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Chapter 148 Breakthrough to the Seventh Level of Foundation Establishment: Master's Operation

After dealing with the Eastern Traveler, Xiao Chen turned around and picked up his storage bag and the top-grade magical defensive robe.

In the past, this kind of defensive magic weapon would be scrapped before the battle was over.

This was the first undamaged trophy he had seized. If he could take it to a place like the Bat Building, it could be sold for at least more than a thousand spirit stones.

"receive!"

Xiao Chen raised his hand and waved, putting away the sword formation at the entrance of the cave.

Cao Honghai, who had just broken through the seventh level of foundation building, was completely unable to withstand the stranglehold of the Small Three Talents Sword Formation and had already died long ago.

He also took away his storage bag and cleared all traces in the cave.

Then refine the two storage bags one by one.

This time, he cracked the code a quarter of an hour faster than before. It only took him an hour and a half to crack the two storage bags.

Cao Honghai's storage bag was a mess, with a little bit of all kinds of things in it.

But he didn't have any valuable stuff. His most precious things were the shield that had been torn to pieces by the sword formation and the top-grade magic sword that had been broken into two pieces.

All I can say is that it fits his identity as a casual cultivator very well.

This made Xiao Chen feel a little disappointed.

Fortunately, the storage bag of the Eastern Traveler is also very consistent with his identity as a Four-Way Traveler.

First of all, there were a total of 41,889 spirit stones, a pile that almost filled up the storage bag.

hiss~!

So fucking rich.

However, among these more than 40,000 spirit stones, at least 20,000 came from Zhu County, which were the ill-gotten gains looted by the Eastern Traveler.

Xiao Chen estimated that the rest was not much clean either.

Then, he found a special small tripod for blood wine and three corresponding wine glasses. This seemed to be a set of magic weapons, probably related to poison.

There are also some consumable pills such as the Qigong Pill and the Yongquan Pill, as well as a token made of pure gold.

The word "Huidong" is engraved on the front of this token, and the back is engraved with a lot of inscriptions. It is not clear what its use is for the time being.

Then there are three magic books.

One of them is called "The True Interpretation of Huangquan Secret Book", which is full of annotations and cultivation experiences of "Huangquan Secret Book".

A book called "The Record of Blood Sea and Divine Fire" records a special fire method.

And the last separate volume is "The Secret Art of Blood Sacrifice: Soul-Severing Needle".

"Soul-chasing Shuttle, Soul-severing Needle, isn't that what it means to chase the soul and sever the soul?"

Xiao Chen flipped it open and took a look. Sure enough, this was a secret magic technique specifically used to restrain the defensive magic weapons of cultivators.

"No wonder the rumors say that Lingyuan Sect suffered heavy casualties."

He now understood that it would be abnormal if the Lingyuan Sect could gain the upper hand with such special means.

"Could it be that another large-scale demonic disaster is about to befall?"

Previously, Xiao Chen had read ancient books about evil spirits in the Sutra Library and learned about many demonic disasters that had occurred in the past.

Similar things have happened more than once in the Southern Region.
Every once in a while, the power of the demon monks will suddenly increase dramatically, breaking through the blockades of the righteous path and expanding rapidly.

What followed was a human catastrophe

Smaller-scale demonic disasters will be confined to a certain state.

But if it is a large-scale demonic disaster, it will spread to several states or even cover most of the southern region.

The former will eventually be wiped out by the righteous monks from nearby states, and the territory will be redistributed.

As for the latter, there are two outcomes.

The first result is that he will transform himself into the new leader of the righteous path and suppress the rest of the evil cultivators.

When Luo Tian Cult was at its peak, it also launched heavy attacks on other demon cultivators in Lizhou.

Xiao Chen also learned from ancient books that the "Great Method of Bewitching Souls and Gathering Spirits" he picked up in Heyang County that time belonged to the Wenxiang Sect, which was severely suppressed by the Luotian Sect at that time.

The second result is to continue to cause trouble.

Eventually, he met a peerless genius who was born to meet the calamity. He successfully achieved the status of Yuanying Zhenjun and swept across the southern region to eliminate all evil demons and restore order.

Before that, God knows how many innocent people will be harmed by the evil cultivators.

Judging from the current situation, the situation is actually very bad.

Whether it is the Blood-Stirring Pill, the Iron-Bone Pill, or this kind of magic power specifically used to fight against righteous cultivators.

All signs indicate that the Divine Fire Cult is well prepared this time, and a large-scale demonic disaster is inevitable.

And judging from the geographical location and the direction of the invasion of the Divine Fire Sect, Lizhou is definitely involved this time.

This kind of preparedness is also reflected in another thing.

That is, the Eastern Traveler carried with him a piece of intelligence about the old man of the Su family.

This intelligence report is over 60,000 words long and lists almost all of Mr. Su's battle records over the past 100 years.

Especially the spells and talismans used when taking action in public.

Then he clearly stated the five conditions that needed to be prepared in advance if one wanted to hunt down Old Man Su.

In addition to the Soul-Severing Needle used to restrain the tassel-edged brocade handkerchief, and the "Yellow Springs Demon Embryo Method" used to prepare cannon fodder.

There are also nine flags for the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation, as well as the corresponding formation diagram, which are used to break the Su family's defensive formation.

A golden talisman that can break the law can restrain the Su family's secret technique of condensing water into weapons.

A top-grade magical weapon-level muddy water round shield, used to block Grandpa Su's flying fire spear.

"Isn't this a bit too targeted?"

Xiao Chen flipped through his storage bag. Except for the cannon fodder used to block the other Su family cultivators and attract the attention of the Lihuo Gate, the rest of the items were in place.

If Dongfang Xingzhe really took these things to Nanhu, Mr. Su would probably be in great danger.

"Wait, am I being gathered for intelligence too?"

Xiao Chen suddenly thought that as the manager of the Demon-Slaying Hall, he was most likely on the hunting list of the Divine Fire Cult.

You never know when a demon cultivator might come and attack you with all kinds of targeted magical weapons and talismans.

He turned his head and looked at the traces left by the sword formation at the entrance of the cave.

"No, from today on, I have to be more cautious and try not to reveal my cards."

Xiao Chen immediately took out his flying sword and began to carefully and thoroughly clean up the traces of magic he had left behind.

Of course, it is impossible to completely eliminate it, but he can use his already exposed spells to cover the sword energy of the sword formation.

"I should be fine on my side. Not many people have seen me take action and are still alive."

While cleaning up, Xiao Chen was thinking about the information about his strength that had been leaked.

Many people know about the magic fire flag that summons soldiers, the magic gourd that hides fire, and the brocade handkerchief.

The Wind and Thunder Sword and the Ice Sword are both public channels and definitely cannot be hidden.

However, the diagram of the Small Three Talents Sword Formation is still a secret. The Golden Gourd Thunderbolt Hammer, the Flowing Golden Light Bead, and the Lotus Jade Ruyi can all be considered trump cards.

"But these are all offensive magic weapons. We also need a defensive trump card."

Xiao Chen flipped through his storage bag: "Hey, this muddy water round shield seems to be very good."

"As long as I don't tell anyone that I killed the Eastern Walker, no one will know that I took the Muddy Waters Shield."

Then he recalled the spell.

The "Seven Star Sword Technique" that has been used many times must have been exposed. The "Flame Clouds Filling the Sky" that has been practiced in Cuiwei Valley is probably impossible to hide from those who are interested.

Fortunately, no one should know about "Golden Light Across the Earth" and "Mysterious Fire Crow of Luotian".

"Speaking of which, would exchanging the 'Fire Absorption Treasure Scroll' at the Merit Hall be considered an exposure?"
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In theory, only the sect’s foundation-building members can view the exchange status of the Merit Hall.

As long as there are no traitors, there should be no problem.

"I'm afraid I can't believe it."

Xiao Chen thought about it and decided that it would be better to believe this kind of thing.

Of course, this did not affect his practice of the "Fire Absorption Treasure Scroll", but from now on it could only be used as an auxiliary spell to resist fire, and could not be regarded as a trump card.

It took two hours to use the Seven Star Sword Technique to carve the cave inside and out.

Make sure nothing can be seen except the sword techniques.

Only then did Xiao Chen leave the Wan Yao Mountains with satisfaction.

It was thanks to Cao Honghai that he came here on his own, so he didn't have to go elsewhere to investigate later.

Now that we have dealt with the Eastern Traveler and his two minions, we should be able to live a peaceful life from now on.

"Junior Brother Xiao, I'm so glad you're okay!"

Before he got close to the Lihuo Gate, he met Mei Yong who was out searching.

Later, it was learned that on the day he disappeared, many cultivators from the Lihuo Sect, led by the Chen and Liu families, went out to search for his whereabouts.

In order to free up manpower, many bases suspended operations and gave the disciples working there a three-day holiday.

"By the way, where have you been these past two days? Have you found any clues about the demon cultivators?"

After Mei Yong confirmed that he was alright, he immediately became concerned about Dongfang Xingzhe's whereabouts: "Since so many people have been dispatched, it would be best if we could capture this demon in one fell swoop."

"Avenge the monks he killed."

If this had happened before, Xiao Chen might have told the truth so that everyone wouldn't have to work in vain.

But now, of course, he chose to hide the news: "Oh, I saw what the other party wrote on the city wall, so I went to the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains."

"In the end, we didn't find any trace of the demon cultivators there. It seems like this was just a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Mei Yong nodded after hearing this: "That's normal. The demon cultivators are all a bunch of cunning villains."

"In that case, Junior Brother, you can go back to the sect and rest first. I will patrol this area again."

Return to Cuiwei Valley.

Xiao Chen took out the layout diagram of the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation again and studied it carefully.

Setting up a formation is actually a very complicated matter, but fortunately, Eastern Traveler is not actually familiar with formations.

Therefore, he used customized formation flags that had low requirements and were simple and easy to use.

Most of the difficulties have been solved by the formation masters and the weapon refiners who refine the formation flags.

In actual combat, as long as the secondary flags are deployed in advance and the main flags are activated according to the command, the large formation can be easily deployed.

Once you become proficient, this process only takes a quarter of an hour at most.

This practice is actually rare because the cost is quite high.

Not only are the nine formation flags expensive to produce, but each use also requires a thousand spirit stones to activate.

Moreover, as a second-level siege formation, the real Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation can easily trap five or six cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The power of the customized formation flag is only half, not only can it limit two or three people, but it will be damaged after being used for a maximum of five times.

All in all it is very uneconomical.

But Xiao Chen picked up the formation flag for free, so the cost-effectiveness was very high.

Whether you are resting in the wild or ambushing the enemy in a certain area, you can set up the battle formation in advance so that you can have an extra trump card when facing emergencies.

"After I have the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation, I can easily take advantage of the terrain."

The more Xiao Chen looked at it, the more he felt that this formation diagram was a good thing.

Therefore, he spent two days carefully learning how to deploy the secondary flags and how to activate the primary flags. During these two days, the Lihuo Sect searched almost the entire territory.

However, they only captured a few unlucky robbers and did not find any clues about the Eastern Traveler.

The incident in Zhu County could not be covered up in the first place, and now it has been completely spread after the investigation.

For a time, many small families within the Lihuo Sect were in a panic, fearing that they would become the next target.

"The latest news is that the Southern Traveler and the Western Traveler have both appeared in Hezhou."

Chen Zhixuan found Xiao Chen with the information: "The Northern Walker is the only Talisman Master among the Four Walkers who cannot use blood magic."

"We can now confirm that the person who infiltrated this time was the Eastern Traveler."

As he spoke, he also handed over the information: "Alas, I heard that this person is proficient in the Nine Heavens Blood Transformation Technique. I'm afraid there will be no peace from now on."

"Brother Zhixuan, I don't think you need to worry too much."

Xiao Chen consoled him, "Maybe he was frightened and ran away after seeing how ostentatious we were."

Chen Zhixuan shook his head: "Alas, Junior Brother Xiao, you don't know how vicious these demon cultivators are. How could they possibly run away out of fear?"

To be honest, I don’t think it’s that evil.

The pressure from the Eastern Traveler is not as great as that from Lu Wuqiang.

A few days later, it was September.

Xiao Chen was free anyway, so he decided to join in the fun at the Three Sects Joint Competition, and also to cheer for Su Wanqing.

"Brother Mei, has the date for this year's three-sect joint competition been set?"

"Junior Brother Xiao, you can't participate in the competition now, otherwise people will accuse you of bullying the weak."

Mei Yong made a joke before replying, "But this year's competition has been postponed, so it's hard to say right now."

"Postponed?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Did something happen?"

Mei Yong nodded. "I was planning to inform you that the Divine Fire Cult has intensified its offensive against Hezhou. The situation there is not optimistic."

"Right now, Lingyuan Sect is already contacting Cangyan Sect and Sihai Sect to discuss the second batch of reinforcements."

"They've also offered us some pretty good conditions. The specific timeframe should be within ten days or a month."

With the establishment of the Hezhou branch of the Demon-Slaying Temple, Xiao Chen now also understands some of the grievances and hatreds there.

Generally speaking, the relationship between Lingyuan Sect and Qingxiao Sect is very bad, and the two sides have had many conflicts over many issues in the past.

At the same time, there are some territorial disputes with Wanhua Valley.

This is actually normal, after all, these are the three largest sects in Hezhou.

Over hundreds and thousands of years, everyone has had times when they were strong and gained more advantages; everyone has also had times when they were weak and had to give in.

It would be unacceptable if there was no hatred.

So the current situation is that Lingyuan Sect would rather ask for reinforcements from Lizhou than contact the other two sects that are closer.

From the perspective of the fire door, this is a good thing.

Otherwise, where would so many orders for alchemy and refining come from?

However, Xiao Chen was curious: "Will the other two sects also send people to reinforce Lingyuan Sect?"

"Well, how should I say it?"

Mei Yong lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "There is a piece of news that is not confirmed yet, it's just a rumor."

"I heard that Lingyuan Sect is going to give out a rank-breaking elixir as the highest points reward."
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A elixir that breaks through levels!

Xiao Chen's brows jumped when he heard this. This definitely didn't refer to the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the pill used to break through the Golden Elixir stage.

Good heavens, if Lingyuan Sect is really willing to give this up, then he will have to consider fighting for it.

Such an opportunity must not be missed, otherwise who knows when the next one will come.

Soon, rumors began to spread that there were unusual personnel transfers in both the Cang Yan Sect and the Si Hai Sect.

Xiao Chen changed his previous habit and went to the Demon Palace every day to check the latest information.

Others who have the ability to obtain information are also very concerned about the results of this communication.

Only Su Wanqing, who had returned to take care of Linghua, was a little depressed.

The last time she participated in the sect competition, Xiao Chen didn't have time to watch.

This time Xiao Chen had time, and as a result, the joint competition among the three sects was postponed.

Almost ten days of such torment passed.

This morning, Xiao Chen got up early as usual and practiced a big cycle in the yard.

He suddenly felt that he had accumulated enough knowledge to overcome the small bottleneck and break through to the seventh level of foundation building.

"Calculating the time, it should be about time. The foundation of the Heavenly Dao is indeed mysterious."

Xiao Chen felt his dantian was full and in a good mood. He wanted to break through to the late stage of foundation building in one go.

But he quickly realized: "No, at this point in time, should I wait for news from Hezhou before making a breakthrough?"

According to previous experience, you can get a new Hex after breaking through a small bottleneck.

But now he has two more important needs.

If Lingyuan Sect really wants to take out a spiritual pill that can break through the levels, he will have to go to Hezhou to fight for it.

This time you should choose a Hex that maximizes real-time combat power to ensure that you can get the highest points.

And if the previous rumors were false, there was no elixir that could break through the realm.

Then you can consider choosing a development-type Hex to supplement the economy or to strengthen the future.

In short, give it a shake first.

This is called expert operation!

So in the next few days, Xiao Chen deliberately reduced his daily practice time and only practiced one big circulation in the morning and evening to maintain his condition.

I used the extra time to go to the Alchemy Hall, pick out the more expensive pills, take on a few alchemy tasks, and make a small profit of spirit stones.

I waited like this for almost a month.

It was not until September 30th that definite news finally came.

Lingyuan Sect will offer three Zhenyuan Hehui Pills as the highest reward and invite the foundation-building cultivators from Lizhou to go to Hezhou.

Zhenyuan Hehuidan is the elixir that can help foundation-building cultivators break through to the golden elixir stage.

Depending on the age of the monk, the success rate can be increased by half to twenty percent. The older the monk, the lower the success rate.

To achieve the highest success rate, the monk must be under 100 years old.

And considering that this thing has basically nothing to do with ordinary foundation-building cultivators.

Therefore, in order to increase its appeal to ordinary foundation-building cultivators, Lingyuan Sect also sent a list of resources that far exceeded the last time and publicly promoted it throughout Lizhou.

For a while, everyone in Lizhou was discussing the matter heatedly.

A large number of small families built their foundations and also shouted slogans to reinforce Hezhou and eliminate demons and defend the way.

After receiving the news, Lihuomen naturally held a second meeting.

"This time, the time is relatively relaxed. All of you brothers have ten days to consider whether or not to go to Hezhou."

"The specific list of resources will be distributed to everyone later."

Mei Yong was not happy when he said these words, but rather looked a little sad.

As the head of the sect, he needs to consider the normal operation of the entire sect.

A group of foundation-building monks had already been mobilized last time. If more people leave this time, many industries will probably come to a halt.

But to be honest, if it weren't for his duty, he would have wanted to run away to Hezhou himself.

Even if you can't get the elixir that can break through the levels, it is the most difficult one after all and requires the most points.

But you can also consider striving for other good things, such as top-grade magic weapons, or earth-level talisman inheritance.

Another example is the inner elixir of monsters!
That’s right, this time Lingyuan Sect actually gave out six demon beast inner cores.

Which cultivator would not want a good thing that permanently increases the mana limit of the Dantian?
But what Mei Yong needs to do now is to remind everyone in time of the danger of this trip to Hezhou.

"My fellow disciples, the reason I didn't distribute the list today is because there are some more important matters that I need to explain to everyone first."

"Just a month ago, a demonic Jindan launched a surprise attack on Xunmei Mountain."

"Neither of the two fellow Foundation Establishment Daoists who were stationed at Xunmei Mountain survived."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment.

Then he continued, "Half a month ago, Lei Yin Zhenren of Lingyuan Sect fought against Mo Dao Jin Dan."

"The aftermath of the battle between the two sides alone resulted in a fellow Foundation Establishment practitioner not far away who was unable to evacuate in time and was severely injured."

"Although he has been rescued, his foundation has been damaged. He will only be able to stay at the sixth level of foundation building for the rest of his life and will not be able to advance any further."

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Mei Yong recounted a number of cases in one breath, including not only the battles between Jindan Zhenren but also information about the Soul Chasing Shuttle.

The Southern Traveler of the Divine Fire Sect, relying on a Soul-Chasing Shuttle, has hunted down at least eight Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And this is only what was found on the surface. In fact, there are even more people who were killed.

In short, the danger of Hezhou is repeatedly emphasized.

After hearing what he said, many family cultivators hesitated, especially the several supervisors of the Su family.

But what Mei Yong was always concerned about were the several guest elders of the sect.

The five major families would definitely make a decision in the end. In such a major matter, the family's will was the most important thing, and their personal opinions were not important.

Only the guest elders can truly decide whether or not to go.

However, although most of the sect's guests had solemn expressions on their faces, they did not show any fear.

Lingyuan Sect gave too much.

"Not only are there rank-breaking elixirs, but there are also so many inner elixirs."

Xiao Chen returned to Cuiwei Valley, staring at the exchange list in his hand, and fell into deep thought.

To be fair, he doesn't know how to lose when fighting against cultivators of the same level.

And this time, he gave three elixir of breaking through the realm and six inner elixirs.

He was almost 99% sure that he could get these two important supplies at the same time.

But the only problem is, what should you do if you are unlucky and encounter the magic golden elixir?

This is a low-probability event, but Xiao Chen doesn't really want to gamble on luck.

His luck is probably unreliable, and in the end he still has to rely on his strength.

"At this point, it all depends on whether we can pull out a trump card."

He had suppressed his cultivation and waited for more than a month.

The purpose is to give us one more option now.

Xiao Chen decisively took out the last bottle of pure wood essence and swallowed it, and immediately felt the endless wood spiritual power spreading out.

Half an hour later.

He successfully broke through the seventh level of foundation building.

(End of this chapter)