Chapter 405: Danger in the Pill World

Xiao Yan followed the direction indicated by the map and began to move forward slowly. During this period, he encountered quite a few alchemists, but these alchemists were either being chased by magical beasts or having their medicinal materials snatched by other powerful alchemists.

Xiao Yan watched all of this coldly. Even if he watched these people being killed with his own eyes, he wouldn't act as a "good person," because good people don't live long!

However, when Xiao Yan passed a small valley, miserable wails came to his ears. Just by listening to these sounds, he knew that quite a few people had been victimized.

Originally, Xiao Yan didn't want to interfere, but under Xiao Yan's soul perception, he discovered several powerful auras, one of which was very familiar.

Xiao Yan leaped onto the valley in one bound and looked down from the valley. He discovered that over a hundred people were gathered in a basin, but these hundred-odd people were trapped in a soul barrier.

This soul barrier was unusually sturdy, condensed by four Dou Zong-level experts. No matter how much the people inside attacked, it had no effect.

Inside the soul light barrier, there were two black-robed people continuously harvesting—one responsible for killing, and the other responsible for collecting souls.

Seeing these alchemists, who were usually very noble, being slaughtered like cattle and sheep, Xiao Yan felt somewhat bitter in his heart. Although the life or death of these hundred-odd people had nothing to do with Xiao Yan, the ones doing the killing were from the Hall of Souls.

Xiao Yan was determined to disrupt the Hall of Souls' plan. Moreover, once the Hall of Souls killed all these people, the next one would be him.

"Since you've come, just come out directly!" The souls of alchemists were not weak, and plus Xiao Yan didn't deliberately hide, so it was normal to be discovered.

"Xiao Yan!" Cao Ying saw Xiao Yan appear, and a look of excited joy appeared on her face.

Song Qing saw Cao Ying value Xiao Yan so much and felt very unhappy in his heart. He said with a hint of sourness: "So what if he came? These are six Dou Zong experts. Do you think Xiao Yan is a Dou Sheng?"

Hearing this, although Cao Ying felt disdain for Song Qing in her heart, Song Qing was indeed right. Facing six Dou Zong experts, Xiao Yan's chances of winning were indeed very small.

"I think Xiao Yan will just take one look at us and then turn around and run!" Song Qing saw Cao Ying's brows frown slightly and said with a hint of mockery.

"Shut up!" Cao Ying was feeling annoyed at this moment! Even if Xiao Yan was not good, he was still better than this Song Qing. Since being trapped, he had shown all kinds of ugly behavior. If the Hall of Souls were willing, he would likely be kneeling and begging for mercy.

Because of Xiao Yan's appearance, the people from the Hall of Souls stopped their pursuit.

At this moment, everyone's gaze was on Xiao Yan and the people from the Hall of Souls.

"You Hall of Souls slaughter these alchemists like livestock; aren't you afraid of the Pill Tower's retaliation?" Since he had been discovered, Xiao Yan walked out directly and generously.

"Hehe, as long as we kill all of you, no one will know! And even if they know, so what? As long as there is no evidence, the Pill Tower still can't do anything to us." Mu Gu Lao Ren looked at Xiao Yan and said with a faint smile: "And killing these people is just a matter of convenience; you are our main target."

"Is that so? That's perfect, you are also my target." Xiao Yan curled his mouth into a cold sneer. Since he was already at odds with the people from the Hall of Souls, he could only kill one whenever he saw one.

Mu Gu Lao Ren saw that Xiao Yan dared to look down on their Hall of Souls, and his expression immediately became ugly. He shouted angrily: "I will maintain this soul light barrier; the five of you go deal with Xiao Yan. The Hall Master has already given orders: this time, kill Xiao Yan, take his soul to the Hall of Souls, and let him suffer all the tortures of the Hall of Souls."

Following Mu Gu Lao Ren's shout, the three Hall of Souls experts who were maintaining the soul light barrier and chasing others inside the soul light barrier all nodded. Then their figures slowly disappeared, and when they appeared again, these five people had already surrounded Xiao Yan.

"Ten Thousand Soul Swallowing Spirit Array!"

After the five surrounded Xiao Yan, they began to form seals rapidly. Following the rapid changes of their hands in front of them, black mist surged out from the five people's bodies, then began to spread rapidly, swallowing Xiao Yan inside.

Xiao Yan inside the array suddenly felt that no matter how his cultivation method operated, he couldn't absorb energy from the outside world. This black mist array clearly had the effect of isolating energy.

Moreover, from within this black mist, miserable wails continuously emerged. Countless souls surged out from the black mist and then shot into Xiao Yan's body.

As the souls continuously entered his body, Xiao Yan felt his own Dou Qi being continuously consumed. If he let this continue, Xiao Yan would sooner or later become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"It seems the Hall of Souls is very well prepared this time!" Xiao Yan's brows frowned slightly. Being isolated by the fog, not only was his vision blocked, but his soul power couldn't probe too far either.

Xiao Yan also felt that this array contained an illusion array, and this illusion array was much more powerful than the soul illusion array of the assessment. Once he attacked randomly, he would be completely trapped in the illusion.

"Jie jie, don't think that because you have some talent, the Hall of Souls can't do anything to you. There hasn't been anyone the Hall of Souls wanted to kill that they couldn't. This array has ended the lives of countless heroes to this day; you are the next one." Just as Xiao Yan was thinking about how to break it, Mu Gu Lao Ren's voice sounded in Xiao Yan's ear, beginning to mock Xiao Yan.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan curled his mouth into a cold sneer. Although the array was very mysterious, it still couldn't do anything to Xiao Yan; at most, he would be trapped. With the Three-Origin Return to One Qi, he could completely isolate these souls.

Just as Xiao Yan was preparing to use the Three-Origin Return to One Qi to wrap himself, he discovered that as these soul bodies entered his body, although his Dou Qi was consumed, his soul was strengthened, as if he had eaten a great tonic, which was very comfortable.

This discovery immediately made Xiao Yan happy. If losing some Dou Qi could raise his soul level, Xiao Yan would rather lose more; he could stay here for the New Year.

Since he could raise his soul, Xiao Yan simply didn't prepare to go out first. He sat cross-legged and began to practice the mantra Yao Lao had given him before that could nourish the soul.

Although this mantra couldn't raise his soul level, it could make his soul more stable, which was just right for Xiao Yan to use now.

"Is he preparing to wait for death?" Mu Gu Lao Ren saw Xiao Yan sitting cross-legged through the array, clearly not preparing to break the array, and felt somewhat suspicious. However, he wasn't too worried. As long as it took a few days, the Dou Qi in Xiao Yan's body would be completely consumed.

Without Dou Qi, Xiao Yan would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, to be killed whenever they wanted.

The five people maintaining the array saw that Xiao Yan had no intention of breaking the array and didn't make any extra moves. After all, Xiao Yan was still very dangerous.

The Black and White Heavenly Venerates had joined forces to deal with Xiao Yan, but they were still beaten by Xiao Yan until they were missing limbs and had only half a life left; they were still recuperating now! These two were six-star Dou Zun peaks, although there was a component of carelessness involved.

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