Doupo: Life Simulator System

Chapter 317: Flute Sound Mind Control

Chapter 317: Flute Sound Mind Control

After Venerable Qing Hai was knocked down, the remaining three Honorable Elders from the Hall of Souls were undoubtedly the most anxious.

The energy fluctuations in the hands of the two three-star Dou Venerates against Venerable Tian Huo became more intense, and layers of energy ripples spread out, causing most of Xiao Ming's gathered thunderclouds to disperse.

The two Honorable Elders were doing their best, but they couldn't break away from Venerable Tian Huo's relentless attack.

They knew they needed to work together if they were to have any hope of defeating him. If they were separated, the other would not be able to hold out for more than a few rounds.

On the other hand, the Honorable Elder who was fighting against the Sky Demon Puppet was feeling extremely pressured.

He was the one who had just warned Venerable Qing Hai to be careful, and it was from his battle circle that the Sky Demon Puppet had broken free to attack him.

Being only a two-star Dou Venerate, he was already struggling to fight against two puppets. He had hoped that Qing Hai would kill Xiao Ming directly and then come over to assist him, but the situation had taken a turn for the worse.

"The situation is not good now. Shall we run?" he suggested.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming didn't pay attention to the elegant lady's gaze and ordered the Sky Demon Puppet by his side to attack the Honorable Elder. Afterwards, he flew to the pit where Venerable Qing Hai had fallen.

As Xiao Ming approached the pit, he saw Venerable Qing Hai's body embedded in the rock wall. He was barely conscious and struggled to speak, "Cough, you..."

Chi-chi!

Without waiting to hear the rest of the sentence, Xiao Ming pointed his finger, and a white light burst from his fingertip, piercing through Venerable Qing Hai's forehead. The light in Venerable Qing Hai's eyes gradually dimmed, and finally, his head slowly tilted to the side.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Ming brought his corpse to him. He then extracted a slightly dimmed soul from the top of his head.

'Was his soul damaged because his Soul Spirit Lock was broken?' Xiao Ming muttered to himself.

Without giving the other person a chance to speak, he directly sealed the soul in a jade bottle and put both the corpse and the bottle in his storage ring.

After completing all this, Xiao Ming flew back to the woman in the palace dress.

"Thank you for your help earlier. May I know your name, Senior?" he asked politely.

"Let's not worry about titles; you can call me Sister Qing..." The woman in palace dress replied with a gentle smile.

"..."

Why did he feel that this woman's personality was quite peculiar?

"Cough, Senior is joking. I will first focus on dealing with these Honorable Elders and then I will thank you properly, okay?" Xiao Ming coughed and said.

"Okay, let me assist you then..." The woman in palace dress nodded and took out a jade flute from her hand, putting it to her lips to play.

A ripple of invisible energy followed the melodious flute sounds emanating from the jade flute. As the ripple spread outward, Xiao Ming felt nothing special when it passed through him. However, the three Hall of Souls' Honorable Elders were struck as if by a sudden blow, and they stiffened in place.

Although the duration of this effect was brief, in a battle in the Dou Venerate realm, a single moment could determine the outcome of the fight.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Venerable Tian Huo and the Sky Demon Puppets dealt a deadly blow to the trio.

...

Several minutes later, after collecting the souls of the three Honorable Elders, Xiao Ming bowed to the elegant lady.

"Once again, thank you for your help, Senior."

"No need to be so polite. After all, I stopped them earlier, and killing them saved me a lot of trouble," the elegant woman said with a smile.

'Xiao Ming, be careful. She is very strong and has changed her appearance...' Venerable Tian Huo glanced at the woman in palace dress and transmitted a message to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. He could naturally see that she was very strong. She had played a crucial role in the battle just now.

Several times when the Honorable Elders were about to escape, she stopped them. Her strength should be as high as Venerable Tian Huo, or even slightly higher.

He just didn't know why this woman was helping him.

As if understanding what Xiao Ming was thinking, the woman smiled and said, "My name is Qing Yi."

'Qing Yi?' Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he had seen this name in a simulation before.

"The Valley Master of Sound Valley?"

The Falling Thunder Mountain Range was Sound Valley's territory, so it made sense for her to appear here.

The Palace-dressed beauty nodded slightly and said, "You don't need to guess why I helped. I just have a request. Young Dou Ancestors like you are not common. If my guess is correct, your name is Xiao Ming, right?"

"That's right." Xiao Ming nodded lightly. Since he had been recognized, there was no need to deny it. He just didn't expect his reputation to have spread to this side.

Not dwelling on this point, Xiao Ming asked, "I wonder how I can help Valley Master Qing Yi?" Since the other party had just helped him, Xiao Ming didn't mind returning the favor if he had the ability to do so.

"I need you to refine a pill for us, a six-colored eighth-tier pill that requires the use of a Heavenly Flame," Qing Yi said.

'Heavenly Flame?' Xiao Ming now understood why the other party had helped him. It was because of this.

'The simulator has mentioned the Sound Valley multiple times, so I assume the other party always had this request.' Xiao Ming thought.

There were not many alchemists in Central Plains who possessed a Heavenly Flame.

But a six-colored eighth-tier pill?

"Valley Master Qing Yi, I don't have the ability to refine a six-colored eighth-tier pill right now," Xiao Ming honestly admitted.

"I'm aware of that," Qing Yi nodded to show understanding, then said, "But I believe that with your talent, it shouldn't take long for you to be able to refine it."

As she spoke, Qing Yi's hand flashed with white light, and a token appeared in her hand. After taking a glance at it, she tossed it to Xiao Ming.

"This is the guest token from my Sound Valley. You can use it to find our location," said Qing Yi as she handed the purple token to him.

After Xiao Ming received the token, which had the word "sound" on the front and "guest" on the back, Qing Yi also gave him a blue scroll.

Looking at the scroll, he saw a line of small characters that read "Soundwave High Di Dou Technique, Flute Sound Mind Control."

"At Sound Valley, we specialize in various sound-based Dou Techniques, and Soundwave Mind Control ranks among the top three. As the name suggests, this technique can briefly control the spiritual intelligence of a group of enemies once used and is most effective when used by those with strong souls or special talents. As an alchemist with a strong soul, you can use it as collateral. When you have the ability to refine a six-colored eighth-tier pill, we hope you will come to us..."

'… By that time, I hope it won't be too late...' Qing Yi did not say the last sentence out loud.

Although Qing Yi believed that Xiao Ming could quickly reach the six-colored eighth-tier level, it was only her own opinion. Just like how it took several years or even decades to improve by one star after reaching the Dou Venerate realm, many eighth-tier alchemists needed to spend several decades trying to improve after reaching the eighth-tier level.

With Xiao Ming's talent, he didn't need to spend that long, but even if he improved the grade of the pills he refined by one level each year, it would still take him four years to refine a six-colored eighth-tier pill.

'Ah, I wonder if the Ancestor can hold on until then,' Qing Yi sighed in her heart.

Xiao Ming naturally didn't know what Qing Yi was thinking, but he naturally accepted the collateral.

This Soundwave Mind Control Technique looked good, perhaps he could let Qing Lin try it out. Paired with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Who knew how powerful this Soundwave Mind Control could become.

During Xiao Ming's conversation with Qing Yi, the dark clouds that had been dispersed in the sky rolled in again, and the rumbling was even more intense than before!

Crack!

Electricity flashed in dazzling white light, reminiscent of waving sharp swords; thunder roared with deafening sounds, and clouds resembled a herd of galloping and roaring wild horses, layer upon layer flooding over their heads, gathering thicker and pressing lower. It was as if someone had turned the clock to evening, and the world had been swallowed up by pitch-black darkness.

'This thundercloud seems to be even bigger than the thunderclouds I gather when refining pills!' Xiao Ming thought to himself as he looked at the thunderclouds.

"The terrain of the Falling Thunder Mountain Range is very unique, like a special lightning array. In the past, a Dou Venerate once tried to disperse the thunderclouds in a certain area of the mountain range to establish a sect. However, shortly after dispersing the thunderclouds, they reformed even more powerfully. Even if the thunderclouds were dispersed again, they would only gather to become even stronger. In the end, the thunderclouds surpassed the limit that the Dou Venerate could resist, and he had no choice but to leave. Others also gave up their idea of building a sect here." Qing Yi explained after observing Xiao Ming's expression.

"The reforming of the thunderclouds may have been affected by our recent battle. We should not stay here for long. I'll take my leave now. Remember our agreement," she said.

"Rest assured, when I have the strength, I will definitely visit you," Xiao Ming replied.

"Hehe, and don't forget, you can call me Sister Qing. After all, I'm very interested in you, little guy…" Qing Yi purred with a sultry chuckle, her figure slowly vanishing into thin air, leaving Xiao Ming and Yao Tian Huo in stunned silence.

"Do you think she might have taken a liking to you?" Yao Tian Huo teased with a smile.

"How could that be? It's probably just her personality," Xiao Ming shook his head and denied the idea. He could sense that Qing Yi had a pure aura and was not a promiscuous person. She probably just had a strange sense of humor.

Yao Tian Huo was just teasing Xiao Ming and after laughing, he wanted to ask him about his future plans, but unfortunately, a silver snake interrupted his words.

Rumble!

A thunderous sound rang out as a snake, powerful enough to rival a one-star Dou Venerate, lunged towards Xiao Ming.

Facing such an attack, Xiao Ming didn't even blink. Venerable Tian Huo immediately flashed in front of him and blocked it.

It was easy for a five-star Dou Venerate like Yao Tian Huo to resist this kind of snake. However, the snake seemed to have triggered some kind of switch, and silver snakes three meters in size rained down on the mountain peaks.

"Xiao Ming, let's leave now," Yao Tian Huo said, barely able to hold on any longer. A single Dou Venerate-level lightning snake was one thing, but the entire sky was filled with them. Who could withstand that?

"Let's go down. These mountains seem to have the ability to absorb lightning, and the lightning should be weaker at the lower part of the mountain range," Xiao Ming said, glancing at the dwindling lightning snakes coiled around the mountain peaks. He had a few thoughts brewing in his mind.

Venerable Tian Huo followed Xiao Ming's instructions and descended to a lower part of the mountain.

This place was covered in gray boulders, obviously fallen during the previous battle, making it a bit messy. However, the lightning was much weaker here, and it had almost no effect on the two of them.

As soon as they stopped on a boulder, Venerable Tian Huo heard Xiao Ming's voice.

"Senior Yao, do you think all the lightning snakes dissipate naturally once they hit the mountain?"

Venerable Tian Huo was taken aback by the question, but then he recalled the scene where electric arcs appeared on the ground as soon as they landed.

"They shouldn't all dissipate. It seems like the mountains here can store some of the energy, but not much," he replied.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly in response and continued, "If these mountains can store energy, it doesn't make sense that they can only store such a small amount, given the situation in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range."

"Are you suggesting that the energy has been transferred or absorbed by something else?" Venerable Tian Huo asked in surprise.

"Yes, I once read in the ancient texts that there is a lightning attribute heavenly treasure in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range," Xiao Ming explained.

"But even if there is, it should have been taken by someone already," Venerable Tian Huo replied, glancing at Xiao Ming. The powerful individuals in the Central Plains were not foolish.

The locations of heavenly treasures were generally very special, and those who knew this fact would often search various strange places to find them. The Falling Thunder Mountain Range, which clearly matched the description of a unique site, would have already been thoroughly searched.

Xiao Ming was not discouraged by this. After all, he knew well whether or not the heavenly treasures in the simulator had been taken.

'Maybe I can simulate it again and see if I can find it,' he thought.

During the few days he spent refining pills, he had accumulated another opportunity to simulate.

Venerable Tian Huo looked at the contemplative Xiao Ming, understanding that he already had an idea, and simply asked, "So do you have any ideas?"

'Ideas?' Xiao Ming thought to himself, 'I don't have one right now, but I will have one soon.'

'Simulator.'

[Ding, the host has a chance to simulate life. Would you like to start the simulation?]

'Start the simulation.'

[Simulation begins -]

[Day 1: You refine intermediate seventh-tier Healing Pills and Energy Recovery Pills at the center of the Falling Thunder Mountain Range. This attracts seventh-tier Pill Lightnings and the attention of the Hall of Souls' Honorable Elders. In response, you quickly command your Sky Demon Puppets to follow your companion to eliminate the threat.]

[Day 2: You control the Sky Demon Puppets to dig a hole in the center of the Falling Thunder Mountain Range. After digging for half a day, you discover that the puppets' direction is wrong, which makes you very angry.]

[Day 3: You control the Sky Demon Puppets to dig a hole in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range, and this time they don't dig in the wrong direction and make rapid progress.]

[Day 4: While the Sky Demon Puppets are digging, you feel like it's a waste of time just watching. You take out a scroll of a three-colored eighth-tier pill recipe, the "Heavenly Blend Pill", and start studying it.]

[Day 5: You sit on a rock in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range all day...]

[Day 6: You sit on a rock in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range all day...]

...

[Day 10: After following the flow of lightning energy, you finally dig into the underground lightning pool. In the pool, you discover a flower. Venerable Tian Huo identifies the flower as the lightning attribute heavenly treasure, "Pure Lotus Flowing Lightning". You absorb the Pure Lotus Flowing Lightning directly using your Spirit.]

...

[Day 12: The lightning energy flows through your body. After over a day of absorption, your strength greatly improves.]

[Day 13: You absorb the energy expelled by the Spirit for a whole day.]