Battle Through The Heavens Season 5
Ch.2 - Mysterious Faction, Hall of Souls?

A gray-robed young man slowly walked out from the west city gate of ‘Zhen Gui Pass'. He stood outside the trench and raised his eyes to stare at the mountains in the distance. After which, he turned his head and looked at this last time the border city of the Jia Ma Empire. Once he left here, he would really be able to roam freely in the high skies and vast oceans. The outside world would definitely be more interesting than this empire.

Xiao Yan inhaled a deep breath of air. Finally, he stopped feeling nostalgic and stepped into the distance. His baggy back slowly disappeared on the edge of the main road.

About half an hour after the gray-robed young man disappeared, strangely black air appeared in the sky above ‘Zhen Gui Pass’. Black air lingered in the sky as if possessed by a spirit, like a ghost.

For some time, the black air moved back and forth in the sky above ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ where Xiao Yan had fought before. Suddenly, it was swept away by the wind as it headed in the same direction that Xiao Yan was traveling in. Along the way, it leaves a partially visible black trail.

It was completely silent on the main road that was located between the lush green forest. There was only the soft chirping of the birds sitting on the branches of the trees, adding to life on this empty path.

"Teacher, were you before?..." After walking quietly for a long time, Xiao Yan finally could not help but doubt in his heart as he asked gently.

Two minutes after Xiao Yan spoke,******softly could be heard. Yao Lao laughed bitterly as he muttered,

"Bahhh... It was truly unexpected that these people were present near the Jia Ma Empire. They rarely come here. Why this time?"

Yao Lao gently muttered to himself resulting in Xiao Yan becoming extremely confused. He immediately asked cautiously, "Teacher, who are the people you refer to as ‘those people’?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, Yao Lao fell silent. Xiao Yan was startled when he saw Yao Lao's demeanor and did not continue his pursuit. His brows furrowed slightly as he continued to follow the direction of the map, walking along the road leading to ‘Black-Corner’ Region. However, he began to feel somewhat uneasy in his heart.

"Little boy, I originally planned to tell you about these things once you became stronger. Now, however, my tracks were unexpectedly discovered by them. My original plan was also ruined. If you want to know about this matter, I can only tell you now earlier than I expected."

Yao Lao, who had long been silent suddenly opened his mouth and said,

"However, I should have warned you in advance that the faction involved in this matter is really too powerful. It was far from what one could compare to a sect like the Misty Cloud sect. Even I find the matter very difficult. Are you sure you want to know right now? "

Xiao Yan's hand trembled involuntarily. His throat rolled slowly as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His moving footsteps also stopped as he quietly stood at the same spot. He had a premonition that the matter that Yao Lao would soon mention would likely cause the calm and peaceful days he had experienced in the past to immediately disappear.

After Xiao Yan was silent, Yao Lao also stopped talking. However, Xiao Yan faintly felt a disappointment being emitted from the ring on his finger.

After being silent for nearly five to six minutes, Xiao Yan suddenly let out a long breath. He raised his head and he stared through the gap between the tree leaves and looked at the deep blue sky. His finger rubbed the black-colored ring as he said in a soft, gentle voice,

"Tell me, teacher. Although I don't know how strong the faction is involved in this matter, I just want to say one thing. Your student. All my abilities were given to me by you. "

"Ha ha ha, good, good! This eye of mine, Yao Chen, has never been blinded a second time! Ha ha ha!"

After Xiao Yan's voice descended, Yao Lao fell silent. Moments later, he repeatedly said the word ‘good’ twice. A trembling voice sounded in his heart. As his mood was agitated, he had uttered a name that had once shaken the entire Dou Qi continent in front of Xiao Yan for the first time!

Xiao Yan's words were calm and uninspired, the same words that came from his heart had caused the usually calm and indifferent Yao Lao to become so emotional that his old tears were left to wander. He had once experienced being betrayed by the person he trusted the most. That kind of pain is basically the kind that seeps into one's bones. However, fortunately this time, his eyes, which had once miscalculated, did not repeat the same mistake!

"Yao Chen's? Is this the name of the teacher?" Xiao Yan repeated the foreign name in his mind. The focus, however, is temporarily paused on other sentences. "Not blind for the second time. In other words, he was once blind. Ah, it seems like the teacher's past is quite heavy."

"Little boy, I have told you in the past that the Dou Qi continent is huge. In it, people are as strong as clouds. Even the person who was considered the strongest within the Jia Ma Empire, Yun Shan, had no choice but to break away from his arrogance when he entered the continent. This was because, there were many people in it who were much stronger than him."

"Because of this vast area, there were many strange factions formed. Among them, there is a mysterious faction named ‘Hall of Souls’. Although these factions almost covered half the continent, they rarely appeared in countries far from the center of the continent like the Jia Ma Empire. Not many people on this continent knew of their existence. "

"The Hall of Souls?" Xiao Yan muttered this name before he spoke softly, "Before, teachers must have felt their footsteps in ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ right?"

"Ohhhh..." Yao Lao smiled bitterly and nodded as he said, "This Hall of Souls is extremely powerful and mysterious. Moreover, the methods they applied in their operation were extremely strange. I don't even have a deep understanding of them. However, they usually did not attack ordinary people. Their target is ‘Roh Lives’, whose body has died, but has an unusually strong spirit. As an alchemist, you should also know that when the spirit power has reached a certain limit, the spirit will still be able to survive even though its body is destroyed to look for a chance to be revived. For this type of spirit, we call it: ‘Spirit Life’! "

"It's like a teacher, right?" Xiao Yan pursed his lips and asked gently.

"Yes." Yeah." Yao Lao gave a positive response. His voice immediately and suddenly had some additional anger and gloom in it, "They were like the scavengers of the spirit of this continent. Any strong spirit that had left their body would be felt by them. After that, they would send someone to mysteriously finish him off. I don't know why they specialize in attacking spiritual bodies but they seem to have some special containment tactics against spirits. Back then, not long after my physical body was destroyed, I was surrounded and attacked by them. Although I finally managed to kill my way out, I was also severely injured by it. Lucky, however, I was lucky to get the extremely rare ‘Hangat’ Spirit Soul Ring when I helped others refine medicinal pills back then. In the end, I asked someone to help me make a black ring on your finger. That's why I managed to escape from being killed by them. Finally, the ring swirled around and landed in your mother's hands before it was finally passed down to you."

Xiao Yan inhaled a deep breath of cool air. 'Even with Yao Lao's strength, he was chased until he had to flee in all directions. How powerful is the mysterious ‘Hall of Souls’?'

"’Hall of Souls’ has a special tactic for dealing with spirits. Therefore, even I had a hard time just by relying on my spirit to fight with them." Yao Lao said in a soft deep voice,

"The reason why I wanted to get up was actually because I was afraid of them. Besides, I also have some problems and grudges that I must fully investigate and resolve! "

Xiao Yan silently nodded his head.

"Little boy, you don't have to think about how to help me. Your flow is too weak. What I am optimistic about is your potential. As long as you are given enough time, you will definitely become a truly powerful person at the peak. You just have to get stronger now! Otherwise, once those people come looking, I'm afraid even your life will be in danger!" Yao Lao said slowly.

Xiao Yan's face gradually became serious. He tightened his fists and replied in a deep voice, "Teacher, I will get ‘Fallen Heart Flame’ as soon as possible. After that, I will help you repair the body so that you are no longer threatened by ‘Hall of Souls’. "

"Bahhh... I can only count on you." Yao Lao sighed and immediately voiced his thoughts, "It is fortunate that I have retreated into the Ring so quickly before. Otherwise, I'm afraid they'll lock our positions. However, now that they have sensed something, I think this place will gradually grow members from ‘Hall of Souls’. Therefore, there may be many problems in the future that require you to rely on yourself. Otherwise, once I show up once and they lock me in, our lives will both be in danger. "

"Yes." Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded heavily. His heart that was relaxed from leaving the Jia Ma Empire earlier suddenly stiffened. Although there was currently no threat from the Misty Cloud Sect, even more terrifying large creatures had appeared. He had no choice but to handle it carefully. Moreover, just like Yao Lao had said. Right now he is really too weak. With a little bit of his strength, forget about protecting Yao Lao from being captured by the ‘Hall of Souls’, even the Misty Cloud Sect was able to repel him like a dog that lost his home.

Without power, one would become helpless and unable to do anything. Xiao Yan sighed softly as he tightened his fists. At this moment, he once again felt the same helplessness and yearning for strength, as he had when facing Nalan Yanran in the hall of the Xiao clan house three years ago!

"Strength! I need strength! "

Xiao Yan roared loudly in his heart. Under the pressure of the mysterious ‘Hall of Souls’, Xiao Yan said to himself that his most pressing need was strength.

"Since it's already like this, let's fly straight to the Jia Nan Academy. We can't keep pausing along the way."

A map was pulled out from within the storage ring. Xiao Yan carefully observed it for a moment as his finger traced a red line on it. Finally, it stopped in a large dark field on the map. Finally, his finger passed through the black area and stopped at the blue-colored star in the center.

Xiao Yan's shoulders trembled slightly and Purple Cloud Wings rose slowly from his back. He flapped his wings, and his body shot up into the air. After he found his position, he finally turned into a beam of light and disappeared into the western horizon.

After Xiao Yan disappeared, the region once again became silent. About two to three hours later, a wisp of black-colored fog suddenly flew from the distant sky. Finally, it lingered in the region where Xiao Yan had stopped. A low and dubious voice was emitted from the black fog. He hesitated for a moment before finally flying in the direction that Xiao Yan was heading towards.