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Chapter 146: Fellow Daoist, You Don’t Have to Be Afraid

After getting the Blood-Linging Pill, Xiao Chen had a lot more free time.

Under Mei Yong's strong advocacy, the sect transferred a group of Qi Refining disciples to Hezhou.

Ye Fei and others set up a branch of the Demon-Slaying Temple in Hezhou and established an intelligence network belonging to the Lihuo Sect.

Because the disciples in the Qi Refining Stage have access to disorganized information.

Therefore, the amount of information Xiao Chen needed to deal with every day suddenly increased a lot.

He gradually developed the habit of sitting in the pavilion every evening to read the reports from the Demon Exorcism Hall.

However, this also has corresponding benefits. Based on the large amount of intelligence in his hands, he quickly gained a general understanding of Hezhou.

Judging from its territory, Hezhou is about twice as large as Lizhou.

With more spiritual veins and cultivation resources, the number of cultivators is far ahead of Lizhou.

There were originally more than ten forces, but the rest of the sects, large and small, were either annexed or expelled, and in the end only three major sects remained.

From north to south they are Lingyuan Sect, Wanhua Valley, and Qingxiao Sect.

According to intelligence reports, the current war has shown signs of spreading towards Wanhua Valley.

A large number of demonic cultivators sneaked into the Wanhua Valley, captured female disciples, raped them, and even abducted them to be used as cauldrons. The situation was far more serious than the situation map shared by Lingyuan Sect before.

But strangely, the counterattack of Wanhua Valley was quite limited.

"Manager Xiao, urgent secret report from Hezhou!"

A disciple from the Demon-Exorcist Hall ran over in a hurry and handed over a secret letter sealed with wax.

"Ye Fei?"

Xiao Chen took a curious look at the signature, opened the envelope and took out the ciphertext inside.

The content was very concise. The gist of it was that he learned through a special channel that the Divine Fire Sect had sent elite members to infiltrate Lizhou to cause chaos.

Sneak into Lizhou?

Xiao Chen suddenly thought of the abnormal situation in Huangque Valley before.

According to Ye Fei's guess, the person responsible for this operation is most likely one of the four legendary walkers of the Divine Fire Sect.

So he wrote a letter specifically to remind Xiao Chen to be cautious and try not to act alone.

Because the other party is most likely coming for Lihuo Gate, in order to interfere with and retaliate against their assistance to Lingyuan Sect.

"Four-way walker?"

Xiao Chen came to the sect's main hall and asked Mei Yong, "Brother Mei, have you heard of their names?"

He had never heard of such a person before, but since Ye Fei had warned him, he should take it more seriously.

"Hiss, it's actually the Four Directions Walker. That's troublesome."

Mei Yong frowned immediately upon hearing this: "Where did this information come from? Is it reliable?"

When he learned that it was Ye Fei's secret report, he immediately sighed.

Then he explained to Xiao Chen, "It's normal that you don't know about this. I also saw information about the Four Directions Walker in the records left by the previous head."

"You also know that the Demonic Cult's skills are quick and easy to achieve, so naturally, they are faster to cultivate."

“Therefore, the cultivation realm of many demon cultivators is not weak. Even cultivators in the late stage of foundation building are numerous. Fortunately, most of them have no hope of reaching the golden elixir stage.”

Xiao Chen nodded, he understood this very well.

Because many magic skills require the consumption of essence and blood, it will inevitably lead to the loss of the possibility of further progress.

Mei Yong continued to explain: "When the Divine Fire Cult had not yet gained power, its followers were lurking in all directions."

"In order to facilitate communication between demon cultivators in different regions, the Four Directions Walkers were specially established to transmit information."

Xiao Chen blinked: "Oh, just the four messengers?"

That doesn't sound that great.

Mei Yong said with a serious expression, "Junior Brother Xiao, don't underestimate these Four Directions Walkers."

"To be able to stand out from the ferocious demon cultivators, each of them is not an easy person to deal with."

"It goes without saying that his cultivation is at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Even his magic skills are unique and strange in their own way."

"Back when the Divine Fire Sect was still relatively young, it was able to break through the numerous blockades of the Yingyue Immortal Sect."

"Moreover, over the years, at least sixty fellows in the Foundation Establishment stage have perished at the hands of the Four Directions Walkers."

This means that each person has killed fifteen Foundation Establishment cultivators on average.

Considering that the magic skills can absorb the essence and blood of others and enhance one's own strength, this so-called Four-Way Walker should not be underestimated.

But then again, Xiao Chen now has the Small Three Talents Sword Formation, and he just needs a target to test his sword.

Even if he puts aside the flying sword, he still considers himself to be no less capable than others with the help of other top-grade magic weapons.

What's more, this matter is not certain, after all, it is just Ye Fei's guess.

However, Mei Yong took it very seriously and tried to prevent any problems before they occurred.

So seven days later, when Xiao Chen went to the Demon Palace to sort out the files, he actually saw Chen Zhixuan.

The other party greeted him warmly: "Junior Brother Xiao, we meet again."

"Hey, Brother Zhixuan!"

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Aren't you growing spiritual herbs in Shidaogu? How come you have time to come back today?"

Chen Zhixuan smiled and said, "It's not that the headmaster is worried about you being alone. If anything happens, it's hard to handle it alone."

"So they called me here specially. Starting today, I will be transferred to the Demon Exorcist Temple."

In Mei Yong's opinion, Xiao Chen is currently only in the middle stage of foundation building.

If you encounter a Four-Walker in the late stage of foundation building, you might encounter unexpected danger.

So in the past two days, I have contacted many cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, wanting to ask them who is willing to serve as a director of the Demon-Slaying Hall.

But after all, no one else was willing to give up their business and come back.

In the end, the Chen family was still concerned about Xiao Chen's safety and sent Chen Zhixuan to take care of him.

Mei Yong was actually overthinking this.

However, Xiao Chen was quite happy. Since there was one more person, he didn't have to be busy dealing with the affairs of the Demon-Exorcism Hall.

So he took Chen Zhixuan to hand over the files, and he himself hid back in Cuiwei Valley to practice.

After practicing for a while, he has vaguely touched the threshold of the seventh level of foundation building.

However, there is a small bottleneck between the middle and late stages of foundation building.

At the same time, because he had a low-grade wood spiritual root, he also felt that there was an invisible barrier in front of him, hindering his cultivation.

"Fortunately, I was building my foundation in the Heavenly Dao, so I don't have to be restricted by this small bottleneck."

After Xiao Chen completed a large cycle, he felt fortunate as he realized his slight progress.

In fact, many cultivators with better qualifications than him have experienced various bottlenecks early on.

This is actually the first time for him.

And judging from the current situation, relying on the Heavenly Dao foundation-building and slowly honing it, it will only take about one or two months to successfully overcome the bottleneck.

However, on the fourth night after Chen Zhixuan's arrival, a new bloody incident occurred.

Xiao Chen followed the disciple who reported the news to the Demon-Exorcism Hall and heard bursts of crying from afar.

When I got closer, I saw two children around ten years old standing at the entrance of the hall, and several female disciples who were comforting them.

As he stepped into the hall, he immediately saw the head of the Sun family in tears.

And Chen Zhixuan, who had a serious expression on his face.

Xiao Chen had some impression of the head of the Sun family. When he went to Zhu County to search the Zhu family on the night of the Lantern Festival, the head of the Sun family was the most cooperative one.

Looking at him like this, could it be that something happened in Zhu County?
"All dead, all dead."

"There was blood everywhere, there was no place to hide."

"There was also a particularly powerful blood light that even the defensive formation couldn't stop."

The head of the Sun family might have been angry or sad, or he might have been quite frightened. In any case, his voice was shaking when he said these words.

"Then how did you get out?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously.

The other party is the kind of ordinary foundation-building cultivator who has been stuck at the bottleneck of the third level of foundation-building for more than ten years and has basically exhausted his potential.

The other three families in Zhu County are in a similar situation as him. Being stuck in a bottleneck in cultivation is the norm in the world of cultivation.

But it sounds like none of the three managed to escape.

The head of the Sun family hesitated and stammered, obviously not wanting to say anything.

Chen Zhixuan pressed directly: "If you don't want to talk about it, please go back."

Upon hearing this, the head of the Sun family's expression suddenly changed.

He hesitated for a long time, then finally gritted his teeth and revealed his secret: "Years ago, I followed others to dig for fire crystals in the volcanic group."

"that time……"

Chen Zhixuan raised his hand to interrupt his rambling: "Don't talk about other people, just get to the point."

The Sun family patriarch pursed his lips and said, "The point is that I once accidentally entered a crack in the ground and luckily found a tiny Lianyun flying boat inside."

Chen Zhixuan was shocked when he heard this: "What did you say?"

If this news is true, it means that there may be other secrets there, which is a big deal.

He quickly asked, "Why didn't you report it earlier? Where is the crack?"

There is a desk in the Demon-Exorcism Hall, with paper and pen available.

The head of the Sun family picked up a pen and drew a road map.

At the same time, he took out a small flying boat the size of a palm from his arms and said, "I am also willing to hand over this Lianyun Flying Boat. I only ask that the sect take in my two grandchildren."

The Lianyun Flying Boat he took out turned out to be an extremely special and top-grade magical weapon.

According to the description of the head of the Sun family himself, this flying boat is not big and can only carry three people at most.

But there is one special thing, that is, the speed is extremely fast, several times faster than that of ordinary cultivators flying swords.

Moreover, the fewer people there are, the faster the speed will be. When there is only one person, the speed can be even 50% faster.

The situation was critical at the time. In order to escape, he only had time to carry his two most talented grandsons and escape to Lihuo Gate with the help of a flying boat.

Chen Zhixuan reacted quickly.

He glanced at Xiao Chen and winked at him.

Then he asked, "You just said you were willing to hand over the flying boat to the Demon Exorcist Palace, right?"

The head of the Sun family looked up hesitantly, wondering why it was handed over to the Demon-Slaying Hall.

But he looked at the silent Xiao Chen, then nodded: "Yes, I am willing to hand over the flying boat..."

"You volunteered for this."

Chen Zhixuan knocked on the table and said, "In that case, please write a written agreement to avoid gossip from outsiders."

"As for your two grandchildren, don't worry, just leave them inside. I will talk to Instructor Wu."

"Once they break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, they will join the Second Branch. In the future, they can choose to pursue alchemy or weapon refining."

After settling the three members of the Sun family, the next step was to deal with the evil cultivators in Zhu County.

Unfortunately, the information provided by the head of the Sun family was too vague.

He didn't even see how many people were coming, he just knew there were definitely more than one.

Xiao Chen said, "Zhu County isn't too far away. If we rush over now, we might still be able to save someone."

Chen Zhixuan shook his head: "That's not right. The blood light can cover the entire county. Who knows how many foundation-building demon cultivators there are."

"Vision is poor at night, and spiritual awareness is easily obscured by secret techniques."

"It would be safest for us to wait until tomorrow morning and call a few uncles to go together." The head of the Sun family also said: "It's too late. When I left, only the ancestral halls of the other three families in the city still had any noise."

"It will definitely be too late if we rush over now."

He now felt exhausted and didn't want to return overnight.

Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go take a look from a distance, maybe I can find some clues in time."

"Wait until tomorrow morning, Zhixuan, and bring someone to pick me up."

It is understandable that the two of them don't want to go, but speed is of the essence. If they go too late, many clues will be lost.

Chen Zhixuan tried to persuade him a bit, but saw that Xiao Chen was determined to go and see what was going on.

He then picked up the Lianyun Flying Boat from the table and handed it over: "In that case, Junior Brother, please take the Lianyun Flying Boat with you. If you encounter a strong enemy, remember to save your own life first."

Xiao Chen actually doesn't lack this. His greatest confidence comes from the golden light that shines on the ground.

But he refused to take the flying boat, so Chen Zhixuan pulled him away and wouldn't let him leave.

He kept mentioning Mei Yong and Elder Chen, who both repeatedly told him to keep an eye on him.

"Okay, I'll take it with me then."

Xiao Chen took the flying boat and turned into a stream of light and rushed to Zhu County.

In fact, in terms of speed alone, the Lianyun Flying Boat is slightly slower than the Zongdi Golden Light.

The mana consumption is a little higher.

But it also has two advantages.

First, you can bring people with you. Judging from previous situations, even children are no problem.

Secondly, flying from the sky is much less troublesome than using escape techniques to travel from below. At least you don’t have to concentrate on dodging trees and rocks.

The advantages are very obvious when traveling long distances.

More than an hour later, Xiao Chen had already entered Zhu County.

He deliberately landed the flying boat and used escape techniques to avoid alerting the demon cultivators in the city.

They moved forward, starting from the outskirts of the mortal village, and saw corpses everywhere, with no one left alive.

It is true that bones are exposed in the wild and no roosters crow for thousands of miles.

After entering Zhu County, apart from the whimpering of the wind blowing through the gaps between the ruins, there was only the occasional "crackling" sound, which was the explosion of a burning fire in the distance.

The rebellious demon cultivators have evacuated, taking with them the blood of the entire city, including the cattle, horses and livestock.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen turned around and couldn't help but take a breath.

"What an amazing blood-collecting technique."

He had seen demon cultivators before, but when those demon cultivators attacked, blood would inevitably splatter on the ground or walls near the victims.

This time it was different.

In the entire Zhu County, not a drop of blood was left!
Even in several foundation-building families, although there were a large number of traces of magic left by the resistance, there was still no blood.

Since he was already there, he went to check the warehouses of several families.

But unfortunately, the warehouse was opened and all the spirit stones stored inside disappeared.

Xiao Chen used the "Stargazing and Qi-Observing Technique" to detect it again.

But this time there was no extra gain.

It was not until he searched in front of the north gate that he discovered a sentence engraved on the city wall: October 8th, see you at Wan Yao Mountain.

Below this sentence, the other party also thoughtfully provided a route map.

The location marked on it is exactly the location of the last blood plague secret realm.

Judging from the lost blood, the other party’s goal is to open the blood plague secret realm and release the blood plague demon.
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"Hmph, it's just a clumsy trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head in disdain.

At dawn the next day, Chen Zhixuan brought Manager Chen, Chen Zhiquan, Elder Chen, Chen Tianfeng, and Chen Tianyuan to Zhu County.

"But we must be on guard. What if the other party wants to do the opposite?"

"What day is October 8th? Is there any special saying about it?"

"I haven't heard of it. Do you have any impression?"

"Me neither, maybe this is also a fake time."

Chen Tianyuan thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps the other party wants to do something before October 8th, so he deliberately wrote a false time to deceive us."

Only Elder Chen looked around anxiously, shouting into the distance, "Zhixuan, have you found Xiao Chen?"

Chen Zhixuan, who had returned from searching in the distance, shook his head: "I've circled Zhu County twice, but I haven't seen Junior Brother Xiao."

Elder Chen immediately became anxious: "How can I not see it?"

"Didn't you tell him never to chase after people?"

Chen Zhixuan explained: "I reminded him, but Junior Brother Xiao insisted on coming to investigate."

Elder Chen was immediately worried: "Why is this kid so anxious?"

"Could it be...? Alas!"

Chen Tianfeng consoled him: "Don't worry, Third Brother. Xiao Chen has a top-grade magical weapon on him, so it won't be that easy for him to get into trouble."

"Besides, there are no traces of top-grade magical weapons found here."

"Finding someone is important."

Chen Tianyuan interrupted them and said, "We didn't meet him in the direction we came from, so he must have gone to the other three places."

"In that case, let's split up into groups of two and search separately, paying special attention to any traces of fighting techniques or escaping spells."

Even though that's what I said.

But everyone thought of the strange situation that there was no blood in the city.

They all realized that it must be the four travelers mentioned in the secret report who took action.

Especially after searching for hundreds of miles without success.

Everyone was extremely worried, and they all had sad faces during the meeting.

"I heard that the Lianyun Flying Boat is also a top-grade magical weapon."

Elder Chen looked at Chen Tianfeng and said, "Second brother, you should have heard of the Four Directions Walker in Hezhou. If we really run into him, what are Xiao Chen's chances of escaping?"

Chen Tianfeng sighed and said, "Alas, judging from the situation in Zhu County, the one coming this time should be the Eastern Traveler."

"The other party was already a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage fifty years ago."

"He has mastered the 'Blood Refining Divine Art' to perfection, and is particularly proficient in the art of blood escape."

"The Blood Escape isn't necessarily that much slower than the Lianyun Flying Boat. If we were to encounter it suddenly, I estimate there's a 30% chance of escape."

Elder Chen pressed on, "What if the other party is already prepared?"

Chen Tianfeng thought about it carefully, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Well, maybe there is a 10% chance of escape."

After hearing what he said, the hearts of the others sank.

Just when everyone in the Chen family was worried about Xiao Chen.

On the other side, deep in the Wan Yao Mountains.

Xiao Chen has arrived next to the blood plague secret realm.

He also thought about Chen Tianyuan's previous concerns.

So there is no need to wait until October 8th, he came here now to see if there is anything special here.

Anyway, with the Lianyun flying boat in hand, it would only take a few hours to cross the distance.

As it turns out, everything is normal near the Blood Plague Secret Realm so far.

Xiao Chen entered the cave and carefully checked the entrance and the early warning formation that had been set up after the last incident at Lihuo Gate.

After confirming that no one had been here, he turned and walked out.

And just as he was about to walk out of the cave.

Another shadow appeared at the entrance of the cave first.

somebody is coming!

Xiao Chen immediately used the "Sealing Acupoints and Concealing Breath Technique" and hid in a small hole on the side.

These small holes were dug by the last group of demon cultivators in order to imprison the wandering cultivators they captured.

Now is a good time for him to hide.

Soon, with the sound of footsteps, a nine-foot-tall but skinny old man walked in.

He was wearing a normal-sized Taoist robe, but perhaps because he was too thin, the clothes were loose.

He seemed to have been here once before and stopped in front of the early warning formation skillfully.

Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the blood plague secret realm.

Then he took out a special tripod-shaped magic weapon from his arms, used the bones of an unknown spiritual beast as fuel, built a fire on the spot, and placed the small tripod on it to boil.

Then, wisps of blood began to rise, as if attracted by some invisible force, floating towards the secret realm.

There was no warning formation triggered along the way, nor was there any obstruction by the secret realm.

Judging from the other party's skillful movements, this must not be the first time he has done this.

"Fellow Daoist, you've been hiding there for a long time, don't you have anything to say?"

Seeing that his blood and energy had stabilized, the old man stood up and turned to look at where Xiao Chen was hiding: "Don't be afraid, I have no ill will towards you. Why don't we come out and talk?"

"I came to Lizhou this time to help you, to help you all."

?

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. What was the other party talking about?
Since he was discovered, he stood up calmly.

At the same time, following the other party's words, he asked, "You said you came to help me?"

How can I help you? Can you contribute the spirit stones you have?
Xiao Chen subconsciously glanced at the other party's storage bag. The accumulation of several foundation-building families in Zhu County should be there.

If his estimate was correct, there would be at least 20,000 spirit stones.

The Eastern Traveler looked at him, a bloodshot light flashing in his eyes.

Then he smiled and said, "With your spiritual roots, it must be very difficult to cultivate to the foundation building stage, right?"

"But now you are stuck in a bottleneck and it is difficult to break through."

"Have you ever wondered why?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously: "Why?"

Dongfang Xingzhe laughed heartily: "Of course it's because of the Lihuo Sect. They have monopolized the cultivation resources that you should have been entitled to."

"From foundation-building pills to cultivation techniques, everything is controlled by these so-called famous and upright sects."

"I'm here to help you. I can quickly give you enough power to resist the oppression of the Lihuo Sect."

His words completely stunned Xiao Chen.

No, don’t I look like someone from Lihuomen?

He was very curious, and the other party seemed very sure that he and he were of the same kind.

But why should he believe in himself when they met for the first time?

It seemed that he saw the suspicion written on Xiao Chen's face.

Dongfang Xingzhe smiled slightly and pointed at the blood plague secret realm behind him: "Daoyou, you don't have to be afraid."

"We are all followers of the God. I will help you, just as the God once helped you."

what?
You, the God Lord, are not referring to the Blood Plague Demon, right?

(End of this chapter)