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Chapter 212: Fourth-level elixir - Jin family raid
The three members of the Jin family underestimated Xiao Chen's strength.

However, there was indeed nothing wrong with the location chosen for the action. No one else had passed by within a radius of thousands of miles.

It is also extremely convenient to deal with the battlefield, or there is nothing to deal with at all.

After all, there are plenty of carnivorous fish in the sea.

It won't be long before the sea breeze blows away and no trace will be left.

“No wonder there are so many rumors about robbery cultivators in the Eastern Region.”

Xiao Chen shook his head and used his true energy to clean the three storage rings in his hands.

It's funny to say that.

Before arriving in the Eastern Region, he had heard that some storage rings here had self-destruct traps. If opened incorrectly, they would be completely destroyed and could never be opened again.

It is said that it can effectively prevent disasters.

As a result, Xiao Chen discovered that the facts were completely different.

This function may really exist, but it is not available on cheap storage rings.

They don’t even have the Hanhai Ring. The storage ring used by the Jin family cultivators is not as good as the Hanhai Ring, so of course they don’t have it either.

It seems that only the true disciples of the big sects can afford the more advanced storage rings.

But then again, this is a good thing.

At least Xiao Chen no longer has to worry about how to open the storage ring.

He continued to fly forward on his sword for another 20,000 miles and found an uninhabited deserted island again.

He then mobilized his true energy to flush the ring and break the restrictions on it.

Compared to the storage bag, the restrictions of the storage ring are more complicated, so it is naturally much slower to crack.

Especially when it comes to laws, it normally requires certain knowledge of formations to solve.

If you don't understand the formation, you can only spend time to learn it.

If we have to make an analogy, the former is like using wire to pry a lock, while the latter is like using a saw blade to violently cut the lock.

Although Xiao Chen has learned a little bit of knowledge about formations, he has not yet touched upon this aspect.

So it took him a full nine hours to finally finish the three storage rings in his hands.

The space of these three rings is not large, only nine feet square.

The first thing that catches your eye is the sparkling spirit stone.

To be precise, it was more than 64,000 low-grade spirit stones and three hollow sandalwood boxes.

When his spiritual sense swept through, he immediately discovered that each box contained six hundred medium-grade spirit stones neatly stacked, which looked like some kind of gift.

Following closely behind was a batch of simply wrapped second-level spiritual herbs and eight sealed medicine jade boxes.

There are a total of seventeen third-level spiritual herbs in the jade box, half of which are related to water and look like they are needed for a certain pill recipe.

Then there are two thick books.

The first one is titled "Compendium of Inner Sea Spiritual Herbs", which records in detail almost all the third-level and below spiritual herbs within the inner sea of ​​the Eastern Region.

It also contained exquisite illustrations. Xiao Chen roughly flipped through it and found that there were at least tens of thousands of pictures.

The second book is titled "Swordsman's Romance: Encountering Beauty".

It roughly tells the story of a sword cultivator who, while traveling around the world, meets seven different confidantes, and finally defeats a powerful enemy together to become a true lord.

It also contains thousands of illustrations, most of which are pictures of various beauties, with a few landscapes.

After reading through the book from beginning to end, Xiao Chen did not find any illustrations about the swordsman. It seemed that they were purely fictional.

"This isn't right, why is there no secret manual?"

The three members of the Jin family did not carry any martial arts manuals, nor did they have any jade slips.

As the saying goes, review the past to learn new things.

Bring the cheat sheet with you when you go out, and read it when you have nothing to do so that you can make progress.

He didn't bring anything with him, no wonder he's so bad at fighting.

What a pity! It would be no problem to sell a third-level inheritance for tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Fortunately, although he didn't have the secret book, Jin Xiuli carried a pill recipe with him, and it was a third-level pill recipe.

Its name is "Ten Treasures Pill to Repair the Sky", which is a secret medicine for healing wounds and strengthening the body.

It contains ten kinds of elixirs that increase Qi and blood, as well as twenty-two kinds of auxiliary medicines.

Its main function is to make up for the loss of blood and energy when a monk is injured or fails to break through.

At the same time, it can also increase the total amount of qi and blood of the cultivator to a certain extent.

"Wow, there's something like this?"

Before in the Southern Region, Xiao Chen had only seen healing elixirs.

You know, for physical cultivation, Qi and blood are the foundation of everything. Increasing the total amount of Qi and blood is almost equivalent to improving one's aptitude in disguise.

It’s true, the Eastern Region has a lot of tricks when it comes to cultivation, from the Nine-Star Mysterious Pill to the Ten Treasures Heaven-Repairing Pill.

Although these things don't seem cheap, there are always monks who can afford them.

The upper and lower limits between cultivators of the same level have indeed been widened a lot because of this.

Then there were six third-level talismans that had not been used yet. They were all attack-type and were of no use to Xiao Chen.

The last one is a treasure box containing souls.

The essence of this thing is actually a storage box.

It is just a more advanced version developed in the Eastern Region. It can be used to store high-level spiritual objects and effectively protect them from damage.

When Xiao Chen saw this thing, his eyes immediately lit up.

Generally speaking, the things contained here are not bad.

However, this thing is also protected by prohibitions, and it is several times more complicated.

It took him another six and a half hours to successfully crack the Soul Box.

When he opened it, he saw a Baoyue-carved vase inside, which contained a walnut-sized elixir with two circles of fine elixir patterns.

As the treasure box opened, a faint fragrance of elixir emanated.

Just by smelling this scent, Xiao Chen felt as if he had come to a large forest, full of vitality all around.

This is actually a fourth-level elixir!
"Oh no, now I'm going to suffer the consequences of my lack of education."

Before in the Southern Region, Xiao Chen had only seen some third-level elixirs.

He had only recently arrived in the Eastern Region, and he didn't know many types of fourth-grade elixirs, nor did he have any fourth-grade alchemy inheritance.

Therefore, I really can't recognize what kind of elixir this is and what its function is.

However, the problem is not particularly big, and it will not be difficult to obtain information in this regard. I can just go back and ask someone.

Although Xiao Chen was a newcomer, he had no connections and no reliable channels.

But there happens to be a very special organization in the Eastern Region - Chaohui Pavilion.

It is responsible for buying and selling various intelligence and secret information. As long as you have spirit stones, you can get all kinds of information there.

The other party publicly claimed that our intelligence is like the rising sun, which clears the fog before every customer.

There is a stronghold of Chaohui Pavilion in Nanlaohai, which is said to be on a small island about 1,500 miles south of Baicao Island.

It is not far from the core of Baicao City, but also maintains a moderate distance.

The choice of location is very particular. It will not be completely out of the control of Baicao City, but can also retain a certain degree of secrecy.
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It didn't take long for Xiao Chen to find the location of Chaohui Pavilion.

For the sake of confidentiality, he did not choose to ask about the elixir in his hand alone, but instead asked to buy the images of all fourth-level elixirs.

Anyway, this knowledge will be used in the future, so just treat it as advance make-up lessons.

"I'm sorry, but this collection currently only contains illustrations of 125 fourth-tier elixirs."

The female cultivator wearing a rabbit mask said in a gentle tone, "There are two versions in total. One is a simplified version with only the name. I'll give you 500 spirit stones."

"And a detailed version with an introduction to the elixir, for three thousand spirit stones."

"Which one would the guest like?"

Xiao Chen pretended to be hesitant: "It's so expensive?"

"Give me a brief version then."

The female cultivator opposite nodded: "No problem."

"By the way, there's something I need to remind you, customers: in intelligence transactions, payment comes before delivery."

"Also, the Pavilion Master has a rule that once a guest has read the information, they cannot regret it."

It is said that because of this rule of refusing to refund, Chaohui Pavilion has been in trouble many times.

But in the end, thanks to their connections, they were able to successfully solve the problems, or solve the people who created the problems.

Xiao Chen took out five hundred spirit stones and pretended to be hesitant before changing his words: "Wait a minute, I... I still want the detailed version."

Then he added more spirit stones and successfully exchanged them for a small picture album that was not too thick.

I waited for about a quarter of an hour. When I received the album, the ink had just dried and there was still a lingering scent of ink, which showed that it was obviously freshly made.

After returning to the courtyard in Baicao City, Xiao Chen immediately activated the Nine Apertures Chain Array to prevent unnecessary interference.

Then he opened the information and quickly found the name of the elixir - Longevity Pill.

As the name suggests, this is a magic medicine for prolonging life.

If taken by Yuanying Zhenjun, it can extend life by twenty years.

If taken by monks of the third level or below, it can extend their lifespan by fifty to one hundred years.

In other words, for a Qi-refining cultivator, taking this pill can extend one's life.

But it has no practical significance. After all, one must be a Jindan Zhenren at least to afford the high price of a fourth-level elixir.

“No wonder there is such a rich vitality.”

When Xiao Chen noticed the vitality emitted by the Longevity Pill, he felt that it was either a holy medicine for healing wounds or a magical medicine for prolonging life.

Now it seems as expected.

In this case, it seems that I won’t be able to use this thing much.

He didn't need to worry about prolonging his life right now: "Look for an opportunity to exchange it for other cultivation resources."

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen suddenly remembered: "Hey, didn't City Lord Huo say before that he would hold a spiritual medicine banquet?"

“Isn’t this the qualification for admission?”

He heard it clearly at the time. As long as one had a fourth-level elixir and was willing to trade it, he would be eligible to attend the dinner.

He just happens to meet this condition now.

I'll sell the Longevity Pill at the dinner party, even if it's just for some spirit stones.

You can also check out other good stuff by the way.

"But then again, the Jin family might be a problem."

The loss of such an important elixir will definitely be used as a major clue by the Jin family for investigation.

If I take the Longevity Pill to the Medicinal Herb Banquet and the Jin family comes looking for me, I might get into trouble.

Based on Xiao Chen's understanding of these large families, they would most likely not believe the words of a casual cultivator like him and would only use their power to pressure him. However, there was still about a month until March 3rd, so there was no need to rush.

We can wait and see the situation first. Maybe the Jin family won’t be able to react in time.

After all, Nanlaohai is some distance away from the Wanxian Islands. If any incident occurs to the cultivators along the way, it may be delayed for ten days or so.

As long as the Jin family cannot set their sights on Baicao Island right away, it won’t affect anything.

After all, according to the previous agreement, I will go to the open sea in early May.

"Let's practice first. Cultivation is the foundation of everything."

Xiao Chen shook his head and threw away all these distracting thoughts.

The cultivation world has always been like this, strength is respected.

If he were a True Lord Yuanying now, he wouldn't need to worry about these things. Instead, the head of the Jin family would have to take the initiative to come and apologize, begging him to forgive his mistakes.

"The first step towards becoming a True Lord is to taste the demon pill."

Xiao Chen took out a demon pill from the Hanhai Ring, and followed the same method of swallowing the inner pill. He burned it into liquid medicine with spiritual fire and then swallowed it in one gulp.

In fact, there is a better way to deal with the demon pill.

For example, refining third-level elixirs can better utilize the spiritual power contained therein.

However, the current conditions do not allow it, so it is more convenient to swallow it directly.

Moreover, for Xiao Chen, he believed that he would have plenty of opportunities to obtain more demon pills in the future, and he didn't need to worry about these trivial details like ordinary cultivators.

After the medicine went into his stomach, a strong water spiritual power burst out in his body.

At the same time, a trace of the yin energy of sunflower water cultivated by the sea fish rushed out from the medicine liquid and went straight into his dantian along the meridians.

The yin energy of sunflower water in the demon pill is similar to the original elixir energy that a cultivator obtains when he forms a pill.

It is also the most essential and precious thing in the demon pill, comparable to a top-level third-order water-based spiritual object.

However, the Yin energy of Kuishui is the origin of monsters after all, so it must be handled with extreme caution.

If something goes wrong during the refining process, the Yin Qi will leak out.

At the very least, it will be difficult to practice for a period of time, and a lot of time will be needed to use true energy to dissolve the negative energy.

In severe cases, the Dantian will be infected by the cold and yin, directly damaging the foundation.

For ordinary practitioners, directly swallowing the demon pill is also a very risky thing.

But it doesn’t matter, Xiao Chen is a physical cultivator and has a great physique!
His blood and energy are vigorous, his yang energy is abundant, and his dantian is like a furnace.

The Yin energy of the sunflower water penetrated into the dantian, which was like walking into a trap.

Immediately, the Life Pill grasped it from afar with its true essence and refined it completely in an instant.

At the same time, with the supply of pure spiritual power, new true energy began to condense in Xiao Chen's dantian.

However, in the process of refining the yin energy of sunflower water, the yang energy in the life pill inevitably suffered a certain amount of loss.

It is normal for such a small amount of loss to occur due to the conflict between Yin and Yang, and it is not a big problem.

Without interference, it will probably take a day to recover.

“Wow, that feels great!”

Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled a two-foot-long stream of cold air from his mouth.

The last bit of cold air was expelled, and the demon pill was completely refined.

The whole process took about three hours in total, and actually helped him increase his true essence by three lines.

"So fast!"

Xiao Chen looked inward with his spiritual sense and couldn't help but feel happy.

Although in order to avoid excessive loss of Yang energy, it is best to swallow only one demon pill a day.

But even at this speed, as long as there is a sufficient supply of demon pills, his cultivation time can be shortened to one-sixth of the original time.
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Of course, in reality, hunting for demon pills also takes some time.

Xiao Chen calculated that he needed to obtain at least five demon pills every month so that his cultivation efficiency could be on par with that of practicing hard behind closed doors.

The extra is the real efficiency improvement.

This condition is extremely difficult for other monks.

But Xiao Chen felt that he could give it a try.

After all, his escape technique is fast, which means a larger hunting range; his true essence recovers quickly, which means a higher hunting frequency; and he kills monsters quickly, which means higher hunting efficiency.

If you can harvest ten demon pills in a month, your cultivation efficiency will double.

The next morning, Xiao Chen left Baicao Island again and headed south to look for third-level sea fish.

Maybe it’s because the speed is fast enough, or maybe it’s because of good luck.

After a whole day of searching, they successfully caught a clouded grouper and obtained a demon pill on the afternoon of the third day.

And on the morning of the sixth day, he caught another smallmouth silver perch and obtained another magic pill.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. He caught a total of four third-level sea fish and obtained four demon pills.

But he also searched almost the entire area south of Baicao Island, especially the fourth sea fish, which took him a lot of effort.

"It seems like fishing can't just be done in one place. Let's try another area."

Xiao Chen returned to Baicao Island excitedly, preparing to rest for two days to refine his true essence and to find out the situation.

After that, he planned to go to the east to have a look. After he had circled the remaining three directions, he estimated that it would be around May.

Unfortunately, as soon as he returned to the island, he saw a large number of bounties.

The Jin family reacted quickly, arriving at Baicao Island eight days ago. While communicating with Baicao City, they also deployed a large number of manpower to search for clues.

The sudden shattering of the life tablets left by three direct descendants of the clan was already a matter of great importance.

Not to mention that it also involves a fourth-level elixir, which is even more crucial.

Therefore, almost all the members of the Jin family came out, and called on their friends and brought more than ten Jindan cultivators with them, showing an attitude of not giving up until the murderer was found.

Judging from the situation, if Xiao Chen took the Longevity Pill to attend the banquet.

It is estimated that they will be besieged as soon as they come out of the City Lord's Mansion, and they may even be captured as robbers in the middle of the banquet.

He walked around the city and found that many people were discussing the topic of the Jin family cultivators.

"Have you heard? That robbery cultivator not only killed the Jin family of the Ten Thousand Immortal Islands, but also seemed to have stolen a very important treasure."

"No wonder the Jin family put up a reward of 300,000 spirit stones. What is that treasure? Any information?"

"I haven't heard of it, but if anyone dares to touch the Jin family, I think the one who started the robbery will be in big trouble."

"I think so too. Where did this young man come from? He is so bold. Even the Ghost Face Green knows that you should not touch people you shouldn't mess with."

Guimianqing is ranked tenth on the bounty wall of Wanxian Island, with a bounty of 1.3 million spirit stones.

"Well, if that's the case, it couldn't be Whitebeard who did it. He always likes to target these big families."

"That's hard to say. The first few are all possible. Didn't they say that the pale-faced scholar also likes to come over here?"

The white-faced scholar ranked sixth, with a cumulative bounty of two million spirit stones.

"Impossible. How could Bai Shazi have such courage? He only dares to attack lone monks. He is just lucky that he has not been caught for more than three hundred years."

"Nonsense! How can someone who ranks sixth be so lacking in courage? Maybe they're just doing the opposite."

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Soon the topic of conversation turned to the debate over who was the most powerful and who was the weakest among the ten great calamity cultivators.

Xiao Chen left quietly and snooped around for a while.

The situation is not optimistic. Baicao City has now believed that the Jin family cultivators were killed by robbers, and is helping to collect effective clues in the city.

It is said that the Jin family hired a tracking expert.

At present, the investigation scope has been narrowed to the south of Baicao Island, and we went to the southern islands the day before yesterday to inquire about the situation.

As long as we can find a wandering cultivator who has seen a Jin family cultivator before, we can lock down the approximate range and proceed to the next step of screening.

With the cooperation of Baicao City, excluding those Jindan cultivators who are not present, there will not be many people left.

After all, even if there are more Jindan Zhenren in the Eastern Region, they are not so many that they cannot be counted. Most of them can be traced.

It's just a matter of how much manpower and time you are willing to invest.

At the same time, Xiao Chen unexpectedly learned that Baicao Island had become loose inside and tight outside.

No one will interfere with you when you enter the island, but Jindan cultivators who leave the island will be followed.

If I stay, I might find myself suddenly blocked by a large group of people in the middle of the night.

In fact, this news was released by the Jin family.

Generally speaking, if a robbery cultivator encounters this situation, he will definitely choose to evacuate from Baicao Island.

For this purpose, the Jin family actually left one-third of their men to hide near Baicao Island, ready to ambush the escaping robbers.

However, Xiao Chen did not leave as the Jin family expected.

The main reason is that if he runs away now, Jin Guang San Ren and his current image will definitely be ruined, and there will be no need to think about the outer sea ruins.

So he simply wanted to take a gamble that he would not be discovered in the end.

After all, no matter how much the Jin family investigates, theoretically they cannot identify a specific person.

Anyway, he had the Night's Edge with him, and the worst-case scenario was that the door was blocked, but he wouldn't be trapped to death on Baicao Island.

So he simply refined a demon pill every morning for the next few days to increase his true essence.

In the afternoon, while cultivating my Yang energy, I went for a walk in Baicao City to join in the fun and find out the latest situation.

Fortunately, he didn't leave.

On the first day of March, a distinguished guest came to Baicao Island.

He is a good friend of City Lord Huo in his early years, and his Buddhist name is Master Ti Deng.

He saw bounty notices all over the streets of the city, so he posted one in the square as well.

Any cultivator who can provide one of the three designated fourth-level spiritual objects can exchange it for a Xianzhi Soul-Soothing Pill from him.

Xianzhi Soul-Soothing Pill is a fourth-grade elixir that has the effect of purifying the soul, improving consciousness, and most importantly, increasing understanding.

After being persuaded, one can understand a thousand things from hearing one thing within six hours.

It is of great help in breaking through bottlenecks or understanding difficulties.

However, correspondingly, the three things offered as a reward by the Lord of the Lantern are all related to understanding.

They are Tianrui Immortal Ganoderma, Purple Gold Bodhi, and Three Flowers Spirit Fruit.

Among them, Tianrui Xianzhi is the most important main ingredient in refining Xianzhi Soul-Sucking Pill.

"Is there such a good thing?"

Xiao Chen was a little tempted by the reward. Anyway, he might need to run away at any time, so he might as well exchange it for a fourth-level elixir first.

After all, the Immortal Ganoderma Soul-Soothing Pill can improve spiritual awareness, although this benefit is only incidental for fourth-level cultivators.

But it was a very useful improvement for him.

If it goes unnoticed, you'll be rewarded with a magic pill.

If he was noticed, the worst that could happen was that he could use the Night Blade to escape and avoid the Jin family's search.

(End of this chapter)