"Wind Fire Demon Dragons are notorious in the Soul Master World because these Soul Beasts are exceptionally vicious and particularly fond of eating humans!"
"A ten-thousand-year Wind Fire Demon Dragon's combat strength cannot be underestimated."
"I spent more than half a year searching the Douluo Continent using Spirit Hall's intelligence before finally finding a lead in Fasinuo Province."
"According to information from the Fasinuo branch hall, a group of Wind Fire Demon Dragons inhabits the desert in the Fasinuo Great Wasteland."
"The Wind Fire Demon Dragon leading them is over fifty thousand years old, and it has several ten-thousand-year Wind Fire Demon Dragons under its command!"
Meng Zhongqi pointed at the map as he spoke to Meng Qianqiu.
"For this Soul Hunting trip, we'll set out from Heaven Dou Royal City, pass through Jialing Pass, and reach Silves City along the way. After entering the Vickslock Plain, our route broadly divides into two options."
"One is to cross the Sword Mountain Range and reach the Lima Plain, pass through Suotuo City, cross the Barak River, and head to Nuoding City!"
"The other route starts from Silves City and follows the Gold and Iron Mountain Range all the way to the Desolate Gold Plain."
"After crossing the Desolate Gold Plain, we'll reach the West Ridge Mountain Range and finally Vast Sea City. From Vast Sea City, we'll head to the great desert."
"The first route is much shorter than the second, but it requires crossing mountains and rivers, making the journey extremely dangerous."
"The second route has safety in its favor, but it's much longer."
"Old lady, what do you think?"
Unable to make up his mind, Meng Zhongqi turned to Nangong Wan'er.
"Let's take the second route!"
"A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall. We cannot afford any losses on this Soul Hunting trip, so we had best not chase achievements and advance recklessly."
After some thought, Nangong Wan'er immediately spoke.
"All right!"
"Then we'll take the second route!"
Having made up his mind, Meng Zhongqi immediately said so.
"We'll be passing through Silves City. Isn't that where the Speed Clan is based? We can make a trade while we're there!"
Meng Qianqiu's eyes darted. After all, the Speed Clan still had a peerless Immortal Herb hidden away: Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng!
Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng was an Immortal Herb with a crystalline, translucent body. On the surface, it looked like a blood-red ginseng king.
Raised markings on the surface of Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng formed the image of a five-clawed flying dragon. This ginseng was naturally eighth-grade, and only after growing for ten thousand years could it evolve into a ninth-grade ginseng king and become a truly peerless Immortal Herb.
"Grandpa, Grandma!"
"Didn't a thousand-year torso bone drop when I killed that thousand-year Flame-Devouring Beast last time? I'd like to use it to make a trade."
"As far as I know, the Bai Family in Silves City has a naturally eighth-grade spiritual herb. I want to trade for it!"
Meng Qianqiu spoke at once. This was the Immortal Herb Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, a naturally eighth-grade treasure. He could not leave it for Tang Xiaosan.
Facts had proven that aiding the enemy was absolutely out of the question.
If he secured this Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, he could use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate it into a peerless Immortal Herb extremely quickly.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was a natural accelerator for cultivating medicinal herbs, comparable to the Heaven-Control Bottle in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.
An ordinary medicinal herb growing here for one day gained the equivalent of a year's growth outside. Over time, the herbs' ages would shoot upward.
"A naturally eighth-grade spiritual herb!"
"To think the Bai Family actually has such a fine treasure. We can acquire it as well on this Soul Hunting trip."
A sharp gleam flashed through Meng Zhongqi's eyes at those words.
A naturally eighth-grade spiritual herb had a one-hundred-percent chance of advancing into a ninth-grade herb king, and could even grow into an incomparably rare Immortal Herb.
Meng Zhongqi was also well aware of the effects of peerless Immortal Herbs.
"A thousand-year torso bone for an eighth-grade spiritual herb is a fair exchange in value. It just depends on whether the Bai Family is willing to part with it."
Meng Qianqiu had worked out his calculations nicely, but this treasure could be considered the Bai Family's family-protecting treasure. He was not certain whether the deal would go through.
"Old man, leave this matter to me!"
"You're now Spirit Hall's fifth elder, with Soul Power as high as rank ninety-four. If you visit in person, it could look like the strong bullying the weak!"
"If you personally visit the Bai Family, it would only make things look bad!"
"I'm different. I'm the dean of the Exotic Beast Academy, and my Soul Power isn't high, only rank eighty-five. I'm just the right person to handle this."
"Besides, I'm a successor of the Fire Leopard Sect and have some ties with the Clear Sky Sect. The Bai Family will have to take that into account to some extent."
Nangong Wan'er had considered things more thoroughly. Seven years had slipped quietly by, and she had not been idle either. Her Soul Power had also risen by two ranks.
Moreover, Nangong Wan'er still had a hundred-thousand-year Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor skull bone. She had yet to absorb it, keeping that Soul Bone slot open all this time.
"Good!"
"Handle this matter as you see fit!"
"The Speed Clan and the Clear Sky Sect are related by marriage. Bai Min'er bore the Clear Sky Sect's young sect master a fine son."
"Tang Zhen's son Tang Xiao is only four years younger than Qiu'er. Though he's only nine, Tang Xiao's Innate Soul Power was a full rank nine!"
"Three years ago, when Tang Xiao awakened rank-nine Innate Soul Power, Tang Chen was so delighted that he passed down the position of sect master on the spot."
"A mother's standing rises with her son's. With that connection, the Bai Family isn't so easy to push around. Mind your limits in this matter."
Meng Zhongqi spoke from the side, sounding a warning bell as well!
Although Meng Zhongqi was a Titled Douluo with Soul Power as high as rank ninety-four, there were still many people in this world whom he could not afford to offend.
The Clear Sky Sect's first sect master, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen, was someone Meng Zhongqi could not afford to offend. He had to bear that in mind.
The Bai Family and the Clear Sky Sect were related by marriage. If Meng Zhongqi acted to bully the Bai Family, he would undoubtedly be breaking the rules.
After the three finished their discussion, they left Heaven Dou City.
Taking a winding route downstream along the Frost Pool River and crossing the entire Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range, the three finally arrived at Jialing Pass!
"Jialing Pass!"
"This place truly deserves to be called the greatest pass under heaven!"
"With such a mighty pass before them, even a million elite troops could not shake the Heaven Dou Empire in the slightest. This place is easy to defend and hard to attack!"
The site of Heaven Dou Royal City had been carefully chosen, with the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range in front, the Ancient Yue Hills on its right, and the Sunset Forest on its left.
Heaven Dou Royal City could truly be called easy to defend and hard to attack!
Jialing Pass before them straddled the very center of the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range. Easy to defend and hard to attack, it was truly a place where one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.
The terrain here was exceptionally formidable. Anyone seeking to conquer the Heaven Dou Empire completely would find this a barrier they simply could not bypass.
"The Heaven Dou Empire's Jialing Pass and the Star Luo Empire's Star Luo Mountains are humanity's final lines of defense against great beast tides."
"If even these two barriers cannot stop a great beast tide, it means humanity is on the verge of collapse, with no hope of survival afterward!"
Meng Zhongqi looked toward Jialing Pass. The purpose of this mighty pass had long since changed from a barrier against enemies to a frontline fortress.
The Heaven Dou Empire stationed a hundred thousand troops at Jialing Pass to defend against sudden great beast tides, the ambitious Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall.
After setting out from Jialing Pass, they soon reached Silves City.
"Nangong Wan'er of the Exotic Beast Academy!"
"I have come specifically to pay a visit to the Speed Clan's venerable Patriarch Bai!"
Nangong Wan'er brought Meng Qianqiu with her. The two visited in person, arriving at the entrance to present a visiting card to Bai He's father, Bai Jingyu.
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