Good Luck

In a desolate wasteland, endless Yellow Sand stretched as far as the eye could see.

In the sky, the scorching setting sun hung above the horizon like a massive fireball, refusing to sink below it. Its dark golden light gave off its final heat, scorching everything upon the ground and making the desert even more stifling, like a furnace.

From time to time, fierce winds rose, sending sand flying and exposing numerous White Bones. Several poisonous scorpions that fed exclusively on carrion crawled over them, waving their pincers.

This was a desert world filled with death and desolation.

Suddenly.

A Silver Ring appeared out of thin air. Amid violent Space Energy, a figure was flung out and crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a small cloud of sand.

As the figure fell, the Silver Ring slowly dissipated.

The figure's clothes were torn to shreds, and he was covered in blood, looking every bit like a corpse abandoned in the great desert.

The blood-covered body lay stiffly facedown in the sand, completely motionless. After a moment of silence, his abdomen trembled, and a furry little paw poked out. It pawed at the surrounding sand, forcing its little head free.

When she finally managed to crawl out, the sight before her left her stunned, her pair of ears standing straight up.

Ling Er widened her eyes, utterly at a loss.

Compared to the Shennong Mountain Range, which had once been brimming with life and dense Heaven and Earth Energy, the scene before her was like a barren land at the end of the world. Not only was there no life whatsoever, but even the Heaven and Earth Energy was incredibly depleted. The world was filled only with that damned Fire Attribute Energy, leaving her entire fox body wilted.

Living Flame had always been born only within lush primordial forests. Unless it was subdued by someone, it would almost never leave its birthplace for its entire life.

Naturally, she had never seen a scene like this before.

It was like a Little Princess who had never left the city being abducted to the far northwest. As far as the eye could see, there was only an endless desert, without even a trace of green to represent life. Worse still, quite a few Poisonous Insects came swarming over at the scent of blood, causing Ling Er's fur to stand on end. Her originally adorable, dazed expression turned fierce.

She did not know where this place was, but she could still sense that these poisonous scorpions wanted to eat Yao Yan's flesh and blood.

Ling Er leaped out, waving her cute little paws and driving away the Poisonous Insects surrounding them.

Unfortunately, this was not a forest, nor did any vegetation grow here. She could not control plants to fight for her and could only wave her paws to drive away those annoying bugs.

Boom!

The ground suddenly trembled lightly as a half-meter-tall purple-black scorpion burst from the sand. Its cold, savage eyes locked onto Yao Yan's body. It could sense the immense vitality contained within him, especially the scent emanating from his blood, which was like some Natural Treasure and held an enormous attraction for it.

Third Order—Purple Flame Poison Scorpion.

"Ying ying!"

Ling Er glared fiercely at the Purple Flame Poison Scorpion and let out a threatening cry. Unfortunately, she had no Deterrent Force at all and instead looked A Bit adorable.

The Purple Flame Poison Scorpion stared bloodthirstily at Ling Er. As a magical beast from the Tagor Desert, it was far more ferocious than those from other regions. In such a resource-poor wasteland, only constant slaughter allowed one to survive. Everything it saw was food.

Perhaps realizing that she had no Deterrent Force, flames began to rise within Ling Er's originally emerald-green eyes.

However, before those flames could fully ignite, Yao Yan pressed them down with one hand.

He had awakened at some point. One hand patted Ling Er's little head, and his eyes held a trace of fondness as he said gently, "All right, leave it to me."

After saying that, he raised his hand and summoned the Illusory Gold Flame. The violent aura belonging to a Seventh Order Magical Beast—the Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast—instantly swept outward, frightening the not-too-intelligent Purple Flame Poison Scorpion into retreat. Compared to the Frost Wolf King, the Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast was a superior magical beast to the Purple Flame Poison Scorpion and possessed extremely powerful Bloodline Suppression.

Among magical beast races, for magical beasts of the same type, higher-order beasts held absolute Bloodline Suppression over lower-order ones. Cases of the weak defeating the strong were exceedingly rare.

Especially at lower levels, the suppression originating from their bloodlines was enough to prevent them from even forming thoughts of resistance.

Only after driving back the Purple Flame Poison Scorpion did Yao Yan have the mind to survey his surroundings. He immediately frowned. Compared to the Shennong Mountain Range and the Medicine World, the Heaven and Earth Energy here could no longer be described as merely sparse. There was almost nothing besides Fire Attribute Energy.

He could not help but find amusement in misery. "Fortunately, my Dou Qi attribute is fire. Not bad luck."

"Ying ying!"

Seeing that Yao Yan had awakened, Ling Er immediately leaped onto his shoulder in delight. Not minding the blood on his face, she rubbed her furry little head against him and cried out twice in a coquettish manner.

Yao Yan took a bottle of Flora Essence from his Storage Ring and handed it to her. Watching her hold the Medicine Bottle and begin drinking it, the smile on his lips deepened A Bit. Although there had been a deviation in their destination, at least he was still alive and Ling Er had not been lost. There was no real loss.

After soothing the little fellow, he closed his eyes and began examining his body. His body had been badly ravaged in the Space Storm earlier. If not for his sturdy bones and the immense vitality brought by the Spirit Race Bloodline, he would have been crippled even if he had not died. The Indestructible Diamond Body, which had only just entered the second level, simply could not withstand the ravages of a Space Storm.

"My external injuries have almost fully healed, but this Space Energy inside my body is a bit troublesome."

Yao Yan's gaze flickered. He had not expected Space Energy to remain inside his body, and there was quite a lot of it. With his current Dou Qi cultivation, refining this Space Energy would be somewhat difficult. However, using it to temper his body would not be a problem.

Perhaps he could even turn misfortune into fortune.

After pondering for a moment, he relaxed. Then he took several medicinal pills from his Storage Ring that restored Dou Qi and regulated Blood Qi, swallowing them.

As he refined the Medicinal Power, his spirits improved considerably. At the same time, he realized another problem. It seemed he had lost Hun Xuzi's Communication Jade Token. "That old bastard won't misunderstand and think I'm trying to run away, will he?"

A strange expression crossed Yao Yan's face. He had indeed entertained that thought before, but after merely thinking about it, he had cast the idea from his mind. With his strength, escaping from the hands of a Seven Star Dou Sheng was simply impossible. Besides, he had been quite happy sucking Hun Xuzi's blood. Before his Dou Qi cultivation reached the Dou Sheng level, he truly had not harbored any other thoughts.

Yet he had never expected to encounter a Space Storm and accidentally lose contact with Hun Xuzi.

"Heh, my luck really is pretty good~"

Yao Yan smiled, once again feeling that his luck was excellent.

However, this meant some of his plans would need to change. He had actually wanted to leave Hun Xuzi for a while, because there were some matters Hun Xuzi could not be allowed to know about—for instance, the Xiao Family of the Jia Ma Empire. The Soul Clan absolutely could not discover it, at least not yet.

Before he broke through to Nine Star Dou Sheng, the Tou She Ancient God Jade belonging to the Xiao Family absolutely could not fall into the hands of the Soul Clan.

He needed time to grow.

If the Soul Clan obtained the Tou She Ancient God Jade belonging to the Xiao Clan, then given Hun Tiandi's nature, he would likely launch the war to exterminate the clans within a short time. At that point, Yao Yan, who lacked the strength of a Nine Star Dou Sheng, would inevitably become food for his advancement to Dou Di. That was not what he wanted.

Before he reached the peak of Nine Star Dou Sheng, no one could open the Tou She Ancient God Mansion!