With a buzzing sound, space suddenly tore open, revealing a swirling bck vortex. A pitch-bck passage exteo an unknowination. Xiao Yan, wearing his Soul Robe, emerged with a siep from the passageway and op the Soul Altar.
"Wele back, Sir. Did you exge for the items you desired?" Protector Wu hurriedly stepped forward, his aged face squeezing out an ingratiating smile.
"It was nothing special. I only exged for the main ingredient of a Spirit Rising Pill and some medial materials for tier 5 pills," Xiao Yan replied indifferently as he desded from the altar, his gaze calm and unwavering.
"Ah, indeed, indeed! For someone ye to have already bee a 5th-tier alchemist is truly enviable. If Sir wishes, I arrange for the Hall of Souls' stoedial ingredients to be exged on your behalf," Protector Wu said with a smile.
Xiao Yan cast a sweeping g the light clusters around the Hall of Souls. His powerful Spiritual Strength instantly sed over the medial ingredients, after which he responded with a hint of disdain, "Never mind. The medial ingredients here are mediocre at best."
Naturally, he had no pns to reveal to Protector Wu or Yun Shan that he had exged for a High Di Css Soul Skill from the Treasure Hall.
The Hall of Souls had an abundance of Qi Methods and Dou Teiques but was severely g in pills and medial ingredients. This was uandable; Qi Methods and Dou Teiques was more entig to wandering cultivators at the Dou Master, Dou Grandmaster, and Dou Spirit realms, encing them to collect remnant souls, soul fragments, and Spiritual Strength.
If Xiao Yan didn't have the Fme Mantra, he might also be running around searg for stronger Qi Methods. Naturally, seeking out Heavenly Fmes was essentially the same.
Having obtaihe Soul Skill, Xiao Yan had already aplished his inal goal. He ignored Yun Shan and Protector Wu ahe Hall of Souls.
In truth, his pn had been merely to repce that self-harming 'Soul Impact' with a Low Di Css Soul Skill. Uedly, Yao Ao turned out to be so valuable. His jouro the Magic Beast Mountain Range could be said to have filled his pockets to the brim.
"There's a faint medial fragran his hands. It seems he did exge for medial ingredients."
Watg Xiao Yan leave, Yun Shan frowned deeply and said worriedly, "If he ehe Gate of Life ah and actually breaks through the innermost Death Gate and obtains that thing, what should we do?"
A plume of bck fog burst from Protector Wu's body. The aura of a 5-star Dou Aor shook the entire Hall of Souls until it trembled.
"I have wasted so much time and effort oe of Life ah. No matter what, I 't possibly let the thing inside fall into someone else's hands!"
"If he's only after the Heavenly Fme, I give that to him. But that mysterious iance behind the final Death Gate must be mine!"
Protector Wu's eyes were sharp, his tone filled with ruthlessness. No one knew how much he had sacrificed for this.
His appeara the Misty Cloud Se the Jia Ma Empire was no mere ce.
...
After exiting the Space Lock of the Hall of Souls, Xiao Yan stored the Soul Robe in his ste ring and turned his head to look at an unremarkable mountain peak not far away.
Though ordinary in appearance, Xiao Yan could clearly seh his Spiritual Strength that there was another Space Lock left by a Dou Vee there.
'That should be the Space Lock left by Yun Po Tian back then. So the Gate of Life ah is there.'
Meow! The empty space suddenly distorted, and Mao Wu stepped out from the void with its cat-like gait.
"How did it go?"
Meow, meow meow meow!!
(>^ω^<) Meow~
Xiao Yan observed Mao Wu's animated gestures and paw-waving. He naturally couldn't uand guage, but si was his own Heavenly Fme, he could guess what Mao Wu was trying to vey through their special e.
"Is that so? There's a powerful spatial seal beh the Gate of Life ah, and even you couldn't get in." Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately felt that things were not that simple.
Mao Wu could traverse the void. Generally, these Space Locks left by Dou Vees couldn't stop the Nihility Dev Fme. But even Mao Wu coulder the Gate of Life ah.
Xiao Yan was very clever. He had caused a series of otions before entering the Hall of Souls alotrag the attention of Protector Wu and Yun Shan to himself while letting Mao Wu sneak in!
From Nan Yanran's words, he was certain that the Gate of Life ah was far from simple.
Suppose the Gate of Life ah was simply the iance grou by Yun Po Tian and the burial pce for successive Sect Leaders of the Misty Cloud Sect. In that case, theoretically, the most precious thing should be Yun Po Tian's iance.
Nan Yanran had already received Yun Po Tian's ia had only reached the middle ses, not the very end. This proved that something even more important y at the very end.
Protector Wu's efforts to win over Yun Shan aablish the Hall of Souls within the Misty Cloud Sect likely stemmed from this discovery.
Xiao Yan turo gaze at the empty mountain forest behind him, revealing a meaningful smile as he said, "Seems those two are still hiding something. As expected of the ghostly things from the Hall of Souls, each harb their own agenda."
He chuckled softly, then shook his head without further ent. He was gradually uanding more about the inner ws of the Hall of Souls. Lurking in the shadows, hunting for soul bodies and alchemists to exge for rewards—with such practices, the people here were destio prioritize their own is.
Naturally, Xiao Yan also had his own pns. The Yin-Yang Life ah Fme was something he must have. As for the thing at the very end of the Gate of Life ah, that would depend oher fate would allow him to obtain it.
Returning to his residence, Xiao Yan g Medusa, who had reverted to her snake form and was quietly coiled atop the Green Lotus.
Medusa was no lohe tiny snake she once was. Now two meters long and as thick as an arm, her scales reflected a faint seven-clow uhe firelight of the Green Lotus, appeariraordinarily beautiful.
'The growth rate of this snake form is even faster than I imagihe Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's growth potential is truly high.'
Upoering the cultivation room, Xiao Yan didn't immediately start cultivating the Asura Soul Reaping Teique. Instead, he opehe medial cauldron and began refining pills.
'The Asura Soul Reaping Teique cause the cultivator's soul to be clouded with killing i. Although I don't have that so-called Mark, if I use mind-clearing and spirit-awakening pills, it should offset some of the side effects.'
'If worst es to worst, there's always Mao Wu.'
Xiao Yan stroked Mao Wu. The side effects of the Asura Soul Reaping Teique were somewhat simir to the Bck Demon Cauldron, perhaps even more severe.
He had indeed exged for several main ingredients of tier 5 pills from the Treasure Hall. He inteo refine a high-grade tier 5 pill called the Soul Crifyi sing Pill.
This kind of pill ecifically used to treat Qi deviation during cultivation and could prevent the invasion of inner demons.
And so, Xiao Yan's alchemy sessiohe entire night.
…
Knock, knock, knock.
"Xiao Yan, Master has instructed me t you to the Gate of Life ah." A knog sound came from outside, apanied by Nan Yanran's voice.
Xiao Yan yawned and gnced out the window. It was already daylight. With messy hair and dark circles under his eyes, he tidied up the medial cauldron.
He had spent the whole night refining pills, all of which were Soul Crifyi sing Pills. It was no wonder he was exhausted.
Nan Yanra awkward upon seeing Xiao Yan's disheveled appearance, which suggested he had overindulged. She said, "Even though you live together with Queen Medusa, you should restrain yourself a little."
Xiao Yan smiled wryly and said, "I was refining pills all night and haven't had time to freshen up. I didn't do what you're thinking."
Nan Yanran's cheeks flushed crimson in an instant. She wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
"Lead the way then. How you not even do a good job of leading the way? At this rate, I'll have to dock your pay." Xiao Yan casually ran his fihrough his hair, didn't bother to ge clothes, and simply donned his alchemist's robe.
