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Thinking of this, Zhang Yang secretly pondered which Ancient Kingdom the thirty-six of the Western Ancient Kingdom referred to. It was certainly impossible to know, perhaps it was a well-known Ancient Kingdom like Loulan or Jingjue. However, judging from the scenes in his mind at that time, the demise of this Ancient Kingdom must have been related to the sealing of the Dragon Vein.
It should be the Dragon Vein. The Spiritual Energy of the Dragon Vein was naturally immense, and coincidentally it was Yellow Jade; otherwise, how could it so easily merge with a Yellow Level Strange Soul? Cultivating to the Seven Heavens of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Purple took over a thousand years for the Strange Soul. Now, in less than a year, Zhang Yang had progressed from the original red level, advancing through orange to yellow, completing the fusion in just two levels. At the same time, the Spiritual Energy at that Dragon Vein was completely depleted.
The scar on his forehead had turned into a yellow Blade. Zhang Yang suddenly felt a special sense of control, similar to when he first transformed into an orange Blade and gained the awareness to seize weapons from a distance.
Watching the three sleep peacefully, Zhang Yang took a deep breath, picked up a stone used to block the cave entrance, and leaped out. He then gently placed the stone back at the entrance. After camouflaging it again and ensuring there were no signs left behind, he finally felt relieved to leave.
Inside the cave, Shi Qing suddenly opened her eyes and let out a slight sigh.
Zhang Yang raced south along the mountain wall and covered several dozen kilometers in half an hour. Seeing that there were no signs of people around, he stopped.
He focused on his meridians, stacking his hands together and secretly gathering energy. As he rotated his palms, a dark red flame burst forth from between his fingers. Separating his hands and stretching them apart, he swung one hand outwards; a fireball about half a foot in size flew towards a patch of camel grass several meters away. The wind blew in, igniting the camel grass with the fireball and causing flames to rise.
Zhang Yang smiled with satisfaction. He clenched his hands tightly and shook them back and forth before quickly swinging them out again. Two water arrows shot straight towards the flames, hissing as they extinguished them, leaving only wisps of gray smoke rising from the charred grass stalks.
"They say water and fire cannot coexist; however, using air as a base can create both fire and water. Water and fire can indeed originate from the same source! The interplay between them is fundamentally the law of all things' growth!" Zhang Yang thought to himself with admiration. The millennia-long cultivation of the Strange Soul was truly extraordinary; this Yellow Level ability seemed merely capable of generating water and fire from air but actually contained endless mysteries within its duality and trigrams.
What kind of consciousness and abilities would be produced at an even higher green level?
Zhang Yang naturally did not know. If he hadn't fused with the Orange Level Strange Soul and inadvertently absorbed the Spiritual Energy from the jade pendant, he would never have thought about using jade's Spiritual Energy to merge into a higher Yellow Level. Now that he had fused with the Yellow Level, he still had no idea how to merge into an even higher green level.
"Let’s wait for an opportunity," Zhang Yang said to himself as he quickly raced back.
When he returned to the cave entrance, he found that the stone blocking it had been moved. Looking inside, there were no people to be seen. After some thought, Zhang Yang headed north in search of them. Upon reaching the edge of an unknown low shrub thicket, he finally spotted the three hiding behind a small mound and quickly crouched down to approach them.
"What the hell! Where did you go? We came out looking for you and ran into three people. We were supposed to take them down three against three but they hid in this low shrub thicket," Liang Ming said.
"Do you know their general location?" Zhang Yang asked as he crouched down to observe. This low shrub thicket was at most one meter high and not very large—only several dozen meters across—but it was dense enough that if someone lay down inside it would be hard to notice them; however, those outside could see everything clearly from within. Therefore, Liang Ming, Qi Shen, and Shi Qing dared not act recklessly and could only remain crouched behind the small mound for now.
These Low Shrubs are unknown plants, with small leaves and dense branches, growing in clusters interspersed with some wild grass.
"It's hard to pinpoint the exact location, but it's generally behind us to the left," Qi Shen said.
As soon as Qi Shen finished speaking, Zhang Yang darted out at incredible speed, leaping a few times until he reached a small sand pit closest to the area Qi Shen mentioned.
Qi Shen and Liang Ming thought to themselves, "What is this kid up to now?"
Shi Qing frowned and said to the two, "I think those three people in the Low Shrubs are in trouble."
Usually, Shi Qing didn't say much, but since their field training began, her uncanny ability to predict danger had been spot on every time, and Qi Shen and Liang Ming had long since believed in her instincts. However, this time they couldn't fathom how Zhang Yang could cause trouble by running into a nearby sand pit. No matter how capable Zhang Yang was, he wasn't an Earthwalker who could tunnel underground to ambush them.
Unexpectedly, a whoosh of wind was heard as two fireballs about half a meter in diameter flew towards the left rear of the Low Shrubs. The Gobi was dry; even though it was summer, the Low Shrubs and wild grass ignited easily when exposed to fire. With the dense foliage and a decent wind, the flames spread rapidly.
Before long, cries echoed from within the Low Shrubs as three figures bent over and began running around inside.
As they ran, the bushes shook and made noise, making their positions easy to determine. Then came another whoosh as two more fireballs flew toward the Low Shrubs, blocking the escape route for the three inside. Before they could adjust their direction, two more fireballs followed, completely surrounding them with flames.
Zhang Yang had just integrated with Yellow Level and gained the ability to conjure water and fire from borrowed energy. For a moment, he wanted to show off a bit more and ended up launching so many fireballs.
"There are arsonists in the training camp!" one person cursed loudly as he rushed out of the flames, his clothing already catching fire. At that moment, he couldn't care less about anything else; he ran while patting down the flames on his clothes.
"Bang!" Qi Shen fired a shot that struck this person in the left chest, leaving a colorful mark and emitting light smoke.
The other two quickly couldn't hold on any longer and had no choice but to flee from the burning Low Shrubs, frantically trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies. As expected, they were hit one after another.
Zhang Yang emerged from the sand pit while Qi Shen, Liang Ming, and Shi Qing stood up from behind a mound of earth.
"Where did you get the incendiary device?" The three who were about to enter the rest area asked in unison. "What incendiary device? Go check inside if there is one. I just burned a grass bag!" Zhang Yang replied.
"You are the grass bag!" one of them shouted.
"Sorry, there's a bit of ambiguity. You should understand, I meant I burned the grass bag and threw it over," Zhang Yang laughed.
"That's really unfortunate." The three tidied up their clothes and firearms, grumbling as they walked away.
After they left, Qi Shen, Liang Ming, and Shi Qing pulled Zhang Yang behind a mound. Qi Shen pointed at the flames in a small patch of low shrubbery and asked, "Big brother, are you even human? Don't tell me you really threw a burning grass bag."
"Pretty much, but I added a bit of technique to avoid burning my hands while increasing the fire's intensity and ensuring an accurate throw," Zhang Yang explained.
"Forget it, I won't ask you anymore. You have too many flashy tricks. As long as you can guarantee you're human, that's enough. Just don't pull any corpse tricks later," Qi Shen said, though he didn't fully believe it. He knew that if it were some clever technique, usually people wouldn't explain it too thoroughly.
"Why is my life so good? If I hadn't been grouped with you, I would have been burned to a crisp by now." Liang Ming suddenly turned to Shi Qing and said, "Sister, if you like him, make sure to check his background thoroughly. Don't let him shed a skin before bed at night."
"I have no fate with him as husband and wife," Shi Qing surprisingly said without shame or anger, speaking lightly.
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