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Chapter 198: Cards: Chang Family Crisis: Preparations for Departure
The hundred-foot-tall bone altar in the center only lasted less than ten breaths before being devoured by the Beidou Spirit Fire.

The broken bones were burned to ashes before they could even fall.

Waves of heat rose and almost formed a wind.

The falling embers fell from the sky like snowflakes, and lasted for half a quarter of an hour.

"Hey, it's not finished burning?"

However, when the spiritual fire faded, Xiao Chen used his spiritual sense to inspect the scene and found that there seemed to be a plaque left in the middle.

He stretched out his hand and his true energy surged out, grabbing the card.

The plaque is not big, six inches long and one inch wide, only as thin as a finger.

But when you hold it in your hand, it feels obviously different. It is neither gold nor jade, neither wood nor iron. It is hard to tell what material it is made of.

There are three large, square characters engraved on the front from top to bottom.

But Xiao Chen couldn't recognize it.

When I turned it over, I saw a line of small words on the back, which was also difficult to recognize.

"No, this one looks like the same little official in that painting. Could they be from the same background?"

He suddenly felt that it looked familiar, and when he opened it, he saw that it was indeed extremely similar.

Interesting, now there is at least a clearer clue.

It is estimated that this special font should be related to the group of demon cultivators.

It is very likely that this is some kind of secret code that was created to avoid being tracked down by righteous monks.

But then again, I haven't seen any similar records in the Yellow Springs Secret Book.

This shows that Huangquan Dao did not use such secret codes back then. It seems that there must be other stories behind this.

We may need to collect more clues to find out the specific situation.

"Anyway, since it can't be burned, it should be a good thing."

Xiao Chen has a unique way of judging unfamiliar spiritual objects: "Then keep it for now. There will always be a chance to figure out the situation."

Rechecked the scene.

After confirming that there was nothing left except the ashes on the ground, he flew on his sword to inform Master Leiyin and Master Yaohua.

The emphasis was placed on cracking down on robbery cultivators.

Now that the demonic disaster is completely over, it is time to restore order in Hezhou and suppress some low-level cultivators who are taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

Many times, man-made disasters are also a major problem.

If he just gave one more word of advice now, he might be able to save the lives of a few low-level monks. Why not do it?

As I came out of the main hall of Lingyuan Sect, a loud shout suddenly came from the side.

"Senior Xiao, help me!"

A figure rushed directly in front of him and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud. "Senior, please open your mouth and save my brother's life."

Xiao Chen looked closely and found that the person who came was Chang Shunping, whom he had not seen for many days.

He looked haggard and seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

He cried on the spot, "Senior, please understand. My Chang family has always been cautious and has never colluded with the demonic cult."

"It's even more impossible for him to secretly communicate with the Divine Fire Sect. This is completely unfair."

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. Based on his understanding of Chang Shunping, the other party should not have the courage to collude with the evil cultivators.

What's going on?
"Friend Chang, don't be anxious. Stand up and talk slowly."

After asking carefully, it turned out that after defeating the Divine Fire Sect a few days ago, the Lingyuan Sect immediately launched a large-scale manhunt throughout the territory.

The main goal is to strike down those who escaped the battle and those traitors who once assisted the Divine Fire Cult.

By the way, take over those spiritual fields and spiritual veins that have been affected by the demonic disaster and have become ownerless.

For some people, the latter matter is even more important.

So the Chang family became the unlucky one.

Chang Shunping's younger brother Chang Shunan was arrested directly.

He was imprisoned in the back mountain of Yuanci Peak as a spy of the Demon Cult, and was prepared to be executed after his accomplices were identified during the interrogation.

In addition, all of the Chang family’s assets were seized to search for evidence related to the evil cultivators.

"Wait, are you sure there's no other reason?"

Xiao Chen was a little confused. He had a personal relationship with the Chang family, and this was no secret.

Chang Shunping is a cultivator at the sixth level of foundation building after all. There shouldn't be many families capable of taking action against him, right?

If they didn't have solid evidence, they wouldn't have the courage to do it.

"There's no other reason. My brother has the same personality as me. He never dares to cause trouble."

Chang Shunping hurriedly explained, "Shun'an was stationed on the front lines before, and many of his comrades can testify to this. After the battle ended, Shun'an went straight home."

"We have been taking turns staying at home these days and have not been outside at all."

He spoke sincerely and didn't seem to be lying.

"In that case, let's check it out."

Xiao Chen then asked: "Where is your brother now? I will take you to see him first."

If someone is really wronged, he doesn't mind helping.

However, Yao Dehai, who was standing nearby, appeared in time and said that there was no need to run back and forth, and just called all the relevant personnel over for confrontation.

As he said this, he arranged for someone to call for help, and at the same time brought tables, chairs and benches, and set out tea.

Soon, Chang Shunan and the Pan family monk who arrested him were brought here together.

There are also several pieces of evidence.

They were the manuscript of magic skills found in the Chang family, the body of an unknown monk found in the cellar of the Chang family, and two witnesses.

The first witness was a servant of the Chang family.

He testified that the Chang brothers refused to cooperate after seeing the Pan family monks and even resisted the investigation.

The second witness was a disciple of Lingyuan Sect.

He saw with his own eyes that Chang Shunan once went to Lingyuan Market alone to meet with the demon cultivator during his day off in the first month of the lunar year.

The evil cultivator was captured in time and was executed yesterday.

However, he left behind a confession obtained during the interrogation, in which he admitted to colluding with Chang Shunan and obtaining elixirs from him.

It seems that the chain of evidence is still complete.

"Senior Xiao, this is unfair!"

After the Pan family cultivator finished speaking, Chang Shunping immediately defended himself, "They came to our door and arrested people without any reason. It's obvious that they covet our newly acquired spiritual vein."

"And I've inquired. That disciple previously worked for Elder Pan of the Demon Slayer Hall."

"It's obviously someone from their Pan family."

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Tell me first, what's going on with this new spiritual vein?"

It turns out that the so-called new spiritual vein refers to the original spiritual vein in Qiuping County.

It was just because of the invasion of the four great travelers that Qiu Ping, as an important location, was also targeted, and the original cultivator family was killed.

However, there are many intermarriages between families, and as neighbors, the Chang family naturally also has marriages.

So when Qiuping County was recovered, the Chang family wanted to take over the spiritual vein through their marriage relationship.

As a result, he met the monk from the Pan family who was in charge of this direction, and a conflict arose.

The Pan family did not recognize such an inheritance relationship and quickly found evidence that the Chang family was in contact with demons.

What followed was an arrest and a conflict broke out.

Unexpectedly, Chang Shunping had hidden another defensive formation at home, which allowed him to escape.
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Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and Xiao Chen, the Jindan, was present.

It immediately attracted a large number of Lingyuan Sect disciples to stand aside and watch.

At the same time, it also alarmed all the managers and elders in Lingyuan Sect, and those who had free time came over to join in the fun.

The Pan family cultivator was a little nervous at first, but as more and more people gathered around him, he calmed down.

The more people watching, the safer they are.

Pan Qiaochun also arrived at the scene in time and brought new witnesses.

A cultivator from Huidong Chamber of Commerce testified that on February 17, Chang Shunan had secretly met with the demon cultivator in a room inside the Chamber of Commerce.

He didn't know that the other person was a demon cultivator at the time, so he didn't report it.

It was not until a few days ago when the large-scale hunt for demon cultivators took place that we received relevant information.

"Aliang does work under me, but Fellow Daoist Xu from the Huidong Chamber of Commerce isn't from our Pan family, right?"

Pan Qiaochun looked at Chang Shunping and said, "Now that we have the witnesses and evidence, how else do you want to argue?"

As soon as she asked the question, the people around her nodded.

Daoyou Xu’s full name is Xu Xixuan, and he is the person in charge of the Huidong Chamber of Commerce’s base in Lingyuan Market.

They believed that the Pan family could bribe the true disciples, but they did not have the ability to bribe the backbone of Huidong Chamber of Commerce.

Lian Chang Shunping himself was stunned for a moment, then looked at his younger brother.

Chang Shunan quickly explained, "I didn't. I don't even know Fellow Daoist Xu. Besides, on February 17th, I accompanied Fellow Daoist Li in retreat at Lingyuan Market to heal his injuries."

Pan Qiaochun turned and looked at him: "In that case, why don't you help me testify?"

Chang Shunan's eyes widened: "Friend Li was unfortunately killed while guarding Wangyan Mountain before. Elder Pan, you know that!"

"Of course I know."

Pan Qiaochun shouted, "You know that Li Daoyou died in battle, yet you're using him to excuse yourself. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"

"First, they slandered our Pan family for wanting to seize the spiritual vein, and then fabricated evidence using fellow Taoists who had already died."

"From beginning to end, all he did was cry out for injustice."

"How can you hide your little tricks from us, even from Master Feng Lei?"

Because Xiao Chen was called Fenglei Sword for some time before, some cultivators called him Fenglei Zhenren before the recognized title appeared.

Pan Qiaochun spoke passionately, and the people around her nodded frequently.

Only Xiao Chen had a subtle expression.

Before, when he was in Lihuomen, he was the one who was falsely accused of being in contact with the devil.

Now, in just three years, he has reached the position of judge.

Yao Dehai noticed this situation in time. Although he didn't understand why, he immediately wanted to help the Chang family pave the way.

However, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Du Mingjie was also not far away. He had originally wanted to say a few words for Chang Shunping because of their friendship when they stayed in Qingyang Mountain together.

But as one witness after another spoke, he gave up his original idea.

On the contrary, Qiu Qichen did not listen carefully to the evidence below.

He was observing Xiao Chen's expression out of the corner of his eye the whole time.

At this time, Xiao Chen noticed that Xu Xixuan's testimony did not cause him to frown or show any angry expression.

I immediately wondered in my mind whether he wanted to protect the Chang family.

So he decisively stated: "In my opinion, this matter is full of doubts, especially now that Pan Daoyou's subordinates are involved, it is inevitable that people will be suspicious."

"Why not find someone else to re-investigate the situation and make a decision after finding out the truth."

Yao Dehai's brows jumped when he heard this.

He actually wanted to say that, but in the end he couldn't get over it in his heart.

I didn’t expect that the Qiu family would not care about the right or wrong in order to please Jin Dan.

Gu Qiuling, who was also watching, immediately stood up and spoke for her good friend: "Qiu Qichen, don't speak against your conscience." "Isn't the evidence listed by Junior Sister Qiaochun clear enough?"

"It's clear that the Chang family is secretly collaborating with the Divine Fire Cult. I'd like to ask you, what are you looking to investigate in this new investigation?"

The monk from the Gu family beside her quickly pulled her and signaled her to speak less.

However, Gu Qiuling swung her sleeves and said, "Don't stop me. The matter is clear. It's clearly the Chang family who are making unfounded claims and making trouble."

"I'm speaking up for Junior Sister Qiaochun today, not because we're friends."

"I just hope that all the demonic cultivators and traitors will receive the punishment they deserve."

"It wasn't due to deception by people with ulterior motives, but rather to the fact that the results were ultimately affected by certain factors."

When she mentioned certain factors, she was looking at Xiao Chen.

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This is quite outrageous.

When Xiao Chen first came to Lingyuan Sect and was selecting people, he felt that she seemed to have something against him.

The key point is that this hostility is inexplicable. There should be no grudges between the two of them, right?

"To prevent innocent people from being wrongly accused, let me ask a question first."

Xiao Chen looked around and asked: "How many foundation-building cultivators with the surname Xu are there in Huidong Chamber of Commerce?"

When he asked this question, everyone around him looked at each other in confusion.

What does it mean?
Xu Xixuan was also dumbfounded. He thought carefully before answering solemnly, "Only my brother and I are in charge of the teahouse opened by the Chamber of Commerce in Lingyuan Market."

That's right.

That day, Xiao Chen went to Huidong Chamber of Commerce and happened to hear that the Xu brothers were transferred to assist in the sacrificial offering transaction.

The ones who are truly in contact with the devil are not the Chang family, but the Xu brothers.

It is clear that he is colluding with the Pan family to give false testimony. From this perspective, perhaps the Pan family also has problems.

Xiao Chen pressed on, "If that's the case, how many offerings have you helped sell?"

As soon as the word "sacrifice" came out, Xu Xixuan's face turned pale and he was scared to death.

This matter is also top secret within the Chamber of Commerce.

He didn't know how Xiao Chen found out about the situation.

However, what is even more amazing is that Pan Qiaochun also turned pale at the sight.

"Many members of the Huidong Chamber of Commerce are proficient in magic, including the Xu brothers."

Xiao Chen made a direct ruling: "Therefore, the Chang family is the one being slandered, and it is the Pan family who is communicating with the Demon Cult."

"Let's interrogate the entire Pan family."

"Anyone who has colluded with the demon cultivators, including those who knew about it but did not report it, will be punished with the same crime as the demon cultivators and will be executed together."

The situation changed suddenly and the surrounding monks were unable to react.

Yao Dehai was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening and nodded in agreement, "I respect the Immortal's order."

"By the way, what does she do?"

Xiao Chen pointed at Gu Qiuling and asked.

Yao Dehai immediately responded, "Master, Junior Sister Gu is the manager of the Demon Slayer Hall, responsible for investigating demonic cultivators."

Xiao Chen shook his head: "With this kind of intelligence, you shouldn't do such an important job. It's easy to endanger the good people."

"Check her out too, to see if she's the one with ulterior motives."

As soon as these words were spoken, the cultivators from the Gu family felt relieved. Fortunately, Master Feng Lei was easy to talk to and did not implicate the entire Gu family.

Gu Qiuling looked at her good sister in disbelief.

However, Pan Qiaochun's face was as pale as death. The moment she heard about the sacrifice, she knew that everything was over.

Sure enough, Yao Dehai soon brought people to the Pan family and found more evidence and several hiding demon cultivators.
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Resolved the Chang family’s crisis.

Amidst Chang Shunping's profuse thanks, Xiao Chen set off and returned to Lihuo Gate.

Now that the demonic disaster is over, and considering that time is running out in the Baicao Secret Realm, he should also prepare to set off early.

But before we set off, there are still some small things that need to be taken care of.

The first thing to do is to refine the Baibo Fruit.

Speaking of which, it has been almost a month since I broke through to the Golden Core stage.

Xiao Chen didn't even get to practice properly for two days.

Instead, he traveled back and forth between Hezhou and Lizhou several times.

Now I finally have some free time, which I can use to improve my strength.

After all, this is a real long journey, covering millions of miles.

You can never predict what you'll encounter along the way.

But one thing is certain, that is, the stronger you are, the calmer you will be in facing various emergencies.

Therefore, he planned to use up the spiritual objects on hand before setting off for the Baicao Secret Realm.

after one day.

As the Baibo Fruit was completely absorbed, Xiao Chen's total amount of true energy increased from 109 at the beginning to 111.

He practiced on his own for another two days.

However, without the spiritual fruit, the total amount of true essence only increased by one digit in two days.

If this speed were to be spread out, it would be enough to make the rest of the Jindan Zhenren envious.

But Xiao Chen was still a little dissatisfied.

You should know that one day of his practice now is actually equivalent to a hundred days of practice.

In other words, without Hex, it would take him two hundred days to refine a true essence.

"This is too outrageous. No wonder the other Jindan True Immortals are so slow in cultivation."

Xiao Chen thought about it and realized that he rarely heard news of a Jindan Zhenren's cultivation breakthrough.

Therefore, this is not entirely due to his poor aptitude, but also has something to do with the difficulty of cultivating the Golden Elixir.

Actually, this is not a secret.

As we all know, the higher the realm of a cultivator, the slower the speed of cultivation.

The slower the speed of cultivation, the slower the realm improvement will be.

The slower the realm improves, the lower the realm.

In summary, the higher the realm, the lower the realm.

"Hey, something seems to be wrong."

However, Xiao Chen did not dwell on this. With his training temporarily over, the clouded leopard bone soup that he had stewed for three days and three nights was finally ready.

This pot of bone soup uses a whole spine.

In addition, his cultivation has now improved, and the spiritual fire he has sacrificed has become much more powerful, so the effect has also been greatly improved.

As soon as you open the lid of the big pot, a rich fragrance will hit your nose.

Looking down, I saw that the spiritual spring in the pot had turned into milky white bone soup.

The originally solid bones became much softer due to the continuous boiling.

And this time Xiao Chen has extra experience.

He prepared a large pot in advance and stewed a full 20 kilograms of ball-shaped rice in it.

It was just cooked at this time, and each grain of rice emitted a faint glow.

Xiao Chen didn't hesitate and wolfed down the bone soup and rice on the spot.

Soon, he had eaten a large pot of bone soup and twenty kilograms of spiritual rice.

Just as he expected, this meal did not help him to break through to the third level of physical cultivation.

However, it is not without benefits. At least it allowed Xiao Chen's "Nine-Force Mountain Moving Method" to successfully break through to the highest ninth force, and basically master it.

It can be said that in terms of his physical training alone, he has already reached the great perfection of foundation building.

"That's almost it."

Xiao Chen felt his own progress and nodded with satisfaction.

That's basically all he can do now.

The spiritual objects on hand have been exhausted, and the normal cultivation speed is slow. If I delay any further, I may not be able to catch up with the secret realm.

"Let's say goodbye before we go. This trip might take quite a while."

Xiao Chen thought about it and realized that he really had a lot of things to do this time.

The first goal must be to go to the Baicao Secret Realm and look for the purple gold Bodhi left by Huangquan Dao.

At the same time, check the secret realm to see if there are any other high-level spiritual medicines.

After all, according to the inherited information, there should be other spiritual medicines there.

Logically speaking, the spiritual medicine that can be planted there must be at least at the third level.

Any flower or plant you pick up should be worth a lot of money.

The second goal is to collect evil spirits. At least I have to go to the bay of Feiduhai to look for it myself to see if there is Silver Frost Evil hidden there as rumored.

At the same time, you can also find out if there is any news about other evil spirits.

Although he has already formed a pill, evil spirit is still a very important resource.

You should know that the "Xuantian Secret Method of Taking Medicine" hidden in the wordless stele is the secret method of taking medicine left by the master of the Immortal Palace.

Since it is called the Secret Method of Heaven, it is naturally not only able to help cultivators form elixirs.

According to the records in "Xuantian's Secret Method of Taking Medicine", even when the time comes to form a baby in the future, each pair of five elements of evil spirit can increase the success rate of forming a baby by half.

If you can collect all the five elements of evil energy, you can also increase the success rate of forming a baby by an additional half.

In other words, the five elements of evil energy can increase the success rate of conceiving a baby by up to 30%.

And the most important point is that it can also be stacked with other elixirs or secret techniques to break through the level.

Therefore, for Xiao Chen, collecting evil spirits is still the top priority.

In addition to these two most important goals, he has three other things to deal with in the Eastern Region.

The first thing to do is naturally to buy a storage ring to replace the storage bag which obviously does not have enough space.

After all, he now has a fifth storage bag hanging around his waist.

If this continues, we might have to add a sixth or seventh one, which would be too cumbersome.

The second thing is to inquire about the news of Yundao Crystal.

This is an opportunity to comprehend the great Dao, so naturally the more the better.

Moreover, as long as he could successfully obtain the Purple Gold Bodhi, he wouldn't have to worry about his lack of comprehension.

The third thing is to find a secret technique for body refining.

In the Southern Region, apart from the previous Ghost Dragon Immortal, Xiao Chen has not heard of any other third-level physical cultivators.

Therefore, if you want to obtain the third-level body refining secret technique, you still have to rely on the Eastern Region.

And it's not just the secret techniques, but also the flesh and bones of third-level monsters, which will definitely be easier to obtain in the Eastern Region.

It would be best if you could directly improve your body refining skills to the third level in the Eastern Region.

This alone is estimated to take several months.

If I calculate this way, plus the time it would take to travel, I'm afraid that even if I want to come back, I won't be able to do so within two or three years.

Therefore, a formal farewell is still necessary before leaving.

(End of this chapter)