Xiao Yan walked hurriedly, and in just a moment, he arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion.
The guards at the City Lord's Mansion were extremely strict. Xiao Yan was only a Grand Fighter, so naturally he could not hide anything. He was discovered immediately. However, his face, which was 70% similar to that of the City Lord, prevented the guards from doing anything rash.
"I'm here to see the city lord..."
Before Xiao Yan finished speaking, the door of the City Lord's Mansion suddenly opened, and a young man's face that was somewhat similar to Xiao Yan suddenly appeared.
The young man was wearing the robe of the city lord. His body was straight and powerful. His dark eyes were lazy and sinister. His face was 70% similar to Xiao Yan. Who else could it be but Xiao Li?
Looking at Xiao Yan who appeared in front of him, Xiao Li was slightly stunned. Then his body suddenly stiffened. The fierce smile on his face suddenly disappeared. A bright and warm smile from the heart appeared on the young man's face, which was very rare.
Looking at that familiar face and warm smile, Xiao Yan's nose tip turned red instantly and his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
His elder brother died tragically, his teacher was arrested, his father died... the only closest person in the family left was his second brother.
In the past, in the family, even after he had become a waste, the young man in front of him still carefully maintained his remaining dignity, just like a vicious wolf, biting all the clan members who dared to mock him, and afterwards he did not forget to comfort the depressed and dejected him with the scars from the family punishment.
"Second brother..."
Wiping his eyes with the back of his hand, Xiao Yan stared at Xiao Li in front of him and shouted in a trembling voice.
Looking at Xiao Yan like this, Xiao Li grinned foolishly a few times, then quickly stepped forward, hugged Xiao Yan tightly, patted his shoulders heavily, his voice also full of excitement and joy.
"Xiao Yanzi, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay..."
Xiao Yanzi, the affectionate name he had when he was a child, made Xiao Yan smile slightly. He wiped away the mist in his eyes imperceptibly with his hands and said with a wry smile: "Second brother, do you want to beat me to death?"
"Hahaha, that's not true! You've been so impressive recently. I know everything that happened on the top of Mist Cloud. Well done, little one!"
"No, no." Xiao Yan waved his hands repeatedly, looking at Xiao Li's face, hesitant to speak: "Second brother, I…"
Xiao Li also saw that Xiao Yan had a lot to say, so he immediately let go of Xiao Yan with a smile and patted his shoulder: "We two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, it's time for us to have a good chat."
"Yes!" Xiao Yan nodded heavily.
"Let's go!"
Xiao Li led Xiao Yan and walked into the City Lord's Mansion. He nodded to the guards beside him and said, "Prepare a table of good wine and food. Xiao Yanzi has been traveling a long way. I want to have a good chat with him."
The guard retreated respectfully, and Xiao Li took Xiao Yan into the hall, eating and drinking while chatting.
The two brothers also told each other everything that had happened after they separated.
After learning about everything that happened to Xiao Yan and the hardships he had gone through along the way, Xiao Li's face was filled with heartache. After knowing the details of how Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in Yunlan Sect, Xiao Li laughed heartily.
But when he learned of the tragic death of his father Xiao Zhan, Xiao Li almost collapsed. His blood rushed to his head and he almost fainted. Fortunately, Xiao Yan gave him several pills in time to stabilize him.
"I didn't expect so many things to happen in just one year..."
Xiao Li calmed down and looked at Xiao Yan with a complicated expression: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's all in the past." Xiao Yan shook his head: "I have already arranged for the Xiao family to be handed over to the Miter family. Now the only thing I can't let go of is you, my second brother. When we parted, I was really worried about you..."
"Don't worry, I, your second brother, won't die just like that."
Xiao Li chuckled and talked about his experience in the past year.
In the battle at the Tagor Desert, Lin Ran defeated Hai Bodong, Yao Chen, and the Ancient Clan Dou Zun with his unrivaled might. However, Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong took advantage of the fierce battle between the Ancient Clan Dou Zun and Lin Ran to flee in panic and have not been heard from since.
During that period, Xiao Li was extremely nervous and even considered fighting to the death with Lin Ran.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was horrified.
There is no need to describe Lin Ran's strength. Even if Xiao Li fights to the death, can he really cause any trouble to Lin Ran?
That is just like hitting a rock with an egg, which is just a dead end.
"I know what you're thinking, but can I just watch you die?" Xiao Li said with a wry smile, "I've already seen my elder brother die in front of me, so how can I just sit there and watch you, Xiao Yanzi, die like this?"
"The reason why I let go of that plan was Xun'er."
"Xun'er!?"
The name that he had been thinking about day and night appeared in front of Xiao Yan, which made him pause.
"Yes, Xun'er's guard told me that you were fine and had a great adventure. This made me calm down a little."
Xiao Li said with emotion: "Speaking of that girl, I haven't been back for many years. She must have grown up to be very pretty, right? You know, when she was a child, those young masters in Wutan City climbed over the wall outside the Xiao family every day to see her because of her. But she seems to be attached to you, right? Hehe."
Recalling the beautiful face and charming figure of the girl in his mind, Xiao Yan smiled slightly with some emotion, and patted the Xuan Zhong ruler with his palm: "After I take you back to the imperial capital, I will go to Canaan Academy, and I should be able to see that girl then."
Hearing this, Xiao Li smiled immediately, and the grief over his father's death in his heart also faded a little.
With a brother like this, what more could a man ask for?
Xiao Li showed some emotion on his face, but finally shook his head: "However, the matter of returning to the imperial capital needs to be postponed for a few days."
"Ah?" Xiao Yan looked puzzled. Why was this happening?
"Xiao Yanzi, do you know why, when the snake plague was so serious, I did not retreat to the rear like those guys in Shimo City, but stayed in this city instead?" Xiao Li smiled mysteriously.
"Just follow me."
Xiao Li didn't say much, but took Xiao Yan directly and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion. Not long after, the two of them left Shimo City.
In the vast desert, yellow sand is raging.
"Second brother, what are you doing..."
Xiao Li's mysterious look completely aroused Xiao Yan's curiosity, but what came into view was just a flat desert. This kind of environment was normal in the Tagor Desert. What kind of treasure could there be in this place?
Xiao Li smiled mysteriously and continued to lead the way: "Just follow me. When you get there, you will understand why I have been staying in this Stone Desert City."
The two of them went around in circles, and in front of Xiao Yan's astonished eyes, Xiao Li actually took him directly through a quicksand tunnel. The tunnel was pitch black, with a slightly faint heat rising from it.
Feeling this heat wave, Xiao Yan's face suddenly became serious.
The All-Spirit Beast Fire in his body actually emitted strange fluctuations at this moment!
"This aura... something that can trigger strange fire, this level of burning hot, could it be..."
Could it be that there is a strange fire beneath the desert?
A hint of ecstasy appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes, and even his steps quickened.
Seeing this, Xiao Li couldn't help laughing, but he was not surprised.
Which young man would be indifferent to treasure hunting?
Xiao Li took out a moonstone from his arms. The moonstone emitted a faint light, bringing some light to the dim underground.
"Come with me!"
Xiao Yan hurriedly followed Xiao Li's steps and headed towards the passage.
He was extremely confident in Xiao Li and naturally did not have any doubts. The deeper he went, the higher the temperature became, and Xiao Yan became more certain about his guess about the strange fire.
When the Spirit Fire of Ten Thousand Beasts was first discovered in the Warcraft Mountains, it was also so hot!
After turning another corner, a red light appeared at the end of the passage not far away. Seeing this, Xiao Yan trembled with excitement. He wiped the sweat from his face and said in a hoarse and dry voice.
"Second brother, is it time?!"
"Well, but don't hold out too much hope. I've been studying that thing for several months, but there's no sign of it being activated."
Xiao Li smiled and increased his speed, quickly passing through the short distance and arriving at the end of the passage.
The next moment, a fiery red world appeared in front of the two of them!
"this!!!"
Xiao Yan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the empty underground world came into view.
The fiery red magma flowed slowly in it, and occasionally huge bubbles emerged from the magma. But after a moment, with a slight sound, it exploded with a bang, and the hot magma shot out from it, as gorgeous as a fiery red firework.
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Above the magma, huge chains extended from the magma wall, intertwining and binding each other, and at the intersection of those chains, there was something vaguely visible.
Standing at the end of the small passage, Xiao Yan looked at the boundless magma world in front of him. He was so shocked that he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"I didn't expect that there is such a terrifying place hidden underground outside of Shimo City... Second brother, is that what you have been pursuing for some time?"
"That's right, remember to use your fighting spirit to protect yourself, don't get burned!" Xiao Li wiped the sweat from his face, wrapped himself with fighting spirit, and at the same time, walked carefully along the underground wall and onto the chain.
"Walk steadily. If you fall, you'll be screwed..."
Xiao Yan blinked, took off the Xuan Zhong ruler from his back, and put it into the storage ring. His body trembled slightly, and the Purple Cloud Wings suddenly shot out from his back, causing Xiao Li to roll his eyes.
"I almost forgot you had such a treasure as flying fighting skills."
"hey-hey."
Xiao Yan touched his nose, chuckled, waved his Purple Cloud Wings, and flew to the intersection of the black chains. Xiao Li also sped up and caught up with Xiao Yan.
Soon, a pitch-black box appeared in front of the two brothers.
"Isn't it a strange fire..."
A hint of disappointment appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes. He thought that such a hot fire element was a strange fire, but he didn't expect it to be a black box.
Come to think of it, how could the fire energy in this lava world be low?
"Xiao Yanzi, don't underestimate this black box. I have tried countless methods, and even with the Xuan-level fighting skills, I can't open it."
Xiao Li looked at Xiao Yan's face and said in a deep voice: "You may not know that when I first came here, there was a layer of inexplicable energy floating on the surface of this black box. It was with that energy that I was able to improve my strength by several stars in just a few months. Now, I am already a five-star Grand Fighter!"
"That's why I'm so sure there must be some extremely mysterious treasure in here!"
"What, second brother, you are already a five-star master?"
Xiao Yan was horrified. At that time, Xiao Li was only at the peak of the Fighting Master level. Even if he had improved in the past few months, it would not have been so fast.
Could it be that there is really some extraordinary treasure in this black box?
"Yes, but unfortunately, no matter what method I use, I can't open this box. I guess this box may require some special method to open."
Xiao Li sighed and at the same time, in front of Xiao Yan's surprised eyes, he reached out his hand towards the black box.
The fighting spirit with lightning kept whistling out, illuminating his face brightly.
After a while, Xiao Li had used up most of his fighting spirit, but the black box remained motionless, like a rock.
"this..."
Xiao Yan frowned slightly and looked carefully at the black box in front of him. At the same time, he curiously reached out to the black box and released his fighting spirit.
The black box, which remained motionless in the face of Xiao Li's fighting spirit, suddenly trembled when it came into contact with Xiao Yan's fighting spirit.
Amidst the shock of Xiao Li and the astonishment of Xiao Yan, the black box suddenly cracked with a click.
At this moment, Xiao Yan clearly felt a strange wave scanning across his body, and the next moment, a holy light suddenly burst out from the black box.
Xiao Yan was startled by the sudden change and he stepped back in a hurry. However, just as he stepped back, he was horrified to find that a huge force had quietly solidified him here.
"Xiao Yanzi!"
Xiao Li shouted, but how could Xiao Yan hear him at this moment?
At this moment, his consciousness seemed to have entered a special space.
The space was vast and empty, with only a ray of divine light in it, which condensed into a human figure.
The man was enveloped in a divine light, making it impossible to see his appearance clearly. However, his eyes were extremely bright, like the light of dawn breaking through the darkness.
As soon as this illusory figure appeared, Xiao Yan felt a sense of oppression spreading from the bottom of his heart.
"I didn't expect that there would be someone who could trigger the power I left behind..."
The ethereal voice was without a trace of emotion. The bright eyes looked at Xiao Yan from top to bottom, and suddenly he uttered a light exclamation: "This kind of aura... is it the Ten Thousand Spirits Beast Fire ranked 22nd on the Strange Fire List?"
"I hope you can forgive me for my intrusion!"
Xiao Yan was shocked. He knew that the phantom figure in front of him was a soul body, but he didn't expect that the other party could see the All-Spirit Beast Fire in his body at a glance. He immediately said respectfully: "Boy, leave now..."
The figure chuckled and did not respond to Xiao Yan's words, but moved his palm slightly.
Suddenly, Xiao Yan was horrified to find that the All-Spirit Beast Fire in his body had been completely suppressed, and even his master could not sense it at all.
"Sir, what do you mean?!" Xiao Yan's heart sank and he restrained himself.
"There's no need to be so nervous. It's just that I haven't seen the power of the strange fire for a long time." The figure waved his hand lightly, and the suppressed spiritual fire of all beasts began to sound again, but compared to usual, it seemed to be a little less energetic, as if there was something extremely terrifying here.
"Since you are here, it means that we are destined to meet. Don't worry, I will not take your strange fire, nor will I have any intentions towards you. Strictly speaking, I have been dead for a long time, and my soul has been worn out over the years. What you see now is just a trace of the remaining soul, which cannot cause any harm to you." The figure said calmly.
Xiao Yan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what he was thinking. However, he was also a little embarrassed. He immediately said with a smile, "Senior, you are too polite. May I know your name?"
"My name?"
The figure suddenly smiled and said, "You can call me Venerable Juyang."
"Your Excellency?"
Hearing this name, Xiao Yan's heart suddenly beat violently.
He knew what this suffix meant. Obviously, the strong man hidden in the black box was a Dou Zun strong man who was famous all over the continent!
And he was also a Dou Zun strong man who was very familiar with the power of strange fire!
(End of this chapter)