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Chapter 176: Crown Feather Purple Scales - Breakthrough to the Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment
Without the mutated turtle as an obstacle, obtaining turtle eggs would be a piece of cake.

Xiao Chen easily dealt with the remaining female turtle and found the turtle eggs hidden in the valley.

But not all turtle eggs are worth taking back. Most of them are bad eggs that have lost their vitality.

This is actually a difficult problem. If you just want to come in and steal eggs, you must have the ability to distinguish between good and bad.

However, with Qi Xingwen there, he quickly found five real spirit turtle eggs.

There were three more than the two that the Qiu family had initially expected.

Use two specially made spirit beast bags to put the turtle eggs in to protect them while concealing their scent.

The three of them immediately started their return journey.

However, not long after walking, when passing a dense forest, they suddenly saw a thick fog spreading out from the woods, about one hundred and forty to fifty feet in radius.

It was exactly three quarters past noon, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky.

The fog not only did not dissipate, but became more and more swirling, soon surrounding a large area of ​​woods, and even showing a tendency to spread to the surrounding areas.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth also flowed rapidly into the woods, as if something was devouring the spiritual energy.

"Hiss~, is that Amethyst Python going to shed its skin?"

Qi Xingwen was somewhat surprised and confused when he saw this.

In the territory of a Jindan monster, the only one who could cause such a big commotion should be the monster itself.

Song Jingyi's face was also tense at this time: "Not good, we have to leave the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains quickly."

"If it breaks through, the current route will no longer be traversable."

Fortunately, the Amethyst Python was unable to come out to look for food while it was molting.

Therefore, the three of them no longer had to rush to travel at noon, but instead flew for eleven hours day and night and rushed out of its original territory.

Afterwards, he continued to move during the day and hide at night, avoiding the black-eyed bear.

Then he hid during the day and came out at night to avoid the golden eagle.

However, just as they were about to leave the depths of the mountains, thunder suddenly sounded outside in the evening.

Then there was a violent fluctuation of spiritual power, causing the three people in the cave to have unstable breathing.

Xiao Chen quietly came out of the cave and hid on the top of the mountain to take a look.

About fifty miles away, a fierce wind blew, purple lightning flashed like dragons, and fireworks erupted from the collision. Entire tracts of forest were razed to the ground, and several small peaks nearby were also half-collapsed.

"disease!"

A sharp cry was heard, and a golden eagle with a wingspan of three meters circled around a mountain.

It is surrounded by a large amount of green strong wind, and the strong spiritual pressure can be felt from dozens of miles away.

Xiao Chen had no doubt that such a strong wind could cut off a small hill.

On the top of the mountain, around the golden eagle's nest, there was a giant python that was 21 feet long.

Surrounded by streaks of lightning, it is difficult to tell whether its scales are inherently purple, or whether the lightning is too conspicuous to obscure the original color.

At this time, it raised its head to the sky and spit out its tongue, as if in provocation.

"disease!"

The golden eagle screamed again, and more strong winds gathered as its wings flapped, like sharp blades falling from the sky.

"boom!"

It was a sunny day, but there was a thunderclap.

A green lightning bolt as thick as a bucket struck the golden eagle on the head.

Moreover, it arrived first and blew away countless feathers before the strong wind completely fell.

"Pfft!"

The sound of flesh being cut was heard.

Hidden among the numerous strong winds was a wind arc that looked identical in appearance but was several times more powerful.

In one go, a large piece of flesh was cut off from the body of the Amethyst Python, and a large number of new scales fell off.

At the same time, the surviving flowers and plants around were once again washed away by the scattered whirlwind.

To the two monsters, those blowing wind tornadoes were just the aftermath of the battle.

But it was a devastating blow to the rest of the life around it.

With the Purple Crystal Python as the center, within a radius of ten miles, not even a single weed can survive, let alone any monsters.

If Jin Dan attacks with all his strength, it is enough to cause irreversible damage to the environment within a certain range.

In other words, the Jindan Zhenren in the Southern Region are more restrained and rarely fight each other, thus preserving a relatively better living environment for a large number of mortals.

The Purple Crystal Python was attacked by the wind blade and felt the sudden pain, and immediately went crazy.

The long body twisted strangely into an indescribable shape, and then opened its big mouth and violently spewed out a large amount of thick fog.

In an instant, the sky and the earth became gray, and all vision and spiritual consciousness were blocked.

The only sound that could be heard was the sizzling sound of the soil and stones on the ground being corroded by the fog.

This fog also carried an extremely strong poison.

However, a faint golden light soon appeared, and it was obvious that the golden eagle was not afraid of this poison.

It was still circling and trying to continue attacking to retake its nest.

Xiao Chen ignored the spiritual energy surging around him and activated his spiritual eyes to see more clearly.

Having just witnessed the intersection of wind and thunder with his own eyes, he immediately thought of the confrontation between wind and thunder and swords, and then vaguely gained a deeper understanding of both wind and thunder.

Unfortunately, due to the distance, even with spiritual eyes, it is difficult to see clearly.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, let's go quickly."

Song Jingyi bravely approached: "This distance is too close, they might rush over the next moment."

Xiao Chen was reluctant to leave.

In the Southern Region, it is almost impossible to see Jindan battles, let alone battles with wind and thunder attributes.

He had previously comprehended the method of "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi" and felt that he was only one opportunity away from understanding it.

Perhaps this opportunity will be this battle.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, turned around and asked, "Fellow Daoist Song, do you have any extra Breath-Restraining Spiritual Liquid?"

"Give me two more bottles if it's convenient."

what?
Song Jingyi's face was full of disbelief. What do you want to do?

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, that's a golden eagle that can control the mighty winds. It can fly hundreds of miles with one wingspan."

"Once it sets its sights on you, it will be difficult to escape even with the most powerful escape techniques."

Xiao Chen comforted her, "It's okay, I know what's going on."

"You and Fellow Daoist Qi go first, I'll follow soon. I'm faster than you, so stay here and take a closer look."

"It's rare to see the intersection of wind and thunder. Perhaps I can gain some insights from it."

After he said that, Song Jingyi couldn't persuade him anymore.

You can't stop Xiao Chen from attaining enlightenment, otherwise you will make enemies.

Then he took out four bottles of Breath-Resisting Spiritual Liquid from his storage bag: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, Fellow Daoist Qi and I will leave first. You should be careful."

After Song Jingyi finished speaking, he looked into the distance and walked down the mountain with a panicked look.

He didn't dare fly with his sword for fear of attracting attention.

Together with Qi Xingwen, they ran quickly southward, keeping close to the ground.

"Boom!"

A violent tide of spiritual energy swept over, but the mist spewed out by the purple crystal python condensed and did not dissipate.

Xiao Chen opened a bottle of breath-retaining spiritual liquid and poured it on himself, then leaned directly over there.

He planned to watch the fight from closer, and if that didn't work, he would rush inside.

He's not afraid of poisonous fog anyway.
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Sometimes, we have to admit that understanding is also part of qualifications.

Some people are born with a photographic memory. They can understand the truth by watching others fight, and even create their own spells.

But Xiao Chen obviously doesn't have that kind of talent.

He lay at the foot of the mountain and looked for a long time, but he could only see that both monsters were very powerful.

As for other things, I was unable to understand any of them.

When witnessing the intersection of wind and thunder, he could also feel a certain resonance, but there was still a slight opportunity missing to help him take another step forward.

It feels like you accidentally see someone one day and suddenly forget their name.

It feels very familiar, but I just can't figure it out.

Xiao Chen even wanted to get closer, but in the end, reason prevailed and he didn't really get close.

Ten miles is already a very, very dangerous distance. If you get any closer, you might be accidentally injured by the two monsters.

If we have to evacuate immediately then, it would be too uneconomical.

It would be better to stay here and use the spiritual eyes to observe for a while, so that you can broaden your horizons.

For some unknown reason, the two monsters seemed to be really angry with each other, and neither was willing to retreat.

Soon the golden eagle was unable to dodge again and was struck on the head by another purple lightning, blowing off a large number of feathers.

One of them swayed left and right in the chaotic wind around it, and actually landed thirty feet in front of Xiao Chen.

This distance is not close, but it is not far either.

With his physical training, he could crawl over the ground in about three breaths.

As long as you move slowly enough, you will basically not attract the attention of the two monsters.

Xiao Chen looked at the falling feathers and felt a little moved.

Now that we are here, it would be boring to go back empty-handed. How about taking a feather back with you?
He crawled forward and successfully reached the feather.

The feather in front of him was one foot long and six inches wide, with a trace of golden blood at the root, emitting a faint sense of oppression.

At the same time, you can feel that the fluff on the feathers contains rich wind spiritual power.

You know, this one is from the crown feather of a golden eagle. Apart from the feathers, the feathers here are the most precious.

Xiao Chen quickly put it into the storage bag.

As a result, when he looked up, he saw another crown feather fallen in a pit about twenty feet ahead.

This one is closer.

Glancing up at the sky, I saw the golden eagle still circling the only remaining peak in the middle.

Xiao Chen decided to move forward a little and pick up the feather as well.

Just as he approached the feather, he saw a purple scale lying about fifteen feet in front of the pit.

It was the purple scales that were cut off from the Amethyst Python by the strong wind.

Under Xiao Chen's spiritual eyes, he could only see faint fluctuations of thunder spiritual power.

This scale is clearly an extremely rare spiritual object with thunder attributes.

Since he was already here, he put away the feathers and crawled forward another fifteen feet, putting the purple scales into the storage bag.

Then, five feet away, there was another feather.

Then ten feet away, there was another piece of purple scale.

……

As he was picking up the trash, Xiao Chen arrived at the foot of the mountain, less than six miles away from the monster.

In fact, the Breath-Concealing Spirit Water was not that useful. The two Jindan monsters discovered him early on.

However, since the "Sealing Acupoints and Concealing Qi Technique" concealed his cultivation level, they did not take it seriously.

His eyes were fixed on his opponent and he didn't bother to pay attention to Xiao Chen.

It was not until the golden eagle accidentally swept across the ground that it discovered that more than a dozen of its fallen crown feathers were missing.

Looking at the foot of the mountain again, the feathers where Xiao Chen passed by also disappeared out of thin air.

It just couldn't take care of these things for the time being, but that didn't mean it would completely ignore them. "Hurry!"

A gust of wind came down, triggering the Night Blade on the spot.

In fact, if you take out a defensive magic weapon, it should not be a problem to stop this strong wind.

But there was no need for that. Since he had already attracted attention, Xiao Chen decisively flew towards the south without stopping at all.

He had just picked up nineteen crown feathers and seven purple scales, which was a good harvest.

You know, these can all be considered third-level spiritual objects.

Moreover, among the third-level spiritual objects, they are not considered ordinary stuff.

There is no need to say much about the crest feathers, and the Amethyst Python had just completed its molting a few days ago.

What Xiao Chen picked up were all new scales, which contained an extremely rich content of thunder spiritual power.

More importantly, such things are in short supply in the Southern Region.

It’s not a question of how much spirit stones to spend, but that there is no purchasing channel at all.

The Jindan Zhenren don’t have enough for themselves, so how could they have any extra third-level spiritual objects to sell?

The few extra third-level spiritual objects were basically traded with each other, or taken to the Eastern Region to exchange for other resources.

"How about going back to Lizhou? Or finding a desolate mountain to retreat?"

Hiding in a mountain stream a hundred miles away, Xiao Chen waited for the Night's Edge while thinking about how to deal with the crown feathers and scales.

There are always Jindan Zhenren appearing in Lingyuan Sect all year round, and he is not sure whether he dares to take it out and absorb it.

If you get caught, it will be difficult to deal with.

The best way is to not go back to Yuanci Peak first, but find a place to use them all.

It seems unnecessary to go back to Lizhou, so it would be better to find a barren mountain in the west.

Just look for a place with thin spiritual energy and make sure no one can guess it.

Although he was a whole day late, Xiao Chen still caught up with Song Jingyi and Qi Xingwen before leaving the Wan Yao Mountains.

He half-jokingly said that he had spent a whole day looking at it, but unfortunately he didn't understand anything.

Upon hearing this, the two of them comforted him, saying that enlightenment was difficult and he shouldn't worry too much about it.

As for the third-level spiritual objects, the two of them didn't dare to think about them at all.

After all, no foundation-building cultivator has ever dared to snatch the spoils from a Jindan monster right under its nose.

The three of them returned to Xianghefang City together.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Xiao, Fellow Daoist Song, Fellow Daoist Qi, you are finally back."

When Qiu Qichen saw them, he breathed rapidly with excitement: "You've been gone for nearly a month. I've been worried about your safety every day."

These words were somewhat sincere. After all, only if they were safe would the Qiu family have hope of getting the turtle eggs they wanted.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, these are the two Earth-Accumulating Spirit Turtle Eggs that we promised you. Please check them out."

Xiao Chen first took out two turtle eggs and handed them to Qiu Qichen.

At first, the Qiu family thought there were only two pairs of spirit turtles there, so the content of the agreement was two spirit turtle eggs.

As for the remaining three, Xiao Chen originally suggested that each person take one.

As a result, Song Jingyi said that he was a lonely man and had no use for this thing, so it would be a waste to keep it.

Moreover, Xiao Chen contributed the most in this operation, so he deserves extra spoils.

Qi Xingwen also shook his head, indicating that the Qi family was already cultivating a guardian spirit beast and did not have the extra energy to take care of a second one.

As a family of animal tamers, the Qi family is different from other families.

They have new foundation-building spirit beasts almost every generation, so they really don't lack this spirit turtle.

So the remaining three turtle eggs became Xiao Chen's extra gain.

But he actually didn't really want to raise a spirit turtle.

So he took out three more turtle eggs and negotiated the price with Qiu Qichen.
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However, the Qiu family did not have enough spirit stones.

It’s not that I can’t afford turtle eggs, but considering that the subsequent breeding costs are really not low, I can’t support five spirit turtles at the same time.

If all the resources were used to feed the spirit beasts, the morale of the tribe would probably be dispersed.

Several elders of the Qiu family discussed for a long time, and finally decided to grit their teeth and spend another 20,000 spirit stones to buy a turtle egg.

As for the remaining two, I really have no power over them.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I have a request."

Qiu Qichen sent Xiao Chen to the door and said, "If it is convenient for you, please sell the last two eggs to Lizhou."

Xiao Chen nodded: "That's easy to say, Fellow Daoist Qiu, don't worry."

This kind of thing is easy to sell, even in Lizhou there are many people who want it.

Or you can consider staying at Chen's house. In short, it is easy to deal with.

After coming out of Xianghe Market, Xiao Chen went directly to the west to go into seclusion as planned.

He deliberately found an unremarkable little mountain and stole a black bear's cave to use as a temporary dwelling.

The black bear was just an ordinary animal, and it ran away on its own when frightened by his breath.

It is difficult for ordinary cultivators to break through or gain enlightenment in such an environment lacking spiritual energy.

But before Xiao Chen came, he had prepared a portable spirit gathering array in advance.

This was exactly what he got at the last Qiu Mansion Trade Fair.

At this time, he took the array plate and buried it in order according to the predetermined directions, and filled it with 300 spirit stones according to the upper limit.

After all the array plates were activated, a large amount of spiritual energy was soon released and was firmly bound within a radius of three meters, without any leakage.

Soon the concentration of spiritual energy in the formation increased dozens of times, even stronger than that on Yuanci Peak.

Standing in it is almost equivalent to standing in a second-level spiritual vein.

“This thing is really convenient.”

Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh that the things from the Eastern Region were indeed useful.

Portable formation flags like the Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation not only have only five chances to be used, but are also far less powerful than the original large formation.

However, this portable array plate can almost perfectly restore the array effect, and it can be used hundreds of times, which is almost equivalent to being able to be used at will.

It is also very simple to set up, with basically no threshold.

From this, we can see that the Eastern Region is more mature in production technology and is far stronger than the Southern Region.

After completing the preparations, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged and took out his Wind and Thunder Sword.

As magic power was injected into the swords, the power of wind and thunder also began to surge.

Then he held a sword in each hand and began to recall the scene of the battle between the two golden elixir spirit beasts.

"As expected, it still doesn't work?"

Although Xiao Chen had a clear memory in his mind, the feeling was completely different from watching it live.

Memories alone are of little help.

So he pinched a crown feather and a purple scale with his fingertips respectively, and actively stimulated the spiritual power and aura in these two spiritual objects to cooperate with his memory for simulation.

This way the effect is instantly much better.

Especially since the spiritual object still had residual pressure, it made him feel as if he was there.

Moreover, the spiritual power that was stimulated was not wasted. It traveled through the dantian and was then injected into the wind and thunder sword according to the corresponding attributes.

Now this set of swords has been successfully enlightened and can absorb spiritual objects to evolve into spiritual weapons.

It was equivalent to Xiao Chen having the opportunity to comprehend the wind and thunder while also practicing the flying sword. It was a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

This was also the reason why he approached the two monsters in succession after he noticed the wind spiritual power in the crown feathers.

Before I knew it, a day and a night had passed.

Not until all the spiritual objects were consumed did Xiao Chen finally wake up from his meditation.

Led by Guanyu and Zilin, he seemed to have returned to the Wan Yao Mountains and turned into one of the two spirit beasts.

Sometimes he controlled the strong wind to chop down, and sometimes he controlled the thunder and lightning.

Especially with the help of the wind and thunder swords, he also gained some understanding of the principles of yin and yang.

Although the spiritual objects were exhausted at this time, a flash of inspiration appeared in Xiao Chen's sea of ​​consciousness.

"I see. The opportunity has already been with me."

He shook his head and chuckled, then took out the Third Revolution Xuanyuan Pill that he had already refined from his storage bag and swallowed it immediately.

At the same time, he took out the Yin-Yang fish compass and hung it in front of him with magic power.

He slowly recited the inscription above, but his consciousness went deep into his dantian, feeling the changes in the medicinal properties of the elixir.

This three-turn Xuanyuan Pill contains three main ingredients, each with different characteristics.

The same as the five elements, yang contains yin and yin contains yang.

It naturally also includes the transformation of yin and yang and the five elements, and is even more advanced.

At this time, under the effect of the medicine, the spiritual flower growing in Xiao Chen's dantian gradually turned black and white, and the petals began to fall one after another.

Countless flashes of inspiration emerged in his mind, and all the things that were previously obscure and incomprehensible were now understood.

For him, breaking through the ninth level of foundation building was a natural thing.

Therefore, Xiao Chen focused all his attention on comprehending the changes of yin and yang.

As attention is focused, time seems to slow down.

After an unknown amount of time, a powerful magical power suddenly emerged from the cave.

"Yin and Yang cycle, the Tao will last forever!"

Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes and laughed three times: "Hahaha, so that's it!"

Naturally, he had already broken through to the ninth level of foundation building long ago, and was completely immersed in the comprehension of the "Yin Yang Can Tong Qi".

All those puzzles that puzzled us in the Wan Yao Mountains are now clear when we look back.

As the saying goes, the true teaching can be summed up in one sentence.

The four words "yin and yang cycle" have already explained the mystery of the secret method.

I didn't figure it out before, it's just that I was in the mountain and didn't know the true face.

"But if we were to say the biggest gain this time, it would probably be the fake pill."

Xiao Chen looked inward with his spiritual sense and saw that his fake pill was already painted with black and white, as if it was evenly divided into two from the middle.

This change represents that his understanding of the principles of yin and yang is true.

In addition to the color change, the mana capacity within the fake pill also jumped from the original 333 to a full 666.

It's almost like getting a new fake pill.

In other words, the original fake pill was divided into yin and yang parts, but each part was equivalent to the original whole.

And that’s not all, Xiao Chen vaguely understood.

When he strives to reach the Golden Core realm in the future, this kind of understanding can increase his success rate in forming the Golden Core.

Although it's just a feeling, I don't know how much it can increase specifically.

But when it comes to forming a pill, even increasing the probability by half is definitely a great thing.

If this gets out, it will probably make all the foundation-building cultivators in the entire Southern Region jealous.

"I just don't know how long I will spend in seclusion this time."

Xiao Chen looked around and found that all the spirit stones placed in the spirit gathering array had been used up.

Based on this calculation, at least ten days have passed outside.

"Did it take so long?"

The current situation is turbulent, and long periods of loss of contact can easily lead to unnecessary worries and misunderstandings.

It’s better to go back as soon as possible and report that you are safe.

(End of this chapter)