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Chapter 174: Obtaining the Flowing Cloud Dew and Comprehending the Mystery of Yin and Yang

Five quarters of an hour had passed since the Tochiyama Cloud Chasing Tour began.

Ye Fei felt a lot of pressure.

So far, he hasn't seen any clouds.

Time passes by minute by minute, which means that the remaining clouds in front will become fewer and fewer.

But what made him even more anxious was that based on his experience from past competitions, he was already at least three flowing clouds behind the Wind Walker in front of him.

This made him sigh: "Hezhou is indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers."

Originally, Ye Fei thought that the combination of talismans and escape techniques he had developed would allow him to shine in the competition.

At worst, we won't be far behind.

I never expected that I would be taught a good lesson today.

As it stands now, there is no hope of competing for the first place. It all depends on whether you can get one or two flowing clouds and not return empty-handed.

As he thought this, he turned his head and looked to his right.

On Ye Fei's right was another person dressed in white, with a round jade pendant under his feet.

It was Ning Haochen, the current chief disciple of Lingyuan Sect.

Originally, he was one of the favorites to win the championship, but now he could only rely on the advantage of magic weapons to barely follow Ye Fei.

So far, nothing has been found.

Ning Haochen's current psychological pressure is actually greater than Ye Fei's.

You know, in the eyes of outsiders, he is the representative of the younger generation of Lingyuan Sect.

From the moment he entered the competition, his performance was closely tied to Lingyuan Sect.

If he fails to get even a floating cloud in this competition, not only will he lose face, but Lingyuan Sect will also be embarrassed.

In fact, as the chief disciple, Ning Haochen practiced the escape technique which was the top inheritance of Lingyuan Sect, and he also received guidance from several elders.

Except that the time is still short and he has only reached the level of proficiency, he is not inferior to others in other aspects.

But he never expected that Tafeng Sanren, who had been in seclusion for fifty years, would choose to come out this year.

And this time, he actually demonstrated such a huge breakthrough.

Maybe this competition will create a new historical record.

By then, all of them will become supporting roles to set off Tafeng Sanren.

However, the situation for the Wind Walker in front of them was not as easy as they thought.

He clearly didn't notice anyone surpassing him from the beginning to the end, but he couldn't even catch up with a single cloud.

Instead, he now looked confused, not sure if something unexpected had happened.

Could it be that he had been in seclusion for too long and flew in the wrong direction?
Or did Lishan Zhuyun change the rules and he happened not to receive the notification?

As for the monks in the second echelon behind, they didn’t think so much.

I just feel that there are too many masters this time, and I guess I will have to run as a runner-up again. I don’t know when I can compete for a flowing cloud and get a ranking.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Windwalker still got nothing.

Just as he was becoming more and more self-doubting, he saw a slow sword light moving back in front of him.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Xiao Chen!
Although he had never met him before, Tafeng Sanren still recognized him as one of the contestants in this competition.

Before the competition, he learned from his old friends about the newly emerged cultivators such as Xiao Chen and Ye Fei.

But the question is, how come Xiao Chen is in front of him?

He hurriedly stopped and asked, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, where are you going?"

In fact, Tafeng Sanren already had a vague answer in his heart.

But he deliberately didn't think too much about it until he heard the answer with his own ears.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Tafeng. I'm grateful for your kindness this time."

Xiao Chen smiled and bowed: "This competition is over, fellow Daoist, you can return."

These light words sounded like thunder in the ears of Tafeng Sanren.

The competition is over!
He has always said this to others since his first competition sixty years ago.

Unexpectedly, he had become a listener today and realized that these words seemed a bit harsh.

He originally thought that this retreat would help him to perfect the art of wind escape, and after coming out he would be the best in Hezhou and crush the other foundation-building cultivators.

Who knew that the next day after coming out of the customs, he would be crushed by others.

The new generation replaces the old one.

Tafeng Sanren suddenly realized that he was already an "old man" who was over a hundred years old.

The glory of ten consecutive victories is still fresh in our minds, but that was fifty years ago. Now it is the time of young people.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Xiao."

Soon, they met Ye Fei and Ning Haochen.

When they learned that Zhu Yun was over, their eyes widened.

So fast?
Ye Fei felt a little confused, and there was a hint of confusion in his eyes when he looked at Xiao Chen.

It is no exaggeration to say that his progress in various aspects of cultivation over the past year is equivalent to that of others in ten or twenty years.

Battles with demons, adventures and opportunities one after another.

He was able to quickly transform from a newcomer who had just entered the foundation-building stage to a genius who was now famous in Hezhou and surpassed those who had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage.

However, if he made great progress, Xiao Chen made rapid progress.

Not only was he so strong that even he found it difficult to catch up, but he also seemed to always be one step ahead of him.

Ye Fei really couldn't figure out how Xiao Chen practiced.

But he secretly suspected that in addition to his good comprehension, the other party actually possessed some very rare Dharma body.

It is even possible that he possesses the legendary hidden spirit.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Xiao Chen is so powerful.

As for Ning Haochen, after the initial surprise, he felt a little relieved.

Even before Xiao Chen participated in the competition, his reputation as the Killer Star had already spread throughout Hezhou.

The impact of being defeated by him is not that great.

Moreover, the veteran Tafeng, who once won ten consecutive victories, was completely defeated this time.

Ning Haochen is a junior, so it is reasonable for him to lose when facing a fake pill cultivator that is rarely seen in a century, right?

If anyone thinks it is unreasonable, let him go and practice with Xiao Chen in person.

Most of the other monks along the way had similar ideas.

The group returned to the top of Mount Lishan together, but Yao Dehai, who was in charge of the meeting, was confused.

According to past experience, the competition should take at least half an hour to end.

Why did you all come back early?

Is something wrong?
As a result, Yao Dehai saw that only Xiao Chen came to him and handed over two jade bottles of different colors.

One of them looked full, and the flowing clouds inside were squeezed to the point of melting into liquid.

Yao Dehai subconsciously asked, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, did you collect all this by yourself?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, the twelve flowing clouds are all here."

"Your bottle is too small, so I added one of my own."

The elders around looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
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Xiao Chen took down all twelve flowing clouds by himself!

The news spread to the surrounding area at the fastest speed.

All the cultivators watching around Lishan, whether they were in the foundation-building stage or the Qi-refining stage, suddenly became excited.

An unprecedented record was set today.

All of them present were witnesses.

"My goodness, he is indeed worthy of being called Senior Fake Dan. He is truly different."

"Wow, Senior Xiao actually took down all of Liuyun by himself. In the past thousands of years, no one has ever been able to do such a thing."

"In the past? No one in the future will be able to surpass this record."

Han Ziyan listened to the discussions of the people around her and immediately put an end to the encirclement and killing plan that had just sprouted in her mind not long ago.

The fake Dan monk is so terrifying.

No wonder the master gave the task of seduction, because facing a peerless genius like Xiao Chen, cultivators of the same level are simply no match for him.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by numbers.

Even if one gathered a hundred great perfections of the foundation building, they would not be able to catch the opponent due to the huge gap in escape techniques.

But the question is, how should she complete the task?

The more powerful Xiao Chen appeared, the more worried Han Ziyan became.

However, Qiu Qichen had the exact opposite idea to hers.

The more powerful Xiao Chen performs, the more secure the next action will be, and the happier Qiu Qichen will be.

If the situation did not allow it, he would like to see the intact turtle egg tomorrow.

Under the chairmanship of Yao Dehai, a ceremony as grand as possible was held on the scene to celebrate Xiao Chen becoming the first place in this competition.

There are twelve drops of flowing cloud dew in total.

Apart from the two drops given to the first-place Qi-refining cultivator and the other one sent to True Man Leiyin as usual.

The remaining ten drops all fell into Xiao Chen's hands.

This immediately triggered another round of congratulations.

On the way back, he stopped by the Good Luck Casino and took back 12,000 spirit stones, including the principal and interest.

Chang Shunping also successfully retrieved 7,200 spirit stones, making a net profit of 1,200.

He immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be even happier than Xiao Chen.

Return to Yuanci Peak.

Xiao Chen immediately tried to refine a drop of the newly acquired Flowing Cloud Dew.

However, he did not feel the strange feeling he had imagined. It seemed that he had only taken a drop of spiritual liquid rich in spiritual energy.

This is a bit strange. Isn't it said that Liuyunlu has the effect of enhancing escape techniques?
I ran to the foot of the mountain and circled around Yuanci Peak.

However, Xiao Chen did not notice any changes in his escape speed.

"Hey, what's going on? Is it too little?"

He tried to refine a few more drops.

This time, I finally felt clearly that my escape speed had increased a little.

"If I use all ten drops of Flowing Cloud Dew at this rate, I can increase my speed by about half a percentage."

The gain was slightly less than what Xiao Chen expected, but it was actually a huge improvement.

If you are chasing or being chased, this half-percent difference may mean the difference between life and death.

Unfortunately, nine drops of Liuyunlu is the limit and cannot be added indefinitely.

But then again, if the effect was really significant or there were no restrictions, it would have been monopolized by the Lingyuan Sect long ago.

How could it be his turn as a monk from Lizhou?

This can be considered a disguised form of blessing and disaster.

The next day at 3:30 AM.

Qiu Qichen and two elders of the Qiu family were waiting at the foot of Yuanci Peak early.

Soon, two other cultivators who had reached the great perfection of foundation building were seen arriving one after another.

When Xiao Chen came down the mountain on time, he found that he was the only one missing.

"I practiced for a while this morning. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." Without waiting for Qiu Qichen's response, the other two immediately bowed in greeting.

"It's okay, it's okay. We just arrived."

"Fellow Daoist Xiao has been practicing so hard since early in the morning. No wonder he has achieved what he has today."

Their reaction was completely different from when they faced the Qiu family before.

Qiu Qichen was stunned.

After a moment of hesitation, he introduced the two people's origins to Xiao Chen.

It turns out that these two people are Qi Xingwen from the Qi family in Nansong County, and Song Jingyi, who was born as a casual cultivator and now serves as a guest elder in Lingyuan Sect.

The former is an expert in raising spirit beasts, and he is also the one who is responsible for judging the quality of the spirit turtle eggs.

The latter specializes in studying monsters and is responsible for guiding the route of action to avoid encountering Jindan monsters.

Both of them are basically indispensable, and the operation will be difficult without either of them.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Qi. I saw the flying handkerchief you used at Mount Tochi yesterday. It was quite mysterious."

Xiao Chen had seen him yesterday, and he was at the top of the third tier.

Since flying with the imperial handkerchief is relatively rare, I took a closer look at it.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao is too polite."

Qi Xingwen immediately waved his hand: "It's just a trifle, nothing compared to your masterful Golden Escape Technique."

Xiao Chen looked at Song Jingyi again: "Since Fellow Daoist Song is an old hand at studying monster beasts, I'll be grateful to Fellow Daoist for leading the way in and out of the Myriad Monster Mountains this time."

"To be honest, I don't know much about the habits of this high-level monster."

"If Fellow Daoist Song doesn't mind the trouble, I'd like to take this opportunity to ask for your advice."

Song Jingyi immediately agreed: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, you are too polite. I just have a little skill."

"It's really not a question of asking for advice."

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

The two of them cooperated very well, and the scene looked like a meeting of old friends who had not seen each other for many years. It was very harmonious.

"In that case, let's set off first."

Seeing that it was already the morning hour, Xiao Chen immediately suggested, "It's better to go earlier and come back earlier."

The two responded immediately and said goodbye to Qiu Qichen together.

It transformed into three beams of light and flew away to the north side by side.

Soon they arrived at the outskirts of the Wan Yao Mountains, then pressed the escape light and started walking.

To avoid the monsters along the way as much as possible.

As they continued to go deeper, Song Jingyi also walked to the front and slowed down again.

From time to time, he uses different spells to sense the surrounding situation.

The focus is on investigating whether there is any golden elixir monster passing by nearby and the breath left behind.

This is the biggest difficulty they face on this trip.

When Xiao Chen was looking through ancient books in the Sutra Library, he saw a lot of information related to the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains.

From the outskirts of the mountain range to the center, the number of various monsters increased sharply.

The deeper you go into the Wan Yao Mountains, the more likely you are to encounter Jindan monsters.

Fortunately, most of these Jindan monsters have their own territories.

Theoretically, you can sneak in along the edge of the territory of the two Jindan monsters.

But on the one hand, this edge is rather blurry most of the time.

It requires rich experience or sophisticated spells to help make judgments.

Secondly, we must also prevent unruly Jindan monsters from visiting everywhere, or Jindan monsters that are full and feel full from patrolling along the edge.

Especially the ones with wings, their eyesight is very good.

The spirit-repelling incense that Xiao Chen and the others carried with them could only help block the spiritual consciousness of the monsters, but could not affect their eyes.

Once caught, there is basically no chance of survival.
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"Something's wrong, let's hide first."

Song Jingyi frowned and dug a hole on the spot, while also sprinkling spiritual liquid around.

These spiritual liquids are his family secret recipe, which can effectively block the spread of the monk's breath.

After all, in addition to eyes, some monsters also have very sensitive noses.

The key issue is that we don’t know what we will encounter, because the Jindan territory in the Wan Yao Mountains is not completely static.

Or sometimes some Jindan monsters will just run around everywhere.

Xiao Chen lowered his voice and asked, "Have we entered the territory of the Jindan monster?"

They had only traveled about 17,000 miles, so they should still be on the outskirts.

Song Jingyi shook his head: "Not yet, but the reaction of the spell is a little bit strange."

"We'd better wait here."

He was a little unsure, but at a time like this he would rather waste some time than take the risk outside.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen also hid obediently in the pit, closing his eyes and comprehending the secret of "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi".

This was the seventh time they had dodged since they set out.

And it is expected that there will be more to come.

About an hour later, a porcupine in the late stage of foundation building passed by and even looked at the extra mound on the ground in surprise.

But he didn't pay much attention to it, and just left in a swagger.

"So that's it. It's alright then. Let's go."

Song Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief, took out some more Breath-Resistant Spiritual Liquid, and sprinkled a few drops on each of the three of them.

This was his seventh misjudgment, but he seemed to have gotten used to it.

As Xiao Chen walked, he recalled the porcupine that had just passed by.

If I remember correctly, the thorns on its back are one of the best materials for magical weapons and are sold at a very high price.

It’s a pity that this is the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range, otherwise he really wants to earn some spirit stones.

By stopping and starting like this, they advanced another ten thousand miles.

Finally, in front of a large broken rock, Song Jingyi lay on it with a serious face and observed it for a while.

Then he turned around and said, "We're here. This is the trace left by the golden eagle. It's probably no more than two years old."

Before coming, Xiao Chen knew that they would have to pass through the territory of three Jindan monsters.

The first one is a golden eagle. It seems that it is still the owner of this territory.

In order to avoid its patrol, the three of them hid in the cave during the day.

If you can't find one, dig one yourself and cover it with the vine net prepared in the storage bag as a disguise.

They only traveled between midnight and 3 a.m., and stayed as close to the edge of the territory as possible, even taking an extra 1,300 miles to do so.

Xiao Chen tried hard to remember the future route so that if anything unexpected happened, he would not be trapped here.

The second golden elixir monster was a black-eyed bear.

They usually like to come out to look for food after three quarters past midnight and go back to sleep after the sun rises.

Under Song Jingyi's command, the three of them would find a swamp or sandy area and bury themselves in it before sunset every day.

It was not until the next day at 9:00 am when the sun was shining brightly that they climbed out and continued on their journey.

The last golden elixir monster was a purple crystal python.

Due to its huge size, it is easy to find the tracks it left on the ground.

"Fortunately, the intelligence is accurate enough this time."

Song Jingyi relaxed a little as usual: "Amethyst Python likes to hide in the woods. If we avoid places with many trees, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"We will set out on the journey at noon every day, and hide on the mountain top the rest of the time."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen asked, "Is the time so short this time?"

If you only walk for an hour a day, it will probably take ten days to walk this short distance.

Song Jingyi explained in a low voice: "The Purple Crystal Python will also come out during the day, although the time is usually short, but the speed of the Golden Core Monster is too fast."

"If we wait until it makes a move before hiding, it will probably be too late."

In summary, you can only travel at noon because accidents are more likely to happen in the morning and evening.

Well, safety comes first after all.

Since he only traveled at noon every day, Xiao Chen had a rare chance to have some free time.

In the past few days, he had already pondered "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi" dozens of times.

Fortunately, in addition to the mental method, he also had the Yin-Yang Fish Compass and the Wind and Thunder Swords to help him comprehend.

Coincidentally.

Perhaps it was because of the concentrated meditation during this period, perhaps it was because of the reversal of day and night these days, or perhaps these things were originally related.

Anyway, after ten days, he was able to vaguely sense some mysteries of yin and yang by comparing his mental method.

But unfortunately, it is like looking at the moon in the water or flowers in the fog. It is never clear and you only get a vague feeling.

Xiao Chen felt that all he needed was an opportunity to break through this layer of window paper.

All in all, he benefited a lot from these ten days of precipitation.

If one can successfully gain even a little bit of understanding of the Tao, it can be used in any realm in the future.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, Fellow Daoist Qi, we are most likely safe now."

Song Jingyi repeated the spell three times before giving a conservative result.

They were now at the top of a small hill, with a small valley below them.

According to the information provided by the Qiu family, the earth-accumulating turtle lives in the valley below.

This valley is located on the edge of the Purple Crystal Python's territory. According to Song Jingyi's analysis, it is most likely not the territory of other Jindan monsters.

In other words, even if there is a little noise, it shouldn't be a big problem.

According to the predetermined plan, they should set up a formation at the entrance of the valley and place bait to attract the two male turtles out.

Xiao Chen then sneaked into the valley and tried to find a way to get the turtle eggs inside.

However, something went wrong at this most critical step.

Before the three of them could take action, they saw four male turtles appear below and crawl into a small river at the entrance of the valley to look for food.

More importantly, one of the male turtles actually has two horns on its head.

This is a mutant turtle!
Generally speaking, such mutated monsters will gain additional inheritance abilities based on the purity of their bloodline.

And as the realm improves, the ability becomes stronger and stronger.

The spirit turtle below, which has entered maturity, possesses combat power that is no less than that of a fake elixir cultivator.

After all, there is not only an inner elixir in the body, but also a native inner elixir.

Seeing this, Song Jingyi and Qi Xingwen were immediately shocked.

The two looked at each other, and then looked at Xiao Chen.

The difficulty of restraining two male turtles and restraining four male turtles are completely incomparable.

The current situation is obviously beyond their capabilities and is not within their planned schedule.

Now we can only wait and see what Xiao Chen, the team leader, will do next.

Although it took a lot of effort to get here, it would be a pity to give up like this.

But to be honest, this was an intelligence error on the part of the Qiu family, and the two of them didn't want to take any risks for it.

However, Xiao Chen looked at Song Jingyi and asked, "How loud can the noise here get?"

(End of this chapter)