radicalducati Chapter 313 Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan
Chapter 313 Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan
Chapter 313 Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan
The outer perimeter of the Blazing Fire Mountains.
On a bare cliff, a figure in black robes stood respectfully.
A moment later, subtle ripples appeared in the void, and as they slowly twisted, a figure dressed in black robes, whose face was obscured, appeared.
"Greetings to the respected elders!"
"That kid went to Burning Flame Valley?" An aged voice came from under the black robe in mid-air.
"Yes, your subordinates were ordered by the Elder to search for his whereabouts. We finally found his trail in the nearby Tianxu City. It is said that he recently refined a sixth-grade pill in the city, which caught the eye of an elder from the Burning Flame Valley, and they went to the Burning Flame Valley together!"
"A sixth-grade alchemist? This new 'junior' of mine is far superior to that good-for-nothing Han Feng!"
The aged voice chuckled softly, raising its eyes to gaze into the depths of the Blazing Fire Mountains, and murmured:
"Burning Flame Valley is really getting a bit tricky!"
"Mu Gu, don't do anything reckless! Although Tang Zhen is only a five-star Dou Zun, the Palace Master said that Burning Flame Valley is not as simple as it seems!"
The void rippled once more, and two figures in black robes appeared above the cliff.
"Zhaixing, what are you doing here?" Mu Gu asked, puzzled when he saw the newcomer. The elders of the Soul Palace all had their own missions and rarely met.
He glanced at the person beside him and ignored him; he was just a low-level protector.
"Hehe. Not long ago, Ice River Valley sent word that someone killed one of my Soul Palace's Heavenly-level Protectors in the Northwest Region. And this person has recently appeared in Tianhuang City, so I came to take a look!" Zhaixing said with interest.
"Tianhuang City?"
Mu Gu frowned and asked, "You mean that Dou Zong who single-handedly confronted both the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and the Ice River Valley?"
"Indeed, this person's name is Xiao Bai. Initially, we didn't pay much attention to him, but after receiving news from Ice River Valley, we casually asked the branch in the Northwest Region to investigate. Unexpectedly..."
"Wait. What did you say his name was? Xiao Bai?" Mu Gu interrupted Zhai Xing with a glint in his eyes.
He recalled the name he learned from a Canaan Academy student when he was investigating Han Feng's death. At the time, he was only focused on Bone Spirit Cold Fire and Yao Chen and didn't pay much attention to it.
But hearing that name again instantly reminded me of the name of that kid I hadn't paid much attention to at first.
"You know him?" Zhaixing asked curiously, noticing that Mu Gu's tone was off.
"The boy Yao Chen is staying with is named Xiao Yan, and he also comes from the Northwest Region!" Mu Gu said inexplicably.
"Xiao Bai. Xiao Yan," Zhai Xing pondered for a moment, exchanged a glance with Mu Gu, and both noticed the gleam in each other's eyes. They quickly turned their heads to look at the black-robed figure beside them.
"Have you investigated the family behind Xiao Bai?"
"Reporting to Your Excellency, we have investigated. Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan are from the same family. I once tested Xiao Bai's bloodline, but the bloodline bead did not react!" The figure in black robes bowed and clasped his hands, his mind highly tense, but his tone was unhurried.
"No, isn't it?" A hint of disappointment flashed in Zhaixing's eyes.
Finding the Xiao family is a task that the Soul Hall attaches great importance to. If they find them first, the credit will be enormous.
However, there has been no news for hundreds of years. If it weren't for the pressure from the Palace Master, many people would probably have forgotten about this mission.
"Mu Gu, I'm afraid you'll have to abandon your mission. There are important figures in the hall who value Yao Chen highly. According to previous investigations, Xiao Bai not only has rapidly improved his cultivation but is also a high-ranking alchemist. He must have some connection with Yao Chen; otherwise, a small, remote family in the Northwest Region couldn't possibly have such a foundation. Most importantly, his Divine Firmament Alliance is a partner of the Soul Hall and has no prejudice against the Soul Hall's actions. We need to use him to persuade Yao Chen to voluntarily join and serve the Soul Hall!"
"I know you have a grudge against Yao Chen, but for the sake of the bigger picture, I'll have to ask you to put up with this!"
Upon hearing this, a shadow crossed Mu Gu's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Hmph, since a great figure in the hall has spoken, I naturally will not disobey. However, that old bastard Yao Chen is very cunning; getting him to join the Soul Hall won't be so easy."
Venerable Star-Picking smiled slightly and said, "You don't need to worry about that. I'll handle this matter; I have my own arrangements!"
Mu Gu snorted coldly and said no more.
In the silent passageway, a streak of light flashed past, rushing towards a faintly visible silver halo ahead.
"boom--"
As the ship passed through the wormhole exit, a slight jolt revealed a vast plaza entirely constructed of crimson rock that came into Xiao Bai's view.
Looking around, the square was packed with people, and the cacophony of noise filled the air.
"Is this the City of Saint Pills?"
As he watched spaceships continuously landing in the nearby passages, and crowds scattering across the plaza like beans, Xiao Bai was astonished.
This is the first time I've seen such a dense array of spatial exits. Usually, no matter what city it is, there's only one spatial wormhole in the city center, standing alone.
Unlike now, several large spatial wormholes are neatly arranged in a row, and countless spaceships are landing. No wonder this square seems to stretch on forever.
"Haha, Master Xiao, don't be surprised. When I first came here, I was also very shocked!"
Master Tai, stroking his short beard, narrowed his eyes into slits and said with a chuckle:
"Saint Pill City is divided into an outer domain and an inner domain. We are currently located at a spatial node in the outer domain. There are eight more such plazas in the outer domain of Saint Pill City!"
"So don't be fooled by the fact that Saint Dan City is called a city; almost no other city in the Central Plains can compare to it. Dozens or even hundreds of ordinary cities combined probably wouldn't be as large as it!"
"How do we get to the Tower of Dan?"
Looking at the crowded people around him, Xiao Bai secretly wiped away his cold sweat. There were just too many of them. His gaze involuntarily fell on Master Tai.
This was their first time visiting Saint Pill City, and they were completely unfamiliar with the place. However, Master Tai, as a guest elder of the Pill Tower, was practically a local expert.
There is a spatial passage leading directly to the Pill Tower in the Burning Flame Valley. When they left, they ran into Master Tai, who was also coming to Saint Pill City.
Upon hearing that they were also heading to the Pill Tower, the man warmly invited them to join him. Xiao Bai thought it would be good to have an acquaintance guide him since it was his first time visiting the Pill Tower, so he agreed.
"Haha. Master Xiao, you two, come with me!" Master Tai smiled slightly upon hearing this and led the way in a certain direction.
Seeing this, Xiao Bai put away his spaceship and followed along with Little Fairy Doctor and Yaotian Fire.
After wandering around for half an hour, Xiao Bai and his companions arrived at the inner region and settled in an inn. Master Tai explained some basic knowledge about the Pill Tower to Xiao Bai before taking his leave.
"Xiaobai, what are you going to do?"
Inside the guest room, Little Fairy Doctor spoke softly. She knew that Xiao Bai's main purpose in coming to the Pill Tower was to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flames. However, the Pill Tower would definitely keep a close eye on such a rare flame, and it would not be easy to get it.
"wait!"
Xiao Bai glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, his gaze fixed on the ceiling as if trying to pierce through the void.
"Wait?" Little Fairy Doctor tilted her head, looking at him with some confusion.
"Hmm! The Three Thousand Burning Flames are the flames of stars. I'll use my soul power to investigate them when the stars are bright tonight!"
Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze, met those beautiful purple eyes, and chuckled softly.
He noticed something unusual about the sky above him when he entered the inner domain, but the sensation was weak. However, as the sky darkened, the sensation grew stronger.
"Don't worry, I'm confident!" Seeing a hint of worry on Little Fairy Doctor's brows, he reached out and ruffled her snow-white hair, comforting her.
In the original novel, Xiao Yan used his soul power to invade the starry sky where the Three Thousand Burning Flames were located, which alerted Xuan Kongzi.
He planned to try it that night to see if he could find Xuan Yi through this method.
"By the way, you can wander around the city during this time and see if you can find a seventh-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Demon Core, as well as Bodhi Transformation Saliva. Your Calamity Poison Body should be resolved by now!"
Xiao Bai withdrew his hand, remembering that this was a place where medicinal herbs from all over the world gathered, and couldn't help but whisper a word of advice.
There had been no news from the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Bai was worried that his actions might cause the Bodhi Transformation Saliva to ultimately not be auctioned in Black Emperor City, so he wanted to make some extra preparations.
As for the Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast's magic core, even if it can't be found, there's always the Fallen God Abyss as a backup, so there's not much to worry about.
"good!"
A gentle smile appeared on Little Fairy Doctor's lips. She nodded lightly, her eyes sparkling, and said with a smile:
"I'm not in a hurry. With the Netherworld Poison Fire, sometimes the excess poison in my body isn't even enough for it to absorb. Even if I can't find it, it won't erupt for the time being. You can focus on planning your strange fire!"
She no longer had the initial worries about the Calamity Poison Body. Even if the poison pill method didn't work, she still had a long time to stay by his side, which was already a blessing from heaven for her.
As the two talked, night fell before they knew it, and the city of Saint Dan was brightly lit, as if it were daytime.
Xiao Bai sat cross-legged on the roof of the inn, gazing up at the starry sky.
Little Fairy Doctor and Yaotian Fire stood on either side of him not far away, their eyes showing a hint of solemnity as they protected him.
They didn't know why Xiao Bai was so confident. In their view, if he could really glimpse the Three Thousand Burning Flames, then for the Pill Tower, this would be no different from a provocation.
As night fell completely, Xiao Bai keenly sensed that there were strange fluctuations in the seemingly dazzling night sky above his head.
"Something's definitely fishy."
He slowly closed his eyes, and a powerful spiritual force quietly surged from between his brows, transforming into invisible tendrils that spread towards the night sky.
His soul power continued to extend, piercing through the clouds, and Xiao Bai continued to spread towards that strange fluctuation.
Suddenly, the soul force touched a barrier, instantly transforming into countless threads that quietly seeped into it.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Bai's body trembled slightly.
The scene before my eyes suddenly changed—the hazy night sky disappeared, transforming into a vast starry sky with countless stars twinkling.
Looking into the depths of the starry sky, a massive purplish-black fire dragon was coiled there, its body swirling with the power of the stars.
"Is this the Three Thousand Burning Flames?"
Gazing at that enormous, winding figure that stretched into the depths of the starry sky, Xiao Bai felt a surge of excitement.
His wisp of soul could sense that with each breath of the giant dragon with its tightly closed eyes, a vast amount of stellar power from the starry sky above its head was falling and flowing into the endless body of the dragon.
Just then, Xiao Bai suddenly sensed the abnormality in his body through the connection between his soul and body.
On the roof of the inn, Little Fairy Doctor and Yao Tianhuo were keeping a close watch on the starry sky. If anything happened, they would definitely appear here immediately.
But as the two were focused, they suddenly heard a faint rumble of thunder. They looked at Xiao Bai beside them and saw that he was radiating five-colored light, as if something was about to soar into the sky.
"not good!"
Beneath the starry sky, Xiao Bai, a wisp of soul, changed his expression. He sensed that the Five Elements Thunder Seeds in his body seemed to be feeling the vast energy of the Five Elements Stars and were becoming extremely excited, trembling rapidly in his dantian, as if urging him to release them.
Meanwhile, the starlight power that was constantly flowing into the sky through the Three Thousand Blazing Flames seemed to be summoned by some force, and it felt as if it was surging towards him.
The giant dragon seemed to sense the decreasing star power gathering on its body, and its two tightly closed pupils trembled slightly, as if it were about to wake up.
"Who dares to spy on the forbidden area of the Pill Tower?"
An aged yet majestic voice echoed through the starry sky, followed by a powerful surge of soul energy emanating from the depths of the cosmos.
Xiao Bai's heart skipped a beat, and the soul power he had probed into the starry sky instantly became much more illusory.
"Such powerful soul force! At least at the late stage of the Spirit Realm!"
"Spirit Realm Souls!"
The owner of the aged voice was surprised, clearly having discovered the location of Xiao Bai's soul, and a powerful sense of oppression rolled over.
"Who are you? Why are you spying on my Danta Starfield?"
"This junior means no harm. I merely sensed something amiss in the starry sky and followed my senses here. May I ask which senior from the Pill Tower has graced us with their presence? Would it be possible to exchange a word?"
Sensing the unusually sharp soul force, which clearly intended to erase his soul force, Xiao Bai hurriedly suppressed the fluctuations of the five elements within his body to avoid waking up the behemoth.
Seeing that the starlight around Xiao Bai had stopped gathering, the purplish-black fire dragon fell silent once more. The owner of the aged voice hesitated for a moment, his soul power no longer possessing that intense oppressive aura, but he still warily surrounded Xiao Bai before speaking:
"I am Xuan Kongzi!"
"So it's Senior Xuan Kongzi, one of the three giants of the Pill Tower!"
Xiao Bai's soul power fluctuated slightly, revealing just the right amount of respect.
"I am Xiao Bai, a junior who has just arrived in Saint Pill City. I was just curious and have offended you. Please forgive me."
Xuan Kongzi's soul power swirled around Xiao Bai, seemingly probing him carefully:
"Xiao Bai? That name sounds familiar."
"I remember now, you're that junior who caused quite a stir in Tianhuang City? Rumor has it you're a seventh-grade alchemist, but it seems everyone underestimated you!"
"A soul strength approaching the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm is considered above average among eighth-grade alchemists. Even within the Pill Tower, no one among the younger generation can rival such soul talent!"
"You flatter me, senior!"
Xiao Bai smiled and replied, "I came to the Pill Tower today because I have a request. I wish to meet Senior Xuan Yi and give her something. I wonder if Senior could convey this message to her?"
(End of this chapter)