Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

Chapter 90 Old man, you can fight too, huh?

Upon entering the Pill Realm, Xiao Li was greeted by a desolate scene, but he noticed a mountain range in the distance, lush and vibrant with life.

"Is this the Pill Realm? The energy here is exceptionally abundant, but there seems to be some violent element in the energy. Could this be the reason for the Pill Realm's decline? Perhaps it's because the powerful figure who created the Pill Realm has fallen, and no one can manage this Pill Realm, leading to this problem."

Xiao Li sensed the unique environment of the Pill Realm, but unfortunately, his cultivation level was too low to comprehend anything in this space opened up by a Dou Sheng.

"Where's that old man?" Xiao Li was already eager to find the Dou Zong who had told him to get lost earlier.

Xiao Li followed the old man into the Pill Realm, so he should be not far from him.

Xiao Li transformed his fighting spirit into wings and began searching the surroundings.

Just a few miles away from Xiao Li, the old man from before was here, and he had just discovered an excellent medicinal herb.

"The Evergreen Spirit Vine, what a fine thing! It's exactly the medicinal material I need. Excellent, excellent! This is a great start! I, Huang Yan, will surely shine brightly in this alchemy world!"

"At that time, I will be promoted from the Yellow Nether Sect to the Heavenly Nether Sect. If the Heavenly Nether Sect is not suitable, then the Earthly Nether Sect or the Profound Nether Sect will not be bad either."

This old man, Huang Yan, is from the Huangming Sect. The Huangming Sect is one of the three major sects affiliated with the Tianming Sect, and it is also the weakest. The sect leaders of the Diming Sect and Xuanming Sect are both Dou Zun powerhouses, while the sect leader of the Huangming Sect is only at the peak of Dou Zong, and he has very few resources.

(P.S.: In the original novel, Chen Tiannan, the sect leader of the Xuanming Sect, was only a two-star Dou Zun, roughly the same as the peak Dou Zong of the Huangming Sect.)

Huang Yan wanted to make a name for himself at the Pill Gathering and gain the appreciation of the Tianming Sect. Even if he couldn't enter the Tianming Sect, entering the Diming Sect or the Xuanming Sect would be good too.

"Found you!"

While Huang Yan was still lost in his fantasy, a golden and silver figure rushed over and broke Huang Yan's legs.

"Aaaaaaah! Who?!" Huang Yan felt a sharp pain and then his legs broke.

"Of course it's me. Old man, you think you're so tough? Just because you're a Dou Zong doesn't mean you can bully me, a Dou Huang, at will?" Xiao Li stepped forward, looking at Huang Yan with a smile.

"It's you!" Huang Yan was surprised. He had only seen a Dou Huang and wanted to bully him, but he didn't expect that this Dou Huang would have such methods. Huang Yan really regretted why he had relied on his high cultivation to humiliate others.

Moreover, this Dou Huang didn't react on the spot but instead entered the Pill Realm to kill him, like a venomous snake, delivering a fatal blow when he was most relaxed.

Xiao Li placed one foot on Huang Yan's face: "Weren't you very arrogant just now? I still prefer your unruly self. Why don't you revert to your old self?"

"You little beast, I..."

puff~

Xiao Li then had the Earth Demon Puppet kill the Dou Zong: "I don't like this answer at all."

Xiao Li released his soul power and drew Huang Yan's soul over.

"Trying to run away?" Xiao Li grabbed the illusory soul.

"I'm just a remnant soul left, and you still won't let me go?" Huang Yan wanted to beg for mercy, but Xiao Li didn't want to give him the chance. Xiao Li took out a special porcelain bottle and then wrapped Huang Yan's remnant soul in Yang Fire. Since the Yin Yang Heart Flame devoured the Fallen Heart Flame's sub-flame, it also gained the Fallen Heart Flame's special attack effect on the soul.

Although Yang Fire is inexhaustible and can save people, Xiao Li can control Yang Fire to only release Heart Flame, and not easily wear down Huang Yan's soul power, thus putting him into a deep sleep.

Xiao Li stuffed Huang Yan's soul into a specially made porcelain bottle. The soul of a Dou Zong expert was of great use. Since Xiao Li's soul power increased, he suddenly remembered that the Earth Demon Puppet crafting manual might be in the Black Corner Region.

After the Pill Gathering ends, I will go and take a look. It seems that the process of making the Earth Demon Puppet requires a Dou Zong soul. I will keep this soul as a backup. Moreover, the soul of a Dou Zong expert is a good thing in itself. If I burn his mind completely with the strange fire, only a ball of pure soul essence will be left.

Unfortunately, it's against the natural order, so Xiao Li doesn't plan to use it often. He finds it a bit unpleasant, and it wouldn't be good if he were to suffer retribution someday. He'd rather let the Soul Palace handle such matters, and then reap the rewards once they've become powerful enough.

"Wow! Evergreen Vine! Just the medicinal herb I need, thank you!" Xiao Li was overjoyed when he saw the section of green vine.

Xiao Li glanced at the Dou Zong's storage ring and found nothing of value. He pursed his lips and then threw it away. As for the Dou Zong's corpse, Xiao Li didn't intend to keep it either. It was just a four-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Li had no interest in collecting trash. The lowest-ranking corpse Xiao Li had was a five-star Dou Zong, and he even had several Dou Zun corpses.

"Next, we need to find the remaining two medicinal herbs. According to the location marked on the map, it's in the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range. There are probably quite a few seventh-tier magical beasts there, and even some eighth-tier ones. I'm scared."

However, this Pill Realm is indeed an opportunity. If I can elevate my soul to the Spirit Realm here, I can save many years of arduous cultivation.

Xiao Li took out an ancient animal skin scroll from his storage ring: "This is a special medicine collected by Yin Gu that can elevate mortal souls to the spiritual realm. It requires Star Soul Ganoderma, Pill Spirit Elixir, Willow Wood Soul Marrow, and Earth Core Soul Marrow."

These are all top-tier items! What are we going to do? We'll just have to see if we can find them. It's specifically noted here that to collect the Earth Core Soul Essence, you need to be careful of the Earth Yellow Essence, which must be over a hundred years old.

Xiao Li scratched his head, not thinking too much about it. He could only go to the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range alone to find medicinal herbs. This was the only place where he could improve his spiritual realm. If that didn't work, he would have to patiently absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Xiao Li flew towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range.

Peng Si—

Xiao Li heard the sounds of fighting and immediately stopped to watch the commotion.

"Hmm? A Dou Huang, no, three Dou Huangs are fighting a sixth-tier python demonic beast. Wait! This is the Earth Yellow Python! You wouldn't recognize it if you didn't look closely. With the Earth Yellow Python here, there must be Earth Yellow Essence here!"

Xiao Li crept up quietly. The three Dou Huangs joined forces to suppress the Earth Yellow Python, but Xiao Li felt that the Earth Yellow Python could have dodged several times but instead stubbornly resisted. Xiao Li felt an indescribable strangeness when he saw this scene.

Just as Xiao Li was pondering, another Earth Yellow Python pounced out from a large tree, biting a Dou Huang in the mouth. Then, the Earth Yellow Python's body coiled around him, breaking his bones!

"So that's how it is. There are two Earth Yellow Pythons guarding the Earth Yellow Essence here. Hey~ I was wondering why. Sixth-tier magical beasts are extremely intelligent and can even speak human language. How could they be so stupid as to not dodge attacks they could have avoided?"

Xiao Li secretly summoned the Earth Demon Puppet, and then summoned the Heavenly Blaze Sword in his hand.

"Damn it, there are two Rehmannia pythons! That Rehmannia essence must be very old! We'll have to..."

A black slash and a golden-silver figure swept past, instantly slicing down the two earth pythons!

Xiao Li, dressed in a black robe, looked at the two Dou Huangs, his Heavenly Blaze Sword stained with the blood of the Earth Yellow Python.

"roll!"

The two Dou Huangs left without a second thought. The three of them together couldn't kill a single Earth Yellow Python, but now that two people had appeared, they could kill it instantly. If they didn't run now, when would they?

Xiao Li flicked the blood off his sword, then looked in a certain direction: "You've been watching for so long, you should be coming out by now!"

"Not coming out? Earth Demon Puppet!"

Xiao Li immediately ordered the Earth Demon Puppet to capture the person. Before long, the Earth Demon Puppet brought back a Dou Zong who was barely recognizable as a human.

laugh-

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