Xiao Yan feigned a look of sudden realization when he saw Hai Bodong staring ily at the Soul and. He picked up the token with a smile and said, "This? Oh, it's a protective talisman given to me by my elders. I heard it has the effect ing good fortune and avoiding misfortune."

  Hai Bodong could naturally sehat it was a Soul unication Tool, not some protective talisman bullshit.

  Creating such a Soul unication Tool required extremely powerful Spiritual Strength. Usually only alchemists could make them. The principle was the same as making pill recipes.

  It recisely because such items existed that alchemists were referred to as hors' s.

  On alchemist was attacked, they could use this kind of soul tool to send out a distress call for help. [A/N: As Yao Lao had dowi the inal work.]

  Looking at Xiao Yan, who was smiling, leaning ba his chair with crossed legs, and interlog his fingers in front of him, Hai Bodong narrowed his eyes and slowly desded from the air.

  Who was he, Hai Bodong? The former Ice Emperor. He was known for his cold and domineering demeanor. No one had ever dared to take anything from his hands forcibly, yet Xiao Yan had broken this taboo and eveorted him.

  It would be a lie to say that Hai Bodong hadertaihe thought of snatg back the map fragment after rec his strength.

  "It is indeed a good protective talisman." Hai Bodong squeezed out a smile, but never made a move.

  It was because he recalled Yun Yun's words from a few days ago and the fact that Gu He and the others had retury-handed.

  A hint of a smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face as he put the Soul and Token bato his ste ring. He truly wasn't worried, because he had already predicted this oute.

  He had been probing Hai Bodong from the momeered the shop.

  It started when he deliberately mentioned infiltrating the Snake-People Tribe's treasury, then lied about finding a beast teique scroll taining Medusa's sealing teique and giving it to his elders. This was all a test.

  It wasn't that he iionally made up a ent 'powerful elder' to intimidate Hai Bodong. Rather, he robing what kind of information Hai Bodong had received after Yun Yun and the others left.

  Yun Yun had let him escape, so she o give Gu He a reason. As a wind-attribute Dou Emperor, Yun Yun was the fastest in the Jia Ma Empire. There was no way she couldn't have caught up with him.

  As such, there was only one excuse for her not being able to obtain the Heavenly Fme: she had been intercepted by a sed party.

  Back when they were fighting for the Heavenly Fme in the Mei Sribe, Gu He and the others indeed believed there were two people on Xiao Yan's side. One was the bck-robed man who infiltrated the Holy City to snatch the Heavenly Fme, and the other was the mysterious expert who caused chaos to create a diversion.

  Thus, Yun Yun's excuse erfeo one would doubt it.

  It's just that no one would have imagihat the mysterious expert causing chaos was actually a Fire Spirit that could traverse through space.

  So Xiao Yan deduced that Yun Yun would use the interference of a mysterious expert as an excuse.

  When he mentioned having elders Hai Bodong didn't doubt for a moment whether these supposed 'elders' truly existed. He only doubted whether the seal could really be removed.

  At that moment, Xiao Yan firmed that Yun Yun had indeed cimed a seysterious expert had blocked her, thus allowing the bck-robed man to escape.

  And Hai Bodong was aware of this information.

  For this reason, when Xiao Yan offered to break Hai Bodong's seal, he didn't beat around the bush or take a precautions. He was so fident and qui breaking the seal.

  It was as if he wasn't afraid of Hai Bodong going ba his word at all. After all, he had firmed through their previous versations that Hai Bodong wouldn't dare, especially since he had phe notion that 'I have powerful elders behind me.'

  With a slight smile, Xiao Yaly stroked his ste ring with his finger and said, "How careless of me, I almost fot to gratute Old Hai."

  He slowly stood up from his seat, cupped his hands in a very standard gratutesture, and said softly, "Junior Xiao Yan gratutes Old Hai aining his Dou Emperor strength."

  His gesture could be said to be fwless. It not only gave Hai Bodong a face but also served as a self-introdu, hinting that he had no iion of being an enemy.

  "Sigh." Hai Bodong shook his head with a bitter smile on his face. He took out the remaining half of the map fragment from his ste ring and said, "Fet it, fet it. I've been looking at this map fragment for over twenty years and haven't been able to decipher anything. Perhaps you are the oio have it. This map fragment is yours now."

  Xiao Yan reached out to accept this smooth-textured map fragment. As he exami up and down, a faint sense of antiquity and a charm washed over him. It seemed that this map fragment had experienced quite a long history.

  While holding this small pieap in his hand, he took out the other small piece he had previously obtained from Hai Bodong from his ste ring. Then he carefully fitted the two pieces together and, after finding that there was no gap at the joint, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

  "As for half of the Miteer Au House, I won't go bay word. I'll take you to the au house to expin this matter whenever you have time. I just hope that you lend a hand if the au house enters any issues iure." Hai Bodong waved his hand casually.

  Xiao Yan didn't push his lud replied, "Old Hai overestimates me. This junior is just an ordinary alchemist and isn't skilled in business ma and operations. I just hope that the au house provide me with the necessary medial ingredients when I hem for alchemy. As for daily operations and revenue, I won't take a single ."

  "Cut the crap. Ordinary alchemists don't have Heavenly Fmes. And the medial ingredients you need for alchemy, I'm afraid we'd have to turire Jia Ma Empire upside down to find them." Hai Bodong rolled his eyes at him. Not even a ghost would believe his nonsense.

  "About the favor I owe you, you find me whenever you , or you give me a Soul unication Tool to notify me when you need something."

  "There's o owe favors. I need Old Hai's help with something right now." Xiao Yan revealed his bright white teeth as he grinned.

  "Right now? You little rascal really don't visit the temple without a cause. So you came knog to help break my seal because you his old man's help with something." Hai Bodong's lips twitched. No wohis brat Xiao Yan rao break his seal. It turned out he needed a Dou Emperor to do something for him!

  "Speak, what do you need my help for? But let me tell you first, I used to be a 5-star Dou Emperor, but after being sealed for over twenty years, even though the seal is now broken, my strength has dropped to only a 1-star Dou Emperor." Hai Bodong was a bit helpless. Being sealed for too long had caused his Dou Qi to scatter signifitly, and his cultivation had fallen to just oar.

  "The First Elder of the Mo Yan City, Mo g, has captured one of my people. I want Old Hai to apao the Mo to get that person back."

  "The Mo has captured one of your people?" Hai Bodong fell silent for a moment before tinuing, "I had some dealings with the Mo ba the day, so I know a few of their secrets. The Mo 's aors liked to research experiments where they removed the sturdy cws or bones from magical beasts and transphem onto human bodies. Your person must have something special about them."

  Xiao Yan's eyes darkened. It was indeed because of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

  'If anything happens to Qing Lin, I will make the Mo pay the price.'

  "I've heard of Mo g here i City. He's a 5-star Dou Spirit, but he's ing and has built a good retionship between the Mo d the Misty Cloud Sect. They've basically gaihe Misty Cloud Sect's tacit prote." Hai Bodong could not help but frown. A 5-star Dou Spirit was not much of a threat, but the colossal behemoth that was the Misty Cloud Sect was another matter entirely.

  Attag the Mo would be akin to spping the face of the Misty Cloud Sect.

  In the Jia Ma Empire, even the imperial family was wary of the Misty Cloud Sect. There was even a vague sehat the Misty Cloud Sect had risen above the imperial family.

  "Old Hai, you rest assured. I handle Mo g on my own. If we secure a peaceful release, all the better. If not, I just need Old Hai to help hold off Yan City's garrison and the Mo 's people."

  Hai Bodong g Xiao Yan and snorted, "Are you implying that I'm afraid of the Misty Cloud Sect?! While I have no desire to offend the Misty Cloud Sect, I, Hai Bodong, am a man of my word. If necessary, I take a and deal with this Mo g for you."

  "Then I thank Old Hai in advance. But I believe it won't e to that. Time is of the essehe longer we dey, the more variables arise. Let's set off."

  Xiao Yan nodded with a smile and waved to Hai Bodong beside him. Then, after determining the dire, his Purple Cloud Wings unfurled, and he slowly rose into the air.

  Then, together with Hai Bodong, they soared into the sky. Their wings fpped as they transformed into two streaks of light that quickly disappeared into the horizon.

  They flew for a full day and night before arriving at Yan City.

  "Little Brother Xiao Yan, are you really just a Dou Grandmaster?" Hai Bodong was dumbfounded. For a Dou Emperor like him, flying for a day and a night was normal. But for Xiao Yan, who was relying on a flying-type Dou Teique as a Dou Grandmaster, it was unbelievable that he could sustain such a flight for so long!!

  Xiao Yan naturally uood Hai Bodong's bewilderment and ughed, "Perhaps it's because of the Heavenly Fme. It makes my Dou Qi more durable."

  "The Heavenly Fme has this ability too?"

  ...

  Yan City was located on the bustling main road of the eastern province of the Jia Ma Empire. Its location as a transportation hub made it the rgest city in the eastern province of the empire. It was heavily garrisoned by imperial troops year-round.

  Apart from the empire's forces, the stro power in Yan City was naturally their target this time, the Mo !

  Although a big tree catches the wind easily, with the Misty Cloud Sect as their bag, even the Jia Ma Empire's imperial family wouldn't easily cause trouble for the Mo .

  "We've been flying for a day and night. It's best if we find an inn to rest before heading to the Mo ," Hai Bodong g Xiao Yan and said.

  Xiao Yan nodded. If they were to storm into the Mo , he o be in top dition.

  The two nded a few hundred meters outside Yan City and joihe flow of people heading into the city.

  As they approached the city gate, Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong noticed that there were dozens of fully armed soldiers standing on both sides of the city wall, their sharp gazes stantly sing the passirians.

  Xiao Yan frowned slightly. The security level here was parable to that of the imperial capital.

  "Tsk tsk tsk, the Mo is really putting on a big show. It's just the birthday of their First Elder Mo g, yet they even have the city guards uheir and." Xiao Yan suddenly heard a few men in merary attire whispering in front of him.

  "It 't be helped. I heard that even the Misty Cloud Sect has sent people over to prevent anyone from causing trouble."

  "Oh? Even the Misty Cloud Sect has sent people? This Mo g sure has a lot of face."

  "In the eyes of the Misty Cloud Sect, what does a mere Mo amount to? If it weren't for the massive tributes the Mo pays them every year, the Misty Cloud Sect wouldn't lower themselves to associate with them." A merary curled his lip in disdain.

  Xiao Yan inwardly nodded. He very much agreed with this merary's words. The people of the Misty Cloud Sect really did have their noses in the air.

  The Mo had only one or two more Dou Spirits pared to his Xiao ow, with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li solidating the merary business in Rock Desert City, coupled with the Xiao inating the entire Wu Tan City with Xiao Yan's help a few years ago, it wouldn't be long before the Xiao 's strength would match or even surpass that of the Mo .

  In fact, with the inclusion of Xiao Yan, the Mo was already no match for the Xiao .

  Just as Xiao Yan was about to move forward to ehe city gate, the sound of galloping hooves suddenly came from not far behind him.

  Several men and women riding fine horses were galloping over. The dust they kicked up on the way ehe people lined up on the side. However, when their angry gnded on the leading figure on horseback, they immediately swallowed their grievances and did not dare to make a sound.

  Xiao Yan gnced over. The leader was a young woman wearing a set of tight red clothes that perfectly atuated her exquisite figure. A small crystal or hung from her forehead, swaying slightly and adding a hint of livelio her face that carried a pampered and willful air.

  It wasn't until the hoofbeats began to fade that a chorus of curses erupted.

  "Damn it, she thinks she owns the pce just because she's the Sed Young Lady of the Mo ."

  Xiao Yan frowned slightly. It seemed that the Mo 's educatio a lot to be desired.

  "If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked. This Mo is rotten from the i."

  "Haha, all big s are like this. They act like local emperors in their own cities." Hai Bodong ughed.

  Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Yaered the rgest inn in Yan City with Hai Bodong. After expressing their desire to book two rooms, the rather attractive maid looked them over and replied with a sweet smile, "Sirs, may I ask if you have an invitation from the Mo ?"

  "Invitation?" Xiao Yan frowned and shook his head. "No. Is this Yan City or Mo City? Why do we need an invitation from the Mo ?"

  "Excuse me, sir. All the inns in Yan City are fully booked by the Mo for the few days. We are only aodating their guests," the attendant's smile was quite perfunctory as she replied.

  "Wow, this Mo is even more domineering than the Misty Cloud Sect." Xiao Yan shook his head a out a mog ugh.

  "Where did this try bumpkin e from, daring to criticize my Mo for being domineering in Yan City?!" Suddenly, a cold, mog female voice came from behind Xiao Yan.

  With his powerful Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan didn't o turn around to know it recisely the Sed Young Lady of the Mo who had just ridden in.

  "Aren't you just proving how domineering your Mo is?" Xiao Yaed with a sneer, not even b to turn around.

  "You little brat are c death!" Hearing his mog tohe Sed Young Lady of the Mo , who had always been pampered and treated like a treasure, immediately furrowed her brows. The long whip in her hand transformed into a bck shadow with a whoosh, viciously shing toward Xiao Yan.

  The onlookers shook their heads in silence, feeling sorry for Xiao Yan.

  Whoosh! Suddenly, a streak of bck fme appeared out of thin air. The Nihility Dev Fme instantly ied the on fed from the monster core of a rank 2 magical beast into nothingness.

  Before anyone could react to what had happened, a rge hand shot out like a venomous snake and grabbed the Sed Young Lady of the Mo by the throat, lifting her half a meter off the ground.

  "Three years ago, someone was as arrogant as you. As a result, I broke two of their fingers. Do you want to try it too?"

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