Soul Land: Full Body Martial Soul

During the following period, Yang Xiong continued his training within the Sunset Forest, essentially traversing every accessible location and observing all varieties of spirit beasts that inhabited the region.

However, given Yang Xiong's current spirit power level, he basically fled frantically whenever he encountered high-level spirit beasts. Since he had learned teleportation through his first spirit skill, Mysterious Dark Displacement, he could escape immediately as long as he didn't encounter spirit beasts that possessed overwhelming speed.

Especially after multiple training sessions and practical applications, his mastery of the teleportation technique became increasingly proficient. Even when he truly encountered serious danger, he could utilize the Mysterious Dark Armor to successfully evade attacks from thousand-year spirit beasts. As for ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, Yang Xiong would immediately retreat the moment he sensed something was amiss.

Regarding injuries, that proved to be even less of a concern. Even when he sustained wounds during combat, he could rapidly recover after each escape by activating his second spirit skill, Golden Heart. He could even immediately dispel toxins from his body when facing attacks from poison-attribute spirit beasts. This second spirit skill was indeed exceptionally valuable, truly worthy of originating from the top-tier spirit beast, the Golden Cypress.

The Sunset Forest indeed contained an incredible variety of spirit beast species. Yang Xiong personally observed many excellent spirit beasts that he might potentially use for his spirit rings in the future. In particular, he discovered a single-horned Fire Explosion Dragon with remarkably high age, estimated to exceed eight thousand years of cultivation—definitely a top-quality specimen among thousand-year spirit beasts. Unfortunately, Yang Xiong would need to reach at least his fourth spirit ring before he could safely absorb such a powerful creature.

However, for reasons he couldn't understand, although he encountered ten-thousand-year spirit beasts on several occasions, Yang Xiong was always able to escape successfully from these dangerous situations. These ten-thousand-year spirit beasts didn't seem particularly intent on pursuing Yang Xiong with full determination, which struck him as somewhat strange and unusual.

Especially during the few times when he found himself in truly desperate circumstances, the spirit beasts chasing Yang Xiong appeared to be suddenly attracted away or frightened off by some unknown force. He consistently felt that something wasn't quite right, as if someone was secretly helping him eliminate certain fatal dangers from the shadows.

Nevertheless, through this type of intensive training, Yang Xiong's improvement rate proved remarkably fast, whether in terms of combat experience or spirit power advancement.

Particularly after experiencing extreme mental tension and pressure every single day, then finding safe locations to cultivate his spirit power, the speed of his spirit power improvement became relatively impressive. In just under two months of this rigorous training, Yang Xiong's spirit power had already reached level twenty-five, making this dangerous training regimen absolutely worthwhile.

Meanwhile, at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but smile as he examined the letter resting on his desk.

"Uncle Gu, this young man Yang Xiong is quite remarkable. He has survived in the Sunset Forest for a full two months, and he's even managed to improve his spirit power through cultivation during this time. It appears that his natural aptitude exceeds what we initially imagined."

Bone Douluo snorted coldly in response. "This kid is simply courting death through recklessness. If we hadn't arranged for someone to protect him secretly, I'm afraid he would have been killed by those ten-thousand-year spirit beasts long ago."

Ning Fengzhi shook his head thoughtfully. "You underestimate this young man Yang Xiong. Even without someone protecting him from the shadows, he should be capable of surviving in the Sunset Forest through his own abilities. Although I arranged for the Ninth Elder to follow him secretly, it was only to covertly deter those ten-thousand-year spirit beasts and help resolve truly fatal threats. With his Spirit Grand Master cultivation level, he still has to face attacks from thousand-year spirit beasts entirely on his own."

"You're also well aware of the Ninth Elder's personality. He has lived a very solitary life and has never had children of his own. If he didn't truly value this young man's potential, how could he possibly be so attentive and dedicated to Yang Xiong's wellbeing?"

Bone Douluo nodded in acknowledgment. "With the protection of the Ninth Elder watching over him, as long as this kid doesn't encounter experts at the Titled Douluo level or hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts, his life should remain relatively safe."

Ning Fengzhi continued, "The Ninth Elder sends detailed reports back every day. This child Yang Xiong possesses quite a few secrets that intrigue me."

"Not only does he possess an external spirit bone, but he actually achieved thirteen consecutive victories in the Spirit Arena without relying on his spirit skills at all. Purely in terms of raw combat ability, I'm afraid he already has no real rivals among Spirit Grand Masters—enough to match geniuses who possess top-quality martial souls like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Now he's surviving alone in the Sunset Forest through his own determination and skill. It seems I may have underestimated his potential somewhat."

"Uncle Gu, if you truly value this Yang Xiong's abilities, then you should act more quickly. If you allow him to continue growing at this remarkable pace, the Ninth Elder might very well decide to take him as a personal disciple."

Bone Douluo's expression darkened considerably upon hearing this suggestion. "Although this Yang Xiong has performed admirably thus far, he doesn't actually follow the path of pure defense, which is genuinely disappointing to me. I still want to observe this young man for a bit longer to determine whether he truly possesses the potential to protect our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future."

"As for the Ninth Elder, no matter how strong his abilities may be, he remains merely a Spirit Douluo. The gap in power between him and me is simply too vast for serious comparison."

Ning Fengzhi simply smiled without responding further. Regardless of other considerations, having a genius of this caliber was undoubtedly beneficial for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, especially since Yang Xiong was performing even better than he had originally imagined. However, properly nurturing Yang Xiong's development going forward would probably require considerable thought and planning.

Since the day Yang Xiong departed from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, someone with formidable strength had been following and protecting him from the shadows. This arrangement demonstrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's emphasis on outstanding geniuses, particularly Yang Xiong—a prodigy who had made significant contributions to the sect on multiple occasions.

Yang Xiong carefully calculated the dates and systematically walked through every relatively accessible area throughout the entire Sunset Forest during his exploration.

On this particular morning, Yang Xiong arrived at a very strange and unusual location that immediately captured his attention.

This area featured an inverted cone-shaped mountain depression, and it appeared that thick, oppressive heat was constantly emanating from within the depression. The entire mountain depression seemed to be completely enveloped by a mysterious black-green aura, making it impossible to discern the specific conditions existing inside.

Even while maintaining a safe distance from the depression, Yang Xiong could sense that this green aura represented some kind of highly concentrated poison, even faintly containing both ice-attribute and fire-attribute toxic properties.

Yang Xiong had been tempering and strengthening his body under conditions involving ice and fire attributes for several years, so his physical form already possessed a certain degree of immunity to ice and fire effects. This experience had made him quite sensitive to detecting these particular attributes.

At this moment, Yang Xiong felt immediate joy and excitement. He had systematically searched through the entire Sunset Forest, and finally discovered the real objective of this entire journey.

"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well! This must be the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. I didn't expect finding it would prove so straightforward."

One must understand that throughout the entire Douluo world, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well represented a location that could truly change one's fate against the natural order—it was also the greatest treasure of the entire Douluo Continent.

Although Yang Xiong had read numerous books and acquired extensive knowledge about various herbs over the years, he still possessed no understanding of medical treatment techniques, and he lacked any practical medical knowledge whatsoever.

Therefore, Yang Xiong had already dismissed the possibility of obtaining immortal herbs by offering to treat Dugu Bo's condition.

Especially considering that Dugu Bo was notoriously moody and would kill people without hesitation whenever things didn't go according to his wishes. He wouldn't care in the slightest that Yang Xiong was an inner disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School couldn't realistically risk offending Dugu Bo for Yang Xiong's sake alone.

As for approaching Dugu Yan as an alternative route, that option seemed even more unrealistic. Not to mention that Dugu Yan was already Yu Tianheng's girlfriend, Dugu Bo hadn't even provided anything substantial to his quasi-son-in-law Yu Tianheng. Otherwise, considering Yu Tianheng's exceptional potential and impressive background, consuming an immortal herb would definitely make him countless times stronger than his current level.

One shouldn't assume that Dugu Bo remained ignorant about immortal herbs and similar treasures. Dugu Bo himself had attempted many different methods to remove the martial soul poison affecting his body, and he must have studied numerous books about herbs available throughout the Heaven Dou Empire.

Furthermore, in addition to the legendary immortal herbs, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained many other top-quality medicinal plants, such as ten-thousand-year ginseng and ten-thousand-year snow silkworms. Anyone with even basic knowledge of medicine would clearly understand their tremendous value and potential applications.

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