Half a Month Later: Soul Dou Skills and Arrival at Stone Desert City

The journey from the Chu Yun Empire to the Stone Desert City on the edge of the Tagor Desert is long.

After flying for a full half month, the Flying Boat finally arrived at its destination.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian made the most of their half-month time on the Flying Boat.

Xiao Yi Xian struggled to learn the Flame Control Technique; though progress was slow, she never gave up.

Xiao Yan, on the other hand, was honing his skills and Dou Skill.

For example, the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.

The former was obtained by Xiao Yan before the Alchemist Conference, and he had acquired it a long time ago. He would occasionally practice with it on weekdays, and now his proficiency was quite high enough to use it. However, no one forced him to reveal this trump card.

The latter, ever since he got it from Yao Lao, has been cultivating, and Lower Earth Rank Dou Skill are not particularly difficult for him.

This Dou Skill has been mastered to a minor level, and is not far from being mastered.

Once he has truly mastered this Dou Skill and wielded it with the Heavy Profound Ruler, it will be worthwhile for him to use it in battle.

Aside from these two methods, Xiao Yan devoted most of his energy to cultivating his Soul Dou Skill.

He selected two Soul Dou Skill from the legacy of the Wan Ling Emperor.

One is Lower Earth Rank Soul Dou Skill called the Void Soul Prison Soul Skill, which consists of three moves.

One move is Soul Net, which uses one's own Soul Power as a guide to weave an invisible Soul Net in the void, trapping the enemy's soul; it is a technique of imprisonment.

The second move is Soul Chain, which condenses Soul Chains and can directly attack the opponent's soul, performing piercing and entangling attacks; it is a strangulation move.

The third move is Soul Prison, which creates a soul prison, pulling the opponent's soul into the void of Soul Prison, subjecting them to near-endless torture and imprisonment.

If he unleashes all three moves, he will undoubtedly be defeated unless his opponent's Soul Power far surpasses his own.

Outside of the Void Soul Prison, there is another Soul Dou Skill called Soul Spirit Avatar.

Although this Soul Spirit Avatar is Soul Dou Skill, it does not have a clear rank classification. Calling it Soul Skill is more like calling it a soul Secret Technique.

This Secret Technique has no distinction between minor success, major success, and perfection; entering the door is perfection.

This is because this Soul Skill has only one effect: it allows the user's Soul Power to condense into a Soul Body avatar that can fight outside the body. This avatar has no consciousness and is completely controlled by the user, with its strength determined by the Soul Power.

Using Seventh Tier Soul Power, one possesses the strength of Dou Zong, and can also launch a dual attack on Soul Body and the body, making one's combat ability even stronger than others of the same realm.

Half a month is neither a short nor a long time.

Despite Xiao Yan's Soul Talent, he only mastered the first move of the Void Soul Prison, and he only learned the Soul Spirit Avatar just before disembarking from the Flying Boat.

This made Xiao Yan wonder if his Soul Talent had only been added to the growth rate.

Fortunately, after comparing himself with Yao Lao and practicing the high- Earth Rank Soul Dou Skill Lao gave him for half a month without even getting a basic grasp of it, he realized that his Soul Talent was actually quite good.

However, this seemed to have hurt Yao Lao's pride, so much so that Yao Lao locked himself in the ring to cultivate his Soul Skill without making a sound all day.

Xiao Yan didn't even have a chance to show off... or to show concern.

On the edge of the Jia Ma Empire, in the Tagor Desert.

Stone Desert City.

A city that was originally not particularly remarkable in the empire.

However, with the rise of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group within the city, its status has suddenly increased, attracting people from other cities to flock to this city, just to have the opportunity to meet the two leaders of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

On the way to the mercenary group's base, Xiao Yan walked side by side with Xiao Yi Xian, followed by Qian Du.

Pedestrians passed by, their conversations reaching my ears.

"I heard that a while ago, the two leaders of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group jointly killed a Fifth Rank Fire Demon Beast."

"Fifth Rank? That's equivalent to Dou Wang expert! Are those two captains really that strong?"

"Who can know for sure? All we know is that those two captains only recently broke through to the Da Dou Shi level, but their physical strength is incredibly terrifying; ordinary Dou Ling experts can't even withstand a single punch from them."

"I see. With two such powerful leaders, it's no wonder everyone wants to join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group."

"More than that! The two leaders of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group are surnamed Xiao. They are the eldest and second sons of the Xiao Clan family patriarch in Wutan City, and they have the Xiao Clan as their backers!"

"The Xiao Clan? That's the powerful family that sells Body Tempering Medicinal Bath? I see."

Listening to the discussion among the passersby, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself, "After consuming my Myriad Beast Blood Pill, my eldest and second brothers' physical strength was barely comparable to that of Tier Four Magical Beast back then, but now they can already work together to kill Tier Five Magical Beast. Their growth is truly rapid."

"That makes sense. In the original story, my eldest and second brothers' cultivation levels grew quite quickly, not much less than Nalan Yanran's. With the pills, Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills I left behind, it's normal for them to grow so rapidly."

"Not only are my eldest and second brothers exceptionally Heaven-Swallowing Talent, but their management Heaven-Swallowing Talent are also unparalleled. In just a few years, they have been able to develop the Desert Iron Mercenary Group on their own, and now they have made the Desert Iron Mercenary Group so famous..."

"Why not take my eldest and second brothers with us to the Black Black-Corner Region Black-Corner Region? With their help, building up a force there will be much easier." Xiao Yan was somewhat tempted.

"Xiao Yan, is this the Desert Iron Mercenary Group?" Xiao Yi Xian suddenly asked.

When Xiao Yan came to his senses, he realized that he had already arrived at the base of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

He swaggered into the mercenary group.

The mercenary guarding the gate initially tried to stop him, but after seeing Xiao Yan's face clearly, he immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Acting Commander!"

Xiao Yan smiled and nodded. He could tell from their address that they were old mercenaries who had been with him for a long time. He wasn't stingy and casually took out two Tier 2 Medicinal Pill from his Storage Ring and tossed them over.

The two happily accepted the gifts, saluted, and watched Xiao Yan enter.

Once inside the mercenary group, Xiao Yan felt very relaxed.

The mercenary group has expanded considerably, with many unfamiliar faces, but there are also many familiar faces, and their status is higher than that of the new faces. An old face often leads several new faces in their work.

These familiar faces all recognized Xiao Yan and saluted him respectfully; there was no disrespect shown towards him.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the entrance of the Small Courtyard where his two older brothers lived. Xiao Yan turned to Xiao Yi Xian and said, "Don't be nervous, my two older brothers are very kind and approachable."

Xiao Yi Xian steadied her slightly flustered breathing and retorted calmly, "Where am I nervous?"

Xiao Yan smiled, too lazy to expose him. "Yeah, yeah, you weren't nervous, I was the one who was nervous, okay?"

He turned his head and pushed open the door, thinking to himself, "At least I won't run into Queen Medusa here, so what could I possibly be nervous about?"

The Small Courtyard gate was pushed open, and the view went straight to the stone table and benches in the center of the courtyard.

As expected, the eldest and second eldest brothers were sitting there handling official business.

only...

"Young Master Xiao Yan!" A voice filled with longing and excitement rang out.

The increasingly alluring and charming young girl ran into Xiao Yan and hugged him tightly.

"Young Master Xiao Yan, you're back... It's not a fake... You're really back... Qing Lin missed you so much~"