Zi Yan Summons Her Clan and Xiao Yan Learns the Great Heaven Creation Palm

Yao Lao had lived long enough to read people well. He could tell Xiao Yan was hiding something.

But he did not press him.

He trusted that his disciple would never harm him. Perhaps when the time was right, the truth would come out.

Seeing that Yao Lao had stopped asking, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

If Yao Lao had kept pressing, he would have needed a heap of excuses, and making those up was hardly his strong suit.

Yao Lao's matter could wait. Next, Xiao Yan would accompany Zi Yan to Dragon Island.

Zi Yan took a black dragon scale from her Storage Ring. A cold gleam played across its surface, and it seemed to hold considerable power.

She channeled a thread of Dou Qi into it. The scale lit up at once, releasing a strange pulse.

Seeing it respond, Zi Yan said casually, "There. All done."

Xiao Yan nodded and led the two of them to a secluded spot nearby, where they rested and waited for Zi Yan's clansmen to arrive.

With nothing to do while they waited, Xiao Yan took out the Dou Sheng Skeleton.

He had wanted the Great Heaven Creation Palm for a long time.

He removed the three ribs marked with mysterious runes and studied them closely in his hands.

He could sense a layer of Sealing over them.

"Is this the Heaven Tier Dou Technique you mentioned?" Yao Lao floated beside him, studying the three ribs too.

Xiao Yan nodded.

"If I remember right... you're supposed to temper them with Heavenly Flames." As Xiao Yan spoke, flames rose from his hand and engulfed all three ribs.

The ribs looked fragile, yet the flames did not damage them in the slightest. Not even a trace of charring appeared; they remained white as