After dealing with Bing Xuan of the Ice River Valley, only Yao Yun of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe remained.
Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian glanced at each other before turning their heads to the other battlefield, where Qing Lin was controlling the Purple Soul Flame Serpent while Zi Yan was controlling the Man-Demon Puppet, fighting fiercely against Yao Yun.
Yao Yun's strength was a few points stronger than that of Bing Xuan. He was fighting alone against the Purple Soul Flame Serpent and the Man-Demon Puppet, even managing to have a slight upper hand.
However, his glory ended here.
Without further hesitation, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian quickly joined the battle and soon captured Yao Yun.
They then sent him to Qing Lin, who controlled him with her pupils.
Controlling two Dou Ancestors whose strengths far exceeded her own consumed a lot of Qing Lin's Dou Qi.
However, the benefits were obvious. Qing Lin's cultivation speed in the future would be extremely fast.
After dealing with Yao Yun, Xiao Ming didn't forget about Bing Xuan's corpse on the ground. With a wave of his hand, he collected it and pointed his finger at Bing Xuan's forehead to draw out his soul.
As soon as it appeared, Bing Xuan's soul spoke resentfully, "You despicable and shameless brat! How dare you kill me? You'll regret it! There will be no place for you to hide in the Central Region! Just wait, soon you will become the most wanted target of the Ice River Valley!"
"That's not all, you'll also be surrounded by other factions because you are accompanied by the Woeful Poison Body possessor, hahaha!"
"Noisy!" Xiao Ming snorted coldly and covered Bing Xuan's soul with the White Glazed Heart Flame. Regardless of its miserable screams, he directly sealed it and threw both the corpse and soul into his storage ring to keep Yin Yun, the former Sect Leader of the Harmonious Bond Sect, company.
Once all was done, Xiao Ming led the girls towards the outskirts of the city. After killing an expert from the Ice River Valley and controlling a Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe expert, it wasn't wise to stay in the same place.
The onlookers, upon seeing Xiao Ming and his group leave, burst into a huge discussion.
They marveled at the young age of Xiao Ming and his companions, but also at their terrifying strength, enough to contend with a Dou Ancestor. They were undoubtedly a group of extremely outstanding geniuses.
The second topic of discussion was the slain former Sect Leader of the Harmonious Bond Sect and the Elder of the Ice River Valley, Bing Xuan, whose heart had been pulled out by Xiao Ming.
Most people felt relieved by Yin Yun's death, but with Bing Xuan's death, they thought that Xiao Ming had gotten into big trouble.
Although the place where Xiao Ming and his group fought was isolated from sound by Xiao Yi Xian, Bing Xuan's clothing as an Elder of the Ice River Valley was still easily recognizable.
Xiao Ming killing him meant that he had offended the Ice River Valley.
The Ice River Valley was one of the three Valleys of the Central Plains and had an extremely powerful influence. Many had already thought about what would happen to Xiao Ming and his companions after this.
Just as many people were shaking their heads and sighing about what would happen to Xiao Ming and his companions, they took out the space boat and left the area through a spatial channel.
Inside the space boat, Xiao Ming sat cross-legged at the bow, holding three high-grade storage rings in black, white, and red.
These were the storage rings of Bing Xuan, Yin Yun, and Yao Yun.
Xiao Ming had always been in the habit of searching for spoils of war and looting corpses.
Looking at the three storage rings, his powerful soul power emerged from his body and invaded the rings. Soon, Xiao Ming encountered resistance, which was the soul protection set by the previous owners of the rings.
This kind of protection naturally couldn't last more than three seconds in front of him.
His mind swept through the three rings, and soon he had a few scrolls in his hand:
"Ice Sovereign Force," an Ice attribute Low Di Dou Technique.
"Ice Age Chronicles," an Ice attribute Intermediate Di Qi Method.
"Inverted Phoenix Cultivation Technique," a Low Di Qi Method.
"Crimson Skeleton Hand," a Low Di Dou Technique.
"Cloud Imprisonment Hand," an Intermediate Di Dou Technique.
"Nine Nether Human Technique," a Yin attribute Low Di Qi Method.
Looking at the Di Dou Techniques and Qi Methods in his hand, Xiao Ming couldn't help but be amazed.
'Obtaining valuable items that easily... these Dou Techniques and Qi Methods are truly priceless. No wonder some people are bandits, robbing and plundering everywhere.'
After casually flipping through them, Xiao Ming decided to keep only the "Cloud Imprisonment Hand" outside and put the rest, along with other Low-Class Dou Techniques and Qi Methods, as well as items such as medicinal herbs, weapons, and rare minerals that he found in the three rings, into his Star Ring.
Although all of these things were valuable, except for the medicinal materials, none of them caught Xiao Ming's interest.
Just as he was looking through them and feeling bored, an inconspicuous sheepskin scroll in Yao Yun's ring caught Xiao Ming's attention.
With a thought, he took it out and unrolled it, laying it in his palm.
After unrolling it, the first thing that caught his eye was a line of small characters.
Looking at these small characters, Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows.
'I didn't expect Yao Yun to have such courage.'
It was obvious that Yao Yun wanted to go to Ancient Heaven Serpent's Tomb alone, presumably to search for the possible inheritance left by the Ancient Heaven Serpent. The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe already had the bloodline of the Ancient Heaven Serpent, so it was possible that Yao Yun could have succeeded.
However, Yao Yun seemed to know other information and thought that the risk was relatively high, so he wrote a note in the sheepskin scroll. If he failed, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe could still obtain news of the Ancient Heaven Serpent's Tomb.
He had thought it through well enough, but pity for him, he met them halfway.
Looking at the map sketched on the sheepskin scroll, Xiao Ming couldn't conceal his smile.
The Ancient Heaven Serpent... now that was a valuable find. However, it was unclear whether this was the same tomb that Qing Lin had found in the original story. If they could find the soul of the Ancient Heaven Serpent and let Qing Lin refine it, her strength might grow just like Xiao Yi Xian did after obtaining the Nether Poison Flame, and even surpass it. If the soul of the Ancient Heaven Serpent was strong enough, Qing Lin might even advance directly to the Dou Venerate realm.
Lost in thought, Xiao Yi Xian approached him with a worried expression.
"Xiao Ming, about the Ice River Valley..." she began.
Her words snapped Xiao Ming out of his thoughts. He set the sheepskin scroll down and turned to her, taking her hand in his. "Xian'er, you don't need to worry. We will be reaching the headquarters of the Pill Tower in a few days. I have already been certified as a seventh-tier Alchemist by the Pill Tower. Once we get there, even if there is a Dou Venerate in the Ice River Valley, they won't be able to do anything to us."
Seeing Xiao Ming's confident expression, Xiao Yi Xian breathed a sigh of relief. She was truly afraid that, because of her physique, it would be difficult for Xiao Ming and her sisters to move around the Central Plains.
After dealing with Bing Xuan of the Ice River Valley, only Yao Yun of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe remained.
Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian glanced at each other before turning their heads to the other battlefield, where Qing Lin was controlling the Purple Soul Flame Serpent while Zi Yan was controlling the Man-Demon Puppet, fighting fiercely against Yao Yun.
Yao Yun's strength was a few points stronger than that of Bing Xuan. He was fighting alone against the Purple Soul Flame Serpent and the Man-Demon Puppet, even managing to have a slight upper hand.
However, his glory ended here.
Without further hesitation, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian quickly joined the battle and soon captured Yao Yun.
They then sent him to Qing Lin, who controlled him with her pupils.
Controlling two Dou Ancestors whose strengths far exceeded her own consumed a lot of Qing Lin's Dou Qi.
However, the benefits were obvious. Qing Lin's cultivation speed in the future would be extremely fast.
After dealing with Yao Yun, Xiao Ming didn't forget about Bing Xuan's corpse on the ground. With a wave of his hand, he collected it and pointed his finger at Bing Xuan's forehead to draw out his soul.
As soon as it appeared, Bing Xuan's soul spoke resentfully, "You despicable and shameless brat! How dare you kill me? You'll regret it! There will be no place for you to hide in the Central Region! Just wait, soon you will become the most wanted target of the Ice River Valley!"
"That's not all, you'll also be surrounded by other factions because you are accompanied by the Woeful Poison Body possessor, hahaha!"
"Noisy!" Xiao Ming snorted coldly and covered Bing Xuan's soul with the White Glazed Heart Flame. Regardless of its miserable screams, he directly sealed it and threw both the corpse and soul into his storage ring to keep Yin Yun, the former Sect Leader of the Harmonious Bond Sect, company.
Once all was done, Xiao Ming led the girls towards the outskirts of the city. After killing an expert from the Ice River Valley and controlling a Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe expert, it wasn't wise to stay in the same place.
The onlookers, upon seeing Xiao Ming and his group leave, burst into a huge discussion.
They marveled at the young age of Xiao Ming and his companions, but also at their terrifying strength, enough to contend with a Dou Ancestor. They were undoubtedly a group of extremely outstanding geniuses.
The second topic of discussion was the slain former Sect Leader of the Harmonious Bond Sect and the Elder of the Ice River Valley, Bing Xuan, whose heart had been pulled out by Xiao Ming.
Most people felt relieved by Yin Yun's death, but with Bing Xuan's death, they thought that Xiao Ming had gotten into big trouble.
Although the place where Xiao Ming and his group fought was isolated from sound by Xiao Yi Xian, Bing Xuan's clothing as an Elder of the Ice River Valley was still easily recognizable.
Xiao Ming killing him meant that he had offended the Ice River Valley.
The Ice River Valley was one of the three Valleys of the Central Plains and had an extremely powerful influence. Many had already thought about what would happen to Xiao Ming and his companions after this.
Just as many people were shaking their heads and sighing about what would happen to Xiao Ming and his companions, they took out the space boat and left the area through a spatial channel.
Inside the space boat, Xiao Ming sat cross-legged at the bow, holding three high-grade storage rings in black, white, and red.
These were the storage rings of Bing Xuan, Yin Yun, and Yao Yun.
Xiao Ming had always been in the habit of searching for spoils of war and looting corpses.
Looking at the three storage rings, his powerful soul power emerged from his body and invaded the rings. Soon, Xiao Ming encountered resistance, which was the soul protection set by the previous owners of the rings.
This kind of protection naturally couldn't last more than three seconds in front of him.
His mind swept through the three rings, and soon he had a few scrolls in his hand:
"Ice Sovereign Force," an Ice attribute Low Di Dou Technique.
"Ice Age Chronicles," an Ice attribute Intermediate Di Qi Method.
"Inverted Phoenix Cultivation Technique," a Low Di Qi Method.
"Crimson Skeleton Hand," a Low Di Dou Technique.
"Cloud Imprisonment Hand," an Intermediate Di Dou Technique.
"Nine Nether Human Technique," a Yin attribute Low Di Qi Method.
Looking at the Di Dou Techniques and Qi Methods in his hand, Xiao Ming couldn't help but be amazed.
'Obtaining valuable items that easily... these Dou Techniques and Qi Methods are truly priceless. No wonder some people are bandits, robbing and plundering everywhere.'
After casually flipping through them, Xiao Ming decided to keep only the "Cloud Imprisonment Hand" outside and put the rest, along with other Low-Class Dou Techniques and Qi Methods, as well as items such as medicinal herbs, weapons, and rare minerals that he found in the three rings, into his Star Ring.
Although all of these things were valuable, except for the medicinal materials, none of them caught Xiao Ming's interest.
Just as he was looking through them and feeling bored, an inconspicuous sheepskin scroll in Yao Yun's ring caught Xiao Ming's attention.
With a thought, he took it out and unrolled it, laying it in his palm.
After unrolling it, the first thing that caught his eye was a line of small characters.
Looking at these small characters, Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows.
'I didn't expect Yao Yun to have such courage.'
It was obvious that Yao Yun wanted to go to Ancient Heaven Serpent's Tomb alone, presumably to search for the possible inheritance left by the Ancient Heaven Serpent. The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe already had the bloodline of the Ancient Heaven Serpent, so it was possible that Yao Yun could have succeeded.
However, Yao Yun seemed to know other information and thought that the risk was relatively high, so he wrote a note in the sheepskin scroll. If he failed, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe could still obtain news of the Ancient Heaven Serpent's Tomb.
He had thought it through well enough, but pity for him, he met them halfway.
Looking at the map sketched on the sheepskin scroll, Xiao Ming couldn't conceal his smile.
The Ancient Heaven Serpent... now that was a valuable find. However, it was unclear whether this was the same tomb that Qing Lin had found in the original story. If they could find the soul of the Ancient Heaven Serpent and let Qing Lin refine it, her strength might grow just like Xiao Yi Xian did after obtaining the Nether Poison Flame, and even surpass it. If the soul of the Ancient Heaven Serpent was strong enough, Qing Lin might even advance directly to the Dou Venerate realm.
Lost in thought, Xiao Yi Xian approached him with a worried expression.
"Xiao Ming, about the Ice River Valley..." she began.
Her words snapped Xiao Ming out of his thoughts. He set the sheepskin scroll down and turned to her, taking her hand in his. "Xian'er, you don't need to worry. We will be reaching the headquarters of the Pill Tower in a few days. I have already been certified as a seventh-tier Alchemist by the Pill Tower. Once we get there, even if there is a Dou Venerate in the Ice River Valley, they won't be able to do anything to us."
Seeing Xiao Ming's confident expression, Xiao Yi Xian breathed a sigh of relief. She was truly afraid that, because of her physique, it would be difficult for Xiao Ming and her sisters to move around the Central Plains.
