Refining medicine can't save Doupo!

Chapter 698 Nine-Colored Battle Qi Dharma Form!

In the Central Continent Soul Hall, on the Ink Soul Plain, a simple yet magnificent training ground was rapidly transformed by Lei Dong, Lan Hong, and others. In less than a month, what should have been a plain became a small mountain several hundred meters high. The Dou Sheng's ability to move mountains and fill seas possessed unimaginable power in infrastructure.

Furthermore, after learning that Jiang Lin wanted to build a dojo, the Soul Palace specially sought out some Dou Zun with earth-type Dou Qi from within the Soul Palace to help him, ultimately allowing Jiang Lin's dojo to take shape rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The training ground built by Jiang Lin wasn't very high; the mountain itself wasn't particularly tall, but it was wide and thick, with various viewing platforms built in concentric rings. At the very top of the mountain was a circular bluestone plaza, but strangely, there were no buildings on it. It was as if it wasn't even meant for people to stand on.
"The more I look at this temporary hill they created, the more something seems off." The peculiar hill that suddenly appeared on the Ink Soul Plain was naturally discovered by many forces that had arrived at the Ink Soul Plain in advance.

"Originally, there shouldn't have been any mountains here. But those people from the Soul Hall insisted on creating one. And I heard that the spirit craftsman even developed some new earth-type combat techniques that can be used for construction." Some forces that were somewhat connected with the Soul Hall began exchanging information with others.

"Developing earth-type fighting techniques?? Shouldn't that master craftsman be a weapon refiner specializing in fire and metal fighting qi? How can he develop earth-type fighting techniques?" A pill tower alchemist disguised as an ordinary Dou Zun wondered. If someone were to remove his cloak, they would be surprised to find that this person was none other than Xuan Kongzi, one of the three giants of the pill tower!

Xuan Kongzi, a peak Dou Zun, a peak Rank 8 alchemist, and one of the three giants of the Pill Tower!

Along with Xuan Kongzi were some members of the Pill Tower, but those people were led by Pill Tower elders and did not conceal their identities.

"Once one's strength reaches a certain level, the same fighting technique, driven by different elemental fighting qi, can produce different effects. We all know this. Therefore, it's feasible for a fire-elemental fighting qi user to use lightning or wind-elemental fighting techniques." Tang Zhen from Burning Flame Valley glanced in the direction of the Pill Tower team, his gaze lingering on Xuan Kongzi as he pondered which important figure in the Pill Tower the other was. Just then, he heard Tang Huo'er, who was beside him, speak up:

"However, if a fighter does not possess earth-type battle qi attributes, then developing earth-type battle techniques becomes extremely difficult. But, does this senior from the Pill Tower recall that the Spirit Craftsman Master mentioned in his public announcement that he seemed unconcerned about his disciple's innate battle qi attributes?"

Xuan Kongzi glanced at Tang Huo'er beside Tang Zhen, smiled slightly, and said, "As expected of a young talent from Burning Flame Valley, little girl, if you can pass the Spirit Craftsman's assessment, then the Pill Tower might be willing to give Burning Flame Valley some face regarding your hidden ailment."

"Thank you, senior!" Tang Huo'er was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly bowed to Xuan Kongzi, who was heading towards the Pill Tower team.

"Don't rush to thank me. If you can pass the Spirit Craftsman's assessment and become a Spirit Craftsman's disciple, many forces will naturally extend goodwill to you. If you don't have enough talent, then it's just that fate isn't on your side." Xuan Kongzi smiled faintly, not paying much attention to Tang Huo'er.

Many secrets of various factions within Zhongzhou are not secrets within the Pill Tower. The Burning Flame Valley had requested the Pill Tower to refine medicine for Tang Huo'er's health issues, but they couldn't offer the required compensation. Furthermore, Tang Huo'er's current condition wasn't severe, so the Burning Flame Valley kept delaying, trying to find other solutions.

"Sister Xuan, are you sure that's the Stone Clan?" On the edge of that strange mountain range on the Ink Soul Plain, besides the Pill Tower and other forces that had arrived in advance, the people sent by the Ancient Clan had also arrived. However, what puzzled the Soul Palace was that the Ancient Clan had actually released Gu Xun'er at this time.

Among the ancient clan team, there were fewer than ten people on the surface. Apart from Gu Xun'er and the other seven young people of the ancient clan, the rest were Gu Xuan, the Dou Zun guard who had appeared in the Black Corner Region, and a half-saint of the ancient clan who was in charge of leading the team.

“I just visited them, and they are indeed the Stone Clan. Their Stone Clan bloodline is undeniable. The Stone Clan Dou Zun leading the group also has a very strong bloodline and should be a core member of the Stone Clan.” Gu Xuan, who was hidden in the spatial rift, answered the girl in green in front of her.

The girl in green was none other than Gu Xun'er, who came from an ancient clan, and her strength had reached the terrifying level of a three-star Dou Zun.

“The Stone Clan Battle Venerable.” Gu Xun’er’s expression was somewhat complicated at this moment. She looked up at the hill in the distance that resembled a lotus platform with layers upon layers, and her expression was a bit strange.

Although Jiang Lin didn't say some things back in the Ancient Sea Secret Realm, Gu Xun'er wasn't stupid. She vaguely sensed that the Stone Clan's current situation might be very strange. She even dared to guess wrongly that the Stone Clan might have been wiped out. So now Gu Xun'er was very confused by the sudden appearance of the Stone Clan's Dou Zun and a group of Stone Clan members.

Logically speaking, this group of stone people shouldn't be here.
"What's wrong, Miss? Is there something wrong with them?" Gu Xuan asked, puzzled.

Gu Xun'er quickly added, "No, I was just surprised that the Stone Clan, who announced the closure of the Stone Realm, still sent out a member of the Stone Clan in the end."

Gu Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, I'm also puzzled, but maybe they also think it's important."

Gu Xuan didn't overthink it, because the Stone Clan Battle Venerable she had just visited was a genuine Stone Clan Battle Venerable, and there was no way to fake it.

"Oh, right, Miss." Suddenly, Gu Xuan seemed to remember something and said, "The Shadow Guards have discovered information about the Xiao family. The Xiao family patriarch, Xiao Zhan, along with several young members, is heading towards the Ink Soul Plains under the escort of the Holy Soul Hall."

"Was he arrested?" Gu Xun'er asked with a strange expression.

"Hmm," Gu Xuan hesitated slightly this time, "Judging from the intelligence provided by the Shadow Guards, although the Holy Soul Hall's escort route indicates they are heading towards the Soul Hall's headquarters, their destination should be the Ink Soul Plains." "...Aren't they afraid of being exposed?" Gu Xun'er asked helplessly.

However, Gu Xuan had a different understanding: "Miss, perhaps it's not that they're not afraid of being exposed, but that they've already been exposed."

"It's just that, for some reason, the Soul Palace doesn't seem to have any intention of taking action against the Xiao family."

"Huh?" Gu Xun'er was also a little puzzled. Of course, she didn't know that because of Jiang Lin's identity, Xiao Yan's identity was exposed much earlier, and he had even appeared among the higher-ups of the Soul Hall. However, at that time, Xiao Yan had neither clashed with the Soul Hall nor harbored any deep hatred towards it. Coupled with his relationship with Jiang Lin, the Soul Hall realized that Xiao Yan could be used by them. It was also because of Jiang Lin that Xiao Yan now had the desire to 'transfer souls'. Seeing this, the Soul Hall was naturally happy to see it.

However, Xiao Yan's desire to possess the soul has not yet been exposed, because the Soul Palace is still hoping to see if Xiao Yan can trick the Ancient Jade out of the Ancient Clan.
What many people don't even know is that in the Jia Ma Empire, there is also a 'Minor Soul Hall' under the jurisdiction of the Unreturning Soul Hall. Xiao Yan is the deputy hall master there.

“Miss, do we need to keep an eye on this?” Gu Xuan asked.

"Never mind, the Xiao family is weak and isolated. Let them come with us." Although she knew the Xiao family had been exposed, Gu Xun'er still felt that they should protect the 'Xiao Clan Chief' whose strongest strength was only Dou Huang.

In fact, Xiao Zhan, who had secretly been refined into a golden life-weapon arm by Jiang Lin, was now capable of breaking through to the Dou Zong realm. After all, Xiao Yan had provided him with a great deal of cultivation resources, especially the Origin Pills, which could almost be called 'experience pills'. However, Xiao Zhan was worried that his rapid advancement would attract too much attention, so he restrained his desire to break through to the Dou Zong realm so quickly. He gave most of the Origin Pills to Xiao Ding and the others, and in the end, everyone advanced to the high-level Dou Huang realm.

Finally, as the day agreed upon by the Spirit Craftsmen drew ever closer, more and more forces appeared in the Ink Soul Plains and near Lotus Weapon Mountain. Many forces banded together, looking in astonishment at those top forces that were rarely seen on ordinary days.

Representatives from the Yan and Yao clans also arrived. Seeing the Gu clan present, they joined them. And when the Yao clan members discovered a group of weaklings surnamed Xiao accompanying the Gu clan, their expressions were priceless. Gu Xun'er knew she couldn't hide it any longer, so she simply revealed the Xiao family's true identity. However, the Yan and Yao clans looked at Xiao Zhan and his group, who couldn't even unlock their Emperor Marks, with undisguised skepticism. But out of respect for the Gu clan, they ultimately said nothing.

However, in private, the half-saints leading the Yan Clan and the half-saints leading the Yao Clan got together and talked, and their feelings towards the ancient clans somewhat diminished.

If they remembered correctly, it was the Ancient Clan that ultimately took over the protection of the Xiao Clan. Moreover, it was Xiao Xuan who took the initiative to offer the protection of the Xiao Clan.

Why didn't Xiao Xuan choose the seemingly more reliable Spirit Clan in the first place? Because everyone tacitly knew that the Spirit Clan was the most unreliable of the ancient imperial clans. If Xiao Xuan had let the Spirit Clan protect his clan, then the Xiao Clan would have become nothing more than experimental subjects for the Spirit Clan. Aside from escaping annihilation, their fate would depend entirely on the Spirit Clan's research progress.
At that time, Xiao Xuan looked around and decisively eliminated the Soul Clan from among the imperial clans that possessed nine-star Dou Sheng (Battle Saints). He then asked the powerful and influential Ancient Clan to help him. In Xiao Xuan's view, even if he died while proving himself as an Emperor, the Ancient Clan, which had inherited most of the Xiao Clan's resources, would be able to rival the Soul Clan. If other imperial clans were to assist them, the Ancient Clan would even be slightly stronger than the Soul Clan.

In this way, if the ancient clan were to allocate a piece of territory to the Xiao clan within their own vegetable garden, the Xiao clan, whose bloodline power is depleted, could produce a few Dou Zun, though it's hard to say they could become Dou Sheng.

When the ancient clans faced other powers, it could be explained as a matter of foresight and strategic planning. However, when the ancient clans were protected by the Yan and Yao clans, and the Xiao clan became their patriarchs at the Dou Huang level, it could only be described as scheming and manipulative.
Therefore, the appearance of the Douhuang Xiao Clan lowered the reputation of the Gu Clan in the eyes of the Yan Clan and the Yao Clan. They said Xiao Xuan thought the Gu Clan was more reliable than the Ling Clan, which is why he asked them to protect the Xiao Clan. But look at the Gu Clan's behavior! They seem even less reliable than the Ling Clan! At least, given the Ling Clan's character, you say the Xiao Clan's bloodline is deficient and they can't become saints? I refuse to believe it today! I'll pile on resources and create a Douhuang Xiao Clan member to see what's really going on!

For example, the Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan, two imperial clans that pay close attention to different flames, know that the Spirit Clan had created a super sea core flame that could overturn the rankings of different flames. After the verification was completed, they threw it into the deep sea as a ball of light. The Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan originally wanted that super sea core flame, but because the Spirit Clan refused to give it to them, and because there were too many conditions for the sea core flame to be created, it could not become scarce, so they eventually chose to give up.

Therefore, they knew that, given the nature of the Spirit Clan, the Xiao Clan was worthy of investing more resources in their research.

While the Flame Clan, Medicine Clan, and Ancient Clan formed an alliance, the Thunder Clan representative strangely mingled with the Soul Clan. It wasn't that the Thunder Clan wanted to be with the Soul Clan, but rather that their young clan leader, Lei Dong, was frequently seen with Soul Ke'er, the person in charge of the Soul Clan. Before the Thunder Clan delegation arrived, Lei Ying had instructed them to follow Lei Dong's arrangements, so they had no choice but to camp near the Soul Clan delegation since their young clan leader was hanging out with the Soul Clan.

To the ThunderClan delegation's slight surprise, the StoneClan delegation also set up camp near their temporary encampment.
If Jiang Lin's identity as a member of the Spirit Clan is added, then the Ink Soul Plain will see a rare and bizarre situation of eight clans facing off against each other in a four-on-four battle.
Besides the eight ancient clans, other forces are also showing a trend of banding together, since the eight clans are too powerful, so most forces are moving closer to the Pill Tower.

Finally, amidst everyone's anticipation, the day that the Spirit Craftsman had promised to meet with everyone arrived.

Buzz.
The moment the sun rose above the horizon of the Ink Soul Plain, the energy fluctuations throughout the entire plain surged.
When that terrifying divine black hole unfolded atop the Lotus Artifact Mountain, the energy fluctuations of the entire Ink Soul Plain were drawn in, forming an energy vortex with a radius of a hundred miles in the astonished gaze of everyone!

Drawn by the energy vortex, the energy of the entire Ink Soul Plain was stirred, directly creating an extremely terrifying energy tidal effect!

Thanks to the support of the Soul Clan, Jiang Lin now dares to unseal his Divine Essence Black Hole at maximum power in the Central Continent!
Back then, with the blessing of the Ancient Sea World, Jiang Lin's Divine Essence Black Hole was enough to affect the entire Origin Qi Continent! And the size of the Origin Qi Continent after the overlap was not much smaller than that of the Dou Qi Continent!
Therefore, even without the world's blessing, Jiang Lin's divine essence black hole, when fully unfolded, can still make half of the Central Continent detect a slight change in energy!
As for the Ink Soul Plains surrounding the Soul Palace's main camp, it is a place where one can directly look at that terrifying black hole that is constantly absorbing and spitting out energy!
Deep within the Divine Essence Black Hole, a colossal nine-colored battle qi dharma image slowly emerged!

(End of this chapter)