Chapter 295: The Location of Two Heavenly Flames?!
The Chu Yun Empire is only one large desert, the Tagor Desert, away from the Jia Ma Empire. Its land area is much larger than that of the Jia Ma Empire, and due to its proximity to the center of the Northwestern Continent, the energy of heaven and earth is slightly stronger. Based on Yao Yan's past knowledge, the strength of the Chu Yun Empire is undoubtedly above that of the Jia Ma Empire.
However, after more than ten years, Yao Yan had no idea what had happened to the Chu Yun Empire. He hadn't been concerned with the matters of the Northwestern Continent in these years.
After Yao Yan entered the Chu Yun Empire with Xiao Yi Xian, he immediately released his Hun power, transforming it into an invisible net, centered around himself, spreading out into the distance. With his Hun power nearing the peak of the Heavenly Realm, it was enough to cover nearly half of the Northwestern Continent.
If he was looking for a specific item, it might be difficult, but searching for a familiar aura was quite easy.
In just a moment, Yao Yan had locked onto a familiar aura. Feeling the much stronger presence, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He then twisted the space around him and directed the Blue Eagle beneath him to fly towards the source of the aura.
"Chu Yun Empire…" Xiao Yi Xian, who had been lying down, watching the rapidly changing scenery below, didn't understand spatial power but could tell that it was Yao Yan's doing. Without his power, it would have been impossible for the Blue Eagle to cross the Tagor Desert so quickly.
When she was in Qing Shan Town, she had heard from mercenaries about the Tagor Desert. They said it was an enormous, boundless desert, and anyone who got lost in it would be doomed.
Yet today, in just a few hours, they had crossed the entire Tagor Desert and arrived at the Chu Yun Empire.
A country rumored to be full of poison masters!
After a while, Xiao Yi Xian felt a bit dizzy, as the scene below was changing even faster now, almost like a slideshow, with several changes in the blink of an eye. It made her head spin.
In less than a tea's time, she heard Yao Yan's gentle voice: "We're here. You can let your little companion down now."
"Huh?" Xiao Yi Xian shook her head, focusing her eyes to look down. She saw a grand city beneath them. They were currently at the southernmost part of this massive city, and below them was a palace complex that looked extraordinary.
As the Blue Eagle approached, it seemed that some guards below had noticed. Many crossbows were pointed towards them, and Xiao Yi Xian's face changed.
"Who are you? How dare you behave so recklessly in our Snake People's temple?!" A cold shout rang out. Several figures shot out from the highest palace, led by a heroic-looking snake woman in armor. Her deep red snake tail swayed seductively, and her icy eyes stared warily at the first-grade Blue Eagle.
This place was the Snake People's temple. After Medusa, the Queen of the Snake People, conquered the Chu Yun Empire, they moved the temple from the Tagor Desert and established it in the Chu Yun Empire, making it one of their main strongholds.
The Chu Yun Empire was ideal for the Snake People's development and survival... as everyone knew, the Snake People were masters at using snakes.
The snake woman, soaring into the air, wielded a spear, and dark red Dou Qi surged around her. The energy of a peak Nine-Star Dou Huang exploded, shaking the air around her and intimidating the Blue Eagle.
Along with her, three other Dou Huang-level snake women appeared, all locking onto the Blue Eagle. Clearly, if they detected any suspicious movement, they would strike with thunderous force!
After all, the Blue Eagle had silently approached their temple with unclear intentions. They had to be prepared for the worst.
"Flower Snake'er, long time no see~"
At that moment, a familiar laugh came from the Blue Eagle, making Flower Snake'er's cold face freeze for a moment. A hint of surprise appeared in her eyes as she exclaimed, "Young Master?!"
"It's me~" With a familiar voice, the figure that she recognized appeared in front of Flower Snake'er.
"It really is you, Young Master! You're back?!" Flower Snake'er, seeing the familiar face, quickly put away the weapon in her hand, her wings of Dou Qi on her back flapping as she flew towards him. Her face showed clear signs of excitement, as she said, "You've come back!"
"Mm." Yao Yan nodded with a light smile, "I thought you guys were still in the Jia Ma Empire... But I later learned from an old friend that you had already left."
"A lot has happened these years... It's hard to explain in just a few words. By the way, you should quickly notify the Queen." Flower Snake'er nodded slightly, her expression returning to some calm as she took a dark red snake-shaped jade token from her storage ring and shattered it.
This was the communication jade token that Cai Lin had given her, which also had a function to teleport. As the most loyal guardian of Queen Medusa, the first thing she thought of was to inform the two queens of Yao Yan's return.
Seeing the jade token break, a powerful Hun force materialized, turning into a tall and alluring figure. The overwhelming aura, slightly domineering, swept across the surroundings as the cold and beautiful eyes scanned the area. It wasn't until she saw Yao Yan that the Hun figure slightly trembled, and her eyes momentarily lost focus, as if she hadn't expected him to appear so suddenly.
Yao Yan was about to greet Cai Lin, and as for how to determine which sister... It was easy. The cold one was definitely Cai Lin. When Cai Die looked at him, she wouldn't have such an icy gaze; she was full of queenly grace. Only Cai Lin enjoyed playing this way.
Of course, he didn't mind.
After all, men were all the same—they liked the feeling of conquest!
"Wait for me!" Cai Lin glanced at Yao Yan with a complicated expression before throwing him a line, and her Hun body vanished.
Yao Yan was about to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat. He felt somewhat embarrassed, then chuckled and shook his head. He turned to Flower Snake'er and said, "Let's go down and talk. And tell me what's been happening with the Snake People these years... Your Dou Qi cultivation is almost catching up with those old fellows."
The old fellows he referred to were the four elders of the Snake People. Their strength seemed to have remained unchanged, and they were currently guarding the Queen's tomb in the temple.
Clearly, Cai Lin bore a grudge and hadn't given these four elders many cultivation resources. Otherwise, they wouldn't have remained stagnant for ten years.
"Mm." Flower Snake'er nodded, then glanced at the Blue Eagle and the human woman on its back. She looked a little curious and asked, "Young Master, who is she?"
"She's Xiao Yi Xian, someone I picked up on the way... You should have some poison master techniques and combat skills here, right? Please give her a basic one." Yao Yan introduced lightly.
"Picked up?" Xiao Yi Xian blinked her eyes and pouted, wanting to protest, but in front of so many people, she backed down.
"Alright!" Flower Snake'er didn't ask further, nodding as she gave orders to the temple guards, then led Yao Yan towards the temple.
...
Several hundred thousand miles from the Chu Yun Empire, a terrifying burst of Dou Qi suddenly exploded. The overwhelming pressure from the Dou Qi made the beasts below shrink their heads in fear, even the seventh-tier magical beasts struggled to suppress their auras, afraid of attracting the attention of the owner of this terrifying energy.
"He... still knows how to come back!" Cai Lin clenched her fist, her cold eyes carrying some resentment and worry, along with a hint of frustration she couldn't fully explain. But this feeling of frustration vanished the moment it appeared, erased by her powerful will.
The Queen would never feel wronged!
Qing Lin, standing next to Cai Lin, dared not speak. She had little memory of Yao Yan, and the only information she had about him came from another queen. She was quite curious about what kind of man could capture the hearts of two queens at the same time.
This mystery seemed about to be revealed.
"Your Majesty, are we not going back?" Qing Lin asked cautiously. Earlier, with the spatial coordinates, Cai Lin could have immediately teleported back, but she had destroyed the coordinates.
"Let's meet up with Cai Die first... then we'll go back." Cai Lin took a deep breath and whispered.
It had been too long since they last met. She wasn't sure how to face this man. And compared to herself, her sister clearly missed this damn man much more. As her older sister, she naturally had to think about Cai Die. As for herself... she wouldn't admit that she missed Yao Yan.
Qing Lin nodded, her curiosity growing stronger. Seeing the usually rational queen show such an expression meant that the man named Yao Yan was clearly extraordinary. From what the other queen had said, he had even "picked" Qing Lin up, making him, in a sense, her benefactor.
Should she thank him in person?
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At the Snake People's temple.
The palace's architecture was much like the former one, and traces of the old palace could still be seen. Flower Snake'er gently explained, "This palace was moved here by Queen Medusa using her Dou Zun power! Originally, this palace wasn't like this."
Dou Zun power... Yao Yan wasn't surprised that Cai Lin had broken through to Dou Zun. The bloodline of the Heavenly Serpent Python was comparable to the Gu Void Dragon. Especially with a powerful person like Cai Lin controlling it, as long as resources weren't lacking, her strength would grow exponentially. Reaching the seven or eight-star Dou Zun level was easy. Only Dou Sheng would present some bottlenecks.
The Dou Sheng level required immense talent and resources. The higher you went, the greater the difference would be, with even a small stage feeling like an insurmountable gap.
"Dou Zun... I feel like once your queen comes back, she's definitely going to give me trouble," Yao Yan said with a bitter smile. Cai Die might be easy to convince, but Cai Lin was different. Her love was always rational. If Yao Yan wasn't stronger than her, he might not have dared to come back.
"Your current strength is probably on par with Queen Medusa's!" Flower Snake'er said with some certainty, after glancing at Yao Yan.
"Can you tell that?" Yao Yan was somewhat surprised.
"Because Young Master has never disappointed us!" Flower Snake'er smiled lightly and said softly.
Yao Yan smiled, then asked about the development of the Snake People over the years. As Flower Snake'er spoke, Yao Yan was quite surprised. He hadn't expected the expansion of the Snake People to be related to the Celestial Hall of the Black Corner Domain. Even now, many Canaan Academy graduates chose to join the Snake People, with the intention of uniting the entire Northwestern Continent.
As for the Celestial Hall in the Black Corner Domain, after years of development, it had become the dominant force there, seemingly poised to take over the entire Black Corner Domain. However, for reasons unknown, its march toward unification had stopped, causing divisions, and leading Canaan Academy's students to choose the Snake People instead.
"Unifying the Northwestern Continent? That's not a good thing..." Yao Yan frowned slightly, thinking to himself. He didn't feel any joy about this news. On the contrary, he sensed trouble and complications. The Hun Clan was bound to target the distant lands of the Dou Qi Continent. The blood sacrifice of living beings still had a huge gap to fill, and the few distant continents would need to provide more.
What Cai Lin was doing now was directly colliding with the Hun Clan's plans. If she didn't unify, that would be fine, but once she did, the Hun Clan would certainly set their sights on her.
However, as the Young Clan Leader of the Hun Clan, Yao Yan might be able to handle this.
"By the way, there's one more thing I need to tell you, Young Master!" Flower Snake'er's eyes shifted slightly, with a hint of a smile, as if she were claiming credit. "Queen Medusa found the location of two heavenly flames!"
"?!" Yao Yan's footsteps faltered, truly shocked.
Heavenly flames were not that easy to find. He had asked the Hun Hall to help him search for years without getting any concrete results. Yet Cai Lin had found two... how could he not be surprised? He also wanted to scold the people at the Hun Hall for their incompetence!
Had they just been slacking off with the tasks assigned to them?!
(END CHAPTER)
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