Chapter 33: Sunset Forest Training
In the following period, Yang Xiong spent all his time training in the Sunset Forest. He traveled through various places and encountered many different soul beasts.
Given his current soul power level, Yang Xiong would immediately flee when encountering high-level soul beasts. Thanks to his first soul skill, the Xuanming Exchange, which allowed him to use teleportation, he could quickly escape as long as the soul beast wasn't too fast.
After many training sessions, Yang Xiong had become increasingly proficient with teleportation. Even when faced with dangerous situations, he could use the Xuanming Armor to dodge attacks from thousand-year soul beasts. As for ten-thousand-year soul beasts, as long as Yang Xiong sensed something was wrong, he would immediately leave the area.
In terms of injury, it was no longer a concern. Even if he was hurt, he could recover quickly by using his second soul skill, Golden Heart, and even neutralize poison from soul beasts with toxic attributes. This second soul skill, derived from the top-tier soul beast Golden Lingbai, proved to be incredibly effective.
The Sunset Forest was indeed filled with a wide variety of soul beasts, and Yang Xiong had come across many impressive soul beasts that could potentially be used for his own soul rings in the future. He especially encountered a highly-aged Unicorngale Fire Dragon, which was over 8,000 years old. It was definitely a top-tier soul beast among thousand-year soul beasts, but Yang Xiong needed at least a fourth soul ring to absorb it.
However, it was strange that although Yang Xiong had encountered ten-thousand-year soul beasts multiple times, he was always able to escape. These soul beasts didn't seem to chase him, which was odd.
On several occasions, when Yang Xiong was in imminent danger, it seemed like the soul beasts that were pursuing him were either distracted or scared off by something. It felt as though someone was subtly helping him avoid lethal dangers.
Despite the strange occurrences, Yang Xiong's progress in this training was rapid, both in practical combat experience and in the growth of his soul power.
After enduring intense mental strain every day, Yang Xiong would hide and focus on cultivating his soul power. His soul power increased steadily, and within just two months, he had reached level 25. This training had definitely been worthwhile.
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At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi smiled as he looked at the letter on the table.
"Bone Uncle, this kid Yang Xiong is quite impressive. He's been in the Sunset Forest for two whole months, and he's even managed to increase his soul power through his training. His talent seems to be better than we expected."
Bone Douluo snorted. "This kid is courting death. If we hadn't arranged for people to secretly protect him, he would've probably been killed by those ten-thousand-year soul beasts already."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "You underestimate Yang Xiong. Even without anyone secretly protecting him, he should be able to survive in the Sunset Forest. I did have Elder Nine follow him in secret, but that's just to deter the ten-thousand-year soul beasts and eliminate any fatal threats. With his Great Soul Master level, he still has to face attacks from thousand-year soul beasts alone."
"You know Elder Nine's character. He's extremely reclusive and has no family. If he didn't truly care about this kid, why would he go to such lengths for him?"
Bone Douluo nodded. "With Elder Nine's protection, this kid should be safe unless he encounters a Title Douluo or a hundred-thousand-year soul beast."
Ning Fengzhi nodded. "Elder Nine sends back reports every day. Yang Xiong is hiding his abilities quite well."
"He not only has an external soul bone, but he also won thirteen consecutive victories in the Soul Arena without relying on soul skills. In terms of combat power, he has no equals among Great Soul Masters and is comparable to geniuses with top martial souls, like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Now, he's surviving alone in the Sunset Forest. It looks like I underestimated him."
"Bone Uncle, if you really value this Yang Xiong, then we need to speed up. If we let him continue growing like this, Elder Nine might even take him as an apprentice."
Bone Douluo's face darkened when he heard this. "This Yang Xiong has performed well, but he's not following the defensive path, which is disappointing. I still want to observe him further and see if he really has the potential to protect our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"As for Elder Nine, no matter how strong he is, he's still just a Soul Douluo, far inferior to me."
Ning Fengzhi just smiled without responding. Regardless, having a genius in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was a good thing, and Yang Xiong's performance exceeded expectations. However, it seemed that a lot of effort would be required to properly nurture him.
Since the first day Yang Xiong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, someone had been secretly following and protecting him. This person was extremely powerful, reflecting the sect's attention to outstanding geniuses, especially Yang Xiong, who had contributed greatly to the sect multiple times.
Yang Xiong had been counting the days and had now traversed all the relatively wide areas of the Sunset Forest.
One morning, Yang Xiong arrived at a very peculiar place.
It was a conical mountain hollow, with a dense, hot air rising from within. The hollow was enveloped by a black-green aura, making it impossible to see what was inside.
From a distance, Yang Xiong could already sense that this green aura was highly toxic, with faint traces of both ice and fire attributes mixed in.
Yang Xiong had been training in both ice and fire attributes for years, so his body had developed some immunity to these elements, making him highly sensitive to them.
At that moment, Yang Xiong was elated. After searching through the entire Sunset Forest, he had finally found his true goal.
"The Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, this must be it! I can't believe I found it so effortlessly."
The Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye was one of the most extraordinary locations in the entire Douluo world, capable of reversing one's fate and the greatest treasure in all of Douluo Continent.
Although Yang Xiong had read many books over the years and gained considerable knowledge about herbs, he was clueless when it came to healing people. He had no knowledge of medicine.
As a result, Yang Xiong had long abandoned the idea of obtaining immortal herbs through healing Dugu Bo.
Moreover, Dugu Bo was temperamental and would kill anyone who displeased him. He certainly wouldn't care if Yang Xiong was an inner disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect also would not go so far as to offend Dugu Bo for Yang Xiong's sake.
As for approaching Dugu Yan, that was even more unrealistic. Not only was Dugu Yan now the girlfriend of Yu Tianheng, but it was clear that Dugu Bo hadn't given anything to his future son-in-law, Yu Tianheng. With Yu Tianheng's potential and background, he could casually consume an immortal herb and become exponentially stronger.
Yang Xiong didn't believe that Dugu Bo didn't recognize the value of immortal herbs. After all, Dugu Bo had sought many methods to cure the poison in his martial soul, and he was certainly familiar with the herb collections of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, aside from immortal herbs, also contained many other top-tier herbs, such as ten-thousand-year ginseng and ten-thousand-year snow silkworms. These herbs were of great value to anyone with knowledge of medicine.
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