Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 240: Interlude: Strange Visions of Heaven and Earth

Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Xiao Chen turned his head and took a look.

The wooden sign listed nine fourth-grade longevity elixirs and stated that none of these nine elixirs were within the scope of the bounty.

It is not difficult to guess that the ancestor of the Yi family must have taken it.

For this purpose, the Yi family offered a huge reward and also promised several additional favorable conditions.

Between the lines, there is a strong desire to survive.

"I heard that a Yuanying Zhenjun can live for a full thousand years, which is equivalent to five of my lifetimes."

A cultivator lamented, "Even at that level, it's still difficult to achieve immortality."

Some monks also shook their heads and said, "The Yi family has offered such rewards many times before. Even the richest family would have been drained out by it."

"If I were nearing the end of my life, I would definitely not do this. Leaving some of my inheritance for the younger generation would be the right thing to do."

The late Foundation Establishment cultivator who had mocked others earlier spoke again: "Come on, with your savings, even a hair plucked from the Yi family's legs would be thicker than your waist."

"You're still giving me advice. Old Master Yi has lived for over 1,200 years."

"How many of you can live to a fraction of their age?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they stirred up a hornet's nest and instantly aroused public anger.

Many cultivators glared at him angrily, and there was a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the crowd who had a bad temper and immediately started swearing at him.

"More than 1,200 years?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

If you want to live for another two hundred years, the nine kinds of elixirs listed on the bounty order probably won't be enough.

However, in addition to elixirs, there are also many secret methods that can help people prolong their lives.

It seems that the ancestor of the Yi family has worked very hard and must have put in a lot of effort in other aspects as well.

"Let's go!"

Seeing that the argument was becoming more and more intense and was about to turn from verbal to physical, Xiao Chen turned around and left without hesitation. He was not interested in such a dispute.

As for the rest of the bounties, there are indeed several tasks with high rewards, but they are too time-consuming, so I'll consider them later.

For now, we should go to Wuling to look for the magic weapon.

Before leaving, he took out ten spirit stones and handed them to Guo Pan as a reward, and immediately received a long list of thanks.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!"

However, before Xiao Chen could leave, a Jindan cultivator with a long face, thin lips and two small mustaches suddenly came quickly from behind.

He was wearing the Cangming Immortal Sect's disciple robe, with a golden tiger head embroidered on the lapel.

He put on a big smile, clasped his hands together and said, "My name is Wang Qianghu. I have an important matter to discuss with you. The reward for keeping it safe will be generous."

Xiao Chen waved his hand: "No, I'm busy."

After saying that, he continued walking forward.

But then Wang Qianghu came up a few steps and said, "Fellow Daoist, don't be so hasty to leave. Let me explain."

Ok?
Xiao Chen paused: "Friend Wang, what do you want to do?"

Generally speaking, there is a sense of propriety between monks of the same level.

He has already expressed a clear refusal, but the other party is still relentless. There must be something fishy going on.

Wang Qianghu first glared at Guo Pan next to him, his eyes full of warning.

Seeing this, the boy shrank his neck, a look of horror appeared on his face, and he ran away without even saying hello.

Then Wang Qianghu forced a smile and said, "Fellow Daoist, to be honest, I don't have any other hobbies. I just like to explore everywhere."

"A few days ago, I was outside and found a cave left by our ancestors."

"I just hate that there are several beasts in the late Jindan stage blocking the outside of the cave. It's really hateful."

"I visited several friends in the market these past two days, but there's still one person missing."

As he spoke, Wang Qianghu pointed at Xiao Chen and said, "We are fortunate to meet today. I see that you are well-dressed and have an outstanding demeanor. I guess you are definitely not an ordinary person."

"So I shamelessly came to invite you."

"As long as you help me, I am willing to offer you two hundred thousand spirit stones, and after entering the cave, I will let you choose an item."

A sneer appeared on Xiao Chen's face: "I said I don't have time, get out!"

He had roughly guessed what the other party wanted to do. It was nothing more than luring the wandering cultivators out to look for treasure, but in the end they killed people and took the treasure.

The key point is that the other party's method is too rough.

You have the words "I am not a good person" written on your face right from the start. Who would want to go out with you?

"stop!"

Wang Qianghu shouted loudly, and the flesh on his face trembled.

The smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a ferocious expression: "You heard everything I just said."

"It's inappropriate to just leave like this, right?"

He took a step forward, his eyes threatening: "What if you go out and tell my secret to others, how will you settle the score?"

Oh, it turns out there was a hole dug here.

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. He didn't expect the other party to come up with a new trick.

It's not about tricking people into killing them, but about striking them directly in the market.

Very good, he has gained some knowledge.

He glanced at the port in the distance. Considering that there was a no-fly zone in the market town, it was not convenient to take action directly.

So Xiao Chen waved his hand and said, "Friend Wang, let's go to where there are fewer people. I have something to tell you in private."

"This is about the Yi family, it's not convenient for outsiders to hear."

Yi family?

Wang Qianghu narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. This is not right.

He followed him all the way from the port and saw that Xiao Chen was an outsider cultivator with no background and had a lot of spirit stones on him, so he chose him to attack.

But from the sound of it, it seems that the other party is related?
Even though the old man of the Yi family is about to die, it seems like the family is about to collapse.

As long as the old man is still alive and can speak, the Yi family is not someone that a small sect manager like him can easily offend.

If you are smart, it would be better to clarify the misunderstanding now and avoid creating grudges.

But the question is, is Xiao Chen telling the truth, or is he making up a story to deceive him?

Wang Qianghu looked it up and down and carefully identified the Hanhai Ring.

In particular, he stared at the feather robe that was obviously not made by Cangminghai.

Hahahaha, this guy is a liar!
He just saw the reward on the Wall of Fortune, so he wanted to use the Yi family as an excuse to trick me!

You're still too naive to try this on me.

After seeing through Xiao Chen's 'disguise', Wang Qianghu immediately felt relieved.

A sinister smile appeared on his face: "Okay, I'd really like to hear what you want to say to me."

After saying that, he stared at Xiao Chen's expression, wanting to see his reaction.

However, the young man in front of him did not show any sign of panic: "That's good, follow me over here."

Humph, the acting is quite realistic.

Wang Qianghu immediately followed Xiao Chen off the main street and walked into a small alley nearby.

Firstly, he really wanted to see what expression the other person would have when he realized that he had not been scared.

Secondly, what he was about to do was indeed not very glorious, so it was a good opportunity to avoid people.

Originally, even if Xiao Chen didn't mention it, he would have taken the other party to a secluded place.

As for whether the prey will take risks and try to resist, there is no need to worry at all.
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First of all, Wang Qianghu also has a principle when he attacks, that is, he only attacks those in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm and will never provoke cultivators with higher cultivation than him.

Therefore, even if a fight breaks out, as a disciple of a large sect, he is not afraid of independent cultivators at all, and at least he will not suffer any losses.

Secondly, this is a market town, and it is a market town opened by the Cangming Immortal Sect, not outside.

Once a fight really breaks out and alarms the law enforcement elders, Wang Qianghu can completely turn around and slander the other party, saying that it was the other party who attacked first.

Faced with his own disciple and an outsider, which side will the law enforcement elder lean towards?
The result is self-evident.

The two of them chose a deserted alley.

Wang Qianghu crossed his arms over his chest and held his head high: "No need to check again, there are not many people here anyway."

"The yards on both sides are empty. They have been unused for a long time."

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

He watched Xiao Chen activate his spiritual eyes and carefully examine the movements around him, becoming more and more certain of his inference.

All locals know that this area is full of empty yards, only outsiders don’t understand.

If this kid continues to talk nonsense and involve the Yi family.

Then he can just show off his power and declare that he is not afraid of anyone.

It's just a tiger skin, it's like no one can do it.

"Yes, there is indeed no one around."

Xiao Chen nodded and took two steps to Wang Qianghu: "I'll tell you a secret..."

She looked like she wanted to whisper something in his ear, but in fact she reached out and put her arm around his shoulders.

Then he stretched his arm downwards and pulled it back, strangling his neck directly.

Then he said slowly, "Actually, I'm a physical cultivator. Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

"Hmm~!"

"Hmm~!"

Wang Qianghu grabbed Xiao Chen's right arm with both hands and struggled desperately, and immediately activated his secret self-defense technique.

But the jade talisman on his waist just lit up a ray of light, and before it could explode, it was grabbed by Xiao Chen and crushed into powder.

how can that be!

Wang Qianghu's eyes widened, but he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

His protective jade pendant was a high-end item that he bought with a full 100,000 spirit stones.

Could it be that I bought a fake?

But he had no chance to verify it.

"Click~!"

After a crisp sound of broken bones.

Xiao Chen took off Wang Qianghu's storage ring with his left hand, then waved his hand and put it into the spare storage ring he had previously seized from Dai Tianrui.

The whole process from beginning to end took only three breaths.

No unnecessary sounds were made, no traces of spells were left behind, and no spiritual fluctuations were generated.

Therefore, even the defensive formations spread throughout the market town did not reveal any abnormalities.

Afterwards, Xiao Chen walked out of the alley calmly, walked out of the market at a leisurely pace, and flew straight to the west.

Since Wang Qianghu had no good intentions, he naturally did not notify others in advance.

Therefore, he was missing for several days, which triggered a search by several friends.

In the end, the search was fruitless and it became another case of unexplained disappearance.

But these have nothing to do with Xiao Chen.

He flew nearly ten thousand miles in one breath before finding a deserted island to stop. He first meditated to recover his true essence, then quickly refined his newly acquired storage ring.

First of all, of course, there are 83,200 spirit stones.

"Although they say that even if you spend all your money, you will get it back, but isn't this going a little too fast?"

To be honest, Xiao Chen only spent more than 60,000 spirit stones on this trip to Cangming Market, but in the end, the amount of spirit stones in his hand increased instead of decreased.

Then, Wang Qianghu brought a total of a local-level martial arts technique, two bottles of elixirs and three spiritual weapons.

These things are basically useless to Xiao Chen, and are equivalent to other miscellaneous items used to exchange for spirit stones.

There are two things that are more useful or valuable.

Each of them is a Guiyuan Divine Stone, which should be worth more than 200,000 spirit stones.

There is also a bottle of Cangming heavy water, which is considered a specialty of the Cangming Immortal Sect.

It is one of the top third-level spiritual waters and is very beneficial for water-based cultivators.

Finally, there is a special identity token.

It is about five inches long and pitch black, with five large characters written on the front: Seeing the order is like seeing the person.

The back is divided into two parts, upper and lower.

There was an unrecognizable rune engraved on it, and the word "sheep" was written in ancient spiritual language below.

"How come I can meet Gu Lingwen here?"

In other words, Xiao Chen had seen the same writing style before on Tianxing Island, otherwise he really wouldn't have recognized what it meant.

If nothing unexpected happens, this token should be used for some secret activities.

"Forget it, just hold it in your hand for now and let everything go with the flow."

Xiao Chen put away the token and disposed of the traces left by his breaking of the restriction. By the way, he burned Wang Qianghu and his storage ring to ashes.

The reason why it had to be burned together with the storage ring was because the storage ring of the Cangming Immortal Sect was of a special design.

Not only is it troublesome to carry it with you, it's also difficult to sell it, so I might as well just get rid of it.

After dealing with this little incident, Xiao Chen turned around and flew north again.

With the guidance of the latest nautical charts, he successfully avoided areas where disasters might occur.

At the same time, during the flight, appropriate use of large and small islands along the way as resting places saves both worry and effort, making it a lot easier.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Coming out of the Cangming Sea, you enter the territory of the Tiangang Sect, and going further north is the Mozhang Sect.

Xiao Chen happened to pass by Mozhang Peak that day and immediately felt that the reputation was well-deserved.

Looking from the sky, the dangerous peak in the center is a thousand feet high, and the mountain range below it is a thousand miles long. Looking from afar, the distant mountains are really as dark as ink.

Judging from the beauty of the scenery alone, it almost surpasses most of the land.

Xiao Chen had basically traveled all over the Southern Region, but had never encountered such a beautiful sight.

Continuing north from Mozhang Peak, you will arrive at the territory of the current Zhaokong Sect.

This place was originally a place where many families fought against each other and had never been unified.

Looking back now, any struggle was probably just a pretense.

To be on the safe side, Xiao Chen did not plan to go through here, but prepared a detour in advance.

It is best to stay away from such emerging forces to avoid accidentally violating their taboos without knowing it.

The main thing is that if you do that, it will probably waste a lot of time.

However, when Xiao Chen went around to the west and reached halfway, he saw a large amount of snowflakes falling in front of him.

Snow itself is not a strange thing, but wherever he looked, there was heavy snow.

So much so that you can see a layer of ice on the sea surface not far away, about three hundred miles ahead.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Xiao Chen opened the nautical chart to confirm, but it was not that he remembered the situation wrongly.

There is no abnormality marked here on the nautical chart, which means that it should not have started snowing here about a month ago.

The rest of the intelligence did not mention that he encountered new strange phenomena in the sky and earth.
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"Tsk, could we go around to the other side?"

Xiao Chen tried to fly two hundred miles to the west, but still could not see the end of the snow, and it was difficult to determine its coverage.

But if he wants to retreat now and go around from the east side.

The round trip basically means an extra half month of walking.

"Why is it snowing out of nowhere?"

Xiao Chen tried to explore, but the snowflakes in the outer area were exactly the same as ordinary snowflakes, at least he couldn't see any difference.

So he decided to keep going: "It should be a simple phenomenon of heaven and earth. There is no need to take a detour."

Such a large-scale phenomenon in the sky and earth is rare, but there is no need to be too nervous.

There have always been all kinds of strange situations in the world of cultivation, such as the Yellow Wind Valley in Lizhou, the thunderstorm in the Boundary Sea, and the heavy rain in the northwest of the Compassion Sea for two consecutive years.

Many strange phenomena have no reason from ancient times to the present. The key is whether they will bring danger in the future.

If there is danger, it becomes a dangerous place or a disaster.

If there were no danger, it would become a unique landscape.

"Hiss~, is it so far?"

Xiao Chen went deeper for more than 6,000 miles. There was heavy snow all along the way, and the temperature was getting lower and lower.

It's okay for him as a Jindan cultivator, but if a Qi-refining cultivator came, he would probably not be able to resist the invasion of such cold air.

If the time is extended, it will be difficult for foundation-building cultivators to survive for a long time.

To be honest, the snow fell on the sea.

If it fell on a certain piece of land, it would probably become a large-scale natural disaster.

Even with help from the surrounding sects, I am afraid that many people will starve to death or freeze to death in the country.

"Don't let this mean another dangerous place is about to be created."

Xiao Chen turned his head and looked to the west, his gaze seemed to see thousands of miles away through the heavy snow.

He could already feel that he was actually on the periphery.

The cold air is obviously coming from the west. I wonder what the situation is in the core area.

But he did not intend to take the initiative to investigate, but continued to move forward silently.

They say curiosity kills the cat, but Xiao Chen doesn’t have nine lives.

As he walked further, the temperature rose slightly. After about another four or five thousand miles, he finally succeeded in crossing the heavy snow.

In other words, if you add up the total, this heavy snow covered at least 10,000 miles from north to south.

We don’t know how long the thing is yet, but it’s estimated to be quite long.

Such great power is beyond the reach of human beings, not even a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"I don't know when I will be able to master such power."

Xiao Chen felt a little regretful: "Such beautiful snow, why didn't it fall in the Lightless Sea?"

After coming out of here, we spent the next twelve days without encountering any other unexpected situations and successfully arrived at the northeast corner of the Sea of ​​Compassion.

Although this place is nominally still within the Sea of ​​Mercy, it has already reached the edge.

In other words, every subsequent sea abyss may be the location of Wu Ling.

Of course, according to the current division, this place has just been separated from the territory of the Zhaokong Sect and is still not a particularly remote place.

However, the regional divisions in ancient times may not be exactly the same as they are now.

Therefore, Xiao Chen must slow down from now on and use his full spiritual awareness to explore the situation underwater.

If you encounter a deep sea area or an abyss, you have to dive down to see what's inside to avoid accidentally missing Wu Ling.

It is worth mentioning that diving is a piece of cake for monks.

Whether swimming or spreading the protective mysterious light to form a protective layer on the body surface, you can easily enter the deep sea.

Some cultivators also practice water escape, which makes them feel like fish in water in the sea, as if they are back home.

But as far as Xiao Chen knows, under normal circumstances, it is best for any cultivator not to stay in the sea for a long time, and it is even more not recommended to stay in the abyss for a long time.

It's not for any other reason, it's mainly because it's easy to encounter sea fish and get attacked.

In water, the effectiveness of many spells is limited, especially fire spells.

Although it is not to the point of being unusable, the significant reduction in power is an inevitable problem.

Even though Xiao Chen is currently practicing body training and is proficient in swordsmanship, and he has also learned the "Cold Light Ice Soul Needle" before, he has not been put off by it.

I still follow this principle and only dive into the sea to check when I encounter suspicious situations.

I have to say that there is also a unique scenery under the sea.

There are various coral reefs that look like both forests and mazes, underwater mountains covered with shells or seaweed, and all kinds of strange-looking sea fish.

"Boom~!"

A column of water three meters high exploded.

Xiao Chen jumped out of the sea, holding the tail of a big fish in his hand.

"Hey!"

He shouted softly and raised his paddle with force.

"Boom~!"

A large amount of flames swept over, turning the seven-zhang-long fish in his hand into a grilled fish on the spot.

"Whoosh!"

He skillfully manipulated the Donghua Wind Sword to cut open the fish's belly and took out the mutated demon pill inside.

Xiao Chen immediately let go of the fish and threw it back into the sea. Looking at the school of fish fighting for food below, he couldn't help but frown.

Then he put away his flying sword and returned to the nearest small island to recuperate.

"It's strange, how come there are so many sea fish?"

When Xiao Chen first encountered the Golden Dan Sea Fish, he was quite happy. He specially smeared spiritual honey on the fish before grilling it, and found that the taste was indeed much better.

First of all, from the appearance, there is an extra layer of shiny brown luster

After eating it, not only does it have a unique sweetness, but it also makes the fish meat more tender and juicy.

But the problem is that after he had eaten twelve meals of grilled fish for three consecutive days, he finally realized that something was wrong.

"Did I disturb the fish's nest?"

Xiao Chen was a little confused: "Why are there so many golden elixir sea fish here?"

In any case, golden elixirs are not cabbages, and under normal circumstances it is impossible for them to gather so densely.

More importantly, although so many sea fish brought a lot of demon pills, they also seriously slowed down his search speed.

"This is not a solution."

After completing the simple breathing exercise, Xiao Chen did not continue to explore, but began to seriously think about countermeasures.

At first he did think it was a matter of luck, but after three days, it was obvious that the situation was not as simple as luck.

There might be something around that he didn't know about, which attracted a large number of golden elixir sea fish.

Therefore, the best way is to stop the search and go to the nearby area to find out the situation.

Although it may not be helpful, at least try to find the reason.

(End of this chapter)