Even though it was only Profound Tier Low Grade, the Dou Qi within him had still surged more than tenfold.
His cultivation realm had not changed; he was still a two-star Dou Emperor.
But his strength could no longer be mentioned in the same breath as before.
Next comes the system merger.
System, begin merging!
Xiao Yan sensed the more-than-tenfold increase in his Dou Qi capacity and spoke inwardly.
Ding! Merger initiated! The system merger will require one month to complete. During the merger, the host cannot use system functions. Once the merger is complete, the system will acquire all functions of the other system!
As a series of notifications rang out, the systems began merging.
Meanwhile, far away in Qingshan Town, the "Li Feiyu" Shadow Clone Xiao Yan had created suddenly reverted to Xiao Yan's own appearance.
"Has the system merger started?"
"Looks like I'll have to find a chance to ask Naruto Uzumaki for the Transformation Technique too!"
The Shadow Clone muttered to himself.
Then he took out a black robe and draped it over himself.
Xiao Yan absolutely could not appear in the Magical Beast Mountain Range at this point.
The Xiao Clan!
"Little fellow, you've successfully verified that the Flame Mantra can advance by devouring Heavenly Flames."
"That means that as long as powerful flames still exist between heaven and earth, the Flame Mantra's potential is limitless."
"And your potential is equally limitless. I believe that even Dou Di will by no means be your final destination."
The Medicine Emperor floated out of the ring and looked at Xiao Yan with considerable admiration as he spoke.
Even back when he had been a Dou Di, he had never heard of a cultivation method as bizarre as the Flame Mantra, which advanced by devouring Heavenly Flames.
Venerable Yao, Yao Chen, had possessed this cultivation method, but he had never practiced it either.
Thus, the Medicine Emperor had previously harbored some doubts about it.
Now Xiao Yan had verified its capabilities, and the Medicine Emperor had seen his boundless potential.
This disciple of mine is no mere fish confined to a pond!
In the future, he might even surpass the Medicine Emperor at his peak.
"Teacher, with my current power, I should be able to attempt the fifth layer of the Ninefold Thunderfire Palm!"
"When that happens, even an ordinary Dou Zong expert definitely won't be able to withstand a single strike from me."
Feeling the surging, roiling Dou Qi within him, Xiao Yan spoke with great confidence.
"Indeed. Combined with the Vermilion Bird Divine Flame, your Ninefold Thunderfire Palm will be even stronger than before."
"You can just barely qualify as a true expert now. Are you ready to go searching for Heavenly Flames?"
The Medicine Emperor nodded in satisfaction, while also remembering to persuade Xiao Yan to leave Wutan City.
Above all, he simply could not understand why Xiao Yan insisted on holing up in this tiny Wutan City despite his current strength.
"It's still too early to leave."
"When the time is ripe, I'll leave Wutan City and see the wonderful world outside for myself!"
At Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan's eyes brightened slightly.
Indeed, with strength comparable to a Dou Zong's, plus the Medicine Emperor as his trump card,
theoretically, even if he went to the Central Plains, few beings would pose a threat to him.
But the Otherworlders appearing one after another had left Xiao Yan with an intense sense of danger.
So he could only wait a while longer before experiencing that wonderful world outside.
"I really don't understand you. You're already so strong, so why do you act as though you're terrified of dying?"
"Even when you do something in a tiny place like Wutan City, you have to sneak around and change your appearance."
The Medicine Emperor shook his head and slipped back into his ring.
He could do nothing about Xiao Yan. For now, he could only wait quietly for the moment Xiao Yan called "ripe."
In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
The Xiao Clan's coming-of-age ceremony was also about to begin.
During this time, Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone had been wandering around the Magical Beast Mountain Range!
Of course, he was not merely wandering aimlessly. The main reason was that he had destroyed Qingshan Town himself.
He was a little worried that something unexpected might happen to Xiao Yi Xian.
So he had been searching for traces of her all along.
He had not found Xiao Yi Xian, but he had discovered that the Amethyst Winged Lion King was frantically expanding his territory.
Originally, the Magical Beast Mountain Range had been divided into four regions: east, south, west, and north.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King was the ruler of the eastern mountain range, and all magical beasts there obeyed his commands.
But who knew what madness had seized the Amethyst Winged Lion King? He had actually attacked the magical beast rulers of the southern, northern, and western regions in succession.
Moreover, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was sneaky as hell, without a trace of a magical beast's straightforward nature.
First, he sent his underlings to harass the other rulers in their territories. Then he hid in the shadows, and the moment their leader emerged, he struck with an Amethyst Seal.
Most importantly, this fellow was exceptionally patient.
When dealing with the ruler of the western mountain range, the Blazing Soaring Tiger, for instance, he had actually lain in ambush outside his cave for three whole months.
When the Blazing Soaring Tiger came out to forage, he blindsided him with an Amethyst Seal.
Just like that, the three other rulers, who lacked any guile whatsoever, all fell at the hands of that devious bastard, the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King unified the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range and became its sole ruler.
Most unbelievable of all, the three other sixth-rank magical beasts, including the Blazing Soaring Tiger,
showed not the slightest hatred toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King who had ambushed them. Instead, they willingly submitted to him.
"Tsk, tsk. How did I never notice before that the Amethyst Winged Lion King was such a devious bastard?"
Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone had watched from the moment the Amethyst Winged Lion King began making his moves until he unified the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range.
In the end, he finally confirmed one thing: there was a 92.85 percent chance that this fellow had been possessed by an Otherworlder.
Otherwise, how could the originally straightforward Amethyst Winged Lion King have turned into such a devious bastard?
Of course, although Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone had figured it out, he had no intention of attacking.
He had not even approached them. After all, he still did not know what cheat the Amethyst Winged Lion King possessed.
Combined with how sinister this fellow was, showing himself rashly might very well mean falling into his hands.
At that thought, Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone immediately dispelled himself. At the same time, everything he had experienced during this period was transmitted back to the original in an instant.
"Interesting. Has the Amethyst Winged Lion King been possessed by an Otherworlder?"
At the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan was taking the preliminary assessment before the coming-of-age ceremony.
After suddenly receiving his Shadow Clone's memories, he lost focus for a moment, and a crack rang out.
He had actually snapped the Testing Magic Stone Tablet in front of him with his grip.
"..." Xiao Yan.
"..." Xiao Zhan and the three elders.
"..." Everyone else.
What was going on?
Xiao Yan, that useless fellow with Three-Stage Dou Qi, had actually crushed the Testing Magic Stone Tablet?
This was an object that even a Da Dou Shi expert could not damage!
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