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Chapter 121: Rescue
With the help of the soul detection from Yao Chen, Xiao Yan finally found the location of the prison in the large Wolf Head Mercenary Group's fortress.
Two mercenaries were guarding the prison door, and naturally, they saw Xiao Yan. They shouted loudly.
"Who are you?! Dare to intrude into the Wolf Head Mercenary Group!"
"Sorry!" Xiao Yan spoke in a deep voice, instantly flashing to the two mercenaries' sides. With one punch each, he struck them in the abdomen, knocking them unconscious.
Now that Mu She and his son were dead, and the three Dou Ling behind them were also slain, as long as Xiao Yan explained things, the mercenaries of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had no reason to continue fighting him.
However, Xiao Yan didn't have time to explain now.
The most important thing now was the safety of Boss Yao!
Xiao Yan kicked open the prison door. With the help of Yao Chen, he quickly found the cell where Boss Yao was held and saw him sitting on the ground against the wall. He immediately called out.
"Boss Yao!"
Boss Yao also saw Xiao Yan outside the cell and looked at him in surprise.
"Xiao Yan? How did you get here?!"
Seeing Boss Yao respond, Xiao Yan let out a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Long story. I'll explain after we get out."
Xiao Yan extended his hand and easily pried open the prison bars. He entered the cell and gently helped Boss Yao up.
"Xiao Yan, where's Xian'er?!"
After being helped up, Boss Yao immediately asked about Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan softly replied.
"Don't worry, she's fine. I'm going to take you to see her now."
"Really... that's great." Hearing that Xiao Yi Xian was safe, Boss Yao breathed a deep sigh of relief. Then he suddenly remembered something and started struggling. "No, Xiao Yan, you have to leave quickly! Don't worry about me! There are Dou Lings in this fortress!!!"
That day, Mu She suddenly sent word for him to come to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to treat a patient.
Boss Yao had a bad feeling and instructed Xiao Yi Xian to leave Qingshan Town and go look for Xiao Yan before coming to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered, he was violently pushed to the ground by the mercenaries. From Mu She's subsequent words, he learned two important pieces of information.
One, Mu She wanted to use him and Xian'er to lure Xiao Yan here and capture him.
Two, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had rapidly developed recently because it had the support of a Dou Ling!
Although Boss Yao wasn't a cultivator, he understood one thing deeply: the gap between each cultivation level was enormous!
Forget about Dou Ling, even Mu She, a Da Dou Shi, was two levels higher than Xiao Yan!
Xiao Yan absolutely could not fight back!
But in Boss Yao's heart, he wasn't too worried.
He had already instructed Xiao Yi Xian to go to the Magic Beast Mountain Range to find Xiao Yan. As long as that child listened, Boss Yao would have no more concerns.
As for his own life?
Ha. He was already a dying man. It didn't matter how he died.
For Boss Yao, as long as Xiao Yi Xian was safe, that was enough.
But now, Xiao Yan had risked his life to break into the fortress to rescue him, which meant he might have to face the Dou Ling!
"I, a dying man, am not worth you risking your life for!" Seeing Boss Yao urging him to leave, Xiao Yan was first stunned, then smiled softly.
He naturally knew why Boss Yao said that.
"Boss Yao, I—"
"Leave quickly! If you don't, it'll be too late!"
"Actually—"
"The strength of a Dou Ling cannot be resisted by a Dou Practitioner like you! Leave now!"
"But that—"
"After you leave, protect Xiao Yi Xian! This is my final request! Please!"
...
Xiao Yan was speechless. He was interrupted by Boss Yao again and again, leaving him no chance to explain.
When he saw Xiao Yan silently looking at him, Boss Yao became even more anxious.
"Leave quickly! What are you waiting for?!"
"Boss Yao, actually..." Finally, after having the chance to speak, Xiao Yan scratched his face and slowly said, "The Dou Lings have already been slain by me. Not one, but three."
?!!
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Boss Yao's mind went blank.
Xiao Yan killed the Dou Lings? And it was three of them???
Wait, didn't cultivator levels have strict divisions?
To kill three Dou Lings... Does this mean Xiao Yan, who was just a Dou Practitioner two months ago, is now a Dou Wang?
"Anyway, let me take you out first."
Xiao Yan didn't immediately explain, instead helping Boss Yao out of the prison, slowly making their way out of the fortress.
When they passed through the hall, Boss Yao looked at the vast majority of the fortress hall that had already collapsed. It took him a long time to snap out of his daze and glanced at Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan, did you do this?"
"Yeah, no other choice."
Xiao Yan nodded lightly, then furrowed his brows, scanning the hall.
Where did the bodies of the three Dou Lings go?
When Xiao Yan had been focused on rescuing Boss Yao, he hadn't paid attention. Now he realized the problem.
In his memory, the three Dou Lings should have had incomplete corpses, but there was none?
(Xiao Yan, Boss Yao's health doesn't look good. You should leave first.)
Yao Chen suddenly interrupted Xiao Yan's thoughts. Xiao Yan immediately stopped thinking about it and helped Boss Yao leave the fortress.
Meanwhile, on the cliff beside the fortress, a figure draped in a black robe, Ling Ying, gazed down at Xiao Yan as he helped Boss Yao leave the fortress. His brows furrowed deeply.
He had a strange feeling.
"Strange... I feel like I forgot something."
Ling Ying gently knocked on his head, but no matter how much he thought, he couldn't remember.
"Forget it. I probably just got distracted."
After thinking for a long time without coming to a conclusion, Ling Ying shook his head and muttered to himself.
The main reason was that his seven-star Dou Huang strength allowed him to walk unhindered in the entire Jia Ma Empire. He didn't think anyone in the empire could affect his memory.
"By the way, this kid is really ruthless."
Ling Ying rubbed his chin and looked at Xiao Yan below, feeling emotional.
A small Dou Shi, single-handedly slaying three Dou Lings... If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed it?
"Looks like this generation of Xiao family really produced a monster."
Ling Ying couldn't help but sigh. He had been observing Xiao Yan's growth, including the deadly training that far surpassed his level.
It wasn't something an ordinary person could endure. Ling Ying had even suspected Xiao Yan was the reincarnation of some magical beast.
Oh, and then there's Xiao Yan's younger generation. Although they weren't as monstrous as him, they were also formidable.
Truthfully, with those younger generations in the family, even if a dozen or so Da Dou Shis attacked together, they wouldn't be able to defeat Xiao Yan. The concept of level-based strength was almost meaningless when it came to Xiao Yan.
Just that one move where Xiao Yan demolished half of the fortress with a single Dou Technique—forget Dou Lings, even a Dou Wang would think twice before facing it head-on.
What impressed Ling Ying most was Xiao Yan's unwavering adherence to the righteous path.
It seemed foolish and laughable, but at the same time, there was a sense of respect and admiration deep inside.
Ling Ying had lived so many years and never seen anyone as righteous as Xiao Yan, even among the strongest of the strong.
"Heh... Thanks to this, I now feel my mission to protect this kid has some meaning."
Ling Ying smiled softly, then wrapped himself in a shadow and disappeared.
He wanted to personally see, to see just how far this young man could walk on the righteous path.
And whether he could change the entire continent!
(End of Chapter)
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