Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 225: Demonic Restriction: Cracking the Storage Ring

"Boo~!"

The restriction on the palace in the distance just happened to be broken.

Xiao Chen's movements were very quick, taking less than three breaths of time.

As a result, the Huo family monks on all sides were busy opening the palace and had no time to intervene.

At this time, I heard the screams of the female cultivator in red, and realized that a huge change had taken place on the other side.

They looked at each other and chose to turn around and leave.

Although doing so would put the blue-robed monk in danger, no one cared about that at this moment.

As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will never die if he is a poor Taoist.

"Brother Huo, save me!"

The blue-robed monk also realized this and immediately pointed out the connection between them: "The reason I set up the ambush was because I followed your instructions."

He is not stupid. At this time, only by dragging the Huo family into the water can he gain a chance of survival.

"What the hell are you talking about!"

Huo Mingcheng, who was about to escape from a distance, had to stay after hearing this: "I don't even know you!"

He looked at Xiao Chen and said, "My fellow Daoist, I am from the Huo family. Many independent cultivators recognize my face. He is clearly making random accusations, so please don't misunderstand me."

Unfortunately, his tone was panicked at the moment, and his words were completely unconvincing.

Xiao Chen certainly wouldn't be fooled: "Friend Ding, I'll leave this guy to you. I'll go deal with the ones ahead."

After giving the order, he took out the golden mace and rushed towards Huo Mingcheng.

The blue-robed monk was originally between the two sides, and should have been able to stop them.

But he had no intention of taking action at all. Since the Huo family wanted to abandon him, let them all die together.

"not good!"

Seeing this, Huo Mingcheng became anxious and no longer cared about maintaining his family's reputation, so he ran away.

At the same time, he thought of a clever idea: "Don't follow me, go your separate ways!"

Upon hearing this, the three people around immediately turned in different directions.

"Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, I'm here to help you!"

Qiu Fanghui immediately said, "Leave the guy on the far right to me."

As he said that, he jumped directly onto a black iron puppet, and then the four puppets took a step forward and ran away at the same time.

Because they are mechanical creations, their running speed is much faster than that of ordinary Jindan cultivators.

Especially in such a relic with a no-fly zone, he was only a little slower than Xiao Chen.

However, Qiu Fanghui also knew how to protect himself. He did not take out any offensive spiritual weapons, but instead took out two shields in advance.

Judging from the posture, he clearly intends to fight and delay time.

Ma Wenbo reminded him, "Big Brother, Fellow Daoist Jin Guang can't handle this alone. Leave this guy in front to me and Third Junior Brother. You can go and help as well."

Yu Zhenyang shook his head: "No, these cultivators are very powerful. You and Third Junior Brother may not be able to stop them."

"We just need to do what Fellow Daoist Jin Guang tells us to do, and don't worry about the rest."

His choice cannot be said to be excellent, but it is safe.

The blue-robed monk secretly hid a mountain-collapsing thunder bead, hoping to use it to break through.

But in the end, he was outnumbered and was surrounded and killed by the three people who worked together in perfect harmony.

"Big Brother, thank goodness you helped me stop it, otherwise I would have been exposed."

Cao Mingjie's face turned red and purple, which was due to the reverse flow of blood in his body.

As a person in the early stage of Jindan, he was used as a breakthrough point in the confrontation.

"It's okay, you can rest first."

Yu Zhenyang patted his shoulder again and then looked into the distance.

Of the four cultivators from the Huo family, two have fallen, and Qiu Fanghui is currently fighting with one while walking away.

But Xiao Chen was nowhere to be seen.

However, Yu Zhenyang was no longer worried about his safety at this time. Instead, he looked around, alert to any hidden wandering cultivators trying to take advantage of him.

Across from the main road.

"I am the direct descendant of the Huo family, you can't kill me!"

Huo Mingcheng leaned against a palace wall and tremblingly took out an identity token: "Many people saw what happened today. You definitely can't hide it."

"As soon as we get out of the secret realm and ask around, the family will know it was you who did it."

There were indeed many monks who witnessed the battle from the very beginning, but they all chose to stand by and watch.

"Let's put their affairs aside for now. There's no rush to talk about them."

Xiao Chen smiled and walked towards Huo Mingcheng: "I heard that the Huo family does not have a Yuanying. Your background can't scare anyone."

"Tell me, who is behind you?"

The blue-robed monk and the green-robed monk just now almost reached the peak of the Golden Core Stage.

Objectively speaking, they can even be called elites.

The Huo family, a Jindan family, alone cannot mobilize such cultivators. Xiao Chen suspects that the so-called Huo family is just a white glove, and there are other forces behind it.

In this case, he must find out who the enemy is.

Otherwise, after going out, you will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe and fall into a trap.

"Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, I was just confused for a moment."

Huo Mingcheng's eyes flickered, and he began to beg for mercy: "It's mainly because of those few people who instigated me. Please give me a chance!"

"As long as you let me go today, I will reward you handsomely when you get out."

However, he deliberately turned a deaf ear and never mentioned the power behind the Huo family.

"You said you, ah."

Xiao Chen shook his head: "Why do you have to ask for trouble?"

He easily broke Huo Mingcheng's last defensive talisman.

But he intentionally controlled his strength and did not hurt him directly.

Then, he used the secret technique of 'blood earthworm' for the first time in a long time.

"You actually practiced magic! You are a demon cultivator!"

Huo Mingcheng's face turned pale, and he no longer had any hope in his heart. He immediately slapped his crown with his palm, trying to commit suicide.

Unfortunately, just as he reached out his hand, Xiao Chen stopped him: "Oh, you even know this?"

"Very good, then I'll let you enjoy it."

Normally, there is no reason for the cultivators from the Eastern Region to recognize this secret technique from the Yellow Springs Path.

Unless he's seen it before!
Therefore, Xiao Chen not only did not continue to attack, but also considerately performed water therapy.

Although the effect of this first-level spell is minimal at this time, it is enhanced by Hextech and is just right to temporarily relieve the injury.

"Stop torturing me, I'll tell you everything!"

In just a quarter of an hour, Huo Mingcheng had already forgotten his family's warning: "Those cultivators are all from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, but they are advertised as independent cultivators."

"The specific matters were arranged by the clan leader. I really don't know the hidden secrets."

Xiao Chen pressed on, "You really don't know? Forget it. Tell me first, how did you recognize that the blood earthworms were magical? Don't say you don't know anymore."

Huo Mingcheng was already in a daze, and answered subconsciously: "I used to be in the family...ah~!"

His eyes suddenly opened wide as if they were about to bulge out, and a wisp of black smoke drifted from his body.

Then, a flame erupted from within, burning his entire body to ashes.
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"Hmm? There's also a ban on silencing people?"

Seeing this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Thanks to the inheritance of the Yellow Springs Secret Book that he had obtained before, he had actually seen similar methods in it.

That is to extract the secret technique and plant a hidden hand in the body of the monk.

Once someone tries to leak core information, the restriction will be triggered and they will be killed immediately. It is a very vicious magic technique.

Although the form of expression is slightly different, according to the Huangquan Secret Book, such high-level secret techniques can only be performed by Yuanying Zhenjun.

In other words, there is a Yuanying Zhenjun in the Eastern Region who is secretly practicing magic.

"That's right. The Eastern Region is too vast. How can we really completely eliminate it?"

Xiao Chen sighed inwardly. Since there can be hidden Taoist sects, it is actually normal to have hidden demonic cultivators.

It's just that relatively speaking, the demon cultivators here have become much more restrained and usually don't go out into the outside world at all.

In other words, they will use pawns like the Huo family to hide their identities.

At present, it may be related to the lack of order in the open sea and the relatively chaotic environment.

The local Yinshi Sect doesn't seem to be a good group either, so it's natural that it's easy for filth to hide near the Lightless Sea.

"In this case, I probably won't be able to get by with my identity as Jin Guang San Ren."

Xiao Chen could already foresee that as soon as the ruins were over and the news of Huo Mingcheng's murder spread, he would be targeted by the demonic Nascent Soul.

If he continues to act like this, he will probably get into all kinds of trouble, both overt and covert.

The best way is to abandon this vest.

"In that case, you can be a little more relaxed next time."

Xiao Chen's eyes turned and he said, "This vest is about to be lost. Then I don't have to worry about anything in this ruins. I can go all out."

“Too many lice won’t bite, and too many debts won’t worry you.”

"No matter what happens in the future, let's get the benefits from the ruins first."

He looked at the main road not far away and said: "First collect the orbs, then go to the core area to grab the treasure."

Turn back and deal with the last Huo family monk.

Yu Zhenyang rushed over with a precious pearl: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, this was found in the palace with the monkey catching the moon."

Xiao Chen nodded, put away the orb, and commanded: "Let's rest for a while, and then explore the palace."

Since the independent cultivators were not as quick as the Huo family, the other palaces had not been cracked yet.

At the same time, after witnessing the fate of the Huo family cultivators in the previous battle, the independent cultivators had already fled, fearing that they would be killed to silence them.

The main reason was that they were spectators and witnessed with their own eyes how Xiao Chen just killed a golden elixir with one sword.

This combat power is really terrifying!

In the world of cultivation, the ability to sense danger is also very important.

Instead of basing his own safety on the premise that Xiao Chen is a good person.

It would be better to run away and find a corner to hide in.

After you get out, you can go to the Huo family to collect a reward, and then go to Chaohui Pavilion to sell information and make some money.

Such a top swordsman suddenly appeared, and many people would definitely be interested in his appearance, spiritual weapon and battle process.

Xiao Chen himself didn't really need to rest, so he simply started studying the six new storage rings he had acquired.

The reason why there are six is ​​because the ban on silencing people just now also burned the storage ring.

It's a bit of a pity, but it doesn't matter. This loss will be temporarily recorded on the Huo family, and we will get it back from their family warehouse when we have the chance.

However, the Huo family is just a disguise after all, the key is still the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator behind them.

So there is no need to be too hasty about this matter. Xiao Chen plans to run away and avoid the limelight after leaving the ruins in a few days.

In order to prevent that Yuanying Zhenjun from getting angry and rushing over to block the people as soon as possible.

Although generally speaking, a conflict among the Jindan cultivators under his command would certainly not directly alarm the Yuanying Zhenjun.

But he was afraid that since it involved the magic path, the opponent might not play by the rules, so he had to be on guard. About half a day later, Xiao Chen was still thinking about his next move while trying to decipher the storage ring.

Yu Zhenyang returned with the orb and a piece of rice paper: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, the remaining eight orbs and all the ancient spiritual texts are here."

The drawing on that piece of paper was very detailed and also had notes on it.

"Very good, thank you for your hard work."

Xiao Chen reached out to take it and put it into the Hanhai Ring.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. We are just trying to provide a small amount of help."

Qiu Fanghui rushed to say: "What should we do next? Please give us your instructions, fellow Daoist."

This question is indeed crucial.

There are still about six days left, and it seems inappropriate to continue following the team in front of me.

Xiao Chen didn't care, but they might be angered by then.

With this in mind, he simply spoke the truth, wanting to see their reaction: "I'm going to go to the core area later, hopefully I can fight for the heritage of the ruins."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhenyang and Ma Wenbo looked at each other.

They didn't want to take risks in the core area in the first place, let alone fight for the inheritance.

Qiu Fang would immediately express his opinion: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang is very powerful. In my opinion, as long as Fellow Daoist takes action, the result will be easy."

Before, after he said this, others would quickly agree with him.

But this time, there was silence.

Cao Mingjie was still frightened at this time and didn't want to go to the core area.

Not hearing an answer is also an answer.

Xiao Chen immediately understood their thoughts: "If you don't really want to go, you can explore other places."

As he spoke, he took out sixteen third-level spiritual fruits that he had obtained in the Baicao Secret Realm. "I have a few spiritual fruits here. Sharing them among you will be your reward for helping me collect the orbs."

After all, the other party spent several hours opening the palace, so he was prepared to show some appreciation.

"No, no, no, that's not necessary."

Yu Zhenyang waved his hand: "We actually didn't do anything. To be honest, we have to thank you, Daoist Fellow Jin Guang, for helping us. Otherwise, we would have been killed by the monster long ago."

"All the things that happened later are what I should have done. How can I still have the nerve to ask for fellow Daoist's spiritual fruit?"

This time, even Qiu Fanghui refused: "Friend Yu is right, I think so too."

After saying that, everyone was silent for a while.

"Okay, if you don't want that, forget it."

Xiao Chen put away the spiritual fruit and waved his hand outside: "Then don't waste time, quickly go to the side hall to explore."

"Let's say goodbye now and meet again if fate allows."

After saying that, he continued to concentrate on cracking the storage ring.

It takes a total of about eighteen hours, or a day and a half, to prepare six storage rings.

Fortunately, the ruins will be open for seven days, which is plenty of time to see if the other Huo family monks have any important clues.

Or maybe you brought some good stuff that you might need next time.
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As usual, Xiao Chen first counted the spirit stones with his spiritual sense.

"Hey, why are you all so poor?"

The six storage rings combined only had more than 327,000 low-grade spirit stones.

As for mid-grade spirit stones, there wasn't even a single one.

Some of the wealthier foundation-building cultivators can have this much wealth.

"Where did you spend the money? Did you buy talismans?"

Xiao Chen saw dozens of different talismans at a glance.

Among them, the rare ones include three Glazed Fire Purification Talismans and six Gold-Sealed Turtle Shell Talismans, a total of nine defensive talismans.

The main reason was that the battle ended too quickly, so these things didn't have time to be consumed.

In order to better explore the ruins, not only many talismans were prepared, but also a lot of elixirs and formation plates.

Moreover, it was different from the cultivation elixirs Xiao Chen usually saw.

There are a total of nineteen bottles of elixirs, half of which are Huiyuan Pills, which are used to quickly restore true essence.

The rest are Muyuan Pills, Longli Pills, Qingshuang Pills and the like, which are pills that temporarily increase the combat effectiveness of cultivators.

Those temporary formations are actually quite good.

There is the Goose-shaped Return Time Formation for defense, the Xuanhuang Retrograde Formation for breaking the restrictions of the ruins, and a killing formation called Chixiao Breaking the Law.

"These all seem pretty good. Maybe they can be used later."

Xiao Chen nodded in satisfaction and put away the formation plate and formation diagram.

Judging from the formation diagram, this Xuanhuang retrograde formation is no worse than Yu Zhenyang's Yin-Yang forbidden formation.

Next, I will act alone, so if I encounter any restrictions, I will have a quick way to resolve the problem.

"Hey, what is this?"

Xiao Chen picked up a long and narrow token. He saw the word "Jubao" written on the front and a tall building painted on the back.

Upon closer inspection, it was the Treasure House in the West Market that restricted entry to ordinary cultivators.

"So this is the Treasure Order."

Xiao Chen looked through it and said, "It's a pity that I came a little late. I don't know if there are any branches of Jubaolou in other places, and whether it can be used."

He had already decided to stay out of the spotlight, so he definitely didn't have time to go to the West Market this time.

But you can save it for next time. After all, such a small thing doesn’t take up much space.

It still has to be the Hanhai Ring. The larger the space, the more comfortable it is.

In addition, there is a fragment, two small porcelain bottles, three spiritual weapons, and three spiritual treasure boxes in the storage ring.

The rest of the useless debris was burned to ashes by Xiao Chen.

First, I picked up the fragment. It felt slightly cool to the touch, and I could see the fragments of the pine and pavilion painting on the front. I guessed that when it was complete, it should have depicted a mountain.

There are a few words on the inside, but unfortunately there are only four small words written here - stabilize my rivers and mountains.

There is also a fire character at the end, which seems to be the way of writing the word "炼", but it is not certain.

Then Xiao Chen opened the two small porcelain bottles.

I saw that it contained Earth Vein Essence Milk and Moonlight Condensed Frost.

The former is the milky white spiritual liquid accumulated from the core of the underground spiritual mine.

It can be used to warm up the golden elixir to speed up cultivation, and it can also be used as one of the important raw materials for alchemy.

However, the greatest feature of the Earth Vein Essence Milk is that it can repair minor damage to the Golden Core caused by accidents such as failed breakthroughs.

The reason why it is a minor injury is that if the golden elixir is seriously damaged, there is no value in recuperating even if the person survives.

The latter is the spiritual flower dew collected on the full moon night before the sun rises.

It needs to be stored in an extremely cold place, and it takes 6636 years for the frost to condense.

Normally, one hundred kilograms of dew can only produce one portion of such frost.

All in all, although they are all third-level spiritual objects, they are all first-class good things.

Then there are three brand new spiritual weapons.

However, Xiao Chen doesn't care about this, as he is not short of spiritual weapons now.

Therefore, I just picked out one of the Hundred Feather Silk Robes and studied it briefly.

This spiritual robe is made of nine hundred and ninety-nine feathers of third-level spiritual birds, strung together with a special bright thread.

All the feathers are white, and they fit together like a silky white robe. The feather shield can be opened when fighting.

"I'll sell those two for spirit stones, but I think I can keep this one for myself."

Xiao Chen tried it on and felt that he should get a new robe.

It has been a long time since he broke through the Golden Core stage, but he has been wandering around wearing a second-level robe. It is time to wear a better one.

"Hoo~!"

Finally, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and prepared to open the Soul Box.

"I hope the gods and Buddhas will bless me and let me open something good!"

He rubbed his hands and picked up the first box: "Open!"

There was a piece of crystal in the box, and judging from the runes, it should be the way of gold.

There is no doubt that this is a deviation.

Ok?
"I hope all the gods and Buddhas in the sky will give me, Xiao, some face and let me open some good things!"

Xiao Chen blew a breath of hot air on his palms and rubbed them again: "Open!"

Suddenly, a golden light appeared in front of him.

In the middle of the box, there is a round jade bead, which emits dazzling golden light.

This is a golden black jade bead, which is an excellent carrier for engraving gold formations.

It is also a top-level third-level spiritual material for refining weapons and can be used as the main material for many spiritual weapons.

"Hiss~, you don't give me face."

Xiao Chen was a little speechless. Why were all the things related to gold?

What does the Huo family want to do?

"The last one is the Soul Containing Treasure Box. My requirements are not high. Can I have something else?"

This time, Xiao Chen opened the box directly, and immediately a strange fragrance came to his nose.

"One, two... nine, Nine-Leaf Green Light Grass?"

In front of me was a blue spiritual herb with nine leaves, about six inches long and two inches wide.

The reason why it is called Qingguang Grass is because it is rumored that when a cultivator refines this spiritual herb, a green halo will appear around his body.

It is said that it only produces one leaf every hundred years, matures at six leaves, and withers within ten years after its nine leaves are fully mature.

There is no doubt that this is a top-level third-order wood-type spiritual herb.

And it is one of the few spiritual objects suitable for direct use.

If general spiritual herbs are refined into elixirs, they can either enhance their effects or improve their absorption efficiency.

However, there is almost no difference in the effects between directly absorbing the Nine-Leaf Green Light Grass and refining the Nine-Leaf Green Light Pill.

The only difference is that the elixir is easier to store and can be stored for a longer time.

"It's okay, at least there's a safety net."

Xiao Chen immediately closed the lid to prevent the loss of medicinal properties.

He was already satisfied to be able to find a wood-type spiritual object.

After all, from a probability perspective, there are a total of eight types of the five elements plus ice, thunder, and wind, not to mention other types of rare materials.

Therefore, even if there is not a single wood-type spiritual object in the three soul-containing treasure boxes, it is actually normal.

"A few of you go look on the left, and the rest of you follow me to the right!"

Xiao Chen had just finished packing his things when he saw a group of monks coming to the main road.

The middle-aged man with a square face who was leading the group was directing his men to explore the palace.

Judging from their attire, they seem to be monks from the Yinshi Sect.

Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. This was interesting.

They have clearly gone to the core area, but now they are coming back to the palace area. What are they looking for?
There was nothing else in the palace except twelve precious pearls.

(End of this chapter)