Located inside the huge flying boat of Mo Yu Chamber of Commerce.
In the flying boat.
There were two people sitting opposite each other.
One of them was dressed in black, with a huge body and a face that looked like it was carved from rock, without any expression on his face.
Opposite him.
There sat an old man with white hair and an aged face, holding a teacup in his hand.
A dilapidated and ancient map was placed between the two people.
The old man, who was originally staring at the map seriously, suddenly raised his head.
"What's wrong?"
The huge and burly man in black asked doubtfully.
"Found an interesting guy..."
The white-haired old man narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It's a pity... I'm a little old."
After hearing this, the tall and burly man in black lowered his head and focused his gaze completely on the map in front of him.
"You used your soul consciousness to detect other people's talents again?"
The white-haired old man sighed.
"There are fewer and fewer people with talent for formations nowadays. In recent years, the number of formation masters trained by our Chamber of Commerce has decreased every year. Naturally, I have to keep an eye on it and look for suitable good seedlings."
"This person has a very good talent for formations."
"What a pity..."
"Too old."
“It’s no longer worth cultivating.”
"That's all."
The white-haired old man sighed and withdrew his soul.
…
For the Blood Martial Realm warriors on the flying boat.
From beginning to end, they did not feel any soul consciousness passing through them.
Only Xiao Shi.
Clearly sensed the other party's soul sweep.
Previously, when he was flying the flying boat alone, there was a formation on the boat that blocked the opponent's soul from touching him.
Therefore, Xiao Shi was not worried that after being scanned by the other party's soul consciousness, the other party would recognize him as the person who had driven the flying boat alone before.
It just made Xiao Shi feel confused and uncertain.
It was after this soul consciousness swept over me.
He didn't move away immediately.
But it stayed on myself.
"Um?"
This immediately made Xiao Shi alert.
He was not worried about what the other party's soul might discover from him.
First of all, he has not yet developed soul power, so the opponent's soul consciousness cannot detect soul power from him.
Secondly, before leaving Tiandou Province.
Xiao Shi had already considered that he would definitely face some Soul Consciousness Martial Soul Realm in the future, and thus be investigated by the soul consciousness of these Soul Consciousness Martial Soul Realm.
To this.
He had communicated with the black coffin in his body early in the morning, allowing the existence inside the black coffin to cover up his soul's detection.
After all, soul consciousness can do more than just detect whether he has soul power.
At the same time, it can also check his physical strength.
It is easy to find out that his physical strength has reached a level comparable to that of a martial arts soul realm.
And now it is covered by the black coffin.
He doesn't have to worry about his physical strength being detected by the opponent's soul.
"In this person's eyes, I have no soul power, and my physical strength is no different from that of an ordinary person under the cover of the black coffin. Why does his soul consciousness still stay on me?"
Xiao Shi was very confused.
This feeling of being targeted by someone's soul consciousness made him very uncomfortable.
It was as if the other party had kept a knife on his neck.
But Xiao Shi pretended not to notice.
Once you make some vigilant reactions, the other party will immediately notice something.
Fortunately, he was very skilled in disguise and did not reveal any flaws.
The entire soul stayed in his body for a while.
It was then taken back by the strong man in the flying boat.
But Xiao Shi still didn’t know why the other party’s soul had stayed in him for so long
“… He is checking your talent.”
A thought suddenly came to Xiao Shi’s mind.
This is the idea conveyed by the existence in the black coffin.
Until now.
The fragmentary consciousness in the black coffin was already able to convey simple thoughts to Xiao Shi.
"Detecting talents?"
Xiao Shi was stunned.
"...Some special soul consciousness methods can detect talents."
The incomplete mind in the black coffin said.
This made Xiao Shi think of the soul consciousness method that he had dropped after defeating the Shadow Master of the Jiying Palace.
However, the effect of his soul consciousness method is to enable his soul consciousness to enter a state that is difficult to detect.
And now the opponent's soul consciousness method is to detect talent.
This is obviously the difference between different soul consciousness methods.
In Tiandou Province, there were no strong people in the soul consciousness stage who possessed the method of soul consciousness.
After all, the method of soul consciousness itself is extremely rare.
However, in Xingluo Province, there are powerful warriors in the martial soul realm who possess the method of soul consciousness.
And this time he was encountered by Xiao Shi.
"If he was using soul consciousness to detect talent before, then wouldn't my talent be exposed?"
Xiao Shi was shocked.
Although he didn't know which specific talent of his the other party was investigating.
But I have talents in all aspects.
His talents in every aspect are far beyond those of ordinary people.
The incomplete consciousness in the black coffin only helped to conceal his physical detection, but did not conceal his talent.
My talent must have been exposed now!
"Fortunately, I disguised my age to be older..."
"If it were my real age, it would be troublesome!"
Xiao Shi felt a little scared about this.
Being able to guess that the other party did nothing probably because he was too old, even if he had good talent, it would be useless.
"Can you help me hide my talent?"
Xiao Shi asked in his heart.
Before that.
He never expected that his talent would become a hidden flaw in himself.
"... With my current abilities, talent can't cover it up. You can only rely on yourself."
The incomplete mind in the black coffin said.
Xiao Shi couldn't help but frown.
Although this time he concealed his age by pretending that he was talented, even though the other party saw that he had extraordinary talent, he did not do anything special.
But it made Xiao Shi realize a potential flaw in his life.
With his cautious character.
It is difficult to tolerate the existence of such a flaw.
Even though there are not many people in the entire Xingluo Province who can use soul consciousness to detect talents, as long as such a flaw exists, Xiao Shi will eventually feel uneasy.
But he also knew it.
To cover up one's talents.
It must be that only martial spirit-level items can do this!
Even if it is a blood-level item that can conceal something, it will definitely not be able to stop the soul detection of a martial soul realm powerhouse.
There are only spirit-level items.
Only then can you block the soul consciousness.
"It seems that when we get to Xingluo Province, we need to find a few Wuhun Realm people to kill as soon as possible..."
Xiao Shi thought to himself.
This trip to Xingluo Province, in addition to considering the key of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, killing the Martial Soul Realm is also an extremely important point.
If you continue to stay in Tiandou Province.
There are not many people in the Wuhun realm who can be killed.
After all, there are only so many people in the Wuhun realm in Tiandou Province.
If you want to kill more Wuhun realm warriors, you can only go to Xingluo State where there are more powerful people.
This also made Xiao Shi begin to realize.
After entering the middle three realms of martial arts, it is no longer as easy to kill martial artists at this stage as it was when he was in the lower three realms.
First of all, the number of strong people in the middle three realms is definitely not as many as those in the lower three realms.
Secondly, the strong people at this stage are basically well-known figures in each state. They are already the focus of attention from all sides, so it is not so easy to take action against them.
Xiao Shi thought that after he arrived in Xingluo Province, he might have to plan a new way to kill.
The previous killing method is no longer suitable.
…
The flying boat that Xiao Shi was riding was rather old and not very fast.
But after seven days, they successfully arrived at the border of Xingluo State.
As the desert gradually became scarce on the earth and the heat wave subsided, a piece of green land slowly came into view of everyone in the flying boat.
Take a look.
The land is mainly plains, with few mountains.
Xiao Shi stood on the flying boat, gazing at the sky and earth, and a sense of clarity arose spontaneously.
Especially as we entered the Xingluo Province.
Then you can see the cities on the earth.
He found out…
The cities in Xingluo Province are larger and more prosperous than those in Tiandou Province, Zixiao Province and Zhaotian Province.
As the core state of Xingluo Territory.
On the way here, Xiao Shi had already found out a lot of information related to Xingluo Province.
This gave me a general understanding of the entire Xingluo State.
Although Xingluo Province is the core state of Xingluo Territory and the land of the lord.
But the entire Xingluo State is not much larger than the other six states in terms of size.
This is also a major feature of Xingluo Territory.
Xingluo governs seven states.
There is not much difference in area.
However, when it comes to the strong, there is a huge difference.
Xingluo Province not only has the Wumo Realm, but also has the Xingluo Lord who is a saint and rules over everything.
However, in Xingluo Province, there was a situation that surprised Xiao Shi extremely.
That is in Xingluozhou...
Nearly half of the territory belongs to the demonic forces!
This situation once made Xiao Shi difficult to understand.
Even in Tiandou Province, the forces of the demonic sect can only stay in three dangerous places, and they dare not step out of the dangerous places easily on normal days.
If you come out, you will be surrounded and killed by the righteous forces!
In Xingluozhou…
The demonic forces were able to occupy nearly half of the area!
Established and developed in Xingluo State openly.
Originally in Xiao Shi's opinion.
In a place like Xingluo Province, not only do the demonic forces have absolutely no living space at all, their forces can only retreat to the corners.
After all, Xingluozhou...
There is a Star Lord in charge.
Any demonic force will be suppressed in front of it.
In this territory.
The Lord of Xingluo is an invincible existence, he is the sky of Xingluo Territory!
However, the magic forces in Xingluo Province are stronger than those in other provinces...
This is incredible!
Based on what Xiao Shi has learned so far.
That's why.
It seems to be related to the realm of Wumo Realm.
But Xiao Shi has not yet found out the specific reason.
Ordinary people only know that it is related to the Martial Demon Realm, but only those strong people in the Martial Demon Realm know the specific reasons.
One thing is for sure…
The lords have always taken a permissive attitude towards this.
Otherwise, with the lord's strength, he could easily suppress these demonic forces and would not tolerate them to survive here.
“… It feels like the water here is very deep!”
Xiao Shi vaguely realized that the source of the demonic power might be inextricably linked to the Martial Demon Realm.
This realm...
It is indeed somewhat extraordinary and very different from other realms.
Except for the demonic forces.
As for the righteous forces, Xiao Shi also made corresponding understandings.
The righteous forces can be roughly divided into three echelons.
The first echelon is the Xingluo Army under the command of the lord.
They only obey the jurisdiction of the lord and are the strongest army commanded by the lord.
However, the Xingluo Army will only be dispatched under two circumstances.
One is when there is a war with other territories.
The other is to suppress rebellion within one's own territory.
Just like when Xingluo led a group of powerful men to gather in Tiandou Province, the Xingluo Army did not take action.
In the Xingluo Territory, no force can compete with the Xingluo Army.
This makes the Xingluo Army the undisputed first-tier force in the entire Xingluo Province, and even in the entire Xingluo Territory.
The second echelon.
They are the Three Swords Alliance and the Temple of Prayer.
Both of these forces are complex.
The Three Swords Alliance is composed of a sect, a clan, and a religious sect.
The Qi Temple is more mysterious.
It is said that the strong men in the Qi Temple are not warriors in the traditional sense.
Rather, they are a group of people who are proficient in strange and bizarre powers.
It includes many strange powers such as divination, curse, summoning, prayer, etc.
Although these are not mainstream.
It can even be said that it is not martial arts.
However, when orthodox warriors face them, they often have a headache.
This made the Qishen Temple a powerful second-tier force in Xingluo State!
The third echelon has relatively more forces.
There are five major forces in total.
They are…
Red Star Pavilion, Qianqi Mountain, Flame Beast Valley, Mo Yu Chamber of Commerce, and Wangchen Inn.
What surprised Xiao Shi was.
The Mo Yu Chamber of Commerce turned out to be the third-tier force in Xingluo Province.
No wonder all those traveling on that huge flying boat were at the Soul Consciousness Stage.
Although it is only the third echelon in Xingluo Province, even the third echelon forces in Xingluo Province are enough to easily crush the first-line forces in other states.
Information about these five third-tier forces is mixed.
Xiao Shi still needs to understand it step by step.
Overall.
He already had a general understanding of the forces in the entire Xingluo Province.
It won’t be long.
Xiao Shi and his group boarded a flying boat and arrived above a city in Xingluo Province.
call!
The flying boat landed quickly.
Docked at the port in the city.
The entire city is extremely huge.
And it is very prosperous.
One can clearly feel the difference between the cities in Xingluo State and the cities in other states.
And at the moment when the flying boat approached the city.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful soul swept across the flying boat.
This is an extremely powerful soul consciousness, which is completely incomparable to the soul consciousness powerhouses of the Mo Yu Chamber of Commerce earlier.
The feeling given to Xiao Shi...
This is at least the soul consciousness of a strong man at the life soul stage!
Fortunately, this soul consciousness simply swept over them and did not conduct a detailed investigation of them.
"It seems that every city in Xingluozhou has a martial soul realm expert, and they are all at the life soul stage of the martial soul realm."
Xiao Shi thought about the information he had learned before.
The soul consciousness of these martial souls at the life soul stage is extremely powerful and covers an extremely wide area.
Plus the help of some treasures in the city.
If there is a battle or other situation in the city, their soul consciousness will definitely detect it at the first time.
In this case, if you want to kill someone in the city, and kill a martial arts realm...
It's almost impossible!