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Although seeing Xiao Fan in the Starfall Pavilion made Xiao Yan very happy, given Xiao Yan's familiarity with him, he probably wouldn't have met so soon unless there had been some emergency.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's expression turned somewhat grim.
Seeing this, Xiao Fan did not hide anything and explained to Xiao Yan and Xun'er why he had returned, as well as the Soul Palace's plan.
"Damn the Soul Palace!"
Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Xiao Yan's face darkened, and he cursed under his breath.
Unlike them, Xiao Fan felt relieved at this moment. After all, Xiao Fan originally thought that Xun'er would return to the ancient clan after a brief encounter at the Dou Sheng Ruins.
He just didn't expect that Xun'er would come to the Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan.
Even Xiao Fan had to admit the strength of the ancient clans, and Xun'er, as a young lady of the ancient clans, must have been secretly protected by powerful members of the ancient clans.
Even if they don't take action, the two are mortal enemies of the Soul Palace.
This gave Xiao Fan many opportunities to make moves.
Moreover, even in the worst-case scenario, with powerful members of the ancient clans present, the Starfall Pavilion would not suffer significant losses.
Thinking of this, Xiao Fan felt relieved. Looking at Xiao Yan, whose face was gloomy, he comforted him:
"Alright, don't worry. I've already given you my left leg, which is close to half of a Dou Sheng's remains. That should be enough to help you reach the Dou Sheng realm."
"At the very least, he should be able to reach the level of a half-saint..."
While the three were talking, inside the cave, Qinglin absorbed the energy from the pool, and the Emperor Python's Heart-Eating Poison within her body was completely resolved.
"Wow!"
Hearing the sounds coming from inside the cave, Xiao Yan's face lit up with joy. He asked into the cave, "Qing Lin, have you cleared the toxins from your body?"
"Thank you, Young Master Xiao Yan, it's all been cleared!"
Qinglin's soft voice came from the cave, and then her figure appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at Qinglin, who had regained her vitality, she no longer looked like she was suffering from a serious illness.
Xiao Yan carefully examined the toxins in her body again and only felt completely relieved after finding that there were no remaining toxins.
"Qinglin, you......"
Then, Xiao Yan remembered the strange tattoo on Qing Lin's back and hesitated before speaking.
"Young Master Xiao Yan, what's wrong?"
Qinglin noticed Xiao Yan's curiosity and took the initiative to ask.
Xiao Yan and Xun'er exchanged a glance, and then Xiao Yan took the initiative to speak.
"Qinglin, what's that tattoo on your back...?"
"Oh, that thing!"
Upon hearing this, Qinglin showed a hint of annoyance on his face.
"That thing is the remnant soul of an ancient celestial serpent. I accidentally wandered into a ruin and found the corpse of an ancient celestial serpent. Then, this soul came out of the skeleton and landed on me."
Qinglin spoke calmly, but everyone could sense the danger in his voice.
"At first, it was very fierce towards me, but it couldn't do anything to me. I wasn't strong enough, so I couldn't do anything to it either. Now that my strength has increased, I'm able to control it briefly through the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil."
"Ancient Celestial Serpent..."
Xiao Yan showed a hint of surprise upon hearing Qing Lin's explanation.
After all, the Ancient Celestial Serpent was an existence that could be compared with the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Celestial Phoenix.
However, the ancient celestial serpent is even rarer than the ancient celestial phoenix, and there is no trace of the ancient celestial serpent in the present world.
Xiao Fan also knew that among snake-type magical beasts, only the Devouring Python could be compared to the Ancient Heavenly Serpent in terms of peak bloodline.
This demonstrates the terrifying nature of this ancient celestial serpent.
"But...did the ancient celestial serpent have nine heads?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's questioning words, Qing Lin stuck out her tongue and then explained:
"I don't know either. This thing must be a mutated entity. When it entered my body, I couldn't do anything about it, and it just stayed there."
"Fortunately, it was only a remnant soul. If it had a physical body, with the bloodline power of the ancient celestial serpent within it, even the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil wouldn't be able to control it."
Xiao Yan nodded upon hearing this, and could only marvel at Qing Lin's good fortune.
After all, the ancient celestial serpent was such a ferocious existence in ancient times. Even if it was just a remnant soul, as Qing Lin's strength increased, the remnant soul of the ancient celestial serpent was of unparalleled help to her.
Once this remnant soul grows up, Qing Lin will probably be able to fight even a Dou Sheng powerhouse.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but gasp. He had been cultivating so hard for so long, and he was only at the Dou Zun realm.
Qing Lin, relying on the existence of the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, has now entered the Dou Zun realm.
With the help of the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, it can even directly control snake-type powerhouses who are four-star Dou Zun.
When a powerful cultivator is under the direct control of another, a portion of their cultivation will be fed back to the person in charge.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but marvel at the terrifying and abnormal nature of the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil physique.
After discussing it for a while, the group did not linger but hurried on their way.
After all, having learned from Xiao Fan that the Soul Palace was about to launch a major attack on the Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan, as the young pavilion master, naturally could not stand idly by.
Qinglin and Xun'er, naturally following Xiao Yan's lead, headed forward together.
Chapter 282 Summoning the Strong
Xiao Yan and the others went together to the council hall of the Starfall Pavilion. The meeting of Venerable Feng and the others had already ended.
At this moment, only Venerable Feng and a group of Dou Zun powerhouses remained in the council hall.
When they saw Xiao Fan and the others coming.
His expression showed no surprise; he simply nodded slightly.
"Elder Feng, have all the disciples in the pavilion been settled?"
Xiao Yan looked at Venerable Feng sitting in front of him, a questioning look on his face.
"I have ordered all disciples to retreat back into the pavilion. All activities of the Starfall Pavilion in the outside world must cease."
"Only a few spies were left behind to observe the Soul Palace's movements. The rest of the people have all received the message and are gradually retreating back into the Starfall Pavilion."
The Wind Venerable's face revealed a sense of decisiveness as he explained the arrangements made at the meeting.
After all, the only chance for the Pavilion to turn things around now is for Yao Chen to successfully break through to the Dou Sheng realm.
but.......
If breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm were truly so easy, it wouldn't be so rare in the Dou Qi Continent.
A powerful warrior who fights to the death.
Those are the people who truly stand at the very top of the pyramid.
Generally speaking, unless there is an emergency such as the destruction of a sect, a Dou Sheng expert will not take action. Otherwise, a Dou Sheng expert will not show himself in front of the public at all.
When the Fighting Saint does not appear, the Fighting Venerable reigns supreme.
However, if a Dou Sheng (Battle Saint) expert appears, no matter how many Dou Zun (Battle Venerables) there are, they will be of no use.
This shows the difference between a Dou Zun and a Dou Sheng powerhouse.
Venerable Feng also knew that Yao Lao possessed half of a Dou Sheng's remains, but he still lacked absolute certainty that he could break through to the Dou Sheng realm.
The gap between a Battle Saint and a Battle Venerable cannot be bridged by any amount of hard work later in life.
Unless one possesses extraordinary talent, the pinnacle a person can reach in their lifetime is likely to be only a Dou Zun.
Even though Yao Chen has the title of the number one alchemist on the continent, the Dou Sheng realm is still an extremely difficult hurdle to overcome on the path of cultivation.
Otherwise, Yao Chen wouldn't have been just a Medicine Venerable, but would have become a Medicine Saint much earlier!
"Ugh......"
Venerable Wind sighed and continued:
"However, if the Soul Palace truly provokes a powerhouse at the demigod level or higher... I'm afraid these disciples hiding inside the pavilion... will have the same effect..."
This is not Wind Venerable's unfounded worry, but the strength of a Dou Sheng level cannot be compensated for by sheer numbers.
Only those of equal strength can intervene to stop the opponent.
Other powerful figures, even peak Dou Zun, are still nothing more than ants in front of Dou Sheng, at most just slightly troublesome ants.
Upon hearing Venerable Feng's words, Xiao Yan's face also showed a hint of helplessness. After all, this was the current disadvantage of the Starfall Pavilion. Its high-end combat power was insufficient against the Soul Palace, and there was no way to avoid this.
The only solution is to hope that Yao Lao successfully breaks through to the Dou Sheng realm.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Starfall Pavilion's strength had developed rapidly in the past six months, with the addition of Xiao Yan and others, filling the gap in the Dou Zun realm, it would have been a different story.
Even with the former strength of the Starfall Pavilion, it's still only Venerable Wind struggling to hold on.
The Soul Palace could destroy the Starfall Pavilion with ease.
They could even send out a branch hall and send out a Dou Zun expert to hold off Feng Zun, while the rest of the experts would be enough to destroy Xingyun Pavilion.
However, since the Soul Hall lacked a suitable reason, and the situation on the continent wasn't something he could control, even the Soul Hall dared not act rashly.