Pill Realm
After calming himself down, Xiao Yan found a quiet corner to sit down.
Before the spatial passage, a giant, jet-black tortoise lay prostrate, with an old man sitting cross-legged on its back.
The old man was the examiner for the second round of testing. He explained the rules to the group of "candidates" and then gave each of them a Space Stone, a map, and a list of Medicinal Herbs.
Each person can only stay in the Pill Realm for ten days, collect Medicinal Herbs marked on Medicinal Herbs list, and then reach the destination according to the map to pass the test.
The Space Stone is for survival; in an emergency, it can be crushed to escape, but this is equivalent to giving up one's qualification.
After collecting their belongings, Xiao Yan and his companions passed through a spatial passage and arrived at a plain.
Although the World Energy in the Pill Realm is more concentrated, it is filled with violent destructive power. Clearly, the world is dying, and the World Energy has also been affected.
After confirming that no one was nearby, Xiao Yan took out two Space Jade Slip, crushed them one after the other, and two Space Wormhole were formed. Void Venerate and Zi Yan then emerged from the Space Wormhole.
The Void Venerate was hunting the Soul Hall, which Xiao Yan and Xuan Kongzi had discussed, so it didn't count as cheating; Zi Yan was trying to unite the Magical Beast in the Pill Realm, which Xiao Yan had also discussed with Xuan Kongzi, so it didn't count as cheating either.
In fact, both of these Space Jade Slip Xuan Kongzi given to Xiao Yan; otherwise, even Half-Saint wouldn't have been able to forcibly break into the Pill Realm.
"Void Venerate, you should remain hidden and keep an eye on Gu He from a distance. He will be moving with the main force of Alchemist. Wait until he is suddenly surrounded by the elders of the Soul Hall before you make your move," Xiao Yan said, pointing at Gu He.
The Void Venerate smiled and nodded, then disappeared.
Xiao Yan spread out the map again and said, "Let's go! We'll go to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, find the Magical Beast there, and deal with the Soul Hall together."
Zi Yan grabbed Xiao Yan's clothes and said coquettishly, "I'm hungry, Xiao Yan, make me some medicine to eat~"
Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, rubbed Zi Yan's little head, took out the medicine cauldron, and began to refine the Primal Qi Augmentation Pill.
Zi Yan is already at the Peak Dou Zong, and now she needs to accumulate energy to break through to Dou Zun. This Primal Qi Augmentation Pill is just right to be used as a snack.
After Gu He went far away, Zi Yan pulled Xiao Yi Xian away and then brought back a half-zhang-tall piece of Earth Core Jade Mother and a Thousand Year Earth Yellow Essence.
"You really spoil her!" Xiao Yi Xian put down the two items and pouted.
Zi Yan was clearly just making an excuse to stall for time until Void Venerate left before going treasure hunting, but Xiao Yan actually started refining medicine right here.
"Xiao Yan is the best to me!" Zi Yan exclaimed excitedly, her big eyes crinkling into crescent moons.
Xiao Yi Xian looked helplessly at Zi Yan. Zi Yan, at the Peak Dou Zong, was already sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate face and a breathtaking figure, and she was extremely attached to Xiao Yan...
In the Dou Qi Continent, strength reigns supreme, and Xiao Yi Xian had long been mentally prepared. But when the moment came, he still wanted to give that jerk a good beating...
With his current skill level, refining the Sixth Grade Pill Primal Qi Augmentation Pill was naturally a simple matter for Xiao Yan. Half a day later, he had refined the round Pills with Pill Pattern and casually tossed it into Zi Yan's mouth.
Only then did Xiao Yan examine the Thousand Year Earth Yellow Essence and the Earth Core Jade Mother.
The Earth Yellow Essence is nothing special, but the Earth Core Jade Mother nurtured the Earth Core Soul Marrow, which can be used to break through to the Spirit Realm.
However, given Xiao Yan's current Soul Realm, this Earth Core Soul Marrow wouldn't be of much use.
The three of them headed towards the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and arrived successfully in less than half a day.
The Myriad Medicine Mountain Range winds and coils like a giant dragon, with thick fog filling the air. This fog is not composed of water vapor, but rather is formed by the condensation of concentrated energy into tiny droplets.
Before Xiao Yan could even venture deep into the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, a terrifying wave suddenly erupted, causing even Xiao Yan, who was not present, to feel a jolt of fear.
From a distance, three figures were facing each other on one side of the mountain range, with one of them, whose entire body was shrouded in a black robe, clearly at a disadvantage.
"They've already started fighting?" Xiao Yan watched from afar, not going over.
The first two rounds of the Pill Gathering were a mixed bag, and the Soul Hall could easily kill a certified Alchemist from the Pill Tower and use his medal to sneak in.
This Peak Dou Zun obviously entered in this way, but he didn't expect there were two other people waiting for him here.
"Why don't you Gu Clan fight the Soul Clan? Why do you always make things difficult for our Soul Hall?" The man in black robes cursed, his voice echoing through the sky, but it couldn't change the fact that he was being attacked by two people.
"And you, from the Kong Xuan Sect! You killed three Heavenly Venerate of my Soul Hall last time, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and now you dare to oppose my Soul Hall!" Seeing that the Gu Clan ignored him, the man in black robes tried to scare away the Void Venerate.
"Hehe, Third Heavenly Venerate, you can go in peace!" Void Venerate laughed.
"A mere eighth-level cultivator? If it were just you alone, I could destroy you with one hand!" The Third Heavenly Venerate shouted again, enduring the attack from the Gu Clan's expert, attempting to force the Void Venerate to retreat first.
But the Gu Clan expert wasn't stupid either. He did his best to restrain the Third Heavenly Venerate, preventing them from harming the Void Venerate, thus maintaining a two-against-one situation.
The difference between the eighth and Nine Revolutions is indeed significant, but the Nine Revolutions is not so great as to ignore the eighth revolution; it can still be harmed by the eighth revolution.
The Gu Clan expert was invigorated. If he could kill the Third Heavenly Venerate here, and the clan would give him a reward, he might be able to break through to the Half-Saint!
Thinking of this, he activated his Clan Mark, which greatly increased his combat power.
"Peak Dou Zun! My Heavenly Demon Puppet is only at the level of a five or six- Dou Zun, and its Soul Power can only fight a seven or eight -Dou Zun. Let's not bother with it." Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze and pulled Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan deeper into the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
The lord of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range was an Eighth Rank Ancient Dragon Bear, who at this moment transformed into a burly man standing atop a high mountain, trembling as he watched the three auras from afar.
Sensing someone approaching, the burly man impatiently tried to shoo them away, but his raised hand suddenly froze.
Beads of cold sweat slowly trickled down the burly man's forehead. He stiffened his neck and turned his face to look at the two figures who had brought terrifying bloodline suppression to the scene.
"Hello! My name is Xiong Zhan!" the big man said, waving his raised hand.
"Big guy, were you trying to hit us just now?!" Zi Yan said with a fierce look in her eyes.
"Haha, how could that be?" Xiong Zhan scratched his head and laughed, as if nothing had just happened.
"From now on, you'll follow me! You're an Ancient Dragon Bear after all, and you've cultivated to the eighth level on your own. With some training, you might become Supreme Dragon Bear," Xiao Yan said calmly.
Xiong Zhan's eyes immediately lit up. The Supreme Dragon Bear was a Ninth Rank Dragon Bear. It was a realm that could only be reached after cultivating nine silver stripes, fully awakening the Dragon Bloodline within its body, and undergoing a transformation.
The Supreme Dragon Bear is the pinnacle of the Dragon Bear Clan. If given enough opportunity, he might even reach the level of Nine-star Dou Sheng!
"Big brother! From now on, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west!" Xiong Zhan said.