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

Xiao Yan hurriedly went to find Xiao Li.

Chapter 211 The Invitation of the Soul Palace Master

"Second Grandpa!"

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Li into the courtyard, where Xiao Li turned around with a smile on his face.

"What's wrong, Xiao Yanzi? Is something the matter?"

Xiao Yan ran up to Xiao Li, panting, and first bowed to Xiao Li.

"Second Grandfather, I have disappointed you. I am no longer the genius Xiao Yan I once was. Now I am just a piece of trash."

"Oh?" Xiao Li raised an eyebrow, then realized that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was at the third level.

"The third level of Dou Qi, low-level? When I last saw you, weren't you almost a Dou Zhe? How did you fall?" Xiao Li was a master at pretending to be confused when he knew the truth.

"I don't know. I did break through to the Dou Zhe level, but, but, after I took a nap, this is what happened. My Dou Qi vortex disappeared inexplicably, and my Dou Qi dropped directly to the third level."

Now, most of my family members are distant from me. Except for my father, mother, grandfather, eldest brother, second brother, Yanran, and Nizi, who still care about me, most of the others openly or secretly mock and ridicule me.

Xiao Yan was in a very low mood. The past six months of being a useless person had allowed him to see many things clearly and gain valuable insights, but he still couldn't accept becoming a useless person.

"Hehe, come with me to the pavilion over there and sit down. Tell me slowly," Xiao Li said with a smile.

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Li to a pavilion not far away. Xiao Yan served Xiao Li tea and then stood there awkwardly.

"Sit down. It's not a big occasion, no need to be so formal," Xiao Li said, taking a sip of tea.

"Ah? Oh! Yes!" Xiao Yan's heart was pounding wildly. He kept imagining scenes, such as:

"Xiao Yanzi, I'm very disappointed in you."

"Unable to condense battle qi? Useless!"

"My Xiao family has no need for trash like you!"

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"Xiao Yanzi, your heart is beating very fast. What are you nervous about?" Xiao Li said to himself without looking at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's heart tightened, and he gripped the hem of his clothes with his right hand, trying to suppress his inner tension.

"Are you thinking that I'll be disappointed in you? That you can't cultivate battle qi? That you're not worthy of my training? That I'll kick you out of the family?"

After Xiao Li finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, while Xiao Yan felt extremely uncomfortable.

"You're overthinking it. How could such a thing happen? Whether you can cultivate or not, you're still a member of the Xiao family. By seniority, you're my grand-nephew and my grandson. We're family. How could we possibly kick you out of the house?"

We are a family, we help each other, not some damn royal family or some big family with lots of trivial matters.

As for the disdain you receive, that's normal. Wherever there are people, there will be such people. They flatter you when you're successful, and kick you when you're down.

There are far too many things like this on the Dou Qi Continent; you'll definitely encounter many people like this in the future. Alright, is there anything else?

Xiao Li said leisurely, "Although Xiao Yan has become a cripple ahead of time, it has no impact on Xiao Li. Xiao Li can train Xiao Yan earlier. Training his fighting spirit is easy, but training his character is hard to say."

The three years that Xiao Yan was considered a "useless" made him experience the harsh realities of life. Because of this, no matter what difficulties or setbacks he encountered, he would never give up. This is a strength, and even Xiao Li admitted that he did not have such a steadfast and unyielding tenacity!

Xiao Yan's eyes were a little moist, but he held back. A real man sheds blood but not tears!

"Second Grandfather, could you please take a look at my body? Why has my fighting spirit disappeared?"

Xiao Li put down his teacup: "There's nothing wrong with your body. I've checked it out, so don't worry. Sooner or later, you'll regain your former title as a genius. But I can't say exactly when. It's all fate."

Xiao Li stood up and patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder: "Don't give up, there will always be hope!"

After Xiao Li finished speaking, he left, while Xiao Yan muttered to himself, "Not giving up?"

Osteitis in the middle,

"Is this a ploy against me? But this little Yanzi is indeed quite talented, a promising talent. If I take him as my disciple, I can not only be resurrected, but I can even take revenge!"

However, I need to take a second look when accepting apprentices. I've already been blind once! I can't afford to be blind a second time!

The old doctor muttered to himself in the Bone Inflammation Prescription.

. . . . . .

Back mountain,

Xiao Li came to find Ancestor Xiao Kong. He needed Ancestor Xiao Kong's help to rescue Ancestor Xiao Chen. After all, the more Dou Sheng there was, the safer they would be.

"Huh? What's this? Holy crap, a fresh corpse of a Dou Sheng powerhouse!"

Xiao Li walked into the bamboo forest behind the mountain. There was an elegant little bamboo house in the bamboo forest. This was Xiao Kong's residence. Xiao Li had been here many times before. However, this time there was a cross made of bamboo in front of the residence!

On the cross, nailed to a still-bleeding corpse, the blood not yet dried, it was clearly a Dou Sheng who had just died not long ago.

At this moment, Xiao Kong sat on a stone chair to the side, sipping strong tea and basking in the sunshine with great pleasure.

"Ancestor, you're drinking tea over a corpse, how elegant!" Xiao Li said speechlessly.

"Oh! Li'er is back?" Xiao Kong said with a smile, although he had already sensed Xiao Li's return.

"You're back. Who is this? Did you kill him? His body is still hanging here?" Xiao Li sat down in front of Xiao Kong and looked at the skeleton of a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Kong didn't answer the question but looked at Xiao Li in surprise: "You actually broke through to the Half-Saint realm! Weren't you still at the peak of the third-level Dou Zun before you left? The Heavenly Tomb was lucky to raise you to the fifth or sixth level, but you directly reached the Half-Saint realm? So fast? Wait, why do you still have the scent of Dou Di bloodline on you? Did you inherit it?"

Xiao Kong spoke with some emotion.

"I inherited it, but not completely. My ancestor Xiao Xuan gave me a drop of Dou Di bloodline, which I placed in my heart and nurtured with Yang Fire. Perhaps this drop of Dou Di bloodline can help my bloodline recover somewhat."

"I'll probably recover to around Rank 8. If I take some good pills, I could even recover to Rank 9. But that would just be icing on the cake for me," Xiao Li said slowly.

"As long as it can be inherited, that's fine. Back then, the clan leader spent a hundred years studying the bloodlines of the Dou Di clans. Few can match the clan leader's understanding of the Dou Di bloodline!" Xiao Kong stroked his beard and said.

"Ancestor, you still haven't answered me. Who is this Dou Sheng?" Xiao Li pointed to the Dou Sheng's corpse.

"This is a two-star Dou Sheng from the Spirit Clan. Didn't you say you had a conflict with the Spirit Clan before? So I went to stake out the place in Yin Valley, and I actually caught up with him. I killed him with a single blow. The Spirit Clan is truly getting worse with each generation."

"Even Xiao Su could defeat a two-star Dou Sheng of this level," Xiao Kong said slowly, taking a sip of tea.

"Uh, you're amazing. This Dou Sheng skeleton is not bad either. Let's keep it for future use. After that..." Xiao Li suddenly felt a warmth in his arms, and he quickly took out a spatial jade scroll from his robes.

This was specially made for Xiao Li by the Heavenly Sound Elder. It can be used as a trump card and as a tool for transmitting messages. After all, Xiao Kong's existence should not be exposed if possible, so that things can be accomplished in secrecy!

At this moment, a soul projection appeared on the spatial jade mirror.

"Xiao Li, something terrible has happened! The Soul Palace sent someone today, saying they have something to discuss with you. A three-star Dou Sheng came today, saying that you have an appointment with the Soul Palace Master, and the Soul Palace Master invites you to keep the appointment!"

Elder Tianyin said anxiously, "The people from the Soul Palace broke into the Sound Realm today. Although they were only soul projections and not their true bodies, their strength is definitely above Elder Tianyin's."

Although Tianyin Elder has broken through to the Dou Sheng level, he is only at the mid-stage of a one-star Dou Sheng and is still a long way from the late stage. He is no match for a three-star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Li nodded: "I did talk to the Soul Clan, but I didn't expect them to be in such a hurry. I went to see what they could do since I don't even have the Ancient Emperor Jade anymore. But Ancestor, you should still come with me. In case they overturn the table and save my life."

"understood."

Chapter 212 Deceives the Soul Emperor

Burial Sky Mountains

This place is located in the northwest region of Zhongzhou. People in Zhongzhou may be unfamiliar with this area now, but for some elders among the ancient races, it is still a well-known place. This is because it was the site of the war between the Soul Clan and the Xiao Clan. That great battle once made Zhongzhou tremble.

The Soul Clan chose this location simply to annoy Xiao Li. Xiao Li learned from Xiao Kong that the Xiao Clan and the Soul Clan had fought countless battles, large and small.

The battle in the Burial Sky Mountains was extremely fierce, and the Xiao Clan ultimately won a pyrrhic victory. It was precisely because the Burial Sky Mountains won that the Xiao Clan underestimated the Soul Clan. As a result, when the entire clan mobilized to help Xiao Xuan break through to the Dou Di realm in the Heavenly Tomb, they were caught off guard by the Soul Clan's true power.

Deep within the Burial Sky Mountains lies an ancient battlefield. The battlefield is extremely vast and is usually teeming with magical beasts, making it a dangerous place and thus quite remote.

shhh-

Two figures arrived at this ancient battlefield. Xiao Li and the Heavenly Sound Elder appeared here, while Xiao Kong was in the void not far behind them.

"Looks like we're early," Xiao Li said, looking around.

boom--

Just as Xiao Li finished speaking, the sky seemed to shatter, splitting open a huge crack, and then nine figures quickly darted out from the crack.

Boom boom boom——

Nine figures appeared, each with a different build, but they all shared one thing in common: they wore black robes and exuded an eerie aura.

"Hmm? Is that guy?" Xiao Li recognized a familiar face: Demon Flame Heavenly Venerable, the Sixth Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Palace.

There are exactly nine people here, so these must be the nine Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace.

Xiao Li's gaze swept across the scene, and at the head of the group was a hunched figure that looked like a skeleton. He was dressed in a black robe, and his aged face appeared extremely withered. His eyes were sunken, and two ghostly flames flickered in his eye sockets, giving off a slightly eerie feeling.

"This must be the Grand Celestial Venerable of the Soul Palace, a Dou Sheng powerhouse."

At this moment, Elder Tianyin's face was solemn, because he sensed that this Great Celestial Venerable's cultivation was a notch higher than his own, and he should be a late-stage One-Star Dou Sheng! However, he was surrounded by murderous aura, clearly a ruthless character.

The Soul Palace Celestial Venerables opposite stood in two rows, with the Great Celestial Venerable in the middle. The nine of them bowed and proclaimed in unison towards the crack in the sky:

"Welcome to the palace master!"

"Welcome, Lord of the Palace!!!"

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An extremely powerful aura emanated from the crack!

A figure in black robes slowly descended from the crack. This person looked like an ordinary middle-aged man with no outstanding features on his face. At first glance, he looked just like an ordinary person. His hands, which slipped out of his sleeves, were only slightly rough.

However, it was this seemingly ordinary figure that made Xiao Li pause suddenly, feeling an unprecedented sense of danger sweep over his entire body.

Soul Palace Master, Soul Destroys Life!

In that distant era, this Lord of the Soul Palace once massacred dozens of sects in a single night. That night, blood flowed like rivers, and corpses littered the fields. Five peak experts with the strength of two-star Dou Sheng perished in his hands.

That night, the Soul Palace Master gained a bad reputation and made the Soul Palace the undisputed overlord of Zhongzhou. Even Danta did not dare to confront him easily!

Hun Miesheng looked Xiao Li up and down, then said indifferently, "I never expected that the fallen Xiao clan could still produce a clansman like you, who even grew up under the nose of the Soul Palace. It is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Soul Palace."

Soul Extinction slowly landed. In his eyes, Xiao Li's existence was dispensable, because he had already received some news that the ancient emperor's jade of the Xiao clan had been obtained by the ancient clan first.

With a wave of his hand, Hun Miesheng erected a courtyard on the land, with tables and chairs set up inside. Hun Miesheng was the first to sit down inside.

Xiao Li raised an eyebrow and followed him into the courtyard.

"Speak, tell me the specifics of the ancient jade. My time is precious, don't waste it." Hun Miesheng rested his head on one hand, looking completely uninterested.

"Lord of the Soul Palace, is it you who wants to know the whereabouts of the Ancient Jade, or is it the person behind you who wants to know the whereabouts of the Ancient Jade?" Xiao Li said with a smile.

"Hehe, you've got some nerve. You don't want to see me, do you? Well then, I'll grant your wish."

Suddenly, a jade piece floated out from Hun Miesheng's body, and then a figure was projected onto the jade piece. It was a young man dressed in gray and white clothes, who looked to be about thirty years old, with a slender figure and handsome face.

He had a pair of exceptionally bright eyes, as if they could see right through people's hearts. His first impression was one of refinement; if he were holding a book, he would probably look no different from a scholar.

"Hehe, little fellow of the Xiao clan, I am the Soul Emperor. You must already know of my existence from Xiao Xuan, right? Hmph, your face is quite interesting; it really looks like Xiao Xuan's."

"I'd actually like to peel off your face and keep it as a keepsake, but alas, you are not Xiao Xuan after all. Although you look alike, you lack Xiao Xuan's overwhelming aura. What a pity."

The Soul Emperor's soul projection looked at Xiao Li in front of him and spoke slowly. His voice was gentle, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, but Xiao Li was already drenched in sweat.

The true big boss of the Dou Qi Continent, the Soul Emperor, was right in front of him. Although it was only a soul projection, it was still very intimidating.

Xiao Li swallowed hard. The person in front of him could really kill him with a single glance. He felt like he had been too arrogant. He had originally just been trying to bluff whether Soul Extinction had brought anyone with him, but it turned out he had brought a big boss. Xiao Li really wanted to slap his own mouth. Why did he have to be so presumptuous and talk so much!

"Hmph, you must be the patriarch of the Soul Clan, the Soul Emperor, right? You're the one who wants to collect the Ancient Emperor Jade, aren't you?" Xiao Li couldn't back down now that he'd already put on a show of bravado.

"So what if they are? It's not just me. Don't the other races want to collect the Ancient Emperor Jade? Doesn't Gu Yuan want to? They're just a bunch of hypocrites. I disdain playing their games." Soul Emperor sneered.

“That’s true. The ancient races are such hypocrites. I wonder how much benefit you gained when my race fought against your Soul Race a thousand years ago and was defeated?” Xiao Li said slowly.

Soul Extinction, the Great Celestial Venerable, the Heavenly Sound Elder, and Xiao Kong in the void all looked at Xiao Li with shocked expressions.

The Soul Emperor raised an eyebrow: "Heh, you are indeed different from others. Our advantage? That is to defeat the Soul Clan's most powerful rival, the Xiao Clan! To make that madman Xiao Xuan eternally silent, only able to eke out a living in that wretched place, the Heavenly Tomb."

Xiao Li smiled slightly: "Our Xiao Clan is the Soul Clan's greatest rival? Aren't the Ancient Clan the same?"

Soul Emperor: "Ancient Clan? The withered bones in the tomb are of little use. Gu Yuan is a worthy opponent, but no match for me. Alright, I'm in a good mood today, so I'm saying all this. Don't try any tricks in front of me. Tell me, where is the Ancient Jade?"

Xiao Li smiled slightly: "The ancient jade is on Gu Yuan's person; I gave it to him personally."

The members of the Soul Palace raised an eyebrow but said nothing; they would simply wait for their clan leader's instructions.

The Soul Emperor re-examined Xiao Li: "Give it to Gu Yuan? Hmph, I think I know what you're planning. You want to let the two fight while you reap the benefits, is that how you put the ancient jade on Gu Yuan for safety?"

Xiao Li shook his head: "No, no, no, I don't think Gu Yuan is your match. I have seen both of you supreme experts. If I had to choose between the two of you, I would definitely choose you."