Fellow Daoist, You Need Not Be Afraid

After getting Bloodspike Pill, Xiao Chen has a lot more time.

Under Mei Yong's strong advice, the sect assigned a group of the Qi Refining Realm's disciples to He Province.

Ye Fei and others established the branch hall of the Demon Subduing Hall in He Province, and established Intelligence Network belonging to the Li Fire Sect.

Because of the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm, the information they have access to is messy.

Therefore, Xiao Chen suddenly needs to process a lot more messages every day.

He gradually developed the habit of sitting in the pavilion and reading the Demon Subduing Hall report every evening.

However, this also had corresponding benefits. Based on the large amount of information in his hand, he quickly had a general understanding of He Province.

From the layout point of view, He Province is about twice as big as Li Province.

With more Spirit Vein and cultivation resources, the number of monks is far ahead of Li Province.

There were originally more than ten forces, but the other large and small sects were either annexed or expelled. In the end, only Three Great Sects was left.

From north to south they are Spirit Origin Sect, Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, and Azure Sky Sect.

According to intelligence reports, the current war is already spreading towards Ten Thousand Flowers Valley.

A large number of demon cultivators sneaked into the territory of Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, captured female disciples, humiliated them, and even kidnapped them and took them back to be Cauldron. The situation was far more serious than the situation picture shared by the Spirit Origin Sect before.

But the strange thing is that Ten Thousand Flowers Valley's counterattack is quite limited.

"Manager Xiao, He Province urgent secret report!"

A Demon Subduing Hall disciple hurried over and handed over a secret letter with fire paint.

"Ye Fei?"

Xiao Chen glanced at the signature curiously, opened the envelope and took out the cipher text inside.

The content inside was very concise. The general idea was that he learned through a special channel that Divine Fire Sect had sent elite members to infiltrate Li Province to cause chaos.

Infiltrate Li Province?

Xiao Chen suddenly thought of the abnormal situation of Yellow Magpie Valley before.

According to Ye Fei's guess, the person responsible for this operation is likely to be one of the legendary Divine Fire Sect Four Directional Travelers.

So he wrote a letter specifically to remind Xiao Chen to be careful and try not to act alone.

Because the other party is probably here for the Li Fire Sect, in order to interfere with and retaliate for their assistance to the Spirit Origin Sect.

"Four Directional Travelers?"

Xiao Chen came to the Sect Hall and asked Mei Yong: "Has Senior Brother Mei heard of their name?"

He had never heard of such a person before, but since Ye Fei warned him, it would be better to pay more attention to it.

"Hiss, it turns out to be Four Directional Travelers. That's really troublesome."

Mei Yong immediately frowned upon hearing this. "Where did this information come from? Is it reliable?"

When I learned that it was a secret report from Ye Fei, I immediately sighed.

Then he explained to Xiao Chen, "It's normal that you don't know about this. I also saw information about Four Directional Travelers in the records left by my predecessor Sect Master."

"You also know that Cultivation Method of the Demonic Sect is eager for quick success, so it is naturally faster to practice."

"Therefore, the Cultivation Realms of many magic cultivators are not weak. Even the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivators are numerous. Fortunately, most of them are Golden Cores hopeless."

Xiao Chen nodded, he understood this very well.

Because many Devil Cultivation Method need to consume Essence Blood, it will inevitably lead to the loss of further possibilities.

Mei Yong continued to explain, "When Divine Fire Sect had not yet gained momentum, followers were lurking in all directions."

"In order to facilitate the exchange of magic cultivators in different regions, Four Directional Travelers was specially set up to transmit information."

Xiao Chen blinked. "Oh, just four messengers?"

That doesn't sound like anything great.

Mei Yong looked serious. "Junior Brother Xiao, don't underestimate this Four Directional Travelers."

"To be able to stand out from the ferocious demonic cultivators, none of them are easy to deal with."

"It goes without saying that the cultivation level is Foundation Establishment Great Perfection. Even Devil Cultivation Method is different and has its own quirks."

"Back when Divine Fire Sect had not yet gained momentum, it was able to break through the numerous blockades of the Reflecting Moon Immortal Sect."

"And in the past few years, at least more than sixty of the Foundation Establishment Realm's comrades have died in the hands of Four Directional Travelers."

This means that each person has killed fifteen Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Considering that Devil Cultivation Method can absorb other people's Essence Blood to enhance its own strength, this so-called Four Directional Travelers should not be underestimated.

But having said that, Xiao Chen now has Lesser Three Talents Sword Formation, and is missing a target to test the sword with.

Even if Flying Sword is put aside, with the rest of Top-Grade Magical Artifact, he still boasts that he is not weaker than others.

What's more, this matter is not certain, after all, it is just Ye Fei's guess.

However, Mei Yong attaches great importance to it and thinks about taking precautions before it happens.

So seven days later, when Xiao Chen went to the Demon Subduing Hall to sort out the files, he actually saw Chen Zhixuan.

The other party greeted him warmly, "Junior Brother Xiao, we meet again."

"Hey, brother Zhixuan!"

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Aren't you planting spirit medicine in Stone Rice Valley? Why are you back today when you have time?"

Chen Zhixuan smiled and said, "It's not that Sect Master Brother is worried about you being alone and having something difficult to handle alone."

"So I was specially called here. Starting today, I will be transferred to the Demon Subduing Hall."

From Mei Yong's perspective, Xiao Chen is currently just Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

If you pair up with Four Directional Travelers from Foundation Establishment Late Stage, you may encounter unexpected events.

Therefore, I have contacted many Foundation Establishment Late Stage monks in the past two days and wanted to ask them who is willing to become a director of the Demon Subduing Hall.

Just saying that, no one else is willing to put down their property and come back.

In the end, Chen Family was concerned about Xiao Chen's safety and sent Chen Zhixuan to take care of it.

This is actually Mei Yong overthinking.

But Xiao Chen is quite happy. Since there is one more person, he doesn't have to be busy dealing with the Demon Subduing Hall's affairs.

So he took Chen Zhixuan to hand over the dossier, but he hid back to Emerald Valley to practice.

With this period of practice, he has vaguely touched the threshold of Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer.

However, between Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and Foundation Establishment Late Stage, there is a Minor Bottleneck.

At the same time, because he is Low-Grade Wood Spiritual Root, he also feels that there is an invisible barrier in front of him, hindering his cultivation.

"Fortunately, I was Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment back then, so I didn't have to be subject to this Minor Bottleneck restriction."

After Xiao Chen has cycled through a Greater Celestial Circuit, I can't help but feel lucky when I feel my weak progress.

In fact, many monks with better qualifications than him have experienced various bottlenecks long ago.

This is actually his first time.

And judging from the current situation, it will only take about one or two months to successfully overcome the bottleneck by slowly grinding Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

However, on the fourth night after Chen Zhixuan arrived, a new murder occurred.

Xiao Chen followed the disciple who reported the news to the Demon Subduing Hall, and heard bursts of crying from afar.

When I got closer, I saw two teenage children at the door of the temple and several female disciples comforting them.

Stepping into the hall, he immediately saw the tearful Sun Clan Leader inside.

And Chen Zhixuan, who looked solemn on the side.

Xiao Chen has some impressions of Sun Family Patriarch. When Lantern Festival went to Zhu County to check Zhu Family that night, this Sun Family Patriarch was the most cooperative one.

Looking at him like this, could it be that something happened to Zhu County?

"All dead, all dead."

"There is blood in the sky and on the ground, and there is no place to hide."

"There is also a particularly powerful bloody light that even Defensive Formation can't stop."

Sun Family Patriarch Maybe it was out of anger or sadness, or maybe he was frightened. In short, his voice was shaking when he said these words.

"Then how did you escape?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously.

The other party is the kind of ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator that has been stuck in Foundation Establishment Stage 3 and Minor Bottleneck for more than ten years and has basically exhausted its potential.

Zhu County The other three Lineage are also in a similar situation to him. It is the normal state of Cultivation World to be stuck in a bottleneck.

But it sounds like none of those three families managed to escape.

Sun Family Patriarch hesitated and hesitated, obviously not wanting to say anything.

Chen Zhixuan asked directly, "If you don't want to say anything, please come back."

Hearing this, Sun Family Patriarch's expression suddenly changed.

He hesitated for a while, then finally gritted his teeth and revealed his secret. "In the early years, I followed others to dig Fire Flame Crystal in Volcanic Cluster."

"At that time..."

Chen Zhixuan raised his hand to interrupt his continuation, "No need to talk about other people, just talk about the key points."

Sun Family Patriarch pursed his lips. "The point is that one time I accidentally entered a crack in the abyss and luckily found a very small Connecting Cloud Flying Boat inside."

Chen Zhixuan was shocked when he heard this. "What did you say?"

Once this news is true, it means that there may be other secrets there, which is a big deal.

He quickly asked, "Why didn't you report it earlier? Where is the crack?"

There is a desk in the Demon Subduing Hall, complete with paper and pen.

Sun Family Patriarch picked up the pen and drew a copy of Route Map.

At the same time, he took out a palm-sized Flying Boat from his arms. "I am also willing to hand over this Connecting Cloud Flying Boat. I just ask the sect to accept my two grandchildren."

The Connecting Cloud Flying Boat he took out turned out to be an extremely special Top-Grade Magical Artifact.

According to Sun Family Patriarch's own description, this Flying Boat is not big and can only carry three people at most.

But there is one special thing, that is, its speed is extremely fast, which is several times better than that of an ordinary monk's sword.

And the fewer people there are, the faster the speed will be. When there is only one person, the speed will be 50% faster.

The situation was critical at that time. In order to escape, he only had time to hold his two best-qualified grandsons and escape to the Li Fire Sect with the help of Flying Boat.

Chen Zhixuan responded quickly.

He glanced at Xiao Chen and winked.

Then he asked, "You just said you were willing to hand over Flying Boat to the Demon Subduing Hall, right?"

Sun Family Patriarch looked up hesitantly, wondering why Demon Subduing Hall was handed over.

But he looked at Xiao Chen who was silent, and then nodded. "Yes, I am willing to hand over Flying Boat..."

"You proposed this voluntarily."

Chen Zhixuan knocked on the table. "In this case, then you write a note to prevent outsiders from gossiping."

"As for your two grandchildren, don't worry and just stay inside the door. I will explain it to Instructor Wu."

"When they break through to the Mid-stage Qi Refining Realm, they will join Branch 2. In the future, they can either go the alchemy route or the weapon refining route, let them choose."

After Sun Family Trio is settled, the next step is to deal with the magic repair of Zhu County.

Unfortunately, the information provided by Sun Family Patriarch is too vague.

He didn't even see clearly how many people came to the other party, he only knew that there was definitely more than one.

Xiao Chen said, "Zhu County is not too far away. If we rush there now, we might still be able to save people in time."

Chen Zhixuan shook his head. "No, the blood light can cover an entire county. There may be a few Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivator there."

"Visibility is not good at night, and Divine Sense is easily obscured by secret techniques."

"It would be safest for us to wait until tomorrow morning and call a few uncles to go together."

Sun Family Patriarch also said, "It was too late. When I left, there were only three other Ancestral Halls in the city that still made noise."

"If we rush over now, it will definitely be too late."

He just feels exhausted now and doesn't want to go back overnight again.

Xiao Chen thought for a while, "Well, let me take a look from a distance. Maybe I can find some clues in time."

"Wait until tomorrow morning, Zhixuan, just bring someone to pick me up."

It's understandable that they don't want to go, but the soldiers are so fast that if they go too late, many clues will be lost.

Chen Zhixuan gave some advice, but Xiao Chen insisted on going to see the situation.

So he picked up the Connecting Cloud Flying Boat on the table and handed it over. "In that case, junior brother, please bring Connecting Cloud Flying Boat with you. Once you encounter a strong enemy, remember to save your own life."

Xiao Chen is actually not bad at this. He has the greatest confidence because Golden Light Shrinking Earth is here.

But if he didn't take Flying Boat, Chen Zhixuan would drag him and wouldn't let him go.

He repeatedly chanted Mei Yong and Elder Chen, and repeatedly told him to keep an eye on him.

"Okay, I'll take it with me then."

Xiao Chen took Flying Boat, turned into a stream of light and rushed towards Zhu County.

In fact, in terms of speed alone, this Connecting Cloud Flying Boat is slightly slower than Golden Light Shrinking Earth.

Law Power consumes a little more.

But it also has two advantages.

First, you can bring people. Judging from the previous situation, even children are no problem.

Second, flying from the sky is much more worry-free than rushing down below using escape techniques. At least you don't have to concentrate on avoiding trees and rocks.

The advantages are very obvious when traveling long distances.

More than an hour later, Xiao Chen had entered the range of Zhu County.

He deliberately lowered Flying Boat and used the escape technique instead to avoid disturbing the demon cultivators in the city.

I walked all the way, starting from Mortal Village on the outside, and everywhere I saw there were corpses everywhere, with no chickens or dogs left.

It can be said that White Bone is exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for a thousand miles.

After stepping into Zhu County, apart from the whimpers left by the wind blowing through the gaps between the ruins, there was only the occasional "crack" sound, which was the explosion of a burning fire in the distance.

The rebellious demon cultivators have evacuated, taking away the blood of the entire city, including the cattle, horses and livestock.

Hiss~!

Xiao Chen turned around and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

"What an amazing Blood Harvesting Technique."

It's not like he hasn't seen demon cultivators before, but when those demon cultivators attack, blood will inevitably splash on the ground or walls near the victim.

This time it's different.

Throughout Zhu County, not a drop of blood was left!

Even among several Foundation Establishment Familys, although there were a large number of Magic Traces left by resistance, there was still no trace of blood.

In line with the principle of come what comes, he stopped by to check out a few Lineage's Warehouse.

But unfortunately, the warehouse was wide open and all the Spirit Stone stored inside were gone.

Xiao Chen re-detected using <Star Gazing Qi Observation Technique>.

But there was no additional gain this time.

It wasn't until he searched in front of the north gate that he found a sentence engraved on the city wall - We will see you Ten Thousand Demon Mountain on the eighth day of October.

Below this sentence, the other party thoughtfully added a piece of Route Map.

The mark is exactly the position of the Blood Plague Secret Realm last time.

Judging from the lost blood, the opponent's goal is to activate Blood Plague Secret Realm and release Blood Plague Demon.

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"Humph, it's just a clumsy way to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head disdainfully.

Just after dawn the next day, Chen Zhixuan came to Zhu County with Manager Chen, Chen Zhiquan, Elder Chen, Chen Tianfeng, and Chen Tianyuan.

"But you have to be on guard. What if the other party wants to do the opposite?"

"What day is the eighth day of October? Is there any special saying about it?"

"I've never heard of it, brother, do you have any impression?"

"Neither do I. Maybe this is also a holiday time."

Chen Tianyuan thought for a while, "The other party may be trying to do something before the eighth day of October, and deliberately wrote a false time to deceive us."

Only Elder Chen looked around worriedly and shouted into the distance, "Zhixuan, have you found Xiao Chen?"

Chen Zhixuan, who came back from searching in the distance, shook his head. "I have circled Zhu County twice, but I didn't see Junior Brother Xiao."

Elder Chen immediately became anxious. "How come you can't see it?"

"Didn't you tell him not to chase people?"

Chen Zhixuan explained, "I reminded you, but Junior Brother Xiao insisted on coming to check for clues."

Elder Chen suddenly became worried. "Why is this kid so anxious?"

"Could it be..., alas!"

Chen Tianfeng comforted him, "Third brother, don't worry, Xiao Chen has Top-Grade Magical Artifact as a support, so it won't be so easy for anything to happen."

"Besides, there are no traces left by Top-Grade Magical Artifact found here."

"It's important to find someone."

Chen Tianyuan interrupted several people, "We didn't meet him in the direction we came from, so he went to three other places."

"In this case, let's work in pairs and search separately, paying special attention to the traces left by fighting skills and escape techniques."

Even though that is what is said.

But everyone thought of the strange situation that there was no blood stain in the city.

Everyone realized that this must be the action of Four Directional Travelers mentioned in the secret report.

Especially after searching for hundreds of miles nearby to no avail.

Everyone was even more worried, and everyone looked sad when they met.

"I heard that Connecting Cloud Flying Boat is also Top-Grade Magical Artifact."

Elder Chen looked at Chen Tianfeng: "Second brother, you should have heard of Four Directional Travelers in He Province. If we really collide, what are the chances that Xiao Chen can escape?"

But Chen Tianfeng sighed, "Well, judging from Zhu County's situation, it should be Eastern Traveler who comes this time."

"The other party was already Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator fifty years ago."

"The whole body <Blood Refinement Divine Art> is superb, especially Blood Escape Technique."

"Then Blood Escape is not necessarily much slower than Connecting Cloud Flying Boat. If it is a sudden encounter, I estimate there is a 30% chance of escaping."

Elder Chen asked, "What if the other party has been prepared?"

Chen Tianfeng thought about it carefully and hesitated for a while before saying, "Then, maybe there is a 10% chance of escaping."

Hearing what he said, the hearts of everyone else suddenly sank.

Just when everyone at the Chen Family was worried about Xiao Chen.

On the other side, deep inside the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range.

Xiao Chen has arrived next to the Blood Plague Secret Realm.

He also thought of Chen Tianyuan's previous worries.

So there is no need to wait until the eighth day of October, he came over now to see if there is anything special here.

Anyway, with Connecting Cloud Flying Boat in hand, it only takes a few hours to cross these distances.

It turns out that so far, everything is fine around the Blood Plague Secret Realm.

Xiao Chen entered the cave and carefully checked the entrance. Li Fire Sect Warning Formation had arranged it after the last incident.

After confirming that no one had been here, he turned around and walked out.

And just when he was about to walk out of the cave entrance.

Another shadow appeared first at the entrance of the cave.

Someone is coming!

Xiao Chen immediately cast <Acupoint Sealing Qi Concealment Art> and hid in the small hole on the side.

These small holes were dug out by the last batch of demon cultivators to imprison the casual cultivators they captured.

Now it's just convenient for him to hide.

Soon, with the sound of footsteps, a nine-foot-tall but skinny old man walked in.

He was wearing a normal-sized monk's robe, but perhaps because he was too thin, the clothes were baggy.

He seemed to have been here once before and stopped in front of Warning Formation skillfully.

Then he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to the Blood Plague Secret Realm ai.

Then he took out the special tripod-shaped Law Artifact from his arms, used the bones of the unknown Spirit Beast as fuel, lit a fire on the spot and put the small tripod on it to cook.

Then there were traces of Blood Qi rising up, as if attracted by some invisible force, floating towards the Secret Realm.

Along the way, Warning Formation was not touched, nor was it blocked by the Secret Realm.

Judging from the opponent's skillful movements, this must not be the first time he has done this.

"Fellow Daoist, you hid there and watched for a long time, don't you have nothing to say?"

Seeing that Blood Qi had stabilized, the old man stood up and turned to look at where Xiao Chen was hiding. "Don't be afraid, I have no ill intentions towards you. Why don't we come out and have a chat?"

"I came to Li Province this time just to help you and help you."

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Xiao Chen is a little surprised. What is the other person talking about?

Now that he was discovered, he stepped forward without haste.

At the same time, he followed the other person's words and asked, "You said you were here to help me?"

What's the best way to help? Contribute the Spirit Stone in you?

Xiao Chen subconsciously glanced at the opponent's Storage Bag, Zhu County's accumulation of several Foundation Establishment Family, they should all be there.

If his estimate is correct, there will be at least 20,000 Spirit Stone.

Eastern Traveler looked at him, a flash of blood flashed in his eyes.

Then he showed a smile, "With your Spirit Root, it must be very difficult to cultivate to Foundation Establishment, right?"

"But now you are trapped in a bottleneck and it is difficult to break through."

"Have you ever wondered why?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Why?"

Eastern Traveler laughed, "Of course it's because Li Fire Sect, they monopolized the cultivation resources that you originally deserved."

"From Foundation Establishment elixir to practicing Cultivation Method, they are all controlled by these so-called famous and decent people."

"I'm here to help you. I can quickly give you the power to resist Li Fire Sect's oppression."

Xiao Chen was immediately confused by what he said.

No, don't I look like Li Fire Sect?

He was very curious, and the other person seemed convinced that he and he were in the same group.

But when we met for the first time, why did he believe in himself?

He seemed to see the doubt written on Xiao Chen's face.

Eastern Traveler smiled slightly and pointed at the Blood Plague Secret Realm behind him, "Fellow Daoist, you don't have to be afraid."

"We are all dependents of Divine Lord, and I will help you, just like Divine Lord once helped you."

Huh?

Your Divine Lord does not mean Blood Plague Demon.