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"This is it."

Xiao Fan was only slightly surprised, but then he didn't pay much attention and led Zi Yan straight into the courtyard.

There were a few servants in the courtyard. They were taken aback when they saw Xiao Fan, but when they saw the house deed in Xiao Fan's hand, they stopped talking and respectfully bowed to Xiao Fan.

"You may continue as you normally would, but from now on, no one may enter the backyard without my order."

Xiao Fan gathered everyone together, briefly explained the situation, and then led Zi Yan to the backyard. The yard was very clean, saving Xiao Fan and the others the trouble of cleaning.

They found two adjacent rooms, and Xiao Fan and Zi Yan each moved in.

Xiao Fan told Zi Yan not to wander off, then went into his room and closed his eyes to meditate. He knew about the blockade of the Saint Pill City star region and planned to probe the situation tonight.

After all, this is the territory of the Pill Tower, and the soul power of those old guys in the Pill Tower is no weaker than Xiao Fan's. Even Xiao Fan has to treat them with caution.

Time flies, and night soon falls. The once bustling city of Saint Dan did not diminish in the slightest as night approached, and many places remained lively with people.

"Shh!"

Xiao Fan opened his eyes, looking radiant. With a swift movement, he appeared in the center of the courtyard. He spread his soul power around, and finding nothing unusual, he waved his hand and set up a simple array in the courtyard. Anyone who stepped into it would be detected by him.

After doing all this, Xiao Fan's eyes gleamed with golden light, and he looked up and gazed at the night sky above.

"Indeed, the spiritual energy emanating from this starry sky is much stronger!"

As Xiao Fan's soul power spread across the sky, he could clearly feel that the seemingly empty starry sky, which was difficult to see with the naked eye, was emanating an invisible spirituality.

As Xiao Fan's soul power spread, the surrounding spiritual beings, somewhat unaware, approached the soul power he released, and then slowly nourished him, bringing a sense of pleasure.

So-called spirituality is actually just like intelligence.

The reason why eighth-grade alchemists are so rare is that after one's soul realm reaches the Spirit Realm, one can endow the pill with a certain spirituality. In this way, the pill can transform from a mortal to a spiritual pill. It can also be understood as giving the pill intelligence. Only after an eighth-grade pill has gained spirit through this step and survives the tribulation of lightning can it be considered a true pill.

Most alchemists are stuck at the seventh rank because their own soul realm has not yet entered the Spirit Realm. If they cannot even do it themselves, how can they infuse the pills with spirituality?

Now, Xiao Fan's soul power spreads into the depths of the night sky. Sensing the spirituality around him, Xiao Fan's soul trembles, as if he has entered a mysterious realm. For a moment, Xiao Fan has forgotten his purpose and is simply sensing the spirituality around him.

After a while, Xiao Fan sensed a burning heat. Then he saw a silver dragon stretching as far as the eye could see, its body engulfed in purplish-black flames, lying prostrate in the starry sky.

Having already witnessed Zhu Kun's appearance, Xiao Fan was still shocked by the sight, but he quickly came to his senses.

Because he knew that the old man from the Pill Tower would probably realize he was spying on them. Sure enough, the next moment, a roar suddenly entered Xiao Fan's ears, followed by a soul shockwave that swept towards Xiao Fan's location.

"Who dares to covet the Dancheng Star Region?!"

However, Xiao Fan, who was prepared, gathered his soul power and successfully withstood the opponent's soul shock.

Immediately, Xiao Fan's soul power gathered and quickly solidified, transforming into a phantom figure that appeared in the starry sky.

"Ok?"

The opponent seemed to realize that his attack had failed to shatter Xiao Fan's soul, and let out a surprised sound. Then Xiao Fan saw an old man's illusory figure appear in front of him not far away.

"Spiritual Realm Soul Power! Just who are you!?"

The old man's body had just solidified when he glanced at the Three Thousand Burning Flames, which were still dormant in the distance, and then looked at Xiao Fan with a solemn expression.

Feeling the pressure emanating from the other party's soul, Xiao Fan knew that his wisp of soul clone probably wouldn't last long. However, his goal wasn't to defeat the other party at all.

"Hehehe, who exactly am I? Why don't you guess?"

Recalling the laughter of the Soul Palace protectors, Xiao Fan chuckled at them a few times, then made a gesture as if he were about to attack the Three Thousand Burning Flames to awaken them.

"You imprison this extraordinary flame of heaven and earth, and I am merely an old man who couldn't bear to watch. Such a rare treasure, you cannot subdue it, yet you have imprisoned it for so many years—it's utterly a waste of its precious resources..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Fan flew towards the place where the Three Thousand Burning Flames were sleeping.

"Soul Palace!?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's voice, the old man's expression changed. Then, seeing Xiao Fan's actions, he turned pale with fright. He roared and unleashed a powerful attack from his soul, which, despite being delayed, instantly tore Xiao Fan's soul power apart, turning it into specks of light that disappeared into the star field.

Afterwards, he carefully examined the star field space again, and cautiously looked at the sleeping Three Thousand Burning Flames before leaving. However, he did not notice that when he made his move, a wisp of extremely black flame quietly landed not far from the body of the Three Thousand Burning Flames, and burned silently under the cover of the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

"call!"

Inside the courtyard, Xiao Fan suddenly opened his eyes, looked around at the surrounding environment, and was not surprised at all by the sudden growth of vegetation in the courtyard, as this was all within his expectations.

Thinking about everything he had just encountered in the star field, Xiao Fan's face revealed an undisguised joy.

After all, he has achieved his goal!

Within the star field that sealed off the Three Thousand Burning Flames, he left behind a wisp of Chaos Flame. As long as he senses the location of the Chaos Flame, Xiao Fan can use Zi Yan's talent to break the seal of the star field and enter it.

Xiao Fan had originally thought this step would be quite difficult, but to his surprise, he succeeded on his first day in Saint Pill City, which made him extremely happy.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Fan thought about the soul-to-soul clash where he was powerless to fight back, and a look of regret appeared on his face.

"I wonder when I'll be able to acquire a method for soul attacks..."

The system tasks had never rewarded him with any means related to the soul, and the soul cultivation methods and soul attack techniques were extremely rare in the system shop's monthly refresh interface. It had only been refreshed twice, and the prices were far beyond Xiao Fan's means, making it impossible for him to exchange them.

"Hopefully, the next shop refresh will have some useful items. The last two refreshes have been absolutely terrible—either useless or ridiculously expensive..."

Meanwhile, within the Pill Tower, there is the top of the Pill Tower, which few people can reach.

An old man sitting cross-legged suddenly opened his eyes, his soul power pulsating violently.

"Shh!"

Seemingly sensing that something was wrong with the old man, an aged figure instantly appeared beside him. Seeing his slightly pale face, the figure asked with some concern, "Xuan Kongzi, what happened?!"

"Someone is eyeing the star field and even attempting to attack the Three Thousand Burning Flames!"

"what!"

Upon hearing Xuan Kongzi's words, the old man who appeared later changed his expression drastically. No one knew better than them the consequences of the Three Thousand Burning Flames being awakened; otherwise, the Pill Tower would not have chosen to continue sealing it all these years.

Furthermore, a decision was made that the top ten in the Alchemy Gathering would be able to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames. After all, such a rare item is extremely tempting to every alchemist. If they had no other choice, why would they be willing to give up such an opportunity?

Do you know who the other person is?

Upon hearing this, Xuan Kongzi remained silent for a moment, recalling the strange smile of the other party in the star field, and said, "According to my guess, it is probably someone from the Soul Palace! The other party's soul power has also entered the Spirit Realm! If I didn't have a soul attack method, I'm afraid he would have really succeeded."

Hearing Xuan Kongzi's words, the old man's shock never faded, and he couldn't help but curse the Soul Palace.

"Those scum from the Soul Hall... there are probably some Soul Hall members mixed in among those participating in this Pill Gathering. If they really do get a top-ten ranking..."

"We absolutely cannot let the Soul Palace succeed!"

Xuan Kongzi said decisively, "The Soul Palace has been capturing souls all over the continent for years. No matter what their purpose is, we must not let them succeed! There is still more than a month until the Pill Gathering. During this time, we will probably have to pay more attention to the changes in the star field."

"Ugh!"

The old man sighed, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I heard that Yao Chen has also fallen into the hands of the Soul Palace..."

Upon hearing that familiar name, Xuan Kongzi fell silent. If it weren't for the other man's arrogant personality back then, he would undoubtedly be one of the three giants of the Pill Tower today...

After a moment, Xuan Kongzi spoke up, "Considering what happened at the Four Directions Pavilion Conference, that little kid from the Xiao family is probably Yao Chen's disciple, right? Otherwise, Feng Xian wouldn't be so biased!"

"That's right!"

The old man nodded upon hearing this, then continued, "I heard that the little fellow recently fought against the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion; even Old Monster Hou was there..."

Chapter 174 Entering the Starfield

After leaving the Chaos Flame within the star field, Xiao Fan did not make any further rash moves.

After all, he must have left a deep impression on Xuan Kongzi that night. The power of the Three Thousand Burning Flames goes without saying, and the Dan Tower's level of attention to it was definitely top-notch.

A powerful figure, suspected to be from the Soul Palace, has appeared attempting to awaken the Three Thousand Burning Flames and detonate the star field. Given this commotion, the Pill Tower will definitely be on high alert 24/7.

If Xiao Fan were to make a move now, he would be acting right under the nose of the Pill Tower, and would likely be discovered by the Pill Tower's experts as soon as he entered the star field.

With his current strength, if he were discovered by the experts of the Pill Tower, there would be no need for him to continue trying to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames; they would simply beat him to death.

As for the idea of ​​directly revealing himself as a disciple of the Medicine Venerable, Xiao Fan had considered it, but if he really did that, the Pill Tower probably wouldn't agree, and it would also easily embarrass his teacher.

After all, the top ten in the Pill Gathering have a legitimate opportunity to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames. If Xiao Fan is truly a disciple of the Medicine Venerable, yet he resorts to back channels before the Pill Gathering, it can only mean that he lacks confidence even in making it into the top ten.

If this gets out, it will naturally be the Medicine Venerable who loses face.

Therefore, Xiao Fan can only continue to wait for an opportunity, and only after the storm has gradually subsided can he continue to take action against the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

During this time, Xiao Fan can give Zi Yan more training and let her get more familiar with her talent and strength.

And so, Xiao Fan gave Zi Yan special training every day in the courtyard. The essence blood in Zi Yan's body, which had not yet been fully consumed, was absorbed to the maximum extent, and her strength soared. A month passed in the blink of an eye, and under Xiao Fan's high-intensity training, she successfully broke through to the level of a two-star Dou Zong!

..............

Within the Soul Realm, in the Valley of Soul Devouring.

After a month of training in Soul Devouring Valley, Mo Shang has successfully broken through the eight-star Dou Zong realm and reached the nine-star Dou Zong realm. In fact, during this month, due to absorbing a large amount of strange energy in Soul Devouring Valley, his realm has been steadily rising within the nine-star Dou Zong realm.

"If I stay another month, I should have a chance to reach the peak of the Dou Zong realm..." Mo Shang sensed the Dou Qi within his body, a look of joy flashing across his face: "As expected of a great training ground for the Soul Clan. Taking advantage of this opportunity where I don't need to expend contribution points, I should stay a little longer..."

Just as Mo Shang was about to continue heading deeper into Soul Devouring Valley, he suddenly frowned slightly, then took out a token from his bosom. Feeling the repulsive force emanating from the token, Mo Shang immediately understood that the "Celestial Venerable" was urging him on.

"Sigh, looks like I can't get something for nothing this time. I just wonder what the mission is..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Shang sealed himself in dark flames and instantly sped away from the outside of Soul Devouring Valley. Along the way, he forcefully devoured the black storms he encountered with his Chaos Fire.

With the "Celestial Venerable" protecting him, and now that they're about to leave Soul Devouring Valley, Mo Shang isn't afraid.

Not long after, Mo Shang landed on the cliff outside Soul Devouring Valley. Seeing that "Celestial Venerable" was still standing in the same place, Mo Shang's eyes narrowed. After landing, he respectfully bowed to "Celestial Venerable": "Greetings, Lord 'Celestial Venerable'! Thank you for your guidance!"

"Hehe, not bad, not bad..."

The Celestial Venerable looked at Mo Shang, sensing the abundant power within him, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face: "You have lived up to my expectations. Let's go, it's time!"