Chapter 41 First Encounter
the next day.

After making all the preparations, Xiao Yan chose a route on the map, stepped into the Warcraft Mountains, and began his own training.

Xiao Yan walked forward step by step in the Demon Beast Mountain Range carrying a giant black ruler that he named Xuan Zhong Chi on his back. Under the Xuan Zhong Chi's strange ability to suppress fighting spirit and its terrifying weight, Xiao Yan's progress was extremely difficult and he soon became breathless.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xiao Yan looked at the dense forest that blocked out the sun in front of him. Suddenly, he felt a shock in his heart. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a red shadow rushing towards him from the side and back. Xiao Yan was quick-witted and leaped forward, avoiding the dangerous grab, leaving behind a piece of hair.

He quickly stood up and took the black iron ruler in his hand. Xiao Yan looked at the red shadow, which was a fox with fiery red hair all over its body.

"The first-level magical beast, the Red Fire Fox, is best at speed. Xiao Yanzi, it's not bad that you were able to dodge its sneak attack. Be careful, it's not over yet." Yao Lao's voice rang in Xiao Yan's heart.

In the battle with the Red Fire Fox, Xiao Yan's training in the World of Warcraft Mountains officially began.

after one day.

When a first-level magical beast ghost cat fell under Xiao Yan's Xuan Zhong ruler, Xiao Yan collapsed on the ground and quickly took out a few energy-recovering pills and threw them into his mouth.

"This Magic Beast Mountain Range is really dangerous. In just one day, I have encountered several very strong first-order magic beasts." Xiao Yan said while panting.

“Now you finally understand what experience is. Staying in a comfortable environment will not make you a truly strong man.” Yao Lao’s soul floated out of the Bone Inflammation Ring and began to teach Xiao Yan.

Not far away, a first-level magical beast, a red ice snake, in the grass by the roadside seemed to be frightened by Xiao Yan's killing of the ghost cat, and left this side in shame.

Qing Lin, who was sitting cross-legged and practicing, suddenly opened his eyes and showed a faint smile on his face. He picked up the map beside him and looked at it, then closed his eyes and sent a message to the purple jade-scaled snake in the distance.

Then, he closed his eyes and continued to practice.

"So that's how it is. It was discovered in District 11? Then the route should be..." Lin Yuan, who received the news through the Purple Jade Scale Snake, began to analyze the inevitable hub nodes in the route that Xiao Yan and the others were going to take.

"Over there by the waterfall? Then I should make some preparations and go over there to wait for it." With a chuckle, Lin Yuan turned around and flew towards the waterfall.

Out of some calculations, Lin Yuan did not intend to take the initiative to find Xiao Yan and Yao Lao directly, but planned to let them meet him by chance. After all, besides Yao Lao, there was another extremely troublesome person behind Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, the princess of the ancient clan. She would pay attention to all information related to Xiao Yan, especially the information of people who had intentions against Xiao Yan. The attention she would receive if he took the initiative to find Xiao Yan and was met by Xiao Yan was completely incomparable.

The relationship between Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan is a point that can be exploited. If utilized well, it will have miraculous effects, but this kind of utilization is extremely dangerous. Lin Yuan has some plans in his mind, but before he goes to the table, he still needs to gather some cards.

One day later, Lin Yuan was sitting cross-legged on a blue stone beside a pool under a waterfall in the Demon Beast Mountain Range. At this moment, his mind was divided into two parts, one for maintaining the operation of his skills, and the other for deducing the Mountain and River Seal.

Suddenly, the purple jade ring on Lin Yuan's arm moved. Lin Yuan stopped practicing and studying fighting skills, looked towards the southwest, and thought to himself, "Is it coming? Then I should prepare myself."

Lin Yuan recalled the map in his mind and said to the purple jade snake, "Let Qing'er command the fourth-level monsters in the 21st area to act."

The purple jade-scaled snake conveyed Lin Yuan's meaning to Qinglin by opening and closing its eyes, and Qinglin gave the order as he said.

On a road in the southwest, a little far from the pond, Xiao Yan was approaching the pond. A wave of beasts was brewing behind Xiao Yan. Soon, a small wave of beasts led by a snake-shaped fourth-level monster began to break out. As time went on, a wave of beasts including several fourth-level monsters, dozens of third-level monsters, and nearly a hundred first- and second-level monsters broke out behind Xiao Yan, running towards him in a mighty manner.

At this time, Xiao Yan was still moving slowly towards the northeast.

Suddenly, Yao Lao's soul floated out and glanced in the southwest direction with a serious expression. He then said decisively: "Xiao Yanzi, put away the Xuanzhong ruler and run quickly. There is a large-scale beast tide erupting behind us and is coming this way."

When Xiao Yan heard this, his face changed. He had witnessed a tide of small beasts yesterday, which was definitely something he could not stop. He quickly put the Xuan Zhong Ruler back into the ring and ran forward at full speed.

However, how could Xiao Yan's speed possibly match the speed of a bunch of magical beasts running at high speed? He was about to be caught up when he was still a short distance away from the pool.

Soon, groups of magical beasts came into Xiao Yan's field of vision.

"My life is over!" Xiao Yan looked back at the groups of monsters and sighed to the sky.

"What are you screaming for, little boy? I'm your master and I'm still here. How can I let you die here? Let go of your body." Yao Lao said unhappily. He wanted to train his apprentice, not let him die. Of course, it was time for him, the master, to step in.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan obediently released the control of his body. Yao Lao's soul power was injected into Xiao Yan's body. Xiao Yan's eyes instantly changed from the sharpness of a youth to wisdom and vicissitudes. Then, a white flame ignited on Xiao Yan's body, and a powerful force swept towards the beast tide.

"Beast."

The running monsters felt this terrifying might and woke up as if from a dream, and immediately fled in all directions. Seeing this, Xiao Yan's white flames turned into white fire cones that pierced through a fourth-tier Frost Wolf. When Yao Lao made his move, he had already taken a fancy to the fourth-tier ice-attribute magic core of the Frost Wolf, and this time he made a move just in time to get one of the main ingredients of the Blood Lotus Pill.

Suddenly, Yao Lao's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's heart, "Oh no, there are people here."

Ignoring the fallen Frost Wolf, Xiao Yan turned around and looked forward. In his sight, a young man in a green shirt, about the same age as Xiao Yan, was walking towards him. The young man had an elusive smile on his face and was looking at Xiao Yan with interest.

"Interesting, really interesting! Such a powerful soul power, such a white flame." A chuckle reached the ears of Xiao Yan and Yao Lao. The young man in front of them looked at Xiao Yan, his eyes filled with a strong sense of exploration.

Xiao Yan looked at the young man in front of him with a serious expression. The man in front of him was not a simple person. If his appearance matched his real age, then his cultivation at this age alone did not seem like something that could be cultivated in an environment like the Jia Ma Empire.

Not paying attention to the solemnity in Xiao Yan's eyes, Lin Yuan stared at Xiao Yan, as if thinking for a while, his eyes narrowed, as if shocked by his own speculation, he took a breath and uttered an exclamation.

"Although it is hard to believe, that flame is the symbol of that senior."

"If my guess is correct, could it be that Senior is really the legendary number one alchemist on the continent, Senior Yaochen Yaozun."

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