132: Chapter 131 Shifting the Blame East: Setting an Example for Xiao Yan

When he had originally placed those two array eyes, he had specifically used the most secretive concealment technique of the Hun Clan, burying the black boxes hundreds of meters underground and using his Soul aura to mask the fluctuations; logically speaking, they should have been impossible to discover.

After Soul Mie Sheng learned the news that a Hall of Souls Branch Hall had been destroyed, he not only stopped the work of placing the array eyes but also urgently went to retrieve them.

Ling Yuan had guessed correctly; Soul Mie Sheng had indeed just begun to set up the grand array, having installed fewer than ten array eyes in total.

Each one was hidden extremely discreetly, and the chosen locations were all remote Branch Halls, specifically to avoid being discovered.

He recalled the aura of that Four-Star Dou Sheng he had sensed near the Southwestern Region Branch Hall a few days ago.

When that Four-Star Dou Sheng had approached the Branch Hall back then, it was very likely that he had discovered something was amiss.

Soul Mie Sheng had already been quite cautious, dismantling the array eye at that time.

Who could have imagined that Ling Yuan was a Transmigration user? And that he was so suspicious?

He had actually gone to look for them, checking each Branch Hall one by one.

Soul Mie Sheng felt some regret in his heart; he should have pursued him back then. Even if he couldn't have kept that Four-Star Dou Sheng, he could have at least identified the other party.

Now, it was too late; Soul Mie Sheng had no idea which force was targeting him.

The Pill Tower?

It was possible. The Pill Tower and the Hall of Souls had long-standing grievances, so they had the motive to do this.

But he was more inclined to suspect those Dou Di Clans.

The Hun Clan had previously wiped out the Shi Clan, and those Dou Di Clans had not united to settle accounts with the Hun Clan at that time.

Now that they had realized what was going on, but could not find the entrance to the Soul Realm, they had turned to messing with the Hall of Souls Branch Halls to take revenge on the Hun Clan.

And this was exactly the thing Soul Mie Sheng feared the most.

His Clan Chief had specifically instructed him to be cautious and to absolutely avoid being discovered.

Now, two array eyes had been discovered and destroyed.

He was done for!

He knew his Clan Chief's temper too well: he was a man of his word, cruel in his methods, and if one made a mistake, he would kill without a hint of hesitation.

In any case, the Hun Clan had the Void Swallowing Flame; if one was killed, the Dou Di Bloodline could be transferred into another person's body.

Kill one Soul Mie Sheng, and the Hun Clan would just have a "Soul Mie Die"...

Feeling that his own little life was in jeopardy, Soul Mie Sheng was terrified.

The matter hadn't spread yet; should he perhaps not report it for now?

The Clan Chief was currently in seclusion healing his injuries; perhaps he could fool him.

That Four-Star Dou Sheng might just be taking revenge on the Hall of Souls purely for personal reasons.

As long as the person who destroyed the array eye did not recognize the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array, then he would be fine.

Thus, Soul Mie Sheng held onto a fluke mentality, waiting in trepidation.

Meanwhile, Ling Yuan, who had caused Soul Mie Sheng to be so uneasy, was now repeatedly calculating in his heart what to do next.

Should he release the information that the Hun Clan was setting up the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array in the Central Plains?

He thought about it carefully and felt that doing so seemed useless.

The Hun Clan's true killer move was the Emperor Slaying Array; as long as the Emperor Slaying Array did not appear, the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array posed no threat.

After all, that grand array's main power was concentrated on large-scale slaughter; it could only kill experts below the Dou Zun level and could not pose much of a threat to experts at the Dou Zun level or above.

The Dou Di Clans would likely not take the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array to heart.

He had sensed this point from Ling Mie; even Ling Mie did not think this was a big deal.

And if he released the information, the Ling Clan and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan would definitely be hated by the Hun Clan, and the plan to pretend to cooperate would certainly be ruined.

Unless, he diverted the disaster to the east...

A flash of inspiration struck Ling Yuan, and he suddenly thought of a good way to mess with the Gu Clan.

Getting the Hun Clan and the Gu Clan to fight like dogs, ideally leaving both sides heavily injured, had always been Ling Yuan's ultimate goal.

A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Ling Yuan's mouth. He turned his gaze toward the northwest and whispered, "Xiao Yan, oh Xiao Yan, it seems that this time, I must borrow something of yours again."

The Northwest Continent.

In a room in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Yan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, focusing on his Cultivation.

After experiencing the crisis of the Xiao Clan's near-extermination last time, Xiao Yan had become much more composed, and he was even more desperate to become stronger.

From Gu Xun'er, he had learned a lot of information that he would not have been able to access at his current Realm.

The Xiao Family had once been glorious; there were even legendary Dou Sheng experts within the clan. Placed across the entire continent, they were one of the top forces.

And the massacre the Xiao Family suffered this time was not as simple as it appeared on the surface; the root cause was the ancient jade handed down by the Xiao Family ancestors.

Previously, he had always thought that the culprit was the Cloud Mist Sect, until Gu Xun'er told him, and he learned that the real murderer was the Hall of Souls.

Although Gu Xun'er had revealed quite a bit of information to Xiao Yan, she had not mentioned the existence of the Hun Clan.

She was afraid of putting too much pressure on Xiao Yan.

Unlike in the original story, after Xiao Zhan went missing, that piece of ancient jade belonging to the Xiao Family did not fall into Xiao Yan's hands.

Xiao Yan took it for granted that the ancient jade had been taken away by the Hall of Souls, along with his father, Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Yan had learned from his teacher that the Hall of Souls possessed immense strength and could not be resisted by ordinary forces; even in the Central Plains, it was a top-tier power.

One Hall, one Tower, two Sects, three Valleys, and Four Pavilions; the Hall of Souls was at the very front, which was enough to show the power of this organization.

Xiao Yan now had only one thought in his heart: to become stronger as quickly as possible.

To be with Gu Xun'er, to avenge the deceased clansmen of the Xiao Family, and to rescue his father—all of these required strength.

"Huu—" Xiao Yan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes, a hint of emotion in his gaze. "Just how strong is Xun'er's Family? To be able to casually bring out Earth Rank high-level Cultivation Technique and Dou Technique."

Without the Flame Mantra, Xiao Yan's channels for acquiring Cultivation Technique and Dou Technique were extremely narrow, nothing more than Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region.

The best Cultivation Technique he could obtain from these two places were only at the Earth Rank low-level or Intermediate level.

The higher the Rank of the Cultivation Technique, the faster the speed of absorbing Qi; Xiao Yan was eager to improve his strength, and the wealthy Gu Xun'er had come to deliver warmth to him.

The Earth Rank high-level Cultivation Technique, Flame Devouring Technique, could devour flames to improve strength.

Perhaps there were variables destined by fate; this Cultivation Technique was somewhat similar to the Burning Technique.

However, the Burning Technique could devour any number of Heavenly Flames, but this Flame Devouring Technique could only devour one type of Heavenly Flame, and the rest could only be Beast Fire; furthermore, it could not be upgraded.

Without any Heavenly Flame, he had relied on this "Flame Devouring Technique" to continuously devour Beast Fire, which allowed him to rapidly raise his strength to the level of an Eight-Star Dou Wang.

And the other Dou Technique was the Emperor Seal Skill.

Xiao Yan had already mastered the first seal, the Mountain-Opening Seal; this was currently his most powerful move.

He was looking forward to learning the Sea-Turning Seal after breaking through to the Dou Huang Realm; he could hardly imagine how great the power would be then.

"It is time to refine the Beast Fire I just obtained and Breakthrough to a Nine-Star Dou Wang!"

Xiao Yan took out a pink flame from his storage ring.

This was a Rank 5 Beast Fire he had obtained at the Black-Corner Region auction yesterday; its power was not weak, enough for him to Breakthrough to a Nine-Star Dou Wang.

He sat cross-legged again, placed the Rank 5 Beast Fire in front of him, operated the Flame Devouring Technique, and prepared to begin refining the Beast Fire to Breakthrough his Realm.

But just as he was about to mobilize his Qi and make contact with the Beast Fire, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness and his vision went black.

And then, nothing—he lost consciousness.

Just at the moment Xiao Yan lost consciousness, the space in the room suddenly rippled, and a tiny spatial crack slowly appeared, the crack growing larger and larger.