Hearing Hai Bo Dong's question, Xiao Yan under the black robe just smiled slightly, holding the Mystic Heavy Ruler, slowly descended from the air to the ground, and then put the Mystic Heavy Ruler back into the Storage Ring.
Xiao Yan's keen Soul Force allowed him to discover that Hai Bo Dong no longer had any fighting spirit, and even the circulation of his Dou Qi had slowed down a lot.
The truth was indeed so. After a series of close combat battles and mutual probing, they discovered that if Xiao Yan insisted on running, Hai Bo Dong, with his Dou Ling strength, might not even be as fast as Xiao Yan in flight.
In addition, the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame restrained the Frost Dou Qi. Even if Hai Bo Dong was skilled in Dou Techniques and had higher Dou Qi, he would still be unable to stop Xiao Yan.
"Elder Hai has good eyesight, this is indeed a Strange Flame." Xiao Yan did not hide anything. Being able to restrain Hai Bo Dong's Frost Dou Qi, the answer was already obvious.
Xiao Yan was quite satisfied with this battle. It would be unrealistic to defeat a former Dou Huang with the strength of a one-star Da Dou Shi.
But at least Xiao Yan knew that he had the power to fight against a Dou Ling. If the opponent was an ordinary low-level Dou Ling, whose Cultivation Method was not Mystic High-Rank, and who did not know Earth Rank Dou Techniques, Xiao Yan was even confident of defeating them.
He had a certain understanding of his own strength.
Hearing Xiao Yan's admission, a somewhat horrified thought flashed through Hai Bo Dong's mind: "Could this kid be from one of those forces?"
Hai Bo Dong was once a Dou Huang powerhouse. He also tried to fly out of the Gama Empire to the more central part of the Dou Qi Continent and had seen the disciples of the top forces on the continent.
Those top forces, not to mention Earth Rank Cultivation Methods, were rumored to even have Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods. Dou Zong powerhouses, who were non-existent in the Gama Empire, were not uncommon in those places.
Under the shock of those extremely terrifying transcendent forces, he could no longer maintain his composure.
Moreover, Xiao Yan had already said at the beginning that he was collecting those remnant maps because of the organization's orders.
Hai Bo Dong naturally did not know that Xiao Yan was just intimidating him, but it was precisely this intimidation that made Hai Bo Dong have to be cautious.
"Alas, I didn't expect to live in seclusion here for more than twenty years. Today, I would be made so embarrassed by a Da Dou Shi. It's really a bit sad." There was a slight hint of desolation in Hai Bo Dong's voice.
Then, his voice suddenly changed, and he stared at Xiao Yan and said lightly, "Boy, is this remnant map very important to you?"
Xiao Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Seeing Xiao Yan nod, Hai Bo Dong smiled triumphantly and said, "Take a good look at that remnant map. That's just half of it. After I got the remnant map, it took me more than ten years to finally separate it into two halves. The other half is hidden by me in a place where no one knows."
Xiao Yan's heart trembled. He opened his palm, picked up the remnant map, and found that one of the four sides of the picture was very new, completely different from the other three sides. It was obvious that it had been cut recently.
Getting this result, Xiao Yan's face was a little ugly and unkind. He originally thought he had found a treasure, but he didn't expect it to be only half.
"Hehehe, boy, I don't care what force you come from, how high your talent is, or how powerful your master is. I, Hai Bo Dong, have no children, no relatives, and no reason. I was sealed and my Dou Qi fell to the Dou Ling level, and I don't have much time to live. If I don't want to say it, no one can force me." Hai Bo Dong mocked with a smug look.
Xiao Yan was silent for a moment, then took off his hood, revealing a youthful and tender face.
With a gentle smile, he shrugged and said, "Elder Hai, you might as well speak frankly. No matter how precious something is, it should have a price, right? I don't think Elder Hai would deliberately say these words to anger me, would he?"
Xiao Yan was also clever. He knew that an old fox like Hai Bo Dong would not deliberately say angry words to anger him. Moreover, from Hai Bo Dong's words, Xiao Yan could be sure that Hai Bo Dong already thought that Xiao Yan came from a big force and was backed by someone.
If he thought that Hai Bo Dong was really not afraid of death, then Xiao Yan would have lived in vain for more than ten years. No one would be afraid of death, let alone die for such an unknown remnant map.
The only purpose of Hai Bo Dong's words was to play hard to get, to raise the price and sell it for a good price.
Xiao Yan naturally knew what tricks Hai Bo Dong was playing, so he didn't hide it and simply showed his true face.
Seeing Xiao Yan's young and tender face, Hai Bo Dong was shocked. He was only in his teens!
He exclaimed, "You are really a monster. Which force can cultivate such a little monster? I'm afraid that in less than ten years, you will dominate the entire Gama Empire."
Hai Bo Dong knew that the strongest person in the Gama Empire was a nine-star peak Dou Huang, which meant that Hai Bo Dong thought that Xiao Yan would definitely become a Dou Zong within ten years! Xiao Yan shrugged indifferently and said lightly, "Elder Hai, you don't want to inquire about my background, do you?"
After Hai Bo Dong pondered for a while, he asked very seriously, "Since you have a Strange Flame, are you an Alchemist?"
"Well, although the level is not high, I can be considered an Alchemist." Xiao Yan said modestly.
"What rank?"
"Considered a fourth rank."
Hearing Xiao Yan's Alchemist level, Hai Bo Dong's eyes dimmed slightly. After keenly noticing this, Xiao Yan frowned slightly and asked, "Elder Hai, you don't want me to help you refine pills to break the Medusa Queen's seal, do you?"
Hai Bo Dong nodded and said, "Yes, I have found a pill formula in the past twenty years that can break this seal."
Xiao Yan said unhappily, "Elder Hai, as far as I know, the Medusa Queen's strength is a sixth-order peak Magical Beast. The seal she cast that can seal you for twenty years cannot be an ordinary seal. To break the special sealing technique of a sixth-order Magical Beast, at least a sixth-rank pill of the same level is needed. Wouldn't it be better for you to go to Gu He?"
"He can't do it. The first condition of the pill formula I found is that it needs a Strange Flame. I know that Gu He doesn't have a Strange Flame." Hai Bo Dong sighed. If it was that simple, he wouldn't have been sealed for more than twenty years.
"You have a Strange Flame, and I want you to find the force behind you to help refine it." Hai Bo Dong said.
Xiao Yan's eyes shifted, and he understood what Hai Bo Dong meant. But the problem was, Xiao Yan didn't have any backing forces. The Soul Palace couldn't really be called a force; it was more like a company. You worked for them, and they paid you. The Soul Palace followed the instructions of the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan wasn't a member of the Soul Clan.
The Soul Clan and the Medicine Clan, those were true family forces.
But!
Xiao Yan happened to have a knack for dispelling seals! Back then, when Yun Yun was afflicted by the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King's seal, Xiao Yan relied on the Void Swallowing Flame to directly devour the seal!
Moreover, Mao Wu was much stronger now than back then. Although the Medusa Queen was a Rank 6 peak Magical Beast, Xiao Yan believed that the Void Swallowing Flame could still devour the seal, it was just a matter of time.
Xiao Yan didn't need to refine any pills at all; he could directly rely on the Void Swallowing Flame to help Hai Bo Dong remove the seal.
Hai Bo Dong probably wouldn't even dream that the eighteen-year-old youth before him possessed the Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire, ranked second on the Strange Flame Ranking List!
"If this matter is handled well, perhaps I can make a big profit." The inner merchant in Xiao Yan had already begun to calculate how to squeeze Hai Bo Dong dry!
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