Chapter 224: Spirit Realm Soul, Three Star Dou Zong

Inner courtyard, arena.

"Senior Yan Hao, this battle is over. I won this time. I'll help you take your place on the 'Strong List'!" With a loud laugh, Xiao Yan suddenly clenched Yan Hao's palm and said in a deep voice: "Explode!"

As soon as the voice fell, a dull explosion suddenly sounded about ten meters away from Xiao Yan.

Yan Hao, who was as strong as an iron tower, suddenly turned pale and spurted out a mouthful of bright red blood. He took two steps back and sat down on the ground.

"What a mysterious dark energy, what a great fighting skill, Xiao Yan, you... have great skills!"

"I lost this battle!" Pressing his chest, Yan Hao said weakly, "I will not interfere in the affairs of Panmen and Yaobang anymore..."

Upon hearing Yan Hao's words, the entire arena fell into an eerie silence, and many people were still in shock. How could a person ranked fourth on the Strongest List, at the peak of Dou Ling, actually be defeated by a freshman who had only been in the inner courtyard for half a year?
Even though the facts were before their eyes, everyone still found it hard to believe.

"Thank you, Senior Yan Hao!"

After hearing Yan Hao's words, Xiao Yan showed a relaxed smile in his eyes, and the anxiety in his heart subsided a little. He then covered his mouth and coughed violently a few times.

The top ten Dou Lings in the strong list are no pushovers, they are all ruthless people with condensed Dou Qi and rich combat experience.

And Yan Hao is ranked fourth on the strong list and can be called a half-step fighting king.

Even though Xiao Yan had already broken through to the six-star Dou Ling, defeating him was extremely exhausting. Coupled with the use of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, when his tense nerves relaxed, his entire body was exuding a feeling of fatigue.

"Ho! Boss, good job!"

"Long live the sect master!"

"Tou, you are the strongest! Oh!"

After the silence, thunderous cheers suddenly broke out from Panmen. The loud roars gathered together and soared into the sky.

Infected by the crazy atmosphere, other spectators in the stands also clapped their hands enthusiastically, giving their heartfelt applause to this thrilling battle and the winner.

In an attic not far away, a handsome man in blue and a domineering man with a heavy gun were also watching the battle in the arena.

"I didn't expect Yan Hao to lose. Interesting!" The man in green shirt retracted his gaze, unfolded the folding fan in his hand, and chuckled: "How about it, Liu Qing, are you sure you can beat Xiao Yan?"

Liu Qing did not answer Lin Xiuya's words, but just looked at Xiao Yan straightly, with fighting spirit rising in his chest.

"Xiao Yan, seems to be a good opponent."

As if he also sensed this fighting spirit, Xiao Yan's gaze also turned back and looked at Liu Qing who was full of fighting spirit, and gave him an unyielding look, "Spear Tyrant Liu Qing? He will be the next opponent!"

Seeing this, Lin Xiuya smiled a little more and chuckled, "Interesting, it seems that the second place in the competition for the strongest list this year..."

Before he finished speaking, an invisible and powerful ripple suddenly swept across the entire inner courtyard.

Everyone in the inner courtyard felt a pressure from the soul. The entire inner courtyard became quiet in an instant. The strong ones couldn't help but look towards the back mountain, and the weak ones even began to tremble in their hands and feet.

"Teacher, what is this pressure coming from the soul?" Xiao Yan looked towards the back mountain suddenly, with uncontrollable horror in his eyes.

“The soul of the spirit realm is Lin Yuan!” Yao Lao’s old voice, mixed with a bit of amazement, slowly rang in Xiao Yan’s heart: “Although I expected it, I didn’t expect him to succeed in advancing so quickly. It seems that he has a soul technique…”

"Even so, for a soul in the spiritual realm who is less than 20 years old, this kind of achievement is the best among the Medicine Clan!"

"fairy land?"

Hearing these two words, Xiao Yan's eyes showed a bit more doubt.

Seeing this, Yao Lao said in a deep voice: "Well, I'll take this opportunity to tell you about the soul realm! This knowledge is basically circulated among eighth-grade alchemists..."

"In the Douqi Continent, the soul realm is divided into four levels: the mortal realm, the spiritual realm, the heavenly realm, and the legendary emperor realm!"

"Among alchemists below the eighth rank, most of their soul realms remain at the mortal realm. It's just that the soul power varies. You are currently at this level, but you are much stronger than ordinary people."

"The spiritual realm is when the soul reaches the peak of the mortal realm, absorbs spiritual energy, cleanses the soul body, and makes it transcendent and spiritual."

"There is a decisive difference between the spiritual realm and the mortal realm. Once you reach this level, you will have the energy to give the elixir spirituality. That is a necessary condition to become an eighth-grade alchemist!"

“As for the Heavenly Realm, I won’t tell you for now.” Yao Lao smiled faintly and said playfully, “You are still too far away from the Heavenly Realm at the moment, so there is no point in telling you. After you break through the Spiritual Realm, I will tell you what’s next…”

"When you break through to Douhuang or your alchemy skills reach the sixth level, you should practice your master's soul skills, absorb spiritual energy, and prepare for a breakthrough to the spiritual realm!"

"Soul Decision, Spirit Realm..."

After hearing what Yao Lao said, Xiao Yan thought for a while and said in deep thought, "Teacher, is Lin Yuan's breakthrough to the Spiritual Realm related to the things Xun Er gave him that day?"

That day, when Lin Yuan was examining the Earth's core soul, he smelled a scent that made the soul happy.

"Related." Yao Lao confirmed Xiao Yan's guess: "The Earth's Core Soul Marrow has the ability to refine the soul, which is very rare and very useful in strengthening the soul. He traded this with your girlfriend, probably to break through the Spirit Realm."

"As for what the deal is, you should be able to guess it!"

"Those puppets?" Xiao Yan's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought of the puppet Xun'er gave him, which was very similar to the puppet that Lin Yuan used to resist Dan Lei that day.

"That's right!" After a pause, Yao Lao sighed softly and said, "In places where no one can see, the girl Xun'er has done a lot for you. Although there is a lot of resistance between you, don't let her down..."

Glancing at the back mountain, Yao Lao said quietly, "Let's use Lin Yuan as a guide!"

"His strength and alchemy skills are among the best among the geniuses of the imperial family. As long as you really become his rival as he wants, then there is a good chance that you and Xun'er will be able to compete."

"Be prepared, this road may be a long one, don't give up on yourself in the future..."

Speaking of this, thinking of Lin Yuan, Yao Lao was really a little worried about the alchemy meeting.

At that time, he wanted to use Lin Yuan as a teaching stick to spur Xiao Yan to make progress, so he allowed Lin Yuan and Xiao Yan to make the so-called alchemy meeting agreement. He was also confident that under his guidance, Xiao Yan could surpass Lin Yuan.

However, after arriving at the academy and finding out Lin Yuan's background, he really had no confidence.

Four years plus one Life-Devouring Pill, from a Grand Dou Master to a Dou Zong, from a fourth-grade alchemist to an eighth-grade alchemist, this leap in improvement was difficult for even Yao Lao to comprehend.

Moreover, with this level of improvement, Lin Yuan is no longer a "vaporous" vase, but a strong man with a solid foundation, powerful combat power, and outstanding alchemy skills, and even his knowledge is very good.

Even Yao Lao couldn't think of any way to help his disciples surpass this kind of opponent within a few years.

However, his own disciple happened to be a very proud person at heart, and Lin Yuan was identified by him as the peer whom he most wanted to surpass.

"This is troublesome! I have to find a way to enlighten Xiao Yanzi..."
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Deep in the mountains behind the inner courtyard.

In the valley, the energy of heaven and earth seemed to be attracted by something, and a steady stream of energy poured in from outside the cave, forming a circle of energy vortex around Lin Yuan. After being refined by several layers of strange fire covers, it was poured into his body.

This situation has been going on for several hours. The energy required to advance to the Dou Zong level is extremely huge. "It seems that I can advance smoothly this time."

Sensing the increasingly powerful aura in the cave, Xiao Yixiang smiled more. She had experienced this situation many times.

As Xiao Yixian's thoughts drifted away, a low, muffled voice suddenly sounded in the cave. The raging energy of heaven and earth gradually weakened, and the energy vortex of dozens of feet in the sky also gradually became illusory... and dissipated.

In the cave, as the last stream of fiery energy entered Lin Yuan's body, his slightly trembling body suddenly solidified.

At this moment, he seemed to have turned into a sculpture, motionless!

The cave also fell into an eerie silence.

Faintly, there was a subtle sound of rushing water, and following the source of the sound, it was discovered that this sound was coming from Lin Yuan's body...

Something is brewing!

As Lin Yuan's eyelids trembled slightly, a powerful aura slowly emanated from his body, like a lion about to wake up.

Outside the cave, Xiao Yixian and Zi Yan stared at the cave that was blocked by rubble.

"Bam—"

A loud bang suddenly resounded in the cave, and the closed cave was opened again with rubble flying everywhere.

A dazzling light shone out from the cave.

After a while, the light dissipated, and a graceful figure slowly walked out of the cave, stepped slowly up in the void, and casually stopped in the void. A powerful force emanated from the young man's body.

Standing in the void, feeling the power surging in his body and the spiritual power of the soul between his eyebrows, Lin Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.

After this retreat, he has made a qualitative leap.

Now, even if he went to Zhongzhou where there were many powerful people, he would be famous enough to become a big figure.

"You finally came out..."

A clear voice suddenly sounded from behind. It was naturally Zi Yan who had been waiting impatiently.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan restrained his breath and slowly descended from the sky.

"hehe."

He chuckled, stretched out his hand and pulled Zi Yan's little face, saying: "You are so impatient, girl. I have only been in seclusion for a few days? Are you impatient already?"

"You've made me wait here for more than ten days!" Zi Yan rolled her eyes and said sullenly, "I've already dealt with all the monsters around here one by one, and I've also got all the treasures nearby."

"It actually took more than ten days?" Lin Yuan nodded.

"It seems that you have broken through to the three-star Dou Zong!" Xiao Yixian walked up and asked softly, "How was it, did you achieve your predetermined goal with this breakthrough?"

At the same time, she looked at Lin Yuan steadily, feeling somewhat confused.

She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Lin Yuan’s temperament seemed to have a more ethereal feeling. It was as if she was facing not Lin Yuan, but his soul...

Hearing Little Medical Fairy's question, Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile: "Haha, this time it went very smoothly, the goals were successfully achieved, and the harvest was much greater than expected..."

This time, he was lucky enough to enter a state of enlightenment. Although it took a little longer, the rewards were even more considerable.

Not only did he successfully break through the spiritual realm, but he also walked a long way in the spiritual realm.

Due to the earth's core soul and soul enlightenment, Lin Yuan completed several rounds of soul refining after the breakthrough. His current soul realm is close to the middle stage of the spiritual realm. If distinguished by alchemy, it should be between the eighth grade three colors and the eighth grade four colors.

In addition, during his sudden enlightenment, Lin Yuan's long-term research borne fruit and he gained an extra reward...

"Xiao Yixian, during this breakthrough, I was able to complete the Tianxin Soul Art by chance. I have tested it and found that it is much more effective than the previous version. I am passing it on to you now. You can use this new version of the Soul Art in the future."

As he spoke, he looked directly into Little Medical Fairy's clear eyes, and then a silver light flashed in his eyes, transmitting a huge stream of information to her.

About ten minutes later.

Lin Yuan withdrew his soul power and ended the transmission of the message.

The Little Medical Fairy closed her eyes and carefully experienced the latest version of the Tianxin Soul Art. After a while, she opened her eyes a little and tried to turn her head away.

"What's the effect?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It's better than expected, and the effect is more than twice as strong as before!" After thinking carefully for a moment, the little medical fairy gave her conclusion.

"Twice as strong? That's good!" Lin Yuan gently held up Zi Yan, who was hanging on him like a koala, and said in a deep voice: "The plan of using the Netherworld Poison Fire to replace the Scorpio Poison Dragon Beast's magic core and to make the poison pill has basically been completed."

"During this period, I will work with Senior Yao to complete the final details of this 'Fire Gathering Pill'."

"As it stands, Little Medical Immortal, to perform this method, you need to have excellent fire control. During this period of time, you will focus on soul training, the Five-Wheeled Fire Separation Method, and the Heavenly Abyss Fire Control Method!"

"If my guess is correct, your soul should be able to meet the requirements after entering the late stage of the mortal realm."

"I understand!" The little medical fairy nodded gently, her beautiful eyes filled with irrepressible joy.

She knew Lin Yuan very well. What he had just said meant that he had everything ready. As long as her fire control ability reached the standard, the problem of the outbreak of the evil poison body could be solved.

A few months later, this matter that had been weighing on her mind for years was finally about to be resolved.

Seeing the relieved look in Little Medical Fairy's eyes, Lin Yuan also smiled gently and continued: "As for the progress of cultivation, you don't have to worry. When refining the devil poison spots, we can practice together, and it won't delay the progress of cultivation!"

After breaking through the spiritual realm, Lin Yuan was confident that he could completely extract the "poison" from it when practicing the magic poison spot.

That kind of strong "poison", combined with the Netherworld Poison Fire, is enough to improve Little Medical Fairy's cultivation.

More importantly, with the suppression of the Tiandu Fire Seal, the conditions for condensing the poison pill are almost mature, and Xiao Yixiang has plenty of time left.

In this way, she no longer needs to suppress the speed of her cultivation progress and can make rapid progress.

After all, although Xiao Yixian could rise to Dou Zun level once she condensed the poison pill, the exact Dou Zun level she could reach after condensing the pill depended on the quality of the poison pill and Xiao Yixian's cultivation level before she condensed the poison pill.

Lin Yuan planned to improve her cultivation as much as possible before Dan Condensation, so that she could become a powerful Dou Zun as soon as she entered the Dou Zun realm.

"Let's go back to the inner courtyard..."

(End of this chapter)