Leveling Frenzy!

From Luo Xie, Yang Shan learned a little about the Soul Clan and the Soul Hall.

Moreover, these things were not described in detail in the original work; they were background additions made by the game company for the entire Dou Qi Continent.

The Soul Hall has been established for five thousand years.

The purpose of establishing the Soul Hall is only twofold.

First, the soul is retrieved.

Secondly, they selected promising individuals to marry off to descendants of the Soul Clan.

The Dou Di Bloodline in the descendants of the Soul Clan is too weak, but if it combines with the bloodline of a strong person, the offspring born will have a certain chance of greatly increasing the power of the bloodline.

Therefore, within the Soul Hall, those who reach the level of Seven-Star Dou Zun before the age of five hundred have the opportunity to join the Soul Clan and marry members of their bloodline.

If one can reach the Half-Saint, one will be granted the surname "Soul," and one will not only marry a descendant of the Soul Clan, but also a member of the Soul Clan whose bloodline has been activated.

Luo Xie's ancestor was a Half-Saint who married into the Soul Clan.

In the future, there may even be a chance to step into the legendary realm of the Dou Sheng!

However, during a mission, he unexpectedly provoked Gu Xixi, the proud daughter of an important bloodline of the Ancient Clan.

As luck would have it, Gu Xixi had a pretty good relationship with the Xiao Clan Xiao Xuan's cousin, "Blood Axe Xiao Chen".

This immediately angered the Xiao Clan and the Ancient Clan.

The newly appointed Soul Heavenly Emperor, who had just succeeded as the patriarch of the Soul Clan, was terrified. He dragged Luo Xie's Old Ancestor to Xiao Chen and Gu Xixi and annihilated him, thus calming their anger.

Without the protection of their Old Ancestor, their lineage's status within the Soul Clan plummeted.

During this period, several high-star Dou Zun, or even the Dou Zun Peak, emerged.

But no more Half-Saint appeared.

Until 1,500 years ago, the Luo Xie lineage had its "Soul" surname revoked.

Regaining the "Soul" surname became the greatest wish of this lineage.

Who would have thought that this lineage would decline with each generation, and five hundred years ago, they were finally expelled from the Soul World and sent to work in the Soul Hall.

During this period, many of the tribesmen died or were injured.

In the end, only Luo Xie remained.

No one even knows that Luo Xie was once a member of the Soul Clan.

"Hey Little Brother E, this wine is really good. I'm a little drunk."

Yang Shan reminded him, "Tower Master, this is tea, not wine."

Luo Xie: "Oh, this tea is really strong, sigh."

Luo Xie wiped his face haphazardly. "Brother, I still have to deal with the Bloodshed Hall. Little Brother E just got back, so get some rest first."

Luo Xie stood up and couldn't help but remind him, "Little Brother E, you're not stupid. The reason I'm helping you out is because I see your potential and bright future. I hope you'll remember this favor and give me a helping hand in the future."

Yang Shan nodded. "The Tower Master once told me this, and I've always remembered it."

Luo Xie: "Then as your older brother, I have to remind you again. This Hun Dan Young Master isn't like my Old Ancestor, who married into the family. He's a direct descendant of the Palace Master, Palace Master Hun Miesheng! Although he's not a genius in the clan, his status is extraordinary. Even if he just slips something out of his fingertips, it'll make the Black Ranking experts of the Black-Corner Region flock to him!"

Luo Xie patted Yang Shan on the shoulder:

"My Little Brother E, now that you've reached the Dou Wang, there's not much I can do to help you. You'd better make the most of this opportunity!"

After Luo Xie finished speaking, he hurriedly left the cellar.

Yang Shan sat in his chair, deep in thought, "Hun Xian, a direct descendant of the Hun Dan Extinguish Life First Vein, should possess the soul cultivation method inherited by the Soul Clan!"

In the original story, the cultivation methods on the Dou Qi Continent were once diverse and varied.

However, after several eras of development, only the cultivation of Dou Qi has continued to flourish.

The method of soul cultivation has gradually disappeared and is no longer part of the mainstream cultivation system.

Only the top powers might still possess methods of soul cultivation, such as the Pill Tower among the ten major powers of Central Plains.

The protagonist of the original novel, Xiao Yan, won the championship at the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering after reaching the Dou Zong, and was then rewarded with a scroll of soul cultivation method - "Taiyi Soul Decree".

But that was already in the later part of the original story.

Moreover, this kind of soul cultivation technique, which is similar to a cultivation method, is not considered particularly powerful in the original work.

On the contrary, the Soul Hall directly harvests other people's souls and refines them into Pure Soul Energy. With an absolutely domineering and rapid, direct method, it allows the soul to be upgraded wildly without any pressure! Therefore, what Yang Shan wants most is the Soul Hall's method of harvesting souls and refining them into Pure Soul Energy.

After all!

In the game "Battle Through the Heavens," there is never a shortage of disputes between players.

Players can respawn an unlimited number of times!

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well die in his hands and contribute a little soul.

Just then, Yang Shan received a message from Little Yao Xi: "Handsome Uncle, look what this is!"

[Dou Ling Pill]

Grade: Top Grade 5

Pill effect: Increases the experience points of Dou Wang expert by 300,000.

Restriction: Can be taken by those at the Dou Wang level, and can only be taken once.

The recipe for the Dou Ling Pill was a reward that Little Yao Xi received for winning second place in the Alchemist Convention.

Unlike the Ascension Spirit Pill, the Dou Ling Pill still uses the "standard success rate" refining method.

Therefore, even with Little Yao Xi, the chances of successfully refining it are not high.

Yang Shan immediately replied to the message:

"Little Yao Xi is amazing! She's so cute and so skilled at alchemy!"

Being cute has absolutely nothing to do with being good at alchemy.

But these words would definitely make a little girl smile.

Yao Xi: "Handsome Uncle, Xi Xi is so lucky! I was about to log off when I thought I had two portions of herbs, so I decided to give it a try. And it worked! I got three!"

Little Yao Xi had already packed up the three Dou Ling Pill and sent them to Yang Shan.

Yang Shan showered Little Yao Xi with compliments, making the little girl giggle, before urging her to log off soon.

Afterwards, Yang Shan posted a screenshot of the Dou Ling Pill in the group chat. "Freshly refined Dou Ling Pill by Little Yao Xi! Within half a month, anyone who obtains Purple Word Seal or higher Earth-rank Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills, or Purple Word Seal spirit weapon or equipment, can purchase it at half price!"

Not only the Dou Ling Pill, but also four pieces of the Amethyst Spirit Crystal that Yang Shan had previously obtained.

He used one himself, and sold the remaining three to his three employees at half price.

Yang Shan had already taken the Accompanying Amethyst Source, but he did not give it to the three employees.

The Fire Attribute spiritual root granted by the Accompanying Amethyst Source is not practical for them.

Yang Shan believed that during their "long" years Dou Wang, they would eventually obtain a fifth-order Heart Blood Meat that matched their main cultivation attribute.

Yang Shan didn't care.

He is determined to continue down the path of Overload.

He absolutely had to get his hands on the Heavenly Flames! But if his Fire Attribute spiritual root value wasn't up to par, there was no way he could refine the Heavenly Flames.

Chao Bafang: "Holy crap! So fast? Little Yao Xi is amazing!"

Zhu Tianpeng: "Little Yao Xi, you are my goddess!"

Yang Shan: "Stop praising her, she's already offline."

Zhu Tianpeng: "It's okay, I'll take a screenshot and send it to her."

Su Yitang: "Boss, I already have a Tier 1 Dou Technique, so can I..."

Yang Shan: "A master must have high standards. Don't think that just because you're pretty I'll give you preferential treatment!"

After closing the group chat, Yang Shan immediately threw the Dou Ling Pill into his mouth.

Next comes the time for a level-up frenzy!

[Ding! You have consumed the Dou Ling Pill and gained 300,000 experience points!]

[Ding! Player, please note that your Amethyst Spirit Crystal has activated, granting an additional 150,000 experience points. Remaining Amethyst Spirit Crystal experience points: 82,500.]

[Ding! Congratulations on breaking through to the Three-Star Dou Wang level! Meridians +15, Free Attribute +25!]

[Ding! Congratulations on breaking through to the fourth- Dou Wang level! Meridians +15, Free Attribute +25!]

The effect of the Amethyst Spirit Crystal is to give the player 300,000 "reserve experience points". When the player gains experience points, it will give 50% of the experience points at the same time until the reserve experience points are exhausted.

In other words, the Amethyst Spirit Crystal is another consumable special item used to upgrade One-Star Dou Wang level.

However, this item's effect is not as direct as the Dou Ling Pill.

However, any method of gaining experience will grant additional "reserved experience points" with Amethyst Spirit Crystal.

Therefore, using the Amethyst Spirit Crystal first, followed by taking the Dou Ling Pill, is the fastest way to gain "reserved experience points"!

Yang Shan had previously gained over 130,000 experience points from the Amethyst Lion Clan in the Monster Mountain Range, including the experience share from the final fifth-tier Thousand Beast King Amethyst Flame Lion.

The Amethyst Spirit Crystal gave Yang Shan nearly 70,000 experience points.

In addition, the Amethyst Spirit Crystal gave an extra 150,000 coins for taking the Dou Ling Pill this time.

This is why Yang Shan jumped two stars in a row!

Sure enough, practicing step by step is always slow.

With just that one pill, Yang Shan saved at least a week, or even longer, of real-world leveling time! Coupled with the attribute boosts from the Accompanying Amethyst Source, the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, Ya Fei's Sealed Heart Locked Love, and the first kill of the fifth-tier Thousand Global Announcement Thousand Beast King, Yang Shan is now much stronger than when he was One Star Dou Wang!

Player: Yang Shan

Thunder Spirit Root: 50 Fire Spirit Root: 11; Wood Spirit Root: 1; Remaining Usable Spirit Roots: 34; Level: Four- Dou Wang

Soul Strength: Spirit Realm Early Stage (269922/300000)

Attribute performance —

Constitution: 120; Bone Root: 297 Agility: 178 Meridians: 327; Comprehension: 60 Good Fortune: 61; Combat Performance —

Qi and Blood: 20320 (purple) Attack: 1414 (gold) Defense: 712 (blue; upgraded) Speed: 639 (five colors) Dou Qi Intensity: 527 (five colors) Total Dou Qi: 2435 (gold) Goodness! The stats have increased, but the combat power ratings for attack and defense have actually dropped by half a level!

After all, with each star rating increase, the panel's rating criteria will also rise.

When Yang Shan was Two-Star Dou Wang, his panel rating had not changed.

But suddenly it jumped two stars, the rating standard was raised again, but the attribute improvement did not keep up.

The ratings will naturally decline.

There's nothing we can do.

Yang Shan's stat allocation leans towards speed, so the improvement in attack and defense will inevitably be slightly slower.

Especially in defense, that's a real weakness! Even so, the stats are still pretty good.

After all, at this stage, any player with even one attribute shining in gold on their stats will be offered a very good signing fee by many guilds! Like Zhu Tianpeng and Chao Bafang.

Despite these two levels advancing to the Dou Wang, their panel ratings have dropped from two gold attributes to only one gold attribute.

Yang Shan's two colors, two golds, one purple, and one blue are already singing without referring to the script—that's quite outrageous!

Of course, if Yang Shan were to use the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to further boost his stats, then Yang Shan attack symbols would directly turn multicolored! And his speed and Dou Qi Intensity would become "Multicolored; Upgraded"! This is outrageous beyond belief—it's outrageous to the extreme!

Yang Shan even had a feeling that he was invincible under Xiao Xun'er! Xiao Xun'er couldn't see Yang Shan's panel, but Yang Shan was sure that every single one of her attribute ratings could be (five-colored; upgraded)!

And that doesn't even include the Golden Emperor Burning Flame.

That's a cheat!

In the original novel, until Xiao Yan acquired the Dou Di Bloodline, Xiao Xun'er was an even more outrageous overpowered character than Xiao Yan!

Yang Shan thought of Su Yitang again.

Low-Grade Spirit Artifact with Golden Word Seal — Su Yitang's current attack stat should be higher than his! Perhaps it's ("Golden; Rising" Character Imprint), perhaps it's (Five-Colored)! "Never mind, it doesn't matter. As long as I continue to lead the player base, that's fine. When did the Leaderboard Section update again? In the later stages of this version or the next? Anyway, it seems like it started when the number of Dou Wang players increased."

Yang Shan originally only planned to check in at Luo Xie's place and then go to the Jia Nan Academy to find Xiao Xun'er.

But the appearance of that Hun Dan made Yang Shan change his mind.

As long as I can find a way to get back before the Strong Ranking matches, that's fine.

If we could get our hands on some soul refining techniques from that Hun Dan, like that Soul Refining Grand Formation, his Bloodshed Hall Assassin Token and Soul Envoy Personal Decree both have the function of storing souls! Over this long period of time, those two tokens must have contained quite a few!

Now, Yang Shan put the souls of the two tokens into the "Soul Envoy Token" that Luo Xie had just given him.

This Soul Envoy Token is proof that Yang Shan has officially joined the Soul Hall!

From now on, Yang Shan's information will be recorded in the Soul Hall's personnel database!

The Soul Envoy Token currently displays the Soul Quantity:

25720!

Da Dou Shi has 10 points, Dou Ling has 30 points, and Dou Wang has 200 points.

I haven't killed Dou Emperor Yang Shan yet, so I'm not very clear about it.

Many of these were actually obtained by Yang Shan from killing players during Faction Blood War.

The Soul Quantity a player can provide in a single instance is only 20% of that of an NPC of the same level!

It's worth mentioning that the Soul Strength gained from killing monsters is also very low, mostly between 10% and 30% of that gained from NPCs of the same level.

After all, it was written in the original work that the Soul Strength of most magical beasts is inherently weak.

After carefully putting away the Soul Envoy Token, Yang Shan took out the Cloud Frost Cauldron, intending to replenish the energy consumed in refining medicine during this period.

With the Spirit Marrow Pill, a Peak Fifth-Grade Pill, it's only a matter of time before Yang Shan breaks through to become a sixth-rank Alchemist.

So Yang Shan would practice whenever he had free time. Time is like a ditch; a man can always squeeze some out!

Yang Shan is not planning to accept any assassination missions for the time being.

This Hun Dan appearance in the Black-Corner Region shouldn't be just a cameo.

I'll stay at the branch for two days and see if that Hun Dan issues any special missions.

Unexpectedly, Luo Xie rushed to knock on the door in the evening.

"Little Brother E! Quick, the Young Master wants us to come over!"

Yang Shan: "They're here!"

Seeing Luo Xie's anxious and fearful expression, Yang Shan felt somewhat uneasy.

Before that Hun Dan came, Luo Xie was the proper master of the Bloodshed Hall, always acting like a powerful figure.

Now look what's happened; I can only act like a lackey.

"Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"—the ancients were right! Yang Shan followed Luo Xie into the courtyard.

"Hurry up, Young Master don't have that much time to waste!"

Inside the courtyard, Hun Dan, with an arrogant expression, took out a scroll with five paragraphs of text written on it.

The Hun Dan hung it on the display board to the side. "This is the plan Young Master came up with after reviewing the intelligence on the Bloodshed Hall today and racking my brains!"

"The Black-Corner Region is the most chaotic area in the Northwest Continent. Although those lone wolves and scattered heroes often engage in murder and robbery, the major forces still exercise relative restraint."

"Some time ago, the conflict between several forces, including Thousand Speck City, and Jia Nan Academy intensified, but as Jia Nan Academy's defensive line retreated, the situation eased up."

At this point, the Hun Dan pointed at Yang Shan:

"Cheng E, I heard that you previously staked out Thousand Speck City and almost wiped out all the Dou Wang Thousand Speck City. Very good! Luo Xie's judgment is also excellent."

"To collect more souls, we must find ways to stir up conflicts between the major powers! The more chaotic the major powers are, the more souls we can collect!"

"Young Master believe you are all capable people. Serve Young Master well for the next year, and you will be rewarded accordingly!"

That Hun Dan has rambled on about so much nonsense.

The last sentence is the most beautiful.

Everything else is secondary; getting the reward in hand is what matters!

"Come, take a good look at the plan Young Master written. I'm Young Master to..."

Just as Hun Dan was getting carried away, preparing to make great strides in the Black-Corner Region, Protector Liu, who had been observing coldly from the side, suddenly said, "Young Master, your plan seems good, but the Bloodshed Hall is currently short-handed, so your plan cannot be well executed. In my opinion, we should maintain the status quo and proceed slowly!"

Hun Dan said angrily:

"Protector Liu, don't think that just because you're my brother's man you can boss me Young Master!"

Protector Liu replied calmly, "This subordinate dares not presume to instruct the Young Master. However, I am under orders from the Young Master Young Master to protect you. Young Master plan risks exposing the Bloodshed Hall. If the Bloodshed Hall is surrounded and attacked by other forces, Young Master life will be in danger. I regret that I cannot obey Young Master plan!"

The Hun Dan glared at Protector Liu: "Say that again!"

Protector Liu ignored the Hun Dan and turned to Luo Xie and Yang Shan: "Luo Xie, the Bloodshed Hall is short-handed these days. Go and find a way to replenish the manpower, but remember, the Bloodshed Hall is not a place where just anyone can join. It must be strictly screened! If you are exposed and put the Young Master in danger, you won't have enough heads to lose!"

"Cheng E, as a newcomer, you need to do more. Pick a target from the assassination list. You have one month. If you can't complete it, you don't need to be Soul Envoy anymore!"

Protector Liu's words couldn't be clearer.

Strict screening will naturally lead to a slow pace of staff recruitment.

The task that Protector Liu gave to Yang Shan was even more ridiculously simple.

That Hun Dan already said that Yang Shan almost wiped out all the Dou Wang of Thousand Speck City.

What kind of Dou Wang would require Yang Shan, this "chosen one of heaven," to spend a month killing?

Xiao Xun'er?

This was clearly a message to Luo Xie and Yang Shan: "You two ants had better have some sense! I'll cover for you on Young Master's side! If you dare to do anything rash, I'll make you regret it!"

It seems that Hun Dan is not doing very well in the Soul Clan. His own elder brother can easily send One-Star Dou Zong to him and he will outwardly comply but inwardly defy him.

Protector Liu's voice grew louder:

"What are you standing there for? Get out of here!"

Luo Xie and Yang Shan left in a hurry.

Only Hun Dan and Protector Liu remained in the courtyard.

Hun Dan's gaze towards Protector Liu seemed to carry a murderous intent. "Brother, you really have no regard for brotherhood at all, don't you?"

Protector Liu didn't even glance at the Hun Dan, simply saying, "I'm just following orders; the Young Master's safety is the most important thing!"

Hun Dan gave a cold laugh, turned around and went back into his room:

"Very well, very well, alright then. Find Young Master two eye-catching maids! Protector Liu, you can worry about the Bloodshed Hall yourself. I'll just treat Young Master as a leisurely trip!"