Ning Fengzhi's Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda support was indeed very powerful. Soon, Yang Xiong's entire body had completely recovered, and even his mental strength felt incredibly full.
Sword Douluo waited for Yang Xiong to recover before speaking, "How is it, Little Xiong? How do you feel about the killing intent in your body now?"
Yang Xiong thought carefully for a moment before speaking, "Teacher Sword, I feel that during the process of clashing with your killing intent just now, although I was completely suppressed by you, I seemed to be able to sense my own shortcomings."
Sword Douluo nodded, "This is normal. You should have gone through the assessment in Slaughter City and just obtained the Kiling God Domain, but you haven't fully mastered the Kiling God Domain. Relatively speaking, it's still quite rough."
"Furthermore, you are merely a Soul King. I am a Level 97 Titled Douluo. The gap in soul power between us is too great, which is why I could easily suppress your Kiling God Domain."
"Of course, if your soul power were a bit higher, if you reached Soul Douluo or even Titled Douluo, then it wouldn't be so easy for me to suppress you."
Yang Xiong said, "Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Sword."
Sword Douluo said, "What are your plans next? This exposed killing intent of yours is not a solution in the long run, and your current state is very easy to lose control."
Yang Xiong thought carefully for a moment before speaking, "Teacher Sword, I plan to find an empty mountain forest to slowly recuperate and control the killing intent within my body by sensing the life of nature."
Sword Douluo nodded, "That is indeed an idea. There is endless life in nature. You might be able to slowly master the Kiling God Domain within the life force, but this speed will likely be slow and may not be too good for your future development."
Yang Xiong quickly said, "Then what should I do now, Teacher?"
Sword Douluo said, "When I broke through to Titled Douluo, I awakened the Seven Kill Domain, which is also pure killing intent. But unlike your Kiling God Domain, the Seven Kill Domain is inherent to the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul itself, while your Kiling God Domain was obtained through slaughter. It will be more difficult to control."
"I suggest you take two steps next. Spend some time meditating alone, and the other part of the time focus on controlling the application of killing intent. If this killing intent of yours is only the Kiling God Domain, it would be a bit of a waste."
Yang Xiong's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Teacher Sword, I actually had this idea too. Over the years, I have also been studying the Seven Kill Sword Technique. Since the killing intent entered my body, the Sword Qi I have mastered seems to have changed. It seems to have more killing intent and greater power."
Sword Douluo said, "You do have some thoughts. Next, we will arrange for you to cultivate in the back mountain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. No one will disturb you there."
"Fengzhi and I will visit you once a week. At that time, I will guide you on the application of killing intent. Perhaps confronting me will give you some improvement, and Fengzhi's Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda will also be of some help to you."
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In just half a day, a small thatched cottage had been built in the back mountain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The interior of the house was fully equipped with various facilities, and even various flowers and plants had been transplanted around it.
And Yang Xiong moved into this thatched cottage.
The reason why a thatched cottage was built was because a thatched cottage is closer to nature and has more life and living atmosphere.
Yang Xiong rarely slept until he woke up naturally, especially in this secluded place. The life force was extremely rich, and it seemed to be able to subtly assimilate the killing intent within his body.
Next, Yang Xiong lived a very simple life.
The main things he did every day were writing, practicing Tai Chi Fist, and trimming flowers.
Every time Yang Xiong held a pen, he always felt that the pen in his hand was like a weapon, and the paper was his enemy. His entire hand holding the pen trembled slightly.
But Yang Xiong suppressed the killing intent in his heart and began to write slowly, stroke by stroke.
The content he wrote was not complicated. The main content came from the Tao Te Ching or the Heart Sutra.
Yang Xiong could not fully read these two classic works of Daoism and Buddhism from his previous life, but he still knew some relatively classic sentences.
The key in the Tao Te Ching is: The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.
And in the Heart Sutra it is: Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
These are the profound truths of Buddhism and Daoism, containing the great principles of heaven and earth and the principles of being human. After each writing, Yang Xiong would have special insights.
At the same time, he also wrote down some theories of Tai Chi: Tai Chi gives birth to the Two Principles, the Two Principles give birth to the Four Phenomena, and the Four Phenomena give birth to the Eight Trigrams.
After writing and contemplating, Yang Xiong always felt that his heart was particularly ethereal. These famous sayings seemed very simple, but the content they contained was extremely extraordinary.
And whenever Yang Xiong felt he was about to lose control, or felt a bit restless, he would practice Tai Chi Fist alone in an open space.
Tai Chi Fist emphasizes the combination of hardness and softness. During the process of practicing Tai Chi Fist, the killing intent on his body seemed to change invisibly, becoming peaceful as it followed the movements of Tai Chi Fist.
Especially since the killing intent was extremely fierce and direct, while Tai Chi was extremely soft, it seemed to be able to restrain each other perfectly.
The last item was pruning flowers and plants.
This item was mainly taught by Sword Douluo, and was only carried out when Sword Douluo was present.
Every time Yang Xiong held the small scissors, he couldn't help but want to cut these flowers and plants into pieces.
But under Sword Douluo's gaze, Yang Xiong held the sharp small scissors and tremblingly cut the messy branches and leaves of the flowers and plants. With each cut, the killing intent seemed to condense again.
However, these flowers and plants swayed before Yang Xiong's eyes, as if displaying some kind of powerful life, showcasing the miracle of life.
And the scissors in Yang Xiong's hand seemed like the slaughter in this world; only by completely controlling them could one prevent truly doing evil.
Of course, in addition to these, Yang Xiong also brewed tea, drank wine, and so on.
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Furthermore, every time Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi arrived, Yang Xiong would use all his strength to spar with Sword Douluo, basically pushing the killing intent on his body to the extreme.
According to Sword Douluo, it was better to unleash this killing intent than to hide it. Only by truly venting it could he truly master it.
And every time Yang Xiong was exhausted, Ning Fengzhi would use the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to assist Yang Xiong.
Ning Fengzhi's Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was indeed a top-grade auxiliary Martial Soul. Similarly, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was the ultimate among gem-type Martial Souls. Every time Yang Xiong was exhausted, the light shining from the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had a great effect on his body.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but think of Tang Yuehua from the Moon Pavilion. Tang Yuehua's Martial Soul, the Ruyi Disc, possessed a noble domain, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda also possessed the magnificence of gems. In a sense, the Ruyi Disc and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda were somewhat similar.
Initially, Ning Fengzhi also suggested that Yang Xiong go to the Moon Pavilion to study, but Yang Xiong refused.
The Moon Pavilion was also a famous place in Heaven Dou City, especially since Tang Yuehua was born in the Clear Sky Sect. This matter naturally couldn't be hidden from Ning Fengzhi, and even the Moon Pavilion had the support of wealthy individuals like Ning Fengzhi behind it.
In addition, during this year, Ning Rongrong also secretly came to meet Yang Xiong. The two of them enjoyed flowers together, watched the moon and stars together, and their feelings also warmed up. Even Ning Fengzhi and Sword Bone Douluo turned a blind eye.
Time flew by quickly, and soon a year had passed.
This year, Yang Xiong's entire body and temperament underwent great changes. The killing intent on his body seemed to have completely integrated into his body, making him look like an ordinary person who loved nature.
Especially from his appearance, his originally blood-red hair gradually turned black, but every time he fought with Sword Douluo, his hair would all turn blood-red.
And Yang Xiong's heart also became extremely peaceful, neither as ambitious as before nor having any plans.
Only after gaining the complete approval of Sword Douluo and others did Yang Xiong walk out from the back mountain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
When Yang Xiong returned home, his father Yang Lin and mother Sun Yu truly breathed a sigh of relief.
During this year, Yang Lin, Sun Yu, and Lin Gong had visited the back mountain many times to meet with Yang Xiong, but due to his body being too abnormal, they didn't interact much each time, and everyone else didn't see him at all.
Even though Yang Xiong hadn't meditated at all this year, and could even be said to have not meditated for a full three years, his entire body's soul power increased naturally, and his soul power had reached the peak of level 60.
Yang Xiong also knew that his time was running out.
It had been a full four years since the Soul Master Competition, leaving only one year until Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation. During this time, he had to improve as much as possible, and similarly, he had to improve the strength of everyone around him as much as possible. Only then would there be hope of dealing with that terrifying war.
Yang Xiong was very clear that no matter how much the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect improved its strength, and no matter how much his Body Sect gathered forces, the gap compared to Spirit Hall was still too large.
One must know that according to what Yang Xiong knew, Spirit Hall had nine Great Elders and seven Revered Elders, plus Bibi Dong. This was a total of seventeen Titled Douluo, including Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, two level 99 peerless Douluo. Even the level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo was someone the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, with its current strength, could not handle.
Although Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had cultivated diligently over the years, Sword Douluo's strength remained at level 97, and Bone Douluo was only at level 96. In the short term, neither seemed to show signs of breaking through.
As for Lin Gong and Dragon Duke, the soul ring configurations of these two were two yellow, three purple, and four black. They were too greatly affected by their early foundation. It would be difficult for them to achieve significant improvement after entering the Titled Douluo realm. Even if Lin Gong consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, it ultimately could not make up for the lack of foundation. Their final limit would likely be level 95.
Of course, Yang Xiong had also considered that if he could quickly research the Soul Core, perhaps he could fundamentally improve the strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Body Sect.
But currently, Yang Xiong hadn't even reached the Soul Saint realm, so he had neither the inclination nor the means to conduct research.
Yang Xiong meditated at home for a night and felt that his cultivation speed seemed to have greatly increased again. This was not only due to the improvement in physical fitness from the golden level awakening of his Body Martial Soul but also from his recent insights into meditation.
Yang Xiong's Tai Chi Meditation Method had long since reached mastery, but after a year of controlling the Kiling God Domain, the Tai Chi Meditation Method was being used more smoothly and profoundly.
Early the next morning, Yang Xiong went to find Lin Gong.
Lin Gong was also surprised to see Yang Xiong: "Little Xiongzi, I didn't expect you to come out of seclusion so quickly. It seems your improvement this year has been quite good. Even I can't quite sense your specific strength."
Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Teacher Lin, you are too humble. You are a dignified Titled Douluo. How could you not sense a small Soul King like me?"
Lin Gong curled his lip: "Where in this world is there a Soul King like you? I estimate that even a Soul Saint might not be able to defeat you now."
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After the two chatted for a few sentences, Yang Xiong began to get to the point.
"Teacher Lin, has anything happened to the Body Sect in the past three years? Has anything unusual occurred?"
Lin Gong smiled and said, "You, this hands-off boss, actually still care about your sect's affairs. It seems you still have some self-awareness, knowing that you are barely a Sect Leader."
Yang Xiong smiled and said, "I've troubled Teacher Lin these past few years. However, Teacher Lin, you are also the Grand Elder of the Body Sect. Isn't it right to contribute to the sect?"
Lin Gong said helplessly, "I don't even know if I owe you. I was originally teaching leisurely, but I ended up running off to be the Grand Elder of your so-called Body Sect. I think I'll be screwed over by you sooner or later."
"You worked so hard to go to Slaughter City for two years, and then went into seclusion for another year after returning. Was it really worth spending three years for this Kiling God Domain?"
A smile appeared at the corner of Yang Xiong's mouth: "Of course it was worth it. This is not just a simple Kiling God Domain. Perhaps there will be other surprises in the future."
Lin Gong rolled his eyes at Yang Xiong: "Don't talk to me about surprises. Just don't give me any scares. This old man can't handle you doing things like this at my age."
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