LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 54: Retreat
The Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials, the alchemy furnace, the Bailing Pill, the three kinds of spiritual herbs, the jade tablet, and the spiritual stones are most likely not the property of Master Duan Fang, but what he got from a Zhang family cultivator.
The Zhang family cultivator was also in the middle stage of Qi Refining and was proficient in alchemy, so he prepared the spiritual herbs for refining the Bailing Pill.
It was because Master Duan Fang killed this person that he was seriously injured and fled from Xingzhou to Yuzhou with Wen Huasheng.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him, a casual cultivator, to have such a rich fortune.
Taoist Yunyou once lamented in his travel notes, "Any cultivator who has hundreds of spiritual stones can be said to be extravagant, which attracts the admiration of all cultivators."
Master Duan Fang was able to cultivate to the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining, probably because of the two bottles of Bailing Pills he used.
However, he died in Chen Yuan's hands before he broke through the sixth level of Qi Refining and took the remaining two bottles of pills. All the treasures on his body were cheaply given to Chen Yuan.
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Chen Yuan put down the jade token, picked up the iron shield, and injected mana into it.
The iron shield immediately emitted a faint light, and grew to two feet in size before stopping.
"Let's call you the Black Iron Shield..."
Chen Yuan gave the iron shield a name, took back the mana, and the Black Iron Shield shrank back to three inches in size.
If you want to use the Black Iron Shield to fight with others, you still need to use mana to refine it, but now is not the time.
There are still fourteen talismans left on the table, including six low-level talismans, five mid-level talismans, and three high-level talismans.
Making talismans, like alchemy, is one of the hundred arts of cultivation.
Talismans are divided into magic talismans, spiritual talismans, and a very special talisman treasure.
Magic talismans are divided into low-level, mid-level, and high-level, respectively sealing the corresponding level of magic.
Spirit talismans are also divided into low-level, mid-level, and high-level, sealing the corresponding level of spiritual arts.
Spirit arts can only be practiced by cultivators in the foundation-building period, and they are extremely powerful.
The talisman that seals the spiritual arts is also extremely precious and very rare.
As for the talisman treasure, Taoist Yunyou was vague about it. He only knew that it was related to the magic weapon and had never seen it in his life, but it was more precious than the talisman.
Chen Yuan sorted these magic talismans and put them into the storage bag.
When fighting, he only needed to inject mana into the talisman to activate it, which was much faster than casting spells by himself and consumed less mana.
But the higher the level of the talisman, the longer the mana consumption and preparation time.
With Chen Yuan's current cultivation, if he activated a high-level talisman, he would consume most of his mana and it would take more than ten breaths to prepare, which was difficult to use in the battle.
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Chen Yuan sorted out the items on the table, put them back into the storage bag, took out the storage bag that was being warmed, and reached out to touch it, and several items appeared on the table out of thin air.
Compared with Master Duan Fang, Wen Huazhong's wealth was much more modest, with only a small green sword, a jade bottle, three low-level magic talismans, ten low-grade spirit stones, and five thousand taels of silver notes.
Chen Yuan picked up the three-inch small sword and slowly injected magic power into it.
The green sword emitted a faint light, grew to a foot long, shining with cold light, and was sharp.
This flying sword was also a medium-grade magic weapon, but it was better than the black iron shield. The word "Qingyun" was engraved on the hilt, and the handwriting was simple.
Wen Huazhong's cultivation was only the second level of Qi Refining, and he could not control the medium-grade magic weapon.
This should be given to Wen Huazhong by Master Duan Fang. Anyway, he had the Hundred Souls Banner in his hand and did not need other magic weapons.
Chen Yuan withdrew his magic power, and the Qingyun Sword shrank back to three inches in size.
He picked up the jade bottle, opened it, and found that there were only four pills left in it.
Chen Yuan took out one and looked at it carefully. He found that it was the Yunlu Pill recorded in the "Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials".
This is also a kind of pill suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining, but the medicinal power is a little worse than Bailing Pill. It is most suitable for cultivators in the fourth level of Qi Refining.
For cultivators in the early stage of Qi Refining like Wen Huazhong, taking this pill is a waste.
The appearance of Yunlu Pill further verified Chen Yuan's guess.
The Zhang family cultivator should only have pills suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
In order to let Wen Huazhong improve his cultivation and better collect the souls of mortals, Master Duan Fang could only give him Yunlu Pill.
Chen Yuan checked the low-level talisman again, and put it into the gray storage bag together with Qingyun Sword, Yunlu Pill, ten low-grade spirit stones and silver notes.
The space in the black storage bag is only one foot in size, which is much smaller than the gray storage bag. Chen Yuan prepared to use it as a backup.
But when putting the jade pendant into the gray storage bag, something strange happened.
The jade jewel did not respond. Chen Yuan tried several more times. The storage bag glowed faintly, but the jade jewel did not move at all.
Chen Yuan had no choice but to put the jade jewel into a brocade bag and hide it close to his body.
Finally, there was a hundred souls banner left. All the blood souls in this banner were destroyed, leaving only the dozens of living souls of the Sanjiang Gang and Fuhu Gang warriors absorbed last night.
Chen Yuan picked up the small banner, and a chill came over him.
He slowly injected mana into the banner, and the small banner emitted black light. Dozens of living souls slowly flew out, with dull faces and blank eyes.
They had not been sacrificed and devoured, and were not as ferocious and ferocious as blood souls.
To sacrifice blood souls, the living souls need to devour each other, and a trace of the essence of the sacrificer must be added to control the cruel blood souls.
Although Chen Yuan did not reject the means of magic, he would not use such a magic weapon that could be seen at a glance.
Taoist Yunyou mentioned several times that Qi was a "great country of righteousness". If he used the Hundred Souls Banner in front of others, he would definitely attract a bunch of demon-slayers and righteousness-defending people.
Perhaps this was the reason why Master Duanfang took Wen Huazhong to hide, collect blood souls, and not meet other immortal cultivators.
Chen Yuan's eyes swept over and finally stopped at Hall Master Qi and Wei Wuding. He raised the small flag and waved it twice.
Xiaoban withdrew the black light surrounding the living souls, and a dozen living souls blinked, seeming to have regained their intelligence.
They looked around in confusion, and finally their eyes rested on Chen Yuan.
Hall Master Qi and Wei Wuding looked at Chen Yuan with complicated expressions and opened their mouths, but said nothing.
Chen Yuan said softly:
"Don't worry, Gang Leader Luo will take good care of your family."
A smile appeared on the two people's faces, and they bowed deeply to Chen Yuan. The other living souls also bowed to Chen Yuan, and their bodies turned into gray flowing light and slowly dissipated.
Chen Yuan looked at the gray light in front of him, his expression changing, and he murmured:
"Is this going to be reincarnation, or is it disappearing into thin air?"
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On the afternoon of the next day, after a night of adjusting his breath, Chen Yuan's magic power returned to its original state. He immediately got up and left the house and came to the Fuhu Gang's meeting hall.
Luo Zhenwu was sitting on the main seat, his eyes full of scarlet bloodshot eyes, and he was giving orders.
After seeing Chen Yuan, he immediately waved away the others and stood up to greet him.
Chen Yuan was slightly surprised and said:
"The gang leader didn't rest all night?"
Luo Zhenwu smiled bitterly and said:
"Several hall masters all died on Xiong'er Island, and only a few deacons from each hall have returned. There are not enough people in the gang. Hall master Hou has been running around all night, wiping out the remnants of the Sanjiang Clan and taking over the Sanjiang Clan's property. He hasn't come back yet. I I can only sit in person and stabilize people's hearts... Why is Hall Master Chen here? "
Chen Yuan said:
"I'm here to say goodbye to the gang leader. I also ask the gang leader to deliver these five thousand taels of silver notes to Chenjiacun for me."
As he spoke, he touched his storage bag and a stack of banknotes appeared out of thin air in his hand and handed it to Luo Zhenwu.
Luo Zhenwu took the banknote and said solemnly, without asking why Chen Yuan didn't deliver it himself.
"Don't worry, Hall Master Chen. I will send someone to Leping County right now and hand over these banknotes intact to Mr. Chen."
Chen Yuan cupped his fists and saluted, and said:
"Thank you, leader. Please take care of them in the future. Chen is grateful."
Luo Zhenwu hurriedly stretched out his left hand to support Chen Yuan and said:
"Palace Master Chen's words are serious. This is my duty. I will take Mr. Chen to the county seat and serve him personally!"
Chen Yuan said:
"That's not necessary. If they move to the county town, they will inevitably be involved in more disputes. Let them live in Chenjiacun. As long as no bandits come, don't bother them. There is no constant wealth in the world. How the Chen family will be in the future will depend on them. It’s up to them.”
Luo Zhenwu sighed softly and said:
"Hall Master Chen has seen through the world of mortals and has a clear mind. It will be a piece of cake for him to become an immortal and attain enlightenment in the future."
Chen Yuan smiled, turned around and walked out of the meeting hall without comment.
Behind him, Luo Zhen raised his hand to salute, but then put it down and watched Chen Yuan walk out of the door and gradually disappear.
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Chen Yuan left the county town and used his light body technique. In less than two hours, he entered the Chimang Mountains.
Since it was still daytime at this time, there were a lot of people coming and going on Yuanpingxing.
Chen Yuan did not take the long road, but climbed over mountains and ridges, walked through forests and waded in rivers, all the way to the deep mountains.
The next night, he returned to the cave where Xie Quan had hidden the treasure and stopped just now.
Chen Yuan only left for four days this time, and there was no change at the entrance of the cave.
He picked off the vines, moved the boulder, entered the cave, touched the storage bag on his waist, and several futons appeared out of thin air in front of him.
He brought this from Chen's residence, along with some clothes and shoes, which he put in storage bags.
Monks do not eat grains, but ordinary clothes will eventually become old and damaged.
Afterwards, Chen Yuan walked out of the cave, took out the jade, and filled his body with starlight.
Twenty breaths later, the starlight dissipated and Chen Yuan's mana was exhausted. He returned to the cave, blocked the entrance with a boulder, closed his eyes and meditated to restore his mana.
A few hours later, he opened his eyes again, feeling that his consciousness had grown by an inch, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Although the physical body is of no use to monks, spiritual consciousness is extremely important to monks.
The wider the coverage of spiritual consciousness, the more advantage one can have in a battle of wits.
The stronger the spiritual consciousness, the more magic weapons can be used.
When refining an elixir, the stronger the consciousness, the higher the probability of making an elixir.
In order to strengthen his spiritual consciousness, Chen Yuan will continue to persevere even if the starlight infusion consumes mana.
He touched the storage bag on his waist, took out the jade bottle containing Yunlu Dan, poured one out, swallowed it in his mouth, closed his eyes, meditated, and started practicing.
If he had not met Master Duanfang, Chen Yuan would have left Yuzhou and traveled around Qi in search of opportunities after helping Luo Zhenwu destroy the Sanjiang Gang.
But now, with the elixir and spirit stone in his hand, he naturally wants to practice hard in seclusion and try to improve his cultivation as much as possible.
After all, according to Taoist Yunyou, the world of cultivating immortals is not peaceful.
It was a crueler and more dangerous world than Jianghu.