Battle Through the Heavens: The Beginning of the Dou Sheng Inheritance

Chapter 85 Suppressing the Protector of the Duck

"Not bad." The old medicine master said calmly, "Your soul problem can be solved with just one Rank 6 pill. This pill is called the Soul Cleansing Pill, a top-grade Rank 6 pill, even better than the Breakthrough Pill. It can cleanse all soul power in your body that does not belong to you, and it also has the effect of nourishing the soul. The materials used to refine it include Cleansing Grass, Ice-Fire Soul-Melting Fruit, Water Spirit Lotus Seed Heart..."

"Xiao Jue has enough medicinal herbs, and I can refine pills for you at any time, but there will be some price to pay for helping you."

Yunshan respectfully said, "Please enlighten me, senior."

"Xiao Jue is about to become the head of the Xiao family, but he will not stay in the Jia Ma Empire for long. At that time, you will have to take good care of the Xiao family."

Yunshan chuckled and said, "This is easy. Leave it to Yunshan."

"Let's deal with that Wu Ying guy first." Yao Lao chuckled. "That piece of trash has been around for so many years and he's still just a Soul Hall Protector, not even as good as Mu Gu. But he did manage to find his way to the Jia Ma Empire, so he's got some ability. It's time to send him to his death."

Looking at the aged figure before her, Yun Yun's face stiffened. She wondered if her behavior when she first met Xiao Jue had led the Medicine Venerable to misunderstand her relationship with Xiao Jue...

Then Yunshan took out a jade piece and crushed it. Xiao Jue left Yao Lao and Yunshan to wait there, while he and Yunyun left the Gate of Life and Death and went to Yunyun's boudoir.

Yun Yun asked curiously, "Was it because that Medicine Venerable was there that you were a little embarrassed to reveal your hobby in front of him?"

Xiao Jue's face darkened, sensing that Yun Yun's misunderstanding of him was quite deep. Xiao Jue used the Yin-Yang Technique to activate the Yin-Yang Curse Seal left in Yun Yun's body, instantly sealing her fighting spirit.

"Xiao Jue, don't go too far! This is the Yunlan Sect!"

Realizing that her fighting spirit had disappeared, Yun Yun recalled what had happened in the Monster Mountain Range and blushed, beginning to back away.

Soon after, Yunyun's clothes and hair ornaments were scattered all over the floor, and she was humming and moaning until she collapsed on the bed, and then it was all over.

Xiao Jue let out a long breath, released the seal from Yun Yun's body, and swaggered toward the Gate of Life and Death with Yun Yun's sect master's token in hand. He showed the token to any Yunlan Sect disciples he encountered on patrol.

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As Xiao Jue stepped into the Gate of Life and Death, he heard a strange laugh. "Hehehe, Yunshan, I have heard that a genius alchemist has appeared in the Jia Ma Empire. He is already a sixth-grade alchemist at the age of seventeen. If we can invite him to join the Soul Palace, I will receive a reward from the elders."

A strange black mist drifted out from the shadows, followed by a final, eerie laugh. A large black cloak enveloped the entire body, and a pair of dark red lights faintly peeked out from the dark face.

As Xiao Jue arrived at the Gate of Life and Death, Protector Wu also arrived.

"Falcon, do you still remember me?"

An aged voice rang out, and the Protector Wu, hidden beneath the black robe, was horrified. His emaciated face was filled with terror. "Yao Chen! How is this possible? Your physical body was destroyed by Elder Mu Gu and Han Feng. Even if your soul wasn't destroyed, how could you possibly use spatial power?!"

"There are many things you don't know." The old doctor sneered, then suppressed the protector of the Wu with a flick of his hand, took out a jade bottle and put its soul into it, leaving a seal at the same time.

"This..." Yunshan's eyes widened. Such a powerful protector was actually suppressed by the old man in front of him with ease.

Even if he were only a soul, would the Medicine Venerable still be this powerful?

The old apothecary snorted and said, "I thought it would be some powerful character, but it turns out to be just a low-level earth-level protector."

Yao Lao glanced at Yun Shan, his eyes sweeping over the clusters of battle qi within the Gate of Life and Death. He couldn't help but sigh. The battle qi left behind within the Gate of Life and Death was extremely vast, but unfortunately, only those with wind-attribute battle qi could absorb it, and they also had to cultivate the Yunlan Sect's inherited techniques.

Otherwise, if Xiao Jue were to forcibly absorb this battle qi, his magical beast form would be able to easily refine it, thus causing his strength to surge.

"Go to the Gate of Life and Death and take charge of the Yunlan Sect's affairs," said the old apothecary. "Xiao Jue and I will refine the Soul-Cleansing Pill for you here."

Yunshan was overjoyed upon hearing this, "Thank you, Venerable Medicine."

After Yunshan left, Yao Lao asked, "Do you have any good ideas on how to use the eagle's soul? It's a Dou Zong soul after all, it's just a pity we don't cultivate the Soul Palace techniques..."

"Let's keep them to refine puppets." Xiao Jue was referring to the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method of Demon Flame Valley. They could also use the corpse of the Earth Demon Old Ghost, who also possessed a seventh-order demon core.

At that time, only some additional materials need to be added to create a Heavenly Demon Puppet, although the most likely result will be a Human-Demon Puppet.

"Puppets?" Yao Lao looked at Xiao Jue curiously upon hearing this. "Do you possess the method to create ancient puppets?"

"No," Xiao Jue shook his head, "but the Black Corner Region has them; we can just go and rob them then."

"Black Corner Region!" Yao Lao chuckled. Since it was that place, he felt no guilt about robbing them.

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Afterwards, the old apothecary lent his soul power to Xiao Jue and instructed him to refine the Soul Cleansing Pill, a top-grade sixth-rank pill. If the old apothecary had refined it himself, there was still hope of refining it into a seventh-rank pill. However, if Xiao Jue were to refine it, his current soul power was the limit for refining a top-grade sixth-rank pill.

The old doctor thought to himself, "After Xiao Jue breaks through to the Dou Wang realm and takes the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Pill, his soul power will break through to the Great Perfection of the Mortal Realm. Perhaps he can borrow my soul power to try to refine a seventh-grade pill."

"Tsk tsk tsk, soul power stronger than cultivation is extremely rare even in the Medicine Clan. After breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, Xiao Jue will be able to break through his soul power to the Spirit Realm and become an eighth-grade alchemist."

The old alchemist calculated Xiao Jue's current cultivation speed. If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Jue would be able to break through to the Dou Zong level and become an eighth-grade alchemist by the time he was in his early twenties. With such talent, becoming a Dou Sheng or a ninth-grade alchemist in the future would be a piece of cake.

Xiao Jue and Yao Lao stayed inside the Gate of Life and Death for ten days. Now, with only three days left until the three-year agreement was fulfilled, they finally stepped out of the Gate of Life and Death.

The old alchemist had already decided to train Xiao Jue to become an eighth-grade alchemist before he turned twenty-two, so he naturally focused on teaching him alchemy. In ten days, Xiao Jue refined five sixth-grade pills.

Apart from one Soul Cleansing Pill, the remaining four Rank 6 pills were two Imperial Extreme Pills and two Fighting Spirit Pills. These were the most common Rank 6 pills, and their refining difficulty was extremely high. However, Xiao Jue failed to refine any of them.

Yao Lao stayed at the Gate of Life and Death instead of leaving with Xiao Jue. He wanted to study the special environment inside the Gate of Life and Death, where the fighting spirit of the deceased could be preserved and absorbed by those who came after.

After leaving the Gate of Life and Death, Xiao Jue told Yun Shan that the Soul Cleansing Pill had been refined. Yun Shan naturally rushed back to the Gate of Life and Death, while Xiao Jue went to find Yun Yun on his own.

(End of this chapter)