Tempering the soul

Looking at Zi Yan's alluring and seductive figure, just as the girl was about to speak, a strange green light surged from her body, and then Zi Yan's body rapidly shrank, eventually turning back into the same little girl as before.

Xiao Yu took out a set of clothes from his Storage Ring and handed it to Zi Yan, chuckling, "How about it? An adult trial card, not bad, right?"

Hearing Xiao Yu's mocking laughter, Xiao Yu Zi Yan angrily lunged at him, "What are you laughing at? Hurry up and Shapeshifting Pill for me!"

Xiao Yu pinched Zi Yan's cute face and said, "Don't worry, I've already prepared the ingredients needed for the Shapeshifting Pill, but we're still missing two. I'll help you find them after we get to the Pill Tower!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan's expression softened somewhat, and she gave a light snort, saying, "At least you still have some conscience; you haven't forgotten about me!"

Xiao Yu patted Zi Yan's head and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget." Then Xiao Yu looked Zi Yan up and down and nodded, "Not bad. Judging from your aura, you're probably invincible in the Dou Emperor, right?"

At this point, a hint of arrogance appeared on Zi Yan's face as she said, "Of course! Don't you know who I am? If I could obtain the Shapeshifting Pill, I guarantee I could directly step into the Dou Zong realm. Then my cultivation would be much faster, hahaha!"

When it came to her transforming into human form, Zi Yan became quite smug, clearly showing how much she wanted to get rid of her small body.

Xiao Yu glanced helplessly at Zi Yan, then casually removed the barrier. Zi Yan paused slightly, looked at Xiao Yu, and asked, "Have we... come to Central Plains?"

Xiao Yu glanced at Zi Yan and asked, "Did you sense the aura of your clan?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Zi Yan's eyes, but she quickly nodded firmly and said, "It seems so, but this aura is so faint and indistinct!"

Xiao Yu then said, "Alright, wait until you've taken the Shapeshifting Pill and reached the Dou Zun Realm before thinking about returning to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Going back now is still too early; you probably won't be able to control those old guys!"

Zi Yan looked at Xiao Yu with some doubt and said, "How come you seem to know everything about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan?"

"Tell me, have you been plotting against me all along? Well, you don't even spare a little girl like me!" As she spoke, a sly glint flashed in Zi Yan's eyes.

Xiao Yu naturally didn't bother arguing with her about these things. Looking at the girl's Gu Ling appearance, he gave her a sharp rap on the head, causing Zi Yan to cry out in pain.

"Ouch, stop hitting him! If you keep hitting his head, he'll really become stupid!" Zi Yan glared at Xiao Yu with some resentment.

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes at Zi Yan and said, "Alright, alright, it's time for us to go!"

"Where to?" Zi Yan asked, somewhat puzzled.

As Xiao Yu walked forward, he said, "We're currently in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range. After we descend, we'll go to the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion to settle our scores, and then I plan to visit a branch of the Soul Hall!"

Upon hearing the name "Soul Hall," Zi Yan's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "Are you serious?"

"Hmm!" Xiao Yu walked forward and called out to Little Xiao Nian was happily playing with the Gold Devouring Rat, "Nian'er!"

As soon as Little Xiao Nian looked up, she saw Zi Yan. She immediately took off running towards Zi Yan, calling out, "Sister Zi Yan!"

Zi Yan was also holding Little Xiao Nian in her arms, and they did look like an older sister taking care of her younger sister. Xiao Yu led Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian toward the stone house.

Jin Shi and Jin Gu were both here, so Xiao Yan said directly, "Gentlemen, the people from the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range are still in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. I'll trouble you to take good care of them!"

Jin Shi and Jin Gu exchanged a glance and said, "Are you perhaps preparing to leave, senior?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "That's right, I have other things to do!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Shi naturally did not try to stop them any further. He sent Xiao Yu and the other two directly to the outside of the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range. Then, Xiao Yu picked up Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian and flew towards Bone Melting City.

On the way, Zi Yan asked in surprise, "Your cultivation level?"

Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "How is it?"

"Hmph, once I eat the Shapeshifting Pill, I'll definitely catch up with you!" Although that's what she said, Zi Yan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and the excitement she felt when she advanced to Dou Emperor slowly faded away.

Before long, Xiao Yu had brought Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian back to Bone Melting City. The women were all very happy to see Zi Yan. After talking with them for a while, Xiao Yu returned to his room.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Xiao Yu began his cultivation. However, this time he was cultivating his soul. The cultivation technique he used, the Chaos Cultivation Source Method, involved simultaneously tempering the body and soul. Over the years, Xiao Yu's body had been honed to an extremely strong level. With the added blessing of the Prison Suppressing Divine Body, it could be said that Xiao Yu's physical body alone was now comparable to that of Eighth-stage Magical Beast beast.

However, Xiao Yu's Soul Power is still at the Spirit Realm Peak. The importance of Soul Power is already evident if he wants to break through to the Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster.

Xiao Yu's current Soul Power is limiting his alchemy skills, so Xiao Yu plans to go into seclusion for a period of time to break through his soul realm.

There are two ways to enhance Soul Power: one is through the power of medicine, which is an external force; the other is through cultivating soul cultivation methods.

Xiao Yu remembered that when Xiao Yan broke through to the Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster in the original novel, he used the Earth Heart Soul Marrow. As for the method of soul cultivation, he remembered that Cao Ying, the demoness from the Cao Family, obtained the cultivation method of the Pill Tower.

Therefore, this shows the difference between having a background and not having one. Xiao Yan obtained the Earth Heart Soul Marrow by chance from the Pill Realm, which can be described as the protagonist's halo.

Behind Cao Ying is the president of the Pill Tower, one of the three giants of the Pill Tower, Xuan Kongzi. With such a background, cultivating the soul is simply a piece of cake!

Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, Xiao Yu formed a strange hand seal. Suddenly, a slight fluctuation appeared in the Soul Power between his brows. The spiritual energy in the world seemed to be summoned by something and began to gather towards Xiao Yu's room.

This spiritual energy was much thinner and harder to sense than the energy in the world, so no one else noticed this strange change.

Between Xiao Yu's eyebrows, a tiny figure, as clear as glass, gradually peeled away from his forehead. If you looked closely, this tiny figure was exactly the same as Xiao Yu, only much smaller.

Xiao Yu's extremely powerful and terrifying Soul Power had obviously reached the stage of soul formation, which was much denser than that of a typical Spirit Realm Peak. However, the glass figure was radiating a glassy light, and there were also some black threads mixed in with it. These were the impurities in the soul. To break through, these impurities had to be removed first!