The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 265 Opportunity?

"Jinshu, that bad guy's aura is terrifying!"

"It's alright now, you're safe for the time being."

Chen Jinshu released his divine sense and checked the cave's restrictions again. After confirming that everything was alright, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing to recover his tense mind and depleted spiritual energy.

Xuan Yinzi might not dare to make a move openly within the Medicine King Valley, but what about outside the valley?
He must be monitoring the main passages leading out of Medicine King Valley, and may even have laid a trap outside the valley.

Conventional methods of leaving, whether by flying boat or using a speed-traveling talisman, are too conspicuous and extremely risky.

'We must find a route he didn't anticipate!'

After resting for a while, Chen Jinshu frowned, pondering a way to leave.

As the leading alchemy sect in the Eastern Region, Medicine King Valley has a long history and profound heritage. Besides the main gate, there may be other passages.

For example, her sect, Xuanming Sect, has a teleportation array in the back mountain, but the teleportation distance is limited, only about 5,000 li.

It is an escape route reserved by the sect to ensure the continuation of its incense offerings in case of major disasters.

It is usually not open to the public.

Even ordinary disciples cannot teleport.

Generally speaking, large teleportation arrays are extremely expensive and difficult to maintain, and are only set up between major sects or at extremely important strategic nodes.

Medicine King Valley might have one, but its purpose is roughly the same as that of Xuanming Sect, so it would be difficult for her to leave using the Teleportation Sect.

But right now, this is the most likely way she can think of to escape the pursuit of a sixth-level Golden Core cultivator.

If that's truly not feasible, I'll have to stay in Medicine King Market for over a year and quickly raise my cultivation to the same level as Xuan Yinzi.

Then she will no longer be afraid.

After a short while of rest, his spiritual energy was mostly restored.

……

An hour later, night fell.

Yaowangfang Market successfully closed its valley.

She changed her appearance and came to the inner ward of Yaowangfang.

This time, she transformed into a middle-aged female cultivator with an ordinary face and a somewhat travel-worn appearance, her cultivation level suppressed to the late stage of Qi Refining.

He was dressed in a short brown outfit that allowed for easy movement.

She carefully put Qingheng into her spirit beast pouch. Although Qingheng twisted and turned in protest, safety was the priority at the moment, and she couldn't guarantee what would happen next.

Even late at night, the inner market of Medicine King Valley is brightly lit and bustling with people.

At this time, many low- and mid-level cultivators, their attendants, as well as a large number of servants and outer disciples from within the valley, who had attended the birthday banquet during the day, were lingering outside.

Enjoying the bustling scene of Yaowang Valley Market after nightfall.

Chen Jinshu went straight to the grocery stores and teahouses that provided information.

"Have you heard? Those bastards from the Blood River Sect sent 'Nine Nether Heart-Eating Grass' as a congratulatory gift! What damn bad luck!"

"Shh... Keep your voice down! Are you out of your mind? I heard the Valley Master accepted it without batting an eye."

"So many important figures have come this time! Just sensing the aura of a Nascent Soul Ancestor from afar makes my legs go weak!"

"That's right. I heard that the Earth Fire Hall on the back mountain is running at full power to supply the distinguished guests with alchemy and weapon crafting."

The information in these places was quite mixed, and there was really nothing useful for her.

However, she was not discouraged and turned around to go into the bustling teahouse.

The room was filled with all sorts of monks, engaging in lively discussions and exchanging their experiences.

She found a table in a corner, ordered the cheapest Qingling tea, and sipped it silently.

Time passed little by little.

She heard more gossip about the birthday banquet, rumors about the prodigies of various sects, and even whispers about her, the leader of the alchemy association who had "struck a lucky break".

They speculated about how much of the Enlightenment Technique she had gleaned from the Myriad Laws Pavilion. She listened to all of this as a joke.

Just as she was preparing to change locations.

The conversation between two cultivators at the next table, dressed in the robes of outer sect stewards of Medicine King Valley, drifted intermittently into her ears.

"Sigh, this patrol mission is never-ending, especially around 'Lingtai Palace,' where there are so many rules, even birds aren't allowed to get close." The voice carried a hint of complaint.

"Just bear with it, since that's a forbidden area."

I heard it's related to the ancient formation on the back mountain?

"Didn't the envoy from the Upper Sect come from there last time?"

"That's right! That ancient teleportation array, tsk tsk, it consumes a huge amount of spirit stones to activate once, and the energy fluctuations can overturn a small mountain!"

Only elders from the upper sect or those with special approval can use it.

"For people like us, even getting close for maintenance is a carefully timed operation. We only get a chance to inspect the talismans every three months, and even then, it's only at midnight when the yin energy is strongest and the array's fluctuations are most stable."

"Alright, alright, that's enough. The walls have ears. Hurry up and finish your drink and go back to rest. Tomorrow we still need to go to the perimeter of 'Wanlingpu' to clean up the trampled seedlings."

Those guys who participated in the alchemy gathering didn't know their own strength..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu lowered his head and remained silent, only listening intently to what was happening.

He forced himself to suppress his turbulent emotions, calmly finished the last bit of cold tea, left a few spirit stones, and got up to leave the teahouse.

"The teleportation array really exists!"

"Although the activation conditions are stringent, the costs are enormous, and it seems to be strictly controlled, it is not without a sliver of hope!"

However, in order to learn more about the teleportation array, she still planned to bother Liu Qingchen.

His position as an outer sect elder must be more than just a nominal one; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to participate in such a banquet held by the Valley Master.

He was still sitting in the area where the core disciples of the sect were located.

Upon returning to Meiyun Residence, Chen Jinshu immediately took out a communication jade talisman and contacted Liu Qingchen.

After an unknown amount of time, the restrictions on Meiyun Residence were triggered, and Liu Qingchen was invited in by Chen Jinshu.

Liu Qingchen was still wearing that understated dark blue casual clothes, but his face looked more tired now.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, is there something urgent that you summoned me so late at night?"

As soon as Liu Qingchen finished speaking, Chen Jinshu waved his hand lightly, and the restriction on the quiet room closed again, isolating the inside from the outside.

"Elder Liu, may we borrow the ancient teleportation array of Medicine King Valley?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen, where...where did you hear about this formation?" A hint of doubt flashed in Liu Qingchen's eyes.

"It does not matter."

"I only ask, is this road passable?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you have truly presented this old man with an enormous problem!"

"Lingtai Palace is one of the core forbidden areas of our Medicine King Valley. It is on par with the Ancestral Cave in the back mountain and the Myriad Laws Secret Pavilion. It is guarded by the Valley Master and the Supreme Elders Council. Even ordinary inner sect elders are not allowed to enter without permission."

"As for that ancient teleportation array, its origin is extremely ancient, said to date back to the time of the founding patriarch."

At that time, a powerful expert who was proficient in spatial arrays assisted in its construction, which was used to communicate with extremely distant places or to deal with the crisis of the sect's survival.

Activating this formation once requires an enormous amount of spirit stones, enough to drain the savings of a mid-sized sect for ten years.

"This formation, let alone outsiders, even the disciples within the valley, have only been used a few times over the centuries to welcome envoys from the upper realm, or to urgently transfer the core inheritance seeds during the massacre of their clan hundreds of years ago."

It has never been opened to anyone.

Liu Qingchen glanced at Chen Jinshu, who was lost in thought, and then said:

"Even if it is Chu Nanguan, the Valley Master's personal disciple, without the Valley Master's written order and the approval of more than half of the Supreme Elders, he can forget about opening the teleportation."

"Fellow Daoist Chen, your alchemy is profound and your future is limitless. Why are you so fixated on this deadly path?"
"Have you offended someone even Medicine King Valley couldn't protect?"