"Bang!"
Lin Ran stomped hard on the body of Saint Hun Qing. Terrifying gusts of wind erupted from the center of his feet, turning some nearby boulders into powder. Saint Hun Qing also spat out a mouthful of blood, and the black mist around him became increasingly dissipated.
Seeing this scene, everyone present in Xingyun Pavilion cheered loudly, and their mouths were full of admiration and praise for Lin Ran.
With the strength of a semi-saint, he actually beat a one-star Dou Sheng to this extent, which was enough to show how strong Lin Ran was!
"Lin Ran, if you dare to kill me, the Palace Master will not let you go!"
As Lin Ran stepped hard on his heart, fear appeared on Hun Qing's originally sinister face, and he screamed.
"Master of the Soul Palace?"
Lin Ran sneered, "You launched a massive attack on my Xingyun Pavilion today. You were targeting me, right? Why should I let you go? Don't worry, it won't be long before I will ask the Soul Palace Master to go down with you!"
"How shameless! The Palace Master is such a powerful person, how can you mess with him? And since you want me dead today, I will definitely not let you off easily!"
Seeing that Lin Ran showed no sign of letting go, a hint of ruthlessness emerged in the eyes of Saint Hun Qing.
However, just when the fighting spirit in his body was about to reverse and explode, Lin Ran's eyes suddenly focused, and an extremely powerful soul force burst out from between his eyebrows and hit the head directly on the Soul Purity Saint.
The body of the Saint of Pure Soul trembled violently, and then his whole body showed a dazed look. In an instant, all life was gone.
His soul was crushed by Lin Ran!
In an instant, all the soul hall people who were still in Xingyun Pavilion were like bereaved.
Even the Dou Sheng strongmen were crushed by Lin Ran, and those of them who were at the Dou Zun level could only wait for death in despair.
Lin Ran glanced calmly at the Soul Palace Fighting Lords who were fighting fiercely with the puppets. His mind moved, and all the puppets immediately received new orders.
Keep the target body!
These Soul Palace Dou Zuns, including this Soul Purity Saint, are all excellent puppet materials. Refining them into corpse soul puppets will be another top-level combat force for Xingyun Pavilion and Shengyu Sect.
Lin Ran withdrew his gaze and looked at the densely packed disciples and elders of the Xingyun Pavilion in the star realm. At this moment, they were all shocked into silence by the previous terrifying fight.
"All elders, each of you should perform your duties, rectify the mess, and treat the wounded quickly. All disciples, please continue your activities and training as usual."
Lin Ran looked down at the entire star realm from a high vantage point, and his faint voice rang in everyone's ears.
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, everyone responded respectfully, looking at Lin Ran with eyes full of enthusiasm and excitement.
This is our lord, this is our leader!
Even the Dou Sheng masters cannot rival him!
Seeing the people going their separate ways, Lin Ran flashed back to the Xingyun Pavilion. Yao Chen and Feng Xian followed suit, looking emotional.
"It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others. I don't know how long I wasted in the Dou Zun realm before I broke through to the Semi-Saint realm with your help. But you, Sect Master, only spent such a short time to break through and become a Semi-Saint…"
Yao Chen sighed softly, his face full of admiration: "The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead, you have to accept your age."
Feng Xian on the side even muttered: "You are at least a half-saint, and I am still a beginner Dou Zun..."
"It was just a fluke."
Lin Ran smiled and did not dwell on this topic for too long. Whether it was the Fighting Saint or the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, they were both top-level treasures. He was able to break through to the Semi-Saint level because of luck.
"But Sect Master, the Soul Palace invaded today on a large scale, and even brought out the powerful Douluo Saints. It is obvious that they came here to destroy our Xingyun Pavilion. The Soul Palace has a deep foundation. If it is really the Soul Palace master who comes, I am afraid…" Yao Chen said solemnly.
I thought that the strength of a semi-saint was enough to make Xingyun Pavilion worry-free, but now it seems that it is far from enough!
"In my opinion, the Sect Master might as well move the Holy Sect to Zhongzhou, and use the power of the Holy Sect to unite the major forces in Zhongzhou to fight against the Soul Palace!" Feng Xian said in a deep voice: "With the current strength of the Xingyun Pavilion, coupled with the cooperation with Danta and those forces that have grudges against the Soul Palace, if we really want to do it, we will definitely be able to develop the Holy Sect into a force comparable to the Soul Palace!"
"Let's not talk about anything else. Just the Hua Sect, if we let the old guy go over and sell the beauty trap, it will be easy to win them over. They are a group of considerable combat power, and there are even two semi-saints."
"…It still has to be you, Feng Xian."
Yao Chen's mouth twitched slightly. You were Danta Xuanyi before, and now you are from Hua Zong. It is my blessing to have you as my good brother!
"Hua Zong?"
Lin Ran touched his chin.
The Hua Sect is definitely one of the top four forces in Zhongzhou, but now the Hua Sect is very close to the Tianming Sect, and the Tianming Sect is on good terms with the Soul Palace. Just relying on Yao Chen's face may not be enough to make the Hua Sect join the Holy Sect.
Why not...
Destroy the Tianming Sect first?
"Well, Feng Xian, you have the most ideas about these things, so I'll leave it to you to handle. By the way, during the time I was away, did the Tian Yao Huang and Jiuyou Di Ming Python come to look for me?"
It would have been better if Lin Ran didn't say anything. As soon as he brought up this topic, both Yao Chen and Feng Xian revealed resentful looks in their eyes, which made Lin Ran shiver subconsciously.
After Yao Chen's narration, Lin Ran suddenly understood and smiled helplessly: "Thank you for your hard work. This is indeed my negligence."
"I understand."
Both of them nodded.
Originally they did have some complaints, but when they saw Lin Ran's semi-saint cultivation, all of them disappeared.
A five-star Dou Zun directly broke through to the semi-saint level. What else in the world could be more important than this?
"By the way, Sect Master, during your absence, the Danta's Alchemy Conference has been successfully held, and the champion has been decided. His name is Qinghua Old Monster. He is also an eighth-grade alchemist of our generation. As the provider of the reward, we gave him a sub-fire of the Holy Golden Meteorite Heart Fire."
Yao Chen seemed to have thought of something, and hesitated to speak. Finally, he said, "In addition, there is another special news. It is about the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, which ranks third on the Strange Fire List..."
"oh?!"
Lin Ran raised his eyebrows slightly, and Feng Xian beside him also showed a look of surprise. How come he didn't know about such news?
"Old man, do you have any news about the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, which ranks third on the Strange Fire List?!"
"I don't have any clues." Yao Chen looked at Feng Xian helplessly, then said, "There are several fragments of the map related to the Pure Lotus Demon Fire in this world. Although I don't know what will happen after gathering these fragments, they must be related to the Pure Lotus Demon Fire in the legend. This time, I found a clue to one of the fragments."
"At the Space Trade Fair in half a month, someone will auction this fragment of the map. If you are interested, you can buy it."
"The remaining map of the demon fire..."
Lin Ran smacked his lips. This special term actually brought back a distant memory for him: "If I remember correctly, Xiao Yan should have this Demon Fire Remnant Map in his hand."
"Well."
Yao Chen's face froze.
Because of the influence of the Holy Gold Meteorite Heart Fire, Yao Chen's loyalty to Lin Ran is unquestionable, but he has always had a place in his heart for this young disciple of his.
It's just that Yao Chen is now very busy with various things, and because of Lin Ran, he subconsciously avoided everything related to Xiao Yan. Now that Lin Ran took the initiative to bring it up, Yao Chen didn't even know what to say.
After a moment of silence, Yao Chen nodded: "Yes, I also know about this thing because of the incomplete map in the hands of that little guy Xiao Yan."
"There should be four incomplete images of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire. Xiao Yan already has two of them. If we can get another one from this spatial trade fair, we will have three in total. Although we are still a little short of getting the complete incomplete image, we are only one away from it."
"You want me to go to Xiao Yan and take those two incomplete maps?" Lin Ran looked at Yao Chen with a smile.
"Um."
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Yao Chen nodded: "An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure. Although Xiao Yanzi is talented and can be considered a genius, he is not a truly strong man after all."
"If he keeps this kind of thing, once the news leaks out, he will definitely suffer all kinds of troubles. It is better to put it in the hands of the sect master... If possible, the sect master can give him a few pills as an exchange."
"You old man, you really do cherish old times. Well, that kid is indeed worthy of your kindness."
Lin Ran smiled calmly.
"You may not know that because I used the Soul Palace's soul bag to deceive people, Xiao Yan has always believed that you were captured by the Soul Palace over the years. He has a deep hatred for the Soul Palace. But don't worry, you gave that kid the origin of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and I also left him something to help him grow."
"He has come a long way over the years, and now he is considered a good fighter in the Northwest Continent."
"Hate the Soul Palace? The Sect Master has also reserved some tricks?!"
Yao Chen was stunned for a moment as he listened to Lin Ran's words.
Although Feng Xian, who was standing aside, didn't know who the so-called Xiao Yan was, his mouth twitched slightly when he heard that Lin Ran had been using the Soul Palace's soul bag to cheat people a long time ago.
Wow, only Lin Ran would dare to do this.
No wonder Lin Ran is always at odds with the Soul Palace now. It turns out that he has had this foundation since he was a child!
"I wonder what the method the Sect Master left behind is..."
"Want to know?" Lin Ran grinned: "Well, I won't keep you in suspense. When you left with me, I left him a trace of soul to help him grow."
"Xiao Yan is indeed a good candidate, and he is practicing the Burning Technique you gave him. Naturally, we cannot let him grow recklessly. If he grows crooked, wouldn't it be a waste of your kindness towards him?"
After coming out of seclusion this time, Lin Ran not only achieved a breakthrough to the semi-saint level in his cultivation, but also improved in all aspects including his soul realm, physical fitness, etc.
By the way, he also synchronized the memory of the remnant soul of Xiao Yan and learned about Xiao Yan's current situation.
"Under the guidance of my remnant soul, Xiao Yan is now at the peak of Dou Huang strength, a sixth-rank alchemist, and has two Strange Fires. No, to be precise, it should be three, after all, there is also your Bone Spirit Cold Fire."
"The peak strength of Dou Huang? A sixth-rank alchemist? Two strange fires?!"
Yao Chen was slightly stunned, and Feng Xian beside him was even more dumbfounded.
"Two strange fires, that boy has something!"
"Well, the strange fires he obtained were the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, which ranked 22nd on the Strange Fire List, and the Wind Wrath Dragon Flame, which ranked 18th. Under the power of the Burning Art, these two strange fires completed the fusion and formed a strange fire called Ten Thousand Dragon Wind Flame. Its power is comparable to the strange fires ranked around the top 15, which is quite good."
As Lin Ran talked, the expression on Yao Chen's face gradually changed. In the end, he even breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Ran seriously.
"Master, I have an unwelcome request..."
"You want to bring Xiao Yan to Xingyun Pavilion?" Lin Ran saw through Yao Chen's thoughts at a glance, but he shook his head: "This is not a good plan, Yao Chen."
"You should understand that it's not that I can't tolerate him, but that Xingyun Pavilion and Zhongzhou are still too far away for him at the moment. Douhuang-level forces simply can't stand there. Moreover, with that kid's personality, he won't be a flower in a greenhouse."
"Not to mention, the Soul Palace is paying special attention to us now. Once the people in the Soul Palace find out about Xiao Yan's relationship with you... I think it will undoubtedly be a disaster for him."
"But..."
Yao Chen sighed deeply, he also understood this.
Although he gave the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to Xiao Yan when they parted that year, he always felt that he should do something else, otherwise he would always feel guilty.
But what Lin Ran said was not wrong. At this special moment in time, if the people from the Soul Palace discovered the relationship between Xiao Yan and him and Xingyun Pavilion, it would be hard to say whether Xiao Yan could see the sun tomorrow.
Lin Ran said softly, "Let him continue to struggle in the Northwest Continent for a few years. When he has the strength to set foot in Zhongzhou, I will naturally let him see what this world really looks like."
"By then, he might be our important fighting force against the Soul Palace and the Soul Clan."
"...I see."
Yao Chen took a deep breath and said, "Everything will be done according to your arrangement, Sect Master."
"Don't worry, he is your disciple after all, and a member of my Holy Sect. How could I mess around with my disciples?"
Lin Ran smiled calmly.
He has seized so many resources from his fellow villager, and now he wants to take away the two incomplete maps as well. It's time to give back to his fellow villager.
If he is at the peak of Douhuang now... then give him a few local-level Dou skills, a Douzong puppet, and a few Douzong-breaking pills?
(End of this chapter)