Dou Qi Pavilion Sign-in, Soul Codex

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Xiao Chen stood before the Dou Qi Pavilion and wondered, Could I complete the check-in just by standing outside the Dou Qi Pavilion?

After all, as one of the family's most important locations, the Dou Qi Pavilion was guarded with extreme strictness and was usually designated as a forbidden area. Even members of the Xiao family were prohibited from entering without permission. It would only be temporarily opened after the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.

Therefore, if he could not check in merely by standing before the Dou Qi Pavilion, Xiao Chen would have no choice but to return after the Coming-of-Age Ceremony a month later.

But just then!

Ling Er's soft, gentle notification sounded in Xiao Chen's mind.

"Ding. You have arrived at the check-in location: Dou Qi Pavilion. Would you like to check in?"

"Check in!" Xiao Chen answered without the slightest hesitation.

"Checking in."

"Ding. Congratulations, Host. Check-in successful. Reward obtained: Soul Codex!"

As Ling Er's soft, gentle notification faded, streams of information poured into Xiao Chen's mind.

After standing there for quite a while, Xiao Chen inwardly sighed. So the Soul Codex was actually a cultivation technique for soul power. Not only did it record how to cultivate the soul, but it also contained Soul Skills.

Having completed the check-in, Xiao Chen glanced at the Dou Qi Pavilion. Since he would be entering it in a month anyway, he turned and headed toward the Xiao Family Back Mountain.

Xiao Family Back Mountain, inside a Mountain Cave.

"Ultimate Soul..."

Inside the Mountain Cave, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged with his eyes shut, his lips moving faintly as he recited the cultivation mantra recorded in the Soul Codex.

Whoosh!

Xiao Chen's low voice slowly echoed through the Mountain Cave. A moment later, faint ripples suddenly arose in the previously tranquil world.

It was here—Spiritual Energy.

The instant those faint ripples appeared, Xiao Chen's tightly shut eyes flew open. After sweeping his gaze over the surroundings, he closed them once more.

Spiritual Energy was an exceedingly mysterious kind of energy. It did not possess the might of Dou Qi, yet it was an incomparably nourishing substance for the soul. However, it was like chaos itself and extremely difficult to sense.

In ancient times, Alchemists had only been able to sense and absorb Spiritual Energy because they possessed certain special Soul Skills. But in the current era, those so-called mysterious Soul Skills had long since vanished completely. Very few Alchemists knew how to sense Spiritual Energy, much less absorb it.

The Soul Codex Xiao Chen cultivated contained Soul Skills—Soul Skills for cultivating and strengthening the soul, as well as Soul Skills meant for battle.

Within Xiao Chen's perception, wisps of extremely fine, faint airflow suddenly appeared in the void world that had originally been filled with Heaven and Earth Energy, like strands of chaos.

They were then absorbed into Xiao Chen's body. Following the method for absorbing Spiritual Energy recorded in the Soul Codex that the system had given him, wisps of Spiritual Energy seeped into his glabella. Xiao Chen immediately felt a faint coolness in his mind, a sensation that only appeared after one's soul power had grown.

Sensing that his soul power had strengthened by the slightest amount, Xiao Chen's eyelashes fluttered as he opened his dark eyes and looked at the tiny, chaos-like streams of air in the sky. Then, he closed his eyes again and continued cultivating the Soul Codex.

Xiao Chen had now cultivated techniques such as the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength and the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, and his physical body had already become extremely powerful. Yet he had made little progress in terms of his soul. What he needed now was to strengthen his soul power.

For once one's soul power reached a certain level, even if the physical body were destroyed, as long as the soul survived, one could be reborn in the future.

Time slowly passed as Xiao Chen cultivated. Suddenly, his eyelashes twitched, and his tightly shut eyes opened. Looking at the darkened sky, Xiao Chen immediately left the Mountain Cave, climbed to the summit, and made his way down the mountain.

As he walked, Xiao Chen pondered the benefits brought by cultivating the Soul Codex. After walking for more than ten minutes, he returned to his room.

After closing the door, Xiao Chen entered the Small World within his Cosmos Ring once again. He first went to check on Xian Er and Meng Er. Meng Er had long since refined the medicinal effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill and was sitting cross-legged on the bed with her eyes shut in cultivation, while Xian Er was cultivating on another bed.

Over the next month, Xiao Chen mainly cultivated techniques such as the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, and the Soul Codex. However, he and Meng Er left the Small World within the Cosmos Ring and cultivated in Xiao Chen's own room.

As for Xian Er, Xiao Chen did not yet intend to let him appear before others. After all, the Three-Star Dou Zong Xian Er was one of Xiao Chen's trump cards.

During that month, Xiao Chen sometimes strolled through Wutan City with Xiao Xun'er, sometimes visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, and occasionally guided Meng Er's cultivation. His days were full and leisurely.

Until the Coming-of-Age Ceremony arrived. That day, Xiao Chen rose from bed, got dressed with Meng Er's assistance, washed up, and then led Meng Er out of the room.

For a family to remain prosperous through the ages, the most important thing was maintaining vitality. The source of that vitality was the younger generation of the family. They were the family's fresh blood, and only through the constant influx of fresh blood could the great machine that was a family continue operating at all times.

Thus, the Coming-of-Age Ceremony was a major event that every family valued greatly, and the Xiao family was no exception.

As one of Wutan City's three great families, the Xiao family's Coming-of-Age Ceremony naturally drew the attention of every faction in the city. Some friendly factions had even accepted the invitation and come directly to attend it.

When Xiao Chen brought Meng Er to the Xiao family's square, he unsurprisingly saw Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan. Xiao Xun'er immediately walked toward him.

"Brother Xiao Chen."

Xiao Xun'er came to Xiao Chen's side. Her beautiful eyes gazed at him, a smile blooming across her exquisite face as she spoke softly.

Xiao Chen nodded, then looked at Xiao Xun'er with his dark eyes. Today, she wore a Purple Dress that wrapped around her still-developing breasts. Her long black hair was casually tied with a pale purple ribbon and fell smoothly along her alluring curves to her waist. Beneath her skirt were a pair of fair, tender jade feet, instantly drawing countless gazes.

Xiao Chen immediately took Xiao Xun'er's fair, soft, boneless hand and, together with Meng Er, found an unoccupied spot to sit down. His gaze swept over the people gathered in the square.

Suddenly, Xiao Chen's sweeping gaze stopped on a beautiful woman leaning against a large tree. She wore an academy uniform and had a longsword at her waist. Her figure was rather tall, but the most eye-catching feature was her pair of fair, shapely, slender, alluring legs.

"Xiao Yu!"

Looking at the woman, Xiao Chen thought of Xiao Ning's sister and murmured to himself.

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