Soul Hall Arrives

"Pill Beast?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yuan's vulgar words, everyone was stunned. It took them a long while to gradually come to their senses. They stared at the snow-white little beast in disbelief. The beast was staring at them with its bright eyes, looking very curious. How could it possibly resemble a pill? "Hehe, I can't be mistaken. This little guy is indeed a pill, and a genuine super Rank 8 Pill that has reached the level of Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning!"

No one doubted Xiao Yuan's alchemy skills. Hearing Xiao Yuan's certainty, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

"If word gets out about this, the powerful figures within these Ancient Ruins will probably go crazy."

Cai Lin blinked her beautiful eyes and said with a slightly solemn expression, "The allure of this grade of pill is irresistible even to some old monsters. If they knew about it, they would definitely use every means to snatch it."

Between Dou Zun, it is extremely difficult to improve one's strength. If someone can consume this pill, their strength will surely increase greatly, which is enough to offset decades or even hundreds of years of cultivation. How many people can resist such temptation?

Upon hearing Cai Lin's words, everyone quickly snapped out of their euphoria. This thing was indeed a great treasure, but it was also an extremely hot potato. If word got out, everyone who entered the ruins would instantly become envious, and then it would truly become the target of everyone's envy.

"Then, shall we arrest this little guy?"

Zi Yan said with some excitement.

This level of elixir would be extremely beneficial to her.

A gleam of admiration appeared in Qing Lian's beautiful eyes as she thought, "Following the young master really means I don't have to worry about anything! The young master is wonderful!"

"No need for that." Xiao Yuan shook his head, a smile appearing on his face, and said, "It's just one more little glutton."

After saying that, Xiao Yuan took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring. The bottle contained several Sixth Grade Pill. He took one out and tossed it far away to the snow-white little guy.

The pill gently landed beside the snow-white little beast, spinning around. The beast was startled and retreated a distance before coming closer to sniff it. A hint of excitement flashed in its bright eyes, and with a flick of its pink tongue, it swept the pill into its mouth like a bean, crunching and swallowing it.

After eating a Sixth Grade Pill, the little beast looked up again, its bright eyes fixed on Xiao Yuan, its pink tongue constantly sticking out like a puppy's, clearly not satisfied with the taste.

Xiao Yuan took out several more Sixth Grade Pill and flicked them all to the side of the snow-white little beast. The beast accepted them without hesitation and swallowed them all. As the little beast swallowed about ten pills, the wariness in its eyes as it looked at Xiao Yuan gradually lessened.

"Isn't this incredibly wasteful?"

Seeing Xiao Yuan throw out these Sixth Grade Pill like beans, Zi Yan couldn't help but feel a little sorry for them. These little things were her food!

"There's no way around it; these kinds of Pill Beast are too picky eaters, and pills below grade six are unlikely to be effective."

Xiao Yuan shook his head and said softly.

This feeding continued for a full ten minutes. In those ten minutes, Xiao Yuan had thrown out more than twenty Sixth Grade Pill and eight Grade 7 Pill. This speed of consumption made Xiao Yuan want to take some forceful measures against the Pill Beast. Even with his current abilities, it would take him at least three to five days to refine these pills, but now they were all gone under the Pill Beast's crunching teeth.

Fortunately, this extravagance was not endless. Just when Xiao Yuan was becoming somewhat numb, the snow-white little beast sat up on its hind legs with satisfaction, patted its round belly with its two furry paws, and looked completely content.

Seeing that he had finally fed the little guy, Xiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and whistled at him. The snow-white little beast glanced at him with its bright eyes, seemingly wanting to go over, but there were many people around Xiao Yuan, which made it hesitate.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan knew it was time to take drastic measures. As long as he could get the little guy to come over willingly, he could temporarily be considered the master of this Pill Beast.

With a flick of his hand, he took out the Soul Infant Fruit.

This item is an extremely precious Medicinal Herbs. It can be used as the main ingredient in refining Rank 9 Pill. Naturally, it is extremely attractive to Pill Beast that yearn to accumulate energy to evolve to the ninth grade.

The moment the Soul Infant Fruit appeared, the Pill Beast's eyes widened. It then sprang to life on the table with its forelegs, and its round body arced through the air as it eagerly charged toward Xiao Yuan.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan reached out and grabbed it, instantly Soul Imprint on it with terrifying soul power, thus concealing the aura of the Pill Beast.

As for the Soul Infant Fruit, feeding such a good thing to Pill Beast? That would be a waste! "Here, go play with it."

Xiao Yuan casually tossed the Pill Beast to Qing Lian, glanced around, rummaged through the surroundings, and then led everyone out of the secluded pill room.

At this moment, more and more powerful figures are arriving at the third level of the Pill Hall. In some pill chambers, shouts and curses of fighting often break out, obviously because they have discovered treasures and started to fight.

The other pill chambers had been basically looted, so Xiao Yuan lost interest in exploring them again. Since he had already obtained the greatest treasure of the Pill Hall, the others were insignificant. Therefore, Xiao Yuan and his group did not linger there. They found the exit passage and then, with the precious Pill Beast that would make countless people envious, they swaggered away.

As they left, they naturally attracted a lot of attention. Some of those gazes lingered on the pill Pill Beast in Cai Lin's arms, but no one could recognize the little creature's true identity. Coupled with the terrifying lineup of Xiao Yuan's group, anyone with a bit of sense wouldn't be foolish enough to try and stop them.

The group successfully exited the Pill Hall, but were momentarily stunned as they stared at the intersecting passages. The ruins were too vast, and reaching the main hall directly would not be easy.

Fortunately, Xiao Yuan's soul power was so strong that after some investigation, he found a direction and immediately led everyone to fly away at high speed.

About ten minutes later, the view in front of them suddenly widened, and after rushing forward a distance, a huge ancient hall finally came into view.

The entire hall is bronze in color. Countless years have made this bronze color appear even deeper and more profound. An ancient aura emanates from beneath every stone slab, allowing people to feel the vicissitudes of countless years of silence.

The main hall was extremely vast, and people standing inside looked like ants. In the center of the hall, there were ten huge orbs of light, which floated in mid-air. In the dazzling light, one could vaguely see something like a scroll.

Judging by its appearance, it must be something good.

Xiao Yuan's gaze swept across the clusters of light emanating a strange pressure, then suddenly stopped at the center of the ten clusters. There, on a stone seat, sat a skeleton entirely white with jade-like skin, its hands forming hand seals, cross-legged. "The skeleton of Dou Sheng Expert."

Looking at the skeleton, Xiao Yuan's eyes lit up. The main goal of this trip was this Dou Sheng Skeleton!

This was the first time he had ever seen Dou Sheng Expert. Although it was just a skeleton, the pressure that had seeped deep into the bones was like a jack, making Xiao Yuan and the others feel a sense of oppression.

"This is the main hall of the ruins," Qing Lin whispered.

Xiao Yuan nodded slightly, shifting his gaze from the ball of light and the skeletons to the vast center of the main hall, where many figures stood, each exuding a powerful aura. Among them, Xiao Yuan once again saw the Tianming Sect, the Burning Flame Valley, and many other forces.

Inside the vast hall, figures stood scattered about. Apart from a few lone travelers, most of the rest were powerful forces with considerable reputations in the Central State. It seemed that their goal was quite clear, as they had headed straight here after entering the ruins.

When Xiao Yuan and his group entered the main hall, they immediately attracted the attention of many people inside. At that moment, they were met with a variety of gazes, some wary, some hostile, and some friendly.

Xiao Yuan simply smiled at these stares, glancing at the location of the Tianming Sect members. He didn't recognize the leader of the Tianming Sect at all, but that didn't matter, since they would all be dead soon anyway.

Upon entering the main hall, Xiao Yuan discovered that there were more than a dozen figures sitting cross-legged around the towering stone throne. These figures were all gray in color and looked like stone sculptures from a distance. Their eyes were closed, and it was unknown how many years they had been preserved in this posture. However, even so, these dozen stone sculpture-like figures made everyone afraid to step into the area within ten feet around the stone throne.

"Puppet?"

Upon seeing these lifeless, stone-carved figures, Cai Lin murmured in surprise.

"Hmm, and they are probably quite high-level puppets. This feeling is similar to that of the Tian Yao Kui. If I am not mistaken, these dozen or so puppets should all possess the strength of the Dou Zun level."

With a slight probe of his soul power, Xiao Yuan discerned the true nature of the puppets. A look of solemnity flashed across his eyes. Although these puppets were motionless at the moment, it was only because they had not yet been activated. One could imagine that once these puppets were activated, it would inevitably lead to an exceptionally fierce and brutal battle.

Upon hearing this, Cai Lin and the others changed color slightly. A lineup of more than a dozen Dou Zun expert —even if the powerhouses present could deal with them, the losses would certainly not be small.

"As expected of the ruins of Dou Sheng Expert, if a battle were to break out..."

Qing Lin was also amazed; even she felt a chill run down her spine at such a lineup.

"Heh, you've come at the perfect time, kid. The seal here is getting weaker and weaker, and it will probably dissipate completely soon."

Upon seeing his good son-in-law Xiao Yuan, Tang Zhen smiled and led the experts from Burning Flame Valley over. He walked towards Xiao Yuan with a smile and said...

"Uncle, is this our target for this trip? How come there are as many as ten?"

Xiao Yuan smiled and asked, "Of all those present, I'm probably only on good terms with Burning Flame Valley. The others are either unfamiliar to me or my enemies, even though I've killed most of my opponents."

"Yes, that should be true. However, I think only one of those ten is a true Heaven Rank Battle Skill. As for who will get it, that depends on luck and strength."

Tang Zhen smiled and nodded, saying.

"Oh."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan nodded thoughtfully, glancing at the Dou Sheng Skeleton with a discreet look, and said nothing more.

"Can you tell which of these ten scrolls within the orbs of light is a Heaven Rank Battle Skill?"

Tang Zhen glanced around and transmitted his voice.

Upon hearing Tang Zhen's words, Xiao Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and the soul power between his brows spread out. After sensing for a moment, he shook his head and said, "The seal completely blocks all detection. How can I see through the trap set by Dou Sheng Expert? Now, we can only see who has better luck."

"Having enough luck isn't enough. So many people here are eyeing it covetously. Even if you get it, it'll be a hot potato, and you'll become the target of everyone's hatred."

Tang Zhen said with a smile.

"That's right, we'll have to join forces with my uncle later and help each other out."

Xiao Yuan nodded and said seriously.

"Of course. By the way, be careful of those puppets." Tang Zhen stroked his beard and suddenly said softly, "If I'm not mistaken, these puppets will awaken when the seal is broken, and then it will inevitably be an extremely chaotic bloody battle."

Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly. The current situation in the arena was quite complicated. Not only did he have to be wary of some opponents, but he also had to be careful of these mysterious and powerful puppets. In particular, the Dou Sheng Skeleton seemed to be able to rise from the dead, which was the most terrifying thing. If he was not careful, he would be caught off guard and suffer a terrible fate.

While waiting for the seal to disappear, powerful individuals and various forces continued to arrive at the main hall. As more and more powerful figures arrived, the atmosphere inside the hall became subtle and tense. Everyone knew that perhaps in a short while, the person who had just been smiling and greeting them would not hesitate to kill them.

In this atmosphere, some related forces or familiar powerful individuals began to secretly gather. In such a chaotic place, it would be difficult for one person to truly obtain the treasure.

Sizzle!

One after another, hurried figures rushed in from outside the main hall. However, although more and more people were coming into the hall, it was still eerily quiet. The oppressive atmosphere caused many people to break out in a cold sweat. Their Dou Qi was ready to burst forth at any moment. At the slightest disturbance, their Dou Qi would be instantly drawn out and unleash astonishing destructive power.

Xiao Yuan tucked his hands into his sleeves, his eyes slightly closed, his soul perception encompassing the entire hall. However, to his surprise, he hadn't detected any experts from the Soul Hall. Could it be that they had no interest in this Ancient Ruins? "Hmm? They're here!"

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Xiao Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he abruptly opened his half-closed eyes. Just as he opened his eyes, a strange laugh, seemingly both near and far, transformed into a sharp sound wave that echoed throughout the hall.

"Hehehe, it seems I'm not too late after all."