Journeying Out for Experience

Journeying Out for Experience

Shaking his head and refusing to dwell on it further, Xiao Ling skipped over the gold coins and began examining the item descriptions one by one.

[Myriad Soul Banner: Can store souls. The souls within devour one another, strengthening themselves. It can summon the souls within to fight, view their memories from before death, and improve its quality through Blood Sacrifice. It can currently hold only ten souls and can only collect and use soul bodies in the same major realm as the user's Soul Power.]

Xiao Ling was stunned by the description. "Holy shit, the famed Human Emperor Banner—'If you don't work hard at cultivation today, you'll be brothers in the Myriad Soul Banner tomorrow.' This thing is far too wicked. Unless necessary, I'd better not take it out too often." With a wave of his hand, a black banner appeared in his grasp. It looked utterly ordinary, no different from a common black flag. Xiao Ling bit the tip of his tongue and let the blood drip onto the banner to claim it as his master. Before long, he sensed an inexplicable connection with the Myriad Soul Banner. Unless Xiao Ling died and his soul dispersed, no one else would be able to use it. No longer dwelling on it, he stored it in his storage space and continued reading the other descriptions.

[A bottle of Youthful Appearance Pills: Contains fifteen Youthful Appearance Pills. These pills allow the taker's appearance to remain youthful and unchanged forever.]

"Youthful Appearance Pills—these are good stuff. Even in the cultivation world, they're precious pills. The medicinal ingredients all have to be over a thousand years old. Even Old Demon Han wouldn't have had the resources to refine them without the Sky-Holding Bottle." With a thought, a porcelain bottle appeared before him. He picked it up, removed the stopper, and peered inside. Sure enough, there were fifteen Youthful Appearance Pills within. "I'll give these to my wives as gifts in the future!"

[Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe: Records the refining method and required medicinal ingredients for Yellow Dragon Pills. Taking a Yellow Dragon Pill can help cultivators increase their cultivation and achieve the effect of rebirth.]

"Yellow Dragon Pills—these were treasures that helped Old Demon Han raise his cultivation early on. I wonder whether cultivators of the Dou Qi Continent can use them." With a wave of his hand, the Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe landed in his grasp, and he began reviewing the ingredients and refining method. "I can find herbs with similar properties on the Dou Qi Continent, but the drug resistance will be somewhat greater. They can only increase the cultivation speed of Dou Qi, so they work much like Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. I can use them for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin during their early stages. Besides, I've already reconstructed the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid recipe myself. I really have to thank the original novel for describing it in such detail. Taken orally and used in medicinal baths, the effects will definitely be excellent."

[A bottle of Worry-Free Pills: Contains fifteen Worry-Free Pills. They can cause the taker to forget the memories of a single day.]

With a thought, a porcelain bottle appeared in his hand. Upon opening it, he found fifteen Worry-Free Pills inside. Shaking his head, Xiao Ling put it away. This thing had quite a lot of potential uses, but it was not very useful for the moment.

[Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger: A martial art created by the Great Desolation Emperor of Tian Xuan Continent. Its grade is Creation Martial Art.]

Xiao Ling was somewhat surprised when he saw this martial art. "Isn't this the move frequently used by Lin Dong, the male protagonist of Wu Dong Qian Kun and a future supreme powerhouse?" With a wave of his hand, the cultivation method fell into his grasp. After flipping through it, Xiao Ling could not help but sigh. "This move really is useful. Although I can't use it yet—I need to reach Dou Ling first—its upper limit is high. I can keep using it until the high levels of Dou Sheng. Its upper limit is a little higher than the Emperor Seal Art's, though its lower limit is somewhat lower." Xiao Ling nodded in satisfaction and stored it in the System Space.

[Emperor Grade Pill: A peak sixth-grade pill. After taking it, a Dou Huang powerhouse can increase by one to two stars. It can only be taken once in a lifetime.]

[Sect Breaking Pill: A peak sixth-grade pill. After taking it, it can increase a Dou Huang Peak cultivator's chance of breaking through to Dou Zong. Even if the breakthrough fails, it can stabilize one's cultivation.]

With a thought, the two pills appeared in his hand. These two pills were currently of no use to Xiao Ling. Taking out two jade bottles, he used Absorption Palm to place them inside, then stored them in his belt.

He looked out the window. Night had already fallen, and the sky resembled a black silk ribbon adorned with countless twinkling stars.

A bright moon hung high in the heavens, scattering silver-white radiance as though draping the earth in a veil of gauze.

No longer dwelling on anything else, Xiao Ling formed a cultivation hand seal and used cultivation in place of sleep.

The next morning

Xiao Ling formed a hand seal to end his cultivation, then walked out of the cultivation room.

Checking the time, he saw that it was nearly time for his appointment with President Hu Gan.

After stretching lazily, Xiao Ling washed up, left his room, and headed toward Hu Gan's office.

In the small courtyard next door, Ling Ying saw Xiao Ling leave early in the morning. Remembering his young mistress's instructions from yesterday, he glanced at the sleeping Xiao Xun'er, then looked away and followed some distance behind Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling was completely unaware of this, though even if he had known, he would not have thought much of it.

Arriving outside Hu Gan's office, Xiao Ling knocked on the door and said, "President Hu Gan, it's Xiao Ling."

Hu Gan's voice came from inside. "Xiao Ling, come in. The door isn't locked."

Hearing this, Xiao Ling pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Hu Gan smiling at him, Xiao Ling first gave a bow, then found a seat and sat down. "President, why did you ask me to come?"

Hu Gan did not mind Xiao Ling finding a seat at all. Over the past two years, Xiao Ling had gotten along very well with the teachers and elders at the academy. The longer one knew him, the more one realized that Xiao Ling was a very easygoing person. Moreover, he only showed this side of himself to those close to him.

Hu Gan smiled warmly. "Aren't you planning to leave Jia Nan City and gain some experience? Your progress over the past few years has been outstanding, and we are very satisfied with you. This time, we are giving you an assessment mission. If you complete it, then after entering the Inner Academy and reaching Dou Ling, you won't have to wait for the Strong Ranking tournament to begin. We will make a special exception and allow you alone to undergo Fallen Heart Flame origin body tempering once. Of course, it will be far more difficult than when ten people temper their bodies together, but with your ability to recover your body, you should be able to endure it."

After hearing this, Xiao Ling could not help sighing inwardly. The academy really treats me well. They're even opening the Fallen Heart Flame origin body tempering for me alone.

Xiao Ling asked impatiently, "Then what is the assessment mission?"

Stroking his beard, Hu Gan said, "Choose someone on the academy Patrol Team's wanted list who is at least a five-star Da Dou Shi, and kill them. These are all people who disrupted order within Jia Nan City and fled. They certainly won't be weak among those of the same rank, so you must not be careless."

After hearing this, Xiao Ling nodded. "Then, President, I'll go complete the mission. Wait for my good news." With that, he turned and left.

Hu Gan watched Xiao Ling's departing figure and nodded. Originally, he had planned to persuade Xiao Ling that morning to cultivate at the academy for a while longer, and even if he went out, Hu Gan would have arranged for someone to protect him in secret. However, the mysterious Dou Huang powerhouse who protected Xiao Xun'er had come to see him yesterday and said that he would ensure Xiao Ling's safety. Thus, Hu Gan had nothing to worry about. Besides, a true powerhouse still had to undergo the tempering of battle.