Humans are devouring and selling off the heavens.

Chapter 48 Xiao Yan: I've become a sixth-grade alchemist?
Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan, thinking that if it weren't for his beloved disciple, he wouldn't have had such a great opportunity.

"what?"

But when he looked at Xiao Yan, he let out a soft exclamation.

My beloved disciple is now not only incredibly strong in terms of blood and energy, but his mental strength also seems to have improved considerably.

Thinking of this, the old doctor couldn't help but say:
"Little Yanzi, show me your soul power!"

"Yes, teacher." Xiao Yan nodded.

Immediately, Yao Lao saw a powerful soul force, as if it were tangible, burst forth from Xiao Yan's body.

This soul power alone is comparable to that of a Dou Huang!
The old alchemist exclaimed with delight, "This...this is the soul power of a sixth-grade alchemist!"

"A sixth-grade alchemist?!" Xiao Yan's heart pounded with excitement upon hearing this.

It should be noted that there is only one sixth-grade alchemist in the entire Jia Ma Empire, and even the Yunlan Sect has to treat him as an honored guest.

How did I become a sixth-grade alchemist in such a short time?

A sixth-grade alchemist!

The dragon's blood and the spirits of plants actually have such effects?!
The Pavilion of All Heavens is truly terrifying.

If Nalan Yanran knew this, she would probably regret it terribly.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"Ahem, Xiao Yanzi, don't be too happy yet. Don't forget that you haven't even practiced a third-grade pill yet."

Seeing his appearance, the old apothecary coughed twice and couldn't help but remind him:
"Moreover, your battle qi is too little, which can only support you to refine second-grade pills. No matter how strong your soul power is, it will be almost exhausted when you refine a third-grade pill."

"..."

Xiao Yan then remembered that his cultivation level was only at the initial stage of Dou Shi.

Not to mention that his cultivation technique is only a mid-level Yellow Rank technique, which is far from sufficient for sustained use.

Damn, what a waste of my time.

Xu Qing's voice drifted over.

“Having strong soul power is not necessarily a good thing.”

He looked at Yao Lao and Xiao Yan and said:
"Has Elder Yao Chen forgotten the Soul Palace?"

Upon hearing this, the old doctor's expression changed.

Seeing that Yao Lao's expression changed upon hearing this word, Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask:

"Teacher, what is the Soul Palace?"

The old apothecary stroked his beard, frowned, and said:
"The Soul Hall is an organization that hunts souls. They don't target normal people; they specifically target souls whose bodies have died but whose souls still remain in the world."

"They seem to have some way of probing souls, and also have special means of restraining them."

"Your teacher was severely injured when he was surrounded and attacked by the Soul Hall. In the end, he could only be contained in this Bone Flame Ring. It eventually passed to your mother and then to you."

"Moreover, I can say that even with my current Heavenly Realm Soul, I would not be able to contend with it in the slightest."

Xiao Yan took a deep breath. Even with Yao Lao's strength, he was being chased and forced to flee. Even now, after advancing to the Heavenly Realm Soul stage, he still couldn't contend with him. Just how powerful was that mysterious "Soul Palace"?

"This Soul Palace is also related to you," Xu Qing said slowly after Yao Lao finished speaking.

"Is it because I also possess a sixth-grade soul?" Xiao Yan frowned. Being targeted by this kind of guy was not a good thing.

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "Compared to your status, this is nothing."

"My identity?" Xiao Yan was completely baffled by this question.

His family only has a few Grand Battle Masters, what kind of identity could they possibly have? Could it be that their identity as a transmigrator has been discovered?

Xu Qing continued slowly:

"The Soul Palace is just a minor player, a mere errand boy. The real mastermind is the Soul Clan, one of the eight ancient clans."

"The Soul Palace are just minor figures running errands?" Xiao Yan gasped again. "And what kind of beings are the Soul Clan and the Eight Ancient Clans?"

Xu Qing said, "Families that inherit the bloodline of the Dou Di have the bloodline of the Dou Di flowing through their veins. Dou Huangs are nothing but ants among them, and there are quite a few Dou Shengs as well. However, perhaps they should now be called the Seven Ancient Clans."

"Because the Xiao family is the lineage that was lost among these eight ancient clans."

Xiao Yan was completely bewildered when he heard the last sentence. What the hell?

"The Xiao family possesses the bloodline of a Dou Di?! Among the eight ancient clans, Dou Huangs are like ants?! And Dou Shengs are not few in number?!"

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Can those others be related to the Xiao clan in front?"
This seems to have absolutely no connection...

Thinking about the several Great Dou Master elders in the clan, who were always ostracizing their own father for a little power, Xiao Yan felt deeply suspicious.

Seeing this, Xu Qing smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask your teacher. He was originally from the Chinese Medicine Clan of the Eight Ancient Clans."

"Teacher has this identity?" Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao.

"This word alone is enough to explain everything." A bitter look appeared on the old doctor's face.

"However, what Pavilion Master Xu said is indeed true."

"My Xiao family really has the bloodline of the Dou Di?" Xiao Yan was taken aback, then said, "But since my Xiao family has declined, how can we still be associated with the Soul Clan?"

Xu Qing continued, "Because of the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, this jade can open the cave left behind by the ancient Dou Di Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. However, this ancient jade was divided into eight pieces, with each of the eight ancient clans holding one piece."

"And now, the owner of this jade is your father."

Upon hearing that it was related to his father, Xiao Yan's eyes immediately blazed with fire, and his voice was low and deep: "What a Soul Palace, what a Soul Clan."

He took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Pavilion Master Xu."

Then, Xiao Yan looked at his teacher:

"It seems that we should first find the Different Flame Upgrade Technique, teacher. This way, it will also help you reshape your body."

"Yes, that is indeed the most urgent matter." The old apothecary nodded, his expression grave...

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After Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left, Xu Qing looked at the bag of spatial rings in his hand.

He was certainly not some pushover.

He was simply afraid that the master and apprentice would get too arrogant and be arrested by the Soul Hall, which would mean he would lose his business.

These spatial rings, though small in capacity, only have a volume of three or four cubic meters, which is nothing compared to spatial rings with a volume of thousands of cubic meters.

But it's still a spatial ring, a spatial ring that needs to be created by cutting through space in "Swallowed Star".

This makes mass production very difficult.

According to Babata's calculations, this spatial ring could fetch at least tens of millions of Black Dragon Coins.

This is an enormous sum of money.

It's important to know that a peak-level War God, with a speed twice the speed of sound and a body hardness hundreds or thousands of times greater than diamond, is only worth a dozen or twenty Black Dragon Coins in the universe.

A planetary-level rank one who can destroy a mountain with a single punch is worth only a couple hundred Black Dragon Coins in the universe.

There's no way around it; ordinary citizens of the human race in the universe are all at the first-order planetary level, and those at the apprentice level aren't even considered human anymore.

Even races with millions of planets and many star-level powerhouses are merely slave races in the universe.

One hundred and seventy storage rings were nothing more than three sixth-grade pills for Yao Lao, but in the world of "Swallowing the Stars," they were worth tens of millions of planetary-level cultivators, or tens of millions of Dou Zong!

A powerhouse equivalent to a beginner-level Dou Sheng could buy a thousand of them at the slave market!
The resources available to devour the universe are simply too abundant; there is no shortage of powerful individuals and resources.

Even if Yao Lao is well-versed in the Dou Qi Continent, he probably wouldn't believe that his sixth-grade pills could have such great value.

Storage rings are commonplace in the Dou Qi Continent; people basically use them to store expensive items.

All Xu Qing gave up was some items worth a few Black Dragon Coins.

The profits from this resale were too great, and the karma between Yao Lao and Xiao Yan was too heavy. Xu Qing was also afraid that the customers who would bring him the golden eggs would disappear.

Sigh, I just don't know the requirements for unlocking teleportation permissions. Is it a fourth-tier pavilion master or some other level pavilion master?

Although he didn't know when the remaining permissions would be available, Xu Qing had a feeling it would be soon...

……

Another month later, after a long period of repairs by Xu Qing and Babata, the Heilongshan X81 spaceship was finally able to take off.

(End of this chapter)