Chapter Seventy-Nine: Leave Emotion

  "Xiao Yan? This guy is still alive? He's really still alive! This voice can't be wrong! Can't be wrong!"

  Wu Hao's usual stern face was now filled with wild joy, his eyes fixed intently on the scarlet magma pillar that had burst out of the top of the Heavenly Refining Tower, his voice slightly hoarse from excitement.

  By her side, Xiao Yu's teeth were tightly clenched, her slender body trembling slightly, and her beautiful eyes were even filled with a mist of excitement. He's still alive? He really is still alive!

  On the high platform, not only were all the elders staring blankly at the rock pillar that shot straight into the sky, but even Elder Su Qian, who was always expressionless, had a dazed look in his eyes. After a while, he muttered somewhat absent-mindedly: "The voice just now... seemed to be Xiao Yan?"

  "Great Elder, it's Xiao Yan! Absolutely no mistake, I said that guy definitely won't die! Haha!" Lin Ye's face turned extremely red due to excitement. For some reason, he always had an unshakeable faith in that guy, a confidence that ordinary people couldn't understand. Even when he was swallowed by the异火 and dragged into the endless underground, he firmly believed that the guy, as stubborn as a cockroach, would definitely crawl out again!

  Although this belief is somewhat stubborn and outdated, he still believes it! And there's no reason at all.

  "It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead" Su Qian's face was calm, but his tone revealed the shock and excitement in his heart.

  "This guy can't be reasoned with after all."

  Lin Xiuyue and Liu Qing exchanged a glance, both smiling and letting out a gentle sigh. Fortunately, they had chosen to stay back then; otherwise, they might not have witnessed this shocking scene today.

  In the midst of the magma, a figure emerged, clad in a black robe, with a slender physique and a gentle smile on his face. The crowd's gaze was drawn to him as he slowly stepped out of the magma unscathed. After a brief moment of stunned silence, their eyes suddenly widened as they recalled something, and their gazes shifted towards the stone statue at the entrance of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. A collective gasp echoed through the square, followed by murmurs of realization: "So that's who Shao Yan is..." The black-robed youth hovered in mid-air, his eyes scanning the sea of faces below, a smile spreading across his face as he spotted some familiar faces. With outstretched arms and a hearty laugh, he declared, "Haha, everyone! Shao Yan has returned! Welcome me back?"

  "Little guy, it's really unexpected to meet again." Hearing the young man's loud laughter, Su Qian's face also couldn't help but reveal a smile, laughing loudly.

  "It's been a long time, Elder Long is getting more vigorous with age!" Xiao Yan smiled and swung his sleeve, the crimson magma that filled the sky suddenly flashed back and retracted into the magma pillar. Immediately after, amidst a series of shocking gazes, the massive magma pillar crashed down along the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, its enormous momentum causing people's hearts to tremble. And when they looked at Xiao Yan again, their gaze was even more filled with reverence.

  Expel the magma, Xiao Yan's toe tapped on the void, a faint silver light appeared, and his body flashed, and he appeared like a ghost on the high platform.

  Xiao Yu saw this scene, her eyes suddenly became hot, and she couldn't help but immediately hugged Xiao Yan.

  "What's wrong, Xiao Yu... older cousin." Xiao Yan was also somewhat perplexed.

  Xiao Yu hugged him for a while before whispering in Xiao Yan's ear, "After you left, Bai Shan... joined forces with the White Sect to seize Panmen. Fortunately, Zi Xian and others established Fanmen to wait for your return. Now that you're back, everything will be fine. Don't act rashly, let's go back and settle this later."

  "What! How long have I been away?" Xiao Yan hadn't expected things to turn out this way. He had never trusted Bai Shan, and he still remembered the "strange fire" on Bai Shan's body. But how could Bai Shan actually seize the opportunity from Wu Huan and Yu Jia?

  "It's been two years." Xiao Yu replied, her body still feeling a bit weak from the immense pressure of the past two years, but seeing Xiao Yan made her relax involuntarily.

  "Hehe, Xiao Yan brother, congratulations on your return." Bai Shan saw Xiao Yan appear and was extremely shocked, but quickly calmed down. With Yan Cheng here, what did he have to fear?

  Gently supporting Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan's face darkened as he said to Bai Shan: "Bai Shan, hand over the Panshan Gate, disband your troops, otherwise..."

  "Or else what?" Bai Shan still had a faint smile on his face.

  "Otherwise, I'll help you disperse today!" Xiao Yan said, and the fighting energy on his body burst out, but he was able to avoid it and not impact Xiao Yu. His control over the fighting energy was indeed good.

  "Has Shao Yan's cultivation advanced?" Su Qian's eyes flickered slightly, he knew that the original Xiao Yan's true strength was only at the Dou Ling level. Although he could fight against strong Dou Huangs like Han Feng in the end, with his discerning eye, it was clear that the power did not truly belong to Xiao Yan. Now, as Xiao Yan displayed his speed, Su Qian could also sense that this was indeed his true strength.

  "Even so, it's not Yan Cheng's opponent, I must stop them." Su Qian thought to herself, if Xiao Yan's opponent was Bai Shan, he would easily win, but if he encountered Yan Cheng, it would be a losing battle!

  "Despicable guy, not seen for two years, yet he's become so powerful?" Bai Shan was greatly shocked in his heart. He suffered from Xiao Yan's imposing aura and suddenly felt a suffocating sensation. However, unlike before, this time he had something to rely on, not just Yan Cheng, but also because of him...

  "Haha, of course I'm more than happy to welcome Brother Xiao to take over the Pan Gate. Who in the entire sect doesn't know that the Pan Gate was founded by Brother Xiao?" Bai Shan sneered at Xiao Yan without any reserve.

  "But Xiao brother disappeared for two years, and the Pangu Gate can't be without a leader, so I reluctantly accepted the position of leader. However, times have changed, and now that I think about it, it's not that easy to step down. For example, this newcomer seems to be dissatisfied with accepting someone with unknown origins as the leader." Bai Shan pointed at Yan Cheng.

  Yan Cheng, who was being used by the fox to intimidate the tiger, didn't have much of a relationship with him anyway. After all, his orders from his master were also to keep an eye on Xiao Yan and test his strength, which was an important part of it. So he took a step forward, expressionless, staring straight at Xiao Yan.

  "I'll make him submit." Xiao Yan lightly pushed open the door and also took a step forward. In his eyes, Yan Cheng was just a newcomer who thought he was superior, but with his current strength of possessing two types of Ancestor Fires, it wasn't worth mentioning!

  "No way!" The elder Su Qian saw things develop as expected and immediately spoke out to stop it.

  Helplessly, Xiao Yan, who hadn't fought in two years and had a sudden surge in strength, was itching for a fight, and he needed to re-establish his prestige!

  "Elder, don't worry, I won't use too much force." Xiao Yan thought Su Qian was afraid that his strength would be too great and he would heavily injure Yan Cheng.

  Damn it! Su Qianyu was so depressed that she wanted to die: I'm afraid you'll lose face in front of so many people!

  "This time, Yan Cheng rarely spoke up: 'Don't worry, Great Elder, I will show mercy.'"

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  "Hua Jia, what do you think about this matter?" Wu Hao asked quietly beside her.

  "This is terribly wrong!" Hu Jia replied.