Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

huh~~
Chen Ku used the Five-Colored Peacock's Earth Escape Technique and arrived at his own courtyard in a blink of an eye. Then he looked at the 80,000 taels of gold in his hand and couldn't help but exhaled:

"Eighty thousand taels of gold notes are still a long way from one hundred thousand taels of gold! If I convert all my assets into cash, I can probably get twenty thousand taels of gold."

He sighed.

If it were someone else, with a fortune of one hundred thousand taels of gold, he might even be able to compete for the title of the richest man in Baojiao County. After all, this was all liquid capital, not including any assets.

But for the "gold-devouring beast" called the Change Map, it seems that no matter how much money one has, it is not enough to feed it.

However, Chen Ku also had to admit that everything has its gains and losses, and his current status and strength were inseparable from the investment in the Change Map.

"Wait until the storm is over in the next two days, and then go get the gold."

Chen Ku calculated and said:
"Then there is only one fourth-level extreme quality change and ten thousand kilograms of mercury left."

But at this time.

In the courtyard, from the house where the marten was sleeping, a large amount of evil spirit suddenly came out, like a strong wind blowing out, making the door frame in his house flap as if it were rotten.

Then, a powerful demonic aura spread out without any concealment, and its power was no less than that of Chen Ku at his full strength.

"This is a successful breakthrough!"

Chen Ku was surprised and hurried into the house to check on the condition of the marten.

Push the door open and enter.

What I saw was the spotted marten climbing up from the bed, lying on all fours, shaking its head and shaking its hair.

At this moment, from the outside, the body of the spotted marten seems to have become smaller. It was three inches in size before, but now it has become two inches. If it is used to perform stealth missions, it will be more difficult to be discovered.

"Quick, let me see what new improvements you have made after your breakthrough?"

Chen Ku waved his hand and turned the marten into a white gas that disappeared into his body.

at once.

The information on the marten change map was updated like a water curtain.

[Flower Marten Transformation and Transfiguration]

[Realm: Three Realms of Demons]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Abilities: Power of six elephants, eats all humans and animals, changes size, has a dog's sense of smell, is immune to all poisons, can see the five internal organs, drinks blood to become a monster, right arm is as hard as steel, blood claws are like knives, golden eyes a hundred miles away, can fly with wings...]

boom!
Suddenly, Chen Ku felt the divine power of his own bones. If all the changes that increased the divine power of his bones were added to himself, he could have the power of more than three dragons at most!

Previously, he had superimposed the transformations of Flowery Marten, Centipede Viper, Viper Dragon, and Erlang, adding up to the power of two dragons and seven elephants. Later, after Erlang had refined his form, he gained more than 10,000 jin. Now, with the addition of two elephants after Flowery Marten's promotion...

Already possessed the power of three dragons!
"This premise requires the inclusion of centipede vipers and viper dragons..."

Chen Ku looked at what was hung on his current transformation chart. It was a five-colored peacock, Erlang, a red-tailed bee, a fire-mouthed kettle, and a flowered marten. Obviously, this combination set, although suitable for the various things he was doing right now, was not the most powerful combination of changes.

"It is urgent to add new change graphs."

Thinking of this, he released the flower marten again, handed it the fire-mouthed kettle incarnation, and said:
"I will temporarily give this Four Realms Fire Mouth Kettle to you for use. My main task next is to increase the number of transformation diagrams, and your task remains the same, which is to continue to collect the Four Realms Fire Evil Qi for me. I believe that with this Four Realms Fire Mouth Kettle, the difficulty of collecting evil energy for you will be greatly reduced."

The flower marten looked at the fire-spout kettle that Chen Ku handed over, and a hint of joy appeared in its eyes.

Before the breakthrough, he could barely bring back nearly a hundred evil spirits of the Four Realms at a time, which almost destroyed his body. Now that he has broken through his cultivation level, it has become even easier. If he has more of these things with him, it is estimated that the amount of evil spirits of the Four Realms that he can bring back at a time can be doubled.

Hey~
The marten let out a low howl similar to that of a fox, and asked Chen Ku to tie a rope around the fire-mouthed kettle around his neck, making it look like a little mouse carrying a large kettle on its back, slung across its waist. Then it flapped its wings and flew towards the Fire-mouthed Mountain of Yuan State.

"Here, I just need to continue waiting for good news from Erlang and the Flower Marten."

Chen Ku sensed his current state of cultivation:
"I have reached the peak of the Third Realm Jade Muscle Realm. It is time to ask the masters for the next stage of the 'Four Realms Meridian Opening' technique."

…………

Shan Lingguan performed a "bone shrinking skill" to change his body into the size of a normal old man, and then he arrived near the Medicine King Hall.

When a warrior reaches the fifth realm of strength, he can already precisely control and master his own bones, muscles, and internal organs. Not only can he expand his muscles and tendons to transform himself into a giant two or three meters tall, but conversely, he can also shrink his body by compressing his muscles and tendons.

But the degree of change will not be too exaggerated. After all, the expansion and contraction of human muscles and bones have limits.

Although Shan Lingguan had heard that there were ultimate warriors who, after reaching the thirteenth or fourteenth level of advanced realm, could expand their qi and blood and transform themselves into giants, he was still unable to do it.

The maximum that can be achieved is to shrink a two-meter-tall body to one and a half meters.

"Chen Ku from Yaowang Hall..."

Shan Lingguan walked alone into the Medicine King Hall.

If someone saw Shan Lingguan's behavior in the Medicine King Hall at this time, they would be very surprised.

Because there were at least two or three hundred apprentices in the three courtyards of Yaowang Hall, after Shan Lingguan walked in, it seemed as if he could not see anyone at all.

This was not some kind of invisibility or mind manipulation that blocked the perception of everyone in Yaowang Hall. It was purely Dan Lingguan's control over his own aura, which had reached an incredible level, allowing him to almost blend in between heaven and earth, making people feel as if he was just a part of the environment, like flowers, plants and trees.

With Shan Lingguan's cultivation as a seventh-level great warrior, he has already reached the level where he can 'control the inner energy'. He can use the means of controlling the inner energy and holding his breath to cover his body with the inner energy and blend into the environment.

Not to mention that even Yang Luchan, the master of Medicine King Hall, couldn't see anything. Even a master of the sixth realm, who is one level higher, couldn't see through his true form and might even feel that he didn't exist.

Unless one is a master of the same realm as him, who is able to cultivate qi in his body, he can sense the existence of qi in the environment.

This was mainly because the last experience of scaring the little guy away gave him a reminder.

He planned to test Chen Ku's physique completely without showing up, and then reveal his intention to accept him as a disciple. If it was really Chen Ku, then Yaowang Hall would be here, and this kid could run away even if he was a monk, but he could not escape the temple.

Unexpectedly, when Shan Lingguan walked into the Medicine King Hall as if no one was around, he did not find Chen Ku.

"Hmm? Not in the Medicine King Hall?"

But just when I thought about it.

Not far away, the voices of several apprentices and servants in the Medicine King Hall came, greeting Chen Ku:
"Junior Brother Chen is back!"

"Young shopkeeper is good!"

……

The apprentices all addressed Chen Ku as "junior brother", because Chen Ku was indeed only seventeen years old, and the guys, as long-term workers, could only address him as "young shopkeeper".

Officer Shan Ling looked in the direction of the voice and suddenly saw Chen Ku in a gown, which set off his tall and handsome figure. From his appearance, he could still vaguely see the childishness of a young man, but with Officer Shan Ling's sharp eyes, he could see at a glance the sound of the air caused by the boy's small movements when he walked, as well as his eyes that were restrained but full of divine power:
"As expected, what Xiao Qin said is right. This kid is born with divine power. You can tell from the way he walks that he is deliberately supporting his feet. Otherwise, he would have used at least hundreds of thousands of strengths. A light step would have dug a deep pit. This little trick is known to almost all divine powers. The more strength he uses under his feet, the stronger his divine power is... And the restrained gleam in his eyes shows that he not only possesses divine power, but also a strong spirit..."

just,

Shan Lingguan frowned, looking at Chen Ku who was walking towards his courtyard:

"Something's wrong. The boy that night was at least three inches taller than him, and his shoulders were broader. How come..."

As a seventh level expert, he would never make a mistake when judging a person's height or size.

But now Chen Ku's height and shoulder circumference do not match the young man that night at all.

Wrong person? ?
There was disappointment and unwillingness in Shan Lingguan's eyes!

After so much effort, we found a clue, but we still haven't found the descendant of the Three Spirits... How can this not be a huge blow to us?
Just when Shan Lingguan was feeling depressed.

Chen Ku first walked into his own yard without knowing anything. His yard was not big, and he had originally wanted to move back to his own big yard, but his master and his friends said that the Yulong Society had not been eradicated yet, and they were afraid that something might happen, so they forced him to stay in the hall...

A small courtyard, two sleeping houses, a kitchen and a well, that's all there is.

Normally, Yaowangtang would send meal boxes from the 'small stove' to the courtyard, which saved the sister-in-law from having to cook. However, Hu Zi sometimes liked to eat food that was not presentable in the village, so the sister-in-law had to cook for her son.

At this time, my sister-in-law was busy in the kitchen and Hu Zi was playing outside.

Chen Ku didn't think anything was wrong at first.

But as Shan Lingguan's mind was disturbed, he thought he had found the wrong person again. The breath caused the Gangqi to fluctuate slightly, and a wisp of smell escaped...

Originally, with Shan Lingguan's seventh-level martial arts cultivation, even if his aura was leaked, as long as the other party had not cultivated the inner energy, it would be impossible for him to detect it...

But Chen Ku could not be restrained by this example. Although he could not sense the fluctuation of the Gang Qi, he completely caught the smell emanating from Shan Lingguan's unconscious fluctuation!

Immediately!

Chen Ku's face was shocked, and he looked towards a certain position in disbelief.

Shan Lingguan was still shaking his head sadly.

But suddenly, he saw Chen Ku staring at him with a look of shock on his face.

The two looked at each other.

Shan Lingguan was stunned:

"What, you saw me?"

His method of concealing his aura and hiding his form can ensure that he will not be seen even if he stands in front of a master of the sixth realm. This can be considered a proud skill that he has cultivated in the past two hundred years.

In order to test, Shan Lingguan changed his position.

as predicted.

Chen Ku was still looking at the place where he had just leaked the smell, and did not move his gaze to follow his body, which made Shan Lingguan even more surprised:

"Eh? Was it because of my mental fluctuations just now that he detected my aura? This shouldn't be possible! This young man only has the aura of the third realm! How is it possible..."

He didn't know that at this moment, Chen Ku was looking at the place where Shan Lingguan had just stood, and his mind was filled with huge waves:

"That smell just now? It must be that old man Yukong from that night? How could his smell appear in Yaowang Hall and in my courtyard?"

Immediately, I was about to ask my sister-in-law if anyone had come.

But suddenly,
He chose to trust his sense of smell and looked around his yard vigilantly:

"No doubt about it. The smell is here. It appeared for a moment and then disappeared. This means... someone... might..."

A terrible thought came to his mind.

"It's right here at this moment, but I don't know how I can't see it."

At this moment, Chen Ku felt an unprecedented crisis and sweat broke out on his forehead.

But at the same time, a thought came to my mind:
"Why didn't the transformation map warn me? The smell has already reached my yard. It can't be that it has no malicious intent?"

He thought it was unlikely.

Subconsciously, he wanted to shout loudly. After all, this was Yaowang Hall. If he shouted loudly, Master Yang Luchan would come over in two or three breaths.

But he immediately thought that if it was really the old man Yukong from that night, he must have at least the seventh level of cultivation. Even if Master Yang Luchan came, or even if all the people in the Medicine King Hall came together, they would not be able to stop the old man.

What's more, there are relatives and family members in this yard.

So Chen Ku took a deep breath. At this moment, he felt that he had to make a decision. If the old man really came to find him, he could not involve several masters of Yaowang Hall or even his family. He stared at the courtyard and said:
"Show yourself, I found you."

At this moment, Shan Lingguan stood curiously on the left side of Chen Ku, watching Chen Ku's movements. The young man looked around the yard, as if looking for him.

At this moment, he was really a little curious.

Even if this young man was not the person he was looking for, he had an amazing ability to actually find him.

In order to get a direct answer, Shan Lingguan took out two things, a bead and a talisman, and murmured in his heart:

"Over the years, in order to find a suitable successor, I went to Yuan Country and crossed the Two Worlds Mountain to buy a set of instruments for testing spiritual roots. Now is the time to use them."

The beads are called 'Spirit-Testing Beads', and the talisman paper is called 'Spirit-Testing Talisman'. You only need to stick the talisman paper on the other person's body, and you can see the other person's spiritual root attributes from the pillar without anyone noticing.

The blank area represents ordinary roots, red represents fire spiritual roots, green represents wood spiritual roots, black represents water spiritual roots, yellow represents earth spiritual roots, and white represents gold spiritual roots.

Foreign spiritual roots are called "spiritual bodies" in Ji Country. The principle is the same.

Therefore, Shan Lingguan ignored Chen Ku's voice in the yard, and went straight behind Chen Ku. With his seventh realm cultivation, he silently threw the spirit-testing talisman on Chen Ku's back.

"senior……"

Chen Ku was still frowning and looking around the courtyard. He even doubted whether he was overthinking, because the change chart he relied on the most did not remind him of any malicious intent.

Recalling in my heart:
"It seems that when the old man Yukong appeared that night, the transformation diagram did not have any malicious warnings..."

Then his expression straightened up.

He said solemnly to the air in the courtyard:
"No matter what your intention is, since you have come to me, I will take responsibility for any problems. I just hope that no one else will be implicated. If you are willing to show yourself, please follow me to the forest ten miles north of the city for a while!"

The moment the words fell.

Since Chen Ku was certain that the smell came from the old man flying in the sky that night, he didn't care about anything else. He just shrank his body and hid in the ground as he had done before!

But there is one thing that is different from before. This time he only wants to lead the other party away from Yaowang Hall and does not want to involve others, so he specifically says that he will wait for the other party at a place.

Shan Lingguan was still waiting for the result of testing the spirit beads, but before the result came out, he saw Chen Ku escaping on the spot.

In an instant, the old man's eyes widened with ecstasy:
"It's really him!"

There was no need to say anything more after Chen Ku performed the Earth Escape Technique. Shan Lingguan was overjoyed. He didn't expect that before the result appeared on the spirit bead, the child would actually expose himself on his own initiative.

Then I thought of Chen Ku’s last words before he left.

Shan Lingguan's heart moved slightly:
"This kid is worried that he might implicate other members of Yaowang Hall, so he chooses to face it alone."

Thinking back to the other party's decision to run away when he saw him that night, Shan Lingguan felt that Chen Ku's character was that of a successor worthy of trust when he made such a decision at this moment.

"Knowing how to protect the important people around you and bearing pressure and danger alone, this... isn't it natural for you to be the next 'Li Zi' of our Huang Jue Sect?"

But just when I was so satisfied.

hum!
hum!
hum!
hum!
hum!
The spiritual root testing bead in Shan Lingguan's hand finally revealed the result of the spiritual root test!

In an instant, five-colored light was reflected in his hands, interweaving with each other and gathering into a ball of colorful light. It was magnificent inside the Spirit Testing Pearl, and condensed into an excellent result.

"This……"

Shan Lingguan's voice was trembling, and he almost roared in ecstasy:
"Five spiritual roots! Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth! It turns out that you have the same five-element spiritual body as me!!" (End of this chapter)