A month passed, and within the Star Domain, Xiao Yan's aura grew stronger, accompanied by an unstable power.
The energy fluctuations emanating from him suddenly increased by a large margin, then slowly fell back, finally stabilizing at the level of a two-star Dou Venerate.
Xiao Yan opened his eyes, and a deep purple color appeared in his originally pitch-black pupils.
Qing Meng sat on his shoulder, adjusted his monocle, and a smile curved at the corner of his mouth.
The depth in its eyes quickly faded, returning to its innocent and naive appearance.
It stood up with a backflip, opened its mouth wide, and with a powerful inhale, swallowed all the flames in the entire Star Domain in one gulp.
"Burp..." Its belly was greatly distended, and after a satisfied burp, it returned to Xiao Yan's body.
"Two-star Dou Venerate, not bad." Xiao Yan smiled as he felt the power within his body.
He slowly rose and fell, touching his smooth, bald head, not feeling surprised at all.
Which time he absorbed Heavenly Flame did he not have to be bald for a period?
This was proof of becoming stronger!
Although being refined by Xiao Yan was a strategy set by "Amon" as a whole, it was certainly unpleasant for the individual Heavenly Flame Amon who was sacrificed, and burning off his hair was a small act of retaliatory mischief.
Tearing through the space of the Star Domain and stepping out, Xiao Yan immediately saw Little Fairy Doctor waiting for him on the high platform.
"You're back." Little Fairy Doctor showed a look of pleasant surprise, pushed off with her hands, and leaped from the edge of the stone platform.
After descending a short distance, she steadily stepped on the void and arrived beside Xiao Yan.
"It seems you've gained a lot."
"Your strength also..." Xiao Yan's words abruptly stopped halfway.
Little Fairy Doctor's aura had also reached Dou Venerate, but the growth in her strength was definitely not a good thing!
This indicated that the Sealed Artifact was gradually losing its effectiveness and was almost unable to suppress her power, and the threat of the Calamity Poison Body was drawing nearer.
Xuan Kongzi's figure appeared in the air.
He first congratulated Xiao Yan, then looked at Little Fairy Doctor, and said with some embarrassment:
"Young friend Xiao Yan, regarding this friend of yours, if possible, it's best to take her for treatment as soon as possible.
"Hmm... in Holy Pill City, I'm afraid there's no method that can cure her."
"I've also been helping to inquire about the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core during this time, but I haven't had any luck.
"Even among the collections of those old fellows in the Pill Tower, there isn't any..."
Xiao Yan understood in his heart that Xuan Kongzi was seeing them off.
Little Fairy Doctor was now, in the eyes of others, a very unstable bomb that could explode at any time.
He could understand Xuan Kongzi's actions; the other party needed to consider the entire Holy Pill City.
Suppressing that slight unpleasantness in his heart, Xiao Yan said with a smile:
"I apologize for causing trouble for everyone.
"Xiao Yan will always remember the help you extended earlier.
"If there's anything you need, just send someone to Starcloud Pavilion to let us know."
Xiao Yan left Holy Pill City with Little Fairy Doctor.
Xuan Yi's figure appeared beside Xuan Kongzi.
She said in a gentle voice, "Doing this, I'm afraid it will diminish your impression in his heart."
Xuan Kongzi shook his head with a bitter smile: "There's no other way...
"We can't keep a Calamity Poison Body that could collapse at any time in Holy Pill City, can we?
"If it erupts then, the harm caused would be no less than the Three Thousand Yan Flame Fire going out of control...
"Someone has to play the villain."
After leaving Holy Pill City, Little Fairy Doctor's mood was slightly downcast, and she said self-deprecatingly:
"I am just such a woman who will be scorned and disliked wherever I go...
"I'm sorry, I've dragged you down."
Xiao Yan suddenly stopped and pulled her into his embrace:
"No one dislikes you.
"You will always be that kind Little Fairy Doctor in my heart...
"President Xuan Kongzi also had to say that only because of his responsibilities."
"I, Teacher, and Venerable Feng, we will all do our best to help you.
"Adjust your mindset, don't give up, wait for Teacher to come back... it will get better."
Little Fairy Doctor's face flushed slightly.
Leaning in Xiao Yan's embrace, smelling his scent, her unease and fear gradually disappeared.
A sense of security from being protected slowly grew, calming her emotions.
They returned to Starcloud Pavilion and met the returning Yao Chen.
But what they received was not the news they wanted to hear.
Yao Chen's first words were: "Xiao Yan, I'm sorry."
Xiao Yan's heart sank, and a bad premonition emerged.
Yao Chen's heavy expression had already told him the answer.
"I couldn't get the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core..." Yao Chen said apologetically.
Xiao Yan became emotional, unable to conceal his panic: "Teacher, why?
"Did the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan not want to exchange it?
"Is it because of me?"
Yao Chen hesitated for a moment and replied: "No, it's that I couldn't find them...
"Some unknown change occurred in the Beast Domain, and the two great beast families, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and the Taixu Ancient Dragon, mysteriously disappeared."
Xiao Yan's thoughts were very chaotic, and he was somewhat at a loss.
A tragic smile appeared on Little Fairy Doctor's face.
She said to Xiao Yan, as if resigned to her fate:
"Perhaps this is my predetermined destiny.
"Always chasing hope, but what awaits me is disappointment after disappointment, even despair."
"No need to waste any more effort, it's too late... Xiao Yan, in this last time, please stay with me more."
In the days that followed, Xiao Yan did not refine pills, nor did he cultivate.
He put everything aside, and his eyes only held Little Fairy Doctor.
They strolled together in the bustling market, listened to music, and watched plays together.
Little Fairy Doctor seemed to have liberated her nature, buying all sorts of snacks and even haggling with a jewelry vendor, arguing for a long time over a hairpin...
Outside the city, they flew kites in the vast wilderness and searched for crabs among the pebbles by the river...
At night, the two climbed to the mountaintop, gazed at the night sky, and reminisced about the past.
"I still think the cosmos of the Jia Ma Empire is more beautiful." Little Fairy Doctor leaned in Xiao Yan's arms, a serene smile on her face.
I'll take you to see... Xiao Yan opened his mouth but couldn't say the words.
Even with their Dou Venerate strength, it would take a considerable amount of time to travel to the Jia Ma Empire, and Little Fairy Doctor couldn't go anymore.
"Hehe, actually, it's not bad here either.
"With you by my side, the stars are beautiful... When I watch them alone, I always feel like something is missing."
Little Fairy Doctor seemed to be talking to Xiao Yan, and also seemed to be talking to herself, rambling on and on about many, many things.
One moment she spoke of the Chu Yun Empire, the next of the Central Plains.
Her eyes had already lost their focus, turning dull and gray, carrying a chilling sense of deathly stillness.
Xiao Yan held her even tighter.
Seemingly tired from playing, Little Fairy Doctor fell into a deep sleep.
Xiao Yan looked at the porcelain-like cracks appearing on her snow-white skin, silently and without a sound.
Under the night sky, there was no moon, and sparse starlight shone down.
By the cliff edge, a handsome young man leaned against the cliff, holding a sleeping girl in his arms, like a porcelain doll that could shatter at any moment.
When the sun rose and cast its first ray of light, Xiao Yan jolted awake from his sleep.
The girl in his arms was gone.
His gaze quickly scanned the surroundings, seeing Little Fairy Doctor standing at the very edge of the cliff, with a bottomless abyss beneath her feet.
Walking to Little Fairy Doctor's side, he opened his mouth, about to say something, but found that he couldn't move.
A faint gray aura emanated from Little Fairy Doctor's body.
These auras infiltrated his body, depriving him of his ability to move.
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Immediately after, a gentle force enveloped him, sending him far away.
Realizing what was about to happen, Xiao Yan looked at Little Fairy Doctor with bloodshot eyes.
He saw the latter give him a bright smile:
"Perhaps when Ape Lord captured me back then, I shouldn't have run away.
"I should have obediently waited for him to send me to the Young Sect Master..."
"Xiao Yan, it was truly good to have known you...
"In my next life, I still want to be your Little Fairy Doctor."
Little Fairy Doctor's body suddenly exploded, the terrifying power destroying the mountaintop.
The impact of the explosion scattered the highly concentrated poison within her body, spreading it out like a sky-covering, sun-blotting mist.
Wherever it passed, all life ceased.
Plants instantly withered and yellowed, animals struggled and died, and even some magical beasts couldn't escape the fate of death.
Xiao Yan regained his ability to move and let out a painful roar:
"Little Fairy Doctor!"
He slammed his fist heavily on the ground, his handsome face becoming distorted and contorted.
The poisonous mist had already spread to his side, but he seemed not to see it, allowing the poison, which could even harm Dou Venerate, to erode him.
Large and small dark green patches formed on his skin.
The Heavenly Flame spontaneously ignited, emerging from his body and isolating the poisonous gas.
"Meng..." Qing Meng cautiously poked its head out from his shoulder, looked at Xiao Yan, then at the depths of the poisonous mist, with a hint of bewilderment in its expression.
Within the poisonous mist, a golden flame quietly floated in the air.
It carried a trace of a soul imprint, as well as golden crystals formed after destiny had not completely burned away, returning to a pale hand.
The young man, dressed in a black classical robe and wearing a pointed soft hat, raised his right hand, pinched his crystal monocle, and a smile curved at the corner of his mouth.
His figure appeared for only an instant, then immediately vanished without a trace.
...
"Damn it, what the hell is that?" Hun Xiao's cursing voice rang out.
She emerged from the poisonous mist looking a bit disheveled.
She paused when passing Xiao Yan, casually scooped him up, and threw him onto the back of a nearby Frost Wolf.
"I knew I seemed to sense a familiar aura, so it was you."
Ten-odd seconds later, they escaped the range of the poisonous mist.
Hun Xiao looked at Xiao Yan, whose eyes were vacant and face ashen, and raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong with you?
"What stimulated you?"
Hun Xiao very casually poked his face with her index finger.
Xiao Yan's eyeballs slowly rotated, stopping when his gaze swept over Hun Xiao's chest.
He stared intently at Hun Xiao's chest, without blinking.
There was a necklace there, composed of an eighth-tier magic core and several cut seventh-tier magic cores...
From the energy characteristics emanating from them and their unique luster, it could be identified that they all belonged to the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast!
Noticing Xiao Yan's gaze, Hun Xiao said with a giggle:
"Hehe, isn't it pretty?
"Uncle Xiao gave it to my mother.
"He gave her two, and I asked for one."
The magic core was found... but it was too late.
At this moment, Xiao Yan felt the cruel mockery of fate.