Fighting: Xiao Yan at full level, leading the whole match

Chapter 114 Soul Palace News, Han Feng's Whereabouts
When he saw this line of text, Xiao Yan's eyes finally narrowed slightly, and he was the first to open the scroll.

"Heavenly Rank Intermediate Mission: The Disappearing Alchemist."

"Half a year ago, a third-grade alchemist instructor from the Alchemy Department of Canaan College went to Jiudan City, 500 miles away from Canaan City, for academic discussions. But he has not been heard from since then."

"Afterwards, according to rumors, the alchemist power in Jiudan City disappeared overnight for unknown reasons. Many of the alchemists in Jiudan City disappeared, and even many treasures in the sect disappeared mysteriously.

According to local rumors, there was a period of time when dark clouds often floated in the sky, but no rain fell.

And when all the alchemists disappeared, these black clouds no longer appeared."

"Task requirement one: Investigate the reasons why the Nine Pill Sect and many alchemists disappeared. Completing this task will earn you 5,000 merit credits."

"Mission requirement two: Find the missing mentor Wang. If he is alive, bring him back. You will be rewarded with 5,000 credits. If he is dead, please confirm his death. You will be rewarded with 2,000 credits."

"Note 1: The Nine Pill Sect is a powerful force consisting of two fifth-grade alchemists and seven fourth-grade alchemists. It is also quite influential in the Black Horn Region."

"Note 2: This mission is highly dangerous. If you find something wrong, you can retreat immediately. There is no penalty for mission failure."

Seeing the information on the mission scroll, Xiao Yan’s eyes narrowed even more.

This mission was indeed extremely dangerous for ordinary students. After all, the Jiudan Sect disappeared silently even though it had two fifth-grade alchemists.

No matter whether the opponent slipped away quietly or was instantly wiped out by some powerful being, the level was still too high for the students in the outer courtyard.

Especially in the second case, if these powerful alchemists could be wiped out silently, then the strength of the person who did it must be terrifying.

If the elders of Canaan College encountered such an enemy, they would probably be in great danger. No wonder they gave such a warning.

The text of the second note is even marked in red.

However, the reward for this mission is indeed extremely generous.

Five thousand merit credits are enough to exchange for a more common Xuan-level advanced fighting skill.

And if we can bring that mentor Wang back, it will be enough to exchange for a high-level Xuan-level fighting skill like "Eight Extreme Collapse".

This reward might be quite attractive to some elders.

Sure enough, at the bottom of the scroll, it was marked that the elders and inner court students could convert their credits into fire energy at a five to one exchange ratio.

It seems that this task can be taken by many inner courtyard students and elders.

However, Teacher Wang probably has no chance to come back. The so-called black cloud, if nothing unexpected happens, must be a member of the Soul Palace.

To be able to so easily deal with a force consisting of two fifth-rank alchemists, the person who did it must be at least a Soul Palace guardian.

"Since it's Soul Palace's business, I still have to go over and take a look. Besides, Han Feng and Soul Palace have been colluding for a long time, so maybe I can get some information about Han Feng from them."

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and decided to take on this task.

"Teacher Hod, I accept this mission."

Under Huo De's confused gaze, Xiao Yan spoke.

"Hey, classmate Xiao Yan, are you sure you want to take this mission? Many elders don't dare to take this mission."

Looking at the mission scroll in Xiao Yan's hand, Huo De's pupils shrank.

This mission has been widely talked about among the top leaders of the academy recently. Although it is only a mid-level heavenly mission, its weirdness is more frightening than many high-level heavenly missions.

This is because the main purpose of this mission is to gather information, otherwise these students might not even get to see it.

"Instructor Hod, I know this mission is quite dangerous, but since I dare to take action, I am sure I can save my life. Please rest assured."

Xiao Yan put away the scroll and finally smiled.

"Besides, there is no penalty even if this mission is not completed."

Hearing what Xiao Yan said, Huo De nodded slightly, and then emphasized: "I will also report this matter to the Elders Council."

"As you wish."

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly, looking back and forth at the remaining scrolls.

"Low-level Heavenly Rank Mission: Ice Demon Ape."

"Heavenly Rank Low-Level Mission: Thunder Python"

"Heavenly Rank Intermediate Mission: Ghost Claw Eagle"

"Heavenly Rank Advanced Mission: Snow Demon Ape"

"Heavenly Rank Advanced Mission: Ghost Sect"

Seeing these scrolls, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh that they were worthy of being heaven-level missions. The easiest one among them was probably the one that killed the fourth-level monster Thunder Python.

However, even so, the reward is a full two thousand merit points or four hundred fire energy.

As for those high-level heavenly tasks, they would probably be quite difficult even for Dou Wang powerhouses.

For example, the Snow Demon Ape was a fifth-tier magical beast that Xiao Yan had seen in his previous life, and it also had some ancient bloodline.

The Ghost Sect is a sect that practices evil techniques and is somewhat similar to the Blood Sect.

The leader of the Guiming Sect is a genuine Douwang powerful warrior, and he has more than a dozen Douling powerful warriors under him.

Of course, the rewards are also extremely generous. Once completed, fire energy will be used directly as a reward.

And it is at least more than three thousand fire energies.

Such a rich amount of fire energy is very attractive even to many elders.

Of course, these tasks are completely impossible for the current members of Panmen, so Xiao Yan also turned his attention to another more suitable heavenly team task.

"Heavenly Rank Low-Level Mission: Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group"

"The Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group is a vicious force that roams outside the Black Horn Plains. They make a living by attacking and looting weak forces every year.

They commit murder, arson and looting and commit all kinds of atrocities. Every year many people die tragically at the hands of the bloodthirsty mercenaries.

Fan Jian, leader of the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group, once served as a deacon of the Blood Sect in his early years. It is estimated that his current cultivation level is around four-star Dou Ling.

In addition, there are eight deputy leaders in the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group, all of whom are powerful fighters at the level of Grand Fighters, and two of them have reached the level of Eight-Star Grand Fighters.

The rest of the group has several hundred people in total, and there are no less than a hundred powerful fighters."

“Mission objective one: Kill the leader of the bloodthirsty mercenary group, Fan Jian, and receive 2,000 merit credits as a reward.

Mission Objective 2: Kill eight deputy commanders of the Grand Fighter Division. Each kill will earn you 500 merit credits.

Mission Objective Three: Killing a Fighter will earn you 100 Merit Credits.

Note: The seized materials do not need to be handed in. "

Looking at the line of text, Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, and finally nodded to Teacher Huo De.

"We will take on this mission."

After seeing this task, Huo De's eyes narrowed again, and finally he looked at Xiao Yan.

"I still say the same thing. It is your freedom to accept any mission, but I will still inform the academy's top management about this matter."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "No problem."

After saying that, he took everyone away.

Looking at the backs of Xiao Yan and his group as they left, Huo De sighed helplessly, then turned and walked towards the office building of the college's senior management.

On the way back, both Lin Xiuya and Lin Yan were a little nervous.

"Xiao Yan, are we really going to destroy that bloodthirsty mercenary group?"

Lin Xiuya asked with some confusion.

The last time they destroyed the Blood Knife Mercenary Group, they paid a huge price. If Xiao Yan had not used his Earth-level fighting skills to kill the leader of the Blood Knife Mercenary Group, they would have been destroyed.

But now, Xiao Yan is going to lead them to challenge the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group, which is several times more powerful than the Blood Knife Mercenary Group.

Especially the leader of the bloodthirsty mercenary group, he is a real Dou Ling master, a four-star Dou Ling at that.

No matter how amazing Xiao Yan was, he had only just reached the threshold of a three-star Grand Fighter in the past two months.

"Don't worry. Since I'm planning to deal with the Bloodthirsty Mercenaries, I'm sure I can deal with the strongest ones first."

Xiao Yan glanced at Lin Yan who was hesitant to speak and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten what you got from the Blood Blade Mercenary Group last time?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiuya and Lin Yan were both slightly startled, and then a fiery look appeared in their eyes.

The last time they wiped out the Blood Knife Mercenary Group, they seized money and treasures worth millions of gold coins. In addition, they also obtained several sets of martial arts and fighting skills, including a mysterious level set.

After reselling these things, the wealth they earned was enough to provide the guys in the alchemy department with the spirit liquid and spirit blood they refined for two or three months.

If it weren't for the fact that the number of Panmen's great fighters was constantly increasing and everyone was worried that these resources would not be enough in the future, they could have barely made it to the inner courtyard selections.

Of course, having tasted the sweetness of continuously completing earth-level tasks, they were not willing to stay in the academy forever.

Whether it is the self-improvement in the process of participating in the mission or the various benefits after completing the mission, they are quite addicted.

How many people can resist the joy of rapidly improving strength?

What's more, these people have accumulated a considerable amount of merit credits. Lin Yan just emptied all his merit credits the day before yesterday and exchanged them for a high-level Xuan-level fighting skill that suits him.

The merit credits in the hands of other Panmen members may not be as strong as his, but they all have bigger ambitions. They originally just wanted to exchange for low-level Xuan-grade fighting skills, but now they all want to accumulate some more to exchange for a mid-level or even high-level Xuan-grade fighting skill.

This level of fighting skills will be a good trump card before becoming a fighting king.

Seeing that they were silent, Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Besides, don't worry, I have to complete the Heavenly Rank mission in my hand first.

During this period, you can practice on your own. If you really feel like practicing, you can also take on some less dangerous tasks to practice."

Xiao Yan's words were actually a disguised way of delegating power to the people of Panmen.

He will not stay in Canaan College for too long. Once he enters the inner courtyard and obtains the Fallen Heart Flame, his departure will not be far away.

By then, the affairs of Panmen still need these guys to worry about it personally. Hearing this, Lin Xiuya and Lin Yan were also slightly startled, and couldn't help asking: "How long do you plan to be out?"

"At least half a month, at most two months."

Xiao Yan's tone was calm.

"Be careful."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuya just gave a warning.

"Well, don't take Xun'er and the others out while I'm away."

Xiao Yan gave another instruction, and then began to arrange some training plans for others after he left.

"I hope that by the time I come back, half of you will have broken through to the Grand Fighter level."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone smiled.

In the past, they did not dare to imagine that they would have a chance to break through to the Fighting Master level before entering the inner courtyard.

However, now with the two kinds of medicinal liquids bestowed by Xiao Yan, they are quite confident.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you must pay attention to your safety."

Xun'er gently hugged Xiao Yan, with a hint of worry on her little face.

Obviously, she also saw some clues from the scroll.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid that would cost me my life."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and kissed her jade-like face, causing the girl to blush.

When he was about to leave, he was stopped again by Vice President Hu Qian.

"There are so many heavenly missions, why did you choose this one? You should know that the secret behind it may be dangerous even if I explore it."

Hu Qian stared at Xiao Yan, obviously somewhat dissatisfied.

Xiao Yan is not an ordinary genius student. Canaan Academy has waited so many years to welcome such a monstrous genius. If something happens to Xiao Yan, the entire Canaan Academy will suffer a great loss.

"Deputy Dean, since I dare to go, I must be sure of my life. Don't treat my master as a decoration."

Xiao Yan only said this one sentence, and Hu Qian was unable to refute it.

Although he didn't know what level of power Xiao Yan's teacher was, he could vaguely guess that at least the old guys in Canaan Academy now could not afford to offend that person.

"be careful."

Hu Qian looked at Xiao Yan meaningfully, but ultimately said nothing more.

"Thank you."

Xiao Yan smiled and bowed, and finally left Canaan Academy under Hu Qian's gaze.

It was not until he left Hu Qian's perception range that a ray of pale flame flashed under Xiao Yan's feet. The next moment, he disappeared between heaven and earth by stepping on the space under his feet.

A distance of five hundred miles was nothing to Xiao Yan now. In just a cup of tea, he appeared in a city that looked a little chaotic.

In this city, forces of all sizes are fighting each other at this moment. On several streets, one group of people is ambushed by another group from time to time.

This chaotic state is the truest side of the Black Horn Region.

Jiudan City was once extremely prosperous because of the presence of nine high-level alchemists. Even many forces with Douhuang powerful people were unwilling to offend it.

After all, the number of people that two fifth-grade alchemists and seven fourth-grade alchemists can mobilize is no less than that of the strong men mobilized by a Douhuang strongman.

However, after all these noble alchemists mysteriously disappeared, the city became leaderless.

Without the Jiudan Sect, which could absolutely suppress other forces, other forces, big and small, in Jiudan City began to fight for power.

Unless one day a force comparable to the Jiudan Sect emerges and rules Jiudan City again, this kind of fighting will probably continue.

Xiao Yan was in no mood to pay any attention to this chaos. In the Black Horn Region, mercy and kindness were shitty things. Killing and being killed were the main themes here.

Xiao Yan doesn't have the kindness to care about this kind of dog-eat-dog situation.

He simply used Yao Lao's enormous spiritual power to sweep across the entire city, and without being discovered by anyone, he found the ruins of the Jiudan Gate.

As the former ruling force of Jiudan City, the gate of Jiudan Sect was built quite luxuriously and grandly. Unfortunately, after losing its ruler, it has become the main battlefield for the fighting among several major forces in the city.

There are broken walls and dust everywhere, and some places have become ruins.

However, just as Xiao Yan was about to put away his soul power, an extremely subtle fluctuation quietly came.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and took a step forward, and he appeared in the mountain gate of Jiudan Sect. The majestic soul power swept over, and an extremely obscure formation appeared in his perception.

"The Soul Devouring Formation is indeed the work of the Soul Palace!"

A sneer slowly appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.

This soul-devouring formation is the strange formation set up by the Soul Palace in the Xuanhuang Fortress that could devour the souls of countless dead in battle.

However, the soul-devouring formation in front of him is only the lowest and simplest one.

The soul of a sixth-rank alchemist can resist its suction even if his physical body is lost.

However, among the many forces that often fight on the gate of Jiudan Sect, the strongest are only at the peak of Dou Ling level. Once they are killed accidentally, it will be difficult for them to escape being devoured by the Soul Devouring Formation.

During the time when Jiudanmen disappeared, I'm afraid hundreds of people have died in the fighting at the mountain gate.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan disappeared quietly. When he appeared again, he found an inn closest to the ruins of the Jiudan Sect and hid himself there.

He knew the Soul Palace very well. When he wiped out the Soul Clan, he obtained many of the Soul Clan's secret techniques. He knew that the souls devoured by the Soul Devouring Formation could not stay there for long.

At most once every half a month, it needs to be collected using secret methods.

Therefore, within half a month at most, the people from the Soul Palace will appear again.

He just wanted to see what these guys from the Soul Palace were trying to do.

So, Xiao Yan temporarily hid in this inn and started practicing again, but during this time he separated a wisp of his soul power to stare at the ruins of the Jiudan Sect.

In just seven days, there were two more fightings among the Jiudan Sect. After each fight, both sides left dozens of corpses here.

What they didn't notice was that these weak souls, whose consciousness couldn't even be fully condensed after death, had no power to resist at all and were swallowed up by the Soul Devouring Formation under the ruins.

In the formation below, the Soul Devouring Formation was like a spider web, sticking many confused and weak souls to it.

On the night of the seventh day, when a cold and strange aura appeared at the ruins of the Jiudan Sect, Xiao Yan, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

"It's indeed someone from the Soul Palace, but why is he so weak?"

Xiao Yan frowned slightly. In his perception, the strength of this aura was at most at the Dou Wang level. Perhaps with the Soul Palace's strange methods, it would be stronger than an ordinary Dou Wang, but it would not even threaten the most ordinary Dou Huang.

"I'm afraid this guy's strength is only that of a small deacon in the Soul Palace."

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and continued to observe this aura.

The Dou Zong powerhouses are not ordinary minions in the Soul Palace. They are all qualified to serve as protectors, and under the protectors, there are two levels: deacons and disciples.

However, Soul Palace disciples are often rarer than deacons. They must be geniuses who are extremely suitable for Soul Palace's techniques to become Soul Palace disciples. As long as these people are trained, they can at least become protectors in the future.

On the contrary, the deacons are the most common labor force in the Soul Palace.

As Xiao Yan observed, he saw a gloomy figure in a black robe with weapons surrounding him standing quietly on the ruins of the Jiudan Sect. After a long time, he let out a helpless sigh.

"Jiudanmen, our hard work, Boss, brothers, I am the one who is afraid of death."

The moment he heard these words, a gleam of surprise appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes again, and the next moment, his figure disappeared in the inn.

And at the moment Xiao Yan disappeared, the space around the black-robed figure suddenly solidified, and an incomparably powerful soul force instantly blocked his surroundings.

The black-robed man's expression suddenly changed, and black mist suddenly rose up from his body. He stretched out his hand, and a pitch-black chain spread out from his body.

However, before he could react, two long chains of flame formed by the condensation of dark white flames pierced through his body with terrifying power, and burned the black robe on his body to ashes.

The black robe burned away, revealing a black misty figure with a miserable and painful expression. His soul was burned by the strange fire, and he couldn't help but let out a shrill scream.

"Who are you? I am from the Soul Palace. What do you want to do?"

"I already knew that you were from the Soul Palace, but I'm more curious about what your relationship is with the Nine Dan Sect!"

A faint laugh sounded, and a figure wrapped in white flames gradually appeared in front of this person.

"It is indeed a soul body. If nothing unexpected happens, this guy might be a former elder of the Jiudan Sect."

Xiao Yan was not surprised to see the soul wrapped in the black fog in front of him. He was just a little curious about how this guy went from being an elder of the Jiudan Sect to a member of the Soul Palace.

In his past memories, there should be two branches of the Soul Palace in the northwest continent, each of which was manned by a Dou Zun-level strongman, and each had a dozen guardians and a number of deacons under them.

However, looking at the entire Northwest Continent, their manpower is pitifully small, so ordinary people don't have much chance to meet people from the Soul Palace.

After Xiao Yan became the emperor, he was mainly responsible for destroying the major soul halls in Zhongzhou. On the contrary, the branch halls in other parts of the continent were destroyed by other powerful beings from the eight ancient clans.

By that time he had already become a Dou Di, so naturally he didn't bother to care about the specific locations of the two branch halls. However, he never expected that he would have to face the situation of the Soul Hall again after his rebirth.

"Tell me everything you know."

With the help of Yao Lao's huge soul power, Xiao Yan's soul shock alone was enough to make the Soul Palace deacon fall into a state of confusion.

When it comes to the art of controlling souls, based on the terrifying experience he gained in his previous life, even if he had not practiced it deliberately, his level of application would probably not be inferior to that of the Soul Emperor.

With Yao Lao's immense spiritual power, dealing with a Soul Palace deacon would be a piece of cake.

Under Xiao Yan's soul shock and deliberate guidance, the Soul Palace deacon quickly told the whole story.

After hearing the news from his mouth, Xiao Yan's originally calm words were slightly stunned, and then there was a hint of surprise.

"It turns out that Han Feng went to look for that old man Mu Gu."

(End of this chapter)