"Let's go, Great Elder, we're heading back."

Xiao Yan's greeting came from behind, and Su Qian shook her head helplessly before following him.

He felt like he was just there to watch Xiao Yan show off.

He barely had a chance to attack; after only warming up, Xiao Yan wiped out the entire opposing team.

On the way back, Xiao Yan briefly studied the crafting method of the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Just as I remembered, it mainly requires three things: a body, Magical Core, and a soul.

Using the body as a vessel, the soul as a catalyst, and the Magical Core as a heart, along with numerous other materials, Demon Puppet of slaughter is ultimately created. Demonic Demon Puppet are divided into three categories: Heaven, Earth, and Man. The quality of the Demon Puppet depends on the materials used in its creation and the flames used in its creation.

Once successfully crafted, one will obtain a killing machine devoid of joy, sorrow, pain, injury, and emotion.

But Xiao Yan knew that this thing still had a slight weakness.

That is, if you encounter someone with strong soul power, you can forcibly erase their Soul Mark and then implant Soul Mark inside the Demon Puppet.

But it doesn't really matter.

If the soul were truly that powerful, it could be crushed to death instantly; the state of the puppet would be irrelevant.

Su Qian also observed it with great curiosity, but quickly lost interest.

Jia Nan Academy is, after all, an academy; such methods of murder are not suitable for an academy.

Moreover, he was practically there just to watch Xiao Yan show off; he only led the way and didn't contribute much, so he felt embarrassed to share in the spoils of war with Xiao Yan, his student.

After returning to the Xiao Sect, Great Elder Su Qian did not rush back to the academy, but stayed at the Xiao Sect for two days.

Since last year, some students from the Jia Nan Academy have come here for internships directly after graduation.

Anyway, any kind of training is training, and at the Xiao Sect, they can be protected by Xiao Yi Xian. Moreover, they can also protect the junior students at the Jia Nan Academy.

The Great Elder rarely comes out, so he naturally intends to take care of and guide his students.

As for Xiao Yan, he went straight back to his boudoir, where he rested for a while with Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue, and also told them about the destruction of Demon Flame Valley.

Upon hearing how powerful Xiao Yan was now, the two women were delighted but also gave him a resentful glare.

If they had known it would be like this, they would have wanted to watch the live broadcast too!

Just imagining my boyfriend displaying his powerful presence makes me drool with envy. It's such a shame I couldn't witness it in person!

Xiao Yan could only obediently admit his mistake, saying that he would definitely bring them along next time he performed a miracle in front of others, so they could watch the live broadcast.

After some tender moments, Xiao Yan found a quiet room and began refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

He tossed the corpse of the Di Mo Old Ghost in front of him, then expertly fused it with flames. The bluish-green flames reappeared, enveloping the Di Mo Old Ghost's corpse, and he began refining it.

The cyan-green Heavenly Flames that Xiao Yan fused with was at least completely superior to the eighth-ranked Red Lotus Karma Flame. The refining effect was naturally beyond question. The corpse energy remaining in the corpse of the Di Mo Old Ghost was completely expelled in less than half an hour.

Of course, this was also because Xiao Yan used the Five Wheel Separation Fire Method to condense five colors and refine him to death, resulting in him not having much corpse energy in his body to begin with.

As the last trace of corpse energy left the body, Xiao Yan immediately flicked his finger, and two powerful gusts of wind shot out, creating a hole in the corpse's chest and forehead respectively.

Xiao Yan had originally planned to give the Di Mo Old Ghost an Eighth Tier Magical Core.

But feeling that this piece of trash was unworthy, he directly used the Seventh Tier Magical Core he had found in Demon Flame Valley on the Di Mo Old Ghost.

He then instantly refined the soul and injected it into the corpse along with the Magical Core.

Next, he used various rare metal ores and materials to refine the corpse, incorporating it into the body. After three full days of refining, he finally transformed the Di Mo Old Ghost into a glittering silver Demon Puppet!

However, upon closer inspection, one can see subtle golden glints within the silver light.

Clearly, after being refined by Xiao Yan, this Di Mo Old Ghost has surpassed its strength in life and reached a level comparable to the Peak Dou Zong.

"Tsk, you should thank me for this."

Xiao Yan looked at the successfully crafted puppet and chuckled.

The Earth Demon Puppet remained silent, simply kneeling respectfully before Xiao Yan.