Going to the Heavenly Serpent Empire
The word Pill Gathering, even Xiao Yan who grew up in a remote area like the Gama Empire, was no stranger to it.
The Pill Gathering is held by the Pill Tower, the headquarters of the Alchemist Association in Central State, every thirty years, aiming to cultivate young Alchemist geniuses. The Alchemist Convention in the Gama Empire every four years is actually an imitation of the Pill Gathering.
Different from the Alchemist Convention, the Pill Gathering is a feast for Alchemists throughout the Dou Qi Continent, a competition among Alchemists from the entire Dou Qi Continent. Its scale is incomparable to a small Alchemist Convention.
Moreover, only Alchemists above the Fifth Grade can participate, and there are extremely valuable rewards for winning.
And Medicine Venerable, the Master in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring, was the champion of the previous Pill Gathering.
Xiao Yan frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Enter the Small Pill Tower? With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult to get a Medicine Formula from the Pill Tower, right?"
Hun Xuzi narrowed his eyes, revealing a strange smile, and said, "It is impossible for me to enter the Small Pill Tower."
"Why?"
"Heh heh heh, because I once studied in the Small Pill Tower. In the end, when I was about to obtain that Medicine Formula, the then-Tower Master of the Pill Tower discovered my identity as a member of the Soul Clan. I killed him and escaped. After that, the Soul Palace and the Pill Tower even broke out in a great battle."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's scalp tingled. This Hun Xuzi not only cultivated Alchemy in the Pill Tower, but also killed the Tower Master of the Pill Tower in the end! The strength of the Pill Tower's Tower Master could not be weak, at least a Ninth Grade Alchemist, a Dou Sheng, but he died at the hands of Hun Xuzi, whose cultivation was extremely powerful!
Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed. He felt that Hun Xuzi was hiding something.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yan asked, "What Medicine Formula do you want me to get?"
The relationship between the Pill Tower and the Soul Clan is very bad. You must know that the establishment of the Pill Tower was to fight against the Soul Palace's capture of Alchemists everywhere, so that Alchemists could unite to fight against the capture of the Soul Palace's Soul Envoys, Protectors, and Venerables.
And the Soul Palace is a force established by the Soul Clan, the relationship between them can be imagined.
"Your Soul Clan is already a Dou Di family, why don't you just exchange with the Medicine Clan for whatever Medicine Formula you want?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion. Isn't that Medicine Clan the family of the former Medicine Emperor? Are there any Medicine Formulas more powerful than the ones created by the Medicine Emperor?
"Those guys from the Medicine Clan are old-fashioned, thinking that what the Medicine Emperor left behind is the best. The Medicine Formulas of the Medicine Clan have hardly changed in tens of thousands of years, and the Alchemy techniques are still the same as before. Only a few are worth referring to. However, some things of the Medicine Clan, my Soul Clan will get sooner or later. Heh heh heh."
Xiao Yan shrugged. The Medicine Clan also possesses Tuoshe Ancient Jade, and a war will break out sooner or later.
Without saying anything else, winning the Pill Gathering is a test for Xiao Yan by the Soul Clan, just like the test of obtaining the Soul Token.
After all, to refine the Emperor Pill, let alone the Pill Tower and the Medicine Clan not having the ability to refine it, even Hun Xuzi, such a self-confident and arrogant person, needs another peak Alchemist with comparable strength to join hands to complete the refinement.
If he can't even get a small Pill Gathering champion, he is naturally not qualified.
And that Mu Gu Venerable is probably also arranged by Hun Xuzi to participate in this Pill Gathering, the purpose is also to win the championship, or Hun Xuzi is more optimistic about Xiao Yan, deliberately arranged such an Eighth Grade opponent for Xiao Yan.
Seeing that Hun Xuzi had finished speaking, a strange color flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes, and his eyes became a little fierce.
Seeing such eyes, even Hun Xuzi was a little curious, and asked, "With such eyes, what else do you desire? Since you are a candidate for the Emperor Pill plan, my clan will naturally invest resources suitable for your identity. Mu Gu and Han Feng have also obtained some things to achieve such achievements."
Hun Xuzi had just said that the Emperor Pill plan only needs one person. This is not to say that more is not good, but even for the Soul Clan, to allow a person to break through to the Emperor Realm Soul, it is a matter of hurting their bones. Even the Soul Clan can no longer take out a second share of resources.
"Medicine Formula? Alchemy techniques? Pills? Or treasures, Dou Techniques, Cultivation Methods, with your current potential, you can indeed get some rewards, just as a prize for you." Hun Xuzi waved his hand, and treasures appeared in the black mist, including even Heaven Rank Dou Techniques and Eighth Grade Pills, each of which was tempting.
But facing these things, Xiao Yan didn't even look at them, and said in a low voice, "Gu Clan. I want all the information about the Gu Clan."
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, even Hun Xuzi showed some surprise. Facing so many treasures, he actually chose this! "Heh heh heh, hahahaha! Such obsession, I like it! Then as you wish, accept it, this is all the information about the Gu Clan that my clan has collected." A cloud of black mist surged out, enveloping Xiao Yan, and strands of Soul information about the Gu Clan poured into Xiao Yan's mind.
I don't know how long it took, the black mist disappeared, Xiao Yan took the Soul Token and left, no one knew what Xiao Yan was thinking in his heart at this time.
With a creak, when Xiao Yan walked out of the Soul Palace, what came into view was a dark mass of Soul Envoys wearing low-level Soul Robes.
"Greetings, Flame Venerable!"
The uniform shouts were deafening, and among these people, there were many Dou Wang experts, their Dou Qi like rainbows. This scene stunned Xiao Yan. He had only been inside for a while, what was going on! Beside him, Xiao Li walked slowly, shrugged and said, "These Soul Envoys heard that you, Flame Venerable, have appeared, and they all said they wanted to come and see you."
Xiao Yan shook his head speechlessly, but this was not surprising. Venerable, this is the identity of a Dou Zun in the Soul Palace.
If a Dou Zun suddenly appeared in Gama Holy City, the entire Holy City, even the royal family, would come to see him.
Xiao Yan waved his hand and lowered his voice, "Go back."
"Yes, Venerable!"
No Soul Envoy dared to disobey Xiao Yan's words. In an instant, everyone left one after another, and they just wanted to see the legendary Venerable. Even if Xiao Yan was wearing a Soul Robe and a hood, and his face could not be seen at all, their fanaticism for the position of Venerable was undiminished, which instead added to Xiao Yan's mystery.
"Is it done? If you need any help, just tell Second Brother. Even if Second Brother's cultivation is not as good as yours now, Second Brother can do anything that can help you." Xiao Li put his arm around Xiao Yan's shoulder heroically.
Xiao Yan could naturally hear that what his Second Brother said was true.
"There's nothing else, just that Bodhi Transformation Saliva. If there's any news, notify me immediately with the Soul Jade Pendant. That thing is very important." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice.
Xiao Yan had previously inquired about the news of the Bodhi Transformation Saliva through Soul Old Ghost, but because the Bodhi Transformation Saliva was related to the Bodhi Tree, it was extremely rare. It is estimated that there is only one tree in the entire Dou Qi Continent.
The Bodhi Tree's location is currently unknown even to the Soul Palace, so there is no news about it.
After everyone left, Xiao Yan returned to Yunlan Sect with Xiao Li, as they would be heading to the Heavenly Serpent Empire together the next day.
Early the next morning, after having breakfast and drinking tea with his father, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan flew with his second brother, Xiao Li, to the Imperial Palace in Gama Holy City.
When Xiao Yan and Xiao Li arrived, everyone else was already waiting. A huge blue Nethersea Flood Dragon was standing before the Imperial Palace, drawing gasps of amazement from passersby.
This time, they would not be flying to the Heavenly Serpent Empire separately, but would instead ride the Nethersea Flood Dragon. As a Magical Beast, its endurance was more lasting than that of an average Dou Huang, allowing it to fly continuously for a long time.
Originally, the Nethersea Flood Dragon was unwilling to be ridden, but "Xiao Yan, hurry up, we're waiting for you!" Zi Yan, standing on top of the Nethersea Flood Dragon's head, waved at Xiao Yan, naturally extremely excited to be going to the Heavenly Serpent Empire.
The Nethersea Flood Dragon had many complaints, but it dared not voice them at this moment. After breaking through to the Dou Huang realm, Zi Yan's bloodline suppression on the Nethersea Flood Dragon was not insignificant. With a hardening of Zi Yan's gaze, the Nethersea Flood Dragon seemed to petrify, unable to move at all.
Xiao Yan smiled, flew to the Nethersea Flood Dragon, and clasped his fist in greeting, saying, "I'm troubling Flood Dragon King this time."
"No trouble, no trouble at all. Xiao Yan Master cured my stubborn ailment, this is just a small matter, not worth mentioning," the Nethersea Flood Dragon said in a booming voice.
"No need to be polite with it. If this guy dares to say no, I'll twist it into a pretzel," Zi Yan raised her small fist, threatening the Nethersea Flood Dragon.
"Of course, of course, it's an honor for this old Flood Dragon to carry Miss Zi Yan. Hehehe." The Nethersea Flood Dragon said with a flattering expression.
Seeing the Nethersea Flood Dragon like this, Queen Yao Ye and Jia Xing Tian could only smile wryly. Even when facing Jia Xing Tian, who had broken through to Dou Zong, this guy still maintained an arrogant demeanor, but now he was acting like this in front of a little girl who had just entered the Dou Huang realm. How could Jia Xing Tian not be speechless?
After everyone stood on the Nethersea Flood Dragon's back, a pair of huge blue Dou Qi wings grew out of the Nethersea Flood Dragon's back. Its strength was not at all weaker than the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King, already equivalent to an Eight Star Dou Huang. The Nethersea Flood Dragon suddenly flapped its wings, stirring up a slightly humid aura.
The Nethersea Flood Dragon carried a group of a dozen people towards the center of the Northwest Region, to the Heavenly Serpent Empire, which possessed the oldest heritage and the strongest strength in the Northwest Region!
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In the center of the distant Black-Corner Region, a giant academy famous throughout the Dou Qi Continent was located.
Today was a rather lively day for Canaan Academy's Inner Academy. According to custom, the Inner Academy would organize an event every month where all students would enter the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower to cultivate. The Inner Academy students were incredibly supportive of this event, because on this day, they did not need to pay any Fire Energy to cultivate in the tower. And today was exactly the collective cultivation day for this month.
When Xiao Yan was in the Inner Academy before, he had heard of this event, but rarely participated, because with his status as a wealthy man, he didn't need to worry about Fire Energy at all, so naturally he didn't need to compete with so many people for cultivation rooms.
Because Han Feng had led people to attack the Inner Academy, some of the Inner Academy's policies had changed in the past two years, and the number of people in the entire Inner Academy had gradually increased, with more fresh blood joining to strengthen the academy's strength.
Therefore, the number of people in the Inner Academy now was naturally far from what it used to be.
Not long after the morning bell rang, teams began to head towards the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower one after another. And when the blazing sun hung in the sky, the spacious square outside the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower was already filled with a sea of people.
Today, the area around the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower had been rebuilt into a huge square. In the center of the square was the tip of the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, which was barely exposed above the ground. In addition, there was a statue erected at the entrance of the tower. The statue was very young, wearing a black robe and holding a Black Ruler, with an expression as calm as an ancient well, setting off his delicate face as particularly handsome.
Almost everyone in the Inner Academy had seen this statue standing at the entrance, so they didn't show any surprise when passing by. Occasionally, some students would stop and look down at the deeds recorded on the monument below, all marveling at the amazing nature of this man's deeds.
The Inner Academy's youngest and most talented Alchemist, the hero who defeated Han Feng, the demon who attacked the Inner Academy, the founder of the Inner Academy's most powerful force, and other titles and deeds were all engraved on the monument.
At this moment, in front of the statue, a tall woman stood gracefully, her eyes filled with a hint of inexplicable meaning, staring blankly at the familiar face of the statue. The woman's appearance was quite pretty, and what attracted the most attention was her pair of slender and rounded sexy legs. All passersby couldn't help but sweep their gazes over the former's legs, but this kind of scanning was extremely subtle and they didn't dare to be disrespectful in the slightest.
Because they were also very clear about this woman's identity, she was Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan's cousin, who had been exceptionally promoted to become an Elder of the Inner Academy.
"I wonder how you are now." A smile appeared on her face, and Xiao Yu sighed softly, murmuring to herself.
Only when she was alone would she reveal her true thoughts about Xiao Yan. She could only learn about Xiao Yan's news through the Mittel Auction House in Xiao City.
Now, Xiao City, as Xiao Yan had planned, had not only become a well-known and top-ranked city in the Black-Corner Region, but also, half a year ago, Ya Fei had personally come to hold an auction of pills personally refined by Xiao Yan. Together with those from the Medicine Gang back then, Xiao City had completely become the gathering center for Alchemists in the Black-Corner Region.
If you wanted to seek pills or Alchemists to refine pills in the Black-Corner Region, the best place to go was Xiao City.
"Cousin Xiao Yu, the Great Elder is looking for you." A sweet-looking girl with an extremely voluptuous figure walked from afar, her human weapon bouncing up and down, causing the passing men to swallow their saliva and exclaim fiercely in their hearts!
Seeing Xiao Mei coming, Xiao Yu put away all her thoughts and nodded. Just as she took a step, suddenly! An anomaly occurred! A terrifyingly hot temperature was rapidly rising from the bottom of the tower! Immediately, the ground began to tremble, and the entire Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower shook. An extremely terrifying aura came from beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
"What's going on?!"
"What happened?!"
Xiao Yu was stunned at first, then she thought of something and murmured, "Could it be!"
The Great Elder appeared instantly. At this time, the Great Elder, with his Dou Zong strength, showed an extremely solemn expression. He roughly guessed what was happening, but this aura, this power cultivation, was much more terrifying than he had imagined! "How could her cultivation improve so much!"
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