The Three Reunite, the Selection Tournament's Situation!

As the blue ball of light—the Soul Seed—entered Xiao Yan's body, he immediately felt the blue light writhing restlessly within him.

Just as Xiao Yan prepared to use his Soul Power to gather the blue ball of light, his immense Soul Power had barely made contact with the Soul Seed when it suddenly calmed down and swiftly flew into his soul sea!

In the blink of an eye, it settled within Xiao Yan's soul sea.

As the blue Soul Seed took residence in Xiao Yan's soul sea, he could sense an extremely terrifying scorching fluctuation invisibly radiating from it!

"Holy Flame..." Xiao Yan muttered.

Ever since arriving on the Dou Di Continent, Xiao Yan had come to understand that his family clearly held some secrets on this continent. He could only explore them after becoming stronger!

After all, he cultivated a special technique—the Flame Mantra!

It could grant immense power through devouring Holy Flames. It could be said to be the best shortcut toward becoming an expert. Yet Holy Flames were so rare that Xiao Yan had been helpless about it. Now that he had found traces of a Holy Flame and even obtained its Soul Seed, it was no wonder he was so excited.

After briefly calming himself, Xiao Yan discovered that the blue Soul Seed within his soul sea was actually absorbing his Soul Power. This alarmed him greatly. After all, he had cultivated this Soul Power step by step, and it was also tied to his strength as an alchemist, so he became wary.

It seemed that the blue Soul Seed in his soul sea had sensed Xiao Yan's displeasure. It stopped absorbing his Soul Power and quietly lay within his soul sea.

Feeling the Soul Seed's response, Xiao Yan gave a wry smile. Clearly, his worries had been unnecessary.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The next moment, Xiao Yan saw the jade-white coffin before him collapse instantly into a pile of fragments. The tightly shut door of the secret chamber also opened.

"I wonder how much time has passed. I must have been in this secret chamber for quite some time," Xiao Yan said after adjusting his aura and stabilizing himself.

"It has only been one day. Time within the secret realm is extremely slow—one day inside is merely one shichen outside," Long Yi said.

"Let's head out first. I wonder how Yue Ru and Mu Feng are doing?"

"And I nearly forgot about the selection tournament." After saying that, Xiao Yan put away the Immortal Sword. Even damaged, an Immortal Sword was still an exceedingly rare treasure, and Xiao Yan understood the principle that a man could be innocent yet invite disaster by possessing a treasure. He then slung the Primordial Fire Ruler onto his back.

Perhaps even Xiao Yan himself had not noticed that ever since the Primordial Fire Ruler gained a ruler spirit, the aura it emitted had become far more powerful.

Xiao Yan slowly walked out of the secret chamber and headed toward the place where he had originally entered.

Elsewhere.

After Yue Ru and Mu Feng regained consciousness, they had headed deep into the passageways in search of Xiao Yan. However, the cave's passages were crisscrossed and complex. Even with Mu Feng's tracking abilities, they had taken many wrong turns.

"Damn it, why are there so many paths in these passages? Xiao Yan's aura is clearly in there, so why can't we ever find the right way?" Mu Feng said.

"Forget it. Let's go back. Maybe Xiao Yan has already returned," Yue Ru said as she headed back toward the way they had entered.

Mu Feng had just been about to say something, but he could only helplessly follow Yue Ru back.

"Although I don't know what your relationship is, anyone with eyes can tell that you like him."

"But I still have to say this: from what I can sense, Xiao Yan is very strong."

"He is very strong," Mu Feng softly said to Yue Ru ahead of him.

Yue Ru, who was walking in front, was rather surprised to hear that. She had thought Mu Feng was someone who only knew how to slay demons and eliminate evil. She had not expected him to understand romantic feelings as well.

"I know. But if I give up on some things, I think I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

"So, in order not to have regrets later, I should let go and do it now. Who can know what the future holds?" Yue Ru said, her lips parting slightly as she spoke while walking.

"What a life without regrets!" Mu Feng smiled faintly. Yue Ru's words had clearly given him something to think about.

Before long, a figure carrying a heavy ruler appeared before Yue Ru and Mu Feng.

"Xiao Yan?" Yue Ru cried out in surprise.

"Mm. Where did you two go?" Xiao Yan replied.

"Hey, hey, hey, shouldn't we be the ones asking you that?"

"When we woke up, you had disappeared. We even went deep into this cave to look for you, but the passages inside were too complicated, so we returned empty-handed," Mu Feng said gloomily.

"Hehe, when we arrived here, you two had your minds confused by the illusion of a ghostly creature. But I had no way to dispel the illusion, so I could only chase it into the depths of the cave and kill it. That was how you were freed from the illusion."

"Then the paths deep in the cave were far too complicated, and I couldn't find my way back for a while, so that delayed me," Xiao Yan said with a smile. Everything he said was true, though he had omitted most of what had happened.

"I also realized that I had fallen under an illusion. This cave is really sinister. Let's leave quickly," Mu Feng said.

Upon hearing this, the three prepared to leave. However, Yue Ru's token suddenly fell from her jade-white hand.

"The number on this..." Yue Ru discovered that the number on the token bestowed upon them for the selection tournament had actually changed!

It had jumped from its original number to 300!

"Hm?" Upon hearing that, Mu Feng and Xiao Yan took out their own tokens and were astonished to find that the numbers on them had changed as well!

Mu Feng's token now displayed 310!

Xiao Yan's token, meanwhile, displayed a staggering 400!

"What's going on?" Mu Feng was astonished. They had not done anything so far, yet the points on their tokens had increased so dramatically.

"I think these points were added because I killed the black shadow we encountered earlier."

"The rules of this selection tournament state that killing ghostly creatures in Yin Shi Forest or gathering medicinal herbs can earn quite a few points," Xiao Yan said.

Although Yue Ru and Mu Feng did not know why their points had increased by so much, judging by the sudden increase of over a hundred points, that black shadow must have been extremely powerful. The two of them could not help looking at Xiao Yan together.

"Why are you two staring at me like that?" Xiao Yan asked, feeling uncomfortable under their gazes.

"Xiao Yan, you're really impressive!" Mu Feng said with a smile. This selection tournament was clearly going to become more and more interesting.

"What's this?" Yue Ru noticed an unusual button on the token and lightly pressed it.

As Yue Ru pressed it, a faint glow immediately emanated from the token, and an enormous amount of information appeared before the three of them.