Soul Art, Xiao Zhan's Plans

Over the next stretch of time, Xiao Yi Xian spoke much less.

She no longer pestered Su Yun, crying to go out and play, and put far more effort into her cultivation.

Su Yun quietly took all of this in. The little girl had also tasted the dangers and cruelty of the world.

Su Yun was currently searching through Medicine Elder's memories and the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories.

He was looking for a soul art!

Battle Through the Heavens' treatment of the soul was fairly rough, nowhere near as deep as its study of Dou Qi.

Even so, some methods for cultivating the soul had been developed.

A soul art was precisely a method for cultivating the soul.

Medicine Elder's soul art came from the Yao Clan. It was originally a secret art that the Yao Clan did not pass down. Out of consideration for the Yao Clan, Medicine Elder had not handed the soul art he cultivated himself to Xiao Yan. What Xiao Yan cultivated was the "Grand Unity Soul Art."

If Su Yun remembered correctly, this "Grand Unity Soul Art" was the champion's reward from the Pill Gathering held by the Pill Tower.

Su Yun did not intend to cultivate Medicine Elder's soul art either. Of course, it was not because he feared that so-called Yao Clan, but because he had something better.

All this time, he had been searching through the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories, and now, at last, he had finally found it.

Su Yun sensed the memories in his mind, and a smile appeared on his face.

The Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories had been extracted from the fragment map in the cave earlier. Of course, they could not possibly be all of the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint's memories. Su Yun had not been confident either, unsure whether he would be lucky enough to find a soul art.

But heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard. His efforts had not been in vain.

This soul art had no name. It was something the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint had obtained by chance from some ruins when he became a Dou Zong, and its origins could no longer be verified.

Not only would he cultivate it himself, he would also pass this soul art to Xiao Yi Xian. As for the method of resurrection, unless he had absolutely no other choice, he would not use it. But leaving himself another way out was always a good thing.

Su Yun came to Xiao Yi Xian's room.

"Xian'er."

Su Yun called out gently.

"What is it, Brother?"

Xiao Yi Xian was a little surprised. Normally, Brother would not come to her room. Had something happened?

Su Yun's expression was solemn.

"Xian'er, I'm going to pass you a secret art now. This secret art is extremely precious. No matter what, you must not expose it. Understand?"

Xiao Yi Xian's expression also turned solemn.

"I understand, Brother."

Every word Brother said, she engraved in her heart. In all things, she listened to Brother.

Su Yun said no more.

For a warning, one sentence was enough. Xian'er also knew what was important.

After passing the soul art to Xiao Yi Xian, Su Yun told her to cultivate properly, then left.

For the next stretch of time, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian lived in seclusion and rarely went out.

Aside from handing the refined pills over to the Xiao Family at the beginning of each month, Su Yun basically spent all his time in secluded cultivation.

They were only First Grade Pills. With his current standard, he only needed a single day to refine a month's supply for the Xiao Family to sell.

Something worth mentioning was that the middle-aged manager of the Mitel Auction House had never given up on recruiting him. After failing to hear any news of Su Yun for several months, he began waiting at the Xiao Family's main gate at the beginning of every month.

Su Yun was rather helpless about this as well. This man was like a plaster that could not be shaken off no matter what.

He could not flatly refuse too harshly either. After all, a considerable portion of the medicinal ingredients he needed for the pills he refined for himself had to be purchased from the Mitel Auction House.

Fortunately, the middle-aged manager knew his limits. His attitude was also quite good, and every time they met, he would bring valuable gifts.

Su Yun simply let him be.

They only met once a month anyway. If Su Yun found him annoying, he could just leave directly, and the man would not dare say anything. There were also gifts to accept; if he did not take them, it would be a waste.

Luo Qianchen from the Alchemist Guild had also sought him out a few times, all to exchange alchemy experience. This old Guild Leader had clearly not yet given up on becoming a Fourth Grade Alchemist.

Just like that, a year passed in a leisurely whirl.

At this moment, inside the Xiao Family's main hall, the Xiao Family's three elders and clan leader Xiao Zhan were discussing matters.

"Xiao Zhan, over these past few months, why have there been several sums of Gold Coins in the clan treasury whose whereabouts are unknown? Shouldn't you give us an explanation?"

The Great Elder frowned and questioned Xiao Zhan.

"Oh? Is that so? I'll verify this matter after some time."

Xiao Zhan seemed a little surprised as well and replied.

The Great Elder nodded and did not dwell too much on the matter.

Xiao Zhan's expression was calm, but a trace of unnaturalness flashed through his eyes.

During this period, his third son, Xiao Yan, was preparing to break through to the Dou Zhe realm.

Su Yun's appearance had given Xiao Zhan other thoughts.

Qi Gathering Powder!

That was right. He wanted to ask Su Yun to refine the Fourth Grade Pill Qi Gathering Powder for Xiao Yan!

According to the rules of alchemists, the medicinal ingredients for refining pills had to be prepared by the client, along with extra payment.

He had started gathering the ingredients as early as half a year ago.

But just how precious was a Fourth Grade Pill? Even if they were only medicinal ingredients, that expensive price was not something the clan leader of a small clan could afford.

During this period, he had emptied his private savings, and even then, he had only gathered one set of medicinal ingredients.

Alchemists all had success rates when refining pills. He did not know how high Su Yun's success rate was in refining Fourth Grade Pills.

Thus, over the past few months, he had secretly embezzled money from the clan treasury.

He had already done it very covertly, but he had not expected to still be discovered.

It had to be said that Xiao Zhan might not be a good clan leader, but he was certainly a good father.

At this moment, Su Yun was tidying his clothes. He had changed into Han Li's previous disguise and was preparing to head to the Xiao Family.

After a year of cultivation, he now possessed the cultivation of a Nine Star Dou Shi!

He was extremely satisfied with his current cultivation.

In this continent's cultivation system, the Dou Qi stage was rather difficult. After that, the Dou Zhe stage became easier, while the difficulty of the realms beyond gradually increased.

It had taken him a year to break through from Dou Zhe to Dou Shi. Now, after spending another year, he was only one step away from Da Dou Shi.

He was already very content with such speed.

There were two reasons he could make such progress.

First, the Mysterious Rank High Grade "Fennel Cold Art." A high-grade Qi Method provided a great boost to cultivation. Compared to when it had been Yellow Tier High Grade before, it was much faster.

Second, pills.

As a Fourth Grade Alchemist, he naturally had not refined any fewer pills for himself.

Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation, on the other hand, had not advanced much. She was still at the Dou Qi stage.

Su Yun was not surprised by this. The Poisonous Body of Misfortune was no joke. Do not look at her meager cultivation now; once it awakened, the speed at which her cultivation soared would absolutely be far faster than his.

Su Yun arrived at the Xiao Family's gate. As expected, Xiao Zhan and the three elders were waiting for him.

It had been like this throughout the year. Clearly, his identity as a Fourth Grade Alchemist made them not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

Su Yun was invited into the main hall once again. After exchanging a few polite words with them, he took the pills out from his Ring of Holding. After drinking tea for a while, he prepared to leave.

"Master Han, please wait."

Su Yun was stopped by Xiao Zhan.

"I have some private matters I would like to entrust to Master. I wonder if it is convenient?"

Xiao Zhan said with a beaming smile.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Clan Leader Xiao, if you have something to say, please speak freely."