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Chapter 162: Not actively picking up money, there is something wrong with your thinking!
"Phew~!"

A water-blue signal arrow exploded in the air.

The Northern Traveler shot the arrow for help into the air in time before the sword formation blocked the area.

Then he cursed: "Xiao Chen, you despicable, shameless, sinister and despicable villain!"

"Fuck you!"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "Look at you, you are anxious again."

"You can't even accept this little setback. How fragile must you be mentally?"

Upon hearing this, the Northern Traveler's face turned red, he felt aggrieved and angry, and he wished he could kill Xiao Chen with his eyes.

Long before this large-scale invasion, the Western Walker, the leader of the Four Great Walkers, specifically emphasized that no one was allowed to go to Qingyang to cause trouble for Xiao Chen.

Prioritize the arrangement of the Nine Directions and Nine Heavens Demon Transformation Formation, and try to avoid any changes that may affect the sect's plans.

But in fact, the Northern Traveler didn’t think so.

In the past month, rumors about Xiao Chen have spread almost everywhere in Hezhou.

Starting from the first one in the monthly report, there was the Wind and Thunder Swords worth 110,000 spirit stones, which made countless people envious.

Then the story of Xianghefang City killing the foundation-building master with one sword sparked a lot of discussion among the people.

Then the Black Flame Mountains were robbed, and Xiao Chen solved the problem of the White Bone Sect's foundation building.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the most popular.

As we all know, the best way to become famous overnight is to get rid of the most popular person and use him as a stepping stone.

The Northern Traveler had seen information about Xiao Chen and claimed to be far superior to him.

Especially this time, with the advantage of the Soul-Severing Needle, the gap can be greatly widened.

I originally thought that since I was busy setting up the formation this time, I would have to wait until next time.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen actually delivered himself to the door.

The Northern Traveler was very surprised when he saw him appear for the first time.

Relying on the presence of the God of Water, they were about to engage in a group fight.

But he never expected that Xiao Chen had actually prepared a golden talisman in advance to specifically counter the method of controlling spirits.

What's even more outrageous is that ordinary golden light talismans that can break the law cannot target a spirit of the level of Linshui God General.

But Xiao Chen's talisman seemed to have undergone special strengthening.

The moment the golden light shone, it directly dissolved his Water God General.

That’s fine, after all, without the spirit control, the Northern Traveler still has the water magic that he is proud of.

However, the next moment, he saw Xiao Chen take out three top-grade magical flying swords in succession, and then unfolded a sword formation with his backhand.

There was no mention of this in the intelligence!

If his reaction had been even a fraction slower, he probably wouldn't have had time to use the arrow for help.

Then the Northern Traveler discovered in despair that the attack of this sword formation was extremely fierce, and he could not break out by his own strength.

Xiao Chen didn't fight with him at all, he just relied on his advantages in talismans and magic weapons to suppress him.

Such behavior suddenly reminded the Northern Traveler of the past that he did not want to recall.

At that time, he had clearly reached the great perfection of Qi Refining, but because he was a casual cultivator and had no background, he was bullied by the disciples of Yingyue Xianzong who were only in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

He had fought back hard at that time, but the other party didn't fight him at all.

Relying on the magic weapon in his hand, he beat him half to death.

The scene at this moment made him feel like he was back to the beginning.

How could he not feel aggrieved when he had all the water magic skills but no chance to use them?

For a moment, in the eyes of the Northern Traveler, Xiao Chen's figure overlapped with the disciple of the Yingyue Immortal Sect.

He couldn't help but burst into cursing.

But scolding alone won’t solve the problem. After calming down, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

"The Law-Breaking Golden Light Talisman was sold out a year ago. Where on earth did you get it from?"

The Northern Traveler questioned harshly while using the water-surrounded basalt shield for defense.

This enhanced version of the talisman requires a special spiritual material to make, which can only be produced in the Eastern Region.

Logically speaking, even if Hezhou had any stock, it should have expired long ago.

Xiao Chen shook his head: "I guess you don't want to know the answer."

This thing came from Dongfang Xingzhe and was originally used to deal with the Su family's formation.

In order to achieve the best effect, the Eastern Traveler brought the most effective talisman he could get.

As it turned out, this thing was really useful, and it immediately made the Northern Traveler anxious.

"Xiao Chen, I will make all your relatives and friends pay the price for what you did today!"

Seeing that the attack of the Small Three Talents Sword Formation was becoming more and more fierce, even the top-grade magical weapon-level Water-Ringing Black Tortoise Shield could not withstand it.

The Northern Traveler finally gritted his teeth and activated his life-saving trump card.

Not far away, the water that fell on the ground after the Cold Water God melted suddenly began to surge and quickly condensed into a human figure.

At the same time, a large amount of water splashed on the Northern Traveler in the sword formation.

When the water splashed down, he actually appeared directly at the location of the water mark, and only a ball of flowing water was left in the Small Three Talents Sword Formation.

"Pfft~!"

The Northern Traveler suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his breath became turbulent.

But he didn't bother to wipe it, and hurriedly took out two secret talismans from the storage bag and threw them out.

"Yellow Spring Secret Technique: Mountain Guarding!"

The two secret symbols immediately transformed into the shape of two small hills, pressing directly above the sword formation.

For a moment, the three flying swords could no longer be used.

After dealing with the threat of the Small Three Talents Sword Formation, the Northern Traveler finally had time to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He raised his head and stared at Xiao Chen with a resentful look: "You didn't expect that I could get out of the sword formation."

"The thing I hate most in my life is you rubbish using magic tools to pretend to be good with me."

"Now that you don't have those three flying swords, how do you want to die?"

Pretending?

Xiao Chen didn't quite understand what he was talking about.

But this did not prevent him from taking out the Golden Gourd Thunderbolt Hammer, the Flowing Golden Light Bead, the Lotus Jade Ruyi and the Snake Bone Spear.

As he took out different top-grade magical weapons one after another, the Northern Traveler's face changed again and again, and finally turned crimson purple like sauerkraut that had been fermented for dozens of days.

This is a top-grade magic weapon, not cabbage.

How could Xiao Chen take out so many items at once?

But there was no time to think about it now. Seeing the golden ball rising into the air, the Northern Traveler hurriedly took the initiative to attack.

Once all these magical weapons are deployed, he will have absolutely no chance of winning.

But fortunately, there was no sword formation blocking the way, so the Soul-Severing Needle had room to work.

Before Lingyuan Sect released its countermeasures, he had an absolute advantage over all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the righteous path.

"Blood Sacrifice Secret Technique: Soul Severing!"

A red light shot out from his hand and pointed directly at Xiao Chen's forehead.

As expected, the tasseled handkerchief was penetrated, and the golden armor was broken on the spot.

But under the expectant eyes of the Northern Traveler, Xiao Chen raised his right hand slightly, and gently pinched the Soul-Severing Needle between his index and middle fingers, firmly clamping it on his fingertips.

"Such little tricks are useless to me."
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Xiao Chen exerted a little force, and with a "bang", the Soul-Severing Needle broke into two pieces on the spot.

The Northern Traveler was immediately scared to death. Without the Soul-Severing Needle, he had no chance of winning.

He quickly rushed to the southwest, trying to escape, and at the same time threw out three talismans in an attempt to block the pursuit.

But this is just a futile struggle.

"fall!"

Xiao Chen waved his hand, and a golden bead immediately fell on his head.

The Northern Traveler raised the water-surrounded basalt shield to block the orb.

Unexpectedly, he saw a flash of white light, and then it turned into a big snake, biting directly into his spiritual shield.

"go with!"

Xiao Chen waved his hand again, and the Lotus Jade Ruyi immediately hit the opponent's back of the head.

"No!"

After a scream, the Northern Traveler was shot dead on the spot.

The Water-Ringing Basalt Shield, which had lost its owner, flashed a few times and shrank directly into a small shield six inches long.

"Oh!"

Xiao Chen flew over in surprise and put away the snake bone spear: "It really is a good treasure."

With this snake bone spear, he can directly restrict the opponent's defensive shield during a fight.

Isn't this a disguised form of the "Soul-Severing Needle"?

Moreover, in the past, when fighting against the enemy, you always had to destroy the enemy's defensive weapons first before you could kill them.

After the fight, both the magic shield and the robes were turned into a pile of fragments.

It’s different now, he can get an extra piece of loot.

This water-ringed basalt shield is a top-grade magic weapon. According to the current market price, this spiritual shield alone is worth at least 20,000 spirit stones.

Xiao Chen put away the storage bag and retrieved the flying sword from the invalid talisman.

Then he cleaned up the battlefield again patiently and carefully.

It’s still the same idea, disguise yourself well and try not to reveal your cards as much as possible.

However, during the cleaning process, Xiao Chen unexpectedly discovered that the Northern Traveler did not just find a random place to meditate.

There were traces of magic under the pine tree where the other party was first discovered.

"Wow, what a huge formation."

Xiao Chen tried to dig it up and saw a six-foot square array plate buried underground.

Not only that, there are a full one hundred spirit stones inlaid on the array plate.

He looked at it a little unfamiliarly and casually pulled out a piece: "Hey, it's actually a mid-grade spirit stone?"

This thing is not very common whether in Lizhou or Hezhou.

Only a small number of children from wealthy families use it, and most of them use it to show off their status.

One reason is that mid-grade spirit stones are too expensive, and many things are not worth even a hundred spirit stones.

Even if there are expensive items, the prices are almost never a hundred, and most of the time there will be bargaining, so every penny saved is a penny earned.

In the case of having a storage bag, it is actually more convenient for cultivators to trade with each other than carrying low-grade spirit stones.

The second reason is that mid-grade spirit stones can themselves be considered a strategic material.

It is said that there are quite a few third-order formations, especially some that can threaten Jindan Zhenren.

In order to pursue higher explosive power, the demand for spirit stones is more stringent, and it must be driven by medium-grade spirit stones.

The reason why mid-grade spirit stones are not monopolized is that they are produced in different places, making them difficult to obtain.

"Is this considered a windfall?"

Xiao Chen directly pulled out all 100 medium-grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to obtaining 10,000 low-grade spirit stones.

He then removed the array disc from the array base. Generally speaking, it was difficult to dismantle an installed array disc, and it would be easy to damage it if one was not a array master.

However, Xiao Chen had a good idea, which was to use a flying sword to dig out the entire formation plate and the formation base.

Of course, doing this will destroy the formation, but that's right, it's what we are destroying.

The formation left behind by the Northern Traveler is definitely not a good thing.

"There should be more than one such thing."

Xiao Chen finished the formation plate and started to think about the remaining mid-grade spirit stones.

"If we can find the formation diagram, we should be able to find the locations of the remaining formation plates."

Thinking of this, he directly picked up the Northern Traveler's storage bag and began to refine it on the spot.

"There really are some left?"

Xiao Chen scanned with his spiritual sense and found that there were still one hundred medium-grade spirit stones in the storage bag.

In addition, the Northern Traveler also carried with him a total of 13,229 low-grade spirit stones.

Nine thousand of them were packed into three identical large boxes, which looked as if they were directly looted from a spiritual vein warehouse.

Several more secret books followed.

These include "Blood Refining Divine Art", "Blood Sacrifice Secret Art: Soul-Severing Needle", and a book hidden in a storage box called "Nine Secrets of Huangquan: The God of Cold Water".

"Yellow Spring Road again?"

Xiao Chen took a quick look at it. Although there was no direct connection, the layout style was almost identical to the Immortal Binding Rope.

I don’t know how many secret techniques are left behind in this Yellow Springs Road.

To the extent that several demonic sects are using the Huangquan secret method, and the more powerful the demon cultivator is, the more he seems to like to practice the Huangquan secret method as a trump card.

The rest are some earth-level spells, which are not very interesting.

There are also some unimportant spare magic tools and sundries, which are probably worth more than 3,000 spirit stones.

In addition, there are three other things that are more valuable.

The first is a bottle of "Red Snake Fire Marrow".

This is a special third-level spiritual object. It looks like spiritual liquid. If you gently shake the special jade bottle, you can see it flowing.

But in fact, the whole bottle is just a drop of fire marrow.

If a cultivator is well prepared and can resist the invasion of fire and the refining of his body by lava, he can directly swallow the Red Snake Fire Marrow.

In the next twelve hours, the control over fire spiritual power will be greatly enhanced.

Practicing fire spells of no more than level three can increase the efficiency by at least ten times.

Moreover, for every lower level of spell practiced, the amplification effect will at least double.

"Donghe?"

Xiao Chen unexpectedly saw a signature and a pattern of flowers surrounding the moon from the bottom of the jade bottle.

If he remembered correctly, there was a Donghe County about 130 miles away.

Moreover, according to the records in the book "Hezhou Travel Notes", most of the local shops have signs with flowers surrounding the moon.

It means that they belong to the only foundation-building family in Donghe County - the Yan family.

If nothing unexpected happens, this thing should come from the Yan family.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the Yan family's ancestors were definitely wealthy."

Xiao Chen put away the Red Snake Fire Marrow and couldn't help but smack his lips.

According to his experience in Lihuomen, all third-level spiritual objects that appeared in the territory were the private property of the Jindan Zhenren, and no one else could get a single cent.

The Yan family must have been very powerful to possess this drop of fire marrow.

But in the end, he still couldn't survive this demonic disaster, which is really sad.

The second is a pair of Bu Tian Zhi, which are relatively special wood-type spiritual herbs among the second-level spiritual herbs.

Using it as the main medicine, it can be used to refine Bu Tian Yi Shou Pills.

Taking it for the first time can extend the life of a foundation-building cultivator by three years, and the effect is not particularly strong among similar products.

But the advantage of Butian Yishou Pills is that it is one of the very few elixirs that can be effective multiple times.

It can be taken three times in total, and the last two times can extend life by two years and one year respectively, for a total of six years.

Xiao Chen had seen this recipe in Elder Chen's book on alchemy.

"One furnace produces six pills. Buy one, get one free and you'll get six more. That makes twelve elixirs."

"Even if one is only sold for a thousand spirit stones, it can still be sold for more than ten thousand spirit stones."

If this pair of Bu Tian Zhi is used properly, it will be worth at least 20,000 spirit stones.

Xiao Chen did some mental calculations and felt that he had become rich overnight.

Even if we put aside the inestimable value of the Red Snake Fire Marrow, the remaining things added up to an income of more than 65,000 spirit stones.

"Since the Northern Walker is so fat, the other two shouldn't be too bad, right?"

Although the Eastern Traveler is definitely not coming, the Western Traveler and the Southern Traveler have been confirmed to have appeared.

Xiao Chen's requirements were not high, as long as they could be about the same as the Northern Travelers.

"Then if I catch the other two, wouldn't that mean I still have a chance to get 130,000 spirit stones?"

hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a breath of cold air.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of mission to eliminate demons and defend the way.

The feeling was so strong that it urged him to quickly find the other two people to withdraw the money.

"Huh, calm down, let's study this map first."

The last thing was a newest situation map and a formation plate that had not been used yet.

It can be clearly seen in the map that Qingyang County is painted red, the planned control area is painted blue, and there are dense markings.

The most conspicuous ones are the six special locations marked in purple.

One of them is Dusongling where Xiao Chen is now.

Xiao Chen used his magic power to transform into dotted lines, connecting the six locations together, and found that they formed a convex hexagon.

And the protruding corner is facing the direction of Luoyan Mountain.

Obviously, this is a formation related to the front line.

Of course, it doesn’t really matter whether there is a formation or not.

The most important point is that these six points should each have a formation plate.

"This isn't a situation map at all, it's a fucking treasure map."

Xiao Chen was shocked and immediately set off towards the nearest southwest direction, ready to dig out the remaining 400 medium-grade spirit stones.

If you are not proactive in picking up money, there is something wrong with your thinking!
At the same time, various actions of the Divine Fire Sect were also being carried out in full swing.

In the Wanhua Valley thousands of miles away.

A chilly wind blows, and several branches of red plum blossoms bloom.

However, the many female cultivators coming and going had no time to watch, but gathered at the valley entrance with nervous expressions.

Zhenren Yaohua stood on a huge rock, letting the cold wind blow on his face, slightly absent-minded.

The situation in Lingyuan Sect collapsed too quickly, which was not in the interests of Wanhua Valley.

What she wanted to see was that Lingyuan Sect's vitality was weakened, but she didn't want to see Lingyuan Sect really be severely damaged.

The actions of the Divine Fire Cult this time were obviously too extreme, so Wanhua Valley could no longer sit idly by.

But at this moment, a white cloud in the sky suddenly turned black rapidly, and then heavy rain poured down.

Bean-sized raindrops hit the top of the mountain, and immediately there was a loud "boom" sound.

An indigo light curtain immediately rose up, covering the monks of Wanhua Valley below.

However, the continuous falling raindrops made the protective formation shaky.

The only exception is Yaohua Zhenren standing on the boulder.

She didn't move, but all the raindrops that approached her quickly evaporated into water vapor.

"Who are you, the scoundrel, to dare to come and act so recklessly in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers?"

Zhenren Yaoqin flew out of the valley, took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and threw it out.

The jade bracelet immediately floated towards the clouds above, and then burst into flames that shot up into the sky, burning the entire cloud layer to ashes, revealing a beautiful woman in a red robe hiding in the clouds.

Seeing that she was discovered, she was not panicked at all. Instead, she smiled and said, "After not seeing you for many years, Junior Sister Yaoqin is still as irritable as ever."

"You should learn from your senior sister, who can always keep her composure."

Yaoqin Zhenren immediately glared at him: "It's you, traitor! How dare you come back?"

She recognized at a glance that the enchanting demon cultivator in front of her was her second senior sister Yao Shang who had rebelled against Wanhua Valley.

"Junior sister, it's been a hundred years since you last set foot in Hezhou, right?"

A flash of reminiscence flashed across Master Yaohua's eyes. Without dwelling too much on the other person's identity, he asked directly, "Why did you suddenly come back today?"

"Humph, what's the point of talking to a traitor like her?"

Master Yaoqin directly drew out her flying sword and looked ready to take action.

"Alas, we haven't seen each other for many years. Today we finally meet again. Why would you draw a sword against me, Junior Sister?"

Yaoshang Zhenren untied a colorful ribbon from her waist and stretched out her hand, which turned into a wide stall.

Then he casually lay down on his side and said, "The sun is shining brightly today. Why don't the three of us enjoy the plum blossoms and drink some wine? That would be a pleasure, wouldn't it?"

"If we really fight, Junior Sister may not be able to hurt me."

As her voice fell.

Waves of pressure from the middle stage of the Golden Core realm erupted unrestrainedly.

The many disciples of Wanhua Valley below felt a tightness in their chests and seemed to be having difficulty breathing even though they were separated by a defensive formation.

Yao Hua Zhenren immediately understood why the other party chose to appear at this time.

This is clearly to stop them and lend a helping hand to Lingyuan Sect.

The current situation in Wanhua Valley is extremely special.

Currently, the only Jindan fighters who can act normally are herself and Yaoqin Zhenren, who is in the early Jindan stage.

Under the original circumstances, with the sect protection formation in place, even if there was some difference in cultivation, it would not be a problem to hold on.

But the other party also came from Wanhua Valley, so maybe he had some means to break the formation.

Now that True Person Yaoshang appears here, she can restrain the two of them by herself.

However, things like containment are always two-way.

Although they could not go to Luoyan Mountain, on the other hand, Yaochang Zhenren was also restrained and could not go to Luoyan Mountain either.

It also indirectly helped Lingyuan Sect to reduce the frontal pressure.

Compared to risking one's life to fight against the Demon Cult's Golden Elixir, this kind of mutual restriction is actually quite good.

For the Jindan Zhenren, the war has just begun, and no one knows what cards the opponent has in his hands.

Especially the demon cultivators always have some strange and mysterious techniques that are hard to guard against.

The best approach, of course, is to wait for the other companions to force out the opponent's trump cards, and then counter them accordingly, which is safer.

Thinking of this, Master Yaohua reached out to stop Master Yaoqin: "Junior sister, don't be impulsive."

"It's so hard to meet again, and I have something to talk to Junior Sister Yaoshang about."

(End of this chapter)