My talisman pen is omnipotent. How should you deal with it?

After hearing this, Chu Ci felt a sneer in his heart. The young cultivator was only at the initial stage of foundation building.

It would be fine if he used some special treasure, but Chu Ci just couldn't believe that he could detect the tracking marks that he himself hadn't noticed with just the naked eye.

This place is only a few miles away from the teleportation array of the Red Horse Merchant Alliance. The young monk's behavior clearly shows that he has just arrived here and wants to take the opportunity to blackmail him.

Chu Ci ignored the man and continued walking forward.

Just then, a little boy ran over, holding a paper roll high in his hand, and asked in a clear childish voice:

"Sir, do you want a map? This is a map of Lingxi City."

Chu Ci was slightly stunned, then he realized that maps were indeed quite useful here, so he thought for a moment and asked, "How much is this map?"

The little boy stretched out a finger and said, "A spiritual stone."

Chu Ci nodded, took out a spiritual stone from his arms and handed it to the little boy: "Give me one."

After the little boy took the spirit stone, he did not hand over the map immediately. Instead, he blinked and said:

"Sir, I also have a jade map here, which is more convenient to carry and has more detailed content. It only costs one hundred spirit stones."

Chu Ci frowned slightly. This kid took the spirit stones and then mentioned the jade map. It was obvious that he did it on purpose to earn more spirit stones. Although Chu Ci was not short of money, he did not like being calculated like this.

He said calmly, "No need, I just want a paper map."

The little boy seemed to have not expected Chu Ci to refuse. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, sir, this is the only paper map I have. I can't sell it to you."

Chu Ci's face darkened. This kid was obviously playing a trick on him. He reached out for the spirit stone: "Since there is no paper map, return the spirit stone to me."

However, the little boy raised his head and said stubbornly: "No retreat!"

Chu Ci's eyes narrowed. He could see that the child felt a little guilty, and his eyes unconsciously glanced behind him while he spoke.

His heart moved, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He took out the spirit stone again and said lightly: "Okay, since the paper map is gone, then give me a jade map."

The little boy heard this and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to reach out to grab the spirit stone, Chu Ci took it back:

"Give me the jade map first."

The little boy didn't expect Chu Ci to be so cautious. He hesitated for a moment, took out a jade slip from his arms and handed it to Chu Ci.

This jade slip looks rough and of poor quality, and is obviously made of the cheapest raw material.

Chu Ci took the jade slip, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and found a map inside. Then he handed the spirit stone to the little boy.

A cunning look flashed in the little boy's eyes. He quickly took the spirit stone, turned around and ran, disappearing in the crowd.

Chu Ci looked at the little boy's back as he left, his eyes becoming solemn. Just now, when his consciousness probed into the jade slip, he sensed a faint mark.

If it weren't for his extremely powerful spiritual sense, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect it. This technique was obviously not something the little boy in front of him could do.

Chu Ci's mind quickly recalled the scenes just now. The little boy looked in the direction behind him, and it was clearly the young man sitting on the recliner at the door of the store just now.

The eye contact between the two, though brief, was enough to tell everything. This child must be in cahoots with the young man.

If I had walked into that shop just now, they would definitely try to leave some marks on me. Even if I didn't go in, they would let this little boy come forward and try to sell the jade slip to me.

All of this is to achieve one purpose - to track yourself.

Chu Ci sneered in his heart. These people obviously thought that he was a fat sheep and wanted to gain some benefits from him, either by blackmail or killing people for treasure.

Chu Ci had no expression on his face, he put the jade slip into his sleeve and walked straight forward. In this case, let's see what these people are going to do.

Because of this incident, Chu Ci did not go directly to Fang Yuan's uncle and nephew as originally planned. He decided to explore Lingxi City first. After randomly strolling through a few streets, he found an inn and decided to stay there tonight.

This "Xianyuan Inn" is located in a quiet back street. Although it is inconspicuous from the outside, it gives people a feeling of tranquility and comfort.

The accommodation fee of the inn was not expensive. A room with a grade of Di only cost five spirit stones per night, while a room with a grade of Tian, ​​which was more spacious and luxurious, cost fifteen spirit stones. Chu Ci naturally chose a room with a grade of Tian.

The room was decorated elegantly, simple yet stylish. What satisfied Chu Ci the most was that there was a small restriction in the room that could block the outside world's spiritual awareness from detecting it.

The waiter enthusiastically brought him a pot of tea. Chu Ci looked at it carefully and found that it was actually a pot of spiritual tea. The value of this pot of tea alone was about five spiritual stones.

Using the Golden Eye Technique to observe carefully, he found that there was a faint black gas in the tea, which was obviously poisoned.

No wonder an inn that charges fifteen spirit stones a night would give away such precious spirit tea.

Chu Ci couldn't help but smile bitterly, and secretly sighed in his heart: "This Lingxi City is really full of traps."

He didn't say anything, but just put the tea aside, and became more alert.

It was not until late at night that three dark shadows quietly walked into the inn, appearing to be silent.

The three of them and the shop owner walked to a corner and whispered. Although their voices were low, every word reached Chu Ci's ears.

"The familiar pulse from inside, the one with the long neck outside and us brothers have been talking about it for a day, let's pick him and talk about it together."

This was the slang used by one of the men, which meant that they had targeted a casual cultivator from outside the area living upstairs and were planning to attack him, and after the success they would share the spoils.

Although Chu Ci didn't quite understand what they were saying, he could guess the general meaning.

The shop owner nodded and indicated that the person was upstairs, and the three of them walked straight up.

Although these three people were not accomplices, they were in the same industry. They worked together to divide the loot and soon reached an agreement.

Chu Ci was in the room at this moment, with a sharp gaze, and he saw everything clearly through his spiritual sense.

Among the three people, Chu Ci knew one of them, who was the young man from the daytime. The other two were in the middle and late stages of foundation building respectively.

Chu Ci's guess was correct. These people were specialized in killing people and robbing treasures in the city. The location they chose was also very reasonable, because it was very close to the teleportation array of the Chima Merchant Alliance, so most of them were independent cultivators from other places.

Whenever someone enters a store and asks for inspection, there is a high probability that they have some treasure on them that they don't want to see others, and their cultivation level is relatively ordinary.

Otherwise there would be no self-doubt.

These people would first use various means to cheat the other party out of a sum of spirit stones, and then put marks on the other party that would be difficult for the foundation-building cultivators to detect.

The next step is to track until you find an easy place to kill the opponent.

The three men obviously did not take Chu Ci seriously. They pushed the door open and walked in, each holding a weapon in their hands.