Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 75 : . Tranquility

The Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower was the foundation of the Inner Court. After this incident, the elders of the Inner Court naturally had to thoroughly inspect it. However, this incident was accidentally caused by Xiao Han, and the originally unruly Fallen Heart Flame had been suppressed back by the Tribulation Lightning. So after inspection upon inspection, the elders indeed found nothing.

After confirming there were no issues, the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower reopened, taking only about two days in total.

Gu Xun'er and the others who had already been to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower once took the new students who had never been there before. After experiencing the benefits of cultivating in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, almost everyone's eyes turned red with excitement, completely unwilling to leave.

The heart fire refinement in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower would leave fire poison in the cultivator's body. Although this fire poison wouldn't affect cultivation, it would make people restless and hot-tempered. Xiao Han had early on concocted a batch of Spirit Cleansing Liquid that could effectively remove the fire poison, distributing it to the members of the Gate of Transmigration, with the remainder taken to the Inner Court trading market for sale.

When cultivating in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, the most feared thing was this fire poison. If one could effectively clear the fire poison, they wouldn't have to stop cultivating for a period to focus on removing the fire poison. So after Xiao Han's Spirit Cleansing Liquid hit the market, it was snapped up by the senior students of the Inner Court, with the price at one point being hyped up to dozens of days' worth of fire energy.

The Gate of Transmigration became famous in the Inner Court because of this. Now everyone knew that this force formed by new students not only had two seven-star Dou Spirit as pillars but also had at least a fourth-grade alchemist.

Xiao Yan looked at the white porcelain bottle Bai Shan handed him, his expression quite splendid.

"I remember, you're also an alchemist?" Bai Shan said, "Can you concoct this kind of fire poison-removing potion?"

After entering the Inner Court, Xiao Yan had followed Bai Shan to join the Inner Court's largest force—the White Gang. Because his strength was decent and he was an alchemist, he had some say in the White Gang. He had also heard early on that Xiao Han had gathered all the new students and formed a Gate of Transmigration.

At first, he had disdained this Gate of Transmigration, thinking it was just a group of new students banding together, not worth mentioning. But Xiao Yan had also felt some schadenfreude, thinking that Xiao Han was too arrogant, being so high-profile upon entering the Inner Court. He thought she would inevitably be taught a lesson by the senior students, which would dampen her spirits and make her see reality.

Who knew that later it would be revealed that Xiao Han was actually a seven-star Dou Spirit, subduing sixteen eight-star Dou Great Master with one move, making the senior students of the Inner Court respect her from afar. The Gate of Transmigration she led gradually gained a foothold in the Inner Court, and even a famous lone wolf senior sister eagerly joined.

When he first heard this news, Xiao Yan was so angry he smashed a room full of things.

"I'll try my best." Looking at the white porcelain bottle in his hand, Xiao Yan's forehead throbbed with veins, his eyes revealing a hint of anger.

Ever since Medicine Elder betrayed him, he had stopped learning alchemy. The Heaven's Path in his body, apart from making him the young pavilion master of the Soul Hall and giving him a "Soul Refining Technique", had almost no use. Currently, he was still only a second-grade alchemist, and because he hadn't practiced alchemy for a long time, he had become quite rusty.

Bai Shan looked at him once, then left.

After Bai Shan left, Xiao Yan swept the porcelain bottle off with his sleeve. The pale potion splashed everywhere mixed with porcelain shards.

"Gate of Transmigration... Xiao Han!" Xiao Yan slammed his fist on the table, his expression twisted.

Just then, a distorted black shadow appeared in front of him without warning. This shadow's face couldn't be seen clearly, it kept flickering, its form unstable.

Seeing this shadow, Xiao Yan pressed his lips together, suppressing the distortion on his face: "Soul Shadow, what's happened?"

The black shadow called Soul Shadow flickered uncertainly, and a hoarse voice came: "Young Master, we have found the whereabouts of the ninth piece of the Ancestral Awakening Jade."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan was slightly stunned, his mood that had been utterly defeated finally improved a bit. Since joining the Soul Hall, he had learned many secrets unknown to ordinary people. For example, he knew that because the Emperor's Origin in this world had disappeared, no one could break through to become a Dou Di. Only in the tomb of the Ancient Emperor Tosha was there a small amount of Emperor's Origin that could allow one to break through to Dou Di. To open the tomb of the Ancient Emperor Tosha, one must gather nine pieces of the Ancestral Awakening Jade.

Among them, eight pieces of the Ancestral Awakening Jade were kept in the eight ancient clans respectively, while the whereabouts of one piece were unknown.

His thoughts turning over and over, Xiao Yan composed himself and asked, "Where?"

"Wutan City, Xiao Family," came the ethereal voice of the Soul Shadow.

Xiao Yan's pupils contracted slightly: "Wutan City Xiao Family? How is this possible?!"

The Soul Shadow paused, then said hoarsely, "Apologies, Young Master seems to not know this secret yet. Originally, the Xiao Family was also one of the ancient families, possessing the bloodline of a Dou Di. However, later the Xiao Family ancestor concentrated all the Dou Di bloodline of the Xiao Family members, wanting to make an all-or-nothing attempt to break through to Dou Di, but unfortunately failed. The Dou Di bloodline of the Xiao Family thus withered, and they were removed from the list of ancient families."

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly: "I didn't know that the small Xiao Family of Wutan City had such a terrifying past......"

If the Dou Di bloodline of the Xiao Family hadn't disappeared, if the Xiao Family was still that ancient family that struck fear in all directions, then he would be the noble young master of an ancient family, not just a young master of the small Xiao Family in Wutan City, enduring countless cold looks for no reason......

"Have you found out the specific whereabouts of the Ancestral Awakening Jade in the Xiao Family?" Xiao Yan's index finger tapped lightly on the table, his expression somewhat gloomy.

The Soul Shadow calmly said, "We have not."

"Tsk, this is really troublesome." Xiao Yan spat, thought for a moment, then said, "Do you have any good ideas?"

The Soul Shadow was silent for a moment, then said, "We have discussed privately, and currently the most effective method is to capture the Xiao Family patriarch Xiao Zhan and force him to reveal the whereabouts of the Ancestral Awakening Jade, but......"

Xiao Yan asked somewhat impatiently, "But what?"

"But, considering that Xiao Zhan is Young Master's father, we have been hesitant to act."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, only then remembering that his father was indeed the Xiao Family patriarch Xiao Zhan.

"So what." Xiao Yan wrinkled his nose, his eyes revealing a hint of ruthlessness, "Those who accomplish great things don't bother with trifles. Moreover, the Ancestral Awakening Jade is no ordinary item. In the hands of Xiao... ahem, my father, it's just a burden. If we don't take it away, who knows what disaster it might bring to the Xiao Family."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking, the Soul Shadow asked again, "Then if we encounter resistance from the Xiao Family members......"

Xiao Yan said coldly, "Except for Xiao Zhan, that is, my father, the life and death of others are at your discretion. Oh right, it's best not to hurt my father. You don't know your own strength, if you accidentally beat him to death, we won't be able to get any information out of him."

The Soul Shadow bowed slightly: "Young Master is wise."

Xiao Yan said, "Once you've captured Xiao Zhan, bring him directly back to the Soul Hall and notify me. I'll interrogate him personally."

I want to let that man know that the son he once looked down upon has surpassed his understanding and become a true superior being!

"Yes, we will obey Young Master's orders."

With that, the Soul Shadow's body became increasingly distorted and illusory, and finally disappeared silently in the room.

Xiao Yan sat down heavily, looking at the shards at his feet, his gaze deep.

As long as he had the Ancestral Awakening Jade, he could break through to Dou Di. Then, he would truly be revered by the world.

Just thinking about such a glorious scene, Xiao Yan couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

"Xiao Han, we'll see then what you have to compete with me!"

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Xiao Han put away the Deep Sea Spirit in her hand, looked at the white porcelain bottles in front of her, waved her hand to collect all the porcelain bottles into a storage ring, then handed the storage ring to Hun Jin beside her.

Hun Jin took the storage ring, and even though she already knew, she was still shocked. She never thought that Xiao Han, this lightning-attribute Dou Spirit, was also an alchemist.

"Currently, the Spirit Cleansing Liquid you've concocted has become our Gate of Transmigration's largest source of income," Hun Jin smiled.

Xiao Han made no comment. Once the members of the Gate of Transmigration grow up, they can earn fire energy through arena battles, but for now, they can only rely on selling some Spirit Cleansing Liquid to earn fire energy to maintain the normal operation of the force.

"Then I'll go to the Inner Court market." Seeing that Xiao Han didn't seem to want to say more, Hun Jin spoke up tactfully, then turned and left the small pavilion.

Seeing Hun Jin leave, Xiao Han slowly exhaled. For some reason, lately, there had been a faint uneasiness lingering in her heart, feeling as if something was about to happen.

Stretching her body, Xiao Han put those thoughts back again. She stood up and walked towards the bedroom upstairs.

As soon as she pushed open the door, Xiao Han saw Gu Xun'er standing by the window, seemingly holding a letter in her hand. Xiao Han was slightly stunned, her usually expressionless face showing a hint of surprise and realization, which disappeared moments later.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Gu Xun'er turned her head quickly like a startled rabbit. Seeing it was Xiao Han, she pressed her lips together, unconsciously shrinking her hand, clutching the letter tightly and hiding it behind her back.

Xiao Han was silent for a moment, then her lips curved into a faint, gentle smile. She walked in as usual and asked, "Why didn't you go to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower?"

Seeing that Xiao Han didn't ask about what had just happened, Gu Xun'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, then her heart sank. Despite this, she still smiled, "I did go, I just got back."

This was indeed the truth, she had just returned from the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

"Is that so......" Xiao Han pondered for a moment, not saying anything more.

Gu Xun'er's hand behind her back suddenly and silently burst into golden flames, the letter almost instantly turning to ashes.

"Senior Sister, haven't we not been to the market together for a long time?"

Having done this, Gu Xun'er asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Xiao Han's gaze softened a bit: "That's true."

Gu Xun'er came closer, affectionately linking arms with Xiao Han, saying in a coquettish manner, "Then shall we go to the Inner Court market today? We've been here for so long, but apart from going to sell Spirit Cleansing Liquid, we haven't properly explored it yet."

With Gu Xun'er saying this, Xiao Han naturally agreed. She hadn't forgotten that back when they were still in the Xiao Family, Gu Xun'er had been very fond of exploring the market, and had invited her several times. However, at that time, she had decided to keep her distance from Gu Xun'er and had refused time and time again.

Xiao Han nodded and responded:

"Alright."