Escape in Progress, Reunion with Yun Yun

"Teacher!"

Feeling the speed at which the black-robed figure behind him was flying, Xiao Yan hurriedly called out in his mind.

That black-robed figure was a Dou Emperor. Their flying speed was beyond anything Xiao Yan could match.

"I know. I'll control your body for the rest of the journey."

Medicine Elder helplessly enveloped Xiao Yan's body with his powerful soul force. At the same time, the Purple Cloud Wings on his back widened and lengthened.

Xiao Yan's speed through the air suddenly surged, once again widening the distance between him and the black-robed figure behind him.

"Wouldn't you have been fine if you'd just hidden in the Portable Space?"

"You had to take a wisp of Green Lotus Core Flame and flee openly right in front of Gu He. Of course he'd chase you. Why put yourself through this?"

Medicine Elder asked in confusion.

"If I hid in the space, I'd be safe, but the Snake People in the temple would clash with Gu He and the others staying behind to search for the Heavenly Flame. The Snake People would surely suffer heavy losses."

"If I show myself and lure Gu He and the others away, I can prevent the Snake People from suffering too many casualties."

Without needing to control his own flight, Xiao Yan felt much more relaxed. Facing Medicine Elder's doubts, he replied with a smile.

"You and Medusa haven't even begun anything yet, and you're already thinking so much for her sake?"

Medicine Elder said rather speechlessly.

"Heh heh, love me, love my dog. Since I have the ability to protect the Snake People a little, I'll protect them as much as I can."

Xiao Yan said with a light laugh.

At that moment, Xiao Cai, who had been sleeping beneath Xiao Yan's sleeve, suddenly opened her snake eyes. A glimmer flashed through them before they closed again. Her snake mouth smacked a few times, and she fell back asleep.

Medicine Elder did not speak to Xiao Yan again. The black-robed figure was pursuing them closely, and he could only focus entirely on controlling Xiao Yan's body in flight.

After advancing to Grand Dou Master, Xiao Yan had activated the Calamity Poison Body today and absorbed part of the Green Lotus Core Flame. He was now a Two-Star Grand Dou Master.

With Medicine Elder possessing Xiao Yan's body, the strength he could unleash had reached that of a Two-Star Dou Emperor.

Judging from the black-robed figure's aura, they had surpassed the Two-Star Dou Emperor level. Furthermore, their battle qi was wind-attributed, giving them an even greater advantage in speed.

Therefore, Medicine Elder had no choice but to treat this cautiously.

Two black shadows chased and fled through the skies above the desert. The powerful air currents generated by their flight carved a broad trail through the sands.

However, with no cover in the desert, the windblown sand traveled far. That broad trail was quickly buried beneath the sand and became indistinguishable from the surrounding dunes.

That was also why it was so easy to lose one's way in the desert. Everywhere looked the same.

The black-robed figure watched the flying black shadow ahead, her delicate brows slightly furrowed as she thought, His speed suddenly increased, yet not a trace of battle qi leaks out while he flies. How strange.

Since when did such an expert appear in the Tagor Desert? I can't keep dragging this out. The desert weather is unpredictable. If a sandstorm rises, it'll be easy to lose the target.

As the black-robed woman pondered, she increased her speed once more. I can attack once I'm within five hundred meters. Just a little farther. Accelerate.

Then, the black-robed woman stepped through the void. Ripples spread out from beneath her foot, while her figure flickered strangely and vanished.

The next instant, she reappeared, having crossed more than a hundred meters.

A pair of snow-white jade hands extended from beneath the black robe, rapidly forming strange seals as a cool voice cried out:

"Wind Spiral Wall!"

The space several dozen meters ahead of Xiao Yan suddenly twisted, and a solid wall formed entirely from howling winds abruptly took shape.

Countless wind blades spun wildly across the wall. A branch as thick as a child's arm, flying in from who knew where, was sucked into the wind wall and instantly shredded into countless fragments by the spinning wind blades.

Sensing danger, Medicine Elder controlled Xiao Yan's body and stopped only a few meters from the wind wall.

Behind him, the black-robed woman caught up at last.

"Hand over the Heavenly Flame."

The black-robed woman's cool voice rang out. She was actually a woman.

Xiao Yan glanced over the boundless desert but did not see Gu He or the others.

The flame of the Green Lotus Core Flame had long since been swallowed into Xiao Yan's body.

By now, they were already far from the Medusa Temple. He could find an opportunity to hide in the space at any time.

Besides, Medicine Elder could now wield the strength of a Two-Star Dou Emperor. With the Bone Chilling Flame, safely leaving before the Dou Emperor in front of him would not be difficult.

"Heh heh, woman, do you want this white Heavenly Flame, or this green Heavenly Flame?"

Hovering in the sky with his wings beating, Xiao Yan spread his palms. Green Lotus Core Flame rose from his left palm, while Bone Chilling Flame burned in his right. With a teasing look at the black-robed woman, he made a River God joke and laughed.

Seeing the two Heavenly Flames the black-clothed man had suddenly summoned, the black-robed woman's cool eyes beneath her hood contracted with considerable wariness.

"Since Your Excellency already possesses one Heavenly Flame, why not hand over the Heavenly Flame obtained from the Medusa Temple?"

"As compensation, I can give you two Sixth-Grade Dou Spirit Pills and one Seventh-Grade Transformation Pill."

A Sixth-Grade Dou Spirit Pill could immediately raise a Dou King's strength by one star. Its value was enough to drive any Dou King wild with desire.

As for the Seventh-Grade Transformation Pill, it could allow a sixth-tier magic beast to transform into human form. With a human body, magic beasts would possess the talent to cultivate human battle qi as well as the long lifespan of magic beasts. No sixth-tier magic beast could resist such temptation.

Facing the black-robed woman's words, Xiao Yan shook his head.

"Sorry, this Heavenly Flame is very important to me. If you want it, take it from my corpse."

He gave a cold shout and put away the Green Lotus Core Flame. Then, the black Profound Heavy Ruler appeared in his hand.

With flame in his right hand and the Profound Heavy Ruler in his left, Xiao Yan pointed the ruler at the black-robed woman, looking entirely unafraid of a fight.

The moment Xiao Yan gripped the Profound Heavy Ruler, the black-robed woman's body trembled slightly, and the chest beneath her black robe rose and fell violently.

After a moment of silence, the black-robed woman said in a slightly trembling voice:

"You can go. Pretend I never caught up to you."

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan froze for a moment, then asked strangely:

"The Heavenly Flame—you don't want it anymore?"

Seeing Xiao Yan acting like a fool, the woman beneath the black robe felt both angry and amused. Did he really have to force her to attack?

Her voice grew slightly agitated as she snapped, "Get lost. Hurry up and get lost. Take your Heavenly Flame and disappear from in front of me."

Watching the black-robed woman's bizarre behavior, Xiao Yan felt something was off.

It seemed that she knew him, and knew him quite well?

At that moment, the black-robed woman suddenly looked toward the sky behind her, then turned and flew away.

"Gu He is coming. Leave quickly. If they see that I let you go, it'll be hard for me to explain."

"Yun Zhi, is that you?"

Xiao Yan suddenly shouted.

Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, the black-robed woman's figure abruptly froze in midair.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan was overjoyed. He had confirmed it. This black-robed woman was Yun Zhi—Yun Yun, the woman with whom Xiao Yan had Dual Cultivated once in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

"Yun Zhi, I, Han Li, have now formed a Nascent Soul. I don't need to explain myself to anyone."

Xiao Yan burst into laughter, his face full of delight.

Judging by Yun Yun's reaction, this woman had feelings for him. That made him extremely happy.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Hurry up and get lost."

Then Yun Yun's figure flashed as she flew toward Gu He in the far distance.

"Let's go."

Medicine Elder could no longer stand Xiao Yan's smug behavior. He directly took control of Xiao Yan's body and swiftly left the area.

Night fell, and a silver moon hung high overhead.

Cold, fierce winds swept through the desert. Xiao Yan strode through the sand with the Profound Heavy Ruler over his shoulder, humming a tune Medicine Elder had never heard before.

Ever since parting with Yun Yun during the day, Xiao Yan had remained in an excellent mood.

"Hm? What's this?"

At that moment, Xiao Yan caught sight of a pale yellow plant from the corner of his eye.

The pale yellow plant grew at the foot of a sand dune. Its appearance was rather peculiar, resembling a coiled long snake. At its top was a snake head, with a fist-sized tumor growing from it.

A strange fragrance drifted from that tumor.

"Sand Mandrake!"

He had not expected to find the Sand Mandrake that the Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong, needed here.

Xiao Yan grinned from ear to ear. His luck today was truly incredible.

If the Battle Qi Continent sold lottery tickets, he would have wanted to buy one and try his luck.