Chapter 236: Arriving at Sto City! The Initial Fame of Xiao Yi Xian!

  In the blink of ahree days had passed, and Liu Ling was now walking barefoot on the scorg yellow sand.

  The vast desert, with its golden sand, was the dominaure here. The howling winds, carrying sand, swept through the nd, creating a ceaseless tumult.

  The bzing sun poured down from the sky, baking the ground below aing a stifli. The risi caused the air to shimmer, dist and blurring the view.

  Ordinarily, in such harsh ditions, one would hardly feel fortable, yet Liu Ling walked barefoot on this nd.

  As long as his body was in tact with the yellow sand, Liu Ling could feel the fire attribute Dou Qi within him being more lively.

  After three days orous cultivation, Liu Ling had reached the realm of a Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster. (Yesterday, I mistakenly wrote Dou Grandmaster as Dou Master, please five me.)

  At the moment, Liu Ling, bare-chested, was standing on a sand dune, frowning at a map in his hand.

  Haviered the Tagore Desert over half a month ago, Liu Ling was now nearing the location of Sto City marked on the map.

  Looking ahead, he could faintly see the outline of a massive city at the eastern periphery of the Tagore Desert.

  Seeing Sto City not far away, Liu Li out a long sigh, his face breaking into a smile.

  After more than half a month of arduous cultivation and journeying in the desert, he was uandably weary. The prospect of a pce to rest naturally excited him.

  Nodding to himself, Liu Ling took out a white robe from his ste ring and put it on.

  The robe bore the symbol of an a cauldron with three silver waves carefully engraved on it.

  Patting the exquisitely crafted alchemist robe, Liu Ling made his way towards the dusty city, now within close reach.

  As he approached the city, the number of people around him increased. The men, mostly shirtless with darkened skin, seemed rugged ay at a gnce.

  The occasional passing womee their slightly darker plexion, had a kind of sexy, bronze hue. Their tight leather outfits barely covered their chests and a bit below, with their slender waists boldly exposed. Their long, supple legs were covered only by short skirts or shorts, creating an enting charm as they moved.

  Walking along, Liu Ling ehe sight, lig his lips and looking up at the yellow city now visible iail. Above the city gate, three rge, pale-red characters were carved into the wall, exuding a faintly bloody aura from afar.

  "Sto City..." Liu Ling muttered softly, smiling as he sloroached the city gate.

  At the city gate, a dozen armored soldiers, holding spears, were shouting at the passersby to pay the entry tax. Seeing these soldiers fully armed regardless of the heat, Liu Li somewhat surprised. The defense here seemed even stricter than ser cities.

  Perhaps due to the hot weather, the guards seemed irritable. Their unpromising shouts tinuously urged the people at the gate.

  Approag the gate, Liu Ling frowned slightly at the soldiers' shouting, shook his head, and walked straight towards the city.

  In the Empire, alchemists were treated almost like nobility, and they were exempt from sutry taxes, a privilege Liu Ling appreciated.

  "Hey, kid, why aren't you paying to enter…" A soldier gred at Liu Ling as he walked straight into the city, but his shouting ceased when he saw Liu Ling's refined alchemist robe. His angry expression instantly transformed into a fawning smile. "Sir, are you entering the city?"

  "Yes." Without stopping, Liu Ling walked past the trembling soldier and tinued into the city.

  "Gulp!" Relieved that Liu Ling didn't take offeo his earlier rudeness, the soldier swallowed hard, turned around, and respectfully called out, "Sir, the Snake People iagore Desert have beeless tely. Please be careful if you leave the city."

  Liu Ling slowed his pace, aowledging this ued information with a nod before disappearing into the city walls' darkness.

  "Damn, that was close. If the higher-ups knew I offended a third-grade alchemist, they'd have throwo the dogs." Watg Liu Ling's departing figure, the soldier sighed in relief, wiping cold sweat off his forehead. Returning to his post, he seemed much more restrained, no longer rudely shouting at the ining visitors.

  ...

  As Liu Ling emerged from the somewhat dim city assage, his visihtehe city, with its distinct desert architecture, came into view.

  The city in the desert, pared to the cities within the empire, had a more simple and robust feel. Perhaps due to its proximity to the Tagore Desert, its defense was much more stri,

  with fully armed soldiers patrolling everywhere.

  "Make way, make way!"

  Just then, a anding voice echoed from the city gate, apanied by the rapid sound of horse hooves.

  Hearing this, Liu Ling couldn't help but stop and watch.

  A moment ter, a carriage drawn by two horned uni horses entered from outside the city gate. The carriage moved quickly, not avoidirians and kig up dust.

  On the carriage, a fg fluttered in the wind, bearing the name "Mo Tie Merary Group," revealing an aura of iron-blooded toughness.

  Behind the carriage, several robust men, armed and sitting on the uni horses, sed passersby with sharp eyes. Their aura, tinged with the st of blood, indicated they were real warriors, not just any meraries.

  "So, it's the Mo Tie Merary Group. No wohey're so domineering!"

  "In Sto City, the Mo Tie Merary Group ranks withiop three. Only the Sand Merary Group surpasses them. It's said their leader is a Dou Grandmaster, making their position unshakable. Besides the Sand Merary Group, only the Storm Merary Group barely pete with Mo Tie."

  "Yeah, I heard the Mo Tie Merary Group was founded by two brothers. They're much younger pared to the leaders of the other two majroups."

  As the carriage passed, the surrounding people whispered about the Mo Tie Merary Group.

  From their versation, Liu Ling learned more about Sto City.

  "The Mo Tie Merary Group, huh?"

  Thinking of the domineering carriage that had just passed, excitement aermination shone in Liu Ling's eyes.

  His teacher's task for him was to establish the stro merary group in Sto City, surpassing all others.

  But Liu Ling already knew from the people's talk that the stro in Sto City were only low-level Dou Grandmasters.

  With his current strength, establishing a merary group and gradually being the biggest in Sto City would not be difficult.

  ...

  As a neighb try of the Jia Ma Empire, the territory of the Yun Empire was no smaller than that of the Jia Ma Empire and even more vast in some aspects. However, pared to the Jia Ma Empire, the Yun Empire was undoubtedly much more chaotic.

  Poison Masters, a profession almost universally despised in the Jia Ma Empire, flourished exceptionally in the Yun Empire. In every city, one could see people in Poison Master robes. In the Yun Empire, a se rare in the Jia Ma Empire was on – the sale of poisons.

  In every city of the empire, there were shops specializing in the sale of poisonous substances. Anythied to poison could be bought there, with the strohe poison, the higher the price.

  At the moment, in the Bck Mist City of the Yun Empire, a figure in a wide bck robe and a veiled face was in a shop buying poisonous is and herbs.

  "Boss, how much for all these items bined?"

  "You want all of these?"

  In the shop, the vishly dressed shopkeeper excitedly asked the person in the bck robe.

  The bck-robed person had almost single-handedly bought all the high-grade poisons iore.

  This sale alone could exceed the shop's earnings for aire quarter.

  "Yes, I want them all. Hurry up ahem for me!" the person in the bck robe said with certainty.

  "Alright, please rest here for a moment while I prepare them," the shopkeeper said before turning to go into a ba.

  After the shopkeeper left, the bck-robed person murmured to themselves, "Yay, oep closer to pleting the task given by my teacher!"

  This person was her than Xiao Yi Xian, who was sent by the Liu Yuo the Yun Empire for training.

  Ihan a month since arriving in the Yun Empire, Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation had already broken through to the level of a Three-Star Dou Ling, which was very close to the Dou King realm required by Gu He.

  Colleg poisonous is and herbs was even easier for Xiao Yi Xian.

  Almost in every city she visited, she acquired a rge batch of poisonous is and herbs.

  As for the st task – breaking through to a Five-Star Alchemist – it wasn't difficult for Xiao Yi Xiaher.

  Just as Xiao Yi Xian was looking forward to pletiask aurning, several uninvited guests arrived at the shop.

  "Are you sure the person is here?" a young man in red asked his attendant.

  "Yes, I saw her enter with my own eyes. Her figure is exactly the same as the one we saw on Hundred Poison Mountain," the attendant firmed, pointing at the shop entrance.

  "Qin Bo!"

  "It's up to you now!"

  The red-robed young man turo a middle-aged man in yellow robes standing behind him.

  "Don't worry, Master Wan Hai!"

  The man referred to as Qin Bo by the young man replied respectfully.

  Then, the group marched into the shop with a menag aura.

  The other ers in the shop, upon seeing the young man in red and his ente, quickly moved aside, creating a path for them.

  tally, this path led to Xiao Yi Xian, the person the red-robed young man was looking for.

  Uhe bck veil, Xiao Yi Xian's brow raised at the sight of the young man, and she hurriedly urged the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, are my items ready?"

  "Almost, just three more minutes!"

  Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's urging, the shopkeeper hurried out to respond.

  After saying this, the shopkeeper noticed the red-robed young man at the entrance. Although somewhat flustered, he still managed a smile and said, "Master Wan Hai, your presence graces my humble shop."

  "Cut the crap. I'm telling you, don't sell her anything today!" Wan Hai said disdainfully upon seeing the shopkeeper's obsequious manner.

  "Ah, Master Wan, this er's business is worth nearly three months of profits for my shop," the shopkeeper replied, looking somewhat troubled.

  "You wretch, did you not uand what I said? Do you believe I make you and your shop disappear today?" Wan Hai threatened angrily.

  "Ah!"

  Seeing Wan Hai take his anger out on the shopkeeper, Xiao Yi Xian sighed heavily.

  "Your name is Wan Hai, right?"

  "If you have a problem, take it up with me. Don't trouble others!"

  Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's response, Wan Hai's face broke into a mog smile and said, "Really? Today, I want to see what face lies beh the veil of the 'Little Poisonous Girl' who killed over a dozen people on Bck Mountain."

  As he spoke, Qin Bo, who was standing behind him, suddenly charged towards Xiao Yi Xian.

  His body surged with a powerful Dou Qi energy, and when he was about teers away from Xiao Yi Xiahreunch that emitted a bowl-sized yellow light.

  Dou Qi materialization!

  This was something only a Dou Grandmaster could achieve!

  The shopkeeper's pupils dited at the sight of this yellow light, and his legs gave out, uo move.

  The onlookers were also shocked.

  "Who would have thought that the Wan family's young master would have a Dou Grandmaster as his attendant."

  "This person in bck is out of luck. Offending Master Wan in Bck Mist City means there's only oh left – death."

  At this moment, in everyone's eyes, Xiao Yi Xian was as good as dead.

  However, what happened shocked everyone.

  Just when the powerful yellow light was about half a meter away from Xiao Yi Xian, she slowly extended her hand.

  A thin yer of purple light appeared on her pale palm, and she grabbed the yellow light in her hand.

  After a dull sound, Xiao Yi Xian appeared unharmed in front of everyone.

  "

  Only a-Star Dou Grandmaster, who gave you the ce to attack me?"

  With a cold rebuke, Xiao Yi Xian moved swiftly towards Qin Bo. A fsh of cold light passed, and Qin Bo incredulously covered his throat as he slowly fell backward.

  "Thud!"

  Qin Bo's ued fall pletely frightened Wan Hai, who was standing not far behind. The arrogance he had upoering was gone, and he involuntarily stepped back.

  "Your turn!"

  After dealing with the only Dou Grandmaster in the room, Xiao Yi Xian's gaze turo Wan Hai.

  Wan Hai was only a-Star Dou Fighter, and for Xiao Yi Xian, killing him was as easy as crushing an ant.

  "Little Poisonous Girl, don't be rash, let's talk!"

  "I already gave you a ce st time, and you didn't cherish it!"

  A cold light appeared in Xiao Yi Xian's eyes.

  In the Yun Empire, she had seen too much killing and had been forced to participate in many battles, so she no longer had any aversion to killing.

  (End of Chapter)

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