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The spatial Soul Emperor's question drew the attention of the others.
The evil soul master who appeared in Tiandou City last time?
They were all mech pilots under Mo Wu's command and had indeed been present at the scene back then. However, the battle hadn't lasted long, and their focus had been more on the two-word battle armor master. They hadn't paid much attention to the details of the mech pilot.
Now that the spatial Soul Emperor pointed this out, they briefly recalled and realized it did match their vague memory.
Xu Yuan didn't deny it.
At the time, for the sake of the assessment, he and Wu Zhangkong had left immediately after taking action, giving no opportunity for an interview with the officials of Tiandou City. Xu Yuan hadn't even shown his face.
"Miss, given that both incidents involving evil soul masters have targeted you, I strongly advise you not to serve as the train conductor anymore."
Xu Yuan was very serious in his advice.
Twice now.
From what Xu Yuan knew, these three evil soul masters weren't the ones from the original storyline.
In his memory, Mo Lan had suffered a severe mental trauma caused by evil soul masters, meaning there would be at least one more wave of attacks from them.
Three appearances of evil soul masters, each occurring on soul-guided trains—this in itself posed a latent crisis for the passengers of these trains.
The first time, Xu Yuan had stopped them.
This second time, Xu Yuan had happened to encounter them but only managed to minimize the damage. The severed train carriages undoubtedly meant casualties.
As for the third occurrence, Xu Yuan wasn't sure how severe the losses would be.
Evil soul masters appearing on soul-guided trains was uncontrollable and unpredictable in timing. Their harm to civilians couldn't be prevented, except by eliminating the evil soul masters and stopping their crimes.
However, if an evil soul master had specifically targeted her, and she still insisted on serving as a train conductor, it would be inviting the evil soul master to act on the train.
At the very least, Xu Yuan believed it was unwise.
The information about train conductors was publicly available and could be found online. If Mo Lan continued in her role, the exact schedule of every train she operated would be known. Any attempt on her life would allow evil soul masters to strike with precision.
This greatly increased the likelihood of danger compared to her traveling alone.
You might not fear danger, but the passengers on the train were innocent.
Xu Yuan was extremely serious.
Mo Lan fell silent.
Two consecutive attacks by evil soul masters, and this time, the three evil soul masters' target had been so clear—how could she not see the truth?
She had been targeted.
Mo Lan sighed deeply.
"I will resign from my position as train conductor."
Xu Yuan frowned.
Just like that?
It seemed this wasn't an attack between the two incidents described in the original story but rather a change brought about by his presence. It wasn't the phosphorus-fire soul-refining evil soul master he knew of, but these three blood-demon-crafting evil soul masters who had acted.
He wondered if the phosphorus-fire soul-refining evil soul master would still appear.
If not, it would be a pity.
Xu Yuan was actually quite interested in that evil soul master.
However, he wouldn't choose to withhold advice from Mo Lan just to lure that evil soul master out.
There were plenty of evil soul masters, and Xu Yuan's interest wasn't limited to just the phosphorus-fire soul-refining one.
"Little brother, what about those three Blood Demons earlier?" the spatial Soul Emperor mentioned.
"Don't worry, I've already dealt with them," Xu Yuan said indifferently.
He didn't offer further explanation.
After all, he couldn't tell them he planned to suppress the Blood Demons and keep them for future study.
He'd likely be mistaken for another kind of evil soul master.
"I have something to take care of, so I'll leave first." Eager to study the three Blood Demons he had acquired, Xu Yuan didn't want to waste time with Mo Lan and the others.
"Wait a moment—" Mo Lan's words were cut off as Xu Yuan quickly deployed his mech, merged into it, and flew away from the scene.
"This place is fairly close to Yuehua City." After checking the map, Xu Yuan discovered that the area leading into Yuehua City was nearby.
He dialed Zhen Hua's soul-guided communicator.
"Hello, Uncle Zhen."
"Xiao Yuan? What's the matter?" Zhen Hua was puzzled why Xu Yuan was contacting him while en route.
"Something unexpected came up along the way, so I might be delayed for a few days. You don't need to wait for me."
"What happened? Are you alright?" Zhen Hua's tone immediately grew tense.
"Don't worry, Uncle Zhen. I've already resolved it, but I've gained some opportunities and plan to digest them first."
"Alright."
After ending the call, Xu Yuan piloted his mech toward Yuehua City.
Yuehua City, as its name suggested, had a connection to the stars.
(T/N: 'Yue' translates to Moon, therefore having a connection to celestial bodies)
During the half-month exchange at Tian Ding Stellar Soul Academy, Xu Yuan hadn't just discussed technology and theory. He had also consulted many professors from the academy about factions with unique achievements in star-related studies.
Among them was the Moonlight Sect of Yuehua City.
The Moonlight Sect was a lineage with a heritage of ten thousand years, though it was a reclusive sect with little fame. In fact, apart from the Tang Sect, most sects on the continent today had low profiles, either undergoing corporate transformations or going completely into seclusion.
The Moonlight Sect belonged to the former category.
Xu Yuan's destination this time was the Moonlight Sect.
Of course, before heading there, he wanted to examine the characteristics of the three Blood Demons first.
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Dreamscape
Xu Yuan entered his consciousness and observed the Blood Demons, which already showed signs of collapse. He wasn't surprised.
The process of the battle allowed him to roughly deduce that these Blood Demons were likely manifestations of the three evil soul masters' martial souls. Now that the soul masters were dead, even if they had cultivated these puppet-like entities through their martial souls, they should have dissipated.
It was only due to the binding power of Xu Yuan's dreamscape that they hadn't completely collapsed.
"The core essences of the three Blood Demons are gone, leaving them in an unstable state."
Xu Yuan forcibly disrupted the three Blood Demons and merged them together.
It was the simplest form of physical disruption, using his mastery of space to stabilize parts of the disrupted Blood Demons before physically reassembling them.
"It's stabilized."
Though misshapen and lacking any organic integration, Xu Yuan noticed that they no longer showed signs of self-collapse.
At the very least, they were stable now.
After stabilizing the merged Blood Demon's form, Xu Yuan began to explore its characteristics.
While only a single day passed in the outside world, Xu Yuan spent nearly half a month studying within the dreamscape.
"Stripping bloodline powers and blending bloodline powers."
Xu Yuan confirmed the nature of the Blood Demons.
This month, he had been attempting to strip the Golden Dragon King's bloodline powers. In fact, he had succeeded.
But the extraction wasn't thorough enough.
Xu Yuan wasn't disappointed.
Although the blood energy contained within the Golden Dragon King essence in Tang Wulin's body was incredibly potent—even just a small amount leaking out was enough to transform the physique of an ordinary human being—how much energy would remain in the Golden Dragon King essence after stripping its bloodline powers?
Therefore, he had long abandoned the idea of cultivating using Tang Wulin's blood energy.
His continued research on extracting the Golden Dragon King's bloodline powers was aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of blood energy to aid his own cultivation.
"Beyond stripping blood energy, the Blood Demons' other use holds even greater significance for me."
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