Soul Emperor Martial God-Chapter 680: Rookie Youyou

"Wow, what a beautiful ice sculpture," Du Youyou’s eyes were filled with delight.

Here in Breeze City, the climate was pleasant, with spring-like weather all year round, so it was rare to see snowfall.

Of course, for a powerful Martial Artist, creating a vast expanse of ice and snow was no difficult task.

However, in Breeze City, there were no Martial Artists who practiced the Ice Attribute; most practiced the Wind Attribute.

Du Youyou was jumping for joy but didn’t notice that Xiao Yi was secretly wiping his sleeves.

On his sleeves, splotches of dark red blood stains were extremely eerie.

The Ice Sky Splitting Slash was a Martial Technique of middle-level Heavenly Rank or above.

Although Xiao Yi’s realm was sufficient, his Cultivation had significantly declined.

With the aid of the Primordial Power within the Primordial Artifact, he executed the Ice Sky Splitting Slash.

But his internal Small World, riddled with holes, simply couldn’t control that power.

Forcing the move had only worsened the state of his Small World.

The already fragile barrier of the Small World had noticeably deflated a bit.

That kind of backlash, as if being painfully sucked dry, made Xiao Yi’s insides ache unbearably, and he even vomited a mouthful of bloody sputum.

"Ah..." At that moment, Du Youyou let out a startled cry, finally realizing what had happened.

"Is... is this... could these be the corpses of Family Head Zhong and the other two?"

Xiao Yi rolled his eyes and said, "You’re just noticing now?"

"Ugh." Du Youyou instantly turned pale with fright and began to retch.

"Have you never killed anyone before?" Xiao Yi asked indifferently as he approached Du Youyou.

The blood on his mouth had been wiped clean, but his face was still a bit pale.

Du Youyou shook her head.

"Forget it, let’s go," Xiao Yi said, waving his hand.

Several Sword Qi strikes were launched, and the three ice sculptures turned to dust.

The three were already lifeless within the ice, mere bodies.

The Qiankun Bags they wore were also taken by Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi and Du Youyou then left the area.

In a short while, all the surrounding ice and snow melted away.

On the ground, there was not a trace of the battle left.

...

After walking about several tens of miles, Xiao Yi stopped and casually found a cave to sit down cross-legged in.

"Youyou, I’m going to refine some Elixir," Xiao Yi said softly.

"Okay, I’ll protect you," Du Youyou said earnestly, turning around to guard the entrance of the cave.

"Zhong, Hu, Zhou—those three families. Who knows if they’ll send pursuers."

"But don’t worry; with me here, I won’t let them disturb your healing."

Du Youyou wasn’t a fool; although she hadn’t seen Xiao Yi vomit blood, she definitely noticed his pale face.

She was also a Pharmacist and could tell that Xiao Yi had been injured.

Xiao Yi merely smiled, without confirming or denying it.

He opened the Qiankun Bags of the three, finding a large number of Cultivation Items and a wealth of refining materials.

These three families were well-known Alchemy Families in Breeze City, and all three were early-stage seventh-grade alchemists.

Naturally, the Qiankun Bags contained a large number of refining materials.

Unfortunately, the grades were generally not high. There were only a few dozen seventh-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Almost all were Level 6 materials.

Xiao Yi shook his head and began refining.

After exhausting all materials, beads of Elixir began to appear in the Alchemy Furnace.

Swallowing all the Elixir, his body’s Small World began to show slight signs of repair.

However, the effect was very, very small.

His Small World was already much larger than a normal Martial Artist’s.

Now riddled with holes, like a deflating balloon, the power needed for a full recovery was astronomical.

But despite the tiny effect, it did show a little improvement.

His Cultivation had roughly recovered from the Mysterious Profundity Ninth Layer to the Mystic Breakthrough second or third Layer.

Xiao Yi glanced at the materials inside the three Qiankun Bags; there was still a significant amount of Sixth-level Monster Essence Blood.

He swallowed the Essence Blood one by one.

The vast amount of Demon Beast Essence Blood transformed into Asura Power and rapidly healed his physique.

Before long, his body had recovered to Mystic Breakthrough Eighth Layer strength.

After finishing everything, Xiao Yi pondered for a moment.

It seemed that the body’s recovery was a bit faster than the Small World’s restoration.

Walking in such a ’foreign’ territory as the Central Region, it was best to recover more strength as soon as possible for peace of mind.

"Whew." Xiao Yi exhaled softly, put away the Alchemy Furnace, and stood up.

He walked out of the cave to see Du Youyou looking around vigilantly, and he couldn’t help but smile wryly.

"Is this your first time out on a training expedition?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Ah, Xiao Yi, have you recovered?" Du Youyou asked in response, then shook her head and said, "Of course not."

"I used to train by the eastern sea and outside Breeze City."

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "I’m talking about a real journey away from home, not just near Breeze City."

"I haven’t done that," Du Youyou shook her head.

"No wonder," Xiao Yi said with a look of realization.

"What do you mean?" Du Youyou asked.

"You keeping watch at the cave entrance so vigilantly, isn’t it just like announcing that someone is healing inside the cave?" Xiao Yi said with a smile.

"Ah?" Du Youyou realized what he meant and said, "Xiao Yi, why didn’t you tell me before?"

"We’re lucky the Zhong Family didn’t send pursuers after us, otherwise, it would have been troublesome."

Xiao Yi laughed and said, "Why should I remind you? It would have been better if they had sent pursuers."

"Why?" Du Youyou asked, puzzled.

Xiao Yi laughed and said, "That way, I could have gotten more Cultivation Items."

"Alright, let’s stop talking and continue on our way."

...

The two continued their journey and, before they knew it, had left the vicinity of Breeze City far behind.

Days later, they passed through a Demon Beast Forest.

After this Demon Beast Forest and passing a dozen or so more cities, they would reach Fenghua City.

"Let’s enter and train a bit, I just happen to have some tasks to complete," Xiao Yi said softly.

"Okay," Du Youyou nodded.

"By the way," Xiao Yi suddenly remembered something and asked, "Youyou, wouldn’t it be better for the martial artists from your family to protect you on your way to Fenghua City for the competition?"

"Why would Du Family Master prefer to have you travel with me?"

On hearing this, Du Youyou puckered her lips and said, "Those people in the family definitely don’t want to travel with me."

"Why?" Xiao Yi asked curiously.

"They probably find me annoying," Du Youyou pouted.

"Annoying?" Xiao Yi chuckled and shook his head.

Throughout the journey, Du Youyou, although playful and curious about many things, touching this and looking at that, wasn’t really troublesome.

Xiao Yi remembered when he left Purple Cloud City to train, he was only 16 years old.

And Du Youyou was only 17 this year.

"Xiao Yi, what is this?" Suddenly, Du Youyou’s curious voice interrupted Xiao Yi’s reminiscence.

Du Youyou was pointing at a dark little plant, lightly prodding it with her finger.

"Don’t touch it," Xiao Yi shouted sharply, pulling Du Youyou away.

Just then, the dark plant transformed into a black poisonous snake, striking at Du Youyou with incredible speed.

Whoosh...

Xiao Yi released a Sword Qi, instantly killing the black poisonous snake.

"What was that?" Du Youyou was startled.

"Black Earth Snake," Xiao Yi said indifferently, "It appears as a plant, quiet and still; but it’s, in fact, a poisonous snake with potent venom."

"It has the power of a Mysterious Profundity Ninth Layer; even those in the Mystic Breakthrough Realm would be severely poisoned if bitten, which is rather troublesome."

"However, this creature is quite rare; let’s collect it, as it makes excellent refining materials."

The two continued on their way.

Half an hour later, Du Youyou pointed at a colorful and beautiful flower and said, "What’s this?"

She prodded it with her finger and said, "It’s soft and squishy, how strange."

"Don’t touch it," Xiao Yi exclaimed in shock, "That’s the Five Poison Xuan Flower."

"What’s the Five Poison Xuan Flower?" Du Youyou asked while poking the flower again.

In an instant, the flower ejected a cloud of pollen.

"Not good," Xiao Yi gasped in alarm, quickly stepping in front of Du Youyou.

A potent toxic scent filled the air around them.

The surrounding trees and plants started hissing as they corroded, quickly turning into a pool of black liquid.

Xiao Yi himself was unharmed save for an embarrassed expression, as his face was sprayed with toxic pollen.

Fortunately, his robust physique prevented any injury.

"Xiao Yi, are you alright?" Du Youyou asked anxiously.

Xiao Yi shook his head and sighed, "Youyou, now I understand why the martial artists from your family don’t want to accompany you."

"Why?" Du Youyou asked.

As Xiao Yi spoke, a burst of energy erupted from him, dispersing the toxic pollen from his face.

"Traveling with you, ordinary people probably wouldn’t have enough lives to spare," Xiao Yi said helplessly.

"Why?" Du Youyou pouted.

"Forget it, let’s just keep going," Xiao Yi shook his head and turned to continue their journey.

...

Second update.

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