Chapter 194: Brother Bai, Please Relinquish Your Magical Powers
"Xiao Bai, let me go! I'm going to kill him!"
Zi Yan struggled violently in Xiao Bai's arms, her eyes wide and glaring fiercely at Xiao Yan, who was rubbing his nose and smiling bitterly nearby. "That bastard, how dare he throw something so terrifying at her?"
Thinking back to the violent explosion, a trace of fear welled up in her eyes, a dread of the aftermath.
If Xiao Bai hadn't rushed over, picked her up, and ran away, she would have received a harsh blow.
"Alright!" Xiao Bai patted the irritable little girl on the head and whispered, "I'll help you vent your anger and give him a good beating!"
Only then did Zi Yan groan and pout, gradually calming down.
"Hey, Brother Bai, are you okay?" Xiao Yan asked cautiously.
"It's okay!"
Seeing the remorse in Xiao Yan's eyes, Xiao Bai knew it wasn't his fault; it was just an accident, so he waved his hand.
"Hmph!" Zi Yan snorted in dissatisfaction, but ultimately held her composure.
"Who is this?" Xiao Yan looked at the little girl, folding her arms and glaring at him with wide, angry eyes.
His peripheral vision flickered to the large pit to the side, his eye twitching in shock.
He couldn't believe it; that tiny, white fist had caused it.
If it had hit him...
Thinking of that scene, Xiao Yan shuddered, wiping the sweat from his forehead while secretly thanking his luck.
Luckily, Brother Bai had intervened and restrained this violent little girl; otherwise, he would have probably already begun his second time traveling.
"Her name is Zi Yan, and she's from Canaan Academy!"
"Canaan Academy?" Xiao Yan stared at the little girl in astonishment, his mind racing.
Is Canaan Academy that powerful?
How could any little girl be so perverted?
"What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll swallow you whole!"
Zi Yan bared her teeth in a fierce, childish expression. Her face, far from displaying any fierceness, was actually endearing, a touch of adorable and fierce.
"Uh," Xiao Yan awkwardly averted his gaze, grumbling inwardly. "Swallow me? Just your little mouth?"
"Alright! Stop it!" Xiao Bai smiled and rubbed Zi Yan's head, whispering softly.
"Oh!" Zi Yan's fierce expression faded, and she stood obediently beside Xiao Bai.
"Little Yan, long time no see!"
Xiao Bai looked the boy up and down. His face lost some of its childishness, embracing a more determined and murderous aura. He nodded and smiled, "You've matured quite a bit!"
"Hehe, Brother Bai, people grow, don't they?"
Xiao Yan scratched the back of his head, looking at the figure he hadn't seen in over a year with considerable delight.
He felt Xiao Bai had changed even more. His old white hair had vanished, and his features had lost some of their former sternness, becoming more natural and peaceful.
But the sense of majesty between his brows became even more profound and restrained, as if motionless was nothing, yet moving with unstoppable force!
"Right! People grow!" Xiao Bai glanced at Xiao Yan's dantian and jokingly said, "But your cultivation hasn't really changed much!"
"Damn! Brother Bai, don't hit people in the face, and don't expose people's shortcomings!" Xiao Yan's face flushed, and he felt a surge of resentment.
This guy was still so annoying sometimes. Dou Ling, is that so great?
Just wait, one day, I, Xiao·Invincible·Yan, will give you a good slap in the face. Let's see how arrogant you are!
"Teacher! What's the cultivation level of this bastard?"
Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao darkly, his heart wanting to cry but unable to. He still couldn't see Xiao Bai's cultivation realm clearly.
"Dou Wang. Peak!" Yao Lao's voice was filled with shock. It had only been so long since they last met, and this kid's cultivation had actually reached this level!
"What!!!" Xiao Yan's eyes widened, almost popping out, and he stammered, "Teacher, I remember when Brother Bai went to Canaan Academy, you said he was a six-star Dou Ling, right?"
"That's right!"
"In just over a year, he broke through from a six-star Dou Ling to the peak of Dou Wang; and I, a six-star Dou Zhe, only reached the six-star Dou Shi in the same amount of time?"
"Is cultivation easier the later you reach?"
Xiao Yan felt confused for a moment, and a ridiculous realization arose in his heart: No wonder Brother Bai and I both stayed in the Dou Qi state for so long, it turns out that the further you go, the easier it gets!
"You're dreaming!" Seeing the look on his face, Yao Lao couldn't help but shout, interrupting Xiao Yan's dream.
"If it were easier as time went on, your master would have ascended to the Dou Emperor stage long ago, and wouldn't be stuck in this dark, broken ring!!"
"Then tell me, Master, why did Brother Bai reach the peak of Dou Wang? Could it be that Canaan Academy is selling off ninth-grade elixirs at a discount?"
Xiao Yan felt his mind falter. He'd struggled with Beast Fire and Strange Fire, even been whipped daily by his teacher with a small whip for a while, only to make the leap from Dou Zhe to Dou Shi, a major realm.
This damned fellow had actually made the same leap, from Dou Ling to Dou Wang!
Was he going to take back the oath he'd just made to slap him in the face?
"No!"
Xiao Yan felt a sense of powerlessness rising within him. He raised his head, trying hard to hold back the tears, and silently asked the heavens: If Bai was born, why was Yan born?
"Did you make that lotus-like thing just now?"
Xiao Bai shook his head in amusement, watching Xiao Yan's expression shift like a dramatic figure.
"Not bad!"
At this, Xiao Yan's spirits instantly perked up.
He excitedly described to Xiao Bai the difficulties of the past month, and how he had relied on his own cleverness and wit to solve problems.
This had resulted in the creation of a unique fighting technique!
"How's it going, Brother Bai, am I impressive?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Bai with anticipation.
"..." Yao Lao.
So you did all the work, and I'm just a tool?
"Is that so!" Xiao Bai smiled, quietly listening to this guy's boasting, his eyes thoughtful. Looking at Xiao Yan, who was like a child waiting for praise, he nodded and said, "It's really good!"
"Hehe." Xiao Yan immediately smiled with satisfaction, finally turning his head back in front of this childhood shadow.
Seeing his expression, Xiao Bai couldn't help but smile.
Looking around, he found a blue-white sea of fire still burning for hundreds of meters around him. As the yellow sand melted, a magma pond with a radius of hundreds of meters had formed on the ground.
With a move of his feet, he appeared in the center of the sea of fire.
"Brother Bai, what are you doing?"
Xiao Yan was confused and puzzled, but suddenly his eyes froze and he looked at Xiao Bai in surprise.
The black-robed figure in the center of the sea of fire opened his mouth, and the blue-white flames around him, as if summoned, turned into a line of fire as thick as an arm, and were sucked into his mouth.
As if finding an outlet, the originally restless fire energy in the surrounding area continued to converge towards the center.
In an instant, the scorching sea of fire vanished, leaving only wisps of smoke and a gradually fading crimson magma.
"Teacher, is this a strange fire? He just swallowed it raw?" Xiao Yan muttered, his tone as if to say, "Teacher, come out and see God!"
"What is this kid trying to do?" Yao Lao muttered to himself in shock and wonder, watching the figure that seemed to burp.
As the others watched, Xiao Bai finished devouring the flames and slowly extended his right hand. A flickering flame appeared on his palm, not just blue and white, but three colors.
A transparent flame with a milky white hue ebbed and flowed.
"This is... This is the Fallen Heart Flame!"
Yao Lao was shocked. He had never expected Xiao Bai to possess such a strange fire. Could it be that this kid had taken the Canaan Academy's strange fire?
"Fallen Heart Flame?"
Xiao Yan's eyes lit up at the familiar name of this strange fire, his gaze fixed on the faint milky white flame in Xiao Bai's palm.
"Huh? I didn't expect you, a bastard, to be so knowledgeable! You even know about the Fallen Heart Flame!" Zi Yan glanced at Xiao Yan, whose eyes were shining, and said quietly with her hands clasped.
She didn't hear Yao Lao's voice, only Xiao Yan's exclamation.
"You knew about it too?" Xiao Yan looked at the violent loli next to him, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "Yes, you are from Canaan Academy, how could you not know!"
"Could it be that Brother Bai really subdued the Fallen Heart Flame?" Xiao Yan muttered to himself, a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
He had been thinking of waiting until he went to Canaan Academy before making plans for this strange fire, but he didn't expect Brother Bai to make the first move.
"He didn't subdue it, but that guy was defeated!"
Zi Yan's crisp voice ignited a spark of hope in Xiao Yan's eyes, but a hint of doubt flashed through his mind.
That guy? Conquered?
"Teacher, could it be possible that strange fires possess intelligence?"
"Some strange fires, because they are rarely discovered, develop intelligence after long periods of condensation, becoming powerful in essence. However, this intelligence varies. The most intelligent are comparable to old human foxes, cunning and exceptionally clever, while the least intelligent are like young children!"
"The strange fire at Canaan Academy is clearly of this kind. I don't know the exact extent of its intelligence, but regardless, it proves to be a mature strange fire, absolutely meeting the requirements of the Burning Art!"
"Is this even possible? Then, when I subdue a strange fire, I'll not only have to face its devastating power, but also a battle of wits and courage." Xiao Yan was stunned, sensing the danger ahead.
"Excellent! Keep going. Master is counting on you!" Yao Lao said with a smile, "Actually, you don't have to worry. Didn't that little girl just say that Xiao Bai even conquered the Fallen Heart Flame? Master believes you can do it too!"
"..." Xiao Yan.
"Teacher, would you mind listening to what you're saying?"
What did Brother Bai mean by "beating it all"? That guy was a pervert. How could a normal person like Xiao Yan compare?
Thinking of Xiao Bai's rapid advancement, he suddenly felt the urge to change his sect. He might as well not practice this Burning Art!
"Huh? Is this kid trying to copy your Fire Lotus?" Yao Lao's voice rang out in surprise.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan looked up, his eyes fixed on him.
"Nah! Three-colored Fire Lotus!"
"I─=≡Σ(((つω)つ"
He couldn't describe the complex emotions he felt at that moment.
His unique, recently created fighting technique seemed to be starting to get pirated!
Piracy would be fine, but these pirated copies might even be stronger than his original!
Watching Xiao Bai frown, his fingers tapping on the gathering flames, pausing for a moment to think, then tapping again. A Fire Lotus gradually took shape in his palm.
Xiao Yan felt a slight dryness at the corners of his mouth, his mind racing like ten thousand alpacas.
"Is this still human? You have a Thunder attribute, big brother!"
Xiao Yan felt a little exhausted. A flash of inspiration struck him, and he spent over a month researching.
From Beast Fire to Strange Fire, he experimented step by step before finally achieving a successful fighting technique. To his surprise, Xiao Bai had simply heard his exaggerated description and created it.
And it was three colors!
Xiao Bai didn't know what Xiao Yan was thinking; he simply found the thing in his hand quite intriguing.
At first, he simply didn't want to waste the rich fire energy and absorbed it into his dantian. But after seeing the undigested Heart Flame and the newly added bluish-white flame in his dantian, he suddenly remembered the bluish-white lotus platform from before, and a thought gradually formed in his mind: could he create this thing himself?
Without hesitation, he just went for it.
Xiao Bai summoned the three flames, determined to make something challenging, recalling Xiao Yan's fragmentary concept, and began to experiment.
"Tsk tsk. This thing isn't actually that difficult, but it requires quite a bit, especially the control of multiple different kinds of strange fire and the soul power required. These two things, I'm afraid, besides Xiao Yan, who has practiced the Burning Technique, only I can master!"
Xiao Bai sized up the bluish-white, slightly transparent lotus platform in his hand and shook his head.
The balance of the five elements within his body, coupled with the five-element insights he gained from them, allowed him to master it, but it wasn't very effective. The strange fire in his dantian would eventually be absorbed by Xiao Bing, like rootless duckweed.
Unlike Xiao Yan, who possessed the essence of the strange fire, absorbing fire energy and transforming the Burning Technique into strange fire.
However, Xiao Bai wasn't willing to use the fire in his dantian for this, as it would affect the accumulation of the five elements, and it wasn't necessary.
Judging from the scene during his breakthrough, the five elements in his dantian, while currently just a food source and insignificant, could very well become the foundation for his cultivation to higher realms in the future.
Doing something like this was simply missing the point!
"Brother Bai, retract your magical powers!"
Xiao Yan looked at the exquisite lotus pedestal in his hand, nearly fully formed. His lips twitched as he let out a whine, then he turned and ran away.
Remember, he had just thrown a lotus at Xiao Bai's head. If this guy was so petty and threw this one at him, it would be a disaster!
"Haha. No rush, just a little bit more!" Xiao Bai glanced at the rapidly flashing figure, his lips curled slightly, his eyes teasing.
He placed his finger on a certain spot on the fire lotus, channeling his soul power to maintain its balance.
A pair of wings radiating multicolored light emerged from behind him. With a stomp of his foot, he soared towards the black-clad figure.
Hearing the sound of a piercing air overhead, Xiao Yan looked up, his face changing dramatically.
"Don't come over here!"
Xiao Bai, holding a three-colored fire lotus in his hand, squinted his eyes, gesturing continuously, as if trying to find the right angle.
"Right! Throw it at his head!" Zi Yan watched this scene, a hint of excitement flashing in her large eyes.
A moment later, Xiao Yan felt no movement above him. He immediately looked up and saw Xiao Bai hovering in the air not far away, looking in a certain direction.
Following his gaze, he saw ripples in the air somewhere ahead. An enchanting figure in a golden and red brocade robe appeared, looking at Xiao Bai coldly.
"Having fun, huh?" A cold voice echoed in everyone's ears.
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