The Effect of the Soul Token
The Black Robed Man on the right also took off his hood, revealing Yun Shan! Yun Shan's eyes held surprise and doubt as he sized up Xiao Yan. He could sense that Xiao Yan's Soul Robe was of a very high grade, indicating that Xiao Yan's level was not low!
"You are a Human Rank Protector?" Yun Shan frowned, looking at Xiao Yan. What he wanted to know most right now was why Wū Protector, an Earth Rank Protector, hadn't attacked Xiao Yan.
The Soul Palace wasn't like Alchemists, foolishly displaying their rank on their robes. Unless they knew each other, no one knew the other's level.
Xiao Yan mused inwardly, "Human Rank Protector? Does that mean Protectors are divided into Heaven, Earth, and Human ranks, while Soul Envoys are divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow ranks due to their large numbers?"
Xiao Yan spread his hands, saying dejectedly, "You guessed wrong. I'm just an Earth Rank Soul Envoy, not a Protector."
"Earth Rank Soul Envoy?!" Yun Shan's expression was surprised as he turned his head to look at Wū Protector, who was enveloped in a cloud of black mist.
Yun Shan had just joined the Soul Palace and had become a Heaven Rank Soul Envoy with his Dou Huang peak strength. After breaking through to Dou Zong using pills, he became a Human Rank Protector. What did Xiao Yan, an Earth Rank Soul Envoy, have to rely on!
He didn't understand! Just then, a hoarse voice came from the black mist on the other side: "When I learned that the Xiao Clan of Wutan City had not been eliminated by that lord, I sensed something was wrong, but I never expected that you would join the Soul Palace."
His eyes flashed, as expected! It was this old thing who harmed him! "Defeating the Yunlan Sect was the trial that lord gave you, right?" Wū Protector said slowly.
Xiao Yan's heart sank, thinking, "Hmm? This guy doesn't know about the Soul Token? He thought my havoc at the Yunlan Sect was a trial given by Hun Xuzi, so he didn't appear, so he's afraid of Hun Xuzi?"
"He can't see the Soul Light of the Soul Token, but Soul Old Ghost can sense the Soul Token."
At this moment, Xiao Yan's mind was racing. The corners of his mouth rose, and his eyes flashed. Facts speak louder than words. Wouldn't he know if he tried!
He lightly tapped his Storage Ring, and an ancient token appeared in Xiao Yan's palm.
"Soul Token!!" At this moment, Wū Protector, as an Earth Rank Protector, changed his expression drastically, even taking a step back involuntarily. His eyes widened as he looked at Xiao Yan, feeling incredulous for a moment!
On the contrary, Yun Shan was stunned. He didn't know what a Soul Token was at all.
For a time, Wū Protector was so frightened that the black mist on his body dissipated. He was so dazed that he couldn't speak. After a moment, he murmured to himself, "That lord actually bestowed the Soul Token upon you."
Xiao Yan indifferently played with the token in his hand, saying, "It seems this thing is very precious. I thought it was just a piece of rotten wood."
"Rotten... rotten wood... This is something that countless Protectors, even Heaven Rank Protectors, want to obtain. Only by possessing it can one enter the Soul Palace's sacred ground in Central State and be considered a member of the clan." Wū Protector looked at the Soul Token in Xiao Yan's hand with longing, his eyes undisguised with covetousness. Even Heaven Rank Protectors didn't have this thing. Only higher-level Venerable Elders were qualified to possess it.
And the Venerable Elders were all Dou Zun, in charge of the Disha Hall!!
Xiao Yan frowned slightly, thinking, "This Soul Token is indeed the clan token of the family. If it's like the Xiao Clan, only core disciples of the family have the clan token, then this token is indeed quite important."
"Even Dou Zong doesn't have a clan token, so does that mean you have to be Dou Zun to be considered core! Just how strong is this Soul Clan!"
Xiao Yan also had his own family's clan token, a Young Clan Leader's clan token, which his father Xiao Zhan gave him on the day of his sixteenth birthday coming-of-age ceremony. Only with the clan token could he freely enter and exit places like the Dou Technique Pavilion and the treasury.
Moreover, different clan tokens had different powers. For example, Xiao Yan, with the Young Clan Leader's clan token, had the right to read all the Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques within the family, and he could take up to three thousand Gold Coins from the treasury each month.
And Xiao Yan remembered that he had used the Soul Token to open the Soul Path for the trial at the Soul Offering Old Shop. Combining Wū Protector's words, that meant this Soul Token could open the Soul Path in Central State and enter that so-called sacred ground.
"However, your clan token doesn't seem to be activated," Wū Protector said dubiously, because he had never possessed a Soul Token either. He had only seen a Heaven Rank Protector once, who had obtained a Soul Token as a reward for capturing a Dou Zun Soul Body by great luck.
That Soul Token was exactly the same as the one in Xiao Yan's hand, but it was activated and had the Protector's name on it, while Xiao Yan's didn't.
Xiao Yan's heart trembled, but he said calmly, "Isn't this normal? My trial hasn't ended yet. Causing a ruckus at the Yunlan Sect is just one of the trials."
"I still need to enter the Gate of Life and Death to complete the remaining trials."
Wū Protector didn't doubt Xiao Yan's words at all and nodded slowly.
"What do you mean by saying that the Xiao Clan was not destroyed?" Xiao Yan looked at Wū Protector with a solemn expression. His family was the most important thing to Xiao Yan. He needed to know why Hun Xuzi came to the Xiao Clan back then and what he was looking for! What made Xiao Yan strange was that Wū Protector actually looked at Yun Shan!
After some explanation, Xiao Yan was truly speechless to the extreme! It turned out that after Nalan Yanran wanted to break off the engagement and sought Yun Yun's consent, she came to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement. As a result, Xiao Yan crushed Nalan Yanran with absolute strength.
Although Nalan Yanran had intentionally concealed this matter, the higher-ups of the Yunlan Sect naturally knew that the next Young Sect Master had been defeated by a family from a remote city with one punch.
Naturally, Yun Shan also knew about a genius teenager named Xiao Yan, who defeated Nalan Yanran with one punch, which made Yun Shan suspicious.
And the Soul Palace had always had a top-level mission, which was to find a hidden super family, the Xiao Clan.
Originally, a small family as remote as Wutan City would not have attracted Yun Shan's attention, but it was Xiao Yan's instant defeat of Nalan Yanran that made Yun Shan notice! Later, after Wū Protector heard about Xiao Yan, he came to Wutan City to capture the Clan Leader Xiao Zhan to ask for credit, but he discovered that there was a peak Dou Huang expert guarding the small Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
Therefore, Wū Protector did not alert the enemy, but reported the matter to the highest-level Tiangang Hall of the Soul Palace.
That was how that series of events came about.
It was also because of the Xiao Clan that Wū Protector was promoted from Human Rank Protector to Earth Rank, and was even allowed to build a new branch hall in the Yunlan Sect for Wū Protector to manage.
The reason why Xiao Yan found few people when he came in was because this branch hall had only been built in recent years.
After hearing this, Xiao Yan wished he could go back three years and beat himself up. Why couldn't he have just called off the engagement properly! Why did he have to show off! Anyway, the engagement was definitely going to be called off!
"Hun Xuzi was looking in the wrong place, I'm not the person the Soul Palace is looking for. Later, I passed his trial and obtained this Soul Token," Xiao Yan said, trying to appear calm.
Of course, the first half of that was a lie. He knew at the time that the Xiao Clan Hun Xuzi was looking for was the Xiao Clan of Wutan City. What Xiao Yan didn't expect was that his clan had once been so powerful, even possessing something the Soul Palace would go to any lengths to obtain.
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