Xia Yan used two days to prepare twelve bottles of spiritual liquid, which were sent to Xia's house along with the golden ticket of five million gold coins. At the Second Church Council, Xia Yan promoted seven new church deacons.

Of course, most of these templar deacons were people who were close to the Xia family. Among them, five were promoted by the Xia family from the towns controlled by the family.

These people, who had just served as the deacons of the Holy Church, naturally had the most support for the Xia family. It can be said that now the Jade Water City Holy Church has almost become the Xia family's world.

As for the personnel in the Extreme Challenge Hall, the Auction House, and the Mercenary Hall, they will not offend Xia Yan. At the Templar Conference, they supported almost whatever the Xia family said. Wang Yue of the Wang family also did not express any opinions, and was very polite to Xia Feilong. He knew that the Xi family was completely finished, and he was always glad that he had broken off the cooperative relationship with the Xi family earlier.

After doing these things, Xia Yan can be regarded as temporarily relieved. After that, Xia Yan found time to chat with Bai Hua and Bai Rui's brothers and sisters, and Xia Yan asked Bai Hua how long it would take to control 70% of Yushui City's business. The current white birch is already the outer courtyard of the Xia family, and it controls all the business of the Xia family.

Bai Hua said that as long as there is enough funds and the support of Zhouyun Commercial Bank, at most two months, he can control half and 70 of the business in Yushui City. The remaining 30 percent was divided among a group of families represented by the Wang family.

You can't do things too absolutely. Eat your own meat, and you can't let others not even drink the soup. If Xia Yan does this, the following families will not make trouble, but on the contrary, they will support the Xia family very much.

On the third day after Xi Potian's death, Xia Yan saw Yafen, the deacon of the Extreme Challenge Hall who made Xia Yan's heart flutter at the beginning. Compared to a year ago, Yafen has hardly changed and is still bright and moving.

Wearing a black luxurious dress, people dare not look up.

Of course, now that she is in front of Xia Yan, she no longer has the calmness she had back then.

Seeing Xia Yan, Yafen also weighed a lot in his heart, and finally decided to meet him. She knew that it was impossible for Xia Yan to take the initiative to come to her. Yafen is nearly thirty years old, more than ten years older than Xia Yan.

She knew very well that she was unlikely to become Xia Yan's wife. However, if she can get closer to Xia Yan, it will also be of great benefit to herself in the future, so she came to see Xia Yan. Of course, Yafen was very impressed with Xia Yan, and deep down she also hoped to see Xia Yan again.

Xia Yan also seemed very enthusiastic when he saw Yafen. At that time, Yafen could be regarded as helping Xia Yan. Moreover, Yafen and Li Tianlun have never said their identity as Lingluo.

Although Xia Yan no longer cares about this identity, the two people in the Extreme Challenge Hall have indeed kept their promises, which makes Xia Yan have a good impression of them.

................................................ "Fire Phoenix, let me join her in the Continental Fortress!"

Alone in the inner sanctum of the sanctuary, Xia Yan looked at a letter in his hand.

This letter was brought to the Holy Church by the Fire Phoenix and given to him. The letter didn't say the reason, it just said that Xia Yan would finish the matter and meet her at the mainland fortress.

For several days, Xia Yan didn't see the fire phoenix in Yushui City.

"The matter of Jade Water City has been almost dealt with, and it is time to go to the Sin Forest to find that illusory realm!" Xia Yan thought for a moment, "Now that Jade Water City has no forces that can threaten the Xia family. If this development continues, within a few years, the Xia family will have the strength to enter Purple Leaf City. ”

As long as the strength of the children of the family is improved, it is not difficult for the Xia family to gain a foothold in Purple Leaf City.

"Clean up and say goodbye to Xiaoqing!" Xia Yan's eyes flashed, "This time I went to the Sin Forest, and it would only be about two months at most." After that, I had to return to the Holy Mountain Heavenly Palace. ”

Xia Yan packed his package and carried some of the most important items.

At noon, Xia Yan returned to Xia's house to say goodbye to Xiaoqing, and asked the earth dog to continue to follow Xiaoqing. In the afternoon, we arrived at Cow Snake Town. However, this time, Xia Yan did not delay in Niusnake Town, and went directly to the mainland fortress.

"Whoosh......"

A black shadow approached the fortress like lightning.

"The Fire Phoenix wants me to join her in the fortress, has she been waiting for me in the fortress?" At this time, Xia Yan had already seen the huge black fortress in the distance.

It was getting late, and the sun was left with a cool red glow. However, along the way, you can also see a lot of adventurers preparing to enter the Forest of Sin!

In order to survive, they have been on the verge of death. Even in the middle of the night, they can enter the Forest of Sin.

"Not here!"

At the intersection of the fortress, Xia Yan stopped, looked at the front and back, left and right, and found no trace of the fire phoenix.

"Go and take a look on the other side!" Xia Yan looked at him, and the figure moved again.

On the other side, there is the interface between the fortress and the forest of sin.

Cultivators who can't fly must pass through a fortress to come out of the Sin Forest, or enter the Sin Forest from the mainland.

A moment later!

"Xia Yan!"

A graceful figure suddenly appeared. Xia Yan fixed his eyes and saw that it was the fire phoenix. The current fire phoenix is not wearing a fiery red dress, but a black power suit. A delicate face, a pair of intoxicating eyes slightly turned, making people's blood accelerate.

"You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a day!" The fire phoenix rolled his eyes, looked at Xia Yan's whole body, and said in a reproachful tone.

"I just received your letter today!" Xia Yan said.

"Oh, let's not talk about it yet, let's go, let's enter the Forest of Sin!" the fire phoenix stretched out his jade hand, grabbed Xia Yan, and quickly walked towards the Forest of Sin.

At the speed of the two of them, in just over half an hour, they went deep into the forest of sin for hundreds of miles.

Although this place is also on the edge of the Forest of Sin, there are far fewer adventurers here, and there is no one to be seen for a long time. After going a hundred miles deep, some of the more ferocious beasts may appear.

Along the way, the fire phoenix did not pause.

She was in front, Xia Yan followed behind, and the two of them were like two rays of light, rushing straight towards the depths of the forest.

Along the way, Xia Yan and Fire Phoenix also encountered a lot of fierce beasts, but the two of them didn't even pause. Those fierce beasts could only feel a gust of wind blowing.

"Do you know the road?"

The two of them had been running for three hours, and finally stopped to rest for a while, Xia Yan couldn't help but ask.

For more than three hours, the two of them traveled more than 500 miles.

According to the standards of the continent, this is already a dangerous area of the Sin Forest, and even dangerous spirit beasts can be encountered, and people from the Dark Night Continent may also encounter them.

Of course, spirit beasts and people from the Dark Night Continent are not so easy to encounter.

"Of course, have you forgotten that I said that I had searched for the Illusory Realm alone?" the Fire Phoenix glanced at Xia Yan, "However, I can't enter the entrance of the Illusory Realm alone, so I have to find someone to accompany me." ”

"How long will it take to arrive?" Xia Yan asked.

Now they have penetrated five hundred miles, and the entire forest of sin is about five thousand miles long and two thousand miles wide.

"Don't worry, let's take a rest, in three hours, we can reach the entrance of the Illusory Realm. The fire phoenix reached out and stroked his somewhat messy hair, "On this road, we won't encounter spirit beasts, even if ordinary beasts are beasts, as long as we are not surrounded, there is no danger, so don't worry." ”

Fire Phoenix's eyes flickered a little as he spoke.

Xia Yan always felt that the fire phoenix seemed to have something to hide from him. It's just that he can't be sure.

The two rested for a while, and the fire phoenix gave some Xia Yan the dry food he brought. After eating a little, the two walked through the Forest of Sin again.

"Roar~"

There was a slight vibration under his feet, and an earth-shattering roar came from the side.

In the dense forest, there was chaos all of a sudden.

"Spirit beasts?"

The majesty of this roar alone was terrifying, and it was likely to be a spirit animal.

And judging from the screams, this spirit beast seems to be extremely angry, as if it is fighting with the enemy.

"Let's go, don't stop!" Seeing Xia Yan slow down, the fire phoenix hurriedly shouted.

"Hmm!" Xia Yan nodded, and his speed increased.

Three hours later, the sky was white, and dawn came. The fire phoenix stopped again, and Xia Yan gradually slowed down behind the fire phoenix.

"Arrived at the entrance of the Illusory Realm?" Xia Yan looked left and right, the trees here seemed to be a little sparse, not as dense as most of the places they had walked through just now.

Many bare rocks, emerging from the ground.

"It's almost there, let's take a break and recover our spiritual power!" The fire phoenix looked solemn, looking ahead, her body was also tense, Xia Yan could feel the fluctuations in her spiritual power.

His brows furrowed slightly, Xia Yan didn't ask any more, just ran the Spirit Gathering Acupoint to absorb the spiritual power from the outside world, and replenished the spiritual power consumed when he was rushing away.

The Fire Phoenix pulled out the map and compared the nearby terrain.

Xia Yan could feel that it was definitely not the first time that the Fire Phoenix had come here, she was very familiar with the surrounding terrain. Moreover, after thousands of miles of rushing along the way, the fire phoenix didn't even spend much time identifying the direction, and was always in a state of high-speed running along the way.

After a stick of incense, the fire phoenix's body squatting on the ground stood up, looked ahead, and his eyes flashed.

"Xia Yan, I'll go and see first, you wait for me here. If someone approaches, you'd better keep your face out. The fire phoenix turned around and said to Xia Yan.

"What do you mean?" Xia Yan asked with a frown.

"There may be other cultivators around here, you should be careful here alone, don't be discovered. Those people are very vicious and very powerful, and if you are discovered, you will probably be killed by them. The fire phoenix turned its head, twisted its waist, and disappeared from Xia Yan's sight in three or two times.

Seeing the fire phoenix disappear, Xia Yan stopped in place for a moment, and quietly followed towards the place where the fire phoenix disappeared.

"Here, there are traces of fighting, and some of the traces are all new, and they won't last more than three months!" Xia Yan had already discovered the traces of these fights, and some of the rocks had become powder and crumbs, which were obviously destroyed by very powerful cultivators with spiritual power.

(To be continued)