Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 204: Concealing the truth and arriving at Baicao City

As for Xiao Chen, after he got rid of Zhao Hongwen's pursuit.

He immediately changed direction and headed back to the imperial capital, rushing to Wanxian Tower as soon as possible.

In fact, if he just wanted to avoid the search, then his original "Xuan Zong Synchronous Secret Method" would be enough.

But if you want to pass the level smoothly, you have to practice the secret art of disguise.

In the surprised look of the manager of Wanxian Tower, Xiao Chen gave up the heaven-level secret technique and did not choose the earth-level secret technique.

He directly picked the only yellow-level camouflage secret technique in their store - "Xuan Zong Illusion Technique".

"Are you sure you want to choose this yellow-level spell?"

The steward emphasized the word "yellow level" and couldn't help but remind him, "Ordinarily, I shouldn't say too much, but this disguise secret technique is different from other spells."

"Even if we encounter a detection technique of the same level, there is still a risk of being exposed."

In fact, the reason why this book "Xuan Zong's Illusion Technique" is placed here is just to nominally complete the four levels of Tiandi Xuanhuang and use it to make up the number.

It, along with two other books of Xuan-level camouflage spells, was placed on the shelf on the day the building was built, but no one has been interested in it until now.

The manager really couldn't understand it. The gentleman in front of him was obviously a wealthy man, so why was he reluctant to spend money on magic?

However, Xiao Chen waved his hand, put down ten thousand spirit stones, and then left.

Next is the moment to witness the miracle.

Just two days passed in a flash, and they were in a small valley three hundred miles north of the imperial capital.

A middle-aged man with a square face, a broad forehead, thick eyebrows and big eyes stood in front of the stream and observed his new appearance.

"Goodness, I can't even recognize them myself, how can anyone say they are the same person?"

Xiao Chen looked at his reflection in the water and nodded with satisfaction.

Thanks to the blessing of Hextech, it only took him one day to successfully master the basics.

He spent another whole day adjusting his body shape and appearance, striving to make it perfect and indistinguishable from the real thing.

Even if all the people from the Lihuo Sect were called over now, no one would be able to recognize him, let alone the three families of Jingkong and Hai.

"Xuanzong's pardon order, lock it up!"

Xiao Chen shouted softly, freezing this appearance.

Yellow-level spells can fix a human figure or an object figure.

Human form means changing into the appearance of another person, and object form means changing into inanimate objects such as flowers, trees, stone vases, etc.

In this way, in the future, he can switch to this appearance instantly by activating the spell, without having to spend time adjusting again.

However, for safety reasons, Xiao Chen did not leave immediately.

Instead, he continued to practice the "Xuan Zong Synchronous Secret Method" to adjust the fluctuations of his spiritual consciousness.

This move is mainly to be prepared for any eventuality.

Even with a hundredfold enhancement, there is a 99% chance that his illusion will not be detected.

However, the cultivation world is not short of accidents. In case the yellow-level camouflage spell fails, the "Xuan Zong Synchrony Secret Method" can be used to cover up and get rid of the enemy's spiritual tracking.

Xiao Chen is practicing hard here.

To the east of Xilai Kingdom, there are several large flying boats lined up on the border, just a dozen feet away from entering the airspace.

Meng Chengze, the King of Dingjiang, one of the eight kings of Xilai State who was in charge of guarding the border, held a yellow-veined crescent halberd in his hand and floated in the air with two river-patrolling pythons he had trained, blocking the front of the flying boat.

"I wonder why you fellow Taoists have come here today?"

"Friend Meng, we have received intelligence that a wanted criminal has escaped into Xilai Country's territory. Please help us."

Zhao Chenghan shouted loudly, and at the same time, dozens of powerful auras rose from the flying boat in response.

The reason why the Zhao family did not come directly was that they were worried that they would be stopped here.

Now that the three families have gathered together, no ordinary cultivator dares to intercept them, which gives them the opportunity to raid the imperial capital.

However, even so, Meng Chengze still refused outright: "Sorry, large flying boats are not allowed to enter without a sect's order."

If it were two years ago, he would definitely not dare to be so tough.

However, times have changed. The Jinxia Sect is now much stronger and naturally has the confidence to confront the three major families.

The other party's mobilization of such a large force should be related to the million-dollar reward that was widely circulated before.

In high-level circles, it is no secret that a foundation-building cultivator named Chen Xiao is suspected of having taken away the true inheritance of the Immortal Palace.

In this case, the Jinxia Sect should at least get a piece of the pie.

Soon, a large number of flying birds appeared, carrying more than twenty Jindan Zhenren, and at the same time, they opened their spirit beast bags.

Immediately, more than thirty different spirit beasts appeared, and all of them reached the third level.

In the spirit boat in the middle, the heads of the three major families looked at each other, and a solemn look appeared in their eyes.

They had never expected that the Jinxia Sect could actually cultivate so many spiritual beasts.

Fortunately, Xuantian Fairy Palace was opened ahead of schedule two years ago, effectively helping a large number of young people to attain enlightenment and break through to the Golden Elixir stage.

Otherwise, the balance of power between the two sides will be reversed, and a lot of resources may be lost.

Even though they have the True Lord of the Pagoda behind them, they cannot trouble him for everything.

At the same time, the head of the Jinxia Sect, Yuanxia Zhenren, felt the extremely powerful aura coming from the opposite side, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

The three major families are full of talented people, and they have quietly cultivated so many Jindan monks.

Fortunately, they made a great breakthrough in animal training technology in the past two years and obtained many third-level spirit beasts. Otherwise, they would have faced the danger of national destruction.

You know, in the early years, in addition to the three major families, there were five other sects in Jingkong Sea.

But now those sects have either been annexed or surrounded and suppressed, and have all become history.

As a result, the forces around Jingkong Sea were wary of the three major families, worried that they wanted to continue expanding outward.

However, the two sides are still evenly matched, so they still have to negotiate peacefully.

After all, several days have been wasted, and the top priority is to arrest Chen Xiao in a timely manner.

As the negotiations progressed, the latest portrait provided by Zhao Hongwen also reached the hands of the Jinxia Sect.

Master Guixia looked at the portrait and his eyes widened.

Isn’t this the young monk who came down from the Fuhai!
He had seen the old version of the wanted poster before, and when he met Xiao Chen, he felt that he had a similar body shape.

However, the Chen Xiao listed on the wanted list was just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while True Man Yanlong could easily kill three Sky-crossing Birds, so he was a little hesitant to confirm whether they were the same person.

Now seeing the latest portrait, he suddenly realized in his heart - he had been fooled!

That Master Yanlong’s surname is not Xiao at all, he is using a pseudonym!
Even the letter might be a forgery.

The other party deliberately made up the identity of Junior Brother Xiao to deal with possible inspections.

What a cunning guy!

Thinking of this, Master Guixia's first reaction was to step forward and provide information.

But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly hesitated.

If this matter is made public, doesn't that mean he has failed in his duty?
Once the sect starts investigating in this direction, the matter of the flying bird will no longer be concealed.

Maybe Chen Xiao can be caught by then, but Master Guixia himself will definitely not get any benefits. The best result is that the merits and demerits will offset each other.

It would be better for him to just shut up, so that he would not be responsible.

His eyes flickered, and he chose to shut up.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the two sides reached a simple verbal agreement and immediately launched a joint large-scale search within the Jinxia Sect.

A Jindan from one of the three major families and a Jindan from the Jinxia Sect work in a group to monitor each other.

Start checking along every mountain and every river.

While they were searching in a big way, Xiao Chen had already arrived at the checkpoint of Jingkong Sea again.

The monk stationed at the checkpoint was quite polite when he saw the Jindan monk: "Fellow Daoist, please step forward and stand in front of the Treasure Mirror of Truth."

Knowing that Chen Xiao had broken through to the Golden Core stage, special spiritual weapons specifically designed to counter camouflage spells were installed at all four checkpoints.

Moreover, the Treasure Mirror of Truth is specifically designed to counter all illusion spells.

Generally speaking, even if it is a heavenly-level disguise technique, it will be easily seen through before it is practiced to the pinnacle level.

However, with the hundredfold enhancement of Hextech, Xiao Chen was still able to block the detection with the entry-level "Xuan Zong Illusion Technique".

Once again, I realized the beauty of numbers.

Seeing that the person in the mirror was the same as the image outside, the stationed monk did not dare to continue to stop him.

Instead, they respectfully let him go: "The Chu family thanks fellow Daoist for his support. Please come this way. We wish you a safe journey."

After successfully passing the level, Xiao Chen felt relaxed again.

While flying away calmly on his sword, he looked back at the rear.

Naturally, he also saw a large number of Jindan cultivators conducting joint searches on the road.

When I thought about them still aimlessly searching for someone, I wanted to laugh in my heart: "Hehehe, you guys take your time to search, I'm leaving first."

The main forces of the three major families are either in seclusion or have been transferred to Xilai Kingdom.

Therefore, there are almost no Jindan cultivators in the Jingkong Sea.

Xiao Chen even went to the largest Jingkong Market in Jingkong Sea and bought a sea chart at the Jingkong Building jointly opened by the three major families.

There is a widely known saying in the Eastern Region: The Endless Sea will eventually swallow everything.

When monks go out to sea, they not only have to avoid the territorial waters of high-level monsters, but also need to avoid various disasters.

For example, some sea areas are prone to thunderstorms, which are so powerful that even the Yuanying Zhenjun has to avoid them.

The boundary sea thunderstorms that Xiao Chen had encountered before were actually only of medium power.

For example, sea boils occasionally occur in some sea areas, where a large area of ​​sea rolls around as if it were boiling, and hot steam rises into the air.

But the strange thing is that it will return to normal after a while, and the cause of the boiling is often impossible to find.

For example, some sea areas occasionally have ghost fog or mirages.

If some monks who accidentally enter the illusion cannot leave in time, they may be completely swallowed up by the illusion.

Xiao Chen is not afraid of this, after all, he has the divine veil.

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In short, if you want to operate safely in the vast ocean, a detailed nautical chart with safe routes marked is essential.

Of course this stuff is sold everywhere.

The reason why Xiao Chen chose to buy in Jingkong Building was purely out of a bad taste.

The three major families wanted to capture me, but not only did they fail to catch me, they also provided me with the sea charts they collected.

win!
Of course, no matter how much you win, you still have to keep the accounts that need to be kept.

In a few years, the three major families will pay the price for what they did today.

You like the secret techniques of the Immortal Palace, right? When the time comes, Xiao Chen doesn’t mind letting them experience the power of the Yang Fire Seal for themselves.

If you can successfully collect the Yang Water Seal, you might also consider doing a double world of ice and fire.

With the guidance of the nautical chart, everything went smoothly along the way.

When leaving the Jingkong Sea, Xiao Chen encountered another level.

"Fellow Daoist, please hold the Lie-Detecting Orb."

In front of the stationed monk there was a pearl as big as a fist, emitting a bright white light.

"Are you Chen Xiao?" "No."

"Excuse me, do you know Chen Xiao, the one in the picture?"

"do not know."

"Then do you know any clues or information related to Chen Xiao?"

"do not know."

Xiao Chen shook his head continuously, appearing to be clueless about everything.

The Lie-Detecting Orb naturally has no way of distinguishing the truth from falsehood in the monk's words. Its principle is actually to use secret methods to confuse people into telling the truth.

Upon hearing this, the Wen family cultivator stationed here bowed and said to the guest, "Thank you for your cooperation, fellow Daoist."

"The sea is dangerous, please walk slowly. I wish you a safe journey."

The intermediate sea he mentioned refers to the area between the Jingkong Sea and the Wanxian Islands where there is no clear ownership.

This place has many names, and is also called the empty sea, the common sea, the high seas, the unowned sea, etc.

The main feature is that there are a small number of islands, but there are no or almost no spiritual veins, and there are basically no large schools of fish.

Except for some small families who would risk their lives here.

Most of the time there are only passers-by and pirates who specialize in robbing pedestrians.

After all, robbery cultivation is a popular industry in the cultivation world. It has a long history and has lasted for a long time.

Armed with a sharp blade, the murderous intention arises.

It just so happened that the monk really had a flying sword in his hand.

Therefore, there is an additional danger on the sea.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen's speed of escape was fast enough, and even with his normal sword flying, he could naturally dissuade most of the robbers, and he did not encounter any blind guys who came to cause trouble.

So he had almost no delays along the way and successfully arrived at the Wanxian Islands in about three days.

There is also a checkpoint here, and a long row of wanted posters are hung in the form of signs.

Xiao Chen took a quick glance and found that most of the wanted criminals were cultivators whose true identities were exposed for various reasons.

Arrange from left to right in order of reward amount.

He looked carefully and found that Chen Xiao, with a million-dollar bounty, was only ranked twelfth.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a breath of cold air. There are more experts?

He looked at the first place curiously, only to find that there was not even a portrait on the sign, only a code name - White Beard.

It is said that the spiritual weapon used by the other party when committing the crime was also a uniquely shaped whisk.

His age, name, and cultivation level are unknown, but based on the traces of magic, he is no less than the middle stage of the Golden Core.

The total bounty is as high as 4.8 million spirit stones.

Any cultivator who obtains Whitebeard's head and the iconic whisk can come to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to claim the reward.

The rest of the wanted notices are similar and contain very little useful information.

Relatively speaking, people like Chen Xiao who have full-body portraits, names and cultivation levels are rare.

But this is normal. After all, they are easy to find and have probably been caught.

If one could be caught, it would mean a huge income of spirit stones, which is almost enough for an ordinary cultivator to spend his entire life.

Even Xiao Chen was tempted by these rewards and took the initiative to write down the names of the eleven people ahead of him.
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Although there are checkpoints in the Wanxian Islands, the intensity of the inspection is far less than that of the Jingkong Sea.

There was no process of stopping and checking one by one, but a wide passage was directly arranged.

Then the stationed monks will have to use their eyes to identify it.

Xiao Chen estimated that this level could only serve as a symbolic deterrent, and it was hard to say how much actual effect it would have.

But this was also a good thing for him, as he easily passed through the Wanxian Islands.

Afterwards, he passed through Jianhai again and still did not encounter any robbery cultivators.

Eight days later, we successfully arrived at Nanlaohai.

The main destination of this trip to the Eastern Region, Baicao Secret Realm, is located on Baicao Island, slightly west of the center of Nanlaohai.

There is no checkpoint at all on the Nanlaohai side.

The main reason is that Baicao City, the largest local force, is a relatively special existence.

It is different from other sea areas where one sect dominates an area, or several forces jointly dominate the sea area.

The effective control range of Baicao City is limited to the core Baicao Island and the other six more important third-level spiritual veins in Nanlaohai.

The remaining large number of islands all belong to various immortal cultivation families that are nominally affiliated with Baicao City but are actually basically independent.

The reason why this situation occurred has to start with the Baicao Secret Realm.

Many years ago, the Baicao Secret Realm was not called the Baicao Secret Realm, but a spiritual medicine garden exclusively occupied by the overlord-level sect, the Holy Medicine Sect.

However, during a routine spiritual root test, the Holy Medicine Sect discovered a promising candidate with natural spiritual roots.

So they brought him back to the sect directly, and as per custom, left people secretly to help sever the worldly ties.

As it turned out, a young man happened to go to the sea to collect spiritual herbs that day, and happened to encounter a rare treasure among the corals on the seabed, thus avoiding the search of spiritual consciousness.

Then the Holy Medicine Sect disappeared.

The young man, who had already achieved the status of a True Lord at that time, directly announced that the Secret Realm of Hundred Herbs would be open to the public from now on and shared by all the people in the world.

In the years that followed, forces of all sizes emerged in Nanlaohai.

But strangely enough, any force that attempts to occupy the secret realm will be destroyed within a hundred years due to some unexpected factors.

Over time, it seemed to have become a curse.

So after another change of power, the new overlord of Nanlaohai simply changed his thinking.

They gave up controlling the secret realm and instead built a city not far from the secret realm, named Baicao City.

Then, taking advantage of the abundance of spiritual herbs in the secret realm at low prices, they vigorously trained alchemists.

Every time the secret realm opens, in addition to going into the secret realm to collect spiritual herbs.

Various stalls will also be set up around to attract casual cultivators to exchange the spiritual herbs they collected for various spiritual pills on the spot.

By setting up generous discounts, the output of Baicao Secret Realm was indirectly controlled.

Doing this really helped me avoid the curse.

Over time, it gradually developed into a regular large-scale event.

Every time the Baicao Secret Realm opens, it attracts many cultivators who want to try their luck in the secret realm.

After all, if one could pick up a third-level spiritual medicine, it would be like making a fortune for a foundation-building cultivator.

If you can pick up a fourth-level spiritual medicine, you can become rich overnight.

As a result, Baicao City earned a lot of extra spirit stones by selling various books and tools for collecting and preserving spiritual herbs.

When Xiao Chen arrived at Baicao Island, a number of cultivators who had arrived early to prepare for the event had already gathered there.

Especially some Qi-refining monks who belong to the same Nanlaohai but whose islands are located far away.

They arrived early and built their own huts in the designated area to live in.

The inns in the city were too expensive for them, and one spirit stone was required for one night's stay.

For the Jindan Zhenren, a number of independent caves were originally built on Baicao Island.

However, in order to keep a low profile, Xiao Chen chose to live in an inn in the city and pretend to be a casual foundation-building cultivator.

Speaking of which, he can really be considered half a casual cultivator now.

Lihuomen is far away in the southern region and can hardly provide any help.

Unless you can accidentally meet Master Feihong in the Eastern Region, you may be able to recognize him as a fellow villager with the help of the sect's token.

However, the Eastern Region is so large, and the two have never met before, so the probability of recognizing each other if they meet by chance is really low.

"In the next few days, let's practice well."

Xiao Chen calculated that it would take nearly half a year before the secret realm opened.

Speaking of which, he has hardly been able to concentrate on practicing since he broke through the Golden Core stage.

First he looked for a technique, then he dealt with the Cang Yan Sect, then he resolved the demonic disaster, and finally he was worried about the Purple Crystal Bodhi and wasting time.

Although I can’t say I was very busy along the way, I was basically rushing all the time and didn’t have much chance to practice properly.

This was almost the longest period of gap in training he had experienced since the end of the Kaipai.

"I haven't practiced for a long time, and I'm a little rusty."

After sitting cross-legged and practicing for several big cycles, Xiao Chen was still a little uncomfortable.

It is true that diligence brings success while laziness leads to failure.

I became lazy after not practicing for a few months.

In less than half an hour, I felt a little restless and couldn't help but want to go out for a walk, enjoy the breeze and see the scenery.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen's cultivation speed was extremely fast now. After persisting for a while, he felt the signs of the true energy gathering.

Thanks to this timely feedback, he was finally able to quickly focus his mind and concentrate on condensing his true energy.

Before he knew it, two days had passed, and the total amount of true energy in the golden elixir had increased.

Speaking of which, practicing here is indeed much more comfortable.

First of all, the spiritual energy in the Eastern Region is indeed generally stronger than that in the Southern Region.

Especially there is a fourth-level spiritual vein on Baicao Island, and the spiritual energy is even more rich.
Secondly, Xiao Chen lived in the small courtyard No. A behind the inn.

Although it is not as luxurious as the cave, it occupies a large area on its own.

But there are also two entrances and two exits, and a spirit gathering array is set up in the main room to help gather spiritual energy.

At least Xiao Chen is currently practicing without encountering the same spiritual energy shortage that the Sutra Library encountered.

You know, he consumes a hundred times more spiritual energy.

When practicing in the Southern Region, one must rely on consuming spiritual objects to help, otherwise it will seriously affect efficiency.

But here you can save spiritual objects, which is equivalent to saving a lot of money on buying spiritual objects.

Even for a Grade A courtyard, one needs to pay up to ten spirit stones every day.

It can still reduce the cost of cultivation by about 90%. After all, a bottle of ordinary second-level spiritual liquid costs hundreds of spirit stones.

From this we can see that the overall level of cultivators in the Eastern Region is higher, which is actually closely related to the overall environment here.

I practiced silently for dozens of days.

Just when Xiao Chen regained the feeling of cultivation.

Early that morning, the sound of gongs and drums could be heard outside.

Afterwards, all kinds of noisy sounds were heard continuously, and it was obviously not an ordinary day.

Although cultivators can use their magic power to block out the noise, Xiao Chen thought about it and decided to go out for some fresh air.

First of all, he has been practicing for quite a long time this time.

Secondly, as a casual cultivator, he can be said to be completely clueless about Baicao Island.

It would be better to take advantage of such a lively day to go out for a walk and collect some information at the same time.

(End of this chapter)