With his cultivation reaching the level of a lower-level wizard, Chen Yun felt an exquisite sense of joy.
He now only hopes for one thing, that is, his teacher comes back as soon as possible.
However, the following day, the Master had not returned.
This left Chen Yun feeling extremely puzzled. Calculating the days, the birthday of the Golden Mother had already passed; how could his teacher not have returned yet?
"Fine, since my Master hasn't returned yet, I'll first go to the western gully city and search all five points recorded on the cowhide scroll. Perhaps I can discover some treasure."
Found Jujube in the Huang family courtyard and obtained a gathering Qi pearl from the Wu family villa.
Chen Yun felt that the other five places should also be hiding equally valuable treasures.
Descend the mountain.
As soon as he reached the mountain gate, he instinctively wanted to use the horse charm talisman to make his journey.
"Ah, by the way, I have now reached the level of a lower-level wizard and my true qi has become solid. I can try using the wind-controlling spell to make my journey."
Thinking about it, Chen Yun's true qi circulated within his body, and his body gradually floated up.
Instantly, his entire body seemed like a feather, swiftly carried away by the wind towards the direction of Xigou City.
"Wow, I really can fly!"
Chen Yun's heart couldn't help but feel elated. Before breaking through to the level of a lower-level wizard, although he understood the principle of wind control, his strength was not enough to support it, and he could only make his running speed faster.
Unexpectedly, with the qualitative change of his true qi, he was actually able to float and fly about half a meter in the air.
Although the flying height is not high now, it is still a significant breakthrough!
Perhaps, as my cultivation grows in the future, I will be able to fly higher and higher.
Hm, at present, the wind-controlling flying speed is relatively slow.
Chen Yun calculated, which was roughly half the speed of the horse charm talisman. Moreover, because this was his first time flying, he was somewhat unfamiliar with it, and his flying movements were quite stiff. He couldn't yet fly freely and easily.
Fortunately, Xigou City is not far away.
After about an hour of flying, Chen Yun arrived at his destination.
Feeling the consumption of his true qi, Chen Yun found that flying with the wind for an hour consumed about a third of his own true qi.
...
In the city of Xigou.
Chen Yun searched for the places recorded on the cowhide scroll and inquired about them.
Soon, he arrived at the first location.
In the eastern affluent district of the city.
As soon as Chen Yun stood in front of the house at the first destination, he couldn't help but feel a shiver of coldness.
Not because of the chilling cold emanating from the ghosts within.
Instead, it was because he saw that the mansion, which occupied an acre of land, was not only dilapidated from lack of inhabitants but also barren to the point of no grass growing around it, and the ground seemed to emit an eerie aura.
Fortunately, just as a wealthy gentleman came out, he was about to get on the carriage with his retainers, and saw Chen Yun standing there. He couldn't help but warn him: "Master, this house is haunted. The whole Ku family, including 13 people and over 20 servants, all died. I advise you to stay away from here."
What?
Thirty or forty people died?
At the same time, Chen Yun was greatly shocked, he nodded subtly to the wealthy gentleman without any trace, "Thank you for the reminder."
The wealthy gentleman saw that he didn't want to leave and didn't bother to reply. He got on the carriage and had the coachman drive off.
As soon as the wealthy gentleman left, a serious voice came from the gathering qi pearl, "Master, I sense a powerful evil spirit inside that is much stronger than me. You had better be careful."
Chen Yun couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I also sensed it. If I encountered you at the beginning, I would definitely not be able to match that evil spirit inside. However, with my current strength, I can destroy it in a moment."
Qin Liang's eyes lit up, and he said, "Master, can you please don't kill it in one go? It would be best to subdue it."
Chen Yun was puzzled and asked, "Why?"
Qin Liang smiled and said, "I can swallow it and become stronger, so I can do more for you in the future."
Chen Yun was quite curious and asked, "Can you swallow other evil spirits too?"
Qin Liang explained, "Aren't I told you before? Lin Feiyun taught me a secret method that is specifically for swallowing other people's souls. But I haven't wanted to harm others, so I haven't done anything to the Huang family. However, since the evil spirit inside is committing crimes, I don't have as much of a burden."
Chen Yun understood.
To be honest, the previous time we successfully killed the wolf demon, Qin Liang made a big contribution.
Although Chen Yun didn't expect Qin Liang to help during battles, the latter indeed had done a great service. The evil spirit inside was indeed committing evil, so it was fine for Qin Liang to consume it.
Thinking about it, he pushed open the rotten wooden door.
Activate the Observation of Qi Technique.
Step by step, moving towards the place where black Qi was surging.
At a position close to the backyard.
Soon, Chen Yun's gaze locked onto the dry well.
Using the wind-controlling technique, he slowly descended towards the bottom of the well.
As expected, the scenery changed dramatically in the next moment, indicating that there was indeed an evil spirit causing trouble.
Chen Yun snorted coldly, and instantly activated the Golden Armor God Man's Dispersed Soul Technique, catching that malevolent spirit at once, and then had Qin Liang swallow it.
After instantly eliminating the evil spirit, Chen Yun didn't even need to search carefully; he saw a shining, heat-emitting pearl at the bottom of the well.
He bent down and reached for it, and in an instant, a powerful heat rushed into his palm.
It seems to be a strikingly offensive artifact.
Chen Yun stared at it for a moment and tried to infuse true qi into it.
Then...
Whoosh! A huge flame burst out of it, and the bottom of the well was suddenly filled with endless flames!
What was amazing was that although the flames were raging like a sea of fire, Chen Yun, who was holding the pearl tightly, was not disturbed by any flames. In fact, he didn't even feel any heat; as if the flames emitted by the pearl would avoid the person holding it.
"It looks like it has decent power."
Chen Yun stopped infusing true qi with satisfaction.
The next second, the flames dispersed.
In the well bottom, Chen Yun discovered a similar array to the one in the Huang family courtyard.
"Based on this, Master Wang was right in guessing that someone is indeed preparing to do something grand at Xigou City, such as a sacrifice. With Lin Feiyun's power, it should be insufficient to do such a grand event. After all, this is at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, where many sacred beings reside on Zhongnan Mountain."
Chen Yun felt that the matter was not ordinary and prepared to return to the temple to inform Master Wang Laozhi.
As he used his wind control technique to fly out of the well mouth, he secretly pondered, "The gathering qi pearl is cool, this pearl is hot. They should represent yin and yang. Of course, since this pearl can emit flames, it also represents fire. However, I think it is more likely to represent yang because the moon and the sun are round, while the jujube fruit belongs to plants, which is unexpected. It should represent wood."
If my guess is correct, there are still four more locations, and it's possible that there may be artifacts or something representing the elements of gold, water, fire, and earth.
...
Arrived at another location in the eastern part of the city.
In front of him is a common people's house, just like the wealthy family earlier, and this family has also died out.
Chen Yun asked the neighbors nearby and found out that this common people's house had also died several people because of ghosts.
This made him feel even more wise about killing Lin Feiyun.
"This demon woman has caused great harm. I know she has killed dozens of people so far, but who knows how many more she has killed in secret?"
Chen Yun thought that killing Lin Feiyun was also a way to rid the world of harm.
Just as before, after entering the house, he activated the Observation of Qi Technique and found the black qi in the western bedroom.
Chen Yun once again used the Soul Suppression Technique to catch the evil spirit here, and let Qin Liang eat a full meal.
At the end, he found a wonderful treasure that made him very happy under the rotten wooden bed.
It was a handful of white "ash."
If others saw this handful of ash, they might not recognize it.
But Chen Yun had seen this medicinal material in the big Tao Ling Tang's spirit refining and cultivation elixir soup. He knew that this was the gray powder of the Eastern Sea Tortoise Shell, because only the gray powder of the Eastern Sea Tortoise Shell would emit a fragrance like pineapple, and it would appear in a white gray state.
"I didn't expect to collect a medicinal material needed for the spirit refining and divination elixir here. Although it's only used when cultivating a golden elixir, being able to collect this material in advance saves me the time of fighting with the Eastern Sea Tortoise in the East Sea."
Chen Yun was particularly satisfied. Legend has it that the Eastern Sea Tortoise is very powerful and has dragon blood, and those who are just starting to cultivate true essence may not be confident in defeating a tortoise.
"I wonder how Lin Feiyun obtained the gray powder from the Eastern Sea Tortoise?"
He had some difficulty understanding it in his mind.
Another thing he was very curious about was whether the turtle shell powder here represented "water" or "earth."
Chen Yun didn't dwell on these thoughts for now. He searched this place carefully for a long time and finally found another array after digging three feet deep.
...
The third place is in the small forest to the north of the city.
Although he didn't know if anyone had died here, Chen Yun arrived here and didn't see any animals, not even plants that were dark and yellow, and some of them had already withered and died.
He quickly located the evil spirit.
Hidden inside a decaying willow tree.
Chen Yun followed the procedure, pressing the evil spirit and sending it to Qin Liang to swallow, and then obtained a crystal drop of water from the trunk.
This water drop was incredibly wonderful. Not only did it feel incredibly heavy when picked up, as if it weighed four or fifty catties, but it also appeared in the shape of water yet felt like a solid; even when squeezed, it wouldn't deform.
"Is this... Xuan Water?"
Chen Yun's eyes lit up.
After the effect of refining essence into qi elixir soup weakened, new medicinal materials needed to be added, and Xuan Water was one of them!
"It seems I'm right. In addition to the artifacts representing yin and yang, the others should be divine root or celestial treasures."
Chen Yun pondered and said, "Since Xuan Water has appeared here, the turtle shell powder should represent earth."
Following the previous pattern, he directly dug along this willow tree, and when he dug a depth of one catty (about 1.2 meters), he found another strange array.
"Once I have the remaining two things in hand, I'll immediately inform Master Wang about this matter."
Chen Yun hurriedly rushed to the next place.
...
Chen Yun then searched in the southern and western parts of the city and found two more treasures.
respectively, they are a wisp of solid gold qi and a ball that looks like frozen red flames.
He did not recognize what these two items were.
However, when he touched the gold qi just now, and his powerful body was cut with wounds, he knew that the gold qi was not ordinary.
Fortunately, he remembered to wrap it with true qi and store it in his storage ring, otherwise he would have no way to handle it.
As for the ball of frozen red flames, although it didn't show any magic, Chen Yun felt that it should be on the same level as the gold qi. It wouldn't be that bad.
Of course, he also discovered similar arrays at these two locations.
Chen Yun knew that he couldn't delay any longer. He immediately put on the mule-god talisman and rushed back to the Taoist temple.
...
As he approached the mountain gate.
Chen Yun saw three elderly people, two men and a woman, dressed in Taoist robes, kneeling there.
He disliked interfering in others' affairs, so he simply walked by without asking.
Arrived at the Taoist temple.
As soon as he entered the temple, he saw Wang Laozhi walking over.
Chen Yun immediately went up and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you."
"You went where? I've been searching for you everywhere," Wang Laozhi scolded first, "I..."
Chen Yun was now worried about the several arrays, and had no time to chat with Wang Laozhi about other things.
He hurriedly interrupted, "Do you remember the arrays that Huang family discovered earlier?"
Wang Laozhi was taken aback, "Of course I remember, what's the matter?"
Chen Yun thought for a moment and said, "I obtained..."
Wang Laozhi blinked and asked, "Did you kill her?"
Chen Yun could only laugh and say, "Can you let me finish first, please?"
"Okay, okay." Wang Laozhi reached out his hand and said, "Continue."
"Um," Chen Yun recounted the events of him discovering arrays at five other places he had visited, and then added, "Although I haven't been to the Wu family's auxiliary courtyard, I believe there should also be an array there, by no means."
Upon hearing this, Wang Laozhi's expression grew serious. "So it seems that someone is indeed going to perform some evil sacrifice ceremony in the West Ditch City. I can't let it happen. I must go and handle this."
After saying this, he straightened up and began to leave.
Chen Yun quickly grabbed hold of him, "Hey, Brother, you just said you had something to tell me."
"Oh, what a memory I have!" Wang Laozhi slapped his forehead and said, "You should go back to the inner courtyard. Master has returned. He asked me to find you and take you there. He wants to see how you've been training over the past two months."
Ah?
Yes, the Master has returned to the Taoist temple.
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He hurriedly ran towards the inner courtyard.
After months of anticipation, he finally has the opportunity to learn the powerful techniques that his teacher has described as being too difficult for him to handle.
He was so excited in his heart that he couldn't wait to learn it right away.
(Chapter ends)
