He suppressed his fear and unease, trying to calm his voice.
"The little one has quite the composure; he wasn't scared enough to jump off the cliff." A mocking laugh echoed from the ring.
"What is he? Is he a human or a ghost? Why is he hiding in the ring my mother left behind?"
After a brief silence, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ning.
Clearly, in Xiao Yan's mind, Xiao Ning, who was also a transmigrator from Blue Star, was more reliable than this mysterious figure of unknown origin.
"hehe!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ning chuckled and said, "He is the culprit who caused your battle qi cultivation to regress. He's just a little ghost trying to absorb the energy of his master to revive. I suppose you must have heard of these kinds of ghost stories in your past life!"
In his words, the old doctor became that vicious ghost.
"What?"
Xiao Yan blinked in confusion, and after a moment, his face suddenly darkened, and chilling words came out from between his lips.
"Was it all his doing that my battle qi mysteriously disappeared from my body?"
The aged voice said, "Hehe, I had no choice but to do this, little one, don't blame me."
"Fuck your mother!"
Xiao Yan, who always prided himself on being calm and composed, suddenly jumped up like a madman, his face contorted with rage.
Regardless of whether the ring was a keepsake from his mother, he took it off without thinking and then threw it forcefully off the cliff.
The moment the ring left his hand, Xiao Yan felt a sudden chill and hurriedly reached out to grab it, but the ring had already fallen straight off the cliff.
Xiao Yan stared blankly at the ring that had disappeared into the mist. He was stunned for a long moment before his expression gradually calmed down. He slapped his forehead in annoyance: "Too reckless!"
Upon suddenly learning that the culprit behind the humiliation he had suffered for the past three years was actually the ring he had always worn, it's no wonder that Xiao Yan lost control of his emotions.
"Hehe, you're being too impatient!" Xiao Ning, who was standing quietly to the side, said upon seeing this.
Xiao Yan sighed, "I was too emotional, please forgive me!"
Just then, he looked like he'd seen a ghost, his pupils widened suddenly, and his finger trembled as he pointed at the thing in front of him.
"This...this..."
"Why is this thing back again?"
Before Xiao Yan, a jet-black, ancient ring was floating. What shocked Xiao Yan the most was that above the ring, a transparent, old man's figure was floating.
"Hehe, little brat, there's no need to be so angry, is there? It's just that I absorbed three years' worth of your battle qi."
The transparent old man smiled and stared at the dumbfounded Xiao Yan, saying, "Also, why can't I understand what you two little brats were saying?"
Yao Chen stared at Xiao Ning behind him, full of doubt.
He didn't understand a single word of what time travel, Earth, 2009, or fellow villagers were.
Perhaps this is a secret code between the two?
Or is there some unknown conspiracy?
However, there was no sign of wariness in his eyes.
In Yao Chen's opinion, Xiao Ning's ability to discover him might be due to his exceptional talent and naturally strong mental power, but that was nothing special.
Previously, Yao Chen was a powerful expert at the peak of Dou Zun, and he was considered a peerless expert who roamed the Dou Qi Continent. Although his physical body is now broken and his soul power is exhausted, he is still not to be underestimated.
Even a Dou Ling expert would not be a match for him.
Moreover, in this remote and impoverished place like Wutan Town, the patriarchs of the three major families are only at the Great Dou Shi level, so where would they get a Dou Ling expert from?
Needless to say, who is Xiao Ning?
Yao Chen, who had absorbed three years' worth of Dou Qi from Xiao Yan's ring, had awakened and was already fully aware of the Xiao family's situation.
A mere eighth-level Dou Qi cultivator could be killed with a single glance, as easily as crushing an ant.
Therefore, Yao Chen would never have taken him seriously.
Yao Chen was unaware that this Xiao Ning was no longer the same Xiao Ning.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan felt a chill run down his spine, realizing that his conversation with Xiao Ning had been overheard by a third party.
However, faced with an unknown powerful being capable of astral projection, he was clearly at a loss with his current abilities.
He couldn't help but look at Xiao Ning and ask, "Xiao Ning, how should we handle this today?"
"Take him down first!"
Xiao Ning's brows furrowed, and after a moment, he stretched out his right hand. Suddenly, a powerful aura surged forth, and his dantian area shimmered with brilliant light. Strands of elusive energy emanated from his body and slowly condensed into a phantom in mid-air.
"Buzz!"
The moment the phantom completely solidified, it transformed into a gigantic phantom of an ancient elephant that stretched across the sky.
The moment the phantom of the giant elephant appeared, the entire sky seemed to darken. With Xiao Ning's movement, the giant elephant suddenly stomped down.
A powerful gust of wind suddenly pressed down, snapping the trees on the cliff and scattering them in all directions.
A powerful spiritual force burst forth, seemingly freezing the surrounding air.