Chapter 146 First Encounter with Zi Yan
Xiong Zhuang's strength is at the level of an eight-star great fighting master, but his body is quite powerful. Relying on his muscular body that is far superior to that of ordinary people, he dares to touch ordinary two or three-star fighting spirits. Therefore, he is regarded as a top figure in the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy and has a very loud reputation. Especially after the previous batch of seniors left, his status is naturally higher.

This can be seen from the number of his training room. In the inner courtyard of Canaan College, the stronger the strength, the better resources one can enjoy. This is also what Canaan College does intentionally, so that the students in the inner courtyard are in a healthy competition.

Strong people cannot be raised in a greenhouse. Only in constant competition can one grow rapidly.

Therefore, it didn't take Xiong Zhuang long to find information about the Snow Demon Ape for Yao Yan. This was a powerful demon beast with strength approaching level five. Even in the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy, few students dared to provoke it. Even the seniors who left in the previous batch were said to have suffered at its hands, so many people knew about it.

The elders of Canaan Academy did not deliberately deal with it. For the students in the inner courtyard, this kind of fourth-order peak monster with strength comparable to that of a fifth-order monster is the best training object.

"Teacher, the Snow Demon Ape is quite powerful. Rumor has it that it possesses a violent innate skill that can instantly increase its strength to level five. It will even become more and more courageous as the battle goes on until it is exhausted. You must be careful and don't be careless." After reporting the situation, Xiong Zhuang did not forget to express his concern.

He was really afraid that Yao Yan would fall into trouble, then wouldn't all his efforts to please her be in vain?

After finally getting on the boat of a Dou Wang teacher, Xiong Zhuang didn't want to get off so soon, especially since the other party was an alchemist. He had to hurry while others didn't know yet.

In fact, there are quite a few elders in the inner courtyard of Canaan College, some of whom have been in seclusion, while the remaining elders will teach the inner courtyard disciples. Most of them have been fleeced by Xiong Zhuang, and now they can no longer be fleeced... There is no way, their reputation is ruined, but his appetite is huge, and the cultivation resources he needs are several times that of ordinary colleges. They can only rely on the "filial piety" of their younger brothers to barely survive.

However, Yao Yan obviously didn't know these, and even if he knew, he would probably just laugh it off. He was satisfied with Xiong Zhuang's intelligence work at the moment, smiled, took out a bottle of pills from his ring, and threw it over: "Third-grade Qi-recovering pill, for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, wings of fighting spirit condensed on his back. With a slight tremor, his figure instantly soared into the sky and rushed towards the back mountain of the inner courtyard.

Xiong Zhuang looked at Yao Yan's departing back with envy, then lowered his head to look at the medicine bottle in his hand, and could not wait to open it and smell it. The strong medicinal fragrance made him look happy, and he muttered, "As expected of an alchemist, he is generous. He gives away a third-grade elixir just for getting some information. He is much more generous than those old guys in the inner courtyard..."

At this moment, he had already made up his mind to please Yao Yan and try to get more benefits from her.

……

There is an extremely vast mountain range at the back of the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy. Its area is not inferior to the Magic Beast Mountain Range of the Gama Empire. After just a rough sense with his soul power, Yao Yan felt the breath of many third and fourth level magic beasts from it, and its number is no less than that of the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

"It seems that Canaan Academy deliberately raised them in captivity, otherwise there wouldn't be so many third and fourth level monsters."

Yao Yan's eyes flickered slightly and he muttered to himself. He did not sense any overly strong aura there. Apparently, those powerful sixth-order monsters had been dealt with, and the remaining fifth-order monsters were very few in number. He had not encountered many of them on his way here.

Just as he was thinking this, a loud roar suddenly came from afar, the earth was filled with smoke and dust, and even the sound of monsters wailing continued to ring out.

He was startled when he heard the sound, and then his soul power swept over. Immediately, an extremely strange picture appeared in his mind. He saw a little girl of eight or nine years old barefoot, holding the paw of a giant wolf three or four meters tall, and constantly throwing it back and forth. The brutal scene was extremely visually impactful.

"?!"

When Yao Yan sensed the little girl's figure, his body suddenly stopped and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't expect to meet this person here.

Zi Yan.

The legitimate daughter of the Dragon Emperor, who is at the peak of the Nine-Star Fighting Saint level, and the nominal heir to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.

"boom!"

While Yao Yan was thinking, Zi Yan had already grabbed the claw of the monster and threw it out fiercely. As the monster slid back more than ten meters, she put her hands on her waist and said softly, "Do you accept it or not? If not, keep coming. I'll beat you to death!"

As she spoke, she waved her delicate little fist.

"Roar!"

The wolf-like monster roared at Zi Yan fearfully, with a hint of hesitation in its eyes, as if it was unwilling to leave like this.

Zi Yan narrowed her big purple eyes and said, "That's mine!"

The wolf-shaped monster growled, and finally chose to give up, turning around and running away into the distance.

Zi Yan watched the other party leave, her eyes looking towards the cave not far away, she sniffed, a purple light flickered deep in her eyes, and then her eyes turned into a pair of crescents, she moved her feet happily, and ran towards the cave, ready to enjoy the food she had snatched.

Just after Zi Yan took a few steps, she stopped and stared at the person who came with a hint of vigilance on her fierce face. Her intuition told her that the human in front of her was very dangerous and she might not be his opponent.

But Zi Yan was obviously unwilling to give up the food she had managed to snatch. She gritted her teeth in confusion and her eyes became fierce, with a purple glow flashing in them. She said, "You want to steal my things?!"

"Didn't you also steal the Frost Moon Wolf?"

Yao Yan said softly, looking at the Dragon Emperor's legitimate daughter in front of him with a complicated gaze. Perhaps no one in the world would have thought that the princess of the Taixu Ancient Dragon clan would have fallen to the point of competing for food with a fourth-level magical beast, and even her own growth was severely restricted, which could be described as malnutrition.

The more powerful the monster is, the more nutrition it needs in its childhood. It needs huge spiritual creatures from heaven and earth to nourish its blood and make itself grow rapidly.

But Zi Yan obviously didn't have this condition, and she was lucky to be born successfully.

"...I can't beat you, so I'll give you the things in the cave!"

Zi Yan clenched her fists and said unwillingly, but she had been bullied by countless monsters since she was a child, so she knew what it meant to seek benefits and avoid danger. Her intuition told her that if she fought with the person in front of her, she would most likely be killed. As for bringing up the name of Canaan Academy... she currently did not understand what it meant to take advantage of the situation.

Yao Yan smiled upon hearing this and said softly, "I didn't say I wanted to snatch the things in the cave from you... I'm a new teacher at Canaan College, little girl, you should also be from Canaan College, right?"

His tone was gentle, just like a strange uncle who treated a child with right-hand turn.

Hearing this, Zi Yan was also stunned. She was not unfamiliar with the words "Canaan College". During this period of time, the biggest change in her life was joining Canaan College. There were many more humanoid creatures around her. They were different from the monsters in the mountains and seemed to be more friendly. However, it was also quite troublesome to get along with them. They always made her wear these troublesome clothes.

"Then why haven't I seen you before?!"

Zi Yan looked at Yao Yan, blinked her cute big eyes, tilted her head, and asked curiously.

"You're new here, so of course you haven't seen it before." Yao Yan lied without blinking, and pointed at the bruise on her arm, "Does it hurt?" Although Zi Yan's true form is from the Taixu ancient dragon clan, she is a juvenile after all, and her body has not fully grown up. She is used to fighting those monsters head-on, so naturally there will be some bruises and scars on her body. From the other party's indifferent expression, it can be seen that she is obviously used to it.

"It hurts... but I'm used to it!" Zi Yan said nonchalantly. Knowing that Yao Yan was also from Canaan College, her guard dropped greatly. She trotted into the cave with bare feet. After a while, she ran out with a bunch of purple fruits.

She seemed to have been hungry for a long time. She stuffed the two fruits into her mouth and started chewing them. The sour medicinal aroma filled the air and also made her expression tense.

Apparently this stuff tastes terrible.

Green lemon fruit is a medicinal herb that can regulate the meridians of the human body. It tastes extremely sour and astringent... Yao Yan was amused when he saw Zi Yan start to work directly. He asked with a smile, "How does it taste?"

"It tastes terrible, but it can fill your stomach. Do you want one?"

Zi Yan took one while chewing painfully and handed it to Yao Yan with her chubby little hand.

Yao Yan was stunned for a moment when he saw the lime fruit handed to him by Zi Yan, then he reached out to take it. After hesitating for a moment, he threw it into his mouth and chewed it. Suddenly, an indescribable sour taste swept through his mouth, making him shiver a few times. He did not bother to taste it, and swallowed it whole, activating the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire to refine it.

It took him a long time to recover. Yao Yan felt that he would never want to try that feeling again.

"You treat me to fruit, and I'll treat you to something good."

Yao Yan took out a bottle of pills from his storage ring and handed it over, saying with a smile.

Zi Yan was a demon beast after all, and she was used to swallowing raw herbs. After a while of pain, she recovered. Looking at the medicine bottle handed over by Yao Yan, she curiously opened it, sniffed it, and then said uncertainly: "Is this a pill?"

Obviously she knew about the elixir and had secretly eaten some in the inner courtyard, so she knew that it was a good thing.

So without any hesitation, he asked a question and swallowed the pill in one gulp. Then he patted his belly and squinted his eyes, seeming to enjoy it very much.

"Healing pills, for external application..."

Yao Yan said with some venom.

"It's okay. They are all made from medicinal herbs. They will be absorbed by the stomach after being eaten." Zi Yan said nonchalantly. Then she looked at the sky and continued to say to Yao Yan: "What are you doing here? Are you looking for something? Do you need my help?"

She felt that since she had taken Yao Yan's medicine, she should help the other party.

Yao Yan thought for a moment and said slowly: "...Alright, do you know where the Snow Demon Ape is?"

"That big guy is very dangerous. Are you sure you can handle it?"

Zi Yan stared at Yao Yan with her big watery eyes and said uncertainly that in her opinion, the gorilla in this area was an existence that should not be provoked and was extremely dangerous.

"It's not a big problem."

Yao Yan smiled and nodded, reached out and touched Zi Yan's soft purple hair, and said.

Zi Yan held Yao Yan's hand that was rubbing his head, stared at him with eyes wide open, and said softly, "If you can't handle it, I won't save you. That big guy is really dangerous. Once he's cornered, he'll go crazy."

"Have you ever provoked it?" Yao Yan was a little curious when he heard it.

"There are good things in its cave... But its nose is very sensitive. I am discovered by it every time I get close to it. Once, a few big guys wanted to cause trouble for it, and then it went crazy and directly tore a very powerful big guy to pieces." Zi Yan said with a very serious face.

"Then I will avenge you today~"

Yao Yan stretched out his hand and pinched Zi Yan's collar, lifted her up directly, and then held her in his arms. The wings of fighting spirit emerged behind him and flew towards the sky.

"...When I eat more, I can fly too!"

Zi Yan did not resist, but snuggled in Yao Yan's arms, an inexplicable emotion in her eyes, and she muttered softly.

"Okay, I'll wait for that day."

Yao Yan smiled.

……

The two of them disappeared from the spot very quickly. Almost immediately after they left, ripples appeared in the surrounding space, and then Su Qian's figure emerged from it. He stared at the direction where the two had left, muttering to himself: "Zi Yan actually got close to him... It seems that this boy has no bad intentions."

Zi Yan can sense other people's ill intentions and has a very sharp intuition. Su Qian discovered this when he was in the inner courtyard. She rarely contacts anyone who harbors ill intentions towards her, while those who are kind to her will be constantly exploited by her. Several elders of the pharmacy have been severely troubled by Zi Yan.

This is also the reason why Su Qian threw it here. Only here can it grow quickly.

Warcraft is finally different from humans.

"...Maybe I'm overthinking it. How much can a teenager have?" Su Qian thought to himself. He felt that he shouldn't think too badly of a teenager. It's just that adults are always wary of everything and like to take a closer look at everything.

The same goes for Yao Yan. After all, the other party is an outsider and he knows nothing about him.

"Then let's take a look..."

Su Qian stepped forward slowly, and ripples appeared in the space around him again, engulfing his figure. As the ripples dissipated, it was as if he had never appeared, and there was only a breeze blowing past.

(End of this chapter)