During his stay in the Hun Clan, Xiao Yan had kept to himself and seldom ventured out. No one found this strange. After all, Hun Xuzi was a ninth-grade alchemist, so spending long periods indoors refining pills was perfectly normal in everyone else's eyes. Moreover, his standing within the Hun Clan was so high that even if he did something improper, no one would wag their tongue about it.
Of course, Xiao Yan had not actually been idle in the Hun Clan. During this time, he had quietly split off portions of his soul force to roam through the clan's territory, both to survey its layout and to infiltrate places such as treasure vaults in search of valuables.
With his current soul force, almost no one could detect anything amiss when he deliberately concealed its fluctuations. However, Xiao Yan had not taken anything outright. After identifying his targets, he had merely used spatial power to open a small spatial passage at each location and conceal it, intending to collect everything when he left.
In his spare time, Xiao Yan took inventory of the collection he had plundered from Hun Xuzi. As expected of the Hun Clan's foremost alchemist, Hun Xuzi had possessed quite a wealth of treasures. His pill formulas and medicinal herbs were beyond counting; together, they were even enough for Xiao Yan to refine several ninth-grade profound pills.
Although Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had risen rapidly during this period, he had not neglected his alchemy. In particular, after his soul realm reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection, his alchemy had advanced by leaps and bounds. Once he broke through to Dou Sheng, he already had a considerable chance of successfully refining certain ninth-grade pills. How much greater would that chance be now that his soul had reached the Emperor