After settling Liuli in, Xiao Yan went alone to the auction. He had originally intended to look for several materials Xiao Yi Xian needed to condense her poison pill, but unexpectedly found a few medicinal ingredients for refining the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
He had plenty of pills and Magical Cores on hand now. With just a slight show of his resources, no one in the auction house could compete with his bids, and he tucked all those medicinal ingredients into his Storage Ring.
After leaving the auction house, he wandered around Black Seal City for a few more rounds before returning to the City Lord's Mansion beneath the gradually darkening sunset.
"Master, I'm feeling a little lost right now." Xiao Yan strolled along the stone path and spoke to Old Yao, who floated beside him.
"Oh? How so?" Old Yao raised his brows in surprise and stroked his beard as he asked.
Xiao Yan kicked a stone into the grass beside the path and sighed. "I'm already a Dou Zong now. With all my abilities, there are very few people at this level who can threaten me. But..."
His voice paused. He raised both hands and clenched his fists, his gaze profound. "In the Northwest Region, I can already be considered a strong individual. Protecting the Xiao Family and allowing it to develop in this region is no longer a problem. This period has also been the most peaceful time of my life.
But precisely because there's no pressure from the outside world, I've realized that I no longer have the same drive and determination as before. Over these past few months of cultivation, I've only barely reached the middle phase of one-star Dou Zong."
Old Yao pondered for a while before slowly asking, "Do you want to