Ten days of rest quietly slipped away. During this time, Xiao Yan explored and refined the two soul Dou Techniques hidden within the mysterious leaf quite a bit.
The two scrolls of soul Dou Techniques were unfathomable and seemed to possess some rather complex powers. Even Xiao Yan could only barely scratch the surface, and wanting to completely master them would still require a considerable amount of time.
One was a soul attack Dou Technique ranked at the Saint Grade, while the other was rather more like a defense Dou Ji used to guard against enemy soul attacks. One attack and one defense filled in Xiao Yan's remaining shortcomings.
However, regarding the eerie Shadowy Figure Xu Yuan whom he had captured, after a round of questioning, Xiao Yan was somewhat negligent. In the end, he failed to extract any intelligence, and this fellow unexpectedly blew himself up. It was truly a pity, and matters such as the Dark Curse could only be dragged out like this. The current top priority was still the Alchemist Pill Gathering.
"Let's go."
"Today is the day the second pass of the Alchemist Pill Gathering opens. I'm afraid the competition in this pass will be extremely fierce..."
In the residence, Xiao Yan got up and brought Xun'er along to head for the peak of Wanling Mountain to participate in the examination of the second pass. As for Xiao Yi and the other, they still seemed to have no news as of yet.
"It looks like there's a good show to watch this time."
"The alchemists who can break through the first pass and smoothly participate in the examination of the second pass are all people with exceptional talent."
"As formidable as the Flower God Palace, the Demon Realm's demon child, and so on, once they