Interrogating Iron Protector

With the black light moving faster than lightning, Xiao Yuan had almost no time to dodge! Faced with Xie Bi Yan's sudden and desperate attack, Xiao Yi Xian was terrified. She wanted to save Xiao Yuan, but she was powerless and could only watch helplessly as the black light arrived in front of Xiao Yuan.

However, Xiao Yuan, who had long been wary of Xie Bi Yan, was indeed lacking in Dou Qi, but his methods were not limited to Dou Qi!

The immense soul power was sent into Xiao Yuan's body by Yao Lao. The next moment, a bluish-brown Heavenly Flames appeared at Xiao Yuan's fingertips, quickly drawing a snake shadow in front of him! Heavenly Flames - Serpent Sealing Technique! As the snake shadow appeared, the immense soul power transformed it into a snake of Heavenly Flames. The fire snake opened its mouth and swallowed Xie Bi Yan's desperate attack, turning it into a snake totem that fell into Xiao Yuan's palm, sticking together to form a small snake-shaped mark.

"Are you feeling better now?"

Xiao Yuan flashed to Xie Bi Yan's side and slapped his head away.

Looking at his own body, which was getting further and further away from him, Xie Bi Yan's eyes were filled with confusion.

Why does this woman have so many tricks up her sleeve? Xiao Yi Xian rushed over at this moment, grabbed Xiao Yuan's hand, and looked into his palm.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

Xiao Yi Xian quickly asked.

"It's alright, I sealed his attack. It was quite vicious, but unfortunately, I have Heavenly Flames."

Xiao Yuan smiled, indicating that Xiao Yi Xian didn't need to worry.

"Okay, that's good."

Xiao Yi Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and then, seemingly through the snake-shaped mark in Xiao Yuan's palm, she saw what was inside.

"That old bastard really went all out, he actually used the Magic Poison Spot on you. You'd better have reacted quickly, or you'd be in trouble!"

A flicker of fear crossed Xiao Yi Xian's eyes as she hugged Xiao Yuan tightly.

A moment later, Xiao Yi Xian, with a cold face, crawled out of Xiao Yuan and looked at the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate members below, her eyes flashing with chilling killing intent.

"Even though you're alright, I'm still going to kill all of these people from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate!"

The Xiao Yi Xian's words were filled with a strong sense of ferocity, clearly indicating that the life-or-death crisis Xiao Yuan had just encountered had greatly angered her.

"Alright, leave the cleanup to them. Now, give me a proper introduction to this Magic Poison Spot."

Xiao Yuan took Xiao Yi Xian's hand, smiled gently, and said softly.

"Okay, I'll go and explain."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded, then summoned several elders of the Poison Sect to arrange the relevant matters. Afterwards, she called Zi Yan and quickly returned to Xiao Yuan's side, leading Xiao Yuan back to Heavenly Poison City.

In the valley of Heavenly Poison City, Zi Yan was sitting outside taking small pills, while Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian were chatting on the second-floor terrace.

"Magic Poison Spot is a sinister technique Chuyun Empire to cultivate poisonous Dou Qi. It can condense the poisonous fighting Dou Qi of the whole body into one spot and shoot it into the enemy's body. In the end, it forms a black spot. This black spot will continuously release poisonous threads. When these poisonous threads spread to every acupoint in the body, the meridians of the person who is hit will quickly rot, and in the end, they will suffer endless pain and die in despair."

Xiao Yi Xian frowned, looking at the snake-shaped mark on Xiao Yuan's palm, and gave a brief explanation.

"In other words, this contains the life-long fighting Dou Qi of a Dou Zong expert. If the poison in it can be neutralized, then I will inherit that enormous Dou Qi in its entirety."

Xiao Yuan smiled and looked at his palm with interest.

"You didn't know this would happen all along, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly looked at Xiao Yuan with an unfriendly expression.

"Not really, it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. Before coming here, I looked at the information on the Chuyun Empire. This Magic Poison Spot is quite famous. There have been strong people in the Jia Ma Empire who died from this move before, so naturally I couldn't be careless."

Xiao Yuan shook his head and waved his hand as he spoke.

"That's too risky of you. Even if I were to advance to Dou Zong, I wouldn't be able to undo the Magic Poison Spot cast by a Dou Zong expert unless I could find an expert one level higher than the caster. You shouldn't do such dangerous things in the future. I don't want you to be in any danger."

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head, stared intently at Xiao Yuan, and said solemnly.

"Don't worry, I can find even Dou Zun expert. Otherwise, someone as risk-averse as me wouldn't dare to even consider this thing." Xiao Yuan smiled, then couldn't help but add, "Do you think it's possible for me to force the experts from other forces in the Chuyun Empire to this point as well? Once I break it, wouldn't I be able to use their Dou Qi for my own purposes?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian glared at Xiao Yuan with a dark expression, couldn't help but punch him, and then said through gritted teeth:

"Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? Putting aside whether what you're doing is right or wrong, are you out of your mind? Who knows what kind of mutation their Magic Poison Spot will produce when they combine? What if they get out of control and poison you to death?"

"Ahem, I was just saying, don't take it seriously!"

Xiao Yuan raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. Still dressed in women's clothing, he looked pitiful. For a moment, Xiao Yi Xian was no longer angry and could only shake her head helplessly.

"Anyway, take it easy. This Magic Poison Spot will erupt in six months. Within six months, you must find a way to break it. Or, I can try to delay the eruption of this Magic Poison Spot for you right now."

Xiao Yi Xian thought for a moment and then said seriously.

"No need, trust me, just give me some time."

Xiao Yuan smiled and said calmly.

"Alright, then I'll protect you."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian nodded; she naturally chose to believe Xiao Yuan.

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian sitting upright, Xiao Yuan nodded, then returned to his room. With a wave of his arm, an invisible soul force surged out, enveloping the room.

"Teacher, what do you think of these Magic Poison Spot?"

Xiao Yuan summoned the Heavenly Flames sealing snake in his palm, frowned as he looked at the black substance inside its body.

"You've got a good plan. This contains the life's worth of Dou Zong powerhouse Dou Qi. If you can refine it, your strength will probably increase significantly."

As the Yao Lao stroked his beard, he observed the Magic Poison Spot inside the snake sealed by the Heavenly Flames and sighed.

"It's all thanks to the teacher's help, otherwise this thing would probably have ended up on me, and then I would have been in big trouble."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan shook his head. With his own soul power, he was actually unable to perform the Serpent Sealing Technique to this extent. It was only thanks to Yao Lao's powerful soul power that Xiao Yuan was able to achieve this.

"Well, don't worry. Your five Qi Mansion do have a high energy requirement, so using this method to speed up your cultivation is fine. I will start researching this thing. Maybe this time I can use it to make a kind of pill."

The Yao Lao nodded, his words filled with confidence. With his Venerable Yao skills, dealing with a Magic Poison Spot would not be difficult!

"Then I'll leave it to you, teacher!"

Xiao Yuan naturally trusted Yao Lao immensely, and immediately felt relieved. He then took out the jade bottle containing the Iron Protector. Yao Lao's gaze swept over the jade bottle in Xiao Yuan's hand, and his eyes narrowed slightly. He then set up a powerful seal in the room.

It is, after all, a soul entity at the Dou Zong level, and should not be underestimated.

Nodding to the Yao Lao, Xiao Yuan wiped the mouth of the bottle with his palm, and the fluctuations of the Orange-Red Flame gradually weakened and slowly dissipated.

At this moment, the figure of the Yao Lao gradually faded and seemed to disappear, but Xiao Yuan knew that he had concealed his figure by using the Space Power.

With Yao Lao's strength back then, he was already very familiar with the use of Space Power. To achieve this effect now, it was just a matter of a thought.

As the flames dissipated, a phantom soul rushed out and, in a desperate act, shot towards the roof.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, the soul was bounced back and crashed to the ground, where it was burned by the Orange-Red Flame that Xiao Yuan had thrown out, hissing and crackling. Then a shrill scream rang out.

Xiao Yuan looked at the illusory soul that was running away with its head in its hands, smiled faintly, and moved his hand seal. The orange-red flames rolled upwards and closed in, enveloping the illusory soul.

"Iron Protector was so arrogant just now, but now he's in such a hurry to run away?"

Smiling, Xiao Yuan looked at the Iron Protector who was cautiously hiding in the flame shield, not daring to let his body touch the surrounding flame wall at all, and said with a smile.

"What exactly do you want? We, the Hall of Souls Protector, all have Soul Imprint within the Soul Hall. If you kill me, it will definitely be discovered, and the enforcers of the Soul Hall will absolutely not let you off!"

Iron Protector glared at Xiao Yuan and the others, and roared.

"I only want to ask a few questions. As long as Iron Protector tells the truth, I will not kill you."

Xiao Yuan remained noncommittal in the face of Iron Protector's threat, and smiled slightly.

Upon hearing this, Iron Protector's eyes flashed, and he sneered, "What do you want to ask?"

"Tell me about anything related to the Soul Hall," Xiao Yuan asked softly, sitting down in his chair.

"News from the Soul Hall?"

Iron Protector was taken aback, looking at Xiao Yuan with surprise. Ordinary people would avoid them like the plague, but he didn't expect this guy to actually dare to inquire about this news.

"Boy, you've really got some nerve. Don't think you can be arrogant just because you've defeated two Dou Zong experts. In the eyes of the Soul Hall, destroying you is just a piece of cake. If you know what's good for you, you'd better release me now, otherwise... Ah!"

Before Iron Protector could finish speaking, the Orange-Red Flame wall around him suddenly contracted, finally adhering to his soul body. The intense heat caused his body to hiss continuously, and his shrill screams rang out once again.

After scorching for about half a minute, the flames slowly dissipated, revealing the extremely withered soul within.

Xiao Yuan glanced indifferently at Iron Protector, his voice flat. "This is not the answer I want. Don't think I wouldn't dare kill you. Moreover, before I kill you, I will make you suffer enough pain."

"You" stared at Xiao Yuan with venomous eyes, then glanced at the surrounding Orange-Red Flame. A hint of fear flashed in the Iron Protector's eyes. After a long while, he finally said with great reluctance, "What news do you want to know about the Soul Hall?"

"How strong is the Soul Hall?"

Xiao Yuan asked calmly. Although he knew some information about the Soul Hall, it was not detailed and he could not easily tell Yao Lao. However, through Iron Protector, he was able to reasonably understand the information about the Soul Hall.

Upon hearing this, a mocking look appeared in the eyes of the Iron Protector. He said, "Aren't you afraid of hurting your feelings by asking this question? The Soul Hall has a strict hierarchy. Protectors alone are divided into three levels: Heaven, Earth, and Human. I am just a Human-Grade Protector. Above the Protectors are the highly respected Venerable Elder. Their strength is unmatched even in the entire Douqi Continent. In the eyes of the Soul Hall, your so-called Poison Sect is nothing more than a small branch hall that can be wiped out directly."

"Do you know anyone named Wu Protector?"

Xiao Yuan's expression remained unchanged as he lightly tapped the table with his finger and spoke slowly.

"The Wu Ying? You've met him?"

This time, it was Iron Protector who was somewhat surprised.

"We've fought before," Xiao Yuan said calmly.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Iron Protector looked at the young man in front of him again. After a moment, he said, "He is also a protector of the Soul Hall, but he is of a higher rank than me. He is Earth-Grade Protector."

"Where do you submit the captured souls after you've done so?"

Xiao Yuan then asked.

"We have a quota of tasks each time, and we must complete the quota within the specified time before we can go back to hand it in. However, this is not the headquarters. The Soul Hall has many branch halls on the continent, and the place where we Spirit Absorption is in those branch halls."

Looking at the flickering flames around him, Iron Protector trembled and hurriedly said...

Do you know the locations of several branch halls?

Xiao Yuan continued to ask questions.

"Each time they go out on a mission, Human-Grade Protector is only qualified to know the location of one branch hall, Earth-Grade Protector can know three."

Feeling the intense heat of the surrounding flames, Iron Protector answered without hesitation.

Where?

Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked slowly.

Upon hearing this, Iron Protector gritted his teeth and shook his head, saying:

"This is a secret of the Soul Hall. If it is exposed, my fate will not be much better than dying at your hands!"

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yuan's dark eyes, and he suddenly clenched his fist. The Orange-Red Flame wall immediately contracted and adhered to the Iron Protector's body. The hissing sound rang out again, and the Iron Protector's miserable scream followed.

"You have two choices: either die now from the scorching flames, or pray that your leak won't be discovered by the Soul Hall," Xiao Yuan said indifferently, looking at the Iron Protector who was emitting white smoke.

"You bastard, ah, I'll talk, I'll talk, let me go!" Iron Protector had just cursed when the temperature of the Orange-Red Flame suddenly rose, and in the pain, he hurriedly shouted.

Upon hearing his voice, the tightly packed wall of flames slowly expanded, revealing the listless soul.

"The branch temple I know of is extremely far from the Chuyun Empire, in a place called Sky Burial Ravine within the Tianxin Empire, near the junction of the continent's center and the Northwest Region." The Iron Protector's soul trembled slightly before he finally spoke dejectedly.

"Tianxin Empire. Sky Burial Ravine?" Xiao Yuan murmured to himself, frowning. He had never heard of this place before.

Xiao Yuan nodded slightly, glanced at the Iron Protector whose soul was trembling slightly, and then said indifferently, "I hope what you said is true, otherwise if we can't find this place, your fate will probably not be good."

"You still want to imprison me?" Upon hearing this, Iron Protector's expression changed, and he roared angrily.

"Are you really going to let me off like this?" Xiao Yuan sneered. Before Iron Protector could even curse, he waved his hand, and a suction force surged out, drawing Iron Protector back into the jade bottle. Then, Orange-Red Flame poured in, continuously penetrating the bottle while sealing it, keeping Iron Protector's soul in a state of constant severe injury.