The eyes of everyone turned together towards the bronze bell.

    Chen Yun casually picked up a bronze bell that was about a foot long, and with the same method as before, he used the purple-tower seal to erase the law energy of Lvcheng on it and injected his true qi into it.

    When he felt that there was a connection, he casually lifted the bronze bell.

    Under the gaze of everyone, the bronze bell soared up to the mid-air all at once.

    However, what was even more mysterious was that the bronze bell simply hovered in the mid-air and spun around, without any unusual phenomena occurring.

    Wu Kejiu hesitated, "Is this bronze bell useless?"

    Qin Ming was perplexed, "I didn't see it release any powers."

    Lady Long, Ding Xu, and Zhang Ling and others turned to Chen Yun.

    However, Chen Yun remained silent and put away the bronze bell without saying a word. "Has anyone seen Lvcheng's storage artifact?" he casually said.

    Everyone was curious about the bronze bell's effect, but since Chen Yun seemed unwilling to let them know, they didn't ask out of politeness.

    Wu Kejiu said, "The materials used to make storage artifacts are generally hard. Since these artifacts haven't been blasted apart by us, the likelihood of a storage artifact being blasted is not high. If Lvcheng really has a storage artifact, there's a 70 to 80% chance it's still in his body. Just capture his body and you'll know."

    As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the body of Lvcheng, which was instantly suspended in mid-air.

    Plop, the body landed on the ground.

    Qin Ming, Lady Long Sanjiu, Sun Yan, and the others all gathered around to watch.

    Chen Yun did the same, inspecting the others' bodies with a gaze, trying to find the storage artifact.

    "No other artifacts."

    "He's completely shattered except for his body part."

    "What's strange, this fellow has such a big name, but he only has a few artifacts?"

    Gao Chen, Xu Yang, and Ding Xu all looked somewhat puzzled.

    Not only them, but Wu Kejiu was also puzzled, "The main reason why Lvcheng has such a big reputation is that he relies on his skills in plaguecraft to rob people on the road. This fellow is extremely ruthless; even if someone submits their treasures out of fear of his terrifying reputation, he will still kill them for pleasure. From past rumors, Lvcheng should have robbed many cultivators. So, whether it's the number of artifacts or other celestial treasures, he should have a lot of them. How could he not have a storage artifact?"

    Yes, indeed.

    I've cultivated for less than four years and I have more artifacts than that.

    Most importantly, the artifact that my mentor gave to me on his own is only one, the Red Gold Demon-Slaying Sword. Even if I include the two artifacts that Lü Dongbin made for himself, that's only three in total.

    How many artifacts do I have now?

    Chen Yun didn't count them carefully, but he was certain that he already had over ten.

    The additional artifacts he had were mostly obtained from fighting with others and looting from bodies.

    He didn't have many real fights with others, Rei Guibi, Lin Feiyun, Xie Wuming, and Yin Wuming. He didn't count Ghost General as a duel either and didn't obtain any artifacts. Instead, he got two strange relics. After that, he entered into the moon and sun lake cave.

    Just a few battles, and the number of his artifacts has already increased so much.

    According to Wu Kejiu's revelation, Lvcheng often killed cultivators on the road and robbed their bodies. In theory, he should have many artifacts and treasures. How could he only have these?

    Where did Lvcheng's storage artifact go?

    Or maybe this fellow is like us, and has learned the powerful technique of Huo Tian Art.

    These thoughts flashed through Chen Yun's mind in an instant. He searched his consciousness over Lvcheng's body several times, but still found no clues.

    Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Lady Long Sanjiu and others were also discussing there, seemingly puzzled why Lvcheng, having done so many acts of robbery and killing, only had four or five pieces of weapon artifacts.

    As they searched in vain, Chen Yun grew tired and lazy, "Alright, everyone, this place is barren. We shouldn't stay here for too long. Moreover, our fight with Lvcheng just now made a lot of noise, which might attract strong cultivators. Let's leave this place first."

    "Fine."

    "Since it's still early, let's continue our journey."

    "Hahaha, after traveling for a month or two, we are getting closer to the Moon and Sun Spring."

    As the group agreed, they casually chatted for a few sentences.

    Chen Yun casually cast a fireball spell, intending to burn Lvcheng's body to ashes completely.

    The reason for doing this was because he knew that Lvcheng had cultivated the plague. He didn't know if there would be any residual plague Qi in the bones, so as not to harm other passing cultivators who might be affected by it. If the plague Qi were to be released later and harmed other people, that would truly mean that I didn't kill Boreen but Boreen died because of me.

    The Daoist cultivation emphasizes the mind, and Chen Yun, who has been influenced for so long, may not have reached perfection, but at least if others don't trouble him, he won't actively harm others.

    Therefore, for safety reasons, he decided to burn Lvcheng's body.

    The fireball covered the entire body in an instant, igniting it.

    Chen Yun and his companions used the flying technique to float in mid-air.

    He was preparing to ride on the clouds and fog to continue their journey.

    Suddenly, Chen Yun's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of something abnormal within the flames.

    To put it bluntly, normally, when an object is completely burned, the flames are very dense and there should be no "gaps."

    However, Chen Yun's peripheral vision saw that within the flames burning below, there seemed to be a slight "gap."

    It seemed like something was not being burned, and it was blocking the burning.

    Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming and others were chatting, apparently not noticing.

    Chen Yun remained unobtrusive, and with a casual wave of his hand, he projected a spell to retrieve the thing that was not being burned by the flames, capturing it in his palm.

    At this time, the crowd had already used flying spells to rapidly fly in a northerly direction.

    As Chen Yun rode on the clouds and fog, he looked down at the item in his palm.

    To his surprise, he found that there was a strand of hair in his palm.

    Yes, it was a "hair" that looked almost exactly like a normal person's hair.

    However, this hair felt slightly metallic when touched.

    "This can't be normal hair."

    Chen Yun isn't an idiot, so he secretly guessed, "Could this be Lvcheng's storage artifact?"

    He was not sure at the moment, so he decided to try to open it and have a look.

    While hanging behind the crowd, Chen Yun cast the Purple Tower Seal to break through the ban.

    This time, he was disappointed. This hair strand seemed to have been imbued with special law energy, and the Purple Tower Seal was powerless to erase the law energy attached to it.

    Unable to open it.

    Unless he can break it with brute force, Chen Yun would definitely not be able to understand if it's a storage artifact or not.

    It would be fine if it's a storage artifact, because anything inside it would be scattered when it's blown up.

    If it's not a storage artifact, blowing it up wouldn't be meaningful, and it would waste this hair strand that somewhat resembles an artifact.

    After thinking left and right, Chen Yun decided not to blast this hair strand, "I'll study it for a while. If I can't understand it, when we leave the Moon and Sun Spring Cave, I'll take it to Wang Laozhi's junior brother to see if he can break the ban. If he can't, I can still ask my teacher."

    He secretly thought of putting the hair into the space of the Huo Tian Art.

    As the group continued their journey, they soon crossed a lake and accelerated towards the top of a vast primeval forest in front of them.

    Chen Yun has not spoken to anyone during this period.

    His mind was still recalling the bronze bell artifact.

    Although he didn't tell everyone earlier, he had actually discovered the specific function of this artifact.

    This is a rare special type of artifact, whose true function is somewhat similar to the Five-Color Crystal Pagoda, also absorbing people into it.

    Moreover, Chen Yun also sensed a trace of malevolence from the artifact.

    If someone was absorbed into the bronze bell, as long as they shook the bell, it would instantly release plague Qi and dissolve the person into a pool of rotting flesh.

    Why didn't he tell everyone about it?

    Because special type of artifacts may be powerful, but there is an important principle that they must hit their target to release their true power.

    Since the incident of Kang Yuan, Chen Yun has become much more cautious.

    He's unsure if there are people like Kang Yuan in their group.

    Therefore, he can't tell all of his artifact abilities to these companions.

    As long as these people cooperate well, whether it's a treasure or an artifact, Chen Yun is definitely not going to use them against them.

    But if someone has sinister intentions, sorry, Chen Yun will definitely not spare them!

    Therefore, learning to hide some of your abilities to a certain extent is very important.

    By the way, the weapons and artifacts we've acquired this time are of good quality.

    In particular, that red-ribboned spear is the first weapon that Chen Yun has truly owned. In the future, if he competes with others in combat, he won't have to fight bare-handed anymore.

    "With this red-ribboned spear, I should be able to enhance my martial arts performance significantly."

    Chen Yun was satisfied with this, and started thinking about cultivation matters, "Now that I have reached the early stage of a superior wizard, if I want to continue to rapidly improve my cultivation, I can only rely on things like the Concentration Essence and Qi Soup, the essence blood of water eels, and the meat of centipedes."

    He had understood this before, that although external things like the blood of water snakes and the meat of centipedes can improve one's cultivation, they may cause problems with not being able to keep up with one's cultivation level.

    Therefore, the more reliable method is to continue using the wolf stomach soup to refine the essence of the Concentration Essence and Qi Soup.

    "For the past few days, I've roughly refined three months' worth of the Concentration Essence and Qi Soup. There are still nine months' worth left for me to refine slowly."

    Chen Yun calculated for a moment, "Within my body's endurance, if I subtract the time spent on traveling, I can refine five times a day. Including the original one, that's six times. Therefore, I can achieve one day's cultivation equivalent to six days."

    Although he has broken through to the upper stage of a wizard, the effectiveness of the medium-tier Concentration Essence and Qi Soup will be greatly reduced. It's estimated that it will only be a little stronger than him actively cultivating, but one day's cultivation is equivalent to six days, so the speed is still decent.

    Moreover, once all the Concentration Essence and Qi Soup is refined, he can then refine the essence blood of water snakes and the meat of centipedes.

    He estimated that he could finish refining the medium-tier Concentration Essence and Qi Soup within one and a half weeks.

    At that time, he should be able to reach the middle stage of the upper-stage wizard, and then refine the essence blood of water snakes and the meat of centipedes. He dare not say other things, but it is likely that he can hit the target for reaching the late stage of the upper-stage wizard.

    At first, Chen Yun had estimated that it would be great if he could reach the middle stage of the upper-stage wizard when he left the Moon and Sun Spring Cave. However, as time went by and he encountered a series of events and people, he gradually realized that there was a high possibility that when he left the Moon and Sun Spring Cave, he might even reach a higher level.

    More importantly, he still has time to continue searching for the ingredients required for the high-grade Concentration Essence and Qi Soup, as well as a Dragon Essence obtained from a water snake.

    Whether collecting the ingredients for the high-tier Concentration Essence and Qi Soup or taking that Dragon Essence, there is a possibility of allowing Chen Yun to breakthrough to the stage of high-grade wizard.

    Once he enters the realm of high-grade wizard, then it won't be far from the realm of the cult leader!

    Chen Yun yearns for cultivation to a higher level, to comprehend the secrets of the heavens and earth!

    (Chapter complete)