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"Haha, although you have changed your appearance, your body shape and temperament have not changed. If you meet someone you know, you will be easily spotted." Haibodong smiled and said.

Xiao Yan originally wanted to refute what kind of acquaintances he could meet in the Black Corner Territory, but after thinking about it, he realized that what this guy said made some sense, so he continued to ask: "What do you mean, Mr. Hai..."

"I designed a new hairstyle for you last night. I'm sure you will have a completely new look after changing it, giving you a completely different feeling." Hai Bodong took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Xiao Yan as he spoke. .

"I didn't expect that Elder Hai had such a talent..." Xiao Yan glanced at the pattern on the parchment and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, "Old Hai, if you have any objections to me, you can tell me directly, There’s no need to frame me in this way, right?”

"Uh?"

"The ponytail hairstyle is just so-so, but the hexagonal hair on the back of the head, coupled with one side of the vertical bangs... Mr. Hai, don't you think this hairstyle is very ugly?" Xiao Yan flicked his finger and shot out a stream of flames. A piece of parchment was burned to ashes, "I'm very curious, Mr. Hai Lao, in what mental state you were in to design this thing."

If he really changes to the hairstyle designed by Shanghai Bodong, he will indeed have a completely new look, and even acquaintances will not be able to recognize him. After all, acquaintances are too ugly to come near. If Hun Daier knew that he was wearing such a As for the hairstyle, given the virtue of that woman, she would definitely roll on the ground laughing. It is really... embarrassing.

"Needless to say, Mr. Hai, I won't change my hairstyle. If you still want to restore the Purple Spirit Pill, don't bring up this topic again." Seeing that Hai Bodong wanted to continue the topic, Xiao Yan He immediately reached out and interrupted the topic, and there was even a hint of threat in his words. Seeing Xiao Yan's decisive attitude, Hai Bodong had no choice but to give up.

After this small episode, Xiao Yan and his two men immediately began to prepare to gather their forces. With the strength of the two of them, they defeated all the forces in the entire city. In less than a day, those forces in other cities were defeated. Before the spies who came over even figured out what was going on, the city changed its owner.

Originally, Haibodong wanted to use some gentle methods, but the effect was not very good. After Xiao Yan came on the stage, he directly cut off a third with a ruler. He didn't have the time to play any tricks with these people. Under Xiao Yan's iron-blooded tactics, some people who originally resisted quickly succumbed...

The reason is very simple, because after Xiao Yan slaughtered a third of the men, he severely reprimanded Hai Bodong, "You are serious, what nonsense are you talking to these people? They are not even fighting spirits." Guys, do you really think you are nothing? In my opinion, we should just kill all these people. Let’s go to the next city and look for people. The most indispensable thing in the Black Corner Region is people. I don’t believe in looking for people. Not obedient."

This paragraph frightened the gangsters who had been licking blood from their knives all year round and became speechless. Under normal circumstances, when gathering forces, shouldn't we first recruit surrender, then promise benefits and negotiate good terms? Why doesn't this guy follow the routine? You slaughtered so many people right away, and you want to kill them all... Do you really want to build your power?

In the end, under Hai Bodong's repeated persuasion, Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed, but he still fed poison to all the remaining people. This scene made the survivors feel a little bitter. It seemed that they They met a master who was extremely ruthless, but he also said that if they did well, he would also give them some elixirs and fighting skills, which was a form of comfort.

After the group of people dispersed, Haibo Dongfang returned to his normal expression. He looked at Xiao Yan and said cheerfully: "You are really old enough to play the bad guy and the bad guy, but your acting They look so similar, even I almost thought you were really going to kill them all."

"Did Hai Lao think... I was acting just now?" Xiao Yan picked up a tea cup and said calmly: "If one of them showed resistance just now, I really don't mind killing them all. After all, Ebi, you also know that I don’t have much patience.”

"You kid... you are so ruthless!" Hai Bodong couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. There were still hundreds of people at any rate. Xiao Yan actually had such thoughts. Now he even began to doubt that if he had If you don't agree to come to the Black Corner Territory with this kid, will this kid also take action... The more I think about it, the more likely it is?

"It's just a few hundred people. They are still the scum of the Black Corner Territory. Just kill them. What's the pity?" Xiao Yan shook his head and said: "But since they are willing to cooperate, then I will give them this substitute." My chance to do something.”

"Now that we have a certain foundation and can be considered a force, what do you plan to name it?"

"What's the name..." Xiao Yan said casually, "Just call it Xiao Clan. I'm too lazy to think of a meaningful name."

Chapter 88: Eighty-seven, the flourishing Xiao Clan

The establishment of the Xiao Clan has caused quite a stir in the entire Black Corner Region. Although the city where the Xiao Clan is located is not a prosperous area in the Black Corner Region, it is still a large city with a lot of money to be made. , so although no big forces have taken action against it yet, many forces are actually eyeing this city. However, their prey is occupied by a little-known small sect. How can they let them give up? ?

Therefore, less than half a month after the "Xiao Clan" was established, a second-rate force broke into the city where the Xiao Clan was located. The leader of this force was a five-star fighting king, and he also had many subordinates. With hundreds of people, it stands to reason that it would be absolutely easy to sweep through this city that doesn't even have the level of a fighting king.

However, just one day later, the body of the fighting king was discarded at the city gate like garbage, and the face of the body was still full of horror. As for the men he brought with him, all of them disappeared without a trace. , and later someone found out clearly that most of the people in this force were wiped out by the "Xiao Clan", and the remaining people chose to surrender...

This astonishing news shocked the Black Corner Territory for a while. They originally thought that the Xiao Clan could occupy the entire city in one day because it was unexpected. Their own strength was not very strong, because there was no one in this city. There are very few fighting kings and strong fighting spirits, so it is not too difficult to conquer them.

But being able to easily eliminate a second-rate force with the Dou Wang level means that this Xiao Clan at least has a high-star Dou King. In other words, this Xiao Clan also has the qualifications to be a quasi-first-rate force. If If the Xiao Clan has a Dou Huang-level strongman sitting in charge, it can even be considered a first-rate force.

A force that is at least a quasi-first-class force is qualified to rule a city. Therefore, other than sending some spies to continue to inquire about the news, the other coveted forces have not continued to do anything else. Under Xiao Yan's operation, this The city also completely fell under his control, and in the end even its name was changed to Xiaocheng.

Of course, the first-rate forces and the second-rate forces here use the power division of the Black Corner Region. If you look at it from Xiao Yan's perspective, the so-called first-rate forces in the Black Corner Region can only be regarded as an inferior force in Zhongzhou. , even the strongest sects are no exception.

After the Xiao Clan established a foothold in the Black Corner Territory, a batch of elixirs flowed out of the Xiao Clan one after another. The grades of those elixirs were not low, most of them were fourth-grade elixirs, and even There are some fifth-grade elixirs. While these elixirs have made a lot of profits, they have also made many forces in the Black Corner Region understand that this Xiao Clan actually has a senior alchemist!

No matter where they are, alchemists are absolutely in demand, let alone an alchemist who can refine fifth-grade elixirs. There are no existences of this level in the Black Corner Territory, even among the first-rate forces. There are several, and the salary of a fifth-grade alchemist is definitely much higher than that of a strong Dou Wang.

Therefore, when the news spread that the Xiao Clan had a fifth-grade alchemist, the reputation of the Xiao Clan increased several times. After all, alchemists of this level are not common in the Black Angle Territory, and even Several forces sent people to ask for elixirs, and after paying corresponding rewards, Xiao Yan also fulfilled their requests one by one.

In fact, with Xiao Yan's current strength, there is no big problem even in refining sixth-grade elixirs. However, the medicinal materials for elixirs of this level are extremely precious, and Xiao Yan cannot even get one in his hands. Another point is that The quality of the medicine refining cauldron in his hand was too poor, so Xiao Yan planned to replace it with a better quality medicine refining cauldron before refining the sixth-grade elixir.

In addition, there is a sixth-grade alchemist known as the "Medicine King" in the Black Corner Domain. If Xiao Yan reveals his true level, he will inevitably be targeted by him, so Xiao Yan simply uses the rank of a fifth-grade alchemist. The identity is revealed, but even so, relying on this level of identity has made the Xiao family a lot of money.

After getting the funds, Haibodong immediately arranged for people to go out to inquire about information and purchase medicinal materials. However, during this process, Haibodong couldn't help but curse. He originally thought that Xiao Yan had tricked him into the Black Corner. Yu came here to let him act as a thug, but to his surprise, this guy treated him as a butler.

However, Haibodong was a little helpless about this. After all, who asked him to need the Purple Spirit Pill again? And he can only do this kind of thing. You can't expect a little girl like Qing Lin to collect medicinal materials, right? Although Xiao Yan also gave Qing Lin the title of deputy sect leader after the Xiao Clan was established, her childish appearance clearly made it impossible for people to surrender.

During this period of time, Haibodong also saw Xiao Yan's generosity. If his subordinates satisfied him with his actions, he would hand out a bottle of pills. Such a display of wealth and wealth made even Haibodong look a little uncomfortable. I feel bad, even though you are a high-level alchemist, you are not so squandering, right?

Although this kind of behavior is ruinous, it is very effective in winning people's hearts. In less than a few months, everyone in the Xiao Clan was convinced by Xiao Yan. They were originally suppressed by Xiao Yan with bloody methods. Yes, but now I don't dare to have any dissatisfaction with Xiao Yan.

Although their sect leader is extremely cruel in his methods, he is not stingy with his subordinates. And the people in the Black Corner Domain almost live a life of licking blood. As long as there is benefit, they will take risks. Xiao Yan If it brings them enough benefits, they will naturally work for him sincerely.

After this kind of benefit spread, it also attracted many strong people to join. Even two strong Dou Wang warriors who were chased by other forces and had no choice but to join the emerging Xiao Clan, but they initially planned to occupy the magpie's nest. Yes, but when Haibodong burst out with Douhuang's strength, he immediately calmed down.

Of course, it’s not that they didn’t want to fool Xiao Yan, but since the first person who did such a thing was publicly punished, no one dared to fool Xiao Yan anymore. Even Haibodong knew that Xiao Yan In fact, he doesn't mind if his subordinates take advantage of the situation, but the premise of doing so is to do something. Although he seems to not care about anything, he is well aware of the situation of Xiao Clan. In the beginning, , almost every day someone was executed in public by him.

According to Xiao Yan, this is called killing a chicken to scare a monkey, but everyone else thinks they are the monkeys being warned. Only Hai Bodong knows that he is the monkey...

And all these bloody scenes were hidden from Qing Lin, so that in Qing Lin's eyes, their Xiao Clan was just an organization similar to a mercenary group. Even Hai Bodong was a little curious. How on earth did Xiao Yan manage to kill people like crazy in the Black Corner Territory, and on the other hand, pretend to be a close brother in front of Qing Lin.

Schizophrenia doesn’t even mean this much...

Chapter 89: Eighty-eight, the thief who stole medicinal herbs

After Xiao Clan became famous, Xiao Yan went crazy and worked hard to refine elixirs. However, these elixirs were not sold like before. Instead, they were all saved and given to Haibo. Dong, the crazy alchemy refining in the past few months has also improved his strength a lot. When the last batch of elixirs was refined, Xiao Yan's strength officially entered the level of Nine-Star Dou Wang.

Today, Xiao Yan is only one star away from the Douhuang realm. However, although the distance is not far, it will take a long time to successfully break through. It happens that there has been nothing recently, so Xiao Yan went into retreat. If the idea of ​​​​cultivating can break through the Douhuang, his combat power will also be greatly improved. In the future, whether it is fighting for the strange fire or the fight for the Bodhisattva, he will have greater confidence.

"It's a pity that the inner fire of the green lotus is in the hands of Queen Medusa, otherwise..." Xiao Yan sighed with some regret, if he could swallow and refine the inner fire of the green lotus now , its energy should be enough for him to successfully break through to the Douhuang stage, so he doesn't need to practice hard in seclusion.

After giving a wry smile, Xiao Yan took out the green lotus seat from the Najie, sat cross-legged on it, quickly made a mudra, and entered the state of cultivation. Long before the retreat, he told Hai Bodong and the others that he In order to break through the Douhuang thing, those pills were for Haibodong to sell in batches in the past six months.

However, perhaps it was because Xiao Yan had upgraded too much before, which made it extremely difficult for him to break through to Dou Huang. Of course, Dou Wang's breakthrough to Dou Huang was not a simple matter in itself. In Dou Qi Continent, On the Internet, there are also many people who are stuck at the peak of Dou Wang and have spent more than ten years failing to break through Dou Huang.

Therefore, although he was stuck on the Douhuang bottleneck, Xiao Yan was not impatient and kept absorbing the energy around him step by step.

In this way, half a year passed in the blink of an eye. In these six months, the fighting spirit in Xiao Yan's body was several times more powerful than before. Although he had not yet broken through to the Dou King, he was already at the peak of the Dou King, only one step away from the goal. You can successfully break through with your feet, but this final kick takes a lot of time to complete.

"Huh... It's still so troublesome to break through from Dou Wang to Dou Huang." Xiao Yan withdrew from his cultivation state and shook his head helplessly. Although he had already experienced the difficulty of breaking through this stage in his previous life, With his previous life experience, he thought it wouldn't be that troublesome this time, but he didn't expect to face the same situation, which gave him a bit of a headache.

After calculating the time, the elixirs he left for Hai Bodong should be sold out soon, and he had not yet broken through to Douhuang, so Xiao Yan simply stopped practicing and planned to refine the elixirs for the second half of the year together. He came out, and then continued to retreat, but when he was about to go to Hai Bodong to ask for some medicinal materials, he heard a roar from Hai Bodong suddenly coming from the warehouse where the medicinal materials were stored: "My medicinal materials!"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yan walked towards the warehouse. In fact, most of the rare medicinal materials collected by Xiao Clan were stored in special Na rings, and that Na rings were kept by Xiao Yan before. After the retreat, they were kept by Qing Lin, with the exception of some medicinal materials, which were kept by Hai Bodong himself. Those were the medicinal materials needed to refine the Purple Spirit Pill.

These medicinal materials were seized by Hai Bodong for personal gain when he asked people to go out to collect them. Because of Xiao Yan's crazy appearance when refining elixirs before, Hai Bodong was a little worried that if he handed the medicinal materials to him, he would accidentally throw them in. In the medicine refining cauldron, he built a small warehouse to store these medicinal materials.

The reason why he did not put it in his own ring was because he was worried that he would be mistaken for having greedy these medicinal materials later, which would cause Xiao Yan to be dissatisfied. During this period, he finally gathered the medicinal materials for the Purple Spirit Pill. As long as Xiao Yan comes out of seclusion. When the time came, I could ask him to help me refine the medicine, but I didn't expect that at this moment, I would fail.

Xiao Yan looked at the huge empty space in the warehouse and twitched his mouth slightly. He saw that on the iron shelves where the medicinal materials were originally stored, there were only a few jade boxes with their lids opened. Some of them didn't even have jade boxes at all, only Labels were affixed to the shelves one by one, swaying in the wind...

In order to restore himself to his peak strength, Hai Bodong worked hard, not to mention using power for personal gain. After obtaining the medicinal materials, he also purchased some cold jade boxes at a high price to store these rare medicinal materials to prevent the loss of medicinal properties. He was even careful I put a label on each jade box just to avoid messing it up later.

But the current scene made the Ice King almost become so furious that he vomited blood and died.

In this situation, I'm afraid if you let a mouse in, it would come out with tears in its eyes...

Hai Bodong had thought about the possibility of a thief breaking in, although the probability was very small. However, just in case, he personally set up energy light curtains in front of each shelf. These light curtains were similar to the ones in the Xiao family's Dou Qi Pavilion, but they were hundreds of times stronger.

Xiao Yan gently pressed his finger on a light curtain and quickly concluded that this kind of light curtain could only be broken by Dou Wang level, and after it was broken, Haibodong would instantly sense the situation here. , so there is absolutely no possibility of anything going wrong, but the medicinal materials here are still missing, and this is while the light curtains are still in their original state.

"It seems that we have been robbed here..." Xiao Yan knelt down and gently picked up a piece of medicinal material residue. Although only the fragment was left, he could still recognize that it was a plant named Mu Ling San. The elixir of the needle flower can be purchased in the Black Corner Domain for at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but now there is only a small branch left.

"Being able to use the light curtain set up by Hai Lao to take out these medicinal materials, I am afraid only a strong Douzong master who is proficient in the power of space can do it." Xiao Yan said as he glanced at the location where the branches and leaves were broken. The fractures there looked like It's extremely strange, as if it was bitten off...

"Did a strong Douzong person do it?" Hai Bodong's face changed slightly, and then he said angrily: "He is a strong person at the Douzong level after all. It's a bit too tasteless to do these things, right?"

"The powerful Douzong people don't look down on your stuff. Even if they need it, they will go out and buy it based on their temperament, but they won't come here to pick your wool." Xiao Yan said calmly, "Besides, I didn't feel anything nearby. spatial fluctuations, in other words, this possibility can be ruled out."

"If it's not Douzong, then what's going on?" Haibodong was a little confused by Xiao Yan's words.

"There are all kinds of strange things in Dou Qi Continent, and there are also many strange races in this world. As far as I know, there is a kind of person who can penetrate this energy barrier at will without being affected." Xiao Yan casually threw the branch to the ground and smiled. Said: "Get ready, we will have a game of catching turtles in an urn tonight."

Chapter 90 Eighty-nine, Zi Yan

At night, in the Xiao Clan's warehouse, rare medicinal herbs were lying quietly in jade boxes. Because of the theft last time, the energy shield this time was set much stronger than before, but These seemingly solid energy shields are useless to a certain little thief.

In the empty room, a petite figure suddenly appeared. She looked at the surrounding environment and made sure that no one was watching nearby, then she quietly slipped in. She looked at the person in front of her with a blood python branch label. The box also showed a proud smile on its small face.

"Hey, the guys here are really stupid. Do you think that reinforcing the protective shield will be useful?" She stretched out her hand and passed through the energy protective shield very easily, but just when her palm was about to touch the jade box At this moment, the energy shield that originally protected the jade box suddenly disappeared, and a large net suddenly came down from the ceiling, trapping her directly inside.

She struggled hard, originally thinking that it would be easy to break free of this big net with her own strength, but she didn't expect that the thing would get tighter and tighter as she struggled, and finally tied her tightly inside, unable to move, and the next moment, the room The lights suddenly turned on, and Xiao Yan and the others, who had been waiting in the dark for a long time, slowly walked out.

"Don't waste your efforts. These nets are made from the sinews of high-level monsters and are specially designed to target those with strong brute strength." Xiao Yan looked at the petite figure caught in the big net and said calmly. He had already guessed Knowing some of this guy's origins, I specially took out some rare medicinal materials as bait. I didn't expect to catch this big fish so quickly.

The person trapped in the big net is a little girl in white who looks only eleven or twelve years old. She has long lavender hair. Although she is petite, she looks extremely cute, but now her white cheeks are full of... He looked panicked, obviously he didn't expect that he would be ambushed.

Seeing the little thief in the trap, even Hai Bodong, who was angry at first, was a little stunned. He didn't expect that the thief who robbed all his treasured medicinal materials was actually such a cute little girl. Qing Lin even pulled Xiao Yan's sleeve and asked, "Master, did we arrest the wrong person?"

"Don't be fooled by this little girl's appearance. This little guy is not as simple as he looks." Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head. Because there were only three of them in the evening, they did not wear hidden faces. phantom animal skin, and at this time his appearance returned to the harmless appearance before.

After seeing that there were only three people, two of whom were children like her, the little girl also breathed a sigh of relief. There was a cunning look in her big black eyes, and soon there was something... Moisture gathered, and tears started to fall immediately. If some women saw this scene, they would immediately untie the net for her in distress, and then take her into their arms and comfort her. .

But Xiao Yan didn't accept this trick. Not to mention that this guy was just acting. Even if she was real, Xiao Yan would be indifferent. He sat on a nearby chair and said calmly: "Okay, stop acting. You After all, he is a strong fighter, isn’t it embarrassing to shed tears like this?”

"Ah?" Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Hai Bodong and Qing Lin looked at the little girl in surprise. They didn't expect that this little girl was actually a strong fighter. Could it be that she was also a freak like Xiao Yan? ?

"Don't think about it. She is different from me. If we talk about age, she might be your grandma." Xiao Yan added as if he noticed the surprise in Haibodong's and others' hearts.

"Tch." After hearing Xiao Yan's words, the little girl curled her lips. Her expression was no longer as tearful as before.

"Where did you get all my medicinal materials?" Hai Bodong asked.

"I ate them all." The little girl snorted, and Hai Bodong gritted his teeth angrily, looking like he had smashed the pot. "Eat it? Are you kidding me?! How could you, a little girl, withstand the energy of those medicinal materials? ?”

"That's because you are ignorant." The little girl crossed her arms and said disdainfully: "Your medicinal materials are not enough for me to make a tooth sacrifice."

"Old Hai, this guy really didn't lie." Xiao Yan said with a smile, "Ordinary humans cannot withstand the energy impact of those rare medicinal materials, but this little girl is obviously not a human."

"Not a human? You mean...she is a monster?" Hai Bodong said in surprise. He glanced at the little girl who was still trapped in the big net, and the expression on his face suddenly became murderous, "Since She has eaten all those medicinal materials, so kill her and use her magic core to pay off the debt!"

"Hai Lao, your method is a bit too cruel, isn't it?" Xiao Yan reached out to stop Hai Bodong and said, "Anyway, the other party is also a little girl. If you do this, you will scare others."

"Yes!" Qing Lin on the side nodded. Although the other party was a monster, the appearance of a little girl made the kind-hearted Qing Lin really couldn't bear to see her die so tragically. At this time, she heard Xiao Yan's words , also quickly echoed.

Haibodong looked at Xiao Yan in astonishment. If it weren't for the wrong situation here and the fact that he really couldn't beat Xiao Yan, otherwise he would really want to spit in Xiao Yan's face. Am I cruel? You, a guy who kills a group of people every now and then, do you have the nerve to say that?

"Okay, Mr. Hai, I will help you collect the ingredients for the Purple Spirit Pill, and I will help you refine the medicine as soon as I get it together." After Xiao Yan comforted him for a few words, he asked the little girl on the Internet Said: "Little sister, what is your name? Where do you come from?"

The little girl turned away, obviously not wanting to answer Xiao Yan's question. Seeing this, Xiao Yan also smiled slightly. After the previous conversation, he had already seen that although this little girl was very powerful, her mind was not as good as ten. Like a two- or three-year-old human girl, she should be in the infancy of a Warcraft.

"Little sister, if you tell me your name and identity, how about I release you?" Xiao Yan continued to ask.

"Are you telling the truth?" The little girl turned her head, her childish voice full of surprise.

"Of course. If I lie to you, I, Yan Xiao, will pronounce my name backwards. How about it?" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Seeing the gentle smile on Xiao Yan's face, the little girl easily believed him, "My name is Zi Yan, and I am from Canaan College. Please release me quickly."

"Canaan College..." Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly. This news was a bit surprising. He had never wanted to deal with that place.

"Okay, I've told you my name. You said you wanted to release me before, otherwise you'll read the name upside down!"