Red Peak True Person, the Might of Bicang (Requesting Monthly Passes; Thanks to Fellow Daoists for the Tips)

Whoosh!

Chen Ping'an restrained his aura as his escape light raced onward.

This encounter had truly been a coincidence.

Though Chen Ping'an had several plans in mind for handling Black Rock Old Freak, he had not yet settled on any one of them.

Which plan he would use depended on Black Rock Old Freak's final reaction.

Black Rock Old Freak's temperament and bearing had been beyond Chen Ping'an's expectations.

Since that was the case, he gave Black Rock Old Freak an opportunity.

Of the resources within the Thousand Mechanisms Pouch, he took only one item: the Quasi-Fourth Rank spirit boat that Black Rock Old Freak had purchased at the Mystic Spirit Auction.

Its rank was not particularly high, but it was quite useful to Chen Ping'an.

Once suitably modified in the future, it could serve as a vehicle for his secret travels. While traveling, he could also attend to his daily cultivation and study secret arts. Aside from consuming a small amount of Origin Crystals, there was no other inconvenience.

Compared to those expended Origin Crystals, Chen Ping'an's daily cultivation was undoubtedly more important.

Strictly speaking, there had been two main sources of friction between him and Black Rock Old Freak. The first was not serious enough to make a mountain out of a molehill, and he had already recovered his face before the Mystic Spirit Auction. As for the second, it could be made great or small, entirely depending on one's heart.

When he had previously planned his second blood refinement, he had traded for Golden Pattern Mystic Tortoise true blood from Black Rock Old Freak. Though it had been a fair trade—and he had even suffered a small loss—strictly speaking, Black Rock Old Freak had provided him with some small assistance.

Now that the other man wholeheartedly wished