Chapter 209: Entering Soul Hall Again!

  After searg through the few not-so-long streets, Gu He was disappoio find that the small tribe did not have any maps for sale.

  Shaking his head in frustration and about to ask someone for dires, a slightly ht figure suddenly appeared in front of him, wearing a friendly smile.

  "Are you looking to buy a map, sir? I noticed you asking around earlier," said the chubby man, smiling befu He could frown.

  "Do you have one?" Gu He g the stranger and asked indifferently.

  "I'm a mert who travels through the Bck Hion, so naturally, I carry the most detailed maps," the man said with a smile.

  "How much?" Gu He's voice remained uional.

  He had already learhat in the Bck Horn Domain, there was no such thing as a free lunch.

  "Hehe, to be ho, even with a map, it's hard to find the correct destination in the Bck Hion. The pins are notorious for their sudden bck sandstorms, which render maps useless. Only those with experience avigate out of these storms. But I guess, as a newer, you might not have this experience, right?" The chubby man shook his head, then tinued.

  "I'm not going to beat around the bush. Seeing your strength at the tribe's gate, I thought of hiring you as a guard for my caravan. If you're aiming to cross the Bck Hion aer the inner Bck Horn Domain, you could travel with me. However, as payment fuiding you through the pins, you'd o lend a hand if my caravan runs into trouble. How does that sound?"

  Upon hearing this, Gu He frowned slightly.

  The Bck Hion were indeed known for their bck sandstorms, and the inexperienced could easily lose their way. It was said that some unfortunate souls had perished wandering in circles on the pins.

  Traveling with an experienced mert caravan would indeed save a lot of trouble.

  Moreover, after traveling for so many days, Gu He also wao take this opportunity to rest.

  "Hehe, our caravan's destination is 'Bck Seal City' within the Bck Horn Domain. There's going to be an annual au there the day after tomorrow, so I then uard and hurry. Otherwise, I wouldn't have approached a stranger," the chubby man expined with a smile.

  "An au?" Hearing this, Gu He's i iqued. The Bck Horn Domain was renowned for its astonishing items, and each au attracted tless bidders.

  After p for a moment, Gu He no longer hesitated and nodded in agreement.

  "Pleased to colborate with you. You call me Ma Yi g," said the chubby man, relieved, extending his hand to Gu He.

  "Di Jia."

  Gu He briefly shook the man's plump hand and replied indifferently.

  "Di Jia? What an odd name..."

  Ma Yi g thought to himself.

  ...

  The day, on the dark pins, a caravan kicked up a trail of dust as it sped aloually vanishing at the horizon.

  Sitting cross-legged ihe somewhat bumpy carriage, Gu He was fag Ma Yi g, the caravan's leader.

  The caravan's guards, as Ma Yi g had mentioned, were not very strong, with the stro only around a Five-Star Dou Shi.

  Of course, the inal chief guard was not pleased with Gu He's sudden inclusion. However, after being "actally" knocked off the carriage by Gu He during the journey, he became much more subdued.

  And because of that dispy of strength, Ma Yi g's enthusiasm tu He increased signifitly, eventually inviting him into his carriage for better treatment.

  After all, having a strong individual in the caravan under such dangerous ditions was indeed reassuring.

  Ma Yi g was now spreading an old, yellowed map oable in front of him, pointing to a red dot, "This is our destination, Bck Seal City. Acc to our pace, we should arrive by tomorrow afternoon."

  Gu He's gaze fixed on the map, particurly on the small dot of Bck Seal City, then followed a route upward, eventually resting on a blue star at the ter.

  "This must be Jia Nan Academy, right?" Gu He asked nontly, gng at the blue star.

  "Yes, that's the famous Jia Nan Academy of the Dou Qi ti. My daughter studies there," Ma Yi g nodded, his chubby face beaming with pride.

  Gu He nodded silently, memorizing the route in his mind, then his gaze shifted back to the bck areas surrounding the academy, divided into various ses of different sizes.

  "The current 'Bck Horn Domain' is essentially divided among several powerful forces. While they still fight over territory, there shouldn't be signifit ges in the short term."

  Seeing Gu He's gaze, Ma Yi g, as a mert, uood his fusion. Though he guessed Gu He was o the Bck Horn Domain, he didn't mention it, instead expining with a smile.

  "Our destination, 'Bck Seal City,' is uhe trol of the 'Eight Gates.' They're an old power in the Bck Horn Domain with immerength. Their leader, Yuan Yi, is said to be iop ten of the Bck List in the Bck Horn Domain. The uping au is hosted by the 'Eight Gates.'" Ma Yi g drew a small circle around Bck Seal City, smiling.

  Seeing iu He, Ma Yi g assumed he hadn't heard of the Bck List and tinued, "Hehe, the Bck List is like the ranking of strong individuals in some empires, but the petition here far exceeds those imperial rankings. Just in the past two years, the st three on the Bck List have been repced. Those repced were also Dou King-level fighters," he said, shaking his head in amazement.

  Gu He, however, was indifferent to this so-called "Bck List." The strohere were merely Dou Emperor's, nothing he couldn't hah a flip of his hand.

  "The first and sed ranked ones are so mysterious that few people have seen them, so I don't know much about them. However, the third one is araordinary powerhouse. It's said that his strength has already reached the pinnacle of the Dou Emperor level, and he is also extremely profit i of alchemy, accimed as the foremost alchemist in the Bck Horn Domain. Therefore, most people respectfully refer to him as 'Alchemy Emperor Han Feng'," Ma Yig said thoughtfully.

  "Han Feng..."

  Hearing this name, Gu He felt a slight stir in his heart.

  He remembered that this guy had a kind of Heavenly Fme on him.

  Sea Heart Fme, perhaps?

  This trip to the Bck Horn Domain, he definitely po obtain it.

  At this moment, Gu He suddenly sensed a otion outside the carriage. Shouts of arm peed into the carriage: "Everyone pay attention, a bck storm is ing, hurry and prepare to stop the carriage! Mainly, do not scatter, to avoid losing dire."

  "Bck storm? Really unlucky, running into it again."

  Hearing the shouts outside, Ma Yig's expression ged slightly, but he was remely panicked. He said to Gu He, "Mr. Di Jia, let's get out of the carriage first. As long as we are well protected, this not-so-huge bck storm shouldn't pose too much danger."

  Nodding, Gu He lifted the curtain of the carriage and jumped down, looking up to find that the sky, which had been clear just fifteen minutes before, was now pletely obscured by a strange bck fog.

  Looking forward, his vision was severely obstructed. Only now did he uand why Doma said that entering a bck storm would render a map useless.

  "Hehe, Mr. Di Jia, don't worry. I felt the wind dire; it's not very strong. This is a stroke of lu an unfortuuation."

  Ma Yig said with a smile beside Gu He: "Although the bck storm is the most depressiher in the Bain Pins, pared to those brutal bck bandits, it's much better. At least, with good lu a bck storm, you still save your life, but fag those thousands of bck bandit armies, you might just have to wait for death."

  Gu He nodded slightly, about to say something, when the already dim sky suddenly darkened pletely without any warning. Soon after, a howling gale swept down from the sky, causing some of the physically weaker people to sway in the wind, frightening them into grabbing onto anything nearby.

  The bck gale, sweeping down from the dark sky, was like a giant maw of a demon, dev everything it entered.

  The interected carriages were arranged in a circle, end to end, with people hiding iheir ons were firmly pnted into the ground, seg their bodies like nails.

  Ich-bck darkhat enveloped everyone, amidst the howling wind, no one could feel the presence of others nearby.

  Hearing the crag sound of the wind against his body, Gu He's expression also ged slightly. He hadn't expected this so-called bck storm to be so powerful, and this was just a small storm acc to Ma Yig. If they entered a rger one, wouldn't it directly sweep people away?

  Of course, with Gu He's physical strength, he was able to face this storm directly.

  He stood in the midst of the raging wind, unmoving, like an old tree with deep roots.

  The darkness and the gale tinued for an unknowh of time. Suddenly, Gu He in the darkness frowned and turned his head, gng towards an ierminate dire.

  There, it seemed that several strange red glows were flickering, and vague sounds were also faintly apanying them.

  Sending his soul power towards that dire, Gu He immediately frowned and said coldly: "People from the Soul Hall, truly om."

  What entered Gu He's field of vision was a strange red glow. Upon closer iion, it turned out to be a phantom human figure emitting red light.

  (End of chapter)

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