The distance of several dozen li might not have seemed far.
But once they spread out, they had only the vague direction of south-southeast of Stone Desert City.
The area that needed to be searched was still enormous.
The farther they got from Stone Desert City, the wider the area they had to search.
This was why Xiao Yang wanted to help Xiao Ding and the other expand their mercenary group.
The current Desert Iron Mercenary Group did not yet have as many mercenaries as it would over a year later.
However, with Xiao Yang's reputation as an Alchemist, expanding it would be easy.
Otherwise, Xiao Yang could not be bothered to help them expand the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
After all, he planned to take the Xiao Clan, Xiao Ding, and the other away somewhere else within two years.
The Xiao Clan was still in great danger within the Jia Ma Empire.
Of course, a better method would be to directly bring Protector Wu under his control.
Xiao Yang knew that the Beast Taming Art could do far more than merely plant Beast Taming Seals in people.
He could completely plant a Soul Imprint within an enemy's soul.
That way, he could kill them at any time.
However, humans were different from Magical Beasts; the person had to be completely incapable of resisting.
To render someone unable to resist, he needed overwhelming strength.
Xiao Yang believed that, given enough time, he was confident he could reach the Dou Saint Peak!
As for becoming a Dou Di, he could only hope the system would reward him with Origin Qi by then.
That was the key to breaking through to Dou Di.
Without it, even Xiao Yang's system would be useless.
That was also why, even though he could completely devour