The Two of Us Will Team Up and Beat the Nihility Devouring Flame into the Dirt

Xiao Yi Xian's home wasn't large. Including the courtyard, it was only about seventy or eighty square meters.

The bedrooms were on the north and east sides, while the west side held the kitchen and other facilities.

The courtyard wasn't large, but Xiao Yi Xian truly had the makings of a virtuous wife and loving mother. She kept every inch of it spotless.

Xiao Yi Xian took Xiao Jin by the wrist and led him to the bedroom on the east side. "You can stay here for the next few days. I'll make the bed for you first. I regularly take the sheets and bedding out to air, so you don't need to worry."

Xiao Jin couldn't help laughing. "What am I supposed to worry about?"

"About it being dirty, of course. I know all about you young masters from great clans. You're all so delicate." The girl spoke as though it were only natural. She had already picked up a fresh set of sheets and begun making Xiao Jin's bed.

Because of her posture, the girl's figure was displayed to the fullest. If the mercenaries of Green Mountain Town saw such a beautiful figure, they would definitely drool.

Leaning against the doorframe, Xiao Jin watched the pleasing scene before him, and a faint smile rose unconsciously at the corners of his mouth.

If not for the fatal threat posed by the Soul Clan, this was probably the kind of life Xiao Jin dreamed of.

With the strength of his Emperor Realm Soul, comparable to that of an Eight-Star Dou Sheng, it wouldn't be difficult for him to live as an idle wanderer.

Xiao Yi Xian worked quickly. In just a few minutes, she had made Xiao Jin's bed and even replaced the bedding with a clean set.

"All done. Rest for a while. I'll go cook. If you want to take a bath, there's a bathroom on the west side." The more Xiao Yi Xian spoke like a virtuous wife and loving mother, the better she seemed to become at it.

Xiao Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Do I really look that useless?"

"Who knows? Anyway, back in that little valley, you were a young master who had his clothes handed to him and his meals brought to him." Xiao Yi Xian smiled playfully, clearly in an excellent mood.

After saying that, the girl fluttered away like a butterfly. Even her footsteps were light as she left.

Only after she had gone did the Pill Tower Ancestor's voice ring out. "Brat, I'm truly envious of you now."

"Old man, what are you trying to say this time?"

"This is the Woe Poison Body, yet in front of you, she acts just like a little wife. You have a childhood sweetheart with an astonishing identity and background at home, and a virtuous little wife outside. Is this what you called 'the red flag never falling at home while colorful flags flutter outside'?"

"Old man, if you keep spouting nonsense, I'll sue you for slander!" Xiao Jin gritted his teeth. Why did the Pill Tower Ancestor make him sound like some kind of scumbag?

"Getting worked up, are we?"

"Old man, you—"

Xiao Jin had just been about to defend himself when he heard the Pill Tower Ancestor continue, "Little fellow, you suddenly became so diligent. You must have sensed that the Soul Clan is about to make a move, right?"

"You felt it too?"

"The detection range of an Emperor Realm Soul can cover tens of thousands of miles. Although I'm only a crippled remnant now, I can still sense those loathsome auras."

The people a soul spirit hated most were certainly those in the Soul Hall, those neither-human-nor-ghost creatures.

"Old man, you should know that the Soul Hall's target is powerful souls, especially the souls of Alchemists. You were the strongest Alchemist on the continent a thousand years ago, and you're also a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Realm Soul. If they caught you, I don't need to explain what would happen, right?"

"Hmph! Those ghostly things. If I still had my strength from when I was alive, I could annihilate them with the back of my hand!"

The Pill Tower Ancestor truly wasn't boasting. The Hall Master of the Soul Hall, Hun Miesheng, was only a Five-Star Dou Sheng.

There was a huge gap between each star of the Dou Sheng realm, and the gap became even greater at the higher levels.

Hun Miesheng, who was only a Five-Star Dou Sheng, genuinely couldn't withstand even a single slap from the Pill Tower Ancestor.

In fact, the Soul Clan was quite formidable. Of the Five Great Supreme Experts during Xiao Xuan's era, all but Soul Heaven Emperor had a grudge against the Soul Clan.

There was no need to mention Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan. Competition had always existed between the Ancient Emperor Clans.

The Blazing Flame Valley Ancestor had been Xiao Xuan's close friend, so his stance naturally opposed the Soul Clan.

As for the Pill Tower Ancestor, that required mentioning the conflict between the Alchemists and the Soul Hall.

In the years since awakening, the Pill Tower Ancestor had already learned of the conflict between the Pill Tower and the Soul Hall, as well as the many Alchemists who had died at the Soul Hall's hands.

As the founder of the Pill Tower and the ancestor of many Alchemists still alive today, it was only natural for him to hate the Soul Hall.

"Old man, now you know why I want to revive you so badly, right?" Xiao Jin shrugged. "The strongest figure openly acknowledged by the Pill Tower is currently that Ninth-Grade Profound Pill known as the Pill Tower Old Ancestor. His strength should have reached the Five-Star Dou Sheng realm, making him stronger than Hun Miesheng of the Soul Hall. But if the Soul Clan makes a move, forget the Pill Tower—even the entire Central Plains will have no one capable of stopping them."

There were still nearly twenty years before the point in the original story when the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared. Xiao Jin didn't know whether he had broken through to the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm yet, so he could only give a conservative estimate.

"You're right. I should find a way to recover some of my strength." Before this, the Pill Tower Ancestor hadn't wanted to get involved in conflicts among the living.

But ever since he sensed the Soul Hall's aura in the Northwest Continent, his mindset had changed.

Many times, people made choices out of helplessness. They didn't want to get involved, but they couldn't stop others from dragging them in.

At present, he was parasitic within Xiao Jin's Storage Ring, while Xiao Jin was a member of the Xiao Clan and naturally stood opposed to the Soul Hall.

On top of that, he was currently in a soul-spirit state. If the Soul Hall truly learned of his existence, he would probably become the soul spirit that everyone in the Soul Hall most wanted to obtain.

A soul spirit with the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and an Emperor Realm Soul might even attract the Hall Master of the Soul Hall, Hun Miesheng.

Xiao Jin's soul power was indeed very strong, but as mentioned before, in front of the Soul Clan, his current strength was far from enough.

Every one of the Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan was a mid-stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng. Adding the Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Heaven Emperor, who had already reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, any two of them could send Xiao Jin fleeing with his head in his hands.

It wasn't a matter of whether bosses fought minions. The moment information about the Pill Tower Ancestor leaked, the first one to come would be the Nihility Devouring Flame.

That fellow was desperate to advance to an Emperor Realm Soul. Over the years, a considerable portion of the souls captured by the Soul Hall had been used to raise the Nihility Devouring Flame's soul realm.

The Pill Tower Ancestor pondered for a moment before saying, "Brat, if I remember correctly, there's a Soul Infant Demon Tree in your Storage Ring, right?"

"Old man, is that all you're after?" You've been following me for so long. How is your vision still this narrow?

The Soul Infant Fruit was indeed a good thing. In the original story, Xiao Yan had once obtained one in an ancient ruin and used it to repair Yao Chen's damaged soul, successfully restoring Yao Chen's soul to the Heaven Realm.

But a strange treasure like that had no effect on an Emperor Realm Soul.

"Old man, go rummage through the Storage Ring yourself. I remember there's a mass of Soul Origin in there. That thing's effects are definitely better than the Soul Infant Fruit."

The Pill Tower Ancestor's heart warmed. Since he was residing in the Storage Ring, he naturally knew what treasures it contained.

He had originally intended to leave the better things for Xiao Jin. He hadn't expected Xiao Jin to give him the best thing the moment he opened his mouth.

"Little fellow, I..."

"Stop dragging your feet. The two of us are partners with shared interests now. The stronger you become, the more power I can wield. If you can recover to an Emperor Realm Soul right now, the two of us could team up and beat the Nihility Devouring Flame into the dirt."

Pill Tower Ancestor: "..."

Fine. I won't say anything.

If I keep going, you'll be saying we can beat Soul Heaven Emperor into the dirt next.

What an ignorant brat. Don't you know how great the gap is between a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and an Eight-Star Dou Sheng?

Xiao Jin actually did know. But if he didn't put it that way, the Pill Tower Ancestor wouldn't accept the Soul Origin.